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US07985091B1	Locking mechanism and information handling system using the same A data storage device is inserted in an information handling apparatus, and is prevented from being accidentally disconnected from the information handling apparatus by a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a frame receiving the data storage device, and a retainer mounted to the frame. The retainer includes two resilient arms extending out of the frame to be correspondingly secured in two retaining holes defined in the information handling apparatus.
US07985089B2	Card edge connector having cantilevered aligning key A card edge connector includes an elongated housing with a pair of latches disposed at opposite ends thereof and defining a mating groove in the housing and between said pair of latches. A first wall and a second wall are formed at opposite sides of the mating groove, on which a plurality of conductive terminals are mounted. A key protrudes into the mating groove from the first wall with a distal end sinking into the second such that the second wall can be molded in an uninterrupted manner without the joint of the key.
US07985080B2	Electrical connector having auxiliary hold-down arrangement An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a front mating surface, a mounting surface, two opposite side surfaces, a plurality of conductive terminals secured in the housing, and at least one board lock secured in the insulative housing. A recess is formed in the mounting surface and defines a lower surface. At least one boardlock-receiving cavity is formed in the lower surface. Each board lock includes a body portion received in the recess and a pair of locking arms extending from two sides of the body portion and received in the boardlock-receiving cavity. The body portion defines an engaging surface coplanar with the mounting surface.
US07985076B2	Receptacle for coaxial connector A receptacle for coaxial connector includes an outer conductor having a tubular portion, a central conductor having a central-conductor contact portion extending in an axis direction in an internal space of the tubular portion, and an insulator holding the outer conductor and the central conductor in an insulating state. An overhanging region made of the outer conductor and the insulator overhangs in a direction perpendicular to the tubular portion of the outer conductor. In this overhanging region, the outer conductor includes outer-conductor overhanging portions, and the insulator includes an insulator overhanging portion. The outer-conductor overhanging portions and the insulator overhanging portion have substantially the same thickness.
US07985072B2	Method and apparatus for tooth rejuvenation and hard tissue modification The present invention is a number of methods and devices for tooth rejuvenation and hard tissue modification comprising applying a layer of a peroxide-free composition to a tooth surface. The applied composition comprises an aqueous solution of one or more edible acids. The composition has a pH selected from the range of about 0.5 to 5. After the treatment the composition is removed from the tooth surface. In various embodiments of the invention the pH of the composition can range between about 0.5 and 3, a narrower range being between 1 and 1.75. Hard tissue rejuvenation comprises forming a post-treatment layer having a composition which is different from that of the hard tissue by selectively heating a porous layer on the hard tissue.
US07985068B2	Gas appliance A coupling for attaching a canister to an appliance comprises a first connector on the canister comprising screw threads and a groove and a second connector on the appliance that comprises a slip ring. The slip ring retains the canister on the appliance. An appliance comprises a canister having screw threads. A coupling connects the canister to the appliance separate from the screw threads where the coupling locks the appliance to the canister without rotating the appliance relative to the canister. The coupling locks the appliance to the canister when the canister is moved axially relative to the appliance. A canister is provided that has a connector comprising a set of screw threads for attaching the canister to a first type of appliance, and a groove for attaching the canister to a second type of appliance. A method of connecting a canister to an appliance is also provided.
US07985067B2	Compact radiant burner device with two heating surfaces, and application The invention relates to a radiant gas burner device comprising a first cylindrical chamber (1) and a first injector (2) for feeding the first chamber with a combustible gas mixture, the first chamber (1) comprising an external peripheral heating surface (10).The device of the invention further comprises a second cylindrical and hollow second chamber, and a second injector (4) for feeding the second chamber with a combustible gas mixture, the second chamber being positioned inside the first chamber (1), separated from the first chamber by a sealed wall, and having an internal heating surface (30), and the first and second injectors (2, 4) being designed for separately feeding the first and second chambers, independently of each other.
US07985064B2	Lens mold with slides A lens mold comprises a first pressing portion, a second pressing portion, and a shaping portion disposed between the two, which comprises an upper slide and a lower slide. The upper slide and the lower slide are connected to the second pressing portion, and can slide along each other. A mold cavity in fluidic communication with a flow path and the inlet such that the lens material flows from the inlet to the mold cavity along the flow path to form a shaped lens. After the lens is formed, the upper slide and the lower slide away from each other separately, where a part of the shaped lens is remains in a recess defined in the second pressing portion, to help release the shaped lens from the mold.
US07985057B2	Micropump for peristaltic pumping of a liquid medium The invention relates to a micropump for peristaltic pumping of a liquid medium and to a device which contains a peristaltic micropump and which is for metered administration of a liquid drug.
US07985047B2	Expandable line support for wind turbine A wind turbine includes a tower; a blade for rotating on the tower; a rotor shaft, connected to the blade, having an axial hole; a line, arranged in the hole, for carrying a signal; a support, wrapped around the line inside the hole, for spacing the line from the rotor shaft inside the hole; where the support expands radially to at least partially fill an annular space between the line and an inside wall of the axial hole.
US07985037B2	Method of and apparatus for pulling a pipe A method of and apparatus for pulling pipe involves providing a pipe having an exterior surface with a groove circumscribing the exterior surface of the pipe adjacent to one end and an anchoring collar which is segmented into segments and has an inner circumferential surface with an inwardly projecting tongue. The segments of the anchoring collar are secured together to circumscribe the pipe with the inwardly projecting tongue engaging the groove of the pipe. One end of the pipe is capped with an end cap. The end cap is coupled to the anchoring collar. A tow line is secured to the end cap and exerts a pulling force, with the anchoring collar securing the end cap against removal when pulled and the end cap preventing debris from entering the pipe.
US07985030B1	Surveillance apparatus A surveillance apparatus, comprising: a holder; a first adjusting member disposed on the holder, the first adjusting member comprising a first annular plate and two extending portions each defining a second through hole; a second adjusting member comprising a second annular plate and a third annular plate; an image pick-up device sleeved on the third annular plate; a third adjusting member comprising a fourth annular plate, a pair of handles, and two fasteners, the handles each defining a fifth through hole corresponding to the second through holes, the fourth annular plate rotatably sleeves on the third annular plate; the first adjusting member and the third adjusting member is assembled together.
US07985028B2	Optical fiber splicing technique and optical member unit According to an optical fiber splicing technique in which optical fibers F11 and F12 respectively connected to optical members 3 and 4 of an optical member unit are connected by fusion splicing, the plurality of optical fibers F11 and F12 and a looped turn-around fiber F21 are positioned facing each other and connected by fusion splicing, to connect the plurality of optical fibers F11 and F12 with each other.
US07985026B1	Guiding connector for optical fiber extension A guiding connector for optical fiber extension has a positioning section in the accommodating hole to receive a optical fiber and has a ventilative recess defined on one side to communicate with the positioning section of the accommodating hole. The positioning section adjacent to the ventilative recess achieves a ventilative portion to discharge gas inside the positioning section so that optical fibers are assembled and processed precisely and rapidly.
US07985013B2	Vehicle lighting device A vehicle lighting device is provided with: a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a cover; a light source unit including a semiconductor light emitting element as a light source and provided within the lamp chamber; a metallic heat transfer member attached to the lamp body and penetrating between an outside and an inside of the lamp chamber; and an air blower disposed between the light source unit and the heat transfer member so that an air blowing direction of the air blower directs toward the heat transfer member.
US07985001B2	LED light fixture and method for manufacturing the same An LED light fixture includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a plurality of LED chips. The first substrate, on one side thereof, includes a plurality of spaced first electrodes, a first inner terminal electrically connected to the first electrodes, and a second inner terminal insulated from the first electrodes, and, on another side thereof, a first outer terminal electrically connected to the first inner terminal and a second outer terminal electrically connected to the second inner terminal. The second substrate includes a plurality of spaced second electrodes corresponding to the first electrodes, and a third inner terminal electrically connected to the second electrodes and the second inner terminal. The LED chips are arranged between the first and second substrates and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes of the first and second substrates, respectively.
US07984981B2	Printer with ink supply system having downstream conduit loop A printer comprising: a printhead having an ink inlet and an ink outlet; a pressure-regulating chamber having an outlet port connected to the ink inlet via an upstream ink conduit, the chamber containing ink at a first level below the printhead, wherein a headspace above the first level of ink is open to atmosphere; and a downstream ink conduit connected to the ink outlet and terminating above the first level of ink, the downstream ink conduit being open to atmosphere, wherein the downstream ink conduit comprises a loop section passing below the first level of ink, such that, in a printing configuration, a second level of ink in the loop is equal to the first level of ink in the chamber.
US07984970B2	Inkjet printhead assembly having printhead modules with nested ends An inkjet printhead assembly includes an elongate support having a plurality of internal webs protruding from a base section to define a plurality of parallel ink supply channels; a shim mounted on the support and defining a plurality of rows of openings through which ink from respective supply channels is provided; and a plurality of elongate printhead modules mounted serially on the shim. Each module includes a carrier carrying a printhead. Each carrier defines a plurality of ink supply passages through which ink passes to the printhead from respective rows of the openings. Either end of each carrier defines complementary formations such that adjacent pairs of the carriers nest together. The plurality of internal webs protrude from the base section to define a semicircular recess in which the shim is received. The shim is received in the semicircular recess such that the each of the plurality of rows respectively align with one of the plurality of parallel ink channels.
US07984966B2	Inkjet printhead with matched number of color channels and printhead modules An inkjet printhead having a plurality of color channels extending longitudinally along a length of the printhead. Each color channel comprises at least one row of nozzles and each nozzle in a same color channel ejects the same colored ink. The printhead has a plurality of printhead modules and the number of color channels is equal to the number of printhead modules.
US07984964B2	Ink collection device for a servicing station An ink collection device for a servicing station of a franking machine, said ink collection device comprising: an ink collection reservoir for receiving the ink ejected, during a servicing stage, by ink ejection nozzles of at least one print module; at least one drainage duct placed above the reservoir and opening out in register with said at least one print module while defining a gap between a top of the drainage duct and the print module; and, mounted across said at least one drainage duct and at a small predetermined distance from the top of the drainage duct, means for causing the fine ink droplets ejected by said ink ejection nozzles to coalesce to form a plurality of thicker ink drops, and for causing said ink drops to drip under gravity into said ink collection reservoir.
US07984963B2	Printhead purging system with hammer action A printhead purging system comprises an ink conduit for supplying ink to a printhead, a hammer head for hammering a wall of a compressible part of the conduit, a spring-loading mechanism for priming the hammer head, and a release mechanism for releasing the primed hammer head. Release of the primed hammer head compresses the ink conduit and results in purging of ink from the printhead.
US07984947B2	Rotatable child seat for motor vehicles The invention relates to a rotatable child seat (1) for motor vehicles, having a base frame (10) and a seat shell system (20). The base frame (10) is configured to be arranged on a vehicle seat and to be held there by means of an in-vehicle safety belt system. The seat shell system (20) has a seat shell (21) which is rotatable relative to the base frame (10) between a first position, in which the seat shell (21) faces in the direction of travel, and a second position, in which the seat shell (21) faces in the direction opposite to the direction of travel. In order effectively to prevent the seat shell system, when aligned in the second position, from breaking away from the base frame, according to the invention the child seat (1) also has an anchoring belt (29) which, independently of the rotated position of the seat shell system (20) relative to the base frame (10), is guided by guide means (24) over a predetermined first guide region (26) on the rear side of the seat shell system (20) in such a way that the anchoring belt (29) always passes around the pivot axis (A) and that on rotation of the seat shell system (20) from the first position to the second position and vice versa the anchoring belt (29) passes at least partly between the seat shell system (20) and the base frame (10).
US07984942B2	Flap configuration A flap configuration has a flap for closing a receptacle and a closing slide guided displaceably parallel to the flap plane in the closing slide guide. The closing slide is inserted with one end into a latching opening in a wall and brought out of engagement with the latching opening by a closing slide drive against a spring force by way of a latch element guided in the latching opening. In an opposite receptacle wall from the latching opening, a guide opening is positioned coaxially with the latching opening and the closing slide guide. In the latching opening, a closing latch biased in the direction of the closing slide is guided, and engages, when the flap is latched in place, in an open end of the closing slide guide. The closing slide drive unlatches the flap.
US07984940B2	Arm folding mechanism for use in a vehicle-mounted radiation imaging system An arm-folding mechanism for use in a vehicle-mounted radiation imaging system. The vehicle includes a vehicle body behind a driving cab. The vehicle body includes a generator cabin and a control cabin. The arm-folding mechanism includes a vertical detection arm, a main arm frame, and a hinged mechanism hingedly connecting the vertical detection arm with the main arm frame. The hinged mechanism includes: a first connection arrangement having a free end and a fixed end fixedly connected with or integral with the main arm frame; a second connection arrangement fixedly connected with the vertical detection arm; and an intermediate arrangement connecting the first connection arrangement with the second connection arrangement so that the vertical detection arm can rotate relative to the main arm frame. The bottom of the first connection arrangement is at the same level as or above the bottom of the main arm frame.
US07984939B2	Protection means for road vehicles A reusable system for cushioning impacts to a vehicle comprising: a bumper mounted via shock absorbers to the chassis of the vehicle; a remote sensor for detecting location and relative velocity of objects in proximity of the vehicle; a processor; a primary airbag mounted within the bumper, expandable outwards from some bumper upon inflation; an inflator for the primary airbag; a valve for releasing gas from the primary airbag and a retractor for compressing primary airbag, wherein a signal from processor indicating imminent impact triggers inflation of primary airbag beyond bumper protecting bumper and retractor collapses airbag for reuse.
US07984932B2	Threaded union for tubulars used in high-pressure fluid applications A threaded union for tubulars used for high-pressure fluid applications includes a unitary nut supported by at least two nut retainer segments received under a top wall of the nut in an annular segment retainer groove in one of the tubulars. The nut retainer segments fully support the unitary nut. The nut retainer segments are held in the annular segment retainer groove by limiting travel of the nut or by securing the nut retainer segments in the segment retainer groove.
US07984929B2	Fluid connector for fluid delivery apparatus A connector is described that comprises a male connector portion that is releasably connectable to a complimentary female connector portion. The male fluid connector portion comprises a plurality of hollow needles that are each in fluid communication with a lumen of the associated tubing. The female connector portion comprises plurality of chambers or apertures that comprise a septum seal through which a hollow needle can be passed. Tubing having a plurality of lumens is coupled to the female connector portion and each lumen is in fluid communication with one of said chambers. The male and/or female connector portions also include an alignment guide that allows the hollow needles of the male part to be uniquely aligned with the corresponding septum seals of the female part. The use of the connector for medical purposes is described.
US07984927B2	Secret scratch sticker and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed herein is a secret scratch sticker capable of secretly delivering a message to only a person who receives the message and a method of manufacturing the same. The secret scratch sticker comprises a transparent film sheet 110 having an adhesion portion formed on one surface thereof; a first scratching part 120 laminated on the other surface of the film sheet 110 so as to be stripped off with a fingernail or a coin; and a second scratching part 130 laminated on the first scratching part 120 so as to be stripped off together with the first scratching part 120, the second scratching part having colors. According to the present invention, a user can deliver a message to only a desired person, and thus the message can be hidden from other people.
US07984924B2	Airbag apparatus for a front passenger's seat An airbag apparatus which has an airbag provided at least either on the left side or right side of the circumferential wall with an exhaust opening is disclosed. The exhaust opening is comprised of part of a lap portion of the airbag where a terminal of a front section of the circumferential wall and a terminal of a rear section of the circumferential wall overlap in such a manner that the front section is located inside of the rear section. The front section includes a band portion that extends toward the projecting point of the airbag at full inflation and is coupled to the rear section. The band portion is folded away from the terminal of the front section in a folded-up configuration of the airbag.
US07984923B2	Stroller A stroller has front legs and rear legs. Right and left connecting bars connect the front legs and the rear legs, and form a seat support. L-shaped basket-holding rods are connected to rear ends of the connecting bars. Bent rear ends of the right and the left basket-holding rods are disposed opposite to each other and are spaced apart from each other. A rear part of an upper edge of a carrier basket is connected to the basket-holding rods.
US07984917B2	Suspension skateboard truck A shock absorbing mechanism for a suspension skateboard truck and skateboard is disclosed. A suspension skateboard truck includes a hangar. The hangar has opposing axle sleeves that extend to opposite distal ends along a lateral axis defined by an axle channel formed by each axle sleeve. The distal end of each axle sleeve includes a cavity that has a width greater than a width of the axle channel. The apparatus further includes an axle extending out from the axle channel and cavity of the distal end of each axle sleeve, and a shock absorbing mechanism occupying each cavity at least partially around the axle.
US07984910B1	Mobile disc golf target A mobile disc golf target comprising a vehicle carrying a disc golf target assembly. A propulsion means and a steering means are operably associated with the vehicle, with the propulsion means operable to propel the vehicle across a surface and the steering means operable to direct the vehicle across the surface. A controller receives instructions from a command and is operably associated with the propulsion means and steering means of the vehicle to influence the vehicle's speed and direction. The steering means of the mobile platform may comprise a differential steering arrangement or a conventional steering arrangement. The controller may receive instructions from a command comprising wireless or tethered user-operated or computer-operated transmitter. A connector facilitates the removable attachment of the target assembly to the vehicle and may be self-righting to ensure that the target assembly remains substantially upright when the vehicle traverses non-level terrain.
US07984909B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a first guide portion disposed to be movable for opening a transportation path of a medium; a second guide portion disposed to be movable for opening the transportation path and arranged adjacent to the first guide portion; a first transportation member for transporting the medium to the transportation path; and a second transportation member for discharging the medium from the transportation path to outside the image forming apparatus. Further, when the first guide portion and the second guide portion close the transportation path, the second guide portion is arranged to guide a rear edge of the medium.
US07984908B2	Document feeding device for handling and reverting double-sided document sheets to an original sequence A document feeding device for handling and reverting double-sided document sheets to an original sequence is provided, including a housing unit and a switching unit. The housing unit includes a delivery passage, a flipping passage, a bypass area, a return passage and upper and lower turning passages. The switching unit, pivotally disposed in the bypass area, includes a first switching member, a second switching member connecting to a side of the first switching member, and a guiding passage between the first switching member and the second switching member. The switching unit switches between a first position and a second position. By the switching of the switching unit, the double-sided document is flipped, scanned and reverted to an original sequence.
US07984903B2	Device for automatically jogging mailpieces A jogging device for a feeder of a mail handling machine, which jogging device comprises a side jogging abutment mounted to move, under the action of a drive motor, along a guide rail that is disposed perpendicularly to a referencing wall, said side jogging abutment being provided with at least: a first sensor that is fastened to its base and that, when unmasked, causes said side jogging abutment to move towards said referencing wall, and, when masked, causes this movement to stop; and a second sensor that is fastened to the top of said side jogging abutment and that, when masked, causes said side jogging abutment to move away from said referencing wall, and, when unmasked, causes this movement to stop.
US07984902B2	Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a loading portion configured to be loaded with a sheet, a lifting mechanism that lifts the loading portion in an operating state and stops the loading portion in an stopped state, a cam configured to be rotated alternately to a first rotational position for setting the lifting mechanism to the operating state and to a second rotational position for setting the lifting mechanism to the stopped state, a detecting unit having a contact portion movable up and down while contacting the sheet on the loading portion, which detects whether the sheet reaches a first height based upon the movement of the contact portion thereof, and a control unit configured to rotate the cam before the detecting unit detects that the sheet reaches the first height and to stop the cam in the second rotational position in response to the detection by the detecting unit.
US07984898B2	Bookbinding method and bookbinding unit, and image-forming system First document/image data is printed onto a sequence of sheets that includes sheets of a given size, and sheet(s) of a size that in at least one dimension is larger than the sheets of the given size. At the same time the first document/image data is being printed, second document/image data, i.e., foldout data, is printed onto the outer margin, i.e., a foldout portion, of the sheet(s) of the larger size. The larger-size, foldout sheet(s) is then folded so as to be creased near its overlap with the given-size sheets, and is collated into the sequence of the given-size sheets to form a bundle that is then bound. Thereafter trimming to size the non-bound edge(s) of the bundle slices away the crease in the foldout sheet, leaving the foldout cut-away as an insert tucked into the booklet.
US07984892B2	Low friction butterfly ring A butterfly valve for controlling the flow of fluid within a bore, including a butterfly and at least one ring extending at least one of substantially and completely around a perimeter of the butterfly and adapted to develop an expansion force in the radial direction when the at least one ring is in a contracted state with respect to the radial direction, wherein the at least one ring is secured to the butterfly in the contracted state and radial expansion due to the developed expansion force of the at least one ring is effectively restrained, wherein the butterfly valve is adapted to operate, when placed in a bore, without friction or substantially without friction between the at least one ring and the bore when the butterfly valve is placed in a closed position within the bore.
US07984889B2	Rotatable mount for a display A rotatable display mount for mounting a display device at desired rotational orientation. In one set of embodiments, the rotatable display mount comprises a base plate adapted to operatively connect the display mount to a mounting surface, a sprocket plate operatively connected and rotatable in relation to the base plate, the sprocket plate adapted to be operatively connected to the display device, and a latch member selectively engageable with the sprocket plate. Rotational orientation of the display device is established at defined angular orientations by engagement of the sprocket plate with the latch member.
US07984885B2	Multi-purpose trivets A multi-purpose trivet comprising a base and at least one insulating pad removably coupled to the base. The base comprises a support surface and optionally a peripheral wall, wherein the peripheral wall elevates the base to define an air space. The at least one insulating pad is removably coupled to the base and is adapted to be separately used for gripping and handling hot objects having a temperature of up to 580° F. when removed from the rigid base.
US07984874B2	Flexible cable connection to monuments inside of an aircraft cabin A flexible cable connection for connecting the monuments to an on-board supply device, which cable connection ensures that displacement of the monument in longitudinal direction of the aircraft becomes possible without disconnecting the connection cable, and the required distance between the connection routes is maintained even during displacement. To this effect, the cable connection comprises a chain device for guiding the connection cable.
US07984868B2	Adjustable grinder Disclosed is a grinder which includes a grinder assembly retained in a housing. The grinder assembly receives material for grinding such as coffee beans. Grinding burrs are provided, one of which is rotated by a grinder drive motor of the grinder assembly. The other of the burrs is generally non-rotatable with regard to the general grinding operation. The two grinding burrs are provided with grinding surfaces against which beans are ground. The grinding surfaces are spaced a desired dimension away from each other to produce a desired grind of coffee. An apparatus, system and method is disclosed for adjusting at least the generally non-rotatable burr to maintain, calibrate or otherwise adjust the dimension or gap between the grinding surfaces of the burrs.
US07984864B2	Device for destroying sheet material The invention provides a device for destroying sheet material, comprising shredding means (2) for shredding the sheet material and a feed conveyor system (3) for feeding sheet material to be destroyed to the shredding means from a feed location, wherein the feed conveyor system is arranged for feeding sheet material to be destroyed to the shredding means from a number of different feed locations (4). The invention further provides a system for sorting and destroying sheet material.
US07984857B2	System and method enabling fourth line embossing on contactless cards Antenna designs are provided for contactless payment cards. The antennas have reduced size compared to the size of traditional rectangular antennas deployed in ISO-format contactless payment cards. The reduced size antennas are geometrical disposed in areas removed from card areas designated for embossing or trimming.
