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US07882877B2	Combination wheel and valve assembly A combination wheel and valve assembly has a plurality of spokes each having at least one aperture through a rim-end thereof. A rim has an inner surface and a spoke mating element opposite the inner surface. A plurality of through-holes extend through the spoke mating element of the rim. A plurality of bolts are shaped to fit through the aperture of the rim-end of each of the spokes, and into one of the plurality of through-holes of the spoke mating element, to fasten each spoke to the rim. A conduit extends through the inner surface of the rim to one of the through-holes of the rim, such that a valve assembly can extend through the aperture of one of the spokes and engage the through-hole having the conduit, thereby enabling fluid flow through the valve assembly and the conduit to the inner surface of the rim.
US07882874B2	Plasticizing system for a rubber composition A plasticizing system used for plasticizing a diene rubber composition is based on an MES or TDAE oil and on C5 fraction/vinylaromatic copolymer resin, in particular a copolymer of a C5 fraction and of styrene resin. A rubber composition exhibiting an improved abrasion and cut resistance is based on at least a diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system, and a plasticizing system comprising between 5 and 35 phr of an MES or TDAE oil and between 5 and 35 phr of such a resin. A tire is formed of the above mentioned rubber composition. A process for preparing such a composition, use of said composition for the manufacture of a finished article or of a semi-finished product intended for a motor vehicle ground-contact system, in particular a tire and a tread of such a tire.
US07882871B2	Work bench A work bench (10) including at least two work piece supports (57), the two supports are positioned at intervals along an elongate member (24) and define a substantially horizontal plane in which a work piece can move, a mounting (20) for a power tool (12), the mounting is affixed to the elongate member and can rotate about an axis that is substantially parallel to the length of the elongate member, a ground engaging member (106) which supports the power tool mounting at a point spaced away from the elongate member and adjustment means for adjusting the effective length of the ground engaging member.
US07882868B2	Compact and portable wood splitter The present invention concerns a compact, portable, lightweight, easily transportable, quickly operating wood splitting apparatus, using a knife which cuts a log or piece of wood that is deposed on a platform. This compact and portable wood splitter is actuated by a hydraulic cylinder transmitting a pendulum movement to a knife and onto an upright piece of wood. The apparatus may be attached to a truck box, to a trailer or to a wall by means of a vertical, horizontal, fixed or mobile fixture. The splitter apparatus is compact and portable and it can easily be stored in a car trunk or in a shed.
US07882864B2	Tree pruning and trimming head An apparatus for gripping a tree, the apparatus being attachable to a carrier boom, the apparatus being usable with a cutting device for cutting a portion of the tree, the apparatus comprising: a body, the body being mountable to the carrier boom; a pair of gripper arms mounted to the body, the pair of gripper arms being selectively movable between an open configuration in which the tree is insertable therebetween and a closed configuration in which the pair of gripper arms is able to grip the tree therebetween; and a support arm operatively coupled to the body for supporting the cutting device, the support arm including a cutting device mount for mounting the cutting device thereto, the support arm being configured, sized and operatively coupled to the body in a manner such that the cutting device is rotatable relatively to the pair of gripper arms about three different rotation axes; whereby, when the pair of gripper arms grips the tree, the pair of gripper arms stabilizes the support arm relatively to the tree and allows for the orientation of the cutting device relatively to the tree by the support arm. It is a general object of the present invention to provide a new and improved hydraulic tree pruning and trimming head attachment, hereinafter abbreviated simply as head attachment.
US07882863B2	Apparatus and method for mixing and transferring medications An apparatus and method for transferring a chosen quantity of medication from a vial to an intravenous infuser container under sterile conditions is described. The present invention further facilitates dissolving solid medications contained in the vial or diluting concentrated medications contained in the vial, and transferring the resulting solutions to the infuser container.
US07882854B2	End hose for discharge of thick substances The invention relates to an end hose for discharge of thick substances, particularly of liquid concrete. The end hose (12) can be connected with its entry-side end to a pressure feed line (14) of a mobile thick-matter pump, and has a discharge opening (16) for the thick substances at its exit-side end, and consists of a flexible material. In order to prevent the end hose (12) from kicking out when blockages are loosened, it has at least two hose parts (26, 28) having different bending rigidity, connected with one another at a transition point (30).
US07882852B2	Direct drive servovalve device with redundant position sensing and methods for making the same A direct drive servovalve device includes (i) a servovalve motor having a stator and a rotor assembly configured to rotate relative to the stator, (ii) a valve member coupled to the rotor assembly, and (iii) a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes an interface configured to couple to a controller that controls the servovalve motor, a set of programmable Hall sensors coupled to the interface, and a support. The support (e.g., a ring-shaped collar or sleeve) supports the set of Hall sensors at an installation location which is (i) adjacent to the rotor assembly and (ii) fixed relative to the stator. The set of programmable Hall sensors is configured to provide a set of position signals to the controller through the interface. The set of position signals identifies a rotational position of the rotor assembly relative to the stator.
US07882851B2	Pressure activated trap primer and water hammer combination A water hammer arrestor and drain trap primer valve includes a hollow pipe having a closed end, a discharging end, an inlet, an outlet port connected to said discharging end and attachable to plumbing tubing, an inlet port connected to said inlet and attachable to plumbing tubing, an insert plug within said pipe positioned at said discharging end and at said inlet, said insert plug substantially tubular with opposing flats, and having a longitudinal cylindrical bore and a latitudinal threaded through bore, a port bolt within a portion of said insert plug and a portion of said inlet port, said port bolt substantially tubular and having a longitudinal cylindrical bore and a latitudinal through bore distributor aligned with the insert plug longitudinal cylindrical bore, and a check piston within said pipe and slidingly engageable with said insert plug and said outlet port wherein said check piston engages slidably responsive to water pressure changes at said inlet port and an integral air gap outlet.
US07882834B2	Autotitrating method and apparatus An apparatus and method of controlling the delivery of therapeutic gas delivered to a patient undergoing positive airway pressure therapy is described. The method includes providing a flow of gas to a patient's airway at a pressure, obtaining information from the range of 0 to 25 Hz of the frequency domain of the flow, and adjusting the pressure based on the information. The apparatus includes a blower for providing a flow of gas to a patient's airway at a pressure, a sensor to measure a characteristic of the flow, a controller to obtain information from the range of 0 to 25 Hz of the frequency domain of the characteristic, and a pressure regulator for adjusting the pressure based on the information.
US07882832B2	Solar pump systems and related methods Various embodiments of a fluid displacement system are disclosed. The system may include a reservoir containing a fluid in a liquid state and a first chamber hydraulically connected to the reservoir to receive the fluid from the reservoir. The first chamber may be configured to receive solar energy and configured to convert the received solar energy to vaporize the fluid. The system may also include a second chamber hydraulically connected to the first chamber to receive the vaporized fluid from the first chamber. The second chamber may be configured to condense the vaporized fluid, causing depressurization in the second chamber. The system may also include a hydraulic connection between the second chamber and a source of fluid to be displaced. The system may be configured such that the depressurization of the second chamber may cause fluid in the source of fluid to be displaced through the hydraulic connection.
US07882831B2	Soccer ball delivery system and method A system for delivering objects, such as soccer balls, the system including a delivery device and a methodology for training individuals that can be used with the delivery device, the delivery device including an accelerator that accepts, accelerates, and launches the object with motion characteristics, such as linear acceleration, angular acceleration, or a combination of both, and an assembly that adjusts the position of the accelerator to adjust an exit trajectory of the object that includes adjustment about a yaw axis, an elevation axis, and a spin axis of the object. Highly and accurate and consistent delivery of the object facilitates single and multi-player use for training, such as in the sport of soccer.
US07882830B1	Cost effective paintball gun system A paintball gun system comprises a bolt defining a propellant passageway and a gun body defining the following elements: a receptacle for receiving the bolt, a firing charge storage chamber adjacent to but separate from the bolt receptacle, a gas inlet port, a first passageway between the storage chamber and the receptacle, a second fixed passageway between the gas inlet and the receptacle. The first passageway communicates with a first flow opening into the receptacle and the second passageway communicates with a second flow opening into the receptacle. The bolt is axially movable between a chargeup position and a firing position. In the chargeup position, the bolt and the body together define a confined flow circuit between the first opening and the storage chamber. In the firing position, the bolt and the body together define a confined flow circuit between the storage chamber and the discharge inlet.
US07882825B2	Air intake heater with flanged heating element An air heater for heating air entering a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The air heater includes a heating element having a substantially planar portion and a flange portion. The flange portion is positioned at an angle to the planar portion. The planar portion is positioned within an air flow at an upstream location relative to the flange portion. A structure is operable to position the heating element in communication with the air entering the combustion chamber of the engine. In addition, a thermal expansion joint for interconnecting a heating element and a frame is disclosed.
US07882811B2	Methods for controlling valves of an internal combustion engine, devices for controlling the valves, and engines employing the methods Methods for improving the efficiency of internal combustion engines are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine comprises controlling the motion of an exhaust valve associated with a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. Camshafts and internal combustion engines configured for performing methods of the instant invention are also disclosed.
US07882801B2	Milk sampling and testing A method of collecting a sample of milk while milking a succession of animals comprises diverting a portion of milk from an animal into a flowpath (74, 77) leading to an extraction point (80). The flowpath (74, 77) is dimensioned such that milk flows along the flowpath as a plug occupying the whole of its cross-section and allows some of the milk from the animal to pass the extraction point (80). Thereafter the milk is transferred into a container or other receiver and at least some of the remaining milk of that animal reaching the extraction point.
US07882796B2	Dispenser cabinet A method and a device for preparing drinkware where a substance is applied to the rim of the drink-ware and substances can be dispensed from the device. One device includes a cabinet that can house and dispense substances, and the substances may either be filled directly into receptacles, stands, arms or drawers and/or pre-filled in contoured drawer liners. The cabinet may include a moistening reservoir and separates the moistening reservoir from the Spice by housing the moistening agent in a distinct and separate location.
US07882794B2	Buoyancy device and method for stabilizing and controlling lowering or raising of a structure between the surface and the sea floor A method of using a buoyancy fluid presenting density that is less than that of sea water, and that is confined in a rigid or flexible leaktight casing, so as to constitute an immersed buoyancy element, wherein the buoyancy fluid is a compound that is naturally in the gaseous state at ambient atmospheric temperature and pressure, and in the liquid state at the underwater depth to which the buoyancy element is immersed. The present invention also relates to a method of putting a buoyancy element into place between the surface and the bed of the sea, wherein the fluid is stored in a tank on a surface ship as a liquid in the cooled or compressed liquid state, and it is injected in the liquid state into a pipe from the surface where it is stored to an said immersed casing at an underwater depth at which the underwater pressure is not greater than the vapor pressure of the gas corresponding to the compound at the temperature at the depth.
US07882792B2	Auxiliary floating structure and procedure for descent of equipment into the sea The present invention refers to a floating auxiliary structure, similar to a floating rigid portal, of simple construction and low cost, designed to facilitate moving of equipment of large sizes and mass in sea operations. With the aid of the auxiliary floating structure of the present invention, equipment of large size and mass, for exporting oil production, for example, may be transported until site and lowered into sea with the use of two conventional tug boats.The invention also includes the procedure for removal of equipment from main tug boat and its descent until the sea.
US07882790B2	Sewing machine A sewing machine includes a display device, a display data storage device storing pattern display data for displaying each sewing pattern on the display device and pattern group display data for displaying on the display device a pattern group indication mark indicative of each of a plurality of pattern groups obtained by classifying the sewing patterns, a selecting operation device selecting one of the sewing groups and further either or any one of the sewing patterns contained in the selected pattern group, and a display control device which, when one of the pattern groups has been selected, causes the display device to display the pattern group indication mark indicative of the selected sewing pattern group on the display device firstly in an enlarged size and subsequently in a reduced normal size, based on the pattern group display data of the selected pattern group.
US07882785B2	Demolition charge having multi-primed initiation system A demolition charge system has a multi-primed initiation system with a rigid container defining an internal chamber. An initiation tube is supported within the internal chamber and is configured to receive a demolition initiator.
US07882782B2	Printing device having print head and counterpressure surface in fixed relationship A printing device for printing sheet elements (2) that are serially fed to the printing device, in particular product labels made of temperature-sensitive paper or paper substitute materials, comprises at least two separate feed devices (3a, . . . , 3f) for each liner strip (1) comprising the sheet elements (2), wherein each feed device (3a, . . . , 3f) comprises a peeling-off device (4a, . . . , 4f) for peeling the sheet elements (2) from the liner strip (1), and wherein the feed devices (3a, . . . , 3f) are associated with a print head (5a, . . . , 5f) with a thermal slat (6a, . . . , 6f) for printing a sheet element supported by a counterpressure surface (7a, . . . , 7f), and comprising an application device (8) for removing the printed sheet element from the print head (5a, . . . , 5f) and for applying the printed sheet element to a product.
US07882781B2	Duplex printing apparatus having control unit to control printing speed A duplex printing apparatus capable of printing by performing a slow-up operation on the printing speed so that it increases from a low speed to a set speed at the time of duplex printing. Control means controls, on the basis of a drum rotation position signal and a drum speed signal from a home position sensor and an unshown encoder sensor, a sheet feeding unit, printing unit, sheet discharge unit, sheet re-feeding means and switching member, such that the printing speed (drum speed) slows up from a low speed to a set speed in each rotation of a plate cylinder, which corresponds to feeding of each sheet to the printing unit when duplex printing is started, and further controls a stepping motor of the sheet re-feeding means such that conveyance speed of a sheet receiving board synchronizes with the printing speed.
US07882779B2	Variable displacement inclined plate type compressor A variable displacement inclined plate type compressor comprising a spindle, an inclined plate provided to be inclinable relative to the spindle and rotating together with the spindle, a pair of shoes arranged to hold the inclined plate therebetween, and a piston coupled with the inclined plate through the pair of shoes, wherein the quantity of stroke of the piston is determined depending on the inclination angle of the inclined plate. In the sliding surface of the inclined plate with which the planar part of the shoe comes into contact, a groove is provided such that the contact area of the shoe and the sliding surface of the inclined plate when the inclination angle of the inclined plate is minimum becomes smaller than that when the inclination angle of the inclined plate is maximum. In such a structure, power consumption can be reduced during low displacement operation without damaging reliability of the compressor.
US07882775B2	Non-lethal restraint device with diverse deployability applications An immobilization device and method of restraining vehicles, persons and animals uses tendrils attached to various devices to engage the target. The immobilization device, system and method includes a housing containing launchable tendrils that are launched from the housing by a propellant. The tendrils may be attached to straps or other elements carried by the immobilization device. The tendrils will engage the target and restrain it if it is a vehicle such as a car, truck, boat, submarine, or like vehicle. In stopping a person or animal the tendrils will deliver a marking package, a shocking package or a snare package to mark, shock or snare the target. Straps may be pulled off the housing leaving the housing near the point of deployment.
US07882771B2	Dust-collecting devices and cutting devices with the dust-collecting devices A dust-collecting device for collecting cutting chips produced by a cutting device has a separator for separating the cutting chips from the carrier air by utilizing the force of gravity upon the cutting chips. A dust container collects the cutting chips separated by the separator. The separator includes a separator body having a cutting chip discharge pipe and an air discharge pipe. After separation the carrier air is discharged upward from the separator body via the air discharge pipe. The separated cutting chips are discharge downward from the separator body via the cutting chip discharge pipe. The dust container is connected to the cutting chip discharge pipe.
US07882768B2	Manual wrench for actuating cylindrical elements The invention relates to a manual wrench for actuating cylindrical elements. The inventive wrench comprises a fixed jaw (1) and a moving jaw (3) which are disposed on one end of a handle (2), whereby the fixed jaw (1) is secured with a transverse keyed assembly. The invention also includes an elastic pin (5) which extends through said keying. Moreover, the face of the fixed jaw (1) that faces the moving jaw (3) is equipped with a toothed section (7) comprising identical teeth which extend along a curved zone such as to define a single arc.
US07882764B2	Steering wheel A steering wheel includes (a) a core member having a boss portion, a spoke portion, and a rim portion, the spoke portion stretching between the boss portion and the rim portion; and (b) a polyurethane member covering at least the rim portion of the core member, the polyurethane member having a specific gravity of 0.7 to 0.9 and a Shore A hardness of 45 to 60. A steering wheel proper defined as being a combination of the core member and the polyurethane member has a weight of 1.0 to 2.5 kg. This steering wheel is satisfied in both of weight reduction and maintenance of moment of inertia necessary for steering wheel.
US07882754B2	Gas component collector, gas component collecting device, filter producing method, and gas component analyzing apparatus A gas component collector comprises a filter assembly 3 comprising an adsorbent and an adsorbent holding plate having a first face, a second face and a plurality of holes that are bored through from the first face to the second face and are filled with the adsorbent adsorbing at least one gas component to be analyzed, the filter assembly satisfying (AL−V)2/L3≧0.003 mm3 and V/AL≧0.3, where V is a total volume of the adsorbent, A is a sum of an opening areas of the holes, and L is an average length of the holes, and a holding container 2 housing the filter assembly 3. On at least one of the holding container 2 a first opening portion for introducing gas and a second opening portion for allowing the introduced gas to be discharged are formed.
US07882750B2	Method and apparatus for measuring parameters of a fluid flowing within a pipe using a configurable array of sensors An apparatus for measuring at least one parameter associated with a fluid flowing within a pipe includes a single sheet of piezoelectric film material wrapped around at least a portion of the pipe and an array of sensors disposed at different locations on the film material. Each of the sensors provides a signal indicative of pressure within the pipe at a corresponding axial and/or circumferential location of the pipe. The sensors are selectively configurable to provide the pressure signals. The signals are processed to determine the parameter. The array of sensors is configurable in response to different criteria. The criteria includes at least one of the parameter of the fluid to be output, an input signal specifying sensors to be selected, a predetermined configuration based on the parameter to be determined, and in response to a previously determined parameter of the fluid.
US07882743B2	Method and system for noise dosimeter A personal noise dosimeter having functionality for increasing the dynamic range of the device. A microphone provides a signal to an RMS detector, which provides a DC signal to a two-stage amplifier circuit. The outputs of the amplifiers are provided to a processor having multiple A/D channels. The processor calculates accumulated noise doses and drives a display, which in one embodiment includes a panel of light-emitting diodes. A current source injects current into the output of the RMS detector to reduce performance degradation. Functionality detects and accounts for voltage offsets in the dosimeter. The microphone is turned off during offset determination. In one embodiment, the dosimeter includes functionality for control of external devices such as sound boards.
US07882736B2	Level measurement using a process vessel cage A process fluid level measurement system is configured to measure a level of at least one process fluid in a vessel. The vessel has a cage with at least one annular isolator located inside the cage. The at least one annular isolator has a band-shaped isolator diaphragm. A differential pressure transmitter is operably coupled to the annular isolators) and is configured to generate a level output based, at least in part, upon pressure measured relative to the annular isolator(s).
US07882734B2	Utilizing motor current variations to control mixer operation A mixing system comprising a bowl, mixing element and motor. A mixing element is located within the bowl and is driven by a motor to impart mechanical energy to the foodstuff being mixed upon contact. A method for predicting instantaneous loading on the mixing system motor. A method for increasing the power to the motor comprises introducing additional current in advance of instantaneous loading. A method for identifying the foodstuff being mixed to control operation of the mixer either by allowing user interaction or increasing the current to the motor in advance of instantaneous loading and demands on the motor.
US07882727B2	Method and apparatus for v-bank filter bed scanning Embodiments of the invention generally related to a method and apparatus for scanning a v-bank filter. In one embodiment, an apparatus for scanning a v-bank filter includes a hollow body having first and second ends. An outlet, formed at the second end of the body, is adapted for coupling a testing device to an interior volume of the body. A plurality of holes are formed through the body and are fluidly coupled to the interior volume. In another embodiment, a method for scanning a v-bank filter includes inserting a probe having a plurality of sample ports into a filter adjacent a filter pack, and traversing the probe along the filter pack. In yet another embodiment, a method for scanning a v-bank filter includes scanning a slot of a v-bank filter with a probe, and collecting samples of gas passing through the filter an into the probe.
US07882724B2	Method and configuration for testing a particle filter for an internal combustion engine A particle filter for an internal combustion engine, in particular a soot particle filter, can be tested. The filter is subjected at the inlet side to a hot gas flow which is laden with particles. The particles are supplied to the hot gas flow from a particle storage container by means of a dosing device. The quantity of particles which is introduced into the hot gas flow during a predefined measurement time period is determined by weighing the particle storage container. There is also provided a configuration for carrying out the method.
US07882711B2	Device for closing the toe at the end of tubular hosiery articles To transfer the stitches from a first needle arc (7X) to a second opposed needle arc (7Y), a overturnable semicircular sector (19) presents elements (25) terminating in a bifurcate way (25F) (flanking inside the respective sinkers (11) the relevant needle (7X) of the first arc), each of which has an upper fork projection (25A) embracing the needle (7X) and forming a rear recess (25X) and a front recess (25C) suitable to engage an end stitch (M1) formed by the corresponding needle (7X), said stitch (M1) then being transferred and engaged on a corresponding needle (7Y) of the second needle arc.
US07882708B2	Flat pipe-shaped heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger, especially for motor vehicles, comprising a soldered heat exchanger network made of flat pipes (2,3) and corrugated ribs (1). A liquid and/or vaporous-type medium can flow through the flat tubes (2, 3) and air can circulate around the corrugated ribs. One corrugated rib respectively comprises two surfaces (4,5) which are arranged in an essentially parallel manner in relation to each other and which are connected respectively by an arch-shaped piece (6) which is soldered to a flat pipe, said arch-shaped piece comprising three sections (6a,6b,6c) which have different curvatures.
US07882707B2	Refrigeration hot gas desuperheater systems A system for desuperheating hot gaseous refrigerant using both a heat exchanger and a dispersed Venturi-driven injection of liquid refrigerant is disclosed. Further, a system, relating to cooling at least one compressed superheated refrigerant fluid prior to condensing, relating to extending the life of at least one condenser is disclosed.
US07882701B2	Microfabricated mechanical frequency multiplier A high-bandwidth MEMS actuation system includes actuator pairs coupled in parallel to a stage, each actuator energizable in a drive direction against a bias to an energized position, and movable upon deenergization, to the rest position to define an actuation cycle. The actuators are asymmetric, with an energization frequency greater than a bias frequency, and are opposably coupled to one another. A pulse generator alternately transmits pulses to the actuators, at an alternation frequency greater than the bias frequency. The pulse generator transmits the energization pulses to each of the actuator pairs sequentially at a sequence frequency greater than the cycle frequency. The actuators are each movable from energized to rest positions faster than the bias frequency, and the actuator pairs are sequentially energizable faster than the cycle frequency, wherein the stage is movable in one degree of freedom at a bandwidth of at least four times the cycle frequency.
US07882694B2	Variable fan inlet guide vane assembly for gas turbine engine A turbine engine includes a plurality of variable fan inlet guide vanes. Where the turbine engine is a tip turbine engine, the variable fan inlet guide vanes permit the ability to control engine stability even though the fan-turbine rotor assembly is directly coupled to the axial compressor at a fixed rate. The fan inlet guide vanes may be actuated from an inner diameter of the fan inlet guide vanes.
US07882693B2	Turbofan engine assembly and method of assembling same A turbofan engine assembly includes a core gas turbine engine including a high-pressure compressor, a combustor, and a high-pressure turbine, a first fan assembly disposed upstream from the core gas turbine engine, a first gearbox coupled to the first fan assembly, and a second gearbox coupled to a booster compressor such that the booster compressor rotates in a rotational direction that is opposite to the rotational direction of the first fan assembly. A method of assembling the above turbofan engine assembly is also described herein.
US07882691B2	High to low pressure spool summing gearbox for accessory power extraction and electric start A turbine engine includes low and high pressure spools. A high power take-off shaft is coupled to the high spool. An auxiliary component, such as a generator, is configured to be driven by the high power take-off shaft at a first speed. The low spool, in part, drives the auxiliary component, for example, by interconnecting the high power take-off shaft to a lower power take-off shaft through a speed summing gearbox. The gearbox drives the auxiliary component and increases the rotational speed of the auxiliary component from the first speed to the second speed. The low power take-off shaft also drives another generator, in one example. The turbine engine can be started by the low pressure generator, for example, in response to a command from a controller, which transforms the generator into a starter motor.
US07882687B2	Composite Alpaca yarn and process for making same Composite Alpaca yarn and a process for making same. The composite Alpaca yarn comprises special and unique characteristics created by blending long natural irregular Camelid fibers, such as Alpaca, with short synthetic fibers, or other natural fibers, in a combination determined by homogenization of fibers. The homogenization of fibers takes into account fiber lengths for twisting them with the use of high-pressure air blown nozzles, wherein Alpaca fiber is wrapped around an internal core. The face and surface of the composite Alpaca yarn, exhibit the fine characteristics of the Camelid fibers, including thermal isolation and impermeability, along with exceptional softness, wherein the Camelid fibers can be as fine as 18 microns.
US07882667B2	Structural member and post with extending wings A panel for connection with other panels, comprising a rectilinear base member having outer edges, a first rectilinear side member extending from one edge of the base member, the first side member having a first lip extending from an outward edge of the first side member and away from the base member, the first side member further having a second lip extending from an outward edge of the first lip and toward the base member and at an angle between about zero and 90 degrees with respect to the first lip, and a second rectilinear side member extending in substantially the same direction as the first side member, from an opposite edge of the base member, the second side member having a third lip extending toward the base member. Related structural members, enclosures, posts, spray booths and methods for assembling the same which include similar features are provided.
US07882666B2	Building components and method of making same A prefabricated building component, e.g. for incorporation in a wall, a floor, a roof or another building component, comprises a frame formed by lengths of lumber with heat insulating foam material provided in spaces between the lumber so as to form a heating insulating barrier. To reinforce the frame against racking forces, a reinforcement sheet of fiber reinforced composite material is provided on the barrier and the lumber at least one side of the frame.
US07882665B2	Construction configurations and construction methods of steel houses The present invention provides construction configurations and a construction method for steel houses that eliminate the shortcoming of the conventional platform construction method for steel houses that complicates the structure because of the need to use metal reinforcements without losing the advantage of the conventional method that facilitates the construction work by using wall panels. After constructing the ground story wall (lower story wall) 22 by attaching wall panels 21 for the ground story to through vertical frame studs 20 extending to upper floors, the second story wall (upper story wall) 23 is constructed by attaching wall panels 21 for the upper Story to the through vertical frame studs 20. Of the wall panels 21 disposed along the four sides of the lower story, the top ends 29 of the two opposite wall panels 21b are positioned lower than the top ends 29a of the lower story wall panels 21a on the other two opposite sides. Both ends of the floor panel 24 are mounted on the lower top ends 29 of the wall panels 21b.
US07882655B1	Rear gun sight device for AK47 or similar rifle A rear gun sight device for a rifle having a receiver and cover, the receiver having a tee shaped slot on the top rear of the receiver. This slot is designed to accept and retain a recoil assembly. The invention replaces the rear portion of the recoil assembly allowing the invention to perform the function of the original rear portion of the recoil assembly as well as provide a rear sight for the rifle. This invention is comprised of a sight base provided with a tee shaped base to engage the tee shaped slot in the top rear trunion of the rifle's receiver, a spring boss to accept the end of the recoil spring when assembled in the recoil assembly, a spring guide to guide the recoil spring, a sight component assembly comprised of windage and elevation adjustment components as well as aperture sight components, and cover retention elements.
US07882635B2	Method for producing ink-jet head and ink-jet head A method for producing an ink-jet head includes forming a buffer layer on an upper surface of a vibration plate, and forming a piezoelectric precursor layer on an entire upper surface of a surface layer, the piezoelectric precursor layer being converted into a piezoelectric sheet. The buffer layer is formed of a material with which mutual diffusion between the piezoelectric precursor layer and the buffer layer is hardly caused as compared with mutual diffusion between the piezoelectric precursor layer and the vibration plate with which no buffer layer is provided. A stack, in which the buffer layer and the piezoelectric precursor layer are formed, is heated at a predetermined temperature, and the piezoelectric precursor layer is calcinated to form the piezoelectric sheet. It is possible to suppress the deterioration of the performance of the piezoelectric member.
US07882628B2	Multi-chip packaging using an interposer such as a silicon based interposer with through-silicon-vias The formation of electronic assemblies is described. One embodiment includes providing a body and forming a first metal pad layer on a first surface thereof. A second metal pad layer is formed in contact with the first metal pad layer, the second metal pad layer having a denser pitch than the first metal pad layer. A dielectric layer is formed between the metal pads in the first and second metal pad layers. Vias extending through the body from a second surface thereof are formed, the vias exposing the first metal pad layer. An insulating layer is formed on via sidewalls and on the second surface, and an electrically conductive layer formed on the insulating layer and on the exposed surface of the first metal layer. Elements are coupled to the second metal pad layer and the electrically conductive layer coupled to a substrate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07882617B2	Method of fabricating a magnetic recording head for perpendicular recording with enhanced covering power The main magnetic pole piece of a magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording preferably has an inverted trapezoidal shape in order to maintain a sufficient recording magnetic field. Embodiments of the present invention enhance the covering power of the protective film around the main magnetic pole piece of the magnetic head and thereby ensure reliability even when the main magnetic pole piece has such a shape. In one embodiment, the protective film for protecting the main magnetic pole piece is formed by a sputtering apparatus while applying a bias, or it is formed by a carousel type sputtering apparatus or the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique.
US07882614B2	Method for providing a power inductor A method for providing a power inductor comprises forming a first magnetic core material having first and second ends and an inner cavity that extends from the first end to the second end; forming a first notch in the first magnetic core material that projects inwardly towards the inner cavity from one of the first and second ends; and passing a first conductor through the inner cavity that is received by the first notch.
US07882613B2	Methods for applying magnets to component surfaces A method of applying at least one magnet to a surface of a component made of a magnetic material includes placing the at least one magnet in a holding apparatus, and positioning the holding apparatus in the immediate vicinity of the component. A holding element applies a holding force to the at least one magnet to hold it in the holding apparatus. The holding element is deactivated such that the holding force is reduced, and the at least one magnet is transferred to the surface of the component. A holding apparatus for applying at least one magnet to a surface of a component made of a magnetic material includes a surface region for supporting the at least one magnet and at least one deactivatable holding element for applying a force on the at least one magnet.
US07882612B2	Method for producing a membrane A method for producing a membrane for a device, e.g. a microphone, includes providing a substrate is provided on which a counter electrode is disposed. A sacrificial layer is provided on a surface of the counter electrode facing away from the substrate. The surface of the sacrificial layer facing away from the counter electrode is structured to form a plurality of recesses in the surface to define one or several antistick elements and one or several corrugation grooves at the same time. Subsequently, a membrane material is deposited on the structured surface of the sacrificial layer. Then, the sacrificial layer is removed to form the membrane, which has one or several corrugation grooves and one or several antistick elements.
US07882609B2	Key, X-structure and manufacturing method thereof A X-structure of a key and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The X-structure comprises a first frame and a second frame. The first frame comprises a bar. The first frame is connected and pivoted to the second frame via a fold located on the bar. The key comprises a keycap, a base and the X-structure installed between the keycap and the base. The manufacturing method of the X-structure comprises: providing the X-structure and pressing the bar to generate a fold until the first engaging portions are connected and pivoted to the second engaging portions.
US07882608B2	Method of positioning movable body In a case where the load is not smaller than the predetermined value, the positioning is not completed even when it is determined that the movable body is moved to the position supposed to be the target position, then the movable body is moved to a retry starting position different from the position supposed to be the target position, subsequently a retry operation is performed for moving the movable body from the retry starting position to the position supposed to be the target position, and consequently the positioning is completed when the load becomes smaller than the predetermined value after the retry operation is performed for a predetermined number of times.
US07882605B2	Fastening element for end areas of garments to be fastened to one another A fastening element is provided for an end area of a first strap of an item of corsetry, particularly of women's undergarments. The fastening element is to be fastened to a second strap of the item of corsetry and has an number of strap plies of which at least one strap ply has a fastening part such as at least one hook, one eye or the like. Comfort of wear is improved for a fastening element of this type with a padding provided between two strap plies. This padding is attached to at least one of the strap plies by joining it near the lateral edges of the fastening element. When the fastening element is in use, the fastening is located, at least in part, between strap plies of the fastening element.
US07882604B2	Assembled structure An assembled structure comprising: a housing; a plate-shaped elastic member attached in the interior portion of the housing; and a confirming portion for confirming a state of attachment of the plate-shaped elastic member, wherein the confirming portion is provided in an elastic member attachment portion where the plate-shaped elastic member is attached in the housing, and is formed so as to confirm that the plate-shaped elastic member is properly attached in the housing with a predetermined positional relation between an attachment region of the plate-shaped elastic member attached to the housing and the confirming portion, is provided.
US07882602B2	Slide fastener with separable bottom end stop A slide fastener with a separable bottom end stop, which can be handled easily by everyone and closed or separated easily. The slide fastener includes a slider through which fastener element rows of a pair of right and left fastener tapes pass; and a separable bottom end stop including a fitting body provided on one of the fastener tapes and a pivot stopper body provided on the other fastener tape and being capable of engaging with the fitting body. The pivot stopper body has a pivot stopper portion which is capable of rotatably engaging with the fitting body by fitting the fitting body in the pivot stopper portion from a side portion of the pivot stopper body and capable of rotatably engaging with the fitting body by inserting the fitting body in the pivot stopper portion through an element guide passage from a shoulder mouth of the slider.
US07882598B2	Fastening band A compact low-profile clamp for clamping objects comprises a toothed band formed into a closed loop having a first end and a second end and a head that holds the band in a closed loop and comprises a first and a second side-by-side passageways that also include teeth. The second end of the band is secured in a second passageway. The band is then passed around the object to form a loop and the first end of the band is pushed into the first passageway; the teeth hold the band in the closed loop. A chamber located at one end of the first passageway has an opening that is accessible from the outside to enable the first end of the band to be pulled to tighten the band.
US07882594B2	Handle for mounting in an opening A handle has at least one holding plate which can be mounted in an opening in a thin wall such as a sheet-metal cabinet door, a head part, such as a flange or turning handle, which covers the rim of the opening of the thin wall on its (outer) side, and a body part which proceeds from the head part and can be pushed through the opening in the thin wall, and a holding part which is carried by the body part, supported on the other (rear) side of the thin wall, and is separate from the body part. According to the invention, the holding part is formed by holding elements which project in a flexible manner from the body part in the direction of its outer surface and whose free end has an inclined surface for supporting the body part on the rim or edge of the opening without play.
