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| US07784100B2 |
System and method for home network content protection and copy management
A private home entertainment system including plural playback devices can receive discrete content that can be played by any appropriate publicly available devices. The home system can convert the discrete content to content that is bound to the private network using, e.g., cryptographic keys. The bound content can be freely copied and played among the devices in the private network but cannot be played outside the private network. Should the user elect to convert bound content back to discrete content to permit playing the content outside the network, all bound copies in the network are destroyed or otherwise rendered unusable. |
| US07784096B2 |
Outgoing connection attempt limiting to slow down spreading of viruses
Disclosed is a method for slowing down the spread of viruses by limiting the number of Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”) connection attempts to arbitrary Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses that can be in progress at any given time—a common method employed by viruses to spread to other hosts from an infected host. This is achieved by setting a small limit on the number of connection attempt requests that can be in progress at any given time and can be implemented regardless of whether anti-virus software is installed on the system. |
| US07784094B2 |
Stateful packet content matching mechanisms
Methods and apparatus for performing content inspection across packet boundaries using stateful packet content matching mechanisms. Pattern data structures are employed to facilitate string search algorithm machines. Incoming packets are classified to flows, and stored in corresponding flow queues. Flow table entries are used to identify the pattern data structure for a given flow. During content inspection, the algorithm machine updates state information to identify partial or full matches. When a partial match is detected towards the end of an earlier packet state information in the flow table is updated to reflect the state such that content inspection of a following packet begins at that state. As a result, content inspection across packet boundaries is supported. The techniques may further be employed in a packet processing context pipeline stage. |
| US07784092B2 |
System and method of locating identity providers in a data network
A distributed computer system is disclosed and includes a plurality of identity provider servers and a plurality of service provider servers coupled to a data network. Further, an identity provider locator server is coupled to the data network. In response to a request from one of the plurality of service provider servers, the identity provider locator server can provide an identifier of at least one of the plurality of identity provider servers. The identity provider locator server can include a memory that stores a list of active identity provider servers for a particular end-user having access to the data network. Further, one or more of the plurality of identity provider servers is able to add or remove itself from the list of active identity provider servers. |
| US07784091B2 |
Data processing system
A data processing system is disclosed that includes a read unit configured to read unique information identifying an individual from an individual identification medium, an input unit configured to capture the unique information read by the read unit and convert the unique information into digital unique information, and a database unit having digital unique information registered beforehand which database unit is configured to register the digital unique information captured and converted by the input unit. A managing process is performed on the digital unique information captured and converted by the input unit that involves comparing and organizing the digital unique information captured and converted by the input unit and the digital unique information registered in the database unit according to a predetermined rule, and registering the organized digital unique information in the database unit, the registered digital unique information being output to a predetermined output unit. |
| US07784088B2 |
Method and system for managing delayed user authentication
A system and methods for coordinating the operation of a client security module and a host security module on a mobile electronic device. The modules communicate with each other through a platform abstraction layer using application programming interfaces to coordinate their activities. In particular, on start-up of the device, the host security module obtains user authorization input from a user and passes the input to a client operating system for validation. Once validated, the host security module unlocks the host-side of the device. At the same time, the client operating system sends a notice or request to the client-side virtual machine requesting that the client-side be unlocked. Once the virtual machine is initialized and available it launches the client security module and unlocks the client-side. During the delay while the virtual machine loads, the user is given access only to the host applications. |
| US07784080B2 |
Wireless video surveillance system and method with single click-select actions
A surveillance system and method performing actions and interacting with a base system including at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and a corresponding digital input recorder (DIR) and/or another ICD, and, optionally a remote server computer (RSC), including the steps of providing base system; at least one user accessing the DIR via user interface either directly or remotely; activities and functions within the system and methods of set-up and operation capable of being performed via single click-select interaction or one-click action by the at least one user through a user interface or directly on components in the base system (ICD(s), DIR, and/or RSC), which correspond to underlying preprogrammed actions or steps performed automatically by the system following the single click-select action of the user, thereby providing a secure surveillance system having wireless communication for monitoring a target environment with single click-select actions by the user. |
| US07784077B2 |
Network-extensible reconfigurable media appliance
Extensible reconfigurable media appliance for security and entertainment captures images digitally for storage. Digital effects and filters are applied to incoming video stream on-the-fly or to video data stored in memory. Digital effects and filters are dynamically stored, modified, updated or deleted, providing extensible reconfigurable effects studio. Digital media appliance communicates wirelessly with other media appliances, computers, security systems, video storage, email, chat, cellular services or PDAs to provide seamless integration of captured video stream. |
| US07784074B2 |
Digital broadcast receiving terminal
When a station whose information has been kept stored in memory is again receivable a digital broadcasting receiver terminal can select the station immediately based on station selection information, without making a channel scanning in search for the station again. Further, it can be made available for immediate use without the need of re-acquiring the program information. The digital broadcasting receiver terminal includes a digital broadcasting receiving section for receiving digital broadcasting, a station information memory for storing station information restored at the digital broadcasting receiving section, a station information keep/erase judgment section for deciding as to whether information stored in the station information memory is to be kept stored or erased, and a control section which selects a station based on information stored in the station information memory. |
| US07784067B2 |
Optical disk apparatus
An optical disk apparatus includes a frame 2 which receives internal devices and can receive an optical disk 27, a tray 5 on which the optical disk 27 is rotatably mounted, a rail 4 which supports the tray so as to be moved between a mounting position where the optical disk 27 is detachably mounted and a receiving position where the optical disk 27 is received in the frame 2, a tray moving means which moves the tray 5 between the mounting position and the receiving position, a tray receiving releasing member which receives and release the tray 5 at the receiving position, and an optical disk rotation suppressing member which exerts a pressing force on the optical disk in cooperation with a tray releasing operation of the tray receiving releasing member and releases the pressing force in cooperation with a tray receiving operation of the tray receiving releasing member. |
| US07784064B2 |
Method for collecting monitor information
A method for collecting information regarding monitors connected to Window-based computer systems. A monitor class definition is established, and a monitor information provider is created. The monitor information provider is loaded on a Windows-based computer, which includes at least one monitor. The monitor information provider gathers serial number and model information of the monitor. |
| US07784062B2 |
Event based operating system, method, and apparatus for instrumentation and control systems
A method for operating a controller having a number of timers to thereby control a plurality of events greater than the number of timers, includes, between clock ticks, receiving one or more signals from sensors, switches, executing programs, or a combination therefore that initiate one or more timed events. After a clock tick immediately following the receiving of the one or more signals, the method further includes updating entries in an event control block in accordance with the received signal or signals. The entries include a time remaining for pending events, a time past due for active events, and a priority of each event. The method further includes determining whether any pending event or events have timed out, activating any timed out events, and sending a signal notifying an executing program of the activated event having the highest priority. |
| US07784056B2 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling grid jobs
A method and apparatus for scheduling execution of a grid project in accordance with multiple dimensions of dynamic load factors. The present invention provides a mechanism for determining grid node availability based on both processor load and network traffic loads on the nodes in a grid of computing devices. This availability information is used to determine scheduling of the running of grid projects. |
| US07784052B2 |
Terminal with means of protection against malfunctions of certain java applications
A terminal comprising resources, a terminal for downloading an application program, wherein the application program is stored in the terminal, and wherein the terminal further comprises a device layer for detecting if the application program activates at least one function endangering at least one resource of the terminal. The device layer determines if the number of activations during a predetermined time period is greater than a predetermined value, and the terminal deletes the application program from the terminal in this case. |
| US07784035B2 |
Method for the static analysis of concurrent multi-threaded software
A method for the static analysis of concurrent multi-threaded software which bypasses the state explosion situation that plagues the prior art, thereby making our method scalable while—at the same time—producing no loss in precision. Our inventive method maintains patterns of lock acquisition and lock release by individual threads by constructing augmented versions of the threads. Once the augmented versions have been constructed, our inventive method verifies the concurrent program using existing tools for the verification of sequential programs—thereby greatly reducing implementation overhead. Finally, our inventive augmentation and method is carried out in an automatic manner—without requiring user intervention. |
| US07784031B1 |
Methods and apparatus for establishing configuration settings between applications
A system provides for synchronization of configuration settings in a plurality of applications by receiving a global configuration setting to be applied to the plurality of applications and by applying the global configuration setting to the plurality of applications so that operation of each of the plurality of applications conforms to the global configuration setting. The system detects a respective local configuration setting in use by each of the plurality of applications displays a synchronization indicator that indicates if the plurality of applications are operating using a common local configuration setting. The synchronization indicator can be a color settings synchronization indicator that indicates if a color setting used to render color on a display device is synchronized between applications in a graphics suite. |
| US07784028B2 |
Method for multi-standard software defined radio base-band processing
A method for multi-standard Software defined radio (SDR) base-band processing is provided. The method comprises the steps of: constituting SDR software framework, which includes SDR kernel structure, SDR software modules, other application parts and an operating system; extracting protocol software modules of different standards and reclassifying them as dedicated system libraries, common system libraries and common algorithm libraries, and then storing them into the software modules; adding a scheduler to the SDR kernel structure, the scheduler structuring a concrete base-band application software module by the dedicated system libraries, common system libraries and common algorithm libraries, using Process and Sequence; and, defining SDR hardware platform, applying the concrete base-band application software which is structured by the scheduler on the SDR hardware platform, so as to complete concrete base-band processing of the wireless communication system. |
| US07784025B2 |
Mechanism for using processlets to model service processes
A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for using read-only process components to model service processes. User input is received indicating an attempt to establish a connection from a selected read-only process component to a previously selected read-only process component. Responsive to receiving the user input, verification is performed as to whether the connection is a valid connection. In response to all connections being valid, a service model is built using the set of read-only process components and executable code is generated for the service process based on the service model. |
| US07784020B2 |
Semiconductor circuit pattern design method for manufacturing semiconductor device or liquid crystal display device
A semiconductor circuit pattern design method includes the following operations. A design pattern is created by placing a plurality of cells in each functional block as a unit of the semiconductor circuit and executing routing among the plurality of placed cells. Mask pattern data based on the design pattern is created. A predictive pattern to be formed on the substrate by the mask pattern data is predicted. A difference amount between the predictive pattern and a target pattern to be formed on the substrate by the mask pattern data is checked. The difference amount is compared with a predetermined allowable variation amount. If the difference amount is larger than the allowable variation amount in the comparison, at least one of placement and routing of the cells in the design pattern corresponding to the mask pattern data used to predict the predictive pattern is corrected. |
| US07784018B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying a manufacturing problem area in a layout using a gradient-magnitude of a process-sensitivity model
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that identifies an area in a mask layout which is likely to cause manufacturing problems. During operation, the system creates an on-target process model that models a semiconductor manufacturing process under nominal (e.g., optimal) process conditions. The system also creates one or more off-target process models that model the semiconductor manufacturing process under one or more arbitrary (e.g., non-optimal) process conditions. Next, the system computes a process-sensitivity model using the on-target process model and the off-target process models. The system then computes a gradient-magnitude of the process-sensitivity model. Next, the system identifies a problem area in the mask layout using the gradient-magnitude of the process-sensitivity model. Note that identifying the problem area allows it to be corrected, which improves the manufacturability of the mask layout. Moreover, using the gradient-magnitude of the process-sensitivity model to identify the problem area reduces the computational time required to identify the problem area. |
| US07784015B2 |
Method for generating a mask layout and constructing an integrated circuit
Methods are disclosed for the layout and manufacture of microelectronic circuits. The methods employ the monitoring of the placement of macros within circuit layouts for design rule compliance. Upon detection of noncompliance, the macros associated with noncompliance are adapted to bring the layout within the design rules. In a preferred embodiment of the invention monitoring the relative positions of macros includes identifying instances of coinciding macro (x, y) coordinates. Adapting noncompliant macros further includes steps for maintaining minimum (x, y) distances between adjacent macro corners. |
| US07784013B2 |
Method for the definition of a library of application-domain-specific logic cells
The present invention provides in one aspect a method of defining a logic cell library composed of complex functions and simple functions, with some of the complex functions obtained from identifying logic function patterns. In another aspect the present invention provides a method of designing a representation of an integrated circuit that uses complex functions and simple functions, with the complex functions including a plurality of non-standard complex Boolean logic functions that are determined to collectively provide for logic pattern minimization. |
| US07784012B2 |
System and method for creating a standard cell library for use in circuit designs
A standard cell library including a first set of cells including mixed threshold voltage cells. Each mixed threshold voltage cell includes a first threshold voltage device having a first threshold voltage and a second threshold voltage device having a second threshold voltage, in which the first threshold voltage is different from the second threshold voltage. The standard cell library further includes a second set of cells including non-mixed threshold voltage cells. Each non-mixed threshold voltage cell includes threshold voltage devices having a same threshold voltage. A mixed threshold voltage cell has substantially a same footprint as a non-mixed threshold voltage cell. |
| US07784007B2 |
Method for automatically producing layout information
A method of automatically producing layout information includes receiving first layout information of an integrated circuit; when receiving the first layout information, activating an automated process mechanism to stores the first layout information into a reference database; reading the first layout information from the reference database by the automated process mechanism; and analyzing the first layout information to obtain second layout information by the automated process mechanism. In an exemplary embodiment, the method of the present invention further includes validating accuracy of the first layout information according to the second layout information. |
| US07784005B1 |
Electronic circuit design viewer
Various approaches for displaying design data that implements an electronic design in lookup tables (LUTs) of a programmable logic device are disclosed. In one approach, a user is presented for selection at least two selectable modes for displaying a function performed by a LUT that is configurable with the design data to implement a function of the electronic design. The modes have associated, different formats for display of a function. In response to selection of an object that represents a first LUT having an assigned initialization value and in response to selection of one of the modes, the function performed by the first LUT, as defined by the initialization value, is displayed in the format associated with the selected mode. |
| US07784001B2 |
Circuit design method, circuit design system, and program product for causing computer to perform circuit design
In a circuit design method, a computer verifies an occurrence of a noise error, specifies a noise allowable value with respect to a cell at which it is determined that the noise error occurs, and determines a parameter value used in a process step. The parameter value satisfies the noise allowable value specified with respect to the cell at which the noise error occurs. |
| US07784000B2 |
Identifying sequential functional paths for IC testing methods and system
A method and system of identifying sequential functional paths for IC testing methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include a method of sequential functional path identification for at-speed structural test, the method comprising: using a timing tool to enumerate a plurality of critical paths in a circuit; identifying which of the plurality of critical paths are sequential functional paths that will function during functional operation of the IC by identifying which of the plurality of critical paths a test can be generated for using a test sequence having n functional capture cycles, where n is greater than 2; performing path test generation for the sequential functional paths using launch-off-scan test sequences; and performing path test generation for critical paths not tested by the launch-of-scan test sequences, using launch-off-capture test sequences having two functional captures. |
| US07783996B2 |
Optimization for circuit design
Methods for optimizing design parameters of a circuit are disclosed. In one aspect, an optimization problem includes one or more performance specifications that represent an exponent of a design parameter to be optimized. Various parameters of passive and active circuit devices may be efficiently and accurately optimized as a result. In another aspect, linear performance specifications are included for accurately calculating voltages. In yet other aspects of the invention, three special types of convex optimization problems are disclosed for enabling the above use of exponents of design parameters which provide efficient and accurate calculations of a virtually unlimited array of circuit parameters and performance characteristics. |
| US07783991B2 |
Image display apparatus and method and image management program
Date and time information concerning image files included in the folder is obtained, a time range from the oldest image to the newest image is calculated, and the time range is displayed with folder information. For example, data on shot dates and times recorded as associated information concerning the images or time stamps of the files are used to calculate the time range, and the date range is displayed on a folder icon or on a tab portion of the folder icon. Moreover, a file list displayed last time is stored, the stored file list is compared with a current file list, and only if the both file lists are different from each other, the date and time information is obtained for a different file to recalculate the time range. Thus, the user can infer images included in the folder to some extent and easily retrieve a desired image. |
| US07783982B1 |
Programmable actuator and method in a network terminal device
An apparatus and method for obtaining preferred information from a network by execution of a sequence of actions in response to a single actuation in a network terminal device. A sequence of actions is programmed in network terminal device. The sequence of actions are executed in response to a single actuation if a softkey. A network destination parameter and a user preference parameter are also programmed. The sequence of actions includes coupling a destination parameter into the network, upon receipt of a network reply message corresponding to said destination parameter, coupling a preference parameter into the network, and upon receipt of the preferred information from the network, outputting the preferred information from the network terminal device. |
| US07783973B2 |
Change approvals for computing systems
Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for generating a change approval plan for a computing system. The computing system has at least one component and at least two user groups, and each user group has an approver. A request to change at least one said component is received. It is determined which components are affected by the change request. An initial set of approvals to be obtained from at least one of said approvers is determined based on dependencies of the affected components with other components, and based on the approvers required for each affected and dependent component. The initial set of approvals is rearranged into sub-groups such that components falling within each sub-group are dependent only upon components within a respective same group. |
| US07783964B2 |
Redundant 3-wire communication system and method
A redundant communication system and method for providing data communication between a first computing node and a second computing node. A transmitter is provided as part of the first computing node. A receiver is provided as part of the second computing node. A first signal line carries a first data signal. The first signal line electrically couples the transmitter with the receiver. A second signal line carries a second data signal redundant to the first signal. The second signal line electrically couples the transmitter with the receiver. The receiver evaluates the first data signal to determine the presence of an error and the second node uses the second data signal if an error is detected in the first data signal. |
| US07783950B2 |
Data writing apparatus and a storage system
An LDPC encoder (304) includes a timing adjustment circuit (326) for performing timing adjustment on main data and outputting to a writing circuit (334), a parity generation circuit (328) for performing LDPC encoding on input signal series, generating the parity data, and outputting to the writing circuit (334), and the writing circuit (334) for sequentially receiving the main data and the parity data, and outputting to the storage apparatus via a write pre-compensation unit (305), a driver (306), and the like. |
| US07783944B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method thereof
A semiconductor memory device and method thereof are provided. The example semiconductor memory device may include a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, an expected data generating unit receiving a plurality of initial expected data through at least one address pad during a memory operation and generating a plurality of expected data based on the plurality of initial expected data, the at least one address pad being separate from a data input/output pad and a parallel bit test circuit generating test result data based on a plurality of read data and the plurality of expected data. |
| US07783936B1 |
Memory arbitration technique for turbo decoding
A technique for resolving access contention in a parallel turbo decoder is described. The technique includes associating a plurality of buffer memories with the subdecoders so that accesses to banks of a shared interleaver memory can be rescheduled. Accesses can be rescheduled to prevent simultaneous accesses to a single bank of the shared interleaver memory based on an interleaver pattern. |
| US07783926B2 |
Method for memory testing
A method for memory testing implemented on an embedded system, the method comprising steps of loading a booting program when the embedded system is booted; activating a RAM of the embedded system by the booting program; duplicating the booting program itself and writing the duplicated booting program into a first section of the RAM by the booting program; downloading a testing program from an on-line source and writing the downloaded testing program into a second section of the RAM by the duplicated booting program; and enabling the downloaded testing program to check a third section the rest part of the RAM excepting the first and second sections, after the downloaded testing program is executed by the duplicated booting program. |
| US07783923B2 |
Stored memory recovery system
Various embodiments of systems and methods for preserving saved memory states to which a computer system can be restored are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the systems and methods intercept write operations to protected memory locations and redirect them to alternate memory locations. Embodiments of the systems and methods include creation of a table for each memory state. Certain embodiments additionally include a recovery capability, by which the protected memory in the computer system is capable of being restored or recovered to a recovery point that represents a saved memory state. Further embodiments relate to systems and methods for preventing protected memory locations from being overwritten that utilize a plurality of memory state values. |
| US07783914B1 |
Method and system for providing high availability to computer applications
A system and method for performing loss-less migration of an application program from a primary node to a backup node. All application state for the application program on the primary node are captured and transmitted to the backup node. TCP/IP connection state is restored for all connections; and internals of the application program are remapped to an operating system and to system libraries on the backup node. |
| US07783909B2 |
Method, computing system, and computer program for reducing power consumption of a computing system by relocating jobs and deactivating idle servers
In a computing system where multiple servers are connected through a network and one or more jobs are run, a power reduction facility of a supervisory server relocates jobs according to predetermined conditions, thereby reducing the amount of power consumed by the computing system. For relocating the jobs, the power reduction facility obtains server-related information such as the power properties of the servers constituting the computing system and job-related information such as performance requirements for the jobs which are run in the computing system, and searches for one or more jobs to be relocated and destination servers, based on these server-related information and job-related information, to the extent that the performance requirements for each job are fulfilled. Based on the search results, the jobs are relocated to the destination servers, and servers on which no job is running, in consequence of the relocation, are powered off. |
| US07783906B2 |
Maximum power usage setting for computing device
A maximum power usage setting for a computing device is based on one or more of: a user-specified setting corresponding to how often a frequency of a processor of the computing device is likely to have to be decreased to reduce power usage by the computing device; an average frequency of the processor during a previous period in which the computing device was operated; a minimum frequency of the processor during the previous period; a maximum power that the computing device used during the previous period; and, a nominal frequency of the processor. When the computing device starts to use more power than the maximum power usage setting, the power used by the computing device is reduced so as not to exceed the setting, such as by decreasing the frequency at which the processor operates. |
| US07783902B2 |
Safety controller and input-output unit therefor
A safety controller of building block type has an array of a plurality of IO units each including IO circuits and a single IO unifying unit connectable to these IO units. The IO unifying unit has an IO power-receiving terminal for receiving power from an external IO power source and an IO power distributing terminal for distributing the received power to the array of IO units after passing inside the IO unifying unit. The array of IO units includes distribution mains extending along the array and having a starting end connected to the IO power distributing terminal and distribution branch lines for supplying power to each of the IO circuits inside the IO units. An IO power shutoff circuit is provided to the IO unifying unit on upstream side of the IO power distributing terminal and to each of the distribution branch lines in each of the IO units. |
| US07783896B2 |
System and method for management of plaintext data in a mobile data processing device
A handheld data processing device includes stored data that is intended to be kept secure from unauthorized access. The handheld data processing device includes applications that store such secure data and which make use of plain text data corresponding to the secure data. An identifier is defined to be associated with defined plain text data. When the handheld data processing device is placed in a locked or secure state, code executable on the device is able to search for plain text identifiers. Code executable on the device is consequently able to display to the user whether plain text data is stored on the device or not. |
| US07783892B2 |
System and methods for assignation and use of media content subscription service privileges
This invention describes a system and methods for media content subscription service distribution; typical services include cable television, premium content channels, pay-per-view, XM radio, and online mp3 services. Subscribers use portable electronic devices to store digital certificates certifying the subscriber's privileges and an assigned public key. The devices can communicate with specially enabled televisions, radios, computers, or other media presentation apparatuses. These, in turn, can communicate with central databases owned by the provider, for verification purposes. Methods of the invention describe media content subscription service privilege issuing and use. The invention additionally describes methods for protecting media content transmitted to users with a variety of encryption schemes. The invention also comprises methods for subscribed users to bestow a subset of their privileges to a number of secondary users, with appropriate permission from the media content subscription service provider. |
| US07783886B2 |
Multi-level boot hierarchy for software development on an integrated circuit
A method of enabling software development for an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit being configured to run a boot program that prevents unverified software from subsequently being loaded onto, or run by, the integrated circuit, the method including the step of loading an intermediate program onto the integrated circuit, the intermediate program being customized for a particular one or more of a plurality of potential integrated circuits that, when run on the processor, enables loading or running of code on only the particular one or more integrated circuits. |
| US07783871B2 |
Method to remove stale branch predictions for an instruction prior to execution within a microprocessor
According to one embodiment a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a microprocessor and a chipset coupled to the microprocessor. The microprocessor removes stale branch instructions prior to the execution of a first cache line by finding existing branch prediction data for the first cache line. |
| US07783862B2 |
Method and apparatus for an inductive doubling architecture
One embodiment of the present invention is a processor that processes inductive doubling SIMD instructions, which processor includes: an Instruction Fetch Unit that loads a SIMD instruction and applies it as input to a SIMD Instruction Decode Unit; wherein the SIMD Instruction Decode Unit decodes the applied SIMD instruction and produces output signals including SIMD field width identification signals and one or more SIMD half-operand modifier signals. |
| US07783859B2 |
Processing system implementing variable page size memory organization
A processing system includes memory management software responsive to changes in a page table. The memory management software consolidates contiguous page table entries into one or more page table entries that have larger memory page sizes. The memory management software updates the entries of a translation lookaside buffer that correspond to the consolidated contiguous page table entries. |
| US07783857B2 |
Data management apparatus and method, non-volatile memory, storage device having the non-volatile memory and data processing system
In a data management method for supervising a non-volatile memory having a plurality of blocks erasable in a lump, each of the blocks being formed by a plurality of pages, each of the pages including a redundant area, the aggregate management information is used for data management to enable prompt booting. The distributed management information, as the management information for the respective blocks, is stored in the redundant area of each page, and the aggregate management information supervises data stored in each block, in a lump, in association with the distributed management information. It is verified, at the time of booting, whether the aggregate management information is effective. The data is supervised based on the aggregate management information when the aggregate management information is effective and, when the aggregate management information is not effective, the data is supervised based on the distributed management information. |
| US07783856B2 |
Method and apparatus for management between virtualized machines and virtualized storage systems
To manage physical paths between a server system and a storage system and information about routing between virtual machines and virtual storage systems in an integrated fashion. A computer system of the present invention includes: a computer and a storage system that stores data, in which the computer includes first information for managing the first resource relating to the computer; and the storage system includes second information for managing the second resource provided in the storage system, and in which a relation between the virtual machine and the virtual storage system is defined based on the first information and the second information. |
| US07783853B1 |
Memory usage techniques in middleware of a real-time data distribution system
A method of operating real-time middleware associated with at least one node of a data distribution system is provided. At least one pool of a plurality of fixed block size units of memory of the node is allocated (e.g., via an operating system call). Based on loan requests for dynamic memory elements on behalf of a user application executing on the node, an indication of at least one of the allocated fixed block size units to be lent is provided. A list of which allocated fixed block size units are being lent from the pool is maintained, including maintaining the list based on return requests, on behalf of the user application executing on the node, of fixed block size units of the pool. Substantially all of the dynamic memory elements of the real-time middleware associated with the node are provided from the at least one pool of allocated fixed block size units based on the loan requests on behalf of the user application. |
| US07783846B2 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product providing energy reduction when storing data in a memory
A method is disclosed to operate a memory device. The method includes, prior to overwriting a first unit of data at a location in a memory device with a second unit of data, determining if more energy is required to write the second unit of data than to write the second unit of data with at least one sub-unit thereof having bits that are inverted. If it is determined that less energy is required to write the second unit of data with the at least one sub-unit thereof having bits that are inverted, the method further includes overwriting the first unit of data with a modified second unit of data with the at least one sub-unit thereof having bits that are inverted, in conjunction with writing at least one bit memory for indicating a location in the modified unit of data of the sub-unit of data having the inverted bits. |
| US07783843B2 |
Bus interface adapted to coalesce snoop responses
In a bus interface adapted for usage in a multiple-core processor, an interface couples a bus to the one or more processor cores. The bus interface comprises a queue coupled to the interface which is adapted to receive snoop responses from the processor cores and coalesce snoop responses from the processor cores into a single snoop response that reflects snoop responses from all processor cores. |
| US07783834B2 |
L2 cache array topology for large cache with different latency domains
A cache memory logically associates a cache line with at least two cache sectors of a cache array wherein different sectors have different output latencies and, for a load hit, selectively enables the cache sectors based on their latency to output the cache line over successive clock cycles. Larger wires having a higher transmission speed are preferably used to output the cache line corresponding to the requested memory block. In the illustrative embodiment the cache is arranged with rows and columns of the cache sectors, and a given cache line is spread across sectors in different columns, with at least one portion of the given cache line being located in a first column having a first latency, and another portion of the given cache line being located in a second column having a second latency greater than the first latency. One set of wires oriented along a horizontal direction may be used to output the cache line, while another set of wires oriented along a vertical direction may be used for maintenance of the cache sectors. A given cache line is further preferably spread across sectors in different rows or cache ways. For example, a cache line can be 128 bytes and spread across four sectors in four different columns, each sector containing 32 bytes of the cache line, and the cache line is output over four successive clock cycles with one sector being transmitted during each of the four cycles. |
| US07783825B2 |
Nonvolatile memory system and management method for nonvolatile memory
A nonvolatile memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. The controller is configured to manage the nonvolatile memory based on management information. The management information of the controller includes a basic table for collectively managing a plurality of blocks and differential information between the blocks. The controller is operable to manage the blocks collectively with the basic table and manage different portions of the blocks within the collected range using the differential information. |
| US07783823B2 |
Hardware device data buffer
One embodiment includes a system comprising a processor configured to read and write data packets via a data bus to and from at least one additional hardware device. The system also comprises a data buffer configured to store a plurality of consecutive related flits associated with at least one of the data packets in one of a plurality of addressable locations of the data buffer. The system further comprises a pointer memory configured to store a respective pointer associated with each of the plurality of addressable locations of the data buffer. |
| US07783820B2 |
Packet-switched split computer having disassociated peripheral controller and plural data buses
A network interface is described in which a single computer bus is split over a long distance into two or more intercommunicating buses. On one bus, processing and applications are provided and on the other remote bus, peripheral and local controllers are provided. The buses communicate through a series of: bridge, a first communications controller, a second communications controller, and bridge. Between the communications controllers, a communication path provides long distance communication via a packet-switched network. |
| US07783810B2 |
Apparatus and method of processing information
An information processing apparatus is provided. Plural processors respectively execute separate operating systems to process data that has been received from a network. The apparatus includes receiving device that receives the data in predetermined units from the network and analyzing device that analyzes identification data added to the data received by the receiving device. The apparatus also includes maintaining device which maintains a table that relates the identification data to information on identification of an interrupt register in each of the processors that execute the operating systems. The apparatus further includes interrupting device that allows interrupt processing to any of the processors to occur by writing the data received with the receiving device into the interrupt register that is related to the identification data, which is identified on the based of the table maintained by the maintaining device, analyzed by the analyzing device. |
| US07783807B2 |
Controlling resource transfers in a logically partitioned computer system
A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual I/O slots. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to obtain a lock on an I/O slot when transferring control of the I/O slot to a logical partition that is powering on and when removing the I/O slot from a logical partition that is powering off. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to remove control of an I/O slot from, or return control to, an operating logical partition in order to facilitate hardware service operations on that I/O slot or on the physical enclosure in which it is contained. |
| US07783801B2 |
KVM console cable and multi-computer system using the same
The invention provides KVM console cables, comprising a video connector, a first console connector, a second console connector, a third console connector, a combined connector, and a transmission line. The video connector is utilized to connect to a video monitor. The first, second, and third console connectors are utilized to connect to a first console device, a second console device and third console device, respectively. The combined connector is utilized to connect to a KVM switch. The video connector and the first, second and third console connectors are connected to the combined connector by the transmission line. |
| US07783784B1 |
Method and apparatus for adaptive selection of algorithms to load and spread traffic on an aggregation of network interface cards
A method for configuring a link aggregation module, including configuring the link aggregation module to use an initial network interface card (NIC) selection algorithm, servicing a first plurality of packets using a plurality of NICs in an aggregation group, wherein the initial NIC selection algorithm is used to select the one of the plurality of NICs to service at least one of the first plurality of packets, collecting a plurality of first packet distribution statistics for the aggregation group corresponding to the servicing of the first plurality of packets, and selecting a first alternate NIC selection algorithm based on the plurality of first packet distribution statistics. |
| US07783783B2 |
SCSI device translator for network
A system and method for interfacing a non-SCSI device to a computer network for communicating with a SCSI device attached to the computer network is disclosed. An interface receives a SCSI-based communication message from the network that is intended for the non-SCSI device. The SCSI-based communication can be formatted for transport over, for example, a TCP/IP transport stream and includes, for example, a command descriptor block and accompanying data. A translator device converts a first SCSI-based communication message to a corresponding first non-SCSI communication message that is recognizable by the non-SCSI device. A translator device also receives a second non-SCSI communication message from the non-SCSI device and converts the second non-SCSI communication message into a corresponding second SCSI-based communication message. The interface device, responsive to the second SCSI-based communication message, sends the second SCSI based communication message to the network. |
| US07783782B2 |
Dynamic runtime service oriented architecture
According to one embodiment, a dynamic access method for a service oriented architecture includes receiving a number of proxy endpoints from a business application, selecting one proxy endpoint from among the multiple proxy endpoints, and transmitting a request to an enterprise service bus (ESB). The request includes the one proxy endpoint for accessing the particular web service that it references. |
| US07783781B1 |
Adaptive compression
A method, system, and apparatus are directed towards compression of content over a network. The content may include content length information, such as within a header. In one embodiment, a portion of the content may be compressed to approximately fill a buffer of a predefined size. If there remains additional uncompressed content, a new content length may be determined based in part on the length of the compressed content and the remaining uncompressed content. The buffered content and the new content length may then be forwarded in response to the request. The remaining uncompressed content may be split into predefined blocks using identity compression. Identity compression may then be applied to the remaining uncompressed content which is then forwarded to a destination in response to the request. |