US07984855B2	Indicia reading apparatus having image sensing and processing circuit A TTR time of a reading apparatus can also be reduced by designing an apparatus to exhibit a certain timing relationship between a receipt of a trigger signal and/or more of image capture and decoding. An apparatus in one embodiment can be configured to continuously capture frames of image data prior to receipt of a trigger signal and can further be configured so that an output decoded message is decoded from a frame of image data having a capture initiation time of prior to the time of receipt of a trigger signal. An apparatus configured to output a decoded message from a frame of image data having a capture initiation time of prior to a time of receipt of a trigger signal can have a TTR time of less than a frame capture period of the apparatus.
US07984854B2	Method and apparatus for multiplexed symbol decoding A method and apparatus for multi-threaded operation of an image-based symbology reader is provided. In the method of the invention, acquired images of an encoded symbol are attempted to be decoded using a plurality of decoding engines asynchronously and substantially simultaneously in a multi-threaded processing environment. Each of the decoding engines can be directed to a specific symbology type to achieve an improved response time when reading multiple symbol types.
US07984853B2	Reducing internal theft at a point of sale A method, procedure and operational function of the business for inhibiting internal theft of items without inventory identifiers are provided. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving an item for sale at a POS terminal, wherein the item is missing an inventory identifier. After the item is received, a determination is made as to whether a description of the item is stored in an inventory system. If the item is not stored in the inventory system, the sale of the item is inhibited. Thereafter, the entry of identifying information in the POS terminal is requested such that the identifying information identifies the item such that the description of the item can be stored in the inventory system.
US07984844B2	Carton with spout A carton for holding a dispensable material. The carton has a dispenser panel including a spout for dispensing the material. An outer spout panel overlaps the spout in the dispenser panel and is at least partially detachable from the dispenser panel to facilitate opening the spout.
US07984837B2	Electrically powered stapler Stapler (1) which in the course of a reciprocating working stroke (V) staples a workpiece (4), preferably a sheaf of papers, which stapler is powered by an electric motor which, via a transmission arrangement (5) drives the stapler during the working stroke, whereby the motor is activated and initiates the working stroke from a certain starting region as a result of the workpiece moving a trigger (32,33) which forms part of a trigger device (6) to a position at which a circuit-breaker (7), which forms part of the same electrical circuit (8) as the motor is connected to, is closed by the trigger, and whereby a release arrangement (9) connected to, and operatively acted upon, by a rotating means (11) which forms part of the transmission arrangement moves the trigger during the return phase of the working stroke to a non-closing position at which the circuit-breaker returns to an open position, thereby breaking the electric circuit and deactivating the motor, with the result that the working stroke ends in the starting region, whereby the trigger (32,33), when it has been moved to close the circuit-breaker (7) and the working stroke has been initiated by the force from a first elastic means (21), remains in the position at which it closes the circuit-breaker.
US07984818B1	Vented nursing bottle with leak prevention means An improved bottle assembly consisting of a container 1100, a vent unit 1200, a nipple 1300, and collar 1400, wherein the vent unit 1200 geometry allows air to enter the assembly to prevent development of a partial vacuum, yet will not allow liquid to escape through said vent unit when assembly is rotated into a horizontal or inverted position during use.
US07984809B1	System and method for directing indicator-based sortation of shipments Various embodiments of a system and method for directing indicator-based sortation of shipments are described. In various embodiments, a control system may be configured to utilize indicators to direct the sortation of items in a materials handling facility, such as an order fulfillment center tasked with fulfilling customer orders for one or more items. For a given unsorted item, the control system may cause an indicator to indicate to which of multiple sorting slots the given item is to be placed, thereby sorting the item to its respective shipment assigned to the sorting slot. In various embodiments, the shipment sorting units may be serviced from a rebin side as well as a pack side. The control system may be configured to prioritize the processing of such shipments by utilizing indicators associated with respective shipment sorting slots on the pack side to indicate a priority for processing a given shipment.
US07984800B2	Hydrodynamic clutch device A hydrodynamic clutch includes a hydrodynamic circuit formed by at least a pump wheel and a turbine wheel in a clutch housing with a drive-side housing wall extending to the axis of rotation, and a bridging clutch with a piston capable of shifting axially relative to the drive-side housing wall. The turbine wheel is connected to a hub, which is connected for rotation in common to a takeoff, and is axially supported between the hydrodynamic circuit and a flow guide element, which is supported between the hub and the drive-side housing wall, and has first and second flow passages which are axially offset from each other. The flow guide element has a drive-side end with an axial bearing area which can be moved into axial contact with an axial bearing, which is either an axial contact surface on the drive-side housing wall or is assigned to the drive-side housing wall.
US07984796B2	Motion retarding system and method A motion retarding system includes a linear array of permanent magnets for providing a magnetic flux along with a diamagnetic member for engaging the magnetic flux and producing eddy currents in the diamagnetic member which results in the braking force between the linear array of permanent magnets and the diamagnetic member. A mechanism is provided for causing reciprocating movement of the diamagnetic member within the magnetic flux and coupling apparatus disposed in an operative relationship with the mechanism is provided for engaging a vehicle moving with respect to the mechanism, in order to reciprocate the diamagnetic member within the magnetic field and retard the motion of the vehicle past the mechanism.
US07984795B2	Keyed contour braking system for a commercial vehicle Various embodiments of the invention relate to a vehicle, especially a commercial vehicle, with a braking system for a wheel of the vehicle having an axle arrangement and a brake, especially a disc brake, whereby the cross-section of the axle arrangement has an outer contour differing from a circle, and the brake has a brake carrier. According to one embodiment of the invention, the brake carrier has an opening whose inner contour differs from a circle and the outer contour lies on the axle arrangement such that the brake carrier surrounds the axle of the brake to form a keyed fit with the axle arrangement.
US07984788B2	Laminated acoustic absorption sheet with flame retardant The present invention relates to a light laminated acoustic absorption sheet. The light laminated acoustic absorption sheet with flame retardant is characterized in that one or more thermoplastic fibers (a) having a low melting point and selected from polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyester, polyethylene-polyester copolymers, and one or more polyester interlaced-textured yarns or thermoplastic hollow fibers (b) having a higher melting point than the thermoplastic fiber (a) and selected from polyester, polyethylene, nylon, hot-meltable fluororesin are mixed and opened so as to prepare a mat, and two or more sheets of mats are laminated by using an apparatus of manufacturing a stampable sheet so as to manufacture the laminated sheet, and then the laminated sheet is impregnated with flame retardant liquid.
US07984786B2	Electric power steering device An electric power steering device, including an electric motor supplied with power from a power supply device to generate a predetermined steering assistance force for a steered wheel, and an assistance control device the controls the amount of electrical power supplied to the electric motor, according to the steering state of a steering wheel. The assistance control device detects the power supply voltage of the power supply device. The assistance control device controls the electrical current supplied to the electric motor, so as to maintain the power supply voltage greater than or equal to a set voltage which is set in advance.
US07984779B2	Locking mechanism The invention relates to a locking mechanism for securing a battery pack (20) which is accommodated in an electrical vehicle (12), in particular in an electrical industrial truck, comprising a vehicle-side plug element (26) and a battery plug element (28), which can be plugged together with said plug element (26) and is connected to the battery pack (20). In this case, it is provided according to the invention that the mechanism comprises a locking element (32), which is arranged on the vehicle (12) and can be moved, in particular pivoted, between a battery release position and a battery locking position, the locking element (32) and the vehicle-side plug element (26) being arranged in relation to one another in such a way that the plug-type connection between the vehicle-side plug element (26) and the battery plug element (28) can be produced and released depending on the position of the locking element (32).
US07984778B2	Packaging arrangement for a fluid tank for a machine A packaging arrangement for a fluid tank for a machine, including an engine disposed within an engine compartment of a body having a hood selectively disposed over the engine compartment. The engine includes a cooling package having at least one air intake. At least one fluid tank at least partially surrounds the air intake, and a compliant surface is coupled to at least one of the fluid tank and the hood. The compliant surface substantially seals against both the fluid tank and the hood to substantially inhibit air from within the engine compartment from being drawn into the air intake.
US07984771B2	Methods and apparatus for attenuating drillstring vibrations Apparatus and methods are described for highly attenuating vibrations of a drillstring assembly while drilling. In one embodiment, vibrations are attenuated by introducing one or more vibration attenuation modules at appropriate assembly locations. For example, vibration attenuation modules may be inserted at locations where vibration energy is expected to be maximal. In one embodiment the vibration attenuation modules include cavities loosely packed with particles of solid material such as sand or metallic powder. In one embodiment, the cavity walls are rough and/or include geometric features that enhance vibration energy transfer to the loosely packed particles in the cavity(ies). The vibration energy is dissipated via friction and inelastic particle-particle and particle-wall collisions that occur as a result of drillstring motion.
US07984765B2	System and method for well intervention A system and method is described for well intervention in subsea installed oil and gas wells, comprising a surface vessel (10), or rig, with equipment (22) for handling and controlling a connection string (20) for downhole tools, and also a system (26) for the supply and return of drilling fluid, from where the connection string (20) for the downhole tool runs down in an actual drilling hole (36) of a well on the subsea, where a X-mas tree (12) with associated blowout preventer (16) is arranged on the well, and where a return line (24) for drilling fluid runs up to said system (26) on the surface vessel or the rig. The connecting string (20) for downhole tools runs into the well through open sea without a riser or landing string being fitted, and a removable intervention valve (14) is arranged in the drilling hole (36), where the intervention valve is arranged to function as a testable, temporary barrier.
US07984759B2	Diluent-enhanced in-situ combustion hydrocarbon recovery process A modified process for recovering oil from an underground reservoir using the toe-to-heel in situ combustion process. A diluent, namely a hydrocarbon condensate, is injected within a horizontal wellbore portion, preferably proximate the toe, of a vertical-horizontal well pair, or alternatively into an adjacent injection well, or both, to increase mobility of oil.
US07984757B1	Drilling rig with a top drive with an air lift thread compensator and a hollow cylinder rod providing minimum flexing of conduit A drilling rig with a top drive for engagement with a travelling block with a hook comprising an airlift thread compensator with an airlift box connected to a bail. The airlift box can have an airbag disposed therein. A bail pin can be engaged through the airlift box, and can be connected to the airbag. The airbag can support the top drive. Upper links can be connected to the airlift box and to a bearing housing. The bearing housing can support a stem connected to a motor, and a bearing can be disposed about the stem. Lower links can be connected to the bearing housing and to an elevator for moving tubulars. An inside blow out preventer can be connected to the stem and to a saver sub. A torque wrench can be connected to the bearing housing for gripping tubulars.
US07984751B2	Double-acting device for generating synthetic jets A double-acting device for generating a synthetic jet is provided. The double-acting device includes a chamber having a cavity for a working fluid, a separating element for dividing the chamber into at least two sub-chambers, a control system connected to the chamber for controlling the separating element to act reciprocatingly, an input system connected to the chamber for inputting the working fluid to the chamber therethrough and an output system connected to the chamber for outputting the working fluid from the chamber therethrough. When the working fluid is pushed and pulled by a reciprocating action of the separating element, a train of vortices would be puffed and a non-zero-net-mass-flux fluid is generated through a designed structure and a defined arrangement of the input system and the output system.
US07984748B2	Apparatus for continuous strip casting An apparatus for continuously casting thin strip includes a caster having a pair of casting rolls having a nip there between capable of delivering cast strip downwardly from the nip and an first enclosure capable of forming a protective atmosphere into which the strip can be formed in loop to extend over a plurality of rollers into pinch rolls with the strip having a strain of less than 0.4%, which may be provided by a plurality of rollers at entry of the strip into the pinch rolls to carry the strip into the pinch rolls, with at least a first entry roller having a diameter between 200 and 650 millimeters and being below a majority of other rollers.
US07984747B2	Control method for supplying inert gas during metal molding A control method for supplying an inert gas from an inert gas source to a storage container for a molten metal through a gas feed path provided with a flow sensor for monitoring the gas flow rate and a solenoid valve for opening and closing the gas feed path for use with metal molding. The control method includes steps of turning off the solenoid valve if a temperature of the storage container is lower than a preset temperature, and turning off the flow sensor; otherwise turning on the solenoid valve and turning on the flow sensor; and stopping the output of the heater of the storage container when the gas flow rate is lower than the preset amount; these steps are controlled in accordance with a command signal from a controller.
US07984737B2	Adhesive tape cutting method and adhesive tape joining apparatus using the same In a state that a reference plane of a cutter holder, to which a cutter blade is attached, is brought into contact with a surface of a base of a supporting adhesive tape, the cutter blade cuts the supporting adhesive tape while the reference plane of the cutter holder follows the surface of the base. Herein, a cutting edge of the cutter blade passes by a joining interface between the supporting adhesive tape and a ring frame without penetrating through an adhesive layer of the supporting adhesive tape.
US07984735B1	Portable log cutter A portable, vehicle-towed cut-off saw for firewood and the like is herein disclosed for cutting down regular length firewood into pieces that can be used in a stove or smaller fireplace. The invention is mounted on a steel frame with two wheels and a trailer tongue that allows it to be towed by a vehicle such as an automobile, truck or all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The invention is powered mechanically by an on-board four cylinder gasoline engine which provides power via a series of belts and pulleys. The pulleys drive a large diameter circular saw blade which pivots from the bottom of a large feed table. The invention will cut wood up to 12″ in diameter with one pass. The saw blade is retractable, is protected by a guard, and is only exposed when cutting wood. The invention can be towed directly to the cutting or piling site and is easily moved and operated by one person. The use of the device allows for the cutting of firewood into smaller pieces using production cutting methods in a manner which is not only quick, easy and effective, but safer and less fatiguing as well.
US07984731B2	Lightweight high pressure repairable piston tie rod composite accumulator A lightweight high pressure repairable piston composite tie-rod accumulator that does not use a load bearing metallic liner. An exemplary accumulator includes composite tie rods that sustain the axial stress induced by pressurization of the accumulator, while the shell is designed such that it sustains the stress of pressurization in the hoop direction. The tie rods can be secured using a wedge-type tie rod retention mechanism. As a result, no pretension is applied to the tie rods and the composite shell may be designed entirely for hoop stress.
US07984725B1	Collapsible blind A portable and collapsible blind including a flexible cover mounted on a support structure having a plurality of side walls and a top; wherein at least one side wall includes first and second opposite edges, and the opposite edges cooperatively defining a window; an elongated member extending across the opposite edges; and a selective fastener joined to one edge and adjustably joined to the strap, the fastener selectively being fixedly joinable to the elongated member.
US07984721B2	Applicator for applying a lip product to the lips Applicator for applying a lip product (5) to the lips, includes a sheet-like flexible support (1) with a mouth end portion (2) and an opposite holding end portion (3) and on at least one side thereof a lip product area (4) carrying an amount of the lip product (5) such that at least a substantial part of a lip of a user can be brought into contact with the lip product (5) by taking the support (1) between the lips at the mouth end portion (2), the support (1) being grasped manually at the holding end portion (3) in use located outside the mouth of the user, the sheet-like flexible support (1) having an increasing flexibility from the mouth end portion (2) to the holding end portion (3) at least over a part of the lip product area (4).
US07984720B2	Bobby pin A bobby pin includes a left body and a right body respectively having plural ribs that are formed with plural teeth for engaging with each other to keep hair firmly clamped. The left and the right body have an opening device that is provided with a root member respectively, with a pivotal pin mounted with a compression spring and a torsion spring. In using, press inward the two bodies to keep the teeth engaged with each other for clamping hair. And, as long as the opening device is pressed, the two bodies can be immediately separated from each other for releasing hair.
US07984717B2	Devices for augmentation of lumen walls A bulking device for implantation into a lumen wall that includes a bulking material that is configured to alter the portion of the lumen into which it is implanted and one or more therapeutic substances in association with the bulking material, wherein the device is configured to alter the portion of the lumen wall into which it is implanted. A method for inserting devices of the invention are also included.
US07984716B2	Self-conforming sound attenuation earplug A self-conforming sound attenuation earplug, including: a stem, at least one support joined with the stem and extending radially outward from the stem, and a shell engaging the support and encircling the stem to form a space between the shell and the stem. At least one of the support material and the shell material is a deformable-resilient material.
US07984715B2	Method and device for registration and immobilization Support devices and pods for the head and neck region of patients undergoing radiation therapy are provided herein. The pod generally includes a support shell shaped to generally conform to the shape of the head and neck region of the patient, a foam insert that conforms to the head and neck region of the patient, and an immobilization facemask attached directly to the shell, thereby facilitating close placement of the radiation beam delivery device to the patient and reducing any attenuation and perturbation of radiation doses directed at the patient. The components of the pod are made from materials having properties that reduce any attenuation and perturbation of prescribed radiation doses.
US07984712B2	Patient circuit disconnect system for a ventilator and method of detecting patient circuit disconnect A method of detecting disconnect of a patient circuit of a ventilation system, wherein a circuit disconnect is detected with a first sensitivity and a second sensitivity. The circuit disconnect detected with the first sensitivity is performed by detecting a volume loss for a minimum period of time, detecting a peak pressure loss for at least two consecutive breathing cycles or a minimum period of time, and detecting a pressure loss continuing for a predetermined period of time. The circuit disconnect detected with the second sensitivity is performed by detecting a volume loss for a single breathing cycle, detecting a pressure loss for a single breathing cycle, and detecting an increase of compliance. The first sensitivity is lower than the second sensitivity. Preferably, an alarm is activated when the circuit disconnect is detected with the first sensitivity, and subsystems of the ventilation system is informed of the circuit disconnect that has been detected with the second sensitivity.
US07984708B2	Projectile launching apparatus Disclosed is a projectile launching apparatus capable of launching a projectile, such as a pellet, a BB, an arrow, a dart and a paintball. The projectile launching apparatus includes a motor driven linear motion converter, a cylinder, a breech assembly and a compression valve arrangement. The linear motion converter converts a rotational movement of a motor into a linear movement of a piston by a gear reduction mechanism. The linear movement of the piston within the cylinder compresses a gas with a high compression exponent. The compressed gas is further released into a barrel of the breech assembly through the compression valve arrangement. The compressed gas expands in the barrel causing a projectile to be launched from the barrel with a force of the compressed gas.
US07984704B1	Crankcase sidewall for supporting a crankshaft A crankcase and crankshaft combination wherein the crankshaft includes a first end having a cupped portion formed therein and the crankcase includes a housing section with an inner wall having an inwardly projecting cylindrical stub shaped and dimensioned for placement within the cupped portion.
US07984703B2	Decompression mechanism A decompression mechanism provided in a valve operating system configured to drive a valve for opening and closing a port, includes an accommodating member provided in the valve operating system; a decompression member which is accommodated in the accommodating member such that the decompression member is extendable and retractable, the decompression member being configured to extend from the valve operating system to press the valve to open the port in a compression stroke of the engine; and an insertion member which is inserted into the valve operating system, the insertion member being configured to be inserted through the accommodating member in a direction crossing a direction in which the decompression member is extendable and retractable.
US07984700B2	Control valve for cooling circuit A control valve that forms part of a cooling circuit comprising a first branch which contains a radiator and a second branch that constitutes a bypass of a radiator, and its method of use, are described.When used in a motor vehicle combustion engine cooling circuit, the control valve has a third branch and has at least one unit heater for heating the vehicle cabin.
US07984699B2	Cooling system A cooling system for an engine is divided into an inner circuit and an outer circuit, said inner circuit including a radiator, a cooling pump, a thermostat housing, an ejector pump, cooling channels arranged inside the engine and ducting connecting said components. The ejector pump is arranged to draw coolant from the outer system and deliver it to the inner system. The outer system includes an expansion tank, ducting interconnecting the expansion tank and the ejector pump and ducting interconnecting the inner circuit and the expansion tank. A one-way valve is placed in the ducting interconnecting the expansion tank and the inner circuit.
US07984690B2	Liquid treatment apparatus, mounting and dismounting method of a cup body, and storage medium A liquid treatment apparatus treating a surface of a substrate held generally horizontally on a stage in a housing by supplying a treating liquid to said surface from a supply nozzle. The liquid treatment apparatus includes a cup body provided so as to surround the substrate held in the substrate holding part laterally, the cup body being mounted detachably to a base inside the housing from an upward direction thereof; a cup body holding part holding the cup body detachably; and an elevating mechanism moving the cup body holding part up and down between a first position at which the cup body is mounted upon the base body and a second position located above the first position.
US07984689B2	Device for the continuous coating of a strip-like substrate The invention relates to a device for the continuous coating of a strip-like substrate in a vacuum, especially for producing coating patterns on the substrate, with a printing roller and a backing roller, the substrate guided between the printing roller and the backing roller. The invention device includes a coating or release agent transferable to the substrate via the printing roller and a servo unit that has a controllable servo motor, wherein in a working position adjustable with the servo unit, the printing roller and the backing roller are in operative connection with one another. The object of the invention is to improve the abadjustability of the generic device. The object is achieved by the servo unit's having a controllable servo motor.
US07984680B1	Knockdown shelf structure A knockdown shelf structure includes multiple unit board members, each of which forms first jointing portions and second jointing portions, wherein each first jointing portions is engageable with a corresponding one of the second jointing portions of another unit board member so as to joint and securely couple these two unit board members to form a large span of support board by jointing a large number of unit board members together and wherein each unit board member has a bottom forming third jointing portions; and multiple elevating members, each of which has a top rim structured to be jointable to each of the third jointing portions of the unit board member so as to elevate the unit board member upward, whereby a shelf structure for supporting articles thereon is formed by assembling the unit board members and the elevating members together.
US07984677B2	Altitude compensation system for naturally aspirated railroad locomotive A railroad locomotive includes a naturally aspirated reciprocating internal combustion engine driving a traction generator. A speed control system and load regulator provide an output signal which is operated upon and modified by a controller in response to the barometric pressure at which the locomotive is being operated.
US07984671B2	Self-tightening cover for pump A self-tightening retaining system for securing a closure in position closing an access port of a pump housing. The system includes a retaining cover for obstructing removal of the closure from a bore of the access port. The cover has external threads interengageable with screws threads of the bore. A locking device is configured for being secured to the cover such that the locking device rotates together with the cover. The locking device has a fastener receivable in a hole of the closure and has external threads interengageable with threads of the hole. The threads of the cover and the threads of the fastener are spiraled in opposite directions such that when the cover rotates in a loosening direction, the fastener becomes tightened in the hole of the closure thereby stopping the rotation.
US07984653B2	Angular mounted high-pressure vessel A mounting system includes a pressure vessel having a longitudinal axis, a retaining strap disposed around the pressure vessel, a carrier element having an aperture formed therein to receive the retaining strap therethrough to secure the carrier element to the pressure vessel, and a mounting element coupled to the carrier element and adapted to be coupled to a mounting point to secure the pressure vessel, wherein the longitudinal axis of the pressure vessel is disposed at an non-horizontal resting angle.
US07984651B2	Transducer array imaging system The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy. The analog-to-digital converter may convert the electrical energy into digital data, and the transmitter may transmit the digital data.
