US08909282B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for providing transmission power limit back-off for Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) compliance. In one aspect, a method implemented in a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving an indication of at least one operating mode indicative of a proximity and an orientation of at least one transmitting antenna of the wireless communication apparatus. The method further includes selecting from a plurality of transformations associated with the at least one operating mode. The method further includes applying a selected transformation to adjust a relationship between a power transmission level of a first transmitter and a power transmission level of a second transmitter. The method further includes determining a target power transmission level of the first transmitter based on the adjusted relationship and a current power transmission level of the second transmitter.
US08909279B2
Transmit power (e.g., maximum transmit power) may be defined based on the maximum received signal strength allowed by a receiver and a minimum coupling loss from a transmitting node to a receiver. Transmit power may be defined for an access node (e.g., a femto node) such that a corresponding outage created in a cell (e.g., a macro cell) is limited while still providing an acceptable level of coverage for access terminals associated with the access node. An access node may autonomously adjust its transmit power based on channel measurement and a defined coverage hole to mitigate interference. Transmit power may be defined based on channel quality. Transmit power may be defined based on a signal-to-noise ratio at an access terminal. The transmit power of neighboring access nodes also may be controlled by inter-access node signaling.
US08909278B2
A home base station receives signal to interference and noise ratio data from at least one access terminal, determines whether a transmission power of the home base station should be adjusted based on the received signal to interference and noise ratio data, and then adaptively adjusts the transmission power of the home base station based on the received signal to interference and noise ratio data.
US08909277B2
A method and apparatus for creating a communication group using an electronic address book to facilitate Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) group communication sessions are disclosed. A group definition for determining members of the new PoC Group is composed from one or more contacts from the electronic address book such as by selecting from the address book using the mobile station. The group definition may include logical operators to define the combination of contacts. A name may be specified for the new group. The assembly of the PoC Group list of members may be performed by the mobile station, a communication network server for maintaining PoC Groups (e.g. a Group and List Management Server (GLMS)) or an email server.
US08909270B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program for cognitive radio communications are provided. A reference signal is received from a transmitter of a primary system, and the received reference signal is received with an arbitrarily selected beamforming setting. Then, a signal quality metric is calculated from the received and beamformed reference signal. If the signal quality metric indicates that a reception power of the received signal is low, transmission of a data signal to a wireless communication device of a secondary system is scheduled. In the scheduled transmission in the secondary system, the same beamforming setting as was used in the reception of the reference signal is employed.
US08909268B2
A method and apparatus may be used to perform WTRU-WTRU paging in wireless communications. For example, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be configured to page another WTRU. In this example, the paging WTRU may receive a first message that indicates a group identification (ID). The WTRU may receive a second message that may include an indicator that indicates one or more other WTRUs that the paging WTRU may page. If the received indicator matches a paging indicator of the paging WTRU, the paging WTRU may transmit an access signal to one or more other WTRUs. The paging indicator of the paging WTRU may be predetermined, and may be received in a configuration message from a base station (BS). The first message may be a secondary advanced (SA)-preamble.
US08909265B2
The present invention discloses a method for processing validity time in trigger information, including: a machine type communication (MTC) server sending the trigger information including the validity time (VT) to a network edge entity; the network edge entity setting a validity period (VP) of the trigger information in a short message service (SMS) according to the VT in a received trigger information; and forwarding the trigger information to a user equipment through a network node in the VP; the present invention further discloses a system for processing validity time in trigger information at the same time. Through the scheme of the present invention, the problem of how the validity time in the trigger information is set in the SMS and how to process in the network node that the SMS passes can be solved.
US08909255B1
Aspect of the subject technology relate to a computer-implemented method for identifying geographic features related to a location lookup point. In some implementations, the method includes steps for receiving location information for a location look-up point, generating a plurality of search cells containing the location look-up point, wherein the plurality of search cells correspond with a respective plurality of hierarchical map cells and using the plurality of search cells to identify at least one geographic feature that is associated with at least one of the plurality of search cells. In certain aspects, the method can further include steps for providing at least one geographic feature to a user for display. Systems and computer-readable media for generating a geographic feature index are also provided.
US08909251B2
Various technologies pertaining to localizing multiple mobile computing devices in an indoor environment are described. Pairs of microphone arrays are selectively positioned in an indoor environment. A localization service assigns a frequency and schedule to a mobile telephone, and the mobile telephone begins outputting vibrations at the assigned frequency and in conformance with the assigned schedule. The microphone arrays sense the vibrations, and angles between the microphone arrays, respectively, and the mobile computing device are computed based upon the sensed vibrations. Such angles are subsequently employed to compute the location of the mobile computing device in the indoor environment.
US08909234B2
A data communication network to transmit and/or receive data using soft-decision information is provided. A target access point in a data communication network may compute soft-decision information with respect to information bits corresponding to a transmission symbol, and transmit the computed soft-decision information to a destination device or an access point connected to the destination device. The destination device or the access point connected to the destination device may combine soft-decision information of a plurality of access points, and detect information bits based on the combined soft-decision information.
US08909227B2
Techniques for performing handover of a user equipment (UE) in a cell-to-base station manner are described. The UE may receive a handover command to perform handover from a source base station to a target base station. The source base station may send context information for the UE to the target base station, and the context information may be available to all cells of the target base station. The UE may attempt handover from a serving cell of the source base station to a first cell of the target base station. The UE may attempt handover to a second cell of the target base station if the handover to the first cell fails. The UE may (i) receive the first and second cells from the source base station or (ii) receive only the first cell from the source base station and determine the second cell based on broadcast system information.
US08909223B2
A method and apparatus are provided for managing radio access point (RAP) devices and enterprise controller devices in a wireless communication network. An enterprise controller device registers with a gateway device, and the enterprise controller device receives a registration request from multiple RAP devices that are serviced by the enterprise controller device. As the RAP devices register with the enterprise controller device, the enterprise controller device generates a list of the RAP devices registered with the enterprise controller. As the enterprise controller receives additional registration requests from additional RAP devices, the enterprise controller updates the list. The enterprise controller sends the list to the gateway device with which it registers so that the gateway device is aware of RAP devices serviced by the enterprise controller device. In this way, aggregated messages may be sent from the gateway device to the enterprise controller.
US08909217B2
An apparatus for wirelessly connecting a smartphone to a remote FM radio system, for controlling playback of audio content delivered wirelessly to the smartphone via a wide area network, on the remote FM radio system. An apparatus housing receives a DC power signal from a remote DC power source. A control panel has a display and controls for controlling playback of the audio content on the remote FM radio system, at least one of the controls performing a function in common with a playback control appearing on a display of the smartphone. An electronic subsystem communicates with the control panel and wirelessly receives audio content from the smartphone, and communicates the audio content as an FM signal via a user playback command input at the controls of the control panel, to the remote FM radio system.
US08909216B2
There are provided measures for enabling an inter-cell device discovery in device-to-device communication. Such measures may exemplarily include observing, at a device residing in a cell representing a serving cell of said device, a device-to-device discovery signal from another device residing in another cell representing a non-serving cell of said device, and modifying at least one of one or more cell reselection parameters referring to the serving cell of said device and one or more cell selection parameters referring to the non-serving cell of said device on the basis of the observed device-to-device discovery signal.
US08909213B2
A system method and device for evaluating the Quality of Service (QoS) performance of mobile telephone devices in the concurrent performance of different services through a mobile telephone network is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises establishing a first logical communication channel via the mobile telephone network, communicating first information over the first logical communication channel, establishing a second logical communication channel over a communication network, concurrently with said communicating first information, communicating second information over the second logical communication channel, and determining a plurality of service quality metrics for the first and second information communicated over the first and second logical communication channel.
US08909205B2
An indication of an activated call forwarding feature is provided for a mobile telephone/computing device. When a call forwarding feature is activated, an indication may be presented on the device to indicate the call forwarding feature is currently active. The indication may be visual, audible or tactile. The indication serves as a reminder to the user of the device that the call forwarding feature is active. The indication may be presented on the device continuously until the user deactivates the feature, or the indication may be presented only when incoming calls are actually forwarded. Selectable functions may be enabled on the device for changing the call forwarding activation state and for overriding call forwarding for an in-progress forwarding call.
US08909199B2
Systems, methods and computer readable media for providing or managing or using voicemails are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a first data processing system, data representing an expiration time of a voicemail left for a user of the first data processing system and storing the data representing the expiration time for later use by the first data processing system. Systems, media, and other methods are also described.
US08909192B2
Systems and methods for operating a mobile virtual network are disclosed. A mobile virtual network operator is disclosed as an entity that provides a mobile networking service to a user, the mobile networking service being provided using a physical mobile network provided by a third party. The mobile virtual network operator may provide content distribution services, data access services, or messaging services to a user of a mobile device.
US08909189B2
An incident response system, method of responding to exigent incidents and a computer program product therefor. Local devices associated with a locale department are connected to network. An operations center on one or more networked computers, e.g., cloud computers, plans and administer locale day-to-day operations. The operations center may also plan and administer emergency operations for the locale. Locale departments have response agents associated mobile devices. The operations center assigns each mobile device with a role for responding to incidents and provides each with a likelihood table. When deployed each mobile device connects to the network individually or through other mobile devices, e.g., in an ad hoc, peer-to-peer network.
US08909186B2
A receiver includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier, a first mixer, a second mixer and a third mixer, a first baseband signal path and a second baseband signal path. A signal output of the first amplifier is coupled to a signal input of the first mixer and a signal input of the second mixer. A signal output of the second amplifier is coupled to a signal input of the third mixer. A signal output of the first mixer and a signal output of the third mixer are coupled to the first baseband signal path. A signal output of the second mixer is coupled to the second baseband signal path.
US08909185B2
A method of providing frequency dependent signal attenuation. An RF input signal is split into a first signal portion and a second signal portion. Discrete time filtering, a negative group delay and bandstop filtering are applied to the first signal portion to provide a filtered signal portion. The second signal portion is applied to a component, and a component output signal portion is received from the component. The component output signal portion is combined with the filtered signal portion to provide an RF output signal having frequency dependent attenuation.
US08909184B2
A method for wireless communication is provided and may include configuring at least one capacitor array in an antenna system to control a frequency for receiving external signals. An antenna and at least one inductor in the antenna system may be configured for receiving external signals at a first frequency. An inductor and a voltage source, a capacitor, and/or a ground reference may be configured for receiving the external signals at a different frequency if the frequency is utilized for backscattered signal reception and/or magnetically coupled signal reception. Near field communication (NFC) signals may be received at the different frequency for backscattered signals. Radio frequency identification (RFID) signals may be received at the different frequency for magnetically coupled signals. The first frequency may be within the FM frequency band. The antenna system may be configured to transmit signals to be subsequently received as backscattered signals or magnetically coupled signals.
US08909183B2
A first frequency converter generates an I-system baseband signal based on a high-frequency received signal and a first local signal with a predetermined frequency band. A second frequency converter generates a Q-system baseband signal based on a high-frequency received signal and a second local signal 90° out of phase with the first local signal. First and second AD converters convert respective amplified I-system and Q-system baseband signals to digital data. First and second over-range detecters detect the over-range of the first and the second CAD converters. An automatic gain controller selects the gain based on the detection information of the over-range and the respective I-system and Q-system baseband signals. An offset setter gives a predetermined offset to the selected gain, and sets a gain after the offset with respect to the first or the second variable amplifier.
US08909180B1
A transmitter power supply modulates an RF signal without needing to run a calibration/training cycle every time an exciter or PA module is switched in and out or every time the transmitter powers up. During calibration of the exciter module, an exciter module delay factor is determined, and stored in the exciter module, for each signal modulation scheme that may be implemented by the exciter module. During calibration of a power amplifier (PA) module, a power supply modulation (PSM) delay factor is determined for, and stored in, the PA module. During transmitter operation, the exciter module generates RF and envelope signals based on an input signal. The PA module generates a power supply voltage based on the envelope signal and a final delay factor, which final delay factor is based on the exciter module and PSM delay factors. The PA module then modulates the RF signal using the power supply voltage.
US08909173B2
An interface (100) is provided between an accessory (102) and a radio (104) to enable three functions over a single signal line (140) thereby minimizing pin count in a connector (112). The functions of accessory detect, one-wire memory and accessory PTT press are controlled over the single signal line (140) through the use of two comparators (116, 118) and two voltage dividers (106, 108, 110).
US08909152B2
An automatic-switching wireless communication system and method, comprising: a first device, and a second device. The first device verifies if said second device has paired with itself through using near end wireless communication. If an answer is positive, the second device connects with the first device by near end wireless communication and requests first device to activate remote end wireless communication. Then, second device searches to find a remote end wireless communication module of the first device. In case it is found, the first device is used as a wireless base station, such that the first device and the second device transmit data by remote end wireless communication, and the second device is connected to an outside network through the first device. If the second device is outside a range of the near end wireless communication of the first device, said remote end wireless communication module is closed automatically.
US08909149B2
A media module of a device including a display component, an audio component, a sensor, a communication component to wirelessly couple the media module with the device to receive audio/video data from the device and to transmit input data to the device, and a power component to inductively receive power from the device if the media module is within proximity of the device.
US08909143B2
A mobile computing device hosts an operating system and mobile applications. A provisioning application communicates with a secure element and near field communication (NFC) subsystem. It causes display of an interface for users to enter personal attributes for storage in the secure element. Users discriminately select items from their personal attributes for transmission to a third party recipient so only attributes relative to the third party are sent. Software, interfaces, methods, and apparatus typify the embodiments.
US08909139B2
A mobile wireless communications system may include a mobile wireless communications device including a portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a near-field communication (NFC) device coupled to the processor. The system may include an adjacent NFC device configured to communicate directly with the mobile wireless communications device. The adjacent NFC device may include a plurality of pairs of discontinuous NFC circuit segments, and a respective switch assembly configured to selectively coupled each pair of discontinuous NFC circuit segments to establish NFC communication with the NFC device.
US08909136B1
A remote valet paging assembly includes a panel. A base processor is coupled to the panel. A charge port is coupled to the panel. The charge port is operationally coupled to the base processor. A base transceiver is coupled to the panel. The base transceiver is operationally coupled to the base processor. A base actuator is coupled to the panel. The base actuator is operationally coupled to the base processor so the base actuator may actuate the base processor. A pager is removably positionable in the charge port. The pager includes a remote processor coupled to the pager. A remote transceiver is coupled to the pager. The remote transceiver is operationally coupled to the remote processor. A remote actuator is coupled to the pager. The actuator is operationally coupled to the remote processor so the remote actuator may actuate the remote processor.
US08909116B2
A sliding member for a fixing device includes at least a fluororesin layer that has a sliding surface, the sliding surface including a first region that is dotted with a plurality of first recesses, and a second region that is dotted with a plurality of second recesses having a diameter larger than the first recesses.
US08909115B2
A fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet includes: a flexible tubular member having an inner peripheral surface, the tubular member defining an axis extending in an axial direction and having widthwise end portions in the axial direction; a heater; a nip member being in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface; a backup member confronting the nip member to nip the tubular member in cooperation with the nip member; a stay supporting the nip member; a pair of inner guides being in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface to guide the same; and a pair of restricting members restricting the widthwise end portions of the tubular member from moving in the axial direction, at least one of the pair of restricting members being formed separately from the inner guides and being assembled to the stay in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
US08909114B2
An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable image heating member for heating an image on a recording material, a magnetic flux generator for generating magnetic flux for heating the image heating member, an adjustor for adjusting the magnetic flux distribution so that the magnetic flux acting on an end portion region of the image heating member with respect to a rotational axis direction of the image heating member is decreased, a changing portion for changing a sheet passing position of the recording material with respect to the rotational axis direction within a set range, and a switching portion for switching, when the adjustor is actuated and sheets of the recording material are continuously passed, the set range from a range in which the sheet passing position does not overlap with the end portion region to a range in which the sheet passing position overlaps the end portion region.
US08909112B2
An image forming apparatus including a conveyance unit to convey a transfer medium, a first image forming unit to form a monochrome image transferred at a first transfer position onto the transfer medium, and a second image forming unit disposed downstream from the first image forming unit in a direction of conveyance of the transfer medium, including an intermediate transfer body to form a multi-colored toner image on the intermediate transfer body. The multi-colored toner image is transferred onto the transfer medium at a second transfer position. The conveyance unit is separated from the intermediate transfer body at the second transfer position in a monochrome mode to form the monochrome image using only the first image forming unit, and contacts the intermediate transfer body at the second transfer position in a full-color mode to form a full-color image using both the first and second image forming units.
US08909110B2
A developer regulating member is rotatably supported. A distance from the rotation center of the developer regulating member to the center of a developer carrying member is more than a distance from the center of a shaft portion to the leading edge of an elastic member and the bending angle β of the elastic member which is calculated from β=PL2/2EI is less than the set angle α of the elastic member with respect to the developer carrying member.
US08909109B2
A developing device includes: a casing; a developing roller rotatably supported to the casing; a resiliently deformable blade supported to the casing and extending in an axial direction of the developing roller; and a regulation portion. The developing roller is rotatable in a rotational direction and to carry a layer of developer thereon. The blade has a first surface facing the developing roller. The regulation portion is configured to be in contact with the developing roller to regulate a thickness of the layer of the developer. The blade is formed with a through-hole to allow a material of the regulation portion to pass therethrough to form the regulation portion, the through-hole being exclusively formed in a central area in the axial direction assuming that the blade were divided into three areas each having an identical length in the axial direction with each other.
US08909107B2
Provided is a toner dispersing mechanism arranged between a toner storage container and a developing device, for dispersing toner replenished from the toner storage container. The toner dispersing mechanism includes a housing, a toner dispersing member, and a projecting portion formed continuously at least at a part of an inner wall surface in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The housing includes a toner filling port communicating to the toner storage container, and a toner discharge port communicating to the developing device. The toner dispersing member includes a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the housing, and a large number of dispersing protrusions made of an elastic material and formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft. The large number of dispersing protrusions face the part and come into contact with the projecting portion.
US08909102B2
A toner drum gear flange socket adapted for engagement with a force transmitting end of a drive shaft in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The socket includes a bottom wall and an outer cylindrical wall including an inner surface and defining a central axis. Circumferentially spaced apart curved base wall portions extend axially from the bottom wall. Each base wall portion includes an enlarged end portion that defines a radially inwardly extending projection. A leg wall portion extends radially from one end of each curved base wall portion. Each leg wall portion defines an elongated contact surface. The radially inwardly extending projections secure the force transmitting end of the drive shaft within the socket, and the elongated contact surfaces receive driving rotational force from the force transmitting end of the drive shaft.
US08909099B2
An image forming apparatus of the present disclosure includes a developing device, a support frame, a developer supply mechanism, and a shutter member. The developing device has a developer bearing member that supplies a developer to the image bearing member. The support frame is capable of disposing the developing device selectively at a mounting/demounting position and at a developing position. The shutter member opens a replenishment port formed at the connection portion in tandem with the movement of the developing device from the mounting/demounting position to the developing position and closes the replenishment port in tandem with the movement of the developing device from the developing position to the mounting/demounting position. A direction in which the developing device is moved is different from a direction in which the shutter member performs the opening/closing of the replenishment port.
US08909095B2
A process cartridge installed in a body of an image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a development device that includes a developer bearer, a rotary developer conveyance member, and a shaft projecting from a development casing in an axial direction, a gear train including an idler gear provided to the shaft projecting from the development casing, a first side plate, and a hollow shaft projecting in the axial direction from the first side plate. The first side plate includes an image bearer positioning portion and a developer bearer positioning portion to support axial end portions of the developer bearer and the image bearer, the shaft projecting from the development casing is inserted into a recess inside the hollow shaft, and the hollow shaft is inserted into a hollow shaft positioning hole formed in the body.
US08909092B2
A support member disposed in a photosensitive member unit for supporting a photosensitive drum to be movable between an acting position, at which the photosensitive drum is brought into contact with a process unit, and a non-acting position, at which the photosensitive drum is separated from the process unit or is brought into contact with the process unit with a pressure lower than a pressure with which the photosensitive drum contacts the process unit at the acting position is included, and when the developing unit is located at a development position, the photosensitive drum secures the acting position, and when the developing unit is located at a non-development position, the photosensitive drum secures the non-acting position.
US08909091B2
To provide a structure in which, even when the space between a grid and a photosensitive member is narrowed so as to improve charging efficiency, wear of a shutter due to rubbing against the grid during movement of the shutter is suppressed. There is provided a mechanism that withdraws the grid to the discharge electrode side when the opening is covered with the shutter.
US08909087B2
A printing system is operable to enable a printing apparatus to continue a printing of a print job by using printing media of a second supply source after using printing media of a first supply source without expending all of printing media of the first supply source. The printing media included in the first supply source are the same size and type as the printing media included in the second supply source.
US08909084B2
A fixing device is provided that can limit a temperature rise in paper non-contact edge portions with a relatively simple configuration and can make uniform a temperature distribution across a paper feed region. A heating roller includes lamps that respectively heat a center region and a large edge region and a small edge region, a temperature sensor for a heat generating region of the center lamp, a temperature sensor for a heat generating region of the edge-side lamps, and a temperature sensor for a paper non-contact edge portion. The heating roller selects any one of the edge-side lamps based on a detection result from the temperature sensor for the paper non-contact edge portion.
US08909079B2
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer bias generator including a transfer bias supply that supplies a transfer bias to a transfer nip formed between an image carrier and a first rotary body, and a controller that detects a toner adhesion amount at a predetermined region of the image carrier located immediately upstream from the transfer nip and having a predetermined length in a moving direction of the image carrier. The transfer bias generator outputs at least an alternating current component under one of constant voltage control and constant current control and changes a target output value of the alternating current component according to the toner adhesion amount detected by the controller.
US08909078B2
An image forming apparatus having an active mode of performing image formation and an electric power saving mode of reducing electric power consumption, the apparatus including: an electric power measuring portion configured to measure the electric power consumption of the apparatus; a storage portion configured to store electric power consumption information per unit time of the apparatus in the electric power saving mode; and a control portion configured to determine, based on the electric power consumption measured by the electric power measuring portion, consumed electric energy of the apparatus during a period in which the apparatus is in the active mode, and determine, based on a length of period in which the apparatus is in the electric power saving mode and the electric power consumption information stored in the storage portion, consumed electric energy of the apparatus during the period in which the apparatus is in the electric power saving mode.
US08909073B2
A developing unit includes a developer storage unit, a developer bearing member, an agitation member, a flexible member, and a magnet member. The developer storage unit stores a developer. The developer bearing member develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member with the developer. The agitation member agitates the developer in the developer storage unit. The flexible member, disposed in the developer storage unit, is distorted by pressure applied by the agitation member via the developer. The magnet member, disposed on the flexible member, is displaced in response to the flexible member being distorted.
US08909066B2
In an optical transfer system, an optical transmission unit generates an optical signal in which respective polarization components are alternately present on a time axis, a time period during which the respective polarization components are simultaneously present on the time axis is substantially zero, and a symbol repetition cycle of optical signals of the respective polarization components becomes Ts, an optical reception unit causes an interference between local oscillation light and a received optical signal and converts an interfered optical signal to an electric signal, and a received electric-signal processing unit performs analog-digital conversion of an electric signal, elimination of a delay difference of Ts/2 between the respective polarized signal components, and adaptive equalization of a distortion other than the delay difference.
US08909065B2
An adjustable delayer for adjustably delaying an input signal based on a delay adjustment input information describing a desired delay includes a plurality of series-connected tunable delay circuits, wherein a first of the tunable delay circuits is configured to receive the input signal. The adjustable delayer also includes a closed-loop control circuit configured to provide a first delay tuning information to tune a combined delay of the plurality of tunable delay circuits to fulfill a predetermined condition. The adjustable delayer also includes a combiner to combine the first delay tuning information with a second delay tuning information, that is based on the delay adjustment input information, to obtain a combined delay tuning information. The adjustable delayer is configured to tune a delay of one or more of the tunable delay circuits based on the combined delay tuning information. The adjustable delayer is configured to provide the output signal based on one or more signals present at outputs of one or more of the adjustable delay circuits.
US08909060B2
An optical communication system in which optical transmitter 101 that modulates an electric signal to an optical signal and transmits the optical signal and optical receiver 108 that receives the optical signal are connected via transmission path 107, wherein, when a change in the dispersion amount of chromatic dispersion caused by the optical signal passing through transmission path 107 is nearly eliminated, optical transmitter 101 and optical receiver 108 decrease the absolute value of a receiver-side dispersion compensation amount while keeping the total value of a transmitter-side dispersion compensation amount for compensating for the dispersion amount by optical transmitter 101 and the receiver-side dispersion compensation amount for compensating for the dispersion amount by optical receiver 108 substantially constant.
US08909059B2
An optical communication module includes a substrate, an optical signal receiving unit, an optical signal emitting unit and a coupler. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The substrate defines through holes passing through the first and second surfaces. The optical signal receiving unit includes optical-electrical signal converters. The optical signal emitting unit includes optical signal generators. Each of the optical-electrical signal converters and the optical signal generators is mounted on the first surface and aligned with a corresponding one of the through holes. The coupler includes coupling lenses. The coupler is fixed to the second surface. Each of the optical-electrical signal converters and the optical signal generators is aligned with a corresponding coupling lens through the corresponding through hole.
US08909056B2
A lighting node is described. One embodiment of the lighting node includes a lamp, a radio device, and a memory. The lamp is configured for generating illumination. The radio device is configured for radio communication. The radio device is configured to remotely receive a color profile from the controller. The lamp is also configured to generate illumination to substantially match the received color profile. The memory is configured to store a group identifier for the lighting node.
US08909051B2
In a multi-chip module (MCM), integrated circuits are coupled by optical waveguides that convey optical signals. The optical waveguides provide dedicated point-to-point optical links between all pairs of the integrated circuits. Moreover, for a given point-to-point optical link between a given pair of integrated circuits, other integrated circuits in the integrated circuits steal access on the given point-to-point optical link when communicating information to one of the given pair of integrated circuits so that the given point-to-point optical link is shared by more than the given pair of integrated circuits. Furthermore, the integrated circuits recover errors in messages in the optical signals corrupted by collisions on the given point-to-point optical link using erasure coding. In this way, the MCM may provide an optical network with increased bandwidth relative to a point-to-point optical network.
US08909047B2
A modular interconnect includes an mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric, wherein the mn-by-mn fully connected, direct broadcast, point-to-point, all-to-all interconnect fabric is non-blocking and congestion free, and wherein m is an integer≧2 and n is an integer≧2. Operating the modular interconnect includes distributing each of mn inputs to each and every one of mn outputs.
US08909031B2
The present invention relates to the field of digital media recording such as video or audio, where compression is used to reduce the amount of data to save onto a data storage. In particular the invention relates to recording media, wherein the memory area required to store the media is unknown. The invention discloses a method for recording digital streamed media with a number of media frames in a memory by encoding each media frame into an encoded frame comprising a first number of quality layers, such as the quality layers in JPEG2000. The invention further relates to detecting if the data storage is full and if the data storage is full, storing new frames in the data storage previously occupied by the quality layer representing the highest resolution of the previously stored encoded frames. The invention also relates to a corresponding media recorder and computer program.
US08909029B2
Capturing playback key events to override a default behavior of key strokes during playback, includes: receiving a user operation initiated by a user; receiving a notice that a non-default behavior of the key strokes is being masked; notifying the user that there are adverse consequences of overriding the default behavior of the key strokes; and overriding the default behavior of the key strokes. Keywords include User Operation Mask Table and Playback Key Events.
US08909019B2
A system of distribution devices is disclosed. The housing of each distribution device has at least two physically and functionally separate functional regions. At least one first functional region is for connecting and/or storing data conductors. At least one second functional region exclusively for guiding data cables having the data conductors. When a plurality of such distribution devices are grouped next to one another and/or one above the other to form a system of a plurality of distribution devices, the functional regions which are used exclusively for guiding data cables having the data conductors form at least one cable guide channel, which extends continuously in the horizontal and/or vertical direction over a plurality of distribution devices.
US08909016B2
An optical fiber having excellent strength that can be manufactured at low cost, as well as a method for making such optical fiber, is provided. An optical fiber 1 is a silica-based optical fiber comprising a core 11, an optical cladding 12 surrounding the core 11, and a jacketing region 13 surrounding the optical cladding 12 and having a uniform composition throughout from the internal circumference to the outer circumference. A compressive strained layer having a residual compressive stress is provided at the outermost circumference of the jacketing region 13.
US08909004B2
A side illuminated multi point multi parameter optical fiber sensor that requires no sensitive coating is provided. This sensor comprises an optical fiber having at least one removed cladding section as the sensitive region, at least one probing light source that side illuminates the fiber, a power supply, a detector, a signal processor and a display. The sensitive optical fiber is optically affected by the presence of a measurand medium that can fluoresce, phosphoresce, absorb and/or scatter the probing light. This probing light is guided by the fiber core towards a detector which measures the light intensity and this light intensity is correlated with a measurand.
US08909002B2
A light modulator (101) includes a waveguide (112) through which guided light propagates, a metal layer (113) formed adjacent to the waveguide (112), a conductive oxide layer (114) having electrical conductivity and formed on a surface of the metal layer (113) which is not adjacent to the waveguide (112), an insulating layer (115) formed adjacent to the conductive oxide layer (114), and a modulation circuit (102) that applies a voltage between the metal layer (113) and one of the conductive oxide layer (114) and the insulating layer (115). An interface (11) at which the conductive oxide layer (114) and the insulating layer (115) are adjacent to each other is formed at a distance shorter than a wavelength of the guided light in vacuum, from the surface of the metal layer (113) which is not adjacent to the waveguide (112).
US08909000B2
An optical waveguide for transmitting an optical signal input to the optical waveguide with a first frequency. The optical waveguide includes a plurality of modulator circuits configured along an optical transmission channel. Each modulator circuit includes at least one resonant structure that resonates at the first frequency when the modulator circuit that includes the at least one resonant structure is at a resonant temperature. Each modulator circuit has a different resonant temperature.
US08908996B2
An automated and extensible system is provided for the analysis and retrieval of images based on region-of-interest (ROI) analysis of one or more true objects depicted by an image. The system uses an ROI database that is a relational or analytical database containing searchable vectors representing images stored in a repository. Entries in the ROI database are created by an image locator and ROI classifier that locate images within the repository and extract relevant information to be stored in the ROI database. The ROI classifier analyzes objects in an image to arrive at actual features of the true object. Graphical searches may also be performed.
