US08302422B2
The present disclosure provides a refrigerator having a cabinet including at least one access area having an open face and a grill door for selectively closing the open face of the access area. The refrigerator can also include a water using accessory provided on the cabinet. The grill door can be selectively retained to the cabinet wherein a manifold is fixed relative to the grill door and fluidly couples the water using accessory to a water supply. A water treatment cartridge can be removably coupled to a casing such that when the cartridge is coupled to the manifold, the cartridge treats the water from the water supply for use by the water using accessory. The manifold can be located on the grill door such that the mounting of the cartridge to the manifold moves the cartridge from within the access area to outside of the access area as the grill door moves from a closed position to an opened position, respectively.
US08302420B2
A method for venting a gas into a closed space is disclosed. At the beginning of the venting process the flow rate of the venting gas starts from zero and then increases at a substantially differential incremental rate for at least a certain period of time. When a predefined saturation pressure inside the closed space is reached, the flow rate of the venting gas is maintained or increased to speed up the venting process.
US08302417B2
A system and method of operating a vehicle air conditioning system having an engine driven, fixed capacity refrigerant compressor and a compressor clutch is disclosed. The method may comprises setting a preliminary evaporator air temperature target; charging a cold storage apparatus in the vehicle air conditioning system; determining if the cold storage apparatus has reached a predetermined threshold; if the cold storage apparatus has reached a predetermined threshold, determining a new evaporator air temperature target by: determining a maximum allowable dewpoint evaporator air temperature for maintaining a passenger compartment humidity below a predetermined value; determining a maximum allowable mode evaporator air temperature based on a mode to which the vehicle air conditioning system is set; and setting the evaporator air temperature target to the lower of the dewpoint evaporator air temperature and the mode evaporator air temperature. The compressor clutch is controlled to achieve the evaporator air temperature target.
US08302407B2
A passive pressurizing air system for a gas turbine engine includes a flow path for directing an air flow having a low temperature and low pressure, extending through a cavity to a pressurized area of the engine. The cavity contains pressurized air having a high temperature and high pressure. An air flow mixing apparatus is provided for adding the pressurized air from the cavity into the flow path to provide a mixed air flow having an intermediate temperature and intermediate pressure.
US08302401B2
An internal combustion engine is coupled to a supercharger operable to supply varying amounts of air to the engine responsive to the load on the engine. The supercharger has a pair of screw rotors driven by the engine to move air to the engine and a control apparatus for varying the mass and pressure of air supplied to the engine.
US08302400B2
An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders, an air intake line and an exhaust line collecting exhaust gas. The engine also includes an EGR line for rerouting a part of the exhaust gas from the exhaust line towards the air intake line and at least a first turbocharger comprising a first turbine driven by the exhaust gas flowing towards the atmosphere, linked to a first compressor located on the air intake line. The engine further includes a variable geometry EGR turbine located on the EGR line, driven by the EGR gas flowing in the EGR line. Thus, thanks to the pressure reduction occurring in the turbine, the EGR gas temperature is lowered, and less cooling power from the engine cooling system is required to cool down the EGR.
US08302395B2
A hydraulic system for actuating a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission having a variably adjustable transmission ratio, of a vehicle, including at least one hydraulic energy source and having a torque sensor that is supplied with working medium by a pump flow of the hydraulic energy source. A disconnection valve is connected between the hydraulic energy source and the torque sensor, which makes it possible to connect or disconnect an additional pump flow of the hydraulic energy source, depending on need.
US08302393B2
An exhaust system of an internal combustion engine and provided with: at least one first high acoustic attenuation path having a first inlet opening; at least one second low acoustic attenuation path having a second inlet opening; and at least one control valve, which is arranged at the second inlet opening of the second path to control the flow of the exhaust gases along the second path.
US08302379B2
Engine exhaust gas feedstream NOx emissions aftertreatment includes a catalytic device and first and second ammonia selective catalytic reduction devices. The first and second ammonia-selective catalytic reduction devices each includes a base metal. Engine operation can be modulated to generate an engine-out exhaust gas feedstream that converts to ammonia. The ammonia is stored on the first and second ammonia selective catalytic reduction devices and used to reduce NOx emissions in the exhaust gas feedstream.
US08302370B1
A packaging system for pharmaceuticals is provided. The system includes a box having an opening, a pouch strip positioned within the box. The pouch strip includes a continuous series of sealed pouches rolled into a spiral with a first end and a second end. The opening in the box is of a shape configured to accommodate the cross section of the sealed pouches such that the pouch strip may be pulled through the opening outwardly from the box.
US08302363B1
An interlocking support structure has an array of rectangular cells arranged in at least one layer, each cell having four sides, opposite ends, and eight corners, and sharing common sides and corners with any adjacent cells. The cells are formed by sets of spaced, parallel elongate members extending in x, y and z directions, with the x, y and z members interlocked with one another at the corners of the cells to form interlocking corner joints. Each structural member is hollow at least in the vicinity of each corner joint with which it intersects, and communicates with the other structural members at the respective corner joints. A plug of hardened, initially flowable material fills the hollow interior of the interlocking structural members at least at the corner joints and adheres to the internal surfaces of the members at the corner joints to secure the members together at each corner in the rectangular array.
US08302348B2
An automatic pet door device having a pet-specific identification component whereby only authorized animals are permitted to access the pet door.
US08302346B2
Biological optimization systems for enhancing photosynthetic efficiency and methods of use. Specifically, methods for enhancing photosynthetic efficiency including applying pulsed light to a photosynthetic organism, using a chlorophyll fluorescence feedback control system to determine one or more photosynthetic efficiency parameters, and adjusting one or more of the photosynthetic efficiency parameters to drive the photosynthesis by the delivery of an amount of light to optimize light absorption of the photosynthetic organism while providing enough dark time between light pulses to prevent oversaturation of the chlorophyll reaction centers are disclosed.
US08302344B2
A lure retriever for retrieving a snagged fishing lure attached to a fishing line includes a hollow central body member having a first threaded end and a second end, and a longitudinal slot extending through part of the central body member, at least one chain member connected to the central body member, and a first end cap having a complementary threaded surface to enable threaded connection to said first threaded end and having a longitudinal slot extending at least through part of the first end cap and wherein when the first cap is connected to the first threaded end the slots can be both positioned in alignment to permit line passage therethrough and nonalignment to prevent line passage therethrough.
US08302336B2
A light emitting sign comprising a light box housing a plurality of blue LEDs operable to generate blue excitation light and a light emitting display surface overlaying the light box opening. The light emitting display surface comprises a light transmissive substrate configured as a light transmissive window such that light generated by the sign is emitted from the substrate and a phosphor overlaying at least a portion of one face of the substrate. The phosphor is configured to absorb at least a portion of the blue light generated by the LEDs and, in response, to emit light of a selected color.
US08302323B2
The present disclosure relates to a surgical patch and methods of using the same. The surgical patch includes a body having a substrate, a longitudinal slit bisecting at least a portion of the body, and at least one additional slit extending from the longitudinal slit defining a retractable section. The surgical patch of the disclosure may be used, for example, to provide hemostasis at a site of anastomosis. The present disclosure also provides kits including such surgical patches, as well as templates that permit one to cut the patch to a desired size and/or shape.
US08302322B2
A detector includes a stylus, a holding portion that holds a proximal end portion of the stylus, a body portion that supports the holding portion rotatably about a rotational axis, and a sensor that detects a rotational displacement of the holding portion. The holding portion includes an abutting member, on which the proximal end portion of the stylus abuts, and a plate spring that biases the proximal end portion of the stylus against the abutting member. The abutting member includes a groove portion on which the proximal end portion of the stylus abuts, and a semispherical portion that extends toward the plate spring, compared with a bottom of the groove portion. The stylus includes a proximal end inclined portion at the proximal end portion of the stylus. The proximal end inclined portion is inclined toward the plate spring, with a decreasing distance from the rotational axis.
US08302320B2
A tool assembly that includes a tool, which has a frame and a pair of suction cups. Each suction cup has a cup housing and a cup structure. The cup housing is coupled to the frame. The cup structure is at least partly received in the cup housing. At least one of the cup structures is rotatable relative to the frame. A method for releasably securing a tool assembly to a wall is also provided.
US08302305B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a cast iron member in which the production of gas defects such as blowholes or pinholes in a clad layer formed on the surface of a cast iron material can be reduced, and the generation of bead cracks in the clad layer can be restrained. In the method for manufacturing a cast iron member, including a step of forming the clad layer by melting a material for cladding by means of irradiation of a laser emitted from a laser irradiation device and by depositing the melted material on the surface of a part of the cast iron material, the step of forming the clad layer is performed by using a material the main ingredient of which is a copper element as the material for cladding so that when the clad layer is formed, a hardened layer having a thickness of 0.01 to 2.0 mm is formed on the surface of the cast iron material.
US08302304B2
A process is disclosed for inserting a piston pin wire lock ring, particularly Circlips, into a locking groove of a wrist pin bore of a piston. The wire lock ring is radially pre-compressed and thus reduced in size in such a manner that its outside diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the piston wrist pin bore, by insertion of the ring into a sleeve/tube. While still in the sleeve/tube, the wire lock ring is subsequently inserted, in its compressed state, into the pin bore where it is then uncompressed and released into the locking groove of the piston bore through the use of a plunger inserted in the sleeve/tube to push the lock ring past the end of the sleeve/tube.
US08302302B2
Ribbons containing e.g. inorganic NMOS devices are assembled in electrical contact with ribbons containing e.g. PMOS devices (preferably organic) to enable flexible electronic textile circuits, e.g. displays, to be inexpensive and practical for a wide for a variety of functions. The use of ribbons provides flexibility, reduces costs, and allows testing during assembly and different processes to be efficiently used for different components. This is apparently the first time that ribbons (especially inorganic-device-containing ribbons) have been interconnected to form a flexible CMOS electronic textile.
US08302300B2
A method for manufacturing multilayer printed circuit board includes steps below. A first copper clad laminate includes a central portion and a peripheral portion is provided. A group of concentric copper annular collars is formed by etching the peripheral portion. A second copper clad laminate and an adhesive layer is laminated on to the first copper clad laminate in a manner that the adhesive is sandwiched between the first copper clad laminate and the second copper clad laminate to form a multilayer substrate. A detection hole is formed run through the multilayer substrate. An offset distance is determined and plated through holes in the central portion of the multilayer substrate is formed based on the offset distance.
US08302296B2
A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by friction welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore. A sidewall of the bore is provided with an inward annular projection angled toward a cable end of the bore. A sidewall of the inward annular projection and the sidewall of the bore form an annular friction groove open to a cable end of the bore. The annular friction groove is dimensioned with a taper at a connector end of the friction groove less than a thickness of a leading end of the outer conductor. The taper provides an annular material chamber between the leading end of the outer conductor, when seated in the friction groove, and the connector end of the friction groove.
US08302291B2
A component mounting system including mounting machines along a direction of conveying a circuit board; a feeder mount base in each of the mounting machines; a feeder removably mounted on the feeder mount base of each of the mounting machines; a mounting head in each of the mounting machines, the mounting head sucking a component supplied from the feeder for mounting on the circuit board; a moving mechanism in each of the mounting machines, the moving mechanism configured to removably mount and move the mounting head; an inspection camera unit configured to image an inspection target part of the circuit board; and an inspection image processing unit mounted, replaceably with the feeder, on the feeder mount base where the inspection camera unit is mounted, the inspection image processing unit processing an image signal output from the inspection camera unit to inspect the inspection target part.
US08302289B2
An apparatus for manufacturing wireless communication devices for use in tracking or identifying other items uses cutting techniques that allow the size of an antenna for the wireless communication device to vary. Further, the chip for the wireless communication device is nested so as to be flush with the surface of the substrate of the wireless communication device. Rollers cut the tabs that form the antenna elements. In a first embodiment, a plurality of rollers are used, each one effecting a different cut whose position may be phased so as to shorten or lengthen the antenna element. In a second embodiment, the rollers are independently positionable to shorten or lengthen the antenna element.
US08302287B2
A multilayer inductor includes a bottom magnetic layer having an external conductive pattern formed on a bottom surface thereof for connection to a substrate such as a printed circuit board. The bottom external conductive pattern includes signal/power contacts and first and second inductor electrodes. A top magnetic layer includes a top external conductive pattern having signal/power contacts and inductor electrode contacts. An inductor conductive pattern formed on the top surfaces of intermediate magnetic layers disposed between the top and bottom magnetic layers are electrically coupled to each other by means of through holes to form a spiral inductor element.
US08302270B2
A method of manufacturing a capacitor-embedded printed circuit board that includes fabricating a capacitor substrate having at least one inner electrode formed on one side of a dielectric layer; aligning a semi-cured insulation layer with one side of a core layer, and aligning the capacitor substrate with the semi-cured insulation layer such that the inner electrode faces the semi-cured insulation layer; and collectively stacking the core layer, the semi-cured insulation layer, and the capacitor substrate.
US08302268B2
A method of continuously manufacturing a hermetic plastic zipper wherein the plastic zipper has a readily peelable plastic layer prolonging in a lengthwise direction of the plastic zipper, the readily peelable plastic layer is welded using ultrasonic wave so that the peeling intensity of the welded portion is within a certain range, the method is characterized in that while the engaging portions are brought into a engaged state, the portion of the plastic zipper where the readily peelable plastic layer exists is inserted between an ultrasonic horn and an anvil, and the readily peelable layer is welded by using ultrasonic wave under a condition wherein the distance L between the ultrasonic horn and the anvil is uniformly held at an distance of H≧L≧0.85H wherein H stands for a maximum thickness of the plastic zipper under the engaged state.
US08302264B2
Teeth 31 and 32 are formed on opposite sides of a strip portion 2 of a band 1 in the width direction. Protruding portions 51-54 are formed in a proximal portion 20 of the strip portion 2 so as to respectively engage the teeth 31 and 32 on the opposite sides of the strip portion 2 in the width direction. A release portion is provided between the protruding portions 51-54 for allowing a portion of the distal portion 22 and the intermediate portion 21 of the strip portion 2 where the teeth 31 and 32 are formed to be moved into and out of a space between the protruding portions 51-54.
US08302262B2
A hinge device of a plane monitor is capable of manually rotating a plane display in lateral horizontal direction, manually inclining (tilting, laying) in longitudinal direction, or manually adjusting the height in vertical direction, being simple in structure and easy in manual operation. The structure includes a mechanism for supporting a plane display in lower part, and rotating it manually in lateral horizontal direction, in which the rotary mechanism in the lateral horizontal direction includes horizontal rotary position holding means, and transmitting means for transmitting rotary motion in lateral horizontal direction of the plane display to the horizontal rotary position holding means.
US08302248B2
A vacuum cleaner attachment and a method of control of the vacuum cleaner attachment are described. The vacuum cleaner attachment comprises an ultraviolet light source to irradiate and disinfect various cleaning surfaces. Various embodiments of the attachment include one or more safety features concerning activation, enabling, and disabling of the ultraviolet light source based on various parameters such as distance between the attachment and a cleaning surface, time that such a distance is greater than a predetermined time period, and temperature of the ultraviolet light source in order to enable safe and effective operation of the attachment.
US08302247B2
A paint roller including a roller cover retainer that is releasable to permit a roller cover to be easily removed. The device includes a locking lever pivotable relative to the frame which actuates retainers located within the roller assembly. The locking lever also exerts an axial force adapted to disengage the roller cover from the roller assembly when the retainer is disengaged. A used roller cover can be removed without the need to grasp the used roller cover. Installation of a roller cover onto the roller assembly automatically engages the retainers and shifts the locking lever into the locked position.
US08302237B2
A boarding bridge is provided that has an inexpensive, trouble-free, and strong construction, that eliminates the level differences between the passage portions of adjacent passage sections, and can reduce the occurrence of passengers falling and the like. In the boarding bridge (1), a proximal end tunnel (7) and a distal end tunnel (9) are telescopically fit, and are extended and retracted by moving relative to each other in a longitudinal direction. At the passage portion of the distal end tunnel (9) are provided a passage member (33) having, at a passage portion of the distal end tunnel (9), one end thereof connected to the end portion of the stationary passage (29) of the proximal end tunnel (7), having a distal end passage portion (31) that has at least a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction, and having the other end thereof installed at the proximal end tunnel (7); sprockets (35) that are installed at the lower portion of the distal end tunnel of the distal end tunnel (9) such that the position thereof does not move, and that guide the passage member (33) in a vertical direction; a sheave (37) that is installed at the lower portion of the back end portion of the distal end tunnel (9) such that the position thereof does not move, and that guides the passage member (33) in a vertical direction; and a spring member (39) that applies a tension to the passage member (33).
US08302231B2
An attachment system and method for attaching a medical unit to a transport using connection brackets. The medical unit attaches to the connection brackets and restricts the movement of the medical unit during transportation. Use of the connection brackets enables quick and efficient attachment and removal of the medical unit from the transport. A connection bracket may be placed at one end of the transport and the medical unit may be attached to the connection bracket. Once the medical unit is placed on the transport, another connection bracket may be attached to the medical unit and connected to the transport. After the second connection bracket is connected, the medical unit can be transported to another location.
US08302221B1
A medical assist device for a patient has a rotatable platform with a seat adjacent the platform and a lift mechanism for moving the seat from a lowered position for supporting a patient to a raised position and likewise able to move said seat from a raised position for supporting a patient to a lowered position. The rotatable platform can be rotated only if the seat is in the lowered position and the lift mechanism for raising the seat can be actuated only if the rotatable platform is in a predetermined position at which an open space between support bars is facing the seat.
US08302220B2
A bathtub drainage and overflow system assembly is a combination of a one-piece overflow pipe and a waste water drain assembly connected by a T-shaped elbow. The one-piece overflow pipe has an inverted L-shape having an elbow portion. A lip extends radially outwardly from an outer surface of the overflow pipe to engage an outer surface of the bathtub end wall around the bathtub overflow port. A thin diaphragm is used to close the inlet to fluid flow. The waste water drain has an L-shaped drain pipe having an annular flange resting on a bottom wall of the bathtub.
US08302219B2
A portable shower stall suitable for a wheelchair-bound person to bathe with the help of an assistant, comprising of a self-supporting flexible shower base, a modular shower enclosure standing freely within the shower base, a hand-held sprayer connected to a kitchen faucet via hose, and a pump with puddle scoop attachment that drains the shower base. One sidewall of the shower base can be pressed down and fastened to the shower base bottom to facilitate wheelchair access, but it can be released and restored to upright position for water retention. Shower enclosure consists of two identical bi-fold shower screens clamping to each other to form a splash-proof rectangle. However, one or both screens can be removed from the shower base to provide access to the wheelchair-bound person.
US08307444B1
A method for a computer system includes receiving configuration data from a network device in a network, determining a topology for a portion of the network from the configuration data, wherein the topology indicates a server location and a threat server at a threat server location in the network, determining a vulnerability including vulnerability attributes for the first server location, and when configuration data for the first server location is incomplete, the method includes determining a security exposure of the first server location with respect to the threat server in response to the configuration data, the topology, and to the configuration data associated the host server location, determining a vulnerability certainty for the first server location with respect the vulnerability in response to the configuration data associated the host server location, and outputting a visual representation of the security exposure and the vulnerability certainty on a display.
US08307442B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for preventing infection propagation in a DMVPN is presented. An infected spoke router site is isolated from the DMVPN network such that the spoke router may (bi-directionally) completely or partially limit communicating with any network devices (including the hub router, any other spoke routers etc.) within the DMVPN which prevents the DMVPN melt-down, isolates a worm-infected spoke router site from the rest of the DMVPN and restricts the spread of the worm within the DMVPN network.
US08307438B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conditionally performing a scan of data based nit an associated data structure. In use, at least one aspect is identified for each of a first plurality of scanners utilized to perform a scan on data at a first network device. Additionally, at least one data structure is associated with the data, where the at least one data structure reflects the at least one aspect of each of the first plurality of scanners. Furthermore, a subsequent scan on the data is conditionally performed utilizing, each of a second plurality of scanners at a second network device, based on the at least one data structure.
US08307434B2
A method for analyzing a computing system includes the steps of at a first moment in time, scanning the resources of the computing system for indications of malware, at a second moment in time scanning the resources of the computing system for indications of malware and determining the system executable objects loaded on the computing system, determining malware system changes, identifying a relationship between the malware system changes and the system executable objects loaded on the computing system, and identifying as suspected malware the system executable objects loaded on the computing system which have a relationship with the malware system changes. The malware system changes include differences between the results of scanning the resources of the computing system for indications of malware at the second and first moment of time.
US08307429B2
A method of determining that protected software is running in a virtualized environment includes obtaining a set of baseline measurements of system call timings in native operating system environments. Statistical thresholds are established based on the baseline measurements such that there is a predetermined probability that protected software running in a native environment will experience system call durations that exceed the thresholds. The protected software is analyzed and instructions are incorporated within the software such that particular system calls, demonstrated to be differentiating using the set of baseline measurements and the threshold analysis, are executed during the normal running of the protected software. The incorporated instructions are used to estimate the parameter values that are to be compared with the established statistical thresholds. Repeated comparisons of the estimates obtained during the normal running of the protected software are executed to determine whether the software is running in a virtualized environment.
US08307426B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for controlling the use of processing algorithms, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, authorization to use an algorithm is validated in a system having a processor capable of executing user defined instructions, by executing a user defined instruction that writes a first value to a first storage of a user defined instruction block, uses the first value to transform a second value located in a second storage of the user defined instruction block, and compares the transformed second value to a third value located in a third storage. Use of the algorithm is permitted only if the comparison of the transformed second value to the third value indicates that use of the algorithm is authorized. In another embodiment, authorization to use an at least partially decrypted algorithm is validated via a key for enablement.
US08307422B2
An MPLS-aware firewall allows firewall security policies to be applied to MPLS traffic. The firewall, which may be integrated within a routing device, can be configured into multiple virtual security systems. The routing device provides a user interface by which a user specifies one or more zones to be recognized by the integrated firewall when applying stateful firewall services to the packets. The user interface allows the user to define different zones and policies for different ones of the virtual security systems. In addition, the user interface supports a syntax that allows the user to define the zones for the firewall by specifying the customer VPNs as interfaces associated with the zones. The routing device generates mapping information for the integrated firewall to map the customer VPNs to specific MPLS labels for the MPLS tunnels carrying the customer's traffic.
US08307417B2
Included are embodiments for port enablement. One embodiment of a method includes inserting a streams module in a kernel space of a host device, the streams module being coupled to a stream head, the streams module coupled to a transmission control protocol (TCP) module and receiving a bind request on a socket, the bind request associated with an application. Embodiments also include determining a process name associated with the received bind request, determining, based on the determined process name, a meta-configuration rule for a firewall configuration of the application and utilizing the determined meta-configuration rule for the firewall configuration of the application.
US08307413B2
The invention relates to a personal token (10) for authentication in a network comprising a piece of software for initiating an SSL connection by generating a message authenticating said token to a remote server (30) characterized in that the piece of software controls the processing of the message so as to use of a data (12) which is prestored in the token (10) and which is specifically associated with the remote server (30) so that the message can be interpreted only by the specific remote server (30).
US08307409B2
An electronic information management device includes: an associating unit that associates electronic information with first access right information with respect to each user, the electronic information being associated with an associated site so that the electronic information is stored at the associated site, the associating unit further associating the associated site with second access right information with respect to each user; a receiving unit that receives a request for access to the electronic information from a user; a determining unit that, when the receiving unit receives a request for access to the electronic information, determines the sum of the first access right information and the second access right information, and, based on the sum of the access right information, determines whether to allow the user to access the electronic information; and an access controlling unit that controls access to the electronic information in accordance with the determination result of the determining unit.
US08307398B2
An apparatus and method are provided for receiving and displaying cellular television content. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a wireless communication device for establishing a connection to a wireless telecommunications network and for receiving video content over the connection. The apparatus includes a processor for receiving the cellular television content and the television signal. The processor generates a signal for display on a video display screen from the television signal and the video content. A video display screen is also provided in the apparatus for displaying the signal. The apparatus may also include a remote control interface and a remote control device that includes a keypad for establishing a wireless telephone call through the apparatus over the wireless telecommunications network. The apparatus may alternatively include an interface for receiving and communicating with a wireless telephone capable of establishing a connection to a wireless telecommunications network and receiving cellular television.
US08307397B2
A video apparatus and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, by which a channel selection via an external device is enabled in a manner of controlling the video apparatus by unifying to manage all channel information selectable by the external device in controlling the external device provided with a tuner enabling the channel selection of a specific broadcasting. In a video apparatus receiving a first broadcasting, the present invention includes the steps of storing first broadcasting channel information of the first broadcasting in a combined channel memory within the video apparatus, reading second broadcasting channel information of a second broadcasting from an external device receiving the second broadcasting, and storing the read second broadcasting channel information of the second broadcasting in the combined channel memory.
US08307387B2
It is an object of the invention to provide a disk case capable of easily determining a disk without changing hardware of a drive unit. A disk case of the present invention includes a case body in which a disk is held, an opening through which a portion of the disk is exposed, a shutter for opening and closing the opening, and a bridge portion located at an outer periphery of the disk and at the opening, wherein a dent having a diameter greater than an inner peripheral diameter of the bridge portion is formed at a position of a pickup moving path of the bridge portion.
US08307381B2
An optical pickup device includes an optical part module having a light emitting device and an optical pickup case to which the optical part module is fixed by way of an adhesive, in which the optical part module is adhesively fixed by disposing a bonding surface of the optical part module to the optical pickup case at least at two positions on lateral surfaces of the optical part module putting an optical axis therebetween, and a bonding distance L in the lateral surface between the optical part module and the optical pickup is defined as: 40 μm
US08307367B2
Partition migrations are scheduled between virtual partitions of a virtually partitioned data processing system. The virtually partitioned data processing system is a tickless system in which a periodic timer interrupt is not guaranteed to be sent to the processor at a defined time interval. A request is received for a partition migration. Gaps between scheduled timer interrupts are identified. The partition migration is then scheduled to occur within the largest gap.
US08307360B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises in response to an intercept of a first instruction in a guest that is controlled by a virtual machine monitor (VMM), updating first tracking data corresponding to the first instruction in an intercept tracking table; determining, from the first tracking data, that a translation of the first instruction into a first routine is to be performed; and caching the first routine to be executed in response to a subsequent intercept of the first instruction, wherein the first routine is formed from instructions defined in a same instruction set architecture as the first instruction. In some embodiments, a routine for an intercepted instruction that is within a merge window of the first instruction in a guest may be merged into the same routine with the first instruction.
US08307345B2
Instrumentation is dynamically added to application components during runtime. An interestingness engine receives inputs from various sources which identify software components such as classes for which it is desired to provide instrumentation. The sources can include a heuristics engine which receives performance data from already-instrumented components, a user interface from which a user identifies component to be instrumented or de-instrumented, and a static list of components to be instrumented. During the runtime, instrumentation can be added to components which become interesting, or removed from components which become not interesting. When loading or redefining a component, if a component type matches rules, it is eligible for instrumentation, and the interestingness engine is consulted to determine whether the component is of interest, in which case instrumentation is added. If a component type does not match rules, but the component is interesting, the rules can be updated to include the component type.
US08307339B2
In a model based software system, a set of business rules is scanned, and patterns are identified. The patterns are then compared, and similarities identified which indicate that software can be reused in the system. In one embodiment, identifiers of the rules are scanned. In another embodiment, usage patterns are used for designing a middle layer and generating code. In another embodiment of the invention, a data model is generated by capturing data from a user interface for a business document.
US08307337B2
Embodiments of parallelization and/or instrumentation in a producer graph oriented programming framework have been presented. In one embodiment, a request to run an application program is received, wherein object-oriented source code of the application program includes methods and producer dependency declarations, wherein the producer dependency declaration for a given method identifies a set of zero or more producers with outputs that are an input to the given method, wherein a producer is at least an instance and a method associated with that instance. Further, execution of the application program may be parallelized based on dependency between producers of the application program using the runtime. In some embodiments, the application program is instrumented using the runtime.
US08307329B2
Component domains used to define a binding between various components associated with the component domain. The component domain tracks the various services to be imported by each component, and tracks the various services exported by each component. At runtime, rather than at compile time, the various interrelations between the components are bound using the service import and export data. Accordingly, depending on the components available and their characteristics, the bindings may differ. This permits applications to be much more flexible.
US08307318B2
A method of configuring a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) includes arranging a circuit region in the center of a unit cell. Capacitor/resistor regions are arranged along the left and right edge portions of the unit cell. The capacitor/resistor regions include a plurality of active resistors having the same length and a capacitor having a width equal to the length of the plurality of active resistors. In addition, a first conductive layer is arranged longitudinally in each of the capacitor/resistor regions so as to contact the left and right edge portions of the unit cell.
US08307314B2
A write error verification method of a writing apparatus verifying a write error after a write operation being started in the writing apparatus to which layout data containing a figure pattern to be formed is input and which forms the figure pattern on a target object based on the layout data input, the write error verification method includes: if a write error occurs in a process between input of the layout data into the writing apparatus and inspection of the target object on which the figure pattern is formed, selecting a part of the layout data necessary for operation of a function that has caused the write error; extracting parts of the layout data corresponding to a selected part of the layout data for all of a plurality of portions of the target object if a pattern indicated by the selected part of the layout data is arranged at the plurality of portions of the target object; creating verification data by deleting at least one parts extracted for at least one portions other than a portion that has caused the write error from extracted parts of the layout data and by using remaining data; and reproducing the operation of the function that has caused the write error using the verification data to output a result of the reproducing.
US08307312B2
A simulation method of a logic circuit is provided. The simulation method includes operations dividing the logic circuit into a plurality of divided circuits, determining the divided circuit constructing a path circuit of the logic circuit, determining an auxiliary divided circuit that is the divided circuit not constructing the path circuit and affects on a simulation result of the path circuit. The method also includes executing a simulation calculation of a part of the circuit including the divide circuit constructing the path circuit and the auxiliary divided circuit.
US08307310B2
A pattern generating method includes: extracting, from a shape of a pattern generated on a substrate, a contour of the pattern shape; setting evaluation points as verification points for the pattern shape on the contour; calculating curvatures on the contour in the evaluation points; and verifying the pattern shape based on whether the curvatures satisfy a predetermined threshold set in advance.
US08307303B2
A control unit that controls an LCD with touch panel allows a user to designate a desired raw material with a touch panel, causes the LCD to display menu items not containing the designated raw material, allows the user to designate a desired menu item with the touch panel from the menu items displayed on the LCD, and generates order data including the designated menu item.
US08307294B2
A method of enabling assisted visual development of workflow for an application task. A workflow wizard provides a tasking page from which a user selects a desired one of a plurality of candidate tasks. The workflow wizard then provides a data selection page from which the user selects a desired set of data components from a plurality of candidate data components. A target selection page is then provided, from which the user can select a desired one of a plurality of candidate objects. Finally, an assignment page is provided, to enable the user to specify a detailed assignment relationship between the selected set of data components and fields of the selected target. The workflow wizard then auto-generates code that, when executed, will implement the selected task using the selected set of data components, the selected target and the specified assignment.
US08307288B1
Capability to present forms, items and menu commands behavior, which translates to other languages, in combination with network communication and a user interface event listener, is compiled into binary code (Step 1), loaded (Step 2) and run (Step 3) on a mobile networked device. Such capability includes at least one of placement, appearance, behavior, logic, format, user interaction behavior, input validation and video. Instructions, not characterized as compiled code, browser pages or scripting language, are assembled and stored on a server. The running binary code on the mobile networked device requests and receives the instructions (Step 4) which trigger the capability code to present variable format and information (Step 5). New retrieved instructions trigger different capability code to present different variable format and information without recompiling and downloading code to the mobile networked device (Step 6), thus providing an efficient portable service for entities and users of mobile networked devices.