US07984647B2	Detecting ice particles Systems and methods for detecting ice particle accumulation is disclosed herein. In one exemplary implementation, a method for detecting ice is described in which a parameter within an interior volume of a heated conduit is measured. The method also includes detecting the presence of an accumulation of ice particles based on the parameter measured within the interior volume of the heated conduit.
US07984645B2	Method of verifying the strength of a vehicle in combination with auxiliary equipment fitted A method of verifying the strength of a vehicle in combination with auxiliary equipment fitted includes steps in which the vehicle chassis number or specification number are specified so that the vehicle specification and its parameters can be collected in a vehicle database, the parameters of the auxiliary equipment are specified, and a strength calculation for the vehicle is performed, based on the parameters of the vehicle and auxiliary equipment. In this way an assessment whether a reinforcement is needed when auxiliary equipment is fitted to a vehicle can be made.
US07984637B2	System and method for field calibration of flow meters A calibration system for a flow meter includes a flow simulator, the flow simulator including a receiver configured to receive flow meter transducer signals from a flow meter. A simulation subsystem is configured to create simulated transit time signal pulses, and to transmit the simulated transit time signal pulses to the flow meter at preselected time intervals. A calibration subsystem is configured to receive from the flow meter a transit time differential value generated by the flow meter based on the simulated transit time signal pulses and output a calibration factor to the flow meter.
US07984633B1	Roll forming press A method of roll forming a metal plate with a desired bend. The method includes a first step of providing a roll press having at least a first and second set of bending rollers; a second step of positioning a lead end of the metal plate past the first set of bending rollers prior to the first set of bending rollers applying a bending force to the metal plate; a third step of applying a bending force with the first set of bending rollers to the metal plate at a point behind the lead end; and a fourth step of moving the lead end of the metal plate past the second set of bending rollers prior to the second set of bending rollers applying a bending force.
US07984632B2	Method for synchronizing the bi-directional transmission of data The invention relates to a method for synchronizing a bi-directional transmission of data between a transmitter and a receiver based on the transmission of frames (10) having a predefined bit length, with a predefined first bit length (20) being provided in each frame (10) for the transmission of data from the transmitter to the receiver and a predefined second bit length (30) for the transmission of data from the receiver to the transmitter, with a trigger pulse (40) being sent to the receiver parallel to and independently from the transmission of the data between the transmitter and receiver, which pulse triggers a data collection process at the receiver, wherein the frame (10) has a time slot (50), during which no information is transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver and also not from the receiver to the transmitter, and wherein the trigger pulse (40) is transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver during this time slot (50).
US07984631B2	Modular escutcheon A modular escutcheon for a door lock including a plurality of covers. Each higher cover may progressively project outward from the surface of a door more than the covers below. Top and bottom edges of adjacent covers abut to form a joint, which may be partly or completely concealed resulting from the outward projections of higher covers. An escutcheon system may be provided that includes interchangeable parts, for example, there may be several different intermediate covers for use with the same lower and upper covers, or different upper covers that may be used in the same position. A variety of lock operating devices may be provided with the different covers to achieve different systems.
US07984629B2	Security device A security device for deterring theft of an object from a retail store has a base member, a cable for placement about the object, and a spool rotatably mounted on the base member. The cable is connected to the spool such that the cable can be wound around the spool, enabling the cable to be tightened around the object by rotating the spool with respect to the base member in a tightening direction. There is a ratchet and pawl mechanism configurable between an active configuration wherein the spool is constrained for rotation only in the cable tightening direction, and an inactive configuration whereby the spool is free to rotate in both the cable tightening direction and an opposite, cable loosening direction.
US07984627B2	Method for making life vest having double-knitted fabrics A method for making a life vest includes making first and second double-knitted fabrics from an artificial filament. Each of the first and second double-knitted fabrics includes inner and outer cloth layers. The first and second double-knitted fabrics are dyed. Then, the inner cloth layer of each of the first and second double-knitted fabrics is processed to form a brush structure on the inner cloth layer. The brush structure and the inner and outer layers of each of the first and second double-knitted fabrics undergo a heat-setting process so that the sizes of the brush structure and the inner and outer layers of each of the first and second double-knitted fabrics are stabilized. The first and second double-knitted fabrics are cut and sewn so that the outer cloth layers face outward and that the inner cloth layers face each other. A buoyant material is filled between a receiving space defined between the inner cloth layers.
US07984626B2	Die assembly for molding of glass element In the initial stage of die-opening operation when an upper core 3 moves upward together with an upper die plate 1, an upper cavity die 2 is biased downwardly by an elastic member 10 so as to press the lower surface of the upper cavity die 2 against the upper surface of a lower cavity die 6 and keep their contact, thereby forcing a molded glass element 4 to remain on a lower core 5 by utilizing the difference in outside diameter between the lower core 5 and the upper core 3. This makes it possible to securely release the molded glass element 4 from the upper core 3 and leave the molded product on the lower core 5 upon die opening, enabling smooth removal and automated transportation of the molded product.
US07984623B2	Refrigerator for controlling cool air supplied to a refrigerating chamber independently of cool air supplied to a freezing chamber A refrigerator is provided including a freezing chamber having a first evaporator and a first fan provided inside, and a refrigerating chamber having a second evaporator and a second fan provided inside. Further, the first and second fans may be configured to direct cool air generated by the first and second evaporators to the freezing and refrigerating chambers, respectively. Additionally, plurality of cool-air ducts may be provided in at least one of the freezing and refrigerating chambers, the cool air ducts may be configured to provide cool air to the freezing and refrigerating chambers via operation of the first and second fans, respectively.
US07984610B2	Hydrodynamic machine The present invention relates to a hydrodynamic machine, especially a hydrodynamic retarder, including a bladed primary wheel and a bladed secondary wheel which are arranged opposite of each other axially with respect to their blade configurations such that they jointly form a working chamber. The working chamber can be filled with a working medium for one operating state in order to transmit torque from the primary wheel to the secondary wheel by means of a circulatory flow of the working medium. The working chamber can be emptied of the working medium for a non-operating state in order to prevent a transmission of torque from the primary wheel to the secondary wheel. A suction apparatus is connected with a fluidic connection to the working chamber in order to suck off working medium and/or air from the working chamber for forming a negative pressure in the working chamber in the non-operating state.
US07984607B2	Gas turbine engine systems and related methods involving vane-blade count ratios greater than unity Gas turbine engine systems and related methods involving vane-blade count ratios greater than unity are provided. In this regard, a representative turbine stage for a gas turbine engine includes a first set of rotatable blades operative to be positioned downstream of and adjacent to a first set of vanes, a number of blades of the first set of blades being less than a number of vanes of the first set of vanes.
US07984605B2	Cable chain return system and associated methods Disclosed is a cable chain return system 100 that includes a spring 170 for assisting folding and organization of a cable chain 110. When a customer replaceable unit (CRU) 210 is extended from a chassis 140 to gain access to connectors on the back of the CRU 210, the cable chain 110 is extended. When the CRU 210 is moved back into the chassis 140, a plurality of folding curves 130 organize the cable chain 110, and cables 118 therein, without damaging the cables 118 or inhibiting positioning of the CRU 210 in the chassis 140. One of these curves 130 is initiated by the spring 170 and therefore aids in returning and organizing of the cable chain 110.
US07984603B2	Device for handling bobbins of packaging material For supplying machines, namely packaging machines, with web-like packaging material which is present in the form of a reel, a reel store (15) is fitted out with a portal (16), in which the reels (10 . . . 13) are kept on pallets (14). A portal robot (20) with an articulated arm (27) transfers reels (10 . . . 13) as required to winding subassemblies (29 . . . 32) arranged outside the portal (16). From these winding subassemblies, the material webs are transported toward opposite sides, in the direction parallel to the longitudinal extent of the portal (16), to the consuming machines.
US07984598B2	Position retention mechanism for modular wall assembly A system for connecting modular walls includes a position retention mechanism configured to releasably retain a plurality of wall modules together. In one implementation, the position retention mechanism includes opposing front and back surfaces or walls, and one or more channels formed therebetween. The position retention mechanism is further configured with a plurality of spring tabs positioned within the one or more channels, wherein the spring tabs are configured to lock into a plurality of opposing connector interfaces corresponding to the opposing wall modules, such that the positioning retaining mechanism secures adjacent, opposing wall modules together. The position retention mechanism can further be configured with different surfaces to connect or hold a variety of components of various shapes together.
US07984596B1	Roof assembly improvements providing increased load bearing A standing seam roof assembly is formed by overlapping adjacent panels, the female sidelap portion of one panel forming a male insertion cavity to receive a male sidelap portion of a second panel. Restraining mechanisms prevent relative in-plane movement between the first and second sidelaps, including connecting selected male and female leg members to prevent in-plane movement there between. In a preferred embodiment, the female sidelap has a hook portion forming a female retaining groove and the male sidelap has a male tab member, and in the assembled mode, the male tab member is disposed in the female retaining groove, and the female and male sidelaps are folded so the hook portion of the female sidelap and the male tab member are tightly brought into pressing engagement to form the standing seam between the first and second panels.
US07984587B2	Wrapper with decorative extension and method A wrapper for wrapping a flower pot and/or floral grouping. The wrapper is constructed of a sheet of material having an extension attached to a portion of the sheet of material. Preferably the extension has a lace pattern thereon. When the wrapper is formed about a flower pot to form a decorative cover, upper edges of the sheet of material and extension cooperate to form a skirt portion preferably having at least two separate edges providing a “two-sheet” effect in the decorative cover. The wrapper may have extensions on opposing ends of the sheet of material and may having one or more additional overlapping extensions.
US07984582B2	Fishing line release system A fishing line release system is disclosed. The fishing line release system includes a fishing line quick release mechanism that may be used in conjunction with a planar device for trolling or may alternatively be used with a down rigger cable and weight when used in down rigger fishing. When used in conjunction with the planar device, the system may be used for directional trolling. The planar device comprises a planar body, the fishing line quick release mechanism attached to the planar body, and a line locking assembly for securing a portion of a fishing line to the planar body. When used in conjunction with a down rigger cable and weight, the quick release mechanism may be used either on the down rigger cable or may be attached to the down rigger weight.
US07984573B2	Combination device for snow throwing, mowing, scarifying, soil breaking or the like A combination device (1) is provided for carrying out various work tasks, such as cutting snow, mowing, scarifying, soil breaking or the like. The device includes a plurality of interchangeable work implements (60) tailored to the respective work task. A basic frame is provided in which the respective work implement (60) is accommodated and can be driven to rotate, and wherein the respectively installed work implement (60) is partially enclosed by a housing (23) extending parallel to the axis of rotation of the work implement. In order to tailor the combination device optimally to the respective work task, provision is made for the housing (23) to be able to rotate about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the respective work implement (60) and to be fastened in various operating positions corresponding to the respective work task.
US07984564B2	Integral illuminated optical center finder and marking tool Apparatus and methods associated with a center finder and marking tool are disclosed. A center finder and marking tool device includes a base that is configured to be positioned on a work piece surface. The base includes a bore hole. A body is disposed inside the bore hole and rotationally coupled to the base, wherein the body includes a first bore tunnel and a second bore tunnel. An optical center finder is disposed inside the first bore tunnel, and a marking tool is disposed inside the second bore tunnel.
US07984562B2	Device and method for marking competition rings and other areas on floor surfaces A template device is used layout and marking geometric shapes such as martial arts or other sports rings on a floor. The device includes a central body at or near the center, and an extension reaching from preferably at least three sides of the central body to the perimeter, of the geometric shape. Both central body and extension are rigid or substantially rigid, maintaining the shape of the template device, including optional wire/cable around or along the extension, during both use on the floor and transport to adjacent floor areas. The template device covers a very small percentage of the geometric shape area, by means of empty space in the extension or between members of the extension. The resulting light-weight and small-volume device is easy to move and break down into a small package. The extension may include radially-extending legs attaching at their outer ends to the wire/cable perimeter.
US07984552B2	Axle housing assembly and method A method of forming a joint includes providing a first member made of cast iron having an exterior surface and a first end. A pocket is formed in the exterior surface of the first end. An insert made of steel is connected to the pocket. A second member made of cast iron is provided with an aperture. The method includes positioning the first end of the first member within the aperture and positioning a plug made of steel in the second member proximate the aperture. The plug is fixedly connected to the insert.
US07984548B2	Method for modifying a compressor stator vane A vane unit system having a plurality of vane units having at least one airfoil projecting from a base is modified by placing a hole in the base and receiving a pin which extends between adjacent bases of vane units. A series of modified bases form a rigid ring of vanes that are less susceptible to vane motion caused by pressure fluctuations within the compressor of a gas turbine. A blade assembly tool having a shape to fit within the slit in a casing that receives the vane units allows for the installation of vane units with interlocking pins without the necessity of having to remove the rotor from the casing.
US07984545B2	Approaches for manufacturing a head gimbal assembly Approaches for helping to decrease the amount of inactive gas necessary for reflow to interconnect connection terminals of a head slider and a suspension. Inactive gas is blown from a nozzle of a reflow apparatus toward interconnection joints of a head slider and a suspension. The head slider is bonded onto a gimbal tongue. The nozzle comprises a duct through which the inactive gas passes and a porous member fitted in an ejection outlet of the tube. Placing the porous member close to the head slider achieves effective reduction of oxygen concentration around solder balls.
US07984539B2	Chamber replacing method When a chamber of an oscillator and one or more amplifiers is to be replaced at the timing when a predetermined period elapses, one of the chambers of the oscillator and the amplifiers having a low allowable deterioration limit is detached and this chamber is attached in place of one of the chambers of the oscillator and the amplifiers other than the one having the low allowable deterioration limit. Thus, the chamber which has been used in one of the oscillator and amplifiers having a low allowable deterioration limit and has not reached the limit of deterioration is reused in one of the oscillator and the amplifiers other than the one having the low allowable deterioration limit. This enables efficient use of oscillator and amplifier chambers in a multistage amplification laser apparatus, minimizing the labor and parts consumed for replacement thereof.
US07984537B2	Method of shot peening coil springs Both the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of a coil spring are peened by passing sequential segments of the spring around offset pulleys mounted within a peening cabinet. As the spring is pulled around one of the pulleys, the coils fan out from the pulley to permit the peening media to impact portions of the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the spring, and as the spring is pulled around the other pulley, the portions of the surfaces not peened as the segment traveled around the first pulley will be peened.
US07984533B2	Dual-axis hinge mechanism A dual-axis hinge mechanism includes a rotatable bracket, a first rotatable assembly rotatably assembled on the rotatable bracket, and a second rotatable assembly pivotally assembled to the rotatable bracket. The second rotatable assembly includes a fixed bracket, a pivot shaft rotatably extended through the fixed bracket, a first limiting member rotatably sleeved on the pivot shaft, and a second limiting member non-rotatably sleeved on the pivot shaft. The second limiting member is rotated a certain angle follow the pivot shaft in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and then drives the first limiting member to rotate with the second limiting member. The total of the rotatable angle of the second limiting member relative to the first limiting member and the rotatable angle of the first limiting member relative to the fixed bracket is about 360 degrees.
US07984532B2	Hinge with variable torque A hinge with variable torque is disclosed to include a first part, which has a shaft at one side thereof and recessed portions on the peripheral wall of the shaft, and a second part, which has a sleeve disposed at one side thereof and grooves on the inside wall of the sleeve. The sleeve is pivotally coupled to the shaft of the first part. A first contact area and a first friction force are produced between the peripheral wall of the shaft and the inside wall of the sleeve when the first part is turned to a first angle relative to the second part, and a second contact area and a second friction force are produced between thereinbetween when the first part is turned to a second angle relative to the second part.
US07984527B2	Handheld cleaning implement A cleaning implement is specifically designed to be held with one hand during cleaning operations. The implement has an upper control section and a lower cleaning section which are detachable from each other. The lower section is primarily a cleaning element in the form of a sponge member or similar compressible pad or component. A cleaning control arm and a moisture squeeze arm extend from the upper control section. When the implement is to be used in its cleaning mode, the control arm is held in one hand by the user to clean soiled surfaces. Moisture accumulating in the cleaning element is squeezed out simply by rotating the squeeze arm away from the control arm, such that the cleaning element is squeezed or compressed between base plates supporting each of the arms. For continued use in the cleaning mode, the squeeze arm is simply released and allowed to return to its position adjacent to the control arm.
US07984520B2	Water closet A water closet has a wash basin positioned above a toilet which is secured to a floor. A guide is adapted to direct movement of the wash basin in a generally vertical direction.
US07987511B2	E-mail with secure message parts A method for preventing a recipient of an electronically transmitted message from taking at least one action in relation to the message is disclosed. The message has at least two parts with one of the parts having a higher level of security than the other part. The method includes the step of extracting information from the message. The information indicates that the higher level security part is not permitted to have the action taken on it while the other part is so permitted. The method also includes the step of preventing the higher level security part from having the action taken on it in reaction to said recipient making an offending request.
US07987508B2	Copy protection system for data carriers A copy-protected compact disc includes, within a single session, a table of contents (TOC) and a Video CD index (VI). Each track (T) is prefaced by unrecoverable data (UD) at a track start position (ATOC) indicated by the table of contents (TOC). However, the Video CD index (VI) indicates the actual position (AP) of the tracks. DVD players use the Video CD index (VI) to locate the tracks, while CD-ROM drives use the table of contents (TOC) and read the unrecoverable data (UD), which prevents them from reading the subsequent track (T). The unrecoverable data (UD) may be prefaced by data pointers (DP) which cause the CD-ROM drive to load a player program in response to the error condition. The player program can be used to play the tracks (T), but restricts copying. Subchannel data (P; DX) causes audio CD players to ignore the Video CD index (VI) and the unrecoverable data (UD), and to play the tracks (T) at their actual start positions (AP).
US07987506B1	Methods and systems for dynamically updating a routing table in a virtual private network A method, system, and computer program product for dynamically updating a routing table in a virtual private network including a concentrator with a routing table and one or more security associations is provided. A change is identified in the virtual private network, and related network information is also identified. A notification update message is created, including (i) a type of change to be made to the routing table based on to the identified change and (ii) the related network information. The notification update message is sent to the concentrator, which updates the routing table according to the notification update message. During the updating of the routing table of the concentrator, current security associations of the virtual private network tunnel are maintained.
US07987503B2	Firewall control system based on a next generation network service and method thereof The invention provides a firewall control system based on a Next Generation Network (NGN) service and a method thereof. The method includes: resolving an application layer signaling, performing a security inspection of a signaling flow and determining requirements of a service media flow on security level; determining controlment of the service media flow on security level according to a stored policy and the requirements of the service media flow on security level; performing a security inspection of the service media flow passing by, according to the controlling information of the service media flow on security level. In embodiments of the invention, a Packet-filter-based Firewall is enabled to perform a fine granularity security hierarchy processing of each subscriber and each session in the NGN, and dynamically select working mode of firewall packet filtering of different security levels according to a subscriber requirement and a session type to prevent network attacks.
US07987499B2	Method and system for exchanging setup configuration protocol information in beacon frames in a WLAN Certain aspects of a method for enabling exchange of information in a secure communication system may comprise configuring at least one 802.11 client station via authentication enablement information comprising data that specifies a time period during which configuration is allowed. The data that specifies a time period during which configuration is allowed may comprise a configuration window open field, which indicates a period when a configuration setup window is open. At least one client station may be configured via the authentication enablement information comprising recently configured data, which indicates whether at least one configurator has configured at least one other client station within the time period during which the configuration is allowed.
US07987492B2	Sharing a streaming video A video segment can be shared over a computer network by first receiving the video segment at a receiving computer on the network. The receiving computer assures that the video segment is in a streaming video format, and creates at least one identification tag for the video segment. The receiving computer also stores the video segment, and communicates the identification tag to another computer on the network. Upon subsequent receipt of that identification tag, the receiving computer streams the video segment to a destination computer on the network.
US07987483B1	Inserting branding elements Techniques are described that permit the flexible introduction of branding elements into or around video rendered by a media player. One or more sets of metadata related to the presentation of branding elements may be collected, and then one or more sets of the metadata may be selected based on business rules when the media player requests a particular piece of content. The selected metadata may indicate what branding element is to be displayed, and how it is to be displayed (e.g., position of element in video rendering window). The media player is then instructed based on the metadata to access and appropriately place the branding elements in or outside of the video rendering window (e.g., overlayed on top of the video content).
US07987479B1	System and method for distribution of content over a network Mechanisms and techniques provide a method for distributing content over a network includes receiving content elements form content sources, queuing the elements for distribution on a transmission channel, and distributing the content elements over the transmission channel to a self-selecting network. distribution of the content elements can be based upon payment information or content characteristics of the content elements. These mechanisms and techniques provide an opportunity for the distribution of content, produced by individual providers, to a wide audience.
US07987472B2	Computerized network administration of remote computer resources A system and method is provided for remote administration and management of a computer network, by installation of distributed software agents in remote network components, such as software agents implemented using encapsulated reusable interfaces such as COM or CORBA interfaces. Remote network management is effected by communication with the distributed agents using a structured language-independent parsable text document, such as a markup language; e.g. XML.
US07987471B2	Mobile device management proxy system A general-purpose proxy mobile device management architecture. The architecture serves as a proxy for a mobile client seeking services from backend systems. A virtual client image of state information associated with the mobile client is stored such that when the mobile client interacts with the proxy, the virtual image updates to the latest client state. Based on the changes to the state, the proxy system asynchronously accesses one or more arbitrary services of the backend systems on behalf of the mobile client. When the mobile client connects to the proxy, the proxy will have the latest services associated with the states of the virtual image, and updates the state of the mobile client. Updating and accessing occurs asynchronously on the frontend between the proxy and mobile devices and on the backend between the proxy and the backend systems.
US07987463B2	Device management scheduling method and apparatus thereof Device management commands to be executed within a terminal and conditions included within a scheduling context for executing such commands are provided to the terminal ahead of time. A server generates a scheduling context (or other type of scheduling information) that includes device management scheduled by the server to allow more effective scheduling to be performed by the terminal. A terminal receives the scheduling context from the server and performs the scheduled device management procedures accordingly.
US07987443B2	Declarative association of dialog fields A computer-based user interface comprises a dialog control element for usage in creating a dialog. The dialog control element acts upon a data model containing an object defined by one or more properties and modifiable by one or more controls. The dialog control element can associate object properties with controls recursively whereby properties can contain objects which further contain properties.
US07987442B2	Fault dictionaries for integrated circuit yield and quality analysis methods and systems Methods, apparatus, and systems for testing, analyzing, and improving integrated circuit yield and quality are disclosed herein. For example, in one exemplary embodiment, one or more fault dictionaries are generated for identifying one or more defect candidates from corresponding observation point combinations. In this exemplary method, the observation point combinations indicate the observation points of a circuit-under-test that captured faulty test values upon application of a respective test pattern. Further, the one or more fault dictionaries in one embodiment are generated by: (a) for a first defect candidate, storing one or more first indicators indicative of test patterns detecting the first defect candidate, and (b) for a second defect candidate, storing at least a second indicator indicative of the test patterns that detect the second defect candidate, the second indicator comprising a bit mask that indicates which of the test patterns detecting the first defect candidate also detect the second defect candidate.