| US07783768B2 |
Method for establishing peer-to-peer connection, method, apparatus and system for traversing NAT to realize network communication
The employment relates to a realization method for establishing peer-to-peer communication connection, a method, an apparatus and a system for realizing network communication by traversing NAT. The employment mainly comprises following steps. When the user terminal may not directly communicate with the peer user terminal by the manner of peer-to-peer communication for needing to traverse through the NAT (network address translator) entity, the type information of the NAT entity needed to be traversed is determined. Then, the communication connection with the peer user terminal is established according to the determined type information of the NAT entity and by using the predefined manner of peer-to peer communication and the communications between the user terminals are carried out. The employment realizes that the manner of peer-to-peer communication is adopted as much as possible during the process of traversing the NAT to carry out the communication so as to reduce the occupation of server source and effectively save the costs of network operation. The employment also tries to use the corresponding re-issue mechanism during the procedure of establishing the peer-to-peer communication in order to resolve various connection establishment problems when the factors which may affect the connection establishment appear. |
| US07783762B2 |
Scalable resource discovery and reconfiguration for distributed computer networks
A method is provided for discovering resources in a network of user nodes. According to the method, a resource request to be published is received at a first user node of the network, and it is determined (e.g., randomly) whether or not to send the resource request to a server node. When it is determined not to send the resource request to the server node, the resource request is forwarded to a second user node of the network through a direct connection. When it is determined to send the resource request to the server node, the resource request is sent to the server node for publication. Also provided is a user node for use in a computer network of the type that includes user nodes and at least one server node, with each user node being connected to at least one other user node through a direct connection. |
| US07783757B2 |
Systems and methods of revalidating cached objects in parallel with request for object
The present solution provides a variety of techniques for accelerating and optimizing network traffic, such as HTTP based network traffic. The solution described herein provides techniques in the areas of proxy caching, protocol acceleration, domain name resolution acceleration as well as compression improvements. In some cases, the present solution provides various prefetching and/or prefreshening techniques to improve intermediary or proxy caching, such as HTTP proxy caching. In other cases, the present solution provides techniques for accelerating a protocol by improving the efficiency of obtaining and servicing data from an originating server to server to clients. In another cases, the present solution accelerates domain name resolution more quickly. As every HTTP access starts with a URL that includes a hostname that must be resolved via domain name resolution into an IP address, the present solution helps accelerate HTTP access. In some cases, the present solution improves compression techniques by prefetching non-cacheable and cacheable content to use for compressing network traffic, such as HTTP. The acceleration and optimization techniques described herein may be deployed on the client as a client agent or as part of a browser, as well as on any type and form of intermediary device, such as an appliance, proxying device or any type of interception caching and/or proxying device. |
| US07783754B2 |
Adaptive, application-aware selection of differentiated network services
Methods, apparatuses and systems that dynamically adjust the selection of differentiated network services for selected classes of traffic in response to changing network conditions or application performance levels. In one implementation, the present invention allows for a differentiated network services scheme that adapts to existing network conditions and, in one implementation, selects higher, generally more expensive classes of differentiated network service for certain data flows when the performance of selected applications degrades below a threshold level. The present invention, in one implementation, allows for bandwidth cost savings without sacrificing application performance. |
| US07783749B2 |
Method for monitoring and providing information over a peer to peer network
A pseudonode for deployment on a peer to peer network. The pseudonode is programmed for monitoring the peer to peer network to receive search requests therefrom, optionally comparing each said received search with said list of data objects, and to respond to such requests. The response may include advertising; the advertising may be selected in response to the request. The invention also provides a method for monitoring search requests for selected objects by nodes on a peer to peer network. The method further includes interposing the pseudonodes on the network in which it is configured to provide at least one IP address and optionally at least one client ID. The pseudonode has at least one stored object corresponding to a request object stored at said pseudonode; and monitors the network to detect requests matching at least one of the stored objects and acquires a unique ID generated by any network node requesting the object matching that stored object on the pseudonode, and responding to substantially each node representing an acquired ID. |
| US07783747B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving cluster performance through minimization of method variation
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a server cluster. The process identifies a plurality of average method call durations corresponding to calls to a plurality of methods associated with an application on the server cluster to form a plurality of identified average method call durations. The process groups the plurality of methods based on the plurality of identified average method call durations to form a plurality of grouped methods. Each method in the plurality of grouped methods is executed by a particular cluster member in the server cluster. The manner in which the plurality of grouped cluster members is grouped reduces a coefficient of variation on each cluster member in the server cluster. The process executes a method in a selected cluster member associated with the method in response to receiving a call for the method. |
| US07783741B2 |
Pseudonymous email address manager
A system and method of automated pseudonymous email address creation and management is disclosed herein. The use of the disclosed system provides users the ability to create disposable email addresses, so that if a pseudonymous email address is placed on an unsolicited commercial email distribution list, the unsolicited email message can be prevented from reaching the user. |
| US07783740B2 |
Embedded network traffic analyzer
The present invention provides a system and method for interfacing to a network. The system includes a network interface comprising an embedded network traffic analyzer (NTA) capable of network traffic analyzer filter and capture capabilities. The NTA also includes an artificial intelligence component that facilitates diagnosing and/or prognosing state and/or health of the network (and/or components thereof). |
| US07783735B1 |
Containment of network communication
Invention selectively enables usage of services and communication conduits in a computer network, wherein the enablement is contingent on usage conditions, resulting in containment of the spread of unauthorized activity within a networked computer system and limiting the scope of results when an element becomes part of a hostile execution environment. Instead of protecting individual networked elements from a potentially hostile execution environment, the elements' usage of the networked environment is restricted to the extent of selectively allowing usage of needed resources explicitly authorized for use by such elements. |
| US07783734B2 |
Satellite communications system for providing global, high quality movement of very large data files
A system for providing communication services between geographically disbursed source and destination terminals includes at least one airborne or spaceborne wireless communication device, such as a satellite. The wireless communication device is configured to store and forward large data files of at least an aggregated 10 gigabytes. The wireless communication device includes a wireless transceiver for communicating with the source and destination terminals over at least one high bandwidth channel. A mass data storage device stores the large data files for a predetermined period of time that is greater than approximately two minutes. At least one processor is coupled among the mass data storage and wireless transceiver. The processor is configured to control receipt of a large data file from the source terminal and to transmit it to the destination terminal as the wireless communication device nears the destination terminal. |
| US07783733B1 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic configuration management
A method is provided to dynamically manage the configuration of a network device. An application supporting a protocol, network interface or other component of the configuration operates in conjunction with a master agent and subagent to send and receive configuration management information. The application further operates in conjunction with a configuration manager interface and configuration manager to access and update the configuration in accordance with a priority of the application, and without taking the network device out of service. |
| US07783730B2 |
Signalling optimisations using hash functions
A method for configuring a connection between first and second peer entities in a wireless telecommunications network comprises sending a hash value between the first and second peer entities, the hash value being a compact representation of information relating to a connection configuration procedure between the first and second peer entities. |
| US07783725B2 |
System and method for representing MFS control blocks in XML for MFS-based IMS applications
A system and method for representing MFS control blocks in XML for MFS-based IMS applications utilizes an MFS XML adapter and an MFS XML repository to translate between XML and MFS. The repository contains XML files for DOF/MOD and XML files for DIF/MID. When an XML request is received, the XML request is transformed to a byte stream by retrieving the relevant information from the MFS XML repository. The byte stream can then be placed in an IMS message queue to await processing by an MFS-based IMS application program. A byte stream response is generated by the MFS-based IMS application and is transformed into an XML response, again, by retrieving the relevant information from the MFS XML repository. |
| US07783724B2 |
System and method for delivering business intelligence data in a client/server architecture
A business intelligence analysis client system is used with a business intelligence analysis sever system having an object model representing one or more data sources. The client system maintains a business intelligence analysis client copy of the object model that is maintained by the server system. The client system obtains from the server system a result of the user request including update information, and updates the client copy of the object model according to the update information. The client system presents the result of the user request based on the updated client copy of the object model. |
| US07783723B2 |
Systems and methods for submitting data from a WML-based browser
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for communications between a client and server, both of which support a markup language, such as the Wireless Markup Language (WML). In one exemplary embodiment, the system, method, and apparatus may include generating, at a server, a WML deck, the WML deck including one or more first cards, the first cards having one or more first parameters; and generating, at a server, one or more second cards, the second cards having one or more second parameters, the second parameters determined to include a single instance of the first parameters to limit any duplicate first parameters. |
| US07783722B1 |
Personalized audio system and method
A system and method for updating audio channel profiles that are used to create personalized audio channels. According to one embodiment, the method includes the following acts: receiving a broadcast sound recording over a conventional broadcast audio channel; playing the sound recording so that the user can listen to the sound recording; receiving an indication from the user that the user likes the sound recording; and modifying at least one of the one or more audio channel profiles in response to receiving the indication. |
| US07783707B2 |
Communication apparatus and method for providing broadcast communication using electronic mail
A communication terminal for providing broadcast communication using electronic mail via a network. The communication terminal includes a storing unit configured to store an entry including a mail address and a function mode corresponding to the mail address in an electronic directory, a determining unit configured to determine, based on the entry in the electronic directory, a function mode of a receiver communication terminal, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit image information in a form of broadcast mail to the receiver communication terminal when the determined function mode is a first mode, and to transmit image information in a form of individual mail to the receiver communication terminal when the determined function mode is a second mode. |
| US07783703B2 |
Shared home media platform to support multi-user control
A system for and method of enabling people to share a common application context for media presentation and playback is described herein. The presentation results from input from a set of active participants where the input includes a set of media types such as music, artwork, visualizations, photographs and text messages. The participants use personal devices to couple to the system and utilize the application. |
| US07783696B2 |
Aggregating service processors as a cluster
Service processors within a system are self-clustered. The system can also include an operating system or other software code, a management console, or both. The operating system communicates with the cluster of service processors, where the service processors are self-clustered or otherwise, such as through a memory shared by at least all the service processors. The operating system therefore need not be aware which of the service processors performs a given function. The console communicates with the cluster of service processors, where the service processors are self-clustered or otherwise, through any service processor of the cluster. The console therefore also need not be aware that the service processors have been clustered to perform functionality for the console. |
| US07783686B2 |
Application program interface to manage media files
An application program interface to manage media files may be described. An apparatus may comprise a media processing sub-system having a processor and a memory. The memory may store an application program interface software library having multiple software objects. The processor may execute the software objects in response to application program interface commands in order to manage a virtual file comprising a hierarchy of name-value pairs used to store media content from multiple media streams. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US07783684B2 |
Efficient, robust file handle invalidation
The present invention provides a technique for efficiently generating and validating external file handles at a storage operating system of a filer. According to one aspect of the technique, the storage operating system associates a unique internal file handle with each file or directory stored in the filer. This unique internal file handle is used to generate a corresponding external file handle. Unlike previous approaches, the internal file handles' representations do not change depending on the location of their corresponding files or directories, e.g., on-disk or in-core, within the filer, thereby simplifying file management within the filer. According to another aspect of the inventive technique, the filer executes a file-handle validation procedure to determine whether an external file handle received with a file access request has become invalid (or “stale”) as a result of an NVRAM failure in the filer. The file-handle validation procedure enables the filer to efficiently determine the validity of the external file handle without having to perform conventional time-consuming and processing-intensive operations. Advantageously, the inventive technique is preferably only applied to generation and validation of external file handles configured in accordance with a stateless file-system protocol, such as the NFS protocol. In this way, there is no overhead added to the filer's storage operating system for generating and validating external file handles configured in accordance with stateful file-system protocols. |
| US07783679B2 |
Efficient processing of time series data
A system receiving time series data will store the data in a first format suited for quick writing. That data will subsequently be converted from the first format to a second format better suited than the first format for compact storage and queries. Over time, the data in the second format can be aggregated and/or down sampled. In one embodiment, the first format includes a set of blocks of information, with each block of information storing data for a set of metrics during a time period. The second format includes a header, a set of blocks of data and a footer. Each bock of data in the second format stores information for a metric over multiple time periods. The footer includes pointers to each block of data. |
| US07783670B2 |
Client server conversion for representing hierarchical data structures
Systems and methods for the creation of trees for representing hierarchical data structures are provided. Trees are created on a server, with the tree having nodes that are associated with paths on a server. Each node is associated with a resource locator indicating data that can be accessed through the tree. A tree manager module generates a state of a tree that is then rendered on a client browser for access by a user. Embodiments of the present invention generate a rendering module that is transmitted to a client for use. The rendering module receives tree information from the server, from which it generates javascript that renders the tree on a client web browser. The present invention is advantageous as it allows customizable client-based rendering of tree structures while utilizing well-known mechanisms for creating trees. |
| US07783668B2 |
Search system and method
A search system and method are provided that uses taxonomies, entities, facets, and ontologies to provide a user with a more comprehensive set of search results in response to a query. The search system has an indexing engine that performs one or more indexing steps that permit the search engine to return a comprehensive set of search results. For example, the indexing engine may index a document according to a set of synsets so that the search engine may use the synsets, during retrieval of results to a query, to return a more comprehensive set of search results. |
| US07783660B2 |
System and method for enhanced text matching
The disclosure describes search systems and methods in which exact token searches, spelling suggestions, and split-token searches are used in conjunction to return search results to the user. Depending on the number and relevancy of results for the search query results from each of the steps the results are either merged or discarded into the final result set. The split-token search is adapted to generate two split-tokens from the token(s) of the search query in anticipation that the search token(s) is misspelled. As the location of the misspelling is unknown, the split-token search widens the scope of the results provided in response to the search. In an embodiment, the split-token search includes performing a prefix search for tokens matching a prefix split-token and a postfix search for tokens matching a postfix split-token. In an embodiment, the index is specially adapted to allow the postfix search to be performed more efficiently. |
| US07783658B1 |
Multi-entity ontology weighting systems and methods
Systems and methods are provided for multi-entity ontology weighting. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for identifying one or more target entities. The method receives an input data set. The input data set includes a plurality of tokens that reflect the one or more target entities. The method determines which of the plurality of tokens are labels, identifies a plurality of candidate entities that are related to each of the labels, assigns a weight to each of the plurality of candidate entities based on a frequency of each of the plurality of candidate entities, and ranks, for each of the labels, the plurality of candidate entities according to the assigned weights. The method then outputs, for each of the labels, the one of the plurality of candidate entities for that label that has been assigned a highest weight value. |
| US07783654B1 |
Multiple string searching using content addressable memory
A method and apparatus for multiple string searching using a ternary content addressable memory. For one embodiment, the method includes selecting character groups from an input text string in a temporal sequence, each character group having more than one character. A first character group of the character groups is compared with a plurality of character fields and a current state of a state machine is compared with a plurality of states of the state machine that correspond to the plurality of character fields to identify information indicative of a subsequent state of the state machine. Comparison of the first character group with the plurality of sets of character fields is repeated if the information indicative of the subsequent state of the state machine indicates that a terminal number of characters of a desired character pattern has been located and that the terminal number of characters is fewer than the number of characters in the first character group. |
| US07783650B2 |
Method and apparatus for creating a lineage of a data field in a data flow system
A method and apparatus for creating a lineage for a data field is disclosed. The method may include creating a unique identifier for a data field. Also, a record of the origin of data is created when the data is inserted into the data field; however this is not required. The record of the origin of data is associated with the unique identifier for the data field. The lineage for a data field may be viewed. In so doing, the transformations to the data field may be shown. |
| US07783646B2 |
System, method, and computer readable media for identifying and rating virtual universe objects
A system, a method, and a computer readable media for identifying and rating a VU object in a virtual universe are provided. The method includes displaying first and second VU objects in a region of the virtual universe on a display device at a first time for a first user. The method further includes identifying the second VU object which modifies a view of the first VU object. The method further includes inputting first rating information associated with the second VU object that identifies a user perception of the second VU object. The method further includes inputting user view preference information indicating rating information for selecting VU objects to be displayed in the region of the virtual universe to the first user. The method further includes displaying the first VU object in the region of the virtual universe on the display device for the first user at a second time after the first time, while not displaying the second VU object based on both the first rating information associated with the second VU object, and the rating information of the user view preference information. |
| US07783628B2 |
Method and user interface for making a presentation of data using meta-morphing
A computer-implemented method of making a presentation of data requested by a question received via a user interface of a database, wherein data items are categorized as measures or dimensions, and in which question data items of the type measures or dimensions can be associated to specify a set of data; the method comprises the following steps: parsing (301) the question for associations of dimensions and measures, if no association is found, create an association (307); searching (311) for presentation properties of stored associations; if presentation properties are found applying (313) the presentation properties to make a presentation of data specified by the association. Thereby, a user can request a computer presentation of data based on higher or lower levels of abstraction while the computer ensures that a user's preferences are applied.Additionally, a computer-readable medium, a computer program product and a user-interface is disclosed. |
| US07783627B2 |
Database retrieval with a unique key search on a parallel computer system
An apparatus and method retrieves a database record from an in-memory database of a parallel computer system using a unique key. The parallel computer system performs a simultaneous search on each node of the computer system using the unique key and then utilizes a global combining network to combine the results from the searches of each node to efficiently and quickly search the entire database. |
| US07783626B2 |
Pipelined architecture for global analysis and index building
Provided is a technique for building an index. A new indexi+1 is built and an anchor text tablei+1 and a duplicates tablei+1 are output using a storei, a delta store, and previously generated global analysis computationsi, wherein the previously generated global analysis computationsi include an anchor text tablei, a rank tablei, and a duplicates tablei. New global analysis computationsi+1 are generated using the anchor text tablei+1, the duplicates tablei+1, and the previously generated global analysis computationsi. |
| US07783603B2 |
Backing store re-initialization method and apparatus
A method, device, and system are provided for re-initializing a backing store in a data storage system. More specifically, when all snapshots associated with a specified backing store are either being deleted or are marked for deletion the backing store is re-initialized rather than deleting each snapshot independently. The re-initialization of the backing store provides for a quicker way to delete all snapshots than could previously be achieved when each snapshot was deleted independently. |
| US07783594B1 |
System and method for enabling individuals to select desired audio
Audio item(s) that may be of interest to a user can be selected from a larger collection of audio items. The audio items of interest may be identified by concurrently generating audio from each item in the collection. The audio generated from individual items in the collection may be generated such that the audio is audibly and selectably differentiable from the audio generated from other items in the collection. A user-input may be detected that corresponds to a selection of a subset of the audio items. A user-input may be detected that modifies characteristics of the audio presentation in space and/or volume. A correlation between the input and the selected audio may be made through characteristics that are incorporated into the selected audio when that audio is made distinguishable. |
| US07783587B1 |
Method, system, and program for defining and managing complex contingent rules, and exceptions thereto, in a rule-based computer system
An apparatus for storage, selective inspection, and execution of complex, contingent rules, comprises a computer having one or more central processing units, a user interface, and magnetic, optical, or other media for data and program storage and retrieval. Rules are defined partly as programs and partly as data. Access procedures are provided for selecting certain appropriate rules under defined conditions. Output procedures are provided for conveying the results of the rule selections to people, to the computer executing the rules, and to other computers. |
| US07783576B2 |
Secure distribution of digital data
A secure digital data distribution system (100) for preventing unauthorized access to digital data. The system utilizes an identification system module (116) embedded in a digital storage media (114) to grant authorization to media players (118). Prior to reading the digital data recorded on the media (114), an identification system interrogator (122) reads authorization data from the identification system module (116) to determine whether the media player (118) is authorized to read the media (114). If the authorization data matches the media player's unique identifier, authorization is granted and the media player (118) commences to read the media (114). |
| US07783575B2 |
Method and apparatus for connecting a network of electronic signs
A method and apparatus allows owners of electronic signs, such as retailers, real estate owners, other space owners, and content providers, such as advertisers, entertainment producers, event promoters, visual artists, and the general community to participate in an open content network, in which electronic signs are universally uniquely identified and then added to a network in a distributed fashion, after which content is selectively downloaded to the electronic signs. The times at which the content is presented are determined collaboratively by the owners of the electronic signs and the content providers. A mechanism that verifies whether the content is actually presented on the electronic signs is also disclosed. |
| US07783567B1 |
Bill payment migration
A method and system for migrating transactions, such as bill payment transactions, between payment modules and/or payment processors. Each payment object is set up with payment information input to a payment module and results in one or more transactions. During a selective migration, each transaction is treated separately, based on a state of the transaction. A transaction that has either not been yet submitted, or has been completed can be migrated directly, while a transaction that is in some state of processing is iteratively migrated as it completes processing. |
| US07783566B2 |
Consolidated payment account system and method
The present invention provides a system and method for providing and/or facilitating complete on-line payment services while protecting the privacy of the transaction participants. The comprehensive payment service is based upon a consolidated account used to store value acquired through on-line transactions. The invention provides private payment numbers for protecting the identities of the participants and includes processes for authenticating participants, authorizing transactions, and settling payments. Thus, the present invention enables merchants to effectively accept non-standard forms of payment without changing their current payment infrastructures and enables the provision of value for purchases at any network merchant using any source of value. |
| US07783558B1 |
System and method for providing market updates in an electronic trading environment
A system and method are provided for modifying how market updates are provided in an electronic trading environment upon detecting one or more triggering events. One example method includes defining an event to be used to trigger modification of how market updates are provided to a client entity, receiving a market update from an electronic exchange, and, when the event is detected, modifying how the market update is provided to the client entity. As an example, the modification of how the market update is provided to the client entity may include providing less data in relation to market updates, and sending the market updates less frequently. |
| US07783557B2 |
Computer-implemented display to facilitate trading in multi-modal freight shipment derivatives
A system that facilitates freight shipment between a first geographic location and a second geographic location is disclosed. The system includes computer hardware and computer software readable by the computer hardware for displaying a browser window. The browser window is accessible via a computer network. The browser window includes a first data section configured to display derivative contract data pertaining to shipment capacity offered by carriers between the first geographic location and the second geographic location, the derivative contract data being associated with at least two of a air mode, a sea mode, a train mode, and a truck mode. The browser window also includes a second data section configured to be viewed simultaneously with the first data section, the second data section displaying forecast data provided by shippers and pertaining to demand forecasts between the first geographic location and the second geographic location. |
| US07783545B2 |
Automated coaching for a financial modeling and counseling system
The present invention relates to an automated coaching system for financial modeling and counseling system. The automated coaching system enables the user to analyze the user's investment portfolio and dispense context sensitive automated advice to the user based on the user inputted financial data, preferences and financial goals. The automated coaching provides its advice to the user in syntactically correct natural language coaching strings and is able to configure and recommend solutions and financial products, specific to the user's situation. Furthermore, the automated coaching system can analyses the impact of the recommended product on the user's financial model. |
| US07783541B1 |
System and method for allocating fees associated with an electronic transaction
A system and method for determining and allocating fees arising from or otherwise associated with an electronic transaction, particularly the processing of a purchase or other financial transaction, wherein the fees or portions thereof are allocated to various parties. |
| US07783539B2 |
Derivative currency-exchange transactions
Methods are provided for executing a money transfer from a first party to a second party. Customer instructions are received at a host system to stage the money transfer. The instructions include specification of an amount of money to be transferred, specification of a first currency in which the funds are to be provided by the first party, specification of a second currency different from the first currency in which the funds are to be received by the second party, and specification of a trigger currency exchange rate. Confirmation is received that the funds have been collected from the first party. A currency exchange rate between the first currency and the second currency is monitored. It is determined whether the monitored currency exchange rate is at least as favorable for the first party as the trigger currency exchange rate. |
| US07783534B2 |
Optimal method, system, and storage medium for resolving demand and supply imbalances
An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for resolving demand and supply imbalances. The method comprises identifying at least one excess component inventory liability or constraint in supply capability for an end product by matching current buying patterns for the end product against inventory liability and supply capability based on a previous demand forecast. Where excess component inventory liability exists the method refocuses the excess component inventory liability by determining alternative end products that use components identified in the excess component inventory liability; and executes sales activities for enticing sales of the alternative end products. Where constrained supply capability exists, the method determines alternative end products that are functionally equivalent to those identified in the constrained supply capability; and executes sales activities for enticing sales of functionally equivalent alternative end products. |
| US07783527B2 |
Systems of influencing shoppers at the first moment of truth in a retail establishment
Provided herein are systems and methods for influencing shoppers while they consider making purchasing decisions in a retail establishment. Specifically, the systems and methods for influencing shoppers may occur during a shopper's first moment of truth by transmitting through a communication network one or more influential messages to a handheld wireless electronic device or intelligent shopping cart, which is in close proximity to a shopper during a shopping trip throughout a retail establishment. |
| US07783516B2 |
Method for automatically determining a fare for the use of chargeable means of transport conveying persons
Disclosed is a method for automatically determining a fare for utilizing chargeable means of transport conveying persons. According to said method, a credit which is established in a currency that is valid in a first currency zone and is used for automatically deducting the fare when utilizing a means of transport is allocated to a user terminal, a factor for converting the first currency into a second currency that is valid in a second currency zone is defined as soon as the user terminal is utilized in a second currency zone, and fares are automatically determined in the second currency, are converted into the first currency using the defined conversion factor, and are deducted from the credit established in the first currency as long as the user terminal is not utilized in another currency zone. |
| US07783495B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding multi-channel audio signal using virtual source location information
Provided is a method and apparatus for encoding/decoding a multi-channel audio signal. The apparatus for encoding a multi-channel audio signal includes a frame converter for converting the multi-channel audio signal into a framed audio signal; means for downmixing the framed audio signal; means for encoding the downmixed audio signal; a source location information estimator for estimating source location information from the framed multi-channel audio signal; means for quantizing the estimated source location information; and means for multiplexing the encoded audio signal and the quantized source location information, to generate an encoded multi-channel audio signal. |
| US07783494B2 |
Time slot position coding
Spatial information associated with an audio signal is encoded into a bitstream, which can be transmitted to a decoder or recorded to a storage media. The bitstream can include different syntax related to time, frequency and spatial domains. In some embodiments, the bitstream includes one or more data structures (e.g., frames) that contain ordered sets of slots for which parameters can be applied. The data structures can be fixed or variable. The data structure can include position information that can be used by a decoder to identify the correct slot for which a given parameter set is applied. The slot position information can be encoded with either a fixed number of bits or a variable number of bits based on the data structure type. |
| US07783476B2 |
Word extraction method and system for use in word-breaking using statistical information
A method, computer readable medium and system are provided which collect new words for addition to a lexicon for an agglutinative language. Sentences in the agglutinative language are retrieved from documents, for example from web pages. New word candidate character strings are identified in the retrieved sentences. The identified new word candidate character strings are filtered using a combination of a plurality of statistical criteria to generate a new words list. Words from the new words list are added to the lexicon. |
| US07783475B2 |
Menu-based, speech actuated system with speak-ahead capability
An interactive voice response system has speak-ahead capabilities similar to type-ahead IVR systems by determining multi-level grammars for responses. Preferably, an existing IVR application is processed automatically to generate a multi-level grammar database that can then be used in recognizing multi-level responses by a user. |
| US07783474B2 |
System and method for generating a phrase pronunciation
A system and method for a speech recognition technology that allows language models to be customized through the addition of special pronunciations for components of phrases, which are added to the factory language models during customization. It allows components of a phrase to have different pronunciations inside customer-added phrases than are specified for those isolated components in the factory language models. |
| US07783473B2 |
Sequence classification for machine translation
Classification of sequences, such as the translation of natural language sentences, is carried out using an independence assumption. The independence assumption is an assumption that the probability of a correct translation of a source sentence word into a particular target sentence word is independent of the translation of other words in the sentence. Although this assumption is not a correct one, a high level of word translation accuracy is nonetheless achieved. In particular, discriminative training is used to develop models for each target vocabulary word based on a set of features of the corresponding source word in training sentences, with at least one of those features relating to the context of the source word. Each model comprises a weight vector for the corresponding target vocabulary word. The weights comprising the vectors are associated with respective ones of the features; each weight is a measure of the extent to which the presence of that feature for the source word makes it more probable that the target word in question is the correct one. |
| US07783466B2 |
IC chip parameter modeling
A method and system are disclosed for preserving measured temperature and geometric behavior of a hardware model while adjusting the model to match specified target values. In one embodiment, the method includes measuring a characteristic of an integrated circuit (IC) chip at a plurality of temperatures; modeling to form a hardware model for the characteristic versus temperature based on the measuring; obtaining a known first target value of the characteristic for at least one temperature in the hardware model; determining a plurality of second target values for the characteristic for a corresponding plurality of temperatures in the hardware model; and modeling to form a target model for the characteristic based on the first known target value and the plurality of second target values. |
| US07783463B2 |
Computer networks for providing a test environment
A computer network for providing a test environment is disclosed. The computer network may include at least one simulated network for simulating at least a portion of the infrastructure of a production network. The computer network may further include a network simulation module in communication with the simulated network for simulating at least one parameter of the production network, and a plurality of client simulation computers in communication with the simulated network via the network simulation module. Each client simulation computer may be configured to replicate at least one of a hardware configuration and a software configuration of a production network client. |
| US07783456B2 |
Wave detection device, method, program, and recording medium
It is possible to detect a reception signal at a high speed. A wave detection device includes: a first signal output unit for outputting a first signal s[n] which is a sum of a digital input signal subjected to A/D conversion and an output from a feedback signal output section; a second signal output unit for outputting a second signal s[n−1] which is the first signal s[n] delayed by one sampling timing; and a feedback signal output section for subjecting the second signal s[n−1] to a predetermined calculation. When n=N−1, a frequency region conversion section reads out the first signal s[N−1] and the second signal s[N−2] from registers and subjects them to a predetermined calculation, thereby obtaining the input signal subjected to DFT. Since the wave detection device has a simple configuration, it is possible to rapidly detect the reception signal which is an input signal of the wave detection device. |
| US07783455B1 |
Methods and systems for analyzing process equipment processing variations using sensor data
The present invention is generally directed to various methods and systems for isolating process equipment using sensor data. In one illustrative embodiment, the method includes providing at least two processing tools wherein the tools produce different process results when performing a target process operation, acquiring support facility data using a plurality of sensors, and analyzing the acquired support facility data to determine a cause for the processing tools producing different process results. |
| US07783452B2 |
Signal measurement apparatus and test apparatus
A signal measuring apparatus that measures a first input signal and a second input signal is provided, including a first measuring section that measures the first input signal at a plurality of strobe timings arranged in each cycle of a measurement cycle, a second measuring section that measures the second input signal at a plurality of strobe timings arranged in each cycle of a measurement cycle, a phase difference calculating section that calculates phase differences between the first input signal and the second input signal in each measurement cycle based on measurement results from the first measuring section and the second measuring section, and a distribution generating section that generates distribution information of the phase differences calculated in each measurement cycle by the phase difference calculating section. |
| US07783448B2 |
Sensor processing method
A pressure sensor and method wherein a resonant pressure transducer has a frequency F which changed depending on the applied pressure P and the temperature T. A temperature sensor measures the temperature T. A memory includes stored therein data points corresponding to the sensor's frequency F at difference applied pressures and temperatures. A processor is configured to generate several polynomials from the data points and calculate Pμ at Tμ when the transducer frequency is Fμ. |
| US07783438B2 |
Integrated non-destructive method and device for electrochemical energy system diagnostics
The present invention is an integrated method and apparatus for determining the quality of electrochemical energy storage devices, especially batteries. The invention is based on an integrated usage of electromagnetic and ultrasonic energy to probe of the interior volume of the battery. The first probe is carried out when the battery is at an initial charged state. After the first probe stage, a discharge of the battery being diagnosed is carried out until the test battery is at a small fixed test charge value. Signals from the eddy current probes allow determination of the continuity of the discharge current during the discharge process. After the discharge of the battery, the above described test sequence is repeated.The resultant eddy current signal generated at the initial state of the battery and the gradients of the eddy current signal and of the ultrasonic signal versus the battery capacity is determined. Deviations of these parameters from the corresponding average values preliminary obtained on the training sample set of batteries is calculated. Probability density function binary signals are formed for deviations of parameters used. The batteries being diagnosed are rejected by means of using the obtained binary signals with their probability values and a logical rule set. |
| US07783437B2 |
Arc monitoring system
An arc monitor system locates an arc based on optimal frames from a frame obtained before an arc discharge to a frame obtained immediately after the arc discharge. The arc monitor system, used to locate an occurred place of an arc discharge that occurred in an electric facility, includes multiple monitor cameras arranged at multiple places in the electric facility, an image processing device that processes images received from the respective monitor cameras, a control logic section that controls the image processing device, and an operation device that includes a display section and an operation section and is connected to the control logic section. The image processing device and the control logic section extract a change in the images received from the monitor cameras in response to a control signal generated from the electric facility on an occurrence of the arc discharge, and then locate an occurred place of the arc discharge. |
| US07783428B2 |
Methods, systems, and software for identifying functional biomolecules
The present invention generally relates to methods of rapidly and efficiently searching biologically-related data space. More specifically, the invention includes methods of identifying bio-molecules with desired properties, or which are most suitable for acquiring such properties, from complex bio-molecule libraries or sets of such libraries. The invention also provides methods of modeling sequence-activity relationships. As many of the methods are computer-implemented, the invention additionally provides digital systems and software for performing these methods. |