US08908989B2
Methods and composition for denoising digital camera images are provided herein. The method is based on directly measuring the local statistical structure of natural images in a large training set that has been corrupted with noise mimicking digital camera noise. The measured statistics are conditional means of the ground truth pixel value given a local context of input pixels. Each conditional mean is the Bayes optimal (minimum mean squared error) estimate given the specific local context. The conditional means are measured and applied recursively (e.g., the second conditional mean is measured after denoising with the first conditional mean). Each local context vector consists of only three variables, and hence the conditional means can be measured directly without prior assumptions about the underlying probability distributions, and they can be stored in fixed lookup tables.
US08908988B2
Error-function determining means makes use of a blur function serving as a function representing the degree of blurring of a blurred input image and a geometrical-deformation matrix serving as a matrix for restricting an operation to lay out a 2-dimensional code shown by the input image on cells each serving as a configuration unit of the 2-dimensional code in order to determine an error function serving as a function satisfying a relation that, the smaller the error between the input image and an image obtained by adding geometrical deformations and blurs to a recovered image obtained from a recovering process, the more the approach to a result determined in advance. Pixel-value restricting means determines pixel-value restriction information prescribing a restriction condition for a restriction imposed on a predetermined pixel value obtained from discretization of pixel values of the 2-dimensional code to be recovered. Objective-function determining means makes use of the error function and the pixel-value restriction information as a basis for determining an objective function serving as a function satisfying a relation that, the closer the recovered image to the true image, the more the approach to a result determined in advance. Objective-function optimizing means determines a recovered image optimizing the objective function.
US08908981B2
An apparatus and a method for motion vector encoding/decoding, and to an apparatus and a method for image encoding/decoding using same are provided. The apparatus includes a selector of optimal predicted motion vector PMV from candidate motion vector set of current block; a determiner of motion vector prediction mode of current block with selected motion vector prediction mode from multiple motion vector prediction modes by decision criterion prearranged with motion vector decoding apparatus; and an encoder for determining, by determined motion vector prediction mode, optimal PMV or default predicted motion vector into PMV for current motion vector, encoding differential vector between the current block and PMV, and selectively encoding/outputting determined motion vector prediction mode as encoded motion vector prediction mode by the determined motion vector prediction mode. Bit quantity in encoding a motion vector is reduced improving encoding efficiency and preventing decoder crash even at encoding error, improving decoder.
US08908973B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for inputting text. A handwriting area is presented on a touch-sensitive display of a device. A handwritten input is received in the handwriting area. One or more candidates are identified for the handwritten input and presented. An input selecting one of the candidates is received. The selected candidate is presented as a current input in a text input area of the touch sensitive display.
US08908971B2
Methods, devices and systems are described for transcribing text from artifacts to electronic files. A computer system is provided, wherein the computer system comprises a computer-readable storage device. An image of the artifact is received wherein text is present on the artifact. A first portion of the text is analyzed. Characters representing the first portion of the text are identified at a first confidence level equal to or greater than a threshold confidence level. The characters representing the first portion of the text are stored. A second portion of the text appearing on the artifact is analyzed. A plurality of candidates to represent the second portion of the text are identified at a second confidence level below the threshold confidence level. Finally, the plurality of candidates to a user for selection are presented.
US08908970B2
A method for extracting textual information from a document containing text characters using a digital image capture device. A plurality of digital images of the document are captured using the digital image capture device. Each of the captured digital images is automatically analyzed using an optical character recognition process to determine extracted textual data. The extracted textual data for the captured digital images are merged to determine the textual information for the document, wherein differences between the extracted textual data for the captured digital images are analyzed to determine the textual information for the document.
US08908966B2
A digital image having associated tonal data, including tonal data in an extended range above a normalized value of 1.0, can be accessed. An extended range curve tool corresponding to the digital image can be instantiated, the extended range curve tool including a curve defining a relationship between input tonal values and output tonal values, wherein at least a portion of the input tonal values and output tonal values are associated with the extended range. An extended range histogram also can be generated based on the tonal data associated with the digital image, the extended range histogram including data corresponding to the extended range. Further, the extended range histogram can be presented in conjunction with the extended range curve tool. Additionally, user input specifying an adjustment to at least a portion of the curve can be received and a modified curve can be presented in response to the specified adjustment.
US08908950B2
An imaging apparatus has a capture device for capturing 1D or 2D image data. A position and/or orientation for a moving section of an examination object is captured, for example using a measuring device, for a plurality of capture times for the image data. A computation device reconstructs 3D volume data from the image data based on projection parameters and based on the position and/or orientation of the moving section of the examination object.
US08908945B2
A method of segmenting a digital image of biological tissue includes accessing a ranking model calculated from training data representing shapes of conforming and non-conforming biological unit exemplars. The ranking model may include support vectors defining a hyperplane in a vector space. The method further includes accessing image data representing the digital image, identifying a first shape and a set of second constituent shapes in the digital image, wherein the first shape comprises a union of the set of second constituent shapes, determining a rank of a first data point in the image data corresponding to the first shape and a rank of a second data point in the image data corresponding to the set of second constituent shapes into the vector space, and segmenting the digital image using the first shape or the set of second constituent shapes based on which data point has a greater respective rank.
US08908941B2
Described embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product. A described system includes a receiver circuit that receives a first reference image that includes an objective landmark subsurface feature of a mammalian body part, and a second reference image that includes a present-location landmark subsurface feature of the mammalian body part. A feature matching circuit determines a substantial correspondence between the objective landmark subsurface feature and a first atlas subsurface feature, and a substantial correspondence between the present-location landmark subsurface feature and a second atlas subsurface feature. A location analysis circuit determines a fourth spatial relationship between the destination region of interest and a distal end portion of the body-insertable device deployed operationally proximate to the mammalian body part. An indicator circuit generates informational data indicative of the determined fourth spatial relationship. The system includes a computer-readable media configured to maintain the informational data.
US08908933B2
A system and method for tagging an image of an individual in a plurality of photos is disclosed herein. A feature vector of an individual is used to analyze a set of photos on a social networking website such as www.facebook.com to determine if an image of the individual is present in a photo of the set of photos. Photos having an image of the individual are tagged preferably by listing a URL or URI for each of the photos in a database.
US08908930B2
A primary object of the present invention is to extract a difference in shading of a blood vessel image in a picked up image as information to be used for authentication, and to acquire a larger number of pieces of biometric information from one image. An individual authentication device to be used to authenticate an individual using feature information of a vascular pattern acquired from a living body includes an imaging unit that images a region of the living body serving as an object of authentication, and an arithmetic unit that acquires the picked up image as an authentication image. The arithmetic unit extracts a vascular pattern from the authentication image, and acquires a degree of shading of the vascular pattern as the feature information.
US08908927B2
A system for diagnosing an object that includes a preset of an object, a visual representation associated with one or more sub objects of at least part of the object, and a module to analyze the applicable visual representation. The visual representation is captured by a device and provides a specified status of the object. Further the analysis provides a measure of fit between the preset and the specified status of the object as captured and is carried out based on keypoint descriptors used to separate sub objects on the applicable visual representation. The device has a reproduction capturing device and data connectivity.
US08908923B2
A parse module calibrates an interior space by parsing objects and words out of an image of the scene and comparing each parsed object with a plurality of stored objects. The parse module further selects a parsed object that is differentiated from the stored objects as the first object and stores the first object with a location description. A search module can detect the same objects from the scene and use them to determine the location of the scene.
US08908921B2
In an object detection method and an object detector 10 using the method, HOG feature (A) of a target image is computed, and existence of a target object P in the image is judged based on HOG feature (B) pre-computed for a sample image 20 having the object P pictured therein. A classifier 18 to judge the existence of the object P in the image is constructed based on a feature pattern representing the existence of the object P obtained by calculating a plurality of the HOG features (B) having different bin numbers for each of a plurality of local areas (cells) 19 in the image 20. The existence of the object P in the image is judged by the classifier 18 based on a plurality of the HOG features (A) having different bin numbers computed for each of the local areas 19 in the image.
US08908919B2
A detection system includes processing circuitry configured to receive overhead image data divided into a plurality of image chips and receive metadata associated with the image data. The metadata includes ground sample distance information associated with the image data and provides an indication of ground area represented by each pixel within the image chips. The processing circuitry is further configured to screen the image chips for candidate detections based on a multi-stage screening process and determine whether to classify candidate detections as target detections. The process includes an intensity based screening stage, an object extraction stage that employs binary shape features to extract objects from detect positions identified based on an output of the intensity based screening stage, and a candidate detection identification stage employing template based and structural feature criteria to identify candidate detections from an output of the object extraction stage.
US08908898B2
An earphone facilitating the tying and untying of an earphone wire comprises a speaker portion worn in both ears, a branch line portion having one side connected to the speaker portion, a joint part in which at least two branch lines are joined, a single line portion having one side connected to the joint part, a connection portion disposed at the other side of the single line portion to be connected to a terminal of a sound system, and a tying portion with which ties a folded earphone wire and having an elastic helical coil spring shape and a hollow tube shape. The tying portion also surrounds a part of outer surface of the single line portion and is capable of sliding along the single line portion.
US08908897B2
Methods and apparatuses for acoustic waveguides are disclosed. In one example, a method for constructing an acoustic waveguide includes forming a first acoustic waveguide component having a first outer surface and a first inner surface, where the first inner surface includes a first groove and a second groove. The method includes forming a second acoustic waveguide component having a second outer surface and a second inner surface, where the second inner surface includes a third groove and a fourth groove. The first acoustic waveguide component and the second acoustic waveguide component are bonded together so that the first groove and the third groove are arranged to form a first acoustic channel and the second groove and the fourth groove are arranged to form a second acoustic channel.
US08908893B2
Multi-stage filter bank systems with filter banks of different bandwidth frequently cause interference in hearing apparatuses and in particular in hearing devices. Therefore a hearing apparatus is proposed with a filter bank system having a multi-stage analysis filter bank and/or a multi-stage synthesis filter bank, to break down an input signal of the hearing apparatus into a number of partial band signals by way of a number of filter bank channels and/or to recombine partial band signals of a number of filter bank channels. The filter bank system is equipped with at least one equalization filter, to equalize differences in the complex frequency responses between filter bank channels. It is thus possible in particular to equalize group delay time differences as well as attenuation and/or amplification.
US08908888B2
An earphone includes a housing and a thermoacoustic device. The housing has a hollow structure. The thermoacoustic device is disposed in the housing. The thermoacoustic device includes a substrate, a sound wave generator, a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are spaced from each other and electrically connected to the sound wave generator. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface defines a number of recesses parallel with and spaced from each other. A depth of each of the recesses ranges from about 100 micrometers to about 200 micrometers. The sound wave generator is located on the first surface of the substrate. The sound wave generator includes a carbon nanotube structure that is suspended over the recesses.
US08908886B2
The power amplifying apparatus includes a first comparator that compares the first detection signal and the fourth detection signal and outputs a first comparison signal depending on whether or not a difference between the first current and the fourth current is equal to or greater than a first predetermined value. The power amplifying apparatus includes a second comparator that compares the second detection signal and the third detection signal and outputs a second comparison signal depending on whether or not a difference between the second current and the third current is equal to or greater than a second predetermined value.
US08908883B2
The present invention discloses a microphone array structure able to reduce noise and improve speech quality and a method thereof. The method of the present invention comprises steps: using at least two microphone to receive at least two microphone signals each containing a noise signal and a speech signal; using FFT modules to transform the microphone signals into frequency-domain signals; calculating an included angle between a speech signal and a noise signal of the microphone signal, and selecting a phase difference estimation algorithm, a noise reduction algorithm or both to reduce noise according to the included angle; if the phase difference estimation algorithm is used, calculating phase difference of the microphone signals to obtain a time-space domain mask signal; and multiplying the mask signal and the average of the microphone signals to obtain the speech signals of the microphone signals. Thereby is eliminated noise and improve speech quality.
US08908878B2
Arrangements in a device for use with a service involving play out of audio from a headset are provided. The arrangements include an application for providing the play out of audio to a user of the device. The application has at least two modes of operation including first and second active modes. In the first active mode, the headset is in full physical contact with the user. In the second active mode, the headset may not be in full physical contact with the user. The application is configured to switch between the first and second modes of operation based on whether the headset is detected to be in full physical contact with the user. In the first active mode, the user is entitled to full use and/or operation of the service. In the second active mode, the user is entitled to modified use and/or operation of the service. Related methods are also provided.
US08908876B2
There is provided a noise cancellation system, comprising: an input for a digital signal, the digital signal having a first sample rate; a digital filter, connected to the input to receive the digital signal; a decimator, connected to the input to receive the digital signal and to generate a decimated signal at a second sample rate lower than the first sample rate; and a processor. The processor comprises: an emulation of the digital filter, connected to receive the decimated signal and to generate an emulated filter output; and a control circuit, for generating a control signal on the basis of the emulated filter output. The control signal is applied to the digital filter to control a filter characteristic thereof.
US08908868B1
A material set, such as an asymmetric keypair, is processed using an associated workflow to prepare the material set for activation and/or use. In one embodiment, a material set is generated and information about the material set is communicated to a workflow manager. Based at least on the information, the workflow manager generates a workflow that when accomplished will allow the material set to be activated and/or used. In another embodiment, a service provider provides a key manager, workflow manager and destination for the key, such as a load balancer that terminates SSL connections. A key can be generated by the key manager, sent through the workflow manager for processing (potentially communicated to third parties such as a certificate authority, if needed) and installed at a destination.
US08908865B2
A single instance of a session key generation protocol is executed in a manner that generates a plurality of security associations between user equipment and a first network element of a communication system. In one aspect, a first one of the security associations is utilized to secure data sent between the user equipment and the first network element in an ongoing communication. In conjunction with a handoff of the ongoing communication from the first network element to a second network element of the communication system, another one of the security associations is selected, and the other selected security association is utilized to secure data sent between the user equipment and the second network element in the ongoing communication. The security associations may comprise respective sets of session keys derived from a single pairwise master key.
US08908864B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for detecting and mitigating address spoofing in messaging service transactions are disclosed. A messaging service firewall (MSF) separate from a short message service center (SMSC) receives a mobility management reply message (MMR) that is sent by a mobile location register element in response to an associated mobility management query (MMQ) and that includes a serving switch identifier. The MSF allocates a global title address (GTA) from a pool of GTAs and stores a correlation between the allocated GTA and the originating SMSC. The MSF replaces the serving switch identifier in the MMR with the allocated GTA and routes the modified MMR. The MSF then receives a messaging service message (MSM) that is addressed to the allocated GTA and that includes the purported originating SMSC. If the purported originating SMSC does not match the SMSC to which the GTA is correlated, the MSM is discarded.
US08908861B2
A method and apparatus for improving hardware flexibility for encrypting data based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) block algorithm is provided. An encryption apparatus is equipped with a shared logic including a mode detector which detects a current AES mode performed by an AES block algorithm, a shared hardware for use in the detected AES mode, and a key controller which generates a key for performing encryption/decryption in the AES mode.
US08908853B2
A method and device for displaying information operate during a call service based on an IPTV system. When a first user terminal calls a second user terminal, a person-to-person communication enabler in the IPTV system obtains identity information of media streams of a ring tone service corresponding to the first user terminal and/or the second user terminal. The obtained identity information of the media streams of the ring tone service is sent to an Internet Protocol Television service terminal corresponding to a first user and/or a second user, for playing corresponding media streams of the ring tone service.
US08908850B2
A tangible computer-readable storage medium is encoded with an executable computer program for routing international communications. When executed, the processor performs operations including receiving, from an international gateway via a network node, international communication origination data for an international communication to a customer's communication address. Customer routing instructions are received from the customer via a web server and are stored. The received customer routing instructions are retrieved and a determination is made of a first destination communication address based on the international communication origination data and the retrieved customer routing instructions. The first destination communication address is forwarded to the network node for routing the international communication to the destination communication address.
US08908845B2
A method, device and system for implementing a customized ring back tone service and a customized ring tone service are disclosed. The method includes: a second server receives a first early media response returned by a terminal comprising a first media negotiation result which is obtained by the terminal performing media negotiation with a first server according to a first early media request; the second server generates a second early media request according to the received first early media response comprising a second attribute identification for identifying the second early media request, and sends the first early media response and the second early media request; the first server completes the media negotiation with the calling terminal according to the first early media response and a called terminal completes the media negotiation with the second server according to the second early media request.
US08908838B2
A system and method for providing captioned services comprising a relay, an assisted user's captioned device including a processor programmed to perform the steps of establishing a first communication link between the captioned device and a hearing person's device, receiving voice signals from the hearing person via the first communication link, receive an indication that an activator has been activated to invoke a captioning service and in response transmitting the hearing user's voice signals received at the captioned device to a relay via a second communication link, receiving text back corresponding to the hearing user's voice signals from the relay and displaying the text wherein the assisted user can invoke the captioning service either prior to or after the first communication link is established.
US08908837B2
Methods and systems for providing emergency services protocols to a emergency service call taker are disclosed herein. A public safety answering point receives an emergency service phone call from a caller. The caller is placed in voice communication with an emergency call handler. The system monitors the voice communication between the caller and the emergency call handler. In response to detecting one or more known keyword in the voice communication, the system provides the emergency call handler with one or more defined protocols for guiding additional communications between the caller and the emergency call handler.
US08908834B2
The present invention provides a method, an apparatus, and a system for reducing digital subscriber line interference. The method includes identifying at least one legacy digital subscriber line in a digital subscriber line DSL legacy line set, obtaining a target power spectral density mask value of the legacy digital subscriber line, and reducing power spectral density of a transmit signal on the legacy digital subscriber line according to the target power spectral density mask value.
US08908825B2
There is described a radiological image capturing apparatus, which makes it possible to obtain a good X ray image in which contrast of the peripheral portions are emphasized by employing the Talbot interferometer method and the Talbot-Lau interferometer method. The apparatus is provided with an X-ray tube, a multi-slit member, a first diffraction grating, a second diffraction grating and an X-ray detector. The second diffraction grating contacts the X-ray detector. A distance L between the multi-slit element and the first diffraction grating is set to be not less than 0.5 m, a distance Z1 between the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction grating is set to be not less than 0.05 m, and a slit interval distance d0 of the multi-slit element is set to be not less than 2 μm. With the settings, the above-mentioned good X-ray image can be obtained by using the Talbot-Lau interferometer system.
US08908822B2
In a nuclear reactor, a core barrel (46) is disposed in a reactor vessel (41) having an inlet nozzle (44) and an outlet nozzle (45), a core (53) is disposed in the core barrel (46), a lower plenum (58) is partitioned by the reactor vessel (41) and a bottom portion of the core barrel (46), and a downcomer portion (59) is partitioned by the reactor vessel (41) and a side wall of the core barrel (46). The lower plenum (58) includes a straightening member (61) formed of an upper ring (65) and a lower ring (69) in a ring shape, and a plurality of spokes (64 and 68) radially arranged inside the rings (65 and 69), respectively. Heat exchange efficiency is enhanced by uniformly supplying coolant introduced into a pressure vessel to the core from the lower plenum in a radial direction and a circumferential direction.
US08908821B2
A storage container is carried into a nuclear-reactor containment, and then, the core structure is housed in the storage container. In this process, a bottom cover is carried to a storage-container body by using a moving device. The storage-container body and the bottom cover are positioned by adjusting the position of the bottom cover on the moving device while the bottom cover is supported by free bearings. The bottom cover is then attached to the storage-container body.
US08908819B2
Processing the synchronization of an inband modem to detect sample slip conditions is disclosed. Decision logic reliably detects the sample slip condition while minimizing the number of false alarms.
US08908816B2
A receiver containing analog circuitry that generates distortion, a distortion compensation circuit coupled to an output of the analog circuitry, and a slicer, operating as a signal peak detector, coupled to the distortion compensation circuitry. The distortion compensation circuit has a subtractor, a function generator, and a weighting circuit. The subtractor has a first input coupled to the output of the analog circuitry, a second input, and an output. The function generator has an input coupled to the first input of the subtractor. The weighting circuit, responsive to a weighting coefficient, is coupled between an output of the function circuit and the second input of the first subtractor. The function generator has a transfer function with a third-power term and the weighting coefficient is set to a value based on the level of the signal peaks that will least partially reduce distortion in signals on the output of the subtractor.
US08908810B2
A system and method are provided for implementing a soft Reed-Solomon (RS) decoding scheme, technique or algorithm to improve physical layer performance in cable modems and cable gateways. The algorithm is implemented in a forward error correction (FEC) module connected to a QAM demodulator. The RS decoding scheme is implemented without significantly complicating hardware or processing overhead. The soft Reed-Solomon (RS) decoding scheme extracts candidate RS symbols and their Log Likelihood Ratios (LLRs) from QAM symbols. The set of highest probable candidate blocks are then chosen and these are decoded using a variant of the Chase algorithm until a valid codeword is detected at the decoder output.
US08908809B2
The present disclosure provides a method of carrier phase error removal associated with an optical communication signal. The method includes estimating and removing a first phase angle associated with an information signal using coarse phase recovery, the information symbol being associated with a digital signal, the digital signal representing the optical communication signal; estimating a carrier frequency offset between a receiver light source and a transmitter light source by using the estimated first phase angle, the carrier frequency offset being associated with the information signal; removing carrier phase error associated with the carrier frequency offset; and estimating and removing a second phase angle associated with the information signal, the estimated second phase angle being based on the estimated first phase angle and the estimated carrier frequency offset.
US08908803B2
The present application relates to a near field communications (NFC) transmitter (10) that is configured to modulate a carrier signal with a data signal using a quadrature modulator (12). A delay is introduced into the data signal, and this delayed version of the data signal is input to the input ports of the quadrature modulator (12). The resulting I and Q signals are combined to generate an output signal that is modulated in both amplitude and phase. An NFC receiver receiving the signal transmitted by the transmitter (10) is able to recover the data signal even when the amplitude of the received signal is greatly compressed, as the phase modulation of the transmitted signal is unaffected by the compression associated with power harvesting.
US08908799B2
Systems and methods of performing ASK or QAM modulation with uneven distance between symbols are provided. Different bit positions mapped to such symbols are assigned to different receivers, with the result that there are different BER performances among bits sent from a transmitter to the different receivers. Bits for multiple receivers are mapped to a UASK constellation or a UQAM constellation without using superposition.
US08908789B2
The prevent invention provides a method for performing channel estimation and detection in a Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) system, including: generating a demodulation reference signal, DM-RS, pattern for an extended cyclic prefix (CP); and estimating and detecting channel performance based on the generated DM-RS signal pattern. The DM-RS pattern supports from rank 1 to rank 8 patterns for 8 layer transmission. A transmitter, a receiver and a system thereof are also provided. The solution of the present invention improves channel estimation accuracy, saves channel estimation implementation and implementation complexity at terminals.
US08908782B2
In a method for asynchronously transmitting control signals from a transmitter end to at least one receiver via a plurality of control lines, control signals received via the individual control lines are logically combined with one another at the receiver end and the result of the logic combination is transmitted to the transmitter end.
US08908781B2
A receiver and method for receiving and processing a sequence of transmitted symbols in a digital communication system utilizing soft pilot symbols. A set of soft pilot symbols are transmitted with higher reliability than the remaining symbols in the sequence by modulating the soft pilot symbols with a lower order modulation such as BPSK or QPSK while modulating the remaining symbols with a higher order modulation such as 16 QAM or 64 QAM. The receiver knows the modulation type and location (time/frequency/code) of the soft pilot symbols, and demodulates them first. The receiver uses the demodulated soft pilot symbols as known symbols to estimate parameters of the received radio signal. Unlike traditional fixed pilots, the soft pilots still carry some data. Additionally, the soft pilots are particularly helpful in establishing the amplitude reference essential in demodulating the higher order modulation symbols.
US08908773B2
New capabilities will allow conventional broadcast transmission to be available to mobile devices. The present embodiments describe an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding signals. A method includes the steps of generating data blocks, encoding a first set of data blocks using a first encoding rate, encoding a second set of data blocks using a second encoding rate, and generating a control packet, the control packet identifying the first set of data blocks and the first encoding rate, and identifying the second set of data blocks and the second encoding rate. An apparatus includes a first decoder receiving data and decoding a first subset of the data, including a control packet, at a first decoding rate and a controller controlling the operation of the first decoder based on the decoded control packet.
US08908770B2
A system and method of modifying error resiliency features by conveying temporal level 0 picture indices, such as t10_pic_idx, within an SEI message instead of optionally including them in the NAL unit header is provided. In addition, a mechanism is provided for enabling repetition of any SEI messages in Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) packets. Enabling such repetition of any SEI messages facilitates detection of lost temporal level 0 pictures on the basis of any received packet.
US08908766B2
A method and apparatus for image data compression includes detecting a portion of an image signal that uses a disproportionate amount of bandwidth compared to other portions of the image signal. The detected portion of the image signal result in determined components of interest. Relative to certain variance, the method and apparatus normalize the determined components of interest to generate an intermediate form of the components of interest. The intermediate form represents the components of interest reduced in complexity by the certain variance and enables a compressed form of the image signal where the determined components of interest maintain saliency. In one embodiment, the video signal is a sequence of video frames. The step of detecting includes any of: (i) analyzing image gradients across one or more frames where image gradient is a first derivative model and gradient flow is a second derivative, (ii) integrating finite differences of pels temporally or spatially to form a derivative model, (iii) analyzing an illumination field across one or more frames, and (iv) predictive analysis, to determine bandwidth consumption. The determined bandwidth consumption is then used to determine the components of interest.
US08908758B2
Methods and systems for multi-layer video encoding are described. In the system, an inter-layer analysis module gathers and analyzes inter-layer coding statistics, so that a rate control module can perform rate control on the various layers based on the statistics.
US08908753B2
A calibration sub-system for calibrating a unit of a distributed antenna system is provided. The calibration sub-system includes a signal generator, a receiver, and a processor. The signal generator provides test signals to a communication path that are generated based on modification schemes for an in-phase signal component (“I component”) or a quadrature signal component (“Q component”). The receiver receives output signals generated from test signals. The processor determines output power values for an undesirable signal component of the output signals. Each output power value is a Taylor series function or a polynomial function of a respective modification scheme for the I or Q component of the respective test signal. The processor determines an optimal modification scheme for the I or Q component that minimizes an output power of the undesirable signal component. An output value of the function is minimized by having the optimal modification scheme as an input.
US08908745B2
The present invention provides a transmission system, including: a transmitter including a transmitter filter; a receiver including a receiver filter; and a communicative coupling between the transmitter and the receiver; wherein the transmitter filter and the receiver filter are matched for noise reduction, and wherein the combined responses of the transmitter filter and the receiver filter satisfy the Nyquist criteria. Optionally, the transmitter filter includes a pulse shaping quasi digital finite impulse response filter. Optionally, the receiver filter includes an inductor-capacitor ladder based filter.
US08908741B2
A wireless spread-spectrum communication system for transmitting data includes a plurality of end point transmitters and at least one receiver. The end point transmitters transmit data via a frequency-hopped spread-spectrum signal where the transmitting signal is sent without the benefit of frequency stabilization. The receiver is responsive to the frequency-hopping spread-spectrum signals and includes a correlator and a signal processor. The correlator samples at least a first portion of a preamble of the signal and correlates the portion of the preamble with a known preamble pattern to determine a probability of correlation. The signal processor applies a Fast Fourier Transform algorithm to the signal in response to the probability of correlation to track a narrowband frequency of the signal based on at least a second portion of the preamble and to decode data encoded within the signal subsequent to the preamble.
US08908730B2
A laser driver apparatus, system, and method include a single laser driver. One or more threshold levels and one or more undershoot levels can be digitally combined into a single output with respect to the single laser driver to reduce the output capacitance of the single laser driver and minimize circuit power, resulting in a faster and higher fidelity signal thereof. A decoder (e.g., thermometer decoding) can also be provided, wherein the threshold level(s) and the undershoot level(s) are thermometer decoded via the decoder.
US08908727B2
A laser assembly and a method for manufacturing the same are provided according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The laser assembly (900) may comprise a first plate (903) having first projections (918, 928); a printed circuit board assembly (902) including a printed circuit board (912) having first openings (913, 915) and a laser module (100) thereon, and a second plate (901) having second projections (917, 927). The printed circuit board assembly (902) can be retained between the first plate (903) and the second plate (901) by the first projections (918, 928) and the second projections (917, 927). The laser assembly may further comprises a first pad (930) provided between the laser module (100) and the first plate (903) and/or a second pad (920) provided between the laser module (100) and the second plate (901). Any of the first pad (930) and the second pad (920) may be adaptable to be compressed, and adaptable to hold the laser module (100) or to hold the laser module (100) and to dissipate the heat from the laser module (100).
US08908720B2
A directed-energy irradiating apparatus includes an FEL apparatus and an HPM apparatus. The FEL apparatus accelerates free electrons by using a microwave supplied from a microwave source to irradiate an FEL beam and outputs a remaining microwave. The HPM apparatus irradiates an HPM beam generated based on the remaining microwave outputted from the FEL apparatus. It is possible to destroy a target even in a situation that a destruction effect by the FEL beam cannot expected, while maintaining the destruction ability of the FEL beam.
US08908717B2
The present invention provides a method and system for transmitting and receiving Fragmentable Data Units (FDUs) in a wireless communication environment. In one embodiment, a method of transmitting FDUs in a wireless communication environment includes fragmenting a FDU into a fixed number of fragments by a transmitting device. The method further includes packing the fragments of said FDU in payloads of Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Units (PDUs). Additionally, the method includes encoding control information of each fragment of said FDU in a fragmentation control (FC) field and a sequence number field of the respective MAC PDU. Moreover, the method includes transmitting the MAC PDUs containing the fragments of said FDU and control information associated with the fragments to a receiving device.
US08908716B2
A method for increasing upstream bandwidth per cable modem user in a cable communications system that includes a cable modem termination system (CMTS) and a plurality of cable modems is provided. The method permits a cable modem to transmit data to the CMTS on multiple upstream channels simultaneously using a technique called “channel bonding.” Channel bonding allows smaller bandwidth upstream channels to be bonded together to create a larger bandwidth pipe.
US08908714B2
Selective DRX method on multiple CCs for a UE (320), at least one CC being configured with a PDCCH received from a base station (310) and arranged for scheduling resources on a physical shared channel to the UE on said at least one CC respectively and/or on at least one other CC, each CC having a respective active time during which the UE monitors or would monitor the reception of a PDCCH on said CC respectively if said CC is or was configured with a PDCCH. It is determined whether at least one CC is configured with a PDCCH arranged for scheduling resources on at least one other CC. If it is, the active time of said at least one CC is adjusted to the longest active time of said at least one CC and said at least one other CC. Otherwise, independent active times are maintained for all CCs respectively.