US07882588B2	Disposable dental applicator An applicator principally for use in the dental profession, for the placement of different materials as may be required. The applicator includes an elongated handle having an applicating end portion formed at the opposed ends thereof which may be either of like or unlike construction, i.e. formed as a brush and/or a flocked applicating end portion. The flock may extend from the distal end a predetermined longitudinal distance over an extended portion. Intermediate the opposed applicating end portion, the elongated handle is provided with a circumscribing groove to define a frangible area by which the user, at his or her option, can cleanly sever the applicator handle to form two separate and distinct applicators. The applicator is also provided with a hinging arrangement adjacent the opposed applicating end portions whereby the applicating end portions may be angularly bent relative to the elongated handle at the option of the user.
US07882582B2	User interface and control system for powered transport device of a patient support apparatus A patient support apparatus has a powered transport device that is operable to propel the apparatus along a floor in forward and reverse longitudinal directions, as well as in left and right lateral directions. A user input for selection of discrete speed settings for the powered transport device is included on the patient support apparatus. User inputs for controlling the direction that the apparatus is propelled are provided at the head end, foot end, and both sides of the patient support apparatus.
US07882579B2	Support for an inclinable bassinet assembly Various embodiments include a bassinet assembly that includes one or more rods and a floor that includes an inclinable flap. Each rod has a static portion and an inclined portion, and the rods are disposed below upper surfaces of the floor and the inclinable flap. A first longitudinal axis of the static portion and a second longitudinal axis of the inclined portion intersect at an angle greater than 0° and less than about 90°. When the inclinable flap is raised above the floor, the rods rotate about the first longitudinal axis such that the first and second longitudinal axes are in a plane substantially perpendicular to the support surface, and when the inclinable flap is allowed to lay substantially flat against the floor, the rods rotate about the first longitudinal axis such that the first and second longitudinal axes are in a plane substantially parallel to the support surface.
US07882574B2	Back support garment apparatus A one-piece back support apparatus comprises a belt portion being configured to provide back and abdominal support encircling a wearer's waist and a compression pants portion. The belt portion has a front portion, a back portion, a top portion, a bottom portion and an inner surface. The compression pants portion secured to the belt is configured to provide support for the wearer's pelvis, legs, and groin area. The inner surface of the belt has one or more pack support portions with slots for receiving one or more gel packs so as to maintain contact between the gel packs and the wearer's back. Slots in the belt portion may accommodate vertically extending inserts of rigid plastic to reinforce the belt portion over the lumbar region of the wearer.
US07882572B2	Elastic cap The elastic cap includes a cap body, a cap bill joined to the cap body, a sweatband secured to a lower periphery of the cap body, and a strip of core wrapped by the sweatband. The sweatband is constructed with a stretchable material. The strip of core is constructed with a non-stretchable material having a liquid absorbent or liquid draining property. The strip of core extends over a forward portion of the sweatband adjacent to the cap bill, but does not extend in a rear portion of the sweatband which is remote from the cap bill.
US07886365B2	Content-log analyzing system and data-communication controlling device In a content-log analyzing system, content includes additional information indicating, according to a property of the content, whether or not to record communication of the content in a content-log. When transmitting content to a TV or a PC, a data-communication controlling device judges whether or not to record the communication in a content-log based upon additional information of the content, and when judging affirmatively, generates and stores content-log information. A content-log analyzing server obtains the content-log stored in the data-communication controlling device, and analyzes the obtained content-log.
US07886343B2	Authentication service for facilitating access to services Authenticating a third party client system prior to providing Internet access via an Internet access point. In a distributed computing system including an Internet access point, an authentication service, and a third party client system, an authentication service receives an authorization request from a third party client system. The authorization request is initiated in response to a single action being performed by a user of the third party client system. The user is not required to manually submit any identification information. The authorization request includes a unique client identifier for identifying the third party client system. The method also includes verifying that the third party client system associated with the unique client identifier is authorized to access the Internet via the Internet access point. If the third party client system is authorized to access the Internet, Internet access is provided to the third party client system.
US07886328B2	Protocol and system for broadcasting audiovisual programs from a server The invention concerns a protocol for broadcasting to a terminal (T) audio-visual materials (PG) from an audio-visual server, comprising a signalling source (SS) and an audio-visual source (SAV). The protocol consists, via an IP network, in acquiring (A) a descriptive file of the source (SS), in acquiring (B) from the source (SS) based on the file SDP, a broadcast signalling channel (SC), and in receiving (C) on said terminal from the signalling channel (SC) at least a digital data flow supporting the audio-visual materials (PG). The invention is useful for broadcasting audio-visual materials on INTERNET.
US07886326B2	Web cam for indicating the expression of a remote end user A web cam system has a local end computer coupled to a local end web cam, and a remote end computer coupled to a remote end web cam, with the computers coupled to a network and communicating with each other via a messaging application. A facial expression of a local end user is captured at the local end web cam. A control signal that corresponds to the captured facial expression is generated at the local end computer, and then transferred via the network to the remote end computer, which generates an indication signal to an indicator at the remote end web cam. A response is output at the indicator that is indicative of the captured facial expression.
US07886325B2	Systems and methods for dynamically allocating bandwidth in a digital broadband delivery system Systems and methods for dynamically allocating bandwidth in a digital broadband delivery system are disclosed. One example method includes receiving information describing subscriber requests for content delivery, receiving bandwidth allocation criteria, and processing the information describing subscriber requests and the bandwidth allocation criteria according to a statistical model. The bandwidth allocation criteria comprise at least one of subscriber pricing information, content delivery mode information, and program content information. The processing produces a bandwidth allocation schedule in which one of a plurality of content delivery modes is assigned to each of a plurality of digital transmission channels for each of a plurality of time periods.
US07886321B2	Method and apparatus for adaptive channel selection A method and apparatus for computing a schedule of channels is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a series of commands to tune a plurality of channels sequentially from an ordered schedule of channels; determining a duration of a time period between each of the series of commands; and prioritizing the schedule of channels according to the duration of the time period during which each channel is tuned. The apparatus comprises a user interface for accepting a series of commands to tune a plurality of channels sequentially from an ordered schedule of channels and a processor, communicatively coupled to a memory, the processor implementing a timer for determining a duration of a time period during which each channel is tuned and prioritizing the schedule of channels according to the duration of the time period during which each channel is tuned.
US07886319B2	Providing alternative services based on receiver configuration and type of display device The present invention provides a system for providing alternative services in a television system. In one implementation, a subscriber is provided an alternative service upon attempting to access an unauthorized service, thereby providing a framework for efficient control of conditional access and enhanced services. In addition, in one implementation, user device limitations or variations are handled conveniently through the same multi-purpose system for providing alternative services.
US07886314B2	Disk device, shutter control device, and computer program for shutter opening/closing control To assuredly determine whether a shutter pinches a disk in a disk device including a shutter at a disk insertion slot. A shutter control device 10 includes a pinch determining unit 14 that determines whether the disk is pinched by the shutter based on a position of the shutter during a process of closing the shutter, and a sensitivity changing unit that sets sensitivity of determination to be high as ambient temperature of a shutter driving mechanism increases.
US07886312B2	Communicating with remote objects in a data processing network A computer program product having code for invoking remote objects in a data processing system including generating a serialized byte stream containing the remote object and its arguments, responsive to executing a remote object call. The serialized byte stream is sent to a server containing the object. Responsive to receiving a second serialized byte stream containing a result produced by the remote object and determining the presence of a second remote object, in the second byte stream, for which no reference can be found, using information contained in second serialized byte stream to determine the class type of the second remote object. A proxy compatible with the second remote object's class type, if not already existing, is automatically generated and compiled on the client or, if the proxy does exist, is loaded at run time to call the second remote object.
US07886304B1	Method and system implementing efficient remote procedure call and emulation system therefor A method of implementing in a general purpose computer system, a remote procedure call between an application and a target application is described. The target application is one of a plurality of second applications. The first application generates a first message, the first message having a message body and a thread ID of the target application. The first application writes the first message to a shared memory. The target application to polls the shared memory, and reads the first message from the shared memory. The target application generates a second message, the second message having a message body and a thread ID of the target application. The target application writes the second message to the shared memory. The first application polls the shared memory and reads the second message from the shared memory. The first message may be sent in response to the second message, vice versa, or asynchronously.
US07886302B2	System and methods for tracking processing unit usage A method and system for monitoring the CPU time consumed by a software agent operating in a computer system. A resource tracking process is executed on the system. When an operating agent is detected, an agent lifetime timer is initialized. Then, CPU resources for the agent are identified and stored. Checks are made at predetermined intervals to determine if the agent is still alive. When the agent terminates, a measurement is made of the CPU time utilized by the agent. The measurement is then stored in memory.
US07886296B2	System and method for providing alerts for heterogeneous jobs A system and method for summarizing jobs for a user group is provided. In one embodiment, a job manager is operable to invoke an alert filter. The alert filter is compatible with a plurality operating environments. One or more properties of a first job associated with a first operating environment is identified. One or more properties of a second job associated with a second operating environment is identified. The first operating environment and the second operating environment are heterogeneous. A first alert object is generated in response to a first match between the alert filter and the identified properties of the first job. A second alert object is generated in response to a second match between the alert filter and the identified properties of the second job.
US07886290B2	Cross version and cross product user interface When a user interface of a parent software application is modified such that user interface components of an add-in application are not compatible with the parent application user interface, user interface components associated with functionalities of the add-in application are added to the modified parent application user interface. A prior user interface of the parent application to which the add-in application user interface components are added is run in a background of the parent application and is not visible to users. User interface components in the parent application user interface are linked to corresponding add-in application user interface components in the prior user interface. Selection of a user interface component from the present user interface that is associated with an add-in application functionality causes selection of a corresponding user interface component in the background user interface, and the associated add-in functionality is executed.
US07886289B2	Extensibility mechanism for analysis services unified dimensional model Systems and methods that supply extensibility mechanisms for analysis services, via a plug-in component that enables additional functionalities. The plug-in component provide additional custom logic for the analysis services unified dimensional model (UDM). Accordingly, server functionalities can be extended in an agile manner, and without a requirement for a new release, for example.
US07886276B2	Application program development assisting method, program, and information processing apparatus A method, program, and information processing apparatus for detecting an inconsistency in an application program before the application program is implemented. The described is detecting a consistency or inconsistency in the design of screen transition of an application program, by generating a control flow graph for the application program, calculating from the control flow graph the solution of dataflow problem which occurs in the application program, detecting an inconsistency in the application program on the basis of the calculated solution, and displaying information concerning a detected inconsistency.
US07886274B2	Source program processing method Comparison indices each for two components incorporated in a source program are used for easy and quantitative evaluation of functional redundancy in the program, effective and accurate extraction of redundant code segments from the program and also effective and accurate extraction of components to be modified simultaneously. A tree T is entered and an initial level of functional redundancy m(P) is set at 0 in a program P expressed by the tree T. The top node of the tree T is selected as a node N. A specific computation is performed for the top node selected as the node N with attribute information including the similarity and the number of children of the node N to obtain a level α. The level α is added to the functional redundancy m(P). The specific computation is performed for every node in the tree T, to obtain functional redundancy m(P) including the total of α for all nodes.
US07886266B2	Robust personalization through biased regularization The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for personalization of a recognizer. In general, recognizers can be used to classify input data. During personalization, a recognizer is provided with samples specific to a user, entity or format to improve performance for the specific user, entity or format. Biased regularization can be utilized during personalization to maintain recognizer performance for non-user specific input. In one aspect, regularization can be biased to the original parameters of the recognizer, such that the recognizer is not modified excessively during personalization.
US07886262B2	System and method of maximizing integrated circuit manufacturing yield with fabrication process simulation driven layout optimization A system and a method of maximizing the manufacturing yield of integrated circuit (“IC”) design using IC fabrication process simulation driven layout optimization is described. An IC design layout is automatically modified through formulation of a layout optimization problem utilizing the results of layout fabrication process compliance analysis tools. The modification of layout is performed adaptively and iteratively to make an IC layout less susceptible to yield issues while maintaining design rule correctness and minimal circuit performance impact.
US07886257B2	Methods for hierarchical noise analysis Systems and methods for hierarchical noise analysis of digital circuits, wherein analysis of a cell is based on the configuration of the cell itself and also the upstream circuit components that are connected to the inputs of the cell. One embodiment comprises a method for noise analysis in an electronic circuit such as a digital CMOS circuit. The method includes identifying a cell and identifying the inputs of the cell. For each of the inputs of the cell, a corresponding first upstream circuit component is identified. The identified component is the first component upstream from the cell's input and is directly connected to the input. A noise analysis for the cell is performed based upon the configuration of the cell in combination with the identified upstream circuit components. The result of the analysis for the combination of the cell and the upstream circuit components can then be stored.
US07886253B2	Design structure for performing iterative synthesis of an integrated circuit design to attain power closure A design structure that performs iterative synthesis of an integrated circuit design to attain power closure is described. In one embodiment, the design structure is embodied in a computer readable medium and has the capability to initially synthesized an integrated circuit design to satisfy timing and power constraints. Results from the initial synthesis are fed back into the synthesis process where specific nodes in the circuit design are targeted to satisfy the timing and power constraints. Selected nodes in the circuit design are worked on in an iterative manner until it has been determined that all of selected nodes have undergone evaluation for satisfying timing and power constraints. Once all of the selected nodes have undergone evaluation for satisfying timing and power constraints, then a final netlist representing the circuit design is generated.
US07886250B2	Reconfigurable integrated circuit The purpose of the present invention is to realize reduction of power consumption of reconfigurable integrated circuits such as FPGAs by decreasing leakage current in SRAMs.A reconfigurable integrated circuit is provided which includes transistors and comprises a first switch with an input terminal, an output terminal, and a control terminal, a first memory with a memory cell connected to the control terminal of the first switch, a second switch capable of shutting down a power supply line or a ground line of the first memory, and a second memory to control the second switch, wherein a value to open the second switch is written into the second memory when the first switch is not operated, thereby shutting down the power supply line or the ground line of the first memory.
US07886248B2	Layout method of semiconductor integrated circuit and computer-readable storage medium storing layout program thereof The present invention is a method that a redundant via is never added afterwards for a signal wiring or a clock wiring, but layout is performed using a multi-cut via from the beginning, which is used for laying out a semiconductor integrated circuit by a step (S32) of searching a wiring route that layout is possible using a multi-cut via regarding a net in a net list, a step (S33) of laying out a wiring corresponding to the net on the wiring route with using the multi-cut via, and a step (S70) of creating layout data of the semiconductor integrated circuit by repeating the steps S32 and S33.
US07886247B2	Method and apparatus for statistical path selection for at-speed testing In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for statistical path selection for at-speed testing. One embodiment of a method for selecting a path of an integrated circuit chip for at-speed testing includes computing a process coverage metric for a plurality of paths in the integrated circuit chip and selecting at least one path that maximizes the process coverage metric.
US07886246B2	Methods for identifying failing timing requirements in a digital design Methods for identifying failing timing requirements in a digital design. The method includes identifying at least one timing test in the digital design that has a passing slack in a base process corner and a failing slack in a different process corner. The method further includes computing a sensitivity of the failing slack to each of a plurality of variables and comparing each sensitivity to a respective sensitivity threshold. If the sensitivity of at least one of the variables is greater than the respective sensitivity threshold, then the at least one timing test is considered to fail.
US07886235B2	Interactive document summarization A real-time interactive document summarization system which allows the user to continuously control the amount of detail to be included in a document summary.
US07886233B2	Electronic text input involving word completion functionality for predicting word candidates for partial word inputs A text input method is described for an electronic apparatus having a user interface with text input means and a display screen. Word completion functionality is provided for predicting word candidates for partial word inputs made by the user with the text input means. The method involves receiving a partial word input from the user and deriving a set of word completion candidates using the word completion functionality. Each of the word completion candidates in the set has a prefix and a suffix, wherein the prefix corresponds to the partial word input. The method also involves presenting the suffices for at least a sub set of the word completion candidates in a predetermined area on the display screen, wherein each of the presented suffices is made selectable for the user.
US07886230B2	Scale with automatic offline indication and related method A scale and associated methods automatically identify when a food product pricing scale is in an offline condition and changes a color condition on the scale display to alert scale operators of the offline condition.
US07886222B2	Converter-tool for a non-programmer user, to generate a web based application A method of developing a software prototype for and by a non-programmer user enters user-inputs into a UI in natural language including documentation requirements and user's business logic. The UI has access to a database, and optionally to text files, spreadsheets, data in xml format and user's business logic information. A parser tool is used for automatically parsing user-inputs into easily processed software components and for automatically converting said inputs into an XML (Extensible Mark up Language) document. The XML document is converted into a XSLT document to form data base tables, and, the user selectively initiates validation, data retrieval and information storage. The user-input may be partially a voice input, assisted by a voice-to-text converter. The inputs may use the help of an AI robot. A user without any programming knowledge can create a software application which may be in real time, without any intermediary professional software help.
US07886221B1	Method and apparatus for storing web site data by web site dimensions and generating a web site having complementary elements A technique for storing web site data in a plurality of storages, each for storing data to be used for defining a range of one of a plurality of web site dimensions, and storing a plurality of web site templates in a web site template storage, each of the web site templates including a set of characteristics for one or more of the plurality of web site dimensions, all of the characteristics for each of the web site dimensions at least in part defining a subset of the web site data stored in the storage corresponding to the dimension.
US07886220B2	Smart layer rendering A document can contain multiple print layers. Different layers can be combined to produce different document versions. In this manner, a document can have an English version and a Spanish version sharing graphics layers but having different text layers. A document version specification can be used for producing a certain version of the document. Some documents, however, have many layers and desired layer combinations. A set of document version specifications can be used to ensure that all the desired versions are produced without any version being forgotten or any undesired version being produced. Dividing the layers amongst a set of layer groups helps in creating the specifications. A set of rules can be submitted to a rule module to automatically generate the desired specifications.
US07886219B2	Automatic form generation A computer system and method for generating a plurality of unique forms, such as invoices or medical claim forms, that may be populated with data to produce test forms for testing automatic document processing systems. A blank form image is selected, and a layout data file is created that includes information on the locations of data fields on the blank form image, data types, and the formatting of data in the data fields. Corresponding data fields on each form are populated with different data sets comprising pre-defined data, random data or a combination of data to create a plurality different forms for the testing of the document processing system.
US07886218B2	Methods and devices for post processing rendered web pages and handling requests of post processed web pages A method of post processing a rendered HTML web page includes receiving a rendered web page, parsing the web page to identify resources that the web page includes links to, grouping the identified resources according to a type of resource, creating a resource reference that refers to each group of resources, and inserting the resource reference into the web page to enable the identified resources in the web page to be retrieved.
US07886208B2	LDPC decoding apparatus and method based on node memory An apparatus is provided for decoding a Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) code in a communication system. In the LDPC decoding apparatus, an edge memory stores a message delivered through an edge between a variable node and a check node. A node memory stores a node value. A node processor performs a node processing operation using information stored in at least one of the node memory and the edge memory, stores a check node value generated by performing the node processing operation in the node memory, and stores a message generated by performing the node processing operation in the edge memory. A switch switches outputs of the node memory and the node processor through a permutation operation. A parity check verifier parity-checks an output from the node memory. A controller provides a control signal for controlling the node processor.
US07886206B2	Semiconductor memory test device and method thereof A semiconductor memory test device and method thereof are provided. The example semiconductor memory test device may include a fail memory configured to store at least one test result of a memory under test, a mode selecting unit configured to output a selection signal for selecting a memory address protocol of the fail memory based upon which one of a plurality of test modes is active in the memory under test and an address arranging unit configured to arrange address signals to conform with the selected memory address protocol in response to the selection signal received from the mode selecting unit.
US07886200B1	Measuring catastrophic failure rates in updates Preventing continued distribution of a software update that is causing problems in computers is a challenging problem, particularly where the update causes a catastrophic failure such that the problem cannot be reported by the computer since the computer has been completely disabled. To manage this problem, when an update is delivered for installation, it first installs a program and configures it to execute at a specified reporting time. When that time is reached, the program sends a positive operations notification to the update server indicating that the program is okay or sends a notification that the program is okay so far, but the user is now shutting down the computer. The number of notifications received is tracked by the system in comparison to the number of software updates sent. If the notifications received are smaller than expected, the update may be causing catastrophic failures in the computers, preventing the sending of the notification, and thus the system can take corrective action to manage this problem early on, before more problematic updates are sent out.
US07886192B2	Method for fast system recovery via degraded reboot A system and method for fast system recovery that bypasses diagnostic routines by disconnecting failed hardware from the system before rebooting. Failed hardware and hardware that will be affected by removal of the failed hardware of the system are disconnected from the system. The system is restarted, and because the failed hardware is disconnected, diagnostic routines may safely be eliminated from the reboot process.
US07886191B2	Method for rebooting a signal processing system A method for rebooting a system having a plurality of execution units in a safe operating mode; after receiving a request signal, the signals delivered by the execution units are compared with one another as a function of a comparison operation to detect a signal deviation.
US07886189B2	Mobile terminal apparatus and diagnosis method for mobile terminal apparatus To provide a mobile terminal apparatus with the lower communication cost in sending a log at the occurrence of a malfunction, abnormality or fault in the mobile terminal apparatus to a network. A diagnostic process for the malfunction is performed in accordance with a diagnostic policy acquired from the outside. An error code corresponding to the diagnostic result is generated. The generated error code is outputted. With an automatic fault diagnostic function of automatically analyzing the fault in the mobile terminal apparatus without directly sending the log collected in the mobile terminal apparatus to an analytic server, the communication cost can be reduced.
US07886187B2	System for repeated unmount attempts of distributed file systems The present invention provides a computer implemented method and apparatus for unmounting file systems from a plurality of file servers. The method comprises of issuing an unmount command targeting a file system of a first server among the plurality of file servers. The timeout period is then expired without receiving an unmount acknowledgement associated with the unmount command. Thus, the timeout period is associated with an allowable time for the file system to acknowledge unmounting. In response to expiring the timeout period, a ping is transmitted to the first server among the plurality of file servers. The ping timeout then expires based on a failure to receive a ping acknowledgment corresponding to the ping. This action marks the first server for a later retry of unmounting to form a marked set based on the first server.
US07886184B2	Multiple sourcing storage devices for ultra reliable mirrored storage subsystems One aspect of the invention is a method for configuring an array of storage devices to reduce the probability of data loss due to clustered storage device failures in the array. An example of this method includes identifying all storage devices in a primary set of storage devices and a first mirror set of storage devices in the array of storage devices. This example also includes obtaining data regarding each identified storage device. This example further includes determining if any of the storage devices in the primary set of storage devices has a vital characteristic that is the same as a vital characteristic of any of the storage devices in the first mirror set of storage devices, and if so, indicating an array configuration error, and if not, continuing the configuration.
US07886183B2	Providing fault tolerant storage system to a cluster In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of nodes. On each node, a storage virtualization component may receive the I/O operations generated from local applications on the node. The storage virtualization component may transmit the I/O operation, and detect any failures that occur in the I/O operations. If a failure is detected, the storage virtualization component may cooperate with other storage virtualization components on other nodes to successfully complete an I/O operation that experiences a failure. In one embodiment, if the I/O operation is successful on a remote node, the storage virtualization component may migrate the application that sourced the I/O operation to the remote node. In other embodiments, the storage virtualization component may monitor I/O operations and migrate the application after a pattern of local failures and successes on the remote node.
US07886182B1	Enhanced coordinated cluster recovery An apparatus and a method that prevent a split-brain problem by preventing a cluster partner from accessing and serving data when the cluster partner is taken over by a storage server, while allowing early release of reservations on the cluster partner's storage devices before control is given back to the cluster partner.
US07886170B2	Power management of image forming apparatus and control method therefor The conventional techniques cannot set optimal energy saving modes separately for a plurality of loads and can hardly attain further suppression of power consumption. To accomplish this, in an image forming apparatus including a main circuit board which has a master CPU and controls the operation of the entire image forming apparatus, and a plurality of sub circuit boards each have a slave CPU and control each corresponding control target, the operating condition of each slave CPU is stored in correspondence with the operation mode of the image forming apparatus, and, upon being notified of the operation modes of the image forming apparatus, the slave CPU of each of the plurality of sub circuit boards sets the operation status of the slave CPU by referring to the table of the operation modes.
US07886165B2	Power management for Power-over-Ethernet-capable switch A system and method is described that allows a PoE-capable switch to selectively provide power to one or more remote devices in an instance where power being supplied to the switch itself is limited or failing. In one embodiment, the switch receives a notification from an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) and, in response to receiving the notification, selectively provides power to one or more devices powered by the switch. Selectively providing power to one or more of the devices may include providing power to only a subset of the devices, providing a different amount of power to different ones of the devices, or providing power for different durations to different ones of the devices. In an alternate embodiment, in response to receiving the notification, the switch communicates with a remote device and causes the remote device to activate at least one power saving feature.
US07886162B2	Cryptographic secure program overlays A method, computer program product, and data processing system for executing larger-than-physical-memory applications while protecting sensitive program code (and also data) from unauthorized access in a memory space not subject to protection fault or page fault detection are disclosed. Large applications are accommodated by providing a mechanism for secure program overlays, in which a single large application is broken into two or more smaller applications (overlays) that can be executed from the same memory space by overwriting one of the smaller applications with another of the smaller applications when the latter needs to be executed. So that the data may be shared among these smaller applications, each of the applications contains embedded cryptographic keys, which may be used to encrypt or decrypt information to be stored persistently while control is transferred from one application to the other.
US07886156B2	Secure universal transaction system A secure universal transaction system includes an operations and resource component, at least one communication device for enabling user interaction with the operations and resource component, and a secure token associated with each user of the system. The operations and resource component includes a first biometric security component, a second security component, and a communication component for enabling secure communication between the operations and resource component and at least one network. Each communication device includes a wired or wireless token interface, a biometric reader for enabling a user to input a biometric reading, a wired or wireless communication component for enabling communication between the communication device and the operations and resource component, a user input device, and an output device. Each secure token includes a token security component for generating a security code and a data storage component for storing user data. User access to the operations and resource component is permitted only when the secure token is interfaced with the token interface of the communication device, the biometric reading entered by the user matches a biometric reading associated with the secure token in the biometric security component of the operations and resource component, and the security code generated by the token security component matches a corresponding security code associated with the secure token in the second security component of the operations and resource component.
US07886154B2	Method and apparatus for a proximity warning system The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for warning of a presence of a person in a zone having an inadequate security clearance. Movement of the person in the zone is detected. A message is broadcast to selected data processing systems associated with the zone, wherein the data processing systems initiate actions to protect data in the selected data processing systems.
US07886152B2	Method and device for embedding watermark information and method and device for extracting embedded watermark information For embedding watermark information into an information signal including audio and/or video information, first of all a synchronization sequence with a plurality of synchronization sequence units and a data sequence with a plurality of data sequence units are provided, wherein between the data sequence and the synchronization sequence a time shift is present and wherein a degree of shifting depends on the watermark information. A combination means generates a combination sequence having a plurality of combination sequence units from the synchronization sequence and the data sequence shifted with regard to the synchronization sequence, wherein the combination sequence units are derived from synchronization sequence units and shifted data sequence units. The combination sequence is combined with the information signal in order to embed the watermark information into the information signal. A watermark extractor receives a synchronization sequence correlation peak for every data sequence correlation peak associated with the same and therefore determines the watermark information on the basis of the time interval between the synchronization sequence correlation peak and the data sequence correlation peak in a secure and robust way. The concept is robust, provides a high data rate and is simultaneously flexible with regard to the weighting of synchronization energy and data energy and with regard to the robustness on the one hand and data rate on the other hand, respectively.
US07886151B2	Temporal synchronization of video and audio signals A protocol for temporal synchronization of media signals with temporal components is used for digital watermarking and other applications. The synchronization protocol achieves initial synchronization by finding an initial synchronization key through analysis of a temporal media signal stream. It then uses features of the stream and a queue of one or more keys from previous frames to derive subsequent keys to maintain synchronization. If synchronization is lost due to channel errors or attacks, for example, the protocol uses the initial synchronization key to re-establish synchronization. In digital watermarking applications, the synchronization protocol is agnostic to the watermark embedding and reading functions.
US07886149B2	Method and apparatus for assigning network addresses based on connection authentication Techniques for assigning a network address to a host are based on authentication for a physical connection between the host and an intermediate device. One approach involves receiving first data at the intermediate device from an authentication and authorization server in response to a request for authentication for the physical connection. The first data indicates at least some of authentication and authorization information. A configuration request message from the host is also received at the intermediate device. The configuration request message is for discovering a logical network address for the host. A second message is generated based on the configuration request message and the first data. The second message is sent to a configuration server that provides the logical network address for the host. The configuration server is then able to provide the logical network address based on authorization and authentication information.
US07886139B2	Method to enable firmware to boot a system from an ISCSI device A method and system that enable system firmware to efficiently boot an operating system (OS) and/or client program from a network-connected Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) device. The method generally comprises: (1) defining the firmware representation of the iSCSI device within the hierarchical data structure that represents the system hardware; and (2) extending the network support package to accommodate additional boot arguments that allow system firmware to acquire the information required for booting from the network-connected iSCSI device, while utilizing one of the existing discovery protocols.
US07886138B2	Methods and systems for firmware access and modification Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for accessing and modifying device firmware.
US07886135B1	Pipeline replay support for unaligned memory operations Instructions asserted in a microprocessors instruction pipeline (3) are accompanied by control information, comprising a group of bits, asserted within a control information pipeline (5) that is synchronized to the instruction pipeline. At the execution stage, the control information is interpreted and appropriate action taken. The control information may indicate that the instruction has been reasserted (asserted again following an initial assertion) and may also indicate the number of times that the instruction has been consecutively asserted in the instruction pipeline. Applied to unaligned memory operations, in which a memory atom is asserted twice, the control information indicates which part of the unaligned data is to be fetched each time the atom is executed.
US07886124B2	Method and mechanism for implementing dynamic space management for large objects Disclosed is a system and method for implementing space management for large objects stored in the computing system. According to some approaches, storage of large objects are managed by dynamically creating contiguous chunks of storage space of varying lengths. The length of each chunk may vary depending upon object size being stored, fragmentation of the storage space, available free space, and/or expected length of the object.
US07886123B2	Memory card and host device thereof A memory card is attached to a host device, and includes a data control circuit which transfers data with respect to the host device in synchronism with a rise edge and a fall edge of a clock signal.
US07886107B2	Data processor, data processing method, and computer readable medium storing program therefor A data processor that erases data stored in a storage device includes an erase information storage unit that stores an erase information indicating a description of an erasing process having been performed, corresponding to an erase-specified area, after the erasing process for the erase-specified area, being an area specified to be subjected to the erasing process, is performed.
US07886101B2	Interruption control system and method An interruption control system includes two sense elements, a microprocessor, and a controller. The microprocessor includes two registers, two flip-latches, a multiplexer, and a microcontroller. Each sense element senses a device and sends a sense signal. The corresponding register receives and stores the sense signal. The microcontroller sets an identity signal for each of the registers and controls the each of the flip-latch units to record a data signal of the device. The multiplexer alternately outputs the ID signals and the corresponding data signals to the microcontroller to encode into a datagram. The microcontroller sends the datagram to the controller. The controller is interrupted for decoding the datagram.
US07886096B2	Throughput measurement of a total number of data bits communicated during a communication period A method, system, and apparatus to hardware initiated throughput (HITM) measurement inside an OCP system using OCP side band signals are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system of an integrated circuit includes a signal line located in the integrated circuit to communicate an electrical signal, a receiver circuit located in the integrated circuit coupled to the signal line, a transmitter module located in the integrated circuit to communicate a data stream to the receiver circuit through the signal line, and a throughput monitor circuit coupled to the signal line to measure a throughput value during a communication period of the data stream from the transmitter module. The system may include a processor module located in the integrated circuit configured to interrupt an operation of the transmitter module and a receiver module if the throughput monitor circuit generates the interrupt signal.
US07886086B2	Method and apparatus for restricting input/output device peer-to-peer operations in a data processing system to improve reliability, availability, and serviceability A method and an apparatus are provided for restricting input/output device peer-to-peer operations in a data processing system to improve reliability, availability, and serviceability. A peer-to-peer (P2P) control logic is provided to perform a lookup of P2P lookup table entries. Each P2P lookup table entry comprises bus, device and function number fields, optional control fields, and an accept/reject bit. Upon receiving a communication request from a requesting I/O device, P2P control logic implemented in either a logical bridge or an I/O device identifies the requester ID of the request and determines if a match exists in the P2P lookup table entries. If a match is found and the accept/reject bit is enabled, I/O operations can be received from the requester.
US07886081B2	USB communication system, USB device, and method of error detection for USB communication system A USB communication system, a USB device, and a method of error detection for the USB communication system; with which an error of any breaking of physical connection in USB communication can be detected no matter where the breaking happens, and furthermore an error due to logical communication disconnection can also be detected.In a USB communication system constructed by connecting a host apparatus 2 and a card reader 1 with a USB cable 3, the card reader 1 may include: means for executing a bus reset as a preprocessing for setting a logical connection line with the host apparatus 2, means for measuring a time while the card reader 1 is in a bus reset status, and means for executing an operation of interrupting communication voluntarily according to a measuring result of the means for measuring the time.
US07886080B2	Management of topology changes in layer two networks In one embodiment, a method for managing topology changes in a Layer 2 network is provided. The method may comprise receiving a change notification at a provider edge bridging device and associating the change notification with a customer service. The method may further comprise identifying at least one destination provider edge bridging device associated with the customer service, encapsulating the change notification in a data frame and tunnelling the data frame over a tunnel comprising at least one core device to the at least one destination provider edge bridging device associated with the customer service, the at least one core bridging device tunnelling the data frame based on information relating to the destination provider edge bridging device.
US07886078B2	Connection support server and communication apparatus A low cost communication apparatus enables detection of an apparatus present on a different network in a router multistage network having a plurality of routers. When a communication apparatus cannot detect, on a network thereof, a desired apparatus, the communication apparatus requests a connection support server securing communication paths with all the apparatuses on a home network, to relay an apparatus detection request. The connection support server transfers the request to relay the apparatus detection request, to an arbitrary apparatus belonging to a different network from the network to which the communication apparatus belongs, and the arbitrary apparatus, by proxy, performs an apparatus detection, and transfers information about a detected apparatus to the connection support server. By obtaining the information from the connection support server, the communication apparatus detects the apparatus on the different network.
US07886076B2	Bypassing routing stacks using mobile internet protocol Methods, systems and computer program products for load balancing using Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) Version 6 are provided. A request for a connection is received from a client at a routing stack. A Mobile IP Version 6 Binding Update message is transmitted from the routing stack to the client responsive to the received request. The Binding Update message identifies a selected target stack so as to allow the client to communicate directly with the target stack bypassing the routing stack.
US07886075B2	Arrangement for retrieving routing information for establishing a bidirectional tunnel between a mobile router and a correspondent router A mobile router and a correspondent router, each configured for routing services for nodes within their routing prefixes associated with their respective routing tables, establish a secure, bidirectional tunnel based on a messaging protocol between each other and a route server resource. A reactive (i.e., on-demand) protocol is used that enables the requesting device (e.g, the mobile router, correspondent router), to obtain routing information in a secure manner from the route server. The mobile router sends a query via its home agent to the route server resource to identify the correspondent router serving the correspondent node. The mobile router sends a binding update request, specifying a home address and care-of address for the mobile router, to the correspondent router for establishment of a bidirectional tunnel. The correspondent router establishes the bidirectional tunnel, and updates its routing tables based on information from the route server resource.