| US07783424B2 |
Navigation system having function of branch road guidance based on running road, and method thereof
Provided are a navigation system having a function of branch road guidance based on a running road, and a method thereof. The system includes a global positioning system (GPS) module, a map database (DB), a storage unit, a voice processor, and a controller. The GPS module measures a self position. The map DB stores map data comprising road information having a road guide code and an exit code. The storage unit stores road guide codes and exit codes for the running road and a branch road, and stores road guidance voice data, voice data on the branch road, and numeric voice data. The voice processor receives and combines the voice data, and generates and synthesizes branch road guidance voice data. The controller reads the road guide codes for the running road of the measured position and the branch road, and outputs the voice data. |
| US07783419B2 |
Content display device and content display method
A meta data set correlated with position information is acquired from a server via a communication interface unit (202) or a broadcast interface unit (201). A current position information acquisition unit (208) acquires the current position information and a content processing unit (203) outputs a content list matched with the search condition including the current position information from the meta data set. When a display list is generated according to the content list, a content display control unit (204) compares the content list to the display list. When they coincide, the meta data generates a display list without changing the display method and displays the search result on a browser unit (205) according to the display list generated by the content display control unit (204). |
| US07783417B2 |
Methods and apparatus for determining a route having an estimated minimum fuel usage for a vehicle
Apparatus, methods, processors and computer readable media for determining a suggested route having an estimated minimum fuel usage for a vehicle based on a estimated fuel efficiency for the vehicle for different speeds of the vehicle and based on estimated speeds for the route. The estimated fuel efficiency for the vehicle is based on aggregated data for the vehicle. Alternatively, the estimated fuel efficiency is based on actual data for the vehicle. In some embodiments, suggested routes are constrained by user route preferences, and real-time route information. Alternatively or additionally, the estimated fuel usage is based on actual driver behavior data. |
| US07783414B2 |
Hall effect pick-up with timing correction
A circuit and method for correcting signal timing. The circuit and method generate a first signal with a first phase that is out of phase with a periodic object, generate a voltage signal that corresponds to the frequency of the first signal and generate a second signal based on the first signal and the voltage signal, the second signal having a second phase that is substantially in phase with the periodic object. |
| US07783413B2 |
Two-step oil control valve failure diagnostic
A method may include commanding operation of an engine in a first lift mode. The engine may include a valve lifter system that selectively operates a valve member in the first lift mode and a second lift mode through engagement with a camshaft. A first duty cycle of a cam phaser oil control valve (OCV) may be determined to maintain a first camshaft position corresponding to the first lift mode. The camshaft position may be maintained by a cam phaser that is coupled to the camshaft and in communication with the cam phaser OCV. Engine operation may be commanded to the second lift mode and a second duty cycle of the cam phaser OCV may be determined to maintain a second camshaft position corresponding to the second lift mode. A valve lifter system failure may be diagnosed based on a difference between the first and second duty cycles. |
| US07783411B2 |
Method of controlling fuel injection and ignition of an internal combustion engine, using monitored intake pressure
An engine control method, based on engine intake pressure, is operable to shorten a period from a start of cranking until a sequential fuel injection control is determined. Provisional and final stroke determinations are made for a plurality of cylinders from a synthetic manifold pressure waveform. The provisional stroke determination is made after a crankshaft is rotated 720 degrees after settlement of a crank reference position. The final stroke determination is made when the crankshaft rotates 1440 degrees after the provisional stroke determination. When the provisional stroke determination is made, fuel is injected into the cylinders based on a detected value of the engine intake pressure; and when the stroke determination is finally settled, the fuel injection and ignition of the engine are controlled based on the detected value of the engine intake pressure. |
| US07783407B2 |
Method and device for monitoring the dilution of the lubricating oil by the fuel in an internal combustion engine
The invention relates to a method of determining the rate of dilution of the lubricating oil by the fuel in an internal combustion engine. The invention is characterized in that it comprises the following steps consisting in: marking either the lubricating oil or the fuel with a radioactive tracer, measuring the radioactivity of an oil sample using a detector that is sensitive to the radioactive radiation emitted by the radioactive tracer, and transmitting the results of the aforementioned measurements to a computer which uses said results in order to calculate the rate of dilution of the lubricating oil by the fuel. The invention also relates to a device which is used to implement said method, in particular a test bench for engines. |
| US07783402B2 |
Vehicle stability control system
A vehicle stability control system uses a physical quantity corresponding to a driver accelerator input to control engine power produced by an engine and to controllably drive an engine load device for regulating the engine power to produce a desired drive force. The vehicle stability control system includes a vibration detector and a corrector. The vibration detector determines a vibration that occurs during running of the vehicle to disturb the stability of the vehicle. The corrector drives the engine load device to suppress the vibration in response to the vibration determined by the vibration detector. |
| US07783400B1 |
Smart car ice and snow eliminator
The present invention is an ice and snow elimination system for motor vehicles. The present invention is unique in that its counterintuitive features are activated when the engine is off. The system allows consumers to remotely activate the ice and snow elimination system in Standard Sentry Mode to keep the exterior car surfaces free of ice and snow. Automatic Sentry Mode functions in the same way except that no remote communication device is needed. The Ice Buster feature is used to quickly eliminate a large buildup of ice and snow (for economy cars) or, in mid-priced cars when the driver forgets to activate Standard Sentry Mode. Upon the availability of better conditions such as the onset of warmer weather, the ice and snow elimination system will shut down temporarily to optimize the system. Preferably, the system has three models available, one for luxury vehicles (Automatic Sentry Mode), another for mid-priced vehicles (Standard Sentry Mode), and another for economy vehicles (Ice Buster Feature). |
| US07783382B2 |
Controlling machine actions based on luminance of environmental light and distance from user
A control system for controlling actions performed by a machine includes a sensor module for sensing environmental condition around the machine, an estimation unit for estimating the environmental condition detected by the sensor, a motor for controlling movement of the machine, a control unit for calculating a magnitude of motion according to the estimated environmental condition, the magnitude of motion used for controlling the movement of the machine, and a motor drive circuit for driving the motor to move the machine using the calculated magnitude of motion. |
| US07783377B2 |
Substrate loading and unloading apparatus
Substrate loading and unloading apparatus for automated loading and unloading of substrates (S) in a vacuum environment, for example the work region (A) of an electron beam lithography machine, comprises a substrate holder (13) with a substrate support table (17) and locating means (18 to 21) co-operable with the table to cause a supported substrate (S) to be pressed against and thereby located on the table (17). A vacuum vessel (10) defines a loading and unloading chamber (11) with a transfer port (12) which is communicable with the evacuated region (A) of the machine and permits transfer of the holder (13) between the chamber (11) and the region (A) entirely within the vacuum environment. Release means (22, 23; 28 to 33) are present to withhold the co-operation of the table and locating means and to provide a temporary substrate support clear of the table so that substrates can be transferred to and from the table. The temporary support can be provided by support pins (28) which may additionally be rotatable for fine adjustment of the substrate angular position. |
| US07783370B2 |
System for configuring graphic display elements and process modules in process plants
A system for facilitating configuration of a process plant may include a process graphics editor and a process module editor. The process graphics editor may facilitate creation and/or modification of a graphical representation of physical entities in the process plant. The process module editor may facilitate creation and/or modification of a process module. A process module may include one or more interconnected process objects representative of one or more corresponding physical entities in the process plant. The system may also include a supervisor module communicatively coupled to the process graphics editor and the process module editor. The supervisor module may be capable of detecting changes made to the graphical representation of the physical entities using the process graphics editor. In response to detecting such changes, the supervisor module may instruct the process module editor to make a corresponding change, if any, to a process module. |
| US07783364B2 |
System and method for graphically configuring leads
Systems and methods are provided for graphically configuring leads for a medical device. According to one aspect, the system generally comprises a medical device and a processing device, such as a programmer or computer, adapted to be in communication with the medical device. The medical device has at least one lead with at least one electrode in a configuration that can be changed using the processing device. The processing device provides a graphical display of the configuration, including a representative image of a proposed electrical signal to be applied by the medical device between the at least one electrode of the medical device and at least one other electrode before the medical device applies the electrical signal between the at least one electrode and the at least one other electrode. In one embodiment, the graphical display graphically represents the lead(s), the electrode(s), a pulse polarity, and a vector. |
| US07783355B2 |
Dynamic adjustment of capture management “safety margin”
A cardiac stimulation system and associated capture management method are provided in which a safety factor, used in setting pacing pulse output energy, is automatically adjusted in response to the detection of indicators of a likely increase in pacing threshold. The method includes monitoring for increased pacing threshold indicators, which may also be associated with a compromised ability to perform a pacing threshold search. Such indicators may include, but are not limited to, the presence of arrhythmias, arrhythmia episode duration, pacing mode switches, refractory sensed events, and/or lead impedance changes. In response to the detection of a selected indicator of increased pacing threshold, the safety factor is automatically increased. After an increased pacing threshold indicator has not be detected for an interval of time, or if a pacing threshold search yields a result, the safety factor may be restored to a programmed value. |
| US07783354B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying cardiac and non-cardiac oversensing using intracardiac electrograms
A method and apparatus for automatically identifying various types of cardiac and non-cardiac oversensing and automatically performing a corrective action to reduce the likelihood of oversensing is provided. EGM data, including time intervals between sensed and paced events and signal morphologies, are analyzed for patterns indicative of various types of oversensing, including oversensing of far-field R-waves, R-waves, T-waves, or noise associated with electromagnetic interference, non-cardiac myopotentials, a lead fracture, or a poor lead connection. Identification of oversensing and its suspected cause are reported so that corrective action may be taken. The corrective action may include, for example, adjusting sensing parameters such as blanking periods, decay constants, decay delays, threshold values, sensitivity values, electrode configurations and the like. |
| US07783352B1 |
Optimizing anti-tachycardia pacing for terminating atrial fibrillation
An implantable system terminates atrial fibrillation by applying optimized anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP). In one implementation, the system senses and paces at multiple sites on the left atrium. At each site, the system senses reentrant circuits causing the atrial fibrillation. In one implementation, the system applies ATP tuned to the frequency of the reentrant circuit at the electrode that senses the most regular reentrant circuit. In another implementation, the system applies ATP at multiple electrodes, delivering each pulse at each site when the excitable gap is near the site. In other variations, the ATP is optimized for different patterns of sequential, simultaneous, or syncopated delivery to terminate the atrial fibrillation. The system can also monitor multiple heart chambers for cardiac events that favor terminating atrial fibrillation via ATP. The system then times delivery of the ATP according to these cardiac events. |
| US07783346B2 |
Illuminated infusion cannula
A transparent illuminated infusion cannula is provided for illuminating an area during eye surgery. An optical fiber may be spaced a certain distance away from the cannula such that fluid flow around the distal end of the fiber and into the transparent cannula may occur with a much higher flow rate than what had previously been possible. The fiber cannula airspace may be optimized so that the cross-sectional area of the fluid conduit remains substantially constant in order to achieve a best compromise between high light transmittance and high fluid flow rate. |
| US07783337B2 |
OCT using spectrally resolved bandwidth
An apparatus is disclosed for studying an object based on at least one of polarization, space, position or angle of light that has reflected from the object. An optical tomographic instrumentation of the apparatus includes a light source coupled to a source path, a sample path, a reference path, and a detection path, wherein the light source generates a spectrally resolved bandwidth. The spectrally resolved bandwidth includes a plurality of spectrally resolved cells and a detector in the detection path for analyzing light reflected from an object in the sample path and the light reflected in the reference path based upon at least one of the polarization, spatial relationship, position or angle domains. |
| US07783335B2 |
Device for monitoring anatomical unit or a radiotherapy unit
The invention concerns a device for monitoring an imaging or radiotherapy unit (1) for treating members of the human body subject to displacements related to movements of the diaphragm. The invention is characterized in that said monitoring device is designed to enable, in a prior preparation phase, to store two values, called rest value and triggering value, respectively representing, for each patient, of his suspended ventilatory level and an inhalation or exhalation ventilatory level, triggering acquisition of images or irradiation, then, during the real monitoring of the unit (1), in commanding an image or irradiation acquisition, once the correspondence between the measured value of the suspended ventilatory level and the stored rest value has been established, and only when the correspondence between the measured respiratory value of the patient and the stored triggering value has been subsequently established. Additionally, said monitoring device comprises means (11) for displaying the respiratory curve of the patient, which can be viewed by him, and whereon are physically represented the rest and triggering values. |
| US07783333B2 |
Transcutaneous medical device with variable stiffness
The present invention relates generally to variable stiffness transcutaneous medical devices including a distal portion designed to be more flexible than a proximal portion. The variable stiffness can be provided by a variable pitch in one or more wires of the device, a variable cross-section in one or more wires of the device, and/or a variable hardening and/or softening in one or more wires of the device. |
| US07783309B2 |
Wireless communication system and channel changing method thereof
A wireless communication system and a channel changing method thereof are provided. The wireless communication system which includes a plurality of channels, uses one of the plurality of channels as a specific channel, and uses another channel of the plurality of channels as a communication channel, includes: a base terminal for obtaining the one of the plurality of channels as an alternative channel, generating a channel change command including information on the alternative channel, and transmitting the command on a specific channel, when there is a data error received on the communication channel; and a wireless input device for resetting the alternative channel as a new communication channel and performing wireless communication on the communication channel which was reset, after obtaining the information on the alternative channel by receiving the channel change command from the specific channel. Accordingly, the base terminal can obtain the alternative channel by quickly sensing the channel cross talk so that a channel change can be performed immediately and actively, thereby enhancing the reliability and efficiency of the wireless communication. |
| US07783301B2 |
Method and device for determining a location of a communications device
A method to determine a location of a communications device may include measuring a time of arrival for each pulse received at a receiver. The method may also include generating a set of possible hypothetical matches between each received pulse and a transmission path between a transmitter and the receiver, wherein the communications device being located is one of the transmitter and the receiver. The method may further include estimating the location of the communications device using the set of hypothetical matches. |
| US07783298B2 |
GPS-microphone for communication system
A GPS-microphone, which is adapted for incorporating a communication system, includes a speaker-microphone set, a radio frequency transmitter communicatively networked with the communication system through radio frequency signals, and a GPS controller electrically connected with the radio frequency transmitter to encode positioning data into one or more RF positioning signals in form of audio signals wherein when the GPS controller is triggered, the radio frequency transmitter is activated to transmit RF positioning signals to the communication system. |
| US07783286B2 |
Fixed wireless telephone device
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for establishing a fixed wireless telephone service. A fixed wireless device includes a wireless device for establishing wireless connections to a wireless communications network that interfaces with a public switched telephone network. The fixed wireless device includes a connection that provides telephone service for an ordinary POTS-based telephone, handset, computer, or other communication device. Various techniques are provided for monitoring during use and/or verifying prior to use whether the fixed wireless device remains in an intended fixed location. |
| US07783282B2 |
Messaging over mobile phone network for digital multimedia network
A method of distributing a message from a message administration service to a subscriber receiver decoder of a digital multimedia network comprises transferring a determined message for a determined receiver decoder from the message administration service to a point to point communication system distinct from the multimedia network. A destination point address of a receiver in the point to point communication system is determined, corresponding to the determined receiver decoder. The determined message is buffered in the point to point communication system, and retrieved at the determined receiver decoder from the receiver. |
| US07783280B2 |
Method of enabling a function of a device in response to a command from printer
A method is provided of enabling a function(s) of a telephone to be controlled. The telephone is operative to perform the function(s) in response to command(s) from a printer. The method includes providing a control interface which contains information relating to the function(s) and has coded data on an identity and a reference point(s) of the control interface, receiving, in the printer, indicating data from a sensing device regarding the control interface identity and a position and/or movement of the sensing device relative thereto, and effecting, in the printer and from the indicating data, an operation(s) relating to the command(s). The coded data incorporates substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions. The sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the control interface, generates the indicating data using at least some of the coded data. |
| US07783275B2 |
Integrated direct conversion satellite tuner
A direct conversion satellite tuner is fully integrated on a common substrate. The integrated tuner receives an RF signal having a plurality of channels and down-converts a selected channel directly to baseband for further processing. The integrated tuner includes on-chip local oscillator generation, tunable baseband filters, and DC Offset cancellation. The integrated tuner can be implemented in a completely differential I/Q configuration for improved electrical performance. The entire direct conversion satellite tuner can be fabricated on a single semiconductor substrate using standard CMOS processing, with minimal off-chip components. The tuner configuration described herein is not limited to processing TV signals, and can be utilized to down-convert other RF signals to an IF frequency or baseband. |
| US07783264B2 |
Diversity apparatus using leakage transmission path
A diversity apparatus includes a transceiver, a phase shifter which switches phases of a carrier wave transmitted from the transceiver, and a leakage transmission path which transmits the carrier wave output from the phase shifter. The transceiver switches a phase of the phase shifter depending on a receiving level. |
| US07783260B2 |
Method and apparatus for adaptively controlling signals
A signal processing system according to various aspects of the present invention includes an excursion signal generator, a scaling system and a filter system. The excursion signal generator identifies a peak portion of a signal that exceeds a threshold and generates a corresponding excursion signal. The scaling system applies a real scale factor to contiguous sets of excursion samples in order to optimize peak-reduction performance. The filter system filters the excursion signal to remove unwanted frequency components from the excursion signal. The filtered excursion signal may then be subtracted from a delayed version of the original signal to reduce the peak. The signal processing system may also control power consumption by adjusting the threshold. The signal processing system may additionally adjust the scale of the excursion signal and/or individual channel signals, such as to meet constraints on channel noise and output spectrum, or to optimize peak reduction. The magnitude threshold, excursion signal and/or individual channel signals may also be adaptively adjusted based on, for example, a channel signal quality such as a noise level specification. |
| US07783256B2 |
Handheld electronic device including simplified enabling and disabling of short-range wireless communications element, and associated method
An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide a simplified mechanism for enabling and disabling a short-range wireless communications element used to create a connection to a short-range wireless network, such as a Bluetooth™ network. The method, implemented by the handheld electronic device, includes enabling the short-range wireless communications element, pairing the handheld electronic device with a second electronic device using the short-range wireless communications element, and providing a first icon on the handheld electronic device after pairing the handheld electronic device with the second electronic device. Thereafter, the method includes disabling the short-range wireless communications element and providing a second icon on the handheld electronic device whenever the first icon is activated, and enabling the short-range wireless communications element and providing the first icon on the handheld electronic device whenever the second icon is activated. |
| US07783252B1 |
Signal processing apparatus and methods
A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs (225, 218, 22) cause control processors (200) and computers (205) to automate connection and operation of converters (201), tuners (215), decryptors (224), recorder/players (217), computers (205), furnaces (206), etc. Processors (71, 200) meter and monitor availability and usage of programming. |
| US07783240B2 |
Fixing device, image forming apparatus including the fixing device, and fixing method
A fixing device includes a magnetic flux generator, a rotating heat generation member, a magnetic flux adjuster, and a driver. The magnetic flux generator generates a magnetic flux. The rotating heat generation member rotates and applies heat to a recording medium bearing an image, and includes a heat-generating layer to generate heat using the magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generator. The magnetic flux adjuster is provided outside the rotating heat generation member, and decreases the magnetic flux applied to the heat-generating layer at least in a desired area in an axial direction of the rotating heat generation member. The driver changes the desired area by driving the magnetic flux adjuster in a direction of rotation of the rotating heat generation member. |
| US07783237B2 |
Developing blade
The blade member of the invention is composed mainly of silicone rubber and contains as an additive component at least one selected from the group consisting of ultra-high molecular-weight-polyethylene, carbon nanotube, and fullerene. It is thus possible to decrease the coefficient of friction of silicone rubber in a practical range and without detrimental to its flexibility or other physical properties to let the developing blade slip off more, thereby diminishing the amount of abrasion of the rubber and improving on the robustness of the developing blade without detrimental to image quality. Decreasing the coefficient of friction to let the developing blade slip off more has additional advantages: a decrease in the force of contact of the developing blade with a developing roll, which contributes more to energy savings resulting from the size reductions of a driving motor, and making the developer equipment compact. |
| US07783235B2 |
Hopping toner development apparatus and image formation apparatus
A development apparatus using a hopping method and an image formation apparatus including the development apparatus are disclosed. The development apparatus includes a toner supporting object for supporting and conveying a toner by a movement of the toner supporting object, while the toner is hopping on a surface of the toner supporting object by an electric field; a regulating member made of a flexible material for constituting a toner thickness regulation position; a latent image supporting object for supporting a latent image; and a development position, which is a position of the toner supporting object, that counters the latent image supporting object; wherein the toner is conveyed through the regulation position to the development position where the toner is adhered to the latent image, and wherein one end of the regulating member is supported, and the other end contacts the toner supporting object. |
| US07783234B2 |
Developer cartridge, image forming apparatus, and shutter device
A developer cartridge, including: a container for containing developer; a shutter that is supported so that the shutter can linearly move relative to the container, and that opens and closes by moving linearly; a handle member that is supported so that the handle member can rotationally move relative to the container, and that includes a handle; and a conversion mechanism by which rotational-movement force that rotationally moves the handle member is converted into linear-movement force that linearly moves the shutter. |
| US07783228B2 |
Developing unit and developer stirring/transporting method
A developing unit and a developer stirring and transporting method are provided that enable smooth discharge of a developer in the developing unit without being affected by the inclination of the developing unit. A developing unit 10 has a developing roller 12, a housing unit 16 configured to house a developer and having in its sidewall a discharge port 14 which discharges overflowing developer, a stirring and transporting member 20 configured to stir and transport the developer along a passage 18 formed in the housing unit 16, and a deposit structure unit 22 provided in the passage 18 and configured to raise the height position of a bottom surface 18a part of the passage 18 corresponding at least to the discharge port 14 to a position higher than the other areas of the passage 18, and thereby deposit the developer near the discharge port 14. |
| US07783219B2 |
Fixing apparatus having a fixing member and an external heating device, and image forming apparatus including the same
A fixing apparatus includes an external heating device which has a halogen lamp and is disposed on the outer surface of a fixing member so that a nip area is provided between the external heating device and the fixing member. A temperature difference between a surface temperature of the external heating device and a surface temperature of the fixing member is controlled in accordance with a length of the nip area in a direction of transport of the recording paper, so that the surface temperature of the fixing roller is maintained to fall within a temperature range in which offset does not occur, the offset being a phenomenon in which part of a toner formed on the recording paper sticks onto the surface of the fixing roller. |
| US07783216B2 |
Image forming apparatus having transfer device
An image forming apparatus which forms a toner image, includes: an image carrier which carries the toner image thereon; a transfer section which interposes a transfer member at a transfer nip between the image carrier and the transfer section thereby to transfer the toner image on the image carrier onto the transfer member; a voltage applying member provided downstream of the transfer nip in a moving direction of the transfer member; a power source section which applies a voltage to the voltage applying member; and a control section which controls the voltage applied by the power source section. The control section controls the power source section to apply a prescribed voltage to the voltage applying member so that the prescribed voltage has the same polarity as that of a toner used in the apparatus and the voltage applying member does not carry out a self-discharge to the transfer member. |
| US07783202B2 |
All-optical methods and systems
An all-optical modulation format converter for converting optical data signals modulated in an on-off-keying (OOK) format to a phase-shift-keying (PSK) format. The OOK-to-PSK converter can be coupled to a delay-line interferometer to provide an all-optical wavelength converter for differential PSK (DPSK). The OOK-to-PSK converter can also be used in all-optical implementations of various functions, including, for example, exclusive-OR (XOR/NXOR) and OR logic, shift registers, and pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) generators. |
| US07783197B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing crosstalk in a DWDM transmission system
A method and apparatus is provided for transmitting a WDM optical signal. The method begins by modulating a plurality of optical channels that are each located at a different wavelength from one another with a respective one of a plurality of information-bearing electrical signals The channel spacings between adjacent ones of the plurality of optical channels are selected such that the optical channels give rise to selected FWM terms that lie outside a channel bandwidth of the optical channels. Each of the modulated optical channels is multiplexed to form a WDM optical signal. The WDM optical signal is then forwarded onto an optical transmission path. |
| US07783184B2 |
Optical zoom tracking apparatus and method, and computer-readable recording medium for performing the optical zoom tracking method
In an optical zoom tracking apparatus and method, and a computer-readable recording medium for performing the optical zoom tracking, the optical zoom tracking apparatus commands a focus lens to move according to a continuous zooming operation, such that a clear image can be maintained while the image is continuously zoomed in or out, resulting in the effective use of limited power if an optical zoom function of a digital camera or mobile phone is executed. The optical zoom tracking apparatus includes: a zoom lens, a focus lens interoperable with the zoom lens, a zoom-lens drive moving the zoom lens, a focus-lens drive moving the focus lens, and a focus-lens controller for determining a moving distance of the focus lens according to a moving distance of the zoom lens, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the moving distance of the focus lens to the focus-lens drive. |
| US07783182B2 |
Camera system, lens unit and accessory device
A lens unit has a photographing lens, and is secured removably to a camera main body. An accessory conversion lens device is settable on the lens unit. The lens unit includes a reception unit for receiving accessory device data from the conversion lens device. A determiner checks propriety of the conversion lens device according to accessory device data received by the reception unit, and produces checking information. A transmission unit transmits the checking information to the main body. Specifically, the lens unit has an image pickup element. Also, the conversion lens device includes an RFID tag for storing the accessory device data. The reception unit includes an RFID tag reader for wireless reception. Also, the main body includes an LCD panel to display for outputting alarm information. A main body controller drives the LCD panel if the checking information represents lack of the propriety. |
| US07783177B2 |
Manual electrical equipment for hair straightening
“MANUAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR HAIR STRAIGHTENING”, wherein each one of the heating plates of the referred equipment has a respective resistance, wherein the equipment characterized by the fact that each one of the resistances is controlled by a thermostat with differentiated temperature; in an alternative variant, the equipment incorporates in substitution of electrical resistances, PTC type thermistors. |
| US07783176B2 |
Heaters for liquid heating vessels
An underfloor heater for a liquid heating vessel comprises a base plate, a heat diffuser portion in good thermal contact with the base plate, a heating element in good thermal contact with the diffuser portion and a sensing region for receiving a thermal sensor. The sensing region is not directly connected to the diffuser portion and is at least partly surrounded by a wall. The sensing region may be provided with a second separate diffuser portion comprising a disc of aluminum brazed to the underside of the base plate. |
| US07783172B2 |
Method and apparatus for reproducing data from recording medium using local storage
A method and apparatus for reproducing data from a recording medium using a local storage is disclosed. A method and apparatus for downloading data associated with the recording medium from an external part, and reproducing the downloaded data is disclosed. A binding unit combined with the recording medium from among the downloaded data of the local storage is formed, and is combined with files of the recording medium using the binding information, such that the virtual package is formed. Data of the recording medium and/or data of the local storage are reproduced by the virtual package. If a specific file contained in the binding unit is equal to a specific file contained in the recording medium when the virtual package is formed, priority is assigned to the file of the binding unit so that the virtual package is formed. Therefore, data of the recording medium and data of the local storage can be effectively reproduced at the same time, resulting in greater convenience of a user. |
| US07783160B2 |
Recording medium having data structure for managing reproduction of interleaved multiple reproduction path video data recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses
The recording medium has a data structure for managing reproduction of at least multiple reproduction path video data recorded on the recording medium. The recording medium includes a data area storing at least a portion of the multiple reproduction path video data. The multiple reproduction path video data is divided into one or more interleaving units, and each interleaving unit is associated with one of the reproduction paths. Each interleaving unit starts and ends with a reproduction path change point, and the interleaving units associated with different reproduction paths are interleaved in the data area. |
| US07783157B2 |
Recording/reproducing apparatus
A recording/reproducing apparatus having a receiving unit configured to receive a television broadcast, a recording/reproducing unit configured to record image data of the received broadcast program on a recording medium, and reproduce the image data from the recording medium, an output unit configured to output the image data of the received broadcast program, or the image data reproduced from the recording medium to a display device, a designation unit configured to designate a broadcast channel, a storage unit configured to store channel information indicating image data of a program to be reproduced if the designation unit designates a predetermined channel among the programs recorded on the recording medium, and a control unit configured to cause the recording/reproducing unit and the output unit to reproduce the image data from the recording medium and output the data to the display device, in accordance with the channel information stored on the storage unit. |
| US07783155B2 |
Method and system for detecting weak or invalid signals in data streams
There is provided a method for detecting signal conditions for Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) streams. Alternate-mode flags and valid frames within the MPEG streams are detected within a pre-defined search window. An indication that a valid signal is detected is output, when an alternate-mode flag and at least one valid frame are both detected within a same one of the predefined search window. |
| US07783143B2 |
Semiconductor device having optical signal input-output mechanism
A semiconductor device has printed wiring board (11) where electric wiring (18) connected to LSI chip (17) and to planar optical element (21) is formed, and where optical waveguide (25) which transfers light inputted into planar optical element (21) and/or light outputted from planar optical element (21) is fixed. Planar optical element (21) is mounted in one end of small substrate (13), and another end of small substrate (13) is connected to printed wiring board (11) by solder bump (26). One end of small substrate (13) where planar optical element (21) is mounted is fixed to printed wiring board (11) by a fixing mechanism. Small substrate (13) has flexible section (15), which is easily deformable compared with other portions of printed wiring board (11) and small substrate (13), in at least a partial region between one end where planar optical element (21) is mounted and another end electrically connected to printed wiring board (11). |
| US07783139B2 |
Polarized light mode converter
The present invention provides a polarized light mode converter which can be provided within a two-dimensional photonic crystal or can be smoothly connected to a two-dimensional photonic crystal. In a two-dimensional photonic crystal made of a slab-like main body provided with a plurality of different refractive index regions (for example, holes 22) arranged in a lattice in the main body, where the different refractive index regions have a refractive index different from that of the main body, a polarized light conversion waveguide 23 is formed which is comprised of defects of the different refractive index regions arranged linearly whose a cross-sectional shape is asymmetrical in a vertical and in a horizontal direction. The polarized light conversion waveguide 23 can be, for example, realized by providing, on a side of the waveguide, holes 221 and 222 extending in a direction oblique to a the main body surface. TE polarized light propagating through the polarized light conversion waveguide 23 is partially converted into TM polarized light due to the asymmetry of the cross-sectional shape of the waveguide. Since the polarized light mode converter is made of a two-dimensional photonic crystal, it can be provided within a two-dimensional photonic crystal or can be smoothly connected to a two-dimensional photonic crystal. |
| US07783133B2 |
Rotation compensation and image stabilization system
An image processing system is arranged to provide rotation compensation and image stabilization in a video scope system such as in endoscopy and laparoscopy systems. The image processing functions may operate at real-time frame rates so that the resulting processed image is observable with no time lag. A rotation sensor is included in the system to sense the position of scope. The sensed scope rotation may be used to cause rotation of the collected image and/or an image displayed on a video monitor. The sensed rotation may be used to identify or calculate a coordinate transformation matrix that is used for processing the image data. The system may include a horizon lock mechanism that can be user-actuated to engage rotation compensation. When the horizon lock mechanism is not engaged, the output image is locked to the scope tip and rotates with rotation of the scope. |
| US07783132B2 |
Method and apparatus for atlas-assisted interpretation of magnetic resonance diffusion and perfusion images
The present invention discloses a method for registering a measured MRI volume image with appropriate anatomical and blood supply territory Atlases to enable Atlas information to be mapped onto the measured MRI volume image. The disclosed arrangements provide an efficient method for mapping brain Atlas information (including gross anatomy and blood supply territories) into magnetic resonance perfusion and diffusion images. |
| US07783128B2 |
Method and apparatus for correcting motion distortion and lens distortion of image-taking video signals
A method and an apparatus for correcting distortions of image-taking video signals and an apparatus for correcting distortions are provided. The apparatus and method thereof are capable of reducing distortion generated in a taken image caused by a hand movement and by a characteristic of an image-taking lens in an image-taking apparatus employing an image-taking device of an X-Y address type. The apparatus has a lens-distortion correction quantity generation section to generate a first correction quantity set in advance as a correction quantity to be used for correcting a distortion, caused by the image-taking lens characteristic, of a taken image at a pixel position on the device on the basis of information on the pixel position. The screen segment of the taken image is divided into many image sub-segments. For each of the image sub-segments, the positional change rate of the device is detected. In each of the image sub-segments, a second correction quantity is then computed on the basis of the rate of the positional change of the device detected for each of the image sub-segments. Finally, the distortion is corrected on the basis of a sum of the first (generated by the lens-distortion correction quantity generation section as a correction quantity for a member subjected to a process to correct the distortion) and second correction quantity. |
| US07783124B2 |
Method for reducing image noise
A method for reducing image noise includes calculating a mean pixel-correlation between a central pixel and neighboring pixels within a working window in an image. The method also includes calculating a weighted horizontal similarity between the central pixel and horizontal neighboring pixels and a weighted vertical similarity between the central pixel and vertical neighboring pixels within the working window. Then, the method determines if the central pixel is noise. If so, a noise-reduction process is executed. |
| US07783111B2 |
Writing image acquisition apparatus, writing information extraction method, and storage medium
An image forming apparatus is provided with a writing-present document reading processing portion that executes processing for reading a plurality of page images that are images of pages constituting a document, a writing page determining portion that determines whether or not there is a writing in each of the pages based on each of the input page images, and a writing image extracting portion that extracts a writing image that is an image of the writing only from the page image of a page for which it has been determined that there is a writing. |
| US07783107B2 |
Characterization of a printed droplet
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for characterizing the quality of a printed droplet(s) produced by a printer. The analysis of the printed droplet(s) is performed by applying image processing and computational geometric techniques. A report generated from that analysis enables the determination of characteristics of the device that produced the printed droplets. |
| US07783105B2 |
Method and system for digitally scaling a gamma curve
A method and system for digitally scaling a waveform. A method is described performing a linear waveform transformation and translation of a curve in a smooth and continuous fashion. Another method is described for scaling a waveform in which the available accuracy and resolution is manipulated for a given waveform. Specifically, by strategically placing virtual tap points of a waveform, as well as changing the scaling factors used for calculating points on the waveform provides for adjusting the accuracy and resolution in one or more regions of a waveform. These scaling methods provide a digital equivalent of a voltage tap-based analog resistor ladder used for digital-to-analog conversion. The digital virtual tap points represent the analog voltage tap points, and the vertical translation of the curve acts in a smooth, monotonic, and continuous fashion. |
| US07783103B2 |
Defect detecting device, image sensor device, image sensor module, image processing device, digital image quality tester, and defect detecting method
A defect detecting device includes: a block generating section dividing an inspection image in which a defective region will be detected into a plurality of blocks; an intra-block sum calculating section calculating an intra-block sum for each of the blocks generated by the block generating section, the intra-block sum being a sum of pixel data for pixels in that block; and a statistical processing section and a defect determining section determining whether there exists a defective region by determining through statistical processing whether the intra-block sums have an outlier. Accordingly, the device determines whether there is a defective region in a digital image quickly and using small circuitry. |
| US07783099B1 |
Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
Virtual surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses that provide for the prediction, evaluation, and validation of various cosmetic and reconstructive surgical procedures. The virtual surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses utilize a scanner, measurement software, queries to a postoperative patient scan catalog, conversion of a preoperative image to a Virtual Reality Modeling Language (3-D) image, grafting and scaling of chosen postoperative surgery candidates, conversion from the converted 3-D image to a scanner readable format, and measuring the forecasted 3-D image. |
| US07783092B2 |
Method for enhancing diagnostic images using vessel reconstruction