US07987437B2	Structure for piggybacking multiple data tenures on a single data bus grant to achieve higher bus utilization A design structure for piggybacking multiple data tenures on a single data bus grant to achieve higher bus utilization is disclosed. In one embodiment of the design structure, a method in a computer-aided design system includes a source device sending a request for a bus grant to deliver data to a data bus connecting a source device and a destination device. The device receives the bus grant and logic within the device determines whether the bandwidth of the data bus allocated to the bus grant will be filled by the data. If the bandwidth of the data bus allocated to the bus grant will not be filled by the data, the device appends additional data to the first data and delivers the combined data to the data bus during the bus grant for the first data. When the bandwidth of the data bus allocated to the bus grant will be filled by the first data, the device delivers only the first data to the data bus during the bus grant.
US07987431B2	System and method for simultaneous display of multiple information sources A computerized method of presenting information from a variety of sources on a display device. Specifically the present disclosure presents a graphical user interface for organizing the simultaneous display of information from a multitude of information sources. In particular, the present technology comprises a graphical user interface which organizes content from a variety of information sources into a grid of tiles, each of which can refresh its content independently of the others. The grid functionality manages the refresh rates of the multiple information sources. Both a grid and individual tiles may be communicated independently of one another to other devices or users. According to some embodiments, the method of the present invention allocates refresh rates to tiles according to priorities that are assigned based on identifiers such as quality of service (QoS) tags associated with one or more of the information sources. The present invention is intended to operate in a platform independent manner.
US07987429B2	Data management apparatus and method, recording medium recording data management program, and camera There is disclosed a data management apparatus having a display screen, which includes (1) a first area for displaying a list of title information representing data belonging to a specified category and capable of changing the list in response to changing the category specification, and (2) a second area in which no display content is changed despite changing the category specification, wherein at least either of copying and moving of any title information can be performed at least from the first area to the second area. In addition to the data management apparatus, the present invention can be understood as the invention of a camera including the data management apparatus, a data management method, and a recording medium recording a data management program.
US07987422B2	Systems, methods and computer program products for automatic dissemination of spelling rules within working groups Systems, methods, and computer program products for automatic dissemination of spelling rules within working groups. Exemplary embodiments include a method for automatic dissemination of spelling rules within working groups having a sender computer and a recipient computer, the method including composing a document on the sender computer, performing a spell check on text within the document, identifying a word flagged by the spell check as being absent from a dictionary associated with the spell check and with the sender computer, adding the flagged word to the dictionary associated with the sender computer, tagging the flagged word with an indication that the flagged word is to be added to a dictionary associated with the recipient computer in response to the document being received in the recipient computer, storing the indication within the document and sending the document to the recipient computer.
US07987419B2	Method and apparatus for data communication in a gaming system In a method for configuring a first computing device to send or receive formatted data is provided, wherein the formatted data includes a plurality of formatting tags, an indication of a set of formatting tags recognized by a second computing device may be received via a network. A mapping of identifiers to formatting tags in the set of formatting tags may be determined. At least one of an encoder, a decoder, and a parser of the first computing device may be configured with the mapping.
US07987418B2	Automatic bibliographical information within electronic documents A method that enables automatic retrieval and transfer of bibliographical information whenever content is copied from a web page. During creation of a web page, the meta data defining each independent portion of the content is linked via paired comments or meta tags to bibliographical information associated with the content. When a person accesses the web site and copies the content from the site, the bibliographical information is automatically appended to the content. If that content is then pasted into a different document, e.g., within a word processing application, the bibliographical information is automatically transferred to a location for such information within the document. Also, if the content is saved, the bibliographical information is saved along with the content.
US07987414B2	Rate matching device and method for a data communication system A device and method for rate matching channel-encoded bits in a data communication system. The rate matching device includes a plurality of rate matching blocks, the number of the rate matching blocks being equal to a reciprocal of a coding rate of a channel encoder. The rate matching device can rate match the bits encoded with a non-systematic code or the bits encoded with a systematic code, by changing initial parameters including the number of input bits, the number of output bits, and the puncturing or repetition pattern determining parameters.
US07987413B2	Systems and methods for encoding a control channel in a wireless communication system A control channel encoder, e.g., in a UMB system, uses a channel structure that can efficiently transmit more information bits, yet achieve sufficient detection and false alarm performance. The control channel encoder uses tail-biting convolutional coding and Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC).
US07987412B2	Reed Solomon decoding of signals having variable input data rates A method and apparatus to achieve a resource optimized, class of Reed Solomon decoders, featuring balanced pipelined stages and parallel algorithmic components. The Reed Solomon decoder has two pipeline stages, with one stage implementing syndrome computation and the second stage implementing error locator polynomial evaluation, error location and error correction. Since the second pipeline stage performs several tasks, these tasks can share resources with each other, resulting in a compact implementation. In addition, we present a technique that can be used to compute the level of parallelism required of two key algorithmic components (syndrome computation, error location) so that the RS decoder can handle inputs of variable rates, with minimal latency and resource consumption. We show that low latency, in itself, is an important consideration for Reed Solomon decoders, and can lead to reduced buffering, resulting in significant hardware savings.
US07987406B2	Wireless communications apparatus and method A wireless communications apparatus according to the present invention includes a scheduler which allocates, to a user apparatus, at least one resource block included in a system bandwidth; an interleaver which rearranges an order of bits within a bit sequence according to a specified pattern; a unit which creates a transmit symbol including the interleaved bit sequence; and an interleaving-pattern determining unit which determines a range of the bit sequence to be rearranged based on a number of the resource blocks, a data modulation scheme, and a channel encoding rate, determines a rearranging pattern according to the range, and communicates the determined pattern to the interleaver.
US07987404B2	Information recording device, data-flow controller and data flow controlling method A method for transferring corrected data to an external buffer within a tape drive is provided. After the receipt of data from a data recording medium, the data are stored in an external buffer. The data are then transferred from the external buffer to an error correction code (ECC) device. Any error in the data within the ECC device are corrected. The corrected data are subsequently divided into multiple sub-units, and a transfer flag is added to each of the sub-units having corrected data. Only the sub-units having corrected data are transferred from the ECC device back to the external buffer.
US07987403B2	Method and apparatus for encoding feedback signal A method and apparatus for encoding feedback signals is provided. The method includes: encoding feedback signals of three carriers to output a bit sequence; and transmitting the bit sequence on a High Speed-Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH). The step of encoding the feedback signals of the three carriers may specifically include: mapping the feedback signals of the three carriers into a codeword, in which the codeword can be selected from a codebook, and codewords in the codebook satisfy a particular code distance relationship. The method for jointly encoding feedback signals of three carriers in a Ternary Cell (TC) mode is provided. Feedback signals are transmitted over a single code channel. Therefore, power overhead is reduced, and system performance is improved.
US07987402B2	Semiconductor memory device having burn-in test mode and method for driving the same A semiconductor memory device includes: a pattern selector configured to receive a first test control signal and a second test control signal to output a plurality of pattern selection signals and a selection end signal in response to an entry signal; a shifting controller configured to receive the first test control signal and the second test control signal to output a shifting control signal in response to the selection end signal; and a pattern test signal generator configured to select a stress pattern corresponding to the pattern selection signals to generate a plurality of test mode signals for controlling a sequential entry into a plurality of test modes for executing the stress pattern in response to the shifting control signal.
US07987401B2	System and method for generating self-synchronized launch of last shift capture pulses using on-chip phase locked loop for at-speed scan testing Presented herein are system(s) and method(s) for generating self-synchronized launch of last shift capture pulses using on-chip phase locked loop for at-speed scan testing. In one embodiment, there is presented a system for scan testing. The system comprises an ATE clock and a phase lock loop. The ATE clock shifts scan data. The phase lock loop generates capture pulses. The ATE clock or the capture pulses are selected based on an external synchronization signal.
US07987397B2	Testing mobile wireless devices during device production A system and method of testing a wireless communication device during device production comprises designating as a data log buffer when the device is being produced, at least part of random access memory (RAM) of the device that is allocated for virtual machine and/or application usage when the device is operational; and testing the device and storing test log data in the buffer. After testing, the data can be obtained from the buffer and processed using a debugging and log analysis tool.
US07987380B2	Methods and apparatus to detect voltage class of a circuit A method including monitoring whether an externally originating signal reaches a predetermined threshold value in a host, producing an output value based on the monitoring, and identifying a power environment for the host based on the output value is described. Also described is a method for determining the power environment of a host. Systems and hosts for implementing the methods are also described.
US07987379B2	Semiconductor device The invention provides a semiconductor device that power is stabilized by suppressing power consumption as much as possible. The semiconductor device of the invention includes a logic portion and a memory portion each including a plurality of transistors, a detecting portion for detecting one or both of operation frequencies of the logic portion and the memory portion, a Vth control for supplying a Vth control signal to one or both of the logic portion and the memory portion, and an antenna. Each of the plurality of transistors has a first gate electrode which is input with a logic signal, a second gate electrode which is input with the Vth control signal, and a semiconductor film such that the second gate electrode, the semiconductor film, and the first gate electrode are provided in this order from the bottom.
US07987375B2	Communication apparatus, control method thereof and computer readable medium If electronic certificate data containing a private key and public key to be used to add an electronic signature to data with timer transmission setting is deleted, no electronic signature can be added at the set timer transmission time. To accomplish this, when timer transmission and electronic signature addition using stored key information and electronic certificate are set for transmission target data (YES in S38), deletion of the stored key information and electronic certificate to be used for generating an electronic signature is restricted (S40).
US07987369B2	Using watermarking to reduce communication overhead A method for reducing overhead when transmitting an Internet Protocol (IP) packet begins by selecting a watermarking signature based on the IP address of the packet. The watermarking signature is applied to the packet and the IP address is removed from the packet. The packet is sent to a receiver, which looks up the IP address of the packet by using the watermarking signature. The watermarking signature can be a radio frequency watermarking signature or a digital watermarking signature. A similar method employing watermarking can be used to reduce medium access control header overhead.
US07987368B2	Peer-to-peer networks with protections In a peer-to-peer environment, copyrights and users' privacies can be protected by a tracking mechanism. In described implementations, tracking mechanisms can use certificates that are produced using random numbers to protect the privacy of users and/or certificates that are produced responsive to at least one hardware identifier to enable uploader to be identified to protect copyrights.
US07987365B2	Subscription-based computing implemented in hardware of computing device A subscription-based computing device has hardware and a subscription enforcer implemented in the hardware. The enforcer has an accumulator that accumulates a usage value as the computing device is being used and an expiration value register that stores an expiration value. The enforcer allows the computing device to operate in a subscription mode without hindrance and with full use when the usage value is less than the stored expiration value, and allows the computing device to operate in an expiration mode with hindrance and without full use when the usage value reaches the stored expiration value to signal that the subscription for the computing device has expired.
US07987364B2	Method of detecting and authenticating connection target for wireless communication apparatus This invention is directed to simplify operation to be performed by an operator and allow authentication processing between two apparatuses while each apparatus uses a single wireless communication unit. For this purpose, when an authentication start instruction button is operated, a host apparatus decreases its RF power to set a communication range to about several ten cm. The host transmits an inquiry signal containing verification data and time interval data. A device which has received this inquiry signal transmits an inquiry response signal containing verification data and information for specifying itself at instructed time intervals. The host transmits authentication information only when this inquiry response is received at the set time intervals, the inquiry response contains verification data, the reception signal intensity changes in a predetermined range, and the inquiry response is sent from one device.
US07987357B2	Disabling remote logins without passwords A method and apparatus for disabling password-less remote logins. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a remote login request at a first computing system from a user of a second computing system. Both of the first computing system and the second computing system mount home directories from a file sever. The request includes a public key associated with the user. An authorized key file associated with the user is located in the home directories. The authorized key file has zero length and owned by a root user of the file server. The method further comprises prompting the user of the second computing system for a password in response to the request.
US07987354B2	Updating a source image file in a BIOS memory Methods and systems for updating a source image file in a BIOS memory are provided. In one embodiment of the method, an initialization document is loaded to generate a first image file, and the initialization document comprises a function setting and first and second address information associated with the function setting, and the function setting represents whether a system locked pre-installation (SLP) 2.0 is supported. The initialization document is loaded to write an SLP mark and an OEM public key to the first image file according to the first and second address information, serving as a second image file. The second image file is written into the source image file in the BIOS memory.
US07987351B2	Method and system for enhanced boot protection A secondary boot code may be copied to memory during execution of a primary boot code, and executing the copied secondary boot code after completion of execution of said primary boot code. Access to the primary and said secondary boot code may be restricted during execution of the primary boot code and the copied secondary boot code. The copied secondary boot code may be verified after the secondary boot code is copied to the memory. Access to the primary boot code may be blocked or barred during execution of the copied secondary boot code. Access to the secondary boot code may also be blocked or barred after completion of execution of the copied secondary boot code. The memory may comprise double-data-rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR). The primary and/or the secondary boot code may reside or be stored in FLASH memory.
US07987346B2	Method and apparatus for assigning thread priority in a processor or the like In a multi-threaded processor, thread priority variables are set up in memory. The actual assignment of thread priority is based on the expiration of a thread precedence counter. To further augment, the effectiveness of the thread precedence counters, starting counters are associated with each thread that serve as a multiplier for the value to be used in the thread precedence counter. The value in the starting counters are manipulated so as to prevent one thread from getting undue priority to the resources of the multi-threaded processor.
US07987344B2	Multithreaded programmable processor and system with partitioned operations A programmable processor and method for improving the performance of processors by incorporating an execution unit configurable to execute a plurality of instruction streams from the plurality of threads, wherein each instruction stream includes a group instruction that operates on a plurality of data elements in partitioned fields of at least one of the registers to produce a catenated result.
US07987342B1	Trace unit with a decoder, a basic-block cache, a multi-block cache, and sequencer An instruction processing circuit for a processor, where the instruction processing circuit is adapted to provide one or more sequence of operations, based on one or more sequence of instructions, to an execution circuit of the processor. The instruction processing circuit includes a cache circuit operable to store a second type of sequence of operations that represents at least a portion of a first type of sequence of operations, where the sequence of operations of the second type includes at most one control transfer that, when present, ends a first portion of a sequence of instructions, where the cache circuit is further configured to store a third type of sequence of operations that represents a set of at least two sequences of operations.
US07987339B2	Processing system with interspersed processors and dynamic pathway creation A processing system comprising processors and the dynamically configurable communication elements coupled together in an interspersed arrangement. The processors each comprise at least one arithmetic logic unit, an instruction processing unit, and a plurality of processor ports. The dynamically configurable communication elements each comprise a plurality of communication ports, a first memory, and a routing engine. For each of the processors, the plurality of processor ports is configured for coupling to a first subset of the plurality of dynamically configurable communication elements. For each of the dynamically configurable communication elements, the plurality of communication ports comprises a first subset of communication ports configured for coupling to a subset of the plurality of processors and a second subset of communication ports configured for coupling to a second subset of the plurality of dynamically configurable communication elements.
US07987332B2	Methods for storing memory operations in a queue A method for operating a non-volatile memory storage system is provided. In this method, a queue that is configured to store memory operations associated with two or more types of memory operations. Here, memory operations are associated with the maintenance of the non-volatile memory storage system. A memory operation is scheduled for execution in response to an event and the memory operation is stored in the queue.
US07987324B2	Apparatus and method for verifying update data in mobile communication system Provided is an apparatus and method for searching update data of an external memory. The apparatus includes the detachable external memory, a data management unit, and a controller. The detachable external memory stores a File Allocation Table (FAT) and a plurality of pieces of data. The data management unit updates a first FAT and creates a second FAT having the same information as the first FAT. The controller controls the data management unit to access the requested data, update information on the first FAT, and create the second FAT.
US07987321B1	Caching in multicore and multiprocessor architectures A multicore processor comprises a plurality of cache memories, and a plurality of processor cores, each associated with one of the cache memories. Each of at least some of the cache memories is configured to maintain at least a portion of the cache memory in which each cache line is dynamically managed as either local to the associated processor core or shared among multiple processor cores.
US07987318B2	Data storage system and method Disclosed are a redundant data storage system (e.g., a RAID system) and a method of operating such a redundant data storage system that provides significant power savings with minimal reduction in reliability. The system and method allow up to half of the memory devices in any of the memory arrays in the system to be placed in standby without significantly impacting the read accesses. The system and method further designate reserved areas in the active memory devices as write-journals, which have at least the same level of protection as the main arrays. The write-journals allow data to be written without powering up a standby memory device. Thus, power consumption is minimized without impacting reliability.
US07987313B2	Circuit of on-chip network having four-node ring switch structure A hierarchical ring architecture is constructed with on-chip networks. The on-chip network includes two type-0 ring nodes and two type-1 ring nodes. Multiple data transfer is provided in parallel between multiple processor cores or multiple functional units and register banks with a dynamic configuration. A low control complexity, an optimized local bandwidth, an optimized remote node path, a low routing complexity, and a simplified circuit is thus obtained.
US07987299B2	Data processing apparatus and method thereof A method of configuring and performing stream data processing linked to a series of process points for high portability uses a link module to connect process points, called peer modules, to configure a stream data path. A single execution context is used for scheduling to enable high-performance processing. These constituent features are provided in a layer configuration to realize high portability and ease of development.
US07987287B2	Method and system for routing data repository messages between computing devices A message router for routing data repository messages between a plurality of computer systems, wherein the computer systems include data repositories having disparate syntaxes. The message router can include a conversion engine for translating content in a received message from a syntax corresponding to a data repository of an originating computer system to a syntax corresponding to a data repository of at least one target computer system.
US07987269B1	Administrative grouping of network resources A domain manager establishes an administrative domain for a network that has an associated set of assets and an associated set of users. The domain manager identifies at least one asset of the set of assets to be included in the administrative domain. An asset can be a hardware resource (e.g., computer, router, etc.) and/or a software resource (e.g., word processing application). In addition, the domain manager identifies at least one user of the set of users to be included in the administrative domain. The domain manager also establishes a set of roles within the administrative domain. For example, each role can define permissions (e.g., levels of accessibility) between a user and an asset (or group of assets) in the administrative domain.
US07987267B2	Apparatus for defining a set of rules for a packet forwarding device There are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for defining a policy including a set of rules for a packet forwarding device by receiving information sufficient to enable a first rule related to one of security or traffic management to be defined, and based on the received information, enabling a corresponding second rule related to the other one of security or traffic management to be defined.
US07987260B2	System and method for updating information using limited bandwidth A system and method detects an amount of data attributed to a device including reports sent to the device, and reduces the amount of data being used to provide reports to the device if the amount of data attributed to the device exceeds an amount assigned to the device. Data uploaded from the device is also minimized.
US07987254B2	Automation network, remote access server for an automation network and a method for transmitting operating data between an automation system and a remote computer There is described an automation network, a remote access server for an automation network and a method for transmission of operating data between an automation system with one or more automation devices and a remote computer with the operating data of the automation device being transmitted via the Internet or an intranet and displayed and/or changed on the remote computer by an Internet browser. The remote access server provides the operating data for the remote computer and, for a session-oriented access, creates a software object as an image of the automation device and, if changes are to be made to the operating data by the access, a software object for simulation of the automation device and/or of the process to be controlled by the automaton device, so that any changes can be checked for permissibility and/or validity before being forwarded to the automation device.
US07987253B2	Determining an applicable policy for an incoming message Provides methods, apparatus and systems for determining an applicable policy for an incoming message having a service-level addressing element. A method includes the following steps: a) applying a potentially applicable policy (P1) on the incoming message to make the service-level addressing element of the incoming message visible, b) if the service-level addressing element of the incoming message gets visible and is the one to which the currently applied policy (P1) is associated, the currently applied policy (P1) is determined to be the applicable policy, and if not associated c) repeating steps a) and b) with a further potentially applicable policy (P2 . . . Pn).
US07987248B2	Self-configuring IP addressable devices utilizing two ethernet protocol IP ports The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling devices comprising connecting an external manager to a communication protocol, connecting a first device to the external manager, assigning an IP address to said first device publishing a second IP address from the first device, connecting a second device to said first device such that it obtains the said second IP address, publishing a third IP address from said second device.
US07987247B2	BACnet protocol MS/TP automatic MAC addressing A Building Automation System (BAS) includes at least one Direct Digital Control (DDC) controller operating as a BACnet MS/TP master considered to be an “Anchor”. The Anchor operates an algorithm or method which automatically assigns BACnet Protocol MS/TP Media Access Control (MAC) addresses to other BAS components (considered Nomads) being installed into the network. The Anchor gathers MAC addresses existing on the MS/TP network, and issues an available MAC Pool Announcement. Each Nomad randomly picks a temporary MAC address. When the Anchor verifies singular communication at the temporary MAC address, the Anchor assigns a permanent MAC address to the Nomad, which can later be locked into flash memory. Using the preferred algorithm and method, Nomad devices are automatically assigned unused MAC addresses to join the MS/TP network in a non-conflicting, orderly way, with all communications occurring within the confines of BACnet MS/TP Protocol.
US07987240B2	Dynamic data access in a computer system via remote services The present invention relates to the field of network computing. In particular, it relates to a method and respective system for providing access for an application program to remote resources located in an electronic computer network, wherein said application program is implemented on a computer residing in said network. A mechanism is provided to enable local running application programs to dynamically use URL-addressed data in the Internet or an Intranet without any change in their program source code.
US07987229B1	Data storage system having plural data pipes A data storage system having protocol controller for converting packets between PCIE format used by a storage processor and Rapid IO format used by a packet switching network. The controller includes a PCIE end point for transferring atomic operation (DSA) requests, a data pipe section having a plurality of data pipes for passing user data; and a message engine section for passing messages among the plurality of storage processors. An acceleration path controller bypasses a DSA buffer in the absence of congestion on the network. Packets fed to the PCIE end point include an address portion having code indicating an atomic operation. An encoder converts the code from a PCIE format into the same atomic operation in SRIO format. Each one of a plurality of CPUs is adapted to perform a second DSA request during execution of a first DSA request.
US07987226B2	Internet small computer systems interface (iSCSI) software target boot and dump routing driver A method, a system and a computer program product for mapping a client's request to perform boot and/or dump operations to a set of backing files which enable boot and dump operations in a data processing system. A Target Routing Driver (TRD) utility creates multiple Network Installation Management (NIM) objects and/or Network Dump Management (NDM) objects including (1) an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) boot station and (2) an iSCSI dump collection point. The boot station exports a single iSCSI software (S/W) target from which a set of Diskless Servers obtain a boot image which enables a boot operation. The dump collection point exports a single iSCSI S/W target which is used by Diskless Servers as a dump location. The TRD utility uses the single target (exported from a particular NDM object type) to utilize the minimal resource allocation which allows listening on a single connection. The TRD utility enables block range mapping of the request to the backing files on a remote/separate storage device for the associated Diskless Server.
US07987221B2	FFT and FHT engine A transformation engine includes an address generator; a butterfly unit coupled to the address generator; a twiddle LUT coupled to the address generator; and a multiplier having a first input coupled to the butterfly unit and a second input coupled to the twiddle LUT.
US07987217B2	Transaction-aware caching for document metadata Techniques are provided for performing transaction-aware caching of metadata in an electronic file system. A mechanism is described for providing transaction-aware caching that uses a cache hierarchy, where the cache hierarchy includes uncommitted caches associated with sessions in an application and a committed cache that is shared among the sessions in that application. Techniques are described for caching document metadata, access control metadata and folder path metadata. Also described is a technique for using negative cache entries to avoid unnecessary communications with a server when applications repeatedly request non-existent data.