US07886073B2	Systems and methods of reducing media stream delay In one embodiment, a method includes requesting accelerated delivery of a specified media stream. The media stream contains a plurality of video frames. The method also includes receiving a response to the accelerated delivery request and selecting, based on the response, a source media stream. The method also includes receiving the source media stream into a buffer and decoding the received media stream from the buffer, at a selected playout rate.
US07886070B2	Source updating for streaming based servers A method includes the steps of: detecting a request from a client to restart a streamed multimedia presentation from a new starting point; determining if an update to a source file of the streamed multimedia presentation is available; if the update is available: closing the source file, opening the update, and establishing a link to the existing data channel; locating the new starting point of the streamed multimedia presentation; and streaming the multimedia presentation from the new starting point.
US07886068B1	Management of streaming media playlists Various methods and apparatuses for storing a streaming media data play list in a cache memory are described. A streaming media data play list comprises a plurality of streaming media data entries associated with a single data pointer and the streaming media data entries comprise header data and payload data. In particular embodiments, a method for storing a streaming media data play list in a cache memory comprises receiving the streaming media data play list from a streaming media server, and storing the media data in the cache memory.
US07886065B1	Detecting reboot events to enable NAC reassessment Providing security for a network is disclosed. Network traffic associated with a host is monitored. If an activity pattern associated with a reboot of the host is observed, access by the host to the network is restricted based at least in part on the observed activity pattern.
US07886060B2	Establishing and modifying network signaling protocols Methods among nodes of a computer network for establishing a connection between the server and the client. A client node sends a session-invitation message to a server node. The session-invitation message is a message in a first protocol that establishes a channel at the level of the first protocol between the client and the server according to parameters of the session-invitation message that specify characteristics of session in a second protocol. An intermediary node of the network adding new information to the session-invitation message requesting modification of the session policies, and transmits the session-invitation message to the server node. The server receives the session-invitation message, and sends a provisional response back to the client, and holding in abeyance a success or failure response to the session-invitation, without establishing a channel at the level of the first protocol if no such channel is previously established, and without disrupting a channel at the level of the first protocol if such channel has been previously established. When the client receives the provisional response, it reconfigures the characteristics of the session of the second protocol, and sends an amended request to the server. When the server receives the amended request, the server sends a success or failure response to the client, the content of the response being based at least in part on the amended session-invitation, and being of a form defined in the protocol as being an appropriate response form for reply to the original session-invitation message.
US07886045B2	Media playlist construction for virtual environments Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for generating song playlists for use in an immersive virtual environment. Generally, playlists may be generated based on stored music preference data. The music preference data may be generated by storing user interactions with specific songs. The user interactions may be associated with characteristics of the user's situational context within the virtual world. The music preference data may be indexed by song name, and/or by musical properties. Subsequently, the music preference data may be used to generate a playlist adapted to the user's current situation within the virtual world.
US07886044B2	System for searching device on network There is disclosed a network system in which the position, attribute, and status of a desired device on a network can visually comprehensibly be grasped. A server manages location information indicating information on the device position in a hierarchical manner and attribute information from the device. Each device holds a plurality of status information (icon information) in accordance with various statuses of the device. A client holds map information corresponding to each class of the location information, and overlaps and outputs (display output) device status information obtained by communication by a polling system with the device detected by search in the server, and map information corresponding to the location information of the device.
US07886043B1	Hybrid method and apparatus for URL filtering Methods and apparatus for rating Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are disclosed. The method includes determining a request size pertaining to a length of the URL to be rated and for generating a rating request message containing the URL. The rating request message is a DNS (domain name system) message if the request size is less than or equal to a predefined size limitation, and the rating request message is a HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) message if the request size is greater than the predefined size limitation.
US07886040B2	Automated display of an information technology system configuration An Information Technology (IT) system display method and computer program product. A description is provided of a configuration of devices, network segments, and vertical connectors relating to an IT structure. The devices are initially distributed to form a distribution of the devices in a matrix representing a display screen. A defined goal value of the configuration is a function of a length and weight of each network segment, a length and weight of each vertical connector, and a penalty for each crossing of a device by a network segment. An overlay pattern of the network segments and the vertical connectors overlayed on the matrix is displayed in accordance with the description and the final distribution of the devices in the matrix. The goal value for the final distribution is lower than for the initial distribution. The final distribution is displayed on the display screen together with the overlay pattern.
US07886029B2	Remote test station configuration An online test platform facilitates the configuration, development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include an installation protocol to configure a computing facility and prevent other applications from executing during an exam, administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs.
US07886022B2	Reducing contention in an environment using optimistic locks Contention in a distributed processor computer system with a replicated message environment is reduced. The system comprises processor consumers intercommunicating via a server interface that receives a message from a producer. The server favors one consumer, marks the message accordingly, communicates the marked message to the system, and delays the processing in another consumer beyond a predetermined time, for example the time normally taken to process a message.
US07886021B2	System and method for programmatic management of distributed computing resources Systems and methods for providing a development and deployment platform for Software as a Service (SaaS) providers are disclosed. The platform may provide an application programming interface (API) through which customers may configure virtualized grids of language-level virtual machines (VMs), networks, and storage resources. A grid may be horizontally scalable and programmatically configurable by a customer and/or customer code. The platform may allow dynamic scaling of resources (up and down) to match changing demands, by allowing customers and/or customer code to programmatically alter their own system level structure at runtime, through the API. The grid may be accessed by both on-grid and off-grid processes, through internal and external connectivity resources provided by the platform. The platform may provide common utilities for end-user services, deployment operations, and development tasks (e.g., debugging), and may include frameworks and macro-components (e.g. web servers). The platform may host long-running Internet-based services and/or one-shot computational services.
US07886019B2	Service oriented architecture automation by cab or taxi design pattern and method Computer implemented method, system, and computer usable program code for handling service requests. A service request is received at one service provider of a plurality of service providers, each service provider adapted to receive service requests from service requesters and being in communication with middleware software and with one another. The received service request is sent to one service acceptor of a plurality of service acceptors, each also being in communication with the middleware software and with one another. If the one service acceptor is able to process the request, the one service acceptor processes the request and sends a response back to the one service provider and to each other of the plurality of service acceptors. If the one service acceptor is unable to process the request, the one service acceptor determines if another service acceptor is able to process the request and notifies the middleware software. A service acceptor that is able to process the request accepts and processes the request and provides a result. Overall Service Requestors, Service Providers, Service Stations (middleware) and Service Acceptors communicate among themselves and maintain respective logs to further make it the invention as an automated process.
US07886012B2	Electronic conversation text summarization Summarization of text in a document may be requested in dependence upon the position of the text in relation to other text within the document or the position of the document containing the text within a plurality of documents in a document structure. Summarization of text in a document may also be requested in dependence upon a user's interaction with an application in conjunction with a version of the document or with a document structure including the document. Different levels of summarization may be applied to different segments of text within a document.
US07885999B2	Methods and systems for device personalization Systems and methods for personalizing devices using data objects in a manner that deters theft and provides a mechanism for finding lost devices are described. In one embodiment, one of the methods includes uniquely registering a device and an owner of the device with the system. The method further includes personalizing the registered device to include lost and found information, such as by creating an image data object to include the information or providing a text data object that includes the information. In another method, a lost and found tracking service is used to receive a report of a found device from a finder and to determine an associated owner of the found device in order to contact the owner and convey information regarding the finder.
US07885996B2	Method, apparatus, and system for implementing notifications in a framework to support web-based applications According to one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided for implementing notifications in a framework to support web-based applications. The system comprising a set of server-side objects managed by an object manager (OM). The system further comprises a set of browser-side objects running on a browser. The system also comprises a remote procedure call (RPC) mechanism to enable re-targeting of methods from browser-side objects to server-side objects. The system additionally comprises a data transmission mechanism to facilitate transmission of notifications from server-side objects to browser-side objects.
US07885992B2	System and method for implementing irregular data formats A computer system comprises a processing unit configured to process fixed size data words comprising at least one exponent field of variable size and a mantissa of variable size; an input device configured to provide data words to the processing unit; and an output device configured to output data words processed by the processing unit.
US07885986B2	Enhanced browsing experience in social bookmarking based on self tags Improved browsing experience in social bookmarking by leveraging aspects of self tagging and prediction. Quality recommendations are provided for sites of interest to the user and information about what types of people like the current website. Self-tagging is used as an effective means to perform personalized searches. Machine learning and reasoning is employed to predict self-tags based on a website visited and/or website behavior, and self-tags associated with a website and/or webpage based on content of that website and/or webpage. The architecture can be embodied as a browser utility to leverage and extend social-bookmarking information. The utility facilitates the display of information related to a summary view of the users who liked/disliked the current page or website, a tag cloud associated with webpages, and a recommendation button that causes self-tag recommendations to be displayed and that recommends links based on the combination of user tags and content.
US07885981B2	System and method for generating automatic user interface for arbitrarily complex or large databases A software system automatically and dynamically generates a fully functional user interface (UI) based upon, and connected directly to, an underlying data model (as instantiated within a relational database management system (RDBMS)). The UI derives from an automated interrogation of the RDBMS, and comprises all mode displays (e.g., browse, search, edit, add) for all tables, and a full complement of mechanisms—integrated directly into the mode displays—for representing, navigating, and managing relationships across tables, regardless of the complexity of the underlying RDBMS schema. It utilizes a hierarchical “context stack” for suspending the working state of a particular table while “drilling down” to work with related-table information and return relevant changes to the base table. The embodiment further provides methods to enhance and extend the internal representation of table structures, constraints, relationships, and-special requirements (“business rules”) for improved revelation of the schema structure through external interrogation.
US07885976B2	Identification, notification, and control of data access quantity and patterns A device for limiting access to data in a database includes an input for receiving a request to access data in a database and a processor that is communicatively coupled to the input and allows access to the data in the database. A data counter for counting an instantaneous rate of data flow and/or a volume of data accessed and a comparator for determining if the data flow and/or the volume of data accessed in the database exceeds a previously specified value is also included, wherein the processor disallows access to the data in the database in response to the instantaneous rate and/or the volume of data exceeding the previously specified value.
US07885974B2	Method and apparatus providing omnibus view of online and offline content of various file types and sources An online service provider (OSP) operates online data centers to store members' data objects relating to various online member services of the OSP. An aggregated catalog lists members' data objects residing in the online data centers and also those residing in member computers' local storage. An aggregator monitors contents of the online storage facilities to detect new storage of prescribed types of data objects owned by the members, and also communicates with member computers to identify prescribed types of data objects newly stored in the respective local storage. The aggregator updates the aggregated catalog to list the newly stored data objects. Responsive to a request by a member, a finder searches the aggregated catalog and utilizes results of the search to provide, for display at the requesting member's computer, a consolidated listing of online data objects and locally stored data objects owned by the requesting member.
US07885973B2	Computer method and apparatus for parameterized semantic inquiry templates with type annotations A computer method and system generates inquires. The method and system provide a plurality of templates. Each template outlines a respective inquiry and is associated with one or more semantic types or contexts. Each template has one or more parameters for defining a query instance of the respective inquiry. User input selects a template from the plurality and specifies values for the parameters of the user selected template. Using the user selected template and the user-specified parameter values, an instance of a query is produced. Each template, is associated with semantic types during template construction. The semantic types may be based on classes in an ontology. Template construction may include templatizing prior existing or other queries to create respective templates. In application or use of a template, query generation may be during modeling of a certain domain, and the produced query is for information about the certain domain. Parameter value selection may be automated or assisted by the system based on the model context where the template is instantiated.
US07885969B2	System and method for executing compute-intensive database user-defined programs on an attached high-performance parallel computer The invention pertains to a system and method for dispatching and executing the compute-intensive parts of the workflow for database queries on an attached high-performance, parallel computing platform. The performance overhead for moving the required data and results between the database platform and the high-performance computing platform where the workload is executed is amortized in several ways, for example, by exploiting the fine-grained parallelism and superior hardware performance on the parallel computing platform for speeding up compute-intensive calculations, by using in-memory data structures on the parallel computing platform to cache data sets between a sequence of time-lagged queries on the same data, so that these queries can be processed without further data transfer overheads, by replicating data within the parallel computing platform so that multiple independent queries on the same target data set can be simultaneously processed using independent parallel partitions of the high-performance computing platform. A specific embodiment of this invention was used for deploying a bio-informatics application involving gene and protein sequence matching using the Smith-Waterman algorithm on a database system connected via an Ethernet local area network to a parallel supercomputer.
US07885952B2	Cloaking detection utilizing popularity and market value The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods that facilitate detection of cloaked web pages. Commercial value of search terms and/or queries can be indicative of the likelihood that web pages associated with the keywords or queries are cloaked. Commercial value can be determined based upon popularity of terms and/or advertisement market value as established based upon advertising revenue, fees and the like. Commercial value can be utilized in conjunction with term frequency difference analysis to identify a cloaked page automatically. In addition, commercial values of terms associated with web pages can be used to order or prioritize web pages for further analysis.
US07885948B2	Automatically managing incoming communications between sender and recipient, analyzing factors, selectively applying observed behavior, performing designated action As incoming communications are received, a priority or significance level can be assigned to each communication. A communication determined to have a high priority can be presented to a user at substantially the same time as receiving the communication. A communication having a low priority can be placed in a low priority folder or flagged differently from a high priority communication (e.g., different color-coding). Behavior of a user as it relates to a received communication can be observed for learning purposes or to modify one or more classifications or priority levels.
US07885947B2	Method, system and computer program for discovering inventory information with dynamic selection of available providers A solution (200) for discovering inventory information in a data processing system is proposed. For this purpose, a corresponding discovery request is submitted (A1) to an inventory tool (200); the discovery request specifies a selected query pattern for the desired inventory information (for example, all the files included in a specific directory). Multiple providers (210)—such as of the interactive, cached or monitor type—are available for executing the required discovery operation. A predictive model (220) is associated with each provider; the models are used to estimate (A2,A3a,A3b-A4) the expected performance of the different providers for discovering the inventory information (according to the selected query pattern). In this way, it is possible to select (A5-A9) the provider, among the available ones, which is best suited for this purpose. The selected provider is then invoked (A10-A12) to discover the inventory information matching the selected query pattern. At the same time, the result of the discovery is used to refine (A13-A14) the models of the providers, so as to improve their accuracy.
US07885942B2	Traffic production index and related metrics for analysis of a network of related web sites A solution is provided for determining traffic patterns involving a web page or property of interest in a computer network. This includes receiving path data regarding the web page or property of interest. Then, the number of visits to each of the other pages or properties visited by users in a session that included a visit to the web page or property of interest is counted. Then, from the path data and the counts, an aggregated data structure is constructed including, for each of the other web pages or properties visited by users in a session that included a visit to the web page or property of interest, visit count information and information regarding which web page or property within the network users visited next, if any. Then one or more metrics directed to traffic surrounding the web page or property of interest is provided using information from the aggregated data structure.
US07885937B2	Mapping online contact information into a contacts list A presence management system may communicate contact information with mapped values. Contact information may be stored in a hierarchical, extensible structure (“hierarchical extensible contact structure”). Devices in a presence management system utilize a mapping scheme to map contact values (e.g., e-mail address, phone number, etc.) to the appropriate field of the hierarchical extensible contact structure. When devices in the presence management system communicate information for thousands of contacts, employing mapped values to navigate the hierarchical extensible contact structure reduces the size of the messages, thus reducing resource consumption (e.g., bandwidth), particularly on the scale of an enterprise.
US07885934B2	Monitoring and auditing system An improved method and apparatus for auditing database queries, wherein comments are added by a server prior to the server forwarding the queries to the database system. The comments are then used to derive audit information, which is correlated with other audit information in a different server, to produce a more complete audit record.
US07885931B2	Apparatus and method for processing a data backup service for use in a mobile terminal An apparatus and method for processing a data backup service of a mobile terminal. The apparatus and method backs-up data files stored in a mobile terminal in a backup server over a wireless Internet. The backup server is capable of backing-up resource information of the mobile terminal. The apparatus and method comprise a) checking setup backup resources during a backup setup procedure, and attempting to establish a connection to the backup server; b) analyzing category information of data to be transmitted to the backup server after connecting to the backup server, determining the number of references if the data category is equal to data including iterative information, and determining a division interval on the basis of a file size and performing data synchronization if the data category is equal to data including binary data. The apparatus and method further comprise c) separately storing the synchronization data serving as the iterative information and combining the separately-stored results when the synchronization data is determined to be iterative information, or divisionally storing the synchronization data, combining the divisionally-stored results, and transmitting the combined result when the synchronization data is determined to be divisionally-designated data; and d) terminating a backup operation of the mobile terminal when the backup server generates a response signal after the data is transmitted to the backup server.
US07885927B2	Transfer of table instances between databases A system and computer program product for transferring N table instances X1, X2, . . . , XN of a table T from a source database S to destination databases D1, D2, . . . , DN, respectively. The method is implemented by executing a computer code by a processor of a computer system. N is at least 1. For I=1, 2, . . . , N the method includes: determining whether the table T has been defined for destination database DI, and if it is determined that the table T has not been defined for the destination database DI then defining the table T for the destination database DI; and transferring the instance XI of the N table instances from the source database S into the defined table T of the destination database DI.
US07885919B2	Journaling database changes using minimized journal entries that may be output in human-readable form A minimized journaling mechanism stores minimized journal data in a format that allows for display and outputting the journal data in human-readable form. When a change to a record occurs, instead of writing only the changed bytes, all of the bytes in each field that changed are written to the journal, along with all of the bytes in each field selected to be always journaled. A default object is created with default data in all of the fields. When the journal entry needs to be output in human-readable form, the default object is read, and the minimized journal entry is then overlaid on the default object. The result is an object that contains default data in all non-selected fields that were not changed, with the journal data in all fields and that did change and in all fields that were selected to always be journaled.
US07885904B2	Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content on a first system based on user preferences learned on a second system A method of selecting and presenting content on a first system based on user preferences learned on a second system is provided. The method includes receiving a user's input for identifying items of the second content system and, in response thereto, presenting a subset of items of the second content system and receiving the user's selection actions thereof. The method includes analyzing the selected items to learn the user's content preferences for the content of the second content system and determining a relationship between the content of the first and second content systems to determine preferences relevant to items of the first content system. The method includes, in response subsequent user input for items of the first content system, selecting and ordering a collection of items of the first content system based on the user's learned content preferences determined to be relevant to the items of the first content system.
US07885901B2	Method and system for seeding online social network contacts A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards seeding a user's contacts for their online social network. The invention is arranged to automatically recommend to the user a set of seed contacts that the user may employ to invite to join their social network. The set of seed contacts may be harvested from the user's existing portal activities, as well as other sources. In one embodiment, the invention analyzes portal activity, such as email exchanges with the user, and the like, to determine a frequency of contact with the user. Other sources may include but not be limited to emails, names within an address book of the user, names within an address book of another person, a buddy list, an instant messaging list, an activity, a mailing list, an online discussion group, a membership in a category, chat group, and the like.
US07885896B2	Method for authorizing a substitute software license server The present method for authorizing a substitute software license server allows the software provider to approve the temporarily usage of the customer's substitute license server to process application file usage requests when the host license server fails. The host license server is assigned a unique host identification for authorizing simultaneous usage of a plurality of application files having the same host identification, thus preventing a substitute license server from authorizing usage of the plurality of application files without obtaining host identification. A software provider server connected to the substitute license server via a network connection downloads a temporary identification and application files having the temporary identification to the substitute license server to allow the substitute license server to process the application file usage requests that are received by the substitute license controller.
US07885890B2	System for authorizing credit use A credit approval and authorization system includes a credit request device, such as a terminal, located in a sales location, such as a store. The credit request device is operable to receive customer-related information, including a credit request, and to communicate the customer-related information to a credit analysis module. If the credit request is approved by the credit analysis module, the credit analysis module generates a conditional offer and the credit request device directs the customer to a point of sale system, such as a cash register, within the sales location, for manual verification of the customer's identity by an employee of the merchant. If the conditional offer is accepted and the identity of the customer is verified at the point of sale system, an activation module operates to establish a credit account. The system also includes an authorization module operable to determine whether to authorize use of the credit account to make a purchase.
US07885887B2	Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work The present invention is directed to a system and method for raising financing and/or revenue by artist for a project, where the project may be a creative work of the artist. The method including registering, by at least one artist, with a centralized database, at least one or more projects, offering, by the at least one artist, an entitlement related to the artist in exchange for capital for the project of the artist. The method and system may also include searching, by an interested party, the centralized database, for the least one artist, registering, by the interested party, with the centralized database and accepting the offer by the interested party for the entitlement related to the project. The capital may then be forwarded to the artist and the entitlement provided to the interested party.
US07885880B1	Atomic deposit transaction A user may generate a digital image of a negotiable instrument such as a check. The digital image may be transmitted to an institution in a digital image file for deposit of the check. After the user selects to submit the digital image file, the digital image file may be sent from a user computing device to the institution. The user computing device may be decoupled from the transaction once the submission of the digital image file for deposit of the check is made. The transaction is thereafter managed by the institution. Incomplete transactions are avoided by moving the transaction processing to the server side at the institution after the user submits the digital image file. This may be referred to as an atomic deposit transaction.
US07885879B1	Systems and methods for implementing real estate value insurance To protect a person with a property interest in real property against a loss of market value thereof, a base market value of the real property is determined at a current time when the property interest in the real property arises or thereafter, and a number of types of events that cause the real property to lose market value as compared with the base market value are defined. A number of the defined types of events are selected, and a real estate market value policy is issued to the person at about the current time. The policy promises to compensate the person for any loss experienced by the person if the real property loses market value as compared with the base market value based on any of the selected types of events.
US07885869B2	Method for managing buyer transactions and settlements using communication network between computers, and method for relaying information following buyer consumption trends to the buyer It is an object of the present invention to enable a buyer to collectively manage information related to a variety of commercial transactions performed by the buyer as well as to the settlements for these transactions. The calendar server 25 supplies a calendar screen to a buyer system 3 that is used by the buyer 1. This calendar screen has electronic invoices addressed to the buyer 1, which are issued by the supplier system 7, and electronic deposit/withdrawal detailed statement of the buyer's deposit account, which are issued by a banking system 13, pasted in the spaces for the relevant dates. When the buyer 1 selects an arbitrary invoice on this calendar screen and inputs his or her approval of this invoice, an account transfer telegraphic message for payment of this invoice is automatically sent to the banking system 13. The calendar server 25 manages the status of each invoice (“opened”, “payment request in progress”, “paid”), and notifies the supplier system 7 and banking system 13 of this invoice status. The calendar server 25 also supplements news such as advertisements which are sent by the supplier system 7 and banking system 13, and so forth, selects news following the buyer's consumption trends, and pastes this news in the spaces on the calendar screen which pertain to dates that slightly precede dates on which buyer consumption other forms without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
US07885866B2	Time phased configured product reutilization sales model A time-phased reutilization of configured products is provided. Partially configured products are detected. Each partially configured product is analyzed to determine if the partially configured product is a valid partially configured product, suitable for being modified into other configurations. A time phased management process is applied to the valid partially configured product.
US07885861B2	Method, system, and storage for creating a montage of composite product images Automated electronic document design systems and methods for generating matching customized product designs and preparing images of matching customized products in a montage for displaying to a user.
US07885851B2	Retailer optimization using market segmentation top quintile process A method for determining an optimal number of lottery retailers is disclosed. The optimal number of lottery retailers for a region can be determined based households of the same segmentations purchasing lottery products similarly, and there is a strong correlation between lottery agent density (population/retailers) and per capita lottery sales. The lottery agent density (LAD) necessary to produce high per capita sales can be identified and applied to all markets of that household segmentation.
US07885849B2	System and method for predicting demand for items A system and method for determining and identifying demand for items based on observing behavior of trendsetters within a member population, such as an online community. The trendsetters are determined by studying historical adoption behavior of a group within the member population.
US07885845B2	Method and system for biasing suggested rooms and/or resource search results based on user behavior related to rescheduling and/or cancelling existing reservations A system for biasing suggested room and/or resource search results based on user behavior related to rescheduling and/or canceling existing resource reservations. The system uses historical data, statistical analysis, and heuristics to generate suggestions as to which users may be willing and/or able to give up their existing resource reservations for a particular time slot. By monitoring which users reschedule and/or cancel existing reservations, and how often they do so, the system is able to provide a user in need of a previously reserved room/resource with a prioritized list indicating which other users with existing resource reservations during the desired time slot are relatively more likely to cancel their reservations, and/or to transfer their reservations to the scheduling user.
US07885842B1	Prioritizing service degradation incidents based on business objectives Embodiments of the present invention pertain to prioritizing services based on business objectives is described. According to one embodiment, a probability of a service violation occurring within a predetermined time period is determined based on a service level jeopardy threshold being exceeded. The probability of a service violation corresponds to an incident. An alignment of the service level violation with a business objective is computed based on the probability of the service level violation. The incident is prioritized based on the alignment.
US07885839B2	User interface for displaying travel information This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
US07885836B2	Integrated payment system and method of using same An integrated payment system directed to the care of a subject and method of same is described herein. This system and method includes a care planner for accurately approximating the costs for the subject during the course of care, an insurance verifier and estimator that identifies the portion of the costs for the subject that is covered by the subjects insurance, wherein the approximated costs less the covered insurance leaves a subject payment, a discount planner that evaluates the application of at least one discount to the subject payment, and a payment planner that enables a payment arrangement for the subject for the subject payment less any applied discounts. Increased functionality of the payment system is achieved using automated integration of the care planner, the insurance verifier and estimator, the discount planner and the payment planner and providing the ability communicating in and among at least two of the care planner, the insurance verifier and estimator, the discount planner and the payment planner.
US07885832B2	Insurance policy and method for providing an insurance policy having dormancy features An insurance policy having a dormancy provision is provided in which the dormancy provision enables a policyholder to activate and deactivate benefits provided under the insurance policy. Also provided is a method for enabling a holder of an insurance policy with a dormancy provision to activate and deactivate benefits of an insurance policy, and includes purchasing an insurance policy having a dormancy provision and a set of associated benefits, paying premiums to maintain the set of benefits in an active state, deactivating the set of benefits; paying dormancy premiums to maintain the set of deactivated benefits in a deactivated state, and reactivating the set of deactivated benefits.
US07885822B2	System and method for electronic medical file management A system for transferring electronic medical files is provided, such as for providing for patient file integrity and continuity in a telemedicine system. The system includes a record server that has a medical record data file for each patient, wherein each patient's medical record data file holds medical record data for that patient. A record client coupled to the record server receives the medical record data file. The medical record data is encapsulated to prevent modification of the medical record data, thus providing for integrity and continuity of the patient's medical record.
US07885815B2	System and method for access to multimedia structures A system for access to multimedia structures has telephone sets capable of connecting to a telephone network, a storage device capable of storing a plurality of multimedia structures representing messages and/or data and/or commands, and a network access server that can be associated with the telephone sets and is capable of selectively instantiating the multimedia structures via an interconnection network. There is also a voice-recognition and speech-synthesis system that can be associated with the network access server and that comprises modules for reading files in XML format and for processing the files so as to obtain files in a format that can be synthesized by a speech synthesizer.
US07885810B1	Acoustic signal enhancement method and apparatus An acoustic signal enhancement method is disclosed. The acoustic signal enhancement method comprises the steps of applying a spectral transformation on a frame derived from an input acoustic signal to generate a spectral representation of the frame, estimating an a posteriori SNR and an a priori SNR of the frame, determining an a priori SNR limit for the frame, limiting the a priori SNR with the a priori SNR limit to generate a final a priori SNR for the frame, determining a spectral gain for the frame according to the a posteriori SNR and the final a priori SNR, and applying the spectral gain on the spectral representation of the frame so as to generate an enhanced spectral representation of the frame. One of the characteristics of the acoustic signal enhancement method is that the a priori SNR limit is a function of frequency.
US07885802B2	Method of simulating a complex system including scheduler hierarchy, and corresponding storage means and computer program product A method is provided for simulating a complex system including a scheduler hierarchy. The complex system includes at least one processor that executes a set of functions under the control of a hierarchical group of schedulers. The method includes a step of constructing an architectural model of the complex system comprising a hierarchical group of components, each of said components comprising an instance of an object class belonging to the group containing: a first class, known as the Processor class, which represents an abstract model of any processor included in the complex system, a second class, known as the Function class, which represents an abstract model of any function executed by the complex system; and a third class, known as the Scheduler class, which represents an abstract model of any scheduler. Each instance is initialized with at least one attribute that characterizes the behavior desired therefrom.
US07885781B2	Acquiring test data from an electronic circuit Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for acquiring test data from an electronic circuit by mounting a probe adjacent to a capture point on an electronic circuit board, capturing by the probe an electronic signal of the electronic circuit, digitizing by the probe the captured signal, and transmitting by the probe the digitized signal from the probe through a data communications connection to a remote device. Acquiring test data from an electronic circuit also includes storing by the probe the digitized signal in the probe. Acquiring test data from an electronic circuit may include processing by the probe the digitized signal. Acquiring test data from an electronic circuit also may include synchronizing acquisition of test data by the probe with acquisition of test data by one or more other probes.
US07885780B2	Operating device for calibrating torque wrenches The invention relates to an operating device for testing torque wrenches with a data storage. A carrier is provided for fixing a torque wrench to be tested. A transducer is arranged at the carrier and coupled to the head portion of the torque wrench to be tested. A grip holder arranged on the carrier fixes the grip of the torque wrench to be tested. A deflecting mechanism generates a torque on the head portion of the torque wrench to be tested. A communication unit is coupled to the data storage of the torque wrench for data exchange.
US07885779B2	Measurement error correcting method and electronic component characteristic measurement device A measurement error correcting method and electronic component characteristic measuring device capable of accurately coping with an electronic component which includes nonsignal line ports and whose electrical characteristics are changed by a jig. The method includes the steps of measuring an electrical characteristic, with correcting-data-acquisition samples mounted on a test jig enabling measuring nonsignal line ports, and the samples mounted on a reference jig; measuring a through device in which a signal line port and a nonsignal line port are electrically connected to each other; determining a numerical expression for calculating, from results of measurement on the test jig, an estimated electrical characteristic value obtained on the reference jig; measuring an arbitrary electronic component, on the test jig; and calculating the estimated electrical characteristic value obtained on the reference jig.
US07885775B2	Processing of a signal representing radiation The invention proposes a method of processing a noisy digital time signal yk corresponding to an initial time signal xt after having been conditioned by a conditioning chain, the said initial signal xt representing information about radiations coming from a radiation source, these radiations having an energy distribution, characterised in that a state model is implemented, representing the conditioning imposed by the said chain to pass from the initial time signal xt to the noisy digital time signal yk in order to obtain from the noisy digital time signal yk a non-noisy digital estimate signal of the initial time signal xt.The invention furthermore proposes a system capable of implementing said method.
US07885772B2	Method and apparatus for the calculation of coal ash fusion values The IT and FT values for coal and coke samples can be accurately predicted by applying equations to determine ST and HT temperatures. For reducing atmospheres, the equations are IT=C1×ST−C2×HT+C3 and FT=C4×HT−C5×ST+C6. For oxidizing atmospheres, the equations are IT=C7×ST−C8×HT+C9 and FT=C10×HT−C11×ST+C12. IT is the initial deformation temperature. ST is the softening temperature. HT is the hemispherical temperature. FT is the fluid temperature. C1-C12 are constants determined by multi-linear regression coefficient analytical techniques on a collection of data.
US07885770B2	Methods for setting up, monitoring and performing analysis using capillary gel arrays Set up methods, analysis methods and monitoring methods for capillary gel arrays are provided which rigorously determine the number of capillaries for which standards should be used and/or the capillaries in which standards should not be considered and/or for which performance is impaired. The invention includes methods for monitoring capillary gel array performance in which the capillary gel array performs, on a plurality of occasions, a size based separation on an unknown sample in one or more capillaries, a size based separation on a second standard in those one or more capillaries, and a size based separation on a standard in one or more other capillaries, comprising comparing the results of the sample to the results of the standards in which variation in a characteristic of the results from the capillaries provided with the standard are considered with time and variation of the characteristic outside a predetermined position to determine if one or more of the capillaries of the array are providing reduced performance. The invention provides rigour to the results obtained from capillary gel array analysis and prevents analysis being carried out on arrays which have developed problems or broken down.
US07885769B2	Screening method and apparatus Reference data are subtracted from corresponding actual measurement data, and unprocessed binding quantity data, each of which represents a quantity of binding of a ligand and each of analytes, are thereby acquired. Calculation is made to find a relationship between the reference data and the unprocessed binding quantity data acquired in cases where the binding does not occur. In accordance with the relationship, variation components, which are contained in the unprocessed binding quantity data, are calculated. The variation components are subtracted from the corresponding unprocessed binding quantity data, and processed binding quantity data are thereby acquired. The processed binding quantity data are utilized for extracting an analyte capable of binding with the ligand.
US07885767B2	Method, an installation, and a computer program for estimating the initial size of a population of nucleic acids, in particular by PCR In order to estimate the size of an initial population of nucleic acids in a sample of interest, in particular by PCR, the following steps are performed: a) providing a model of the effectiveness (En) of the PCR, the model comprising a constant stage (E0) followed by a non-constant stage, the stages being united by a changeover region having a changeover index (CEEP); b) using the model of effectiveness to express a relationship between the changeover index and a parameter representative of the initial population size; and c) determining the changeover index by comparison with the experimental measurements, and deducing therefrom the initial population size in the sample of interest.
US07885764B2	Method for adaptively constructing and revising road maps A method for constructing and revising road maps in a vehicle map database using vehicle location signals to provide traffic flow information for recognized vehicle patterns from past vehicle travel. The method includes identifying vehicle travel segments as a series of exemplar points from the location signals. Exemplar points in each travel segment are eliminated to define the travel segment by a beginning exemplar point and an ending exemplar point. A potential ending exemplar point may be redefined if an average location of the exemplar points from a line connecting the beginning point and the potential ending point is outside of a threshold distance. The travel segments are stored in a database, where each stored travel segment includes a travel time. The method compares new vehicle travel segments to the stored vehicle travel segments to identify a match, and then revise the vehicle travel time for the stored travel segments.
US07885757B2	Degradation determination apparatus and degradation determination system for oxygen concentration sensor There is provided a dither control means that performs a dither control, which compulsively changes an air-fuel ratio alternately to rich side and to lean side by increasing and decreasing fuel injection quantity of an injector (fuel injection valve) in a stepped manner. A predicted value (ideal A/F value ID), which indicates an ideal change of a detection value of an A/F sensor (oxygen concentration sensor) in a case where the A/F sensor is not degraded, is set as a standard value. Then, an integral of a difference between the detection value of the A/F sensor, which changes in accordance with the dither control, and the standard value is calculated. If a calculated value of the integral is larger than a predetermined value, it is determined that the A/F sensor is degraded.