US08307287B2
Techniques are provided for generating a heads-up-display to assist users during performance of media manipulation operations. According to one embodiment, a transient heads-up-display is displayed during a media manipulation operation to assist the user in the media manipulation operation. The heads-up-display may, for example, depict three frames of a video clip when an audio clip is being positioned, on a timeline, relative to the video clip. The three frames that are depicted in the heads-up-display may be the frames located at the current starting position, cursor position, and ending position, of the audio clip. As the audio clip is being moved during the positioning operation, the three frames depicted in the heads-up-display change accordingly.
US08307285B2
The present invention comprises recording an audio file that is representative of a particular horn. Each audio file is stored in a memory that can be integrated within a single device together with a keypad, a display, a power source, and/or a data port. The device is accessed by the system user through a keypad. A display indicates to the user a set of choices from among the different audio files that can be accessed, and the user makes a choice. Entering of a request command to play the selected audio file causes the file to be played through one or more speakers, head phones, or store audio system. The system can also be linked to a printer that can print a receipt or a ticket corresponding to the selected horn type. The device can comprise a volume control; and, power to the system can be supplied by battery, AC, or both. The system, whether embodied in a single device, in separate stand-alone devices, or as part of a system having a remote hub, can include a USB port for receiving of updated programs or digital data to supplement or complement software routines within the system.
US08307281B2
This invention easily realizes a process of changing the display order of the candidates according to various input states. In a character input device of a mobile telephone, a wide variety of attributes representing an input state are set, and a conversion dictionary in which the attributes are registered in dictionary data of a corresponding word is set. An adjustment value setting unit determines the input state at a relative time point according to the start of input of the read character or the confirmation of the candidate, and sets an adjustment value to each attribute according to the determination content. A priority adjustment unit adjusts the priority with the adjustment value set to the attribute of the candidate for the candidate set with an attribute of each candidate extracted from the conversion dictionary by the read character string. A candidate display processing unit determines the display order of each candidate based on the priority after the adjustment process, and causes the display unit to display the candidate in the determined order.
US08307279B1
A system for smooth zooming in web applications includes a structured document defining a plurality of display elements including a scalable element defined to be located at least partially within a resizable container element when rendered; a rendering component operable to receive the structured document as an input, execute a rendering function that calculates a display position for each of the plurality of display elements, and define rendered content based at least in part on the display position for each of the plurality of display elements; a display component operable to output a viewable area of the rendered content; and a scaling component operable to receive a scaling input, redefine the scalable element based at least in part on the scaling input, and selectively redefine the resizable container element based at least in part on the display position of the resizable container element with respect to the viewable area of the rendered content.
US08307268B2
Systems and methods are provided for improved designs and performance for iterative decoder systems. In some embodiments, the iterative decoder may be decoupled from FIR samples through an FIR RAM, thus resulting in a less complex design and shorter processing times. In some embodiments, an intermediate memory may be used when passing information between the SOVA and LDPC of the iterative decoder. In some embodiments, the SOVA-required information may be continuously serialized from information received from the LDPC during each LDPC iteration. In some embodiments, the 1/(1+D2) precoder of the HR RLL encoder may be split into two serial, 1/(1+D) precoders. One 1/(1+D) precoder may be pulled outside of the HR RLL encoder and used in conjunction with the iterative decoder. This may allow for a 1/(1+D) precoder that may be used with the iterative decoder while maintaining the RLL constraints imposed upon the encoded information by the HR RLL encoder.
US08307267B2
In a particular embodiment, a channel detector is disclosed that includes a programmable look-up table (LUT) to relate user bits to channel bits. The programmable LUT is adapted to be implemented on a state trellis of arbitrary radix. The channel detector further includes a sectional precoder coupled to a channel and having access to the programmable LUT. The sectional precoder is adapted to map channel bits to user bits and vice versa using a programmable LUT.
US08307266B2
Data communication, with improved error detection, of a signal having a plurality of data blocks, by: error checking a received data block in a first sequence using a first polynomial, beginning with a first predetermined initial error checking state, producing a first CSUM; error checking the received data block in a second sequence using a second polynomial, using the first CSUM as a second predetermined initial error checking state, producing a second CSUM; comparing the second CSUM to the first predetermined initial error checking state to detect errors in the data communication; and repeating the above steps for sequential data blocks of the data communication, wherein the first polynomial is an inverse of the second polynomial.
US08307265B2
Techniques are described that can be used to extend the data transmission rate specified by 10GBASE-KR of IEEE 802.3ap (2007) to more than 10 Gb/s using a multiple lane backplane. A signal for transmission over 10 Gb/s can be divided into multiple streams for transmission over multiple lanes. Multiple transceiver pairs can be used for transmission and receipt of the multiple streams. Each transceiver pair may comply with 10GBASE-KR of IEEE 802.3ap (2007).
US08307261B2
A management method for a non-volatile memory comprises the steps of providing the non-volatile memory with at least one block having a plurality of pages to store user data and parity data; dividing at least one of the pages into a plurality of partitions each including the user data and parity data; determining codeword length of each of the partitions, the codeword length comprising message length with sufficient storage to store the user data and parity length storing the parity data; and storing extra parity data in the partition with the codeword length. When storing extra parity data in the codeword length, the parity length is increased and the message length is decreased.
US08307260B2
Data bits stored in memory cells are recognized by an ECC generator as data bit strings in a first direction and data bit strings in a second direction such that each data bit string in the first direction and each data bit string in the second direction share one data bit in common. The ECC controller identifies a data bit string in the first direction having more than one data bit in error based on a respective correction code in the first direction and identifies a data bit string in the second direction having more than one data bit in error based on a respective correction code in the second direction, and causes the data bit shared by the identified data bit string in the first direction and the identified data bit string in the second direction to be changed.
US08307256B2
A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. Herein, additional encoding is performed on mobile service data, which are then transmitted, thereby providing robustness in the processed mobile service data, so that the mobile service data can respond more strongly against fast and frequent channel changes. The data processing method of a digital broadcast transmitting system includes the steps of forming a RS frame by grouping a plurality of mobile service data bytes that is being inputted, and performing error correction encoding in RS frame units, forming a super frame by grouping a plurality of the error correction encoded RS frame, performing row permutation in super frame units, and dividing the super frame back to RS frames, and dividing the RS frame into a plurality of data groups.
US08307253B2
In one embodiment, a reconfigurable two's-complement-to-sign-magnitude (2TSM) converter has two five-bit non-reconfigurable 2TSM converters and is selectively configurable to operate in a five-bit mode or a ten-bit mode. In five-bit mode, the first and second non-reconfigurable 2TSM converters concurrently convert first and second five-bit messages, respectively, from two's-complement-to-sign-magnitude format. In the ten-bit mode, the first and second non-reconfigurable 2TSM converters concurrently convert first and second halves of a ten-bit message, respectively, from two's-complement-to-sign-magnitude format. The reconfigurable 2TSM converter then generates a ten-bit sign-magnitude message based on the conversions of the two non-reconfigurable 2TSM and a carry-over bit. In another embodiment, a reconfigurable sign-magnitude-to-two's-complement (SMT2) converter comprises the reconfigurable 2TSM described above. The reconfigurable SMT2 is selectively configurable to operate in (i) a five-bit mode to convert two five-bit messages concurrently and (ii) a ten-bit mode to convert one ten-bit message at a time.
US08307250B2
A method is provided for associating initial transmissions and retransmissions in semi-persistent scheduling. The method includes providing a first initial transmission associated with a first assigned Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process ID. The method further includes providing a second initial transmission associated with a second assigned HARQ process ID. The method further includes providing at least one retransmission associated with the first HARQ process ID. The second initial transmission occurs before the at least one retransmission, and the second assigned HARQ process ID is different from the first assigned HARQ process ID.
US08307248B2
A method and a module for estimating a plurality of relative channel-error for at least one signal with respect to a reference signal. The signals and are produced by an analog-to-digital module including parallel and time interleaved analog-to-digital converters and are received by an estimation module. The method is performed by the estimation module and includes defining a function representing a relationship between the reference signal and an arbitrary signal in the group of signals, selecting a first reference signal in the group of signals, selecting a second signal from the remaining signals in the group, optimizing the function so as to obtain an estimate of the plurality of relative channel-error, and repeating the selecting a second signal and optimizing the function for each remaining signal.
US08307242B2
In a computer system including server apparatuses such as an active server and a standby server connected to a storage apparatus, when the active server fails, a management server changes over connection to the storage apparatus from the active server to standby server to thereby hand over operation to the standby server. The management server refers to a fail-over strategy table in which apparatus information of the server apparatuses is associated with fail-over methods to select fail-over strategy in consideration of apparatus information of the active and standby servers.
US08307237B2
A precision oscillator for an asynchronous transmission system. An integrated system on a chip with serial asynchronous communication capabilities includes processing circuitry for performing predefined digital processing functions on the chip and having an associated on chip free running clock circuit for generating a temperature compensated clock. An on-chip UART is provided for digitally communicating with an off-chip UART, which off-chip UART has an independent time reference, which communication between the on-chip UART and the off-chip UART is effected without clock recovery. The on-chip UART has a time-base derived from the temperature compensated clock. The temperature compensated clock provides a time reference for both the processing circuitry and the on-chip UART.
US08307234B2
Generally this disclosure describes methods and systems for conserving energy in a client platform by maintaining connectivity between the client platform and a remote resource when the client is in a low-power state. An example method may include receiving notification that the client platform is transitioning to the low-power state, receiving at least one payload from the client platform, the at least one payload being configured to maintain connectivity with a remote resource while the client platform is in the low-power state, transmitting a packet including the at least one payload and receiving a packet including an acknowledgement.
US08307228B2
An integrated network chip and an electronic device using the chip are illustrated. The integrated network chip includes at least a first access interface, at least a second access interface, a power management unit (PMU) and an interface bridge. The first access interface and second access interface respectively provides the electronic device with a local area network connection function and a memory card access function. The interface bridge integrates the first access interface and second access interface by providing a hub-like functionality. The PMU provides the power and the ground to the first access interface, second access interface and the interface bridge. When the PMU detects the second access interface enters a power saving mode, the PMU provides a lower operation voltage to the second access interface.
US08307224B2
Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to dynamically redistribute power in a system that includes a plurality of subsystems are described. A load profile of the system is identified. The power is redistributed between the subsystems while tracking the load profile. The load profile may be an asymmetric, or a balanced load profile. The load profile is identified based on a utilization factor for each of the subsystems. In one embodiment, the power used by each of the subsystems is sensed by one or more sensors or predicted or estimated. A utilization factor, which may be a ratio of the actual power used by the subsystem to the power allocated to the subsystem, is calculated. The load profile is determined using the utilization factor of each of the subsystems. A power weighting arrangement between the subsystems, for example, a power distribution table, is selected based on the load profile.
US08307223B2
A battery management system includes at least one slave battery management system and a master battery management system. The slave battery management system outputs a ready signal when power is applied thereto, and the master battery management system provides a synchronization start signal to the slave battery management system in response to the ready signal. The master battery management system periodically provides a synchronization reset signal to the slave battery management system.
US08307222B2
The number of battery cells connected together in a main battery conductor path of a multiple cell battery system of an information handling system may be varied in real time based on one or more operating conditions (e.g., system load power consumption, battery cell failure, etc.) of the information handling system. Defective battery cells may be bypassed such that the defective battery system may continue to operate and power an information handling system at a lower voltage, e.g., either temporarily, permanently or temporarily until the user procures a suitable replacement battery system. Interconnection of cells of a non-defective multiple cell battery system may also be selectively re-arranged to vary battery system voltage at particular times or during particular information handling system operation modes.
US08307220B2
Methods, computers, and products for managing power consumption of a computer, the computer including a computer processor and managing power consumption of a computer includes: dynamically during operation of the computer, setting, by an in-band power manager in dependence upon performance metrics of the computer processor, a current performance state (‘p-state’) of the computer processor; and providing, by the in-band power manager to an out-of-band power manager, the current p-state of the computer processor.
US08307218B2
A system for securely vaulting, auditing, controlling and transferring electronic transferable records (TRs) with unique ownership, including at least one registry for registering the electronic transferable record with unique ownership in a TR registry record; at least one secure storage manager (SSM) associated with the registry, the SSM storing the transferable record registered in the registry as an authoritative copy, the secure storage manager being distinct from said registry. The transferable record can be transferred in a transaction between an originating party and a receiving party with a transaction descriptor including information about the parties involved in the transaction and an identification of the TR being transferred. The transaction descriptor is initially signed by the originating party with the TR, subsequently verified and countersigned by the registry and signed by said accepting party. The transaction descriptor, upon completion of the transaction, is stored in the TR registry record and serves to identify the authoritative copy of the TR.
US08307215B2
A system and method is introduced for protecting software from being altered, duplicated, inspected or used in an unauthorized manner. An autonomous software protection device is presented, containing encryption and decryption unit along with an independent execution environment such as a Java Virtual Machine to carry out computations in a protected environment. The software protection device carries out protected code and may make use of protected data to carry out protected computations. Unsecured memory may be used securely by software protection device through an internal virtual memory mechanism managed by the independent execution environment. The software protection device may serve an external computing device for making computations that are protected from software and data alteration and inspection while preventing duplication and usage not as intended by the software and data owner.
US08307209B2
The object of the current invention is to provide the user with an authentication method that is more secure than conventional authentication methods and can be used on personal computers, PDAs, cell phones, personal digital media devices, home and car lock and security systems, television/VCR/DVD remote controls, credit card authentication systems, automatic teller machine authentication systems, among others.
US08307204B2
The invention proposes a method for transmitting a message to a plurality of user entities in a network by using a multicast service, comprising the steps of encrypting a multicast message by using ciphering, and sending the encrypted multicast message to the plurality of user entities simultaneously. The invention also proposes a corresponding multicast service control device and a corresponding user entity.
US08307198B2
In a system having a plurality of processing nodes, a control node divides a task into a plurality of sub-tasks, and assigns the sub-tasks to one or more additional processing nodes which execute the assigned sub-tasks and return the results to the control node, thereby enabling a plurality of processing nodes to efficiently and quickly perform memory initialization and test of all assigned sub-tasks.
US08307189B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a processor configured to perform a computation processing; a storage device configured to store first data in a first number of physical blocks and store second data in a second number of physical blocks, wherein the second data are read more frequently than the first data, and the second number is larger than the first number; and a read control module configured to read the second data from the storage device and send the second data to the processor, wherein when the processor reads the second data N times as much as the second number, N being a positive integer, the same number of the second data are read from each of the second number of physical blocks.
US08307183B2
A recording and/or reproducing method, a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and an information storage medium are provided. The method of recording data to an information storage medium includes: according to a change in a method of using the information storage medium, rearranging the order of a first information structure with a variable size and a second information structure with a fixed size, both of which are included in management information of the information storage medium, so that the first information structure with the variable size can be positioned following the second information structure with the fixed size; and recording the rearranged management information on the information storage medium. According to the method and apparatus, recording management information can be found in a fixed location of a finalized information storage medium, thereby allowing the recording management information to be found easily and quickly.
US08307181B2
Systems and methods for managing storage devices are provided. The system includes a storage device having at least one hidden area. The hidden area is created using initialization firmware, and the hidden area is allowed to be accessed by using a library. A password authentication mechanism is applied to the hidden area of the storage device. When an input password received via a specific application conforms to a predefined password of the hidden area, the hidden area is allowed to be accessed by using the library. Since the storage device may have a plurality of hidden areas, and each hidden area may have a respective password, the respective hidden areas can be independently and securely managed. Additionally, since the predefined password can be changed by a purchasing company, the manufacturer of the storage device or the microcontroller company which designed the microcontroller of the storage device is prohibited from accessing the hidden area by any means after the predefined password of the hidden area is changed by the purchasing company.
US08307171B2
A plurality of CPU cores each have control rights for logical storage areas of one or more types among logical storage areas of a plurality of types. As a source for an area to be assigned to the logical storage areas, a physical storage area which is common to the logical storage areas of the plurality of types is managed. In the case of a data access to a logical storage area corresponding to the control rights of the CPU core, the respective CPU core assigns an area required to store the data from the common physical storage area.
US08307170B2
At least one processor for executing a plurality of programs, a storage area which is capable of storing an information element temporarily, and a storage device which is capable of storing the information element, are provided. A certain level of importance is associated with each of the programs themselves or a performance requirement of each program. When a certain information element is output as a result of execution of a certain program from among the plurality of programs, the certain information element is written into the storage area. Then, a plurality of information elements written in the storage area is output to the storage device side in order of precedence from the information element of the executed program, or the performance requirement thereof, having the highest level of importance.
US08307168B2
An integrated memory control apparatus including a first interface decoder, a second interface decoder and an interface controller is provided. Wherein, the first interface decoder is coupled to a control chip through a first serial peripheral interface (SPI), the second interface decoder is coupled to a micro-processor unit through a general transmission interface, and the interface controller is coupled to a memory through a second SPI. When the interface controller receives the request signals from the control chip and the micro-processor unit, the control chip may correctly read data from the memory through the first and second SPI. On the other hand, the micro-processor unit may stop reading data from the memory through the general transmission interface. Therefore, the control chip and the micro-processor unit may share the same memory.
US08307157B2
Proposed are a disk array system and a traffic control method with which reliability can be improved by preventing system shutdown. A disk array system comprises a controller for controlling data I/O to and from a backend unit; a plurality of expanders provided in the backend unit and connected to the controller by way of a tree-structure topology; a plurality of storage devices provided in the backend unit and each connected to the corresponding expander; and a control unit for controlling the controller on the basis of an I/O request from a host device. The disk array system is configured such that the controller notifies the control unit of a link fault that has occurred in the backend unit, and the control unit, when supplied with the link fault notification from the controller, restricts issuance of I/O requests from the host device or restricts receipt of I/O requests sent from the host device as necessary.
US08307150B2
A memory management method and apparatus are disclosed. The memory management apparatus may compute a remaining storage capacity of a flash memory based on a number of bad blocks in a flash memory or a number of block-erases of each of a plurality of blocks, and may display the computed remaining storage capacity of the flash memory.
US08307149B2
A nonvolatile memory device (101) includes a plurality of physical blocks, each of which is provide with a nonvolatile memory (103), a logic/physical address conversion table, a temporary block and a temporary table. The nonvolatile memory (103) includes a plurality of pages which are predetermined writing units, respectively. The logical-physical address conversion table (106) stores correspondence information between logic addresses and physical addresses of data to be stored in the physical blocks. The temporary block is a physical block to store data that are smaller in size than those of the page. The temporary table (107) stores correspondence information between logic addresses and physical addresses with respect to data to be stored in the temporary block.
US08307141B2
A multi-core processor which includes a plurality of processor dies. The multi-core processor has a first processor core which processes a first task and a second processor core which processes a second task. The first processor core and the second processor core are formed on each of the plurality of processor dies. When the first processor core makes a request for the second task processing in processing the first task, information on the second task is stored in a memory area used by the first processor core and interrupt notification is made to each of the second processor cores provided respectively on the plurality of processor dies. Each of the second processor cores having received the interrupt notification accesses the memory area used by the first processor core provided on the same processor die as the processor die on which the second processor core is provided.
US08307140B2
Disclosed is a content reception apparatus capable of receiving a content distributed from a server apparatus via a first network and a second network, the content reception apparatus including a plurality of content reception apparatuses capable of being connected to the second network that is local and connected to the first network, the server apparatus being capable of distributing a content and capable of being connected to the first network. The content reception apparatus includes an arbitration condition storage unit to store an arbitration condition for an arbitration, an arbitration table storage unit to store an arbitration table, an input unit with which a content reception request is input, an arbitration start request transmission unit to generate and transmit an arbitration start request, and an arbitration unit to execute arbitration processings.
US08307133B2
A method and device of enabling interoperation between different devices over a network are provided. A test code corresponding to a service to be performed using device information received from a service providing device in a network is generated, the test code is transmitted to the service providing device, a result of the test code execution is received from the service providing device, and interoperability with the service providing device is determined with respect to the service by using the result of the execution of the test code. An environment suitable for interoperation with the service providing device is established when interoperation with the service providing device is possible.
US08307132B2
A control device controls an external storage device with a plurality of storage units which can be driven and stopped independently. The control device comprises: a display control unit; a setting unit; and a control signal output unit. The display control unit displays on a display a selection screen that allows a user to select which storage unit from among the plurality of storage units to operate. The setting unit sets a storage unit selected by the user as an operating storage unit to be operated. The control signal output unit outputs to the external storage device a control signal for having the operating storage unit be operated.
US08307130B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including an execution unit for executing an application, a threshold value setting unit for setting, according to the running application, a threshold value which determines a timing of changing an operational state of the external device, a first detection unit for detecting an input signal, and a first transmission and reception unit for exchanging information with an external device. Moreover, there is provided the external device including a second transmission and reception unit for exchanging information with the information processing apparatus, a second detection unit for detecting an input signal, a determination unit for determining whether or not to change the operational state of the external device from the threshold value based on the detection result, and a change processing unit for changing the operational state of the external device based on the determination result.
US08307127B1
A method comprising: sending an I/O message to an I/O device on an I/O bus, wherein the I/O device comprises an I/O device state, wherein the first I/O message is a I/O traffic type; receiving a LSR suspend request comprising a suspend instruction to suspend the I/O traffic type, an expected impact, and an I/O device identifier associated with the I/O device; setting the I/O device state to suspended in response to the receiving the LSR suspend request, wherein no I/O messages of the I/O traffic type are sent to the I/O device while the I/O device state is suspended; receiving a LSR resume request comprising a resume instruction to resume the I/O traffic type, the expected impact, and the I/O device identifier; setting the I/O device state to online in response to the receiving the LSR resume request; and sending a second I/O message to the I/O device.
US08307123B2
The present invention provided a content delivery system that can deliver content by way of the Internet. In the system, a browser requests a content server to deliver a startup file. The content server transmits the startup file to the browser. The startup file describes that the content is to be delivered by streaming or that it is to be delivered by downloaded files. A content reproducing section determines if the content is that to be delivered by streaming or that to be delivered by downloaded files according to the description of the startup file it receives from the browser. A television receiving set may be used as content processing apparatus for receiving the delivery of the content from a content delivery apparatus of such a system.
US08307118B2
An architecture, system and method for an RTP streaming system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes developing multiple standalone modules, developing application programming interfaces associated with the standalone modules, and tying together the standalone modules to form a subsystem associated with a streaming application and with a network. The method further includes integrating standalone modules including an RTP module, an RTCP module and a payload interface, associated with any one of a server mode and a client mode. The method also includes managing a streaming session associated with media streams via an RTPSS manager, adding the media streams to a stream manager. For each media stream of the streaming session: the method includes performing packetization services in the server mode and de-packetization services in the client mode, and performing server-mode related services in the server mode and client-mode related services in the client mode.
US08307117B2
A system for data exchange in multiprocessor computer system is disclosed. The system includes at least one processing module adapted to communicate with at least one of a plurality of routing modules or a plurality of buffer modules or both and at least one communicating interfaces to facilitate data exchange in multiprocessor computer system.
US08307115B1
A method, system, and computer program for network memory mirroring. Data sent via a local-area network is intercepted at a first hardware appliance of a plurality of hardware appliances in response to a first request for the data. A determination is performed of whether the data has been stored previously in a long-term storage in the first hardware appliance. The data is stored in the long-term storage in the first hardware appliance based on the determination. The data is sent to a second hardware appliance of the plurality of hardware appliances, the first hardware appliance and the second hardware appliance in communication via the local-area network. The data is stored in the long-term storage in the second hardware appliance.
US08307106B2
A system and method for providing message connectivity between a first network using a first protocol and a second network using a second protocol is described. If a message is received from the first network, the message is processed using one or more digital signal processors, a destination in the second network is determined, the processed message is logged and translated into the second protocol, and the translated message is sent to the destination in the second network. If the message is received from the second network, the message is translated into the first protocol, a destination in the first network is determined, the translated message is logged and processed using one or more digital signal processors, and the processed message is sent to the destination in the first network. One example method can be implemented as a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium.
US08307100B2
A relay server is capable of communicating with other relay servers through an external server arranged on a Wide Area Network. The relay server stores information about a registered terminal, information about the relay servers forming a relay group by permitting connection among each other, and information about a resource and a client terminal sharing the resource. When an operation instruction regarding the resource in another terminal is received, the relay server relays the operation instruction from the registered terminal to another relay server. However, when key information is stored in association with the resource, the relay server relays the operation instruction to the other relay server only when a correct key has been entered.
US08307098B1
A system, method, and program for managing a user key used to sign a message for a data processing system having an encryption chip are disclosed. A user is assigned a user key. In order to encrypt and send messages to a recipient(s), the messages are encrypted with the user key. The user key, in turn, is encrypted with an associated key. The associated key is further encrypted using an encryption chip key stored on the encryption chip. The encrypted messages are communicated to a recipient to validate an association of the user with the encrypted messages. The associated key is decrypted with the encryption chip key. The user key is decrypted with the associated key, and the messages are decrypted with the user key. Thereafter, validation of the association of messages with the user is removed by revoking the associated key. In a preferred embodiment, encryption resources are centralized in a server system having the encryption chip. The server system is coupled to and provides encryption services to a plurality of client systems. Messages to be encrypted are sent from a user's client system to the server system, which encrypts the messages using the encryption chip. The encrypted messages are sent from the server system to the client system, which then transmits the encrypted messages to their intended recipient(s). All data relating to the encrypted messages are erased from the server system after the encrypted messages are sent from the server system to the client system.
US08307096B2
A system and method is disclosed for transferring files from a source computer to a destination computer. The system and method comprises reading a configuration file containing one or more parameter expressions representing file transfer instructions. One or more transfer files stored on the source computer are identified based on at least one of the parameter expressions contained within the configuration file. The identified transfer files are transferred from the source computer to the destination computer in accordance with the parameter expressions contained within the configuration file.
US08307093B2
A method is provided for allowing Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) technology to be used over the Internet or other wide area communications networks. In one illustrative example, a first UPnP-enabled device is to provide a UPnP service such as streaming media to various users over the Internet. The first UPnP-enabled device provides an on-line identity provider such as Windows Live or the like with user IDs of those users who are authorized to access the first UPnP-enabled device from a remote location. When a user wishes to receive the UPnP service from the first UPnP-enabled device, the user logs in to the on-line identity provider using his user ID and receives from the on-line provider an IP address associated with the first UPnP-enabled device. The user's media player or other application constructs a URL from the IP address and contacts the UPnP-enabled device at that URL. The UPnP-enabled device provides the user with a list of media libraries that are available on it. Finally, the user's media player can invoke the desired UPnP service using content or other information available from the media libraries.
US08307088B2
A content delivery network is enhanced to provide for delivery of cacheable markup language content files such as HTML. To support HTML delivery, the content provider provides the CDNSP with an association of the content provider's domain name (e.g., www.customer.com) to an origin server domain name (e.g., html.customer.com) at which one or more default HTML files are published and hosted. The CDNSP provides its customer with a CDNSP-specific domain name. The content provider, or an entity on its behalf, then implements DNS entry aliasing (e.g., a CNAME of the host to the CDNSP-specific domain) so that domain name requests for the host cue the CDN DNS request routing mechanism. This mechanism then identifies a best content server to respond to a request directed to the customer's domain. The CDN content server returns a default HTML file if such file is cached; otherwise, the CDN content server directs a request for the file to the origin server to retrieve the file, after which the file is cached on the CDN content server for subsequent use in servicing other requests. The content provider is also provided with log files of CDNSP-delivered HTML.
US08307087B1
A system and method for the user of a computing device, a Peer, to make a portion of its local storage available to others. A Group is composed of two or more Peers with a Group Manager whose allocated storage forms a Group Bank. A Farm is composed of two or more Groups with a Farm Manager whose allocated storage forms a Farm Bank. The Grid has a Grid Manager and is the overall combination of Peers, Groups, and Farms. A file is stored by splitting it into chunks, storing each chunk on a Peer that is a member of the appropriate Bank, and forwarding the file parameters to an Information Service with a File Index. A file is retrieved by requesting the file parameters from the Information Service, retrieving the chunks from the appropriate Peers, and assembling them into a complete file.
US08307077B2
The described implementations relate to collaborative speed determination in distributed systems. One method estimates upload speeds of a plurality of hosts. The method sends a first bandwidth probe from a first host to a second host. The method receives, at the first host, a second bandwidth probe sent from the second host. The method determines which of the first and second bandwidth probes was relatively slower. The method designates either of the first or second hosts that sent the relatively slower bandwidth probe as a loser and takes a speed of the bandwidth probe of the loser as a first estimate of the loser's upload speed.
US08307076B1
Session identifiers are automatically identified in uniform resource locators (URLs). The session identifiers may be identified using classification techniques based on whether identical sub-strings are identified in multiple URLs downloaded from a web site. The URLs may then have the session identifiers extracted to generate clean versions of the URLs.
US08307072B1
The ability to validate the identity of a specific machine connected to a computerized network is provided. This involves validating MAC addresses, or any other form of digital identification that should be uniquely associated with a computer or user. This take places through the use of an identification registrar and an identification valuator. Such an identification validation system can be used with MAC addresses and can be used in conjunction with a system that records other information necessary to associate activity on a computer network with the validated MAC address. In this way, the specific computer or user associated with network activity can be determined, and it can be guaranteed that the identification has not been tampered with.
US08307071B2
Location of a communication network subscriber is determined employing confidence metrics such as remote vs. local computer usage, primary user in a multi-user computing environment, likelihood of forgery, and comparable ones. A fine-grained location determination is then made based on the metric results and directory information for the particular subscriber such that services like emergency services can be provided with accurate location information.
US08307065B2
A system and method for controlling communications networks. Network performance information is gathered from a first communications network using performance information packet data packets. A network operator of the first communications network is controlled from a secondary communications network using the performance information packet data packets. Changes to the network operator are implemented based on instructions included in the performance information packet data packets.
US08307059B2
A network system according to an implementation of the present invention involves: determining whether or not a matching address is found by comparing (i) an apparatus address, of an apparatus connected to an HDMI network, which is obtained via the HDMI network with (ii) an apparatus address, of an apparatus connected to another network, which is obtained via the other network (S44). Here, the matching address represents a match between the apparatuses addresses. When determining that the matching address is found, the implementation of the present invention involves determining that the terminal apparatus having the matching address is connected to a control apparatus via both of the HDMI network and the other network (S46).
US08307043B2
A method and computing device for processing data are provided. Rule data for visually coding incoming data is stored. First and second profile data are stored, independent of the rule data. Each profile data comprises a respective range of time and a respective recurrence pattern that repeats indefinitely. Each profile data is associated with a respective subset of the rule data. Respective indications are received that first profile data and second profile have been activated. In response, the respective subset is automatically applied during the respective range of time such that incoming data is visually coded at the display device according to the respective subset during the respective range of time. Automatic application of the respective subset during the respective range of time repeats indefinitely according to the respective recurrence pattern until another indication that the respective profile data has been deactivated is received.
US08307042B2
One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for instantaneously deploying packetized alert data in a one to many configuration or a many to many configuration where the data to be received by each recipient can be customized in a way that leaves a publisher with optimum control over the content or revenue generated from each deployment.
US08307041B2
A system that responds to a user setting a follow-up flag on a message within a first communication application by associating the flagged message with another user, such that the flagged message is available to a second communication application. When a user sets a flag on an electronic mail message contained in an electronic mail mailbox provided by an electronic mail application, the system responds by associating the flagged message with another user in a list of other users with whom flagged messages are associated. When a communication session occurs with the other user through another communication application, the system checks the list and determines that a flagged message is associated with the other user. The flagged message is then brought to the attention of the local user, for example within a list of flagged messages associated with the other user displayed simultaneously with the instant messaging session.