US08908708B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a secure method for enabling the provisioning of a shared service in a utility computing environment. One embodiment establishes an account primary virtual local area network (VLAN) for at least one account in a utility computing environment. Then, a request is received from a service provider to provide a shared service to the at least one account. An isolated VLAN is established for each shared service being provisioned in the context of the account primary VLAN and a promiscuous port is provided for the service provider. A selection option is then provided to allow the at least one server to utilize the shared service provided by the service provider. An isolated port is then configured for the at least one server on an isolated VLAN between the at least one server that chooses to utilize the shared service, and the shared service.
US08908680B2
An apparatus and a system for hybrid-transmitting and bridging of a circuit service and a packet service are provided. The apparatus includes a TDM framing unit, a TDM three-direction cross unit, and a mapping and encapsulating unit. The TDM framing unit implements conversion between a line layer TDM signal outside the apparatus and channel layer TDM signals inside the apparatus, and transmits the channel layer TDM signals to the TDM three-direction cross unit. The TDM three-direction cross unit implements cross scheduling on the channel layer TDM signals from a TDM cross apparatus, the mapping and encapsulating unit, and the TDM framing unit. The mapping and encapsulating unit implements conversion between a channel layer TDM signal from the TDM three-direction cross unit and packet service signals from the packet processing unit.
US08908679B2
A wireless device receives control messages indicating CSI measurement resources of cells belonging to at least two base stations or belonging to at least two sectors of a base station. The wireless device measures CSI employing at least CSI measurement resources of the cells. The wireless device quantizes the measured CSI jointly across cells and encodes and transmits the jointly quantized CSI. The wireless device receives a resource assignment for data packets from one serving cell in the subset of cells. The wireless device simultaneously receives signals carrying the data packets from multiple cells.
US08908678B1
A method and apparatus for routing a telecommunication session request are provided herein. In some embodiments, the method may determining a first set of status attributes of a first device, receiving a request from a second device to establish a telecommunication session with the first device, selecting a route to establish the telecommunication session based on the first set of status attributes of the first device, and establishing the telecommunication session using the selected route.
US08908672B2
A method of wireless communication in a dual subscriber identification module (SIM) terminal includes transmitting a first synchronization message from a first module associated with a first SIM. The method also includes receiving a first acknowledgment (ACK) message on a fast physical access channel (FPACH) in response to the first synchronization message. The method further includes sharing timing information included in the first ACK between the first module and a second module.
US08908665B2
Methods for routing a call involving an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem Centralized Services (ICS) subscriber accessing an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network using a circuit switched (CS) access network are provided. The method includes receiving an incoming call request for a user at a gateway Mobile Switching Centre (GMSC); accessing a Location Register storing information relating to the user to determine if the user is an ICS subscriber; and generating and forwarding a SIP INVITE message to the IMS to establish the call if it is determined that the user is an ICS subscriber. Related Gateway Mobile Switching Centres (GMSCs) and Home Location Registers (HLR) are also provided herein.
US08908662B2
An apparatus comprising a local mobility anchor (LMA) configured to forward a flow to a mobile node (MN) via a first mobile access gateway (MAG) in a first network and via a second MAG in a second network, and to bind the flow to the second MAG from the first MAG, wherein the first MAG is configured to manage the MN mobility in the first network and the second MAG is configured to manage the MN mobility in the second network, wherein the first MAG sends a binding update comprising a flow description information to the LMA, and wherein the LMA replies to the binding update with a binding acknowledgement.
US08908658B1
A system including i) first wireless communication circuitry to receive and transmit packets of a first type via an antenna, and ii) second wireless communication circuitry to receive and transmit packets of a second type via the antenna. The packets of the second type are transmitted and received during time slots having a predefined length, and the time slots are separated by time intervals during which no packets of the second type are transmitted or received by the second wireless communication circuitry. The system further includes an arbiter to control access of the first wireless communication circuitry and the second wireless communication circuitry to the antenna, wherein the arbiter causes the packets of the first type to be transmitted and received by the first wireless communication circuitry during the time intervals during which no packets of the second type are transmitted or received by the second wireless communication circuitry.
US08908653B2
A radio resource selecting method according to the present invention semi-persistently selects a radio resource to be allocated to an uplink acknowledgement signal indicating a reception state of a persistently allocated downlink signal from a plurality of radio resources defined by frequencies and codes, and includes the steps of: (A) selecting candidates for an allocation radio resource to be allocated to the uplink acknowledgement signal from the plurality of radio resources; (B) notifying candidate information on the selected candidates for the allocation radio resource; and (C) selecting a single allocation radio resource from the plurality of candidates for the allocation radio resource indicated in the candidate information notified in the step (B).
US08908651B2
The present invention relates to a radio communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a reference signal transmitting method in a radio communication system, comprising the steps of generating a subframe including a control area and a data area, allocating a reference signal to a control channel mapped in the control area, and transmitting the subframe.
US08908650B2
An interface, apparatus, and method are described for communication between a radio control (REC) node and first and second radio equipment (RE) nodes in a radio base station that transceives information over radio interface using multiple antenna carriers. The REC node is separate from and coupled to the first RE node by a first transmission link, and the second RE node coupled to the first RE by a second transmission link. Both control information and user information intended for communication between the REC node and the first RE node and the REC and the second RE node are conveyed over the first transmission link. The first RE node also conveys information between the REC and second RE node. Many advantageous features are described.
US08908649B2
A method, an apparatus and a system for selecting a downlink primary carrier for transmitting data are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: A terminal obtains primary carrier selection information configured by a network; and the terminal determines a downlink carrier corresponding to an uplink carrier of the terminal as a downlink primary carrier for transmitting data according to the primary carrier selection information. In the embodiments of the present invention, the network selects a downlink carrier corresponding to an uplink carrier of the terminal as a downlink primary carrier for transmitting data. The terminal needs to detect only the downlink primary carrier, and the downlink carrier needs to be switched or detected only if the primary carrier receives a signaling message for detecting or receiving other carriers, so it is not necessary to switch or detect the downlink carrier frequently, which reduces battery consumption of the terminal.
US08908639B2
A method for performing a handoff of an active communication connection for a mobile user station from a macrocell to one or more femtocells. In one aspect, the present invention provides an improved handoff for situations in which the mobile user station is moved into an indoor residential or enterprise environment within which the signal strength of the mobile user station with respect to the macrocell base transceiver station becomes relatively low. In one embodiment, the method efficiently performs a handoff of an active communication connection from a macrocell to one or more femtocells while minimizing the likelihood of dropping the active communication connection during the handoff.
US08908637B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for discovering a home link in mobile IP, wherein the method includes: an access network assigns an address for a UE when the UE is attached to the network; the UE acquires a home address from the network; the UE compares the address assigned by the access network with the home address, and confirms that the UE is attached to the home link in the case that the address assigned by the access network and the home address are the same. Therefore, with the present invention, it is not necessary to configure the UE in advance, and the participation of the user is also not required. Thus improved application flexibility is provided.
US08908636B2
Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate efficient transfer of quality of service (QoS) context during inter-radio access technology (RAT) handovers. In particular, techniques are described herein for establishing rules for whether a user equipment unit (UE) or an associated network should establish QoS for a mixed-mode application, identifying flow to bearer mappings when translating QoS across an inter-RAT handover, mapping QoS parameters of respective RATs, mitigating QoS depreciation upon multiple handovers, performing one or more actions if QoS is not acceptable in a new RAT, maintaining QoS during tunnel mode, and handling scenarios in which a UE moves between a RAT using network-initiated QoS and a RAT using UE-initiated QoS.
US08908625B2
A radio communication system (1) is provided with a high-power base station (200), a radio terminal (300) which is located within a macro cell (C2) formed by the high-power base station (200), and a low-power base station (100) which has a lower transmission output power than the high-power base station (200). The low-power base station (100) sends, to the high-power base station (200), control information needed for the radio communication between the radio terminal (300) and the low-power base station (100); the high-power base station (200) sends, to the radio terminal (300), the control information received from the low-power base station (100); and the radio terminal (300) performs radio communication with the low-power base station (100) by using the control information received from the high-power base station (200).
US08908618B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a first transmitting/receiving unit, a first physical processor, and a first MAC processor. The first transmitting/receiving unit transmits one first wireless signal and receives a second wireless signal by a first wireless communication method using a frequency band with a certain bandwidth. The first physical processor decodes the second wireless signal to obtain a frame and encodes a frame of the first wireless signal to be transmitted. The first MAC processor supplies a control frame generated by embedding a first frame to a MAC header of a second frame to the physical processor as the frame. The first frame is recognizable by the first wireless communication method and a second wireless communication method. The second frame is recognizable by the first wireless communication method but is not recognizable by the second wireless communication method.
US08908616B2
A method includes emitting a reference signal following K transmission paths during a first configuration time slot, identifying valid transmission paths among the set of K transmission paths by listening, according to each transmission path of the set, for a feedback reference signal from the second device during the second configuration time slot; and emitting data signals in each communication time slot of which the associated transmission path has been identified as valid.
US08908610B2
Associated systems and methods for providing data services using idle cell capacity in a communications system. The systems and methods assign priorities to each remote user device in the communications system. In response to a request for service for a remote user device, the switch determines whether an idle channel is available for the remote user device. If no idle channel is available, the switch determines whether a remote user device with a lower priority than the requesting remote user device is using a channel. If a lower priority remote user device is using a channel, its call is terminated and the channel is assigned to the requesting remote user device. If no lower priority remote user device is using a channel, the request for service is put into an ordered queue to wait for the next available idle channel.
US08908609B1
A multi-hop wireless, for example cellular, communications system is provided comprising a source equipment which may be one of a base station or an end user terminal for transmitting signals towards a destination equipment which may be the other of a base station or an end user terminal via at least one relay equipment. The relay equipment receives a plurality of signals transmitted from one or more source equipments of the system and from this plurality of signals selects a signal to relay. In this way the decision about which relays are included in which communication paths in the system is distributed to the relay equipments of the system, thus reducing the signalling overhead as compared with link state protocols which are typically used for routing in such multi-hop systems.
US08908605B1
A method and system is disclosed for coordinating codec assignment and radio configuration in wireless communication sessions. When a communication session is set up for an access terminal (AT) operating in a wireless communication system, a network device, such a base station, can determine a coding rate to assign the AT for its air interface in a manner that accounts for radio configuration in a wireless coverage zone of the base station. The base station could use a distribution of types of cover codes in use to monitor radio configuration, and then assign a codec and coding rate for new calls based on the distribution.
US08908601B2
A paging processing method, a communication apparatus, and a communication system are disclosed, which can improve the quality of service provided to a user equipment. The paging processing method includes: receiving, by a mobility management network element, a downlink data notification message which includes service attribute information of a downlink data packet; obtaining the service attribute information; and initiating paging of the user equipment based on different policies according to the service attribute information. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention also provide a communication apparatus and a communication system.
US08908591B2
A system and methods for spacecraft wireless access and networking are presented. An orbital position of an orbiting spacecraft is determined, and a wireless access point of a terrestrial wireless communication network is selected from a wireless access point database based on the orbital position. A communication is established with the wireless access point.
US08908590B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a signal to a relay at a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method includes mapping a Reference Signal (RS) to a subframe having two slots, and transmitting the subframe to the relay. Each of the slots includes a plurality of consecutive resource elements over which the RS can be spread and the plurality of consecutive resource elements are overlapped with a last Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the slot. If a last OFDM symbol of the subframe is not available to the relay, the RS is transmitted only in a first slot of the subframe.
US08908584B2
A method and apparatus of sleep mode operation in a multi-carrier system are discussed. The method of establishing a sleep mode operation through active primary and secondary carriers according to an embodiment of the present invention may include transmitting a sleep cycle ID, a listening window, and traffic indication inactive information indicating that an indication as to whether traffic is generated is not transferred to a terminal through the primary carrier, sending downlink data to the terminal through the active primary or secondary carrier during the listening window, and sending a listening window early termination indication indicating to early terminate the listening window of the primary or secondary carrier that has received the downlink data through the primary carrier to the terminal if the data sending is completed.
US08908580B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for automatic switching between networks, a wireless access device, and an intermediate device. The method includes: receiving, by the wireless access device, after a connection between the wireless access device and the intermediate device is established, an instruction message sent by the intermediate device, where the instruction message instructs the wireless access device to switch from a currently connected wireless network to a wired network; connecting, by the wireless access device, according to the instruction message, the wired network through the intermediate device, and breaking the connection with the wireless network; and switching, by the wireless access device, from the wired network to the wireless network when a connection between the wireless access device and the wired network is broken. The present invention is applicable to the automatic switching between the wireless network and the wired network.
US08908573B1
The present invention provides systems and methods for improved data communication between communication terminals such as a base station and an unmanned aerial vehicle. In some instances, the systems and methods described herein provide robust transmission uplink data such as control data and wideband transmission of downlink data such as image data or other sensor data, while avoiding interference between the uplink data transmission and the downlink transmission.
US08908569B2
Methods for multiple-termination routing in a wireless network environment that includes an Internet Protocol (“IP”) core are described herein. One method includes receiving a call delivery request. The call delivery request includes a called number. The call features associated with the called number are determined. A determination is made whether the call features include multiple-termination routing information for a plurality of potential terminating devices. When the call features include the multiple-termination routing information including at least one termination to be routed utilizing Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”), a call setup is initiated to each of the plurality of potential terminating devices.
US08908565B2
Methods and apparatus for efficient decentralized information dissemination in a network are discussed herein. The decentralized information dissemination techniques are based on non-deterministic protocols such as gossip-based protocols. An example method for dissemination of information in a network can include: selecting a destination node from a set of neighboring nodes using a gossip-based protocol; transmitting a message to the destination node; and receiving a feedback response from the destination node. The feedback response can include a level of usefulness of the message to the destination node. In addition, each neighboring node in the set can be associated with a selection weight, and the selection weights can be related to a probability of selecting each neighboring node in the set as the destination node using the gossip-based protocol. Upon receiving the feedback response, the method can include adjusting the selection weight of the destination node based on the feedback response.
US08908562B2
A method for remotely managing a sensor network topology includes: receiving a device management DM command sent by a device management server, where the DM command acts on a preconstructed management object MO node and the MO node includes a node configured to discover a sensor network topology, a node configured to describe a sensor network topology, or a node configured to modify a sensor network topology; and managing a sensor network according to the DM command, where the management includes discovering the sensor network topology, describing the sensor network topology, or modifying the sensor network topology. By adopting the present invention, remote topology management of a sensor network successive to an M2M gateway can be implemented and the complexity for implementing the management is reduced.
US08908560B2
In a mobile communication system according to the present invention, with the separate use of a plurality of component carriers or with the use of a carrier set including the plurality of component carriers aggregated, a base station performs radio communication with a user equipment corresponding to the component carrier or a user equipment corresponding to the aggregated carriers. In particular, in a case where the base station performs radio communication with the user equipment corresponding to the aggregated carriers with the use of the aggregated carriers, each of a plurality of transport blocks created by dividing a transport channel is transmitted per each of the plurality of component carriers constituting the aggregated carriers, and control information related to radio communication between the base station and the user equipment corresponding to the aggregated carriers is transmitted such that physical information of the corresponding component carrier is identifiable.
US08908559B1
A wireless client station includes a signal strength module configured to estimate signal strengths of signals received from a plurality of access points, wherein each of the signals includes a transmit power level signal. A control module is configured to determine path losses for each of the plurality of access points in response to the signal strengths and the transmit power level signals. The control module is configured to associate with one of the plurality of access points having a lowest one of the path losses. The control module is configured to adjust a minimum transmit power level of the wireless client station in response to the lowest one of the path losses and a receiver sensitivity of the wireless client station.
US08908557B2
A method and system for enabling a network service provider to monitor a packet network by using call detail records (CDRs) are disclosed. The method first detects a termination of a call by at least one voice gateway router and generates a call detail record (CDR) at said termination of said call by said at least one voice gateway router. The method then forwards said call detail record by said at least one voice gateway router to at least one CDR collecting and analysis server.
US08908553B2
Mobile network services are performed at the edge in a flat mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network to reduce the load and increase efficiency on the mobile data network by breaking out data at the edge based on specific IP data flows. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A first service mechanism in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation based on breakout conditions, and performs one or more mobile network services. The second service mechanism determines what traffic satisfies breakout authorization criteria and informs the first service mechanism. The message from the second service mechanism triggers the first service mechanism to perform IP flow based breakout. An overlay network allows the first and second mechanisms to communicate with each other.
US08908549B2
The present invention relates to a method for operating a network comprising a primary station communicating with a plurality of secondary stations, the method comprising the primary station communicating with a secondary station in a discontinuous mode; the secondary station transmitting to the primary station a control message based on the current status of the secondary station; the primary station changing a parameter of the discontinuous mode based on the control message.
US08908543B2
An apparatus and operation method of a Base Station (BS) for allocating a radio resource in a Cognitive Radio (CR) wireless communication system includes, when a licensed system is activated, determining whether each of User Terminals (UTs) located in a cell satisfies Quality of Service (QoS). If all of the UTs satisfy the QoS, a binary message indicating ‘on’ is broadcasted to neighbor BSs. If at least one of the UTs does not satisfy the QoS, a binary message indicating ‘off’ is broadcasted to the neighbor BSs, and when the binary message indicating ‘off’ is received from at least one of the neighbor BSs, the binary message indicating ‘off’ is broadcasted to the UTs.
US08908538B1
Systems and methods can provide for improved impairment discovery for broadband communication systems. In some implementations, such systems and methods can provide cluster outage detection and/or time-stamped outage data and visualization. Improved outage discovery can help operators plan repair and thereby reduce truck rolls and decrease network down-time.
US08908532B2
A system and method of reducing power consumption in a network switching unit includes detecting whether conditions are suitable for reducing power consumption in a first network switching unit. The first network switching unit includes a link aggregation group (LAG) and a plurality of communication ports, each communication port configured to couple the first network switching unit to a second network switching unit using a corresponding network link selected from a plurality of network links, and wherein the plurality of network links are assigned to the LAG. The system and method further includes requesting network link deactivation by sending a link deactivation request to the second network switching unit, determining whether the link deactivation request is approved, determining a first network link selected from the plurality of network links to deactivate, deactivating the first network link from use by the LAG, and reducing power supplied to the first network link.
US08908528B2
A method, system and apparatus for managing a backup service gateway (SGW) associated with a primary SGW, the backup SGW periodically receiving from the primary SGW at least a portion of corresponding UE session state information and in response to a failure of the primary SGW, assuming management of IP addresses and paths associated with the primary SGW, and in response to receiving control or data plane traffic associated with a UE, generating a Downlink Data Notification (DDN) message adapted to inform an MME that the UE is in a live state.
US08908527B2
In one embodiment, an access component of a local network edge device receives traffic, and generates a frame for the traffic that includes a remote context label that identifies an access component of the remote network edge device to which the traffic is to be forwarded upon arrival at the remote network edge device, and a virtual circuit label corresponding to a particular virtual service of the traffic. The local network edge device forwards the frame towards the remote network edge device. In another embodiment, the frame may be received at a core component of the remote network edge device, an in response to the remote context label identifying an access component of the remote network edge device, forwarded to the access component, which determines the particular virtual service, and forwards the traffic from the frame out the access component towards an endpoint for the traffic.
US08908525B2
Manageability tools are provided for allowing an administrator to have better control over switches in a lossless network of switches. These tools provide the ability to detect slow drain and congestion bottlenecks, detect stuck virtual channels and loss of credits, while hold times on edge ASICs to be different from hold times on core ASICs, and mitigate severe latency bottlenecks.
US08908521B2
A load balancer in a communication network tracks active network flows using a Bloom filter and takes a snapshot of the Bloom filter at the time of a scaling event. The load balancer uses the Bloom filter snapshot to differentiate packets belonging to pre-existing network flows from packets belonging to new network flows. Packets belonging to pre-existing network flows continue to be distributed according to a mapping function in use prior to the scaling event. Packets belonging to new network flows are distributed according to a new mapping function.
US08908519B2
In an SCTP communication system including a plurality of nodes in which communication is conducted via an association established using at least one stream between nodes, upon detecting the occurrence of a vacant stream or a surplus stream and upon receiving an additional request message describing the additionally requested number of streams, each node sends back an additional acknowledgement message to a counterpart node so as to change the number of streams used for an association between these nodes. That is, by dynamically changing the number of streams used between nodes without causing an intermittent break in communication, it is possible to effectively utilize the number of streams in large-scale communication, and it is therefore possible to improve communication speed.
US08908517B2
In one embodiment, an edge device of a core network may receive a plurality of packets from a peripheral network having a plurality of active connections to the core network, where each packet has a destination address and a source address. The edge device may compute a hash on the destination address or the source address of each packet, and determine whether the computed hash corresponds to the edge device. In response to the computed hash not corresponding to the edge device, the edge device may drop the packet, and in response to the computed hash corresponding to the edge device, the edge device may process the packet to forward the packet, where the dropping and processing load balances the plurality of packets over the active connections and prevents formation of loops in the core network.
US08908515B1
A packet is marked to indicate congestion in the wireless communication network when the packet does not indicate congestion in the wireless communication network, the utilization of RF resources meets a utilization criteria, and a network congestion metric meets the congestion criteria.
US08908511B2
In a method of scheduling transmission services over a high speed packet access communication link such as a HSDPA and/or a HSUPA link a list of queues is created for transmission services to be provided over the link. The queues, which include both Real Time and Non Real Time queues, are allotted respective service priorities based e.g. on a channel quality indicator and/or a Quality of Service indicator to produce an ordered list of queues based on the service priorities. The link resources needed for serving at least one set of queues having higher priorities in the ordered list are estimated and a check is made. If these resources are available, the set of queues having higher priorities in the ordered list are served. If the resources required are not available, at least one queue is removed from the ordered list of queues.
US08908508B2
A replacement pathway in an STB is utilized to determine loss of packets and delivery error during reception of media broadcasts, and to retrieve replacement data from one or more replacement media servers. The retrieval of the replacement data is performed during playback of the received media broadcasts. The communication of media broadcast incorporates delays to accommodate the retrieval of replacement data. Alternatively, received broadcast media streams are buffered to enable retrieval of replacement data and to provide seamless presentation of media content in the media broadcasts. The replacement media server performs access authentication operations during replacement data retrieval. The replacement media server is accessed via markup language, for example, HTML and/or XML, based interfaces and/or dedicated APIs. The replacement media server may deny replacement data based on plurality of service criteria such as acceptance and denial criteria, which may comprise allowable bandwidth and/or error rates.
US08908507B2
The present invention identifies methods and procedures for correlating control plane and user plane data, consolidating and abstracting the learned and correlated data in a form convenient for minimizing and exporting to other network devices, such as those in the Core Network and the Access Network, or the origin server, CDN devices or client device. These correlation methods may use Control Plane information from a plurality of interfaces in the RAN, and User plane information from other interfaces in the RAN or CN. IF the device is deployed as an inline proxy, this information may be exported using in-band communication, such as HTTP extension headers in HTTP Request or Response packets, or another protocol header, such as the IP or GTP-U header field. Alternatively, this information can be exported out-of-band using a separate protocol between the RAN Transit Network Device (RTND) and the receiving device.
US08908490B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a wireless communication system, wherein said wireless communication system uses multiple input and multiple output antenna (MIMO) on both transmission and receiving ends.
US08908489B2
Method and device for data processing and communication system with such a device. The method and the device allow data processing via at least one channel. The method includes the following step of transmitting an idle pattern across the at least one channel when no information is conveyed. The idle pattern is created such that interference and/or crosstalk resulting from the idle pattern can be reduced at the receiving side.
US08908486B2
According to one embodiment, a method includes monitoring a plurality of parameters relating to operation of a tape drive to collect data from the operation of the tape drive, receiving a specification of one or more user-specified parameters to log during one or more collection windows, wherein the one or more user-specified parameters are specified from the plurality of parameters, logging at least some of the data collected from the operation of the tape drive to a memory during the one or more collection windows, wherein the at least some of the data collected is stored in a tape map comprising a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields including at least one histogram field, at least one per-channel field, and at least one per-channel indicator field, and dynamically overlaying one or more fields from the plurality of fields with data collected from the one or more user-specified parameters.
US08908485B2
According to one embodiment, a system includes a tape drive for reading from and/or writing to magnetic tape media, the tape drive having a memory and logic adapted for: monitoring parameters relating to operation of the tape drive to collect data from the operation of the tape drive, receiving a specification of an owner interface comprising a source of specifiable parameters, receiving one or more user-specified parameters from the owner interface to log during a collection window, logging at least some of the data collected from the operation of the tape drive to the memory during the collection window, wherein the at least some of the data collected is stored in a tape map including a plurality of fields, and dynamically overlaying one or more fields from the plurality of fields with data collected from the one or more user-specified parameters. The plurality of fields includes at least one histogram field, at least one per-channel field, and at least one per-channel indicator field.
US08908481B1
In one embodiment, a device includes a laser unit configured to produce laser light, the laser unit having a laser resonator with a length in a direction parallel to laser light emission and a slider having a length in a direction perpendicular to a media-facing surface of the slider, the slider including a main magnetic pole configured to write data to a magnetic medium, a near-field light-generating element configured to produce near-field light when laser light is provided thereto to assist the main magnetic pole in writing data to the magnetic medium by heating a local region of the magnetic medium, and a waveguide configured for guiding the laser light to the element, the waveguide including a cladding surrounding a core, wherein an interval of a longitudinal mode of the laser resonator is equal to within about 5% of an integer multiplier of an optical interference period of the waveguide.
US08908477B2
A method is provided to authenticate a watch. The watch includes at least one processing and control circuit provided with a time base, hands to indicate a time, the hands being driven by a motorized device controlled by the processing and control circuit, and a device to store identification data. The method includes enabling at least one activation member of the watch, which is connected to the processing and control circuit, to change into watch authentication mode. The method includes operating an indicator device of the watch, which includes the hands, after enabling the activation member so that at least one of the hands is driven by the motorized device to be moved in succession into time indicating positions on a time-indicating dial to indicate successive digits or numbers of an identification code of at least one of a brand and a serial number of the watch to be authenticated.
US08908472B2
A method and system for acquiring seismic data from a seismic survey plan is provided. A survey area is selected in which the seismic data will be acquired. A coordinate for at least one point of interest within the survey area is determined and input into a portable navigation device. A navigation solution is determined between a GPS-determined location of the portable navigation device and the determined coordinate and thereupon presented in a human cognizable media. A seismic device may be positioned at the determined coordinate to insonify a subterranean formation with seismic energy or for detecting reflected seismic energy. Data may be periodically entered into and retrieved from the portable navigation device by an in-field operator. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US08908469B2
A method for determining a sail plan for a towed-array marine seismic survey includes: dividing a survey area into a regular grid of tiles; and identifying a subset of the tiles as nodes around which continuously curved sail lines are defined. The nodes define regular pattern further including: a first subpattern of nodes; and a second subpattern of nodes offset from the first subpattern. A method for conducting a towed array marine survey includes: traversing a plurality of continuously curved sail lines across a survey area, each sail line being relative to a node; and acquiring seismic data while traversing the continuously curved sail lines. The set of nodes defining a regular pattern further including: a first subpattern of nodes; and a second subpattern of nodes offset from the first subpattern.
US08908465B2
A content addressable memory (CAM) unit does not have any in-cell comparator circuitry. The CAM unit includes a memory array, a multiple row decoder, a controller and an output unit. The memory array has storage cells arranged as data rows and complement rows. The multiple row decoder activates more than one row of the memory array at a time and the controller indicates to the multiple row decoder to activate data rows or complement rows as a function of an input pattern to be matched. The output unit indicates which columns generated a signal, the columns matching the pattern.
US08908460B2
An elapsed time with respect to a programming operation on a memory cell of a nonvolatile memory is determined, a read voltage is adjusted based on the determined elapsed time and a read operation is performed on the memory cell using the adjusted read voltage. Determining the elapsed time may be preceded by performing the programming operation in response to a first access request and determining the elapsed time may include determining the elapsed time in response to a second access request. Memory systems supporting such operations are also described.
US08908456B2
An operating method of a semiconductor memory device includes precharging a channel region of a program-inhibited cell of first memory cells coupled to a first word line, selected from a first one of word line groups between a drain select line and a source select line, to a first level based on first data; performing a first program operation for storing the first data in the first memory cells; precharging the channel region of a program-inhibited cell of second memory cells coupled to a second word line, selected from a second one of the word line groups, to a second level based on second data to be stored in the second memory cells; and performing a second program operation for storing the second data in the second memory cells.
US08908453B2
Various data protection techniques are provided. In one embodiment, a memory device is provided. The memory device may initiate a security measure upon occurrence of one or more triggering events. The one or more triggering events may include receipt of a command signal. Various additional methods, devices, and systems are also provided.
US08908443B1
A storage device and method for performing a self-refresh operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage device determines that the self-refresh operation needs to be performed. In response to that determination, the storage device performs the self-refresh operation by reading data from the memory and writing the data back to the memory without transferring the data outside of the storage device.
US08908429B2
A method and apparatus for stray magnetic field compensation in a non-volatile memory cell, such as a spin-torque transfer random access memory (STRAM). In some embodiments, a first tunneling barrier is coupled to a reference structure that has a perpendicular anisotropy and a first magnetization direction. A recording structure that has a perpendicular anisotropy is coupled to the first tunneling barrier and a nonmagnetic spacer layer. A compensation layer that has a perpendicular anisotropy and a second magnetization direction in substantial opposition to the first magnetization direction is coupled to the nonmagnetic spacer layer. Further, the memory cell is programmable to a selected resistance state with application of a current to the recording structure.
US08908424B2
The subject application describes systems and methods that drive magnetization switching through magnonic spin transfer torque. A spin current is provided to a first magnetic layer with a first magnetic state. The spin current facilitates magnetization switching via a magnonic spin transfer torque in a second magnetic layer with a second magnetic state that is separated from the first magnetic layer by an interface. Alternatively, a spin current is provided to a first magnetic domain with a first magnetic state. The spin current facilitates domain wall propagation via a magnonic spin transfer torque. The domain wall is between the first magnetic domain and a second magnetic domain in a second magnetic state.
US08908421B2
Methods and apparatus for providing single finFET and multiple finFET SRAM arrays on a single integrated circuit are provided. A first single port SRAM array of a plurality of first bit cells is described, each first bit cell having a y pitch Y1 and an X pitch X1, the ratio of X1 to Y1 being greater than or equal to 2, each bit cell further having single fin finFET transistors to form a 6T SRAM cell and a first voltage control circuit; and a second single port SRAM array of a plurality of second bit cells, each second bit cell having a y pitch Y2 and an X pitch X2, the ratio of X2 to Y2 being greater than or equal to 3, each of the plurality of second bit cells comprising a 6T SRAM cell wherein the ratio of X2 to X1 is greater than about 1.1.