US07987202B2	Contemporaneously sharing resources targeted by a library Computer-readable media, computerized methods, and computer systems for acting on properties of multiple resources, which span disparate locations within a network, upon detecting an intuitive user-initiated operation are provided. Initially, a library is provided that includes a framework for contemporaneously accessing a collection of items within a scope thereof. Upon launching the library, representations of the scoped items are surfaced at a UI display. When the user-initiated operation is applied at one of the surfaced representations, properties of each of the scoped items are automatically manipulated. A library-configuration state, which reflects how the items are affected upon manipulating the properties thereof, may be updated upon implementing the manipulation. Accordingly, if the scope of the library is subsequently extended to encompass another item outside the original collection of items, the properties of this new item are automatically manipulated to align with the library-configuration state.
US07987197B2	History preservation in a computer storage system A method by which a disk-based distributed data storage system is organized for protecting historical records of stored data entities. The method comprises recording distinct states of an entity, corresponding to different moments of time, as separate entity versions coexisting within the distributed data storage system, and assigning expiration times to the entity versions independently within each of a plurality of storage sites according to a shared set of rules, before which times deletion is prohibited.
US07987194B1	Targeting advertisements based on cached contents A request including a domain name is received. Content associated with the domain name is identified in a cache. A language preference is determined based on the identified content. A content item is selected based on the identified content and the determined language preference. The selected content item is relevant to the identified content.
US07987186B1	Method and system for wavelet-based representation and use of cartographic data Cartographic data is represented using wavelet coefficients. Specifically, a cartographic shape point database consisting of shape points and nodes stored on a per geographic feature basis is converted to a cartographic wavelet database consisting of wavelet and scaling coefficients also stored on a per geographic feature basis. The shape of each geographic feature can be reconstructed from the stored wavelet and scaling coefficients for that geographic feature. The wavelet transform organizes the information in a function according to scale, a concept which is related to resolution. The wavelet-based representation facilitates operations such as line simplification (generalization) and zooming. Multi-resolution error metrics are defined using the wavelet representation for assessing the accuracy of sampled cartographic databases with respect to a ground truth database.
US07987178B2	Automatically determining optimization frequencies of queries with parameter markers A method and system for automatically determining optimization frequencies of queries having one or more parameter markers. Execution plans for a query are generated and each plan is associated with one or more bind value sets. An optimization frequency is selected based on differences between pairs of execution costs where one execution cost of a pair is a cost of executing the query with a bind value set via a first execution plan and the other execution cost of the pair is a cost of optimally executing the query with the bind value set via a second execution plan. The differences are based on maximum selectivity or cardinality distances associated with the bind value sets. If none of the differences exceeds a predefined value, the query is optimized once. If at least one of the differences exceeds the predefined value, the query is reoptimized each time the query is executed.
US07987176B2	Mixed initiative semantic search In one embodiment, a method is illustrated including receiving a search query, parsing the search query to identify first and second search terms, determining a relationship between the first and second search terms based on their respective domain assignments, conducting a search based on the respective domain assignments, and displaying a result of the search based on the respective domain assignments, and the relationship between the first and second search terms, as at least one rephrasing of the search query.
US07987174B2	Search engine for video and graphics A method of selecting graphic or video files having corresponding locators used to locate such graphic or video files using a computer. Identifiers are created by searching an area within a web page near a graphic or video file for searchable identification terms and searching an area within a web page near links to a graphic or video for searchable identification terms. The identifiers are stored in a database. User requests for graphic or video file content are received and the database of identifiers is searched to find graphic and video files corresponding criteria of the user. Graphic or video file content is then provided to the user.
US07987167B1	Enabling a clustered namespace with redirection Provided is a method and system for redirecting data access requests in a clustered computing environment. A clustered namespace applied to the clustered computing environment includes multiple modules for storing and manipulating data. The clustered namespace is enabled by using a replicated storage location repository listing storage locations distributed throughout the clustered computing environment. When searching for data, pathnames to storage locations are examined and compared with values listed in the storage location repository to identify a storage location to visit. A module associated with an identified storage location is visited to satisfy a data access request. If a redirection identifier is encountered when examining the metadata of the identified storage location, then the storage location repository is examined to find the next storage location to visit to satisfy the data access request.
US07987163B2	Apparatus and method for dynamic web service discovery An apparatus and method is provided to dynamically search for available Web services by persistently searching a distributed multi-level UDDI registry chain, interrogating their published technical specifications and enabling the consumer to find, bind, and invoke the desired Web service in real-time and without intervention by the consumer. The search criteria includes identifying candidate published services that fall within an acceptable margin of error based on information previously published within a consumer service profile. The measure of conformance between the registry semantic map and consumer service profile is parameterized and chosen by the consumer in advance. The service profile includes an XML schema which exposes consumer profile metadata and corresponding information sets used by a rules engine for pattern matching purposes.
US07987133B2	Method and system for insuring against investment loss Participants purchase into a given system for a given period of time. Those with investment gains, by definition, are without loss and need no compensation from the system. Those with investment losses are reimbursed by the system according to previously agreed upon terms. Total loss of a given system's participants is calculated, with that figure compared to the previously agreed upon amount of funds available for loss compensation (total revenue generated by participant premiums minus previously agreed upon detracted percentage for firm or a sum set forward by the company that is independent of a given system's generated revenue).
US07987131B2	System, method, and computer readable medium for allocating dividends to a block of common stock shares A system, a method, and a computer readable medium for allocating dividends to a block of common stock shares are provided. The method includes selling a plurality of Class A common stock shares and a plurality of Class No-Dividend common stock shares associated with the company, that form the block of common stock shares. The method further includes determining a total dividend amount for the block of common stock shares. The method further includes allocating a first percentage of the total dividend amount to the plurality of Class A common stock shares, and allocating a second percentage of the total dividend amount to the plurality of Class No-Dividend common stock shares. The method further includes performing a share buyback of a predetermined number of Class No-Dividend common stock shares of the plurality of Class No-Dividend common stock shares equal to the second percentage of the total dividend amount.
US07987116B2	Industry-wide business to business exchange A industry wide computerized business to business exchange permits participants in the industry to satisfy their procurement needs and manage their supply chains from a single log on to the exchange. An exchange architecture provides a particularly convenient platform for implementation of the exchange. Users connect to a portal services subsystem. User systems connect to an integration services platform. A platform services subsystem provides services to the portal services and to the integration services subsystems and to application programs that can be accessed through those subsystems. The application programs may include, for example, electronic procurement, collaborative product development applications and supply chain management. XML serves as the information currency for the exchange.
US07987108B2	Managing maintenance for an item of equipment A method and system for maintaining an item of equipment supports the provision of predictive maintenance in a manner which eliminates or reduces downtime of the equipment. The method includes tracking performance data on the equipment or a particular component of the equipment. At least one required maintenance activity is predicted based upon the performance data with respect to a defined performance standard. Performance of the required maintenance activity is scheduled at a defined respective time based upon the prediction.
US07987104B2	Systems and methods for providing supplemental insurance for leased vehicles Methods of the present invention are designed to offer insurance to lessees of vehicles to cover up front, out-of-pocket lease expenses in the event of a total loss, e.g., theft, and preferably include steps performed by a vehicle leasing dealer as well as steps performed by one or more participating insurers. The steps are preferably performed with the aid of computing devices which are in communication. When the lease is prepared, the relevant information about the lease and the lessee is submitted by the lease dealer to the participating insurers. The insurers determine the cost of supplemental insurance based on this information and, if the cost is acceptable, offer insurance coverage to the lessee.
US07987103B2	System and method for the assessment, pricing, and provisioning of distance-based vehicle insurance A method of providing vehicle insurance is disclosed. Determining a number of unexpired units distance under an existing insurance policy, the existing policy being defined in part by coverage for a predetermined number of units distance for a specified vehicle is disclosed. Assessing a premium per unit distance for a new policy, and providing coverage under the new policy for the unexpired units distance under the existing policy in exchange for receiving a payment comprising the difference between the premium per unit distance for the new policy and a premium per unit distance for the existing policy multiplied by the number of unexpired units distance is disclosed.
US07987098B2	Interactive computerized communication apparatus and method An interactive computerized apparatus includes first and second interfaces and a server in communication on a computer network. The server has at least a first database storing data relating to a first user at the first interface and a second database storing data relating to a second user at the second interface, the first user having access to the second database and the second user having access to the first database. A video and audio interaction system is housed on the server and has programmable code for interaction between the first user at first interface and the second user at the second interface. The interaction includes the first user accessing the second database, the second user accessing the first database, facilitating communication between the first and second users by contemporaneously exchanging video signals and audio signals. The first and second users communicate contemporaneously via the video and audio interaction system.
US07987095B2	Method and system for dual mode subband acoustic echo canceller with integrated noise suppression Certain aspects of a method and system for a dual mode subband acoustic echo canceller with integrated noise suppression may include splitting an input signal into a lowband component and a highband component. The subbands of each of the lowband component and the highband component may be processed in order to reduce an echo associated with the input signal and to suppress the noise associated with the input signal.
US07987090B2	Sound-source separation system A system capable of reducing the influence of sound reverberation or reflection to improve sound-source separation accuracy. An original signal X(ω,f) is separated from an observed signal Y(ω,f) according to a first model and a second model to extract an unknown signal E(ω,f). According to the first model, the original signal X(ω,f) of the current frame f is represented as a combined signal of known signals S(ω,f−m+1) (m=1 to M) that span a certain number M of current and previous frames. This enables extraction of the unknown signal E(ω,f) without changing the window length while reducing the influence of reverberation or reflection of the known signal S(ω,f) on the observed signal Y(ω,f).
US07987088B2	System and method for automating the generation of an ontology from unstructured documents Systems and methods for the substantially automatic creation of ontologies from unstructured documents identify phrases and core noun phrases from the respective documents. Links can be extracted from the documents. Concepts can be identified from the documents. Ontologies can be automatically created for the documents. The processing is domain independent.
US07987081B2	Method and system for a quick calculation of aerodynamic forces on an aircraft A computer-aided method suitable for assisting in the design of an aircraft by providing the dimensioning aerodynamic forces and other relevant values comprising the following steps: a) Selecting a set of parameters of the aircraft, being said aerodynamic forces and other relevant values dependant of said parameters; b) Performing flow field CFD RANS computations for a number N1 of different combination of values of said parameters; c) Obtaining said aerodynamic forces and other relevant values for whatever combination of values of said parameters through a reduced-order model, generated by computing the POD modes of the flow variables, expanding the flow variables using said POD modes and obtaining the POD coefficients of said expanded flow variables using a genetic algorithm that minimizes the error associated to the expansion of the Navier-Stokes equations. The invention also refers to a system for carrying out said method.
US07987080B2	Method for operating an industrial scale installation and guidance system for same A method and a guidance system for operating an industrial scale installation, especially a power plant installation, are provided. For this method and guidance system a number of installation operating parameters characterizing the operating state of the installation and several component operating parameters of selected components of the installation are monitored and stored in a memory device. A characteristic fatigue value characterizing the current fatigue state of each component is determined, as required, using the stored installation operating parameters and/or the stored associated component operating parameters. The purpose of this method and guidance system is to develop an operation of the installation which protects resources. To this end, an associated fatigue prognosis value is determined from the characteristic fatigue value characterizing the current fatigue state for each selected component using guiding parameters characterizing a planned change of state.
US07987068B2	Explosive device countermeasures A method and system for mitigating the effectiveness of IEDs are disclosed. The method can include detecting IEDs by sensing the presence of a non-linear electronic component of an IED. The presence of a non-linear electronic component of the IED can be detected by illuminating the device with a high power microwave signal containing a plurality of radio frequencies of electromagnetic radiation and receiving sum and/or difference frequency components that are produced by interaction of the illuminating signals with a non-linear IED component and subsequently re-radiated.
US07987065B1	Automatic quality testing of multimedia rendering by software drivers A method and system for automatically verifying the quality of multimedia rendering are disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of directing a command intended for a first driver to both the first driver and a second driver in parallel as the multimedia application issues the command and in response to a condition indicative of having available data to compare, comparing a first output generated by a first processing unit associated with the first driver and a second output generated by a second processing unit associated with the second driver.
US07987060B2	Identifying peaks in mass spectrometry data A method of processing Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry (FTMS) data includes performing a Fourier Transform of a part of a time domain transient and identifying from that transformed data signal peaks representative of the presence of ions. After peak identification, the full transient is then transformed, and the peaks identified in the partial transient transform are used to locate true peaks in the transformed full transient. The number of ‘false’ peaks resulting from random noise has been found to correlate to the resolution, so that using a partial transient to identify true peaks reduces the risk of false peaks being included; nevertheless this information can then be applied to the full data set when transformed. As an alternative, different parts of the full data set can be transformed and then correlated; because any noise will be random, false peaks should occur at different places in the two partial transforms.
US07987052B2	Method for evaluation, by motor vehicle, of the characteristics of a front element A method that utilizes at least a first camera and a second camera, which have optical axes that are parallel to a first axis of an orthogonal reference frame, the first and the second camera being positioned so as to have a first offset along a second axis and a second offset along a third axis of the orthogonal reference frame. The first offset is used to carry out a first stereoscopic calculation, and the second offset is used to carry out a second stereoscopic calculation, the distance sought finally being established by taking into consideration these two stereoscopic calculations.
US07987048B2	Method and apparatus for computing position using instantaneous doppler measurements from satellites Method and apparatus for computing position using instantaneous Doppler measurements from satellites is described. In one example, instantaneous Doppler measurements are measured for a plurality of satellite signals relative to a satellite signal receiver. The instantaneous Doppler measurements are transmitted to a server. Position of the satellite signal receiver is computed at the server using the instantaneous Doppler measurements. In another example, at least one fractional pseudorange is measured between the satellite signal receiver and a respective at least one satellite. At least one instantaneous Doppler measurement is measured for a respective at least one satellite signal relative to the satellite signal receiver. The at least one pseudorange and the at least one instantaneous Doppler measurement are sent to a server. Position of the satellite signal receiver is computed at the server using the at least one pseudorange and the at least one instantaneous Doppler measurement.
US07987047B2	Navigation equipment A navigation equipment includes a user position observing unit 15 for calculating the position of the navigation equipment by using the pseudo range and position of each GPS satellite, and a pseudo range error, a user velocity and heading observing unit 16 for calculating the velocity of the navigation equipment from a measured range rate, the position of each GPS satellite, and the position of the navigation equipment, and a user heading searching unit 17 for, when a multipath error is smaller than a specified value, searching for, as the heading of the navigation equipment, a heading whose range rate, which is calculated from a relative movement between the navigation equipment when the navigation equipment changes its heading within a predetermined angle range and a GPS satellite, matches the measured range rate.
US07987046B1	Navigation device with improved user interface and mounting features A device with an improved user interface and mounting features comprises a sensor operable to detect a mounting configuration of the device, a display, and a processing system coupled with the sensor and the display. The processing system is generally operable to receive an indication of the detected mounting configuration from the sensor and present information on the display according to the detected mounting configuration.
US07987040B2	Controlling cylinder mixture and turbocharger operation A method for controlling differences in exhaust gas residual amount for a two cylinder bank engine having at least one turbocharger is presented. In one example, the description includes a method for adjusting valve timing to reduce cylinder exhaust gas residual variation.
US07987034B2	Method for controlling automatic transmission of a vehicle on a downhill slope The invention concerns a method for controlling automatic transmission (3) of a vehicle comprising an engine (2) driving the transmission (3) which consists in: detecting a downhill situation of the vehicle, and selecting a transmission ratio so that the engine absorbs energy, storing a longitudinal speed of downhill start (Vmin) when the vehicle starts going downhill, and while the vehicle is running downhill, comparing the current speed (V) of the vehicle with the downhill start speed (Vmin) such that the current speed (V) exceeds the downhill start speed (Vmin) by a predetermined difference (VS), then controlling the transmission to trigger downshifting.
US07987028B2	Method and apparatus for reading and erasing diagnostic trouble codes from a vehicle A method and apparatus is provided that allows a technician to retrieve diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) and remove any duplicates. The diagnostic tool can retrieve DTCs from the various diagnostic systems in the vehicle, remove any duplicates and display a unique list of DTCs. The diagnostic tool can also erase all DTCs including any duplicates from the vehicle after repairs have been completed. The tool can retrieve the DTCs without the user selecting the system to retrieve from.
US07987025B2	Stores dependent angle of attack feedback A method for adjusting angle of attack feedback gain based characteristics and position of mounted stores, and a control system using the method.
US07987022B2	Methods and systems for control of microfluidic devices The present invention provides control methods, control systems, and control software for microfluidic devices that operate by moving discrete micro-droplets through a sequence of determined configurations. Such microfluidic devices are preferably constructed in a hierarchical and modular fashion which is reflected in the preferred structure of the provided methods and systems. In particular, the methods are structured into low-level device component control functions, middle-level actuator control functions, and high-level micro-droplet control functions. Advantageously, a microfluidic device may thereby be instructed to perform an intended reaction or analysis by invoking micro-droplet control function that perform intuitive tasks like measuring, mixing, heating, and so forth. The systems are preferably programmable and capable of accommodating microfluidic devices controlled by low voltages and constructed in standardized configurations. Advantageously, a single control system can thereby control numerous different reactions in numerous different microfluidic devices simply by loading different easily understood micro-droplet programs.
US07987019B2	Substrate transfer method and substrate transfer apparatus The present invention is a substrate transfer apparatus including a transfer arm for transferring a substrate and a mounting portion for receiving the substrate transferred by the transfer arm from the transfer arm, including: a mounting portion detector provided at the transfer arm for detecting the mounting portion; a moving means for raising and lowering and moving in a horizontal direction the transfer arm; and a controller for controlling the moving means based on a detection signal from the mounting portion detector. When the substrate transferred by the transfer arm is delivered to a spin chuck, the mounting portion detector detects the mounting portion of the spin chuck, and then the moving means is driven based on a control signal from the controller to lower the transfer arm in an oblique direction to thereby mount the substrate on the mounting portion. Accordingly, it is possible to perform stable transfer and delivery of the substrate to the mounting portion at a high speed and with a high accuracy.
US07987017B2	System and process for improving container flow in a port facility A system and process for improving container flow within a port facility, including improved equipment and software for controlling operation and flow of the equipment in the part facility. The system may include a port facility geographically arranged to separate land operations and water operations. Land operations such as over-the-road missions and rail missions may use landside access areas positioned at one end of a yard including rows of container stacks. Water missions such as loading/discharging a vessel may use waterside access areas positioned at the opposite end of the yard. Automated cranes linked with a terminal operating system may pick/drop/shuffle containers and/or refrigerated containers (“reefers”) within the container stacks. Shuttle trucks may be used to pick/drop containers at quayside access points and the waterside access areas. The shuttle trucks may utilize shared wheelpaths. Software systems may be used to implement various principles of the invention.
US07987016B2	Method for optimization of subsequent treatment processes in production planning A method for optimization of subsequent treatment processes is developed. End products having end product data are generated from semi-manufactured products having semi-manufactured product data, and at least part of the semi-manufactured products are processed at least in three phases. The processing data for semi-manufactured products to be processed in the last phase are determined from the end product data, the processing data for the semi-manufactured products to be processed in the first phase are determined, the feasibility of the processing data for at least one intermediate phase is checked based on productive resources of the intermediate phase, and the optimal processing data for the first phase is determined and the processing data for the intermediate phase is generated.
US07987011B2	Imaging encoded medium and recording audio for playback A method of integrating audio and an encoded medium using a handheld interactive apparatus. The method comprises activating an audio recording mode of the interactive apparatus, the handheld interactive apparatus having a housing containing an optical image sensor, an audio input device, and an audio output device; and imaging the encoded medium with the optical sensor to create a playback-enabling audio annotation corresponding to the recorded audio. The encoded medium comprises a printed coded data pattern enabling identification of the encoded medium and of a location on the encoded medium during the imaging.
US07987010B2	Interactive system An interactive system for playing audio. The system comprises an article having a position-coding pattern and a plurality of different print elements printed thereon; an optical sensor for reading a portion of the position-coding pattern; a processor coupled to the optical sensor for determining a position using the read portion of the position-coding pattern; a computer system configured for identifying an audio data file using the position determined by the processor; and an audio output device for playing an audio output corresponding to the identified audio data file.
US07987007B2	Memory module with audio playback mode A memory module with a playback mode for audio signals through a playback port, and having an input port for input of both analogue and data signals as well as power, the power being from a separate power source. The input port may be a USB or IEEE1394 port and may be used with a battery pack and cradle having a female socket for receiving therein the connector. The input port includes at least four terminals being: ground, power, and two differential data terminals; the differential data terminals carrying signals at frequencies in the range of from 1 to 480 MHz. The input port is also for passing power from the battery pack and cradle to the memory module.
US07987006B2	Automatic generation of PID parameters for a scanning probe microscope Linear PID controllers have a transfer function that resembles the frequency response of a notch filter. The PID parameters, KP, KI, and KD (proportional, integral, and derivative gains, respectively) can be extracted from the parameters of a linear notch filter. The linearized modes of scanning probe microscope (SPM) actuators have frequency responses that resemble those of simple second order resonance. Reasonable feedback control can be achieved by an inverse dynamics model of the resonance. A properly parameterized notch filter can cancel the dynamics of a resonance to give good closed-loop response.
US07986995B2	Bulimia treatment At least one of a plurality of disorders of a patient characterized at least in part by vagal activity innervating at least one of a plurality of organs of the patient is treated by a method that includes positioning an electrode on a vagus nerve. An electrical signal is applied to the electrode to modulate vagal activity by an amount selected to treat the disorder. In some embodiments, the disorder is bulimia. The signal may be a blocking or a stimulation signal. In some embodiments, the signal is selected to, at least in part, downregulate neural activity on the vagus nerve.
US07986991B2	System and method for prediction of cognitive decline A system and method for prediction of cognitive decline, comprises an input receiving input data corresponding to brain activity of an individual and a processor coupled to the input for analyzing the input data to obtain a selected set of features, the processor comparing the selected set of features to at least a portion of entries in a database corresponding to brain activity of a plurality of individuals, wherein entries in the database have been separated into a plurality of categories corresponding to one of a degree of cognitive decline and a propensity for future cognitive decline of individuals relating to the entries, the processor determining, based on the comparison, a category most closely corresponding to the selected set of features.
US07986989B2	Phosphorescence and fluorescence spectroscopy for detection of cancer and pre-cancer from normal/benign regions The present application is directed to methods for detecting cancerous, pre-cancerous and benign/normal tissue using phosphorescence or the combination of fluorescence and phosphorescence emission from the tissue excited in 280 to 340 nm range. In particular, the application describes methods using a ratio of intensity of fluorescence emission to intensity of phosphorescence emission to provide a rapid cancer, pre-cancer and benign detection method. Normal human breast and prostate tissue, excited in 270 to 300 nm range, express the emission signatures at 340 nm, 440 nm and 500 nm. Cancerous tissue shows only minor emissions at 500 nm, thus the ratio of 340 nm peak to 500 nm peak emission intensities provides information about malignancy of a tissue. Fiber optic based instrumentation can be used to collect the luminescence signal from an area of a tissue less than 1 mm in diameter and using the described method can be screened to determine the state of the tissue sample taken. The combination of fiber optics and 2D translation stage provides 2D maps of intensity's ratio of the tissue surface and aids in localizing the malignancy region of the tissue.