US08307039B2
An electronic device and a method implemented within the electronic device for disambiguating email recipient fields by extracting sufficient information from the domain portion of an intended recipient's email address to disambiguate between a personal and a business email address. An exemplary method includes parsing at least one of said multiple addresses in a recipient field of the email to extract information capable of distinguishing the at least one of said multiple addresses from at least another of the multiple addresses, and displaying the information in the recipient field of the email.
US08307038B2
A computer implemented method for assisting email users. The method determines the relevance of email addresses to users and utilizes the relevance information to assist users in addressing emails. The method may include gathering email addresses from one or more sources including inbound user emails associated with an email user, and determining a relevance of the email address to the user based on a heuristic. Once relevance is determined, the method includes applying relevant email addresses to a user's store of relevant addresses.
US08307036B2
An electronic mail (email) server includes a proxy that obtains mappings for unique identifiers (UID's) corresponding to new electronic messages that have been determined from a polling operation. A Least Recently Used (LRU) cache caches each new message and releases from cache least recently used messages. A memory in which all messages within the LRU cache are spooled.
US08307033B2
A data transmission method for transmitting data from a first computer to a second computer includes: obtaining a first image of visual information displayed on the first computer and displaying the first image; determining whether a to-be-copied portion from the first image is selected; storing the selected to-be-copied portion from the first image; obtaining a second image of visual information displayed on the second computer and displaying the second image; determining whether a to-be-updated portion from the second image is selected; and transmitting the selected-to-be-copied portion from the first image and the to-be-updated portion from the second image to the second computer. A related electronic device is also provided.
US08307031B1
The present disclosure relates to techniques for processing data requests using multiple request timers. An example method includes sending a request for data to an external device and starting a first request timer using a first request timeout value, the first request timeout value specifying a first amount of time to wait for receiving data that is responsive to the request. When first data responsive to the request is received prior to expiration of the first request timer, the method includes starting a second request timer using a second request timeout value, the second request timeout value specifying a second amount of time to wait for receiving additional data that is further responsive to the request. The method further includes determining whether the request is unsuccessful based upon expiration of the first request timer or the second request timer.
US08307028B2
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for organizing resources into collections to facilitate more efficient and reliable resource access. Namespace managers communicate with one another to form a federation namespace infrastructure. The infrastructure can efficiently route, migrate, and process namespace requests, such as, for example, namespace registration requests from providers requesting to manage portions of namespaces and lookup requests from consumers requesting access to managed resources. Resources can be registered in and made accessible from multiple different namespaces. Resources can be identified using nested queries that filter results at multiple levels of a hierarchical namespace.
US08307026B2
An on-demand virtual drive from dedicated storage on a plurality of partners in a peer-to-peer network uses an agent installed on each of the partners. The agent has a contributing program and a requesting program. The contributing program creates a first storage unit and a second storage unit, formatting the second storage unit so that it is not visible to the operating system of the partner and transmitting the size of the second storage unit to the other partners. The requesting partner creates a virtual drive using space on selected partner's second drives, and directs data blocks in and out of the virtual drive. A rules engine incorporating RAID algorithms governs the selection of the partners and allocation of available space.
US08307024B2
Assisted peer-to-peer media streaming. A first connection to at least one peer of a peer-to-peer network is initiated for receiving media content from the peer-to-peer network. Responsive to a disruption of delivery of the media content over the first connection from the peer, the media content is received over a second connection with a data source, wherein the data source comprises the media content.
US08307023B1
A programmable integrated circuit device includes a plurality of specialized processing blocks. Each specialized processing block may be small enough to occupy a single row of logic blocks. The specialized processing blocks may be located adjacent one another in different logic block rows, forming a column of adjacent specialized processing blocks. Each specialized processing block includes one or more multipliers based on carry-save adders whose outputs are combined using compressors. Chain-in and chain-out connections to the compressors allow adjacent specialized processing blocks to be cascaded to form arbitrarily large multipliers. Each specialized processing block also includes a carry-propagate adder, and the carry-propagate added in the final specialized processing block of the chain provides the final result. The size of the multiplication that may be performed is limited only by the number of specialized processing blocks in the programmable integrated circuit device.
US08307022B2
A random number generating device includes: a pulse voltage generator configured to generate a pulse voltage having an amplitude of 26 mV or more; a random noise generating element including source and drain regions formed at a distance from each other on a semiconductor substrate, a tunnel insulating film formed on a portion of the semiconductor substrate located between the source region and the drain region, and a gate electrode formed above the tunnel insulating film and to which the pulse voltage is applied, the random noise generating element configured to generate a random noise contained in a current flowing between the source region and the drain region; and a random number generating unit configured to generate a random number signal based on the random noise.
US08307014B2
A method, computer program product, and system for rebalancing database table space in a hybrid storage environment of heterogeneous storage units used by a plurality of users to store associated extents. The storage units are ranked according to various performance characteristics such as IOPS rates and power consumption, and the users are ranked according to various characteristics such as whether they have subscribed to standard or premium storage subscriptions. Upon detection of a change in the relative ranking of the users or the storage units, the stored extents are mapped, characterized as standard or priority extents, and redistributed across the storage units if needed to provide higher ranked storage for priority extents and for higher ranked users.
US08306998B2
A method comprises displaying a mail server information screen, and receiving connection information via the mail server information screen. Further, the method comprises displaying an address page, and receiving recipient information via the address page. In addition, the method comprises displaying a content page, and receiving content in the content page. Additionally, an electronic mail message having the content is compiled, and the electronic mail message is sent to a recipient utilizing the connection information and recipient information.
US08306994B2
Dedicated firewall security for a network attached device (NAD) is provided by a firewall management system integrated directly into the NAD or into a NAD server. A local area network arrangement includes a network client and the NAD and the firewall management system includes computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions that perform the steps of receiving a request for network access to the NAD from the network client, determining whether the request for network access to the NAD is authorized, and only if the request for network access is authorized, providing the network client with network access to the NAD.
US08306991B2
A system and method for providing a programming-language-independent interface for querying file system content. In one embodiment, the system may include a storage device configured to store a plurality of files and a file system configured to manage access to the storage device and to store file system content. The file system may include a programming-language-independent interface whereby an application queries the file system content. In various specific implementations of the system, file system content may include file data stored in one or more of the plurality of files, or metadata stored in a named stream corresponding to a given file, respectively. In another specific implementation of the system, the application querying file system content may include the application generating a query in a query language, the application submitting the query to a query engine via the programming-language-independent interface, and the query engine evaluating said query.
US08306990B2
An apparatus comprises data storage coupled to one or more processors and a plurality of data elements contained in a database structure and organized in a hierarchical data tree, and instructions that perform receiving a network location identifier from a client computer, wherein the network location identifier comprises at least a portion that specifies a first view of the data tree; creating, using the portion of the network location identifier, a relational database query and submitting the query to a relational database; receiving from the relational database a set of data elements that is associated with the first view; generating a first electronic document comprising the set of data elements, including generating transformative links to other network location identifiers corresponding to performing actions on nodes in the data tree; and providing the first electronic document to the client computer.
US08306989B2
An embodiment relates to a novel apparatus and method for changing modes of notification in an electronic device. An electronic device includes a calendar application and a variety of other applications such as the message reader application or the daily alarm application. The device is configured to use the calendar application to track whether and how the user is notified of the receipt of an electronic message. In one embodiment, the user specifically associates a profile behavior to the calendar entry when the calendar entry is first created.
US08306971B2
A computer-implemented method of generating a map view includes accessing a dataset having multiple records and multiple fields. One or more of the multiple fields are identified as geographical fields. Geographical codes are automatically associated with a first one of the identified geographical fields. A geographical map is generated for the dataset. Generating the geographical map includes generating a first plurality of marks on the geographical map. The first plurality of marks is positioned on the geographical map in accordance with the geographical codes associated with the first one of the identified geographical fields.
US08306970B2
Methods, program products, computer program products and systems for uniquely identifying an individual within a population to the exclusion of all others within the population by comparing data from unique data sources based on the name of the individual for providing a collection of preliminary suspects. An individual search service provider is then searched for additional data relating to the collection of preliminary suspects to locate any potential matches, which are reconciled with data from the unique data sources to locate at least a portion of a unique identifier that may be associated with the individual. The potential matches and portion of the unique identifier are compared with other data records within the individual search data source for locating a complete unique identifier that may be associated with the individual, followed by determining whether or not this complete unique identifier uniquely identifies the individual.
US08306969B2
Methods, systems and computer-readable media for providing a rich media themed search results webpage are provided. A search query entered by a user into an internet search engine is analyzed based on one or both of the search query terms and user data communicated to a theme configuration module to determine an appropriate rich media theme. A rich media theme is then selected and combined with a search results display, returned by the search engine, to compose a search results webpage. The rich media theme content is displayed in an ambient manner such that the search results display remains visible to the user. The rich media theme content provides, among other things, relevant images, videos, audio, advertisements, and interactive features that enhance the value of the search results webpage.
US08306963B2
Various embodiments provide an embedded search bar displayed on a display screen of a computing device. Executable code for the embedded search bar may be loaded by a browser from a remote source. The browser may execute the executable code, thereby causing the embedded search bar to be displayed at a fixed position of a display screen. The embedded search bar may be an open and extensible container for applications. The applications may be content-driven applications or utility applications, representations of which may be displayed within the embedded search bar. The applications may interact with the embedded search bar via a set of public application program interfaces. The applications may monitor search queries and may provide information to be displayed within the embedded search bar. The embedded search bar may further include a search window for entering a search query to be performed over a third-party website.
US08306952B2
A technique for managing messages stored in a messaging system may include determining whether messages designated for deletion within a current data container exceed a predetermined threshold. If such a determination is made, thereafter, a first amount of time required to delete the messages designated for deletion is calculated. A second amount of time required to copy the messages not designated for deletion in the current data container is also calculated. Thereafter, messages are selectively deleted or copied based at least in part on the calculated first and second amounts of time. In some variations, if the second amount of time exceeds the first amount of time (or exceeds the first amount of time by a predetermined threshold), then the messages designated for deletion are deleted. Otherwise, the messages not designated for deletion may be copied into a new data container and the current data container may be dropped.
US08306948B2
The disclosed embodiments describe interactions and synchronization techniques for global deduplication file systems. In one embodiment of the invention, a method and system implements a global deduplication file system between a plurality of interconnected systems located in different locations globally by making use of the deduplication dictionary included in metadata being periodically snapshot. In yet another embodiment of the invention, a method implements a global deduplication file system between a plurality of interconnected systems located in different locations globally and provides appropriate read/write locks.
US08306947B2
One embodiment is a method that reads audit from an audit trail of a source database distributed across multiple storage systems with independent audit trails and then replicates the audit trail to a target database distributed across multiple storage systems with independent audit trails without manual coordination by a database administrator.
US08306946B2
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to deploy a data management application to a target computer system. Metadata for a master data management (MDM) application is stored in a deployment database. The metadata is representative of business rules and process workflows that manage business data from multiple sources and a model definition for a model for a central business database. Configuration settings for the MDM application are stored in the deployment database. The metadata and configuration settings are retrieved from the deployment database. Installation instructions of the MDM application are confirmed based on input into a graphical user interface. The master data management application is installed on the target computer system based on the installation instructions, metadata, and configuration settings.
US08306945B2
A method, system and medium for organizing and associating log records into logically related groups is described. One or more input sources from, possibly, different systems/subsystems are input to a log correlation method. As the log records are processed the fields are interrogated to determine which log records are related to each other. As further log records are processed more information about previously unidentifiable relationships is determined. After this later information is known, log records that could previously not be associated with any other log records are added to the existing association. The system engineer is therefore presented with the pertinent information for monitoring, administrating and diagnosing system activities.
US08306944B2
Provided are an apparatus, a method and a system for providing content in a media server, and, more particularly, an apparatus, a method and a system for providing content in a media server, in which content in the media server can be expressed as RSS data which can allow users to access the content through an RSS reader. The apparatus includes an RSS-converting unit which converts content information collected through a browse action or a search action into RSS data, and a web service unit which provides RSS data generated by the RSS-converting unit to external devices.
US08306942B2
A hybrid machine learning methodology and system for classification that combines classical random forest (RF) methodology with discriminant analysis (DA) techniques to provide enhanced classification capability. A DA technique which uses feature measurements of an object to predict its class membership, such as linear discriminant analysis (LDA) or Andersen-Bahadur linear discriminant technique (AB), is used to split the data at each node in each of its classification trees to train and grow the trees and the forest. When training is finished, a set of n DA-based decision trees of a discriminant forest is produced for use in predicting the classification of new samples of unknown class.
US08306941B2
A computer system creates and stores a library of LiDAR models for standard trees that have measured characteristics. A point cloud of LiDAR data from an unidentified tree in a forest is compared against a point cloud defined by a LiDAR model of a standard tree in the library to find a match. If a match is found, one or more characteristics of the matching standard tree are associated with the unidentified tree.
US08306928B2
A system and a method are used for maintaining and analyzing manufacturing equipment. The system includes an embedded forecast device (EFD) configured in the manufacturing equipment and a server in communication with the EFD. The EFD is built in with a feature extraction (FE) algorithm and a forecast model (FM), so as to obtain a real time data of the manufacturing equipment and carry out forecasts on the manufacturing equipment to generate a forecast result. The server has various types of FE algorithms and modeling algorithms, which are selected and combined by a user for training and building a required FM and setting related parameters. The embedded forecast device also has a novelty detection model (NDM), which is capable of informing the server to retrain the models when the manufacturing equipment fails and then to update the FM and the NDM of the embedded forecast device.
US08306927B1
Preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for enabling enhanced research and search with exemplary archetype processes and exemplary archetype structures for facilitating thinking about and documenting an arbitrary problem or inquiry based project.
US08306923B1
Systems, methods, and computer program products for certifying business entities are provided. Input is received regarding a location of a business entity that is visited as part of a parcel delivery transaction, and the business entity is then associated with a verified address corresponding to the location visited. The verified address and an indication that the business entity is certified may be displayed to a user. Furthermore, a rating indicative of the legitimacy of the business entity may be determined, associated with the business entity, and displayed. The rating may be determined based on a total number of parcel delivery transactions of the business entity, a trend in its delivery transactions, the length of time the business entity has been involved in delivery transactions, or a geographic scope of the business entity. A directory of business entities that includes certification information and other features may also be provided.
US08306916B2
A method and system are described for tracking a process of provisioning, by a middleware server to a portable device in a mobile payment system, electronic wallet data for authorizing a payment transaction. In an embodiment, a user request for a payment account product is transmitted by the portable device to the middleware server. In response, the middleware server initiates a provisioning process for the requested payment account product, including storing status data indicative of an initiated state of the provisioning process. The middleware server then transmits a digital document to the portable device, including information that must be viewed by the user, and updates the status data indicative of a transmitted state of the digital document. In response to receiving an indication that the digital document has been viewed, the middleware server updates the stored status data indicative of a digital document viewed state. The middleware then provisions an electronic wallet data for the requested payment account product to the portable device.
US08306914B2
Offsite financial account onboarding is provided which creates a more streamlined process for a customer. The customer accesses a money services businesss business electronic system to request financial account setup. The onboarding system establishes account access to a pooled custodial account managed by the money services businesss business based on preliminary identification (ID) data from the customer. With only preliminary ID data, account access limits are assigned which reduces the risk of fraud or criminal activity with the customer's account access. Because account access is established with just the preliminary ID data, the customer may fully obtain account access directly from a mobile device. The money services businesss business provides additional graduated access levels depending on additional ID data provided by the customer. Thus, depending on the type of ID data provided by the customer, the customer's account access will have corresponding access level rights to the custodial account.
US08306912B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a private label promotion card as a bank product, being issued and managed by the bank and using an open payment network for purchase authorization and payments. A bank computer processes activation information for a promotion card and receives finds into an account at the bank on behalf of a retailer for payment for the promotion card, perhaps at a discount to a customer value of the promotion card. The bank computer authorizes purchase requests to use one or more activated promotion cards as payment for a consumer purchase from the retailer via an open payment network and transfers funds to the open payment network to satisfy the authorized consumer purchase. Upon expiration, the bank computer sweeps the account of the remaining value for expired promotion cards to thereby establish a credit for the bank.
US08306910B2
One or more currency notes deposited at a currency reserve may be electronically circulated by a transaction provider. The transaction provider may maintain a record of the ownership status of the one or more currency notes in a computer-readable storage medium. The transaction provider may provide for an entity to obtain ownership of a currency notes. The entity may submit a request to the transaction provider to transfer a currency note to another entity. The transaction provider may authorize the request, and may perform the transfer if the request is authorized. The transfer of ownership may take place while maintaining the physical currency note in the currency reserve. A record of the transaction may be stored by the transaction provider and/or transmitted to the parties to the transfer. The transaction provider may allow for the exchange or currency notes into other denomination and/or currency types.
US08306901B1
The present invention uses new order entry types (formats) and new order management methods to meet the order and transaction management needs of investors, traders, brokers, market makers and service providers for institutional traders for transactions in NAV Instruments by integrating the implementation of trades when conventional markets and NAV-based trading markets operate contemporaneously. Among other features, the invention provides methods and computer systems for determining the appropriate nature, size, sequence and latency of orders to be entered into alternative trading venues to improve executions.
US08306898B2
A method of comparing financing options to facilitate the purchase and finance of products offered for sale. The method may include receiving information regarding the product being offered for sale, along with personal or credit information relating to the potential buyer, to identify a plurality of financing options that may be used to finance the purchase of the product. These financing options may then be delivered for display to the buyer.
US08306897B2
The present invention relates to a web-based computer system, a web-based computer software for use in connection with the web-based computer system, and a method of use thereof for the transfer of information between a moderator and a plurality of recipients in a face-to-face environment. In the system, a presentation such as a series of sequential questions are programmed into the interface for use in a face-to-face setting. A moderator tasked with transferring information to listeners in proximity uses a large display such as a plasma television connected to the internet to display questions, data, or group answers.
US08306896B2
Methods and systems for estimating time-varying factor exposures of either an individual financial instrument or a portfolio of such instruments, through the solution of a constrained multi-criteria dynamic optimization problem, providing an estimation error function and one or more transition error functions to be minimized over a period of time. The factor exposures relay the influence of the factors on the return of the instrument or portfolio. The estimation error function provides the estimation error at each time interval between the return of the asset collection and a sum of products of each factor exposure and its respective factor. Each transition error function provides a transition error of each factor exposure between time intervals. In one embodiment, the constraints can include a budget constraint and non-negativity bounds applying to some or all of the factor exposures. In other embodiments, the method and system can be applied to estimating any time-varying weight that is used in a model, to relay the influence of one or more independent variables on a dependent financial or economic variable, through the solution of a constrained multi-criteria dynamic problem, minimizing estimation error and transition error terms. In other embodiments, the solution of a multi-criteria dynamic problem can be used as part of a method and system to determine structural breakpoints for each factor, and also as part of a method and system for determining optimal parameters to weight the transition error functions and selecting the factors included in the model.
US08306895B1
A system and method for confirmation of hedge fund information, comprising performing an asset/liability confirmation by comparing corroborating data received from a third party independent of the hedge fund to a list of hedge fund assets/liabilities to identify third party confirmed assets/liabilities that correspond to the corroborating data. A price input confirmation is performed to identify a fund-provided value of an asset/liability as a confirmed value when it substantially corresponds a third party value of each asset/liability. Assigning a unique identifier to a confirmation instance and associated the unique identifier to a report identifying the proportion of the fund's NAV attributable to the total value of third party confirmed assets/liabilities and attributable to the total confirmed value of assets/liabilities. A second report identifying generated risk and/or performance data includes the unique identifier to certify that the asset/liability and price input confirmations have been performed.
US08306892B1
An embodiment of a computer-implemented method of generating a financial index includes storing in a computer memory a regional weight for each of one or more regions, and, for each of the regions, a category weight for each of one or more categories of financial instruments issued from the region. At least one of the regional weights does not reflect a market capitalization of the respective region and may be based on, e.g., a gross domestic product for the region. The method also includes programmatically selecting one or more constituent financial instruments for the categories of financial instruments issued from the regions. In some implementations, the constituents do not include equity instruments. The method also includes programmatically calculating, for the categories and regions, subindices based at least in part on the constituent financial instruments, and determining the financial index based at least in part on the subindices, the category weights, and the regional weights.
US08306886B2
A system and method for determining a future price of a selected meat cut type (MCT) of an animal for a selected future time period (FTP) including: receiving the selected MCT; storing said selected MCT in a memory; using a price model configured for determining said future price of said selected MCT for the selected FTP, said future price based on one or more defined risk levels, historical market price of said selected MCT for one or more time periods prior to said selected FTP, and live animal futures defining a price of the live animal traded as a commodity; determining via the model the future price of the selected MCT for the selected FTP, a price premium for the selected MCT for the selected FTP, and a hedge relationship defining the relative price of the live animal futures with said future price for the selected FTP; and sending the future price and the price premium for the selected MCT for the selected FTP for presentation on a user interface.
US08306877B2
Account manager systems and methods are disclosed for managing consumable return refund programs for repaid document processing devices, in which automated or semiautomatic refunds are provided by adding account credits to prepaid customer accounts and/or by directly applying print units to specific document processing devices for customers who return spent consumable products.
US08306869B2
Methods and systems for managing the sale of commodities, such as tier-priced commodities, are described. Risk is managed by bundling with the commodity a financial instrument designed to indemnify against the risks associated with purchasing the commodity. The financial instrument may be an insurance instrument, for example. In one embodiment, bundled products are offered for sale to two or more bidders, at respective offer prices. The bidder that exceeds their respective offer price by the greatest amount is sold the bundled product. Different prices may be offered to different purchasers for respective bundled products. The offers, bids, and determination of who wins the bidding may be made by processors or computers coupled to networks, such as the Internet.
US08306863B2
Disclosed is a method and system of providing user context-based services over computer networks, using mechanisms for collecting and specifying one or more user context elements, each element representing a context associated with the current buyer state and having context attributes and attribute values associated therewith, mechanisms for collecting affective (emotive) data to inform the user context, and also an interactive graphical view to gain insight into available services for assisting in understanding available service information and making decisions on purchasing.
US08306856B2
A software based system and method of displaying location based information from an information site on a network by determining location data of a user of the location based information on the network. The location based information is generated based on the determined location data of the user; and generated location based information is provided to the user over the network.
US08306850B2
The present disclosure describes novel systems and methods that can be utilized to evaluate and/or direct an interaction with a consumer database and/or evaluate a consumer database, where the consumer database contains information about consumers and particular products and/or services held or used by the consumers. The interactions may be, for example, determining a strategy for sales, marketing, cross-selling, and/or retaining one or more of the consumers. The evaluations may include, for example, hierarchically ranking the consumers and/or determining a clustering of the consumers.
US08306849B2
A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product predicts a success of a currently proposed project. Responsive answers to a survey questionnaire for a currently proposed project are received and used to create a predicted success score for the currently proposed project, based on a pattern of responsive answers to a predetermined combination of questions from the survey questionnaire. The predicted success score for the currently proposed project is compared with and matched to actual success scores from prior projects. If the percentage of prior projects that retained their success scores through completion exceeds a predetermined accuracy threshold, then the currently proposed project is approved for implementation.
US08306847B2
A system and method are provided for performing forecasting with respect to total demand data (including two or more demand components) collected in a print production environment. Each demand component (comprising a set of demand component related points corresponding with a first time scale) may be processed in such a way that a demand component related point can be forecasted with demand component related points corresponded with the second time scale. Both the forecasted demand component related point and demand component related points corresponded with the second time scale can then be corresponded with the first time scale.
US08306846B2
One embodiment provides a method for evaluating transaction data to determine point of location usage. This could be, for example, to determine where customers are mostly likely to shop before or after shopping at a given merchant. For instance, the method could show the percentage of customers that shop at certain types of stores during a time period right before or after shopping at the merchant's location. As another example, the method could be used to determine when a merchant's customer makes a purchase at the merchant's store, then makes a purchase at a competing merchant's store within a specified time.
US08306843B1
Apparatus and methods for providing an electronic feedback management system. The method may use an electronic information processing platform. The method may include receiving information relating to a company employee hierarchy. The method may also include receiving information relating to the submission of a suggestion by a first employee. The method may further include receiving information relating to the status of the suggestion. The status of the suggestion may include an identification of a second employee who has viewed the suggestion. The method may also include displaying on a graphical user interface (“GUI”) a visual representation of at least part of the company employee hierarchy. The display may include the identification relating to the second employee.
US08306835B2
A user interface displayed on a computer monitor includes fields for entering data for a multiple passenger, multiple route query, the fields including a first set of fields corresponding to travel segments of a first passenger group, a second set of fields corresponding to travel segments of a second passenger group, and a third set of fields corresponding to shared travel features between the first travel group and second travel group.
US08306831B2
Methods, systems and related products for collaborative exchange of healthcare data using a computer network are configured to: (a) receive a participating Subscriber's request for publication of selected clinical data from participating Publishers that have respective Publisher repositories of clinical data; (b) determine whether respective Publishers approve publication of their clinical data for the selected clinical data and the requesting Subscriber; and (c) electronically forward the selected clinical data from those participating Publishers that approve publication of the requested selected clinical data to the requesting Subscriber.
US08306827B2
A coding device is provided with features in which optimum coding in a higher layer is flexibly carried out based on a coding result of a lower layer and a quality audio signal in limited circumstances is served to users. In this coding device, a basic layer coding unit codes an input signal to generate a basic layer information source code and outputs a linear prediction coefficient (LPC) and a quantum LPC, which are parameters calculated at coding, to an expanded layer control unit. A basic layer decoding unit decodes the basic layer information source code. An adding unit reverses a polarity of a basic layer decoded signal, adds the same to the input signal, and calculates a difference signal. The expanded layer control unit generates expanded layer mode information indicative of a coding mode in an expanded layer based on the LPC and the quantum LPC. An expanded layer coding unit codes the difference signal obtained from the adding unit under control of the expanded layer control unit.
US08306819B2
Techniques for enhanced automatic speech recognition are described. An enhanced ASR system may be operative to generate an error correction function. The error correction function may represent a mapping between a supervised set of parameters and an unsupervised training set of parameters generated using a same set of acoustic training data, and apply the error correction function to an unsupervised testing set of parameters to form a corrected set of parameters used to perform speaker adaptation. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08306817B2
In an automatic speech recognition system, a feature extractor extracts features from a speech signal, and speech is recognized by the automatic speech recognition system based on the extracted features. Noise reduction as part of the feature extractor is provided by feature enhancement in which feature-domain noise reduction in the form of Mel-frequency cepstra is provided based on the minimum means square error criterion. Specifically, the devised method takes into account the random phase between the clean speech and the mixing noise. The feature-domain noise reduction is performed in a dimension-wise fashion to the individual dimensions of the feature vectors input to the automatic speech recognition system, in order to perform environment-robust speech recognition.
US08306816B2
A method and system for producing and working with transcripts according to the invention eliminates time inefficiencies. By dispersing a source recording to a transcription team in small segments, so that team members transcribe segments in parallel, a rapid transcription process delivers a fully edited transcript within minutes. Clients can view accurate, grammatically correct, proofread and fact-checked documents that shadow live proceedings by mere minutes. The rapid transcript includes time coding, speaker identification and summary. A viewer application allows a client to view a video recording side-by-side with a transcript. Clicking on a word in the transcript locates the corresponding recorded content; advancing a recording to a particular point locates and displays the corresponding spot in the transcript. The recording is viewed using common video features, and may be downloaded. The client can edit the transcript and insert comments. Any number of colleagues can view and edit simultaneously.
US08306814B2
A method for classifying a pair of audio signals into an agent audio signal and a customer audio signal. One embodiment relates to unsupervised training, in which the training corpus comprises a multiplicity of audio signal pairs, wherein each pair comprises an agent signal and a customer signal, and wherein it is unknown for each signal if it is by the agent or by the customer. Training is based on the agent signals being more similar to one another than the customer signals. An agent cluster and a customer cluster are determined. The input signals are associated with the agent or the customer according to the higher score combination of the input signals and the clusters. Another embodiment relates to supervised training, wherein an agent model is generated, and the input signal that yields higher score against the model is the agent signal, while the other is the customer signal.
US08306810B2
Methods and systems to exchange and display data among a plurality of devices in response to one or more of user input and context-based information. User input may include one or more of motion, speech, text, pointing, and touch-selecting. Context-based information may include one or more of user location, which may be relative to one or more devices, background audio, information related to one or more products and/or services, and user-based context information. User context-based information may correspond one or more of prior transactions, prior activities, prior content exposure, and demographic information. Also disclosed herein are methods and systems to correlate user speech to one or more of commands and data objects, with respect to context-based information. Methods and systems to recognize speech may be implemented in combination with methods and systems to exchange and/or display of data among a plurality of devices, and in other environments.
US08306805B2
Disclosed is a scenario generation program that is used to generate a scenario given to a plurality of virtual web clients each of which applies access load to a web server device of a test target. According to the program, a computer stores some first request messages transmitted to a web server device and some second request messages transmitted to the web server device based on the same operation. The computer extracts the differences between the request parameters in the first and second request messages in the same order of the same operation. If page data of a response message includes the extracted request parameters, rewriting-item information is generated corresponding to the request parameter and is incorporated into the scenario. The computer replace the parameter shown by the rewriting-item information whenever the computer executes the scenario.
US08306804B2
A modeler for components of an IC under ESD conditions, a method of simulating ESD behavior of an IC and an ESD simulation system. In one embodiment, the modeler includes: (1) a circuit analyzer configured to provide identified ESD cells and circuitry of the IC by comparing component information of the IC with predefined ESD protection elements and predefined circuit topologies and (2) a model generator configured to create linearized models of the identified ESD cells and the identified circuitry based on physical attributes associated with the identified ESD cells and the identified circuitry, wherein a combination of the linearized models represent operation of the IC component under ESD conditions.
US08306799B2
Devolatilization performance prediction apparatus and devolatilization performance prediction method
A devolatilization performance prediction apparatus for a solution devolatilization process using a twin-screw extruder is described. The devolatilization performance prediction apparatus determines a flow state of the solution in the twin-screw extruder, simulates the solution devolatilization process based on the flow state, and predicts a performance of a devolatilization process conducted with the twin screw extruder based on the simulation.
US08306793B2
Methods and systems for simulating acoustic field resulted from particular excitations by performing vibro-acoustic analysis of a structure are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, vibro-acoustic analysis of a structure is performed in two stages. First, steady state dynamic (SSD) responses are obtained using a finite element analysis model of a structure subject to harmonic excitations (e.g., external nodal loads, pressures, or enforced motions (e.g., ground motions), etc.). The steady state responses are the results (e.g., nodal velocities at desired locations of the structure) obtained in a finite element analysis in frequency-domain. Second, an acoustic analysis is conducted according to Helmholtz equation using the nodal velocities obtained at desired locations on the structure as a boundary condition. The acoustic analysis can be performed in a number of procedures (e.g., boundary element method, Rayleigh approximation method, etc.).
US08306792B2
A simulator of heat radiation energy which includes acquiring 3D spatial data including a plurality of solid objects where the 3D space is defined by a plurality of grids; calculating the form coefficient in all combinations of arbitrary two grids out of the plurality of grids; acquiring the attribute data of each grid including the area, reflectivity, and temperature of the grid; calculating the sum of heat radiation energy by radiation of a grid itself and heat radiation energy by reflection of heat radiation from each grid as heat radiation energy of every grid on the basis of the area of the grid, the form coefficient, the reflectivity of the grid and the temperature of the grid; and outputting the calculation results of heat radiation energy of every grid to an output unit.