US08908420B2
A well voltage supply cell includes third gate electrode group (including a third gate electrode corresponding to a first gate electrode) located symmetrically to first gate electrode group (including the first gate electrode constituting an access transistor) of a first SRAM cell, fourth gate electrode group (including a fourth gate electrode corresponding to a second gate electrode) located symmetrically to second gate electrode group (including the second gate electrode constituting an access transistor) of a second SRAM cell. a P-type impurity diffusion region located on a P well between the third gate electrode and the fourth gate electrode located opposite to each other, a first N-type impurity diffusion region located on the side of the third gate electrode closer to the first SRAM cell, and a second N-type impurity diffusion region located on the side of the fourth gate electrode closer to the second SRAM cell.
US08908419B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array, a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, a first gate wiring element 3a, 3b, a second gate wiring element 3c, 3d, a first connector 5a, 5b, and a second connector 5c, 5d. Each memory cell 10 has first and second sets having a driver transistor 11, a load transistor 12, and an access transistor 13. The word lines are arranged in parallel to each other along a first direction. The bit lines are arranged in parallel to each other along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first gate wiring element comprises a gate electrode of the first driver transistor and the first load transistor, and has a rectangular shape having straight line on opposite sides. The second gate wiring element comprises a gate electrode of the access transistor and has a rectangular shape having straight line on opposite sides.
US08908416B2
A memory cell array includes memory cells disposed at intersections of first lines and second lines, and each having a rectifying element and a variable resistance element connected in series. A control circuit, when performing an operation to change retained data, applies a first voltage to a selected first line and applies a second voltage to a selected second line; furthermore, applies a third voltage to a non-selected first line; and, moreover, applies a fourth voltage larger than the third voltage to a non-selected second line. An absolute value of a difference between the third voltage and the fourth voltage is set smaller than an absolute value of a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage by an amount of an offset voltage. A value of the offset voltage increases as the absolute value of the difference between the first and second voltages increases.
US08908406B2
A cache memory which can operate with less power consumption and has an improved cache hit rate and a method for driving the cache memory are provided. Two data storage portions (a first storage portion and a second storage portion) and one data transfer portion are provided in one memory cell in a memory set included in a cache memory, and arranged so that data can be transferred between the two storage portions via the data transfer portion. One of the two data storage portions can store data input from the outside and output data to a comparison circuit paired with the memory set.
US08908384B2
A computing device has a motherboard circuit substrate having at least one layer of electrical interconnects and a socket arranged to receive a main processor for the computing device, the socket electrically coupled to at least a portion of the layer of electrical interconnects, wherein the circuit substrate has no memory interconnects.
US08908381B2
A housing for an electronic device unit includes a first case and a second case that are formed in a shape of a box with one of respective surfaces thereof being opened and are formed to be a box body. The housing includes an insulating plate that extends from the opening part of the first case to a side of the second case and overlaps with a wall surface of the second case. An engaging convex part is formed on a surface where the insulating plate is overlapped and an engaging hole that engages with the engaging convex part to regulate separation of the first case and the second case is formed. The insulating plate is in a shape in which an edge of the insulating plate spreads with a predetermined width from an opening edge where the first case and the second case are butted and the engaging hole.
US08908379B2
The present invention includes: a rear case (12) that includes a quadrangular first opening (26) into which a part of a first electronic component (21) to be housed inside the rear case (12) is inserted, and a rear panel arranged at a position where the rear panel covers the first opening (26) of the rear case (12). The rear case (12) includes a recess portion (30) extending from an inner peripheral side of the first opening (26) toward an outer peripheral side of the first opening (26) at each corner of the first opening (26).
US08908378B2
A solid state drive is disclosed. The solid state drive includes a circuit board having opposing first and second surfaces. A plurality of semiconductor chips are attached to the first surface of the circuit board of the solid state drive, and the plurality of semiconductor chips of the solid state drive include at least one memory chip that is at least substantially encapsulated in a resin. An in-line memory module-type form factor circuit board is also disclosed. The in-line memory module-type form factor circuit board has opposing first and second surfaces. A plurality of semiconductor chips are attached to the first surface of the in-line memory module-type form factor circuit board, and these semiconductor chips include at least one memory chip that is at least substantially encapsulated in a resin.
US08908375B2
A cooler of a power converting device for a railroad vehicle has heat exchanger tubes or heat radiator fins disposed to enhance the cooling performance of semiconductor devices arranged on an upper level of the multiple semiconductor devices arranged in multiple rows. Temperature detecting elements are arranged to detect temperature of the semiconductor devices arranged on a lower level on a windward side and a leeward side with respect to a traveling wind performing heat exchange with the heat radiator fins, and are arranged to detect temperature of the semiconductor devices arranged on the upper level at a center area thereof.
US08908369B2
A memory combination includes a first riser board, a second riser board, and a pivotal plate. The first riser hoard includes a plurality of first memory sockets of which long axis directions are parallel to each other. The second riser board includes a plurality of second memory sockets of which long axis directions are parallel to each other. Two end of the pivotal plate are pivotally connected to the first riser board and the second riser board based on an axial direction respectively. When the first and second riser boards rotate to be perpendicular to the pivotal plate, the first memory sockets face the second riser board, and the second memory sockets face the first riser board. The axial direction is perpendicular to the long axis directions of the first memory sockets and the long axis directions of the second memory sockets.
US08908367B2
An electronic device enclosure includes a chassis and a cover. The chassis includes a fixing post and defines a receiving space configured to receive a storage device. The cover defines a latching hole. The fixing post is engaged in the latching hole to engage the cover with the chassis and cover the receiving space when no storage device is in the receiving space.
US08908364B2
A portable computer comprises a base, a display module, at least one support element and at least one sliding assembly. The base comprises a first area and a second area. The display module comprises a connect end and a display face. Each support element comprises a first end pivoted on a portion of the display module other than the display face and a second end pivoted on the rear end of the base. Each sliding assembly comprises a slide rail disposed at least in the second area and a sliding block connected with the connect end and moved along the slide rail. Each sliding block includes at least one stable structure for at least decreasing gaps between the slide rail and the sliding block.
US08908358B2
A protection case for protecting an electronic device is disclosed. The protection case includes a main body. The main body defines a receiving cavity for accommodating the electronic device and a plurality of connecting through holes for exposing a plurality of interface ports of the electronic device. The main body defines a number of grooves encircling the connecting through holes for receiving moisture in the air.
US08908352B2
There is provided a chip type laminated capacitor including: a ceramic body formed by laminating a dielectric layer having a thickness equal to 10 or more times an average particle diameter of a grain included therein and being 3 μm or less; first and second outer electrodes; a first inner electrode having one end forming a first margin together with one end surface of the ceramic body at which the second outer electrode is formed and the other end leading to the first outer electrode; and a second inner electrode having one end forming a second margin together with the other end surface of the ceramic body at which the first outer electrode is formed and the other end leading to the second outer electrode, wherein the first and second margins have different widths under a condition that they are 200 μm or less.
US08908347B2
An apparatus, system, and method provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in electronic devices. The ESD channels are positioned within the electrical insulation sheet to provide electrical paths to ground having a lower impedance than electrical paths to protected areas covered by the electrical insulation sheet. An ESD follows the path of least resistance safely to ground rather than to a critical component within the electronic device. The ESD channels are openings in a dome contact layer of a keypad where the openings are positioned over one or more ground areas of a printed circuit board (PCB) and the insulating material of the dome contact layer covers areas of the PCB that are protected from ESD. By implementing dedicated GPIO lines, grounded metal domes cover the signal pads in the target discharge area to protected the GPIO lines from ESD. Device components are protected from ESD without additional ports or insulation.
US08908337B2
A current transformer configuration includes a primary part and a secondary part. The primary part is surrounded by a housing. The housing has a first conductive housing part and a second conductive housing part. An electrically insulating gap lies between the two conductive housing parts. The housing passes through the secondary part. The electrically insulating gap is bridged by a surge protection configuration.
US08908335B2
The present technique, applicable to low voltage, medium voltage, and high voltage MCCs and other power management systems, provides for substantially containing and directing an arcing fault and resultant ionized gases within a stab enclosure or housing disposed in the MCC. For example, the stab housing may have reduced stab-openings at the power bus interface to diminish the potential of an arc flash (and ionized gases) from reaching the power buses. Furthermore, phase-to-phase isolation barriers may be employed within the stab housing to reduce the potential of an arcing fault going phase-to-phase. Moreover, to reduce arc flash damage within the MCC, the walls and barriers, including walls around the stabs, within the housing may be configured to direct the arc on a preferred path to a desired location within the housing to extinguish the arc in less than 0.1 second or 6 cycles, or even less than 0.033 second or 2 cycles.
US08908332B2
Disclosed is a suspension assembly for a disk drive that includes: a mounting plate having a through-hole; a microactuator mounted on the mounting plate; a flexure attached to the mounting plate, the flexure including a trace layer that includes a ground trace; and a conductive epoxy bonded to the microactuator extending through the through-hole to bond to the flexure, wherein the epoxy extends to the ground trace of the flexure such that the microactuator is grounded to the flexure.
US08908330B1
A microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) write head includes a write pole tip, a trailing shield, and a spin torque oscillator between the write pole tip and the trailing shield. The spin torque oscillator may have a substantially cylindrical member and a non-cylindrical member extending from the substantially cylindrical member toward an air bearing surface (ABS). The non-cylindrical member may have a substantially rectangular and/or flat surface facing the ABS. Alternatively, the spin torque oscillator may include a substantially cylindrical member with a rectangular and/or flat surface facing the ABS that is lapped into the substantially cylindrical member.
US08908321B2
There are provided a spindle motor and a hard disk drive including the same. The spindle motor includes a sleeve fixedly installed on a base member and including a circulation hole formed in an axial direction; a shaft rotatably inserted into the sleeve; a rotor hub fixedly installed on an upper end portion of the shaft; and a thrust member installed in an installation groove formed in an upper portion of the sleeve in the axial direction and forming a connection part allowing the circulation hole to be in communication with a sealing part formed by the sleeve and the rotor hub and having a liquid-vapor interface, wherein the connection part is formed between the sleeve and the thrust member in a circumferential direction, and a gap on any one side of the connection part in a radial direction is larger than a gap on the other side thereof.
US08908320B2
There are provided a spindle motor and a hard disk drive including the same, the spindle motor including: a lower thrust member fixedly attached to a base member; a shaft fixedly attached to the lower thrust member and including an expansion groove formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof in a circumferential direction; a sleeve disposed above the lower thrust member and rotatably attached to the shaft; and a rotor hub coupled to the sleeve and rotating together therewith, wherein the lower thrust member includes a fitting protrusion protruded upwardly from an inner portion thereof in an axial direction and press-fitted into a fixing groove provided in a lower end portion of the shaft upwardly in the axial direction.
US08908310B1
Adaptively determining shingle guard band widths on at least one disk of a data storage device (DSD). The at least one disk includes a plurality of zones of shingle tracks for storing data. At least one of a magnetic erase width (MEW) and a magnetic read width (MRW) are measured and a shingle track pitch (STP) is determined. The shingle guard band width is determined based at least partly on the STP and at least one of the MEW or the MRW.
US08908309B2
A system, method, and apparatus for forming a high quality master pattern for patterned media, including features to support servo patterns, is disclosed. Block copolymer self-assembly is used to facilitate the formation of a track pattern with narrower tracks. E-beam lithography forms a chemical contrast pattern of concentric rings, where the spacing of the rings is equal to an integral multiple of the target track pitch. The rings include regions within each servo sector header where the rings are offset radially by a fraction of a track pitch. Self-assembly is performed to form a new ring pattern at the target track pitch on top of the chemical contrast pattern, including the radial offsets in the servo sector headers. When this pattern is transferred to disks via nanoimprinting and etching, it creates tracks separated by nonmagnetic grooves, with the grooves and tracks including the radial offset regions.
US08908308B1
A data storage system may be configured with at least a data storage device that has a controller connected to at least a first data writing transducer and a second data writing transducer. The controller may be adapted to set different first and second healing thresholds for the respective data writing transducers in response to passive data track testing.
US08908300B2
An apparatus for clamping and handling an ophthalmic lens (A) in one or a plurality of stations throughout a manufacturing process, comprising: a main actuator (5); a loading platform (3) on which the lens is laid down with its concave surface downwards; a grip composed of two arms (1, 2) for clamping the lens on its edge, a first arm (1) being bound to said main actuator (5) and a second arm (2) being guided so that to allow for a movement parallel to the main actuator displacement; a first means for attracting the second arm (2) towards the first arm (1) so that to close the grip onto the lens edge; a second means (8) for blocking the second arm (2) at a fixed position when the first arm (1) is moved to a rest position so that to open the grip; holding fingers (6) mounted on at least one of the first arm (1) and the second arm (2) and partly sliding along parallel grooves (4) machined in said platform (3), said grooves (4) being also parallel to the actuator displacement.
US08908294B2
An optical system includes a first optical group configured to form, at a first intermediate image plane, a first intermediate image of an object disposed at an object plane; a second optical group and a third optical group configured to form, at an image plane, a final image of the object based on the first intermediate image. The first optical group consists of a solid lens having a first surface and a concave second surface facing the first surface; the solid lens is configured to collect light originated at the object and to reflect thereinside at least twice the collected light. The second optical group includes at least one mangin mirror and the third optical group includes a plurality of lenses. The first, second and third optical groups can appropriately control axial chromatic aberration and Petzval curvature, so that imaging with high NA illumination may be performed.
US08908291B1
An optical lens system, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, includes: a stop, a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power, a third lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, and a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface with both being aspheric. Furthermore, the optical lens system satisfies conditions related to increase the field of view and reduce the total length as well as the sensitivity of assembly tolerance of the optical lens system.
US08908281B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an optical splitting device, an optical multiplexing device and method, and an optical add-drop multiplexer, which relate to the technical field of communications, and are invented for improving the performance and decreasing the cost. The optical splitting device includes a substrate, where an anti-reflective coating is disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and a filter membrane is disposed at a lower surface of the substrate; and further includes a light redirecting portion disposed opposite to the filter membrane. An optical signal is incident to the filter membrane at a first specified angle, a light wave of a first wavelength in the optical signal penetrates the filter membrane, so that the light wave of the first wavelength is separated from the optical signal.
US08908277B2
Optical apparatus includes a matrix of light sources arranged on a substrate with a predetermined, uniform spacing between the light sources. A beam homogenizer includes a first optical surface, including a first microlens array, which has a first pitch equal to the spacing between the light sources and which is aligned with the matrix so that a respective optical axis of each microlens in the array intercepts a corresponding light source in the matrix and transmits light emitted by the corresponding light source. A second optical surface, including a second microlens array, is positioned to receive and focus the light transmitted by the first microlens array and has a second pitch that is different from the first pitch.
US08908270B2
Illuminating light is two-dimensionally scanned without changing the ability to focus the illuminating light on a specimen. Provided is a microscope apparatus including a spatial light modulator that modulates the wavefront of illuminating light; a scanner that two-dimensionally scans the illuminating light by pivoting two mirrors; a relay optical system that relays an image in the scanner to a pupil position of an objective optical system; and a beam-shift mechanism that moves rays of the illuminating light between the modulator and the objective optical system in response to pivoting of the mirrors. The beam-shift mechanism moves the rays such that the image at the pupil position, when assuming that the mirrors are stationary, is moved in the direction opposite to the direction in which the image relayed to the pupil position by the relay optical system, when assuming that the mirrors are pivoted with the rays fixed, is moved.
US08908269B2
A catadioptric projection objective for imaging a pattern provided in an object plane of the projection objective onto an image plane of the projection objective has a first, refractive objective part for imaging the pattern provided in the object plane into a first intermediate image; a second objective part including at least one concave mirror for imaging the first Intermediate imaging into a second intermediate image; and a third, refractive objective part for imaging the second intermediate imaging onto the image plane; wherein the projection objective has a maximum lens diameter Dmax, a maximum image field height Y′, and an image side numerical aperture NA; wherein COMP1=Dmax/(Y′·NA2) and wherein the condition COMP1<10 holds.
US08908261B2
Disclosed are a device and a method for the design and fabrication of the device for enhancing the brightness of luminescent molecules, nanostructures, and thin films. The device includes a mirror, a dielectric medium or spacer, an absorptive layer, and a luminescent layer. The absorptive layer is a continuous thin film of a strongly absorbing organic or inorganic material. The luminescent layer may be a continuous luminescent thin film or an arrangement of isolated luminescent species, e.g., organic or metal-organic dye molecules, semiconductor quantum dots, or other semiconductor nanostructures, supported on top of the absorptive layer.
US08908259B2
Window units, for example insulating glass units (IGU's), that have at least two panes, each pane having an electrochromic device thereon, are described. Two optical state devices on each pane of a dual-pane window unit provide window units having four optical states. Window units described allow the end user a greater choice of how much light is transmitted through the electrochromic window. Also, by using two or more window panes, each with its own electrochromic device, registered in a window unit, visual defects in any of the individual devices are negated by virtue of the extremely small likelihood that any of the visual defects will align perfectly and thus be observable to the user.
US08908257B2
Disclosed is an electrophoretic display device and manufacturing method thereof, which prevent water from penetrating into an electrophoretic film. The electrophoretic display device comprises an electrophoretic display panel comprising a substrate with a thin film transistor formed thereon, and an electrophoretic film coupled to the substrate; a protective sheet coupled to the electrophoretic film; a circuit film coupled to the substrate to be disposed at an outer side of the electrophoretic film; a first sealant formed on the substrate, for sealing a gap between the electrophoretic film and the protective sheet and a gap between the electrophoretic film and the substrate; and a second sealant sealing a gap between the substrate and the circuit film.
US08908255B2
A method for forming an optical deflection device includes providing a semiconductor substrate comprising an upper surface region and a plurality of drive devices within one or more portions of the semiconductor substrate. The upper surface region includes one or more patterned structure regions and at least one open region to expose a portion of the upper surface region to form a resulting surface region. The method also includes forming a planarizing material overlying the resulting surface region to fill the at least one open region and cause formation of an upper planarized layer using the fill material. The method further includes forming a thickness of silicon material at a temperature of less than 300° C. to maintain a state of the planarizing material.
US08908253B2
There is described a passive variable emittance device comprising: a substrate having a receiving surface adapted to reflect radiations having a given wavelength; an intermediary layer deposited on the receiving surface of the substrate and being substantially transparent to the radiations having the given wavelength; and a thermochromic layer deposited on top of the intermediary layer, the thermochromic layer being substantially transparent to the radiations having the given wavelength for a first temperature below a given transition temperature, and presenting both reflection and absorption for the radiations for a second temperature above the given transition temperature, a total optical thickness for the intermediary and thermochromic layers being substantially equal to one quarter of the given wavelength so that radiations reflected by the thermochromic layer at the second temperature destructively interfere with radiations transmitted by the thermochromic and intermediary layers and reflected by the substrate in order to obtain a first emittance for the passive variable emittance device at the second temperature being greater than a second emittance for the passive variable emittance device at the first temperature.
US08908251B2
A tunable metamaterial has a two dimensional array of resonant annular ring elements; and a plurality of voltage controllable electrical tuning elements disposed in or adjacent openings in each of said ring elements, each of said voltage controllable electrical tuning element ohmically contacting portions of only one of said ring elements. The voltage controllable electrical tuning elements may comprise highly doped semiconductor tunnel diodes, or the charge accumulation layer at the semiconductor/insulator interface of a metal-insulator-semiconductor structure, or nanoelectromechanical (NEMs) capacitors. The tunable metamaterial may be used, for example, in an optical beam steering device using the aforementioned tunable optical metamaterial in which a free-space optical beam is coupled into a receiving portion of a plane of the optical metamaterial and is steered out of a transmitter portion of the plane of the optical metamaterial in controllable azimuthal and elevational directions. The tunable metamaterial additionally has other applications.
US08908237B2
The invention relates to a document-processing system, which includes a device suitable for supplying consecutive recorded images as well as a background surface, comprising a step of storing a standard background surface image. The next step consists of detecting the presence of a document moving across a series of recorded images relative to the standard background surface image. The following step consists of monitoring the movement of the document within the series of images. The end of the movement of the document is then detected and the standard background surface image is updated. The movement of the document is monitored by determining document-extraction masks respectively for the recorded images, the extraction mask of a recorded image being obtained according to an entropy card of the recorded image relative to said standard background surface image.
US08908232B2
When defects occur in four places of a print data region of a paper P1 as illustrated in FIG. 3A, four code images are formed on an interleaving paper P2 as illustrated in FIG. 3B, more specifically, four code images are formed on the interleaving paper P2 such that the positions of plural defect occurrence portions in the paper P1 are aligned with the positions of plural code images formed in the interleaving paper P2, respectively, and the sizes of the code images are made to be different depending on the defective degree of the defects occurring at the defect occurrence portions of the paper P1, specifically, the larger the defective degree is, the larger the code image is.
US08908231B2
An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes an acquisition unit and a controller. The acquisition unit scans a sheet to acquire the color image of the sheet. The controller converts, using parameters stored in a storage unit, the color image acquired by the acquisition unit to a monochrome image with at least one specific color being darker than the other colors.
US08908210B2
It is a first aspect of the present disclosure to provide a computer implemented method of enabling a peripheral device connected to a network during an inactive communication with the network, that includes activating an ad-hoc network connection with a mobile device during the inactive communication of the peripheral device with the network; transmitting a document to the mobile device for processing; receiving the processed document from the mobile device; storing the processed document in a memory of the peripheral device; and sending the processed document to a remote storage location once the peripheral device is determined to be actively communicating with the network.
US08908209B2
Systems and methods are provided for altering the content of a PDF print job. The printing system includes a memory, an interface, and a markup engine. The memory includes criteria for identifying Portable Document Format (PDF) content stored in print jobs, and also includes a mark-up instruction for altering printable PDF content stored in print jobs, where the mark-up instruction references one or more of the criteria. The interface is operable to receive a PDF print job for processing. The markup engine is operable to access the mark-up instruction, to review the PDF print job to identify multiple segments of the print job that each include PDF content that matches the one or more criteria referenced by the mark-up instruction, and to alter the identified segments based on the mark-up instruction.
US08908206B2
Systems and methods for reducing total and/or color page counts are provided. The systems include a memory, including a print queue, and one or more processors. The processors are programmed to receive a print job. The print job includes a document formatted according to a page description language (PDL). The processors are further programmed to apply one or more formatting fixes to the document and transfer the print job to the print queue. The formatting fixes include at least one of image fitting, text fitting and table fitting.
US08908204B2
A method for transferring a package of files that is executed by a personal computer, the package of files being made up of plural compressed files that are separately present therein. For transferring the package of files, the personal computer creates, with respect to each printer, a dedicated file that is exclusively acceptable to similar-dedicated-file-compatible models of the printer; the personal computer treats the respective dedicated files as the plural files and creates the package of files by packaging the respective dedicated files in the package of files; and with respect to the respective dedicated files in the package of files, in transferring the package of files, when it is detected by the personal computer, that the personal computer is connected to the printer that is compatible with the dedicated file, the personal computer transfers the dedicated file in the package of files to the detected printer.
US08908197B2
A system and method for determining top of form while printing on continuous feed media. In one embodiment, a computer-readable storage device is encoded with instructions that when executed cause a processor to: 1) cause a selected printer to produce a print on continuous feed media; 2) determine, based on a compensation factor that accounts for movement of the continuous feed media through the printer in excess of a length of the data of the print, the distance to advance the continuous feed media such that a succeeding print starts at a top of form location of the continuous feed media; and 3) cause the selected printer to advance the continuous feed media in accordance with the determined distance to advance such that the succeeding print starts at the top of form location of the continuous feed media.
US08908188B2
Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein.
US08908186B2
An apparatus for the absolute measurement of a two dimensional optical path distribution comprising: a light source (4) for illuminating an object (26) with light having a plurality of wavelengths: an interferometer (12) for forming an image of at least part of the object, which image comprises a broad band interferogram; a hyperspectral imager (30) in optical communication with the interferometer for spectrally separating the broad band interferogram into a plurality of narrow band two dimensional interferograms (72, 74, 76); a register (38) for spatially registering the narrow band interferograms; an extractor for extracting one dimensional intensity signals from corresponding pixels in each narrow band interferogram; and a calculator (100) for calculating the frequency for each point on the object from a one dimensional intensity signal associated with that point.
US08908176B2
A spectral characteristic obtaining apparatus includes a detection unit detecting light quantities in plural wavelength bands from a measurement target, a storage unit storing pre-obtained spectral characteristics of the measurement target, a calculation unit calculating a primary transformation matrix from the light quantities and the pre-obtained spectral characteristics of at least one reference sample and a secondary transformation matrix from one of the pre-obtained spectral characteristics corresponding to a primary wavelength band and another one of the pre-obtained spectral characteristics corresponding to a secondary wavelength band, an estimation unit estimating the spectral characteristics of the measurement target by performing a primary estimation on the light quantities in the plural wavelength bands by using the primary transformation matrix, performing a secondary estimation on a result of the primary estimation by using the secondary transformation matrix, and compositing a result of the secondary estimation with the result of the primary estimation.
US08908169B2
The invention provides a measuring method for performing monitoring measurement on a plurality of measuring points by using a measuring instrument, which comprises a telescope unit, a distance measuring unit, an image sensor, angle detecting units for detecting a directional angle in sighting direction, and an arithmetic unit. The monitoring measurement comprises a coarse monitoring measurement for acquiring a digital image in measuring direction and for performing angle measurement on the measuring point, and a precise monitoring measurement for performing sighting of the measuring point by the telescope unit and for performing distance measurement and angle measurement, and wherein the coarse monitoring measurement is executed on each of the measuring points, a deviation of a result of the coarse measurement by the coarse monitoring measurement from the initial value is determined, and the precise monitoring measurement is executed on the measuring point where the deviation exceeds a first threshold value.
US08908162B2
Disclosed is a system for aligning a collimator tube with an alignment ring used to hold a film or sensor aligned with the collimator tube. The disclosed alignment system includes a light source, a light detector, and a reflective surface, where, when the collimator and alignment ring are aligned, light emitted from the light source reflects off the reflective surface and is received by the light detector.
US08908161B2
Approaches for substantially removing bulk aluminum nitride (AlN) from one or more layers epitaxially grown on the bulk AlN are discussed. The bulk AlN is exposed to an etchant during an etching process. During the etching process, the thickness of the bulk AlN can be measured and used to control etching.
US08908159B2
A multiple-field-of-view scannerless optical rangefinder operating in pulsed Time-Of-Flight operation for use in high ambient background light is described. The rangefinder comprises an optical emitter having a LED light source and driver electronics, emitting a train of light pulses having a broad field-of-illumination (FOI); a multi-channel optical receiver (MCOR) for detecting optical return signals, an overall field-of-view (FOV) encompassing each channel instantaneous FOV, the FOI encompassing the overall FOV, the multi-channel optical receiver having analog front-end electronics; an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) for receiving and converting the waveforms into digital format; a control and processing unit (CPU) for generating a pulse trigger signal, sending a synchronization trigger signal to the MCOR for starting the detection of the optical return signals, and for processing the waveforms in digital format; a data interface; wherein a peak present in any of waveforms is a signature of an object located within the instantaneous FOV.
US08908156B2
An electro-optical distance measuring device having a photodetection unit comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined arrangement is disclosed. A signal processing unit has a storage unit for storing the detection result in correspondence with each of the pixels, wherein the signal processing control unit sequentially changes a position of the division for every cycle wave at which the photodetection amount is detected and continues detections until a detected range becomes at least one cycle or more. The arithmetic processing unit calculates a waveform for at least one cycle stored in the storage unit for each pixel, obtains a phase difference of the waveform with respect to the irradiated distance measuring light, and calculates the distance based on the phase difference.
US08908154B2
Coordinate measurement device configured to send a first beam of light to a target includes first and second light sources configured to emit first and second lights having differing first and second wavelengths; fiber-optic coupler that includes three ports, a first port configured to accept a first portion of the first light, a second port configured to accept a second portion of the second light, a third port configured to transmit a third light which includes a portion of the first and second portions; first and second angle measuring devices configured to measure first and second angles of rotation; distance meter configured to measure a first distance from the device to the target based at least in part on a third portion of the second beam received by an optical detector; and a processor configured to provide 3D coordinates of the target.
US08908148B2
A method of calibrating an inspection apparatus. Obtaining a surface level measurements (LS) at respective level sensing locations LS(x,y). Determining focus settings (LPA, LPB) for exposure field regions (EFA, EFB) in accordance with surface level measurements (LSA, LSB) having level sensing locations corresponding to the respective exposure field region. Exposing exposure field regions (EFA, EFB) with focus offsets (FO1, FO2) defined with reference to the respective focus settings (LPA, LPB) to produce target patterns at respective target locations. Obtaining focus-dependent property measurements, such as Critical Dimension (CD) and/or side wall angle (SWA) of the target patterns measured using the inspection apparatus; and calibrating the inspection apparatus using the focus-dependent property measurements (CD/SWA) and the respective focus offsets (FO1, FO2). The calibration uses surface level measurements (e.g., LSB(3)) having a level sensing location (e.g., LSLB(3)) corresponding to the respective target location (TLB). Each offset value is thus corrected in the calibration for the local wafer stack unflatness present during exposure.
US08908144B2
A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting a radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam and a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate. Further, the lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, the projection system being mounted to a reference element of the lithographic apparatus by a resilient mount to reduce a transfer of high frequency vibration from the reference element to the projection system and a control system to counteract a position error of the substrate table and the support relative to the projection system.
US08908142B2
A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal panel, including: manufacturing a first substrate and a second substrate; mixing sealant with alloy particles having low melting points, coating the mixture on the first substrate, and dropping liquid crystals on the first substrate; and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, heating the two bonded substrates, and then cooling the substrates. Therefore, the manufacturing method can prevent the present golden balls from piercing the common electrodes and further prevent the short circuit of the circuit on the substrate, which improves the yield rate of the liquid crystal panel. Additionally, since the alloy particles are small sized, after the separate alloy particles melt, contacting points between the alloy particles and the common electrodes are increased. Also, contacting resistance between alloy particles, and the contacting resistance between the alloy particles and the substrate are reduced, which improves the conductivity between the common electrodes.
US08908140B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel that has an enhanced liquid crystal alignment controlling force irrespective of the external conditions or environments. The enhanced liquid crystal alignment controlling force sufficiently prevents surface roughness or color unevenness that can occur depending on the viewing angle, so that favorable display qualities and excellent transmittance can be achieved. The liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates comprising a pixel electrode and a counter electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, the liquid crystal display panel comprising spacers at at least four corners of a pixel defined by the pixel electrode.