US07885747B2	Scooter shifter The present invention provides a system and method for automatically adjusting a continuously variable transmission (CVT) in a motorized vehicle. A microprocessor processor in the vehicle receives data about the operating status of the vehicle from a plurality. Examples of vehicle data include vehicle speed, motor speed, throttle position, current draw from a battery, and battery level. A servo motor is in mechanical communication with the CVT and provides an axial force to adjust the CVT. The microprocessor uses lookup tables of optimal set points for vehicle data to instruct the servo motor to adjust the transmission ratio of the CVT according to the vehicle data provided by the sensors.
US07885744B2	Controllers for heavy duty industrial vehicle Hardware of each of controllers (11, 12, 13) for controlling a plurality of instruments to be controlled, which are provided in a reach stacker as a heavy duty industrial vehicle, for example, a vehicle body (3), a spreader (9), and a cabin (10), is rendered common. The configuration of driver software for performing basic control is also rendered common. Only the configuration of minimum required application software is constructed to be suitable for the instrument to be controlled. Because of these features, the software of the controllers (11, 12, 13) can be easily changed. Regardless of the instrument to be controlled, as a subject of control, the controllers can be easily used for any instruments to be controlled.
US07885742B2	Steering device of vehicle A target turning angle calculation part 51 calculates a target turning angle δ on the basis of a steering angle θ and a vehicle speed V. A correction turning angle calculation part 52 calculates a transfer function K(s) which is a second transfer function, depending on the vehicle speed V, by using a difference between a transfer function G(s) which is a first transfer function determined on the basis of the specification of the vehicle and a stationary component G(0) of the transfer function G(s), the first transfer function having as an input a turning angle δ and as an output a yaw rate γ of the vehicle, the second transfer function having as an input a target turning rate δ′ obtained by temporally differentiating the target turning angle δ and as an output a correction turning angle δc. The correction turning angle calculation part 52 calculates a correction turning angle δc by multiplying the transfer function K(s) by the target turning rate δ′. A final target turning angle calculation part 53 inputs thereto the target turning angle δ from the target turning angle calculation part 51 and the correction turning angle δc from the correction turning angle calculation part 52 and calculates a final target turning angle δd by adding the correction turning angle δc to the target turning angle δ*.
US07885740B2	Control system for adjustable damping force Upon searching control parameter used to adjust damping force of a damper from a map in accordance with damper speed and target damping force decided based on moving condition of the vehicle, the map sets the control parameter, which are relatively higher than the actual damping force characteristics, as map data in the area where the damper speed is less than a predetermined value, the area where the noise has the great influence on the sensor outputs. Therefore, it can be prevented that the control parameter of the damping force is varied largely or varied in a short period by the influence of noise, and the driving stability control of the vehicle can be executed exactly and the noise caused by switching the damping force of the damper can be reduced.
US07885737B2	Control unit for controlling an engine stop of a hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle control system for cutting off fuel to an internal combustion engine of hybrid vehicle while providing smooth transitions from a hybrid drive mode to an electric drive mode is provided. The hybrid vehicle control system includes an integrated controller configured to receive inputs corresponding to vehicle speed and an indicated driving force, and to select an appropriate mode transition pattern from a group of mode transition patters according to the change in indicated driving force.
US07885734B2	Method for detecting an error in input of one of the takeoff parameters into a flight management system A method for detecting an error in input of one of the takeoff parameters into a flight management system includes a step of calculating a limit value based on one or more takeoff parameters input into the flight management system. The method further includes a step of comparing the calculated limit value with characteristic takeoff values.
US07885732B2	Systems and methods for haptics-enabled teleoperation of vehicles and other devices Systems and methods are disclosed for haptics-enabled teleoperation of vehicles and other devices, including remotely-controlled air, water, and land-based vehicles, manufacturing robots, and other suitable teleoperable devices. In one embodiment, a system for teleoperation of a vehicle comprises a control component configured to provide position and orientation control with haptic force feedback of the vehicle based on a position measurement of the vehicle and configured to function in a closed-loop feedback manner. In a particular embodiment, the position measurement may include six degree-of-freedom position data provided by a motion capture system to the control and/or haptic I/O components of the application. The system may also use differences in position and/or velocity between the vehicle and a haptic I/O device for feedback control.
US07885730B2	Systems, methods and computer program products for lane change detection and handling of lane keeping torque Systems, methods and computer program products for lane change detection and handling of lane keeping torque during an un-signaled lane change. Disclosed herein is an exemplary embodiment for a method including calculating a distance between a center of a vehicle and a center of a lane, determining a discontinuity in the calculation of the distance between the center of the vehicle and the center of a lane and disabling torque corrections to compensate for the discontinuity until the vehicle is near the center (position based) of the new lane and a certain time has elapsed (time based) from the detection of the discontinuity. Hysterisis or smoothly changing torque controls are offered to work with the Time and Position based lane change handling method.
US07885729B2	Vehicle integrated-control apparatus and vehicle integrated-control method A control target value calculation portion (42) calculates a control target value for an engine (32) based on a control instruction amount requested by a driver, which is calculated by a driver's instruction amount calculation portion (14), and control instruction amounts requested by control units such as a driver support amount calculation portion (16) and a wheel stability control amount calculation portion (18). A horsepower conversion portion (44) converts the control target value into a control target horsepower. Meanwhile, an allowable horsepower range calculation portion (40) calculates a target instruction horsepower and an allowable horsepower range based on the information from the driver's instruction amount calculation portion (14). Even when an integrated-control involving multiple control units is performed, a monitor portion (46) determines whether the control target derived through conversion is within the allowable horsepower range. Thus, whether the control target is within the allowable horsepower range is easily and accurately determined, and control of a drive source of a vehicle is monitored.
US07885722B2	Method planning for manufacturing sheet-metal forming parts A method for computer-aided generation of tool parameters for tools for the manufacture of sheet-metal forming parts by way of forming processes, including the following steps: determining a set of geometry features (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of a part (10) in a geometry model of the part (10); determining an associated method standard for each of the geometry features (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), wherein a method standard comprises at least one module, and a module represents a processing unit and describes which processing unit may be executed within a forming operation; determining components for each of the modules of the method standard, wherein these components describe the parts of tools which are required for realising the module; determining component parameters from geometric parameters of the geometry features (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), wherein the component parameters comprise geometric parameters of the components or of the respective tools.
US07885721B2	Providing multiple audio streams to an audio device as a single input According to some embodiments, a first audio stream associated with a first image stream and a second audio stream associated with a second image are determined. The first and second audio streams may each have, for example, at least two channels. The first and second audio streams may then be provided to an audio device as a single input stream, the audio device being adapted to receive a single audio input stream having at least four channels.
US07885719B2	Portable communication terminal, message output method used for the portable communication terminal, and program therefor A communication terminal using a flat panel speaker outputs a message of warning, in forms of sound or text shown on display, before outputting sound from the flat panel speaker.
US07885702B2	Segmentation of the airway tree using hyperpolarized noble gases and diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging Diagnostic MR images of the lung are segmented to distinguish the airway tree from lung parenchyma. Diffusion weighted images of the lungs are acquired using hyperpolarized gas MRI and a segmentation image is produced from the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) image calculated from the diffusion weighted images. Voxels in the diagnostic MR images having an ADC above a selected amount are segmented as being in the airway tree.
US07885685B2	Wireless communication method Methods of communicating between a mobile unit and a peripheral device are described. In a first embodiment, a method of wireless communication is described. In a second embodiment, an apparatus for wirelessly communicating with a peripheral device is described.
US07885684B2	Enhanced wireless handset, including direct handset-to-handset communication mode A wireless handset is provided with enhanced features and capabilities. The wireless handset may be embodied as a full-featured handset that is capable of operating either within a wireless network (such as a cellular or PCS network) or in a direct handset-to-handset communication mode that is independent of the wireless network. Alternatively, the wireless handset may be embodied as a special purpose handset, that is capable of simply operating in a direct handset-to-handset communication mode. The wireless handset may additionally include features for supporting and enhancing direct communication between handsets. Such features may include a find feature that permits a user to determine which objects, including other wireless handset users, are located within a predetermined operating range of the wireless handset. A memorize feature may also be provided to permit handsets and other objects exchange information by wireless transmission.
US07885678B2	Uplink (UL) power control apparatus and method in broadband wireless communication system An uplink (UL) power control apparatus and method in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The Mobile Station (MS) includes a power controller for calculating a power compensation value using a last transmit power in a previous closed loop power control when a power control mode is changed to an open loop power control, and determining a transmit power according to the open loop power control using the power compensation value; and a transmitter for adjusting and transmitting the transmit power of a UL signal under control of the power controller.
US07885676B2	Wireless communication device and marginal transmission power determining method A PC card terminal device operates while supplied with power from a computer in which the PC card terminal device is mounted. A transmission power controller determines a first marginal transmission power, and increases the transmission power of the PC card terminal device up to the first marginal transmission power, and further increases the transmission power increased to the first marginal transmission power at an increasing rate smaller than the increasing rate of the above-mentioned increase.
US07885666B2	Method and apparatus for determining the new sample points of the location determination system in a wireless environment Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining the new sample points of the location determination system in a wireless environment. In the training phase, after knowing the distribution of the observed radio signal of a location for a target device, the uncertainty of the probability distribution of the received radio signal is analyzed by a location probability distribution model. The radio signal distribution differences are calculated, and the penalties between the location in question and its nearby locations are also calculated, thereby determining whether a location is the candidate of new sample points or the recalibration points. This invention has nothing to do with decision rules and will not undergo the problems of choosing inappropriate decision rules. It also provides a penalty model for generating penalty of error prediction from one location to another location, which can as well easily mitigate the problem on the sample points with the double-role attribute of the border line.
US07885661B2	Systems and methods for mobile virtual network operator mobile to mobile service Call rating systems and methods using a mobile to mobile database with operator prefixes and a rating key table in which network operators subscribed to by mobile to mobile calling and called parties are identified by database queries and a rating key is obtained according to the prefixes to rate the call according to the rating key value representing agreed discounts for calls between subscribers of mobile network operators and mobile virtual network operators.
US07885655B2	Switch method for ensuring communication continuity in mobile communication system The present invention discloses a switch method ensuring communication continuity, mainly including: when a switch occurs to an Mobile Station (MS), the MSC Server controlling the MGW establishing in a context a new termination connected with a new ground circuit; after the MS switching to a new wireless channel, the MGW controlling the new termination inheriting a resource channel from an original termination connected with an original ground circuit and continuing with the communications through the resource channel. The method of the present invention solves the problem of interruption in an announcement service, a data service and a QNC service caused by a switch process and the communication continuity during a switch procedure is ensured.
US07885631B2	Method for receiving signal in communication system and system therefor Disclosed is a method for receiving a signal by a receiver in a communication system, the method includes receiving a signal; estimating a first noise value by using a reference signal included in the received signal; estimating a second noise value by using at least one subcarrier which has been unused for a transmission of data and the reference signal; and when a difference between the estimated first noise value and the estimated second noise value is greater than a threshold value, demodulating the data by using an interference removal algorithm.
US07885626B2	Mobile communication apparatus A transceiver suitable for larger scale of integration employs direct conversion reception for reducing the number of filters. Also, the number of VCOs is reduced by utilizing dividers to supply a receiver and a transmitter with locally oscillated signals at an RF band. Dividers each having a fixed division ratio are used for generating locally oscillated signals for the receiver, while a divider having a switchable division ratio are used for generating the locally oscillated signal for the transmitter. In addition, a variable gain amplifier for baseband signal is provided with a DC offset voltage detector and a DC offset canceling circuit for supporting high speed data communications to accomplish fast cancellation of a DC offset by eliminating intervention of a filter within a feedback loop for offset cancellation.
US07885623B2	Frequency tunable arrangement A frequency tunable arrangement (ICT) comprises a tunable oscillator circuit (TOC) that provides an oscillator signal (OS). A controllable frequency divider circuit (CDIV, DBT1, DBT2, DBT3, MUX) provides a frequency-divided signal (MO) on the basis of the oscillator signal. The frequency-divided signal has a frequency that is equal to the frequency of the oscillator signal divided by a division factor. The controllable frequency divider circuit provides any division factor among a set of division factors (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) in which for any division factor a ratio between that division factor and a lower division factor closest thereto, if existing, does not exceed 1.25.
US07885621B2	Receiver and electronic apparatus using the same A receiver according to the present invention includes a first receiving (RCV) quality detector and a second RCV quality detector connected before a combining unit. The second RCV quality detector determines a quality of a signal output from at least one of a first receiving unit and a second receiving unit by a method different from that of the first RCV quality detector. A controller allows the receiver to operate in a single receiving mode when a determination result of the second RCV quality detector is not better than a predetermined level regardless of a determination result of a determination result of the first RCV quality detector not being a predetermined level. When the receiver passes in an area where the receiver cannot receive a broadcast signal, the determination result of the second RCV quality detector is not better than the predetermined level. In response, the controller allows the receiver to operate in the single receiving mode, thereby reducing power consumption of the receiver.
US07885609B2	Multimedia mobile communication terminal system and method A multimedia mobile communication system and method capable of updating functions of a multimedia mobile communication terminal is provided, wherein the system and method may add to or modify the functions by modifying a software program. The multimedia mobile communication system and method comprises an intermediate frequency processing unit for correcting an error of an intermediate frequency signal through a convolution coding method or a turbo coding method, downloading a software program and allocating, setting, modifying and upgrading specific functions corresponding to the downloaded software program.
US07885606B2	Assisted measurement survey of a wireless communication network An apparatus and method for providing measurement assistance in a survey of a wireless communication network includes a first step (1) of defining a scope of measurement targets to complete the survey. A next step (2) includes measuring an RF parameter at a specific spatial coordinate. A next step (3) includes analyzing the measurement to determine if the measurement is valid. A next step (5) includes storing the measurement. A next step (6) includes recommending further measurement locations for survey completeness. A next step (4) includes determining whether the survey is complete. A next step (7) includes implementing the wireless communication network in accordance with the final survey.
US07885603B2	In-vehicle unit communication protocol A vehicle control system communication method, including: receiving, at an in-vehicle unit (IVU), a command message from a hand-held unit (HHU), wherein the command message includes a first command frame and a second command frame; and sending, from the IVU, a response message to the HHU, wherein the response message includes a first response frame, wherein the first response frame is sent in a time period between the reception of the first command frame and the reception of the second command frame.
US07885596B2	Document or sheet material feeder A document feeder includes a document feed unit that feeds a document along a document feed path extending from a document loading section to a document output section via a scanning position. The document feed unit includes a first feed roller pair nipping and feeding a document opposed to the scanning position at a position downstream in a feed direction from the scanning position, and a second feed roller pair nipping and feeding the document fed by the first feed roller pair at a document feed speed higher than that of the first feed roller pair at a position downstream in the feed direction from the first feed roller pair.
US07885592B2	Rotary operated mechanism for retracting paper pathways of printers An apparatus is provided for clearing paper jams in a module along a print path of a printer, the module having nip baffles and a rotatable and removable core element defining a print path therethrough. The apparatus comprises at least one cam, a rotatable handle mechanism and a ramp drive mechanism to facilitate the paper jam clearing and removal of the core element from the module.
US07885587B2	Image forming apparatus with color shift correction suppressing periodic fluctuations of a surface moving speed of a latent image support An image forming apparatus includes a control unit to control a latent image support with a target rate; a first unit to detect patterns; plural parts to be detected revolving with the support; a second unit to detect passing of the part; a first generating unit to obtain an amplitude and a phase of fluctuation and a pattern for canceling out the fluctuation from the amplitude and the phase; a second generating unit to perform a process to obtain an amplitude and a phase of fluctuation while the support rotates once or more, perform the process again, calculate a change in the amplitude and phase, and generate another pattern for canceling out the change; and a correcting unit to correct the target rate by superimposing the patterns with the target rate.
US07885575B2	Dismounting and mounting methods for coupling and electrophotographic photosensitive drum unit A method for dismounting a coupler from an electrophotographic photosensitive drum flange whose drum is usable with a cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The coupler receives a force rotating the drum from the main assembly when the cartridge is mounted and includes force receiving and spherical portions. The method includes the steps of inclining the coupler relative to a flange rotational axis, pushing a pin from one end to the other end thereof, both of which project from the spherical portion when the inclining step inclines the coupler, making part of the pin ride on a surface of a regulator inside the flange, and dismounting the coupler from the flange by applying a force to a free end of the coupler toward the part of the pin riding on the regulator surface.
US07885574B2	Developer unit and image forming device A developing unit and image formation device in which a developer carrier is reliably pressed towards and separated from an image carrier is described. A separation and pressing mechanism is provided for separating and pressing the developer carriers of developing cartridges installed in a drum unit onto image carriers. This separation and pressing mechanism has a pair of direct cam members. Each direct cam member has a release action portion that engages with the releasing projection of a developing cartridge when the developer carrier is to be separated from the image carrier. Each direct cam member may also have a pressing action portion that engages with the pressing projection of the developing cartridges when the developer carrier is to be pressed onto the image carrier.
US07885566B2	Toner consumption-calculating apparatus, image forming apparatus, and toner consumption calculating method A toner consumption-calculating apparatus includes a printed portion area-detecting unit that detects an area of a printed portion of image data of a latent image that is formed on a latent image-bearing member; a latent image portion area-detecting unit that detects an area of a latent image portion on the latent image-bearing member; and a latent image portion toner consumption-calculating unit that calculates latent image portion toner consumption that indicates toner amount that is consumed due to adhering on the latent image portion. The latent image portion toner consumption-calculating unit uses a detection result of the latent image portion area-detecting unit and a detection result of the printed portion area-detecting unit to calculate the latent image portion toner consumption.
US07885560B2	Image-forming device with correction mechanism A patch mark-forming unit forms a first patch mark at a first density on a surface. A light emitting unit emits an incident light onto the surface moving. The incident light reflected by the surface is divided into a mirror-reflected light and a diffusion-reflected light on the surface. A first detecting unit detects an amount of the diffusion-reflected light. The patch mark forming unit reforms a second patch mark at a second density weaker than the first density if the amount detected by the first detecting unit is larger than a threshold. A second detecting unit detects an amount of the mirror-reflected light reflected by the surface on which the second patch mark has been reformed. A position calculating unit calculates, based on the amount detected by the second detecting unit, a position at which an image should be formed. An image-forming unit forms an image at the position.
US07885557B2	Thermistor isolation technique for a ceramic fuser heater An electrically isolated temperature sensor for use with a printer, copier, or all-in-one fuser. The fuser includes an AC driven heater to which a thermistor is mounted for sensing the temperature of the fuser heater. A resistance of the thermistor controls the period of a periodic signal generated by an astable multivibrator. An optical isolator isolates the printer fuser from down line processing circuits, and transfers the periodic signal to such processing circuits. The printer fuser employs a separate floating ground that is not connected to other DC circuits of the printer. With this arrangement, any AC power that is inadvertently coupled from the heater to the DC circuits of the fuser is isolated thereto. The AC power is isolated to the fuser and cannot be propagated through the fuser to other down line circuits of the printer.
US07885554B2	Developing device, image forming apparatus, image forming system, cartridge, developing unit and photoconductor unit A developing device that can be mounted to and dismounted from a mounting and dismounting section provided in an image forming apparatus main unit, the developing device includes: a developing device main unit; a positioning member for positioning the developing device main unit with respect to the mounting and dismounting section by engaging the mounting and dismounting section when the developing device is mounted to the mounting and dismounting section, the positioning member being fixed on a one end side in a longitudinal direction of the developing device main unit; a coupling member that is to be coupled to the mounting and dismounting section when the developing device is mounted to the mounting and dismounting section, the coupling member being attached to the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the developing device main unit in such a manner that its relative position to the developing device main unit can be changed; and an element capable of communication in a noncontacting manner with the image forming apparatus main unit side when the developing device is mounted to the mounting and dismounting section, the element being provided at the one end side in the longitudinal direction of the developing device main unit.
US07885542B2	Format converter with smart multitap and upstream signal regulator Systems and methods for signal conversion with smart multitap are disclosed. Embodiments of the systems can be scalable to model different signal topologies, transmission frequencies, bandwidths, and distances. An exemplary embodiment of the systems and methods includes a fiber optic to RF converter and a smart multitap. Although a fiber optic to RF converter is used in exemplary embodiments throughout the disclosure, conversion between other signal topologies is within the scope of the disclosure. The smart multitap includes a multiple tap for distributing a signal to multiple terminals and a microprocessor to select a particular terminal for a signal. Exemplary embodiments include downstream implementations in which a stream is typically sent from a service provider server to a user. Alternative embodiments include downstream implementations as well as upstream implementations in which a user typically sends a stream to a service provider server.
US07885538B2	Digital camera A digital camera in which a recording portion made up of a microcomputer 110 and a card slot 153 performs predetermined processing on image data generated by a CMOS sensor 130 so that the image data takes on the aspect ratio accepted via an operation portion 140 while in live view mode, or performs predetermined processing on the image data generated by the CMOS sensor 130 so that the image data takes on the aspect ratio of an optical viewfinder while in viewfinder mode. The image data is then stored in a memory card 300. Through this configuration, it is possible to provide a digital camera in which an image of a composition that suits the user's intent can be recorded, as well as in which the image can be recorded having an aspect ratio that the user desires, selected from among a plurality of aspect ratios.
US07885526B2	Grey card for controlling exposure and white balance of a digital camera A target (10, 20) is disclosed suitable for setting the exposure and white balance of a photographic digital camera. The target (10, 20) comprises a target surface (12) that has a reflectance of 18% for all wavelengths of visible light. The target surface (12) is provided with a feature (16) upon which the camera is able to focus.
US07885508B2	Input apparatus, input method, input control program, reproduction apparatus, reproduction control method, and reproduction control program An input apparatus that inputs a reproduction speed of a video signal is disclosed. The input apparatus has a position detection section and a control section. The position detection section linearly detects a position that a user's finger has touched. The control section outputs reproduction speed information corresponding to the position detected by the position detection section.
US07885502B2	Waveguide film cable A disclosed waveguide film cable includes a waveguide formed on a film. The waveguide film cable includes a coating film made of a material having a Young's modulus smaller than or equal to the Young's modulus of a material that forms the film and/or the waveguide and coats partially or entirely the film and/or the waveguide.
US07885499B2	Optical junction apparatus and methods employing optical power transverse-transfer A method comprises: (i) forming a first optical waveguide on a first substrate; (ii) forming a second, structurally discrete optical waveguide on a structurally discrete second substrate; (iii) assembling the second substrate or second optical waveguide with the first substrate or first optical waveguide so that the first and second optical waveguides are positioned between the first and second substrates and are relatively positioned for transferring the optical signal therebetween via optical transverse coupling; and (iv) arranging the first or second optical waveguide for transferring the optical signal therebetween via substantially adiabatic optical transverse coupling with the first and second waveguides so positioned.
US07885481B2	Authenticity proving optical structure, authenticating proof recording medium and authenticity certifying method An optical structure 3 having a plurality of minute optical unit areas 4 is formed on a base 2. Each of the minute optical unit areas 4 has a plurality of minute areas A and B storing depth information representing multiple-valued phase information about a Fourier transformation image obtained through the Fourier transformation of an original image. In another embodiment of the present invention, the two adjacent minute optical unit areas 4 have a plurality of minute areas A and B storing depth information representing multiple-valued phase information about Fourier transformation images obtained through the Fourier transformation of different original images, respectively.
US07885472B2	Information processing apparatus enabling an efficient parallel processing A method of processing information, includes: creating threads for respective input data streams, and switching them for processing, the threads each being for applying predetermined processing to an input data stream and storing the resulting intermediate data into a buffer; and reading multiple pieces of the intermediate data from the respective corresponding buffers to output multiple pieces of output data in parallel. The switching for processing includes: detecting the amount of intermediate data that is stored and yet to be read in the buffers when starting processing the threads; and stopping processing of the thread when the amount of the intermediate data thereof exceeds a set value, and switching processing to other threads.
US07885466B2	Bags of visual context-dependent words for generic visual categorization Category context models (64) and a universal context model (62) are generated including sums of soft co-occurrences of pairs of visual words in geometric proximity to each other in training images (50) assigned to each category and assigned to all categories, respectively. Context information (76) about an image to be classified (70) are generated including sums of soft co-occurrences of pairs of visual words in geometric proximity to each other in the image to be classified. For each category (82), a comparison is made of (i) closeness of the context information about the image to be classified with the corresponding category context model and (ii) closeness of the context information about the image to be classified with the universal context model. An image category (92) is assigned to the image to be classified being based on the comparisons.
US07885463B2	Image segmentation using spatial-color Gaussian mixture models A spatial-color Gaussian mixture model (SCGMM) image segmentation technique for segmenting images. The SCGMM image segmentation technique specifies foreground objects in the first frame of an image sequence, either manually or automatically. From the initial segmentation, the SCGMM segmentation system learns two spatial-color Gaussian mixture models (SCGMM) for the foreground and background objects. These models are built into a first-order Markov random field (MRF) energy function. The minimization of the energy function leads to a binary segmentation of the images in the image sequence, which can be solved efficiently using a conventional graph cut procedure.
US07885462B2	Image processing method and system using gain controllable clipped histogram equalization An image processing method and system using gain-controllable clipped histogram equalization, in which the image processing method includes the steps of as obtaining a brightness histogram, computing a mean brightness of an image signal, determining a clipping rate based on the mean brightness, determining a clipping threshold based on the clipping rate, obtaining a clipped brightness histogram by clipping frequencies exceeding the clipping threshold in the brightness histogram, obtaining a corrected brightness histogram by correcting the clipped brightness as histogram using the clipping rate as a total gain, obtaining a cumulative histogram from the corrected brightness histogram, and correcting an input image using the cumulative histogram as a transformation function. Accordingly, the clipping rate is adaptively controlled so that image contrast is enhanced.
US07885460B2	Method and apparatus for color correction A graphical user interface for performing color correction and methods for implementing the color correction are disclosed. The graphical user interface allows a user to adjust the colorspace of the pixels in the image. In one embodiment, a color adjustment pad allows the user to push the pixels from a particular luminance level a desired magnitude towards a desired hue. Pixels from other luminance levels are affected proportionally. The graphical user interface further allows a user to adjust the luminance of the pixels in the image. A luminance adjustment slider allows the user to adjust the luminance of pixels from a selected luminance level by a relative amount. Pixels from other luminance levels have their luminance are affected in a manner proportional to a difference between the selected luminance level value and the luminance value of the other pixel.
US07885454B1	Recursive filters on GPUs A computer-implemented method for generating depth-of-field effects includes receiving information specifying an input image rendered using a pinhole camera. A first set of circles of confusion associated with portions of the input image are determined based a set of parameters associated with the pinhole camera. The first set of circles of confusion are then associated with heat conductivity of a medium. The portions of the input image are blurred according to heat diffusion in the medium to generate a first output image having a first depth-of-field effect.
US07885450B2	Method for characterizing texture of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes A method for characterizing texture of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes includes dividing the image into a plurality of sections; calculating a gray level for each section; selecting potential sections from the sections, the potential sections having gray levels within a predetermined range; selecting bill sections from the potential sections, the bill sections having pixels within a predefined color range and a predefined continuous color gradient range; generating a binary edge map according to gray levels of pixels within the bill sections; and calculating a texture value for each bill section according to the binary edge map.
US07885447B2	Image acquiring apparatus including macro image acquiring and processing portions, image acquiring method, and image acquiring program An image acquiring apparatus for acquiring images of a sample includes a macro image acquiring unit 20 for acquiring a macro image of the sample, a dark field light source 26 to be used for acquiring a dark field macro image of the sample as a macro image, a macro image processing unit 66 which generates a reference macro image by processing image data of the macro image, and an image pickup condition setting unit 65 which sets an image acquiring range corresponding to a range including an object of image acquisition as an image pickup condition of a micro image of the sample by referring to the reference macro image. This realizes an image acquiring apparatus, an image acquiring method, and an image acquiring program by which a macro image of a sample as an object of image acquisition is preferably acquired.
US07885435B2	Image classification and information retrieval over wireless digital networks and the internet The invention provides a internet hosted system to find, compare, contrast and identify similar characteristics among two or more individuals or objects using a digital camera, cellular telephone camera, wireless device for the purpose of returning information regarding similar objects or faces to the user The system features classification of images from a variety of Internet accessible sources, including mobile phones, wireless camera-enabled devices, images obtained from digital cameras or scanners that are uploaded from PCs, third-party applications and databases. Once classified, the matching person's name, or the matching object, image and associated meta-data is sent back to the user. The image may be manipulated to emphasize similar characteristics between the received facial image and the matching facial image. The meta-data sent down with the image may include sponsored links and advertisements.
US07885434B2	Biometric information authentication device and method At least one wrong template for storing features of pattern information imaged on condition unsuitable for biometric authentication is provided and the wrong template information is collated with collation template information produced by extracting features from biometric information when authentication information is registered. When similarity is low, the collation template information is stored in an authentication template. The collation template is collated with the wrong template upon authentication and when similarity is high, authentication processing is not made. Further, when similarity of the collation template information and the wrong template information is high, a guidance message for solving a problem is displayed to the user. Thus, reduction of authentication performance is prevented.
US07885432B2	Biometric information measuring apparatus A biometric information measuring apparatus has a biometric signal detecting portion that detects a biometric signal. A control section calculates biometric information based on the detected biometric signal by nullifying an amplitude of the detected biometric signal corresponding to a noise portion of the detected biometric signal when the nullified amplitude does not satisfy a predetermined threshold value.
US07885430B2	Automotive environment monitoring device, vehicle with the automotive environment monitoring device, and automotive environment monitoring program The present invention provides an automotive environment monitoring device to detect the existence of an object, a pedestrian or the like, with high accuracy even if one part of the object is overlapped with the background of an image obtained from an imaging unit mounted on the vehicle. An area where the object exists in the image obtained from an infrared camera (102) is set as a first area (A1i) and a lower portion of the first area (A1i) is set as a second area (A2i). A feature of the object is extracted with respect to the second area (A2i) and the object is identified based on the extracted feature. Thereby, even in the case where the first area (A1i) has been set but the feature of an upper part of the object can not be extracted due to the upper part of the object being overlapped with the background of the image, the object can still be identified with high accuracy by extracting the feature of a lower part of the object in the second area (A2i).
US07885419B2	Headset terminal with speech functionality A headset terminal for speech applications includes a headband assembly, an earcup assembly and a power source assembly. Processing circuitry is positioned in at least one of the earcup assembly and the power source assembly and includes speech processing circuitry for recognizing and synthesizing speech. A radio communicates with a central system to process the activity information of the headset terminal user. A rotatable microphone boom assembly includes controls mounted on opposite sides of a rotation axis to maintain a consistent orientation on the boom assembly with respect to the head of a user. The boom assembly snaps together with the earcup assembly to rotate. The headband assembly includes at least one transverse band and a sliding arm coupled to the earcup assembly for dynamically adjusting the position of the earcup assembly. A latch of the power source assembly snaps into position to secure it with the assembly and slides between latched and unlatched positions to secure a battery.
US07885418B1	Acoustic actuator and passive attenuator incorporating a lightweight acoustic diaphragm with an ultra low resonant frequency coupled with a shallow enclosure of small volume Disclosed is a loudspeaker assembly incorporating innovations resulting in an enclosure of very small volume to which is integrated a large area, shallow and lightweight acoustic diaphragm assembly capable of a natural resonant frequency of a few Hertz. This is achieved by incorporating a vacuum chamber in conjunction with a chamber containing compressed gas or vapor that acts against a movable pressure boundary of changeable area being mechanically coupled with the acoustic radiating diaphragm. In an alternative operating mode, the apparatus also serves as a passive low frequency acoustic attenuator.
US07885414B2	Band-selectable stereo synthesizer using strictly complementary filter pair A new method is proposed that produces stereophonic sound image out of monaural signal within a selected frequency regions. The system employs a strictly complementary (SC) linear phase FIR filter pair that separates input signal into different frequency regions. A pair of comb filters is applied to one of the filter's output. This implementation allows a certain frequency range to be relatively localized at center while the other sounds are perceived in a wider space.
US07885413B2	Hidden link dynamic key manager for use in computer systems with database structure for storage of encrypted data and method for storage and retrieval of encrypted data A computer system is disclosed that contains cryptographic keys and cryptographic key identifiers. The system has a repository cryptographic engine that communicates securely with a remote cryptographic engine, and the repository cryptographic engine is associated with a user data store. The user data store includes a hidden link including a session key identifier encrypted with a protection key. The hidden link is associated with a remote data entity. A key data store associated with the repository server includes a session key encrypted with a session-key-protection key. The session key is used to encrypt and decrypt the remote data entity. The system also includes a repository key exchange module operable to exchange the session key with a remote key exchange module.
US07885408B2	Protection of several identical calculations A method for masking several identical functional processes manipulating digital data, including dividing the functional processes into steps at the end of each of which the process can be interrupted with the storage of at least one intermediary result, and successively executing the steps of at least two processes and selecting, at each step end, the process of the next step according to the result of a non-deterministic drawing of a number.
US07885406B2	Computing endomorphism rings of Abelian surfaces over finite fields Computing endomorphism rings of Abelian surfaces over finite fields is described. In one aspect, an endomorphism ring of an Abelian surface over a finite field is probabilistically computed. A genus-two curve is generated based on the probabilistically determined endomorphism ring. The genus-2 curve is used for encryption and decryption operations and a cryptosystem.
US07885402B2	Gain control Methods, systems, and devices are provided for controlling the power level of voice signal streams. A gain controller embodiment includes a measurement module, a gain factor setting module, and a gain adjustment module. The measurement module includes program instructions to measure a power level of a voice signal stream. The gain factor setting module includes program instructions to set a gain value by comparing the measured power level to a threshold. The gain adjustment module includes program instructions to adjust a power level of a voice signal stream by applying the gain value to the voice signal stream.
US07885400B2	Call features for automatic call distribution system Call features for an Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) system implemented within a packet-based telephone environment are disclosed. Within a packet-based network, data messages are transferred between the ACD system and customer telephone stations while the customer waits for an attendant to become available. These data messages allow the customer to be informed of his/her current status within the priority order and further allows the customer to initiate a number of customer oriented operations. These operations include selecting music to listen to while waiting, requesting to be alerted when an attendant becomes available, and initiating a browser session for accessing data information. Overall, the status reports in combination with the initiating of one or more of the customer oriented operations can make the time spent waiting for an attendant a more productive and pleasant experience for the customer.