A method for improving a thoracic diagnostic image for the detection of nodules. Non-lung regions are removed from the diagnostic image to provide a lung image. Vessels and vessel junctions of the lung(s) in the lung image are enhanced according to a first-order partial derivative of each of a plurality of voxels of the lung image. A vessel tree representation is constructed from the enhanced vessels and vessel junctions. The vessel tree representation can be subtracted from the lung image to enhance the visibility of nodules in the lung(s). |
| US07783088B2 |
Fingerprint authenticating apparatus, live-finger determining apparatus, and live-finger determining method
A fingerprint sensor acquires fingerprint information of an object being in contact. A light source irradiates a light to the object from a lateral side of the fingerprint sensor. A measuring unit measures a diffusion pattern of the light passing through the object. A determining unit determines whether the object is a live finger or an artificial finger based on the diffusion pattern measured by the measuring unit. |
| US07783083B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting occluded face and apparatus and method for discriminating illegal user using the same
Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting an occluded face and an apparatus and method for discriminating an illegal user using the same. The apparatus for detecting an occluded face includes a smoothing unit, a region division unit, a first region detection unit, a second region detection unit, and a decision unit. The smoothing unit smoothes a facial region. The region division unit divides the smoothed facial region into a first region and a second region. The first region detection unit generates a first region detection result by detecting whether the first region is an occluded region. The second region detection unit generates a second region detection result by detecting whether the first region is an occluded region. The decision unit decides whether the facial region is an occluded face based on the first region detection result and the second region detection result. |
| US07783075B2 |
Background blurring for video conferencing
Background blurring is an effective way to both preserve privacy and keep communication effective during video conferencing. The present image background blurring technique is a light weight real-time technique to perform background blurring using a fast background modeling procedure combined with an object (e.g., face) detector/tracker. A soft decision is made at each pixel whether it belongs to the foreground or the background based on multiple vision features. The classification results are mapped to a per-pixel blurring radius image to blur the background. In another embodiment, the image background blurring technique blurs the background of the image without using the object detector. |
| US07783073B2 |
Information embedding apparatus and information embedding method for adding information to document image by embedding information therein, information detecting apparatus and information detecting method
In an information embedding apparatus, an image compositing portion selectively reads an embedding pattern from a plurality of types of the embedding patterns in accordance with an embedding information for a background of a document image. The image compositing portion further composites the read embedding pattern into the background of the document image in a document image data generated based on a document data and outputs the composite document image data. The embedding pattern includes a data dot placed at a position in accordance with the embedding information, a position dot placed at a position for instructing a reference position used for identifying the position of the data dot, and an assisting dot placed at a position for assisting the instruction of the reference position by the position dot. |
| US07783070B2 |
Cable adapter for a media player system
A media player system is disclosed. One aspect of the media player system pertains to a docking station that allows a media player to communicate with other media devices. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a wireless media player system that includes a hand held media player capable of transmitting information over a wireless connection and one or more media devices capable of receiving information over the wireless connection. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a method of wirelessly connecting the hand held media player to another device. The method includes selecting a media item on the hand held media player; selecting one or more remote recipients on the hand held media player; and transmitting the media item locally to the hand held media player, and wirelessly to the selected remote recipients. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a hand held music player that includes a transmitter for transmitting information over a wireless connection. The transmitter is configured to at least transmit a continuous music feed to one or more personal tuning devices that each include a receiver capable of receiving information from the transmitter over the wireless connection. Yet another aspect of the media player system pertains to a connector that includes a housing and a plurality of spatially separated contacts mounted within the housing. A first set of contacts are directed at a first functionality and a second set of contacts are directed at a second functionality that is different than the first functionality. |
| US07783060B2 |
Deconvolution methods and systems for the mapping of acoustic sources from phased microphone arrays
A method and system for mapping acoustic sources determined from a phased microphone array. A plurality of microphones are arranged in an optimized grid pattern including a plurality of grid locations thereof. A linear configuration of N equations and N unknowns can be formed by accounting for a reciprocal influence of one or more beamforming characteristics thereof at varying grid locations among the plurality of grid locations. A full-rank equation derived from the linear configuration of N equations and N unknowns can then be iteratively determined. A full-rank can be attained by the solution requirement of the positivity constraint equivalent to the physical assumption of statically independent noise sources at each N location. An optimized noise source distribution is then generated over an identified aeroacoustic source region associated with the phased microphone array in order to compile an output presentation thereof, thereby removing the beamforming characteristics from the resulting output presentation. |
| US07783059B2 |
Acoustic device
A body device includes: a plurality of sound sources; a speaker and a headphone for outputting sound signals from those sound sources; and a mode setting unit capable of setting a single mode, in which the sound signals from one sound source are output in response to an operation from a front operation unit, and a dual mode in which, while the sound signals from one sound source are being output from the speaker, the voice signals from another sound source are output from the headphone; an external connection unit for connecting an external DVD device with the outside; and a control unit for controlling a mode setting unit so that the body device may be turned ON in the dual mode when a power ON demand signal from the external DVD device or a rear operation unit is detected. |
| US07783058B2 |
System for verifying the identification of a device
A system for verifying the identification of a device. A codec is configured to measure at least one electrical characteristic of a device connected to a jack and to identify the device based on the measured electrical characteristic. An updateable database is populated with the electrical characteristic of at least one device whose electrical characteristic was measured by the codec but not correctly identified by the codec and a software routine is responsive to the measured electrical characteristic and configured to adjust the codec's identification of the device based on the electrical characteristic stored in the database to correctly identify the device. |
| US07783056B2 |
Earplug
Earplug comprising a plug member for blocking a man's ear canal, said plug member comprising at least one acoustic channel for channeling incoming acoustic energy to said man's ear. According to the invention, a detector for detecting an acoustic energy level or for detecting a control signal that is indicative for an acoustic energy level to be received, an acoustic valve positioned in said channel, and a control unit that, in response to said detector, controls said valve so as to attenuate the acoustic energy channeled through said acoustic channel. |
| US07783046B1 |
Probabilistic cryptographic key identification with deterministic result
An algorithm for recovering a key used to produce a cyphertext-plaintext pair includes (a) loading at least a portion of a probabilistic key table into memory; (b) distributing the keys in the portion of the probabilistic key table into a first plurality of buffer files that are in RAM. A beginning portion of each key is used as an index identifying the buffer file; (c) when any of the files in the first plurality of buffer files is full, storing contents of the first plurality of buffer files in unused space of a corresponding file of a second plurality of buffer files, wherein the second plurality of buffer files are kept on a hard disk drive; (d) resetting the first plurality of buffer files to zero; (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) for all keys in the probabilistic key table until one of the files of the second plurality of buffer files is full; (f) for each of the second plurality of buffer files, updating a bitmask file corresponding to keys missing from the probabilistic key table; (g) resetting the second plurality of buffer files to zero; and (h) repeating steps (a)-(g) for all keys in the probabilistic key table. If the key is not in the probabilistic key table, the missing keys can be tested. |
| US07783042B2 |
Communication system and synchronization method thereof
A clock signal of a master clock of a sender is transmitted to a receiver through a classical channel and is returned from the receiver. The clock signal is transmitted with strong light from a sender-side quantum unit to a receiver-side quantum unit through a quantum channel. A sender-side synchronization section establishes phase synchronization between the clock signal returned from the receiver and the clock signal detected by the sender-side quantum unit, and generates a calibration clock signal. At the receiver as well, a receiver-side synchronization section establishes phase synchronization between the clock signal detected from the classical channel and the clock signal detected by the receiver-side quantum unit, and generates a calibration clock signal. |
| US07783035B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing host-based security in a computer network
A network node is disclosed. The network node includes a host processor. The network node also includes an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a hardware portion configured to perform a first set of TCP acceleration tasks that require a first speed level. The integrated circuit also includes a network protocol processor configured to perform a second set of TCP acceleration tasks that require a second speed level, which is lower than the first speed level. The integrated circuit further includes an embedded processor configured to perform a third set of TCP acceleration tasks that require a third speed level, which is lower than the second speed level. The network node further includes a plurality of data paths configured to couple the integrated circuit to the host processor, the plurality of data paths being implemented based on different protocols. |
| US07783034B2 |
Communication privacy mask
The communication privacy mask has a housing having an opening coupled with a mouth piece and a hollow sound tube mounted in the housing. A microphone is positioned in the sound tube with a space in front of the front end of the microphone. |
| US07783032B2 |
Method and system for processing subband signals using adaptive filters
A method and system for processing subband signals using adaptive filters is provided. The system is implemented on an oversampled WOLA filterbank. Inputs signals are oversampled. The system includes an adaptive filter for each subband, and the functionality of improving the convergence properties of the adaptive filter. For example, the convergence property is improved by whitening the spectra of the oversampled subband signals and/or affine projection algorithm. The system is applicable to echo and/or noise cancellation. Adaptive step size control, adaptation process control using Double-Talk detector may be implemented. The system may further implement a non-adaptive processing for reducing uncorrelated noise and/or cross-talk resistant adaptive noise cancellation. |
| US07783026B2 |
System and method for connecting a port connector to an interface circuit
The invention provides a system and method for configuring a connection for a port in an electronic device. The system comprises: an interface circuit to process signals for the connection for the port; an interface circuit connection bus connecting to the interface circuit; a port connection bus connecting to the port; and a removable wiring adapter providing a connection circuit connecting tracks in the interface connection bus to tracks in the port connection bus. |
| US07783025B1 |
Method and apparatus for reassignment of classifier probabilities based on dynamic events
A method and apparatus for reassignment of classifier probabilities based on dynamic events is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for dynamically detecting change in the rate and type of calls, reassigning the natural language classifier probabilities based on the dynamics of the change and routing calls according to the detected changes. The method enables the user to route calls efficiently and be more responsive to customers. |
| US07783023B2 |
Systems and methods for providing unified collaboration systems with conditional communication handling
A communication system provides integrated email, telephone and instant messenger communication including a common address book, a common log of communication history and shared presence information. A user can respond to a communication according to any format, email, telephone or instant messenger, with a response using the same format or any other format. The response may be initiated by a single command. |
| US07783021B2 |
Digital telecommunications call management and monitoring system
The present invention discloses a centralized, digital, computer-based telephone call management system for authenticating users of a telephone system in an institutional facility. The system includes the capacity to allow an institution to control, record, monitor, and bill and report usage and access to a telephone network. The telephone call management system further includes both accounting and management software for use in controlling, monitoring, billing, recording, and reporting usage and access. Also, it can operate over both a Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) and a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) infrastructure. |
| US07783012B2 |
Apparatus for a surface graded x-ray tube insulator and method of assembling same
An insulator for a vacuum tube is disclosed and includes an electrically insulative bulk material and a first antiferroelectric coating applied to a first portion of the bulk material. |
| US07783008B2 |
Digital radiograph patient positioning system and method
A technique is disclosed for placing markers on digital radiographic images, such as projection X-ray and tomosynthesis images. A tag encoding data is disposed on or near a component of a radiographic imaging system, such as on a digital detector. The tag is read during an imaging session, and human readable indicia for the marker is generated that can be permanently included in the resulting images or displayed when desired, such as in an overlay. |
| US07783003B2 |
Rotating carriage assembly for use in scanning cargo conveyances transported by a crane
In one example, a radiation scanning system and method rotates a cargo conveyance after removal from a ship for proper orientation with respect to a scanning source and detector, for scanning. A movable carriage may be provided on a crane system, to rotate the cargo conveyance. A rotating flywheel on the carriage rotates in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of the cargo conveyance, to counterbalance angular momentum generated by the rotating conveyance, to avoid or minimize twisting of the carriage. Feedback is provided to control the rotation of the flywheel. Once the cargo conveyance is in the predetermined position, the conveyance is moved between the radiation source and detector for scanning by a vertically extending radiation beam. |
| US07782996B2 |
Method for combined bone hardening and scattered radiation correction in X-ray computed tomography
The invention relates to a method for combined bone hardening and scattered radiation correction in X-ray computed tomography of a heterogeneous object with a CT system comprising an X-ray source moved around an object, a flat detector with a large number of distributed detector elements which detect measuring beams from a focal point of the X-ray tube, and a control and arithmetic-logic unit—by iterative reconstruction and segmented vectorial reprojection calculation, wherein a scattered radiation correction and a radiation hardening correction are carried out in each iteration cycle for at least two different material components of the object being examined. The invention also relates to an X-ray CT system for carrying out this method. |
| US07782993B2 |
Apparatus for supplying an encoded data signal and method for encoding a data signal
An apparatus for supplying an encoded data signal comprises a detector for detecting information on an internal receiver for receiving the encoded data signal, a selector for selecting a coding scheme to be used for encoding the data signal the selector being operative to access a data base having entries for different internal receivers, an entry having one or more properties of a coding scheme customized for the receiver associated with the entry and an encoder for encoding the data signal using a coding scheme having the selective property or a destination information provider for providing destination information so that the encoded data signal is stored at the right storage location in an intended receiver. |
| US07782992B2 |
Method and apparatus for signal synchronizing
A synchronizer and a method for synchronizing a communication signal are presented. The synchronizer comprises a first unit arranged for receiving a plurality of inputs. The plurality of inputs include at least an indicative of a source clock period of a source clock domain, an indicative of destination clock period of a destination clock domain and a communication signal. The first unit being configured for stretching the communication signal according to the indicative of the destination clock period and indicative of the source clock period. The synchronizer is further provided with a second unit. The second unit is configured for operating according to the indicative of destination clock period. The output of the first unit is provided to the second unit. The second unit is configured for providing a synchronizer output signal corresponding to the communication signal operable in the destination clock domain. |
| US07782990B1 |
Method of and circuit for oversampling a signal in an integrated circuit
A method of oversampling a signal in an integrated circuit is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a reference clock signal; generating at least one delayed clock signal, each having a different phase; receiving an input data signal; generating at least one delayed data signal based upon the input data signal; and generating a plurality of phase-shifted output signals, each phase-shifted output signal being based upon a different combination of a clock signal and a data signal. A circuit for oversampling a signal in an integrated circuit is also disclosed. |
| US07782989B2 |
Apparatus and method for acquiring frame timing in communication system
Disclosed is an apparatus for acquiring initial frame timing in a communication system having a normalizer that calculates a normalized window power from powers of samples of received signal during a monitoring period, a cross power calculator that calculates a window cross power from cross powers of the samples during the monitoring period, and each cross power corresponds to multiplication of two of the samples, a divider that divides the window cross power by the normalized window power and outputs a metric for a sample corresponding to the monitoring period, and a peak-value detector that searches a sample having the maximum value among metrics for the samples of the received signals during a predetermined period, and the metrics are calculated by shifting the monitoring period, with a sample next to the sample searched by the peak-value detector being determined as a starting point of a frame. |
| US07782986B2 |
Signal jamming avoidance method for a frequency hopping communication system
To avoid signal jamming, a method is provided for selecting a dwell channel on a receiver in a frequency hopping communication system. The method includes: measuring a noise level on channels over which a data signal is received at the receiver; selecting a dwell channel based on the estimated noise levels, where the dwell channel having the lowest noise level amongst a group of permissible channels over which to acquire a signal from a transmitter; and tuning the receiver to the selected dwell channel during a search state in which the receiver attempts to synchronize with a transmitter. |
| US07782983B2 |
Method and system for demodulation of a differential Loran C signal
A system for demodulation of the Loran Data Channel transmitted over the Enhanced Loran (eLoran) system including a quadrature filter. The quadrature filter calculates the real and quadrature phase components of a received ninth pulse. The resultant components are used to obtain the angle of the ninth pulse. This angle is then compared with a set of pre-tabulated angles/symbols that are calculated using the same quadrature filter on thirty-two different simulated ninth pulses. The closest angle match gives the corresponding symbol. Such twenty-four symbols make up a single Reed Solomon encoded message. This message is then passed through a Reed Solomon decoder and the transmitted message is obtained. |
| US07782971B2 |
Method and device for decoding a signal of multiple input/multiple output system
The method for decoding a received signal in a multiple input/multiple output system uses QR-decomposition of the linear channel matrix, but then applies a non-Euclidean norm during tree traversal. Two separate hardware units, namely an MCU and a MEU, art provided for concurrent operation. The MCU determines a next child node, while the MEU determines next best parent nodes on the previously processed tree levels, which makes it possible to retrace the path to a next starting node without investing dedicated processing steps (e.g., cycles). On each tree level, the possible coordinates are grouped into several circular sets in the complex plane, and a series of decision boundaries is calculated for each set that allows a quick evaluation of the optimum coordinate in each set. |
| US07782969B2 |
OFDM signal transmission method and apparatus
An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal transmission apparatus which transmits OFDM signals by using a plurality of transmission antennas includes a subcarrier setting device which sets signals for subcarriers so as to use some of the subcarriers of the OFDM signals as pilot subcarriers to transmit pilot signals and use the remaining subcarriers as data subcarriers to transmit data signals, the subcarrier setting device changing polarities of signals for the pilot subcarriers for each transmission antenna. |
| US07782966B2 |
Demodulator of base station in orthogonal frequency division multiple access
A base station demodulator according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a vector index demodulator, and a channel value detector. The vector index demodulator demodulates CQI or ARQ ACK/NACK channels by multiplying QPSK modulation signals transmitted as m subcarriers in a tile by m conjugate complexes corresponding to the m subcarriers, and determines the greatest value of the demodulation results as a vector index. The channel value detector inputs n vector indexes demodulated by the vector index demodulator to a first shift register, inputs n subsequent vector indexes to a second shift register, and detects a channel value for the CQI or the ARQ ACK/NACK by repeating the above vector index input to the first and second shift registers m-times. |
| US07782964B1 |
Method and system for frequency band allocation based on frequency band usage measurements
A method for selecting a frequency band, from among a plurality of frequency bands controllable by a radio network controller (RNC), to carry a data communication. The method may include obtaining frequency band usage measurements for a plurality of frequency bands, and using the frequency band usage measurements to select a particular frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands to carry the data communication. Frequency band usage measurements may be based on how many idle slots (and/or data channels) are carried through each of the plurality of frequency bands during a measurement time period. A comparison of the frequency band usage measurements can be used to determine which frequency band sent the greatest number of idle slots (or the fewest number of data channels). The method provides for selecting a frequency band best suited (e.g., has the most available capacity for carrying a data communication) for carrying the data communication. |
| US07782959B2 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing device comprising a process generation section and a plurality of series-connected operation processing units. Each of the series-connected operation processing units receives a process packet output from the process generation section and performs any processing according to an instruction contained in the process packet. The units are divided into three suites and route selection sections are respectively inserted to input side of each of the suites. If the unit which executes a process related to an input process packet is not included in the immediately following one of the suites, the respective route selection sections supply this corresponding input process packet not to the input side of that one of the suites but to the output side of that suite. The process packet moves as bypassing such a suite as not to have the unit that executes a process related to this process data, thereby reducing its processing time and its power dissipation. |
| US07782955B2 |
Transcoder and transcoding method operating in a transform domain for video coding schemes possessing different transform kernels
A transcoder for converting a digital video signal from a first format into a second format in transform domain. The first format and the second format are respectively adopted by video coding schemes possessing different DCT transform kernels. The transcoder includes: a transform-domain decoder, coupled to the digital video signal, for decoding the digital video signal of the first format to generate a first DCT-domain signal, the first DCT-domain signal corresponding to a first DCT transform of the first format in the transform domain; a transform kernel converter, coupled to the transform-domain decoder, for converting the first DCT-domain signal into a second DCT-domain signal, the second DCT-domain signal corresponding to a second DCT transform of the second format in the transform domain; and a transform-domain encoder, coupled to the transform kernel converter, for generating a resultant video signal encoded in the second format according to the second DCT domain signal. |
| US07782944B2 |
Method and apparatus for decoding/encoding a video signal
Methods include receiving a multi-view video stream including a random access picture including a random access slice referencing only a slice corresponding to a same time and a different view of the random access picture; obtaining identification information representing the multi-view video stream including initialization information of a reference picture list for the random access slice; obtaining the initialization information based on the identification information, the initialization information representing view relationships between a plurality of views and including view number information and view identification information for the plurality of views; initializing the reference picture list using the view number information and the view identification information; determining a prediction value of a macroblock in the random access picture based on the initialized reference picture list; and decoding the macroblock using the prediction value, the initialization information being obtained based on a value indicating decoding order between the plurality of views. |
| US07782934B2 |
Parameter scanning for signal over-sampling
A method and apparatus for parameter scanning for signal over-sampling. An embodiment of an apparatus includes an equalizer to equalize received data values, and a sampler to over-sample the equalized data. The apparatus includes an eye monitor to generate information regarding quality of signal eyes for the over-sampled data, and an equalization monitor to generate information regarding sufficiency of signal equalization. The apparatus further includes a scan engine to scan possible values of a plurality of parameters for the apparatus. |
| US07782933B2 |
Digital subscriber line diagnostic system
A communication device transmits very low frequency signals in order to help diagnose the cause of a communication problem in a DSL communication system. The communication problem may be, for example, the inability of a remote data transceiver unit (DTU-R) to successfully train-up with a central data transceiver unit (DTU-C). The very low frequency signals may be used to communicate the status or settings of the remote transceiver unit to the DTU-C, to download settings parameters or executable code to the DTU-R, or to coordinate the transmission of testing signals. |
| US07782928B2 |
Method and apparatus for self-calibration in a mobile transceiver
Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for self-calibrating direct current (DC) offset and imbalance between orthogonal signals, which may occur in a mobile transceiver. In the apparatus, a transmitter of a mobile terminal functions as a signal generator, and a receiver of the mobile terminal functions as a response characteristic detector. Further, a baseband processor applies test signals to the transmitter, receives the test signals returning from the receiver, and compensates the imbalance and DC offset for the transmitter side and the receiver side by using the test signals. |
| US07782923B2 |
Wireless communication system and device for controlling the peak to average power ratio
A wireless communication system, to control a peak power to an average power ratio because an amplifier characteristic of the wireless communication system include non-linear characteristic if input signal large the amplifier makes distortions. A wireless communication system comprises for suppressing a peak power to an average power ratio to process known signal like a pilot signal. |
| US07782918B2 |
Laser apparatus and production method of laser apparatus
Provided are a laser apparatus into which a large current can be injected and a production method which enables easy production of the apparatus. A laser apparatus includes a light-emitting region on a substrate, and a periodic refractive index structure containing an i-type material provided at a periphery of the light-emitting region. Another laser apparatus includes a light-emitting region between a first electrode and a second electrode on a substrate, wherein at least one of the first and the second electrodes includes a periodic refractive index structure. |
| US07782913B2 |
Intensity modulation in wavelength converting optical package
Particular embodiments of the present invention relate generally to methods of controlling an optical package comprising a semiconductor laser, a spectral filter, and a wavelength conversion device. The spectral filter and the wavelength conversion device collectively define a wavelength transfer function comprising a transmission bandwidth component attributable to the spectral filter and a conversion bandwidth component attributable to the wavelength conversion device. The transmission bandwidth component of the wavelength transfer function is less than one free spectral range of the semiconductor laser. The method comprises directing the native laser output through the spectral filter and the wavelength conversion device and tuning the semiconductor laser to modulate the intensity of a wavelength-converted laser output of the optical package by shifting the native wavelength spectrum by less than one free spectral range of the semiconductor laser. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. |
| US07782912B2 |
Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems
The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier. |
| US07782911B2 |
Method and apparatus for increasing fiber laser output power
A fiber laser with reduced stimulated Brillouin scattering includes a spool having a height and characterized by an induced temperature gradient with the height. The fiber laser also includes a fiber wrapped on the spool and characterized by a signal power increasing along the length of the fiber. The induced temperature gradient is a function of the signal power along the fiber. |
| US07782907B2 |
DSL modems with analog voice band support
There is provided a DSL modem for integrating an analog voice band with DSL bands over a telephone line, where the analog voice band consists of 0-4 kHz frequency range, and the DSL bands consist of frequencies beyond 4 kHz. The DSL modem comprises a splitter configured to receive a telephone line signal from the telephone line and split the telephone line signal into an analog voice band signal and a DSL bands signal; a voice module configured to receive the analog voice band signal, digitize the analog voice band signal to generate digitized voice band signal and packetize digitized voice band signal into packetized voice band signal; a DSL module configured to receive the DSL bands signal and retrieve packetized DSL bands signal from DSL bands signal; and a multiplexer configured to multiplex packetized voice band signal and packetized DSL bands signal to generate multiplexed voice-DSL packets. |
| US07782905B2 |
Apparatus and method for stateless CRC calculation
A mechanism for performing remote direct memory access (RDMA) operations between a first server and a second server. The apparatus includes a packet parser and a protocol engine. The packet parser processes a TCP segment within an arriving network frame, where the packet parser performs one or more speculative CRC checks according to an upper layer protocol (ULP), and where the one or more speculative CRC checks are performed concurrent with arrival of the network frame. The protocol engine is coupled to the packet parser. The protocol engine receives results of the one or more speculative CRC checks, and selectively employs the results for validation of a framed protocol data unit (FPDU) according to the ULP. |
| US07782899B2 |
Multiple carrier resource management
In one embodiment, a transmission resource for transmitting data from a number of applications in a multiple carrier communication system is managed. In this embodiment, an aggregate transmission resource available to the number of applications is determined, and the determined aggregated transmission resource is distributed to each carrier based on a load on each carrier. In another embodiment a potential transmission resource for each application on each carrier is determined, and a carrier transmission resource for each carrier is determined based on the determined potential transmission resource for each application on the carrier. Data from at least one of the applications is assigned to at least one of the carriers based on the transmission resource distributed to or determined for the carrier, and the assigned data is transmitted on the carrier. |
| US07782892B2 |
Method and an apparatus for consistency verification of traffic engineering link timeslot status
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for consistency verification of traffic engineering link timeslot status, including: the transmitting end transmits a timeslot status verification request message containing the timeslot status object class of a local end of a corresponding traffic engineering link to the receiving end; the receiving end compares and verifies the timeslot status object class of the transmitting end of the corresponding traffic engineering link with the timeslot status object class of the local end after the receiving end receives the message, and notifies a local end link resource manager of the result of verification and the timeslot status object class of the opposite end. With the method according to the embodiments of the present invention, the consistency of traffic engineering link timeslot statuses can be periodically detected, the inconsistency of traffic engineering link timeslot statuses can be discovered as early as possible. |
| US07782887B2 |
Method and apparatus for driving data packets
An apparatus for driver power and size selection includes in one embodiment a controller for controlling the enabling and disabling of legs in a legged driver, the legged driver providing only that amount of power necessary to transfer a data packet from its current location to its destination location. A method of forwarding data packets includes determining the distance between a current location of a data packet and the destination location of the data packet, and enabling as many legs of a legged driver as are necessary to power the transfer of the data packet to its destination. |
| US07782886B2 |
Method for improving quality of service in a wireless network
A method to improve the Quality of Service (QoS) in a wireless network, preferably in a WLAN according to the IEEE proposal 802.11e comprising an Access Point (AP) and at least one mobile station (STA) with different Access Categories (ACs) being defined for the transmission of frames depending on their priority, and in which a Power Save Mode (PSM), preferably according to IEEE standard 802.11, is used in the network is characterized in that the PSM queue is separated into several sub-queues at the Base Station. |
| US07782885B1 |
System and method for queue management using queue sets
The disclosure describes queue management based on queue sets. A queue set comprises a group of packets or packet references that are processed as a single entity or unit. For example, when a queue set reaches the head of a queue in which it is stored, the entire queue set including its packets or packet references is passed for scheduling as a single unit. A queue set provides the benefit of a single operation associated with enqueuing and a single operation associated with dequeuing. Since only one operation on a queue is required for the typical case of several packets in a queue set rather than for every packet, the rate of queue operations may be significantly reduced. A queue set has a target data unit size, for example, a roughly equal number of packet bytes represented by each queue set, regardless of the number of packets referenced by a queue set. This means that a scheduler of a queue manager, which is tasked with metering the number of packet bytes transmitted from each queue per time unit, is provided with a list of packets which represents a predictable quantity of packet bytes, and this predictability streamlines the scheduling task and significantly reduces the number of operations. |
| US07782883B2 |
Terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method using IP transfer network
Both a connection server and a relay connection server are installed in an IP transfer network; a function similar to a line connection control of a subscriber exchanger is applied to a connection server; a function similar to a line connection control of a relay exchanger is applied to the relay connection server; and a terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method with using the IP transfer network is realized in such a manner that a telephone set and a terminal such as an IP terminal and a video terminal transmit/receive an initial address message, an address completion message, a call pass message, a response message, a release message and a release completion message, which can be made in a 1-to-1 correspondence relationship with line connection control messages of the common line signal system. Furthermore, while an address administration table is set to a network node apparatus of an IP transfer network, means for registering addresses of the terminals into this address administration table is employed, so that an IP packet communication by a multicast manner can be realized with improving information security performance. |
| US07782876B2 |
Wireless voice data gateway
A method for integrating cordless telephony, data network, and broadband connection is disclosed. Preferred embodiments of the invention are configured to provide one or more of the following tasks: (1) support voice over a WLAN with QoS with enhanced power consumption and range; (2) provide for both broadband telephony and PSTN access; (3) utilize a broadband connection to deliver content to a cordless handset; and (4) utilize a wired data terminal to provide enhanced telephony functions. |
| US07782874B2 |
Apparatus and method for route summarization and distribution in a massively parallel router
A router for interconnecting external devices coupled to the router. The router comprises a switch fabric and a plurality of routing nodes coupled to the switch fabric. Each routing node is capable of transmitting data packets to, and receiving data packets from, the external devices and is further capable of transmitting data packets to, and receiving data packets from, other routing nodes via the switch fabric. The router also comprises a control processor for comparing the N most significant bits of a first subnet address associated with a first external port of a first routing node with the N most significant bits of a second subnet address associated with a second external port of the first routing node. The router determines a P-bit prefix of similar leading bits in the first and second subnet addresses and transmits the P-bit prefix to other routing nodes. |
| US07782862B2 |
Method for controlling packet delivery in a packet switched network
A method is provided for controlling the misordering of packets in packet delivery in radio access networks (RANs) and other packet-switched networks. In one aspect, the method involves reading header information to determine the proper sequence of arriving packets, storing at least some packets that have arrived out of order, and forwarding the stored packets in a modified order that has no more than a specified degree of misordering. |
| US07782855B2 |
Method and apparatus for the reduction of upstream request processing latency in a cable modem termination system
Upstream requests such a bandwidth requests, are processed by CMTS out of order on a priority basis to reduce latency in responding to the request. Specifically, a cable modem termination system (CMTS) is connected to a plurality of cable modems by a cable plant. The CMTS has a burst receiver adapted to be connected to the cable plant to process upstream data packet units and bandwidth requests transmitted by the cable modems. Each packet includes a header that uniquely distinguishes the bandwidth requests from other data types. Packet data units are arranged in a first memory queue. Bandwidth requests are arranged in a second memory queue. The headers of the packets processed by the burst receiver are inspected as they arrive at the CMTS to determine if the packets are packet data units or bandwidth requests. Packet data units are routed to the first memory queue. Bandwidth requests are routed to the second memory queue. Bandwidth allocation MAP messages are generated from the bandwidth requests stored in the second queue and transmitted downstream to the cable modems. The packet data units stored in the first queue are coupled to a data output for further distribution. |
| US07782850B2 |
MAC to PHY interface apparatus and methods for transmission of packets through a communications network
A system for serving an individual node in a shared communication network having a MAC layer and a PHY layer, the system being operative to interface between the MAC layer and the PHY layer. The system may include a first physical channel transferring at least one packet between the layers, a second physical channel transferring at least one burst parameter between the layers, and a third physical channel transferring at least one timing signal, for a burst characterized by the at least one burst parameter and comprising the at least one packet, between the layers. |
| US07782845B2 |
Arbitrated loop address management apparatus method and system
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automatically and transparently managing addresses in an arbitrated loop network. An arbitrated loop network switch is programmed with an address map and configured with the necessary modules to monitor an address assignment process and associate soft assigned addresses claimed during the address arbitration process with physical slot addresses. In one embodiment, the address fields of packets addressing a specific physical slot are changed (in route) to the soft address assigned during the address arbitration process. The entire process may be transparent to the rest of the network and to users. The present invention facilitates maintaining a physically ordered addressing scheme despite any soft addressing that occurs during loop initialization. |
| US07782844B1 |
Method and apparatus for pattern matching on single and multiple pattern structures
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting and decoding data. The method comprises: receiving a set of data signals from an external data source; detecting a size of said received set of data signals; decoding said received set of data signals; extracting a destination address from said set of data signals; comparing said destination address extracted from said data signals to a known data value; determining whether said received data signals should be received by a host circuitry based upon said comparison of said destination address extracted from said data signals to a known data value; generating at least one status signal alerting said host circuitry of said determination that said received data signals should be received by said host circuitry; and waking up said host circuitry upon a determination that said received set of data is addressed to said host circuitry. The apparatus comprises: a data formatter; a clock divider; a counter; a host circuitry interface capable of transmitting and receiving data from a host circuitry; a memory circuitry; a plurality of comparators; a mask circuitry; a digital logic circuitry; a plurality of status registers; and a plurality of clocked registers. |
| US07782843B2 |
Method and apparatus for synchronous cross-connect switching in optical transport network
A method for synchronous cross-connect switching in optical transport network, the method includes: receiving optical channel transport unit (OTU) signals; mapping the OTU signals into interim switching units, wherein the interim switching units match bit rates of the received OTU signals; performing a synchronous cross-connect switching for the interim switching units; and demapping the interim switching units obtained after the synchronous cross-connect switching to obtain the OTU signals. |
| US07782832B2 |
Use of group poll scheduling for broadband communication systems
A group poll mechanism (GPM) that schedules upstream bandwidth for cable modems by pointing a request opportunity normally reserved for a single service flow to more than one service flow. Essentially, instead of using the seldom-used poll requests one per service flow, this same request opportunity is pointed to multiple service flows. In such kind of a scheme the GPM gives the same mini-slot to multiple service flows. The GPM implements the use of place-holder SIDs and novel mapping of information elements in MAP messages. |
| US07782825B2 |
Methods and arrangements for link rate adaptation in multi-radio co-existence platforms
Methods and arrangements for link rate adaptation in multi-radio co-existence platforms (MRPs) are contemplated. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to determine an overlap between receiving by a wireless device of the MRP and transmitting by other of the wireless devices of the MRP and to select a link rate of the wireless device of the MRP based upon the determining an overlap. The embodiments may also include communicating the determined link rate to a wireless device transmitting to the wireless device of the MRP. Embodiments may also include selecting a previously used link rate if the receiving overlaps the transmitting. Embodiments may also include basing the link rate upon an overlapping or non-overlapping Signal-to-Interference-Plus-Noise-Ratio depending on the relative amounts of overlapping and non-overlapping. |