US08306783B2
In a method for determining faulty components in a system having a plurality of interacting components, lists of potentially faulty components are prepared as a function of different diagnosis algorithms implemented independently of each other, and an error value is assigned to each potentially faulty component. The error values for at least one selection of components of the system are linked to form an error score value for a particular potentially faulty component.
US08306782B2
According to one embodiment, a monitoring/diagnostic apparatus is provided, which is designed for use in a system for monitoring and diagnosing a plurality of object devices. The monitoring/diagnostic apparatus has an agent management module and a diagnostic module. The agent management module is configured to manage agents for collecting operation data of an object device. The diagnostic module uses the operation data collected, thereby to diagnose a problem in the objective device.
US08306775B2
A rotation speed information detection apparatus, including: a wheel sensor for detecting passage of teeth of a gear provided in association with tires of a vehicle; a number-of-teeth calculation means for calculating the number of teeth of the gear passed per a sampling cycle set in advance; and a wheel speed calculation means for regularly calculating rotation speed information of the tire with using the number of teeth calculated. The number-of-teeth calculation means is configured to use a ratio between time information at the point and a remaining time until the time at which the next sampling cycle is started is reached to thereby calculate the number of remaining teeth to calculate the number of teeth passed during the sampling cycle. The wheel speed calculation means is configured to calculate tire rotation speed information based on an interval between neighboring teeth in the gear, the number of teeth passed during the sampling cycle, the number of remaining teeth calculated by the number-of-teeth-calculation means, and the sampling cycle.
US08306768B2
Operation data including at least acceleration data and angular speed data is obtained from an input device including at least an acceleration sensor and a gyroscopic sensor. Next, at least one of an attitude and a position of a predetermined object in a virtual space is controlled based on the angular speed data. When at least one of the attitude and the position of the predetermined object is controlled based on the angular speed data, it is determined whether or not the acceleration data satisfies predetermined conditions. As a result, if the acceleration data satisfies the predetermined conditions, the predetermined object is caused to start a predetermined motion.
US08306753B2
A system and method for generating a numerical skin model. The skin model may be used to predict the interaction of the skin to various devices, such as shaving devices and absorbent articles, for example. The computer-based numerical skin material model of the simulated skin may comprise a mechanical behavior model of a surface epidermis, a mechanical behavior model of a dermis, a mechanical behavior model of a hypodermis, and a van der Waals hyperelastic formulation to represent the behavior of the simulated skin. A strain stiffening viscoelasticty of the simulated human skin may be determined by a Prony time series expansion.
US08306751B2
Fluid tests may be performed to determine suitability of an additive for a production enhancement treatment. In one aspect, a measuring device is used to determine a result of adding a sample of solid material to a test fluid that includes an additive. The result may include, for example, a change in surface tension, a change in contact angle, and/or another result. The measured result is used to determine the suitability of the additive for use in a stimulation treatment for a subterranean formation. For example, the additive may be determined suitable for use during a pad phase of a fracture treatment, during a proppant-laden phase of a fracture treatment, and/or for other phases and/or types of stimulation treatments.
US08306750B2
Some embodiments of the present invention automatically measure the impact of natural conditions and/or deliberate interventions on crop yields. Other embodiments automatically predict the impact of natural conditions and/or deliberate interventions on crop yields. By eliminating the need for human intervention, judgment, or discretion from the processes of measuring and predicting impact on yield, embodiments of the present invention enable such measurements and predictions to be made significantly more accurately, quickly, and inexpensively than has been possible with preexisting techniques.
US08306745B1
Methods and systems for presenting a current position of a vehicle on a moving map display are provided. The method includes determining a current position and a path of travel of the vehicle, determining a current position of at least one of a second vehicle, an object, and an area of interest wherein determining a current position of the second vehicle includes determining a path of travel of the second vehicle, and displaying a depiction of the vehicle and at least a portion of the at least one of the second vehicle, the object, and the area of interest at a first range setting. The method further includes automatically changing from the first range setting to a second range setting based on at least one of an approach autorange activation, an offscale traffic activation, and an offscale object or area of interest autorange activation, and displaying the ownship depiction and at least a portion of the at least one of the second vehicle, the object, and the area of interest at the second range setting.
US08306741B2
A navigation method and apparatus uses routing data created by a remote navigation server for a route guidance operation by an individual navigation system. The navigation method and apparatus makes use of the most currently updated map data and the high calculation power of the remote navigation server for creating the calculated route and utilizes the calculated route for the route guidance operation by the individual navigation system. The navigation method and apparatus decreases an amount of routing data indicating the calculated route by employing a concept of strategic road segments for sending the routing data to the individual navigation system. The individual navigation system recreates the calculated route based on the routing data received from the navigation server for the route guidance operation to the destination.
US08306740B2
A vehicle travel assisting system has an area setting part for setting an area, in which weather information is acquired. The area setting part sets the area by using at least one of an attribute of a vehicle travel road, vehicle equipment for bad weather travel, and vehicle information such as a vehicle type and vehicle chassis lowest height. If the acquired weather information varies along a travel road of the vehicle, weather information is provided at earlier time according to the attribute of the travel road or unnecessary weather information is limited according to the equipment or the information of the vehicle.
US08306734B2
A method of operation of a navigation system includes: selecting a user's destination; determining an actual parking condition of an unmetered street parking space; and determining a travel path based on the actual parking condition from a user's current position to the unmetered street parking space for displaying on a device.
US08306729B2
A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a change request with a proposed change for an item; verifying a validity of the change request based on a confidence level meeting or exceeding a change threshold; and updating a target element of the item based on the validity of the proposed change for avoiding an incorrect update to the target element for displaying on a device.
US08306726B2
A system including a mobile machine and a central control station is provided. The mobile machine includes a communication device and a position monitoring system including a receiver configured to receive position data from a positioning satellite and generate a position signal. The position monitoring system also includes an inertial navigation unit including a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the mobile machine and generate a movement signal. The position monitoring system also includes a controller configured to receive the position signal and the movement signal, detect an unavailability of the position signal, calculate a position parameter, determine whether a difference between a first and a second value of a parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold, and generate a warning signal. The central control station is configured to communicate with the controller, receive the position signal and/or the movement signal, and monitor the position of the mobile machine.
US08306724B2
An air traffic control system, for use by a controller controlling a plurality of aircraft held vertically separated in a stack, the system comprising at least one processor; a display device for the control generating a display controlled by said at least one processor, and at least one device for selectively receiving, from said aircraft, an indication of their intended future altitudes; in which said processor is arranged to receive such intended altitude data; to compare said intended altitude data with current altitude and/or intended altitude data of other aircraft; and to generate said display on said display device so as to list said plurality of aircraft, to highlight a first part of the display relating to a first aircraft whose intended altitude overlaps with the current or intended altitude of at least one said second aircraft, and to highlight also a second part of the display relating to said second aircraft.
US08306721B2
An internal combustion engine system includes: an internal combustion engine; a valve regulating exhaust gas flow rate to an intake system; an exhaust gas recirculation system opening the valve to recirculate the exhaust gas to the intake system; an intake air flow rate detecting device detecting air flow rate introduced into the engine; and a controller, when fuel injection is stopped, controlling the engine to start the fuel injection at a rate obtained by adding a first flow rate to a reference flow rate for a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio based on the detected air flow rate when the valve opening degree is lower than a predetermined degree, and controlling the engine to start the fuel injection at a rate obtained by adding a second flow rate, larger than the first flow rate, to the reference flow rate when the valve opening degree is no less than the predetermined degree.
US08306715B2
A controller has a command section, a control section, a time measurement section, and a command fixing section. The command section generates a command regarding the actuation state of a lock-up clutch in accordance with a condition value that is determined by the accelerator operating amount and the vehicle speed. The time measurement section starts to measure time when the accelerator operating amount drops to 0 with the current condition value maintained in a hysteresis range and the command section generates the acceleration slip executing command. When the accelerator operating amount is increased from 0, the time measurement section stops the measurement of time and resets the measured time to 0. The command fixing section fixes the command of the command section as an acceleration slip executing command in the period from when the time measurement by the time measurement section has started to when the measured time reaches a determination value. When the accelerator operating amount is increased from 0 or the time measured by the time measurement section reaches the determination value, the command fixing section cancels the fixation of the acceleration slip executing command.
US08306712B2
A method is provided for determining an adhesive condition of a surface of a vehicle road using a statistical pattern recognition technique. A plurality of probability distribution functions is provided representing respective adhesive effects between the vehicle tire of a driven vehicle and the vehicle road. An index is calculated which represents a vehicle understeer characteristic. Probability analysis is applied for each of the road surface adhesive conditions as a function of the index. Each probability analysis is recursively updated. A likelihood factor is determined for each road surface adhesive condition as a function of each respective recursively updated probability analysis. Each respective road surface adhesive condition has a respective likelihood factor that identifies the likelihood of the road surface having the respective adhesive condition as a function of the index. The identified adhesive condition of the road surface is input into a vehicle control process.
US08306706B2
Disclosed is a storage container loading/unloading and transporting apparatus, which loads one storage container or a plurality of storage containers on a loading table of a vehicle, transports the storage container(s) to a designated place, and then unloads the storage container(s).
US08306703B1
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a side loading attachment (20) for use with a forklift truck (50) comprises a guide frame (22) secured to the front of the forklift truck (50). A sliding bracket (23) is slidably mounted to the guide frame (22). The sliding bracket (23) is holding a support arm (28) which in turn holds a rotatable carriage (70) pivotally mounted to the support arm (28). The rotatable carriage (70) holds a couple of load forks (40) to deposit and retrieve a load (60) to either side of the forklift truck (50) in a narrow aisle.
US08306700B2
A vehicle travel support device capable of continuing operation even when the recognition accuracy of a lane mark has been degraded, and the like, wherein the degree of control on the operation of a steering device or the like is set higher as the reliability of a lane mark becomes higher. In a state in which the reliability of a travel area demarcated by the lane mark is high, a vehicle's travel is relatively strongly or actively supported so that the vehicle will not depart from the travel area. On the other hand, the degree of control on the operation of the steering device or the like is set lower as the reliability of the lane mark is lower. In a state in which the reliability of the travel area demarcated by the lane mark is low, the vehicle's travel is relatively weakly or passively supported so that the vehicle will not depart from the travel area.
US08306698B2
When the magnitude |ω| of a steering angular velocity w is equal to or greater than a determination angular velocity ωth, an electric motor is estimated to be in a predetermined power use state, and a restriction determination threshold Vonth is set to a first voltage value V1. When the magnitude |ω| of the steering angular velocity ω is less than the determination angular velocity ωth, the restriction determination threshold Vonth is set to a second voltage value V2 (>V1). When a state in which a power supply voltage Vx is lower than the restriction determination threshold Vonth continues for a predetermined time t1, a power use restriction instruction is output to specific vehicle electrical loads. Thus, power restriction is properly imposed on the vehicle electrical loads, whereby a delay in control of the electric motor is prevented, and excessive imposition of power restriction is prevented.
US08306693B2
An input system for vehicle includes an actuator operable by an operator, a controller outputting a display signal in response to an operation on the actuator, and a display to display an image based on the display signals. The controller outputs a control signal to a target device that performs one or more functions. The image includes a graphic object indicating the actuator, one or more arrows located around the graphic object, and one or more function indicators located in one or more directions indicated by the one or more arrows, respectively. The one or more function indicators indicate the one or more functions, respectively. The controller is operable to, upon the operator operating the actuator in the direction corresponding to an arrow out of the one or more arrows, select a function indicator out of the one or more function indicators located in a direction indicated by the arrow, and to control the target device to perform a function out of the one or more functions indicated by the selected function indicator. The operator can operate the input system reliably.
US08306690B2
Testing or diagnostics are performed on an electric vehicle. The vehicle is operated and current flow through a system of the vehicle is monitored. A voltage related to the system is also monitored. Diagnostics are provided based upon the monitored voltage and the monitored current.
US08306682B2
In a series hybrid vehicle, a system for determining a shift schedule for shifting a multi-gear transmission connected to a drive means is disclosed. A vehicle operator selects among a plurality of shift styles respectively representing a plurality of shift schedules variously optimized for performance or fuel economy. A performance-based shift schedule favors providing maximum power to the road by starting at the first (lowest) gear when accelerating from a stop and utilizing all available gears of the transmission. An economy based shift schedule favors energy efficiency by skipping the first gear and optionally one or more higher-numbered gears in order to bias operation of the drive means toward lower speeds and higher torque output while reducing shift frequency. The invention provides for maintaining the number of gear ratio choices provided by a transmission having relatively many distinct gear ratios, while providing for reduced frequency of shifting and driver choice of a shift schedule favoring either performance or economy.
US08306680B2
An arrangement for controlling an automated system, having a number of sensors and actuators, in particular for controlling a railroad system. A programmable control unit runs a user program to process input data from the sensors and to generate control commands for the actuators. The sensors and the actuators are connected to a remote I/O unit, which is connected to the control unit via a communication network. The control unit and the I/O unit interchange data messages in order to transmit the input data and the control commands. The arrangement has a remote disconnection unit, which is coupled to the remote I/O unit independently from the input data and control commands. The control unit is designed to integrate specific verification data for the disconnection unit into the data messages for the I/O unit. The disconnection unit is designed to deactivate the I/O unit depending on the specific verification data.
US08306678B2
The present invention relates to a device and methods for filtering anti-collision alerts for aircraft having a locating system charting the position of the aircraft and estimating the precision of its position. A navigation system of the aircraft calculates at least the actual speed of the aircraft, the speed instruction and a first deviation between the instruction and the actual speed, and the deviation being compared with a first reference overshoot threshold. An anti-collision system generates alerts. An alarms manager of the aircraft centralizes the alerts transmitted by the terrain anti-collision equipment of the aircraft to the crew. The alerts each posses a coding of the danger level, and the danger levels form part of a first predetermined set. The alert filter according to the invention filters sets of alerts according to the coding of their danger level.
US08306674B2
A system and method is provided for thruster control in a flight vehicle. The system and method uses a proportional derivative matrix control technique to determine thrust commands in a Divert and Attitude control (DAC) system. The proportional derivative matrix control system is configured to receive pitch, roll and yaw commands as inputs, and generate thrust commands as outputs. The performance of the proportional derivative matrix controller is such that the thrust commands can achieve the desired attitude angles quickly and with reduced fuel consumption. The matrix control system can efficiently control a variety of thrusters, including asymmetric thrusters having different moment arms. The matrix control system is particularly suitable to the control of DAC systems with asymmetric thrusters that are configured for attitude control.
US08306671B1
A system for encouraging the use of renewable energy sources and suitable for the conservation of energy resources through the efficient management of energy storage and delivery includes connections to a power source, an energy storage subsystem, and a power grid. The system includes a power routing subsystem coupled to the source and grid, and adapted to operate in a bypass mode, in which energy is transferred from the source to the grid. The system includes a conversion subsystem coupled to the routing and storage subsystems, and switchable in substantially real-time between a storage mode, in which energy is transferred from the routing to the storage subsystem, and a generation mode, in which energy is transferred from the storage to the routing subsystem for delivery to the grid. The system also includes a controller for directing the modes based at least in part on a market factor.
US08306670B2
A system for protecting, controlling, and monitoring substation devices of a power system, includes a spare protection and control unit that, when there is a failure in a protection and control unit from among protection and control units that perform a protection and control operation for the substation devices, downloads unit information including software and a device setting value of failed protection and control unit from a database unit and functions as an alternative unit for the failed protection and control unit.
US08306662B2
The present invention relates to a position detection device for a mobile robot, including a light-emitting element for emitting light, a light reception element on which light transferred from a bottom, of the light emitted from the light-emitting element and then reflected from an obstacle, is focused, and a signal processing unit for calculating a distance between a position where the light incident on the light reception element is focused and the obstacle. A position detection method using a mobile robot may include operating a robot cleaner, receiving light transferred from a bottom, of light emitted from the robot cleaner and then reflected from an obstacle, and detecting a distance between the robot cleaner and the obstacle from which the light is reflected, determining whether the distance between the robot cleaner and the obstacle increases, and determining whether the robot cleaner has approached the obstacle.
US08306655B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for configuring portion control for a dispenser apparatus. A plurality of beverage ingredients may be associated with the dispenser apparatus, and a plurality of selectable beverages may be formed from the plurality of beverage ingredients. Input for one or more preferences associated with portion control may be received. Stored information associated with at least one of the plurality of selectable beverages may be accessed. At least one portion control for at least one of the plurality of selectable beverages may be determined based at least in part on at least a portion of the received input and at least a portion of the accessed information.
US08306654B2
A system is provided for aligning multi-sheet collations including a conveyance system having a transport deck for supporting and conveying the multi-sheet collation along a feed path. The system includes a first pair of registration members disposed orthogonal to the feed path and defining a processing station along the feed path. The registration members further define registration surfaces which are repositionable from an active position above the transport deck to an idle position below the transport deck. A first displacement mechanism raises and lowers the registration members into and out of the active and idle positions, and oscillates at least one of the registration surfaces forward and aft in a direction parallel to the feed path when the registration member is in its active position. A processor controls the motion of the conveyance system relative to the registration members of the alignment station, and controls the first displacement mechanism to: (i) raise the registration surfaces into the active position, (ii) oscillate the registration surfaces to align the opposing edges of the multi-sheet collation, and (iii) lower the registration surfaces into the idle position to facilitate conveyance of the aligned multi-sheet collation along the feed path.
US08306645B2
Manufacturing planning data for a production process that is managed by a manufacturing execution system is updated by way of a plurality of steps, which include: Gathering data from a PLC level relevant to the manufacturing planning data and the execution of the production process; mapping the gathered data with the current manufacturing planning data in order to determine suggested changes between the gathered data and the current manufacturing planning data; applying a predetermined update scenario for the manufacturing planning data depending on the suggested changes to update the manufacturing planning data; and adapting the current production process and optionally following production processes according to the updated manufacturing planning data. The reliability of the so-called standard data used in production planning processes is thus dramatically improved. Furthermore, since trends on possible deviations from the standard data can be recognized in real-time, it is now possible to dynamically update the standard data as soon as accompanying quality improvement programs reach those performance results which are significant for the current production plan based on the production planning data.
US08306644B2
A method and a system model a manufacturing process wherein an manufacturing executing system implements the modeled manufacturing process and plans and/or controls the corresponding manufacturing at the shop floor. The method includes providing a number of real machines at the shop floor and describing each real machine by a real machine module having machine attributes in order to control the execution of the real machine. Within the manufacturing process a specific manufacturing activity is defined that requires the execution of a distinct subset of real machines in order to perform its specific production activity. Virtual equipment is provided by combining the real machines included in the subset and describing the virtual equipment by a virtual equipment model to plan and control the specific production activity. The virtual equipment model contains a planning level model and a controlling level model.
US08306643B2
A method for designing a light guide plate includes the following steps. A raw light guide plate having a light input surface and a light output surface is provided. A region of the light input surface is divided into several annuluses according to a luminance distribution E(ρ,θ) of the light output surface. A scattering dots density D(ρ,θ) of each annulus on the light input surface is figured out. A total number N of the scattering dots of each annulus on the light input surface are gained, and the scattering dots is randomly distributed in the each annulus defined on the light input surface, whereby a designed light guide plate is obtained.
US08306642B2
A method of manufacturing a portable computing device, involves the steps of (1) performing one manufacturing step in the manufacture of the portable computing device by interfacing a hardware component with another component of the computing device; and (2) performing a subsequent manufacturing step in the manufacture by (i) identifying the interfaced hardware component from a response received at the another component; and (ii) initializing the identified interfaced hardware component using a device driver associated therewith.
US08306637B2
Example methods and apparatus to limit a change of a drive value in an electro-pneumatic controller are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a control signal and a feedback signal, calculating from the control signal and the feedback signal a drive value, determining if a difference between the drive value and a previous drive value is greater than a slew limit of the electro-pneumatic controller, and changing the calculated drive value based on the slew limit.
US08306635B2
The disclosed invention primarily relates to methods for assisting and motivating persons with respect to various exercise and rehabilitation regimens they might undertake, mentally as well as physically. The invention also has potential application to for diagnosis and/or treatment of certain mental and physical disorders, and in other situations where a form of companionship may be provided the user. In addition the invention herein provides an enjoyable means of social interaction with others providing further motivation for physical and mental activity represented.
US08306627B2
An implantable medical device (IMD) including an input interface that operates to receive an external input and a stimulation mode controller coupled to the input interface. The stimulation mode controller operates to temporarily interrupt a normal stimulation mode of the IMD in response to the external input. The IMD also includes an alternative stimulation selection module coupled to the stimulation mode controller, the alternative stimulation selection module operating to determine whether to implement an alternative mode of electrical signal therapy based on the external input and a threshold. The alternative mode differs in at least one stimulation parameter from the normal stimulation mode. The stimulation mode controller further operates to implement the alternative mode of the electrical signal therapy based on the determination of the alternative stimulation selection module.
US08306626B2
An artificial retina device to electrically stimulate a neuroretina of an eye to produce artificial vision, the artificial retina device comprising: an electrical source; at least one stimulating electrode connected with the electrical source; and at least one ground return electrode connected with the electrical source, wherein the stimulating electrode and ground return electrode are configured to be disposed within the eye on opposite sides of the neuroretina.
US08306623B2
An implantable system acquires intracardiac impedance with an implantable lead system. In one implementation, the system generates frequency-rich, low energy, multi-phasic waveforms that provide a net-zero charge and a net-zero voltage. When applied to bodily tissues, current pulses or voltage pulses having the multi-phasic waveform provide increased specificity and sensitivity in probing tissue. The effects of the applied pulses are sensed as a corresponding waveform. The waveforms of the applied and sensed pulses can be integrated to obtain corresponding area values that represent the current and voltage across a spectrum of frequencies. These areas can be compared to obtain a reliable impedance value for the tissue. Frequency response, phase delay, and response to modulated pulse width can also be measured to determine a relative capacitance of the tissue, indicative of infarcted tissue, blood to tissue ratio, degree of edema, and other physiological parameters.
US08306620B2
A cardiac medical device and associated method control delivery of dual chamber burst pacing pulses in response to detecting tachycardia. In one embodiment, a single chamber pacing pulse is delivered in response to detecting a tachycardia. Dual chamber pacing pulses are delivered subsequent to the single chamber pacing pulse. An intrinsic depolarization is sensed subsequent to delivering the dual chamber pacing pulses. The tachycardia episode is classified in response to the sensed intrinsic depolarization.
US08306610B2
A method, apparatus and software for diagnosing the state or condition of a human, animal or other living thing, which always generates physiological modulating signals having temporal-spatial organization, the organization having dynamic patterns whose structure is fractal, involving the monitoring of at least one physiological modulating signal and obtaining a set of temporal-spatial values of each of said physiological modulating signals, and processing the respective temporal-spatial values using linear and nonlinear tools to determine the linear and nonlinear characteristics established for known criteria to determine the state or condition of the person, being or living things, and to use this data for diagnosis, tracking, and treatment and developmental issues.
US08306601B2
Methods are disclosed for assessing the condition of a cartilage in a joint, particularly in a human knee. The methods include converting an image such as an MRI to a three dimensional map of the cartilage. The cartilage map can be correlated to a movement pattern of the joint to assess the effect of movement on cartilage wear. Changes in the thickness of cartilage over time can be determined so that therapies can be provided. Information on thickness of cartilage and curvature of cartilage or subchondral bone can be used to plan therapy. Information on movement pattern can be used to plan therapy. Planning therapy may include generating one or more physical models.
US08306598B2
An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte. The analyte monitor may also be part of a drug delivery system to alter the level of the analyte based on the data obtained using the sensor.
US08306597B2
A physiological signal sensing device for examination of human is provided. The physiological signal sensing device includes a light emitting fiber and a light receiving fiber. The light emitting fiber includes a plurality of light emitting portions, wherein the light emitting fiber provides a plurality of sensing beams, and the sensing beams are respectively emitted through the light emitting portions. The light receiving fiber includes a plurality of light receiving portions. The light receiving fiber corresponds to the light emitting fiber. The sensing beams are emitted through the light emitting portions, reflected or refracted by the human. And then the sensing beams are received by the light receiving portions.
US08306589B2
A superconducting electromagnet comprising coils of superconducting wire bonded to a support structure, and wherein heating elements are provided in thermal contact with the support structure for heating the support structure.
US08306588B2
This mobile device includes a control portion determining whether or not a selection antenna module and a selection circuit module are matched to each other, and the control portion controls radio communication by the selection antenna module and the selection circuit module to be disabled when the selection antenna module and the selection circuit module are not matched to each other and controls radio communication by the selection antenna module and the selection circuit module to be enabled when the selection antenna module and the selection circuit module are matched to each other.
US08306586B2
A handheld electronic device includes first, second and third bodies, a rod, and an elevating mechanism disposed on the first body. The rod has a first end, a second end, and a pivot portion pivotably mounted to the first body. The second body is slidably disposed on the first body and coupled to the first end. The second body is stacked between the first body and the third body. The third body is slidably disposed on the elevating mechanism and coupled to the rod. When the third body moves relative to the first body, the second body is driven by the first rod to move relative to the first body in an opposite direction, such that the second body is exposed out of the third body and the third body is descended by the elevating mechanism to move toward the first body.
US08306581B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a subscriber station in sleep mode is capable of sending and/or receiving traffic during sleep mode without violating the delay requirements of best effort traffic. Moreover, a subscriber station is capable of remaining in sleep and may optionally only be awaken in the event there is data to be transmitted from the base station to the subscriber station and/or from the subscriber station to the base station. By implementing an always sleep and need based wake up arrangement, the power consumption of the subscriber station can be reduced.
US08306580B2
A mechanism for automatically controlling the power condition of a portable audio system. The mechanism of the illustrative embodiments determines whether a user is interacting with the portable audio player. If no user interaction with the portable audio player is detected, the mechanism of the illustrative embodiments determines whether the portable audio player is moving. If the portable audio player is not moving, an inactivity duration counter in the portable audio player is incremented to an incremented value. Responsive to a determination that the incremented value of the inactivity duration counter meets or exceeds a time duration threshold value, the mechanism of the illustrative embodiments change the power condition of the portable audio player by turning the portable audio player off.
US08306571B2
When deactivating a subscription and SIM card, the SIM card is connected to the ODA database, an instruction to deactivate the SIM card and cancel the subscription is transferred to the ODA, information in the memory of the SIM card including the IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) of the SIM card, is transferred to the ODA, which is arranged to be connected to the network, including a HLR/AUC. The ODA retrieves the subscription information, and replaces the IMSI of the SIM card with a temporary IMSI called IMSI-T. The ODA stores the information in the memory of the SIM card together with the IMSI-T in the database. The ODA also stores the information together with the IMSI-T and transfers to the network an instruction to cancel the subscription in the network. The SIM card may be reactivated using the information stored in the ODA database and on the SIM card including the IMSI-T.
US08306570B2
An apparatus and method are provided for changing network interfaces in a multiaccess mobile terminal in a wireless communication system including a server for providing high-capacity data transmission service to a mobile terminal, and the terminal for receiving data from the server and supporting various network interfaces. Upon detecting handoff based on current air information received, an interface module reports a change in interface to a new air interface to an upper layer, and manages the mobile terminal such that traffic is transmitted to the new air interface. Upon receiving information on the new air interface from the interface module, a service module determines a bandwidth of the new air interface, generates a message based on the determined bandwidth, and transmits the generated message.
US08306567B2
A system and a method of controlling transmitter power in a wireless communication system in which user data is processed as a multirate signal in which the user data signal having a first rate is converted into a transmission data signal having a faster second rate for transmission. The transmission power is adjusted on a relatively slow basis based on quality of data received by a receiver of the transmitted data. The transmitter power is determined as a function of the first and second rates such that a change in the data rate in the multiple channels or the rate of the transmission data signal is compensated in advance of a quality of data based adjustment associated with such data rate change.
US08306559B2
A method for paging optimization in a communication system having one or more base stations and one or more mobile stations within a paging target cell, includes detecting a hybrid base station supporting a hybrid cell from the one or more base stations; and determining whether or not one or more mobile stations registered in the hybrid cell include only closed subscriber group (CSG) members, and defining an operating state of the hybrid base station based on the determination result. The method further includes determining whether or not each of the one or more base stations is included in paging targets based on the operating state of the hybrid base station.
US08306557B2
A base station apparatus includes a classification unit configured to classify user apparatuses based on channel state of a radio link, a DRX (Discontinuous Reception) status memory configured to store information indicating which of multiple groups each of one or more of the user apparatuses conducting DRX belongs to, a determination unit configured to determine which of the groups the user apparatuses classified by the classification unit are to belong to with reference to the information stored in the DRX status memory, and an indication unit configured to indicate the determined groups to the user apparatuses. Each of the groups includes one or more of the user apparatuses activating simultaneously. The determination unit is configured to assign one of the user apparatuses having relatively poor channel state to one of the groups having a smaller number of simultaneously activating user apparatuses.
US08306554B1
A method and system for leaving and retrieving messages at specific coordinate way points within a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provider network are disclosed. Users carry or transport interface devices for communicating over the network and are able to record and view messages at specific coordinate locations while traveling in the network. The location of the device is calculated by the device or by the network while the device is powered on and within the physical boundaries of the network, or through a combination of both. Messages can be made available to network subscribers when their interface devices come within an area centered about a physical coordinate location. Personalized messages can also be left by subscribers at any coordinate point within the boundaries of the network. Access of information about an asset is facilitated when a technician comes within a physical proximity threshold relative to the asset.
US08306544B2
A disclosed base station apparatus includes a resource allocation unit allocating radio resources using a first resource allocation method for dynamically allocating the radio resources and a second resource allocation method for allocating the radio resources at a constant period, wherein when a size of data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the resource allocation unit allocates the radio resources using the first resource allocation method, otherwise, the resource allocation unit allocates the radio resources using the second resource allocation method, and when the size of the data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than a second threshold value, the resource allocation unit allocates radio resources reserved as radio resources to be allocated using the second resource allocation method as radio resources to be allocated using the first resource allocation method.
US08306535B2
A communication controller and a communication controlling method are provided, even when functionalities of the communication controller included in a communication system such as UTRAN or the like, so that the services of the functionalities are available broadly in the whole system. An RNC 102 for controlling a movable communication terminal device, in cooperation with the communication controller, receives a request for provision of a service. The RNC 102 includes: a signal transmitter/receiver 201 for discriminating the type of the requested service; an HSUPA communication request discriminating section 203; a call controller 202; a transfer destination search table 205 for storing information that associates a service that can be requested by the service request receiving means and another RNC that can provide the service; and a transfer destination searching section 204 for identifying another RNC that can provide the service, based upon the information stored in the transfer destination search table 205, if there is a request for HSUPA communication that cannot be provided by the RNC 102. The RNC 102 transfers the request for the provision of the service to another RNC identified by the transfer destination searching section 204.
US08306530B1
A method for assigning a static mobile internet protocol address to a mobile node by an access node is provided. The method includes receiving a mobile registration request message, sending an access request message to an authorization node in response to the registration request, and receiving an access accept message containing a static mobile IP address from the authorization node. The method continues by sending an access registration request message containing the static mobile IP address to a mobile network internet node, which then assigns the static mobile IP address to the mobile node. A mobile access registration request message associated with the mobile registration request message is sent to the mobile network internet node at a time after the access registration request message has been sent. A mobile access registration reply message is received from the mobile network internet node, and a mobile reply registration message containing the static mobile IP address is sent to the mobile node.