US07885398B2	Multiple criteria based load balancing This invention provides the ability to load balance calls in a communications network using a certain criterion, such as a user-specified call priority, or the call service category. The method is applied when selecting a route for a new call or for re-balancing the calls across a network. When the user-specified call priority is used, the aggregated number of calls with the same priority or service category is calculated for all possible routes the new call may use. The aggregated number of calls is then divided by the number of hops in the respective routes; the route with the smallest ratio is selected for the new call. Re-balancing is performed by re-routing the calls in such a way as to obtain a similar number of calls of the same priority, or service category along all possible routes.
US07885392B2	Method and apparatus for enhanced voice message addressing and playback via a phone interface Systems and methods for delivering voicemail messages to multiple recipients are disclosed. A system is provided that allows users of voicemail systems to record a voicemail or video message and select multiple recipients to receive the message. The sender may designate a delivery method though a paradigm similar to email systems where recipients may be copied or blind-copied. Recipients of the voicemail message may be made aware of other recipients of the voicemail message, and are made aware of the expectations of the sender.
US07885387B2	Extreme ultraviolet light and X-ray source target and manufacturing method thereof The present invention is made to provide an extreme ultraviolet light source target or an X-ray source target having a good operationality. An extreme ultraviolet light source target in accordance with an aspect of the present invention is obtained by including a heavy metal such as tin into a matrix made of a polymeric material such as hydroxylpropylcellulose (HPC). The target can be manufactured by mixing the heavy metal and the polymeric material with a solvent, and evaporating the solvent. Since the target uses the polymeric material as a matrix, the target can be easily deformed to have a desired shape. For this reason, the target can be easily attached to a target holder irrespective of the shape of the holder, resulting in a good operationality of the target. Furthermore, an emission efficiency can be improved by including the heavy metal at a low density.
US07885384B2	System and method to manage maintenance of a radiological imaging system A system and method to predict a failure of an imaging system that includes a radiation source having an x-ray tube assembly is provided. The system includes a storage medium having a plurality of programmable storage instructions to instruct a processor to perform the steps of acquiring an age of the x-ray tube assembly, calculating a baseline probability of a survivability of the tube assembly for a remaining time period dependent on the age of the tube assembly, acquiring measurement of at least one operating parameter of the x-ray tube assembly, and automatically changing the baseline probability of a survivability of the imaging system for the remaining time period in response to the measurement of the at least one operating parameter of the x-ray tube assembly.
US07885382B2	Radiation treatment using x-ray source Methods and apparatus are described for irradiating living tissue via a cavity or lumen, using an inflatable balloon applicator. In a preferred embodiment the applicator balloon has a balloon skin with x-ray contrast material in relatively low concentration, so that an outline of the balloon will appear sharply when imaged externally. In another preferred embodiment the balloon catheter has a drain for withdrawing liquids from the cavity, which may include channels or texture on the exterior of the balloon. Methods are described for using a switchable miniature x-ray tube, variable as to voltage and current, to achieve accuracy in an isodose profile.
US07885381B2	Method for inspecting pipes, and radiographic non-destructive inspection apparatus The pipe inspection method and apparatus can be used to implement rapid, tomographic inspection of a pipe set up at a narrow location. The pipe inspection method includes: a first step for scanning the pipe by translating a radiation source and radiation detector arranged opposedly to the pipe; a second step for the radiation detector to detect radiation that the radiation source has emitted, at given scanning distance intervals; a third step for creating a transmission image of the pipe, based on a radiation dose that the radiation detector has detected; and a fourth step for constructing a tomogram or stereoscopic image of the pipe, based on the transmission image. Thus, it is possible to provide the pipe inspection method and apparatus that can be used to implement rapid, tomographic inspection of the pipe set up at a narrow location.
US07885378B2	Imaging system and related techniques An imaging method and apparatus is described in which distances between a source and an object are changed and projection images are generated at each of the different distances.
US07885374B2	X-ray CT apparatus, a method for changing the helical pitch, an image reconstruction processing apparatus, an image reconstruction processing method, and an image reconstruction processing program An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus having an X-ray tube emitting an X-ray, a detector detecting X-rays transmitted through a subject to be examined, and a bed on which said subject to be examined is placed, said X-ray CT apparatus reconstructing the image of the subject to be examined from a transmission data obtained by emitting X-rays to the subject to be examined. The X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus further having an input part, a scan controlling part, a detecting part, a memory part, a segmentation part, a biological-signal synchronization reconstructing part, a biological-signal asynchronization reconstructing part, and a combining part.
US07885372B2	System and method for energy sensitive computed tomography An energy-sensitive computed tomography system is provided. The energy-sensitive computed tomography system includes an X-ray source configured to emit an X-ray beam resulting from electrons impinging upon a target material. The energy-sensitive computed tomography system also includes an object positioned within the X-ray beam. The energy-sensitive computed tomography system further includes a detector configured to receive a transmitted beam of the X-rays through the object. The energy-sensitive computed tomography system also includes a filter having an alternating pattern disposed between the X-ray source and the detector, the filter configured to facilitate measuring projection data that can be used to generate low-energy and high-energy spectral information.
US07885371B2	Method and system for image reconstruction A method and system for image reconstruction of data acquired by a device such as computed tomography is provided. The method and system use a multi-stage statistical iterative reconstruction techniques to provide a three dimensional representation of the scanned object. In one embodiment, the first stage uses a projection-based reconstruction technique, such as Ordered Subset (OS) to converge on a solution for low frequency portion of the image. A subsequent stage uses a voxel-based reconstruction technique, such as Iterative Coordinate Descent (ICD), to converge on a solution for high frequency portions of the image. Systems and methods for reconstructing images from incomplete or partial projection data is also provided.
US07885362B2	Data transmission system and method thereof A data transmission system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter mixes an original clock signal and an original data signal to generate and output a hybrid differential signal, the hybrid differential signal having multiple clock pulses and multiple data pulses. At lease one data pulse occurs between two clock pulses, and the period between two clock pulses corresponds to the frequency of the original clock signal. The clock pulses and the data pulses have different differential swings. The receiver receives the hybrid differential signal via a bus and generates a recovered clock signal and a recovered data signal based on the hybrid differential signal. The hybrid differential signal, the original clock signal and the original data signal are reduced swing differential signals.
US07885336B2	Programmable shader-based motion compensation apparatus and method A video decoding method and apparatus receives a motion compensation shader command, such as a packet, for a programmable shader of a 3D pipeline, such as programmable vertex shaders and pixel shaders, to provide motion compensation for encoded video, and decode the encoded video using the programmable shader of the 3D pipeline. As such, the programmable shader of a 3D pipeline is used to provide motion compensated video decoding as opposed to, for example, dedicated hardware, thereby, among other advantages, eliminating the need for the dedicated hardware.
US07885328B2	Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus for motion compensation prediction A video encoding method includes selecting one combination, for each block of an input video signal, from a plurality of combinations. Each combination includes a predictive parameter and at least one reference picture number determined in advance for the reference picture. A prediction picture signal is generated in accordance with the reference picture number and predictive parameter of the selected combination. A predictive error signal is generated representing an error between the input video signal and the prediction picture signal. Encoding the predictive error signal, information of the motion vector, and index information indicating the selected combination is included.
US07885324B2	Methods and systems for soft-bit demapping Methods and systems for reconfigurable soft-output bit demapping, reconfigurable for different modes of operation (i.e., different transmitter/receiver configurations) and for different modulation schemes are provided. In an embodiment, a reconfigurable soft-output bit demapping system includes a mode/modulation independent equalizer, a plurality of mode/modulation independent soft-slicers coupled to the outputs of the equalizer, a plurality of mode/modulation independent post-scalers coupled to the outputs of the soft-slicers, and a mode-dependent coefficient calculator. The coefficient calculator generates parameters for configuring the equalizer, the soft-slicers, and the post-scalers according to the used mode of operation and modulation scheme.
US07885302B2	Integrated tapered diode laser arrangement and method for producing it An integrated tapered diode laser arrangement comprises an injector region (2) and a region (3) which is optically coupled to the injector region and expands in a cross section. At least one of said regions (2, 3) has a quantum well structure with a plurality of semiconductor materials, wherein the semiconductor materials are intermixed at least in one region (21, 31). The intermixed region (21, 31) has a larger electrical band gap than a non-intermixed region.
US07885300B1	Methods and circuits for driving large off-chip loads A method and system to drive large off-chip loads, such as, for example, laser diodes, wherein the system includes an integrated circuit coupled to an external differential diode load. Alternatively, the external diode load may be driven single-ended. The integrated circuit includes a data buffer device and a clock buffer device. The integrated circuit also includes a multiplexer device coupled to the clock buffer device configured to multiplex a data input signal and a clock input signal received at respective inputs of the integrated circuit. If the external diode is single-ended, the data input signal is transmitted to the data buffer device, which is then used solely to drive the diode load. If the diode load is differential, the data buffer device receives the data input signal. At the same time, the multiplexer device receives both the data input signal and the clock input signal and selects the data signal to drive the clock buffer device. For a diode load being driven differentially, the outputs of the two buffer devices are merged together externally through the use of a power-combining network, which includes external or off-chip transmission lines, which carry a respective output signal for the data buffer device and the clock buffer device.
US07885297B2	Synchronization devices and methods An exemplary embodiment of a synchronization device is provided. The synchronization device includes a memory, a demultiplexer, a comparator, and a sampling rate converter. The synchronization device has a system time clock (STC) and generates an output data with a first sampling rate. The demultiplexer receives a bit stream and extracts a packetized elementary stream (PES) from the bit stream. The demultiplexer writes the PES into the memory. The comparator obtains a presentation time stamp (PTS) from the PES and compares the PTS and the STC. The sampling rate converter has a converting factor, samples the PES in the memory, and generates the output data according to the PES. The sampling rate converter changes the converting factor according to the compared result of the comparator.
US07885292B2	Method, system, and computer program product for data exchange A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for exchanging data among data processing systems. The method may comprise transmitting a first data structure from an originating system in the format native to such system to a management component; identifying a target system for receiving the first data structure; transmitting the first data structure from the management component to an autonomous component as a function of the target system; and comparing the first data structure to a set of data templates in order to identify a matching data template. If a matching data template is identified, the method further may comprise generating a second data structure according to the matching data template in the format native to the target system. If no matching data template is identified, the method further may comprise generating a new data template and generating the second data structure according to the new data template.
US07885288B2	Method and system for channel estimation in a single channel (SC) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system comprising two-transmit (2-TX) and multiple-receive (M-RX) antennas for WCDMA/HSDPA) In a wireless system, a method and system for channel estimation in a single channel MIMO system comprising two-transmit and multiple-receive antennas for WCDMA/HSDPA are provided. A first receive antenna and at least one additional receive antenna may receive a plurality of SC communication signals transmitted from a first and an additional transmit antennas. Estimates of the propagation channels between transmit and receive antennas may be performed concurrently and may be determined from a baseband combined channel estimate. The integration time may be based on channel estimation accuracy and wireless modem performance. The signals received in the additional receive antennas may be multiplied by a rotation waveform to achieve channel orthogonality. The rotation waveform's amplitude and phase components may be modified based on the channel estimates. Rotation of the received signals in the additional receive antennas may be continuous or periodic.
US07885280B2	Packet relaying apparatus and packet relaying method A packet relaying apparatus includes queues holding packet information, and queue control units controlling dequeueing. The dequeueing means transmission of packet information from a queue of a previous stage to a queue of a next stage. The packet relaying apparatus further includes a packet information control unit that, on receiving packet information to be dequeued at the time of dequeueing, returns discard information and data volume corresponding to the received packet information, a first bandwidth adjusting unit that, on determining that the received packet has been discarded, discards the packet information, maintains a usable bandwidth, and transfers the discard information and the data volume to the previous stage, and a second bandwidth adjusting unit that, on receiving the discard information and the data volume from the next stage, adds the data volume to the usable bandwidth and transfers the discard information and the data volume to a previous stage.
US07885269B2	Network analysis with Steiner trees Networks may be analyzed using Steiner trees. In an example embodiment, a method includes acts of receiving, accepting, creating, and analyzing. Data specifying a network is received. Steiner tree parameters are accepted. A Steiner tree model is created on the data specifying the network responsive to the Steiner tree parameters. The Steiner tree model includes a local representation having a depth constraint for neighborhood vertices. The data specifying the network is analyzed to ascertain a Steiner tree solution based on the Steiner tree model, which includes the local representation, and using a locally-oriented combinatorial algorithm.
US07885263B2	Multi-link RLP enhancements A method for retransmitting packet data within a wireless communication network includes forming a plurality of subpackets for transmission along a route which was previously used to transmit a missing packet, such that the subpackets collectively include a header portion and a data portion of the missing packet to be retransmitted. The method may further include forming a first subpacket having a header portion and data portion, such that the header portion includes header data associated with a stream and route used to transmit the subpackets, and the data portion includes the header portion of the missing packet and data represented by only some of the data portion of the missing packet. An additional operation forms one or more additional subpackets which each include a header portion having header data associated with the stream and the route, and a data portion that includes only some of the data portion of the missing packet.
US07885260B2	Determining packet forwarding information for packets sent from a protocol offload engine in a packet switching device Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-readable media, mechanisms used in one embodiment configured for, and means for, determining packet forwarding information for packets sent from a protocol offload engine in a packet switching device. The protocol offload engine performs the protocol processing for a protocol application (e.g., BGP) running on a separate control plane processing system, and generates packets to be sent to external devices. The protocol offload engine sends these packets to one of the line cards without using the routing information lookup facility of the control plane processing system, thereby, freeing the control plane processing system to use those processing cycles to perform other tasks.
US07885255B2	Synchronous read channel A synchronous read channel having a single chip integrated circuit digital portion which provides digital gain control, timing recovery, equalization, digital peak detection, sequence detection, RLL(1,7) encoding and decoding, error-tolerant synchronization and channel quality measurement is disclosed. The integrated circuit accommodates both center sampling and side sampling, and has a high degree of programmability of various pulse shaping and recovery parameters and the ability to provide decoded data using sequence detection or digital peak detection. These characteristics, together with the error-tolerant sync mark detection and the ability to recover data when the sync mark is obliterated, allow a wide variety of retry and recovery strategies to maximize the possibility of data recovery. Various embodiments, including an embodiment incorporating the analog functions as well as the primary digital functions of the read channel in a single integrated circuit, and preferred embodiments utilizing a reduced complexity, programmable modified Viterbi detector supporting a broad class of partial response channels are disclosed.
US07885242B2	Enhanced mobility and address resolution in a wireless premises based network A mobile customer service station operating within a wireless multi-hop communication network includes a console on a wheeled chassis. The console carries and houses a number of components which are used in merchandising operations to conclude customer purchase transactions. The items supported externally on the console are a printer for printing purchase receipts, customer credit charge agreements and records of transactions, and a magnetic card reader for reading information from a magnetic stripe of a customer's credit card. In one embodiment, the operation of the printer, credit card reader and the cash drawer is controlled by a multi-function control unit located within an enclosure of the console. The control unit is electrically powered by a self-contained power source which is preferably a deep cycle rechargeable battery. The console also houses a transceiver unit which under the control of the control unit is capable of interactive communication with a premises network. In another embodiment, the mobile service station comprises an access device which participates with a variety of peripherals at the station in a lower power communication LAN, while providing higher power communication to other network devices via a premises network with routing via a wireless spanning tree configuration.
US07885240B2	Hybrid time division multiple access (TDMA)-carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) medium access control (MAC) for multi-hop ad hoc networks A hybrid TDMA-CSMA MAC protocol is provided for allocating time slots within a frame having a structure in which transmission time is divided into a first number of actual TDMA time slots and a second number of “virtual” CSMA time slots. Each of the nodes in a multi-hop network can transmit a Highest Slot Number (HSN) field. Each time one of the Hello messages is received from a neighbor node, a given node can calculate variables based on the HSN field. The given node can use these variables to calculate a ratio of the first number to the second number. This ratio can be dynamically adjusted depending upon the traffic conditions observed by nodes within the multi-hop ad hoc network at any particular time to thereby change the relative percentages of the frame which are allocated for a TDMA portion and a CSMA portion of the frame.
US07885229B2	Method, apparatus and computer program for self-adjusting spectrum sensing for cognitive radio A cognitive radio determines a frequency channel of a spectrum, determines from a locally stored association of individual channels to either of at least two categories (e.g., in use and backup, other is a third category) a selected category for the determined frequency channel. From the selected category is determined a time at which to sense the determined frequency channel. The determined frequency channel is then sensed at the determined time and results of the sensing may be transmitted. Timers may be associated with each of the categories and adjusted based on density of cognitive nodes. A timer for the in use category is shortest, a timer for the other category is longest, and a timer for the backup category is between shortest and longest.
US07885228B2	Transmission mode selection for data transmission in a multi-channel communication system Techniques to select a suitable transmission mode for a data transmission in a multi-channel communication system with multiple transmission channels having varying SNRs. In one method, an SNR estimate is initially obtained for each of multiple transmission channels used to transmit a data stream. An average SNR and an unbiased variance are then computed for the SNR estimates for the multiple transmission channels. A back-off factor is determined, for example, based on the SNR variance and a scaling factor. An operating SNR for the transmission channels is next computed based on the average SNR and the back-off factor. The transmission mode is then selected for the data stream based on the operating SNR. The selected transmission mode is associated with a highest required SNR that is less than or equal to the operating SNR. The method may be used for any system with multiple transmission channels having varying SNRs.
US07885226B2	Method of managing a mobility profile of a mobile node under an internet protocol version 6 (IPv6)-based localized mobility management A method of managing a mobility profile of a mobile node that uses a local mobility agent for managing a local mobility domain. The method includes obtaining and recording local temporary addresses, connection link temporary addresses and binding update times of the respective mobile nodes in a cacheable memory of the local mobility agent, calculating stay times of the respective mobile nodes on the presently linked subnet using information recorded in the cacheable memory and recording the stay times of the respective mobile nodes in a storage device of the local mobility agent, calculating an average stay time of the respective mobile nodes on the presently linked subnet by accumulating the stay times recorded in the storage device and recording the average stay time in the storage device of the local mobility agent.
US07885219B2	Method and mobile communication network for providing multicast and/or broadcasting services Disclosed are methods and systems for providing multicast and/or broadcast services in a mobile communication network. In particular, the disclosed methods and systems optimize resource utilization and signaling in packet-based networks.
US07885218B2	On-vehicle variable priority information terminal An on-vehicle information terminal that conducts communication with a road side communication device (base station) located on a road includes a transmitter/receiver section that communicates with the road side communication device, a voice output section that outputs data from the road side communication device which is received by the transmitter/receiver section through a voice or images, and a control section having a priority table that stores information on categories representative of the type of data that is added with the data and transmitted from the road side communication device and priorities for determining orders in which the voice output section outputs the data in association with each other. The priority of the priority table is variable, and is changed on the basis of a signal from a priority setting switch due to the operation of a user or an instruction signal from the road side communication device.
US07885216B2	Method and device for setting up the transfer of a multimedia content in a cell of a wireless cellular telecommunication network The invention concerns a method and a device for setting up the transfer of a multimedia content in a cell of a wireless cellular telecommunication network constituted of plural cells, the cells being neighbour of at least one other cell, each cell being managed by a base station. A first base station which manages a first cell receives from a second base station which manages a second cell which is neighbor of the first cell managed by the first base station, a message notifying that the second base station transfers the multimedia content in the second cell, the message comprising at least information identifying the multimedia content. The first base station obtains the multimedia content from the wireless cellular telecommunication network and transfers the multimedia content in the first cell.
US07885215B2	Method and apparatus for allocating communication resources to communicate data in a radio communication system Apparatus and method for allocating communication resources in a data radio communication system, such as an MAIO (Mobile Allocation Index Offset) communication system, e.g., a communication system that provides for Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE) data services. A multi-carrier radio resource control logic element includes an analyzer that analyzes communication resource requirements to carry out a communication service. A resource allocator allocates communication resources to be used by which to communicate the data. The communication resources are allocated across a plurality of radio carriers such that resources are allocated, during a particular time period, upon a single radio carrier of the plurality of radio carriers.
US07885214B2	Device, system, and method for partitioning and framing communication signals in broadband wireless access networks A method and system for partitioning frames into sub-frames, where the frames may be defined according to a reference system standard, and transmitting one or more sub-frames during a pre-designated downlink transmission, and transmitting one or more sub-frames during a pre-designated uplink transmission. A method and system for partitioning frames into sub-frames, transmitting one or more sub-frames including a legacy preamble for communicating with a legacy terminal operating according to a reference system standard during a pre-designated legacy transmission period, and transmitting sub-frames including a supplemental preamble for communicating with a non-legacy terminal operating according to the evolved version of the reference system standard during a pre-designated non-legacy transmission period. A method and system for partitioning each of two or more frames into two or more sub-frames and transmitting the sub-frames for a non-relay transmission including transmitting a (DL:BS→MS/RS) sub-frame during a pre-designated downlink transmission and a (UL:MS/RS→BS) sub-frame during a pre-designated uplink transmission, and transmitting sub-frames for a relay transmission including transmitting a (DL:RS→MS) sub-frame during a pre-designated downlink transmission and a (UL:MS→RS) sub-frame during a pre-designated uplink transmission.
US07885213B2	System and method for asynchronous busy-tone multiple access with acknowledgment for ad hoc wireless networks The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method for asynchronous busy-tone multiple access with acknowledgement for ad hoc wireless networks. In one example, a method for use in an ad hoc network using a tone emitted by a receiving node includes receiving a first portion of a packet from a sending node, where the first portion of the packet contains a destination address of the packet. A tone is emitted by the receiving node if the receiving node determines that the received destination address matches an address of the receiving node. The receiving node receives a second portion of the packet containing a request for transmitting data from the sending node to the receiving node, and the tone is emitted for at least a predefined period of time after receiving the request.
US07885210B2	Accounting for map parsing delay to enable coexistence of multiple radios In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus that includes a first radio to communicate with a first wireless network and a second radio to communicate with a second wireless network. The first wireless network transmits a map defining locations within an assigned spectrum data is to be communicated therebetween. An earliest possible location defined in map is such that the map can be parsed within the time it would take to get to the earliest possible location so that the radio can be turned off after receiving the map until the location defined in the map, and the second radio is active when the first radio is not.
US07885203B2	Apparatus and method for intra-cell delay time analysis Method and apparatus for analyzing intra-cell delay times. The delay time between cells is measured and the number of times the measured delay times equals each of a plurality of predefined values is calculated. A graph is displayed indicating the count for each of the plurality of predefined values.
US07885194B1	Systems and methods for interfacing with network information collection devices A network device may include logic configured to receive a problem report from a second network device, where the problem report includes event data, determine at least one of an action to perform or whether reconfiguration information is associated with the event data in the received problem report and add information to the received problem report to provide a reformatted problem report and transmit the reformatted problem report to a third network device when it is determined that reconfiguration information is not associated with the event data in the problem report.
US07885189B2	Methods and apparatus for rate estimation and predictive rate control The present invention provides a balanced video distribution system, as well as corresponding methods and apparatus, which utilize feedback from the channel multiplexers as well as rate estimation and predictive rate control. Packets of a video stream are received at an input buffer. A transmission deadline is determined for the packets. A fullness level of the input buffer is also determined. A future time at which said packets can be transmitted may be estimated based on the buffer fullness level. A bit rate of the video stream can be adjusted based on the estimated future time and the transmission deadline. For example, the bit rate may be adjusted in proportion to a difference between the estimated future time and the transmission deadline.
US07885187B2	System and method for providing unified messaging system service using voice over internet protocol A system and a method providing UMS services using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), upon transmitting voice data to a VoIP gateway, a VoIP-UMS having a VoIP interface transmits the voice data in a burst mode using the UMS's characteristic of sending the voice data that has been already recorded, and the VoIP gateway receives voice data that will listen to a user, stores the voice data in a buffer in advance, and reproduces the voice data at constant intervals so that the user listens to the voice, thereby eliminating noises due to delay and jitter.
US07885186B2	System and method of adaptively managing bandwidth on optical links shared by multiple-services using virtual concatenation and link capacity adjustment schemes Described are a system and method of adaptively managing bandwidth between services contending for the bandwidth on an optical link. Bandwidth is allocated to each service contending for bandwidth of the optical link. For each service, a current utilization metric representing a measure of current usage of the allocated bandwidth by that service is computed. Additional bandwidth is allocated to one of the services in response to the current utilization metric of that service if bandwidth usage of the optical link is currently at less than full capacity, otherwise the bandwidth allocation between the services is balanced in response to the current utilization metric of at least one of the services if the bandwidth usage of the optical link is currently at full capacity.
US07885183B2	Method for recovering service forward routing and system thereof A method for recovering service forward routing includes the steps of: suppressing the service forward routing on a standby link from changing during a routing learning process when a primary link recovers from a fault state to a normal state, establishing a label distribution protocol (LDP) session on the primary link, and redirecting the service forward routing on the standby link to the primary link after the LDP session on the primary link is established.
US07885178B2	Quasi-parallel multichannel receivers for wideband orthogonal frequency division multiplexed communications and associated methods A quasi-parallel receiver may simultaneously receive signals within several subchannels that comprise a wideband channel. The receiver includes a subchannel filter selection switch that provides a baseband signal to a selected one of a plurality of subchannel low-pass filters. A heterodyne frequency generator provides one of a plurality of heterodyne frequencies to convert an RF signal received within a selected subchannel to the baseband signal. The subchannel low-pass filters accumulate signal information from an associated one of a plurality of subchannels during a filter-input sampling interval. In some embodiments, individual analog-to-digital converters receive the accumulated signal outputs from an associated subchannel filter and generate digital signals for a subsequent Fourier transformation. In some embodiments, a normalized signal output may be provided to the analog-to-digital converters, allowing the use of lower resolution analog-to-digital converters. The analog-to-digital converters may have sampling rates based on the subchannel bandwidth.
US07885176B2	Methods and apparatus for mapping modulation symbols to resources in OFDM systems A method for transmission, by dividing a transmission resource in a time domain subframe into a plurality of equal duration resource elements in a time and frequency domain, segregating the plurality of resource elements into a plurality of resource regions, modulating information to be transmitted to generate a sequence of modulation symbols at a transmitter, mapping the sequence of modulation symbols into the plurality of resource elements in the plurality of resource regions, and transmitting the modulation symbols via a plurality of antennas using the respective corresponding resource elements to a receiver. The mapping of the modulation symbols in at least one resource region is independent of a certain control channel information that is carried in said time domain subframe, and the mapping of the modulation symbols in at least another resource region is dependent upon said certain control channel information that is carried in said subframe. The information to be transmitted may be encoded to generate a plurality of code blocks, with roughly equal number of resource elements assigned to each of the plurality of code blocks in at least one resource region. Alternatively, the time domain subframe may contain only one resource region.
US07885167B2	Objective lens for optical pickup apparatus, objective lens unit for optical pickup apparatus and optical pickup apparatus using the same The present invention relates to an objective lens, an objective lens unit and an optical pickup apparatus. The objective lens is provided for an optical pickup apparatus recording or reproducing information by converging a light flux with a wavelength λ1 emitted from a light source onto an information recording surface of an optical information recording medium. The objective lens is formed of: a single lens having at least one aspheric surface. In the objective lens, an effective aperture, a thickness on an optical axis, a focal length, a numerical aperture, and a refractive index satisfy the predetermined conditional expressions. The objective lens unit is provided for an optical pickup apparatus and includes an aberration correcting element and the objective lens.
US07885164B2	Optical information recording method and optical information recording medium Provided is an optical information recording method and an optical information recording medium, which can achieve easy duplication in holographic recording. The optical information recording method is for recording information to an optical information recording medium 4 which includes an information recording layer to which information is recorded using holography. In the method, virtual information light 6 composed of information light 2 to which information is added by spatially modulating at least a part of light ray flux emitted from a light source and of recording-specific reference light 3 is generated, and virtual information light 6 and virtual recording-specific reference light 8 are irradiated onto the information recording layer so that information is recorded thereto by interference pattern generated by interference between virtual information light 6 and virtual recording-specific reference light 8.
US07885160B2	Method of recording information on and reproducing information from optical disk and apparatus for the same There is provided an information recording and reproducing method and an apparatus for the same capable of optimizing the shift adjustment of a recording pulse recorded in an optical disk even at the time of recording information on the optical disk at a high speed. The shift adjustment value of the recording pulse optimized at a low speed recording on an optical disk is multiplied by a constant value to be taken as the optimum shift conditions of the recording pulse at the high speed recording.
US07885157B2	Information recording medium, apparatus, and method using management information identifying whether or not embossed pits are formed in a predetermined recording area An information recording medium is provided with: a recording layer (L0 layer, L1 layer) having one or a plurality of predetermined recording areas (CDZ, 101 and the like) in which record data including buffer data in a finalizing process can be recorded; and a management area (CDZ) in which the management information (50a) can be recorded, the management information including first identification information (51a) for identifying whether or not embossed pits are formed in the predetermined recording area.
US07885150B2	Track jumping scan control device and track searching device In a track jumping scan control device wherein an optical beam is irradiated on an optical disc provided with a header region capable of a mark-recording operation with respect to both of land and groove tracks adjacent in a radial direction of the disc and comprising prepits, and a signal based on a reflected light resulting therefrom is used to make the optical beam jumping-scan with respect to a predetermined track, a full track jumping scan for making the optical beam track-jump between the land tracks or the groove tracks or a half track jumping scan for making the optical beam track-jump from the land track to the groove track or from the groove track to the land track is executed as the track jumping scan. Which of the two track jumping scans is executed is selected in accordance with a cycle at which the header region is set.
US07885147B2	Apparatus and method to store information in a holographic data storage medium A method to provide data storage services using one or more holographic data storage media disposed in a holographic data storage system operated by a data storage services provider, wherein the holographic data storage system comprises a light source, a spatial light modulator, and a plurality of holographic data storage media, wherein the method receives information provided by the data storage services customer, allocates a first holographic data storage medium for exclusive storage of information provided by the data storage services customer, defines an outer storage portion of the first allocated holographic data storage medium, and stores the information as one or more holograms encoded in the outer storage portion of the first holographic data storage medium.
US07885146B2	Adjustable count down timer A timer device includes a timer housing. An electronic countdown circuit is disposed within the timer housing. The electronic countdown circuit is programmed to include at least one mode of operation. A display device is attached to the timer housing and in electronic communication with the electronic countdown circuit. The display device includes an LCD display and at least one flashable LED light. A power source is in electrical communication with the electronic circuit. At least one switch is in electrical communication with the electronic countdown circuit. The switch is adapted to select the mode of countdown operation.
US07885140B2	Clock mode determination in a memory system A clock mode configuration circuit for a memory device is described. A memory system includes any number of memory devices serially connected to each other, where each memory device receives a clock signal. The clock signal can be provided either in parallel to all the memory devices or serially from memory device to memory device through a common clock input. The clock mode configuration circuit in each memory device is set to a parallel mode for receiving the parallel clock signal, and to a serial mode for receiving a source synchronous clock signal from a prior memory device. Depending on the set operating mode, the data input circuits will be configured for the corresponding data signal format, and the corresponding clock input circuits will be either enabled or disabled. The parallel mode and the serial mode is set by sensing a voltage level of a reference voltage provided to each memory device.
US07885137B2	Control circuit of flash memory device and method of operating the flash memory device Provided is a method of operating a flash memory device having a first area and a second area, in which a programmed state and an erased state of the first area are opposite to that of the second area. The method includes receiving a program command, inverting the program data when the received program command is a command for programming the second area, and programming the inverted program data into the second area.
US07885136B2	Semiconductor memory device having high stability and quality of readout operation A semiconductor memory cell device includes a first multiplexer selecting a sub-block including a memory cell storing data to be read out in a row, a drain selector selecting a first column line connected to one terminal of the memory cell to be read, a precharge selector selecting a second column line connected to the other terminal of the memory cells adjacent to the one terminal of the memory cell storing the data to be readout, a second multiplexer selecting the sub-block including the second column line, a source selector selecting a third column line connected to the other terminal of the memory cell storing the data to be read out. The second multiplexer and precharge selector, when selecting, apply a first voltage to the second column line, and the source selector, when selecting, applies a second voltage to the third column line.
US07885135B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device that prevents a power noise generated at a data input/output pad in a read operation from affecting a data strobe signal pad. The semiconductor memory device includes first power supply voltage pads for a data output circuit, a first power mesh, and a second power supply voltage pad for a data strobe signal output circuit. The first power mesh connects first power supply voltage pads to one another. The second power supply voltage pad is electrically separated from the first power mesh.
US07885133B2	Memory control device A clock enable (CKE) control circuit (112) is provided between a memory control circuit (111) and a SDRAM (120). When a system is in, e.g., a sleep state, the CKE control circuit (112) controls a CKE signal outputted to the SDRAM (120) such that it is fixed to a Low level. As a result, it is possible to halt a power supply provided to the memory control circuit (111), while maintaining the low-power-consumption mode of the SDRAM (120), so that power consumption resulting from a leakage current is suppressed. In addition, it becomes also possible to reset the memory control circuit (111), while maintaining the low-power-consumption mode of the SDRAM (120).
US07885130B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of memory cells connected to one word line; a plurality of sense amplifier circuits that are connected to the memory cells and divided into an N number of groups; and N number of data inversion processing circuits that respectively receive data read out from the N number of groups of sense amplifier circuits, in which after a sense amplifier circuit of a first group terminates operation, a sense amplifier circuit of a second group different from the first group operates, and each of the data inversion processing circuits performs data inversion processing based on the data read out from each of the groups of sense amplifier circuits, and outputs the data to an output terminal of each of the data inversion processing circuits.
US07885129B2	Memory chip and method for operating the same A memory chip and method for operating the same are provided. The memory chip includes a number of pads. The method includes inputting a number of first test signals to the pads respectively, wherein the first test signals corresponding to two physically-adjacent pads are complementary; inputting a number of second test signals, respectively successive to the first test signals, to the pads, wherein the first test signal and the second test signal corresponding to each of the pads are complementary; and outputting expected data from the memory chip if the first test signals and the second test signals are successfully received by the memory chip.
US07885124B2	Semiconductor storage device A precharge circuit steps up a voltage of a bit line connected to a memory cell to a power supply voltage. A plurality of step-down circuits step down the voltage of the bit line to a voltage level lower than the power supply voltage before data is read from the memory cell. The plurality of step-down circuits are connected to the bit line, and the plurality of step-down circuits are controlled by step-down control signals different to each other.
US07885108B2	Memory programming method A memory programming method may include identifying at least one of a plurality of memory cells with a threshold voltage to be changed based on a pattern of data to be programmed in the at least one of the plurality of memory cells, applying a program condition voltage to the at least one identified memory cell until the threshold voltage of the at least one identified memory cell is included in a first threshold voltage interval, to thereby adjust the threshold voltage of the at least one identified memory cell, and programming the data in the at least one identified memory cell with the adjusted threshold voltage.
US07885106B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for driving same A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first channel, and a source region and a drain region provided on both sides of the first channel; a first insulating film provided on the first channel; a charge retention layer provided on the first insulating film; a second insulating film provided on the charge retention layer; and a semiconductor layer including a second channel provided on the second insulating film, and a source region and a drain region provided on both sides of the second channel.