US08908130B2
Optical elements and backlight modules employing the same are provided. The optical element can be a brightness enhancement diffusion complex film, comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal film and a transparent optical film directly disposed on the cholesteric liquid crystal film. Particularly, the whole transparent optical film directly contacts to the cholesteric liquid crystal film, in the absence of an intermediate located between the transparent optical film and the cholesteric liquid crystal film.
US08908127B2
A display apparatus includes a backlight unit generating light and a display substrate displaying an image using the light. The display substrate includes a substrate, a first electrode, a light blocking layer, a thin film transistor, a second electrode, a liquid crystal and a color filter. The substrate includes a pixel area and a non-pixel area, the first electrode is in the pixel area, and the light blocking layer is in the non-pixel area to block the light. The thin film transistor is on the light blocking layer and electrically connected to the first electrode. The second electrode faces the first electrode, and a cavity is defined therebetween. The liquid crystal is in the cavity, the color filter is on the second electrode, and the color filter is closer to the backlight unit than the substrate.
US08908105B2
A wireless displaying system, a wireless displaying device and a method for switching working mode are provided. The method includes: determining whether a video signal is received from a source device by a wireless module of the wireless displaying device during a waiting time when a processing module of the wireless displaying device works in a normal working mode; switching the processing module into a power-saving mode when the video signal is not received by the wireless module during the waiting time; receiving a specified packet from the source device by the wireless module, so as to generate a wake-up signal according to the specified packet when the processing module is in the power-saving mode; and recovering the processing module to work in the normal working mode according to the wake-up signal.
US08908104B2
A point-to-point radio frequency (RF) communication system having one or more communication units coupled to respective television cameras and displays; and a further communication unit; wherein the units transmit video data to the further communication unit at frequencies greater than or equal to 50 GHz and at data rates greater than or equal to 1 gigabit/second; and the units receive video data transmitted by the further communication unit at frequencies greater than or equal to 50 GHz and at data rates 250 megabits/second. The units can each include an antenna with a waveguide diplexer and an RF transceiver circuit board having sufficient transmit/receive isolation for the transmitting and receiving to take place point-to-point at distances greater than or equal to 1 km.
US08908091B2
Embodiments related to the alignment of a lens with an image sensor in an optical device are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises an optical device including a printed circuit board, and an image sensor package mounted on the printed circuit board, wherein the image sensor package includes an image sensor. The optical system further comprises a lens holder including a lens, and one or more alignment features arranged on the lens holder. The one or more alignment features are configured to contact the image sensor package to mechanically align the lens holder with the image sensor package.
US08908090B2
A method for adjusting a pointing direction of a camera housed by an active stabilization system is disclosed. The active stabilization system executes a stabilization process to stabilize the pointing direction of the camera. The method comprises: detecting an externally applied force, disabling the stabilization process upon detecting a manual adjustment condition, adjusting the pointing angle of the camera in a direction of the externally applied force, measuring a current pointing angle of the camera; and re-enabling the stabilization process to stabilize the pointing direction of the camera based on the measured pointing angle of the camera in response to detecting that the detected manual adjustment condition failed.
US08908085B2
The image pickup apparatus includes a memory storing first tracking data indicating a positional relationship of a magnification-varying lens and a correction lens and second tracking data indicating a positional relationship of the magnification-varying lens and an image sensor. A controller moves the correction lens and the image sensor using the first and second tracking data. An in-focus position detector detects an in-focus position using an output from the image sensor. A tracking adjuster obtains an adjustment value for adjusting the first tracking data, by using a difference between the detected in-focus position in a state where the magnification-varying lens is located at a first zoom position and the image sensor is located at a position in the second tracking data corresponding to the first zoom position and a position of the correction lens in the first tracking data corresponding to the first zoom position.
US08908079B2
An electronic camera according to the present invention includes: an image pickup part for picking up a subject image to produce image data; a processing part for processing the image data outputted from the image pickup part to produce a quickview image for monitor display and also produce image data for record on a recording medium; and a monitor part for displaying the quickview image. The processing part commences displaying the quickview image on the monitor part prior to the production of the image data for record. This processing allows the display of the quickview image to be commenced without waiting for completion of the production of the image data for record. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the time lag occurring at displaying the quickview image, thereby improving the convenience of the electronic camera.
US08908078B2
A network camera system is provided that detects an occurrence of a condition change at a periphery of an image pickup apparatus, obtains a direction of the detected condition change, and notifies a user of the occurrence of the condition change and a direction of the condition change on a display of a terminal device.
US08908075B2
An image capture and processing (ICP) integrated circuit (IC) is provided for a camera. The ICP IC includes an imaging array which, in turn, includes image pixel capture sensors arranged in rows and columns. A row decoder extends along a first edge of the imaging array and is configured to enable sensor rows in the imaging array. An analog signal processor (ASP) system extends along a second edge of the imaging array and is configured to amplify signals from enabled sensors in columns of the imaging array. A control circuit is configured to sequentially enable the rows so that the ASP can amplify signals from all of the sensors in the imaging array, one row at a time.
US08908073B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix pattern; and a pixel signal read-out unit including an AD conversion unit performing analog-to-digital (AD) conversion of a pixel signal read out from the pixel unit, wherein each pixel included in the pixel unit includes division pixels divided into regions in which photosensitivity levels or electric charge accumulating amounts are different from one another, the pixel signal reading unit includes a normal read-out mode and a multiple read-out mode, and includes a function of changing a configuration of a frame in accordance with a change of the read-out mode, and wherein the AD conversion unit acquires a pixel signal of one pixel by adding the division pixel signals while performing AD conversion for the division pixel signals.
US08908070B2
A difference between sensitivity of one of focus detection pixels to incident light from an upper right oblique direction and sensitivity of the other focus detection pixel to incident light from an upper left oblique direction is eliminated.An OFB layer 38 and a low concentration layer 39 are formed over a semiconductor substrate 29. A PD 40N that constitutes a normal pixel 30N, a PD 40R that constitutes a first focus detection pixel 30R, and a PD 40L that constitutes a second focus detection pixel 30L are formed in the low concentration layer 39. A high concentration barrier layer 38a positioned below a first photoelectric conversion area 52Ra of the PD 40R and a first photoelectric conversion area 52La of the PD 40L is formed in the OFB layer 38. Shapes of the photoelectric conversion areas of the PDs 40R and 40L become asymmetric due to application of voltage to the semiconductor substrate 29, and sensitivity of the photoelectric conversion area of the PD 40R to the incident light IR from the upper right oblique direction and sensitivity of the photoelectric conversion area of the PD 40L to the incident light IL from the upper left oblique direction increase. Because the OFB layer 38 is formed before formation of parts causing surface unevenness, for example, a transfer electrode, the difference between the sensitivities of the focus detection pixels 30R and 30L caused by influence of the surface unevenness is prevented.
US08908066B2
According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes an imaging unit that outputs imaging data by performing an imaging operation, a temperature sensor that outputs a diode voltage according to a diode current, and an output circuit that shares a part of a circuit with the imaging unit and outputs temperature data based on the diode voltage outputted from the temperature sensor in the same semiconductor chip.
US08908062B2
A flare determination apparatus includes an image input unit inputting an image, an image correction unit correcting the image using a correction coefficient to be set based on a gain value for white balance processing depending on a light source type, a region detection unit detecting a region included in a predetermined color component range from the image being corrected by the image correction unit, and a determination unit determining whether or not a flare is generated in the region being detected by the region detection unit.
US08908060B2
An imaging apparatus includes an image data interface unit that outputs first image data according to a pixel signal input from a solid-state imaging device, an image data reading unit that reads image data from a storage unit and outputs the read image data as second image data, an image synthesis unit that outputs third image data obtained by synthesizing the first image data with second image data, an evaluation value generation unit that generates an evaluation value based on image data, a first image data selection unit that inputs selected image data to the evaluation value generation unit, an image data writing unit that stores image data in the storage unit, a second image data selection unit that inputs selected image data to the image data writing unit, and a display unit that displays an image according to the third read image data read from the storage unit.
US08908057B2
A composition determination device includes: subject detection means configured to detect a specific subject in an image based on image data; rotation angle detection means configured to detect a rotation angle of a specific target portion in an image section in the image, corresponding to a detected subject which is the subject detected by the subject detecting means; and composition determination means configured to determine a composition on the basis of the rotation angle.
US08908055B2
A low dynamic range (LDR) image data storage stores LDR image sets each of which includes a plurality of LDR segmented images captured with a camera panned. Here each LDR image set is of a different exposure level, respectively. A high-dynamic-range (HDR) synthesizing unit combines and merges a plurality of LDR segmented images of different exposure levels so as to generate an HDR segmented image set including a plurality of HDR segmented images of different pan angles or tilt angles. A panoramic image synthesizing unit generates an HDR panoramic image by stitching together adjacent HDR segmented images.
US08908052B2
Provided is a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for correcting shakiness, in which the method includes generating using a hall sensor a hall sensor signal corresponding to displacement caused by a shock; determining whether the hall sensor signal exceeds a first threshold value; generating a shakiness correction control signal according to a result of the determination; and performing shakiness correction according to the shakiness correction control signal.
US08908051B2
A handheld imaging device includes an image sensor for sensing an image; and a micro-controller provided on a wafer substrate, the micro-controller integrating on the same wafer substrate as a system-on-chip device, a plurality of processing units and an image sensor interface for effecting data communication between the image sensor the plurality of processing units.
US08908042B2
A video recording method includes: detecting an intrusion of a person into a predetermined monitoring area based on the video information from the monitoring camera; recording the intrusion time when the intrusion of the person into the monitoring area is detected; detecting a left-behind object after the person has passed through the monitoring area based on the video information from the monitoring camera; generating alarm information in response to the detection of the left-behind object; overwriting so as to record the video information by every given amount of information until the alarm information is received. The method further includes receiving and recording, of the video information recorded in the first video recording step, video information from the intrusion time of the person to a time corresponding to the alarm information in accordance with the intrusion time of the person in a case in which the alarm information is generated.
US08908035B2
A method of producing a total image of the surrounding environment of a motor vehicle uses an image sensor device connected with the motor vehicle, which supplies image data in a first acquisition range of the vehicle environment. At least a first image part of the total image is based on image data of the image sensor device from the first acquisition range. In addition to the image sensor device, a distance sensor device connected with the motor vehicle is used which supplies distance data in a second acquisition range of the vehicle environment, the second acquisition range covering an additional range of the vehicle environment which is not covered by the first acquisition range. At least a second image part of the total image, which is at least partially situated outside the first image part, is based on the distance data of the distance sensor device from the additional range.
US08908034B2
A surveillance system and method that utilize computer vision technology and background subtraction to monitor, recognize, and track objects or unusual activities within user specified boundaries. The system and method comprises at least one camera and at least one computer with a software program showing one or multiple windows of camera's field of views in real time. The program allows users to define one or multiple boundaries within any window. The program further utilizes background subtraction technique to establish normal “home-position” of objects within defined boundaries. The program compares current image of the objects against the normal “home-position” to determine/calculate the difference of pixel intensity values. If the difference is beyond the predetermine threshold, the program will flag the movement of the object and give off alert.
US08908030B2
The invention relates to a method of telemetry of a target performed by an operator by means of binoculars which comprise an image sensor, a display screen, a processing unit and a laser telemeter exhibiting a firing window centered on the sighting axis of the laser.
US08908026B2
An imaging method may include a first step in which light from a test specimen is guided to an imaging unit, a second step in which light from the test specimen is guided to an autofocus unit, a third step in which the light guided to an autofocus unit is split, and is guided on a third optical path and a fourth optical path, a fourth step in which a focal point of the imaging unit is adjusted such that an image of the test specimen that is created by the light from the test specimen guided on the first optical path is formed on an imaging surface of the imaging unit, a fifth step in which an image of the test specimen is acquired and image data is created, a sixth step in which spectrum information for the test specimen is detected, and a seventh step in which a color tone of the image data is corrected.
US08908019B2
There are provided a transmitter, a display, a shutter eyeglass device, a transmission/reception system, a display system and a transmission/reception method allowed to achieve highly reliable communication between a transmission side and a reception side. The transmitter includes: a transmission section holding plural kinds of commands each represented by a plurality of bits and repeatedly transmitting a command set, the command set being configured of one or more kinds of commands which are selected from the plural kinds of commands and combined in predetermined order, in which a bit pattern representing a whole of the command set is the same as a bit pattern held in a receiver.
US08908010B2
A method of processing a video input, having a first video bitstream transmitting pictures of a first view and a second video bitstream transmitting pictures of a second view, includes: checking the video input to detect if a first picture of one of the first and second views is correctly paired with a second picture of the other of the first and second views for specific presentation time; and referring to a detecting result for selectively performing a predetermined processing operation upon the video input. The video input transmits the second picture while transmitting the first picture. When the detecting result indicates that the first picture is not correctly paired with the second picture for the specific presentation time, both of the first picture and the second picture are skipped, and previous pictures that are correctly paired with each other for the specific presentation time is repeated.
US08908006B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, terminal and system for caption transmission for telepresence, relating to the field of telepresence technologies and solving the problem that caption display on each display terminal cannot be coordinated in the prior art. Some embodiments include acquiring entire caption content and attribute information corresponding to the caption content; determining, according to the entire caption content and the attribute information corresponding to the caption content, caption content to be displayed on each display terminal and a display timing; and transmitting the determined caption content to each corresponding display terminal according to the display timing so that each display terminal superposes the determined caption content to an image.
US08908000B2
A light-emitting device includes: plural light-emitting chips each having plural light-emitting elements, and each being designated, as a control target for lighting up or not lighting up, by two to Q designation signals (Q is an integer of two or more); and a selection signal generating part that selectively transmits P selection signals (P is an integer of three or more where P>Q) as the designation signals to designate each of the plural light-emitting elements as the control target, the designation signals for each of the plural light-emitting chips including a combination of two to Q selection signals taken from the P selection signals.
US08907997B1
A tape printer includes a cassette mounting portion, a cutting mechanism, a discharge outlet, a guide surface, a first projecting portion, and a second projecting portion. The cutting mechanism is a hinged type of cutting mechanism, and the hinge of the cutting mechanism is positioned in a side of the tape in a width direction. The guide surface guides the label toward the discharge outlet. The first projecting portion is provided in an area covered by a first projected image that is an image of a minimum width tape projected onto the guide surface, being projected in a position to which the minimum width tape has been conveyed toward the discharge outlet by a minimum length of the label. The second projecting portion is provided within the guide surface to the outside of the first projected image and on the opposite side of the first projected image from the hinge.
US08907984B2
Methods and systems are presented for automatically generating a slide associated with a slideshow. In one aspect, a method includes selecting an image for inclusion in a slideshow, where the image has associated facial detection information. A face location is determined in the selected image based on the facial detection information and the selected image is cropped based on the determined face location to generate a cropped image depicting the included face. The cropped image is inserted into a slide associated with the slideshow. Further, an animation having a defined animation path can be associated with the slide. Also, the face location can be identified as a position in the animation path and the slide can be animated based on the associated animation.
US08907983B2
One preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a method for transitioning a user interface between viewing modes. The method of the preferred embodiment can include detecting an orientation of a mobile terminal including a user interface disposed on a first side of the mobile terminal, wherein the orientation of the mobile terminal includes an imaginary vector originating at a second side of the mobile terminal and projecting in a direction substantially opposite the first side of the mobile terminal. The method of the preferred embodiment can also include transitioning between at least two viewing modes in response to the imaginary vector intersecting an imaginary sphere disposed about the mobile terminal at a first latitudinal point having a predetermined relationship to a critical latitude of the sphere.
US08907972B2
An image processing device including: a local mean image generating section; a binarization image generating section configured to generate a binarization image, wherein pixels corresponding to high frequency regions and low frequency regions have a first and second grey scales, respectively; a ternarization image generating section configured to divide, based on comparison between the image and the local mean image, first grey scale regions in the binarization image into regions having the first grey scale and regions having a third grey scale; a filling section configured to recognize connected regions having the second grey scale in the ternarization image, to fill the connected regions with the first grey scale or with the third grey scale according to grey scale of pixels at boundaries of the connected regions; and a recognizing section configured to recognize strokes according to consistency of grey scale at object boundaries in the filled ternarization image.
US08907969B2
A method, computer program product, and system are provided for processing a graphics operation. For instance, the method can include partitioning a texture and associated mipmaps into memory tiles, where the memory tiles are associated with a virtual memory system. The method can also include mapping a first subset of the memory tiles to respective address spaces in a physical memory system. Further, the method can include accessing the physical memory system during a rendering process of a graphics scene associated with the first subset of memory tiles. In the instance when the graphics scene requires one or more memory tiles outside of the first subset of memory tiles, the method can also include mapping a second subset of memory tiles to respective address spaces in the physical memory system.
US08907962B2
No flicker is displayed on the display screen during display of moving pictures and power consumption can be reduced by adding a high quality moving picture display function. Moreover, the number of times of transfer of moving pictures by comprising a still-picture • text • system • I/O bus • interface and a moving picture interface (external display interface), providing a display operation change register (DM) and a RAM access change register (RM) which are changed selectively depending on display content (display mode) displayed on a display device and displaying the display data on the display device via a picture memory even in the moving picture display mode.
US08907960B2
A computer, monitor and a display method of the computer are provided. The computer includes a display card with a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a display memory used to receive the data to be displayed, process the data to be displayed and output the processed data to be displayed on the monitor; a power management module is used to manage the power supply status of the GPU and the display memory; a central processing unit (CPU) used to control the display card to enter power saving mode through the power management module when the predetermined conditions are met, make the GPU in a non-power-supply status and the display memory in a power-supply status.
US08907924B2
An information detection device includes: a plurality of light sensing units each configured to detect light; a plurality of sensor scanning drivers each configured to apply sensor scanning signals to the light sensing units; a sensing signal processor configured to receive position information detected by the light sensing units; a plurality of bias applying units each configured to apply bias voltages to the light sensing units; wherein each bias applying unit applies a different polarity of bias voltage.
US08907917B2
Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device which can sense a change of static capacitance of liquid crystals caused by a touch to detect the touch and a position of the touch, the liquid crystal display device includes, a pixel transistor on each of crossed portions of gate lines and data lines and a pixel electrode at each of the pixel regions, a liquid crystal capacitor between the pixel electrode and a common electrode, a storage line formed on the first substrate, a switching line formed in parallel to the gate line, a read out line parallel to the data line, a first storage capacitor between the storage line and the pixel transistor, a second storage capacitor and a sensing capacitor in series between the switching line and the common electrode, a switching transistor having a gate electrode connected to a contact point of the second storage capacitor and the sensing capacitor, and a drain electrode connected to the read out line.
US08907916B2
A mobile terminal is provided including a touchscreen and a controller. The controller is configured to display, on the touchscreen, a moving picture and a subset of a plurality of key frame pictures for the moving picture.
US08907910B2
An instrument and method for operating the same is disclosed. The instrument includes an input port for receiving a signal, a processor for measuring a first parameter related to the signal, and a touch-enabled display. The touch-enabled display receives commands directed to the processor and displays the first parameter. The commands including commands that determine how the first parameter is displayed and commands that determine the manner in which the instrument operates. The commands are grouped into a plurality of contexts. Each command in a context is specified by a control gesture on the touch-enabled display. A first control gesture is used for a first command in a first context, the first control gesture is also utilized for a second command in a second context, the first context being different from the second context.
US08907907B2
A display device includes a touch panel; a coordinate detecting unit configured to detect coordinates on a display surface of the touch panel; a special pen detecting unit configured to detect that a special pen comes into physical contact with the display surface; a timer unit configured to measure time having elapsed from when the coordinate detecting unit detects the coordinates; and an event issuing unit configured to issue a first event when the special pen detecting unit detects the special pen coming into contact with the display surface, and issue a second event when the time having elapsed measured by the timer unit exceeds a predetermined time Δt while the special pen detecting unit is not detecting the special pen coming into contact with the display surface.
US08907901B2
A motion sensor comprises a touch screen, and a motion indictor proximate to the touch screen, the touch screen displaying: an adjusting bar indicating a threshold at which motion is detected, and a level bar indicating an amount of currently measured motion.
US08907900B2
A touch-control module for recognizing gesture inputs by a position sensitive device to an electronic device is disclosed. The touch-control module includes an input connected to the position sensitive device for receiving at least one sensing signal generated by the position sensitive device when one or more objects touch a surface thereof; a touch state unit for detecting the sensing signal and determining a touch state of the object(s), such as approaching to or lifting off the position sensitive device; a position and multi-gesture processing unit for analyzing the sensing signal to determine a touch position of the object(s) on the position sensitive device, and tracking the touch state and touch position to determine a corresponding motion factor; and an output connected to the electronic device for outputting the touch state and touch position as well as information corresponding to a motion factor whenever the motion factor is determined.
US08907897B2
A small sensor surface designed to control a smart phone or Mobile Internet Device (MID). The sensor surface may be mounted on the side of the proposed device in a position where a user's thumb or finger naturally falls when holding the device in his/her hand. The sensor surface is simultaneously convex and concave, providing both visual and physical cues for the use of the sensor surface. The sensor may include capacitive sensing, optical sensing and pressure sensing capabilities to interpret thumb gestures into device control.
US08907896B2
An input processing device including a display screen and a pointing device for inputting corresponding 2-dimensional coordinates on the display screen. A 3-dimensional space is displayed on the display screen and the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted from the pointing device are detected. Next, shift amounts, per unit of time, of the detected 2-dimensional coordinates are calculated based on a predetermined calculation start condition. And the calculated shift amounts are converted to 3-dimensional coordinate shift amounts in the 3-dimensional space.
US08907893B2
An electronic device with one or more processors and memory detects a button press of a respective button of a plurality of buttons that include a first button that corresponds to a first type of operation and a second button that corresponds to a second type of operation. The device determines, in conjunction with detecting the button press, a rolling gesture metric corresponding to performance of a rolling gesture comprising rotation about a longitudinal axis of the electronic device. After determining the rolling gesture metric, when the respective button is the first button, the device initiates performance, in a respective user interface, of an operation of the first type in accordance with the rolling gesture metric and when the respective button is the second button, the device initiates performance, in the respective user interface, of an operation of the second type in accordance with the rolling gesture metric.
US08907892B2
A 3D pointing device for use with a content delivery system is provided. The pointing device can operate in one of at least one of two modes: a first 3D or scrolling mode, and a second non-3D mode that can also be referred to as an up-down-left-right (UDLR) mode. The pointing device can include one or more directional sensors, to provide orientation and movement information. For either of the at least two modes, an optical finger navigation module is provided that can detect movement of a user's finger or object across its screen, and provides a predetermined threshold that must be exceeded before movement information is generated from the OFN module. The pointing device can generate scroll and UDLR commands based on the information from the orientation and movement sensors, as well as the OFN module, or can provide the information from the orientation and movement sensors to a user interface that can generate the appropriate scrolling or UDLR commands for use by the content delivery system.
US08907890B2
The present relates to a remote control method and a remote control system capable of switching different pointing modes. The remote control method includes a detecting unit of a remote control detecting a relative position between a first module and a second module of the remote control so as to generate a detecting signal, transmitting a pointing mode code to an electronic device according to the detecting signal by wireless communication technology, and the electronic device performing movement of an icon according to the pointing mode code and pointing mode relation information.
US08907889B2
A method is described that involves identifying one or more images of respective one or more fixed markers. Each marker is positioned on or proximate to a display. The images appear on a pixilated sensor within a handheld device. The method also involves determining a location on, or proximate to, the display where the handheld device was pointed during the identifying. The method also involves sending from the handheld device information derived from the identifying of the one or more images of respective one or more fixed markers. The method also involves triggering action taken by electronic equipment circuitry in response to the handheld device's sending of a signal to indicate the action is desired.
US08907886B2
The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates navigating smoothly and gracefully through any type of content viewable on portable devices such as cell-phones, PDAs, and/or any other hybrids thereof. In addition, such navigation can be performed while preserving perspective and context with respect to a larger amount of content. Pointing devices can also be used to navigate through content—the amount or detail of the content being dependant on the speed of the pointing device. Additionally, a semi-transparent overview of content can be overlaid a zoomed-in portion of content to provide perspective to the zoomed in portion. Content shown in the semi-transparent overview can depend on the location of the pointing device with respect to the content.
US08907884B2
A method and system for modifying the pulse width modulation frequency for controlling the backlit illumination intensity of a liquid crystal display. The modified pulse width modulation frequency may be selected to reduce distortion in the display while allowing for a wide range of dimming settings for the display. A pulse width modulation signal may be also be phase shifted such that a string of light sources may be sequentially activated to generate a effective frequency greater than that of the frequency of the pulse width modulation signal.
US08907883B2
An active matrix type liquid crystal display device may include a black signal insertion device to apply a voltage corresponding to a black display as a voltage for data signal lines only during a black signal insertion period that is a part of one frame period, a black insertion ratio change device to change the insertion period, and an unchanged-storage-capacitor-phase-keeping device to control the insertion period after the change. The control makes a time difference the same, before and after the change, between (i) a timing, among timings at which signal voltages of the first or second storage capacitor line rise, at which a storage capacitor voltage rises that is both prior to a start timing of the insertion period and a closest timing to the start timing of the insertion period, and (ii) the start timing of the insertion period.
US08907880B2
A liquid crystal display device (100) according to the present invention includes: first and second pixel transistors (130a, 130b); a gate driver (210) that supplies a gate signal to a gate line (G); a source driver (220) that supplies a source signal to first and second branch lines (225a and 225b); a first source transistor (180a), which includes a source that is electrically connected to the first branch line (225a) and a drain that is electrically connected to a first source line (Sa); and a second source transistor (180b), which includes a source that is electrically connected to the second branch line (225b) and a drain that is electrically connected to a second source line (Sb).
US08907878B2
A liquid crystal display device has pixels containing first to fourth subpixels (“SPs”) having four different colors, respectively, arranged in a two-by-two matrix. In displaying a font on a pixel composed of three SPs having three different colors, respectively, arranged in three columns of stripes, the SP in the first column of stripes takes on a tone Tx, the SP in the second column of stripes takes on a tone Ty, and the SP in the third column of stripes takes on a tone Tz. Each of the first and fourth SPs takes on a tone which is obtained by performing rounding on (Tx×⅔)+(Ty×⅓)=p and that each of the second and third SPs takes on a tone which is obtained by performing rounding on (Ty×⅓)+(Tz×⅔)=v.
US08907870B2
A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor; a second transistor coupled to a data line and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an ith scan line; a third transistor between the second transistor and a gate electrode of the first transistor and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an i+1th scan line; a fourth transistor between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a reference power supply and turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the ith scan line; a fifth transistor between the organic light emitting diode and an initial power supply and turned on when a control signal is supplied; a first capacitor between the organic light emitting diode and a node between the second transistor and the third transistor; and a second capacitor between the node and the gate electrode of the first transistor.
US08907869B2
An organic light emitting display is provided. In each circuit of pixels constituting a pixel unit, a transistor for providing an initialization voltage is arranged so that leakage current is reduced when the transistor is turned off. When the transistor is implemented as a dual gate transistor with a similar transistor from an adjacent pixel, layout space may be conserved.
US08907860B2
A stand-alone multi-band antenna includes an antenna ground plate, a shielding metal wall, a first radiating unit, and a signal feed-in source. The first radiating unit connected to at least one side of the antenna ground plate and located above the antenna ground plate is an antenna structure generating the fringing-field. The first radiating unit provides a first operating band and a second operating band. The shielding metal wall is connected to a plurality of the adjacent sides of the antenna ground plate, and the height thereof is larger than or equal to that of the first radiating unit, therefore limiting the fringing-field of the first radiating unit within the stand-alone multi-band antenna. The signal feed-in source has a signal feed-in point and a ground point. The signal feed-in point is electrically connected to the first radiating unit, and the ground point is electrically connected to the shielding metal wall.
US08907858B2
Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and wireless power transfers. In an implementation, a portable device may include full metallic chassis devices. The full metallic chassis devices may include a keyboard and/or trackpad that include a plastic keycap. The plastic keycap may integrate a booster component to increase near field communications (NFC) range of a coil antenna that is integrated onto a surface plane above a circuit board of a switch that is connected to the plastic keycap. In an implementation, a ferrite material is inserted between the coil antenna and the circuit board to protect the coil antenna from Eddy currents that may be induced on a metallic chassis that lie underneath the circuit board.
US08907854B2
An antenna structure includes a first circuit board having a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit, a second circuit board having a first radio member and a second radio member, and a sliding mechanism. The first antenna unit and the second antenna unit are configured for receiving and transmitting different wireless signals. The sliding mechanism slides the second circuit board relative to the first circuit board, to separate or connect the first antenna unit with the first radio member and the second antenna unit with the second radio member, thus enabling the first antenna unit or a combination of the second antenna unit and the second radio member to receive and transmit a first wireless signal; the second antenna unit or a combination of the first antenna unit and the first radio member receive to transmit a second wireless signal.
US08907827B2
Calibrating of A/D converters is carried out by obtaining adjustable reference voltages which are used in A/D conversion, comparing a first divided reference voltage of a full range voltage Vref, with a second divided reference voltage of Vref using analog to digital converters that are used in the A/D conversion; and adjusting at least one of said reference voltages to obtain a set ratio between said multiple ones of said reference voltages. The compared values can include a divided version of Vref, e.g., 3/8 Vref.
US08907826B2
A successive approximation (SA) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) capable of estimating its own capacitance weight errors includes a comparator, a capacitor set, a switch set and a controller. The capacitor set includes a primary capacitor array including a plurality of binary-weighted capacitors, and a secondary capacitor array including a plurality of binary-weighted capacitors with known capacitance weights. The controller controls the switch set and repeats the steps of pre-charging the primary capacitor array, redistributing electric charges to the primary capacitor array and the secondary capacitor array, and performing a successive approximation binary searching on the primary capacitor array and the secondary capacitor array to calculate the capacitance weight error of each capacitor in the primary capacitor array. The calculated capacitance weight errors are used for calibrating the output of the successive approximation ADC.
US08907822B2
A signal processor for providing a processed version of an input signal in dependence on the input signal includes a windower configured to window a portion of the input signal, or of a pre-processed version thereof, in dependence on a signal processing window described by signal processing window values for a plurality of window value index values, in order to obtain the processed version of the input signal. The signal processor also includes a window provider for providing the signal processing window values for a plurality of window value index values in dependence on one or more window shape parameters.