US08306528B2
The Aircraft Emergency Services Call Management System enables the unique identification of each passenger wireless device in use in an aircraft and the corresponding identification of the passenger associated with the passenger wireless device. This passenger wireless device registration data is stored as database entries in a ground-based Automatic Location Identification (ALI) database which associates each aircraft with its registered passenger wireless devices. The origination of an emergency services call by any registered passenger wireless device results in the call being routed to a serving Public Safety Access Point (PSAP) where the passenger is connected to an emergency services operator. Since the aircraft flight crew and cabin crew are the only personnel on site that can be relied upon to provide some sort of emergency services response, they are included in the emergency services call.
US08306524B2
A method for controlling a mobile terminal includes operating at least one clock at first and second frequencies, determining wireless sensitivities of the mobile terminal at the first and second frequencies, comparing the wireless sensitivities, and controlling a camera of the mobile terminal at one of the first or second frequencies based on said comparison of the wireless sensitivities.
US08306521B2
In a vehicle control apparatus for reprogramming data stored therein based on a reprogramming instruction transmitted thereto via a wireless communication network, an asking unit is provided. The asking unit asks a data reprogramming unit about whether the reprogramming instruction is validated or not. The data reprogramming unit has been authorized to reprogram the data stored in the vehicle control apparatus. A determining unit is provided in the vehicle control apparatus. The determining unit receives a reply to the asking transmitted from the data reprogramming unit via the wireless communication network and determines whether to enable or disable the reprogramming of the data stored in the vehicle control apparatus based on the received reply.
US08306513B2
Aspects relate to initiating voice calls to mobile devices from an enterprise network. In one example, a server can initiate a voice channel to a mobile device, and if the mobile device cannot be reached, an access network may redirect the call from the server to a number identified as a voicemail number; however, such number is reconfigured to instead be directed to a number located within the enterprise network. The server can monitor or receive an indication that a call is incoming, and attributable to the mobile device. If such a call is incoming or received, then the server determines that the call has failed. If the mobile device answers the call, the server can determine that the voice channel has been established, without waiting for a confirmation indication, such as a DTMF tone.
US08306512B2
Embodiments of systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for enabling the management of a transit user account of a transit system with a mobile device. Embodiments of a transit system utilizing such transit user accounts are also disclosed. Embodiments for enabling a mobile device to manage a transit user account can include receiving an identification code of a fare media and receiving contact information of the mobile device. The transit user account, which can be used in transactions of the transit system associated with the fare media, can be created using user information and a passcode. Additionally, the mobile device can be authenticated by sending at least one message to the mobile device and receiving at least one message from the mobile device.
US08306504B1
Methods are disclosed for determining, based on a pass code inputted by a user, whether the user can access a particular feature of a mobile device. Features may include access to the device itself, products, services, applications, or the like. The mobile device requests access to the feature, and is sent display information for a plurality of icons, which indicates where each icon is to be displayed. An ordered selection of icons is received to determine whether the ordered selection matches a predetermined ordered selection. If they match, the user is allowed to access the feature of the mobile device.
US08306499B2
A digital television broadcast receiving section (100) of a mobile telephone terminal includes an antenna (101), a notch filter (102), a low-pass filter (LPF) (103), a low noise amplifier (LNA) (104), a receiving IC (105), a control section (107), and an input section (108). A passband for digital television broadcast is divided into several parts. The control section (107) switches a characteristic of each of the notch filter (102) and the LPF (103) so as to combine filters appropriate for a low-band channel or a high-band channel. Thus, frequencies in a mobile telephone transmission frequency band of the mobile telephone terminal, and frequencies in a band of other systems, the frequencies in these band being interfering waves, are largely attenuated, and at the same time, frequencies in the passband which is a frequency band for digital television broadcast are allowed to pass with low loss.
US08306492B2
A TV tuner includes an Ultra High Frequency (UHF)/Very High Frequency (VHF) tracking filter, an UHF/VHF matching circuit and a single conversion Tuner IC. The UHF/VHF tracking filter includes a first Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) inductor, a first varactor diode and a fine-tune capacitor electrically connected to determine the maximum gain frequency of the UHF/VHF tracking filter. The UHF/VHF matching circuit includes a second LTCC inductance, a second varactor diodes and a fine-tune capacitor electrically connected to determine the maximum gain frequency of the UHF/VHF matching circuit.
US08306482B2
A communication service equipment and a search and rescue terminal device for vessels that are set on board to provide radio communication service including at least one radio signal transmission and reception units, a modulation and demodulation unit, a location information receiving unit, a plurality of frequency conversion unit, signal processing units each connected to the frequency conversion unit, a main control unit, and control the signal processing unit.
US08306475B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses reverse advertising to configure a new wireless device to join an existing wireless network. During operation, the new wireless device broadcasts an advertisement for itself. In response to the advertisement, the new wireless device receives information from an existing wireless device on the existing wireless network. This information specifies how to join the existing wireless network. Next, the new wireless device uses the information to configure itself to join the existing wireless network.
US08306473B2
A MIMO wireless communications device supports a dual polarized mode of antenna operation and a single polarized mode of antenna operation. Antenna mode selection is performed as a function of signal to noise ratio information and/or rank information corresponding to a communications channel matrix. One of a communications device's processing chains is switched between first and second polarization orientation antennas, e.g., vertical and horizontally polarized antennas, as a function of the antenna mode selection. In various embodiments, the dual polarized mode is advantageously used for high SNR users, while in the low SNR regime, where the capacity is limited by received power, the single polarized antenna configuration, sometimes referred to as the spatial MIMO configuration, is used.
US08306453B2
An aspect of the present invention provides an image forming unit including: a development unit that includes a development member; a photosensitive unit that includes a photosensitive member; a transfer unit that is disposed to face the photosensitive member; and an elastic member that is attached to the transfer unit and the development unit and urges the development unit toward the transfer unit to align the development unit and the photosensitive member with each other.
US08306447B2
A potential sensor for detecting a surface potential of an electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an insulative film; a thin film electrode layer formed on the film; a curved portion formed by folding back the film so that the thin film electrode layer is inwardly located, the curved potion functioning as a detecting portion for detecting the surface potential of the electrophotographic photosensitive member in contact with the electrophotographic photosensitive member; and an electroconductive shielding portion provided so as to cover an outer surface of the film except for at least an area in which the curved portion is contactable to the electrophotographic photosensitive member, the shielding portion being electrically grounded.
US08306446B2
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable heater for heating a toner image on a recording material in a nip; a rotatable pressor for pressing against the heater to form the nip; a moving mechanism for spacing the heater and the pressor from each other; a detector for detecting a temperature of the pressor; a cooler for cooling the pressor; a changer for changing the rotational speed of the pressor; and an executor for executing, when the temperature of the pressor reaches an upper limit temperature during execution of an image formation job of continuously forming the images, a cooling mode for cooling the pressor by the cooler in a state that the pressor and the heater are spaced from each other while rotating the pressing member at a second rotational speed higher than a first rotational speed which is a speed during the execution of the job.
US08306437B2
In an optical receiver, a light receiving element receives the optical packet signals and converts the optical packet signals to electrical signals. A bias voltage supply section supplies bias voltage to the light receiving element. A monitoring section monitors an input level of each optical packet signal or each electrical signal and transmits a monitored value to the bias voltage supply section. In addition, the bias voltage supply section temporarily increases the bias voltage according to magnitude of the monitored value after an end of receiving of each optical packet signal.
US08306434B2
A signal-transmitting system includes a digital-to-analog converter, an optical modulator, first and second electrodes, an optical phase shifter, and an optical coupler. The digital-to-analog converter converts digital data into an electrical analog signal. The optical modulator includes a first optical waveguide configured to transmit a first optical carrier, a second optical waveguide configured to transmit a second optical carrier, a first electrode positioned on the first optical waveguide, and a second electrode positioned on the second optical waveguide. The first and second electrical couplers are configured to couple respective electrical analog signals and electrical carriers to electrodes to generate modulation waves. The modulation waves are different in phase. The optical phase shifter is configured to shift the second modulation wave by a predetermined phase, and the optical coupler is configured to couple the first and second modulation waves to generate an optical output signal.
US08306427B2
There is provided a WDM transmission apparatus including a calculator being operable to calculate an optical signal level of a wavelength after wavelength demultiplexing based on information of OSNR, an amplifier controller being operable to compensate for the optical signal levels of all the wavelengths after wavelength demultiplexing to become a target level based on an optical signal level calculated by the calculator, and an deviation corrector being operable to correct a deviation of an optical signal level between each wavelength based on the optical signal level calculated by the calculator.
US08306421B1
The present disclosure is directed to a passive optical avionics network system and method.A avionics network system may comprise: (a) a passive optical network, the passive optical network comprising an optical repeater; and (b) an avionics module operably coupled to the passive optical network.An integrated modular avionics (IMA) system may comprise: (a) a line-replaceable unit (LRU), the LRU comprising: (i) a processing unit; and (ii) an optical line terminal (OLT); (b) an optical repeater; (c) at least one optical network unit (ONU); and an avionics module operably coupled to the at least one ONU.A method for avionics network communication may comprise: (a) receiving optical avionics data signals; (b) monitoring the optical avionics data signals for compliance with a communications protocol; and (c) regulating transmission of the optical avionics data signals according to compliance with the communications protocol.
US08306417B2
The present invention provides a bidirectional optical signal traffic-directing and amplification module which is used in a method for simultaneous real-time status monitoring and troubleshooting of a high-capacity single-fiber hybrid passive optical network that is based on wavelength-division-multiplexing techniques.
US08306413B2
An image display device includes a display unit that is installed inside a finder window provided in a housing and displays images, an illumination unit that illuminates a space inside the finder window, and a control unit that when brightness of the display unit is a first brightness, sets the brightness of the illumination unit to a second brightness, and when the brightness of the display unit is a third brightness brighter than the first brightness, sets the brightness of the illumination unit to a fourth brightness brighter than the second brightness.
US08306411B2
A photographic apparatus comprises an information obtaining unit and a controller. The information obtaining unit obtains information regarding a photographic subject image. The controller performs a switching control that changes a first use mode to a second use mode on a basis of the information. The first use mode is set by a user, and the second use mode is different from the first use mode.
US08306407B2
A high-efficiency water boiler includes a shell and a heating unit located in the shell. The heating unit includes a heating tank filled with fuel and a heater for heating the fuel. A containing unit includes a container provided around the heating tank. A heat conduction unit includes heat conduction pipes leading to the container from the heating tank to transfer heat to the container from the heating tank. A cooling unit includes a heat exchanger for cooling the fuel going therein from the heating tank. An inlet pipe extends through the heat exchanger and includes an end connected to a leading section of the container so that water can go into the container through the inlet pipe. An outlet pipe is connected to a tailing section of the container so that the water can leave the container through the outlet pipe.
US08306404B2
The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and operation control method thereof: A mobile communication terminal according to the present invention comprises: an input unit having at least one searching keys specified for a section search of multimedia data; and a controller allocating the searching keys to predetermined reproducing positions of the multimedia data, respectively, and controlling reproducing time points of the multimedia data to be moved to reproducing positions allocated to the searching key if the searching keys are input. The present invention uses the searching keys specified for the section search upon reproducing the multimedia data to rapidly perform the section search, making it possible to easily use products regarding a mobile communication terminal.
US08306400B2
An information processing apparatus in the present invention includes a receiving part that receives contents, an input part into which designation information to select desired contents is input from a user, a recording setting information generation part that generates recording setting information of contents to be recorded based on the designation information, an analysis part that analyzes relevance of content of the contents being recorded to be recorded based on the recording setting information to the designation information, and an acquisition part that acquires the desired contents of the user from the recorded contents based on an analysis result by the analysis part.
US08306397B2
A picture recorder that records TV broadcast programs and skips commercial sections included in broadcasts for reproduction, includes: an audio input unit that separates an audio signal from the broadcast program; and an audio processing unit that detects a commercial section from an audio signal separated in the audio input unit, and generates the reproduction position information indicating the position of the commercial section. The audio processing unit includes: a silent section determining unit that compares the level of an audio signal included in the broadcast program with a threshold V0, and determines a section less than V0 as a silent section; and a commercial section determining unit that, when the interval T between adjacent silent sections matches a predetermined time length Tc, determines a section sandwiched by the silent sections as a commercial section.
US08306394B2
An audiovisual information data processing apparatus includes: data forming means for forming content list data representing lists concerning audiovisual information data stored in a hard disk drive; image display means for performing image display for the lists; attribute information detecting means for detecting, for the audiovisual information data included in the lists, the reproduction limitation information; reproduction limited data recognizing means for recognizing audiovisual information data, which comes into a state in which reproduction limitation functions, of the audiovisual information data included in the lists as reproduction limited data with reference to the detected reproduction limitation information; and image display control means for setting a display portion concerning the audiovisual information data, which is recognized as the reproduction limited data in the image display for the lists, as a portion where specific display is performed. The audiovisual information data processing apparatus can recognize promptly and easily that the audiovisual information data come into the state in which limitation represented by the reproduction limitation information functions.
US08306392B2
Problem: It is to automatically recognize CM-broadcast periods, while video-recording television broadcast, without interfering with simultaneous access action to the medium for video-recording the television broadcast.Means to Solve the Problem: By detecting transition points in an audio video signal of a television broadcast, recognizing a CM broadcast period when the points occur at intervals specific to CM-broadcast periods, and controlling to record into a recording medium at a predetermined timing, time information of plural CM-broadcast periods determined to be continuous, the frequency to access the recording medium can be reduced, which results in simultaneously recording inputted video images and time information of CM-broadcast periods into the recording medium.
US08306390B2
A scene segment dividing device which can precisely specify a break segment and an in play segment based on a sports image and can precisely manage a series of offenses in the in play segment as each scene segment. A scene segment division unit extracts ball track information in an in play segment based on specified break segments to divide the information into scene segments.
US08306381B2
A cable exit trough defining an insert aperture for receiving a modular cable management inserts. The modular insert providing an additional cable management device such as a curved guidewall. The cable management device may alternatively be fixed to the cable exit trough. Removable snap-mounted flanges may also be included in the exit trough. The exit trough may also include an exit cover having a cover plate and a pivot plate hingedly mounted thereto for easy access to the trough.
US08306377B2
A loose tube fiber optic cable having at least one optical fiber, a loose tube surrounding the fiber, with the tube having an irregular inner surface. A water swellable powder is provided around the fiber and inside the tube, where the particles of the water swellable powder rest in the irregular inner surface of the tube.
US08306376B2
There is provided an optical multiplexer including: a substrate having a plurality of beam transmitting portions; and diffraction gratings diffracting beams irradiated to the beam transmitting portions at different angles, each diffraction grating being formed in the corresponding beam transmitting portion. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce an alignment error and manufacturing cost and to reduce the entire size of a recording apparatus or a reproducing apparatus.
US08306363B2
A controller for scaling an input image is provided. The controller selects a pixel neighborhood that includes a plurality of pixels neighboring a pixel. The controller compares at least part of the pixel neighborhood to a pattern. If the pattern is present in the pixel neighborhood, the controller applies a scaling algorithm to at least a portion of the pixel neighborhood in order to obtain a scaled image. The controller also selects another pixel neighborhood that includes a plurality of pixels neighboring a pixel in the scaled image, and compares at least part of the another pixel neighborhood to another pixel pattern. If the another pixel pattern is present in the another pixel neighborhood, the controller applies a correction algorithm to at least a portion of the another pixel neighborhood in order to obtain a processed scaled image.
US08306362B2
A method for reading out pixel values for a two dimensional array, the method includes the steps of periodically combining at least two pixel values of a same first color in a first dimension of the two dimensional array; reading out the combined pixel values of the first color; and reading out pixels of a second color in the first dimension of the two dimensional array.
US08306360B2
A device and a method for obtaining a clear image, the method is executed by a digital signal processor (DSP) chip or a microprocessor. Through merging clear parts of two images with different focal lengths, a single clear image is obtained. The image is divided into a plurality of blocks, and then edge detection is processed to obtain an edge image. Blocks having more complete edge information are selected as clear blocks. Then, the clear blocks are further merged into a single clear image. Once the images are processed with the method, a depth of field of the image can be adjusted, without adding hardware elements of a digital camera such as a variable diaphragm.
US08306359B2
The present invention relates to a method for applying a trimming operation to image. The method includes the steps of: detecting person and object; calculating area of face region and area of detected object and calculating distance between center of face region and that of image and distance between center of detected object and that thereof; and applying trimming operation to the object if area of detected object is by over a first prefixed percent larger than that of face, and applying trimming operation to the object if distance between center of detected object and that of image is a second prefixed value or less and distance between center of face and that of image is by over a third prefixed value larger than distance between center of detected object and that thereof.
US08306358B2
An image processing apparatus detects a center of gravity of each of plural images of interest, which are images to which attention is paid among images included in an original image; calculates an overall center of gravity, which is a center of gravity of all the plural images of interest, from the center of gravity of each of the plural images of interest; and determines an area in the original image such that a ratio of a distance from one edge of opposed edges of the area to the overall center of gravity to a distance from the other edge of the opposed edges of the area to the overall center of gravity takes a value decided in advance so as to arouse an aesthetic sense.
US08306353B2
An information processing apparatus recognizes an object from plural images captured by a image capture device, decides an outline of the recognized object, and calculates average luminances of the inside and the outside of the decided outline. Further, the information processing apparatus determines that a difference between the average luminances of the inside and the outside of the outline is equal to and more than a predetermined value, generates an adjustment image which make gradation increase so that a luminance of any one of the inside and the outside of the outline increases when the difference is equal to and more than the predetermined value, the any one of the inside and the outside of the outline having a lower average luminance than another one. The adjustment image is projected onto the object by a projection device, and then captured by the image capture device.
US08306351B2
An apparatus and a method for filtering noise in an image signal are provided. The apparatus includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a first filter, and a second filter. The ADC receives the image signal and converts the image signal into a digital signal. The first filter receives the digital signal and filters a first noise portion of the digital signal to generate a first signal. The second filter coupled to the first filter receives the first signal and filters a second noise portion of the first signal, wherein the first noise portion is a sampled-based impulse noise, and the second noise portion is a line-based impulse noise.
US08306349B2
A method for simulating dark-part exposure compensation of high dynamic range images using a single image includes steps of: performing bright-part-enhancing image processing and saturation-contrast-enhancing image processing to obtain images P1, P2, respectively; selecting one of the images P1, P2; performing bright and dark parts identifying image processing on a selected image; performing blurring image processing on the selected image, to obtain a weight-reference image P3; and performing mixed weight calculation on pixels of the image P1 and pixels of the image P2 according to weights of pixels of the weight-reference image P3, respectively, so as to mix the image P1 and the image P2 to obtain a mixed image P4, wherein the pixels of the images P1, P2 on which the mixed weight calculation is performed correspond to the pixels of the weight-reference image P3, respectively. Hence, excessively dark parts typical of an image of undesirably high contrast are improved by reference to a single.
US08306347B2
A method for representing video data related to a macroblock of a video image in a coding procedure wherein certain, video data or combinations of video data is represented in predefined events associated with indexed positions in a Variable Length Code (VLC) table including codes assigned to each indexed position, including: determining, with a processor, that a first event among said predefined events occurs during the coding procedure; coding, with the processor, the first event with a code assigned to a position x in the VLC table being associated with the first event, the VLC table being stored in a memory device; determining, with the processor, whether x>0, wherein 0 denotes a position at a top of the VLC table; and rearranging, with the processor, the VLC table by associating a second event currently associated with a position x−1 with the position x, and associating the first event with the position x−1.
US08306340B2
This invention provides a novel single-pass and multi-pass synchronized encoder and decoder, performing order(s) of magnitude faster data compression and decompression, at any compression ratio with the higher or the same perceived and measured decompressed image quality in comparison with the best state-of-the-art compression methods, using order(s) of magnitude less system resources (processor complexity, memory size, consumed power, bus bandwith, data latency). These features are achieved using novel direct and inverse non-stationary filters for the recusive octave direct and inverse subband transformation, novel simple context modeling and symbol probability estimation using a minimum number of histograms with the fast adaptation for the sign and the magnitude of the transformation coefficients, a novel accelerated range coder without division operations, and a novel synchronisation of the compressed data.
US08306339B2
Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a bitplane expanding section, a coding section, a selecting section, and a selection controlling section. The bitplane expanding section expands image data into bitplanes as sets of bits at identical places in each unit of a predetermined number of pieces of data each having a bit depth of a plurality of bits. The coding section codes the image data expanded by the bitplane expanding section in each the bitplane in predetermined order. The selecting section selects compressed data and non-compressed data as a result of coding of the image data. The selection controlling section controls the coding section to stop a coding process and selecting the non-compressed data for a bitplane situated at a position subsequent to a bitplane for which the non-compressed data is selected by the selecting section in the predetermined order.
US08306336B2
In accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure, apparatus are provided, including an image processor, a unique image processing mechanism, and a unique image processing activation mechanism. The image processor includes the unique image processing mechanism, which processes a certain type of image. The unique image processing activation mechanism causes the unique image processing mechanism to process a given image.
US08306330B2
A method to detect answers and notes inputted a game apparatus including: receiving user input data and determining the received user input data to be an answer character based on a characteristic of the user input data; displaying on the display the answer character contemporaneously with the determination of the received user data is the answer character; making a game determination based on the answer character; displaying a result of the game determination; determining the received user input data to be a note character based on the characteristic of the user input data; displaying the note character contemporaneously with the determination that the user input data is the note character; settling the note character as an answer character based on a user input made after the note character is displayed, and displaying the answer character determined from settling the note character.
US08306328B2
A method converts an outline character to a stylized stroke character by first identifying regions of the outline character, wherein each region is closed and disjoint. For each region, candidate locations for stroke bodies and terminals of the stylized stroke character are determined. The stroke bodies are then initialized and organized into a hierarchical tree stricture, and modified in an order of the hierarchical tree structure. End positions of the modified stroke bodies are then adjusted to match the outline character, and lastly, the terminals are selected for the adjusted stroke bodies.
US08306320B2
A Two-Dimensional (2D) image segmentation apparatus for segmenting pixels of a progressive input 2D image includes a group information storing unit storing information of pixel groups including a plurality of adjacent pixels; a pixel determining unit determining coordinates of an input pixel, and determining whether the input pixel is an effective pixel for segmentation; a group scanning unit scanning a adjacent pixel group disposed in a scan range preset from the effective pixel in the group storing unit when the input pixel is determined as the effective pixel by the pixel determining unit; and a group information updating unit updating information of a pixel group stored in the group information storing unit according to whether there is the scanned adjacent pixel group and a pixel group including an input pixel preceding the effective pixel. Moreover, a method is provided that removes red-eye using area information of a pixel group determined by the segmentation apparatus.
US08306319B2
A card identifying apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention has a light-receiving portion that reads a card on a pixel basis of a predetermined area as a unit including color information having brightness, RAM that stores image data comprised of a plurality of pixels read by the light-receiving portion, a pixel data increasing/decreasing processing section that increases/decreases the number of pixels of the image data, and card identifying means for identifying authentication of the card based on the image data increased/decreased by the pixel data increasing/decreasing processing section.
US08306315B2
Provided are a method of generating a low-capacity model capable of identifying an object with high accuracy, and creating an image database using the model, a processing program for executing the method, and a processing apparatus that executes the process. The method for compiling an image database that is used for a three-dimensional object recognition includes a step of extracting vectors as local descriptors from a plurality of images each image showing a three-dimensional object as seen from different viewpoints, a model creating step of evaluating the degree of contribution of each local descriptor to identification of the three-dimensional object, and creating a three-dimensional object model systematized to ensure approximate nearest neighbor search using the individual vectors which satisfy criteria, and a registration step of adding an object identifier to the created object model and registering the object model into an image database.
US08306309B2
A process detects defects in a semiconductor device, particularly a solar cell or solar cell arrangement, having at least one pn junction in a semiconductor layer of a semiconductor material with an indirect band junction. A voltage is applied to the at least one pn junction to operate it in the transmitting direction; and the radiation behavior of the semiconductor layer generated by the applied voltage, at least for partial ranges of the semiconductor layer, is optically detected and automatically examined for essentially one-dimensional intensity changes in order to detect mechanical defects.
US08306308B2
A device and method can optically detect a defect of a round wire rod to be tested, and particularly, remotely detect the defect without contact in real-time. The device includes a lighting device for emitting circular surface light to the round wire rod; an optical sensor for generating an optical signal by receiving the light reflected from the round wire rod, which is being transported, and converting the optical signal into an image signal; and a signal-processing unit for acquiring surface information of the round wire rod by receiving the image signal from the optical sensor.
US08306307B2
A component assembly inspection method includes taking an image of a first light spot group possessed by a first component with a camera after the first component is assembled in a second component, the first light spot group including plural light spots. The method further includes recognizing a position and an attitude of the first component based on a light image that is on the image taken with the camera and represents each of the light spots of the first light spot group; and determining quality of an assembly state of the first component in the second component based on the position and attitude of the first component.
US08306293B2
Methods systems and computer readable media are provided for extracting information pertaining to at least one moving target. A set of signal data are inputted to a principal components processor, wherein the set of signal data comprise signal data corresponding to at least one waveform acquired from the at least one moving target. A complex representation of the set of signal data is formed and, using a principal components processor, at least one complex principal component of the complex representation is calculated. At least one of the calculated complex principal components is automatically selected and each of the at least one automatically selected complex principal component is applied to extract information about the at least one moving target. Methods systems and computer readable media are provided extracting information pertaining to at least one moving target. A set of signal data comprising signal data corresponding to at least one waveform acquired from the at least one moving target are inputted to a principal components processor. A complex representation of the set of signal data is formed, and at least one complex principal component of the complex representation is calculated. An estimated value of a physical characteristic of the at least one moving, target is then calculated, using a phase of at least one of the at least one complex principal components.
US08306286B1
A method, apparatus, and system for determining the characteristics of a face or body part is provided. The method may include obtaining an image that includes a rendering of a face or body part of a person; analyzing the image to obtain at least one characteristic of the rendering, forming, as a function of the at least one characteristic, a model of the rendering of the face or body part, and using the model to select at least one article.
US08306274B2
Methods and systems for estimating peak location on a sampled surface (e.g., a correlation surface generated from pixilated images) utilize one or more processing techniques to determine multiple peak location estimates for at least one sampled data set at a resolution smaller than the spacing of the data elements. Estimates selected from the multiple peak location estimates are combined (e.g., a group of estimates is combined by determining a weighted average of the estimates selected for the group) to provide one or more refined estimates. In example embodiments, multiple refined estimates are combined to provide an estimate of overall displacement (e.g., of an image or other sampled data representation of an object).
US08306265B2
Image data representing a captured image of an environment or a portion thereof, and electric-field data representing electric fields present in the environment or a portion thereof are received. The electric-field data and the image data represent information gathered from an overlapping portion of the environment. A candidate object is identified in the overlapping portion and classified as animate or inanimate based at least upon an analysis of the image data and the electric-field data.
US08306252B2
Systems and methods are provided for media devices including a housing, a frame disposed adjacent to the housing, and a microphone assembly that is integrated with the frame for receiving sound.
US08306249B2
A method and an appropriate acoustic signal processing device estimate a set of linear predictive coding coefficients of a microphone signal using minimum mean-square error estimation with a codebook containing several predetermined sets of linear predictive coding coefficients. The method includes determining sums of weighted backward transition probabilities describing the transition probabilities between the predetermined sets of linear predictive coding coefficients. The backward transition probabilities are obtained from signal training data by mapping the signal training data to one set of the codebook and by determining relative frequencies of transitions between two of the sets of the codebook. Modelling the “memory” of the codebook has the advantage that the accuracy of estimating linear predictive coding coefficients is increased considerably also for speech components.
US08306248B2
A system and method for relieving tinnitus, hyperacusis, and/or hearing loss is described. One method described includes manipulating an audio signal, associating an audio signal with synchronization information, and transmitting the audio signal and associated synchronization information to a first ear level device and a second ear level device. The method further includes outputting the audio signal substantially simultaneously in the first ear level device and the second ear level device, based at least in part on the synchronization information.
US08306245B2
A multimode audio amplifier comprises: a mode controller adapted to provide a control signal; and at least one multimode module, wherein each of the multimode modules has a plurality of operating modes, wherein the operating modes are selected in accordance with the control signal, wherein changing the operating modes results in a measurable change in at least one characteristic of the multimode audio amplifier; wherein the characteristics of the multimode audio amplifier consist of signal to noise ratio (SNR); total harmonic distortion and noise (THD+N); input to output delay; power consumption; and efficiency.
US08306235B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a sound sensor to adjust the audio output of a device. During operation, the system uses the sound sensor to determine an ambient sound level for the environment in the proximity of the device. The system then adjusts a volume setting for the device adaptively based on the determined ambient sound level. Adaptively adjusting the volume setting allows the device to adapt to its audio environment and ameliorates potentially-disruptive audio outputs.
US08306223B2
This invention provides a method and a system for transmitting an encrypted control message based on the mobile multimedia broadcast. The said method includes: encapsulating the media data of the program and the encrypted control message in the multiplex sub-frames of the multiplex frame; and setting the encrypted control message identifier in the header of multiplex sub-frames for indicating whether the encrypted control message is included in the multiplex sub-frames. The mobile multimedia system sends the media data and the encrypted control message out through the multiplex frame.
US08306220B2
An alternative scheme to the classical Boneh-Franklin scheme simplifies the generation and the use of the asymmetric keys. The alternative scheme takes advantage of the discovery that simpler calculations resulting in exponents of reduced size can be used as part of Boneh-Franklin type scheme. The alternative scheme thus provides a traceable encryption scheme which allows for fast, secure cryptographic calculations to be made while providing the necessary level of security required for reliable tracing capabilities to be achieved.
US08306219B2
A method and system for ciphering interface with list processing is described. Various aspects of a system for ciphering interface with list processing may include a cipher module that enables deciphering and/or bit stuffing, in hardware, of a potion of one of a plurality of data blocks starting at any bit location that is subsequent to a first bit of the one of the plurality of data blocks. One of the plurality of data blocks may comprise at least one data word. A modulus of a number representing the bit location with respect to a number of bits in the one of the data words may be a number greater than 0. The cipher module may enable selection of any bit location based on and index and/or an offset. The cipher module may enable selection of deciphering and/or bit stuffing based on configured information.
US08306207B2
A method and a corresponding apparatus for forwarding incoming calls according to the current position of the intended receiver. The position is detected by means of RFID tag and corresponding detectors. A plurality of telephone receivers are distributed within the offices of one or more sites of an entity (e.g. a private Company or Corporation or a Public Body) all connected together by means of a switchboard system. A corresponding plurality of detectors are positioned in proximity of the telephone receivers, so that the presence of an RFID tag is detected whenever it comes within a predetermined distance. Such presence of the RFID tag (and consequently the presence of the person carrying the tag to whom a telephone number is assigned) next to a target telephone receiver will then be communicated to a Central Switchboard.
US08306201B1
A system and a method are disclosed for providing telephone number sharing services to subscribers over public switched telephone network or data network. The disclosed system first receives call details of a call from a subscriber of the system. The call details include reusable call number preference of the subscriber as well as a phone number of a called party. The system stores the call details in a database. The system determines whether the received call from the subscriber is a first call to the called number. In response to the call being the first call to the called party, the system assigns a reusable call number that satisfies the reusable call number preference of the subscriber, and forwards the call to the called number with the reusable call number.