US07885101B2	Method for low-stress multilevel reading of phase change memory cells and multilevel phase change memory According to a method for multilevel reading of a phase change memory cell a bit line (9) and a PCM cell (2) are first selected and a first bias voltage (VBL, V00) is applied to the selected bit line (9). A first read current (IRD00), that flows through the selected bit line (9) in response to the first bias voltage (VBL, V00), is compared with a first reference current (I00). The first reference current (I00) is such that the first read current (IRD00) is lower than the first reference current (I00), when the selected PCM cell (2) is in a reset state, and is otherwise greater. It is then determined whether the selected PCM cell (2) is in the reset state, based on comparing the first read current (IRD00) with the first reference current (I00). A second bias voltage (VBL, V01), greater than the first bias voltage (VBL, V00), is applied to the selected bit line (9) if the selected PCM cell (2) is not in the reset state.
US07885098B2	Non-volatile phase-change memory device and method of reading the same In one aspect, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a phase phase-change memory cell array including a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and a plurality of phase-change memory cells, where each the phase-change memory cells includes a phase-change resistive element and a diode connected in series between a word line and a bit line among the plurality of word lines and bit lines of the phase-change memory cell array. The memory device of this aspect further includes a sense node which is selectively connected to a bit line of the phase-change memory cell array, a boosting circuit which generates a boosted voltage which is greater than an internal power supply voltage, a pre-charge and biasing circuit which is driven by the boosted voltage to pre-charge and bias the sense node, and a sense amplifier connected to the sense node. The boosted voltage may be equal to or greater than a sum of the internal power supply voltage and a threshold voltage of the diode of each phase-change memory cell.
US07885089B2	Electric power generation and conversion with controlled magnetics A power conversion system comprises: a source of multiphase high frequency alternating current (AC) electrical input power; a high frequency controlled magnetics transformer for each phase of the multiphase high frequency AC input power, with each transformer having a primary winding coupled to its respective phase of the multiphase high frequency AC input power, at least one secondary winding that produces high frequency AC output power and at least one control winding responsive to a direct current (DC) control signal that changes the high frequency output power in proportion to the amplitude of the DC control signal; a power converter that receives the multiphase high frequency AC output power from each high frequency transformer secondary and converts it to system output power without the high frequency AC content; and a system controller responsive to the system output power that produces a DC control signal for each control winding that changes in amplitude in response to changes in a measured parameter of the system output power.
US07885073B2	Heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device is adapted for dissipating heat generated from an add-on card which has a plurality of processors thereon. The heat dissipation device includes a vapor chamber and a mounting member. The vapor chamber thermally contacts with the processors. The mounting member is mounted on a bottom surface of the vapor chamber. A plurality of screws extends through the add-on card and engages with the mounting member to assemble the vapor chamber on the add-on card.
US07885065B2	Fan motor apparatus and electronic apparatus Provided is a fan motor apparatus. The fan motor apparatus includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a blade. The stator includes a rotor supporting mechanism, a supporting member, and a vibration insulation member. The rotor supporting mechanism rotatably supports the rotor. The supporting member supports the rotor supporting mechanism. The vibration insulation member is provided between the rotor supporting mechanism and the supporting member. The stator is capable of regulating relative movement of the rotor supporting mechanism and the supporting member.
US07885040B2	Suspension with locally strengthened gimbal An apparatus with a head gimbal assembly designed to reduce movement and rotation of components of the head gimbal assembly structure is disclosed. One embodiment head gimbal assembly may comprise a flexure including a ramp limiter, a suspension assembly further comprising a suspension tongue, a slider further comprising a magnetic head; and a load beam further comprising a lift tab; and a ramp further comprising a step to engage and support the ramp limiter and support and constrain the movement of the slider. In certain embodiments, the flexure may further comprise a flexure rail located at its end to reduce movement and rotation of the suspension tongue.
US07885039B2	Magnetic head supporting mechanism with regulating member which prevents over angulation of the slider support A magnetic-head supporting mechanism includes a slider having a chamfered bleed portion, a mounting portion on which the slider is mounted, a flexible finger portion extending in a longitudinal direction and supporting the mounting portion, a load beam extending in the longitudinal direction that connects at an end to a positioning mechanism, and that applies a load to the slider, and a regulating member extending from the load beam in the longitudinal direction for preventing change of an attitude of the slider when an angular attitude of the slider exceeds a predetermined angle. The regulating member extends over and above the flexible finger portion and over and above the slider and has an end in the longitudinal direction at a position approximately equal to an end of the flexible finger portion in the longitudinal direction.
US07885033B2	Anticipatory track switching Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to using a transducer to transfer data during a transducer displacement operation at a time during such operation when the transducer is substantially stationary.
US07885032B1	Apparatus and method for bulk erasure of disk drives The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for bulk erasure of disk drives. According to the novel invention, one or more relatively small-sized permanent magnets or electromagnets are configured to be brought into close proximity to a particular disk surface of the disk drive and to produce a concentrated magnetic force that erases the disk. Notably, the magnets are sized and configured to create a focused magnetic field, and correspondingly to prevent stray magnetic fields, which could otherwise be harmful to magnetically sensitive components of the disk drive, such as motor magnets. The magnets may be configured to gain access to the disk surface through one or more openings on a covered disk drive, e.g., through an actuator and/or servo track writer opening. The magnets and resultant focused magnetic field may be large enough to offer substantially full radial coverage of the disk, or may be smaller and configured to move (e.g., “sweep”) across the surface of the disk for full coverage accordingly.
US07885026B2	Magnetic recording medium and method of fabricating the same A magnetic recording medium and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The magnetic recording medium in which a position for magnetic recording is patterned with a magnetic material, includes a magnetic recording layer which includes a data area having a plurality of data tracks, and a servo area having a servo burst for following the data tracks, wherein the servo burst includes a plurality of bursts disposed in a zigzag structure along a downtrack direction, and each of the bursts includes a plurality of burst pieces having different coercivities from each other. The magnetic recording medium is subjected to two servo-recording processes, so that a signal similar to an alternative signal written in a burst having a burst pattern used in a related art continuous medium can be obtained.
US07885022B2	Swinging and tilting mechanism, lens barrel, and image capture apparatus A swinging and tilting mechanism includes a lens, a lens holding frame that holds the lens, a fixed member, and an operation member. The fixed member includes a rotation support portion that rotatably supports the lens holding frame in at least one side surface in one direction perpendicular to an optical axis of an optical system, and a tilting support portion that supports the lens holding frame tiltably in a direction of the optical axis in at least one side surface in another direction perpendicular to the optical axis and the one direction. The operation member rotates the lens holding frame supported by the fixed member with the rotation support portion used as a support point, and tilts the same along the tilting support portion.
US07885017B2	Objective lens system for endoscope An objective lens system for endoscope comprising at least a first negative lens element, a second positive lens element, an aperture stop, and a cemented lens component consisting of a third negative lens element and a fourth positive lens element, and being configured so as to satisfy the conditions (2), (5) and (4) or the conditions (2), (3) and (4) which are mentioned below, whereby the lens system corrects lateral chromatic aberration and longitudinal chromatic aberration with a good balance, favorably corrects aberrations such as chromatic aberration and has a compact composition or a short total length. D2/f<0.9 (2) \|f/(f1×ν1)+f/(f2×ν2)\|<0.025 (5) 1.5<\|(f4×ν1)/(f3×ν3)\| (4) \|f/(f5×ν5)−f/(f1×ν1)−f/(f2×ν2)\|<0.025. (3)
US07885016B2	Light quantity adjusting device, lens barrel and image pickup apparatus Disclosed herein is a light quantity adjusting device including: first and second diaphragm blades shiftably provided to adjust a size of a diaphragm aperture; a neutral density filter blade provided shiftably in the same direction as the first and second diaphragm blades and having a neutral density filter adapted to cover the diaphragm aperture to reduce a quantity of light passing through the diaphragm aperture; and a drive mechanism adapted to shift the first and second blades and the neutral density filter blade; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to include an actuator, a first cam groove, a second cam groove, a third cam groove, an arm, a first cam-pin, and a second cam-pin.
US07885012B2	Shearing radiation beam for imaging printing media An illuminator (10) for producing a radiation spot (120) on a workpiece (110) comprises a laser light source (20) and a beam-shearing optical system (30). Fine structure (160) generated by an integrator (80) of laser light source (20) in integrated beams (90) as a result of path length differences among coherent light beams (70) from emitters (60) of lasers (40) is sheared by the inclusion of beam-shearing optical system (30) into illuminator (10). Beam-shearing optical system (30) allows illuminator (10) to produce a radiation spot (120) in which the fine structure (160) is spread so that scanning of radiation spot (120) does not produce the striations (140) in scanned patch (170) that are obtained with prior art illuminators.
US07885004B2	Optical element, liquid crystal device, and display An optical element having a function of splitting incident light into polarized beams includes a substrate transparent for the incident light; a diffractive structure that includes a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions alternately arranged with each other, each of the plurality of concave portions and convex portions having a rectangular sectional shape and that is provided on a first surface of the substrate; and a grid that includes a plurality of fine lines extending in a single direction and that is provided across a top surface of the diffractive structure on the first surface of the substrate, wherein conditions: d<λ and λ/n<δ≦λ are satisfied when λ represents a wavelength of the incident light; d represents a distance between the neighboring fine lines; δ represents a distance between the convex portions; and n represents a refractive index of a material forming the substrate.
US07884996B2	Delay-line demodulator A delay-line demodulator for demodulating a differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK) signal is provided. The demodulator includes two Mach-Zehnder interferometers individually comprising two waveguides having different lengths therebetween and through which a light signal branched from the DQPSK signal propagates, respectively. A phase of the light signal propagating at one of the waveguides is delayed as compared to a phase of the light signal propagating at another one of the waveguides, wherein a divergence amount of polarization is adjusted by driving sets of heaters that are facing each other and sandwiching a half wavelength plate therebetween.
US07884985B2	High brightness optical device There is provided an optical device, comprising a display source; a light-diffuser; an imaging optical module, and an output aperture from the optical device characterized in that the light diffuser is an angular, non-uniform diffuser of light for increasing a portion of light emerging from the display source that passes through the output aperture. A method for improving the brightness of an optical display is also provided.
US07884979B2	Imaging lens, image reader using the lens, and imaging apparatus using the image reader An imaging lens comprises a first, a second, a third, and a fourth lens group from an object toward an image. The first lens group includes a first lens that is a convex meniscus lens with a convex surface on the object side. The second lens group includes a second lens having a positive refractive power, and a third lens bonded to the second lens and having a negative refractive power. The third lens group includes a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens bonded to the fourth lens and having a positive refractive power. The fourth lens group includes a sixth lens having a positive refractive power. The imaging lens satisfies the condition 0.10
US07884972B2	Image processing apparatus capable of handling image file stored in another apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method According to an image processing apparatus, if image data designated to be stored in a storage unit within the image processing apparatus is stored in a storage device outside the image processing apparatus, a memory remaining amount or the like of the image processing apparatus is calculated as if the image data is stored in a storage area within the image processing apparatus, although the image data is not moved to the storage area within the image processing apparatus.
US07884971B2	Multiplied pulse generation device, multiplied pulse generation method, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus In a multiplied pulse generation device, a detection signal is outputted every time a driven object is driven by a specific amount. An actual cycle indicating a time interval between the detection signal and a previous detection signal is measured. An estimated cycle is estimated based on at least past two actual cycles including the actual cycle measured. A multiplied pulse is sequentially generated in such a manner that a multiplied cycle indicating a time interval per which the multiplied pulse is generated is sequentially changed according to an amount of change from the actual cycle to the estimated cycle.
US07884967B2	Printer control apparatus and method The invention seeks to improve the accuracy of management of remaining amount of ink in a printer in which remaining amount of ink is managed based upon amount of ink consumed. If a print job is sent to a printer, first the printer is requested for status information that includes a warning concerning remaining amount of ink. When the status information is received from the printer, it is determined whether the status information indicates the possibility that ink has been replaced. If the information indicates such possibility, then the user is prompted to enter the nature of the ink replacement. If the user makes an entry to the effect that the ink replacement was performed, then the current status information of the printer is acquired again and discriminated. If possibility that ink has been replaced is indicated in this status information as well, then the printer is sent a command for initializing the information relating to remaining amount of ink.
US07884963B2	Hand-held modular system with printer and internal replaceable ink cartridge A hand-held modular printer system for printing a stored image, the printer system comprising a memory module in which the image can be stored; a printer module adapted to be releasably interconnected with the memory module, the printer module including an elongate body defining a transverse print media passage and a printer which is arranged within the body so that the stored image can be printed onto print media which passes through the passage, the printer module further including a print media feed arrangement located within the body, the print media feed arrangement comprising a plurality of rollers configured to feed the print media through the passage and a motor arrangement for driving at least one of the rollers; and a pen module adapted to be releasably interconnected with the printer module and which includes a nib which can dispense ink. The printer module is housed in a substantially cylindrical housing, and the hand-held modular printer system further comprises an ink cartridge, the ink cartridge substantially extending the length of the printer module and shaped such that a major surface of the ink cartridge has a curvature substantially matching that of an internal surface of the cylindrical housing, whereby the ink cartridge is nestled against the cylindrical housing.
US07884959B2	Printing system and method of operating same Disclosed herein is a method of operating a printing system including determining a time of a print problem, accessing a database containing a timeline of print-related attribute changes, modifying one or more print-related attributes, and resubmitting print jobs. In another embodiment, a method of operating a printing system involves storing sets of print-related attributes in a settings repository, the stored sets being available for use in processing future print jobs. Corresponding printing systems also are disclosed. The methods and systems can be used to improve the efficiency and/or quality of high volume printing operations.
US07884954B2	Peripheral equipment and management method thereof When managing a job inputted via a network or a console according to a job management command issued likewise via the network or the console, peripheral equipment managed by a directory server connected via the network decrypts an access ticket included in the job, decrypts the access ticket included in the job management command, and manages the job according to the decrypted contents of the access ticket included in the job and the access ticket included in the job management command.
US07884949B2	Three-dimensional image measuring apparatus The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image measuring apparatus comprising: an XYZ shaft transfer means mounted onto a base member; a work stage mounted to the base member, for moving a measuring object to a measuring position and thereafter supporting it and having a predetermined reference surface set at a side thereof; an image obtaining means in which it is moved toward X,Y and Z shafts by the XYZ shaft transfer means, scans a grating image by the frequency of N times to a side of the measuring object supported and fixed to the work stage, obtains the changed grating image by the measuring object by N times; a light emitting means mounted to a side of the image obtaining means for generating and emitting light with a predetermined wavelength; and a control unit which irradiates light generated from the light emitting means mounted to a side of the image obtaining means to the reference surface set the side of the work stage, receives the changed grating image obtained from the image obtaining means, thereby producing the three-dimensional image.
US07884941B2	Spectral measuring system A measuring system for photoelectrically scanning measurement points of a measurement object includes a lighting channel (21-24) for applying illuminating light to the measurement object (M) disposed in a measurement plane (MP) and a measuring channel (11-13) for capturing and photoelectrically converting the measurement light reflected by the measurement points of the measurement object M. The lighting channel and/or the measuring channel is configured so as to detect the reflection properties of the measurement points in several wavelength bands. The lighting channel (21-24) has a spatial light modulator controlled by an electronic control unit (40) for generating a spatial lighting pattern which causes illuminating light to be selectively applied to measurements points (25) of interest of the measurement object (M). The control unit (40) may be equipped with image processing functions and be configured to identify measurement points (25) suitable for the application purpose from image data of the measurement object (M) and to calculate corresponding lighting patterns for selectively illuminating the measurement points.
US07884936B2	Apparatus and methods for scattering-based semiconductor inspection and metrology Disclosed are apparatus and methods for inspecting or measuring one or more semiconductor targets. An incident beam is directed towards a first target as the first target substantially, continuously moves such that the incident beam remains directed at such first target during a first time period in which the first target substantially, continuously moves between a first position and a second position. An output beam scattered from the first target, in response to the incident beam being directed towards the first target during the first time period in which the first target substantially, continuously moves between the first and second positions, is detected such that information is obtained from the detected output beam during the first time period. The first time period is selected so that the information that is collected from the detected output beam during such first time period can be used to determine a characteristic of the first target.
US07884930B2	Integrated quartz biological sensor and method A sensor integrates a quartz nanoresonator for mass detection and SERS for optical detection in a same cavity on a chip for redundancy in the detection of a species.
US07884923B2	Laser surveying system and distance measuring method A laser surveying system, comprising a light source for emitting a laser beam, a projection optical system for turning the laser beam from the light source to a parallel luminous flux, a scanning unit for projecting the luminous flux of the projected laser beam for scanning, a scanning direction detecting unit for detecting a scanning direction, a photodetection optical system for receiving a reflected light of the projected laser beam from an object to be measured, a photodetection element for performing photo-electric conversion of the reflected light received via the photodetection optical system, and a distance measuring unit for measuring a distance based on a signal from the photodetection element, wherein the projection optical system has a luminous flux diameter changing means, and a luminous flux diameter of the projected laser beam is enabled to be changed.
US07884916B2	Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other; gate lines and data lines formed on the first substrate such that the gate lines and the data lines intersect each other to define pixel regions; thin film transistors formed at respective intersections of the gate lines and the data lines; a black matrix layer formed on the second substrate such that the black matrix layer corresponds to a region other than the pixel regions; color filter layers extending in an extension direction of the data lines in respective pixel regions; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; first column spacers formed on one of the first and second substrates such that each first column spacer corresponds to an associated one of the gate lines or to a channel region of an associated one of the thin film transistors to maintain a cell gap between the first and second substrate; and spacer patterns formed on one of the first and second substrates such that each spacer pattern corresponds to at least one of an associated one of the gate lines and an associated one of the data lines, thereby forming a first gap between the spacer pattern and the other substrate facing the spacer pattern, and reducing an amount of liquid crystals filled between the first and second substrates.
US07884914B2	Structure for encapsulating a liquid crystal display device A structure for encapsulating a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. Openings are formed in a second material layer on a first substrate, exposing an underlying first material layer. The openings are substantially distributed over the perimeter of the first substrate. A sealant is placed in the openings, forming a sealant region for attachment of a second substrate to the first substrate. The sealant region is substantially perpendicular to a direction of length of the openings. In addition, the sealant contacts the first material layer and the second material layer through the openings.
US07884912B2	Liquid crystal display device Provided is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel including at least two domains generating electric fields of different directions. A contact part disposed in the boundary between the domains electrically connects a common line with a common electrode. The common line is disposed in a pixel adjacent to the pixel, so that both a viewing angle and an aperture ratio can be improved.
US07884910B2	In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a gate line formed on a substrate; first and second data lines crossing the gate line to form adjacent pixel regions in a direction of the gate line; pixel electrodes and common electrodes substantially parallel to each other and generating an in-plane electric field; a first pixel electrode line parallel to the first data line and spaced apart from the first data line by a first isolation distance; a second pixel electrode line spaced apart from the second data line by a second isolation distance; and a first common line parallel to the first data line and spaced apart from the first data line by a third isolation distance; a second common line spaced from the second data line by a fourth isolation distance, wherein the first isolation distance is shorter than the third isolation distance, and a parasitic capacitance between the first pixel electrode line and the first data line is greater than a parasitic capacitance between the second pixel electrode line and the second data line.
US07884901B2	Liquid crystal display panel having alignment protrusions An LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, alignment protrusions and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes pixel units arranged in an array. Each of the pixel units has at least one reflection area and one transmittance area. The first substrate has concaves in the reflection areas. The second substrate is above the first substrate. The first substrate or the second substrate has at least one padding layer in the reflection area. The alignment protrusions having approximately the same height are disposed on the second substrate and located in centers of each of the reflections and the transmittance areas. In the reflection area, a group of the alignment protrusions are in the concaves to keep a gap from the first substrate. The other group of the alignment protrusions outside of the concaves contact with the first substrate directly.
US07884896B2	Display apparatus and backlight assembly having a light guide plate comprising first and second light control patterns A light-guide plate includes an incident surface, a emissive surface and a reflective surface. The incident surface includes a plurality of light-control patterns formed in sectioned regions of the incident surface. The light-control patterns have shapes different from one another according to the regions corresponding to a position of a light source. The emissive surface is extended from a side of the incident surface. The reflective surface is opposite to the emissive surface.
US07884893B2	System and method of testing liquid crystal display device using dispensing state of liquid crystal dispensing apparatus Disclosed is a method of testing a liquid crystal display device enabling a quick test by determining a test of a liquid crystal panel according to a liquid crystal filling state of the liquid crystal panel. The method includes: checking a liquid crystal filling state of a liquid crystal panel for a defective liquid crystal filling state; and executing a test of a liquid crystal panel having a defective liquid crystal filling state. The process for testing a liquid crystal filling state may include detecting a dispensed amount of liquid crystal dropped using a liquid crystal dispensing apparatus or may include measuring the weight of liquid crystal dropped. Other methods of identifying the filling state of the liquid crystal panel may be used.
US07884892B2	Electro-optical device, method of testing the same, and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device includes: a counter substrate; an element substrate comprising a protruding region protruding from one side of the counter substrate and being bonded to the counter substrate; a plurality of pixel units that are arranged in a pixel region on the element substrate; a plurality of external circuit connecting terminals which are arranged in the protruding region on the element substrate and to which various signals including image signals and control signals for allowing the plurality of pixel units to display an image are supplied; and a plurality of test terminals that are provided at both ends of an array of the plurality of external circuit connecting terminals in the protruding region and are supplied with test signals, wherein a distance between adjacent test terminals is longer than a distance between adjacent external circuit connecting terminals.
US07884887B2	Projector device comprising optical compensation sheet holder including turning member and sliding member A liquid crystal projector device of the present invention has a liquid crystal panel and a polarizing plate oppositely arranged on each optical path of light of three primary colors, and a rectangular optical compensation sheet for compensating birefringence of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal panel, which is held by an optical compensation sheet holder and arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the polarizing plate. The optical compensation sheet holder includes a frame for holding the optical compensation sheet, and a turning member, which holds the frame turnably on a rotation axis approximately parallel to one of a pair of diagonals of the liquid crystal panel, and is attached to an end edge of an optical system holding case for holding an optical system turnably on a rotation axis perpendicular to the optical compensation sheet.
US07884886B2	Integrated channel filter and method of operation A system includes a filter and a tuner formed on an integrated circuit. The filter receives an input signal comprising a first number of channels and communicates an intermediate output signal comprising a second number of channels less than the first number of channels. The tuner is coupled to the filter and receives the intermediate output signal and communicates an output signal comprising a third number of channels less than the second number of channels.
US07884884B2	Dynamic image search information recording apparatus and dynamic image searching devices A motion picture retrieval information storage apparatus (40) storing retrieval information for retrieving a motion picture, expressed by motion picture data, and constituted of one or more partial motion pictures (140, 142, 144, 146, 160) on the time axis includes a retrieval information generating section (102, 103, 104, 105) generating retrieval information corresponding to each of the one or more partial motion pictures on the basis of the motion picture data and a storage section (106) storing said retrieval information into a storage medium together with a correspondence information between the retrieval information and the motion picture data, wherein retrieval information generating section (102, 103, 104, 105) includes a first summary information generating section (103) for generating summary information (188) of one or more spatially partial motion pictures obtained by spatially splitting each of the one or more partial motion pictures (140, 142, 144, 146, 160) on the time axis.
US07884878B2	Lens apparatus, imaging apparatus, and automatic focusing control method A lens apparatus capable of carrying out a suitable AF control operation even when text or character information is superimposed on a video signal is provided. The lens apparatus is configured to generate first and second AF evaluation values from a video signal obtained from an imaging unit of a camera apparatus, and to perform focusing control based on the second AF evaluation value. In the lens apparatus, the first AF evaluation value is selectively output to a second AF evaluation value generating unit for every scanning line of the video signal.
US07884874B2	Digital still camera and method of controlling same The image of a subject is attained by image sensing and the image of the subject is displayed on the display screen of a digital still camera. The image of a face is detected from within the image of the subject and a face frame is displayed so as to enclose the detected image of the face. Autofocus control and automatic exposure control is carried out using image data representing the image within the face frame. Image data representing the image of the subject in which the image of the face is in focus and has the appropriate brightness can be recorded on a memory card.
US07884873B2	Image pickup device having a display for displaying operation key image data representing operation keys and supplying image data including an operation menu to an external display device when connected to the external display device An image pickup device includes a display that displays one of image data including an operation menu or operation key image data representing operation keys; an external output section that outputs the image data including the operation menu to the outside; an output state detector that detects that the external output section is in a state capable of outputting the image data to the outside; a display data instruction section that instructs to display the operation key image data on the display and to display the image data including the operation menu on an external display device, which is an output destination of the image data in the external output section, when the external output section is detected to be in the capable state, and instructs to display the image data including the operation menu on the display when the external output section is not detected to be in the capable state; a display data supply that supplies one of the display or the external output section with one of the image data including the operation menu or the operation key image data in accordance with the instruction from the display data instruction section; and a panel input that accepts input of an operation from one of the operation key image data or the image data including the operation menu displayed on the display.
US07884862B2	Camera and camera zoom control method The present invention provides a camera and a camera zoom control method that can reduce power consumption at the time of zooming and shorten the time difference between the timing of a photographing instruction and the timing of actual photographing. Until a release button is operated, the optical zoom magnifying power of a lens is controlled to become a zoom magnifying power corresponding to an operation with respect to a zoom switch, and when the release button has been operated, the optical zoom magnifying power of the lens is controlled to become the zoom magnifying power corresponding to the operation with respect to the zoom switch.
US07884853B2	Imaging device having a consecutive shooting mode An imaging device, such as a digital camera, has a mechanism for compensating an image blur caused by hand jiggling and is capable of consecutively shooting, through one operation of a shutter operation section (36), frames of an image in a state where the mechanism (20) is operational and in a state where the mechanism is not operational.
US07884848B2	Viewing environment and recording system A system for recording video comprising a plurality of cameras aligned in a substantially horizontal plane and adapted to capture images in substantially a three-hundred-sixty degree viewing angle; and a first additional camera adapted to capture images at the same time as the plurality of cameras adapted to capture images in the substantially three-hundred-sixty degree view, wherein the first additional camera is adapted to capture images in a direction above or below the horizontal plane. A system for displaying video comprising a side viewing area that provides substantially a three-hundred-sixty degree viewing area and forms at least part of a viewing pod; and at least one of atop viewing area and a bottom viewing area that forms a least a part of the viewing pod.
US07884839B2	Method and system for image processing for spatial light modulators A method of enhancing the gray scale resolution of a PWM system. The method includes defining an N-bit PWM sequence with a length of 2N−1 units. The N-bit PWM sequence includes a least significant bit (LSB) segment characterized by a temporal length of one unit. In some embodiments, the temporal length of one unit is referred to as a time t0. The method also includes defining a fractional PWM sequence. The fractional PWM sequence includes the N-bit PWM sequence and a fractional bit segment of temporal length F. The temporal length of the fractional PWM sequence is 2N−1+F units. In a particular embodiment, F=1 and the temporal length of the fractional PWM sequence is 2N.
US07884827B2	Method and system to pre-fetch data in a network A system and method of pre-fetching data in a network includes displaying first data to a user, the first data being upstream of other data in a data flow. Before receiving a request from the user to view a second data, retrieving the second data and storing the retrieved second data in a memory device. After a request to display the second data is received from the user, using the stored second data for displaying to the user.
US07884826B1	Maintaining the groom Methods and apparatus are disclosure for maintaining realistic grooming of simulated objects. In a method for simulating objects, a reference shape associated with a simulated object is received. A predetermined orientation is also received. A force acting on the simulated object is then modified based on the predetermined orientation. The force acts on the simulated object to shape the simulated object according to the reference shape. The force may be “strategically weakened” when the simulated object (or a portion thereof) is substantially aligned with the predetermined orientation. In a further method for simulating objects, a measured height associated with the simulated object is received. A “lifting” force is generated to reduce a difference between the measured height and a predetermined height associated with the reference shape. The lifting force simulates structure and internal forces that provide volume and shaping to physical objects, such as hair.
US07884822B2	Game apparatus, storage medium storing a game program, and game controlling method A game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and on the first LCD, a two-dimensional game screen including objects positioned in a two-dimensional coordinate is displayed. When a two-dimensional coordinate of a specific object out of the objects positioned in the two-dimensional coordinate satisfies a predetermined condition, a three-dimensional coordinate of each of the objects is calculated on the basis of the two-dimensional coordinate of each of the objects. The object is modeled in the calculated three-dimensional coordinate, moved by a predetermined animation, and then shot by a virtual camera. Accordingly, a game screen of an image (animation) of the three-dimensional virtual space shot by the virtual camera is displayed on the second LCD.
US07884817B2	Method and system for defining and controlling algorithmic elements in a graphics display system An API is provided that enables programmability of a 3D chip, wherein programming or algorithmic elements written by the developer can be downloaded to the chip, thereby programming the chip to perform those algorithms. A developer writes a routine that is downloadable to a 3D graphics chip. There are also a set of algorithmic elements that are provided in connection with the API that have already been programmed for the developer, that are downloadable to the programmable chip for improved performance. Thus, a developer may download preexisting API objects to a 3D graphics chip. A developer adheres to a specific format for packing up an algorithmic element, or set of instructions, for implementation by a 3D graphics chip. The developer packs the instruction set into an array of numbers, by referring to a list of ‘tokens’ understood by the 3D graphics chip. This array of numbers in turn is mapped correctly to the 3D graphics chip for implementation of the algorithmic element by the 3D graphics chip.
US07884815B2	Interchangeable display modules for portable handheld devices A handheld computing device featuring interchangeable display units is disclosed. The handheld computing device includes a processing unit and a visual display unit detachable from the processing unit. The processing unit and the detachable visual display unit include communication ports capable of communicating with each other. The processing unit further can receive information representative of the properties of the detachable visual display unit.
US07884812B2	Liquid crystal projector Disclosed is a liquid crystal projector comprising operation means for operating a liquid crystal projector; means for previously registering a password; means for entering, in a case where the password is registered, a password when the power to the liquid crystal projector is turned on; and means for comparing the entered password with the registered password and making it possible to operate the liquid crystal projector by the operation means only when both the passwords coincide with each other.
US07884804B2	Keyboard with input-sensitive display device An input/output device is disclosed that includes an input-sensitive display screen and alphanumeric keys for entering characters. The input-sensitive display screen may be positioned proximate the alphanumeric keys and be capable of displaying graphical information and sensing user selection of the graphical information. The input-sensitive display screen may include a combination display/input region and a non-display input region. The touch sensitive display screen may be detachable from the alphanumeric region and may be operable in a detached configuration. The input/output device may usable with a method of input correction. The method may include displaying, on a secondary display, a first text unit, such as a character or a word, which corresponds with a second text unit shown on a primary display screen of a computing device. The method further involves receiving user selection of the first text unit and replacing the first text unit with a second text unit.
US07884803B2	Turntable-type input device A turntable-type input device includes a base, a first keyboard, a second keyboard and a turntable. The first keyboard and second keyboard are movably disposed on the base. The turntable is rotatably disposed on the base and located above the first keyboard and the second keyboard. The turntable is coupled to the first keyboard and the second keyboard. When the turntable is rotated, the turntable brings the first keyboard and the second keyboard synchronously to move in opposite directions relative to the base such that the first keyboard and the second keyboard are spread out from the base or received to the base.
US07884801B1	Circuit and method for determining motion with redundant comb-arrays A method is provided for sensing displacement of an optical sensor relative to a surface, the sensor having at least first and second arrays with a plurality of photosensitive elements. The method involves: (i) generating for each array first set of quasi-sinusoidal signals at a first time and a second set of quasi-sinusoidal signals at a second time in response to motion of light received thereon; (ii) computing from said first and second sets of signals phase angle changes for signals received from each array; (iii) computing from said first and second sets of signals radius values for signals received from each array; (iv) computing unwrapped phase angle changes for signals received from each array; and (v) combining said unwrapped phase angle changes for each of said arrays using radius-weighted-averaging to provide a single weighted average of unwrapped phase angle change resulting from said motion of light.
US07884800B2	Left/right hand operated sensing intelligent mouse A mouse includes a left button, a right button, a touch sensing unit and a processing unit. The left button and the right button generate click signals in response to click operations. The touch sensing device generates touch positional signals when the left or right button is touched. The processing unit is used to receive the touch positional signals, calculate y-coordinate values of all points in the touched areas; select two significant points respectively from the left touched area and the right touched area; compare the y-coordinate values of the two significant points to generate a comparison result; confirm a current operated mode; if the confirmed operated mode is a left handed operation, send a control signal with a left-button identifier to a computer configured therewith; if the confirmed operated mode is a right handed operation, send a control signal with a right-button identifier to the computer configured therewith.
US07884798B2	Protective mechanism for an optical input device A protective mechanism terminates the emission of a laser beam from an inadvertently inverted laser input device. A transmitting/detecting circuit is positioned under a laser input device that emits laser beams from a laser light. The transmitting/detecting circuit projects an infrared ray to a working surface to be reflected therefrom, with the reflected infrared ray detected by the transmitting/detecting circuit. The laser light is turned off if the transmitting/detecting circuit fails to detect the reflected infrared ray.
US07884797B1	Conductive cap A connector featuring a conductive cap and conductive peg to be attached to any digit covering apparatus, such as a glove. The connector comprises a cap and peg made of a conductive material. The peg is placed on a user's digit and the at least one post mechanism is extended through the digit covering. The cap and peg are engaged by at least one post mechanism extending from the peg. The at least one post mechanism is received by at least one aperture on the cap. The connector also features a post mechanism on a back side of the connector. The post mechanism has a pin, pin head and pin holder that attaches the connector to the glove. Users do not have to remove their digit covering apparatus to interact with a touch screen device. The conductive connector affords the user the ability to input onto a touch-screen without removal of their digit covering apparatus, such as a glove.
US07884789B2	Display apparatus The object of the invention is to provide an FSC display apparatus that can easily achieve color balance. The display apparatus (1) according to the present invention, which includes a light source (30) for emitting a plurality of colored lights in sequence and in a repetitive manner and a display section (14) for controlling transmission or reflection of the lights emitted from the light source, produces a color display by dividing each field into a plurality of subfields and by causing a designated one of the plurality of colored lights to be emitted at least during a part of a period within the plurality of subfields thereby displaying on the display section an image corresponding to the designated colored light, wherein each of the subfields includes at least a data writing period for writing display data to the display section and a light-emission period for emitting the designated colored light, and the end timing of the light-emission period can be set in a variable manner.
US07884779B2	Multiple-input switch design A switch designs having very low insertion loss, in which the insertion loss remains the same regardless of the number of inputs. A plurality of inputs are structured for receiving electromagnetic radiation signal having a wavelength λ. A plurality of switches, e.g., PIN diode switches, are coupled to a respective input. A main conductor is coupled to an output. A plurality of leg conductors are coupled at one end to the main conductor and at other end to a respective switch from the plurality of switches, wherein each of the leg conductors has a length substantially equal to nλ/2, wherein n is a whole natural number.