US08907813B2
A traffic accident prevention service provides a method for improving traffic safety by using beacons. Each vehicle participating in the traffic accident prevention service includes a system for determining the speed of the vehicle, and a terminal connected to the system that has access to a wireless access network. Positioning beacons are located at different points of the road network and communicate via radio with the vehicles circulating close to them. The network warns the terminal of the safety parameters by knowing the position of the vehicle when it passes close to a beacon so that the driver can take appropriate actions.
US08907811B2
A networked display has multiple modes of operation. In the first operating mode, the display receives and shows information related to charging an electric vehicle. In a second mode of operation, the display receives and shows information related to home energy usage. Other operating modes may also be supported.
US08907800B2
An electronic apparatus includes: a temperature measurement section that measures a temperature of a heat generation source generating heat by consuming power or a temperature of an inner position of a casing of which the temperature changes due to the heat generation of the heat generation source; and an environmental temperature calculation section that calculates a temperature which is calculated using a predetermined relational equation that is different in accordance with a model from a difference between a first temperature measured by the temperature measurement section at a point in time when the heat generation source starts consuming a predetermined amount of power and a second temperature measured by the temperature measurement section at a point in time after the passage of a predetermined period from the start of consumption of a predetermined amount of power by the heat generation source as an environmental temperature in an environment where the casing is placed.
US08907796B2
A valve and cap system for a beverage container including a button with at least one arm, a base element coupled with a beverage container and moveably coupled with the button, a top element, and a flexible seal valve with a slit. The flexible seal valve is coupled with the base element, and the at least one arm is coupled with the flexible seal valve to operatively open and close the slit in the flexible seal valve when the button is moved inwardly and outwardly respectively. The valve and cap system includes at least one electronic element situated in at least one compartment in the top element, and at least one sensor that senses one or more signals, to determine an amount of fluid a user of the beverage container should consume.
US08907790B2
A fingerprint analysis system is presented including a chemical analysis module configured to perform chemical analysis of received fingerprints to create a chemical profile and provide at least one response and a comparison module configured to compare the chemical profile and/or the at least one response. The chemical analysis involves at least identification of a select number of molecules and/or organic compounds for deriving distinguishing characteristics from the received fingerprints. The fingerprint analysis system may be in operative communication with at least one electronic device.
US08907780B2
A vehicle brake light system includes a proximity sensing device disposed proximate a rearward region of a vehicle for determining whether an object is located within a predetermined distance of the rearward region of the vehicle. Also included is at least one brake light disposed proximate the rearward region of the vehicle, wherein the at least one brake light is configured to be in an illuminated state or a non-illuminated state. Further included is a controller in operable communication with the proximity sensing device, wherein the controller is configured to receive a proximity sensing device signal when the object is within the predetermined distance and configured to send an alert signal to the at least one brake light to enact the illuminated state upon receiving the proximity sensing device signal from the proximity sensing device.
US08907772B1
A computer program product is provided for automatically detecting unsafe driving practices and providing real time driver feedback upon execution by either of a local device which may be embodied in for example a cigarette lighter adapter, or a mobile cellular device such as for example an iPhone. The device upon which the program is embodied is thus configured to receive and store program parameters including predetermined speed limit settings, receive sensor output signals representative of vehicle position and vehicle movement, determine a location of the vehicle based on the position sensor output signals, and determine a safe- or unsafe-driving condition based on the movement sensor output signals and at least a predetermined speed limit setting associated with the vehicle location. A driver alert signal is further generated in response to determining an unsafe driving condition, and notification of unsafe driving conditions may be accordingly transmitted to third parties.
US08907767B2
Systems and techniques for reading radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and determining the distance between a reader and a tag being read. A plurality of interrogation signals are transmitted to an RFID tag, with signals at a first frequency being transmitted at a plurality of antenna polarizations and signals at a second frequency being transmitted at a plurality of antenna polarizations. The antenna polarizations are chosen such that return signals resulting from the signals and traveling along reflective paths will sum to zero. Return signals received from the tag are averaged, and phase shift information exhibited by the return signals is determined. The phase shift information for the return signals and frequency information for the interrogation signals is used to compute the distance between the reader and the tag.
US08907765B2
An RFID tag detection method and system are described. The method comprises transmitting, in a predetermined area, a predetermined number of RFID tag request signals. The method also comprises determining that an RFID tag is positioned within the predetermined area based on a comparison of a count of zero or more received RFID tag response signals from the RFID tag with the predetermined number of RFID tag request signals.
US08907762B2
An electronic key system that performs ID verification communication to verify an ID of an electronic key. The ID verification communication is started by transmission of a wireless signal from a vehicle and performed between the vehicle and the electronic key. The electronic key system determines the location of the electronic key in accordance with the received signal strength of a radio wave used for the ID verification communication. A signal strength measurement circuit measures a first signal strength, which is the received signal strength when a signal from the electronic key is received, and a second signal strength, which is the received signal strength of the radio wave during a vacant time when the electronic key is performing the ID verification communication. A control unit controls operation of the electronic key in accordance with a measurement result of the first and second signal strengths.
US08907758B2
A small reactor with high heat-release performance is provided. A reactor 1 includes an assembly (10) and a case (4), the assembly (10) having a coil (2) and a magnetic core (3) at which the coil (2) is arranged, the case (4) housing the assembly (10). The case (4) includes a bottom plate (40) that contacts a fixing object when the reactor (1) is installed on the fixing object, a side wall (41) that is mounted on the bottom plate (40) with an adhesive and surrounds the assembly (10), and a junction layer (42) that fixes the coil (2) to an inner surface of the bottom plate (40). The bottom plate (40) is formed of a material with higher thermal conductivity than that of the side wall (41). The reactor (1) easily transfers heat of the coil (2) to the bottom plate (40) and hence has high heat-release performance because the reactor (1) includes the bottom plate (40) with the high thermal conductivity and the coil (2) is joined to the bottom plate (40) through the junction layer (42). Since the bottom plate (40) and the side wall (41) are integrated using the adhesive, the thicknesses of both the members (40, 41) can be decreased. Accordingly, the reactor (1) is small.
US08907755B2
R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles are produced by an HDDR treatment which comprises a first stage HD step of heating particles of a raw material alloy having a composition of R, B and Co in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum atmosphere and then replacing the atmosphere with a hydrogen-containing gas atmosphere in which the raw material alloy particles are held in the same temperature range and a second stage HD step of heating a material obtained in the first stage HD step in which the material is held in the hydrogen-containing gas atmosphere.
US08907747B2
A filter device including an input electronic circuit having an input load admittance Yin, an output electronic circuit having an output load admittance Yout, a lattice filter with two types of two piezoelectric resonators having a characteristic impedance Zc; those of the first type have a resonant frequency Fr1 and an antiresonant frequency Fa1; those of the second type have a resonant frequency Fr2 different from Fr1 and an antiresonant frequency Fa2 different from Fa1. The input and output impedances are matched to the reciprocal of the real part Re{Yin} of the admittance Yin and the reciprocal of the real part Re{Yout} of the admittance Yout, which are at least two to five times greater than the characteristic impedance Zc of the resonators. The frequency differences Fa1−Fr1 and Fa2−Fr2 are at least two to three times greater than the absolute value of the difference Fr1−Fr2.
US08907745B2
Contrary to phase shifters which require complimentary polarity control voltages, a phase shifter may be driven with a single polarity control voltage. The phase shifter comprises an input node in communication with both a high pass network and a low pass network which are both in communication with an output node, where the phase shifter further comprises a first single pole double throw switch and a second single pole double throw switch configured to selectively pass an RF signal from the input node to the output node by way of one of said high pass network and said low pass network. Furthermore, the first and second single pole double throw switches are configured to select between the high pass network and the low pass network based on a single control signal having a voltage greater than or less than a reference voltage.
US08907735B2
A PWM circuit that can have two refresh rates, including: a first PWM signal generator and a second PWM signal generator; wherein the first PWM signal generator and the second PWM signal generator respectively control refresh rates in two dimensions of an output data generated from a target apparatus. A PWM signal generation method that can have two refresh rates, including: generating a first PWM signal; generating a second PWM signal; and controlling refresh rates in different dimensions of an output data generated from a target apparatus respectively by using the first PWM signal and the second PWM signal.
US08907728B2
An amplifier including a high supply voltage source and a low supply voltage source and two parallel signal paths. Each signal path is connected to the high and the low supply voltage sources and includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The two signal paths are connected to each other only at a common input node and a common output node, so that the respective first amplifiers operate independently of each other. The first amplifiers are configured to convert at least a part of an input voltage signal into a signal current. The signal paths are configured so that the signal current in use drives the respective second amplifier to provide an amplified output current to the common output node.
US08907719B2
The present invention relates to an IC circuit. In an embodiment, an IC circuit includes: an RT terminal connected to an external; a current mirroring unit conducting a channel current between internal voltage power and the RT terminal and generating an internal reference current mirrored with the channel current; a negative feedback unit receiving the internal reference current, equalizing voltages of an RT terminal connection terminal and an internal reference current output terminal of the current mirroring unit to make the internal reference current constant, and providing the internal reference current inside the IC circuit; and an IC state indicating unit having a transistor, which operates complementarily with the current mirroring unit, connected between the RT terminal and a ground and providing the state of an IC or a system to the RT terminal by being linked with the complementary operation of the current mirroring unit.
US08907718B2
There is described a passive heater-and-diode multiplexing network for selective addressing of thermally-coupled and electrically-disconnected fuses within a passive device network (resistor/capacitor/inductor) or within an application circuit.
US08907713B2
An apparatus of a Harmonic Rejection Mixer (HRM) for removing a harmonic component and an operating method thereof are provided. The HRM includes a Local Oscillator (LO), at least one frequency converter, at least two mixers, at least one phase converter, and a combiner. The LO generates an LO signal. The at least one frequency converter multiplies the LO signal using different variables to provide the same to at least two mixers. The at least two mixers convert a frequency band of an input signal using the LO signal provided from the LO and the at least one frequency converter. The at least one phase converter controls a phase of an output signal of at least one other mixer excluding one of the at least two mixers. The combiner combines an output signal of the one mixer with an output signal of the at least one phase converter.
US08907712B2
A level shifter circuit includes a level shifter unit and a first controlling unit. The level shifter unit has an input node for receiving an input signal having a predetermined level, an output node for outputting an output signal having a desired level and a complementary output node for outputting a complementary output signal complementary to the output signal. The first controlling unit is coupled to the level shifter unit and has a first transistor coupled between the complementary output node and a first control node for receiving a first control signal and a second transistor coupled between the input node for receiving the input signal and a ground.
US08907706B2
A phase-locked loop to is simultaneously synchronized to high and low frequency clocks by (i) locking an output of the phase-locked loop to a high-frequency reference clock, (ii) measuring at a high rate a first phase difference between the high-frequency reference clock and the output of the phase-locked loop, (iii) measuring at a high rate a second phase difference between a low-frequency reference clock and the output of the phase-locked loop; (iv) computing at a low rate from said first and second phase differences a third phase difference between the high-frequency and low frequency clocks; (v) combining at a low rate said third phase difference with said second phase-difference to obtain a total phase difference; and (vi) adjusting the output of the phase-locked loop at a low rate to reduce the obtained total phase difference.
US08907703B1
Methods and systems for sampling a differential signal. The sampling circuit includes a differential input and a differential output. A logic control block, which is powered by VDD and VSS sources, controls the state of switches used to sample and store differential signals. The logic control block is AC coupled to the switches. The sampling circuit is configured to sample a common mode voltage at the differential input of a level that exceeds that of the VDD and VSS sources.
US08907702B1
In accordance with an embodiment, a phase detector circuit includes a plurality of cascaded RF stages that each has a first RF amplifier and a second RF amplifier. The first RF amplifiers are cascaded with first RF amplifiers of successive RF stages, and the second RF amplifiers are cascaded with second RF amplifiers of successive RF stages. The phase detector further includes a first mixer having a first input coupled to an output of a first RF amplifier of a first RF stage and a second input coupled to an output of a second RF amplifier of the first RF stage, and a second mixer having a first input coupled to an output of a second RF amplifier of a second RF stage and a second input coupled to an output of a first RF amplifier of the second RF stage.
US08907695B2
A detecting method of abnormality of a differential signal receiving terminal of a liquid crystal displaying module, including: inputting high level signals to LVDS0+, LVDS0−, LVDS1+, LVDS− in order, in which only one high level signal is inputted to one of the differential signal lines and the other differential signal lines are kept in high impedance states simultaneously; and receiving feedback signals from all the differential signal lines and determining whether the differential signal lines of detecting units are abnormal or not according to the received feedback signals. The abnormality of the differential signal lines includes terminal resistive opens of the differential signal lines, a short circuit between two adjacent groups of differential signal lines, and short circuits of the differential signal lines to ground or to a power supply caused by abnormal power supplying sequence. By inputting high level signals to the differential signal lines in order and receiving the feedback signal from each differential signal line, the abnormality of the receiving terminal can be detected quickly according to the received feedback signals. This not only reduces the labor cost and time cost, but also improves the detecting efficiency of the abnormality.
US08907689B2
A retention arrangement that includes one or more templates for securing and aligning probes for testing a device under test.
US08907684B2
A method for forming a nanofluidic channel measuring system is disclosed. The method includes forming a first trench in a substrate, forming a second trench in the substrate, the first trench and the second trench are separated by a first width, providing a first conductor pad at a first location, providing a second conductor pad at a second location, forming a first nano-wire for coupling the first conductor pad with the second conductor pad, and forming a nano-channel through the first nano-wire, the nano-channel also coupling the first trench and the second trench, the nano-channel configured to sever the first nano-wire. A nanofluidic channel measuring system is also disclosed.
US08907679B2
A meter apparatus having three-phase judgment function includes a control unit, a multimeter measurement unit electrically connected to the control unit, a three-phase judgment unit electrically connected to the control unit, a first measurement jack electrically connected to the multimeter measurement unit and the three-phase judgment unit, a second measurement jack electrically connected to the multimeter measurement unit and the three-phase judgment unit, and a third measurement jack electrically connected to the multimeter measurement unit and the three-phase judgment unit.
US08907673B2
For magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a dynamic frequency drift correction method for binomial water excitation method includes collecting the reference one-dimensional navigation signal by an MRI device; acquiring one current one-dimensional navigation signal after scanning N images, wherein N is a positive integer; calculating the frequency drift according to the reference one-dimensional navigation signal and the current one-dimensional navigation signal; calculating and setting the initial phase of the next radio frequency signal by the MRI device according to the frequency drift. The method provides real-time calculation of the main magnetic field frequency drift according to the one-dimensional navigation signal during the scanning period and corrects the phase of the radio frequency signal to ensure that the direction of the gradient field is always perpendicular to the plane formed by the spinning of fat protons, so there is only water signal remaining after excitation so that water images can be obtained.
US08907666B2
A scissor style magnetic sensor having a novel hard bias structure for improved magnetic biasing robustness. The sensor includes a sensor stack that includes first and second magnetic layers separated by a non-magnetic layer such as an electrically insulating barrier layer or an electrically conductive spacer layer. The first and second magnetic layers have magnetizations that are antiparallel coupled, but that are canted in a direction that is neither parallel with nor perpendicular to the air bearing surface by a magnetic bias structure. The magnetic bias structure includes a neck portion extending from the back edge of the sensor stack and having first and second sides that are aligned with first and second sides of the sensor stack. The bias structure also includes a tapered or wedged portion extending backward from the neck portion.
US08907659B2
The retractable test probe includes a main sleeve, a needle and a rotation positioning mechanism. The needle is rooted in the main sleeve. The rotation positioning mechanism includes an eccentric incoaxially fastened to the needle and a flexible sleeve around the eccentric and in the main sleeve. When the needle is turned towards a specific direction, the eccentric will be firmly fastened in the main sleeve through the flexible sleeve, when the needle is turned reversely, the eccentric will be released from the flexible sleeve to be retractably movable.
US08907649B2
A voltage converter includes a voltage converting circuit, a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, a feedback circuit, an adjusting circuit, and a measuring circuit. The voltage converting circuit converts an input voltage to a low output voltage for a load. The PWM controller includes a comparator and a triangular-wave oscillator. The comparator is connected to the voltage converting circuit and outputs a PWM voltage to the voltage converting circuit. The triangular-wave oscillator is connected to an inverting terminal of the comparator, and outputs a sawtooth-wave voltage to the comparator. The feedback circuit is connected to a non-inverting terminal of the comparator and outputs a feedback voltage to the comparator. The measuring circuit measures current output from the voltage converting circuit and controls the adjusting circuit to provide a pull-up voltage to the triangular-wave oscillator when the measured current decreases, thereby increasing the duty ratio of the PWM voltage.
US08907647B2
There is provided a control device which controls a transformer in accordance with a total loss imposed on a load driving system including the transformer and a load. In a control device of a transformer that boosts or drops an output voltage of a DC power supply and provides the output voltage to a load, the control device includes: a switching controller which performs switching control of the transformer; a load power deriving unit which derives load power; a transformer loss decrease amount deriving unit which derives a decrease amount of loss generated in the transformer, based on the load power derived by the load power deriving unit and a transformer ratio of the transformer, when the switching controller performs intermittent control of the transformer; a load loss increase amount deriving unit which derives an increase amount of loss generated in the load when the switching controller performs the intermittent control of the transformer; and a control command unit which instructs the switching controller to perform the intermittent control of the transformer when the decrease amount of transformer loss derived by the transformer loss decrease amount deriving unit is larger than the increase amount of load loss derived by the load loss increase amount deriving unit.
US08907645B2
A safe electric power regulating circuit is connected between a power supply and a voltage boost/buck circuit to regulate the output voltage by the power supply to have a target voltage through the voltage boost/buck circuit. A switching device includes a switch unit, a first diode, and a first capacitor. The switch unit includes a first end, a second end, and a third end. The first end is connected to the power supply, and the second end is connected to the voltage boost/buck circuit. The switch unit is controlled to connect the third end to the first end or the second end. The first diode has an anode connected to the first end of the switch unit. The first capacitor has one end connected to the third end of the switch unit and the other end connected to circuit ground.
US08907642B1
A regulated, power supply system is described using multiphase DC-DC converters with dynamic fast-turnon, slow-turnoff phase shedding, early phase turn-on, and both load-voltage and drive-transistor feedback to pulsewidth modulators to provide fast response to load transients. In an embodiment, a system master can automatically determine whether all, or only some, slave phase units are fully populated. The programmable system includes fault detection with current and voltage sensing, telemetry capability, and automatic shutdown capability. In an embodiment, these are buck-type converters with or without coupled inductors, however some of the embodiments illustrated include boost configurations.
US08907639B2
A boost power converter system according to one embodiment includes an input voltage high-side node; an inductor coupled to the input voltage high-side node at a first terminal of the inductor; a power switch coupled to the inductor at a second terminal of the inductor; a drive circuit configured to control the power switch such that the boost power converter system operates in a discontinuous conduction mode when a load current drops below a critical conduction threshold; and a damping switch configured to enable current flow from the power switch at the second terminal of the inductor to the input voltage high-side node, wherein the damping switch is closed when the power switch is open and the damping switch is opened when the power switch is closed.
US08907628B2
Applicant has disclosed a method and apparatus for a bipolar automotive electrical system. In the preferred “apparatus” embodiment, Applicant's bipolar electrical system comprises: two (e.g., 12 V) batteries of equal, but opposite voltage (e.g., +12 V, −12 V), with bipolar outputs; an alternator, responsive to the batteries, which controls electrical charge to the batteries individually; an automotive DC motor connected by a single lead wire to the bipolar outputs from the batteries; and, wherein the reversible motor is run off the bipolar output without the need for any intervening devices between the bipolar command outputs and the motors. Alternatively, the alternator can inherently charge the batteries sequentially with the lowest voltage battery being addressed first. This approach allows heavy loads to be powered by 24 V or 48 V DC, yet the arc voltage to ground is still only 12 V or 24 V DC.
US08907619B2
A wireless charger installed with a two-dimensional moving mechanism which is simply configured, inexpensive and can be easily miniaturized is provided wherein a table is freely moved in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. In the two dimensional moving mechanism, each pair of X axis pinions are arranged to simultaneously mesh with teeth near both ends of each rack arranged on an X axis slider and Y axis slider respectively. Each pair of pinions are driven by each motor and rotated in synchronization.
US08907618B2
A cell apparatus that emits and receives AC power via magnetic field resonance includes a cell interface and a circuit to generate a magnetic field when emitting the AC power and to generate an AC current when exposed to a magnetic field from an external device. The cell apparatus also includes a switch or sensor to determine whether a charging mode or a discharging mode is active. Because the cell apparatus emits and receives AC power via magnetic field resonance, it can be charged and discharge without electrical contact with another device.
US08907616B2
A hybrid power supply system includes a number of power modules electrically connected with each other in series. Each power module includes a fuel cell unit and a lithium-ion battery unit. Each fuel cell unit includes at least two fuel cell monomers electrically connected with each other in series. Each lithium-ion battery unit includes one or more lithium ion battery monomers electrically connected with each other in parallel. Each fuel cell unit is electrically connected with each lithium-ion battery unit in parallel to directly charge the lithium-ion battery unit.
US08907615B2
An electrical power generation system, such as a solar power inverter, can provide dynamic real-time power compensation, so as to mitigate the effects of voltage sags and swells (e.g., on a utility grid) and thereby provide voltage support functionality to a local grid. The electrical power generation system can do so by receiving first synchrophasor measurements that are taken at a point on the utility grid and transmitted to the electrical power generation system and by taking second synchrophasor measurements. The first and second synchrophasors indicate voltage magnitude and frequency of the alternating current (AC) at their respective measurement points. The electrical power generation system can compare the first synchrophasors with the second synchrophasors and based upon the comparison, vary the power factor of the power the electrical power generation system generates (e.g., by either supplying or absorbing reactive power).
US08907594B2
An ion therapy system comprises a particle accelerator (1) mounted on a rotatable gantry (2). The particle accelerator includes a superconducting coil (17) which rotates about its axis as the particle accelerator rotates about the gantry axis in use to direct an output beam towards a target from different directions. The particle accelerator is rotatable through (180) degrees to move the beam through a corresponding arc. The particle accelerator includes cooling system arranged to cool the coil as the coil rotates. The superconducting coil (17) is mounted in a coil support (25). The coil is surrounded by a cryogen chamber (32) which is located radially outwardly from the coil (17) on the other side of the support (25). The cryogen chamber is in fluid communication with a cryogen recondensing unit (29) whereby vaporized cryogen may flow from the cryogen chamber (32) to the cryogen recondensing unit (29) to be recondensed in use before returning to the cryogen chamber. Thermally conductive means (40) is arranged to facilitate heat transfer from the superconducting coil (17) to the cryogen chamber (32) to vaporize cryogen contained therein in use and thereby remove heat from the coil.
US08907584B2
An apparatus for controlling the constant current for multi-channel LEDs includes: a plurality of LED channels each comprising an LED array, a transistor, and a variable emitter resistor; a feedback sensing circuit for sensing the collector or drain voltage of a transistor of each of the LED channels; and a controller for increasing the variable emitter resistance of an LED channel in which the collector voltage of the transistor is higher than those of the other LED channels, in response to a feedback sensing result input from the feedback sensing circuit.
US08907582B2
A method for providing a kickstart pulse to a dimmer circuit for a light source that is slow starting. The method includes receiving an initial power signal for a light source electrically coupled to a dimmer circuit, and generating, using the initial power signal, a pulse signal. The method also includes sending, for a period of time, the pulse signal to a load control circuit for the light source. In such a case, the light source is illuminated by the pulse signal for the period of time, and the magnitude of the pulse signal is greater than the magnitude of a steady-state signal generated by the dimmer circuit for the light source. The method can be performed using discrete components, integrated circuits, software, some other electrical device, or any combination thereof. A kickstart circuit and a dimmer circuit, using substantially the method described above, is also disclosed herein.
US08907578B2
An autonomous method for minimizing the magnitude of plasma discharge current oscillations in a Hall effect plasma device includes iteratively measuring plasma discharge current oscillations of the plasma device and iteratively adjusting the magnet current delivered to the plasma device in response to measured plasma discharge current oscillations to reduce the magnitude of the plasma discharge current oscillations.
US08907575B2
A light source device with an LED module includes a load module. The load module includes a voltage-regulating unit and a constant current controlling unit parallel-connected between a first output end and a second output end of the voltage-regulating unit. An input end of the voltage-regulating unit is connected to a positive end of a voltage source. The voltage-regulating unit generates a stable voltage difference of less than 1.6V between the first and second output ends. The LED module receives a residual voltage equal to the result of subtracting from the output voltage of the voltage source the voltage difference consumed by the load module. The amount by which the residual voltage exceeds the operating voltage required for the entire LED string never exceeds safe voltage values. Even if a voltage source changes, the voltage-regulating unit can still generate a stable voltage difference and a stable current.
US08907572B2
An LED based lighting system for use in highway lighting, adaptations to current highway lighting systems, and associated methodology. The highway lighting system can be implemented in new highway installations and also by retrofitting existing highway installations. Unlike highway lighting systems in the prior art that convert AC to DC and clean the harmonics at each lamp post, the lighting system converts AC to (high voltage) DC and cleans the created harmonics at a centralized location thereby supplying high voltage DC to each lamp. The high voltage DC is then stepped down at each lamp post via communicating with centralized command center. This allows each lamp to be dimmed from full brightness to 0% brightness and also to be dimmed independent of one another (which in turn allows for automatic checking whether each lamp is functioning properly).
US08907567B2
A plasma light source includes a pair of coaxial electrodes 10 facing each other, a radiation environment sustaining device 20 that supplies a plasma medium into the insides of the coaxial electrodes and holds the coaxial electrodes at a temperature and a pressure suitable for plasma generation, and a voltage application device 30 that applies a discharge voltage of an inverted polarity to each of the coaxial electrodes. Tubular discharge 4 is formed between the pair of coaxial electrodes and plasma 3 is confined in an axial direction of the coaxial electrodes.
US08907559B2
There is provided a light emitting device which enables a color display with good color balance. A triplet compound is used for a light emitting layer of an EL element that emits red color, and a singlet compound is used for a light emitting layer of an EL element that emits green color and a light emitting layer of an EL element that emits blue color. Thus, an operation voltage of the EL element emitting red color may be made the same as the EL element emitting green color and the EL element emitting blue color. Accordingly, the color display with good color balance can be realized.
US08907556B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) fluorescent lamp which can replace a typical fluorescent lamp is provided. The LED fluorescent lamp includes an LED array including a plurality of LEDs connected in series; first through fourth connection pins; first through fourth capacitors connected to the first through fourth connection pins, respectively; a first diode having an commonly connected to second ends of the first and third capacitors and a cathode connected to a first end of the LED array; a second diode having an anode connected to a second end of the LED array and a cathode commonly connected to second ends of the second and fourth capacitors. The LED fluorescent lamp can replace a typical fluorescent lamp without a requirement of the installation of additional equipment or the change of wiring.
US08907555B2
A field emission electron source includes a carbon nanotube micro-tip structure. The carbon nanotube micro-tip structure includes an insulating substrate and a patterned carbon nanotube film structure. The insulating substrate includes a surface. The surface includes an edge. The patterned carbon nanotube film structure is partially arranged on the surface of the insulating substrate. The patterned carbon nanotube film structure includes two strip-shaped arms joined at one end to form a tip portion protruded from the edge of the surface of the insulating substrate and suspended. Each of the two strip-shaped arms includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes parallel to the surface of the insulating substrate. A field emission device is also disclosed.
US08907549B2
A vibrator includes a base substrate, a tuning fork type vibrating body, a first vibrating body, a second vibrating body, a first extraction electrode at the one vibration arm portion, a second extraction electrode at the other vibration arm portion, and an input/output port at the base portion. The input/output port is configured to input/output an electric signal to/from each of the first extraction electrode, the second extraction electrode, and the excitation electrodes of the vibration arm portions. The tuning fork type vibrating body is configured to generate a flexural vibration in reverse phase to the contour vibration of the first and second vibrating bodies, so as to absorb the contour vibration of the first and second vibrating bodies.
US08907533B2
A device for generating electrical energy has at least one pair of permanent magnets and at least one coil. They are moved about a pivot axis relative to one another by agitating or shaking. Each coil is disposed between the pole surfaces of the at least one pair of permanent magnets which are disposed opposite each other.
US08907531B2
A medical device-powering wireless receiver for use with a first electromagnetic resonator coupled to a power supply. The wireless receiver includes a load configured to power an implantable medical device using electrical power, and a second electromagnetic resonator adapted to be housed within the medical device and configured to be coupled to the load, wherein the second electromagnetic resonator is configured to be wirelessly coupled to the first electromagnetic resonator to provide resonant, non-radiative wireless power to the second electromagnetic resonator from the first electromagnetic resonator, the area circumscribed by the inductive element of at least one of the electromagnetic resonators can be varied to improve performance.
US08907529B2
A smart link in a power delivery system includes an insulator, which electrically isolates a power line, and a switchable conductance placed in parallel with the insulator. The switchable conductance includes switchgear for sourcing, sinking, and/or dispatching real and/or reactive power on the power line to dynamically in response to dynamic loading, transient voltages and/or currents, and phase conditions or other conditions on the power line.
US08907526B2
Provided is a power supply system which makes it possible to stably supply power regardless of changes in placement of electrodes. The power supply system for supplying power to a load (24). The fixed body (10) includes: a first power-transmitting electrode (12) and second power-transmitting electrode (13); and an AC power supply (11) to supply AC power to the first power-transmitting electrode (12) and second power-transmitting electrode (13). The movable body (20) includes: a first power-receiving electrode (21a) and second power-receiving electrode (21b) to form a first coupling capacitor (30) and a second coupling capacitor (31), respectively, by being placed in a manner opposed to and not contacting corresponding ones of the first power-transmitting electrode (12) and second power-transmitting electrode (13) while facing one side of an interface, the one side not being faced by these power-transmitting electrodes, and a first capacitor (22a) and first coil (22b) connected to one another in parallel between the first power-receiving electrode (21a) and second power-receiving electrode (21b). The AC power supply (11) transmits power to the load (24) via the first and second coupling capacitors under a condition that causes parallel resonance between the first capacitor (22a) and first coil (22b).
US08907521B2
An assembly having actuators and an electricity power supply system. The assembly includes an input unit connecting the actuators to a three-phase AC electricity network and to a control system. The input unit includes a transformation member arranged to transform the AC into DC at high voltage and connected to a bidirectional power line having connected in series therewith at least one protective switch, a communications interface, and at least one of the actuators. The communications interface is arranged and connected to a central unit to exchange signals over the power line with a signal communications interface of at least one of the actuators. The input unit also includes a charger/discharger unit that connects an energy store to the power line.