US08306198B2
A private branch exchange (PBX) capable of transmitting and receiving an E-mail over a network is provided. The PBX includes an interface for communicating with the network, an E-mail server for receiving and storing the E-mail; an extension interface for exchanging a communication signal including an audio signal and control signal with an extension telephone, a database for storing a destination address of an E-mail and an extension number corresponding to the address, an examining unit for examining whether or not an mailing address contained in an E-mail received at the E-mail server from the network is registered in the database, and a controller for sending a notice of the reception of the E-mail the extension telephone of the extension number allocated to the mailing address of the E-mail when the examining unit judges that the mailing address of the E-mail is registered in the database.
US08306194B2
During the output of data and distribution services, user data streams frequently transferred to a corresponding communication device (i.e. information output system and/or the distribution system) are possibly irrelevant to the server. Despite this, resources for the processing of incoming useful data flows inside the communication device are provided in many cases on account of compatibility grounds. As a result, energy is reduced in the communication device. According to the invention, in order to reduce the efforts involved in processing useful data transferred in the direction of the communication device, at least one part of useful data is discarded prior to the implementation of working steps provided for the processing of useful data.
US08306193B2
A method of pairing Bluetooth™ enabled devices including a portable phone with a Bluetooth™ communications module of a vehicular, hands-free telephone system includes using vocal communications to prompt an operator of the phone to enter a given PIN number into the phone. The presence of any Bluetooth™ enabled devices within the vicinity of the communications module is searched. Vocal communications are used to prompt the operator to vocally state a name for the phone and to vocally state a pairing priority to be assigned to the phone. If the assigned pairing priority is not assigned to another Bluetooth™ enabled device, then the name and the pairing priority are associated with the phone. Communications between the communications module and the phone are then enabled if the phone has the highest pairing priority amongst all of the Bluetooth™ enabled devices present within the vicinity of the communications module.
US08306188B2
A method for the online determination of the ash content of a substance conveyed on a conveying device, includes a first measurement for determining the mass per unit area of the substance and a second measurement for determining the mean atomic number of the atoms present in the substance. An additional X-ray fluorescence measurement is carried out.
US08306186B2
Radiosurgery systems are described that are configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, and in some embodiments, other disorders or tissues of a body are treated with the dose of radiation. In some embodiments, target tissues are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. In some embodiments, a fiducial marker is used to identify the location of the target tissues.
US08306183B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for generating phase contrast X-ray images of an object (1). The device comprises an X-ray source (10) that may for example be realized by a spatially extended emitter (11) behind a grating (G0). A diffractive optical element (DOE), for example a phase grating (G1), generates an interference pattern (I) from the X-radiation that has passed the object (1), and a spectrally resolving X-ray detector (30) is used to measure this interference pattern behind the DOE. Using the information obtained for different wavelengths/energies of X-radiation, the phase shift induced by the object can be reconstructed.
US08306181B2
A multi-functional dental extra-oral x-ray imaging system includes a conventional x-ray source and manipulator to control the movement of the x-ray source by translating and rotating, a real time multiple frame producing x-ray imaging device and at least two different exposure profile programs, whereas one of such profiles produces a standard panoramic image and a second of such profiles produces an angled or transverse slice to a the panoramic image. A third exposure profile program produces a substantially linear projection of the human skull by combining two linear projections, one for the right and one for the left part of the head. The sensor is a linear direct conversion operating preferably in the frame mode and producing more than 100 fps.
US08306179B2
A method and apparatus for performing computed tomography in medical imaging through reconstruction of a data set containing projections obtained during relative motions a container or body of interest with respect to an x-ray source and/or x-ray detector panel. Strobing of the data is implemented through one or more methods to include pulsing of the x-ray source, intermittent blanking of the x-ray detector panel, or intermittent processing of data collected from the detector panel to simulate blanking. The invention is utilized to significantly improve contrast by taking advantage of the pulsed nature of the source to implement three-dimensional reconstruction.
US08306177B2
A pull-up driving part maintains a signal of a first node at a high level by receiving a turn-on voltage in response to one of a previous stage or a vertical start signal. A pull-up part outputs a clock signal through an output terminal in response to the signal of the first node. A first holding part maintains a signal of a second node at a high level or a low level when the signal of the first node is respectively low or high. A second holding part maintains the signal of the first node and a signal of the output terminal at a ground voltage in response to the signal of the second node or a delayed and inverted clock signal.
US08306176B2
System and method for improving a digital PLL's performance by making fine grained adjustments to the loop gain. A preferred embodiment comprises a plurality of loop gain adjustors (such as loop gain adjustors 605, 606, 607, and 608) that can incrementally adjust the loop gain. The incrementally adjusted loop gains are sequentially brought on-line so that the loop gain of the digital PLL is slowly decreased. By slowly decreasing the loop gain, the digital PLL is less perturbed by smaller noise transients that would take time to settle. Hence, the digital PLL can quickly acquire a signal and then decrease its loop gain and hence its bandwidth when it only needs to track a signal. The reduced bandwidth also reduces the overall noise in the digital PLL that is due to the reference noise contribution.
US08306173B2
A clock regeneration circuit according to the present invention that generates a clock signal that is synchronized to an input signal, includes: a detection section which detects points at which the input signal transitions; a histogram generation section which associates a plurality of partial periods with the transition points, and generates a first histogram indicating an incidence of the transition points for each of the partial periods, the partial periods being generated by dividing a reference period of the clock signal; a calculation processing section which generates a second histogram by calculation processing based on the first histogram, and calculates a phase adjustment value of the clock signal based on the second histogram; and a phase adjustment section which adjusts a phase of the clock signal based on the phase adjustment value.
US08306169B2
A semiconductor device includes a selection circuit and a phase detector. The selection circuit, in response to a first selection signal output from a controller, outputs as a timing signal a first clock signal output from the controller or an output signal of a PLL using the first clock signal as a first input. The phase detector generates a voltage signal indicating a phase difference between a second clock signal output from the controller and the timing signal output from the selection circuit. The semiconductor device further includes a data port, a memory core storing data, and a serializer, in response to the timing signal output from the selection circuit, serializing the data output from the memory core and outputting serialized data to the controller via the data port. The first selection signal is generated by the controller based on at least one of the voltage signal and the data output to the controller via the data port.
US08306164B2
Example embodiments include methods of interference cancellation at NodeB receivers of baseband antenna signals including physical channels. The methods include canceling interference from a received baseband antenna signal by removing a reconstructed baseband signal from the processed received baseband antenna signal. The processed reconstructed baseband signal includes users whose physical data channel signals were successfully decoded. Methods also include removing interference from a received baseband signal to form an interference cancelled baseband signal that will be processed by the receiver. The interference cancelled baseband signal is the received baseband antenna signal minus users' signal interference contributions whose demodulated physical data channel signals have a determined user symbol energy value that exceeds a threshold. Methods further include removing interference from a user's signal to be error corrected. The interference is symbol interference from an earlier successfully decoded user's symbols. The user symbol interference is determined by cross correlations.
US08306161B2
A method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention includes producing a first signal match indication based on at least one match indication indicative of a match between at least one signal received in at least one band and a reference signal. The method also includes producing a first signal multipath combined signal based upon the first signal match indication, and detecting a first peak in the first multipath combined signal.
US08306158B2
Disclosed is a digital broadcasting transmission/reception system having an improved reception performance and in a signal-processing method thereof. A digital broadcasting transmitter comprises a TS stream generator for inputting robust and normal packets having stuff bytes in predetermined positions and generating dual TS stream by inserting the robust packets between the normal packets; a randomizer for randomizing the dual TS stream; a stuff byte exchanger for replacing the stuff bytes of a randomized data streams from the randomizer to a predetermined known data; and an encoder for encoding a data streams to which the known data is inserted. Accordingly, the present invention detects the known data from a signal received from a reception side and uses the detected known data for synchronization and equalization, so that the digital broadcasting reception performance can be improved at poor multipath channels.
US08306156B2
Methods and apparatuses to detect spectrum inversion based on estimated frequency offset in carrier signal. In one embodiment, a receiver includes an I/Q swap module to output an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component; a frequency offset estimator to determine an offset in carry frequency of the in-phase and quadrature-phase components; and a spectrum inversion detector coupled to the frequency offset estimator and the I/Q swap module. The spectrum inversion detector is configured to signal the I/Q swap module to swap the in-phase component and the quadrature-phase component when an absolute value of the offset in carry frequency is above a predetermined threshold.
US08306155B2
Header information is used to facilitate coarse frequency and frame recovery. The coarse frequency and frame recovery is thereafter utilized to perform adaptive phase and frequency synchronization on a frame-by-frame basis. In one aspect, a frame identifier in a physical layer header of the digitized signal is utilized to estimate a first phase associated with the frame identifier. The remaining portion of the physical layer header is utilized to estimate a second phase associated with the remaining portion. The first phase estimate and the second phase estimate are combined to generate a first combined phase estimate.
US08306154B2
A multi-frequency band receiver has a first path configured to process first and second frequency bands, and a second path configured to process a third frequency band, the first and second frequency bands having a smaller distance than the first and third frequency bands, and having a smaller distance than the second and third frequency bands. In addition, the multi-frequency band receiver has an oscillator stage for providing a local oscillator signal having a frequency that is between the center frequencies of the first and second frequency bands, the first path having a mixer that may be supplied with the local oscillator signal, and the second path having a mixer that may also be supplied with the local oscillator signal. In addition, the multi-frequency band receiver has a baseband stage for processing output signals of the first and second paths so as to obtain a receive signal.
US08306149B2
An apparatus is provided. In the apparatus, an input to index (I2I) module maps a complex input into a real signal. A real data tap delay line is coupled to the I2I module and includes N delay-elements. A complex data tap delay line is configured to receive the complex input and includes M delay elements. A set of K of non-linear function modules is also provided. Each non-linear function module from the set has at least one real input, at least one complex input, and at least one complex output. A configurable connectivity crossbar multiplexer couples K of the N real tap delay line elements to real inputs of the set non-linear functions and couples K of the M complex tap delay line elements to complex inputs of the set non-linear function modules.
US08306147B2
A 4× over-sampling data recovery system consists of a charge pump PLL, a 4× over-sampler, a data regenerator and a digital PLL. The charge pump PLL receives a clock signal and generates a plurality of multiplicative clock signals in response to the clock signal. The 4× over-sampler samples a serial data to generate a M-bit signal according to the plurality of multiplicative clock signals, wherein each bit in the serial data is sampled for four times. The data regenerator sequentially receives and combines two M-bit signals to generate a (M+N)-bit signal. The digital PLL divides the (M+N)-bit signal into (N+1) groups of M-bit data and selects a designated M-bit data from the (N+1) groups of M-bit data to generate a P-bit recovery data.
US08306135B2
A communication system using an OFDM includes a data creation section for coding data to be transmitted and mapping the data, a null symbol insertion section for filling a null symbol into a no-data subchannel if the number of subchannels containing the mapped data is small for the band assignment, and a symbol interleave section for performing symbol interleave in the whole user assignment band and inserting a known training symbol and pilot symbol into the determined symbol position of the user assignment band are included and symbols are placed such that signal phase change is continuous in the same subcarrier between symbols and carrier sense is executed at the positions of the symbols where the signal phase change is continuous.
US08306134B2
A high speed receiver is provided using two parallel processing paths to enable rapid variable gain control. The parallel processing paths include a first processing path using a high resolution Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), and a second processing path using a reduced DFT requiring fewer samples than the high resolution DFT. An initial sample of the data is processed using the second processing path with the reduced DFT by comparing a Fourier transform of the initial sample with predetermined threshold values. As a result of the comparison of the Fourier transform of the initial sample with the predetermined threshold values, a gain determination block determines whether a requirement exists for gain ranging. If gain ranging is needed, the gain of the data signal is adjusted and the gain ranging process repeats.
US08306125B2
A critical phase of video processing is the decoding of bit streams coming from standard based heavy compressed sources. Entropy coding can be effectively decoded by adopting parallelism to speed up the process. Reasonable assumptions make possible for example the multiple bits at a time processing for the Context-based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (CABAC) algorithm. In particular, a clever arithmetic section reduces single propagation for the timing critical path while decoding done for only two sequence elements at a time by calculating and maintaining most probable bit values. This in turn making accelerated path using pre-determined probability outcome through parallelism not cost.
US08306124B2
An encoding method for skipped macroblocks in a video image includes the steps of: adding one indication bit into a picture header for indicating a coding mode for skipped macroblocks in a current image; selecting the coding mode for a macroblock type in the current image according to the number of skipped macroblocks, if it is a run_length coding, then setting the indication bit of the picture header as a status indicating a run_length coding, and encoding the macroblock type in the image by the run_length coding mode; if it is a joint coding, then setting the indication bit of the picture header as status indicating a joint coding and encoding the macroblock type in the image by the joint coding mode of the number of skipped macroblocks and the macroblock type; finally, encoding other data in the current macroblock and writing data into a code stream.
US08306120B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for predicting a motion vector using a global motion vector, an encoder, a decoder, and a decoding method. The motion vector prediction method includes: predicting a global motion vector of the current block; calculating a first motion vector difference between a motion vector of the current block and a motion vector of the adjacent partition, and a second motion vector difference between the motion vector of the current block and the predicted global motion vector of the current block; and predicting, as the motion vector of the current block, a motion vector having a minimum Rate-Distortion (RD) cost, based on the first motion vector difference and the second motion vector difference.
US08306118B1
A method for encoding video, comprising the steps of (A) encoding a number of macroblocks of a video signal with a non-residual mode disabled, (B) checking each of the macroblocks for a null information pattern, and (C) re-encoding each of the macroblocks having the null information pattern with the non-residual mode enabled.
US08306102B2
A receiver includes a constellation processing module and a plurality of demodulation stages. The constellation processing module groups points of a constellation associated with a transmitted signal into a plurality of subsets, were at least two adjacent ones of the subsets have one or more common constellation points so that the at least two adjacent subsets overlap. The constellation processing module also determines a centroid-based value for each of the subsets of constellation points and groups the centroid-based values into one or more sets. Each of the demodulation stages except for the last demodulation stage localizes a search for a final symbol decision using the set of centroid-based values input to or selected by the demodulation stage as constellation points. The last demodulation stage determines the final symbol decision using the subset of constellation points input to or selected by the last demodulation stage.
US08306100B2
A test circuit capable of reducing the number of data I/O pins of a tester at a read operation includes a data masking control unit for masking a part of output data in response to an activation of one of an upper data masking signal to control a group of upper data pins and a lower data masking signal to control a group of lower data pins when a test mode signal is activated at a read operation.
US08306095B2
A system and method for relaying communications in a wireless communication network. A relay station capable of relaying wireless communications includes a plurality of receiver antennas and a plurality of transmitter antennas. The plurality of receiver antennas is operable to receive, in a first time interval, a first communication from a base station and a second communication from a subscriber station. The plurality of transmitter antennas is operable transmit a third communication to the base station and the subscriber station in a second time interval. The relay station also includes a network encoder. The network encoder is configured to generate a combined symbol constellation. The combined symbol constellation is generated by combining a first symbol constellation transmitted in said first communication with a second symbol constellation transmitted in said second communication. Further, the third communication comprises said combined symbol constellation.
US08306093B2
An apparatus and method for short multipath mitigation. In one aspect the method comprises subtracting a first stronger path from a correlation function to obtain a first residual signal, wherein one component of the first residual signal is a weaker path; applying reconstruction on the first residual signal to obtain a first reconstructed weaker path; subtracting the first reconstructed weaker path from the correlation function to obtain a second residual signal; and applying reconstruction on the second residual signal to obtain a second stronger path. In one aspect, the apparatus includes an antenna for receiving a composite receive RF signal, a receiver front-end for converting the composite receive RF signal into a composite receive digital signal; and a processor for performing signal correlation on the composite receive digital signal to obtain a correlation function and for processing the correlation function to obtain a desired signal. In one aspect, the short multipath is identified by computing a Left Edge Height Ratio Indicator (LEHRI).
US08306089B2
The present disclosure proposes a method for precoding of transmission signal at an access point of a multiuse system based on eigenmode selection and minimum mean square error (MMSE) processing. The most reliable eigenmodes of every multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel in the system can be selected at each user terminal and corresponding eigenvalues and eigenvectors can be fed back to the access point. The linear MMSE precoding (beamforming) applied at the access point based on the selected eigenmodes may provide an improved transmission capacity performance.
US08306084B2
A laser light source comprises, in particular, a semiconductor layer sequence (10) having an active layer having at least two active regions (45) which are suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation during operation via a side area of the semiconductor layer sequence (10) along an emission direction (90), said side area being embodied as a radiation coupling-out area (12), a respective electrical contact area (30) above each of the at least two active regions (45) on a main surface (14) of the semiconductor layer sequence (10), and a surface structure in the main surface (14) of the semiconductor layer sequence (10), wherein the at least two active regions (45) are arranged in a manner spaced apart from one another in the active layer (40) transversely with respect to the emission direction (90), each of the electrical contact areas (30) has a first partial region (31) and a second partial region (32) having a width that increases along the emission direction (90) toward the radiation coupling-out area (12), the surface structure has, between the at least two electrical contact areas (30), at least one first depression (6) along the emission direction (90) and also second depressions (7), and the first partial regions (31) of the electrical contact areas (30) are in each case arranged between at least two second depressions (7).
US08306081B1
An improved optical device. The device has a gallium nitride substrate member comprising indium entities, gallium entities, and nitrogen entities. In one or more embodiments, the gallium nitride substrate member has an indium content ranging from about 1 to about 50% in weight. Preferably, the gallium nitride substrate member has a semipolar crystalline surface region or a non-polar crystalline surface region. The device has an epitaxially formed laser stripe region comprising an indium content ranging from about 1 to about 50% and formed overlying a portion of the semipolar crystalline orientation surface region or the non-polar crystalline surface region. The laser stripe region is characterized by a cavity orientation in a predefined direction according to a specific embodiment. The laser strip region has a first end and a second end including respective a first cleaved facet provided on the first end of the laser stripe region and a second cleaved facet provided on the second end of the laser stripe region.
US08306078B2
A repetition frequency control device includes a slave photoelectric conversion unit which converts a slave laser light pulse into a slave electrical signal, a master photoelectric conversion unit which converts a master laser light pulse into a master electrical signal, a frequency change unit which changes the repetition frequency of the master electric signal by a predetermined value, a phase comparator which detects a phase difference between the slave electric signal and the output from the frequency change unit, and a loop filter which removes a high frequency component of an output from the phase comparator, where the repetition frequency of the master laser does not undergo control based on one or both of the master electric signal and the slave electric signal.
US08306074B2
A monoblock laser cavity incorporates optical components for a short-pulse laser. These optical components are ‘locked’ into alignment forming an optical laser cavity for flash lamp or diode laser pumping. The optical laser cavity does not need optical alignment after it is fabricated, increasing the brightness of the monoblock laser.
US08306071B2
A method includes: receiving a burst including payload and a synchronization field, wherein the synchronization field contains a synchronization pattern; selecting, from a plurality of expected synchronization patterns, a target synchronization pattern dependent on an operating mode; comparing the received synchronization pattern against the target synchronization pattern; and if the received synchronization pattern is of the target synchronization pattern, processing the payload; otherwise, discarding the burst.
US08306068B2
The invention relates to electrical network communications engineering and can be used in systems for automatic data collection from electric, heat, water, gas meters etc. The technical result is significant simplification of the interior structure of slave units increased noise stability of a system. This result is achieved by using zero crossing points of the fundamental harmonic of system supply line voltage as character synchronization events.
US08306067B2
The invention discloses a dual frequency multiplexer by which a first and second coaxial harmonic oscillator type band pass filters are disposed in a box. The box includes a base body, a cover plate and a cover body. The two coaxial harmonic oscillator type hand pass filters are located on the base body and spaced each other by a metal plate; the multiplexer port, first and second ports are positioned on lateral side of the base body. The blocking capacitors are contained in the coaxial chamber of the two coaxial harmonic oscillator type band pass filters. The cover plate is secured on the base body; the first and second direct current circuits are placed on the cover plate; the low pass filters of the first and second direct current circuits are fixed on an edge of a top surface of the coaxial chamber by means of a support member; the cover body and the base body are fastened with each other. The blocking capacitors each are of distributed parameter capacitor. Utilization of distributed blocking capacitors makes the product of the invention small. Moreover, improvement of the structure of the invention brings effect such as less differential loss, large power capacity, as well as high isolation degree between circuits.
US08306064B2
A system and method are provided for extending a communication protocol by constructing a top level message, constructing a first level extension message, and embedding the first level extension message in a data component of the top level message. Also, a system and method are provided for extending a communication protocol by receiving a top level message from a communication medium, determining whether a first level extension message is included within the top level message, and extracting the first level extension message from the top level message. Further, a system and method are provided for extending a communication protocol by using a processor to embed a first level extension packet within a top level packet. At least one of the top level packet and the first level extension packet include a message for use in an HVAC system.
US08306053B2
An arbitration mechanism provides quality of service guarantees for time-sensitive signals sharing a local area computer network with non-time-sensitive traffic. Device adapters are placed at all access points to an Ethernet network. The device adapters limit admission rates and control the timing of all packets entering the network. By doing so, collisions are eliminated for timesensitive traffic, thereby guaranteeing timely delivery. A common time reference is established for the device adapters. The time reference includes a frame with a plurality of phases. Each of the phases is assigned to a device adapter. Each device adapter is allowed to transmit packets of data onto the network only during the phase assigned thereto. The length of the phases may be modified in accordance with the number of packets to be transmitted by a particular device adapter. A master device adapter may be appointed to synchronize each of the device adapters.
US08306047B2
A packet switch architecture that can switch optical packets at high throughputs without using any random access memory, without fragmenting variable length packets into fixed length fragments and reassembling them, and without converting the optical packets into electronic packets. Programmable delay lines are use which delay the output of each packet for a programmable amount which may be re-programmed while the packet is being delayed by the programmable delay line. Programmable delay line controllers manages the delays imposed by the programmable delay lines so as to have a look-ahead phase during which information about the packets is gathered and a shift phase during which the sequence of packets is shifted to match an output sequence.
US08306045B2
The packet forwarding apparatus of the present invention includes a packet buffer for temporarily storing packets to be forwarded, a timer for measuring the time of every predetermined unit period, a plurality of first queues corresponding to each of a plurality of address groups that form the packet buffer, a plurality of second queues that are provided corresponding to the property of the packets, a first controller for executing the writing of the packets, and a second controller for executing the discarding of the packets. According to this invention, through managing the first queues and the second queues, packets in the packet buffer can be discarded without the packets being read from the packet buffer.
US08306036B1
Methods and systems for efficient allocation of resources between child nodes of a parent node in a hierarchical system. The parent node has a limited number of resources available in a resource allocation phrase. The limited number of resources are allocated according to requests from the child nodes in the resource allocation phase. It is determined whether at least one of the child nodes has a request not met by the allocated resources. A bookmark associated with the child node is set for the additional required resources. Additional resources are allocated to the child node according to the bookmark in a subsequent resource allocation phase.
US08306035B2
In one embodiment, a circuit is configured to operate with a communication protocol that has at least three different signal levels wherein different sequences of the three levels identify different elements of the communication protocol. In another embodiment, a modular control block may be used to select the communication protocol and the operation of the circuit.
US08306033B2
A method, system, and computer program product for providing traffic control services is provided. The method includes detecting an occurrence of an activity and obtaining traffic management support information associated with a source of the activity. The method also includes subscribing to traffic messages provided by the source and implementing traffic management activities for the source based upon the traffic messages.
US08306032B2
A communications method comprising the steps of receiving a data packet; processing the data packet; and transmitting an ack packet approximately at an end of a first defined time interval if the processing of the data packet is completed within the first defined interval, or transmitting the ack packet approximately at an end of a second defined time interval if the processing of the data packet is not completed within the first defined interval and is completed within the second defined interval. Another communication method comprising the steps of transmitting a data packet; scanning a channel for an ack packet approximately at an end of a first defined time interval from the transmission of the data packet; and scanning the channel for the ack packet approximately at an end of a second defined time interval from the transmission of the data packet if the ack packet was not received within the first defined interval.
US08306028B2
An interconnect network for operation within communication node, wherein the interconnect network may have features including the ability to transfer a variety of communication protocols, scalable bandwidth and reduced down-time. According to one embodiment of the invention, the communication node includes a plurality of I/O channels for coupling information into and out of the node, and the interconnect network includes at least one local interconnect module having local transfer elements for transferring information between the plurality of I/O channels; and scaling elements for expanding the interconnect network to include additional local interconnect modules, such that information can be transferred between the local interconnect modules included in the interconnect network.
US08306026B2
A system and method of managing multicast key distribution that includes associating a multicast address with each internal node of the key tree, wherein the key tree is created based on the last hop topology.
US08306015B2
A technique for identifying RTP based traffic in routers and switches is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of identifying RTP based traffic in routers and switches, includes receiving IP packets including a UDP header and a second header located substantially after the UDP header, generating statistical parameters by inspecting predetermined sequence of bits at predetermined offsets in the second header of each received IP packet for a predetermined number of IP packets, and determining whether the IP packet is an RTP based IP packet by comparing the generated statistical parameters to predetermined characteristics. The method also includes pre-filtering the received IP packets to allow only the IP packets comprising the UDP header and the second header to reach an RTP detection engine.
US08306012B2
Channel estimation is performed by user equipment operating in a mobile communications system. Estimation involves receiving a signal and analyzing it to detect a signal component from a neighboring cell. Depending on outcome, one or both of the following are determined: whether a power level of the signal component from the neighboring cell exceeds a power threshold level; and whether a difference between timing parameters of the neighboring cell's signal component and that from a serving cell is less than a timing threshold level. If the power level of the neighboring cell's signal component exceeds the power threshold level and the difference between the timing parameters of the signal components from the neighboring cell and that of the serving cell is less than the timing threshold level, then a joint channel estimation process is performed. Otherwise, a single channel estimation process is performed.
US08306007B2
Disclosed is a vector quantizer capable of improving the quantization accuracy of vector quantization to switch over the codebook of the vector quantization of a first stage depending on the type of feature having a correlation with a vector to be quantized. In the quantizer, a classifier (101) selects a classification code vector indicating the type of feature having the correlation with the vector to be quantized from a plurality of classification code vectors. A switch (102) selects a first codebook corresponding to the type from a plurality of first codebooks. An error minimizing section (105) selects a first code vector closest to the vector to be quantized from a plurality of first code vectors constituting the selected first codebook. An additivity factor determining section (106) selects an additivity factor vector corresponding to the type from a plurality of additivity factor vectors. The error minimizing section (105) selects a second code vector closest to the residual vector between the selected first code vector and the vector to be quantized from a plurality of second code vectors by using the selected additivity factor vector.
US08306003B2
A wireless device in a wireless network transmits a data frame even in the presence of in-band interference (from transmission of other devices) on a shared channel provided in the wireless network. In an embodiment, configuration data is provided to the wireless device indicating whether frames be transmitted (stomped) or not in the presence of such inband interference. If the configuration data indicates that the wireless device transmit in the presence of in-band interference, the wireless device transmits a frame if the transmitter of the interfering communication is determined to be from a different basic service set (BSS).
US08305998B2
A method and an apparatus for utilizing multiple carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of receiving on a single downlink carrier at a time may tune the receiver to one downlink carrier and switch the downlink carrier in accordance with a configured pattern. The WTRU may switch the carrier from an anchor carrier to a non-anchor carrier at a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) sub-frame boundary, and switches back at an end of a subsequent high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) subframe. The WTRU may switch the carrier at an HS-PDSCH sub-frame boundary. A WTRU capable of receiving on multiple downlink carriers simultaneously may tune the receiver to an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier, and switch the supplementary carrier to another carrier based on a carrier switching order. The carrier switching order may be received via an HS-SCCH or via layer 2 signaling.
US08305994B1
Systems, computer-readable storage media, and methods are disclosed for providing wireless voice communication transmissions between a mobile unit and at least one base station. An illustrative method may comprise receiving an access request from a mobile unit. Based on information extracted form the access request and protocols for selecting a communication channel, identifying a selected communication channel for transmissions between the mobile unit and the base station. In the event of congestion or poor RF quality on the selected communication channel, where multiple communication channels associated with a home network are available at a base station, the mobile unit will attempt to access an alternate communication channel before going to a roaming network.
US08305988B2
A method for efficiently scheduling virtual resource blocks to physical resource blocks is disclosed. In a wireless mobile communication system that supports a resource block group (RBG) allocation scheme, when consecutively allocated virtual resource blocks are distributively mapped to physical resource blocks, a gap for the distribution is determined to be a multiple of a square of the number of consecutive physical resource blocks constituting an RBG.
US08305980B1
Methods and systems are provided for efficient handover of a media session between heterogeneous Internet Protocol (IP) networks. A mobile device with Internet access can operate a software program to communicate with a corresponding node. The corresponding node may access the Internet through a firewall which may include Network Address Translation (NAT)-routing functionality. The mobile device establishes a media session with a corresponding node via the transmission of a first media stream and receipt of a second media stream, and a media-control channel can optionally be implemented. The mobile device can acquire Internet access through a second IP address, and packets routed between the second IP address and the Internet may traverse a firewall. The mobile device can evaluate a set of network parameters at the second IP address from a stored Local Area Network (LAN) profile.
US08305961B2
A method for improving discontinuous reception (DRX) functionality for a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of starting a DRX Retransmission Timer to monitor a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); and stopping the DRX Retransmission Timer when a downlink transmission for a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process is indicated by the monitored PDCCH no matter whether the downlink transmission is successfully decoded.
US08305959B2
A system includes a label edge router associated with a geographical region, an area label edge router associated with an area that includes the region, and a route reflector associated with the area. The label edge router registers a first mobile node, creates a mobility binding for the first mobile node, and sends a first internal update message that includes the mobility binding. The area label edge router receives a second internal update message that carries contents of the first internal update message, updates a forwarding information base based on the second internal update message to establish a first label switched path, and sends an external update message. The route reflector receives the first internal update message, sends the second internal update message to the area label edge router, and receives the external update message from the area label edge router.
US08305956B2
A method and system for implementing multi-user virtual multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques for wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) having one or more antennas are disclosed. The system includes a base station and at least one WTRU having at least two antennas. The number of antennas of the base station is not less than the number of antennas of any of the WTRUs. The base station generates a channel matrix for the WTRUs and processes received signals from the WTRUs based on a measurement of the channel matrix. The WTRUs may perform transmit precoding or eigen-beamforming using the channel matrix information. The WTRUs may also perform transmit diversity.
US08305953B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmissions using a plurality of antennas and/or transmit chains. Still other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08305950B2
A method of forming RLC blocks for contents synchronization within a mobile radio communications network includes providing a control element for each of a plurality of SDUs within each RLC block. Each control element comprises a header element arranged to precede its respective SDU. A network device provides the RLC blocks and such blocks as having such a structure.
US08305937B2
A repeater stores retrieval situation of an address retrieved as an address identical with the transmission destination address of the reception frame in association with each address registered in the learning table, refers to, when the transmission source address of the received frame is registered in the learning table, the retrieval situation of the address stored in association with a port identical with the port that receives the frame from among retrieval situations, specifies an address to be overwritten by the transmission source address of the reception frame, overwrites and registers the transmission source address of the reception frame on the specified address, and updates, when the address identical with the transmission destination address of the received frame is retrieved from the learning table, the retrieval situation stored in association with the retrieved address.
US08305924B2
A user equipment implements a method of processing indication messages, such as SCRI (signaling connection release indication) messages. For at least one RRC (radio resource control) state, if the current RRC state of the UE is a result of a previously sent indication, the UE inhibits itself from sending a further indication message.
US08305914B2
A method for adjusting latency in a video conference signal originating from a video conference camera and encoder is described herein. Latency in a video conference connection between more than two video conference sites is measured. The latency between each of the more than two video conference sites is compared with a latency threshold. Parameters of the video conference camera and encoder associated with each video conference site are adjusted by a video controller to modify the image quality of the video signal if the measured latency of a respective video conference connection is below the threshold.