| US07782824B2 |
Method and system for handling a mobile endpoint in a wireless network
A method of handling a mobile endpoint in a wireless network includes routing data for a mobile endpoint through a first base station. The mobile endpoint is wirelessly connected to the first base station and has a first signal strength at the first base station. The method also includes routing data for the mobile endpoint through the first base station and a second base station. The mobile endpoint is wirelessly connected to the first base station and has a second signal strength at the second base station. The second signal strength is above a first level. The method also includes routing data for the mobile endpoint through the second base station. The mobile endpoint is wirelessly connected to the second base station and has a third signal strength at the second base station. The third signal strength is above a second level. |
| US07782813B2 |
Monitoring network traffic
A method for monitoring a wireless network includes, at a device including a communication interface coupling the device to a wireless network, monitoring messages transmitted between the communication interface and the wireless network, and outputting monitoring data associated with the monitored messages from the device. |
| US07782794B2 |
Methods and systems for bandwidth measurement techniques
The present invention relates to systems, apparatus, and methods of measuring bandwidth of a network connection. The method includes establishing a network connection between a sending terminal and a receiving terminal. The method further includes inserting a flag into a packet header for a packet. The flag is to indicate to the receiving terminal that a bandwidth measurement is in progress. The packet also includes a payload. The method further includes setting the flag in the packets header of the packet to true, and transmitting to the receiving terminal the packet. The method then sums arrival times of the packet and the payload for the packet, and calculates the bandwidth measurement of the network connection by dividing the summed payload value by the summed arrival times value. |
| US07782791B2 |
Method of reporting channel quality in EGPRS system
There is provided a method of enabling a mobile station to report channel quality in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving a radio block allocated for a control block, the control block having a header and a control message, the header having an identifier, measuring channel quality for the radio block allocated for the control block when the identifier identifies the mobile station, and reporting the channel quality. A mobile station can report channel quality for its own control block. |
| US07782790B1 |
Extensions to the path verification protocol to support link bundling constructs
To reveal link bundles' component links in an MPLS network, transmit a sequence of request and reply packets. For a router receiving a request packet, the packet identifies that link bundles should be revealed, detect the link bundle links connected to the router, and for each, its component links are added to a downstream mapping field (DMF). A link bundle mapping field (LBMF) is also added to the request packet. Each LBMF specifies the component links of that link bundle by pointing to the component links added to the DMF. For a router responding to a request packet with a reply packet, determine if any links in the DMF are component links, and for each, identify a LBMF containing information regarding that link. Each component link in the DMF is processed. The component links in each LBMF are iterated through to ensure each matches the determined links in the DMF. |
| US07782789B2 |
Adaptive bandwidth utilization for telemetered data
A method (400) for optimizing bandwidth utilization in a communications network (100). The communications network can include a data source (105) and a data client (110). Responsive to a measurement of at least one communication parameter (120) of a commutated bitstream (115) which is transmitted to the client, the data source can change a commutation format of the commutated bitstream. The communication parameters can include a data receive time (TRx), a data latency and/or an effective receive data rate (DEff) of the commutated bitstream. The communication parameters can be transmitted to the data source as telemetry. The change of commutation format can occur in an open systems interconnection (OSI) layer such as a session layer and/or a transport layer. |
| US07782787B2 |
Rapid fault detection and recovery for internet protocol telephony
Techniques for performing rapid fault detection and recovery in communication networks are disclosed. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a technique for detecting one or more conditions in a communication network comprises the following steps/operations. One or more keep-alive packets are transmitted from a source node in the communication network to a destination node in the communication network over two or more paths between the source node and the destination node, wherein the two or more paths are at least partially disjoint. Upon receipt of the one or more keep-alive packets at the destination node via the two or more paths, at least one quality measure is computed at the destination node for each of the two or more paths, the at least one quality measure being indicative of one or more conditions in the communication network. While not limited thereto, the invention is particularly well-suited to Internet Protocol (IP) telephony networks, particularly those that provide Voice over IP (VoIP) applications. |
| US07782786B1 |
Technique for providing dynamic modification of application specific policies in a feedback-based, adaptive data network
A feedback-based adaptive network is described wherein at least a portion of the network elements report operating information relating to network conditions to a centralized data store. The information is analyzed by a policy engine which includes a plurality of specific plug-in policies for analyzing selected information from the data store and for computing updated control information which is fed back to affect operation of selected network elements. In this way the dynamic and automatic feedback control of network elements is provided to allow the network to adapt to events relating to changing conditions. The adaptive, feedback based network may include a network quality monitoring system for evaluating performance characteristics based upon predetermined standard or criteria. If it is determined that a particular characteristic of the network does not conform, the policy which control that particular characteristic of the network may be automatically and dynamically modified to affect network performance. |
| US07782784B2 |
Port analyzer adapter
Methods and devices are provided for encapsulating FC frames from a network device as Ethernet frames. Preferably, the FC frames represent traffic for a plurality of ports of the network device. The encapsulated Ethernet frames may be input to a conventional network interface card of a personal computer (“PC”) or laptop. Therefore, encapsulating the FC frames allows an engineer to use software installed on a conventional PC to troubleshoot problems with a network using FC protocol. According to some aspects of the invention, FC frames may be truncated to various degrees, to allow smaller data frames to be output at an appropriate rate to the analyzing personal computer, laptop, etc. |
| US07782781B2 |
Home network system
A home network system using a living network control protocol. The home network system includes: at least two electric devices (e.g., a first and a second electric device); and a network based on a predetermined network for networking the electric devices, wherein the first electric device sends a request message to the second electric device, and the second electric device sends a response message to the first electric device, wherein the response message transmitted from a lower layer to an upper layer of the second electric device is transmitted to a lower layer and then to an upper layer of the first electric device, and includes a command code included in the request message, for indicating an operation for the second electric device to execute, and a field related to an execution of the request. |
| US07782772B2 |
Method for unidirectional and bidirectional label switched path setup in a label switched network
Label contention in a label switched network is resolved by applying a contention resolution scheme that reconciles policies for handling unidirectional and bidirectional label switched path setup. |
| US07782769B2 |
Access control device, wireless device, and network
An access control device is provided to a wireless device of a network which is constituted with a plurality of wireless devices connecting with one or a plurality of wireless terminals. The access control device includes: a connection severance terminal selection section which, when a bandwidth employed by a wireless communications section exceeds a threshold, selects a terminal whose connection is to be cut off from among the wireless terminals; a connection severance declaration section which, sends a connection severance declaration message to the other wireless terminals, including information about the connection severance terminal; and a forcible severance instruction section which verifies reception, of a message of declaration of acceptance of the connection severance terminal, and causes a forcible severance instruction message for the connection severance terminal. Accordingly, connection points of the wireless terminals can be efficiently changed in order to assure communication quality at the wireless devices. |
| US07782768B2 |
Wireless network apparatus and method for controlling transmission rate using the same
A wireless network apparatus and a method for controlling the transmission rate of the same, whereby a receiver side is capable of constantly maintaining the full transmission rate by coordinating the maximum number of packets to be sent to the network from a sender side. Further, a wireless network apparatus including a time interval calculating unit to calculate the time intervals of received packets, a receiving mode determining unit to determine a receiving mode to receive packets according to the calculated time intervals, a packet determining unit to calculate a period during which the determined receiving mode is maintained, and a maximum packet determining unit to determine the maximum number of packets which can be sent to the network by a device, according to the number of packets consecutively received during the calculated period. |
| US07782762B2 |
RSVP-TE enhancement for MPLS-FRR bandwidth optimization
RSVP-TE Enhancement for MPLS-FRR Bandwidth Optimization is a method of RSVP-TE protocol enhancement for optimizing network resources when FRR is protecting LSP traffic in a topology where the bypass LSP tunnel traverses the original previous hop(s) of the protected LSP. The node providing FRR protection, the PLR, will use the enhanced message TLVs to report to the nodes all the way back to the HE node. The node(s) on the original path prior to the PLR node can check if there is a better alternative bypass tunnel to use to provide FRR from a network resource optimization perspective (such as using the bypass tunnel from the HE node in a ring topology to reduce the traffic in the ring). |
| US07782761B2 |
Ethernet connectivity fault management (CFM) area boundary translator
An Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) Area Boundary Translator is configured to translate incompatible CFM messages being sent between networks operating according to different CFM versions which are not fully compatible. Such translation may include the Ethernet CFM area boundary translator acts as a proxy in forwarding translated the CFM messages. |
| US07782757B2 |
Adaptive pilot design for mobile system
A method, and device implementing the method, for adaptively allocating pilot signals in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving channel data, including channel length (L) data, inter-carrier interference power (PICI) data, coherence time (CT) data, and a number of subcarriers (N). The method further includes selecting, when L is greater than a first channel length threshold (LTH1), a first number of pilot signals between a minimum value of L and a maximum number of pilot signals NP,MAX, wherein the first number of pilot signals NP are equally spaced in time according to the CT data, and equally spaced in frequency. Further, the method includes selecting, when L is less than LTH1 and PICI is less than a power threshold (PTH), a second number of pilot signals such that the second number of pilot signals is between the minimum value of L and NP,MAX, wherein the second number of pilot signals are equally spaced in time according to the CT data, and equally spaced in frequency. Finally, the method includes selecting, when L is less than LTH1 and PICI is greater than PTH, a third number of pilot signals such that the third number of pilot signals is equal to n times L (nL), wherein n is an integer, the third number of pilot signals being equally spaced in time according to the CT data, and allocated according to a cluster(n) clustered pilot scheme with a cluster size equal to n, the n-sized clusters being clustered in frequency. |
| US07782752B2 |
Pilot based sampling frequency offset estimation and correction for an OFDM system
A technique for improving the performance of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) systems addresses the Sampling Frequency Offset (SFO) estimation and correction problems of conventional techniques and provides improved performance in a wide range of operating conditions. The technique teaches a correction scheme that uses known pilots in each OFDM symbol to estimate slope of phase error and subsequently calculate the correction factor for each of the sub-carriers in the associated OFDM symbol. The present subject matter further teaches an averaging slope estimates over a window of predetermined number of OFDM symbols to average out noise and get a refined correction factor. In addition, the present technique teaches tracking rate of growth of slope across OFDM symbols to estimate SFO, which can be used for the timing error correction in the time domain. |
| US07782751B1 |
Systems and methods for computing a relative path delay between multiple transmission sources
Systems and methods are provided for computing a relative path delay between multiple transmitting source to select a source that is closest to a receiving device. Preamble sequences unique to each source are received by a receiving device. The receiving devices determines based on a channel estimation or differential algorithm which transmitting source is closer to the receiving device. The channel estimation algorithm computes the path delay based on a channel estimation correlation at different preamble sequence indices. The differential algorithm computes the path delay based on a correlation between the received and transmitted preamble sequences at different preamble sequence indices. The receiving device selects the closer of the multiple sources to be the source from which to extract data. |
| US07782747B2 |
Optical information recording medium including super resolution reproducing film, method for reproducing optical information recording medium, and optical information processing apparatus using optical information recording medium
In order to realize (A) an optical information recording medium in which information is stored in high density and can be precisely and securely reproduced, (B) a method for reproducing the optical information recording medium, and (C) an optical information processing apparatus using the optical information recording medium, an optical information recording medium 1, 2, or 3 of the present invention includes: (a) a substrate 12, having pits and/or grooves, each of which is made up of a rise and a recess, and each of which corresponds to recorded information that is optically reproduced by irradiation of a light beam; and (b) at lease one super resolution reproducing film 13, which has an optical property to be changed in response to a temperature increase caused by the irradiation of the light beam, the optical property of the super resolution reproducing film being reversibly changed depending on a temperature change in the super resolution reproducing film. The optical information recording medium 3 of the present invention further includes a recording layer. |
| US07782740B2 |
Optical disc having small access units and address information modulation method therefor
An address information modulation method includes using a first characteristic of a first modulation method and a second characteristic of a second modulation method to modulate address information and/or additional information. Accordingly, a data amount of information, to access a disc, in a predetermined space of the disc is increased, and the modulated information is formed in a form of a wobble signal in a track. Here, the first characteristic of the first modulation method can be physical location information of an MSK-modulated signal, and the second characteristic of the second modulation method can be sign information of a second harmonic wave obtained by an HMW modulation, which synthesizes a cosine function of a basic frequency of a wobble signal with a sine function having a frequency that is a multiple of the basic frequency of the wobble signal. Therefore, where the address information is modulated, a plurality of information bits are loaded on a predetermined number of wobble or carrier signals to increase the amount of the information in the predetermined space, such that a physical length of the information needed in accessing the disc and reading the additional information thereof is shortened. Also, where a defect occurs, the resulting loss can be reduced such that addressing specifications for a small-sized high density disc can be satisfied. |
| US07782730B2 |
Optical-pickup-adjustment optical disk, method of adjusting optical pickup device, and method of producing optical pickup device
An optical-pickup-adjustment optical disk used for adjusting or producing an optical pickup device, includes a transparent protective substrate; and an optical-pickup-adjustment middle-depth information recording layer formed on a side of an inside surface of the transparent protective substrate, wherein the optical-pickup-adjustment middle-depth information recording layer is formed to have a middle depth which is a center of the maximum depth of the maximum-depth information recording layer prescribed by the optical disk standard and the minimum depth of the minimum-depth information recording layer prescribed by the optical disk standard. |
| US07782728B2 |
Device for layer-jumping control of optical disc devices and related method
A layer-jumping control device and method for an optical disc device includes a calculator, a controller, and a driver. The calculator is configured to receive an error-focusing signal, and to determine a peak and a trough of the error-focusing signal. The controller, coupled to the calculator, is configured to process the error-focusing signal to generate a control-focusing signal. The driver, coupled to the controller, is configured to convert the control-focusing signal to a control-driving signal. The device further includes a counter coupled to the calculator, and enables the layer jump when the counter reaches a predetermined value. |
| US07782726B2 |
Write splice for optical recording channels
An enhanced write splice for optical recording channels is disclosed. Optical control circuitry locks to previously-written data and determines the estimated write splice location. A training sequence is written to the optical medium at a location based on the estimated write splice location. The phase offset is then estimated by reading the training sequence. A new write splice location may then be calculated compensating for the phase offset estimate. Finally, the new data to be spliced may be written or overwritten to the channel at the new write splice location. |
| US07782722B2 |
Method of adjusting spherical aberration and focus offset and information recording/reproduction apparatus using the same
A method of adjusting spherical aberration correction and focus offset of a light beam. A first approximate straight line is detected indicating a first relationship between the spherical aberration correction and the focus offset according to a first evaluation index indicating a quality of cross-track signal. A second approximate straight line is detected indicating a second relationship between the spherical aberration correction and the focus offset according to a second evaluation index indicating a quality of a reproduced signal. A spherical aberration correction value and a focus offset value, to be adjusted, are determined from an intersection of the first approximate straight line and the second approximate straight line. |
| US07782721B2 |
Digital focus and tracking servo system with multi-zone calibration
A multi-zone calibration system is disclosed. The multi-zone calibration system calibrates the operating parameters of an optical disk drive over a plurality of zones over an optical media. The optical media, in addition, can have writeable and premastered portions. The operating parameters can be calibrated for each of the media types in each of the zones. Additionally, the operating parameters can be calibrated for each type of operation (e.g., read or write) in each zone. |
| US07782719B2 |
Editing apparatus for optical disc reproducing device
A reproducing apparatus comprises storage to store a plurality of programs being managed as a group, and management information including group information of programs, an input unit, a reproduction unit, and a controller to control the reproduction unit to reproduce a highlight of a program in a group from a plurality of groups. The highlight of the program may be representative of an album. Thus, when the highlight of the program is reproduced, a user can easily search for a desired album. |
| US07782705B2 |
Word line decoder circuit
A word line decoder circuit is provided in the present invention. The word line decoder circuit comprises at least one local pre-decoder, at least one 3-transistors row driver, a controllable power supply, and a controllable pull-down circuit. The controllable power supply is controlled by an inversed sector select signal to provide a first voltage to the row driver and local pre-decoder. The local pre-decoder uses 5-transistors architecture, in which there are 2 PMOS transistors and 3 NOS transistors. The controllable pull-down circuit pulls down the local pre-decoder and is controlled by a sector select signal and pre-decoding signal. The local pre-decoder receives a local pre-decoding signal to select the row driver. When the row driver is selected, the row driver determines a word line according to a row driver pull-down signal and a row driver pull-up signal. |
| US07782701B2 |
Power gating circuit, system on chip circuit including the same and power gating method
A power gating circuit of a memory device includes a power gating unit and a control unit. The power gating unit includes first, second, and third power gating transistors connected in parallel between a power supply voltage and an internal power supply voltage bus of the memory device. The three power gating transistors are sequentially turned ON. The second and third power gating transistors turn ON sequentially in response to the increasing voltage level of the bus. The timing points when the second and third power gating transistors are sequentially turned ON is based upon detecting the gradually increasing the voltage level of the internal power supply voltage. The size of the first power gating transistor may be smaller than the size of the second power gating transistor, and the size of the second power gating transistor may be smaller than the size of the third power gating transistor. |
| US07782700B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
In a semiconductor or memory device, a first ODT (On Die Termination) circuit is provided between a termination voltage port and a command input port. A first ODT controlling circuit is connected between the termination voltage port and the first ODT circuit, and detects a level of a voltage applied to the termination voltage port and controls the first ODT circuit to connect the termination voltage port and the command input port based on the detection result. |
| US07782691B2 |
Apparatus for guaranteed write through in domino read SRAM's
In a digital device for facilitating recovery of a precharged dot line, periodically precharged by a precharge signal, that has been prematurely discharged as a result of an early read condition, a data input signal can have a selected one of a first value and a second value. The first value is a value that would be reflected by the dot line being in a charged state. A logic device that is responsive to the data input signal causes charge to be applied to the dot line when the data signal has the first value. |
| US07782687B2 |
Semiconductor device
In a semiconductor device having a redundant memory, the area of the device is reduced and a time required to transfer relief information is reduced. Moreover, a transfer control of relief information is facilitated. A first relief information storing unit stores relief information for relieving a redundant memory having a defective cell. A plurality of redundant memories share a second relief information storing unit. The second relief information storing unit is connected in series to the first relief information storing unit. The relief information is transferred from the first relief information storing unit to the second relief information storing unit. |
| US07782686B2 |
Method and apparatus for timing adjustment
A strobe signal from a memory is delayed through delay circuits of a strobe delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed strobe signals. A strobe latch section produces check data in synchronism with each of the delayed strobe signals, and a system latch section latches, with a system clock, check data latched by the strobe latch section. Based on a comparison by an expected value comparison section and a determination by a delay determination section, the optimal strobe signal with the optimal delay is selected from among the delayed strobe signals produced in the strobe delay selection section. Then, data from the memory is delayed through delay circuits in a data delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed data, and the optimal data with the optimal delay is selected from among the plurality of delayed data based on the comparison by the expected value comparison section and the determination by the delay determination section. |
| US07782684B2 |
Semiconductor memory device operating in a test mode and method for driving the same
A semiconductor memory device is capable of controlling a tRCD (RAS to CAS Delay) time regardless of an address input timing during a test operation of the semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device includes a column address strobe pulse generator for generating a column address strobe pulse in response to a column command signal and a row address strobe pulse generator for receiving an active command signal or the column command signal to produce a row address strobe pulse in response to a test mode signal. |
| US07782683B2 |
Multi-port memory device for buffering between hosts and non-volatile memory devices
A multi-port volatile memory device can include a first port that is configured for data transfer to/from an external host system and the device. A volatile main memory core is configured to store data received thereat and read requested stored data thereform. A volatile sub memory core can be configured to store data received thereat and read requested stored data therefrom. A main interface circuit can be coupled to the first port and can be configured to provide data to/from the volatile main memory core and the first port in a master mode and can be configured to provide data to/from the volatile sub memory core and the first port in a slave mode. A second port can be configured for data transfer to/from an external non-volatile memory device and the device and a sub interface circuit can be coupled to the second port and configured to provide data to/from the volatile sub memory core and the second port in the slave mode. |
| US07782674B2 |
Sensing of memory cells in NAND flash
An analog voltage NAND architecture non-volatile memory data read/verify process and circuits is described that senses analog voltages in non-volatile cells utilizing source follower voltage sensing. In a source follower sensing or read operation the programmed threshold voltage of a cell in a NAND string of a NAND architecture Flash memory array is read by applying an elevated voltage to the source line, an elevated pass voltage (Vpass) is placed on the gates of the unselected cells of the string to place them in a pass through mode of operation, and a read gate voltage (Vg) is applied to the gate of the selected cell. The selected memory cell operates as a source follower to set a voltage on the coupled bit line at the read gate voltage minus the threshold voltage of the cell (Vg−Vt), allowing the voltage of the cell to be directly sensed or sampled. |
| US07782665B2 |
Method of managing a memory device employing three-level cells
A method of managing a multi-level memory device having singularly addressable three-level cells includes storing strings of three bits by coding them in corresponding ternary strings according to a coding scheme and writing each of the ternary strings in a respective pair of three-level cells. Strings of three bits are read by reading respective ternary strings written in respective pairs of three-level cells and decoding each read ternary string in a corresponding string of three bits according to the coding scheme. A pair of adjacent bits, belonging to at least one of a same initial string and two initial adjacent strings, are programmed by identifying pairs of three-level cells to be programmed that encode the strings of three bits and programming each pair of three-level cells. |
| US07782664B2 |
Method for electrically trimming an NVM reference cell
An integrated circuit memory has a plurality of non-volatile memory cells and a reference cell. The reference cell provides a reference current for reading a selected memory cell of the plurality of non-volatile memory cells. A method comprises trimming the reference cell to a predetermined threshold voltage, wherein trimming the reference cell comprises biasing a control gate, a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a substrate terminal of the reference cell with a predetermined set of bias conditions, wherein in response to the predetermined set of bias conditions, the reference cell will gain or lose charge toward an asymptotic state of charge that no longer changes significantly after a predetermined operating time under the predetermined set of bias conditions. In addition, the integrated circuit memory is also configured to adjust the reference cell gate voltage to output a desired target current reference. |
| US07782660B2 |
Magnetically de-coupling magnetic memory cells and bit/word lines for reducing bit selection errors
Techniques for shielding magnetic memory cells from magnetic fields are presented. In accordance with aspects of the invention, a magnetic storage element is formed with at least one conductive segment electrically coupled to the magnetic storage element. At least a portion of the conductive segment is surrounded with a magnetic liner. The magnetic liner is operative to divert at least a portion of a magnetic field created by a current passing through the conductive segment away from the magnetic storage element. |
| US07782659B2 |
Magnetic memory and memory cell thereof and method of manufacturing the memory cell
A magnetic memory, a memory cell thereof, and a method of manufacturing the memory cell are provided. The memory cell of the magnetic memory includes a bottom contact layer, a bit line, a magnetic stack structure and a dielectric material. The bit line is disposed over the bottom contact layer. The magnetic stack structure is disposed between the bottom contact layer and the bit line. The dielectric material at least fills between the bottom contact layer and the bit line and surrounds the magnetic stack structure. A gap is formed between the dielectric material and the magnetic stack structure. During programming of the memory cell, the magnetic stack structure generates heat, and the gap delays heat loss. |
| US07782657B2 |
Semiconductor device
A cache memory having valid bits, where a circuit configuration in a memory cell of a valid bit is improved so as to perform invalidation at high speed. The invention provides a cache memory including a memory cell that has a function to perform invalidation at high speed. One mode of the invention is a semiconductor device including a memory cell of a valid bit, where two inverters are connected in series to form a loop, a drain of an N-channel transistor is connected to an output signal line of one of the inverters, a gate thereof is connected to a reset signal line of a CPU, and a source thereof is connected to a ground line. The initial value of the memory cell is determined by inputting a reset signal of the CPU to the gate. |
| US07782656B2 |
SRAM with improved read/write stability
A static random access memory (SRAM) cell is disclosed which comprises a cross-couple inverter latch coupled between a positive supply voltage and ground, and having at least a first storage node, and a first and second switching device serially connected between the first storage node and a predetermined voltage source, wherein the first switching device is controlled by a word select signal, and the second switching device is controlled by a first bit select signal, wherein either the word select signal or the first bit select signal is only activated during a write operation. |
| US07782649B2 |
Using controlled bias voltage for data retention enhancement in a ferroelectric media
Using controlled bias voltage for data retention enhancement in a ferroelectric media is generally described. In one example, an apparatus includes a ferroelectric film including one or more domains, the ferroelectric film having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being opposite the second surface, an electrode coupled with the first surface, and an electrically conductive thin film coupled with the second surface wherein the electrically conductive thin film is sufficiently conductive that a controlled bias field applied between the electrically conductive thin film and the electrode is sufficient to grow, shrink, or actively maintain the size of the one or more domains disposed between the electrically conductive thin film and the electrode. |
| US07782641B2 |
Frequency converting apparatus and control method for the apparatus
A power converting apparatus and method includes a converter for converting AC power from a commercial power supply into DC power, a smoothing unit for smoothing the DC power from the converter, an inverter for converting an output of the smoothing unit into another AC power, a control unit for controlling the inverter, and a current detector for detecting an output current of the inverter and providing a detection signal indicative thereof. A cooling device for cooling at least one of the converter or the inverter. The detection signal of the current detector is inputted into the control unit so that the control unit estimates a temperature of the inverter or the converter based on the detection signal and controls a cooling device for cooling based on the estimated temperature. |
| US07782636B2 |
RV converter with current mode and voltage mode switching
A switched mode converter is disclosed that includes mode logic for switching between a voltage mode and a current mode. The converter includes circuitry for sensing current on the primary side of the transformer, load current on the secondary side, and output voltage. When the load current is less than a predetermined value, the output voltage of the voltage mode controller is used to control the duty cycle of a PWM controller. When the load current is greater than a predetermined value, the primary current is used to control the PWM controller. During a light load the converter is voltage controlled and there is no minimum load needed to stabilize the control loop. In a current-mode, the control loop will have a relatively faster transient response and avoid flux imbalance in push-pull topology. The converter provides the advantages of both known voltage controlled and current controlled switched mode converters. |
| US07782635B2 |
DC converter with independently controlled outputs
A DC converter comprises a single primary circuit which is coupled to each of a plurality of output circuits in respective time periods, the coupling being provided by switching in the output circuits. Each output circuit produces a respective output voltage and a respective feedback signal which is coupled as a control signal to the primary circuit during the respective time periods, so that each output voltage is regulated substantially independently of each other output voltage. The time periods for the different output circuits can be equal or different, and can be dynamically changed depending on error voltages of the output circuits. |
| US07782633B2 |
Non-contact power transmission device
A non-contact power transmission device, which is capable of efficiently reducing the device size and reducing unnecessary radiation of a harmonic component from a primary side coil, is provided. The non-contact power transmission device which includes a primary side unit and a secondary side unit which house a primary side and a secondary side of a coupling transformer individually and can be separated from each other, a capacitor C1 which resonates with a primary side coil L1 is connected to the primary side coil L1 in series so that a primary side series resonance circuit is formed, an L-shaped resonance circuit which has a coil L3 and a capacitor C7 resonating with the coil L3 is inserted between the primary side series resonance circuit and a driving circuit, and the L-shaped resonance circuit is connected to the primary side series resonance circuit in series. |
| US07782625B2 |
Server rack blanking panel and system
The present invention provides a system that allows for a single panel of the invention to be easily modified, preferably without the use of tools, to fit on a server rack, where the single panel is so modified as to cover the desired amount of open space on a server rack as a single piece, where the panel is preferably fire-rated, and where the modified panel may be easily installed onto the server rack to as to cover any open space thereon, and prevents the circular flow of warm air output from entering the cooler air input of the servers housed on the server rack. |
| US07782622B1 |
Attachment apparatus for electronic boards
Disclosed is an attachment apparatus. The attachment apparatus may facilitate attachment of various components to a printed circuit board (PCB) including a thermal management component. |
| US07782617B2 |
Heat dissipation device
A heat dissipation device for dissipating heat generated from an add-on card. The heat dissipating device includes two heat sinks and two heat pipes connecting with the two heat sinks. Each of the heat sinks includes a base and a fin group mounted on a top surface of the base. Each of the heat pipes includes a connecting section and two heat-conductive sections extending from opposite ends of the connecting section. One of the two heat-conductive sections of each of the heat pipes is sandwiched between the base and the fin group of one heat sink, and another of the two heat-conductive sections is sandwiched between the base and the fin group of another heat sink. |
| US07782614B2 |
Heat dissipation module
An electronic device includes a first electronic component, a second electronic component adjacent to the first electronic component, a heat sink arranged on the first electronic component to absorb heat therefrom, an axial fan mounted on the heat sink for generating an airflow to the heat sink, and a guiding member. The axial fan includes a frame and an impeller received in the frame. A cutout is defined in the frame facing the second electronic component. The guiding member is arranged between the axial fan and the second electronic component for guiding a part of the airflow escaping from the frame via the cutout to the second electronic component. |
| US07782600B2 |
Access self-service terminal
A self service terminal having a casing with a selectively releasable display. The display is secured to the casing using a fastener (75) that can only be unfastened from inside the casing. |
| US07782598B2 |
Electronic device enclosure
An electronic device enclosure includes a metallic body and a metallic speaker-receiving member. The metallic body includes a first side, a second side, and a crossbeam connecting the first side and the second side. A first connecting portion extends from the second side and parallel to the crossbeam. A distal portion of the first side define a first connecting plane. The first connecting portion defines a first connecting surface. The metallic speaker-receiving member includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first sidewall defines a second connecting portion. A second connecting plane is defined by a bent distal end of the second sidewall. The second connecting plane is welded to the first connecting plane, and the second connecting portion is welded to the first connecting portion to securely attach the metallic speaker-receiving member to the metallic body. Such a configuration allows miniaturization of the electronic device enclosure. |
| US07782597B2 |
Waterproof panel
A waterproof panel comprises a front wall, a back wall, a front baffle assembly and a back baffle. A cavity is defined between the front wall and the back wall, the front baffle assembly and the back baffle are received in the cavity. The front wall defines a first hole array and a second hole array, the back wall defines a third hole array in same height with the second hole array. The front baffle assembly fixed on one side of the second hole array near the third hole array comprises a main baffle. The back baffle fixed on one side of the third hole array near the second hole array is on one side of the main baffle near the second hole array. The back wall comprises a plurality of protruding strips, which can rebound water entering through the third hole array back. |
| US07782588B2 |
Series surge suppression structure
A series surge suppression structure mainly comprises: a circuit board, a ground line and a plurality of galvanization circuits being disposed thereon, a multilayer surge absorption unit being disposed in series on the ground line and the plurality of galvanization circuits; wherein each surge absorption unit is constituted by a pair of chokes with a layered surge absorption element connected in parallel between one end of either choke and the ground line; a power connection terminal, positioned on one side of the circuit board and electrically connected to a final end of the multilayer surge absorption unit; and a protection terminal, positioned on another side of the circuit board and electrically connected to a final end at another side of the multilayer surge absorption unit; whereby, the protection terminal can be used to connect with a communication circuit or an electric facility and the power connection terminal is used for connecting with an external wire so as to form a multilayer surge absorption protection by means of series connection. Meanwhile, a derivative module may be conveniently manufactured to allow multiple modules to be connected together and expand to use as a three-phase multilayer surge absorption protection thereby expanding a use range to attain to the surge substantially suppressing effect. |
| US07782585B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
An overheat protection circuit 1 of a semiconductor integrated circuit device of the invention has filter means for removing a high frequency component from a power supply voltage Vcc. Specifically, the overheat protection circuit 1 has: a band gap power supply portion BG and resistors R1 and R2 that produce a reference voltage Vref; a transistor N1 for temperature detection; resistors R3 and R4 that generate, from the power supply voltage Vcc, a control signal Sctrl according to the on/off state of the transistor N1; a transistor P1 that is turned on/off according to the control signal Sctrl; and a transistor N2 and resistors R5 and R6 that generate an overheat protection signal Stsd according to the on/off state of the transistor P1. In addition, the overheat protection circuit 1 has, as the filter means, a resistor R7 and a capacitor C1 that are respectively connected to the emitter and the collector of the transistor P1. This makes it possible to perform a high-accuracy overheat protection operation despite variations in power supply voltage (superimposition of pulse). |
| US07782581B1 |
Method and apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection for a polysilicon fuse
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit for protecting a component on a device includes a grounding element coupled to a protected supply voltage line of the component. A supply pass element is coupled to the protected supply voltage line of the component. The ESD protection circuit also includes a control circuit to activate the grounding component to drive the protected supply voltage line of the component to ground upon detecting an ESD event. |
| US07782575B2 |
Magnetoresistive element having free layer, pinned layer, and spacer layer disposed therebetween, the spacer layer including semiconductor layer
An MR element includes: a free layer having a direction of magnetization that changes in response to a signal magnetic field; a pinned layer having a fixed direction of magnetization; and a spacer layer disposed between these layers. The spacer layer includes a first nonmagnetic metal layer and a second nonmagnetic metal layer each made of a nonmagnetic metal material, and a semiconductor layer that is made of a material containing an oxide semiconductor and that is disposed between the first and second nonmagnetic metal layers. The MR element has a resistance-area product within a range of 0.1 to 0.3Ω·μm2, and the spacer layer has a conductivity within a range of 133 to 432 S/cm. |
| US07782572B2 |
Disk drive head suspension flexures having alternating width stacked leads
An integrated lead flexure for a disk drive head suspension of the type having a plurality of stacked leads disposed on separate layers, the plurality of stacked leads extending between terminal connector pads and head connector pads, comprising stacked lead pairs having opposing and regularly alternating wider and narrower portions, respectively. |
| US07782569B2 |
Magnetic recording head and media comprising aluminum oxynitride underlayer and a diamond-like carbon overcoat
A method for forming a protective bilayer on a magnetic read/write head or magnetic disk. The bilayer is formed as an adhesion enhancing underlayer and a protective diamond-like carbon (DLC) overlayer. The underlayer is formed of an aluminum or alloyed aluminum oxynitride, having the general formula AlOxNy or MezAlOxNy where Mez symbolizes Tiz, Siz or Crz and where x, y and z can be varied within the formation process. By adjusting the values of x and y the adhesion underlayer contributes to such qualities of the protective bilayer as stress compensation, chemical and mechanical stability and low electrical conductivity. Various methods of forming the underlayer are provided, including reactive ion sputtering, plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition, pulsed laser deposition and plasma immersion ion implantation. |
| US07782563B2 |
Hard disk drive adapted to detect free-fall and perform emergency parking of read/write head prior to impact
A hard disk drive (HDD) includes a spindle motor, an actuator, a static eccentricity sensor, a monitor and a central controller. The spindle motor includes a rotary body and a static body adapted to support the rotary body, where the spindle motor is adapted to rotate a disk. The actuator is adapted to move a read/write head over the disk. The static eccentricity sensor is adapted to measure static eccentricity associated with the rotary body. The monitor is adapted to monitor the measured static eccentricity and generate a free-fall signal when the monitor determines that the HDD is in a free-fall state. The central controller is adapted to initiate an unloading/parking operation for the read/write head in response to the free-fall signal. |
| US07782560B2 |
Lens actuator and camera module with same
A lens actuator for driving a lens received in a lens barrel includes a plate shaped body comprising a through hole defined in the center thereof, an inner portion surrounding the through hole, an outer portion for mounting the lens barrel thereon, and a plurality of resilient portions connected between the inner portion and the outer portion. A plurality of piezoelectric structures formed on the respective resilient portions. The piezoelectric structures are configured for mounting the lens thereon and driving the lens to move relative to the lens barrel. |
| US07782553B2 |
Imaging lens