US08907513B2
A wave energy converter has a shell, a pendulum pivotally positioned in the shell and having either a magnet or a coil connected or interconnected thereto, a variable inductor for varying an inductive capacity and positioned in the shell, and a pendulum adjuster operatively connected to the pendulum so as to change a center of gravity of the pendulum. The variable inductor has either a magnet and a coil connected or interconnected thereto. At least one of the magnet and the coil oscillates relative to the magnet or the coil of the variable inductor. A shaft is connected to the pendulum so as to move in relation to the pivotal movement of the pendulum.
US08907512B2
A load apparatus is provided. The load apparatus generally comprises a load that is configured to convert mechanical rotational energy to electrical energy for a power output. A rotor assembly is coupled to the load, wherein the rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft that is configured to rotate within at least a portion of the load. A quill shaft is coupled to the rotor shaft, wherein the quill shaft is configured to couple the rotor shaft to a drive shaft of a machine such that the rotor shaft is axially and/or radially isolated from the drive shaft to facilitate rotordynamic isolation between the load apparatus and the machine.
US08907507B2
A power generator device includes a switch lever that is operated upon power generation, a power generator that generates an induced electromotive force when a driven unit is driven; and a power generation spring that accumulates an elastic force upon being applied an external force and outputs the accumulated elastic force to drive the driven unit. Further, the power generator device includes a sliding member and a pinwheel that are configured to transmit an operating force of the switch lever to the power generation spring while the switch lever is positioned between a pre-operation position and an accumulation complete position at which a predetermined elastic force is accumulated at the power generation spring, and disengage the engagement between the switch lever and the power generation spring and allow the power generation spring to output the accumulated elastic force when the switch lever moves past the accumulation complete position.
US08907499B2
A Three-Dimensional Structure (3DS) Memory allows for physical separation of the memory circuits and the control logic circuit onto different layers such that each layer may be separately optimized. One control logic circuit suffices for several memory circuits, reducing cost. Fabrication of 3DS memory involves thinning of the memory circuit to less than 50 microns in thickness and bonding the circuit to a circuit stack while still in wafer substrate form. Fine-grain high density inter-layer vertical bus connections are used. The 3DS memory manufacturing method enables several performance and physical size efficiencies, and is implemented with established semiconductor processing techniques.
US08907494B2
The formation of TSVs (through substrate vias) for 3D applications has proven to be defect dependent upon the type of starting semiconductor substrate employed. In addition to the initial formation of TSVs via Bosch processing, backside 3D wafer processing has also shown a defect dependency on substrate type. High yield of TSV formation can be achieved by utilizing a substrate that embodies bulk micro defects (BMD) at a density between 1e4/cc (particles per cubic centimeter) and 1e7/cc and having equivalent diameter less than 55 nm (nanometers).
US08907489B2
A wiring substrate includes: a substrate layer made of glass or silicon and including: a first surface formed with a first hole; and a second surface formed with a second hole and being opposite to the first surface, wherein the first hole is communicated with the second hole; a connection pad formed in the second hole; a first wiring layer formed in the first hole and electrically connected to the connection pad; a first insulation layer formed on the first surface of the substrate layer to cover the first wiring layer; and a second wiring layer formed on the first insulation layer and electrically connected to the first wiring layer. A diameter of the first hole is gradually decreased from the first surface toward the second surface, and a diameter of the second hole is gradually decreased from the second surface toward the first surface.
US08907487B2
An electronic device package includes a bump having a post disposed on a contact portion of a semiconductor chip and an enlarged portion laterally protruded from an upper portion of the post; an interconnection portion having a locking portion that substantially surrounds the enlarged portion and an upper sidewall of the post; and a dielectric layer substantially surrounding the bump and the locking portion to separate the interconnection portion from the semiconductor chip.
US08907479B2
A die has a top surface, and a metal pillar having a portion protruding over the top surface of the die. A sidewall of the metal pillar has nano-wires. The die is bonded to a package substrate. An underfill is filled into the gap between the die and the package substrate.
US08907478B2
An embodiment is a bump bond pad structure that comprises a substrate comprising a top layer, a reinforcement pad disposed on the top layer, an intermediate layer above the top layer, an intermediate connection pad disposed on the intermediate layer, an outer layer above the intermediate layer, and an under bump metal (UBM) connected to the intermediate connection pad through an opening in the outer layer. Further embodiments may comprise a via mechanically coupling the intermediate connection pad to the reinforcement pad. The via may comprise a feature selected from the group consisting of a solid via, a substantially ring-shaped via, or a five by five array of vias. Yet, a further embodiment may comprise a secondary reinforcement pad, and a second via mechanically coupling the reinforcement pad to the secondary reinforcement pad.
US08907477B2
A semiconductor device has a single unit capable of improving adhesion to a cooling body and a heat dissipation performance, and an aggregate of the single units is capable of configuring any circuit at a low cost. A single unit (101) includes copper blocks (1, 8), an insulating substrate (6) with a conductive pattern, an IGBT chip (10), a diode chip (13), a collector terminal pin (15), implant pins (17) fixed to the chips (10) by solder (11), a printed circuit board (16) having the implant pins (17) fixed thereto, an emitter terminal pin (19), a control terminal pin (20), a collector terminal pin (15), and a resin case (21) having the above-mentioned components sealed therein. The copper blocks (1, 8) make it possible to improve adhesion to a cooling body and the heat dissipation performance. A plurality of single units (101) can be combined with an inter-unit wiring board to form any circuit.
US08907473B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor die having a heat region disposed on at least one portion of the semiconductor die, and a diamond substrate disposed proximate to the semiconductor die, wherein the diamond substrate is capable of dissipating heat from the diamond substrate via at least one or more bumps coupling the diamond substrate to the heat region of the semiconductor die.
US08907472B2
A structure includes a thermal interface material, and a Perforated Foil Sheet (PFS) including through-openings therein, with a first portion of the PFS embedded in the thermal interface material. An upper layer of the thermal interface material is overlying the PFS, and a lower layer of thermal interface material is underlying the PFS. The thermal interface material fills through-openings in the PFS.
US08907458B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of creating vias and trenches with different length. The method includes depositing a plurality of dielectric layers on top of a semiconductor structure with the plurality of dielectric layers being separated by at least one etch-stop layer; creating multiple openings from a top surface of the plurality of dielectric layers down into the plurality of dielectric layers by a non-selective etching process, wherein at least one of the multiple openings has a depth below the etch-step layer; and continuing etching the multiple openings by a selective etching process until one or more openings of the multiple openings that are above the etch-stop layer reach and expose the etch-stop layer. Semiconductor structures made thereby are also provided.
US08907448B2
An integrated circuit has a semiconductor die provided in a first IC layer and an inductor fabricated on a second IC layer. The inductor may have a winding and a magnetic core, which are oriented to conduct magnetic flux in a direction parallel to a surface of a semiconductor die. The semiconductor die may have active circuit components fabricated in a first layer of the die, provided under the inductor layer. The integrated circuit may include a flux conductor provided on a side of the die opposite the first layer. PCB connections to active elements on the semiconductor die may progress through the inductor layer as necessary.
US08907445B2
A film formation substrate (200) is a film formation substrate having a plurality of vapor deposition regions (24R and 24G) (i) which are arranged along a predetermined direction and (ii) in which respective vapor-deposited films (23R and 23G) are provided. The vapor-deposited film (24R) has inclined side surfaces 23s which are inclined with respect to a direction normal to the film formation substrate (200). A width, in the predetermined direction, of the vapor-deposited film (23R) is larger than the sum of (i) a width, in the predetermined direction, of the vapor deposition region (24R) and (ii) a width, in the predetermined direction, of a region (29) between the vapor deposition region (24R) and the vapor deposition region (24G).
US08907441B2
A semiconductor chip includes a row of cells, with each of the cells including a VDD line and a VSS line. All VDD lines of the cells are connected as a single VDD line, and all VSS lines of the cells are connected as a single VSS line. No double-patterning full trace having an even number of G0 paths exists in the row of cells, or no double-patterning full trace having an odd number of G0 paths exists in the row of cells.
US08907434B2
A MEMS inertial sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes: depositing a first carbon layer on a semiconductor substrate; patterning the first carbon layer to form a fixed anchor bolt, an inertial anchor bolt and a bottom sealing ring; forming a contact plug in the fixed anchor bolt and a contact plug in the inertial anchor bolt; forming a first fixed electrode, an inertial electrode and a connection electrode on the first carbon layer, where the first fixed electrode and the inertial electrode constitute a capacitor; forming a second carbon layer on the first fixed electrode and the inertial electrode; and forming a sealing cap layer on the second carbon layer and the top sealing ring. Under an inertial force, only the inertial electrode may move, the fixed electrode will almost not move or vibrate, which improves the accuracy of the MEMS inertial sensor.
US08907431B2
A device includes a substrate, a semiconductor fin over the substrate, and a gate dielectric layer on a top surface and sidewalls of the semiconductor fin. A gate electrode is spaced apart from the semiconductor fin by the gate dielectric layer. The gate electrode includes a top portion over and aligned to the semiconductor fin, and a sidewall portion on a sidewall portion of the dielectric layer. The top portion of the gate electrode has a first work function, and the sidewall portion of the gate electrode has a second work function different from the first work function.
US08907416B2
A semiconductor device and fabrication methods are disclosed. The device includes a plurality of gate electrodes formed in trenches located in an active region of a semiconductor substrate. A first gate runner is formed in the substrate and electrically connected to the gate electrodes, wherein the first gate runner surrounds the active region. A second gate runner is connected to the first gate runner and located between the active region and a termination region. A termination structure surrounds the first and second gate runners and the active region. The termination structure includes a conductive material in an insulator-lined trench in the substrate, wherein the termination structure is electrically shorted to a source or body layer of the substrate thereby forming a channel stop for the device.
US08907415B2
A shielded gate trench metal oxide semiconductor filed effect transistor (MOSFET) having high switching speed is disclosed. The inventive shielded gate trench MOSFET includes a shielded electrode spreading resistance placed between a shielded gate electrode and a source metal to enhance the performance of the shielded gate trench MOSFET by adjusting doping concentration of poly-silicon in gate trenches to a target value. Furthermore, high cell density is achieved by employing the inventive shielded gate trench MOSFET without requirement of additional cost.
US08907408B2
A field-effect semiconductor device is provided. The field-effect semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body with a first surface defining a vertical direction. In a vertical cross-section the field-effect semiconductor device further includes a vertical trench extending from the first surface into the semiconductor body. The vertical trench includes a field electrode, a cavity at least partly surrounded by the field electrode, and an insulation structure substantially surrounding at least the field electrode. Further, a method for producing a field-effect semiconductor device is provided.
US08907390B2
Disclosed herein is a thermally-assisted magnetic tunnel junction structure including a thermal barrier. The thermal barrier is composed of a cermet material in a disordered form such that the thermal barrier has a low thermal conductivity and a high electric conductivity. Compared to conventional magnetic tunnel junction structures, the disclosed structure can be switched faster and has improved compatibility with standard semiconductor fabrication processes.
US08907384B2
Disclosed herein are methods of preparing and using doped MWNT electrodes, sensors and field-effect transistors. Devices incorporating doped MWNT electrodes, sensors and field-effect transistors are also disclosed.
US08907368B2
The present invention is directed to a lighting apparatus. In one embodiment the lighting apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) chips. A first optic is coupled to the plurality of LED chips. A diffuser is coupled to the first optic. In addition, a second optic is coupled to the diffuser.
US08907360B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a light emitting diode chip including a substrate, a light emitting structure arranged on the substrate, the light emitting structure including an active layer arranged between a first conductive-type semiconductor layer and a second conductive-type semiconductor layer, and a distributed Bragg reflector to reflect light emitted from the light emitting structure. The distributed Bragg reflector has a reflectivity of at least 90% for light of a first wavelength in a blue wavelength range, light of a second wavelength in a green wavelength range, and light of a third wavelength in a red wavelength range.
US08907358B2
A pixel in the panel includes sub-pixels 100a, 100b, and 100c. Bank 105a separates organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100a and organic light-emitting layer of a sub-pixel of a pixel that is adjacent to sub-pixel 100a. Bank 105d separates organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100c and organic light-emitting layer of a sub-pixel of a pixel that is adjacent to sub-pixel 100c. Bank 105b separates organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100a and organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100b. Bank 105c separates organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100b and organic light-emitting layer of sub-pixel 100c. Inclination angle θcb of sidewall 105cb of bank 105c located on the side of sub-pixel 100c is set to be larger than other inclination angles θaa, θba, θbb, θcc and θdc.
US08907354B2
The present disclosure relates to an optoelectronic device, in particular to an arrangement for contacting an optoelectronic device. The optoelectronic device (200) includes an elastic electrode (208). A method for forming the elastic electrode (208) is described.
US08907340B2
A semiconductor arrangement includes a semiconductor body and a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device including first and second load terminals arranged distant to each other in a first direction of the semiconductor body and a load path arranged in the semiconductor body between the first and second load terminals. The semiconductor arrangement further includes at least one Hall sensor arranged in the semiconductor body distant to the semiconductor device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The Hall sensor includes two current supply terminals and two measurement terminals.
US08907339B2
An X-ray detector including a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a photo-diode array layer is disclosed. Each thin film transistor in the TFT substrate includes: a substrate; a gate-electrode on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate-electrode; a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, wherein a portion of the semiconductor layer covers the gate-electrode; an etching stop layer covering the semiconductor layer; a source-electrode and a drain-electrode respectively disposed on the etching stop layer, wherein the source-electrode and the drain-electrode are respectively electrically connected to the semiconductor layer through conductive via-holes each having a base portion at the semiconductor layer, and at least one of the projection areas of the base portions vertically projected on the substrate has a non-overlapping region beyond the projection area of the gate-electrode vertically projected on the substrate; and a passivation layer covering the source-electrode and the drain-electrode.
US08907332B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including first, second and third sub-pixel regions, a first electrode formed in each of the first sub-pixel region, the second sub-pixel region, and the third sub-pixel region of the substrate, a first light emitting layer formed on the first electrode of each of the first sub-pixel region, the second sub-pixel region, and the third sub-pixel region, spacer layers formed on the first light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel region and the second sub-pixel region and including a material of the first light emitting layer, a second light emitting layer formed on the spacer layer of the first sub-pixel region, a third light emitting layer formed on the spacer layer of the second sub-pixel region, and a second electrode formed on the first light emitting layer, the second light emitting layer, and the third light emitting layer.
US08907327B2
A display device and organic light-emitting display device, the display device including a substrate; a first line on the substrate; a first pad electrically connected to the first line, the first pad being on a same layer as the first line; a second line on another layer different from the layer on which the first line is formed, an insulation layer being interposed between the first line and the second line; a second pad on a same layer as the first pad; and a connection part electrically connecting the second line and the second pad.
US08907320B2
An ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diode including an n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed on the n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer and formed of p-type AlGaN, and a p-type graphene layer disposed on the p-type semiconductor layer and formed of graphene doped with a p-type dopant. The UV light-emitting diode has improved light emission efficiency by lowering contact resistance with the p-type semiconductor layer and maximizing UV transmittance.
US08907312B2
A flow cytometry system includes a flow element through which a cell is transported in a flowing fluid. The flow element includes a bore bounded by a wall. A light source is configured to illuminate the cell. An optical system receives light emanating from the cell and directs at least some of the received light to a light sensor. The optical system includes a numerical-aperture-increasing lens at a wall of the flow element. At least some of the received light passes through the numerical-aperture-increasing lens. The flow cytometry system may also include a beam splitter that directs two wavelength bands of the emanating light such that light in two wavelength band preferentially reach different sensing locations via different paths. The system may also include an optical element placed in one of the paths, shifting a focal location of the affected path to compensate for chromatic aberration of the numerical-aperture-increasing lens.
US08907308B2
A radiation therapy device includes an irradiation field limiting apparatus. The irradiation field limiting apparatus includes a collimator for adjusting the irradiation field, and a verification apparatus for visually verifying the irradiation field. The verification apparatus is configured such that the irradiation field is optically displayed on a patient that is positioned at a distance from the isocenter of the radiation therapy device.
US08907307B2
A method of implanting a workpiece in an ion implantation system. The method may include providing an extraction plate adjacent to a plasma chamber containing a plasma, such that the extraction plate extracts ions from the plasma through at least one aperture that provides an ion beam having ions distributed over a range of an angles of incidence on the workpiece. The method may include scanning the workpiece with respect to the extraction plate and varying a power level of the plasma during the scanning from a first power level to a second power level, wherein at a surface of the workpiece, a first beam width at a first power level is greater than a second beam width at a second power level.
US08907296B2
An improved beam-defining aperture structure and method for fabrication is realized. An aperture opening is made in a thin conductive film positioned over a cavity in a support substrate, where the aperture size and shape is determined by the opening in the conductive film and not determined by the substrate.
US08907277B2
Methods disclosed herein include: (a) forming a channel in a sample, the channel extending one micron or more along a direction oriented at an angle to a surface of the sample; (b) exposing a portion of the sample above the channel to a particle beam to cause particles to leave the surface of the sample; and (c) forming an image of the sample based on particles that leave the surface.
US08907269B2
An apparatus for estimating at least one property of an earth formation is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a carrier configured to be disposed in the formation; a neutron tube disposed at the carrier and located on an axis; a high voltage power source disposed in the carrier and electrically connected to the neutron tube, the high voltage power source located remotely from the neutron tube; and at least one detector disposed in the carrier and located proximate to the neutron tube.
US08907266B2
A light-receiving device array includes a photodiode array that is provided with plural light-receiving sections each of which includes a first conductivity type electrode and a second conductivity type electrode, and a carrier, wherein the carrier includes plural pair of electric lines each of which is formed from a first electric line connected to the first conductivity type electrode of each light-receiving section, and a second electric line connected to the second conductivity type electrode of the light-receiving section, a first ground electrode that extends between one pair of electric lines of the plural pair of electric lines and a pair of electric lines adjacent to the one pair of electric lines, and a second ground electrode that is formed on a part of the rear surface and is electrically connected to the first ground electrode.
US08907258B2
A method and apparatus for thermally processing material on a low-temperature substrate using pulsed light from a flash lamp is disclosed. Material is conveyed past the flash lamp. The pulses of light are formed by Pulse Width Modulation to tailor the shape of the pulses to generate a thermal gradient in the substrate that enables the material to be heated beyond the maximum working temperature of the substrate without damage. Its shaped pulse rate is synchronized to the conveyance speed of a conveyance system. By using the information from a feedback sensor, the thermal gradient is recalculated to alter the shape of the pulses in real time for optimizing subsequent curings in real time without powering down the curing apparatus. The combined pulse shaping and synchronization allow a temperature profile to be tailored in the sample that is uniformly cured in the conveyance direction.
US08907253B2
In a method for producing a I-III-VI compound semiconductor layer, a substrate is provided with a coating which has a metallic precursor layer. The coating is kept, for the duration of a process time, at temperatures of at least 350 degrees C. and the metallic precursor layer, in the presence of a chalcogen at an ambient pressure of between 500 mbar and 1500 mbar, is converted into a compound semiconductor layer. The coating is kept at temperatures for the duration of an activation time which attain at least an activation barrier temperature, whereby as the activation barrier temperature a value of at least 600° C. is selected.
US08907252B2
An electric oven for cooking a food product in a fat substance comprises a cooking chamber, at least one electrical heating resistance housed in the cooking chamber, a vessel mountable inside the cooking chamber and housing, at least one rotatable stirring blade that is able to rotate the food product to cover the food product with a film of fat substance, and a drive pin to drive said stirring blade in rotation. The stirring blade is configured so as to displace the food product such that at last a portion of the food product comes into contact with the fat substance for combined cooking by action of air on the portion of the food product located above the fat substance and by action of fat substance immersion at least on a portion of the food product immersed in said fat substance.
US08907251B2
A personal thermal regulating device (PTRD) typically includes a heat generating device, a power source, a switchable control operably coupled with each of the heat generating device and the power source, and a head retention device coupled with the heat generating device and configured to retain the heat generating device positioned centrally at and in thermally conductive contact with a user's forehead. The present invention affects a tangible warming of the extremities, particularly the hands and feet, extending retention of manual dexterity and peripheral comfort under cold conditions.
US08907249B2
The invention relates to a single- or multi-wire welding torch (6), more specifically to a laser-hybrid single- or multi-wire welding head provided with the welding torch (6) which can be connected to a welding device via a hose pack and consists of several parts such as a torch handle, a tubular welding torch housing, a contact housing, a contact tube for each welding wire (21a, 21b), a gas nozzle (2) etc., wherein an internal insert (28) for receiving the contact tube(s) (20a, 20b) and the gas nozzle (2) is mounted in an end area of the welding torch housing. A fixing element (30) made at least partially of a flexible material is placed on the internal insert (28) or on the housing (2) for producing as required an, in particular, gas-tight connection between said internal insert (28) and the gas nozzle (2) pushed thereon. This connection can be established by the spatial extension of the fixing element. A method for the process control of a robot welding system, a gas nozzle cap and a gas nozzle (2) for a welding torch (6) are also disclosed.
US08907244B2
The present invention includes steps of, determining a search starting position; setting a center position, and a first position and a second position with a distance provided therebetween; obtaining a measurement point group including measurement points of the center position, the first position, and the second position; and determining a measurement point closest to the tip portion in the measurement point group based on positions of the measurement points in a second direction and selecting a position of the measurement point in a first direction as a selected position. When the measurement point group is obtained initially after the determination of the search starting position, the search starting position is set as the center position; and when the measurement point group is obtained after the selection of the selected position, the selected position is set as the center position. The distance is narrowed for every selection of the selected position.
US08907238B2
A push button of a medical manipulating part comprising: a first, pot-shaped, shell-shaped or box-shaped housing piece, at least some sections of which contain conductive material, with an integrally molded switching spring and a continuous wall, a second housing piece, the shape of which mates with the wall of the first housing piece and is inserted therein in a hermetically sealed manner such that a hollow space is formed between the first and second housing pieces underneath the switching spring and at least one mating contact for the switching spring, said mating contact being hermetically sealed and electrically isolated relative to the first housing piece, being led through the second housing piece and extending into the hollow space underneath the switching spring.
US08907233B2
An electrical switch has a switch body with upper and lower body parts; actuators; individual switch terminals, each switch terminal having a contact part in the switch body; a common switch terminal having a contact portion in the switch body; and cam sliders extending side-by-side between the actuators and the contact parts of the individual switch terminals, sliding to move the contact parts into and out of contact with the common switch terminal. The contact portion of the common switch terminal extends across the contact parts of the individual switch terminals. The contact portion is sandwiched by the upper and lower body parts. At least two individual switch terminals are located along one side of the switch body, each individual switch terminal having an aperture accessible on the same side of the switch body, in which two ends of a conductor are insertable to short-circuit the two individual switch terminals.
US08907232B2
A platform scale is provided including a plurality of component force damping devices. The platform scale for weighing an object by supporting a support member that supports the object by a plurality of load detection units includes at least four component force damping devices, each comprising a plurality of needle bearings disposed in parallel and a pair of opposed plates for sandwiching the the needle bearings, so that the pair of plates make a relative movement in a direction of the arrangement of the needle bearings. The four component force damping devices are in contact with the support member at four locations that form a rectangle. Directions of the relative movement of any two component force damping devices located at the same side of the rectangle are different, while directions of the relative movement of any two component force damping devices at diagonal locations of the rectangle are identical.
US08907229B2
Provided is an electromagnetic interference shielding gasket, which includes an elastomer, a soldering prevention part disposed in at least one region of a side surface and a bottom surface of the elastomer, and an electrode disposed on the bottom surface of the elastomer. Even when solder cream for attaching the EMI shielding gasket to a printed circuit board is pushed from the bottom surface of the EMI shielding gasket by its surface tension and solder-rising, the solder cream stays in the soldering prevention part without moving upward along the side surface of the EMI shielding gasket. Accordingly, the reliability of soldering can be ensured without sacrificing elastic resilient force of the EMI shielding gasket.
US08907220B2
Techniques described herein generally relate to ground planes. In some examples, an electrical cable is described that can include multiple signal lines. The multiple signal lines can be arranged to extend along a length of the electrical cable. A ground plane can be spaced apart from the multiple signal lines. The ground plane can include a mesh structure and an electrically conductive layer that is arranged to coat the mesh structure. The mesh structure can include multiple resin fibers.
US08907214B1
A method and structure of a system of electrical boxes including differing patterns of interference structures, such as ribs and/or grooves, to prevent identical boxes from being nested but permit non-identical boxes from being nested for more space-efficient storage of electrical boxes.
US08907213B2
An electric junction box for preventing brackets, while inclined to each other, from being fastened together, comprises a first cassette block and a second cassette block. Brackets of the first block and the second block are stacked onto each other, a bolt is passed through each of the through holes, and the blocks are fastened together. A metal collar formed tubular in nearly eclipse cross-sectional shape is also attached to inner surfaces of the through holes formed into nearly ellipse cross-sectional shape. Each of the collars is attached to each of the brackets so that long axes of the collars intersect to each other.
US08907211B2
An improved power cable having an untwisted ground wire and at least two current carrying wires twisted about one another. The at least two current carrying wires make up a group having a central axis located at the cross sectional rotation axis of the current carrying wires and at a fixed distance from a cross sectional center of the untwisted ground wire, and wherein the current carrying wire group central axis and a ground wire central axis helically rotate around a common axis.
US08907210B2
This invention describes a semiconductor material of general formula (I) Me12Me21-xMe3xMe4(C11-yC2y)4, in which x stands for a numeric value from 0 to 1, and y stands for a numeric value of 0 to 1, as well as its use as an absorber material in a solar cell. The metal Mel is a metal which is selected from the metals in group 11 of the periodic table of the elements (Cu, Ag or Au). The metals Me2 and Me3 are selected from the elements of the 12th group of the periodic table of elements (Zn, Cd & Hg). The metal Me4 is a metal which is selected from the 4th main group of the periodic table of elements (C, Si, Ge, Sn and Pb). The non-metals C1 and C2 are selected from the group of chalcogenides (S, Se and Te).
US08907207B2
A solar cell module according to an embodiment includes a solar cell device and a support structure supporting the solar cell device. The solar cell device is a belt-like solar cell device including first portions arranged in one direction such that major surfaces thereof face each other, and a second portion interposed between the first portions. The edges of the first portions that correspond to a pair of long sides of the solar cell device are parallel to each other. Two adjacent first portions incline forwardly and backwardly with respect to the one direction. The second portion includes one or more planar or curved surfaces to connect the two adjacent first portions to each other.
US08907203B2
An integrated thin-film solar battery is disclosed. The integrated thin film solar battery includes a plurality of series connected solar cell strings with one or more power collecting electrodes electrically joined to the string. The thin-film photoelectric conversion elements have a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer sandwiching a photoelectric conversion layer. The string has an element separating groove and the first electrode layer has an extending section having one end that crosses the element separating groove and extends to a region of an adjacent element. At least a portion of the first electrode layer just below the power collecting electrodes and another portion of the first electrode layer are insulated and separated from each other by at least one of an electrode separating line and an insulating line.
US08907191B2
Game systems according to various embodiments are adapted to allow users to assemble an instrument performance for a particular song by: (1) displaying a music loop pallet that includes a plurality of different music loops that each contain music played by a particular musical instrument (e.g., guitar, bass, drums, piano, etc.); and (2) allowing a user to assemble the instrument performance by indicating (a) which of the plurality of music loops will be included in the instrument performance, and (b) in which order the music loops will be played during the instrument performance. In certain embodiments, the system is configured to allow a user to create songs that comprise a plurality of instruments and genres of music into one complete song.
US08907185B2
The cotton variety ST 4288B2F is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 4288B2F with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 4288B2F and to plants of ST 4288B2F reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 4288B2F.
US08907181B1
Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean cultivar, designated 21239, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-121150. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the cultivar, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 21239 cultivar, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US08907178B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1037405. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1037405. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1037405 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1037405 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08907175B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1036609. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1036609. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1036609 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1036609 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08907172B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1035361. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1035361. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1035361 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1035361 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08907163B2
The invention relates to the field of glycoprotein processing in transgenic plants used as cost efficient and contamination safe factories for the production of recombinant biopharmaceutical proteins or pharmaceutical compositions comprising these. The invention provides a plant comprising functional mammalian β1,4-galactosyltransferase and mammalian sialyl transferase for producing complex N-linked glycans that are galactosylated and sialylated, said plant additionally comprising at least a second mammalian protein or functional fragment thereof that is normally not present in plants.
US08907162B2
The present invention discloses gene targets, constructs and methods for the genetic control of plant disease caused by nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus (root lesion nematodes). The present invention relates to achieving a plant protective effect through the identification of target coding sequences and the use of recombinant DNA technologies for post-transcriptionally repressing or inhibiting expression of the target coding sequences in the cells of plant-parasitic nematodes. The disclosed gene targets are conserved and expected to be essential and sensitive to RNAi perturbation in different Pratylenchus species, facilitating genus-wide targeting by RNA interference.
US08907161B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1C2K and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1C2K with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1C2K through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1C2K or a locus conversion of PH1C2K with another maize variety.
US08907160B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1V5T and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1V5T with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1V5T through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1V5T or a locus conversion of PH1V5T with another maize variety.
US08907147B2
The present invention provides an improved process for producing 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene. By using a first reactive distillation column for HCC-250fb dehydrochlorination, and a second reactive distillation column for HCC-240db dehydrochlorination/HCC-1230xf isomerization, the 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene manufacturing process can be greatly simplified, resulting in reduced equipment use, energy use, as well as increased productivity.
US08907138B1
The present invention relates to the use of an antioxidant treated promoted strong acid ion exchange resin as an acid catalyst.
US08907137B2
A process comprising contacting a polyhydric phenol or a polyaliphatic alcohol with an epihalohydrin in the presence of a catalyst comprising a Schiff base metal complex is disclosed.
US08907132B2
Processes for preparing and purifying (R)-2-acetamido-N-benzyl-3-methoxy-propionamide of formula-1 and intermediates thereof are provided.
US08907129B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing a mixture of isomeric decane-carboxylic acids, which comprises the following steps: a) hydroformylation of a hydrocarbon mixture containing linear C4-olefins using a rhodium-containing catalyst system; b) aldol condensation of a mixture of aliphatic C5-aldehydes obtained from step a); c) selective hydrogenation of the mixture of unsaturated C10-aldehydes from step b) to aliphatic C10-aldehydes; d) uncatalysed oxidation of the mixture of aliphatic C10-aldehydes from step c) to give a mixture having a proportion of at least 70% by mass of 2-propylheptanoic acid, based on the total content of isomeric decanecarboxylic acids.