US07884775B1	Multi-resonant microstrip dipole antenna A multi-band antenna for use, for example, in a wireless communications network, employs multi-resonant microstrip dipoles that resonate at multiple frequencies due to microstrip “islands.” Gaps in the microstrips create an open RF circuit except for desired frequencies. At a desired frequency, RF energy sees a gap as a short circuit between an island and the rest of a dipole antenna, thus, resonating at the desired frequency. In one instance, the multi-band antenna includes a first, second, third, and fourth dipole elements. Gaps between the first and third dipole elements and the second and fourth dipole elements are sufficiently small that the first, second, third, and fourth dipole elements form a second dipole having a corresponding dipole wavelength longer than that of the first dipole.
US07884754B1	Method of distributed estimation using multiple asynchronous sensors A method and system are provided for merging data from a plurality of multiplexed measurement sources to a decision-maker. The method includes operations for receiving a corresponding plurality of measurements of the data, processing each measurement to respectively obtain local state estimates and local error covariances, determining a corresponding plurality of lag periods, offsetting each of the corresponding event times, supplying to a track fusion center the local state estimates and the local error covariances for summing the pluralities of the local state estimates as a fusion state estimate and the local error covariances as a fusion error covariance. The measurements to be fused are each acquired from its respective source and correspond to an associated sampling period within an acquisition interval. The lag periods represent a wait duration for obtaining the corresponding local state estimates and local error covariances. The system correspondingly includes a receiver to obtain the plurality of measurements, a set of associated processors to analyze the measurements and provide their local state estimates and the local error covariances; a time-offsetter to determine corresponding lag periods and displace each of the event times accordingly, and the track fusion center.
US07884746B2	Noise limitation of a signal dependent multibit digital to analog signal conversion Several methods and a system of noise limitation of a signal dependent multibit digital to analog signal conversion are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment provides a method that includes receiving an output of a multibit analog to digital circuit of a continuous time sigma delta converter. The method further includes limiting a noise generation by adaptively selecting a digital to analog converter element out of a plurality of digital to analog converter elements in accordance with an input signal magnitude. In addition, the method includes implementing a selected digital to analog converter element to generate an analog signal.
US07884745B2	Analogue to digital conversion An analog-to-digital conversion arrangement converting an input analog signal into an output digital representation. Two or more analog-to-digital conversion paths each applying a conversion mapping between input analog signal magnitudes and respective digital values generate an intermediate representation of the input analog signal, the conversion paths being operable to apply different respective conversion mappings. An output circuit combines the intermediate representations from at least two conversion paths to generate the output digital representation, the intermediate representations being combined according to a weighting dependent on the magnitude of the input analog signal. At least one of the conversion paths has an enhanced sensitivity mode appropriate to a range of magnitudes of the input signal that are below a threshold magnitude. Control logic inhibits operation in the enhanced sensitivity mode if the magnitude of the input analog signal exceeds the threshold magnitude.
US07884743B2	Arithmetic decoding device Disclosed herein is an arithmetic decoding device including: an arithmetic decoding unit configured to decode coded data resulting from arithmetic coding on a basis of a context variable indicating a probability state and a most probable symbol; a plurality of arithmetic registers configured to supply the context variable to the arithmetic decoding unit and retain a result of operation by the arithmetic decoding unit; and a plurality of save registers configured to save contents retained in the arithmetic registers.
US07884739B2	Systems and devices for assessing fines for traffic disturbances Traffic disturbances are detected and data is collected by various sensors where the data reflects the entity that is responsible for the disturbance and the number of vehicles that are impacted by the disturbance. The data is analyzed to determine whether a traffic violation has occurred and to then assess a fine based at least on the number of vehicles that have been impacted as a result of the traffic violation. The fine may then be collected by notifying the entity that is responsible, such as by sending a message to an electronic device of the entity. The notification may provide for an automated payment of the fine or an option to appeal the fine. Additionally, those affected by the traffic disturbance may be identified and granted a portion of the fine that has been imposed and collected.
US07884730B2	System and method for startling animals A device is disclosed which is configured to startle certain pests which may cause a variety of problems in certain areas of a home or workplace. By limiting the action of the pests, or removing the pests from the area, the invention may prevent the destruction of property, minimize animal droppings, and minimize the spread of disease. The invention may include an external shell in the shape of any desired animal which may be on a swivel base and include lighting, wherein the external shell also covers internal mechanical, electronic and electrical components. The components are configured to move parts of the animal shell and move other items attached to the shell. The movement may be a result of a motion detector detecting an undesirable pest, programmable timer, a remote control device operated within the safety of a home or by other sensors. The system may also include a remote control, Wi-Fi, IP address, webcam, modem, dial-in activation, voice activation, and timers.
US07884697B2	Tunable embedded inductor devices The invention provides tunable embedded high frequency inductor devices. The inductor device comprises a dielectric substrate. A first conductive line is disposed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate. A second conductive line is disposed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate. An interconnection is disposed perforating the dielectric substrate and connecting the first conductive line with the second conductive line. A coupling region is defined between the first and the second conductive lines. A conductive plug connecting the first conductive line and the second line is disposed in the coupling region. Alternatively, an opening is disposed in the first and second conductive lines to tune inductance of the inductor.
US07884685B2	Band switching by diplexer component tuning A circuit and antenna arrangement includes a diplexer having a single radio frequency input/output interface and dual feed connections with an antenna adapted for use over a plurality of frequency bands. The diplexer has a capacitance connected between the radio frequency input/output interface and the antenna, and further has an additional capacitance that is selectively one of connected or not connected in parallel with the capacitance. In one embodiment the additional capacitance may be a capacitor in series with a switch, while in another embodiment the additional capacitance may be a MEMS variable capacitor.
US07884673B2	Wideband low-noise amplifier A wideband low-noise amplifier includes a source-degenerated common-source amplifier, a common-gate amplifier, and a matching frequency band determiner. The source-degenerated common-source amplifier is configured to amplify an input signal to output a first signal that is opposite in phase to the input signal. The common-gate amplifier is connected in parallel to the source-degenerated common-source amplifier to amplify the input signal to output a second signal that has the same phase as the input signal. The matching frequency band determiner is configured to isolate an input terminal of the source-degenerated common-source amplifier and an input terminal of the common-gate amplifier and determine a matching frequency band.
US07884672B1	Operational amplifier and method for amplifying a signal with shared compensation components An operational amplifier and a method for amplifying a signal. Embodiments provide a convenient and effective mechanism for reducing die area, design time and design verification time by sharing compensation components between the common-mode and differential feedback networks of the operational amplifier. As such, fewer compensation components are required, thereby reducing component die area. Additionally, given that the compensation components are shared between the common-mode and differential feedback networks, the feedback networks can be stabilized together with fewer compensation components to specify and verify, thereby reducing design and design verification time. Further, embodiments provide a compensation component coupling which does not couple directly to virtual ground, thereby reducing the noise of the operational amplifier.
US07884661B2	Clock generator circuit, method of clock generating, and data output circuit using the clock generating circuit and method A clock generating circuit generates a high frequency clock having a constant duty and the same period as that of an external clock. A clock generating circuit generates a clock signal (hereinafter “the clock”) used for outputting a data signal to a data pin. The clock generating circuit includes at least a dividing portion and a clock generating portion. A dividing portion divides an internal clock signal (hereinafter “the internal clock”) generated based on an external clock signal (hereinafter “the external clock”) and outputs a plurality of divided clock signals (hereinafter “the divided clocks”). The clock generating portion performs a predetermined logical operations combining the divided clocks to generate the clock having a constant duty and the same period as the external clock.
US07884656B2	Phase locked loop with small size and improved performance A phase locked loop (PLL) includes a frequency detector and a type 1 PLL including a phase detector. The phase detector produces a phase error signal indicative of a difference in phase between a reference signal and a feedback signal, while the frequency detector produces a frequency error signal indicative of a difference in frequency between the reference signal and the feedback signal. Logic switches between the phase detector and the frequency detector based on the frequency error signal.
US07884652B2	Pulse signal generating device, transport device, image forming apparatus, and pulse generating method A pulse signal generating device includes: the plurality of encoders each of which outputs an encoder signal with a pulse period corresponding to the speed of an object to be detected; delay amount control unit that controls a relative delay amount with respect to a pulse signal for each of the plurality of pulse output signals output from the plurality of encoders; a detection unit that individually detects abnormalities in pulses of the plurality of encoder signals; a switching unit that performs switching to one pulse output signal, in which pulse abnormalities are not detected, of the plurality of pulse output signals; and a pulse generating unit that generates a pulse signal by delaying the one pulse output signal switched by the switching unit by the corresponding relative delay amount.
US07884645B2	Voltage level shifting circuit and method In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving an input voltage at an input to a level shifting circuit that includes voltage pull-up logic. The method includes providing an output signal from the level shifting circuit. The method also includes selectively activating the voltage pull-up logic circuit of the level shifting circuit.
US07884612B2	Multi-component field sources for subsea exploration A multi-component field source for surveying subsea formations includes at least two electrodes having a direction of motion, wherein the at least two electrodes are configured to produce an electric dipole in an orientation that is not parallel to both the direction of motion of the electrodes and the seafloor. A method for logging subsea formations includes transmitting electromagnetic energy into the subsea formations with at least two electrodes having a direction of motion and configured to produce an electric dipole in an orientation that is not parallel to both the direction of motion of the electrodes and the seafloor; and receiving signals that comprise electromagnetic energy that has traversed the subsea formations.
US07884608B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and radio frequency coil unit A radio frequency coil unit includes a plurality of surface coils and a distributing/combining unit. The plurality of surface coils are arranged in a body-axis direction. The distributing/combining unit distributes and combines reception signals output from the plurality of surface coils to generate a new reception signal.
US07884606B2	Cooling device for arrangement between two gradient coil windings of a gradient coil In a cooling device for arrangement between two gradient coil windings of a gradient coil for dissipation of the heat (arising upon feeding current to the gradient coil windings) by means of a coolant flowing through one or more coolant channels in the cooling device, two films made of thermoplastic material are connected with one another, and are preformed in a thermal reshaping procedure to form coolant channel sections that are complementary to one another to form an inherently stable coolant channel after the connection.
US07884602B2	Nuclear magnetic resonance evaluation using independent component analysis (ICA)-based blind source separation Disclosed is a non-lineal statistical independent component (ICA) analysis methodology for calculating T2 or T1 distributions of nuclear magnetic resonance logs. In one aspect, the invention employs a classical blind source separation (BSS) approach with the input data (T2 or T1 distributions) being considered not only horizontally (in relaxation time units), but also vertically (in depth). The statistical variations are used for separating the principal independent components and their corresponding weighting matrix. The result of such ICA based BSS is an efficient separation of T2 components correlative to the presence of particular conditions (e.g., clay bound water, heavy oil, capillary bound water, free water, mud filtrate (water and oil), and noise). Individual saturation of estimated fluids can be calculated from the weighting matrix generated in accordance with the invention. In accordance with a further feature of the invention, it is contemplated that independent component analysis techniques may be applied to the underlying time domain data prior to its transformation to a T2 distribution. This advantageously results in “de-noising” of the signal, leading to more precise and accurate results following analysis of the T2 distribution.
US07884595B2	Method for producing an electricity sensing device A method for producing an electricity sensing device with a one-piece, U-shaped bent current conductor of a certain length having a middle portion and two end portions and comprising in the middle portion the form of a rod having a non-rectangular conductor cross-section and featuring flats having a rectangular conductor cross-section in its end portions, and arranged in the middle portion a magnetic module comprising a lead-through for mounting the current conductor, the method comprising the steps: providing the magnetic module as well as a current conductor configured straight and rod-shaped in the middle portion and in at least one of the end portions; tin-coating the current conductor at least partly in at least one end portion; positioning the current conductor and the magnetic module relative to each other such that the current conductor is located in the lead-through of the module by its middle portion, and shaping the current conductor into a U with flattened ends.
US07884592B2	Energy efficient method for changing the voltage of a DC source to another voltage in order to supply a load that requires a different voltage A system and method of use for a DC-DC conversion wherein a DC supply at one voltage is converted to a DC supply at another voltage. The DC-DC converter uses a switching circuit with a broadband transmission line transformer to change the impedance level between a square-wave generator and a [square-wave]-to-DC converter. The transformer transforms generator characteristic impedance into load characteristic impedance. The method also transforms a DC source voltage into another DC load voltage.
US07884588B2	Control method and device for a system of interleaved converters using a designated master converter Control device for a switching converter structure comprising at least a first and a second interleaved converter, wherein the control device is configured to designate one converter as master and at least the other converter as slave, to set a time delay of the operating cycle of the slave converter and to synchronize the master and the at the least one slave converter.
US07884584B2	Switching power supply circuit A switching power supply circuit for generating an output voltage at an output node based on an input voltage at an input node includes a reference voltage generating circuit configured to generate a reference voltage such that during an initial start-up period of the reference voltage a voltage rise rate of the reference voltage within a first predetermined period from a start point of the initial start-up period and a voltage rise rate thereof within a second predetermined period immediately preceding an end point of the initial start-up period are smaller than a voltage rise rate thereof in a period between the first predetermined period and the second predetermined period, a coil disposed between the input output nodes, and a switch circuit configured to switch on and off to control current through the coil in response to comparison between the reference voltage and a voltage proportional to the output voltage.
US07884580B2	Constant-power brushless DC motor and the generator thereby The present invention relates to a constant-power brushless DC motor and a generator using the same, and in particular, to a constant-power brushless DC motor and a generator using the same, which stably generates power upon load fluctuation. Since the stator is wound in parallel by phases and poles, the motor is realized to generate high power with low voltage and since the stator's winding is performed without interconnection, automatic production is realized to reduce costs and enable mass production. Accordingly, a generator constituted by using the above-described motor supplies high efficient power.
US07884579B2	Energy capture circuit An energy capture circuit for capturing energy in response to an input pulse. The circuit is constructed and arranged to transfer input energy in time divided portions among subcircuits. This includes a storage means, a clock means, at least two subcircuits, and at least one transfer circuit. Each subcircuit includes a first inductive means in operative communication with the input source, a rectifying means for producing a positive current in operative communication with the first inductive means, a capacitive means in operative communication with the rectifying means, and a switch means in operative communication with the capacitive means. At least one transfer circuit is in operative communication with each of the switch means of the at least two subcircuits. The output of the clock means is in operative communication with both a first switch means and an inverter means, the inverter means having an output in operative communication with a second switch means.
US07884574B2	Hybrid vehicle and control method therefor An HV-ECU executes refresh-discharging of a battery before the battery is charged from a commercial power source using an AC/DC converter. After the battery is refresh-discharged, the HV-ECU outputs a control signal to the AC/DC converter such that the battery is charged from the commercial power source by the drive of the AC/DC converter.
US07884563B2	Motor and drive control system thereof Provided is a motor having a magnetic polar unit in which a permanent magnetic polar array having arranged therein alternately a plurality of permanent magnetic polar elements in alternate opposite poles is made to face a plurality of electromagnetic coil arrays alternately excited at opposite poles, and the permanent magnetic polar array is made to move thereby; wherein the motor further comprises a sensor for detecting the periodical magnetic change accompanying the movement of the permanent magnetic polar array, the output of the sensor is directly returned as a direct drive waveform to the electromagnetic coils, and this drive circuit forms the excitation signal based on the return signal.
US07884558B2	Driver apparatus and method A driver apparatus is provided for controlling a light source array comprising at least first and second light sources, the light source array used for illuminating a scan region on a target object, wherein light reflected from said target object is captured by a detector. The driver apparatus comprises a single integrated circuit comprising processing means for processing image data received from the detector, a switching array comprising at least first and second switches for switching the respective first and second light sources, and a current source for controlling the flow of current through the light sources. In this way the LED switching circuitry that controls an LED array is 15 placed on the same integrated circuit (i.e. monolithic circuit) as the analogue processing circuitry that processes the image data, with the current source controlling the flow of current through the LEDs in the LED array.
US07884556B2	Color-changing light array device A color-changing light array powered by a driver circuit, the driver circuit responsive to a controller circuit, and the controller circuit configured to change display lighting patterns or colors based on modes of operation and off-on power cycle intervals.
US07884552B2	Electrical discharge tube, illumination apparatus for display device, liquid crystal display device, and liquid crystal display television A backlight device includes a hot cathode fluorescent tube having a pair of electrodes, a power source arranged to apply voltage having an alternating component to at least one of the pair of electrodes, and an electrode heating circuit arranged to supply heating current to the electrodes. The backlight device further includes temperature sensors that detect the temperatures in the electrodes to be supplied with the heating current. Based on the results detected by the temperature sensors, a switch element is driven by the control section. The heating current is thus controlled. With this, the temperatures in the electrodes of the electrical discharge tube can be more accurately grasped, and the temperatures in the electrodes of the discharge tube can be more properly controlled.
US07884539B2	Light source having phosphor including divalent, trivalent and tetravalent elements A phosphor having an excitation band relative to lights in the wide range of wavelengths from ultraviolet to visible light, and having an emission spectrum in the red range and so on, with a wide half value width, and an LED and a light source using the phosphor and emitting white and other color lights with good color rendering properties are provided. Powdered raw materials of Ca3N2 (2N), CaO (2N), AlN (3N), Si3N4 (3N), and Eu2O3 (3N) are prepared, and the respective raw materials are mixed to have a mole ratio of the respective elements of Ca:Al:Si:Eu=0.985:1:1:0.015. The mixed raw materials are fired at 1000° C. or higher in an inert atmosphere for three hours, and thereafter pulverized to obtain a phosphor having a composition of CaAlSiN2.83O0.25:Eu, which is one example of the phosphor satisfying the above described object. Furthermore, by combining the phosphor with an appropriate LED or a light source emitting from ultraviolet light to visible light, the LED and the light source emitting white and other color lights with good color rendering properties can be obtained.
US07884534B2	Display panel and manufacturing method of the display panel In a PDP, an end of a first partition (124) is provided with a partition end 126 whose height dimension and width dimension are smaller than those of the first partition (124). With this arrangement, when a nozzle is moved from a portion between the partition ends (126) on a first side to a portion between the partition ends (126) on a second side in a phosphor layer forming step for forming a phosphor layer, a phosphor paste can be uniformly applied to recessed portions (123A), thereby easily providing the PDP that includes the phosphor layer with which good images can be realized.
US07884533B2	Electron beam apparatus and image display apparatus using the same The present invention provides an electron beam apparatus provided with an electron-emitting device which has a simple structure, shows high electron-emitting efficiency and stably works. This electron beam apparatus has an insulating member and a gate formed on a substrate, a recess portion formed in the insulating member, a protruding portion that protrudes from an edge of the recess portion toward the gate and is provided on an end part of a cathode opposing to the gate, which is arranged on the side face of the insulating member; and makes an electric field converge on an end part in the width direction of the protruding portion to make an electron emitted therefrom.
US07884525B2	Carbon nanotube based compliant mechanism A nano-scale compliant mechanism includes a coupler and a plurality of nanotubes disposed for nano-scale motion relative to a grounded component. The nanotubes are fastened at one end to the coupler and at the other end to ground, to guide motion of the coupler relative to the ground. Particular embodiments include a plurality of parallel carbon nanotubes. An exemplary embodiment exhibits first and second regions of mechanical behavior; a first region governed by bulk elastic deformation of the nanotubes and a second region governed by compliant, hinge-like bending of the buckled nanotubes.
US07884520B2	Brushless motor A brushless motor according to the present invention is provided with a tubular stator case, a stator core fitted into the stator case, and a rotor rotatably supported via a bearing inside the stator core. The stator core includes a tubular yoke portion and a plurality of split cores which are detachably mounted on the tubular yoke portion. A plurality of commutating-pole teeth which extend radially inward are integrally formed on an inner peripheral surface of the tubular yoke portion at regular intervals in the peripheral direction of the tubular yoke portion; and a root portion of each of the commutating-pole teeth has inclined shoulders which are gradually enlarged radially outward.
US07884518B2	Electrical synchronous machine An electrical synchronous machine, in particular for use as a drive machine in motor vehicle applications. A stator has an electrical winding arrangement for generating a rotating field. A rotor has magnetic flux generating means for generating a rotor flux with which the rotating field interacts.The rotor has a first rotor section with first magnetic flux generating means and a second rotor section with magnetic flux influencing means. It is possible to move the two rotor sections relative to one another between at least a first and a second relative position in such a way that the rotor flux provided by the rotor has a different magnitude in the two relative positions.
US07884515B2	Power transmission device and method of assembling the same A power transmission unit includes an electric motor including a rotor arranged on an inner circumference of a stator and concentrically with the stator and a transmission mechanism for transmitting power. A portion of a predetermined constructional element of the transmission mechanism protrudes toward the stator or the rotor side coaxially with the stator or the rotor. The rotor is loosely fitted onto an outer circumferential face of the protruding portion, and a clearance is created between an outer circumferential face of the protruding portion and an inner circumferential face of the rotor into which a guide sleeve for guiding the rotor in an axial direction is inserted. The structure improves a convenience in assembling the rotor of the electric motor of the power transmission unit including the electric motor and transmission mechanism.
US07884511B2	Motor-type power device Due to a centrifugal force in a vehicle width direction due to turning of an automobile, oil in an electric motor housing chamber housing an electric motor and oil in a transmission housing chamber housing a reduction gear and a differential gear flows to-and-fro via oil communication passages that penetrate a partitioning wall. An opening on the transmission housing chamber side of the oil communication passages is spaced from the partitioning wall. Hence, when oil moves from the transmission housing chamber side to the electric motor housing chamber side, it is possible to prevent the oil quantity on the electric motor housing chamber side from increasing excessively and suppress an increase in resistance to oil stirring by a rotor of the electric motor while retaining a constant oil amount on the transmission housing chamber side to ensure lubricating performance for the reduction gear and the differential gear.
US07884507B2	Remote electrical equipment power source The present invention is a remote electrical equipment power source. The remote electrical equipment power source includes an electrical generator adapted to power remote electrical equipment and a repulsive force conversion drive. The repulsive force conversion drive includes at least two repulsive units to repulse each other. One unit is fixed, while the second is movably suspended. There is a motion inducing plate positioned between the two repulsive units and movable between the two repulsive units. The first motion inducing plate is of a material that reduces the repulsive force between the two repulsive units. There is a drive mechanism connected to second repulsive unit.
US07884504B2	Transmission line based high voltage pulse generator A high voltage, fast pulse rise/fall time, and high repetition rate pulse generator solves the high pulse repetition rate limitations associated with RF power amplifiers and gap switch type pulse generators. The pulse generator employs a transmission line architecture and structural techniques that allow for continued high voltage, fast rise/fall time, and high repetition pulse rate operation of the pulse generator without impairment of the pulse generator while exceeding performance characteristics achievable with conventional RF power amplifiers and gap switch type pulse generators.
US07884498B2	Method and arrangement for the energy-saving operation of dishwashers In a method and an apparatus for operation of a dishwasher, a total maximum electric output is assigned to a group of electric consumer elements of the dishwasher. In addition, at least two output levels are assigned to each electric consumer element of said group. An optimum combination of output levels is then selected in a requirement determination step, based on an operational state B of the dishwasher, whereby for each consumer element the selected output level is adapted to the output requirement of the consumer element in operational state B and the total output of all consumer elements does not exceed the maximum electric total output. The output levels of the individual consumer elements are optimally adapted in accordance with the requirements in operating phases of the dishwasher, thus allowing a response to be made to any fluctuations in the operational state.
US07884494B2	Pushbutton for actuating an electropneumatic parking brake (EPH) A pushbutton device for actuating an electropneumatic parking brake (EPH) of a vehicle, which is connected to an evaluating electronic unit via connecting cables. In order to detect switching processes and/or faults, the input resistance of the pushbutton device between the connecting points is evaluated, thus allowing the evaluating electronic unit to reliably detect both the switched position of the pushbutton device and potential fault conditions.
US07884492B2	Methods and systems for wind turbine generators Methods and systems for reducing heat loss in a generator system are provided. The generator system includes an electrical generator and a power converter. The method includes generating electricity in the generator at a first power factor and converting electricity in the converter at a second power factor in a first mode of operation and generating electricity in the generator at a third power factor wherein the third power factor is greater than the first power factor and converting electricity in the converter at a fourth power factor wherein the fourth power factor is less than the second power factor in a second mode of operation such that the power output of the generator system in the second mode of operation is substantially equal to the power output of the generator system in the first mode of operation and the generator currents are facilitated being reduced.
US07884482B2	Flip-chip mounting substrate It is a flip-chip mounting substrate according to the invention has a wiring pattern in which bonding pads and predetermined parts of lead wires continuously extending from the bonding pads are exposed from an insulating layer or a solder resist. In the flip-chip mounting substrate, exposed parts of the wiring pattern are formed in to a plurality of different shapes. The exposed parts are formed so that the areas of the bonding pads are substantially equal to one another, and that the total areas of predetermined parts of the lead wires continuously extending from the bonding pads are substantially equal to one another.
US07884476B2	Semiconductor device Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device. In embodiments, the semiconductor device may include a semiconductor substrate having a first metal line; a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer over the first metal line on the semiconductor substrate; a first metal layer formed in a first contact hole in the PMD layer; a second metal layer formed in a second contact hole in the PMD layer; and a second metal line electrically connected to the first and second metal layers, respectively, over the PMD layer, wherein the first and second metal layers are located at prescribed positions and configured to be electrically connected to the first metal line.
US07884469B2	Semiconductor package having a bridged plate interconnection A semiconductor package is disclosed. The package includes a leadframe having drain, source and gate leads, and a semiconductor die coupled to the leadframe, the semiconductor die having a plurality of metallized source contacts. A bridged source plate interconnection has a bridge portion, valley portions disposed on either side of the bridge portion, plane portions disposed on either side of the valley portions and the bridge portion, and a connection portion depending from one of the plane portions, the bridged source plate interconnection connecting the source lead with the plurality of metallized source contacts. The bridge portion is disposed in a plane above the plane of the valley portions while the plane portions are disposed in a plane intermediate the plane of the bridge portion and the plane of the valley portions.
US07884460B2	Integrated circuit packaging system with carrier and method of manufacture thereof A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a carrier having a top side and a bottom side; forming an edge terminal pad on the top side and an inner terminal pad on the bottom side; connecting an integrated circuit die to an inner portion of the edge terminal pad; and encapsulating the integrated circuit die and the inner portion of the edge terminal pad with the outer portion of the edge terminal pad exposed.
US07884459B2	Semiconductor device suitable for a stacked structure A semiconductor device is provided that forms a three-dimensional semiconductor device having semiconductor devices stacked on one another. In this semiconductor device, a hole is formed in a silicon semiconductor substrate that has an integrated circuit unit and an electrode pad formed on a principal surface on the outer side. The hole is formed by etching, with the electrode pad serving as an etching stopper layer. An embedded electrode is formed in the hole. This embedded electrode serves to electrically lead the electrode pad to the principal surface on the bottom side of the silicon semiconductor substrate.
US07884450B2	Growth of boron nanostructures with controlled diameter A process for growth of boron-based nanostructures, such as nanotubes and nanowires, with a controlled diameter and with controlled chemical (such as composition, doping) as well as physical (such as electrical and superconducting) properties is described. The boron nanostructures are grown on a metal-substituted MCM-41 template with pores having a uniform pore diameter of less than approximately 4 nm, and can be doped with a Group Ia or Group IIa electron donor element during or after growth of the nanostructure. Preliminary data based on magnetic susceptibility measurements suggest that Mg-doped boron nanotubes have a superconducting transition temperature on the order of 100 K.
US07884435B2	Pattern mask for forming microlens, image sensor and fabricating method thereof A pattern mask for forming a microlens includes mask pattern parts alternately arranged and corresponding to pixel regions in a matrix, wherein neighboring corners of the mask pattern parts overlap with each other.
US07884428B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes an Nch transistor having a first gate electrode and a Pch transistor having a second gate electrode. The first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are made of materials causing stresses of different magnitudes.
US07884425B2	Non-volatile memory devices In one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having first and second active regions. The first active region includes a first source and drain regions and the second active region includes a second source and drain regions. A first interlayer dielectric is located over the substrate. A first conductive structure extends through the first interlayer dielectric. A first bit line is on the first interlayer dielectric. A second interlayer dielectric is on the first interlayer dielectric. A contact hole extends through the second and first interlayer dielectrics. The device includes a second conductive structure within the contact hole and extending through the first and second interlayer dielectrics. A second bit line is on the second interlayer dielectric. A width of the contact hole at a bottom of the second interlayer dielectric is less than or substantially equal to a width at a top of the second interlayer dielectric.
US07884422B2	Semiconductor memory and method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory A semiconductor memory including a plurality of cell units arranged in a row direction, each of the cell units includes: a semiconductor region; a first buried insulating film provided on the semiconductor region; a second buried insulating film provided on the first buried insulating film, which has higher dielectric constant than the first buried insulating film; a semiconductor layer provided on the second buried insulating film; and a plurality of memory cell transistors arranged in a column direction, each of the memory cell transistors having a source region, a drain region and a channel region defined in the semiconductor layer.
US07884419B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first conductive well region in a semiconductor substrate and a second conductive well region on or in the first conductive well region. A gate electrode is in a trench on a gate insulation layer, and the trench is in the second conductive region and the first conductive well region. A drain includes a drain insulation layer, a (polysilicon) shield layer, and drain plug. The drain insulation layer is in a trench in the second conductive region and the first conductive well region. The shield layer encloses the drain plug. A lower portion of the drain plug contacts the second conductive well region. A first conductive source region is at a side of the gate electrode.
US07884418B2	Semiconductor device and transistor A semiconductor device includes active areas which are insulatedly separated from each other by element-separation insulating films; a gate insulating film formed on each active area; a gate electrode which extends across the active area via the gate insulating film; a source area and a drain area formed in the active area so as to interpose the gate electrode; and a fin-channel structure in which at the intersection between the active area and the gate electrode, trenches are provided at both sides of the active area, and part of the gate electrode is embedded in each trench via the gate insulating film, so that the gate electrode extends across a fin which rises between the trenches. In the gate insulating film, the film thickness of a part which contacts the bottom surface of each trench is larger than that of a part which contacts the upper surface of the fin.
US07884417B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device, and method for controlling nonvolatile semiconductor storage device According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided, a nonvolatile semiconductor storage device including: a substrate; a stacked portion that includes a plurality of conductor layers and a plurality of insulation layers alternately stacked on the substrate, at least one layer of the plurality of conductor layers and the plurality of insulation layers forming a marker layer; a charge accumulation film that is formed on an inner surface of a memory plug hole that is formed in the stacked portion from a top surface to a bottom surface thereof; and a semiconductor pillar that is formed inside the memory plug hole through the charge accumulation film.
US07884412B2	System and method of forming a split-gate flash memory structure including partial circular sidewalls of the floating gates and control gates A method for forming a split-gate flash memory structure includes etching a first gate layer to form one or more floating gates and forming an isolation layer over the floating gates. An insulation layer is deposited over the isolation layer and planarized.
US07884403B2	Magnetic tunnel junction device and memory device including the same The output voltage of an MRAM is increased by means of an Fe(001)/MgO(001)/Fe(001) MTJ device, which is formed by microfabrication of a sample prepared by the following steps. A single-crystalline MgO (001) substrate 11 is prepared. An epitaxial Fe(001) lower electrode (a first electrode) 17 with the thickness of 50 nm is grown on a MgO(001) seed layer 15 at room temperature, followed by annealing under ultrahigh vacuum (2×10−8 Pa) and at 350° C. A MgO(001) barrier layer 21 with the thickness of 2 nm is epitaxially formed on the Fe(001) lower electrode (the first electrode) at room temperature, using a MgO electron-beam evaporation. A Fe(001) upper electrode (a second electrode) with the thickness of 10 nm is then formed on the MgO(001) barrier layer 21 at room temperature. This is successively followed by the deposition of a Co layer 21 with the thickness of 10 nm on the Fe(001) upper electrode (the second electrode) 23. The Co layer 21 is provided so as to increase the coercive force of the upper electrode 23 in order to realize an antiparallel magnetization alignment.
US07884400B2	Image device and method of fabricating the same An image device and a method of fabricating the image device include a substrate pattern formed to define an opening and to include a portion of a photodiode for receiving light. Stacked metal interconnection patterns and an interlayer dielectric layer are formed beneath the substrate pattern. A height of the opening equals a height of the substrate pattern, such that an exposed portion of a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer provides a bottom surface of the opening. An external connection electrode is positioned on the bottom surface of the opening.
US07884395B2	Semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus includes, a first silicon layer of a first conductivity type; a second silicon layer provided on the first silicon layer and having a higher resistance than the first silicon layer, a third silicon layer of a second conductivity type provided on the second silicon layer, a first nitride semiconductor layer provided on the third silicon layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer provided on the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a larger bandgap than the first nitride semiconductor layer, a first main electrode being in contact with a surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer and connected to the third silicon layer, a second main electrode being in contact with the surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer and connected to the first silicon layer, and a control electrode provided between the first main electrode and the second main electrode on the second nitride semiconductor layer.
US07884390B2	Structure and method of forming a topside contact to a backside terminal of a semiconductor device A vertically conducting semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a topside surface and a backside surface. The semiconductor substrate serves as a terminal of the vertically conducting device for biasing the vertically conducting device during operation. An epitaxial layer extends over the topside surface of the semiconductor substrate but terminates prior to reaching an edge of the semiconductor substrate so as to form a recessed region along a periphery of the semiconductor substrate. An interconnect layer extends into the recessed region but terminates prior to reaching an edge of the semiconductor substrate. The interconnect layer electrically contacts the topside surface of the semiconductor substrate in the recessed region to thereby provide a topside contact to the semiconductor substrate.
US07884384B2	Light emitting diode device and fabrication method thereof The invention provides a light emitting diode device and a fabrication method thereof. The device comprises a pair of electrodes and one of which is electrically contacted with a holder, an LED chip fixed in the holder, a wrapping material formed in the holder and covering the LED chip, and a plurality of nanocrystals having a quantum dot state dispersed in the wrapping material. The nanocrystals satisfy the formula, Zn1-xCdxS and 0
US07884379B2	Nitride semiconductor light emitting device A nitride semiconductor light emitting device is provided with a substrate, an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a p-type nitride semiconductor layer, an n-side pad electrode, a translucent electrode and a p-side pad electrode, wherein the translucent electrode is formed from an electrically conductive oxide, the n-side pad electrode adjoins the periphery of the translucent electrode and the p-side pad electrode is disposed so as to satisfy the following relationships: 0.3L≦X≦0.5L and 0.2L≦Y≦0.5L where X is the distance between ends of the p-side pad electrode and the n-side pad electrode, Y is the distance between the end of the p-side pad electrode and the periphery of the translucent electrode, L is the length of the translucent electrode on the line connecting the centroids of the p-side pad electrode and the n-side pad electrode minus the outer diameter d of the p-side pad electrode.