It is to provide an imaging lens that has excellent optical performance while being compact and light. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side to an image surface side, a diaphragm, a first lens that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex surface faces the object side, and a second lens that is a meniscus lens having a positive power whose convex surface faces the image surface side, wherein a condition expressed by −30.5≦r3/d3≦−19 (where, r3: center radius curvature of the object side face of the second lens, and d3: center thickness of the second lens is to be satisfied. |
| US07782552B2 |
Compact imaging lens system
A compact imaging lens system includes three lenses. The first lens is a positive meniscus lens having a convex side facing toward the image side, which has a big focusing power and is provided to capture image and for balance of aberration. The first lens serves to make the lens system a low sensitivity lens system. The second lens is a negative lens and is provided mainly for correcting chromatic aberration and off-axis aberration. An aperture is set between the first and second lenses, and this is of benefit to balance of aberration. The third lens is a negative lens and is provided for correcting off axis aberration. All the lenses can be made of plastics. This facilitates cost reduction, weight reduction, while still maintains a high resolution. |
| US07782537B2 |
Optical article and process for producing optical article
An optical article includes a plastic substrate, wherein a primer layer and a hard coat layer are formed on a surface of the plastic substrate, and the primer layer is formed from a coating composition containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) a polyurethane resin; (B) metal oxide fine particles; and (C) an organosilicon compound. |
| US07782533B2 |
Image stabilizing apparatus
An image stabilizing apparatus of the present invention includes a laminated substrate 19 that has a coil pattern, a hall element 21 fixed to the laminated substrate 19, a magnet 20, a back yoke 22, an opposing yoke 23, and a flexible printed circuit board for wiring the coil pattern on the laminated substrate and the hall element 21, the opposing yoke 23 being stepped (indentation-type recesses 23a, 23b) in a portion opposing the hall element 21. Reduction in size, weight and cost are thereby realized in a lens-shift image stabilizing apparatus. |
| US07782530B1 |
Deployable telescope having a thin-film mirror and metering structure
A deployable thin-film mirror telescope comprises a base structure and a metering structure. The base structure houses a thin-film mirror, which can be rolled for stowage and unrolled for deployment. The metering structure is coupled to the base structure and can be folded for stowage and unfolded for deployment. In the deployed state, the unrolled thin-film mirror forms a primary minor for the telescope and the unfolded metering structure positions a secondary minor for the telescope. |
| US07782529B2 |
Scanning microscope and method for examining a sample by using scanning microscopy
A scanning microscope including a light source for generating an illumination light beam, a beam deflection apparatus for guiding solely the illumination light beam via an illumination light path over and/or through a sample, at least one objective for focusing the illumination light beam onto and/or into the sample, components for generating a manipulation illumination pattern, components for imaging the manipulation illumination pattern onto and/or into the sample via a manipulation light path, and a detection device that receives detected light emanating from the sample. The manipulation light path omits the beam deflection apparatus and is separate from the illumination light path. |
| US07782526B2 |
Piezoelectric adaptive mirror
An adaptive mirror includes a plurality of adjacent combs of piezoelectric material and two electrodes arranged on longitudinal faces opposite a bar are associated with each monolithic bar formed by a tooth of the combs. |
| US07782524B2 |
System configurations and methods for controlling image projection apparatuses
The mirror device comprising a plurality of deflectable mirrors for reflecting light, wherein the mirror is controllable to deflect to a first direction during an incident period with the light incident to the deflectable mirror and at an end of the incident period the mirror is controllable to deflect to a second direction opposite to the first direction during a non-incidence period in which the light is not incident to the present mirror. |
| US07782507B2 |
Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing
A preview image is operated and an original image is opened based on the operation result of the preview image. For example, a heart is rotated from side to side on a preview screen, and the heart is displayed at a certain rotation angle and a certain magnifying scale power in the preview image. If the image is opened, the original image (heart) can be opened while maintaining the operated rotation angle and the magnifying scale power in the preview. |
| US07782505B2 |
Image reading apparatus and control method therefor
An image reading apparatus which enables reduction of time to be taken from a job start instruction to a reading operation start. An automatic document feeder unit feeds an original. An upstream reader reads an image on one side of the original fed by the automatic document feeder unit. A downstream reader is disposed downstream of the upstream reader in an original feeding direction, to read an image on another side of the original. The upstream reader and the downstream reader read images of respective white reference plates, and the image reading apparatus generates correction data for the upstream reader and the downstream reader based on the images of the respective white reference plates read by the upstream reader and the downstream reader. |
| US07782497B2 |
Image forming apparatus that displays icons in a selectable state according to draft setting direction
A draft size detecting function detects a size and a setting direction of a draft set in a scanner which reads an image of the draft, a display unit displays, in a selectable state, an icon corresponding to the draft setting direction detected by the draft size detecting function, and displays, in a non-selectable state, an icon which does not correspond to the draft setting direction detected by the detecting function among a plurality of icons to designate a direction of the image in the draft, and the image direction corresponding to the selected icon is set as the direction of the image in the draft, in a case where the specific icon is selected from the selectable icons displayed in the display unit. |
| US07782494B2 |
Communication device
When a facsimile device detects an audio signal via a CNG signal detection unit while detecting an OFF signal in a CNG signal during a telephone conversation, the facsimile device does not detect the audio signal as an OFF signal if the level of the detected audio signal is greater than a threshold and the frequency of the audio signal is within a predetermined audio frequency range. Accordingly, the facsimile device can reliably prevent a false detection of a noise that has a similar signal component to a CNG signal as a CNG signal. It is possible to prevent the facsimile machine from being automatically shifted to a facsimile receiving made by the false detection of the noise. |
| US07782488B2 |
Print control device and print control method
When image formation is to be carried out based on multiple print jobs that have been inputted, multi-imposition print data is generated in which the multiple print jobs are arranged in a single sheet layout, and cutting sheet data is generated based on positions of the multiple print jobs arranged in the single sheet layout in the generated multi-imposition print data. Then, control is performed over printing of the generated multi-imposition print data and insertion printing of the generated cutting sheet data. |
| US07782487B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, computer data signal, and recording medium
An image processing apparatus includes: an accepting unit that accepts image information about each of a plurality of image elements to be synthesized; a comparing unit that compares a threshold value with a mixing ratio used in an operation to synthesize the image information according to a given mixing ratio; and a setting unit that sets an attribute of an image element in an area where the plurality of image elements are overlapped with each other synthesized according to a comparison result obtained by the comparing unit. |
| US07782475B2 |
Device management apparatus and device management method
A device management apparatus is adapted to be connected to devices which constitute at least one device group. An application is running in the device management apparatus. Each of the device managers is associated with one of the devices and is operable to create usage information of the associated one of the devices. A device group manager is associated with the at least one device group and coupled to the device managers to receive the usage information from each of the device managers. The device group manager is operable to notify the usage information in response to an inquiry from the application. |
| US07782471B2 |
Optical method for the characterization of laterally-patterned samples in integrated circuits
Disclosed is a method for characterizing a sample having a structure disposed on or within the sample, comprising the steps of applying a first pulse of light to a surface of the sample for creating a propagating strain pulse in the sample, applying a second pulse of light to the surface so that the second pulse of light interacts with the propagating strain pulse in the sample, sensing from a reflection of the second pulse a change in optical response of the sample, and relating a time of occurrence of the change in optical response to at least one dimension of the structure. |
| US07782467B2 |
Method for measuring volume by an optical surface profilometer in a micromechanical device and a system for carrying out said measurement
A method of measuring a volume in a fluid flow micromechanical device includes: a) providing and positioning an optical apparatus for measuring the profile of a surface; b) providing a device for acquiring and processing the images coming from the optical apparatus for measuring a profile; c) placing the moving member in a first position and then in a second position, and activating the optical apparatus for measuring the profile of the surface to direct a light beam on the reference face, and activating the image acquisition and processor device to obtain a first image in the first position of the moving member and a second image in the second position; and d) comparing the second image with the first image of the reference face to determine the variation in the volume of the cavity generated by the deformation of the moving member. |
| US07782466B2 |
Method and apparatus for resonant frequency identification through out-of-plane displacement detection
A method for out-of-plane displacement detection is disclosed. The out-of-plane displacement is detected by analyzing all the fringe density indexes calculated using the frequency-domain information extracted from a series of interference images of the sample vibrating at different frequencies. The present invention further discloses a method and an apparatus for resonant frequency identification by detecting the peak value of all the fringe indexes calculated at different scanning frequencies. With the identified resonant frequency, the full-field vibratory surface profile of the sample in various resonance modes can be reconstructed. |
| US07782464B2 |
Processes, arrangements and systems for providing a fiber layer thickness map based on optical coherence tomography images
A system, arrangement, computer-accessible medium and process are provided for determining information associated with at least one portion of an anatomical structure. For example, an interference between at least one first radiation associated with a radiation directed to the anatomical structure and at least one second radiation associated with a radiation directed to a reference can be detected. Three-dimensional volumetric data can be generated for the at least one portion as a function of the interference. Further, the information can be determined which is at least one geometrical characteristic and/or at least one intensity characteristic of the portion based on the volumetric data. |
| US07782463B2 |
Particle density measuring probe and particle density measuring equipment
Disclosed is a particle density measuring probe for measuring the density of atoms or molecules in a plasma atmosphere by absorption spectroscopy. The probe has a cylindrical light guiding member provided in the plasma atmosphere. At the front end of the light guiding member, there is provided a reflection plate for reflecting light that has propagated through the cylindrical light guiding member. Behind the reflection plate, in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the light guiding member, a part devoid of a portion of wall surface is provided by a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction. A plasma introducing portion allows mutual contact between light passing through this part devoid of a portion of wall surface and atoms or molecules in the plasma atmosphere. The probe has a main body that guides light in an axial direction by total reflection by a side wall, and that is located behind the plasma introducing portion. |
| US07782451B2 |
Device for and method of inspecting surface condition having different curvatures
A target surface of a target object including portions having different curvatures is inspected by using an illuminating device and a camera that are fixed, a supporting device for supporting the target object such that its position and orientation are variable. The position and orientation of the target object are controlled as its image is obtained for a plurality of times. The position and orientation of the target object are controlled such that the image of any point on the target surface will be included in at least one of the images obtained by the camera. |
| US07782447B2 |
Enumeration of thrombocytes
A sample acquiring device for volumetric enumeration of thrombocytes in a blood sample is provided which comprises a measurement cavity for receiving a blood sample. The measurement cavity has a predetermined fixed thickness. The sample acquiring device further comprises a reagent, which is arranged in a dried form on a surface defining the measurement cavity. The reagent comprises a haemolyzing agent for lysing red blood cells in the blood sample, and optionally a staining agent for selectively staining thrombocytes in the blood sample. A system comprises the sample acquiring device and a measurement apparatus. The measurement apparatus comprises a sample acquiring device holder, a light source, and an imaging system for acquiring a digital image of a magnification of the sample. The measurement apparatus further comprises an image analyzer arranged to analyze the acquired digital image for determining the number of thrombocytes in the blood sample. |
| US07782446B2 |
Stage system and lithographic apparatus comprising such stage system
A stage system for a lithographic apparatus includes a stage, an over-determined number of actuators to act on the stage, at least two sensors to measure a position dependent parameter of the stage and to provide a respective sensor signal. The at least two sensors are arranged to measure the respective position dependent parameters in a same degree of freedom. A controller is provided to provide a controller output signal to at least one of the actuators in response to a setpoint and the position dependent parameter as measured by at least one of the sensors. A further controller is provided with the position dependent parameters measured by the sensors. The further controller is configured to determine a difference between the position dependent parameters from the sensors and to provide a further controller output signal to at least one of the actuators in response to the determined difference. |
| US07782443B2 |
Illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus
An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes a beam deflection array including a number beam deflection elements, for example mirrors. Each beam deflection element is adapted to deflect an impinging light beam by a deflection angle that is variable in response to control signals. The light beams reflected from the beam deflection elements produce spots in a system pupil surface. The number of spots illuminated in the system pupil surface during an exposure process, during which a mask is imaged on a light sensitive surface, is greater than the number of beam deflection elements. This may be accomplished with the help of a beam multiplier unit that multiplies the light beams reflected from the beam deflection elements. In another embodiment the beam deflecting elements are controlled such that the irradiance distribution produced in the system pupil surface changes between two consecutive light pulses of an exposure process. |
| US07782441B2 |
Alignment method and apparatus of mask pattern
An alignment method of mask patterns includes forming a first layer by transferring a first mask pattern onto a wafer, forming a second layer by transferring a second mask pattern onto the first layer, and particularly a first alignment step, forming the first layer, which performs alignment for minimizing offset between a center position of the wafer and a center position of the first mask pattern and a residual rotation error between the wafer and the first mask pattern and additional alignment for compensating an amount of possible deviation of superposition of the second layer pattern on the first layer pattern, and a second alignment step, forming the second layer, which performs only alignment for minimizing offset between a center position of the first layer pattern and a center position of the second mask pattern and a residual rotation error between the first layer pattern and the second mask pattern. |
| US07782433B2 |
Copper alloy and liquid-crystal display device
A method of forming an oxide film on a surface of a copper alloy, including the steps of providing a copper alloy including copper and an element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Zn, Ga, Li, Ge, Sr, Ag, Ba, Pr and Nd, and diffusing atoms of the element to a surface of the copper alloy so as to form an oxide film on the surface of the copper alloy,wherein a concentration of the element in the copper alloy is more than 0.1 and not more than 20 atomic percentage and within a solubility limit of the element in the copper. |
| US07782432B2 |
Liquid crystal display device having a pixel electrode structure and an alignment layer causing pixel regions to operate in both twisted nematic and vertical alignment modes
A liquid crystal display device is provided that has a plurality of pixel regions where some of the pixel regions have liquid crystal molecules that operate according to both twisted nematic mode and vertical alignment mode. |
| US07782426B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
The present invention realizes an IPS liquid crystal display device which exhibits small directivity of viewing angle and high brightness. Below a pixel electrode having a comb-teeth-shaped electrode and having a laterally-extending trapezoidal profile, a planar common electrode not shown in the drawing is formed by way of an insulation film. When a video signal is applied to the pixel electrode, an electric field is generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode via slit portions formed in the pixel electrode thus controlling liquid crystal molecules. The pixel electrodes are arranged in a packed state by alternately reversing the direction of the trapezoidal shape in the longitudinal direction. Since a light blocking film is not present between two pixel electrodes arranged adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction, the liquid crystal display device can acquire high transmissivity. As a result, a liquid crystal display device having high brightness can be realized. |
| US07782421B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A side type light emitting diode (LED) liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a prism light guide panel in a side type LED backlight to allow scanning and divisional driving to improve motion blur of video or an overall sharpness of an image. The side type LED LCD includes: a lower cover; first and second prism light guide panels disposed in a plurality of layers on the lower cover, ridges of prism mountains formed on the first prism light guide panel being substantially perpendicular to ridges of prism mountains formed on the second prism light guide panel; lamp units being provided on at least one side of each prism light guide panel along the ridges of the prism mountains; and a liquid crystal panel separated from the prism light guide panels that receives light transmitted through the first and second light guide panels emitted from the light units. |
| US07782409B2 |
Multiple view display
A multiple view display comprises a display device such as a liquid crystal device, a parallax optic such as a parallax barrier, and a controller. The device comprises rows and columns of pixels and the controller supplies image data for a first view to first ones of the pixels and second ones of the pixels such that the first and second pixels alternate in the rows and in the columns. The parallax optic comprises rows and columns of parallax elements with the arrangement of pixels and parallax elements being such that each element co-operates with a respective pair of first and second pixels adjacent each other in the same row to form first and second viewing regions. Each row of parallax elements is off-set in the row direction by half the horizontal barrier pitch. Such an arrangement allows wider angles between the viewing regions to be achieved. |
| US07782404B2 |
VSB reception system with enhanced signal detection for processing supplemental data
A VSB reception system includes a sequence generator for decoding a symbol corresponding to the supplemental data and generating a predefined sequence included in the supplemental data at VSB transmission system. The reception system also includes a modified legacy VSB receiver for processing the data received from the VSB transmission system in a reverse order of the VSB transmission system by using the sequence, and a demultiplexer for demultiplexing the data from the modified legacy VSB receiver into the MPEG data and the supplemental data. The VSB reception system also includes a supplemental data processor for processing the supplemental data segment from the demultiplexer in a reverse order of the transmission system, to obtain the supplemental data, thereby carrying out the slicer prediction, decoding, and symbol decision more accurately by using the predefined sequence, to improve a performance. |
| US07782401B1 |
Method and system for digital image scaling with sharpness enhancement and transient improvement
An image scaling system includes a single set of line buffers that receive and store input image pixel data in an input video frame. The scaling system also includes a linear two-dimensional sharpness enhancement unit configured to receive input pixel data from the line buffers and to generate sharpened pixel data by enhancing high frequency components of the input pixel data at an input image resolution, a linear two-dimensional image scaling unit configured to receive the sharpened pixel data and to convert the sharpened pixel data into scaled sharpened pixel data at an output image resolution, and a transient improvement unit configured to receive the input pixel data from the line buffers, sharpened pixel data and scaled sharpened pixel data to improve transient responses at edges in an output image, and to generate output image pixel data at the output image resolution. |
| US07782398B2 |
Display processor integrated circuit with on-chip programmable logic for implementing custom enhancement functions
A display processor integrated circuit (for example, for a television or for a digital camera) includes a display processor portion and an on-chip programmable logic portion. The on-chip programmable logic portion can be configured or programmed to implement custom video and/or image enhancement functions. Accordingly, an individual television or camera manufacturer can have his/her own custom enhancement function incorporated into the display processor integrated circuit by having the programmable logic portion configured or programmed appropriately. In one embodiment, the programming of the programmable logic portion involves changing just one mask, thereby reducing the cost, complexity and time associated with implementing the custom video/image enhancement function. |
| US07782396B2 |
Frame rate converting apparatus and imaging apparatus
A frame rate converting apparatus for converting a frame rate of an input first image signal and outputting the image signal having the converted frame rate as a second image signal. The apparatus includes an input section into which the first image signal is input; a detecting section for detecting a time difference between synchronization timing of each frame of the first image signal and synchronization timing of each frame of the second image signal; a section for determining an output method of outputting the first image signal in conformity with a frame rate of the second image signal, based on a time period of each frame of the first image signal, a time period of each frame of the second image signal, and the above time difference; and an output section for outputting the first image signal as the second image signal in accordance with the determined output method. |
| US07782390B2 |
Camera module
A camera module includes a lens holder, a lens module, an image sensor chip, and a printed circuit board. The lens module is received in the lens holder. The lens module includes a lens barrel and at least one lens received in the lens barrel. The image sensor chip has a photosensitive area configured for receiving light transmitted through the lens module. The printed circuit board defines a top surface for receiving both the image sensor chip and the lens barrel thereon and an opposite bottom surface thereon. The bottom surface defines a plurality of recesses thereon for receiving the corresponding electronic elements therein by adhesives. |
| US07782386B2 |
Optical apparatus provided with variable mirror
An optical apparatus includes a variable optical-property element, a driving circuit driving the variable optical-property element, and an image sensor. In order to compensate a change of an imaging state caused by at least one factor of temperature, humidity, a manufacturing error, a change of an object distance, and a zoom state, photographing is performed while referring to a look-up table to change driving information provided to the variable optical-property element, and the driving information that the high-frequency component of a photographed image is practically maximized is assumed so that the variable optical-property element is driven by the driving information to perform photographing. |
| US07782381B2 |
Generating an instant review image using fractional readouts
A method for creating an instant review image is disclosed. The method starts by creating image data by exposing an image sensor to a scene. A first sub-set of the image data is transferred from the image sensor and used to create an instant review image. The rest of the data is transferred from the image sensor and essentially all of the data from the image sensor is used to create a second image. |
| US07782371B2 |
Apparatus for the recording of image data and meta data
The invention relates to an apparatus for the recording of image data and meta data which contain information on the image data—such as recording parameters—with a digital camera which includes at least one image sensor for the generation of the image data and with meta data image generation means by which the meta data can be recorded in the form of image information detectable by the human eye so that the image data and the meta data can be generated as common image information, with the meta data image generation means including display means for the visual presentation of meta data, in particular a display, and/or data processing means for the electronic generation of the meta data inside the image data, in particular a controller. |
| US07782367B2 |
Direct calibration of color imaging devices
A system for and method of determining calibration parameters while only capturing a single image is described herein. Furthermore, traditional calibration algorithms are avoided by the direct determination of the calibration parameters. The determination of the calibration parameters is possible by first determining a training data set from images acquired of a variety of objects with a multitude of colors. Then, using the training data set, regression coefficients are generated. A camera to be calibrated then acquires only one set of image information such as a single picture. Then, using the regression coefficients and the acquired information, the calibration parameters are directly estimated for that camera. |
| US07782366B2 |
Backlight adjustment processing of image using image generation record information
A decision as to whether to perform backlight adjustment processing is executed using both image data and image generation record information, and when it is decided to execute the same, backlight adjustment processing to increase brightness value of at least some pixels in the image data is executed. |
| US07782362B2 |
Image pickup device for changing a resolution of frames and generating a static image based on information indicating the frames
The image pickup apparatus of the present invention is for taking a static image during a predetermined exposure period. The image pickup apparatus includes: a shaking motion detecting section for detecting an amount of shaking motion between a plurality of frames representing the static image; a shaking motion correcting section for correcting a plurality of frame information indicating the plurality of frames in accordance with the detected amount of the shaking motion; a storage section for storing the plurality of frame information subjected, to the correction of the shaking motion; and an information generating section for generating static image information indicating the static image based on the plurality of frame information stored in the storage section. |
| US07782360B2 |
Storable test pattern image and method
A portable, self contained, deployable test pattern display, for use in optimising imaging quality having a portable protective display housing, a test pattern incorporating imaging information contained in and deployable from the housing, a retraction device connected to the test pattern for replacing it within the housing, so that the test pattern can be carried to a desired location, protected by the housing, and the test pattern can be deployed from the housing when required, and can then be replaced within the housing. Also disclosed is a method of optimizing image quality, of a scene image recorded at a location by comparing the values of a test pattern image taken at the location, with predetermined values of the test pattern, by, recording a scene image, recording an image of a test pattern comparing values of the test pattern image, with predetermined values of the test pattern, adjusting values of the test pattern image to the predetermined values, and adjusting the values of the scene image to match the adjustments made to the test pattern image. |
| US07782359B2 |
Image capture apparatus and method
A digital camera with navigation features comprises optical elements configured to focus an image onto a focal plane, an image capture medium positioned at the focal plane configured to capture the image focused onto the focal plane, image control logic configured to process images captured by the image capture medium, navigation control logic configured to perform navigation functions and to determine navigational information, and a display screen communicatively coupled to the image control logic and the navigation control logic and configured to display at least one of an image captured by, the image capture medium and a map for navigation purposes. The digital camera can further comprise a docking station configured to be communicatively coupled to the digital camera and having an information storage device for storage of images, navigation information and other data. |
| US07782347B2 |
Light source using large area LEDs
A printing apparatus (100) for printing digital images onto a photosensitive medium (140) employing, for exposure energy, a light source (20) that uses various arrays of LEDs (32). The printing apparatus (100) may form the print image using sequential modulation, one color at a time, or by applying all colors simultaneously. Arrangements of discrete LEDs (32) may include high-intensity devices configured with collector cones (41) arranged as a multicone structure (141), with parabolic reflectors (65), or collimating lenses (36). Large area LEDs (46) may alternately be used, arranged on an angled mounting surface (64), for example. |
| US07782337B1 |
Multi-conic gradient generation
Disclosed herein is a technique for computing a complex gradient using multiple conics. In connection with a computer system having a graphics processing unit (GPU) in addition to the normal central processing unit (CPU), gradients can be computed in real time. The conics may be rendered and adjusted in a number of ways, providing a rich palette for creation of gradient graphics. The computational efficiency of the algorithms disclosed herein, when executed on typical GPU hardware, allows rendering frame rates high enough to provide animated gradient images. |
| US07782335B2 |
Apparatus for driving liquid crystal display device and driving method using the same
An apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a liquid crystal panel including 4-color sub-pixels, a data driver to provide video data signals to each sub-pixel, a gate driver to provide a scan pulse to each sub-pixel, a data conversion part to generate a gain value by analyzing a ratio of an achromatic color signal to a chromatic color signal of 3-color source data inputted from an external source and convert the 3-color source data into 4-color data using the generated gain value, and a timing controller to provide the 4-color data received from the data conversion part to the data driver and control the gate driver and the data driver. |
| US07782333B2 |
Screen transmission device, method of generating screen and computer readable medium
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided with a screen transmission device including: an information receiver configured to receive operating condition information indicating an operating condition of a screen display device; a coloring determiner configured to determine coloring of screen data to be displayed on the screen display device based on the operating condition information; a screen data generator configured to generate screen data to be displayed on the screen display device according to the coloring; and a screen data transmitter configured to transmit the screen data to the screen display device. |
| US07782317B2 |
Depth ordering of planes and displaying interconnects having an appearance indicating data characteristics
A method for determining a depth ordering between two planes in a 3D workspace of an application is provided. The method includes projecting vectors from a reference position through points of interest on the planes, determining corresponding points on the other plane, determining a number of points of interest on a first plane having a depth lower than its corresponding point and a number of points of interest on a second plane having a depth lower than its corresponding point, and setting the depth ordering based on these numbers. A method for displaying interconnects between nodes of a tree displayed in an application is provided. A node represents a multimedia item or a function and an interconnect represents data passed between two nodes. The method includes displaying an interconnect in the tree having an appearance indicating at least one characteristic of the data being passed between two nodes. |
| US07782312B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same
A LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of perpendicularly crossing gate and data lines, first and second display sections divided by a specific one of the data lines, a plurality of first data drive ICs driving the data lines in the first display section, a plurality of second data drive ICs driving the data lines in the second display section, and a timing controller rearranging image data input from a system into first image data corresponding to the first display section and second image data corresponding to the second display section, and simultaneously supplying the first image data and second image data, respectively, in a sequence starting from one of the first and second data drive ICs, respectively, closest to the specific data line towards one of the respective first and second data drive ICs farthest from the specific data line. |
| US07782308B2 |
Touch screen device and method of method of displaying images thereon
A touch screen device and method of displaying images using display windows and selecting execution menus displayed on the display windows in a touch screen device are provided. The touch screen device includes a screen, a display configured to display images thereon and a detector configured to detect a touch on the screen, and a controller configured to control operation of the touch screen device in accordance with the screen touch detected by the detector. The controller causes two or more display windows to be displayed in an overlapped manner. Further, if the touch is detected on an underlying display window covered by an overlying display window, the controller causes a display form to be changed in response to the touch. That is, if a touch is detected on the display window covered by the overlying display window, the touched display window is displayed as an overlying display window. |
| US07782307B2 |
Maintaining activity after contact liftoff or touchdown
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. |
| US07782306B2 |
Input device and method of configuring the input device
A input device is disclosed that is configurable as a manufacturing step or by a user to input selected characters. The input device includes character input keys and an internal memory. The specific character that is input by activating one of the character input keys depends upon a configuration code that is stored within the internal memory. The configuration code is associated with a key mapping configuration of a host device, for example, and the configuration code may be associated with a plurality of character identifiers for the character input keys. When the input device is configured during manufacturing, the configuration code may be programmed into the internal memory and the character identifiers may be provided. When the input device is configured by the user, the configuration code and the character identifiers are replaced with an alternate configuration code character identifiers. |
| US07782298B2 |
Multimedia user interface
A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive interactive graphical displays. |
| US07782288B2 |
Liquid crystal display apparatus
The liquid crystal display apparatus of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer and an electrode for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer; and a drive circuit for supplying a drive voltage to the liquid crystal panel. The drive circuit supplies a drive voltage obtained by giving an overshoot to a gray-scale voltage corresponding to an input image signal in the current vertical period, the drive voltage being determined in advance according to a combination of an input image signal in the immediately-preceding vertical period processed based on a predicted value of the transmittance of the liquid crystal panel in the immediately-preceding vertical period and the input image signal in the current vertical period. |
| US07782281B2 |
Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display device
A method of driving a liquid crystal display device includes extracting brightness components of a portion of the first data for a current frame, arranging the brightness components for the current frame into a brightness histogram, retrieving brightness histograms for at least two frames prior to the current frame to generate an average histogram, generating second data for the current frame based on the average histogram, comparing the histogram for the current frame with the average histogram to determine whether an image at the current frame is a moving image or a still image, and driving the liquid crystal display device in accordance with one of the first data and the second data based on the comparison result. |
| US07782280B2 |
Display apparatus and method
A display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator, such as a digital micromirror device or an LCD panel, and a lighting unit that illuminates the spatial light modulator. The lighting unit may include red, green, and blue lamps which emit light that impinges on a DMD from at least two different directions. The lamps may be flash tubes which are fired at different binary levels in accordance with the rank of the bits that are being displayed on the DMD. The lamps may be fluorescent lamps which are driven steadily at predetermined levels while the rows of micromirrors are turned on in sequence and subsequently turned off in sequence. Resetting to dislodge micromirrors that have become stuck can be accomplished by emitting current pulses through the micromirrors while exposing them to a magnetic field. The illumination unit may include a lamp unit and a color wheel. The light from the lamp unit can be integrated, and the data displayed on the spatial light modulator can be changed when the integrated light reaches a predetermined value. The color wheel may be rotated faster than the frame repetition rate of video information that is being displayed. The intensity of the light may be controlled in accordance with the bit rank or significance of the bits that are being displayed by the spatial light modulator. Several techniques for achieving different intensity levels are disclosed. |
| US07782278B2 |
Intra-pixel convolution for AMOLED
A pixel array comprising a plurality of pixel groups, wherein each pixel group comprises: A plurality of light emitting elements, a plurality of driving units, and a plurality of switching units. A plurality of driving units, each of which outputs drives currents for the light emitting elements in a convolution sequence. Each of switching units couples the output of one of the driving units to the light emitting elements in the convolution sequence. |
| US07782273B2 |
Antenna connecting structure and antenna connecting method
An antenna connecting structure includes a shielded cable including: a core wire; an inner sheath covering the core wire; a shielding member covering the inner sheath; and an outer sheath covering the shielding member, wherein one end of the core wire, the inner sheath and the shielding member are exposed at one end of the shielded cable in the longitudinal direction, an antenna member including: a dielectric body; and an antenna conductor which has an antenna portion molded in the dielectric body, and a terminal portion formed integrally with the antenna portion and press-clamped or press-contacted to the one end portion of the core wire, and a conductive ground terminal including: a receiving portion for holding the dielectric body so that the ground terminal does not contact the antenna conductor and the core wire; a shielding member grasping portion for grasping one end of the shielding member. |
| US07782272B2 |
Antenna apparatus
An antenna apparatus includes: an antenna element; and a substrate on which a low noise amplifier is mounted and on which the antenna element is disposed, wherein the substrate comprises: an input unit for inputting an electric signal into the low noise amplifier from an output terminal formed at a lower part of the antenna element; an output unit for outputting the electric signal to a transmission unit connected to a signal processing unit for processing the electric signal from the antenna element; and a signal blocking unit provided between the input unit and the output unit. |
| US07782260B2 |
Planar antenna
An antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a grounding plane, first and second grounding elements, and first and second radiating elements. The grounding plane is formed on the dielectric substrate. The first and second grounding elements are formed on the dielectric substrate, have a curved shape and a size that are identical, and are connected to the grounding plane. The first and second radiating elements are formed on the dielectric substrate, have a curved shape and a size that are identical, are operable in the same frequency range, and are connected to the first and second grounding elements, respectively. |
| US07782256B2 |
Enhanced passive coherent location techniques to track and identify UAVs, UCAVs, MAVs, and other objects
A system and technique is described which has the capability to track and identify, in real time, various aircraft and objects including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs), and Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs). The system uses a combination of techniques including conventional automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B), transponder multilateration, broadband emitter multilateration, primary and secondary radar, and passive coherent location. A series of enhancement to conventional passive coherent location are described. |
| US07782255B2 |
System and methods for radar and communications applications
A system and methods for radar and communications applications. In one embodiment the present system comprises a wireless, space-fed, phased array of antennas including a plurality of unit cells. A first one of the unit cells includes a first one of the antennas and a unit cell command interpreter configured to receive a command, determine whether the command is intended for the first unit cell, and relay the command to logic for enabling a phase shift controller of the first antenna. In one embodiment the present methods comprise the step of wirelessly beaming microwave power from a power and control beam transmit unit to illuminate a wireless, space-fed, phased array of antennas including a plurality of unit cells. The method further comprises the steps of beaming a command to the array and converting the microwave power into direct current within a first one of the unit cells. The first unit cell includes a first one of the antennas. The method further comprises the steps of supplying the direct current to components of the first unit cell to power the first unit cell, receiving the command within the first unit cell, determining whether the command is intended for the first unit cell, and relaying the command to logic for enabling a phase shift controller of the first antenna. |
| US07782253B1 |
Navigation system and method for a snorkeler
A navigation system and method is provided for use by a snorkeler. A navigational antenna (31) is fixedly coupled to the snorkeler in a manner that positions the antenna above the waterline when his head is face down at the waterline. The antenna communicates with a display (41) to provide the snorkeler with navigational information. A GPS signal receiving antenna is employed in the illustrative embodiment and is attached to the breathing tube (23) of the diver's snorkel (20). The navigational signals received by the antenna are conveyed to a handheld GPS receiver (40) via a GPS re-transmitting antenna. An externally operable pushbutton (56) allows the snorkeler to switch between multiple screens to guide him through the snorkeling site and provide him with information relative to his immediate location. |
| US07782246B2 |
Methods and apparatus for selecting a target from radar tracking data
Methods and apparatus for selecting a target from radar data according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with a real-time data source and a countermeasure system. The real-time data source provides tracking information for at least one potential target from which a lead track associated with one target meeting a predetermined threshold requirement may be selected for engagement by the countermeasure system. |
| US07782234B2 |
Successive approximation analog-to-digital converter with inbuilt redundancy
The method and system for converting an analog value into a digital equivalent using a plurality of conversion engines are disclosed. In one embodiment the plurality of conversion engines comprise N DACs associated with M comparators, wherein M is substantially greater than N, wherein M and N are integers, wherein each of the N CAP DACs has an associated P CAP DAC and an N CAP DAC, a method includes generating voltage differences between P CAP DACs and N CAP DACs such that they produce M threshold voltages. The plurality of conversion engines operate in a first phase of the conversion by inputting the produced M threshold voltages to associated inputs of M comparators so that more than one bit can be determined from a sampled signal during each successive approximation trial. The plurality of conversion engines operate in a second phase of the conversion by inputting the produced M threshold voltages into the associated inputs of the M comparators such that the plurality of conversion engines operate independently so that fewer bits are determined from the sampled signal during each successive approximation trial then were determined during the first phase. A result obtained from at least one of the plurality of conversion engines is then outputted. |