US08907124B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate), which comprises (a) the phosgenation of two-ring and/or multiring methylenedi(phenylamine), (b) the fractionation of the crude methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate) obtained to give two-ring and multiring isomers, (c) the purification and/or fractionation of the resulting mixture of two-ring isomers of methylenedi(phenyl isocyanate) and (d) the storage of the mixtures obtained in step (c) or in step (b), wherein part of the stored mixtures is reused by means of recirculation in at least one of steps (b) or (c).
US08907120B2
Compounds containing at least one perfluoropolyether segment and at least two oxalylamino groups as well as methods of making these compounds are described. The compounds can be polymeric materials or can be used in the preparation of various copolymeric materials by reaction with compounds having at least two primary or secondary amino groups.
US08907116B2
The invention relates to a process for removing an alkanol impurity from a stream containing a dialkyl carbonate and the alkanol impurity, comprising contacting the stream with an aryl group containing ester and a catalyst to effect reaction of the alkanol impurity with the aryl group containing ester.
US08907114B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an MOF solid of a crystallised and porous aluminium aromatic azocarboxylate, in a non-aqueous organic medium. The invention also relates to solids made up of metal-organic frameworks (MOF) of aluminium aromatic azocarboxylates capable of being obtained by the method of the invention, as well as to the uses thereof for the storage of liquid or gaseous molecules, for selective separation of gas and for catalysis.
US08907110B2
The invention relates to specific benzodioxepin-3-one compounds, to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as dyes or as fluorescent emitters for organic electroluminescent devices (OLEDs) or for organic light-emitting electrochemical cells (OLECs), and to corresponding electronic devices.
US08907108B2
Disclosed is a p-type organic semiconductor material having the formula: Each Con is the same and consists of a conjugated oligomer. Each EW is the same and consists of an electron withdrawing group. The p-type organic semiconductor material can be applied in an active layer of an optoelectronic device, such as an organic solar cell, an organic light-emitting diode, or an organic thin-film transistor.
US08907107B2
A compound of formula (I) is described in which each A, which may be the same or different, is a halide selected from fluoride, chloride, bromide and iodide, or is O—Y, wherein Y is a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched chain alkyl moiety. R1, R2, R3, R6, R7, and R8 are each independently H, OH, NO2 or O-L-X, wherein L is a spacer group, and X is a conjugation group or a water-solubilizing group. At least one of R1, R2, R3 is OH or O-L-X and at least one of R6, R7, and R8 is OH or O-L-X. R4 and R5, which may be the same or different, are each independently H; or are a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, cyclic moiety; a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic moiety; or a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched chain alkyl moiety. Also described are dye conjugates comprising a compound of the invention.
US08907091B2
This invention relates to processes and intermediates for manufacturing fused heterocyclic-type kinase inhibitor compounds, such as thienopyridine-based compounds, and to processes and intermediates for preparing intermediates that are useful in the manufacture of fused heterocyclic-type kinase inhibitor compounds, such as thienopyridine-based compounds, particularly at an industrial level.
US08907082B2
The present invention provides improved processes for the synthesis of 1,4-ditosyl-1,4,7-triazacyclonone, comprising deprotecting a compound of formula (C): wherein P is tosylate or arylsulfonate, with an acidic medium to form 1,2-bis(1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-yl)-ethane; and subsequently adding formaldehyde and formic acid to the acidic medium to form 1,2-bis-(4,7-dimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclonon-1-yl)-ethane (Me4-DTNE). The syntheses of intermediates are also disclosed.
US08907072B2
The invention relates to inhibitors that bind to C5 and C5a, but which do not prevent the activation of C5 and do not prevent formation of or inhibit the activity of C5b. One example of such an inhibitor molecule is the monoclonal antibody designated MAb137-26, which binds to a shared epitope of human C5 and C5a. These inhibitors may be used to inhibit the activity of C5a in treating diseases and conditions mediated by excessive or uncontrolled production of C5a. The inhibitor molecules are also useful for diagnostic detection of the presence/absence or amount of C5 or C5a.
US08907065B2
The present invention relates to amino acid sequences that block the interaction between (a target on) an antigen presenting cell (APC) and (a target on) a T-cell. More particularly, the present invention relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) a target on an APC (also referred to herein as “APC target”) or a target on a T-cell (also referred to herein as “T-cell target”). The invention further relates to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
US08907062B2
The present invention relates to a producing and purifying method of soluble recombinant coenzyme Q5 homolog (COQ5) protein, which is expressed in soluble form by Escherichia coli (E. coli), under native conditions. The method is characterized by pre-treating bacterial lysate with low concentration of ionic detergent, such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), before purification; and the purifying method is performed under native condition without using urea to avoid the problems of requiring lengthy processes to remove urea in purified protein solution or re-aggregation and precipitation of protein after removal of urea.
US08907056B2
Peptides are provided that comprise less than 24 amino acids. The peptides have an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) an amino acid sequence having from 4 to 6 contiguous amino acids of a reference sequence PEPTIDE 1; (b) an amino acid sequence substantially identical to the sequence defined in (a); and (c) a variant of the amino acid sequence defined in (a). Also provided is a non-myristoylated MANS peptide. Various methods of using the peptides are also provided.
US08907052B2
The invention concerns processes for forming a polymer comprising residues of 2-(4-amino phenyl)-5(6)amino benzimidazole (DAPBI), paraphenylene diamine (PPD), and terephthaloyl dichloride, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a slurry of DAPBI in a solvent system comprising an organic solvent and an inorganic salt; (b) adding less than a stoichiometric amount, relative to the amount of DAPBI, of terephthaloyl dichloride to the slurry; (c) agitating the slurry to react the DAPBI and terephthaloyl dichloride to form an oligomeric solution; (d) adding PPD to the oligomeric solution and agitating until essentially all of the PPD is dissolved, followed by the addition of terephthaloyl dichloride to form a prepolymer solution; and (e) allowing the prepolymer solution to form a polymer.
US08907050B2
Methods are generally provided for forming a polymer-cement composite. In one embodiment of the method, a plurality of dopamine monomers is dispersed in a buffer solution. Polymerization of the dopamine monomers can then be initiated, and a cement-sand mixture can be added to the buffer solution to form a composite mixture. Finally, the composite mixture can be cured to form a polymer-cement composite. Polymer-cement composites are also generally provided that, in one embodiment, include cement, sand, and poly(dopamine), with the polymer-cement composite having a compressive strength of 8000 psi.
US08907049B2
A block copolymer (M) suitable for toughening a thermoset resin (R). The block copolymer (M) has at least one block derived from a thermoplastic aromatic polymer (A) which exhibits a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least about 150° C., and at least one block derived from a low Tg polymer (B) wherein: (i) the low Tg polymer (B) exhibits a Tg in the range of from about −130° C. to about +40° C.; (ii) the aromatic polymer (A) is soluble in the uncured thermoset resin precursor(s) (P) of the thermoset resin (R), and (i) the low Tg polymer (B) is insoluble in the uncured thermoset resin precursor (P).
US08907046B2
Copolymers containing at least one perfluoropolyether segment and multiple aminooxalylamino groups are described. Methods of making the copolymers are also described. The copolymers can be prepared by reacting an oxalylamino-containing compound and an amine compound having at least two primary amino groups, at least two secondary amino groups, or at least one primary amino group plus at least one secondary amino group.
US08907029B2
An olefin polymerization catalyst is prepared by (a) in a diluent, combining a diorganomagnesium compound with less than 2 molar equivalents of a first source of chloride to produce a “chloride deficient” magnesium chloride support; (b) without isolating any solids, adding a second source of chloride which reduces the amount of soluble un-reacted diorganomagnesium compound present; (c) without isolating any solids present, adding a tetravalent titanium species and; (d) adding an activator. The catalyst is active for solution polymerization of olefins.
US08907028B2
Aqueous emulsions of organopolysiloxanes functionalized with a limited amount of aminoalkyl-functional end groups and silicone resins are storage stable, yet capable of adequate crosslinking upon application to substances to be hydrophobicized.
US08907026B2
Crosslinkable saccharide-siloxane compositions, and networks, coatings and articles formed therefrom
The invention provides a cross-linkable composition comprising a saccharide-siloxane copolymer according to a specified structural formula, a crosslinking agent, and, optionally, solvent. Cross-linked polymeric networks, cured coatings, and articles of manufacture formed from the inventive compositions are also provided, as well as processes and methods of manufacturing the inventive cross-linkable compositions and applications thereof.
US08907013B2
Disclosed are a polycarbonate resin composition that includes (A) about 5 wt % to about 89 wt % of a polycarbonate resin; (B) about 10 wt % to about 94 wt % of a polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer; and (C) about 1 wt % to about 70 wt % of a modified acrylic-based copolymer, and a molded product made using the polycarbonate thermoplastic resin composition.
US08907011B2
Stable aqueous organosilicon dispersions particularly useful for the hydrophobing of construction materials are prepared by first preparing a homogenous mixture of organopolysiloxanes and hydrophobic silica filler, and dispersing this mixture together with an alkylalkoxysilane bearing at least one C4 or greater alkyl group into water.
US08907009B2
A method is disclosed for producing polymers with a neutral color tone, wherein a blue and red dye are added before entry into the last polyreaction stage, wherein adjustment of a neutral color tone of the polymer, using a total dye concentration in the polymer of no more than 3 ppm and a proportion of the blue dye in the resulting dye mixture of at least 50% by weight, occurs through independent adjustment of a and b color values in the Lab color space by determination of a and b color values of the polymer without addition of dyes, establishment of the total dye concentration depending on the b-value shift to be achieved, establishment of the required mixture ratio of the colors red and blue depending on the a-value shift to be achieved, and metering of the established content of dye mixture into the reaction mixture.
US08907003B2
Provided are a flame retardant, a flame-retardant resin composition and an insulated wire that have favorable low-temperature characteristics, excellent cold resistance and high productivity. The insulated wire includes a conductor that is insulation-coated with the flame-retardant resin composition that contains the flame retardant that contains magnesium hydroxide and a surface treatment agent with which the magnesium hydroxide is surface-treated, wherein the surface treatment agent has a degree of crystallization of 60% or more, and at least a base resin.
US08907002B2
The present invention is directed to a coating composition comprising a vinyl acrylic copolymer latex wherein said copolymer latex has a water contact angle of about 60° or higher on the dried latex film surface, wherein said copolymer latex further has a specific water vapor permeability of about 0.5 mg/cm2/mm/24 hr. The invention is also directed to the copolymer latex itself. Further, the invention is a method of improving a coating's ability to withstand a high humidity environment comprising adding a vinyl acrylic copolymer latex to the coating composition wherein said copolymer latex has a water contact angle of about 60° or higher on the dried latex film surface, and wherein said copolymer latex further has a specific water vapor permeability of about 0.5 mg/cm2/mm/24 hr.
US08907001B2
The invention relates to the use of a precipitated silica, pretreated by at least one organosilane hydrophobic compound or one hydrophobic silicone oil, as a reinforcing filler for silicone elastomer, the pretreated silica being incorporated in the silicone elastomer by cold mixing and having the following features: —a BET specific surface ranging from 50 to 450 m2/g, —a water wettability lower than 80, —a sulfur content lower than 0.1% by weight. The invention is directed to the curable silicone elastomer composition thus obtained.
US08906995B2
An impact resistant polycarbonate composition having improved resistance to polymer degradation comprises an aromatic polycarbonate in admixture with an elastomer-modified graft copolymer that is the product of an emulsion polymerization process, wherein composition is a product of compounding the aromatic polycarbonate and the elastomer-modified graft copolymer in the presence of a buffer comprising a potassium salt of phosphoric acid.
US08906986B2
Claimed is a cationic copolymer and also its use as an admixture agent for building product systems, especially based on calcium sulfate. The copolymers of the invention effectuate accelerated setting behavior in clay-containing as well as non-clay-containing gypsums and they enable uncurtailed water reduction performance by dispersant agents used at the same time with the copolymers. The clay fractions in the gypsum system are masked by the cationic copolymer, and so the building product mixture exhibits properties of a building product mixture not containing clay. The copolymers are used as a formulation and also together with retarders.
US08906982B2
A coating containing pigment particles and a polymer matrix is provided. The coating contains pigment particles that have a scattering coefficient with a linear or quasi-linear relationship to the pigment volume concentration of those pigment particles. The coating has improved hiding and is useful as a protective coating or an aesthetic coating on an underlying substrate. Also provided are compositions useful for preparing the coating, including covalently bonded composite particles and aqueous dispersions containing composite particles. The composite particles each contain a pigment particle with a plurality of polymer particles attached by adsorption on the outer surface of the pigment particle or by covalent bonding to the pigment particle through a coupling agent. Methods to prepare the composite particles and coating compositions containing the composite particles are also provided.
US08906976B2
Disclosed is a polyurethane composition including a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a curing catalyst, a crosslinking agent, a foam stabilizer and a blowing agent. The polyurethane composition may be used to manufacture automotive components, and in particular, an automotive seat. An automotive seat manufactured with the disclosed composition provides increased comfort to an occupant, as well as increased reduction of road vibration, thereby improving overall ride comfort.
US08906974B2
A method for producing polyurethane foams by reacting at least one organic isocyanate moiety, at least one polyol, a blowing agent consisting of halogen-containing (fluorine-containing) olefins and at least a siloxane of Formula I b, c and d are defined herein, as well as compositions made by said method are described.
US08906972B1
An aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) containing a poly(oxyethylene) (POE) and a poly[sodium (diallylamino)alkylphosphonate-alt-sulfur dioxide] form a pH-responsive dianionic polyelectrolyte (DAPE). The two polymers form ATPS's at low concentrations, where the addition of HCl changes the charge types and their densities on the polymer chains.
US08906968B2
This invention discloses a process for stabilizing an aqueous mineral preparation comprising a step of adding at least one aldehyde-containing and/or aldehyde-releasing and/or phenolic and/or isothiazoline biocide to said aqueous mineral preparation.
US08906963B2
The present invention relates to compositions of peracids, such as peroxycarboxylic acids, having reduced odor compared to conventional peracid compositions. The invention further relates to methods employing such compositions, and methods of making these compositions. Typically, the reduced-odor antimicrobial compositions include an alcohol for the esterification reaction to remove short- to mid-chain length malodorous carboxylic acids.
US08906962B2
A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing prostaglandin F analogs. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth.
US08906946B2
Compounds acting as selective antagonists of Transient Receptor Potential cation channel subfamily M member 8 (hereinafter referred to as TRPM8), having formula: Wherein R is selected from: H, Br, CN, NO2, SO2NH2, SO2NHR′ and SO2NR′2, where R′ is selected from linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; X is selected from: F, Cl, C1-C3 alkyl, NH2 and OH Y is selected from: O, CH2, NH and SO2 R1 and R2, independently one from the other, are selected from H, F and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; R3 and R4, independently one from the other, are selected from H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl; Z is selected from: NR6 and R6R7N+, where R6 and R7 independently one from the other, are selected from: H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl R5 is a residue selected from: H and linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl Het is a heteroaryl group selected from a substituted or not substituted pyrrolyl, a substituted or not substituted N-methylpyrrolyl, a substituted or not substituted thiophenyl, a substituted or not substituted furyl and a substituted or not substituted pyridinyl. Said compounds are useful in the prevention and treatment of pathologies depending on TRPM8 activity such as pain, inflammation, ischaemia, neurodegeneration, stroke, psychiatric disorders, inflammatory conditions and urological disorders.
US08906926B2
Disclosed are drug delivery systems for the delivery of small molecule and macromolecular drugs. More particularly, disclosed are substituted analogs of 3,6-di(alkyl-4 aminobutyl)-2,5-diketopiperazine (which may also be referred to DKP), their use in the formulation of both small molecule and macromolecular drugs including therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic agents, stabilizing agents and systems for their delivery.
US08906920B2
The present invention provides a novel antagonist: N-((1R,2S,5R)-5-(tert-butylamino)-2-((S)-3-(7-tert-butylpyrazolo[1,5-a][1,3,5]triazin-4-ylamino)-2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)cyclohexyl)acetamide: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug, thereof, having unexpected dual CCR-2 and CCR-5 receptor activity. Crystalline forms, metabolites, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and methods of using the same as agents for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, allergic, autoimmune, metabolic, cancer and/or cardiovascular diseases are also disclosed. The present disclosure also provides processes for preparing compounds of Formula (I) as provided herein, including N-((1R,2S,5R)-5-(tert-butylamino)-2-((S)-3-(7-tert-butylpyrazolo[1,5-a][1,3,5]triazin-4-ylamino)-2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)cyclohexyl)acetamide. Compounds that are useful intermediates of the process are also provided herein.
US08906905B2
The present invention relates to methods of treatment of clinical disorders associated with protein polymerization comprising administering, to a subject, an effective amount of carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine or another carbamazepine-like compound. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that, in cells having a genetic defect in α1-antitrypsin, carbamazepine was able to decrease levels of the mutant protein. Furthermore, carbamazepine reduced the hepatic load of mutant α1-antitrypsin and the toxic effect of that mutant protein accumulation, hepatic fibrosis, in vivo using a mouse model of the disease. As patients having this defect in α1-antitrypsin exhibit toxic accumulations of the protein, treatment according to the invention may be used to ameliorate symptoms and signs of disease.
US08906903B2
A method and composition are provided for the treatment of an anorectal disorder and for controlling the pain associated therewith. The method comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment therapeutically effective amounts of a calcium channel blocker either alone or together with a nitric oxide donor. Amlodipine, anipamil, barnidipine, benidipine, bepridil, darodipine, diltiazem, efonidipine, felodipine, isradipine, lacidipine, lercanidipine, lidoflazine, manidipine, mepirodipine, nicardipine, nifedipine, niludipine, nilvadipine, nimodipine, nisoldipine, nitrendipine, perhexiline, tiapamil, verapamil and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are suitable calcium channel blockers.
US08906902B2
The present invention provides a compound of the following formula, salts, racemates, diastereomers, enantiomers, esters, carbamates, phosphates, sulfates, deuterated forms and prodrugs thereof. Also provided is the use of these compounds as antibacterials, compositions comprising them and processes for their manufacture.
US08906901B2
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods comprising 2-[6-(3-Amino-piperidin-1-yl)-3-methyl-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-ylmethyl]-4-fluoro-benzonitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof administered once weekly.
US08906896B2
Acridine containing cisplatin compounds are disclosed that show greater efficacy than other cisplatin compounds for treating cancer. The compounds are compounds of Formula I wherein the variables are defined herein.
US08906894B1
Compositions and methods for anti-thrombotic and antiplatelet therapy in a subject are provided. Administration of an MAO-B inhibitor results in reduced platelet aggregation or reversion of platelet aggregation. Methods of administering an MAO-B inhibitor with at least one antiplatelet agent are also disclosed. Such combination therapies result in an additional protective effect, and in some instances a synergistic effect. The compositions and methods of the present invention are useful for treating and preventing recurrence of several cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular diseases and injuries, and may be applied to subjects displaying traditional drug resistances.
US08906892B2
The present invention relates to novel 4-pregenen-11β-17-21-triol-3,20-dione derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals, as modulators of glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid receptors. The invention relates specifically to the use of these compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions to treat disorders associated with glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid receptor modulation.
US08906891B2
This process relates to a pharmaceutical composition of an Na—K-ATPase ligand which will stimulate Na/K-ATPase signaling in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. In one embodiment, the composition may be used to treat a skin disorder. In another embodiment, the composition may be used to inhibit cardiac fibrosis.
US08906890B2
The present invention relates to a very low-dosed dosage form for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). More particularly, the present invention concerns a solid oral dosage form comprising about 0.5 mg estradiol and about 0.25 mg drospirenone, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Despite the very low E2 and DRSP doses it has surprisingly been found that a high proportion of the women suffering from moderate to severe hot flushes actually respond to this treatment. Accordingly, the dosage form of the invention may be used as maintenance HRT or may be used already when HRT is initiated.
US08906872B2
The invention provides antisense antiviral compounds and methods of their use and production in inhibition of growth of viruses of the Flaviviridae, Picornoviridae, Caliciviridae, Togaviridae, Arteriviridae, Coronaviridae, Astroviridae and Hepeviridae families in the treatment of a viral infection. The antisense antiviral compounds are substantially uncharged morpholino oligonucleotides having a sequence of 12-40 subunits, including at least 12 subunits having a targeting sequence that is complementary to a region associated with stem-loop secondary structure within the 5′-terminal end 40 bases of the positive-sense RNA strand of the virus.
US08906866B2
Provided herein are novel compounds and novel protected compounds that can be derived from polymyxin, including, e.g., polymyxin A. The novel compounds have antibacterial properties against a diverse range of Gram negative bacteria and reduced toxicity compared to polymyxins such as polymyxin A. Also provided are antibacterial pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel compounds and novel protected compounds, as well as methods for preparing the antibacterial compounds and protected compounds.
US08906861B2
A composition is described herein comprising cyclosporin A, polysorbate 80, a polyoxyethylene stearate, and an oil; wherein the composition is an emulsion which is ophthalmically acceptable. Methods of treating diseases or conditions using said compositions, and medicaments related thereto, are also disclosed herein.
US08906856B2
ClotGel is a single-component hemostatic agent designed for use as an adjunct or primary treatment in moderate intraoperative hemorrhage and in trauma. It can be applied topically to the wound either on the skin in a laparatomy or as non-invasive manner in surgical procedures. Its crosslinking technology generates an adhesive stable fibrin clot using a single component (fibrin II) required for hemostasis. The agent is a mixture of lyophilized polymerized fibrin II and fibrin II monomer which is polymerized and stabilized when in contact with the blood. The attachment properties of the gel, as well as the rapid formation of a fibrin clot, ensures that a strong stable fibrin clot is formed within 1 minute of application.
US08906844B2
The invention relates to peptides derivatized with a hydrophilic polymer which, in some embodiments, bind to human FcRn and inhibit binding of the Fc portion of an IgG to an FcRn, thereby modulating serum IgG levels. The disclosed compositions and methods may be used in some embodiments, for example, in treating autoimmune diseases and inflammatory disorders. The invention also relates, in further embodiments, to methods of using and methods of making the peptides of the invention.
US08906835B2
An extreme pressure additive composition for use in grease contains alkaline earth metal derivatives of 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole (DMTD) complexed to alkylene glycol fluids and or PAG fluids. In addition, additives for extreme pressure and antiwear contain a complex of alkali and/or alkaline earth metal derivatives of DMTD with alkylene glycol fluids and or PAG fluids, in combination with an organophosphorus compound.
US08906834B2
A durable anti-wear coating for friction assemblies, a method of making the same and a method of using the same is provided. The method of use results in the formation of an anti-wear coating and selective carbonization of any ferrous surfaces by impregnating the surface layer with carbon, and makes it possible to selectively optimize the clearances between any bearing surface (ferrous or nonferrous). The method may take place during the standard operating process of the mechanism, without disassembly or with only partial disassembly.
US08906833B2
The lubricant base oil of the invention has excellent energy-conserving performance, low-temperature viscosity characteristics, and detergency. The composition contains: (A) a lubricant base oil composed of, based on the total base oil amount, 50 to 99.9 mass % of a lubricant base oil having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 1 to less than 5 mm2/s, and 0.1 to 50 mass % of a lubricant base oil having a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 5 to 200 mm2/s, and (B) a viscosity index improver having average Mw of not less than 10000, and a Mw to PSSI ratio of not lower than 0.8×104, wherein the composition contains 0.1 to 50 mass % of component (B) based on the total composition amount, and has a 100° C. kinematic viscosity of 3 to 15 mm2/s and a 150° C. to 100° C. HTHS viscosity ratio of not less than 0.50.
US08906826B2
A synergistic herbicidal composition containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an imidazolinone, including but not limited to imazethapyr ammonium, imazamox ammonium, imazapic ammonium, imazapyr isopropylamine salt, imazamethabenz-methyl and imazaquin isopropylamine salt, provide control of undesirable vegetation e.g., in direct-seeded rice, water-seeded rice, transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn or maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, vegetables, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights of way (ROW).
US08906825B2
Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) triazolopyrimidine sulfonamides, including, but not limited to, cloransulam-methyl, diclosulam, florasulam, flumetsulam, metosulam, penoxsulam, and pyroxsulam. The compositions provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in direct-seeded, water-seeded and transplanted rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn/maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) and rights of way (ROW).
US08906824B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of water-absorbing polymer structures, comprising the process steps of providing of an aqueous monomer solution comprising a polymerizable, monoethylenically unsaturated monomer (α1) carrying acid groups or a salt thereof; free-radical polymerization of the aqueous monomer solution to give a polymer gel, drying of the optionally comminuted polymer gel to give water-absorbing polymer structures, and surface post-crosslinking of the optionally ground and sieved water-absorbing polymer structures, wherein a thermoplastic polymer is added to the aqueous monomer solution before process step ii) or during process step ii), preferably before process step ii), or II) the polymer gel after process step ii) and before process step iv) or during process step iv), preferably before process step iv), or III) the water-absorbing polymer structure after process step iv).
US08906822B2
This disclosure describes a coating composition comprising: MnxOy, MnCr2O4, or combinations thereof in a first region of a coating having a first thickness, wherein x and y are integers between 1 and 7; and X6W6(Siz, C1-z) in a second region of the coating having a second thickness, wherein X is Ni or a mixture of Ni and one or more transition metals and z ranges from 0 to 1.
US08906818B2
Dielectric compositions that include compound of the formula [(M′)1−x(A′)x][(M″)1−y−z,(B″)y(C″)z]O3−δ(VO)δ and protonated dielectric compositions that include a protonated dielectric compound within the formula [(M′)1−x(A′)x](M″)1−y−z(B″)y(C″)z]O3−δ+h(Vo)δ(H•)2h are disclosed. Composite materials that employ one or more of these dielectric compounds together with an electrolyte also are disclosed. Composite material that employs one or more of these dielectric compounds together with an electrochemally active material also are disclosed.
US08906806B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming a contact hole within an interlayer insulating film of a substrate and forming a contact plug while the substrate is heated. In forming the contact plug, the substrate is held on a stage within the chamber of a sputtering apparatus through a chuck, and an ESC voltage applied to the chuck is increased stepwise in a plurality of steps. First target power is applied to a target within the chamber to form a first Al film in the contact hole. Next, second target power higher than the first target power is applied to the target within the chamber to form a second Al film on the first Al film.
US08906802B2
One illustrative method disclosed herein includes the steps of performing a directed self-assembly process to form a DSA masking layer, performing at least one process operation to remove at least one of the features of the DSA masking layer so as to thereby define a patterned DSA masking layer with a DSA masking pattern, performing at least one process operation to form a patterned transfer masking layer having a transfer masking pattern comprised of a plurality of features that define a plurality of openings in the transfer masking layer, wherein the transfer masking pattern is the inverse of the DSA masking pattern, and performing at least one etching process through the patterned transfer masking layer on a layer of material to form a plurality of trench/via features in the layer of material.
US08906798B2
A mounting structure for a semiconductor device is formed to include a stepwise stress buffer layer under a stepwise UBM structure.
US08906793B2
An aluminum-containing material is employed to form replacement gate electrodes. A contact-level dielectric material layer is formed above a planarization dielectric layer in which the replacement gate electrodes are embedded. At least one contact via cavity is formed through the contact-level dielectric layer. Any portion of the replacement gate electrodes that is physically exposed at a bottom of the at least one contact via cavity is vertically recessed. Physically exposed portions of the aluminum-containing material within the replacement gate electrodes are oxidized to form dielectric aluminum compound portions. Subsequently, each of the at least one active via cavity is further extended to an underlying active region, which can be a source region or a drain region. A contact via structure formed within each of the at least one active via cavity can be electrically isolated from the replacement gate electrodes by the dielectric aluminum compound portions.
US08906792B2
The impurity diffusion method includes: transferring an object on which the thin film is formed into a processing chamber (operation 1); raising a temperature of the object to a vapor diffusion temperature in the processing chamber (operation 3); and supplying an impurity-containing gas that contains the impurities into the processing chamber, together with an inert gas and diffusing the impurities in the thin film formed on the object of which the temperature is raised to the vapor diffusion temperature (operation 4), wherein in the operation 4, an impurity diffusion acceleration gas for accelerating the diffusion of the impurities into the thin film is supplied into the processing chamber, together with the impurity-containing gas and the inert gas.
US08906784B2
A method of manufacturing a modified structure comprising a semiconducting modified graphene layer on a substrate, comprising the subsequent following steps: supply of an initial structure comprising at least one substrate, formation of a graphene layer on the substrate, hydrogenation of the initial structure by exposure to atomic hydrogen, characterized in that the hydrogenation step of the graphene layer is done with an exposure dose between 100 and 4000 Langmuirs, and forms a modified graphene layer.
US08906780B2
A method for transferring a thin layer of monocrystalline silicon from a free face of a monocrystalline silicon donor substrate having a thickness greater than that of the thin layer includes implanting ions through the free face to form a buried brittle layer in the silicon, using a polymer layer, bonding the donor substrate, by the free face, to a receiver substrate, and fracturing the thin layer from the donor substrate at the buried brittle layer by thermal fracture processing, and selecting conditions of implantation such that a thickness of the thin layer is smaller than 10 micrometers, and a thickness of the polymer layer is below a critical threshold defined as a function of energy and dose of the implantation, the critical threshold being less than or equal to the lesser of 500 nanometers and the thin layer's thickness.
US08906779B2
A solar-powered autonomous CMOS circuit structure is fabricated with monolithically integrated photovoltaic solar cells. The structure includes a device layer including an integrated circuit and a solar cell layer. Solar cell structures in the solar cell layer can be series connected during metallization of the device layer or subsequently. The device layer and the solar cell layer are formed using a silicon-on-insulator substrate. Subsequent spalling of the silicon-on-insulator substrate through the handle substrate thereof facilitates production of a relatively thin solar cell layer that can be subjected to a selective etching process to isolate the solar cell structures.
US08906773B2
Embodiments of integrated passive devices (e.g., metal insulator metal, or MIM, capacitors) and methods of their formation include depositing a composite electrode over a semiconductor substrate (e.g., on a dielectric layer above the substrate surface), and depositing an insulator layer over the composite electrode. The composite electrode includes an underlying electrode and an overlying electrode deposited on a top surface of the underlying electrode. The underlying electrode is formed from a first conductive material (e.g., AlCuW), and the overlying electrode is formed from a second, different conductive material (e.g., AlCu). The top surface of the underlying electrode may have a relatively rough surface morphology, and the top surface of the overlying electrode may have a relatively smooth surface morphology. For high frequency, high power applications, both the composite electrode and the insulator layer may be thicker than in some conventional integrated passive devices.