US07884378B1	Light emitting diode package structure and lead frame structure thereof An LED package structure includes a frame, at least a first LED, and at least a second LED. The frame includes a base having a first cavity and a second cavity, where the second cavity is disposed under the first cavity and the second cavity is smaller than the first cavity. The first LED is disposed in the bottom of the first cavity, and the second LED is disposed in the bottom of the second cavity.
US07884370B2	Organic light emitting diode display and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display includes disposing a crystalline semiconductor layer on a substrate, disposing a gate line, a driving input electrode, and a driving output electrode on the crystalline semiconductor layer, the gate line including a switching control electrode, patterning the crystalline semiconductor layer using the gate line, the driving input electrode, and the driving output electrode as a mask, disposing a gate insulating layer and an amorphous semiconductor layer on the gate line, the driving input electrode, and the driving output electrode, disposing a data line, a driving voltage line, a switching output electrode, and a driving control electrode on the amorphous semiconductor, the data line including a switching input electrode, disposing a pixel electrode connected to the driving output electrode, disposing a light emitting member on the pixel electrode, and disposing a common electrode on the light emitting member.
US07884368B2	Thin film transistor, method for manufacturing the same and display using the same One embodiment of the present invention is a thin film transistor having a gate electrode formed on an insulating substrate, a gate wire connected to the gate electrode, a capacitor electrode, a capacitor wire connected to the capacitor electrode, a gate insulator formed on the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor pattern formed on the gate insulator, a sealing layer formed on the oxide semiconductor pattern, a drain electrode and a source electrode formed on the sealing layer, a drain wire connected to the drain electrode and a pixel electrode connected to the source electrode, the drain wire and the pixel electrode being in the same layer as the drain electrode and the source electrode. Wherein the gate wire, the capacitor electrode and the capacitor wire are in the same layer as the gate electrode, and wherein the sealing layer does not cover a connection part of the source electrode and a connection part of the drain electrode and wherein the drain electrode and the source electrode are connected to the oxide semiconductor pattern via the connection part of the drain electrode and the connection part of the source electrode.
US07884363B2	Electronic-ink display apparatus and the manufacturing method thereof An electronic-ink display apparatus is provided. The electronic-ink display apparatus includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, an electronic-ink layer, a common electrode, a second substrate and an edge sealant. The TFT array substrate includes a first substrate and a dielectric layer located above the first substrate. The electronic-ink layer, common electrode and second substrate are located above TFT array substrate in sequence. The edge sealant surrounds the electronic-ink layer and at least one part of the edge sealant is not overlaid above the dielectric layer.
US07884351B2	Nitride semiconductor light-emitting device In a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device (11), an emission region (17) has a quantum well structure (19), and lies between an n-type gallium nitride semiconductor region (13) and a p-type gallium nitride semiconductor region (15). The quantum well structure (19) includes a plurality of first well layers (21) composed of InxGa1-xN, one or a plurality of second well layers (23) composed of InyGa1-yN, and barrier layers (25). The first and second well layers (21) and (23) are arranged in alternation with the barrier layers (25). The second well layers (23) lie between the first well layers (21) and the p-type gallium nitride semiconductor region (15). The indium component y of the second well layers (23) is smaller than indium component x of the first well layers (21), and the thickness DW2 of the second well layers (23) is greater than the thickness DW1 of the first well layers (21).
US07884350B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer, a lower super lattice layer under the first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive super lattice layer on the active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the second conductive super lattice layer.
US07884348B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same with easy formation of a phase change film is realized, realizing high integration at the time of using a phase change film as a memory element.Between MISFET of the region which forms one memory cell, and MISFET which adjoined it, each source of MISFET adjoins in the front surface of a semiconductor substrate, insulating. And the multi-layer structure of a phase change film, and the electric conduction film of specific resistance lower than the specific resistance is formed in the plan view of the front surface of a semiconductor substrate ranging over each source of both MISFET, and a plug and a plug stacked on it. The multi-layer structure functions as a wiring extending and existing in parallel on the surface of a semiconductor substrate, and an electric conduction film sends the current of a parallel direction on the surface of a semiconductor substrate.
US07884345B2	Phase-change material, memory unit and method for electrically storing/reading data A phase-change material and a memory unit using the phase-change material are provided. The phase-change material is in a single crystalline state and includes a compound of a metal oxide or nitroxide, wherein the metal is at least one selected from a group consisting of indium, gallium and germanium. The memory unit includes a substrate; at least a first contact electrode formed on the substrate; a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate and formed with an opening for a layer of the phase-change material to be formed therein; and at least a second contact electrode disposed on the dielectric layer. As the phase-change material is in a single crystalline state and of a great discrepancy between high and low resistance states, the memory unit using the phase-changed material can achieve a phase-change characteristic rapidly by pulse voltage and avert any incomplete reset while with a low critical power.
US07884342B2	Phase change memory bridge cell Memory devices are described along with manufacturing methods. An embodiment of a memory device as described herein includes a conductive bit line and a plurality of first electrodes. The memory device includes a plurality of insulating members, the insulating members having a thickness between a corresponding first electrode and a portion of the bit line acting as a second electrode. The memory device further includes an array of bridges of memory material having at least two solid phases, the bridges contacting respective first electrodes and extending across the corresponding insulating member to the bit line. The bridges define an inter-electrode path between the corresponding first electrode and the bit line defined by the thickness of the insulating member.
US07884336B2	Sponge sanitizing enclosure Sponge sanitizing enclosure with a front cover, a rear cover, an inner back plate, a base housing, a push plate, a push button, a UV lamp, electronics to support the UV lamp, a battery power supply, a translucent sponge, and a hinge member. The front and rear cover each being dish shaped and forming a hollow housing and being joined at their base by the hinge member. The inner back plate forms a bisection of the front cover and the rear cover. The UV light is located between the rear cover and the inner back plate. The front cover includes a centrally located aperture that accepts the push button which is fixedly attached to the push plate. The space between the push plate and the inner back plate accommodates the translucent sponge. The base housing encloses the electronics and the battery power supply that support the UV lamp.
US07884334B2	Charged particle beam imaging method and system thereof The method includes scanning a sample in at least one first scan line using a first charged particle beam probe; scanning the sample in at least one second scan line using a second charged particle beam probe, and scanning the sample in at least one third scan line using the first charged particle beam probe. The first or second charged particle beam probe is defocused by a control module of the imaging system through adjusting a condenser lens module, an objective lens module, a sample stage of the imaging system, or their combination. An image of the sample is selectively formed from the first, second and third scan lines. The first and the second charged particle beams induce a first charging condition and a second charging condition on the sample surface respectively. The second charging condition can enhance, mitigate, eliminate, reverse or have no effect on the first charging condition.
US07884330B2	Detection module A detection module for detecting electro-magnetic radiation comprises a photosensor, a current integration circuit and an arithmetic unit fits the integration samples to a predetermined time dependency of the integrated current and computes an accumulated electrical charge accumulated over the integration time interval from the fit. Notably, the detection module is employed in an optical imaging apparatus to image e.g. a woman's breast by way of near-infrared light.
US07884328B2	Microbolometer with improved mechanical stability and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a microbolometer having a cantilever structure and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a microbolometer having a three-dimensional cantilever structure, which is improved from a conventional two-dimensional cantilever structure, and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes providing a substrate including a read-out integrated circuit and a reflective layer for forming an absorption structure, forming a sacrificial layer on the substrate, forming a cantilever structure having an uneven cross-section in the sacrificial layer, forming a sensor part isolated from the substrate by the cantilever structure, and removing the sacrificial layer.
US07884322B2	Scanning electron microscope and a method for pattern composite inspection using the same A scanning electron microscope capable of performing alone the critical dimension measurement and the defect inspection is provided. The scanning electron microscope has a reference image storage unit for storing a reference image transcribing a reference pattern, an inspected image pick-up unit for picking up, on the basis of the reference image, an inspected image transcribing an inspection pattern which pattern-matches with the reference pattern, a critical dimension measuring unit for measuring critical dimensions of the inspection pattern by using the inspected image, and a defect inspection unit for performing an inspection of a defect inside or outside the inspection pattern by comparing the reference image with the inspected image.
US07884318B2	Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium for determining composition of chemical constituents in a complex mixture Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining composition of chemical constituents in a complex mixture are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for determining composition of chemical constituents in a complex mixture includes generating, using a separation tool and a mass spectrometer, separation and mass spectrometry data of a sample, wherein the separation data includes peak information and wherein the mass spectrometry data includes primary and secondary mass spectrometry data. The analysis results, including the generated separation and mass spectrometry data, are collected and stored. A chemical constituent of the sample is determined by comparing the analysis results to a library of information indicating characteristics of chemical entities, where the comparison is based on the separation and mass spectrometry information. The library of information includes data generated by the separation tool and mass spectrometer, and also includes separation and mass spectrometry data for both identified and unidentified chemical entities. An indication of the chemical constituent of the sample is made available in human-accessible form.
US07884316B1	Scintillator device A scintillator device is provided that includes a scintillator device having a scintillator crystal and a shock absorbing member surrounding the scintillator crystal. The scintillator device has a detected light output, ((LO100)/(LO0))×100%, of not less than 88% wherein LO100 is the detected light output of the device after 100 hours of exposure at 175° C. and LO0 is the original detected light output at room temperature prior to exposure at 175° C.
US07884314B2	Light guide mechanism for guiding a light to an illuminance sensor A light guide mechanism for an illuminance sensor includes: a lighting window configured to pass through an external light; the illuminance sensor configured to detect an illuminance of the light passed through the lighting window; and a light-blocking part provided between the lighting window and the illuminance sensor and configured to block a light other than the light passed through the lighting window. The light-blocking part has an inner surface inclined with respect to a line perpendicular to a light-receiving surface of the illuminance sensor. A direction of inclination of the inner surface is such that the inner surface faces the light-receiving surface of the illuminance sensor.
US07884309B2	Digital camera with multiple pipeline signal processors There are many, many inventions described herein. In one aspect, what is disclosed is a digital camera including a plurality of arrays of photo detectors, including a first array of photo detectors to sample an intensity of light of a first wavelength and a second array of photo detectors to sample an intensity of light of a second wavelength. The digital camera further may also include a first lens disposed in an optical path of the first array of photo detectors, wherein the first lens includes a predetermined optical response to the light of the first wavelength, and a second lens disposed in with an optical path of the second array of photo detectors wherein the second lens includes a predetermined optical response to the light of the second wavelength. In addition, the digital camera may include signal processing circuitry, coupled to the first and second arrays of photo detectors, to generate a composite image using (i) data which is representative of the intensity of light sampled by the first array of photo detectors, and (ii) data which is representative of the intensity of light sampled by the second array of photo detectors; wherein the first array of photo detectors, the second array of photo detectors, and the signal processing circuitry are integrated on or in the same semiconductor substrate.
US07884297B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus simplifies the structure of and facilitates the manufacture of the electronic apparatus having a seesaw-type operation button which is tiltable in a plurality of directions. The electronic apparatus has: an operation button; an operation panel provided with a holding portion for holding the operation button; and a plurality of switches to be pushed down by the operation button. The operation button comprises: a plurality of operating portions; a plurality of pressing portions respectively provided on the plurality of operating portions toward the plurality of switches; and a flat-shaped flexible board portion protruded between the plurality of pressing portions. The board portion is held by the holding portion.
US07884294B2	Rolling-ball switch A rolling-ball switch includes a housing defining at least two receiving sections, at least one separating member provided in the housing between the two receiving sections, at least two conductive balls disposed rollably and respectively in the receiving sections, a pair of first terminals extending into one of the receiving sections to contact one of the conductive balls, and a pair of second terminals extending into the other one of the receiving sections to contact the other one of the conductive balls. The conductive balls are rollable toward the respective pairs of the first and second terminals in a first direction. The separating member prevents movement of the conductive balls from one of the receiving sections to the other one of the receiving sections.
US07884288B2	Screened housing with press-fit pins and method for production thereof A screened housing (1) with press-fit pins (2) for electrical contacting on an electrical support component, in particular for automobile application, is composed of two housing sections (14,15) each including a housing base (3) each with two housing edges (4) with press-fit pins (2). Above all a screened housing is achieved by the invention with press-fit pins around all four circumferential sides which can be produced simply and economically in a follow-on composite tool. Such screened housings are particularly suitable for automobile applications for screening electrical components from incoming or emitting electromagnetic radiation.
US07884281B2	Photoelectric transfer material, manufacturing method thereof, photoelectric transfer element and manufacturing method thereof A photoelectric transfer material, manufacturing method thereof, photoelectric transfer element and manufacturing method thereof are provided. In an organic photoelectric transfer element of an organic solar cell or other like device, the photoelectric transfer material is composed of a conductive polymer such as MEH-PPV, electronic acceptor such as a fullerene derivative and antenna porphyrin aggregate. The photoelectric transfer material can be made by coating a mixed solution of the conductive polymer, electron acceptor and antenna porphyrin aggregate by spin coating, for example. This photoelectric transfer material and a photoelectric transfer element using the material exhibit high photoelectric transfer efficiency because of small electric resistance and high sunlight usage efficiency, and simultaneously exhibit stability.
US07884279B2	Solar tracker A two-axis solar tracker is capable of withstanding extreme weather conditions. The solar tracker includes a solar array, a frame, a base, a pivot frame, and a first and second actuator. The solar array is mounted to the frame and captures sunlight. The base is pivotally connected to the frame and defines a pivot axis for elevational movement of the solar array. The pivot frame is also pivotally connected to the frame and defines a pivot axis for azimuthal movement of the solar array. The first actuator controls elevational movement of the solar array and the second actuator controls azimuthal movement of the solar array. The solar tracker is pivotable between a raised position and a stowed position.
US07884275B2	Music creator for a client-server environment A system and method are provided wherein a server based music creator is accessible by a client for the creation of composite audio files. The method and system receives, from a remote client computer via a network connection, a play sequence for playing audio segments, wherein a play sequence identifies one or more audio segments and associates at least one temporal location in a playback timeline with each audio segment. A composite audio file including each audio segment identified in the play sequence is generated, such that the composite audio file when played plays each audio segment identified by the play sequence at each audio segment's associated temporal location(s). The composite audio file is then transmitted to the client computer. In another non-limiting example, the play sequence includes one or more track sequences. In a further non-limiting example, a server computer coupled to a communications network transmits to the client computer, computer-executable instructions for generating and displaying a graphical user interlace. The graphical user interface allows a user to select audio segments accessible to the server computer but not directly available to the remote client computer from the server computer, to arrange the audio segments into a play sequence by identifying temporal locations within the play sequence at which the audio segments should be played, and to transmit the play sequence to the server computer.
US07884272B2	Snare strainer having a magnetic holding member A snare strainer adapted to a snare drum is equipped with two strainers, which are attached to the opposite positions on the circumferential exterior of a cylinder of the snare drum and which control a snappy member to be selectively brought into contact with or separated from the backside head opposite to the drumhead. Herein, a moving base vertically moves along a fixed base attached to the circumferential exterior of the cylinder; holding members, which are tightly joined together so as to hold the terminal of the snappy member, are supported by a support member fixed to the moving base. The holding members are engaged with the support member due to a magnetic attraction exerted by permanent magnets. This makes it possible for the person to detachably attach the holding members to the support member without using tools; hence, it is possible to improve the handling of the snare strainer.
US07884257B2	Method for producing ethylene and propylene The invention is to provide a catalyst for long-term, high-yield and stable production of ethylene and propylene in an efficient and simple method of catalytic conversion from a hydrocarbon material. The invention relates to a method for producing ethylene and propylene by contacting a hydrocarbon material that contains an olefin having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms in an amount of at least 20% by weight, with a zeolite-containing shaped catalyst satisfying the following requirements (1) to (4), in a reactor for catalytic conversion of that olefin: (1) the zeolite is an intermediate pore-size zeolite having a pore size of from 5 to 6.5 angstroms, (2) the zeolite does not substantially contain a proton, (3) the zeolite contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals belonging to the Group IB of the Periodic Table, (4) the zeolite has a silica/alumina molar ratio (SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio) of from 800 to 2,000.
US07884253B2	Methods and apparatus for selectively producing ethanol from synthesis gas The invention provides methods and apparatus for selectively producing ethanol from syngas. As disclosed herein, syngas derived from cellulosic biomass (or other sources) can be catalytically converted into methanol, which in turn can be catalytically converted into acetic acid or acetates. Finally, the acetic acid or acetates can be reduced to ethanol according to several variations. In some embodiments, yields of ethanol from biomass can exceed 100 gallons per dry ton of biomass.
US07884247B2	Salt of dimethylaminomethyl-phenyl-cyclohexane and crystalline forms thereof Novel 3-[2-(dimethylamino)methyl-(cyclohex-1-yl)]-phenol maleate compounds corresponding to formula I and processes for preparing these compounds are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions including these compounds and methods of treating or alleviating pain with these compounds are also provided.
US07884243B2	Process for the synthesis of eneamide derivatives A process for the production of ene-amide derivatives represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 and R3 are independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, a cycloalkyl, a cycloalkylalkyl, an alkylaryl, an aryl, a heterocycle, a cyano, an alkoxy, an aryloxy, a carboxyl, a carbamoyl, —CONR5R6 (in which R5 and R6 are independently an alkyl, arylalkyl or aryl group said ring being substituted or not with a functional group or with R5) or —COOR5 group (in which R5 is an alkyl, alkylaryl or aryl group), said alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkylaryl and aryl groups being substituted or not with a functional group or with R5; or R1 and R2 taken together, may form a ring (which terms includes mono-, di- and higher polycyclic ring systems); R4 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an aryl, an alkylaryl, said groups are substituted or not with a halogen atom as Cl, Br, or F; X is an oxygen atom or a leaving group and m is an integer 1 or 2; when m is 1 then X is a leaving group; when m is 2 then X is a oxygen atom, which comprise: a hydrogenation/isomerization reaction in presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, of an oxime derivatives of formula (II) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined above with an acyl derivative of formula (III) (R4CO)mX wherein R4, m and X are as defined above.
US07884241B2	Distillation process A mixture containing hydrogen iodide and water and having a water content of not more than 5% by weight (particularly not more than 3% by weight) in a distillation system is distilled to prevent condensation of hydrogen iodide in the distillation system. The mixture may comprise hydrogen iodide, water, methanol, methyl iodide, acetic acid, and methyl acetate. Even when the mixture contains hydrogen iodide at a concentration of 1 to 3000 ppm on the basis of weight, an acetic acid product having a concentration of hydrogen iodide of not more than 50 ppm can be obtained by withdrawing a fraction containing hydrogen iodide from the top of the column, and withdrawing acetic acid as a side-cut stream or a stream from the bottom of the column. Such a process (distillation process) effectively inhibits condensation of hydrogen iodide in the distillation system and corrosion in the distillation system.
US07884240B2	Method for production of methionine from homoserine The invention relates to a method for production of D- and/or L-methionine via D- and/or L-homoserine with subsequent chemical transformation to give methionine.
US07884233B2	Enriched terephthalic acid composition A process is provided for producing an enriched carboxylic acid compositions produced by contacting composition comprising a carboxylic acid with an enrichment feed in an enrichment zone to form an enriched carboxylic acid composition. This invention also relates to a process and the resulting compositions for removing catalyst from a carboxylic acid composition to produce a post catalyst removal composition.
US07884230B2	Process for chemical recycling of post consumption poly(ethylene terephthalate) and apparatus for chemical recycling of post consumption polyethylene terephthalate A process for the chemical recycling of post consumption polyethylene terephthalate which includes the steps of performing the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate based upon a hydrolysis reaction which causes a rupture in of the ester bonds formed between the polymer precursors of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol at the time of polymerization to recover terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. The advantages of the present process are the working conditions at low to moderate pressure, at temperatures of 215 to 450° C., allowing the process to reach the energy level required to achieve the desired polyethylene terephthalate hydrolysis and simultaneously promoting the separation and purification of the terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol formed in this hydrolysis reaction.
US07884223B2	Chiral compound suitable as a catalyst for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation The invention relates to an enantiomerically enriched chiral compound comprising a transition metal M, which comprises four, five or six coordinating groups of which at least one pair is linked together to form a bidentate ligand, in which M is directly bound via one single σ-bond to a carbon atom of an optionally substituted and/or optionally fused (hetero)aromatic ring of said bidentate ligand and in which M is directly bound to a nitrogen atom of a primary or secondary amino group of said bidentate ligand, thereby forming a metallacycle between said bidentate ligand and the metal M, said metal M being selected from the metals of groups 8 and 9 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, in particular iron, ruthenium, osmium, cobalt, rhodium, or iridium. The chiral compound can be used as a catalyst, preferably in an asymmetric transfer hydrogenation process. The invention further relates to a process for an asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of a prochiral compound in the presence of a hydrogen donor and the chiral compound of the invention comprising a transition metal chosen from the metals of groups 8, 9 and 10 of the Periodic Table, in particular iron, ruthenium, osmium, cobalt, rhodium, iridium, nickel, palladium or platinum as the catalyst.
US07884221B2	Method of separating ergosterol The present invention provides a method of separating ergosterol from a solution containing ergosterol in water-insoluble organic solvent, comprising supplying water to the solution and precipitating ergosterol. According to the method of the present invention, ergosterol crystals can be obtained at a high yield. Moreover, controlled water supply provides granular ergosterol aggregates exhibiting good solid-liquid separation character at a high yield.
US07884219B2	Crystalline forms of [3-(4- {2-butyl- 1 -[4-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-phenyl]-1H-imidazol-4-yl}-phenoxy)-propyl]-diethyl-amine The present invention relates to crystalline forms of [3-(4-{2-butyl-1-[4-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-phenyl]-1H-imidazol-4-yl}-phenoxy)-propyl]-diethylamine (“COMPOUND I”) useful in the treatment of RAGE mediated diseases.
US07884217B2	Pyrrolidine compounds and methods for selective inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase-IV The present invention is directed to pyrrolidinylaminoacetyl pyrrolidine boronic acid compounds that display selective, potent dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitory activity. These compounds are useful for the treatment of disorders that can be regulated or normalized via inhibition of DPP-IV including those characterized by impaired glycemic control such as Diabetes Mellitus and related conditions. The compounds can be administered alone or with another medicament that displays pharmacological activity for treatment of these and other diseases.
US07884206B2	Method for producing 3-amidinophenylalanine derivatives The present invention describes a method for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 3-amidinophenylalanine derivatives, which are used as pharmaceutically effective urokinase inhibitors, by starting from 3-cyanophenylalanine derivatives. The methods of manufacture comprising only one synthesis step lead to new intermediates, namely 3-hydroxyamidino- and 3-amidrazonophenylalanine derivatives. These intermediates or their acetyl derivatives can be reduced into the desired 3-amidinophenylalanine derivatives under gentle conditions (H2 or ammonium formiate, Pd/C (approx. 10%), ethanol/water, room temperature, normal pressure or also H2, Pd/C, AcOH or HCl/ethanol, 1-3 bar) in excellent yields and in an enantiomeric excess of up to 99.9%.
US07884204B2	Phenylalanine derivatives Phenylalanine derivatives of the following formula, analogues thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have an antagonistic activity to α4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents or preventive agents for various diseases concerning α4 integrin in which α4 integrin-depending adhesion process participates in the pathology, such as inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, asthma, psoriasis, allergy, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arterial sclerosis, restenosis, tumor proliferation, tumor metastasis and transplantation rejection. wherein R1 is a methyl group and R2 is a methoxy group.
US07884202B2	Nucleobase having perfluoroalkyl group and process for producing the same Nucleobases are perfluoroalkylated in a one step process with a perfluoroalkyl halide in the presence of a sulfoxide, a peroxide and an iron compound. Compounds so produced are useful as medicinal drugs, intermediates for medicinal drugs and agricultural chemicals.
US07884197B2	Synthetic agonists of TLR9 The invention provides novel oligonucleotide-based compounds that individually provide distinct immune response profiles through their interactions as agonists with TLR9. The TLR9 agonists according to the invention are characterized by specific and unique chemical modifications, which provide their distinctive immune response activation profiles.
US07884193B2	Antibodies for identification of murine fragilis extracellular domain and methods for identifying pluripotent cells We describe two primordial germ cell-specifically expressed genes, GCR1 (Fragilis) and GCR2 (Stella), as well as their fragments, homologues, variants or deriviatives thereof which are markers for primordial germ cells and may be used to identify such cells in cell populations.
US07884192B2	Twin-arginine translocation in Bacillus Described herein are methods to enhance protein secretion in a host cell. In preferred embodiment, the host cell is a gram-positive microorganism such as a Bacillus. In another preferred embodiment, the host cell is a gram-negative microorganism. Preferably the gram-negative microorganism is an Escherichia coli or a member of the genus Pantoea. Protein secretion may be enhanced by the overexpression of protein components of the Tat pathway. Alternatively, secretion of foreign proteins can be selectively enhanced by forming a chimeric polypeptide comprising a tat signal sequence and the protein of interest. In a preferred embodiment, the tat signal sequence is selected from phoD or LipA.
US07884191B2	Twin-arginine translocation in Bacillus Described herein are methods to enhance protein secretion in a host cell. In preferred embodiment, the host cell is a gram-positive microorganism such as a Bacillus. In another preferred embodiment, the host cell is a gram-negative microorganism. Preferably the gram-negative microorganism is an Escherichia coli or a member of the genus Pantoea. Protein secretion may be enhanced by the overexpression of protein components of the Tat pathway. Alternatively, secretion of foreign proteins can be selectively enhanced by forming a chimeric polypeptide comprising a tat signal sequence and the protein of interest. In a preferred embodiment, the tat signal sequence is selected from phoD or LipA.
US07884190B2	Recombinant dimeric and heterodimeric proteins comprising amino acids 193 to 252 of the β chain of the human C4BP protein A method for preparing recombinant dimeric proteins using a nucleic acid coding for the C-terminal fragment of the C4BP protein β chain including amino acid residues 193 to 252 or a functional variant of the fragment, wherein the fragment enables covalent bonding of the heterologous polypeptides to which it is fused. Dimeric proteins obtained by means of the method and cells for carrying out the method are also described.
US07884187B2	Analysis of amino acid copolymer compositions Methods for analyzing, selecting, characterizing or classifying compositions of a co-polymer, e.g., glatiramer acetate are described. The methods entail analysis of pyro-glutamate in the composition, and, in some methods, comparing the amount of pyro-glutamate present in a composition to a reference standard.
US07884177B2	Method and device for the continuous polycondensation of polyester material in the solid phase The invention relates to a method and device for the continuous polycondensation of polyester material in the solid phase, in particular in the form of partially crystalline granulate. The aim of the invention is to achieve a high product throughput on recrystallising and recondensation of polyester material with a low initial IV. Said aim is achieved, whereby on recrystallisation, a low residence time of 1-10 minutes is achieved, by means of a rapid heating of a thin product layer, followed by an SSP treatment.
US07884172B2	Tetraglycidyl ether of 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(hydroxyphenyl)ethane To provide an epoxy resin giving a cured object having high heat resistance, which is improved in impact resistance and moisture resistance as compared with conventional high-heat-resistance epoxy resins.The epoxy resin is obtained by glycidylating one or more phenol compounds comprising 95% or more 1,1,2,2-tetrakis (hydroxyphenyl)ethane, and is characterized in that in an examination by gel permeation chromatography, the epoxy resin has a tetranucleus-form content of 50 to 90% by area and an octanucleus-form content of at least 5% by area and has a total chlorine content of 5,000 ppm or smaller.
US07884171B2	Control of polymer surface molecular architecture via amphipathic endgroups Polymers whose surfaces are modified by endgroups that include amphipathic surface-modifying moieties. An amphipathic endgroup of a polymer molecule is an endgroup that contains at least two moieties of significantly differing composition, such that the amphipathic endgroup spontaneously rearranges its positioning in a polymer body to position the moiety on the surface of the body, depending upon the composition of the medium with which the body is in contact, when that re-positioning causes a reduction in interfacial energy. An example of an amphipathic surface-modifying endgroup is one that has both a hydrophobic moiety and a hydrophilic moiety in a single endgroup. For instance, a hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxide) terminated with a hydrophilic hydroxyl group is not surface active in air when the surface-modifying endgroup is bonded to a more hydrophobic base polymer. If the hydroxyl group on the oligomeric poly(ethylene oxide) is replaced by a hydrophobic methoxy ether terminus, the poly(ethylene oxide) becomes surface active in air, and allows the poly(ethylene oxide) groups to crystallize in the air-facing surface. In this example, immersion in water destroys the crystallinity as the poly(ethylene oxide) sorbs water and the hydrophobic methoxy group retreats below the surface of the polymer. Also disclosed are methods and articles of manufacture that make use of these polymers.
US07884168B2	Heterogeneous rubbery polymers having random, tapered, and block portions therein and methods of making same A heterogeneous rubbery polymer is provided that includes a polymer chain derived from a vinyl aromatic monomer and a conjugated diolefin monomer, wherein from greater than 20 weight percent to about 40 weight percent of units in the rubbery polymer are derived from the vinyl aromatic monomer and from about 60 weight percent to about 80 weight percent of units in the rubbery polymer are derived from the conjugated diolefin monomer. The polymer chain is further characterized by having greater than zero and less than about 30 weight percent of the vinyl aromatic units in sequences containing 1 vinyl aromatic unit, from about 5 weight percent to about 20 weight percent of the vinyl aromatic units in sequences containing 5 to 8 vinyl aromatic units, and greater than zero and less than about 5 weight percent of the vinyl aromatic units in sequences containing 9 or more vinyl aromatic units.
US07884164B2	Catalyst system for olefin polymerization comprising trioxasilocane and method for olefin polymerization using the same The present invention relates to a catalyst system for olefin polymerization and a method for olefin polymerization using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system for olefin polymerization comprising a transition metal compound as a main catalyst component, an organic metal compound as a cocatalyst component, and a cyclic organosilane compound, trioxasilocane as an external electron donor, and a method for olefin polymerization using the same. According to the present invention, a polyolefin having improved various properties such as polymerization activity, melt-flow ability, isotacticity, molecular weight distribution and apparent density can be produced.
US07884160B2	Non-spherical nanoparticles made from living triblock polymer chains The present invention provides polymeric nanoparticles comprising triblock and optionally diblock copolymer chains. The architecture of the polymeric nanoparticles may be controlled, resulting in nanoparticles having non-spherical shapes. The present invention also provides a method of preparing the polymeric nanoparticles and a rubber article such as a tire manufactured from a formulation comprising the polymer nanoparticles.
US07884157B2	Process for preparing copolymers by anionic solvent-free polymerization The invention concerns a process for preparing a block or comb copolymer comprising at least one hydrophilic portion and at least two hydrophobic portions, by anionic solvent-free polymerization of a prepolymer selected from a polyethylene glycol and a polyvinyl alcohol, and of a lactone or dilactone monomer. The process is carried out in the presence of an alkaline-earth metal hydride, in an inert atmosphere, and the polymerization step is not carried out under vacuum. The invention also concerns copolymers obtained by this process.
US07884153B2	Method for preparing anisotropic silica aggregates The invention concerns a method for preparing anisotropic silica aggregates comprising the following steps: a) contacting at least one polymer with non-aggregated silica particles and/or highly dispersed in an aqueous medium, with a ratio R, polymer weight to silica particle surface, ranging between 0.03 and 2 mg/m; 2; and whereof the electrostatic value of the silica particle surface is not less than the value of the charge of the silica particle surface measured in an aqueous phase without added salts at a pH not less than 7; b) consolidating the aggregates obtained at step a) either by heat treatment, or by precipitation of a mineral compound. The invention also concerns a silica aggregate comprising a chaining of elementary particles whereof the number of particles ranges between 5 and 15, whereof 80% of elementary particles are in contact with not more than 2 particles and whereof the greatest distance measurable between 2 points of the aggregate is not more than 5 times the average size of one elementary particle.
US07884146B2	Polymer material containing ultraviolet absorbent A polymer material, containing at least one kind of polymer substance selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid-based polymers, polyester-based polymers, and polycarbonate-based polymers; and a compound represented by formula (2) contained in the polymer substance: wherein A21 and A22 each independently represent an atom other than hydrogen atom and carbon atom; Y21 and Y22 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; at least one of Y21 and Y22 represents a substituent having a Hammett substituent constant σp of 0.2 or more; Y21 and Y22 may bind to each other to form a ring; and (B) represents a group of atoms necessary for forming a five- or six-membered ring with A21, A22 and the carbon atom.
US07884138B2	Process for making Fischer-Tropsch olefinic naphtha and hydrogenated distillates A process is described by which an olefinic naphtha and a hydrogenated distillate fuel are made from a Fischer-Tropsch process. The olefinic naphtha is suitable for use in an ethylene cracker where the olefins enhance the formation of ethylene. Thy hydrogenated distillate fuel is used in jet and or diesel fuels. Optionally the olefinic naphtha has a low content of acids. This low acid content, is obtained by operating the Fischer-Tropsch unit at H2/CO ratios from 1.8 to 2.05 or treating the effluent from the Fischer-Tropsch unit with a metal oxide to remove the acids.
US07884135B2	Modafinil-based treatment for premature ejaculation Methods and compositions comprising modafinil are described for treating premature ejaculation in a male individual.
US07884134B2	Synthesis scheme for lacosamide The present invention is concerned with an improved method of producing (R)-2-acetamido-N-benzyl-3-methoxypropionamide (lacosamide) comprising the O-methylation of a compound of formula I to produce a compound of formula II in a single step reaction.
US07884132B2	Process for metabolic control and high solute clearance and solutions for use therein The present disclosure describes novel standardized citrate replacement fluid solutions and a standardized dialysate solution for use with CRRT methods. The standardized citrate replacement fluid solutions and standardized dialysate solutions do not require modification based on the clinical status of the individual patients. The use of the standardized solutions described herein offers significant advantages over the prior art solutions used in CRRT. The present disclosure describes superior metabolic and electrolyte control and significantly increased dialyzer patency in: (a) 24 intensive care unit (ICU) patients with ARF using a 0.67% trisodium citrate replacement fluid solution, and (b) 32 ICU patients with ARF using a 0.5% trisodium citrate replacement fluid solution. Both groups were treated with Bicarbonate-25 dialysate and achieved effluent rates of 35 mL/kg/hr.
US07884122B2	Extended release formulation and method of treating adrenergic dysregulation A composition and method of treating adrenergic dysregulation by administering the composition is disclosed, wherein the composition comprises a a2-adrenergic receptor agonist; a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic matrix and a release-retardant of a metal alkyl sulfate. In embodiments, the composition provides a sustained release of the agonist, wherein after administration of the composition no more than once about every 12 hours to a subject having a steady state plasma concentration of the a2-adrenergic receptor agonist, the agonist's plasma concentration peak-to-trough ratio is no greater than about 1.9.

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