US08305912B2
Networks and methods are disclosed for providing an indication of the capability of a communication network for serving special number calls. Before a user places a special number call, the communication network determines the capability of the communication network for serving a special number call, and provides the indication of the network capability to the user. The user is thus kept aware of the quality of the special number service available to them through the communication network.
US08305903B1
A system having an acquisition device for acquiring test and measurement data and providing such data to a computer system for display of such data. For each input data signal, the acquisition device has two differential receivers of opposite polarity each having an output coupled to the input of different ones of two pairs of registers, resulting in four registers sampling the input data signal periodically at four different times in accordance with two clocking signals of different phase (phase shifted 90°) to provide a sampling rate four times the rate of the clocking signals. The resulting sample data is stored in memory of the acquisition device along with downsampled data representing a compressed, low resolution, version of the sample data which records toggling in the sample data notwithstanding such downsampling. The computer system can request readout of stored sample data and/or downsampled data during or after acquisition of sample data and downsampled data. The acquisition device preferably utilizes an FPGA to provide sampling, storage and readout of data stored in memory of the device. The FPGA may be reconfigurable in response to the computer system to provide one of different data acquiring modes selectable by a user.
US08305895B2
In one embodiment, a network device is described as including a rate monitor to monitor an actual individual message rate of event messages sent from each one of a plurality of sending devices operatively in communication with the network device, an allocator to allocate an individual message rate limit to each of the plurality of sending devices, and a communication module to communicate a rate limit instruction to at least one of the sending devices, the rate limit instruction to limit the transmission rate of event messages.
US08305891B2
A network device is arranged for coupling to a first network segment (18) to a second network segment (17), and has a transfer unit (23) for transferring data packets between the first and second network segments. The device has a determining unit (24) for determining a service requirement for a received data packet for accommodating the service requirement in the second network segment. A source of the received data packet in the first network segment is detected. Based on priority criteria and content type criteria a type of service is tagged to the data packet in dependence of the source. The transfer unit is arranged for accommodating the type of service in the second network segment. Advantageously a bridge is formed for transferring data packets that are unaware of quality of service to a network segment that operates according to quality of service requirements.
US08305890B2
A method and apparatus for enabling prioritization of signaling messages in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one signaling message, and classifies each of the at least one signaling message. The method schedules each of the at least one signaling message for processing, and discards selectively one or more signaling messages that have been scheduled under an overload condition.
US08305888B2
Providing transport protocol within a communication network having a lossy link. The receiver distinguishes between packets received with non-congestion bit errors and packets having been not at all received due to congestion. When packets are received with non-congestion bit errors, the receiver sends selective acknowledgments indicating that the packets were received with bit errors while suppressing duplicate acknowledgments to prevent the invocation of a congestion mechanism.
US08305886B2
A method controls transport network layer congestion detection in HSDPA systems. The method involves detecting, at an SRNC, a condition requiring the disabling, at a Node B, of measurements performed on certain fields of a data frame for detecting congestion for certain packet flows; sending, from the SRNC to the Node B, a command for disabling said measurements for the concerned packet flows; and resetting, at the Node B, any measurement performed until reception of said command for disabling the congestion detection.
US08305870B2
An optical information recording method includes emitting light having a wavelength λ1 from a first light source with a pulse width of time tw1 or more and power P1, emitting light having a wavelength λ2 from a second light source with a pulse width of time tw2, a repetition interval T, and power P2, and performing information recording by simultaneously irradiating an identical part of a recording medium with the light from the first light source and the light from the second light source, in which the wavelength λ1 and the wavelength λ2 satisfy λ1>500 nm>λ2 and λ0 which is expressed as 1/λ1+1/λ2=1/λ0 satisfies a relationship of λ0<300 nm, and emission of the first light source and emission of the second light source satisfy relationships of tw2
US08305868B2
An optical pickup apparatus comprising: an objective lens formed so that a first and second laser beams different in wavelength are respectively focused onto signal recording layers of a first and second optical discs; and a photodetector including a square-shaped light-receiving portion for being irradiated with return light, as a spot, of the first or second laser beam respectively reflected from the signal recording layers of the first or second optical discs, to generate a focus error signal, a length of a diagonal line of the light-receiving portion being substantially equal to a longer diameter of an elliptical spot formed in a direction of the diagonal line when the focus error signal is at a maximum level for an optical disc that is either one of the first and second optical discs, to which a laser beam shorter in wavelength out of the first and second laser beams is focused.
US08305867B2
A lens including: a lens body having first and second surfaces; a flange part formed to protrude from a periphery of the lens body and to have a cylindrical outer circumferential surface; a lens installation surface formed at an outer edge part of the flange part; a recessed part formed as a part of the flange part such that a part of the cylindrical outer circumferential surface is recessed toward the optical axis; and a gate root part located at a central part of the recessed part. The gate root part has a flat surface which is in a same level with respect to the lens installation surface. The gate root part lies on an optical axis side with respect to a virtual curved surface formed by extending the cylindrical outer circumferential surface through the recessed part.
US08305861B2
A method and apparatus for adaptive read and read-after-write for carbon nanotube recorders is described. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus, utilizing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to read and write data, and deflecting the emissions of such CNTs precisely in the process. In an alternate embodiment, the invention is a method of locating CNTs for purposes of reading and writing data on a disk, using a rough location and feedback to refine the location into a precise location for the track, both for a group of heads and for individual heads within the group. Location may include both physical movement of the heads and deflection of emissions of the heads.
US08305849B2
A thermally-assisted magnetic head that includes an air bearing surface facing a recording medium and that performs magnetic recording while heating the recording medium includes: a magnetic recording element including a pole of which one edge part is positioned on the air bearing surface and that generates magnetic flux traveling toward the magnetic recording medium; a waveguide configured with a core through which light propagates and a cladding, at least one part of which extends to the air bearing surface, surrounding the periphery of the core; a plasmon generator that faces a part of the core and that extends to the air bearing surface. The plasmon generator is configured with a first part and a second part that are joined; the first part that is positioned on the air bearing surface side and that is made of a high melting point material, and the second part that is positioned away from the air bearing surface and that is made of a material with a small value ∈″, which is an imaginary component of permittivity.
US08305848B2
A timepiece movement comprising a coupling mechanism including first and second coupling wheel sets, whereby the rotation of the first coupling wheel set causes the second coupling wheel set to rotate, whereby the coupling mechanism is a centrifugal coupling mechanism including an inertial click secured to the hub of the first coupling wheel set, and meshing with stop members secured to the second coupling wheel set.
US08305847B2
A method for high-resolution timing measurement includes a first oscillator generating a first clock with a first frequency. A second oscillator generates a second clock with a second frequency. A delay pulse generator generates a delayed pulse from the second clock. An oscillator tuner controls the second frequency to be as close as possible to the first frequency without being the same as the first frequency. A sampling module samples the delayed pulse at the first frequency. A counter generates a digital counter value by counting a number of samples made by the sampling module.
US08305846B2
A timepiece with LED lights uses a simple light-medium body with a very rough finish to allow light from LED(s) to pass though input-end(s) of the light-medium body and travel within the body and obtain a very even brightness on all surfaces of the light medium that are seen by a viewer. Combined with a milky/frosted front sheet overlay, the light-medium surface can get perfect area illumination effects. The movement for the time display can include analog indicators with a guilt-in light-medium on the top cover to achieve a super slim LED illumination for the time piece. For night light application, the sealed-unit may consist of prong-means and an LED related circuit sealed within a safety standard plastic material and assembled with the night light body to save a lot of cost enable use of all kinds of materials. The invention may also be adapted to an LCD display timepiece.
US08305836B2
First and second read word lines are provided in each set made of two adjacent rows. First, second, third, and fourth read bit lines are provided in each column. Each of the first and second read word lines is connected to memory cells in a corresponding one of the sets. Each of the first and third read bit lines is connected to a memory cell in one row in each of the sets, out of memory cells in a corresponding one of the columns. Each of the second and fourth read bit lines is connected to a memory cell in the other row in each of the sets, out of the memory cells in the corresponding one of the columns.
US08305834B2
A semiconductor memory including a plurality of memory banks disposed on an integrated circuit, each memory bank including an array of memory cells, wherein a first portion of memory cells of the plurality of memory banks has a first access speed and a second portion of memory cells of the plurality of memory banks has a second access speed, wherein the first access speed is different from the second access speed.
US08305819B2
A data output circuit of a semiconductor memory device includes a pipe latch unit configured to store input parallel data and align the stored data in response to a plurality of alignment control signals to output serial output data, and an alignment control signal generating unit configured to generate the plurality of alignment control signals in response to a burst-type information and a seed address group, wherein the alignment control signal generating unit generates the alignment control signals to swap data in a swap mode where the burst-type is a certain type and bits of the seed address group are certain values.
US08305816B2
A method of controlling data includes, with respect to non-volatile memory cells connected to bit lines corresponding to a first bit line group, first controlling data written to the non-volatile memory cells by varying a control voltage, and, with respect to non-volatile memory cells connected to bit lines corresponding to a second bit line group, second controlling data written to the non-volatile memory cells by varying a control voltage. The controlling may include reading or verifying. Before verification, the method may include writing data to the non-volatile memory cells.
US08305801B2
A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a first ferromagnetic layer having an axis of easy magnetization in a direction perpendicular to a film plane; a second ferromagnetic layer having an axis of easy magnetization in a direction perpendicular to a film plane; a nonmagnetic layer placed between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer; a first interfacial magnetic layer placed between the first ferromagnetic layer and the nonmagnetic layer; and a second interfacial magnetic layer placed between the second ferromagnetic layer and the nonmagnetic layer. The first interfacial magnetic layer includes a first interfacial magnetic film, a second interfacial magnetic film placed between the first interfacial magnetic film and the nonmagnetic layer and having a different composition from that of the first interfacial magnetic film, and a first nonmagnetic film placed between the first interfacial magnetic film and the second interfacial magnetic film.
US08305789B2
A bandwidth bottleneck occurs because a crossbar switch is used to cope with an increase in scale. A memory/logic conjugate system according to the present invention, a plurality of cluster memory chips each including a plurality of cluster memories 20 including basic cells 10 arranged in a cluster, the basic cell 10 including a memory circuit, and a controller chip that controls the plurality of cluster memories are three-dimensionally stacked, the plurality of cluster memories 20 located along the stacking direction of the plurality of cluster memory chips and the controller chip are electrically coupled to the controller chip via a multibus 11 including a through-via, an arbitrary one of the basic cells 10 is directly accessed through the multibus 11 from the controller chip so that truth value data is written therein, and whereby the arbitrary basic cell 10 is switched to a logic circuit as conjugate.
US08305787B2
An example controller includes a delayed ramp generator, an integrator, an arithmetic operator, and a drive signal generator. The integrator integrates an input current sense signal representative of an input current of the power supply to generate an input charge signal. The input current has a pulsating waveform with a period that is a switching period of a switch of the power supply. The arithmetic operator circuit generates an input charge control signal responsive to the input charge signal and a ratio of a rectified input voltage to a dc output voltage of the power supply. The drive signal generator produces a drive signal responsive to the input charge control signal and a delayed ramp signal generated by the drive signal generator to control the switch.
US08305780B2
The invention relates to a power conversion apparatus including a converter circuit and an inverter circuit. The invention allows more precise output control of the inverter circuit than a power conversion apparatus in which the output control is performed based on a current value only, thereby improving operation efficiency. A current sensor detects input current of the inverter circuit, and a voltage sensor detects input voltage of the inverter circuit. A power value calculator section in an inverter microcomputer obtains a power value based on the input current and the input voltage. The inverter microcomputer and the control microcomputer perform droop control of reducing the output of the inverter circuit to make the power value smaller than a predetermined power value.
US08305776B2
Switching-mode power conversion system and method thereof. The system includes a primary winding configured to receive an input voltage, an a secondary winding coupled to the primary winding and configured to, with one or more first components, generate, at an output terminal, an output voltage and an output current. Additionally, the system includes an auxiliary winding coupled to the secondary winding and configured to, with one or more second components, generate, at a first terminal, a detected voltage. Moreover, the system includes an error amplifier configured to receive the detected voltage and a first reference voltage and generate an amplified voltage based on at least information associated with a difference between the detected voltage and the first reference voltage. Also, the system includes a compensation component configured to receive the amplified voltage and generate a second reference voltage based on at least information associated with the amplified voltage.
US08305765B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a signal wiring and an electronic component. The signal wiring is provided on a first surface which is an inner surface of the housing. The electronic component is accommodated in the housing and includes a conductive member for electrical continuity with the signal wiring. The conductive member is formed on a surface of the electronic component facing the first surface of the housing. The electronic component is fixed to the first surface of the housing by a conductive adhesive agent having conductivity so that the conductive member has electrically continuity with the signal wiring. The electronic component is fixed to the first surface of the housing by a reinforcing adhesive agent having adhesive strength higher than the conductive adhesive agent.
US08305763B2
In a housing case for housing an electronic circuit board, comprising a case body, a cover, a pedestal formed on the case body to support the board, a holder formed on the cover at a location to face the pedestal to hold the board from opposite side of the pedestal, a recess formed at the case body near the pedestal, and a convex formed on the cover at a position corresponding to the recess, it is configured such that the convex is inserted in and adhered to the recess to attach the cover to the case body. With this, it becomes possible to change the amount of adhesive member in accordance with the environment, etc., with the simple structure.
US08305748B2
A blade server module applicable to be inserted into a blade server system. The blade server module includes a motherboard tray having a first connector, a motherboard, an extension dock and an adaptor card having a second connector corresponding to the first connector and electrically connect to the first connector via a cable so as to connect the motherboard and the adaptor card. Compared with prior arts, since utilization of the cable, the blade server module is not restricted by smaller motherboard and more and more concentrative electronic elements. Since arrangement of the cable does not occupy space of the motherboard and connects the motherboard and the adaptor card integrally, signals of the motherboard output via the adaptor card and then link the inserted blade server system. Hence the blade server module of the present invention efficiently decreases overall manufacturing cost and its occupation volume.
US08305744B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for shock mounting glass for an electronic device are disclosed. The glass for the electronic device can provide an outer surface for at least a portion of a housing for the electronic device. In one embodiment, the shock mounting can provide a compliant interface between the glass and the electronic device housing. In another embodiment, the shock mounting can provide a mechanically actuated retractable. For example, an outer glass member for an electronic device housing can be referred to as cover glass, which is often provided at a front surface of the electronic device housing.
US08305743B2
A curved display panel includes a display module, a first fixing substrate and an adhering material. The display module has a first glass plate. The first glass plate has a first curved surface. The first fixing substrate has a second curved surface facing the first curved surface. The adhering material is connected between the first curved surface and the second curved surface.
US08305737B2
Power distribution apparatus with input and output power sensing and a method of use. A power distribution unit includes a sensor that senses power parameters of power outputs and a power input, a processor, and a communication circuit. A power management system includes a power manager, a user interface, and a plurality of power distribution units that may be located in one or more equipment cabinets and data centers. The system may compute apparent power, RMS power, power factor, energy usage over time, power usage history, or environmental history for any or all of the power distribution units. The system may identify an under-utilized server connected to one of the power distribution units and initiate a shut-down of that server.
US08305734B2
An insulating encapsulation structure is applied to a chip type solid electrolytic capacitor that includes an aluminum metallic body having an aluminum core layer. An upper oxide film and a lower oxide film respectively having fine holes on their surfaces are respectively formed on the top and the bottom of the aluminum core layer. On side surfaces of the metallic body is a plurality of cut burrs. The upper oxide film and the lower oxide film of the metallic body are respectively separated by a separating layer to form an anode and a cathode. The insulating encapsulation structure includes an insulating cover layer enclosing an outer surface of the metallic body to cover the cut burrs. Thereby, the required chemical conversion process is reduced along with current leakage, the overall manufacturing cost is lowered, and the mechanical strength for the edge of the metallic body is reinforced.
US08305731B2
Lead and cadmium free, low temperature fired X7R dielectric ceramic composition and method of making
Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCC's) which satisfy X7R TCC requirements and which are compatible with silver-palladium internal electrodes. The MLCC's exhibit desirable dielectric properties—high capacitance, low dissipation factor, high insulation resistance, stable TCC—and excellent performance on highly accelerated life testing, and good resistance to dielectric breakdown. The dielectric layers include a lead-free and cadmium-free barium titanate base material doped with other metal oxides such oxides of zinc, boron, bismuth, barium, titanium, praseodymium, cerium, tungsten, neodymium, tungsten, tin, niobium, copper, and/or manganese in various combinations. The dielectric ceramic materials herein can be fired at less than 1150° C. with an inner electrode having 70 wt % or more Ag and 30 wt % or less Pd to form an MLCC.
US08305728B2
Embodiments provide various apparatus and techniques for deflecting or redirecting a flow of ionized air generated from an ionic wind generator. In general, a deflection field generator can be located proximate to the path of the flow of ionized air. The deflection field generator is configured to generate an electromagnetic field, which deflects a least a portion of the flow of ionized air to a different path and may possibly increase local heat transfer.
US08305718B2
The present invention relates to an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit, and more particularly to a low parasitic capacitance electrostatic discharge protection circuit. An ESD protection circuit is established with the structure in accordance with the present invention comprising a plurality of discharging paths. The ESD protection circuit is connected to the input/output pad of a radio frequency (RF) core circuit. Such that, the RF core circuit with the ESD protection circuit of the present invention feature much higher ESD robustness. And the parasitic capacitance of the ESD protection is reduced because of the structure of the present invention.
US08305705B1
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk including a plurality of tracks, and a head actuated over the disk, wherein the head comprises a read element radial offset from a write element. A jog value corresponding to the radial offset is calibrated by writing data to a plurality of tracks, reading the plurality of written tracks to generate an actual track crossing signal, cross correlating the actual track crossing signal with an ideal track crossing signal to generate a cross correlation signal, and calibrating the jog value in response to the cross correlation signal.
US08305704B2
One embodiment of the invention includes a system for writing data onto a magnetic disk. An output driver provides a first write current through a first output transistor in a first state and provides a second write current through a second output transistor in a second state. The first and second write currents can be provided to a disk write head to store opposing binary values, respectively. A bias current generator switches a first bias current between an intermediate voltage node in the second state and the first control node in the first state, and switches a second bias current between the intermediate voltage node in the first state and the second control node in the second state. The first and second bias currents can be provided to set a bias voltage at the first and second control nodes to bias the first and second output transistors, respectively.
US08305702B2
An exemplary voice coil motor includes a fixed body, a movable barrel, a number of upper rollers, and a number of lower rollers. The fixed body includes a first receiving cavity, a number of upper recesses, and a number of lower recesses. The upper recesses and lower recesses are respectively arranged at opposite ends of the fixed body, and communicate with the first receiving cavity. The movable barrel is movably received in the first receiving cavity. The upper rollers are engagingly received in the corresponding upper recesses, and engage with the movable barrel for applying first friction forces to the movable barrel. The lower rollers are engagingly received in the lower recesses, and engage with the movable barrel for applying second friction forces to the movable barrel.
US08305698B2
An imaging lens good in mass-productivity, compact, low in manufacturing cost, good in aberration performance is provided by effectively correcting aberrations without greatly varying the variation of the thickness of a curing resin. An imaging device having such an imaging lens and a portable terminal are also provided. A third lens (L3) has a flat surface on the object side, a convex surface near the optical axis on the image side, and a concave aspheric surface around the peripheral portion within the region where a light beam passes. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the other optical aberrations such as distortion and simultaneously to design the imaging lens so that the astigmatism takes on a maximum value at the outermost portion. Hence, the resolutions at low to middle image heights are high. In addition, such a shape does not cause a large variation of the thickness of the third lens (L3) from the region along the axis to the periphery. Therefore, the thickness of the third lens (L3) can be small, and the material cost can be reduced.
US08305692B2
The present invention is directed to an inner focusing macro lens that has a large aperture ratio as expressed by 2.5 or even smaller in F-number and still remains compact, and that is adapted to compensate for spherical aberration, astigmatism, and comatic aberration during photographing throughout the entire object distance ranging from infinity to proximity for an up to 1:1-magnification image. The inner focusing macro lens has the leading or first lens group of positive refractivity, the second lens group of negative refractivity, the third lens group of positive refractivity, and the trailing lens set succeeding to the third lens group in sequence from a position closest to an object being photographed. During focusing from a point infinitely far to that as proximal as desired, the first lens group is static while the second lens group is moved toward the imaging plane, and the third lens group is moved toward the object. The first lens group has at least four lens pieces of comprehensively positive refractivity and at least one lens piece of negative refractivity, and three of the lens pieces closest to the object in the first lens group are of positive refractivity.
US08305687B2
A telephoto zoom lens having four lens groups in a P-N-P-P configuration arranged sequentially from an object side. The first lens group includes a front group which is fixed when focusing and has a positive refractive power, and a rear group which moves when focusing and has a positive refractive power. The entire first lens group, including the front and rear groups, is fixed during zooming, and the second and third lens groups move during zooming. The second lens group compensates for shaking of an image plane caused by hand-shaking, by moving in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and satisfies the following condition: 1.2
US08305684B2
A microscope apparatus configured to enlarge entrance pupils while maintaining the rotational symmetry of optical systems of a plurality of optical paths after ejection of light from an objective lens to bring out the performance of the objective lens. A microscope apparatus includes an objective lens having a function of collecting light from the object; and optical paths in which all lens groups are rotational symmetric systems and through which light exited from the objective lens passes, wherein when a sum of maximum diameters of entrance pupils of optical systems forming any two of the optical paths is set as ΣDi, and an axial luminous flux diameter determined from a maximum aperture angle α and a focal distance f of the objective lens is set as Dobj, a condition of the following expression is satisfied, ΣDi>Dobj where Dobj=2·f·sin α.
US08305671B2
A biaxial scanning mirror is disclosed in the present invention. The mirror includes: a first wafer having several cavities forming a first row and a second row, several permanent magnets each installed in one of the cavities, a spacer and a second wafer. The second wafer includes: a mirror unit, rotating around a first axis, for reflecting light beams; and a rotating unit, formed around the mirror unit, for rotating the mirror unit around a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis. At least one coil substrate having a planar coil is assembled in the rotating unit.
US08305665B2
The image processing apparatus includes: a color conversion unit color-converting an image signal of a first color space into that of a second color space by using a color conversion characteristic defining a correspondence relationship between the image signals of the first and second color spaces; an adjustment unit adjusting the image signal of the second color space, in accordance with a change in the color conversion characteristic; a correction unit correcting a conversion factor group for adjustment used when the image signal of the second color space is adjusted; and a judgment unit judging whether the conversion factor group needs to be corrected, on the basis of a color measurement result of a second color sample group including color samples the number of which is smaller than that of color samples in a first color sample group on which color measurement is performed to create the conversion factor group.
US08305624B2
An image formation system includes I storage units, an assignment unit that assigns to the storage units storage destinations of color component data forming a part of image data, J color component image formation units that form color component images of corresponding colors based on color component data stored in the storage units, and an image formation unit that forms an image of the image data based on the formed color component image, wherein the assignment unit includes a J-color assignment unit that assigns to the I storage units storage destinations of J sets of color component data forming a part of J-color image data, and an L-color assignment unit that assigns a storage destination of L sets of color component data forming a part of L-color image data to N storage units among the I storage units, and each of I, J, and N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2, L is a natural number greater than or equal to 1, L
US08305618B2
An image forming apparatus activates target devices including connected devices and internal devices, and executes a requested process. The image forming apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire information pertaining to the connected devices, information pertaining to a startup method of the image forming apparatus, and information pertaining to maximum usable power of a power supply unit of the image forming apparatus; a specifying unit configured to verify what the target devices are and specify a corresponding activation pattern based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit, wherein the corresponding activation pattern is specified among plural activation patterns that have been set in advance, each of the plural activation patterns defining activation timings of the target devices; and an activation control unit configured to control activation of the target devices in accordance with the corresponding activation pattern specified by the specifying unit.
US08305615B2
When an image forming apparatus executes printing based on a structured text including page entity information and a structure portion in which a link to the page entity information is set, the image forming apparatus corrects the structure portion of the structured text by deleting a link to a printed page entity if suspending the print of the structured text is instructed.
US08305612B2
An image input and output system is provided in which a common operation screen for a plurality of image output devices having different attributes is displayed. Based on attribute information of each of printers, the server generates a signal for generating an operation screen, and transmits the signal to the scanner. At the scanner, image data is inputted, and a common operation screen, which is generated based on the signal for generating the operation screen, is displayed on a display panel. When information designating the printer and information relating to an output format of an image is inputted from the display panel, the inputted information and the image data are transmitted to the server. The server transmits, to a designated printer, the image data and the information relating to the output format of the image, which are transmitted from the scanner, and images are outputted.
US08305610B2
The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus comprises a determination unit that determines whether a combination of a source application and a destination printer driver is a combination of a first type application and a first type printer driver or a combination of a second type application and a second type printer driver; and a changing unit that changes the printer driver properties referenced by an operating system to properties value that satisfies the combinations in the event that the determination unit determines that the source application and the destination printer driver are neither of the combinations.
US08305609B2
A computer implemented method and program product for configuring and prioritizing local network print requests. In one embodiment, a printer shared on multiple networks is configured to a set of parameters defined by an administrator for prioritizing the print requests received from users on a local network. A first print request is received from a first user on a remote network. The first print request originating from the first user on a remote network is printed. A second print request is received from a second user on a local network. A determination is made whether a match to the set of parameters is present. In response to determining a match to the set of parameters is present, the first print request is interrupted in order to print the second print request on the printer. The first print request from the remote network is resumed once the second print request from the local network is completely printed.
US08305607B2
An MFP includes sensors for detecting states of units, a transmitting/receiving unit that receives authentication information of a user ID, and an obtaining unit that obtains manual data and sensor information. The transmitting/receiving unit transmits the manual data and the sensor information to a displaying device that includes a sensor detecting unit, an authenticating unit, a transmitting/receiving unit that transmits the authentication information to the MFP and receives the manual data and the sensor information, and a display controlling unit that controls the received manual data and the sensor information to be displayed on a displaying unit.
US08305604B2
A method of printing a document, the method includes assigning a permission classification to a document to be printed; assigning a user permission profile to a user; and determining from the user permission profile and the permission classification of the document whether the user is authorized to print the document. Another method of printing a document includes assigning a permission classification to a document to be printed; assigning a printer permission profile to each of a number of network printers; and determining from the permission profile of the network printer and the permission classification of the document whether a the network printer is authorized to print the document.
US08305600B2
An information processing apparatus which manages operation schedules of printing devices. The operation schedules of the printing devices are stored, and unoccupied times of the printing devices are detected as candidate times based on the operation schedules. Then, processible data amounts in the respective candidate times are estimated, and candidate times or combinations of candidate times having the sum of estimated processible data amounts greater than the amount of document data to be print-outputted are retrieved. Then, the retrieved candidate times or combinations of candidate times are presented, for selection of desired candidate time or combination of candidate times.
US08305597B2
An image recognition device of the invention includes an image reading means for reading image information from a manuscript, discriminating a specific mark in which plural marks are arranged from image information. The image recognition device includes an extraction means for extracting marks included in the image information, a distance calculating means for calculating distances between marks, and a discrimination means for determining that there is a specific mark in image information when distance between the marks correspond to distances between marks of the specific mark as well as there is not a mirror-image relationship between positions of marks and the specific mark.
US08305594B2
A print control apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store print attributes and print settings corresponding to the print attributes in association with each other, a search unit configured to search the storage unit for a print attribute corresponding to a print attribute of document data in accordance with an instruction to print the document data, and a generation unit configured to, when the corresponding print attribute is detected, set a print setting corresponding to the print attribute as a print setting of the document data and generate print data to be output to the print apparatus, and when no corresponding print attribute can be detected, accept input of a print setting of the document data and generate print data using the accepted print setting.
US08305591B2
An image forming apparatus in which applications can be installed is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes an application information obtaining part for obtaining application information that is used for determining whether an application is installable in the image forming apparatus.
US08305585B2
Apparatus and method for detecting the presence or amount or rate of binding of an analyte in a sample solution is disclosed. The apparatus includes an optical assembly having first and second reflecting surfaces separated by a distance “d” greater than 50 nm, where the first surface is formed by a layer of analyte-binding molecules, and a light source for directing a beam of light onto said first and second reflecting surface. A detector in the apparatus operates to detect a change in the thickness of the first reflecting layer resulting from binding of analyte to the analyte-binding molecules, when the assembly is placed in the solution of analyte, by detecting a shift in phase of light waves reflected from the first and second surfaces.
US08305575B1
An adaptive spectral sensor, and methods of using the sensor. The sensor uses a programmable band pass transmission filter to produce both contrast signals, which discriminate specific target materials from background materials by comparing spectral signatures in hardware, and scene radiance spectra. The adaptive spectral sensor may measure one or more scene spectra and may form a spectral image. The sensor may automatically adjust to changing spectral, spatial and temporal conditions in the environment being monitored, by changing sensor resolution in those dimensions and by changing the detection band pass. The programmable band pass can be changed on-the-fly in real time to implement a variety of detection techniques in hardware or measure the spatial or spectral signatures of specific materials and scenes.
US08305570B2
Method and device for determining a foam density of foam in beverage containers utilizing the Tyndall effect, and having a focused light bundle emitted into the foam by means of a light source, where the light bundle is refracted in the foam and a scattered ray becomes visible on a surface of the foam. Via a measurement of the contour of such a light spot, conclusions on the foam density can be drawn. For this, one or several lasers can be integrated into existing filling level measuring means which are coupled to the already existing measuring means.
US08305565B2
An embodiment of a method for adjusting system gain of a biological probe array scanner for a plurality of fluorophore species is described that comprises setting an excitation beam comprising an excitation wavelength at a first power level that elicits an optimal signal to noise ratio response from a first fluorophore species; scanning a biological probe array with the excitation beam; setting the excitation beam comprising the excitation wavelength at a second power level different than the first power level that elicits the optimal signal to noise ratio response from a second fluorophore species; and scanning the biological probe array with the excitation beam.
US08305563B2
An electro-optical distance-measuring unit (10) includes a light source (1), the emitted light of which in the distance-measuring unit (10) is guided onto a measurement path (8) at least by one polarizing beam splitter (3), an electro-optical modulator (5) and a retarder (6). Light that is returned along the measurement path (8) is guided at least by the retarder (6), the electro-optical modulator (5) and the polarizing beam splitter (3) onto a detector (4). The distance-measuring unit (10) furthermore includes a control and evaluation unit (11) for determining a length of the measurement path (8) in accordance with a modulation frequency of the electro-optical modulator (5) and a signal of the detector (4). The light source (1) has a broad spectrum of the emitted light and is preferably a super-luminescent diode.
US08305551B2
Disclosed are a liquid crystal lens electrically driven having a pivot function and a stereoscopic display device using the same, the liquid crystal lens electrically driven includes a first substrate provided with plural first lens regions, each of which is provided with plural first electrodes disposed in parallel in a first direction and separated from each other, a second substrate being opposite to the first substrate, and provided with plural second lens regions, crossing the plural first lens regions, each of which is provided with plural second electrodes disposed in parallel in a second direction crossing the first direction and separated from each other, a liquid crystal layer filling a space between the first and second substrates, first and second voltages source applying different voltage values to the plural first and second electrode, and third and fourth voltage sources applying the same voltage to the plural first and second electrodes.