US07986988B2	Reference height calibration scheme for modular multi-modality medical imaging system A reference height calibration procedure obtains a reference error value, which can be used to adjust a height calibration parameter for registering the fields of view (FOVs) of the modules of a multi-modality medical imaging system such as a SPECT-CT imaging system.
US07986986B2	System and methods for processing analyte sensor data Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. During initial calibration, the analyte sensor data is evaluated over a period of time to determine stability of the sensor. The sensor may be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. The calibration may be updated after evaluating the calibration set for best calibration based on inclusion criteria with newly received reference analyte data. Fail-safe mechanisms are provided based on clinical acceptability of reference and analyte data and quality of sensor calibration. Algorithms provide for optimized prospective and retrospective analysis of estimated blood analyte data from an analyte sensor.
US07986982B2	Handset device A handset device (10) includes a housing (20) and a battery cover (30) mounted on the housing. The housing includes a front wall (24), a rear wall (22), two sidewalls (26), and at least one bay cooperatively surrounded by the front wall, the rear wall, and the sidewalls. The front wall includes at least one first receiving portion (240) including a wedge-shaped first slidable groove (242) having a first inclination angle and a recessed portion (244) communicating with the first slidable groove. The rear wall includes at least one receiving groove (220). The battery cover includes at least one fastening protrusion (34) corresponding to the first receiving portion and at least one protrusion (32) received in the receiving groove. The fastening protrusion has an inclination angle equal to the first inclination angle and includes a hook located at an end thereof, abutting the recessed portion.
US07986981B2	Portable terminal with rotatable display A portable terminal is disclosed. The portable terminal includes a first housing having a face in which a mounting unit is formed and a second housing combined with the mounting unit in order to rotate while facing the first housing, in which upon 90° clockwise or counterclockwise rotation of the second housing disposed in the longitudinal direction of the first housing, one of two side faces of the second housing closely contacts a sidewall of the mounting unit and a lower cross-section of the second housing is as aligned with one of two side faces of the first housing. In the portable terminal, the display device from its longitudinal position can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise and the shapes of the housings are maintained rectangular, thereby sufficiently securing the size of the display device.
US07986975B2	Mobile terminal and method of playing a video from a website A method for displaying video on a mobile terminal that includes a display defined by a user area and an information area includes displaying a list of videos available for playing within the user area, selecting one video from the list of videos, automatically playing and displaying the selected video on the display in a display region that substantially utilizes all of the user area.
US07986971B2	Network and method for sharing radio access nodes between core networks The invention concerns a method for radio communication in a cellular radio network having a radio access network and a core network (CN), the method comprising connecting at least two different core networks to one radio access network (RAN), and sharing at least one network element (RNC, BTS) of the radio access network (RAN) between the at least two different core networks.
US07986968B2	Control of field device on low power wireless networks A control system uses a wireless network to provide communication between a host computer and field devices. The host and the field devices communicate with one another using control messages and response messages based upon a known control system protocol. The control and response messages are embedded as a payload within a wireless message that is transmitted over the wireless network. When the wireless message is received at its ultimate destination, the control or response message is separated from the wireless message and is delivered to the intended recipient (either a field device or the host computer).
US07986963B2	Wireless communication device The invention relates to a wireless communication device comprising an electrically operated radio module for wireless communication by receiving and/or transmitting communication signals in a transmitting and/or receiving mode; an electrically operated processor unit for controlling wireless communication via the radio module; a motion sensor for detecting movements and/or accelerations of the communication device, wherein the motion sensor outputs at least one detection signal to the processor unit in the event of the occurrence of movements and/or accelerations of a predetermined magnitude, wherein the processor unit is coupled to the motion sensor and the radio module in such a manner that it occasionally puts the radio module into the transmitting and/or receiving mode when outputting the at least one detection signal of the motion sensor.
US07986955B2	Low layer paging indicator processing system and method for multi-layer communication equipment used in a wireless communication system A wireless communication system implements wireless communications between a base station and a plurality of User Equipments (UEs) including paging of UEs by initially processing paging indicator information. A first embodiment involves a UE's physical layer L1 being configured for interpreting a paging indicator (PI) to activate a preset decoding configuration to process paging data in a pre-specified paging channel (PCH). A second embodiment involves the physical layer control of a next higher level, L2, interpreting the paging indicator and configuring the physical layer L1 to process paging data in a pre-specified PCH.
US07986948B2	Wireless handoffs between multiple networks The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device, and method for handing off a mobile communications device between two networks. A processor in the mobile device may be used to establish a network connection with a server in a first network while supporting a call in a second network. The mobile device may also include a transceiver that receives information from the server relating to the network connection. The processor may use the information, local measurements, or both to determine whether to handoff the call to the first network.
US07986945B2	Mobile terminal device and program selection method A portable terminal apparatus which can select terminal operations such as the activation of programs, the switching of the programs and the ending of the programs with a reduced number of times of operation of the operation buttons is provided.The portable terminal apparatus includes link information storage means 14 for storing therein a linkage table containing information about the linkage between operation buttons to be selected by a user and programs to be activated by the selection of the operation buttons, and an activation program monitor part 14 for dynamically monitoring the operation states of two or more programs activated at a terminal end, wherein the operation button having emitted its backlight according to the monitoring result obtained by the activation program monitor part 14 can be selected by the user, so that the programs linked to the respective operation buttons can be easily activated, switched and ended.
US07986940B2	Automatic wireless network linking method with security configuration and device thereof An automatic wireless network linking method with a security configuration includes: providing an access point with a floating service set identifier and a shared key. The floating service set identifier has a prefix name. Next, a host system is provided to execute a setting and linking application to automatically scan the access point with the prefix name and obtain the floating service set identifier of the access point. Both the access point and the setting and linking application perform an operation process to generate a dynamic key. The dynamic key is converted into a wireless network encryption algorithm. Finally, the host system links to the access point to perform wireless communication, and uses the wireless network encryption algorithm to encrypt and decrypt data. Thereby, the time required for setting up the wireless network platform is reduced.
US07986937B2	Public access point The invention instantiates a Personal VLAN bridge, using IEEE Std. 802.11 elements. The result is a bridge, referred to as a public access point, that is better suited for implementing public wireless data networks than the IEEE Std. 802.11 architecture. The invention also provides a location-update protocol for updating the forwarding tables of bridges that connect public access points together. The invention further provides a method for more controlled bridging, which is referred to as fine bridging.
US07986933B2	Method and system for wireless communications between base and mobile stations A method and system for wireless communications between base and mobile stations use reference signals transmitted from base stations prior transmission of data signals. The reference signals are used to determine propagation characteristics of communication channels between the base and mobile stations and optimize, in real time, parameters of receivers of the mobile stations for processing the following data signals. Applications of the invention include wireless communication systems compliant with OFDMA, 3GPP LTE, RFN-OFDMA, OFDM, TDMA, and the like communication protocols.
US07986930B2	IQ imbalance image suppression in presence of unknown phase shift A wireless communication system receiver compensates a received signal containing an IQ gain imbalance prior to performing frequency correction. The IQ gain imbalance in the signal is estimated after frequency correction, providing an IQ gain imbalance estimate for subsequent IQ gain imbalance compensation. The IQ gain imbalance estimation includes formulating a plurality of hypotheses of phase error between I and Q signal components, and taking as the actual phase error the hypothesis that yields the maximum power ratio between I and Q signal components. The maximum power ratio is differentiated with respect to the IQ imbalance estimate. The IQ gain imbalance estimate is updated as a function of its prior value(s), the maximum power ratio, and the derivative of the maximum power ratio.
US07986924B2	Impedance control apparatus and method for portable mobile communication terminal An impedance control apparatus and method for portable mobile communication terminal is disclosed capable of accurately adjusting impedances relative to environment when the portable mobile communication terminal is being used, wherein an impedance of a first variable impedance matching part is varied to receive a reception impedance correction signal transmitted by a base station and to detect a reception strength, an impedance of the first variable impedance matching part is set by a impedance value of the largest reception strength out of the reception strengths, the portable mobile communication terminal varies the impedance of a second variable impedance matching part to transmit a transmission impedance correction signal to a base station and to allow the base station to detect the reception strength, and the impedance setting of the second variable impedance matching part is performed using the reception strength detected by the base station.
US07986906B2	Image-forming device having mechanism for separating developing rollers from photosensitive drums A laser printer includes a contact/separation mechanism that linearly moves developing cartridges between contact positions where the developing cartridges contact corresponding photosensitive drums and separating positions where the developing cartridges separate from the photosensitive drums. The contact/separation mechanism includes a pair of contact/separation members and a synchronous moving mechanism. The contact/separation members are disposed one on one side of the developing cartridges and another on another side of the developing cartridges. The synchronous moving mechanism is for linearly moving the contact/separation members in synchronization with each other.
US07986901B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having removable/replaceable process cartridges is provided. One of the removable/replaceable process cartridges is removed/replaced from a panel which is different than a panel from which the other removable/replaceable process cartridges is removed/replaced. One of the removable/replaceable process cartridges is associated with an exposure device which is only used to expose a portion of that process cartridge while the other removable/replaceable process cartridges are associated with at least one other exposure device. An image forming apparatus may include two or more different types of exposure devices. An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of guide members for guiding portions of an exposure device arranged on a panel of the image forming apparatus such that when the door or panel is arranged on the image forming apparatus, the exposure device is guided into position by the guide members.
US07986893B2	Electrophotographic apparatus having belt fuser and corresponding methods Disclosed are an electrophotographic apparatus for forming images on sheets, and corresponding methods. The electrophotographic apparatus includes an endless fuser belt for fusing toner particles to the sheets to form the images, a sensor for detecting a defect position of at least one defect in the endless fuser belt, and a controller that receives the defect position of the at least one defect on the endless fuser belt from the sensor, wherein the controller positions the endless fuser belt relative to the sheets to avoid the at least one defect from coming into contact with the toner on the sheets during fusing of the toner particles to the sheets.
US07986889B2	Abnormality detection in an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of photosensitive members; a plurality of discharging units respectively facing the plurality of photosensitive members; a plurality of high-voltage power supply units which are provided for the plurality of charging units and supply power to the plurality of discharging units; a discharge detection unit that detects abnormality in the plurality of discharging units; a controller which controls the output of one of the high-voltage power supply units having the largest output to be smaller when the discharge detection unit detects abnormality; and a determination unit which, in a state where the controller controls the output of the one of the high-voltage power supply unit, determines whether abnormality occurs in the discharging unit corresponding to the one of the high-voltage power supply unit based on the detection state of the discharge detection unit.
US07986883B2	Solar blind ultraviolet communication system for unattended ground sensor network The systems and methods described herein allow a user to communicate using a ground sensor network that is capable of both line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) communication. In particular, the systems and methods herein described transmit and receive ultraviolet radiation having a wavelength within the solar blind region from a plurality of sensing nodes arranged both in a LOS network, which communicates via LOS communication, and in a NLOS network, which communicates via NLOS communication. The ultraviolet radiation is then transmitted from the plurality of sensing nodes to a remote receiver, via LOS communication.
US07986882B2	Output current pumping circuit and remote controller using the same A current pumping circuit includes a voltage detector, a boost circuit, and an output circuit. The voltage detector detects a level of a power voltage and outputs a corresponding control signal. The boost circuit controls the power voltage to be maintained at a predetermined level based on the control signal. The output circuit provides an output signal regardless of the level of the detected voltage. The output circuit may include or be coupled to a data converter, which generates the output signal based on a transmission signal and the boosted power voltage. The transmission signal may be one output from a predetermined control circuit.
US07986870B2	Method and device for providing a gaseous substance mixture A device and a method for providing a gaseous substance mixture including at least one of a reducing agent and/or a reducing agent precursor, include a reservoir for an aqueous solution including at least one reducing agent precursor, from which the aqueous solution can be delivered into at least one metering line having a dispensing opening by a delivery device, and a device for heating the metering line above a critical temperature greater than the boiling temperature of water. Complete evaporation of an aqueous solution including urea and subsequent hydrolysis to form a substance mixture including ammonia, are carried out. The substance mixture is metered as a reducing agent into an SCR catalytic converter. Carrying out the evaporation outside the exhaust system uses considerably smaller hydrolysis catalytic converters, which is space-saving and cost-saving compared to conventional devices for providing a reducing agent for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides.
US07986869B2	Varying properties along lengths of temperature limited heaters A system for heating a subsurface formation is described. The system includes an elongated heater in an opening in the formation. The elongated heater includes two or more portions along the length of the heater that have different power outputs. At least one portion of the elongated heater includes at least one temperature limited portion with at least one selected temperature at which the portion provides a reduced heat output. The heater is configured to provide heat to the formation with the different power outputs. The heater is configured so that the heater heats one or more portions of the formation at one or more selected heating rates.
US07986863B2	Cable having fire-protection characteristics, and method for manufacturing the same A cable is provided which is longitudinally waterproof and has improved fire protection characteristics. The cable contains a composite material with a first substance which can be expanded by water being supplied to it, and a second substance which can be foamed by heat being supplied to it and is suitable for production of a glass layer. The composite material also has a substrate to which the first substance and the second substance are bonded. The composite material can be produced by dissolving the first substance and the second substance in a solvent, and by introducing the solvent into the support material, or by applying it to the support material.
US07986862B2	Optical transmission substrate, method for fabricating the same, and optoelectronic hybrid substrate An optical transmission substrate includes an optical transmission body provided in a through hole which has excellent and uniform propagation characteristics. The optical transmission substrate includes: a substrate 1 formed by laminating a plurality of dielectric sheets 10; and a plurality of cylindrical refractive-index distribution bodies 11, each of which is made of a photosensitive polymeric material formed in a through hole 10a penetrating each of the dielectric sheets, each of the refractive-index distribution body including a truncated conical core 12 and a periphery. Each of the cores 12 has a higher refractive index in the radial direction than the periphery and has a large-diameter end face and a small-diameter end face. The cores of refractive-index distribution bodies have a first core and a second core in the two adjoining dielectric sheet, and, the large-diameter end face of the first core and the small-diameter end face of the second core face each other and optically couple together.
US07986836B2	Method, a system and a computer program for segmenting a surface in a multidimensional dataset The invention relates to a method of segmenting a surface in a multi dimensional dataset comprising a plurality of images. In accordance with the method of the invention, at step 4 shape parameters and topology parameters for the object under consideration are acquired. Preferably that the multi-dimensional data set imaging the object is acquired at an acquisition step 1 and is subsequently stored in a computer-readable file 2. At step 5 the default shape parameters and topology parameters of a suitable segmentation algorithm 3 based on a deformable model are adapted with the value of the actual shape parameters and the topology parameters 4 for the given object. Subsequently, at step 6 the images constituting the multi-dimensional dataset are segmented using deformable model algorithm 6a with the adapted shape parameters and the adapted topology parameters yielding respective portions of the sought surface. After all sub-portions of the segmented surface are obtained for all images, the surface is tracked using per se known tracking algorithms 8a resulting in establishing spatial correspondence between said surface portions. Preferably, the method according to the invention is followed by the step of reconstructing 9 wherein for a given viewing angle the surface is reconstructed in virtual space. At step 11 the reconstructed surface is visualized on a suitable display means for user's analysis.
US07986818B2	Method and apparatus to relate biometric samples to target FAR and FRR with predetermined confidence levels At least two biometric measurements of a person are collected, then a statistical measure based on the measurements is computed. The statistical measure is a bounded estimate of the discriminative power of a test based on the measurements. While the discriminative power is less than a target value, additional biometric measurements are collected. When enough measurements have been collected, a biometric template is constructed from the measurements and stored for use in future identifications. Systems and software to implement similar methods are also described and claimed.
US07986817B2	Verification apparatus, verification method and verification program A verification apparatus for checking a verification-target data against registrant's identification data, including: a storage section that stores a plurality of first checkup order data each of which defines an order of checking the verification-target data against a plurality of registrant's identification data that are divided in accordance with a predetermined condition into a plurality of first groups; a selection section that selects one of the first checkup order data that is associated with a first group corresponding to the condition; and a checkup section that checks, in accordance with the selected first checkup order data, the verification-target data against a plurality of registrant's identification data in the first group corresponding to the condition.
US07986815B2	System and method of producing locomotion animation by using riding motion A method of producing a locomotion animation includes calculating movement information of the objects on the basis of surrounding information of the objects and motion capture data for the subjects, and measuring a collision between the objects or between an object and an obstacle on the basis of the movement information to calculate riding motion information for the subjects. The movement information and the riding motion information are then synthesized to determine movement motion and riding animations of the objects. Therefore, the motions of locomotion can be naturally connected with each other.
US07986814B2	Method for measuring a curved surface of an object A method for measuring a curved surface of an object is provided. The method aligns a point-cloud of an object and a triangulated curved surface of the object, obtain an original deviation value for each triangle on the triangulated curved surface by measuring a distance between each triangle and the nearest point in the point-cloud, and assign a color to each triangle according to a color assigned to a deviation range in which each original deviation value falls. The method further balances the assigned colors of all triangles on the triangulated curved surface, and generates a report according to data on the triangulated curved surface with the balanced colors.
US07986811B2	Method of improving orientation and color balance of digital images using face detection information A method of generating one or more new spatial and chromatic variation digital images uses an original digitally-acquired image which including a face or portions of a face. A group of pixels that correspond to a face within the original digitally-acquired image is identified. A portion of the original image is selected to include the group of pixels. Values of pixels of one or more new images based on the selected portion are automatically generated, or an option to generate them is provided, in a manner which always includes the face within the one or more new images. Such method may be implemented to automatically establish the correct orientation and color balance of an image. Such method can be implemented as an automated method or a semi automatic method to guide users in viewing, capturing or printing of images.
US07986805B2	Acoustic diaphragm An acoustic diaphragm is disclosed having a plurality of acoustic elements supported by the diaphragm. In a preferred form, each element is coupled to a driver and extends radially at a uniform acute angle to a normal of the driver. In the preferred embodiment, a plural layer of the elements is arranged so that the direction of each element is out-of-phase relative to each other, preferably in the range of approximately ninety degree. An element is also supplemental to the conventional acoustic diaphragm. The improved acoustic diaphragm is used in electric acoustic and acoustic electric transducer systems having improved performance at wide frequency range.
US07986798B2	Signal generating module A signal generating module for an electronic apparatus is provided. The signal generating module includes a processor, a roller, a resistant film, a conducting member, a first lead and a second lead. The roller has a rotary center and is rotably connected to the electronic apparatus thereby. The conducting member is connected to the rotary center to rotate together with the roller. The conducting member has an end including a conducting contact point. The conducting contact point is configured to rotate around the rotary center along a motion path accompanying the rotation of the roller, wherein the motion path is disposed at a first area of the resistant film. The first lead is coupled to the processor and in contact with the resistant film. The second lead is coupled to the processor, and coupled to the conducting member via the rotary center.
US07986788B2	Method and an apparatus for decoding an audio signal A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal, an object information, and a mix information; generating a downmix processing information using the object information and the mix information; processing the downmix signal using the downmix processing information; and, generating a multi-channel information using the object information and the mix information, wherein the number of channel of the downmix signal is equal to the number of channel of the processed downmix signal is disclosed.
US07986787B2	System, method, and service for tracing traitors from content protection circumvention devices A traitor tracing system generates a hypothesized model of the circumvention device that models a hypothesized set of device keys compromised by the circumvention device. The system iteratively invokes a subset tracing system to identify a compromised device key until substantially all the compromised device keys in the set of compromised device keys are identified so as to disable the circumvention device. A subset tracing system generates a circumvention device model that models behavior of a circumvention device using prior knowledge and The system iteratively selects and applies to the circumvention device a test based on the hypothesized model and the circumvention device model and receives a response from the circumvention device indicating a success of the test in playing protected content on the circumvention device. The system updates the hypothesized model using the received response, the selected test, a current version of the hypothesized model, and a current version of the circumvention device model to focus the test selecting process in determining the device keys obtained from the traitor.
US07986775B2	Method for realizing ring back tone in communication system A method for realizing ring back tone in communication system, enabling that the calling user can only hear the ring back tone triggered by the primary called user no matter whether the call is forwarded or how it is forwarded. In the present invention, service control unit sets a mark indicating not to request ring resource in Invite message initiated to the forward user, and indicating the backward service control unit not to request triggering the ring resource. Optionally, service control unit only sends ringing message forwardly when it receives the backward ringing message and succeeds to request ring resource, and when it receives the backward ringing message, if service control unit has ever initiated call forward, then it deactivates backward ring resource. Optionally, each service control unit requests ring resource respectively, and forwards it when it receives 200 OK, where a mark indicating it coming from ring resource is set; service control unit deactivates backward ring resource, if it finds the mark in the backward 200 OK.
US07986763B2	Radiological imaging apparatus A radiological imaging apparatus of the present invention comprises an image pickup device and a medical examinee holding device that is provided with a bed. The image pickup device includes a large number of radiation detectors and radiation detector support plates. A large number of radiation detectors are mounted around the circumference of a through-hole and arranged in the axial direction of the through-hole. The radiation detectors are arranged in three layers formed radially with respect to the center of the through-hole and mounted on the lateral surfaces of the radiation detector support plates. Since the radiation detectors are not only arranged in the axial direction and circumferential direction of the through-hole but also arrayed in the radial direction, it is possible to obtain accurate information about a γ-ray arrival position in the radial direction of the through-hole (the positional information about a radiation detector from which a γ-ray image pickup signal is output). The use of accurate information about γ-ray arrival increases the tomogram accuracy. As a result, the present invention enhances the tomogram accuracy, that is, the PET examination accuracy.
US07986757B2	Apparatus and method of acquiring initial synchronization of terminal in mobile communication system The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of acquiring initial synchronization of a terminal in a mobile communication system. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, one or more auto-correlation values of a preamble constituting a signal that is received from a base station are calculated. Averages of the calculated auto-correlation values according to samples are calculated, and then a peak value is detected among the calculated values. Then, a cell search is performed on the basis of the detected peak value, and a peak value from the result of the cell search is regularized. Then, the regularized peak value is compared with a predetermined reference value such that it is checked whether synchronization of a signal that has been searched is accurate or not. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a value obtained by regularizing a result of a cell search is compared with a reference value, and it is checked again whether an accurate start point of a frame is detected or not on the basis of a result of the comparison. Accordingly, false alarm rates can be reduced.
US07986752B2	Parallel soft spherical MIMO receiver and decoding method A method and system for detecting and decoding multiple signals. A low-complexity MIMO detector that combines sphere decoding and m-algorithm approaches, while accounting for the effect of channel condition on the decoding operation, is provided. Taking into account the channel condition effectively controls the size of the search tree, and consequently the search complexity, in an adaptive manner. The channel condition is exploited in the construction of the tree to manage the number of branches in the tree and to avoid undesirable growth.
US07986750B2	Apparatus and method for removing interference in transmitting end of multi-antenna system An apparatus and method for removing interference in a transmitting end of a multi-antenna system is provided. The method includes decomposing a channel matrix including channel coefficients for a plurality of terminals, calculating a value proportional to an interference signal for each of antennas, and calculating a sum of a transmission signal and the calculated value for each terminal and multiplying the calculated sum by the decomposed channel matrix. Accordingly, channel capacity can be improved by optimizing a data transfer rate and transmission power for each terminal.