| US07782229B1 |
Required navigation performance (RNP) scales for indicating permissible flight technical error (FTE)
The present invention is a flight deck system for promoting accurate navigation of an aircraft. The system includes a memory configured for storing position information for the aircraft. The system further includes a processor which is configured for being communicatively coupled with the memory, the processor also being configured for receiving the aircraft position information stored in the memory. The system also includes a display which is configured for being communicatively coupled with the processor. The display is further configured for displaying a scaled indicator, the scaled indicator having been output to the display by the processor, the scaled indicator being based upon the received aircraft position information. The scaled indicator includes: a current position indicator for indicating an estimated current position of the aircraft, a desired position indicator for indicating a desired navigational position for the aircraft, and an allowable Flight Technical Error (FTE) indicator for indicating allowable Flight Technical Error (FTE) for the aircraft. Further, the current position indicator, the desired position indicator, and the FTE indicator are suitable for use by a pilot of the aircraft in maintaining the aircraft within established navigational boundaries. |
| US07782224B2 |
Customizable indicator light
A customizable indicator light system for a printing device includes at least one printing device configured to detect at least one machine state corresponding to the operation of the at least one printing device. An indicator light is operably coupled to the at least one printing device. The indicator light is adapted to operate in at least one of an off state, a blink state, and a steady state to indicate the detected machine state. A computing device is in operative communication with the at least one printing device and is adapted to provide at least one user setting to the at least one printing device. The at least one user setting includes at least one behavior setting configured to selectively set the indicator light to one of the off state, the blink state, and the steady state based on the detected machine state. The at least one user setting further includes a skip setting configured to cause the indicator light to remain set in at least one of the off state, the blink state, and the steady state based on the detected machine state. |
| US07782222B2 |
Voltage regulating power supply for noise sensitive circuits
A voltage regulating power supply includes: a switching regulator powered by a supply voltage level, the switching regulator for generating a first output voltage in accordance to a first reference voltage; and a linear regulator coupled to the first output voltage, the linear regulator for generating a second output voltage in accordance to a second reference voltage; wherein a noise sensitive circuit draws power from the second output voltage. |
| US07782216B2 |
Fan detecting apparatus
A fan detecting apparatus for detecting operation of at least two fans includes at least two airflow detecting units with two signal transmitting terminals, a judging unit with at least one judging terminal, and at least two identity indicating units electrically coupled to the corresponding at least two airflow detecting units respectively. The airflow detecting units detect airflow of the fans, and output control signals to corresponding identity indicating units when airflow from corresponding fans is no longer detected. Each of the identity indicating units has an identity code corresponding to a fan which is electrically coupled to the airflow detecting unit, and transmits the identity code to the judging terminal of the judging unit when it receives the control signal. The judging unit indicates which of the fans is no longer producing detectable airflow according to the identity codes received at its judging terminal. |
| US07782193B2 |
System for measuring and tracking at least one physiological parameter and a measuring device for doing the same
A measurement device (26, 28, 800, 900) for measuring at least one physiological parameter comprising an integrated switching device being operable by a non-radio frequency switching activation signal generated by an external switching activation device (1000, 1100), a measurement unit for measuring at least one physiological parameter and a radio frequency signal transmitting device for transmitting a measured value of the at least one physiological parameter wherein the measurement unit and/or radio frequency signal transmitting device are/is activated if the integrated switching device is in a first switching status and deactivated if the integrated switching device is in a second switching status. |
| US07782191B2 |
Portable alarm apparatus for warning persons
Portable alarm apparatus for warning a person is provided which includes a manually portable housing or base unit; a constant power supply supported by the base unit, the constant power supply including an external power supply having an interface connectible to a power source external of the base unit, the constant power supply including an onboard power supply independent of the external power supply whose makeup includes at least one of: photovoltaic, piezoelectric and thermoelectric; a detection circuit supported by the base unit, the detection circuit being connected to the constant power supply, the detection circuit being operable to detect a monitored condition, the detection circuit including at least one of: a smoke detector, a carbon monoxide detector and a fire detector; and an alarm circuit supported by the base unit, the alarm circuit being connected to the constant power supply, the alarm circuit being operable in response to detection of the monitored condition by the detection circuit to produce an alarm signal for warning a person. |
| US07782186B2 |
Abstract state monitoring system and method for the same
To realize state estimation that corresponds with an actual situation by dynamically changing an abstract state calculation method. Upon receiving an abstract state monitoring request, an abstract state generation section 10 extracts a constituent element of an abstract state from the request, selects a rule for calculating an abstract state from the presence of the element, and generates a presence servicing client 20 that has a watcher for observing the element via a presence servicing section 40 and a presentity for issuing the presence of the abstract state to the presence service. Further, the rule for calculating an abstract state is changed in accordance with presence. |
| US07782185B1 |
Progressive brake light apparatus
The progressive brake light apparatus sequentially lights three separate brake lights via hydraulic pressure sensing of the brake system between the master cylinder and the rear brakes. The apparatus provides a brake light assembly with the three distinctly different light sources disposed within, each of different size and different color, the brightest and largest being disposed at the top of the brake light assembly and the smallest and dimmest at the bottom of the brake light assembly. The apparatus thereby provides signal to trailing vehicles of the intensity of braking force applied, and therefore with a distinct signal of only initial brake pressure, versus average stopping, versus intense braking. |
| US07782182B2 |
Method and system for demonstrating discrepancies in speedometers in vehicles
The invention relates to a method and a system to demonstrate discrepancies in the speedometer of a vehicle. In a preferred embodiment, the method and the system further comprise the possibility of adjusting or calibrating the speedometer with the use of demonstrated discrepancies automatically or after approval by the user. The speed of the vehicle is measured with an external measuring device and the information about the speed is sent to a receiver in the vehicle. By comparing received information about speed with information of speed according to the speedometer of the vehicle information about possible discrepancies is made available to a user. |
| US07782181B2 |
Telematic parametric speed metering system
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, articles of manufacture and methods for a telematic parametric speed metering system. In one embodiment, a system may determine a vehicle's location and speed. Once the location has been determined, corresponding geographical zone based speed limits and/or other information may be acquired via internal memory or data transmission. The speed of the vehicle may then be compared against the speed limits for the zone. If the vehicle's speed exceeds those speed limits, one or more of a plurality of actions may be performed including (but not limited to) warning the driver via a visual or audio signal, informing an authority agency via data transmission, logging the excessive speeding condition (e.g., time, date, speed, location, driver name, etc). |
| US07782167B2 |
Method to produce a curved coil, in particular a sub-coil of a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus
In a method to produce a curved coil, in particular a sub-coil of a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus, at least one conductor is wound corresponding to a predetermined pattern on a winding plate, and a winding plate composed of multiple plate elements that are moveable relative to one another is used that is formed into a curved shape after the winding of the conductor, in which curved shape the conductor is fixed while maintaining the curved shape. |
| US07782162B2 |
Switching device
A plurality of pairs of a movable contact point and a fixed contact point, which are opposite so that they can be contacted with and separated from each other, are provided in parallel and connected in series so that an electrical current flows in the same direction between the movable contact point and the fixed contact point, which are simultaneously closed. Permanent magnets are disposed on lateral sides of the movable contact point and the fixed contact point a so that a magnetic field, which extends an arc generated between the contact points in either an upward or downward direction, is formed. |
| US07782161B2 |
Magnetically actuated microelectromechanical systems actuator
A microelectrical mechanical system (MEMS) actuator having electrically conductive coils that create first magnetic fields that are opposed by a second magnetic field is disclosed. The actuator includes two coils having dual, interspersed Archimedean spirals. Within an actuator, one coil is arranged with spirals that proceed clockwise, while the other coil is provided with spirals that proceed counterclockwise. An electrically conductive bridge mechanically couples the two coils of each actuator to a mirror. Opposing magnetic fields are created to provide a force that urges the coils to expand so that the outermost portions of the coil extend upward, away from the substrate, and lift the bridge and mirror. Control current may then be modulated to increase and decrease the coil's magnetic field strength thereby increasing and decreasing the coil's extension to raise and lower relative to the substrate. |
| US07782159B2 |
Large diameter RF rotary coupler used with a passive RF sensor
A rotary coupler comprises a stator 1 having a first face 3a and a rotor 2 having a second face 4a, the first and second faces 3a, 4a being spaced apart from and facing each other. A first electrically conducting track 5 is provided on the first face 3a of the stator 1 which forms a transmission line and has spaced apart ends A, B and a second electrically conducting track 6 is provided on the second surface 4a of the rotor 2 also forming a transmission line and having spaced apart ends C, D. One end A of the first track 5, in use, is connected to signal generating means and the other end B of the first track is connected to earth through a resistor substantially equal to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line. The first track 5 extends along a generally circular arc substantially around the first face 3a of the stator 1, the first track 5 having a length substantially equal to an integer number of wavelengths of the signal produced, in use, by the signal generating means. The second track (6) extends along a generally circular arc partially around the second face 4a of the rotor 2, the second track 6 having a length substantially equal to one quarter of the wavelength of the signal produced, in use, by the signal generating means. |
| US07782158B2 |
Passband resonator filter with predistorted quality factor Q
A filter for processing an RF signal includes an input port and an output port and a plurality of resonators. The resonators are arranged in a sequentially-coupled arrangement between the input and output ports to affect an RF signal therebetween. Each resonator includes a cavity and resonant element. The resonant elements of at least two resonators are made of two different types of materials to effect higher and lower Q factors for the resonators. The resonators are arranged to provide at least one resonator having a lower Q factor proximate one of the input and output ports while the higher Q factor resonator is provided proximate the inside of the sequentially-coupled arrangement. |
| US07782155B2 |
Circulator type monolithic device
A monolithic circulator, intended to be connected to an antenna for transmitting and receiving high-frequency signals includes a differential amplifier adapted to provide a signal on an output of the circulator. The amplifier has a first and a second input and an output. First and second 3dB couplers each have first, second, and third access terminals respectively. The second terminals of the first and second couplers are connected to an input E of the circulator. Each third terminal is connected to the first and second inputs of the amplifier respectively. The first terminals are respectively intended to be connected to the antenna and to a charge element having an impedance close to that of the antenna. |
| US07782153B2 |
Timing adjusting method and timing adjusting apparatus
A timing adjusting method detects a phase error between a main signal path from which a transmitting signal is obtained and a control signal path from which a voltage control signal is obtained, based on a to-be-amplified signal that is to be amplified and represents an amplitude or a power of the transmitting signal prior to amplification and a feedback signal that represents an amplitude or a power of the transmitting signal after the amplification, adjusts an amount of delay of at least one of the main signal path and the control signal path so as to mutually cancel the phase error, and amplifies the transmitting signal from the main signal path depending on the voltage control signal from the control signal path. The detecting the phase error may include detecting polarity transition points of a slope of a waveform of the to-be-amplified signal or the feedback signal, and measuring the phase error using the detected polarity transition points. |
| US07782146B2 |
Interleaved voltage controlled oscillator
An interleaved voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is disclosed. The VCO includes a ring circuit comprising a series connection of main logic inverter gates, a plurality of delay elements connected in parallel with a selected sequence of the main logic inverter gates, at least one temperature compensation circuit comprising a logic inverter gate in series connection with one or more field effect transistors, the field effect transistor responsive to a compensating voltage input that is proportional to temperature, and an electronic circuit in signal communication with the at least one temperature compensation circuit and configured to provide a voltage signal responsive to temperature. Each delay element includes a feedforward section, comprising controls for regulating signal transmission through feedforward elements responsive to one or more control voltages, and a proportional section, comprising controls for regulating signal transmission through at least one logic inverter gate. |
| US07782145B2 |
Method and system for frequency tuning based on characterization of an oscillator
Aspects of a method and system for frequency tuning based on characterization of an oscillator are provided. In this regard, a frequency of an oscillator in an integrated circuit may be controlled based on a first digital control word, a frequency of a tuned circuit may be controlled based on a second digital control word, and the second control word may be determined utilizing a mapping between the first control word and the second control word. The frequency of the oscillator and the tuned circuit may be controlled by adjusting a capacitance of the oscillator and tuned circuit, respectively. The mapping may be based on a relationship between the oscillator and the tuned circuit, such as logical and/or mathematical relationship between the capacitance of the oscillator and the capacitance of the tuned circuit and/or the relationship between the frequency of the oscillator and the frequency of the tuned circuit. |
| US07782131B2 |
Balanced amplifier and electronic circuit
A balanced amplifier (1) is provided with: a first operational amplifier (11) whose reverse-phase input terminal is connected to an input voltage source (30) and whose reverse-phase input terminal is connected to an output terminal of the first operational amplifier; a second operational amplifier (12) whose positive-phase input terminal is connected to the input voltage source and whose reverse-phase input terminal is connected to an output terminal of the second operational amplifier; and a voltage division circuit (20i, 20j, 20k, 20l) for dividing a reference voltage supplied from a reference voltage source (40), the reference voltage source being connected to a positive-phase input terminal of each of the first operational amplifier and the operational amplifier through the voltage division circuit. |
| US07782130B2 |
Bowtie deflector cavity for a linear beam device
A resonant cavity with a bowtie shape supports an electromagnetic field used to deflect the trajectory of an electron beam passing through the cavity. The short transit time of the beam across the gap maintains the cavity fields at near-optimal phase, improving interaction efficiency even for relatively low-energy beams. High interaction impedance ensures good drive-power-to-deflection conversion efficiency. The uniform field achieved across the gap enforces uniform deflection across the beam profile to maintain beam quality. Multiple bowtie cavities can be arranged to allow arbitrary two-dimensional deflections. |
| US07782112B2 |
Device and method for generating clock signal
In a device for generating a clock signal having a desired phase from input multi-phase clock signals, an intermediate clock generator generates, by using one of the input multi-phase clock signals as a reference clock signal, multi-phase intermediate clock signals in which one cycle is equal to a plurality of cycles of the reference clock signal. A first phase selector selects one of the multi-phase intermediate clock signals. A second phase selector selects one of the multi-phase clock signals. A latch circuit latches the intermediate clock signal selected by the first phase selector with the clock signal selected by the second phase selector. |
| US07782107B2 |
Method and apparatus for an event tolerant storage circuit
An apparatus for an event tolerant circuit including a latch. The event tolerant circuit may maintain correct data values even after the occurrence of an event such as a soft error. The event tolerant circuit may introduce a delay in a feedback loop, thereby passing the glitch value to an element in the feedback loop at different times, thus preventing the propagation of the glitch through the event tolerant circuit. |
| US07782101B2 |
Injection-locked frequency divider
An injection-locked frequency divider for dividing a frequency of an injection signal and obtaining a frequency divided signal is provided. The injection-locked frequency divider includes a signal injection unit and an oscillator. The signal injection unit includes a first input terminal and a second input terminal for receiving the injection signal. The received injection signal exhibits a phase difference of 180° between the first input terminal and the second input terminal. The oscillator includes an inductor unit and a variable capacitance unit. The injection-locked frequency divider is featured with a wide injection locking range, and can be realized with a low operation voltage, and therefore can be conveniently used in different kinds of hybrid ICs. |
| US07782090B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a first semiconductor integrated circuit 11 having a predetermined function, the first semiconductor integrated circuit outputting a required output signal, a second semiconductor integrated circuit 12 in which a plurality of MOS elements (PMOS transistor or NMOS transistor) for independently switching to and from a conducted state and a non-conducted state in accordance with a plurality of gate signals each having a different timing is provided and the plurality of MOS elements is connected in parallel to an output or an input of the first semiconductor integrated circuit, and a pulse generating circuit 13 for generating and outputting the plurality of gate signals φi (i=1, 2, 3) each having a different timing with respect to the plurality of MOS elements in the second semiconductor integrated circuit. |
| US07782083B2 |
Trimming circuits and methods
Techniques for programming trimming circuitry of a power integrated circuit without the need for separate programming pins are disclosed. According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a power supply controller IC with internal circuitry, a plurality of external connections, the IC further comprising trimming circuitry with no external connections to the IC other than via shared ones of the external connections. The shared external connections can comprise a first connection comprising a data input for receiving data for programming the trimming circuitry, and a second, different connection comprising a select input to select between a data receiving mode for receiving data from the data input and a programming mode for programming the trimming circuitry using the received data. |
| US07782078B2 |
On die termination circuit and method for calibrating the same
On die termination circuit and method for calibrating the same includes a external resistor connected to a first node, a plurality of calibration resistors connected to a second node, the plurality of calibration resistors being turned on/off in response to a calibration code set, a current mirror configured to mirror currents of the first node and the second node and a code generator configured to generate a calibration code set according to the mirrored currents. In accordance with a method for calibrating an on die termination circuit of the present invention, the method includes a step of mirroring a current of a first node connected to an external resistor and a current of a second node connected to a plurality of calibration resistors and a step of generating a calibration code set according to the mirrored currents. |
| US07782077B2 |
Method and apparatus for ballistic single flux quantum logic
In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a single flux quantum (SFQ) signal transmission line powered by an AC power source. The AC power source supplies power to a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding receives the AC signal and the secondary winding communicates the signal to the SFQ transmission line. The transmission line can optionally include an input filter circuit for receiving the incoming SFQ pulse. The filter circuit can have a resistor and an inductor connected in parallel. In an alternative arrangement, the filter circuit can comprise of an inductor. A first Josephson junction can be connected to the filter circuit and to the secondary winding. The Josephson junction triggers in response to the incoming SFQ pulse and regenerates a pulse signal in response to a power discharge from the secondary winding. |
| US07782066B2 |
Sensor, method for sensing, measuring device, method for measuring, filter component, method for adapting a transfer behavior of a filter component, actuator system and method for controlling an actuator using a sensor
A sensor for sensing a measurand is described, the sensor comprising a coplanar waveguide with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first structure with a first periodically varying dielectric characteristic, the first structure being arranged on the first surface of the coplanar waveguide; and a second structure with a second periodically varying dielectric characteristic, the second structure being arranged on the second surface of the coplanar waveguide, wherein a unit-cell of the structures with periodically varying dielectric characteristics is dimensioned such that the sensor has a frequency dependent transfer behavior with at least one transfer minimum, and wherein the sensor is implemented such that the measurand influences the first periodically varying dielectric characteristic of the first structure or the second periodically varying dielectric characteristic of the second structure or a relation between such first structure and second structure. |
| US07782050B2 |
Hall effect device and method
A semiconductor device including a Hall effect sensor and related method. The Hall effect device includes a substrate having a first conductivity type and an epitaxial layer having a second conductivity type defining a Hall effect portion. A conductive buried layer having the second conductivity type is situated between the epitaxial layer and the substrate. First and second output terminals and first and second voltage terminals are provided, with the second voltage terminal being coupled to the conductive buried layer. |
| US07782048B2 |
Eddy current testing method, eddy current testing differential coil and eddy current testing probe for internal finned pipe or tube
The invention provides an eddy current testing method for an internal finned pipe or tube which can securely detect a micro defect generated in a trough portion in an inner surface of the pipe or tube, even in the case that an inner surface shape of the internal finned pipe or tube is ununiform in a circumferential direction of the pipe or tube. The eddy current testing method in accordance with the invention detects a defect existing in a trough portion of the pipe or tube (P) by arranging a differential coil (2) constructed by a pair of coils (21, 22) having such a dimension as to be arranged within the trough portion of the pipe or tube (P) and coming away from each other in an axial direction (X) of the coil, within the trough portion of the pipe or tube (P) along a direction in which the trough portion of the pipe or tube (P) extends, and relatively moving the differential coil (2) in the direction in which the trough portion of the pipe or tube (P) extends. |
| US07782038B2 |
Soft start circuit with slew rate controller for voltage regulators
In one embodiment, a soft start circuit includes a slew rate controller to limit inrush current to a voltage regulator during start up. The output voltage of the regulator may be compared to a previous sampled value to determine the slew rate of the output voltage. The slew rate of the output voltage may be controlled by adjusting the current limit of the regulator. The current limit of the regulator may be adjusted using digital circuits, such as a counter and a digital to analog converter, or analog circuits using a pulsed current source, for example. The slew rate may be controlled to exceed a target slew rate or to stay within a range of slew rate limits. |
| US07782027B2 |
High-efficiency DC/DC voltage converter including down inductive switching pre-regulator and capacitive switching post-converter
A DC/DC converter includes a pre-regulator stage, which may include a Buck converter, and a post-converter stage, which may include a charge pump. The duty factor of the pre-regulator stage is controlled by a feedback path that extends from the output terminal of the pre-regulator stage or the post-converter stage. The pre-regulator steps the input DC voltage down by a variable amount depending on the duty factor, and the post-converter steps the voltage at the output of the pre-regulator up or down by an positive or negative integral or fractional value. The converter overcomes the problems of noise glitches, poor regulation, and instability, even near unity input-to-output voltage conversion ratios. |
| US07782023B2 |
Multipower voltage regulator
Certain embodiments of the present technology provide voltage regulator-alternator configurations that can distribute loads among a plurality of alternators, and fail-safe mechanisms used in connection with such voltage regulator-alternator configurations. For example, certain embodiments of the present technology provide electrical systems that include voltage regulators with connections over which control signals, which indicate whether a detected voltage is higher or lower than a target voltage, can be transmitted to other voltage regulators and received from other voltage regulators. For example, certain embodiments of the present technology provide voltage regulators that include connections over which control signals can be transmitted to other voltage regulators and received from other voltage regulators. For example, certain embodiments of the present technology provide methods of modifying a basic voltage regulator such that the modified voltage regulator can transmit a control signal to another voltage regulator and receive a control signal from another voltage regulator. |
| US07782021B2 |
Battery charging based on cost and life
One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a system that includes a battery, an electric vehicle, the battery coupled to the electric vehicle to propel the electric vehicle, and a charging circuit to charge the battery. The embodiment includes a charging cost circuit to estimate a charging cost rate and to turn on the charging circuit. The embodiment also includes a timer circuit to provide a time signal to the charging cost circuit. The embodiment is configured such that the charging cost circuit is to turn on the charging circuit during a first time period in which the charging cost rate is below a first threshold until the battery reaches a first energy stored level, and to turn on the charging circuit during a second time period in which the charging cost rate is above the first threshold. |
| US07782020B1 |
Operating a non-volatile memory charger
Provided is a method and system for operating a non-volatile memory charger. Specifically, during the operation of a storage system, the non-volatile memory of the storage system can temporarily store data. The temporarily stored data is flushed to disks of the storage system during the normal operation of the storage system. However, if the storage system is inoperable, then the temporarily stored data is maintained for a time period by a rechargeable battery of the non-volatile memory. The rechargeable battery prevents data loss when the temporarily stored data cannot be flushed to the disks of the storage system. The rechargeable battery maintains sufficient voltage levels to continue to temporarily store data by the operation of a charger connected to the rechargeable battery. A charger policy operated by an operating system of the storage system enables and disables the charging of the rechargeable battery. |
| US07782018B2 |
Adaptive current limiting for any power source with output equivalent series resistance
Adaptive current limiting for any power source to limit power drain of one load on the power source to maintain a minimum power source voltage for proper operation of other loads on the power source. For battery applications, such as for flash systems, the invention allows the maximum output current of a boost converter to be utilized without having to calculate the system equivalent series resistance first. The invention also adjusts the current load up or down during a high load event to compensate for changes in other loads. The changes in current load are made in increments, with a hysteresis region avoiding constant up and down incrementing. Various embodiments are disclosed. |
| US07782010B2 |
SMD battery contact module
The production of hearing apparatuses and in particular of hearing devices is to be simplified. To this end, a battery contact module with an electrical contact facility and a plastic frame is proposed, to/in which the contact facility is fastened. In this way, the battery contact module is designed as a SMD component and the contact facility has corresponding connections for a surface mounting on a printed circuit board. An amplifier printed circuit board can herewith be advantageously automatically equipped with the battery contact module and soldered. |
| US07782007B2 |
Electrodynamic machine control
An electrodynamic machine has a winding and a switching arrangement effectively dividing the winding into individually controllable portions. During a first operating condition, current flows through the entire winding in a manner controlled by the switching arrangement. In a second condition, the switching arrangement restricts current flow to only a portion of the winding. The second condition effectively reduces the inductive capacity of the winding. |
| US07782002B2 |
Power converter
A switch-type power converter comprising an PET switch operating in a variable duty cycle mode under the control of a Unitrode 3846 integrated circuit controller. Indications of excess input voltage and reverse battery connections are provided by circuits including an element which permanently changes state. A cooling fan mounted on a finned heat sink is operated in a variable speed mode. A single thermistor sensor provides inputs to both the fan speed control and a thermal shutdown circuit connected to shut down the gate drives to the FET switch in the event of a high temperature condition. Another shutdown function is provided in response to an input overvoltage condition by way of an operational amplifier. The converter uses foldback for short circuit protection and is compatible with microprocessor units to selectively provide multiple output voltage levels. |
| US07781998B2 |
Fan systems
A fan system comprising a first switch, a second switch, a coil, and a drive device. The drive device comprises a third switch and a fourth switch. The third switch, the fourth switch, the first switch, the second switch and the coil form a bridge connection. |
| US07781988B2 |
DC/DC converter
A control circuit of a DC/DC converter is provided for supplying a driving voltage to a light emitting element. A hysteresis comparator compares a detection voltage that corresponds to the output voltage of the DC/DC converter with two threshold voltages. If the detection voltage is smaller than the lower threshold voltage, the hysteresis comparator outputs a comparison signal at the low level. Otherwise, the comparison signal is set to the high level. The switching control unit uses the comparison signal as a reference. The switching control unit instructs the switching transistor of the DC/DC converter to perform the switching operation during a period when the comparison signal is at the low level. Otherwise, the switching operation is suspended. The control circuit inhibits light emission of the light emitting element during a period when the comparison signal is at the low level. Otherwise, the control circuit permits the light emission. |
| US07781987B2 |
Method and system for automatically controlling power supply to a lamp of a vehicle
A system for automatically controlling power supply to a lamp (101) of a vehicle, the system comprising: a detection module (20) to detect whether the vehicle is stationary or non-stationary; a controller (102) to receive a signal (25) having a first value transmitted by the detection module (20) when the vehicle is detected as stationary, and the controller (102) to receive a signal (25) having a second value transmitted by the detection module (20) when the vehicle is detected as non-stationary, wherein if the signal (20) having the first value is received by the controller (102), the controller (102) reduces the power supply to the lamp (101) from a first power level to a lower second power level in order to reduce energy consumption of the lamp (101), and if the signal (25) having the second value is received by the controller (102), the controller (102) restores the power supply to the lamp (101) from the lower second power level to the first power level. |
| US07781984B2 |
System and method for analog voltage processing in wide range for cold-cathode fluorescent lamp
System and method for processing analog voltage for cold-cathode fluorescent lamp. The system includes a voltage-to-current converter configured to receive an input analog voltage signal and generate a first current signal, and a current processing component configured to receive the first current signal and a predetermined current and generate a second current signal. Additionally, the system includes a current-to-voltage converter configured to receive the second current signal and generate an output analog voltage signal, and a dimming controller configured to receive the output analog voltage signal and generate a control signal for driving at least a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp. The voltage-to-current converter, the current processing component, and the current-to-voltage converter are configured to be biased between a first power supply voltage level and a second power supply voltage level. |
| US07781981B2 |
Circuit arrangement for a starting unit of a discharge lamp
The invention relates to a switching arrangement for an ignition device of a discharge lamp (1), comprised of a spark gap formed by three or more electrodes (11) and connected in series with the primary winding (8) of a superimposed transformer (3) and a surge capacitor (9). The invention proposes a cylindrically shaped configuration for the electrodes (11), with the cylinder axes (12) being arranged side by side and in parallel to each other, i.e. in such a manner that a multiple-stage spark gap in air is formed vertically to the cylinder axes (12). Furthermore, the invention relates to an ignition device for a high-pressure discharge lamp. |
| US07781978B2 |
Vehicular lamp
A vehicular lamp includes a semiconductor light source and a switching means arranged to switch between a first lighting mode, in which the semiconductor light source stays on, and a second lighting mode, in which the semiconductor light source repeatedly turns on and off. The lamp is arranged so that a peak current flowing through the semiconductor light source in the second lighting mode is smaller than that in the first lighting mode. The arrangement can help suppress overshooting and undershooting in the light source current. |
| US07781971B2 |
Conductive composition for black bus electrode, and front panel of plasma display panel
The black bus electrode of plasma display panel is formed from a conductive composition comprising a conductive powder, glass powder, organic binder, organic solvent, and black pigment, wherein the conductive powder comprises an alloy of at least two metals selected from the group of Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Os, Ir, Pt and Au. |
| US07781968B2 |
Plasma display panel
A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) with improved luminous efficiency includes: a rear substrate; a front substrate facing the rear substrate; a plurality of barrier ribs interposed between the front and rear substrates and partitioning a plurality of discharge cells; a plurality of sustain electrode pairs arranged separate from each other on the front substrate facing the rear substrate, each pair of sustain electrodes including an X electrode and an Y electrode; and a front dielectric layer covering the sustain electrode pairs and having at least two grooves in each of the discharge cells; a distance between the X and Y electrodes of each sustain electrode pair is greater than a height of the barrier ribs. |
| US07781960B2 |
Metal complex compound and organic electroluminescent element using the same
The present invention provides a novel metal complex compound represented by the following general formula (1), and an organic electroluminescence element which has a high efficiency of light emission and a long lifetime, wherein one of organic thin film layers including at least a light emitting layer between an anode and a cathode, at least one of the organic thin film layers contains the metal complex compounds. (L1)mM(L2)n (1) wherein M represents Ir, Pt and Rh; L1 and L2 represents mutually different bidentate ligands; (L1)mM as a partial structure is represented by general formula (2) and M(L2)n as a partial structure is represented by general formula (3): and m and n are each an integer of 1 or 2, provided that m+n is a integer of 2 or 3. wherein ring A1 represents an aromatic hetrocyclic ring group; and ring B1 represents an aryl group, provided that the ring A1 and the ring B1 are covalently linked to each other via Z which represents a single bond or the like. wherein R1, R2, R2′ and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group or the like; R1 and R2, R1 and R2′, R2 and R2′, R2 and R3, and R2′ and R3 may combine with each other to form a cyclic structure; and Y represents a group represented by O or S. |
| US07781950B2 |
Field emission element having carbon nanotube and manufacturing method thereof
A field emission element includes one supporting wire and at least one field emission layer coated or otherwise formed on an outer surface of the supporting wire. Each field emission layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and is selected from a group consisting of CNT-polymer composites, CNT-glass composites and single-layer/multi-layer CNT films. A method for manufacturing the described field emission element is also provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing one supporting wire; (b) forming at least one field emission layer on an outer surface of the supporting wire; and (c) cutting the supporting wire, after forming the at least one field emission layer thereon, according to a predetermined length and then treating the at least one field emission layer on the supporting wire to form the field emission element. |
| US07781947B2 |
Apparatus and methods for producing electromagnetic radiation
An apparatus for producing electromagnetic radiation includes a flow generator configured to generate a flow of liquid along an inside surface of an envelope, first and second electrodes configured to generate an electrical arc within the envelope to produce the electromagnetic radiation, and an exhaust chamber extending outwardly beyond one of the electrodes, configured to accommodate a portion of the flow of liquid. In another aspect, the flow generator is electrically insulated. In another aspect, the electrodes are configured to generate an electrical discharge pulse to produce an irradiance flash, and the apparatus includes a removal device configured to remove particulate contamination from the liquid, the particulate contamination being released during the flash and being different than that released by the electrodes during continuous operation. |
| US07781946B2 |
Piezoelectric element, ink jet recording head and ink jet printer
A piezoelectric element includes: a base substrate; a lower electrode formed above the base substrate; a ferroelectric layer formed above the lower electrode; and an upper electrode formed above the ferroelectric layer, wherein an angle of a corner defined by a side surface of the ferroelectric layer and a top surface of the base substrate is between 45° and 75°. |
| US07781943B1 |
Capacitive discharge energy harvesting converter
An energy harvesting circuit includes a device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, a solid state voltage dependent switch, and an inductor. The piezoelectric device, the solid state voltage dependent switch, and the inductor are all connected in series. The solid state voltage dependent switch has a first threshold The solid state voltage dependent switch remains open until voltage applied across the solid state voltage dependent switch by the device reaches the first threshold. When the voltage applied across the solid state voltage dependent switch reaches the first threshold the solid state voltage dependent switch closes so charge from the device flows through the switch and through the inductor. |
| US07781939B2 |
Thermal expansion matching for acoustic telemetry system
Thermal expansion matching for an acoustic telemetry system. An acoustic telemetry system includes at least one electromagnetically active element and a biasing device which reduces a compressive force in the element in response to increased temperature. A method of utilizing an acoustic telemetry system in an elevated temperature environment includes the steps of: applying a compressive force to at least one electromagnetically active element of the telemetry system; and reducing the compressive force as the temperature of the environment increases. |
| US07781936B2 |
Surface acoustic wave device having gap between surface acoustic wave filters covered by sealer
A surface acoustic wave device includes a base substrate, first and second surface acoustic wave filters mounted on a surface of the base substrate, and a sealer provided on the surface of the base substrate and covering the first and second surface acoustic wave filters. The first and second surface acoustic wave filters include first and second piezoelectric substrates. The second piezoelectric substrate is located away from the first piezoelectric substrate via a gap. This surface acoustic wave device reduces inter-modulation. |
| US07781933B2 |
Winding arrangement for rotating electrical machine
The present invention is intended to provide a winding arrangement of single star connection for a rotating electrical machine, capable of enhancing insulation performance in coils of the same phase. In such winding arrangement, a first coil U1 to a sixth coil U6 are formed respectively in coil arranging parts 1U to 6U. Next, a coil arranging part 7U is skipped and the seventh coil U7 is formed in a coil arranging part 8U. Then, a coil formed at the end of winding (eighth coil U8) is formed in the skipped coil arranging part 7U. |
| US07781927B2 |
Vibration motor
A vibration motor is provided, comprising a case having an upper case and a lower case which are coupled to each other; a shaft installed in the case while being supported by the case; a rotor rotatably coupled with the shaft; a stator arranged around the shaft; a first substrate installed on an upper surface of the lower case; and a second substrate coupled to a lower surface of the lower case and electrically connected to the first substrate. The lower case has a first opening and the first substrate is electrically connected to the second substrate through the first opening. |
| US07781925B2 |
Electrical machine with electronic power unit for conversion
A matrix converter for the conversion of a polyphase alternating current into a desired alternating output current in which m phases of the polyphase alternating current are converted into alternating output current with n (n |
| US07781924B2 |
Electromagnetic driving apparatus
A drive apparatus which is small in size, short in axial length, low in cost, and high in output. A stepping motor as the driving apparatus includes a first coil, a second coil, a magnet, and a rotor comprised of a core and a rotary shaft. First through fourth outer magnetic pole portions are opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the magnet with a predetermined gap between them. The first and the second coils are disposed adjacent to the magnet in an axial direction of the rotary shaft and disposed at respective ends of the rotary shaft. The first and second outer magnetic pole portions are inserted inside the first and second coils, respectively. As viewed in the circumferential direction of the magnet, the third and fourth outer magnetic pole portions are disposed close to the first and second outer magnetic pole portions, respectively. |
| US07781919B2 |
Method of controlling a load control module as part of a startup sequence
Power distribution systems that have a limited peak power capability or a high source impedance, such as site supply generators, are often susceptible to abnormal operation in response to the current drawn at power up from the loads connected to the power distribution system. The present invention provides a load control module for a lighting control system operable to start up a plurality of the lighting loads in sequence to reduce stress on the power distribution system. The lighting loads are each turned on as part of a startup sequence at predetermined times after an output voltage of the power distribution system has stabilized. The lighting control module is operable to wait for a predetermined amount of time for the startup sequence to begin before turning on the lighting loads. |
| US07781917B2 |
AC voltage conditioner