US08305547B2
A method of manufacturing a polarizer is provided that makes it possible to virtually simultaneously perform a contact of a hydrophilic polymer film with liquid and stretch of the hydrophilic polymer film in a width direction by a tenter method, or the like, using a small and simple manufacturing equipment. A method of manufacturing a polarizer includes a width direction stretching process for stretching a hydrophilic polymer film 1 in the width direction, which is continuously supplied, by gripping both ends in a width direction thereof with grip means 2 and moving the grip means 2 in a longitudinal direction of the film 1 as well as by bringing the film 1 into contact with liquid and also moving the grip means 2, which grips at least one of both ends in the width direction of the film 1, outwardly in the width direction of the film 1; and a dyeing process for dyeing the film 1 by a dichroic material. In the width direction stretching process, a contact with the liquid is carried out by at least one of spraying and coating of the liquid, and the width direction stretching process is carried out in at least one of the dyeing process and a process other than the dyeing process.
US08305545B2
There is provided an integrated wide viewing film including: a first film having an optical axis located in-plan; and a second film having an optical axis located in a thickness direction thereof, and inclined at a predetermined angle in an in-plane direction. The IPS-LCD employing the integrated wide viewing film can be significantly improved in a contrast ratio in a diagonal direction.
US08305532B2
Saw-shaped protrusions, which are parallel to each other, are formed on the common electrode and the pixel electrode in two substrates. Protrusions in two substrates are arranged alternately and the bent portions of the saw-shaped protrusions are placed on the line transverse passing through the center of a pixel. Branches extend from the convex point of one saw-shaped protrusion toward the apex to the other saw-shaped protrusion, and another branch extend from the point where the protrusion meets the boundary of the pixel electrode toward the point where the boundary of the pixel electrode and the saw-shaped protrusion make an acute angle. A liquid crystal layer between two electrodes are divided to four regions where the directors of the liquid crystal layer have different angles when a voltage is applied to the electrodes, and then, wide viewing angle is obtained. In most regions, protrusions are formed straight and the protrusions have only obtuse angles at the bent points. Therefore, fast response time is shortened, disclination is removed and luminance increases.
US08305529B2
A process for producing an optical compensation film comprises a liquid crystal layer application step (10) of applying a liquid crystal layer coating solution containing a liquid crystal compound to an alignment layer on a surface of a transparent substrate (4c) that is continuously transported; a liquid crystal layer drying step (11) of drying the liquid crystal layer; a cooling and curing step of curing the liquid crystal layer while cooling the liquid crystal layer to a temperature lower than a drying temperature used in the drying step; and a heating and curing step of curing the alignment layer while heating the alignment layer to a temperature higher than a cooling temperature used in the cooling and curing step. The process enables the durability and damage resistance as well as the optical characteristics of the optical compensation film to be independently controlled.
US08305528B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprises an array substrate and a color filter substrate, which are assembled together and sandwich liquid crystal therebetween. The array substrate comprises a gate line, a first data line and a second data line, which define a pixel region, a first pixel electrode and a first thin film transistor (TFT) for controlling the first data line to provide a first data voltage to the first pixel electrode in the pixel region, and a second pixel electrode and a second TFT for controlling the second data line to provide a second data voltage to the second pixel electrode. The color filter substrate comprises black matrixes and a color resin unit. The position of the first pixel electrode corresponds to the position of the color resin unit between the black matrixes so as to display a first image on a side of the color filter substrate in a light transmission mode; the position of the second pixel electrode corresponds to the position of the color resin unit on the black matrixes so as to display a second image on a side of the array substrate in a light reflection mode.
US08305524B2
A liquid crystal display polarizing plate that can reliably exhibit optical properties and be bonded to a liquid crystal cell without causing degradation of the optical properties. The liquid crystal display polarizing plate includes: a retardation film which has a substrate including a cellulose derivative and a retardation layer formed directly on the substrate and containing the cellulose derivative and a rod-like compound having refractive index anisotropy; a polarizer bonded to the retardation layer of the retardation film and including polyvinyl alcohol; and a polarizing plate protection film bonded to the polarizer.
US08305521B2
A liquid crystal module is provided. A rear frame is provided with a pair of side plates which are formed along a pair of long opposite sides of the rear frame. A light diffuser plate is comprised of synthetic resin and provided with a pair of frame portions which are formed integrally with the light diffuser plate, disposed along a pair of long opposite sides of the light diffuser plate and respectively attached to the side plates of the rear frame. A pair of cushion members are disposed along and inside the frame portions of the light diffuser plate. A liquid crystal panel has an upper edge portion and lower edge portion which are supported by the cushion members. The light diffuser plate is provided with a pair of slope portions which are formed integrally with the light diffuser plate and disposed along and inside the cushion members. The height of each slope portion increases toward an adjacent cushion member for concealing the cushion members.
US08305512B2
A display apparatus is provided that includes a display module, and a front panel disposed at a front of the display module. A distance between the display module and the front panel is 3 mm or less, and the front panel is formed in a shape that protrudes in an opposite direction of the display module.
US08305507B2
A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes a gate line, a data line intersecting the gate line, a storage electrode apart from the gate and data lines, a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines and having a drain electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, a first insulating layer over the thin film transistor and disposed under the pixel electrode, and a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and having an opening exposing the first insulating layer on the storage electrode.
US08305504B2
The present disclosure includes a configuration of a polarization control system and an algorithm that realize fast polarization controlling and tracking while avoiding the Glitch problems (i.e., loss of polarization tracking). The polarization controller includes multiple stages along with tunable orientation and retardation angles. The retardation angles are initialized to at least two different values for better polarization tracking in normal mode. In a normal mode, only the orientation angles of the polarization controller are dithered. When the monitored error is higher than the threshold, the polarization controller enters a glitch mode, and Glitch detection can be improved through error signal data processing. In the Glitch mode, at least one retardation angle is dithered along with the orientation angles. After the Glitch problem is avoided, the polarization controller stops dither the retardation angles and move all wave plates back to their initial values, and the polarization controller enters the normal mode.
US08305499B2
A circuit and a method for image processing are provided. The image processing circuit has an adaptor and a sharpening circuit. The adaptor has a processing unit and a weight generator. The processing unit receives an input video signal, and the input video signal has information of a plurality of pixels. The processing unit processes the input video signal to calculate a color difference value of a target pixel of the pixels. The weight generator generates a weighting signal according to the color difference value. The sharpening circuit performs a sharpening operation on the input video signal according to the weighting signal to generate a sharpened video signal.
US08305496B2
Disclosed is a scaling process system including a replay apparatus and a video output apparatus which are connected via a HDMI, wherein each of the video output apparatus and the replay apparatus respectively comprises a between-pixel interpolation method table, wherein the video output apparatus including a request signal transmission device to transmit a request signal, a between-pixel interpolation method information receiving device to receive the between-pixel interpolation method information, a determining device to determine which of between-pixel interpolation method information of the replay apparatus or between-pixel interpolation method information of the video output apparatus is more high-performance, a deciding device to decide an apparatus to be used for the scaling process, and a control device to control the apparatus which is decided by the deciding device so as to carry out the scaling process, and wherein the replay apparatus including a request signal receiving device to receive the request signal and a between-pixel interpolation method information return device to return the between-pixel interpolation method information.
US08305486B2
An auto-focus camera has an optical system for forming an image of a target, a moveable sensor for recording a set of one or more images of the target, the set of one or more images corresponding to a set of one or more positions for the moveable sensor, and a linear piezoelectric actuator mechanically coupled to the moveable sensor for driving the moveable sensor to the set of one or more positions along a predetermined moving direction in response to a stimulus. A driving system is actuable to generate the stimulus to drive the piezoelectric actuator. An image processor, in response to stored instructions, obtains the set of one or more recorded images from the moveable sensor, processes the set of one or more obtained recoded images, and identifies the image that is in focus.
US08305481B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device which captures an image regarding an object image, an object detector detecting a specific object from the captured image, a focus control unit configured to execute a focusing operation on the basis of a phase-difference detection signal obtained from a distance measurement area set at a predetermined position in an image capturing area, a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a display element indicating a position of the specific object, and a first determining unit configured to determine whether or not the focusing operation has been executed on the basis of the phase-difference detection signal regarding the specific object. The display control unit changes a display mode of the display element indicating the position of the specific object in accordance with the result of the determination performed by the first determining unit.
US08305480B2
Algorithms and methods for performing electronic image formation and refinement from overlapping measurement vignettes captured by an array of image sensors and associated micro-optics are presented. The invention is directed to a new type of image formation system that combines readily-fabricated micro-optical structures, a two-dimensional image sensor array with electronic or digital image processing to actually construct the image. Image formation is performed without a conventional large shared lens and associated separation distance between lens and image sensor, resulting in a “lensless camera.” In an application, a readily fabricatable LED array is used as a light-field sensor. In an application, the LED array further serves as a color “lensless camera.” In an application, the LED array also serves as an image display. In an application, the LED array further serves as a color image display. In an embodiment, one or more synergistic features of an integrated camera/display surface are realized.
US08305479B2
Provided are a digital camera having a global positioning system (GPS) and a method of controlling the same. The digital camera comprises a camera body, a digital signal processor, and a GPS receiving module. In the digital camera and method, GPS information regarding a photographing location is stored so as to be attached to a captured image, and particularly, power supplied to the GPS is adaptively controlled for lower power consumption.
US08305476B2
A display device includes first and second display units each operable to display an image; a state detecting unit operable to detect a first state and a second state; a manipulation unit operable to be manipulated; and a control unit operable to control the first and second display units, wherein the control unit causes the first display unit to display the image when the state detecting unit detects the first state, and causes the second display unit to display the image when the state detecting unit detects the second state, the control unit switches a display unit to be activated from the first or second display unit which is displaying the image to the first or second display unit which is not displaying the image when the manipulation unit is manipulated, and the control unit causes the first or second display unit activated when the manipulation unit is manipulated to continuously display the image until the manipulation unit is manipulated again or until a change in state is detected twice by the state detecting unit.
US08305472B2
An image capturing system includes an image sensor and a mechanical shutter. A charge accumulation operation of the pixels of each row of the image sensor starts at the end of a reset operation, and ends when the mechanical shutter sets the pixels of each row to a light shield state. The reset operation of the pixels of each row of the image sensor is performed to select rows sequentially in a first direction from an upper surface to a lower surface of a housing. The mechanical shutter ends exposure of the image sensor while causing a shutter curtain to run in the first direction, and a readout operation of the pixels of each row of the image sensor is performed to select rows sequentially in a second direction that is the reverse of the first direction.
US08305467B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit which forms a subject image on an image pickup device through an optical system to generate an image pickup signal; an adjustment unit which changes an optical zoom magnification with respect to the subject image; and a control unit which records image data as a moving image in a memory in response to a moving image recording command, the image data being obtained based on the image pickup signal, and stops recording the moving image for a time period during which the zoom magnification is changed.
US08305464B2
An imaging apparatus is provided which includes an image recording range extraction unit for extracting, from a video of a subject to be imaged, an image corresponding to a first imaging region configured by a predetermined first aspect ratio and an image corresponding to a second imaging region configured by a predetermined second aspect ratio different from the first aspect ratio, a zoom control unit for magnifying or reducing the video of the subject to be imaged, and a zoom restriction setting unit for setting a zoom restriction on either one of or both of the first imaging region and the second imaging region. A predetermined process for preventing the predetermined subject from being image-defected from an imaging region set with the zoom restriction is executed according to a relationship of the predetermined subject magnified or reduced by the zoom process and the imaging region set with the zoom restriction.
US08305463B2
A video data transmitting device 30 manages storage areas 31a, 31b of a memory card 31 by equally segmenting these storage areas into partitions whose capacities are equal to each other. Image data forming video data is stored piece by piece in each partition in the sequence from a head partition toward a tail partition. Then, the image data is overwritten sequentially from the oldest, whereby the storage areas 31a, 31b are always temporarily stored with N-pieces of image data starting from a point of the time when recording the image data and ending to a point of time tracing back for a predetermined period of time.
US08305457B2
A dynamic picture storage section (200) stores a picked up dynamic picture picked up by an image pickup apparatus. A metadata storage section (210) stores transformation information for transforming, with reference to at least one of picked up images, a different picked up image. An arrangement information calculation section (230) calculates a display range for a synthesized image based on the transformation information and calculates an arrangement position and a size for a top image in an image memory (250) such that the display range is smaller than the size of the storage region of the image memory (250). An image transformation section (240) arranges the top image at the arrangement position and with the size calculated by the arrangement information calculation section (230) in the image memory (250) and synthesizes the transformed picked up images with history images to form a synthesized image. Consequently, where a dynamic picture picked up by the image pickup apparatus is to be accessed, the contents of the dynamic picture can be grasped readily.
US08305451B2
Media data, which includes an image file recorded on a disk recording medium of a connected image sensing apparatus, management information including the recording position of the image file on the disk recording medium, and backup information of the management information, is received from the image sensing apparatus. Finalize processing of the disk recording medium is virtually executed using the received media data, and a generated disk image is stored on a memory. In response to a request from a data receiving terminal, the media data of the virtual disk image on the memory is transmitted to the data receiving terminal via a communication unit.
US08305450B2
A mobile object image tracking apparatus includes: a base; a first gimbal; a second gimbal; an image guiding passage configured to guide an image received through an input opening portion of the second gimbal to the base; an image capturing device; an angle sensor; a tracking error detector configured to detect a first tracking error of an image data; a delay circuit; a tracking error calculator configured to calculate a second tracking error based on the first tracking error, a delayed first rotation angle, and a delayed second rotation angle; an angular velocity processor configured to generate a first target angular velocity and a second target angular velocity based on the first rotation angle, the second rotation angle, and the second tracking error; and an actuator controller configured to control the first gimbal the second gimbal based on the first and second target angular velocities.
US08305442B2
The present invention provides an entry control device, system and method which can recognize a vehicle by its undercarriage image only. The present invention compares a new vehicle undercarriage image with those stored in a reference database to facilitate the automatic search of a vehicle's undercarriage. The present invention can compare the new undercarriage image to the same or similar undercarriage image previously entered in the reference database, highlighting any anomalies such as, for example, foreign objects, explosives, drugs, paraphernalia and other illegal and/or harmful substances and devices.
US08305428B2
A stereo video shooting and viewing device includes: a body, having two groups of eyepieces spaced apart from each other by a certain distance corresponding to a distance between two human eyes; two micro display screens, disposed on front ends of the eyepieces; two digital camera lenses, disposed on an outer side of the body, spaced apart from each other by a certain distance corresponding to the distance between two human eyes, and used for synchronously capturing images with a visual angle difference corresponding to that of the human eyes; and a main control unit (MCU), connected to the two micro display screens and the two digital camera lenses, and used for processing the images synchronously captured by the two digital camera lenses and image signals received from exterior, and displaying the images on the two micro display screens separately. In this embodiment, the images with the visual angle difference corresponding to that of the human eyes captured by the camera lenses are separately displayed on the micro display screens, so as to form a stereo image once being viewed by human eyes, thereby having the advantages of simple structure and vivid stereoscopic effects.
US08305425B2
A panoramic camera system is disclosed that includes an unified optical system, an image capture device, and a processing unit. The unified optical system may include a first set of lenses that guide images received from horizontal directions of a target scene that surrounds the unified optical system. The unified optical system may also include a deflecting device that deflects the images guided through the first set of lenses and a second set of lenses that projects the images deflected by the deflecting device. The image capture device collects the projected images into a determined pattern based on the second set of lenses. Moreover, the processing unit processes the collected images from the image capture device to generate at least one of image signals and video signals representing a panoramic rendition of the target scene.
US08305422B2
A communication device of the present invention which is realized as a video communication device (1) includes: a communication control section (2) for establishing communication connection with other communication device; a content receiving section (6) for obtaining content data from the outside; and a content transmission section (8) for specifying another communication device as a communication device, to which the obtained content data should be transmitted, if connection with said another communication device is established when the content receiving section (6) obtains the content data, so that it is possible to easily share the content data, obtained from the outside, with the communication counterpart device with which the communication connection has been established. This makes it possible to realize a communication device which can easily transmit the content data, obtained from the outside, to the communication counterpart device, that is, this makes it possible to realize a communication device which can easily share the content data, obtained from the outside.
US08305411B1
A thermal printhead having a temperature regulation feature which is capable of high speed and high quality printing is provided. The thermal printhead includes a substrate, a resistor layer formed on one surface of the substrate, a control section and a thermoelectric element formed in direct contact with the other surface of the substrate opposite to where the resistor layer is formed, wherein the control section is configured to cool the resistor layer using the thermoelectric element.
US08305408B2
Devices and methods for thermally printing on a thermal image member are disclosed using a thermal print head and a nonrotating platen. The nonrotating platen is adapted to bias the thermal imaging member against the print head. The nonrotating platen includes an elastic member and a mounting means for securing at least one end of the elastic member with respect to the print head. A portion of the thermal imaging member is placed in a printing nip formed between a thermal print head and the nonrotating platen. The print head exerts a torque on the elastic member when the elastic member biases the imaging member against the print head. The thermal imaging member is translated along a transport direction through the printing nip, such that at least one surface of the imaging member slides across the nonrotating platen. The print head forms an image upon the translated thermal imaging member.
US08305407B2
There is provided an exposure device including: plural exposure heads having plural light-emitting elements arranged in a first direction, the plurality of exposure heads also being arranged in the first direction; plural temperature detecting units for detecting temperature arranged at both ends in the first direction of each of the plural exposure heads; and a correction unit for correcting quantities of light emitted from the exposure heads based on temperature data detected by the temperature detecting units.
US08305405B2
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for digital offset/flexo printing by selectively addressing one or more hole-injecting pixels of a nano-enabled imaging member to form a latent image thereon, wherein the latent image can be electrostatically developed with an ink and then transferred from the nano-enabled imaging member onto a print media.
US08305398B2
In an interactive media environment, a model is provided where applications, each comprising zero or more script components and zero or more markup components, are themselves handled as visual elements having a Z order. A resource-efficient rendering order is provided where the application that has focus in an interactive media environment (by virtue of its receipt of user events) is rendered first. The remaining applications are rendered in top down order, i.e., in reverse Z order. Rendering is performed by drawing into one or more graphics buffers associated with respective applications. Frames for applications are composited from the graphics buffers bottoms up, in Z order, to provide the display with the correct appearance.
US08305386B2
A computer system comprises a Basic Input/Output System (“BIOS”) graphical engine and a BIOS graphics look and feel module. The BIOS graphics look and feel module is separate from the BIOS graphical engine, and comprises a look and feel definition that defines the appearance and behavior of BIOS graphical user interface displays presented to a user before an operating system acquires control of the system. The BIOS graphical engine transforms information to be displayed for a user in accordance with the look and feel definition to provide a uniform appearance and behavior to graphical displays provided to the user.
US08305384B2
A graphics display device comprises a first and second memory, and a data transfer controller coupled with the first and second memory. In some embodiments, a method of storing pixel data comprises receiving and latching first pixel data associated with a first pixel, receiving second pixel data associated with a second pixel, and concurrently writing the first pixel data in the first memory and the second pixel data in the second memory. In other embodiments, a method of accessing pixel data of an image frame comprises accessing the first and second memory for reading out pixel data of each pair of adjacent pixels, when the image frame has an odd total number of pixels determining whether a final pixel data is in a latched state, and reading out the final pixel data from the data transfer controller when the final pixel data is in the latched state.
US08305372B2
A display and a method for eliminating a residual image thereof are provided. The method includes detecting a status of an electric power supplied by a power supply unit of the display when the display is in the power on state; and coupling the electric power to a reference voltage when the electric power is suddenly terminated so as to accelerately discharge charges remaining on the electric power.
US08305362B2
A display device with touch panel and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The display device with touch panel includes a flexible display panel and a force sensitive touch panel. The force sensitive touch panel is disposed under a portion of the flexible display panel. Since the force sensitive touch panel is only configured under the portion of the flexible display panel, the display device with touch panel may have touching control function and flexibility at the same time.
US08305361B2
An object position detecting device includes a touch film, a first electrode set, a second electrode set, and a sensing and computing circuit. An object position detecting method includes the following steps. Firstly, an object is provided on the touch film. Then, first equivalent capacitance values of multiple first electrode groups of a first electrode set under the touch film are sensed, wherein each first electrode group includes n adjacent first electrodes that are parallel with and connected with each other. Then, second equivalent capacitance values of multiple second electrode groups of a second electrode set under the touch film are sensed, wherein each second electrode group includes m adjacent second electrodes that are parallel with and connected with each other. According to the first equivalent capacitance values and the second equivalent capacitance values, first position information of the object is calculated.
US08305357B2
A method for detecting multiple touch positions on a touch panel includes the steps of: periodically scanning the touch panel; when detecting a first touch position at a first time during scanning the touch panel, recording coordinates on a first dimensional direction and a second dimensional direction of the first touch position; continuingly scanning the touch panel after the first time; and when detecting a plurality of new possible touch positions at a second time, determining a second touch position from the new possible touch positions according to the recorded coordinates on the first and second dimensional directions of the first touch position.
US08305351B2
To provide a display input device including: a display controller for displaying a control frame on a display portion; a touch input detector for detecting a touch input to the touch panel portion; and a setup item displaying portion for superimposing setup items on the control frame in accordance with the position of the touch input while the touch input is being detected by the touch input detector.
US08305346B2
A multi-directional remote control system and method is adapted for use with an entertainment system of a type including a display such as a monitor or TV and having display functions employing a mouse type control. The remote controller may be conveniently held in one hand of a user and still provides full mouse type functionality. The remote control system and method images the controller to detect relative motion between the controller and screen. This position information is used for control of a cursor or other GUI interface with automatic control of cursor speed based on detected controller distance from the screen and characteristic hand movement.
US08305344B2
A projector for enlarging and projecting the display image on a light valve onto a screen is provided with: an infrared photodetector for photodetecting infrared light that is emitted by an electronic pen that is manipulated on the screen and that is provided with an infrared light emission device and ultrasonic generator; at least two ultrasonic receivers for detecting ultrasonic waves that are emitted by the electronic pen; means for measuring the distance to a screen; and means for supplying coordinate data in which the position of the electronic pen on the screen, which has been calculated based on output of the infrared photodetector, output of the ultrasonic generator, and output of the means for measuring the distance to the screen, has been normalized by the length of a side of a projected rectangular image that has been enlarged and projected.
US08305341B2
A dielectrophoretic display comprises a substrate having walls defining at least one cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface; a suspending fluid contained within the cavity; a plurality of at least one type of particle suspended within the suspending fluid; and means for applying to the fluid an electric field effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles to the side wall of the cavity.
US08305340B2
The present invention relates to a touch sensitive display device, the display device including a display panel unit, a sensing unit formed on the display panel unit, receiving a sensor control signal, and generating a sensor data signal based on a touch exerted on the display panel unit, an output unit generating a sensing signal based on the sensor data signal from the sensing unit, and a compensation unit adjusting the sensor control signal such that the sensing signal is bounded in a predetermined range.
US08305316B2
A color liquid crystal display device, configured to employ a pixel division method with two or more sub-pixels obtained by spatial or temporal division of one pixel in a division ratio, may include pixel formation portions configured to form a pixel with the sub-pixels; a drive circuit configured to provide each pixel formation portion with applied voltages based on a gradation value; a gamma correction part configured to correct a relationship between the gradation and luminance values of the pixel to be formed by that pixel formation portion; and a common electrode. The gamma correction part may suppress gradation dependence of chromaticity when the screen is viewed from a front and from an oblique direction. The gradation value may be determined by an area ratio of a first sub-pixel electrode to a second sub-pixel electrode and a difference in applied voltages between first and second auxiliary electrodes.
US08305315B2
The present invention aims to provide a monolithic driver-type display device capable of reducing circuit scale of a sampling circuit, and keeping low power consumption by directly driving a source driver with an externally provided video signal.In the monolithic driver-type display device having a display portion for displaying video and circuits for driving the display portion formed on the same insulating substrate, a plurality of sampling switches are provided in association with a plurality of pieces of bit data contained in externally inputted digital video signals. The sampling switches are opened/closed based on sampling signals, thereby sampling the digital video signals for each piece of the bit data and converting the signals into parallel format for output to data lines. The outputted digital video signals charge parasitic capacitances on the data lines and are held therein.
US08305309B2
A display device includes a pixel array unit having pixels disposed in a matrix shape, each pixel including an electro-optical element, a write transistor for sampling and writing an input signal voltage, a holding capacitor for holding a signal voltage written by the write transistor, and a driver transistor for driving the electro-optical element in response to the signal voltage held in the holding capacitor. The display device further includes a scan circuit for selectively scanning each pixel in the pixel array unit at a row unit basis and a plurality of power source supply scan circuits for selectively supplying a first potential and a second potential lower than the first potential to a power supply line wired per each pixel row of the pixel array unit to supply current to the driver transistors, synchronously with scanning by the scan circuit.
US08305300B2
The method for driving a plasma display panel effects control of the sub-fields in a manner that at least one sub-filed carries out, in its initializing period, an all-cell initializing operation on the discharge cells and the plurality of sub-fields other than the aforementioned sub-field selectively carry out an addressing operation in each discharge cell; at the same time, two or more predetermined sub-fields carry out an addressing operation only when at least one sub-field had an addressing operation after the all-cells initializing operation; and an unusual-charge erase period, where scan electrodes SC-SCn undergo application of voltage with a rectangular waveform, is provided after the initializing period of at least one sub-field of the predetermined sub-fields.
US08305292B2
A large-scale display device having a plurality of display units which each include a plurality of elongated plasma tubes each filled with a discharge gas, and at least one pair of display electrodes disposed outside the plasma tubes, voltage applying means which applies a drive voltage to the display electrodes to cause electric discharge in the plasma tubes for display.Vertically adjoining ones of the display units respectively have adjoining portions which are offset thicknesswise from each other for prevention of contact between the plasma tubes of the vertically adjoining display units. The voltage applying means is disposed away from the adjoining portions of the vertically adjoining display units.
US08305285B2
Disclosed herein is a wireless communication module, wherein a module substrate provided with components of a communication circuit part for the wireless communication module and having a ground pattern and a power feeding pattern is provided thereon with a shield can type antenna, the shield can type antenna comprises a ground area, a plurality of curved parts formed by downwardly curving both up/down and left/right side surfaces of the ground area, and an antenna part provided at the outer side of the curved part formed at both left/right side surfaces of the ground area.
US08305282B2
In a stalk-type field probe, each of three resistive dipoles is formed with a resistive feedline on a common circuit board. Each circuit board comprises an elongated feedline section that extends through a cylindrical stalk, and a cross-arm that is disposed at a 54.7° angle relative to the elongation of the feedline section. The feedline sections are arranged to form an equilateral triangular prism, and the cross arms are arranged so that the dipole on each cross-arm is perpendicular to an imaginary plane to which the lines along which the elements of both of the other dipoles extend are parallel.
US08305272B2
A multi-band antenna structure includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, a first metal strip and a second metal strip formed on the first surface, a third metal strip formed on the second surface, and a metal part located on the substrate. The first metal strip has a first strip and a second strip and the second strip has an inductance characteristic. The first strip of the first metal strip and the third metal strip define a first overlap area in the direction vertical to the substrate. The first overlap area has a first capacitor characteristic. The second metal strip and the third metal strip define a second overlap area in the direction vertical to the substrate. The second overlap area has a second capacitor characteristic.
US08305265B2
An exemplary radio-based navigation system uses a small multimode direction-finding antenna and a direction-finding receiver capable of determining platform position, velocity, attitude, and time while simultaneously providing protection against narrowband and broadband sources of interference. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals such as those from the Global Positioning System (GPS) provide attitude measurements with a compact multimode direction-finding antenna (e.g., a small two-arm spiral with improved angle-of-arrival performance over the entire hemisphere enhanced through the use of a conductive vertical extension of the antenna ground plane about the antenna perimeter and/or conductive posts placed evenly around the antenna perimeter) which provides simultaneous protection against jammers. The multimode spiral may be treated as an array of rotationally-symmetric antenna elements. The GPS receiver architecture also may be modified for direction-finding and thereby attitude determination by increasing the requisite number of input signals from one to at least two while minimizing the required number of correlators and mixers.
US08305261B2
A method of adaptively removing mainlobe clutter from range-Doppler data includes estimating the peak of the mainlobe clutter, and determining clutter regionboundaries adaptively and robustly. The mainlobe clutter peak may be estimated from the range-Doppler data, for example using both nonlinear and linear filters. Alternatively the mainlobe clutter peak may be estimated from knowledge of the position and speed of the vehicle, such as a missile, upon which the radar system moves. The clutter boundaries may be determined at each of the range bins by stepping along Doppler bins from the mainlobe clutter peak estimate in opposite directions, locating the boundary at locations off of the mainlobe clutter peak estimate that meet a given criterion. The method produces a finer determination of the mainlobe clutter region, resulting in less of the range-Doppler data being excluded as part of the mainlobe clutter region.
US08305248B2
A time-to-digital converter includes a phase-difference enhancement section configured to receive first and second input signals having a reference phase difference Δt, and to output first and second output signals having an enhanced phase difference; and a comparison section configured to receive the first and second output signals, to compare a phase difference between the first and second output signals with a reference delay time τ, and to output a comparison signal. The time-to-digital converter has a high resolution. That is to say, the time-to-digital converter has a resolution less than the minimum phase delay time of a delay element, which is obtainable in a corresponding semiconductor process.
US08305247B2
Circuits that operate with power supplies of less than 1 Volt are presented. More particularly, circuits that operate with supply voltages near or lower than the threshold voltage of the transistors in those circuits are presented. Various circuits embodiments such as operational transconductance amplifiers (1101, 1102, 1103), biasing circuits, integrators (1113, 1123, 1133), continuous-time sigma delta modulators, track-and-hold circuits, and others are presented. The techniques and circuits can be used in a wide range of applications and various transistors from metal-oxide-semiconductor to bipolar junction transistors may implement the techniques presented herein.
US08305242B2
An input device with a hollow portion therein at a neutral position includes a return member capable of self-returning to the neutral position upon deformation, a magnetic member movable in three mutually-orthogonal axial directions accompanied with the deformation of the return member, and a plurality of magnetic sensors individually detecting the position of the magnetic member in the three axial directions with respect to the neutral position. The three-dimensional operation of the magnetic member may be easily detected by a simplified structure and the magnetic member is located with high accuracy.
US08305240B2
An input inducing device is provided. The input inducing device includes a winding, a current sensor, and a processing unit. Two ends of the winding are connected to the current sensor and form a closed-loop with the current sensor. When a magnetic object moves towards the winding, the winding cuts magnetic induction lines of the magnetic object to generate an induced current, the current sensor senses the induced current and generates a sensing signal according to the sensed induced current. The sensing signal is transmitted to the processing unit, which then implements a predetermined function according to the sensing signal.
US08305239B2
The invention may be embodied as a method of selecting a service and inputting information to that service. In one such method, an input device having keys is provided. When such a key is pressed and released quickly, the user indicates a desire to enter a symbol on the key in order to enter symbols of an entry string. In addition, one or more of the keys may also be used to identify a service and also supply that service with the entry string. For example, by pressing and holding such a key, the entry string may be delimited and then sent to a service corresponding to the pressed key. In this manner, a single key press may be used to both delimit an entry string and also send the entry string to the service. The service may use the delimited entry string to retrieve information, which is then supplied to the input device.
US08305234B2
An information provision apparatus of the present invention includes a stop detector to detect a stop of a vehicle; a display unit to display various information; and a control unit to control the display unit to display a plurality of display contents in a manner that two successive contents of information differ with each other while the vehicle is standing at the temporal stop. When the vehicle is caught in a traffic congestion to stop temporarily, the driver of the vehicle is entertained by plural contents of the information appearing on the display unit for his/her diversion.