US07986744B2	Prescribed response precoding for channels with intersymbol interference Methods and apparatus are provided for prescribed response precoding schemes for signal transmission in channels with intersymbol interference. An embodiment includes generating a prescribed feedback filter polynomial as the quotient of a feedback filter polynomial and a target polynomial to form a feedback filter in a precoder, where the target polynomial is a divisor of the feedback filter polynomial.
US07986739B2	Detect-and-avoid method and architecture for ultra-wideband system A method and system for detecting the presence of narrowband transmitters utilizing frequencies also utilized by wider band communication systems. In some embodiments an ultrawideband transceiver detects signals at specific frequencies within a spectrum of frequencies, and analyzes the signals to determine if the signals indicate transmissions by a narrowband transmitter in a narrowband communication system. In further embodiments transmission circuitry reduces signal components at frequencies occupied by the narrowband transmitters.
US07986736B2	Ultra wideband baseband chip with intelligent array radio and method of use thereof An ultra wideband receiver, based on multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM), combines digital data from multiple channels after signal processing and before decoding. The receiver provides a master controller that synthesizes packet synchronization, frame synchronization, and sampling frequency offset information from multiple channels into signals that simultaneously control all channels of the receiver.
US07986732B2	Moving picture compression/encoding method conversion device and moving picture communication system To enable to output, from a transcoder, a coded bit stream which can be decoded and reproduced by a receiving side moving image decoding device, irrespective of whether a coding tool or the like of the moving image compression-coding system being used in the receiving side moving image decoding device. A coding control unit outputs coding tool control information based on receiving decoding information received from the receiving side moving image decoding device. A DCT, a quantizer and a variable length encoder change operations based on the coding tool control information. The coding control unit outputs coding start information based on the receiving decoding information. A transcode start judging unit outputs a moving image signal based on the coding start information so as to operate to start transcoding.
US07986729B2	High bandwidth data transport system The present invention provides for a methods, system, and apparatus relating to data transmission. One method of the present invention includes representing data using at least one ultra wideband pulse, sending the at least one ultra wideband pulse over an electrically conductive guided media, and recovering the data from the at least one ultra wideband pulse. The present invention can be used in conjunction with telephony applications, cable TV applications, power line applications, fiber optic applications, and data bus applications.
US07986718B2	Discovery phase in a frequency hopping network The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various international standards, while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field. The present subject matter supports meters within an ANSI standard C12.22/C12.19 system while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field, all to permit cell-based adaptive insertion of C12.22 meters within an open framework. Particular present features relate to operation at the node level of a Discovery Phase in a frequency hopping network.
US07986717B2	System, apparatus, and method for increasing resiliency in communications A transmitting system inserts runt abort packets in an outgoing data stream during idle time inter-frame time fill. The runt abort packets cause the receiving system to synchronize itself to the transmitting system so that even if an error during inter-frame time fill causes the receiving system to go into an erroneous state, the receiving system will be synchronized with the transmitting system before receiving valid data. In one embodiment, the transmitting system transmits data in packets over SONET. The packet data is scrambled at the transmitting end and descrambled at the receiving end. Runt abort packets sent during inter-frame time fill resynchronize the descrambler. If there is an error in the inter-frame time fill bytes, causing the receiving end descrambler to no longer be synchronized with the transmitting end scrambler, the runt abort packets will cause the descrambler to resynchronize state with the transmitting scrambler.
US07986716B2	Data transfer during a call without simultaneous data capabilities Systems and methods for transferring data over a voice channel during a voice communication connection (e.g., a telephone call) using DTMF signals over a single voice communication channel. The arbitrary data can include contact information, graphics, photographs, streaming media, interactive game information, location information, cached web pages, audio clips, etc. Some or all of the standard DTMF signals can be uniquely mapped to groups of bits. For example, the standard DTMF signals for numbers “0” through “7” can be mapped to the corresponding three-bit binary representations of those numbers. The arbitrary data can be placed in a container with meta-data indicating the start and end of the data, the type of the data, the amount of data, error correction/detection information, etc. The receiver can prevent the DTMF signals from being converted to audio signals to spare any human listeners from hearing the DTMF signals.
US07986709B2	Systems and methods for increasing the capacity of a channel in a communications system In accordance with a method for increasing the capacity of a channel in a communications system, characteristics of a channel may be evaluated. The channel may include a plurality of slots, and the slots may have a slot format among a set of slot formats. A slot format among the set of slot formats may be selected. The selection may be based on the evaluated characteristics of the channel. Selecting the slot format may include selecting the position of a signal within each of the plurality of slots. The position of the signal may be different for each of the slot formats. The signal may be transmitted in each of the plurality of slots over the channel.
US07986708B2	Local area network of serial intelligent cells A serial intelligent cell (SIC) and a connection topology for local area networks using Electrically-conducting media. A local area network can be configured from a plurality of SIC's interconnected so that all communications between two adjacent SIC's is both point-to-point and bidirectional. Each SIC can be connected to one or more other SIC's to allow redundant communication paths. Communications in different areas of a SIC network are independent of one another, so that, unlike current bus topology and star topology, there is no fundamental limit on the size or extent of a SIC network. Each SIC can optionally be connected to one or more data terminals, computers, telephones, sensors, actuators, etc., to facilitate interconnectivity among such devices. Networks according to the present invention can be configured for a variety of applications, including a local telephone system, remote computer bus extender, multiplexers, PABX/PBX functionality, security systems, and local broadcasting services. The network can use dedicated wiring, as well as existing wiring as the in-house telephone or electrical wiring.
US07986706B2	Hierarchical pipelined distributed scheduling traffic manager A hierarchical pipelined distributed scheduling traffic manager includes multiple hierarchical levels to perform hierarchical winner selection and propagation in a pipeline including selecting and propagating winner queues of a lower level to subsequent levels to determine one final winning queue. The winner selection and propagation is performed in parallel between the levels to reduce the time required in selecting the final winning queue. In some embodiments, the hierarchical traffic manager is separated into multiple separate sliced hierarchical traffic managers to distributively process the traffic.
US07986705B2	Determining a transmission order for frames based on bit reversals of sequence numbers In an embodiment, frames are received in an arrival order. Each of the frames has a target client and a sequence number that represents a relative position of the frame in the arrival order. A transmission order is determined based on bit reversals of the sequence numbers. Then frames are then sent to the respective target client in the transmission order. A frame is sent to the target client from its slot during a respective time period that is associated with the slot. If the slot is empty, no data is sent during the respective time period. In this way, the transmission of frames is spread over the available time.
US07986689B2	ICMP with IP routing instance information A method and system for providing routing instance information are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a trace packet at a network device, generating an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packet in response to the trace packet, and transmitting the ICMP packet. The ICMP packet includes routing instance information contained within the network device.
US07986671B2	Access stratum manager A multi-mode mobile communication device may include a processing device, a memory sub-system, a communication sub-system operable to communicate with the plurality of wireless access networks, and a protocol stack stored in the memory sub-system and executed by the processing device. The protocol stack may include a first access stratum, a second access stratum, a non-access stratum and an access stratum manager. The first access stratum may communicate with a first wireless access network via the communication sub-system. The second access stratum may communicate with a second wireless access network via the communication sub-system. The non-access stratum may communicate with a core network. The access stratum manager may interface the non-access stratum with the first and second access strata, and may be operable to activate the first access stratum to establish a communication link with the core network over the first wireless access network. The access stratum manager may be further operable to maintain the communication link between the non-access stratum and the core network while transferring the communication link from the first access stratum to the second access stratum.
US07986666B2	Creation and transmittal of add messages Described herein are mechanisms and methods that facilitate enabling a first network module to “take over” for a second network module. An access router can be configured to act as a regional mobility agent with respect to a wireless terminal. The wireless terminal can then identify a different access router that is to act as a regional mobility agent, and transmit such request to a mobility agent. The mobility agent can create a tunnel with the access router that is acting as the mobility agent, and such access router can create an add message and transmit such message to other access routers associated with the wireless terminal. The add message informs the access routers that a particular access router is acting as a regional mobility agent and aids in creating tunnels between access routers.
US07986665B2	Conferencing PSTN gateway methods and apparatus to facilitate heterogeneous wireless network handovers for mobile communication devices A mobile communication device operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) of a communication network maintains an inter-enterprise voice call via its WLAN interface (e.g. 802.11/VoIP/SIP) with another communication device in the communication network. During the voice call, a handover of the voice call from the WLAN to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) (e.g. GSM/GPRS) is identified. In response to identifying a handover indication, the mobile device causes a request message (e.g. a SIP INVITE message) to be sent over the WWAN to the conferencing gateway for establishing a first connection leg through the WWAN via its WWAN interface with a conference room of the conferencing gateway. The mobile device also causes a re-routing message (e.g. a SIP REFER message) to be sent to the communication device, so that a second connection leg between the communication device and the conference room may be established.
US07986664B2	Point to point radio bearers for a broadcasting service A method for establishing a connection between user equipment (UE) and an associated network includes receiving at the UE a service announcement providing a description of an available broadcast service and at least one identifier which identifies the broadcast service, and receiving at the UE a setup message which establishes a point-to-point radio bearer between the UE and the network, such that the setup message includes the identifier which is used to identify that the radio bearer carriers the broadcast service.
US07986660B2	Channel allocation for communication system A communication system covering an area, including a plurality of first units. Each of the first units being configured to control the allocation of channels in a part of the area. At least one of the first units being configured to send information relating to channel allocation in the part of the area associated with the at least one first unit to at least one other of the first units. The at least one other of the first means units being configured to take into account the received information when controlling the allocation of channels in the part of the area associated with the at least one other first units.
US07986648B2	Methods and apparatus for communicating information using different types of symbols Methods and apparatus implementing communications using different types of symbols, e.g. different characteristic OFDM symbols, at different times for different purposes are described. A first type of symbol is used for control signaling including conveying transmission request signals and/or transmission request response signals. A second type of symbol is used for conveying user data, e.g., traffic signals. The symbol period for a first type symbol is larger than the symbol period for a second type symbol. The tone spacing for a first type symbol is larger than the tone spacing for a second type symbol. The methods and apparatus are well suited for peer to peer communications systems in which a peer to peer communications device operates in a half-duplex mode of operation.
US07986644B2	Multi-fidelity conferencing bridge Embodiments according to the present invention allow multiple parties equipped with telecommunications devices (endpoint devices) of similar or differing audio capabilities to join in a conference call and enjoy the fidelity associated with their equipment. Rather than operating with the frequency and fidelity limits of traditional telecommunications circuits (for example, about 300-3500 Hz), at least a portion of a conference bridge according to the present invention operates at higher frequencies. Conference participants using high-fidelity endpoint devices hear each other with greater clarity and reproduction accuracy. Conference participants using conventional interfaces send and receive lower-fidelity audio, but it affects only their own participation and not that of the entire conference. Participants can connect via for example, wireline, wireless Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), or via networks such as the Internet. Multiple voice encoding schemes are accommodated.
US07986640B2	Technique for efficiently determining acceptable link-based loop free alternates in a computer network A technique efficiently determines acceptable link-based loop free alternates (LFAS) in a computer network. According to the novel technique, a protecting network device configured to protect a link (“protected link”) distinguishes other network devices (e.g., of the same domain as the protecting network device) as either network edge devices (i.e., an end point for external network traffic) or network core devices (i.e., not an end point for external network traffic). The protecting network device may then determine whether a neighboring network device loops toward a network edge device. If not, the protecting network device may determine that the neighboring network device is an acceptable LFA (e.g., for external network traffic). Notably, traffic directed to core devices may still loop, however, this traffic is generally internal (e.g., signaling) traffic, and may not be subject to the same operational constraints (e.g., protection) as external traffic.
US07986632B2	Proactive network analysis system A proactive network analysis system is a single unit for diagnosing network problems, measuring network performance, and monitoring network status in a comprehensive manner. The system is a compilation of individual tools including a distributed network packet capture data stream collector; a traffic analyzer; a performance graphing unit; a syslog recorder analyzer and archiving unit; a system availability monitor; a device configuration archiving unit; and a throughput measurement tool. The system can further provide an access list generator, an access list analyzer, a router DNS name generator and a service level agreement measurement device.
US07986619B2	Packet network system A system enabling inter-ring network connection when a plurality of ring networks are connected via a redundancy network, that is, a packet network system configured by a plurality of ring networks and redundancy networks linking the plurality of ring networks. This system virtually defines a plurality of virtual resilient packet ring networks among all of these packet networks and transfers packets on a designated virtual resilient packet ring network. Here, each virtual resilient packet ring network is identified by a virtual resilient packet ring network identifier allocated to each.
US07986615B2	Demodulating circuit, demodulating method, program, and receiving device A demodulating circuit including: an FFT processing section; an intercarrier interferential component removing section; an extracting section; a transmission path characteristics estimating section; an interpolating section; a symbol sequence estimating section; and an interference replica generating section.
US07986608B2	Laminated wave plate and optical pickup device using the same A laminated wave plate of the present invention includes a first wave plate having a phase difference of Γ1 and a second wave plate having a phase difference of Γ2 with respect to a wavelength λ, the first wave plate and the second wave plate being bonded together so that an optical axis of the first wave plate and an optical axis of the second wave plate intersect each other to function as a quarter-wave plate as a whole, the laminated wave plate comprising following equations from (1) to (6): Γ1=360×(n1+1) . . . (1); Γ2=90×(2×n2+1 . . . (2); ΔΓ1=(Γ12a−Γ11a)/(λ12−λ11) . . . (3); ΔΓ2=(Γ12b−Γ11b)/(λ12−λ11) . . . (4); cos 2θ1=1−(1−cos ΔΓ2)/{2×(1−cos Δθ1)}. . . (5); and θ2=45°±5°. . . (6), wherein θ1 is an optic axis orientation of the first wave plate, θ2 is an optic axis orientation of the second wave plate, and each of λ11≦λ≦λ12, n1, and n2 is a natural number starting from 1.
US07986605B2	Optical pickup and optical disc apparatus using the same An optical pickup includes a light source emitting a light beam, an objective lens condensing the light beam emitted from the light source onto an optical disc, at least one divergent angle conversion lens (collimator lens) disposed between the light source and the objective lens and changing a divergent angle of the incident light beam, a driving unit (collimator lens driving mechanism) configured to drive the divergent angle conversion lens in a direction of an optical axis, an optical detection device (optical detector) detecting a return light beam reflected at the optical disc, and an environmental change detecting unit (temperature sensor) configured to detect change in environmental temperature, wherein the objective lens is made of a refractive element having, on one surface thereof, a diffraction structure in a stepped shape or a blazed sectional shape, which generates diffraction light providing a spot adapted to perform satisfactory recording and/or reproducing, the objective lens satisfying certain relationships among an amount of wavefront aberration thereof corresponding to change in environmental temperature, an amount of the change in environmental temperature, and a focal length.
US07986602B2	Apparatus and method to set a rotation rate for an optical and holographic data storage medium A method to set a rotation rate for an optical holographic data storage medium by determining if the optical storage layer comprises an alternating series of lands and grooves. If the optical storage layer does not comprise an alternating series of lands and grooves, the method rotates the optical holographic data storage medium at a rotation rate based upon a data acquisition rate for pit-recorded information. If the optical storage layer comprises an alternating series of lands and grooves and the distance between alternating grooves increases as a function of the distance from said center point, then the method rotates the optical holographic data storage medium at a constant angular velocity. If the distance between alternating grooves does not increase as a function of the distance from said center point, then the method rotates the optical holographic data storage medium at a constant linear velocity.
US07986592B2	Components and assembly procedure for thermal assisted recording Components for, and assembly of, a thermally assisted recording device involve a laser mounted to a recording head slider. The output from the laser is directed into an optical waveguide, which delivers the laser light to the media to be written. Several challenges with thermally assisted recording are enabled by the use of a laser carrier, which holds and protects the small, relatively fragile laser and serves as a partial heat sink for the power generated by the laser. The laser, carrier and slider are bonded and can be interconnected as a unit to a suspension constituent to a hard disk drive (HDD) device.
US07986590B2	Calendar apparatus A calendar apparatus includes a housing having opposed side rails for holding a calendar therebetween. The calendar apparatus includes a processor and a memory device in data communication with the processor. The apparatus includes a user input device, a microphone, and an audio output positioned in the housing and in data communication with the processor. The processor includes programming for inputting event data using the input device, inputting message data using the microphone, actuating the audio output device to provide alarm or to display message data after occurrence of an event. The calendar apparatus may include a picture holder, a clock, and a calculator.
US07986581B2	Semiconductor memory device including reset control circuit A semiconductor memory device for use in a system includes a reset signal generator for generating a reset entry signal and a reset exit signal respectively in response to a start timing and a termination timing of a reset operation of the system; and a reset controller for performing a precharge operation in response to the reset entry signal and a refresh operation in response to the reset exit signal.
US07986579B2	Memory device and method thereof A device, and corresponding method, includes a temperature dependent bias generator to generate a voltage that is applied to a control gate of a sense amplifier. By applying the temperature dependent bias signal to the sense amplifier, a substantially temperature independent discharge time can be achieved at a sense node of a sense amplifier.
US07986578B2	Low voltage sense amplifier and sensing method Systems and methods of sensing a data state coupled to a digit line and for coupling a digit line to a sense amplifier. In sensing the data state coupled to the digit line, the digit line is coupled to a sense node and driving voltages provided to the sense amplifier. The data state is latched in response to the driving voltages. In coupling the digit line to a sense amplifier, the digit line is coupled to the sense amplifier for a first time period and decoupled from the sense amplifier for a second time period. The digit line is coupled to the sense amplifier at a controlled rate following the second time period.
US07986572B2	Magnetic memory capable of minimizing gate voltage stress in unselected memory cells Magnetic memory elements such as Phase Change RAM and Spin Moment Transfer MRAM require high programming currents. These high programming currents require high gate to source/drain voltages for the cell transistors controlling these programming currents, which can degrade the reliability of these cell transistors. This invention describes a circuit and method to write information into individual memory cells while minimizing the gate voltage stress in the cell transistors of the memory cells in which no information is being written. The circuit of this invention has a separately controllable word line voltage supply for each row of the memory array and a separately controllable voltage supply for each bit line of the memory array. During the write operation the voltage is raised for the word line of only one row of the array. The bit line voltages are then adjusted so that a 1 is written into the desired cells in that row and a 0 is written into the desired cells in that row.
US07986560B2	Flash memory devices that utilize age-based verify voltages to increase data reliability and methods of operating same Disclosed is a method of verifying a programmed condition of a flash memory device, being comprised of: determining a level of an additional verifying voltage in response to the number of programming/erasing cycles of memory cells; conducting a verifying operation to programmed memory cells with an initial verifying voltage lower than the additional verifying voltage; and selectively conducting an additional verifying operation with the additional verifying voltage to the program-verified memory cells in response to the number of programming/erasing cycles.
US07986556B2	Methods of operating non-volatile memory devices Methods of operating non-volatile memory devices are described. The memory devices comprise memory cells having an n-type semiconductor substrate and p-type source and drain regions disposed below a surface of the substrate and separated by a channel region. A tunneling dielectric layer is disposed above the channel region. A charge storage layer is disposed above the tunneling dielectric layer. An upper insulating layer is disposed above the charge storage layer, and a gate is disposed above the upper insulating multi-layer structure. A positive bias is applied to a word line of the memory device in a selected memory cell and a negative bias is applied to a bit line in the selected cell. In another memory device, opposite polarity voltages are applied to the bit line and the word line.
US07986554B2	Different combinations of wordline order and look-ahead read to improve non-volatile memory performance For a non-volatile memory storing three or more bits per cell, pages of data are written in an order where more than one, but less than all of the logical pages that a physical page along a wordline can store are written concurrently. More than one, but less than all of the logical pages that a physical page along a wordline can store are then written concurrently on an adjacent wordline. The process then comes back to the first wordline and writes at least one more logical page. A process is also described where one or more logical pages are written into a physical page along a wordline, after which one or more logical pages are written into a physical page along an adjacent wordline. A read operation is then performed on the first wordline and the resultant read is corrected based on the result of programming the adjacent wordline. This corrected read is then used in writing at least one more logical page in a second programming operation on the first wordline.
US07986539B2	Method and apparatus for maximum power point tracking in power conversion based on dual feedback loops and power ripples A method and apparatus for converting DC input power to AC output power. The apparatus comprises a conversion module comprising an input capacitor, and a first feedback loop for determining a maximum power point (MPP) and operating the conversion module proximate the MPP. The apparatus additionally comprises a second feedback loop for determining a difference in energy storage and delivery by the input capacitor, producing an error signal indicative of the difference, and coupling the error signal to the first feedback loop to adjust at least one operating parameter of the conversion module to drive toward the MPP.
US07986533B2	Shielding assembly and electronic device utilizing the same A shielding assembly comprises at least two shielding modules, each comprising a frame and a cover mounted on the frame. Each of the at least two covers comprises a plurality of engaging portions and a plurality of slots between each two adjacent engaging portions, and one portion of one of the at least two frames abuts one portion of another of the at least two frames. Each of the plurality of engaging portions of one of the at least two covers is received in a corresponding slot of another of the at least two covers to connect the at least two shielding covers to form a cover to reduce electromagnetic interference for an electronic components positioned on a circuit board.
US07986525B2	Support mechanism and electronic device using the same A support mechanism includes a connecting portion and a support member. The support member includes a main body rotatably connected to the connecting portion and a support portion extending from one end of the main body. A first magnet is positioned on the connecting portion. A second magnet is positioned on the support member. The magnetic force generated between the first magnet and the second magnet rotates the support member relative to the connecting portion. An electronic device using the same is also provided.
US07986514B2	Electronic apparatus having movable input device An electronic apparatus having movable input device includes a main body and two input devices. The main body includes a shell, a display panel and a processing unit. The display panel and the processing unit are received in the shell. A display surface of the display panel is exposed from the shell. The two input devices are coupled to two opposite sides of the shell respectively and electrically connect to the processing unit. The two input devices are configured for being slid or rotated relative to the shell so as to be received by the shell, thereby facilitating to reduce the volume of the electronic apparatus.
US07986499B2	Current limiting circuit and voltage regulator using the same Techniques pertaining to a voltage regulator with a current limiting circuit having low quiescent current are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a current limiting circuit is provided for limiting a current passing through an output pass circuit of a voltage regulator, the current limiting circuit comprises: a current sampling circuit for sampling the current passing through the output pass circuit to obtain a duplicated current being proportional to the current passing through the output pass circuit; a current mirror circuit for producing a mirror current being proportional to the duplicated current with the duplicated current as a reference current; a current to voltage converter for producing a voltage being proportional to the mirror current; and a voltage comparator for comparing the voltage produced by the current to voltage converter with a threshold voltage and turning off the output pass circuit when the voltage produced by the current to voltage converter is larger than or equal to the threshold voltage.
US07986494B2	Integrated lead head suspension with tapered trace spacing An integrated lead flexure for a disk drive head suspension, comprising two or more spaced-apart traces extending between terminal connector pads and head connector pads, wherein the spacing between the traces substantially continuously decreases along at least a portion of the length of the traces.