An AC voltage conditioner to be connected between a source of AC line voltage or non-linear voltage and one or more AC-powered devices (e.g., audio/video, medical and scientific equipment) to improve the performance of the devices by reducing the effects of interference and distortion often caused by an AC electromagnetic field or radio frequency interference in the vicinity of the devices. A pair of AC current conducting plates are respectively electrically connected between positive and negative output terminals of the AC line voltage source and positive and negative input terminals of each AC-powered device. The pair of AC current conducting plates are interposed between and separated from three DC current carrying plates. The DC current carrying plates are connected in electrical parallel with one another between positive and negative output terminals of a DC voltage generator. DC currents flowing through the DC current carrying plates from the DC voltage generator cause respective DC electromagnetic fields to surround the AC current carrying plates. Therefore, the AC currents flowing through the AC current carrying plates of the AC voltage conditioner will pass through the DC electromagnetic fields ahead of each AC-powered device. |
| US07781912B2 |
Uninterruptible power supply with opto-electric couplers for detecting the status of each source
A system, method and device for power switching and power control, particularly for switching the source of power between two or more power sources are provided. Power control elements testing the availability and stability of alternate power sources and switch loads between these power sources in short periods of time and with advantageous switching characteristics. In a fuel-cell system, the embodiments of the invention may be advantageously deployed to power up balance of plant loads using opto-electronic couplers and electronic relays. |
| US07781911B2 |
Power supply circuit having power assigning elements between output branches
An power supply circuit includes at least one voltage converting circuit, a plurality of output branches, and a plurality of power assigning elements. The at least one voltage converting circuit is configured for converting a primary voltage signal to at least one alternating current (AC) voltage signal. Each of the output branches is configured for providing a direct current (DC) power supply to a respective load circuit based on the at least one AC voltage signal. The power assigning elements are configured to reassign the DC power supplies provided by the output branches to the load circuits. |
| US07781910B2 |
Building automation system
A building automation system is provided in which a controller is connected to remote modules through a zone enclosure using RS-485 cables. Branches of modules extending from the zone enclosure are connected together by removable jumpers at the zone enclosure. Sets of branches of modules using different protocols are isolated from each other. Shorts in the RS-485 cables can be determined by disconnecting and reconnecting the branches from the network. The zone enclosure has a patch panel that contains modular RS-485 connectors. An RS-485 cable from the controller and pulled through the building along with other data cables is connected to the RS-485 connectors at the back of the patch panel. The modules are connected to the RS-485 connectors at the front of the patch panel through RS-485 cables. |
| US07781904B2 |
Method and system for managing an electrical output of a turbogenerator
The system and method manages an electrical output of a turbogenerator in accordance with multiple modes. In a first mode, a direct current (DC) bus receives power from a turbogenerator output via a rectifier where turbogenerator revolutions per unit time (e.g., revolutions per minute (RPM)) or an electrical output level of a turbogenerator output meet or exceed a minimum threshold. In a second mode, if the turbogenerator revolutions per unit time or electrical output level of a turbogenerator output are less than the minimum threshold, the electric drive motor or a generator mechanically powered by the engine provides electrical energy to the direct current bus. |
| US07781900B2 |
Semiconductor device comprising a housing and a semiconductor chip partly embedded in a plastic housing composition, and method for producing the same
One aspect of the invention relates to a semiconductor device including a housing and a semiconductor chip partly embedded in a plastic housing composition. Another aspect relates to a method for producing the same. The plastic housing composition has at least one host component having a softening temperature and an incorporated component having a phase change temperature. In this case, the softening temperature of the host component is greater than the phase change temperature of the incorporated component. |
| US07781896B2 |
Semiconductor device and process for fabrication thereof
A semiconductor chip is attached to a lead frame with a filmy organic die-bonding material having a water absorption of 1.5% by volume or less; having a saturation moisture absorption of 1.0% by volume or less, having a residual volatile component in an amount not more than 3.0% by weight, having a modulus of elasticity of 10 MPa or less at a temperature of 250° C. The semiconductor device thus obtained can be free from occurrence of reflow cracks during reflow soldering for the packaging of semiconductor devices. |
| US07781889B2 |
Shielded via
A system may include a first conductive ground pad, a second conductive ground pad, a first conductive via coupling the first ground pad to the second ground pad, a first conductive signal trace, a second conductive signal trace, and a second conductive via disposed within the first conductive via and coupling the first conductive signal trace to the second conductive signal trace. The first conductive ground pad and the second conductive ground pad may be disposed between the first conductive signal trace and the second conductive signal trace. |
| US07781888B2 |
Surface mounting electronic component and manufacturing method thereof
The electric component includes at least a set of electrode terminals 2, 3, a semiconductor element 4 electrically connected with the set of electrode terminals, and a package 6 made of synthetic resin and sealing the electrode terminals and the semiconductor element with part of a lower surface of each of the electrode terminals exposed at a lower surface of the package. A cover layer 11 made of synthetic resin is formed to cover a cut surface of a tip of a connector lead remainder extending integrally outward from the each of the electrode terminals. Thus, disadvantages resulting from exposure of the cut surface of the tip of the connector lead remainder are eliminated. |
| US07781881B2 |
Thermal barrier coating material, thermal barrier member, and member coated with thermal barrier and method for manufacturing the same
Provided are a thermal barrier coating material and a member coated with thermal barrier that can suppress the separation when used at a high temperature, and have a high thermal barrier effect; a method for manufacturing the member coated with thermal barrier; a turbine member coated with the thermal barrier coating material; and a gas turbine. More specifically provided are a shield coating member comprising a heat-resistant substrate, a bond coat layer formed on the heat-resistant substrate, and a ceramic layer formed on the bond coat layer, wherein the ceramic layer comprises a ceramic represented by a general formula A2Zr2O7, wherein A denotes a rare earth element, and the ceramic layer has (a) a porosity of 1 to 30%, (b) cracks in a thickness direction in pitches of 5 to 100% the total thickness of layers other than the bond coat layer on the heat-resistant substrate, or (c) columnar crystals. |
| US07781879B1 |
Apparatus for integrating capacitors in stacked integrated circuits
Apparatus for integrating capacitors in stacked integrated circuits are described. One aspect of the invention relates to a semiconductor assembly having a carrier substrate, a plurality of integrated circuit dice, and at least one metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor. The integrated circuit dice are vertically stacked on the carrier substrate. Each MIM capacitor is disposed between a first integrated circuit die and a second integrated circuit die of the plurality of integrated circuit dice. The at least one MIM capacitor is fabricated on at least one of a face of the first integrated circuit die and a backside of the second integrated circuit die. |
| US07781875B2 |
Techniques for packaging multiple device components
Techniques for fabricating multiple device components. Specifically, techniques for fabricating a stacked package comprising at least one I/C module and a multi-chip package. The multi-chip package includes a plurality of integrated circuit dices coupled to a carrier. The dice are encapsulated such that conductive elements are exposed through the encapsulant. The conductive elements are electrically coupled to the chips. The I/C module comprises an interposer having a plurality of integrated circuit dice disposed thereon. The dice of the I/C module are electrically coupled to the interposer via bondwires. The interposer is configured such that vias are aligned with the conductive elements on the multi-chip package. The multi-chip package and I/C module may be fabricated separately and subsequently coupled together to form a stacked package. |
| US07781869B2 |
Semiconductor device having rectifying action
A semiconductor device including a base layer of a first conductivity type having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface, a first main electrode layer connected to the first main surface, control regions arranged inside grooves penetrating the first main electrode layer and reach inside the base layer, and a second main electrode layer of the first conductivity type and connected to the second main surface. |
| US07781860B2 |
Semiconductor constructions, and electronic systems
The invention includes methods of forming oxide structures under corners of transistor gate stacks and adjacent trenched isolation regions. Such methods can include exposure of a semiconductor material to steam and H2, with the H2 being present to a concentration of from about 2% to about 40%, by volume. An oxide structure formed under the bottom corner of a transistor gate stack can have a bottom surface with a topography that includes a step of at least about 50 Å, and an upper surface directly over the bottom surface and having a topography that is substantially planar. Methodology of the present invention can be utilized to form semiconductor constructions suitable for incorporation into highly integrated circuitry. The highly integrated circuitry can be incorporated into electronic systems, and can, for example, be utilized in processors and/or memory storage devices. |
| US07781844B2 |
Semiconductor device having a stressor film
A first NMIS transistor includes: a first gate dielectric film over the first active region; a first gate electrode on the first gate dielectric film; a first side-wall dielectric film on side surfaces of the first gate dielectric film and the first gate electrode; a first source/drain region in the first active region outside the first side-wall dielectric film; a first silicide layer in a top-layer portion of the first source/drain region; a second side-wall dielectric film on the first silicide layer around a corner at which the side surface of the first side-wall dielectric film meets an upper surface of the first silicide layer; and a first stressor film for exerting a tensile stress on a channel region in a gate length direction, the first stressor film covering the first gate electrode, the first side-wall dielectric film, and the second side-wall dielectric film. |
| US07781838B2 |
Integrated circuit including a body transistor and method
An integrated circuit including a floating body transistor and method. One embodiment provides a transistor including a body region formed in a first portion and a first and a second source/drain region formed in a second and a third portion. The body region is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The integrated circuit further includes a buried structure disposed at least below the body region and a first and a second insulating structure including an insulating material and being disposed at least between the body region and regions of the second and the third portion below the first and the second source drain region, wherein the first and the second insulating structure contact the buried structure. |
| US07781837B2 |
Stacked film including a semiconductor film having a taper angle, and thin film transistor including the stacked film
A method for forming a pattern of a stacked film, includes steps (a) to (e). The step (a) is forming sequentially a first base insulating film and a light shielding material on a transparent substrate. The step (b) is patterning the light shielding material to obtain a light shielding film with a first pattern. The step (c) is forming sequentially a second base insulating film, a semiconductor film and a first oxide film on a substrate. The step (d) is forming a resist pattern with a second pattern on the first oxide film. The step (e) is forming a pattern of a stacked film by dry etching the first oxide film and the semiconductor film, above the light shielding film. The stacked film includes the semiconductor film and the first oxide film. The dry etching includes an etching by using an etching gas and the resist pattern as a mask. The semiconductor film includes a taper angle which is controlled to be within predetermined range. |
| US07781835B2 |
Lateral drain MOSFET with improved clamping voltage control
A lateral MOSFET having a substrate, first and second epitaxial layers grown on the substrate and a gate electrode formed on a gate dielectric which in turn is formed on a top surface of the second epitaxial layer. The second epitaxial layer comprises a drain region which extends to a top surface of the epitaxial layer and is proximate to a first edge of the gate electrode, a source region which extends to a top surface of the second epitaxial layer and is proximate to a second edge of the gate electrode, a heavily doped body under at least a portion of the source region, and a lightly doped well under the gate dielectric located near the transition region of the first and second epitaxial layers. A PN junction between the heavily doped body and the first epitaxial region under the heavily doped body has an avalanche breakdown voltage that is substantially dependent on the doping concentration in the upper portion of the first epitaxial layer that is beneath the heavily doped body. |
| US07781830B2 |
Recessed channel transistor and method for preparing the same
A recessed channel transistor comprises a semiconductor substrate having a trench isolation structure, a gate structure having a lower block in the semiconductor substrate and an upper block on the semiconductor substrate, two doped regions positioned at two sides of the upper block and above the lower block, and an insulation spacer positioned at a sidewall of the upper block and having a bottom end sandwiched between the upper block and the doped regions. In particular, the two doped regions serves as the source and drain regions, respectively, and the lower block of the gate structure serves as the recessed gate of the recessed channel transistor. |
| US07781828B2 |
Integrated semiconductor chip with lateral thermal insulation
An integrated semiconductor with lateral thermal insulation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the chip has, on a common substrate, at least one power semiconductor circuit region and, laterally adjacent to the power semiconductor circuit region, at least one further temperature-sensitive semiconductor circuit region, interspaces being maintained between the circuit regions. At least one thermally insulating trench is provided at least in each interspace in each case between power semiconductor circuit region(s) and temperature-sensitive semiconductor circuit region(s), which at least one thermally insulating trench extends into the depth of the chip right into the substrate and in the longitudinal direction of the chip at least over a lateral side of the at least one power semiconductor circuit region and/or the temperature-sensitive semiconductor circuit region and is either unfilled or filled with a thermally insulating filling material. |
| US07781824B2 |
Memory cell of nonvolatile semiconductor memory
A memory cell of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory includes a first insulating film whose principal constituent elements are Si, O and N, a charge storage layer whose principal constituent elements are Hf, O and N, formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film having dielectric constant higher than that of the first insulating film and formed on the charge storage layer, and a control gate electrode formed on the second insulating film. Relation between a composition of the first insulating film and a composition of the charge storage layer is determined under the conditions that (A) a valence band offset of the first insulating film is larger than a valence band offset of the charge storage layer, and (B) a trap energy level of electrons due to oxygen vacancies in the charge storage layer exists within a band gap of the charge storage layer. |
| US07781818B2 |
Semiconductor constructions containing tubular capacitor storage nodes, and retaining structures along portions of the tubular capacitor storage nodes
The invention includes semiconductor constructions, and also includes methods of forming pluralities of capacitor devices. An exemplary method of the invention includes forming conductive storage node material within openings in an insulative material to form conductive containers. A retaining structure lattice is formed in physical contact with at least some of the containers, and subsequently the insulative material is removed to expose outer surfaces of the containers. The retaining structure can alleviate toppling or other loss of structural integrity of the container structures. The electrically conductive containers correspond to first capacitor electrodes. After the outer sidewalls of the containers are exposed, dielectric material is formed within the containers and along the exposed outer sidewalls. Subsequently, a second capacitor electrode is formed over the dielectric material. The first and second capacitor electrodes, together with the dielectric material, form a plurality of capacitor devices. |
| US07781817B2 |
Structures, fabrication methods, and design structures for multiple bit flash memory cells
A semiconductor structure, a fabrication method, and a design structure of the same. The semiconductor structure includes (i) a semiconductor substrate which includes a top substrate surface perpendicular to the top substrate surface, (ii) a control gate electrode region and a first semiconductor body region on the semiconductor substrate, and (iii) a second semiconductor body region on the first semiconductor body region. The semiconductor structure further includes (i) a first gate dielectric region sandwiched between the first semiconductor body region and the control gate electrode region and (ii) a second gate dielectric region sandwiched between the second semiconductor body region and the control gate electrode region. The second semiconductor body region overlaps the first semiconductor body region in the reference direction. A first thickness of the first gate dielectric region is different from a second thickness of the second gate dielectric region. |
| US07781811B2 |
Semiconductor range-finding element and solid-state imaging device
To transfer signal charges generated by a semiconductor photoelectric conversion element in opposite directions, the center line of a first transfer gate electrode and that of a second transfer gate electrodes are arranged on the same straight line, and a U-shaped first exhausting gate electrode and a second exhausting gate electrode are arranged to oppose to each other. The first exhausting gate electrode exhausts background charges generated by a background light in the charge generation region, and the second exhausting gate electrode exhausts background charges generated by the background light in the charge generation region. The background charges exhausted by the first exhausting gate electrode are received by a first exhausting drain region and the background charges exhausted by the second exhausting gate electrode are received by a first exhausting drain region. |
| US07781802B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
As semiconductor regions in contact with a first main surface of a semiconductor base composed by forming an N− silicon carbide epitaxial layer on an N+ silicon carbide substrate connected to a cathode electrode, there are provided both of an N+ polycrystalline silicon layer of a same conduction type as a conduction type of the semiconductor base and a P+ polycrystalline silicon layer of a conduction type different from the conduction type of the semiconductor base. Both of the N+ polycrystalline silicon layer and the P+ polycrystalline silicon layer are hetero-joined to the semiconductor base, and are ohmically connected to the anode electrode. Moreover, the N+ polycrystalline silicon layer of the same conduction type as the conduction type of the semiconductor base is formed so as to contact the first main surface of the semiconductor base, and the P+ polycrystalline silicon layer of the conduction type different from the conduction type of the semiconductor base is formed in trenches dug on the first main surface of the semiconductor base. |
| US07781798B2 |
Solid-state image pickup device and fabrication method therefor
Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup device, including, a light receiving pixel section, a black level reference pixel section, a multi-layer wiring line section, a first light blocking film, a second light blocking film, a third light blocking film, and a fourth light blocking layer. |
| US07781775B2 |
Production method of semiconductor device and semiconductor device
To provide a method for producing a high-performance semiconductor device by a simple and low-temperature process. The method for producing a semiconductor device, in accordance with the present invention, is a production method of a semiconductor device including a first insulating film, a semiconductor layer, and a second insulating film in this order on a substrate, the method including the steps of: forming a first insulating film including a hydrogen barrier layer; forming a semiconductor layer on a region where the hydrogen barrier layer of the first insulating film is formed; injecting hydrogen into the semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating film, the second insulating film including a hydrogen barrier layer on at least a region where the semiconductor layer is formed; and subjecting the semiconductor layer to hydrogenation annealing. |
| US07781769B2 |
Transistor array panel, liquid crystal display panel, and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display panel
A transistor array panel includes switching elements provided in intersecting portions between gate and data lines, and display electrodes connected to the switching elements. A conductive film pattern is provided to be electrically insulated from the gate and data lines, and display electrodes, and to be overlapped on the display electrodes, thereby forming a storage capacitance between each of the display electrodes and the conductive film pattern. A protection circuit is electrically connected to the gate and data lines, and disposed in an outer peripheral portion of a display region in which the switching elements and the display electrodes are formed on the one side of the substrate. A common line is insulated from the protection circuit, connected to the conductive film pattern, and provided to be insulated from the protection circuit and to be at least partially overlapped on the protection circuit, in the outer peripheral portion of the display region. |
| US07781762B2 |
Organic transistor, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus including the same
An organic transistor includes a source electrode and a drain electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer disposed across between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The organic semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor portion in a region where a gate electrode and the source electrode oppose each other, a second semiconductor portion in a region where the gate electrode and the drain electrode oppose each other, and a third semiconductor portion between the first semiconductor portion and the second semiconductor portion. The first semiconductor portion, the second semiconductor portion, and the third semiconductor portion satisfy the relationships W1 |
| US07781747B1 |
Very thin dosimeter filters and low profile dosimeter encorporating the same
The present invention relates to a novel dosimeter filter and a dosimeter incorporating the same. More specifically, one embodiment of the invention relates to a very thin dosimetry device generally comprising: an optically stimulated luminescent material OSLM (i.e. aluminum oxide) sandwiched between at least two novel CEEC filters, wherein each CEEC filter comprises two layers of filtering material: an electronic equilibrium filter layer and an energy compensation filter layer wherein the electronic equilibrium filters comprise steel and wherein the energy compensation filters comprise Tantalum. |
| US07781740B2 |
Radiation conversion panel and method of capturing radiation image
A radiation conversion panel includes first pixels, each of which is one out of every n (n≧3) adjacent pixels, and which, after a first energy-level image capturing cycle, are reset after electric charges have been read therefrom, and all pixels, including the first pixels, wherein, after the pixels have been reset, electric charges are read from all the pixels after a second energy-level image capturing cycle. |
| US07781737B2 |
Apparatus and methods for oil-water-gas analysis using terahertz radiation
Methods and apparatus for analyzing gas-oil-water compounds in oilfield and other applications are disclosed using terahertz radiation. A sample analyzer includes a sample chamber having a fluid communication port configured to receive the sample. The analyzer also includes a filter to filter samples and selectively remove oil, water or gas from reservoir mixture received by the sample chamber. A terahertz (THz) radiation detector is provided in electromagnetic communication with the sample. The terahertz detector provides a detected output signal indicative of the terahertz electromagnetic radiation detected from the sample. In some embodiments, the device also includes a terahertz source illuminating the sample, the terahertz detector detecting a portion of the terahertz source illumination as modified by the sample. The detected portion of the spectrum of terahertz radiation can be processed to analyze the composition of the sample. |
| US07781729B2 |
Analyzing mass spectral data
A method for analyzing data from a mass spectrometer comprising obtaining calibrated continuum spectral data by processing raw spectral data; obtaining library spectral data which has been processed to form calibrated library data; and performing a least squares fit, preferably using matrix operations (equation 1), between the calibrated continuum spectral data and the calibrated library data to determine concentrations of components in a sample which generated the raw spectral data. A mass spectrometer system (FIG. 1) that operates in accordance with the method, a data library of transformed mass spectra, and a method for producing the data library. |
| US07781728B2 |
Ion transport device and modes of operation thereof
A device for transporting and focusing ions in a low vacuum or atmospheric-pressure region of a mass spectrometer is constructed from a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes to which oscillatory (e.g., radio-frequency) voltages are applied. In order to create a tapered field that focuses ions to a narrow beam near the device exit, the inter-electrode spacing or the oscillatory voltage amplitude is increased in the direction of ion travel. |
| US07781725B2 |
Optical fiber based sensor system suitable for monitoring remote aqueous infiltration
Methods and apparatus for predicting service life of remote equipment for infiltration of liquid are disclosed. Such methods and apparatus preferably include at least one fiber optic sensor assembly adapted to react after being exposed to a predetermined quantity of liquid. |
| US07781720B2 |
Direct attach optical receiver module and method of testing
A direct attach optical receiver module and a system and method for testing the direct attach optical receiver module are provided. An optical receiver module may include an optical detector and an integrated circuit with an integrated amplifier circuit and at least one integrated capacitor. In one example, the optical detector may be physically attached to the integrated circuit and the output port of the optical detector may be electrically coupled to the input port of the integrated circuit. In another example, a redistribution layer that includes a tuning inductor may be being physically attached between the optical detector and the integrated circuit. |
| US07781719B2 |
High sensitivity and high dynamic-range CMOS image sensor pixel structure with dynamic C-V characteristics
A new photogate pixel structure for high performance CMOS Image Sensors is proposed. A new photogate structure is incorporated into the photodiode active-pixel structure. The proposed pixel structure exhibits the dynamic integration capacitance characteristics, which can be controlled by varying the control-voltage at the photogate node. Since the sensitivity is inversely proportional to the integration capacitance, the dynamic integration capacitance characteristics can provide the new functionality and controllability for high sensitivity and high dynamic range. At a low voltage level of the photogate, the pixel sensitivity of the new photogate pixel structure is maximized due to the minimum value of the integration capacitance. At a high voltage of the photogate, the dynamic range of the new structure can be maximized due to the increased well capacity. In addition, at an optimum bias voltage of the photogate, both the dynamic-range and the sensitivity can be simultaneously improved. Consequently, the new pixel structure allows performance tunability as well as optimization in both the dynamic range and the sensitivity of the image sensor cell. |
| US07781718B2 |
Globally reset image sensor pixels
An imaging circuit includes a pixel array that is arranged to concurrently reset pixels in a pixel array in response to a global reset signal. The pixels are arranged in rows, such that the rows can be individually selected by a row select line. A reset transistor concurrently resets the pixels by coupling a reset voltage to a floating diffusion of the pixel. A transfer gate transistor selectively couples the floating diffusion to a storage region. A storage gate transistor selectively couples the storage region to a photosensitive region so that the reset transistor, the transfer gate transistor, and the storage gate transistor for each of the pixels can be activated in response to the global reset signal. A double correlated sampler may be used to provide a correlated double sample using a first sampled voltage of a reset voltage and a second sampled voltage of a pixel voltage that is produced when a photodiode region is exposed to incident light. |
| US07781717B2 |
System and method for manipulating real-time video playback time-synchronized with millimeter wave imagery
A system and method for manipulating real-time video playback time-synchronized with millimeter wave imagery is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, millimeter wave imagery and visible spectrum video images are combined to form composite images in real-time to detect concealed objects on a person. A graphical user interface (GUI) manipulates the displayed millimeter wave imagery, video images and composite images and controls displaying user selected portions of the synchronized recorded images. The composite images are automatically encoded with event data when a concealed object is detected and an alert is generated, or that information is accessed from a datafile or database structure. The GUI controls the playback and viewing of those composite images having encoded event data. |
| US07781712B2 |
Elimination of piston wraps in segmented apertures by image-based measurements at two wavelengths
A segmented array, perfectly aligned except for piston wraps, will have perfect imaging at wavelength λ but will have degraded imaging at other wavelengths. The present method detects and corrects piston wraps by making image-based measurements at a wavelength λ and a second wavelength λ1. These measurements will produce an image of the piston-wrapped segments and the intensities of these segments in the image at wavelength λ1 are linearly related to the sizes of the piston wraps at wavelength λ. The method needs no additional equipment like inter-segment apertures, lenslets, and detectors. It needs only a narrowband filter to change the measurement wavelength from λ to λ1. |
| US07781704B2 |
Control system for operating automotive vehicle components
There is disclosed a control system for operating automotive vehicle components. The control system typically includes at least a control module programmed with instructions for controlling a heater, a ventilator or both. |
| US07781699B2 |
Plasma torch with post flow control
A system for the efficient utilization of plasma torch post arc cooling gas includes a controller configured to automatically determine a post arc gas flow duration. The controller monitors a plasma arc parameter associated with a temperature of the plasma torch at arc termination. The controller dynamically determines the duration of post arc gas flow through the torch from the plasma arc parameter. |
| US07781698B2 |
Process for manufacturing a coiled insert of coated filaments
A process for manufacturing a coiled insert of coated filaments is disclosed. Each filament includes a ceramic fiber coated with a metal sheath. The process includes a step of winding a sheet of coated filaments around a piece. At the start of winding, a first metal shim is placed beneath the sheet and coiled. At the end of winding, a second metal shim is placed on the sheet and coiled. The process is applied to the manufacture of aeronautical turbomachine components. |
| US07781695B2 |
Inductively coupled plasma/partial oxidation reformation of carbonaceous compounds to produce fuel for energy production
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reforming converts carbonaceous compounds into a fuel for use in generating electrical power. Energy rich hydrocarbon fuels, such as coal, marine diesel, oils, and hydrocarbon wastes are employed as a feedstock for the ICP, which transforms the feedstock into a fuel that can be used by fuel cells and gas turbines for the production of electricity. The overall efficiency of an ICP-based electrical power system can be increased by providing partial oxidation within the reaction vessel. The partial oxidation conditions consume a small amount of the reformed fuel gas, thereby liberating sufficient thermal energy to reduce the electrical power requirements of the ICP to maintain desired reactor temperatures, and providing an increase in the overall net electrical power production. The integrated power production system can also adjust to meet an increased requirement for process heat and steam by balancing the effect of partial oxidation. |
| US07781694B2 |
Vacuum fault interrupter
Exemplary vacuum fault interrupters are described. |
| US07781689B2 |
Network protector retrofit handle assembly
A retrofit operating handle assembly structured to allow a CM22 type circuit breaker to be operatively coupled to a MG 8 or 9 type circuit breaker tank is provided. The operating handle assembly includes a tank assembly, which is coupled to the MG 8 or 9 type circuit breaker tank, and a circuit breaker, which is coupled to the CM22 type circuit breaker. |
| US07781688B2 |
System and method for illuminating a keyboard or keypad input device
An illuminated keyboard has at least one key carried by a support structure and operable to close an electrical contact on being depressed from above, the at least one key having a translucent top surface, a hollow space under the translucent top surface, and an opening into the hollow space other than through the top surface, and an electroluminescent illuminator comprising a region of electroluminescent material enabled to be inserted into the hollow space through the opening. |
| US07781684B2 |
Insulating gasket means for supporting a cable in a housing opening
A compressible sealing gasket for supporting a cable in a wall opening contained in a housing wall includes a pair of gasket sections each having a planar surface that contains a recess, and at least one integral compressible sealing projection extending from the planar surface adjacent the recess. When the gasket sections are placed in an assembled condition with their planar surfaces in contiguous engagement, the recesses cooperate to define a cable opening for receiving a cable, and the projection is compressed between the gasket sections to seal the space between the gasket sections adjacent the cable opening. Preferably two laterally spaced integral sealing ribs are provided in each recess, which sealing ribs extend transversely completely across the recess and terminate at each end in a sealing projection that extends upwardly from the associated planar surface. |
| US07781682B2 |
Methods of fabricating multichip packages and structures formed thereby
Methods and associated structures of forming a discontinuous sealant on a substrate, wherein an opening is formed at an integrated heat spreader gap region, wherein the substrate comprises a portion of a multi chip microelectronic package. A thermal interface material is placed on a top surface of a high power die disposed on the substrate, and then an integrated heat spreader lid is placed on top of the sealant and on top of the thermal interface material. A molding compound is flowed within an integrated heat spreader cavity through the opening directly on a top surface of a low power die disposed on the substrate. |
| US07781681B2 |
Multilayer printed wiring board
A multilayer printed wiring board includes a core substrate and a built-up wiring layer formed by alternately layering conductor circuits and insulating resin layers. The built-up wiring layer includes a first surface provided in contact with the core substrate and a second surface opposing the first surface and including a mounting area on which at least one semiconductor device is to be mounted. A first plurality of through-hole conductors is formed in a first portion of the core substrate which corresponds to the mounting area of the second surface, and a second plurality of through-hole conductors formed in a second portion of the core substrate which corresponds to another area of the second surface other than the mounting area. A pitch between the first plurality of through-hole conductors is smaller than a pitch between the second plurality of through-hole conductors. In one aspect, a ratio of pads to through holes directly below a processor core section of the semiconductor device is less that a number of pads to through holes in an area outside the processor core. |
| US07781679B1 |
Disk drive suspension via formation using a tie layer and product
A disk drive suspension interconnect, and method therefor. The interconnect has a metal grounding layer, a metal conductive layer and an insulative layer between the metal grounding layer and the conductive metal layer. A circuit component such as a slider is electrically connected to the conductive layer along a grounding path from the circuit component and the conductive layer to the metal grounding layer through an aperture in the insulative layer. For improved electrical connection a tie layer is provided through the insulative layer onto the grounding layer in bonding relation with the ground layer. A conductor is deposited onto both the conductive metal layer and the tie layer in conductive metal layer and tie layer bonding relation, and the circuit component is thus bonded to the grounding layer by the conductor. |
| US07781677B2 |
Transmission cable
A transmission cable that has three signal lines, and in which there is little unwanted radiation noise, is provided. In a section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the differential transmission cable, the distance between any two signal lines of the three signal lines is equal to a predetermined value. The differential transmission cable is twisted in its longitudinal direction. The differential transmission cable further includes a dielectric core line, and the signal lines are formed on the surface of the dielectric core line. In the differential transmission cable, the signal lines are formed in a helix in the longitudinal direction of the dielectric core line. |
| US07781676B2 |
System and method for managing cables in a display base
Embodiments of the present technique relate to a system and method for managing cables in a display base. Specifically, embodiments of the present technique includes a display base having a cable passage between a pliable flap and a footing, the cable passage traversing a portion of the display base, and a display coupled to the display base. |
| US07781672B2 |
Photovoltaic module architecture
Photovoltaic modules, as well as related systems, methods and components are disclosed. In some embodiments, a photovoltaic module can include a first photovoltaic cell including an electrode, a second photovoltaic cell including an electrode, and an interconnect. The electrode of the first photovoltaic cell can overlap the electrode of the second photovoltaic cell. The interconnect can electrically connect the electrode of the first photovoltaic cell and the electrode of the second photovoltaic cell. The interconnect can mechanically couple the first and second photovoltaic cells. |
| US07781661B2 |
Drumhead assembly
A drumhead assembly comprising a drumhead membrane fixed within an annular ring and a tensioning ring for tensioning the membrane, located within the annular ring and against the drumhead membrane, comprising a cylindrical rod formed in a circular, flat configuration and a tensioning member for maintaining the tensioning ring in a pre-tensioned configuration. The tensioning member can be adjustable, as in the form of a turnbuckle, so as to vary the diameter of the tensioning ring, or fixed, as in the form of a spacer, so as to maintain the tensioning ring at a predetermined diameter. |
| US07781657B2 |
Resonating chamber for devices including musical instruments
A resonating device is disclosed. The device can include a generally planar first portion, a second portion opposite the first portion, and a body portion. The body portion generally has a first stiffness and includes a discontinuity with a second stiffness that is less than the first stiffness. The discontinuity is positioned to allow the body portion to circumferentially vibrate relative to the discontinuity. |
| US07781640B2 |
Disposable absorbent article having a visibly highlighted wetness sensation member
A disposable absorbent article including a wetness sensation member and visible highlighting indicating the presence of the wetness sensation member to facilitate an opportunity for the toilet training of the wearer. The wetness sensation member includes a permeable layer and a flow control layer. Urine deposited on the wetness sensation member can penetrate through the permeable body-facing layer in a z direction away from the wearer to the flow control layer. The flow control layer retards the passage of the urine through the wetness sensation member in the z direction while supporting the movement of the urine in an x-y plane to increase the wetted area contacting the wearer's skin and thereby enhance the wearer's awareness that urination has occurred. The visible highlighting is visible when viewing a body-facing surface of the article and may be associatively correlated with an externally visible marking and/or with the concept of toilet training. |
| US07781637B2 |
Segmented waste rods for handling nuclear waste and methods of using and fabricating the same
Example embodiments and methods may provide segmented waste rods capable of containing and disposing of waste generated from spent nuclear fuel, including elements left over from fuel that has been harvested for desired isotopes produced in the fuel. Example methods may provide methods for forming and using example embodiment segmented waste rods. |
| US07781634B2 |
Treatment of olefin feed to paraffin alkylation
A process for the removal of aromatic compounds from an olefin feed to a paraffin alkylation is disclosed. The process may include feeding a olefin and aromatic containing hydrocarbon stream and a dilute alkylate product stream comprising alkylate product and unreacted material from the paraffin alkylation to a distillation zone and removing the unreacted material as overheads and removing a more concentrated alkylate product stream and a portion of the aromatic compounds as bottoms resulting in an improved alkylation process. |
| US07781630B2 |
Integrated processes for making detergent range alkylbenzenes from C5-C6-containing feeds
Integrated processes for making detergent range alkylbenzenes from C5-C6-containing feeds involve feed pretreatment and/or selective hydrogenation to enable acceptable quality alkylbenzene production at attractive capital and operating costs. |
| US07781618B2 |
Unsaturated aliphatic primary amine and production method thereof
The present invention relates to a method for producing an unsaturated aliphatic primary amine including subjecting an unsaturated aliphatic nitrile having 16 to 22 carbon atoms to hydrogen reduction in the presence of ammonia using a hydrogenation catalyst to produce an unsaturated aliphatic primary amine, wherein 0.01 parts by weight to 1.0 part by weight of aromatic carboxylic acid amide is added based on 100 parts by weight of the unsaturated aliphatic nitrile, and a partial pressure ratio of ammonia to hydrogen is adjusted to 8/2 to 6/4. The present invention also relates to an unsaturated aliphatic primary amine, which is produced by the production method. |
| US07781616B2 |
Method for obtaining an aminoindan mesylate derivative
The invention relates to processes for preparing rasagiline mesylate that avoid the use of alcohol solvents, thereby producing rasagiline mesylate free of any alkyl mesylates, including isopropyl mesylate. The invention further relates to processes for purifying rasagiline mesylate to obtain a product free of alkyl mesylates, and to the thus obtained rasagiline mesylate. |
| US07781613B2 |
Substituted N-aminomethylene sulfonamides, production and use thereof as medicaments
Disclosed are compounds of the general formula (I), with the definitions of the substituents R1 to R5, A and X being detailed in the text, and to their physiologically tolerated salts, to processes for preparing these compounds and to the use thereof as inhibitors of hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL). |
| US07781607B2 |
Method for producing polymerized coordination compounds of platinum complex
There is provided a production method in which bis(nitrato)platinum complex, optionally in the concurrent presence of dihalo-platinum complex, and poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(glutamic acid) are used at specific ratios and reacted. Coordination compound of an anti-tumor platinum complex with a block copolymer having carboxyl groups on its side chains is efficiently produced. |
| US07781602B2 |
Fluorinated cyclic compound, polymerizable fluoromonomer, fluoropolymer, resist material comprising the same, and method of forming pattern with the same
The present invention relates to a novel fluorine-containing cyclic compound that is derived from a norbornadiene and hexafluoroacetone and has an oxacyclopentane structure. This compound may be represented by the following formula (1) or (2). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a fluorine-containing polymer compound prepared by a polymerization or copolymerization using this fluorine-containing cyclic compound or its derivative. By using such fluorine-containing polymer compound, it is possible to provide a superior resist material and a fine pattern forming process using the same. |
| US07781599B2 |
Process for production of aromatic compounds
A problem of the present invention is to provide an economical process with minimized toxicity for producing an aromatic compound having a variety of substituents such as various alkyl groups, and the problem is solved by a process for production of an aromatic compound represented by formula (1) below, which comprises reacting a compound represented by formula (2) below with an aromatic magnesium reagent represented by formula (3a) below in the presence of an iron catalyst and a diamine compound: wherein R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or a C3-C10 saturated or unsaturated ring group; A is an optionally substituted C4-C20 aromatic group or an optionally substituted heteroaromatic group; X is a halogen atom or a sulfonic acid ester; and Y1 is bromine, iodine, chlorine or a carbanion ligand. |
| US07781593B2 |
5-phenyl-nicotinamide derivatives
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 to R8 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with the modulation of CB1 receptors. |
| US07781588B1 |
Acridan monomers and polymers
Acridian monomers and polymers are described, as well as their use in organic electronic devices, and materials and methods for fabrication of the same. |