US07986490B2	Reduce leakage of low-density gas during low-density gas injection into a disk drive Embodiments of the present invention help to prevent leakage of low-density gas during low-density gas injection into a disk drive device and to perform low-density gas injection efficiently. In a hard disk drive (HDD) according to one embodiment of the present invention, an injection hole filter with a valve function is attached to a helium injection hole in order to inject helium gas in an enclosure. The injection hole filter has a valve member configured to operate in an open state or closed state. The open state is a state while the helium gas is being injected and the closed state is a state after the helium gas has been finished to be injected. The valve member is in the open state if the outside pressure is higher than the inside pressure and is in the closed state if the inside pressure is higher than the outside pressure.
US07986480B2	Micro-journaling of data on a storage device Embodiments of the present invention recite a method of preserving data on a hard disk drive. In one embodiment, a first copy of data is read from at least one sector of a hard disk drive and stored in a first location. A second copy of the data is stored in a non-volatile memory location of the hard disk drive. The first copy of the data is then modified to create a modified copy. The second copy of the data is then used to verify that the modified copy of data has been correctly written to the at least one sector of the hard disk drive.
US07986478B2	Lens drive device A lens drive device includes a lens holder for holding a lens; a cabinet to which the lens holder is attached so as to be capable of being displaced in a direction of an optical axis of the lens; and a drive part that uses a magnetic driving force to displace the holder in the direction of the optical axis. The drive part includes a magnet disposed on the lens holder and a coil opposed to the magnet. Here, the cabinet has a shape of an almost square in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. Further, the drive part is disposed in a region R between an outer edge of the lens holder and a corner of the cabinet.
US07986473B2	System and method for focal length stabilization using active temperature control An optical metrological system having a heat-generating light source coaxially mounted near a heat-sensitive lens. The system uses a temperature sensor to monitor the lens temperature and a heating element to heat the lens such that the lens operating temperature is greater than a maximum operating temperature of the light source in order to stabilize the focal length of the lens.
US07986472B2	Optical element module There is provided an optical element module comprising a first optical element and an optical element holder. The first optical element has a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The optical element holder holds the first optical element and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion, the second coefficient of thermal expansion being adapted to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The optical element is directly contacting the optical element holder in a wide contact area. The contact area is defined by a first contact surface of the first optical element and a second contact surface of the optical element holder, wherein the second contact surface matches the first contact surface. Thus, favorable rigidity and deformation behavior is provided.
US07986467B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus This is addressed to provide a zoom lens which has a good optical performance for imaging device having a large number of pixels even with its simple construction, and which can also be small and thin in structure, and an imaging apparatus using the zoom lens. A zoom lens 1 is composed by arranging, in the following order from an object side, a first lens group GR1 having a weak refractive power, a second lens group GR2 having a negative refractive power, a third lens group GR3 having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group GR4 having a positive refractive power, and is configured to perform zooming by moving the second lens group and the third lens group. The first lens group is composed by arranging, in the order from an object side, a single lens G1 having a a negative refractive power, a prism G1 for folding an optical path, and a single lens G3 having a a positive refractive power. The second lens group is composed of one single lens G4 having a negative refractive power, and satisfies the following conditional formula (1): t2/fw<0.4 (1) where t2 represents the center thickness of the single lens having a negative refractive power constituting the second lens group, and fw represents the focal length of a whole lens system at a wide-angle position.
US07986462B2	Scanning image display apparatus A scanning type image display apparatus is disclosed which is capable of forming an exit pupil with a shape and a size which facilitate observation. The apparatus includes a scanning unit, a first optical system introducing a light flux to the scanning unit, a second optical system converging the light flux from the scanning unit, a diffractive optical element receiving the converged light flux, and an ocular optical system. Two directions in diametral directions of the light flux are first and second directions. The optical element increases the divergent angles of an emerging light flux therefrom in the first and second directions as compared with the convergent angles of an incident light flux thereinto in the two directions and increases the divergent angle of the emerging light flux in the first direction as compared with the divergent angle thereof in the second direction.
US07986460B2	Erect life-size lens array An erect life-size lens array having a deep focal depth is realized. The erect life-size lens array includes a first lens array, a second lens array, a third lens array, a first aperture and a second aperture, wherein when a distance between a second principal plane of the second lens and a first principal plane of the third lens is ξ1, a distance between a second principal plane of the third lens and a design image surface is ξ2, a radius of a circular hole of the aperture is ra, and a defocus amount is ξ3, the erect life-size lens array is for causing an MTF at a spatial frequency ν to become MTFtarget or more and satisfies (J1(2π·ra·((1/ξ1)+(1/ξ2))·ν·ξ3))/(π·ra·((1/ξ1)+(1/ξ2))·ν·ξ3)≧MTFtarget, where J1 is a first type first-order Bessel function.
US07986456B2	Scanner arrangement and method for optically scanning an object A scanner arrangement (50), in particular a scanning microscope, for optically scanning an object (101) in a sequence of scanning steps, has: a drivable moving object stage (40) and an objective assembly (4, 7-10), which has a front objective lens (9, 103) on an objective lens carriage (8) which can be moved parallel to the object stage (40) by a carriage drive (5, 6, 10, 11), wherein the object stage (40) can be driven during the sequence of scanning steps in order to achieve a continuous movement and the objective lens carriage (8) with the front objective lens (9, 103) can be driven in each of the scanning steps for a forward movement step, in which the front objective lens (9, 103) is moved synchronously with the object stage (40) out of an initial position, and in each case between successive scanning steps for a backward movement into the initial position, with the object (101) being able to be optically scanned during the continuous movement of the object stage (40).
US07986445B2	Print and scan sharing paper pick and paper motion control in a multi-function printer A multi-function printer having a compact size and portable configuration while providing printing, scanning and copying functionalities is disclosed herein. The multi-function printer includes a printer assembly and a scanner assembly configured to cooperatively utilize the same pick and paper movement systems along a common feed or paper path to perform these printing, scanning and copying functions. Thus, the disclosed multi-function printer may require a less complex paper movement and control system which, in turn, reduces the printer's overall weight while increasing its flexibility and/or portability.
US07986438B2	Image processing system, apparatus, and method, and color reproduction method In a system for converting an input image signal input from an image input device into an output image signal to be output by an image output device, an image compression unit converts a spectral image input via an image input unit into R, G, and B data, obtains principal component data by making principal component analysis of the spectral image, and stores these data in an input image storage unit. When the principal component data and R, G, and B data are loaded and stored in an output image storage unit, a spectral reflectance reconstruction unit reconstructs the spectral reflectance of each pixel using these data. A printer model determines the dot quantities of inks used to record each pixel in an image output device on the basis of the calculated spectral reflectance, and generates an output image signal for the image output device. In this way, image data which allows to estimate the spectral reflectance characteristics of an input image is provided, and faithful color reproduction can be realized.
US07986434B2	System and method for color space transformation employing three dimensional linear interpolations The subject application is directed to a color space transformation system and method employing multiple three-dimensional linear interpolations. First, N-channel multi-dimensional color space color image data is received into a color lookup table, which includes entries having values in a multi-dimensional color space corresponding to selected values in an N-channel multi-dimensional color space, with N being any integer greater than 2. Values in the color lookup table are then addressed in accordance with the received image data. Next, 2N/8 three-dimensional interpolations are then applied to an output of the lookup table corresponding to the received image data. Thereafter, (2N/8−1)*3 linear interpolations are then performed among outputs from the three-dimensional interpolation. Transformed image data is then output in accordance with an output of the linear interpolation.
US07986433B2	Image printing apparatus and method of adjusting and correcting main-scanning offset in image printing apparatus This invention is directed to an image printing apparatus which can print images without any halfway offset or obverse/reverse pixel offset at a low cost. An image printing apparatus includes a clock generating section which generates a dot clock as the basis of each pixel forming an image, an image printing section which prints a one-line image in a main scanning direction in accordance with image data with reference to the dot clock output from the clock generating section, and prints a one-page image by repeating in the sub-scanning direction one-line image printing performed in the main scanning direction, and a clock control section which changeably controls the frequency of the dot clock during scanning of one line in the main scanning direction.
US07986429B2	Printer and printing method A program execution unit determines a kind of an error and an error recovery method referring to an error recovery content management table and an error recovery method setting table, which are previously stored in a memory, from a kind of an error detected in a print language analysis step of a RIP. Information that an error occurs is given to user via an information unit so that user selects and prints necessary page of a print job, which is not printed.
US07986422B1	Messaging service system and method to be performed in such a system The invention relates to a method and a Messaging Service system which includes one or more Messaging Service terminals and a control means being adapted for communication with a printing means. The Messaging Service terminal is adapted to send a message to the control means, which message contains a print-related information section and a message content section representing the message content. The print-related information section contains print-related information and designates the delivery of the message content section to the printing means or to a second Messaging Service terminal. The system is preferably implemented as a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) system. The message content section may represent one or more images. The print-related information section is preferably contained in a header of the message, and may contain authorization information related to printing or copying rights for printing or copying the message content, preferably the image or images represented by the message content section, by the second Messaging Service terminal.
US07986415B2	Apparatus and method for optical 3D measurement The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for optical 3D measurement, comprising a first beam deflector for deflecting an illuminating beam onto a measurement object and for deflecting the observation beam which is radiated back by the measurement object, wherein the first beam deflector can move along a path distance S.
US07986414B2	Measurement of multiple surface test objects with frequency scanning interferometer A frequency scanning interferometer is arranged for simultaneously measuring multiple surfaces of a test object through a wide range of expected offsets. Knowledge of the expected locations of the test surfaces is compared with a sequence of ambiguity intervals based on a synthetic measurement wavelength to center the test surfaces within the ambiguity intervals.
US07986376B2	Liquid crystal display device It is possible to realize a driver circuit which exhibits low power consumption and high image quality in a liquid crystal display device used in miniaturized portable equipment. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal display element and a liquid crystal driver circuit, the liquid crystal driver circuit is mounted on one side of a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal driver circuit can output counter electrode voltages of two systems and hence, the liquid crystal driver circuit can select a first mode in which the first counter voltage and the second counter voltage have the opposite polarities from each other and a second mode in which the first counter voltage and the second counter voltage have the same polarity. Due to such constitution, while driving the liquid crystal display device in the first mode, the second mode is selected depending on a video signal thus realizing power saving.
US07986375B2	Multi-view autostereoscopic display device having particular driving means and driving method A multi-view autostereoscopic display device (101) comprises: an image forming means (103); a view forming means (109,117); and a driving means (119). The driving means is arranged to: in a first portion of a driving cycle, drive a first group of display pixels (105) with display data for a first plurality of views and in a second portion of the driving cycle, drive the first group of display pixels with display data for a second plurality of views The second plurality of views are projected in different directions to the first plurality of views, thereby broadening a viewing angle of the device.
US07986365B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic system comprising an image pickup unit 1, a computer 2, and communication terminals for connecting the unit and the computer, such as infrared communication ports 6, 10, a card slot 8, and serial communication terminals 5,9 wherein the necessary image data is allowed to be produced from the unit 1 and transmitted to the computer through the communication terminals. The computer communicates with the image pick up unit by examining the port of each communication means in order to recognize whether a connected unit is the image pickup unit or a foreign unit and to determine and store the communication speed for each communication port. The image data and memory space information is then automatically transmitted to the computer and displayed on a device connected to said computer.
US07986360B2	Image processing apparatus and method for generating a restoration image The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus which can restore, from a color and sensitivity mosaic image acquired using a CCD image sensor of the single plate type or the like, a color image signal of a wide dynamic range wherein the sensitivity characteristics of pixels are uniformized and each of the pixels has all of a plurality of color components. A sensitivity uniformization section uniformizes the sensitivities of pixels of a color and sensitivity mosaic image to produce a color mosaic image, and a color interpolation section interpolates color components of the pixels of the color mosaic image M to produce output images R, G and B. The present invention can be applied to a digital camera which converts a picked up optical image into a color image signal of a wide dynamic range.
US07986348B2	Photometric device A photometric device includes a storage-type photometric sensor, a first control means that performs accumulation control on the photometric sensor based upon an average value of an output of the photometric sensor, a second control means that performs accumulation control on the photometric sensor based upon a maximum value of the output of the photometric sensor, and an accumulation control means that controls the second control means to perform next accumulation control, if the maximum value of the output of the photometric sensor on which the accumulation control is performed by the first control means exceeds a saturation output level of the photometric sensor, and controls the first control means to perform next accumulation control, if the maximum value of the output of the photometric sensor does not exceed the saturation output level of the photometric sensor.
US07986339B2	Automated traffic violation monitoring and reporting system with combined video and still-image data A system for monitoring and reporting incidences of traffic violations at a traffic location is disclosed. The system comprises one or more digital still cameras and one or more digital video cameras system deployed at a traffic location. The camera system is coupled to a data processing system, which comprises an image processor for compiling vehicle and scene images produced by the digital camera system, a verification process for verifying the validity of the vehicle images, an image processing system for identifying driver information from the vehicle images, and a notification process for transmitting potential violation information to one or more law enforcement agencies. The video camera system is configured to record footage both before and after the offense is detected. The video camera system includes a non-stop video capture buffer that records the preceding few seconds of violation. The buffer holds a number of seconds of video data in memory. When an offense is detected, a timer is started. At the end of the timer period a video clip of the current buffer contents is recorded. The resulting video clip is incorporated with the conventional evidence set comprising the digital still images of the offense with the identifying data of the car and driver.
US07986338B2	Microscope system and image production method A microscope system and an image production method utilizing a microscope having one or more setting elements for modifying at least one microscope setting, and a camera for acquiring a microscope image, which camera is operable in predeterminable image modes. At least one of the setting elements of the microscope is operatively connected to the camera in such a way that a specific image mode of the camera is settable as a function of a modification of the microscope setting. Alternatively or additionally, a microscope setting can be modified as a function of an image mode of the camera that is present.
US07986337B2	System and method for editing an image stream captured in vivo A system and method may allow editing of an image stream, which may be produced by, for example, an ingestible capsule. A workstation accepts images acquired by the capsule and displays the images on a monitor as a moving image. The editing method may include, for example, selecting images which follow predetermined criteria. A shortened movie may thus be created.
US07986333B2	Recording device A recording device presses a thermal head, where heating elements are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a transport direction of the print medium, against a printing surface of the print medium at a printing portion on a transport path of a print medium transported by a transport means, controls the flow of current selectively applied to the heating elements, and performs desired printing at a printing area on the printing surface. The print medium has a shape having portions where the contact lengths of the printing surface coming in contact with the heating elements in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction of the print medium are different in the transport direction. A pressing load of the thermal head is frequently adjusted according to the contact length of the printing surface of the print medium.
US07986321B2	System and method for generating structured light for 3-dimensional image rendering A system and method for illuminating an object in preparation for three-dimensional rendering includes a projection device configured to project at least three two-dimensional structured light patterns onto a 3-dimensional object. At least two cameras detect light reflected by the object in response to the at least three structured light patterns. Each structured light pattern varies in intensity in a first dimension and is constant in a second dimension. A single line along the first dimension of a given structured light pattern is created from a superposition of three or more component triangular waveforms. Each component triangular waveform has an amplitude, a periodicity (frequency), and a phase shift which is implemented as a pixel shift. Each component triangular waveform may be subject to one or more waveshaping operations prior to being summed with the remaining component triangular waveforms. The summed waveform itself may also be subject to waveshaping operations.
US07986311B2	Method of interacting with software using handwritten strokes A method of enabling user interaction with computer software including, in a computer system, transferring print data to a printer, printing a form responsive to the print data by printing information indicative of a text field coincident with coded data indicative of the text field, so that when a sensing device is moved relative to the text field the sensing device can sense the coded data and generate the indicating data indicative of its movement relative to the text field, using the indicating data to determine the movement and then perform an action associated with the text field based on the movement. The indicating data is indicative of a stroke defining a sequence of sensing device positions determined from the sensed coded data.
US07986297B2	Image display apparatus utilizing electrophoresis Each of first electrodes has a width smaller than the width of each of second electrodes in one direction on the plane of a display substrate. The second electrodes are applied with a voltage which is modulated independently on a pixel-by-pixel basis to move electrophoretic particles, thereby displaying an image.
US07986293B2	Driving method for liquid crystal display device assembly A driving method for a liquid crystal display device assembly that includes a transmissive-type liquid crystal display device, a planar light source device including P×Q planar light source units, and a drive circuit that drives the two devices is disclosed. The driving method includes the step of, when the value of an input signal input into the drive circuit is indicated by x, in each of the display area units, when the value x of the input signal for any of the pixels is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, such a value being indicated by xU-max, controlling the luminance level of the planar light source unit corresponding to the display area unit so that luminance levels of the pixels, assuming that the control signal corresponding to the input signal having a value greater than the value xU-max is supplied to the pixels, can be obtained.
US07986286B2	Organic electro-luminescent display and method of making the same An organic electro-luminescent display and a making method of the same. The organic electro-luminescent display according to the present invention includes a luminance control unit including a data sum-up unit to generate a frame data; a look-up table for storing an information corresponding to the light emission control signal to correspond to the frame data; an operator unit to generate a look-up table by using a value at the beginning step of luminance reduction, a value at the final step of luminance reduction, a pulse width of the light emission control signal at the beginning step of luminance reduction, and a pulse width of the light emission control signal at the final step of luminance reduction; and a luminance control signal driver for outputting a luminance control signal using the information corresponding to the light emission control signal stored in the look-up table.
US07986284B2	Plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including an address electrode and a data driver. The data driver supplies a rising signal gradually rising from a first voltage to a second voltage during a first sustain period and a falling signal gradually falling from the second voltage to a third voltage during a second sustain period following the first sustain period to the address electrode.
US07986277B2	Communication device with rotatable antennas A communication device includes an enclosure and two antennas rotatably attached to each fixing member. The enclosure includes a pair of sidewalls and a pair of fixing members projecting from a first end portion of each of the sidewalls. Each fixing member includes a plurality of projections spaced from each other. Each of the antennas includes a main body including a first end portion and an adjusting member projecting from the first end portion to adjust the antenna to be in a preferable position to optimize transmission and reception of signals. Each adjusting member includes hooking portions with grooves defined therebetween. The projections move in the adjusting member, resulting in rotation of the antennas relative to the enclosure. Each of the projections is received in a corresponding groove to allow the pair of antennas to be in the preferable position.
US07986268B2	GPS RF front end and related method of providing a position fix, storage medium and apparatus for the same A GPS RF front-end is disclosed comprising an antenna for receiving GPS signals, an analog to digital converter for sampling received GPS signals and interface circuitry for outputting the GPS signal samples. The GPS RF front-end is configured to vary the sample resolution of GPS signal samples outputted. Also disclosed is a corresponding method of providing a position fix, storage medium and apparatus for the same.
US07986257B2	Comparator circuit and analog digital converter having the same A comparator circuit includes a first comparator comparing an input signal to a first comparison value and generating a first determination signal, a second comparator comparing the input signal to a second comparison value different from the first comparison value and generating a second determination signal, and an output selecting circuit selecting a signal generated first from the first determination signal and the second determination signal, and outputting the selected signal as a determination signal.
US07986256B2	A/D converter An external input operation clock signal is required for operating a conventional A/D converter, and the performance of the A/D converter is undesirably determined by the characteristics of the external input operation clock. A clock generator circuit for automatically generating an operation clock is provided inside an A/D converter to make the A/D converter require no external input operation clock. Further, a circuit for detecting the operation times of the constituents of the A/D converter is provided to generate a clock with which the A/D converter is optimally operated, thereby realizing high-speed operation and low power consumption.
US07986255B2	High resolution overlapping bit segmented DAC A controller receives an M-bit input and generates, in response, an S-bit upper range binary data feeding S-bit high range DAC and an R-bit lower range data feeding an R-bit low range DAC. The controller detects transition points in the M-bit input and in response, adds a transition data to the S-bit data equal to at least one least significant bit of the S-bit data and subtracts a value from the R-bit data equal to the transition data. The transition points and the transition data are detected and added at points avoiding such transitions at a full scale value of the R-bit data.
US07986245B1	Measurement while drilling mud pulser control valve mechanism A mud pulser creates pressure pulses in a stream of drilling fluid circulating through a drill string. The pulser has a body connected into the drill string, and defines a flow passage for drilling fluid. A signal poppet having a piston is reciprocally carried within the body. A lower end of the poppet selectively restricts flow of drilling fluid through an orifice and to thereby increase pressure and creates a pulse while in an extended position. An inner passage with an upward facing servo seat formed therein is located in the body and extends through the signal poppet for the passage of drilling fluid. A motor-driven servo valve selectively engages the servo seat to control flow of drilling fluid through the inner passage. A limit switch responds to axial movement of the servo valve cause the motor to turn off when the servo valve reaches predetermined axial positions.
US07986243B2	Sensor drive control method and sensor-equipped radio terminal device A network system including: a first sensor device which includes a first sensor unit which detects an action of a detection object; and a first transmission unit which transmits first data regarding the action and first identification information to a server via a first base station: a second sensor device which includes; a second sensor unit which obtains sensing data; and a second transmission unit which transmits second data including the sensing data and second identification information to the server via a second base station; wherein the server is configured to: associate the first and second data based on the detection of the action; to access predetermined normal data correlating data; and, detect an abnormal condition if a combination of the action detected via the first sensor unit and the sensing data obtained by the second sensor unit conflict with the correlated normal data.
US07986235B2	RFID receive-only system A receive-only supplemental radio frequency identification (RFID) reader may receive response signals from RFID tags, digitize and interpret those signals, and transfer the resulting data to a primary RFID reader. By relieving the primary RFID reader of some or all of the tasks of receiving, demodulating, and decoding concurrent responses from multiple RFID tags, the primary RFID reader may be made less expensive and/or may devote its resources to other tasks.
US07986233B2	Acceleration-based theft detection system for portable electronic devices A theft prevention system for protecting portable electronic devices is disclosed. An acceleration sensor detects the acceleration of a portable electronic device, and a controller analyzes this acceleration to determine whether a theft condition is present. If so, an alarm can be initiated. The theft prevention system can include a filter for attenuating irrelevant acceleration frequencies and isolating those representative of theft, and comparison hardware/software for determining whether the detected acceleration matches a known acceleration profile characteristic of theft. Various parameters of the theft prevention system can also be set by a user through mechanisms such as a graphical user interface.
US07986223B2	Automatic signaling system for vehicles An automatic signaling system for a vehicle having a turn signal light, includes a sensor configured for sensing at least a portion of a lane, and a processor coupled to the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to activate the turn signal light of the vehicle based at least on a signal received from the sensor. A method for activating a turn signal light of a vehicle includes sensing at least a portion of a lane in which the vehicle is traveling, and automatically activating a turn signal light of the vehicle based at least on the sensed portion of the lane.
US07986210B2	Inductor with a decreased surface area and an improved ability to conduct strong currents An inductor formed in a stacking of insulating layers. The inductor comprises first and second access terminals, at least first and second interlaced loops on a first level, and at least third and fourth interlaced loops on a second level distinct from the first level. The third loop is the symmetrical of the first loop with respect to a plane. The fourth loop is the symmetrical of the second loop with respect to said plane. The internal ends of the first and second loops are connected to the internal ends of the third and fourth loops. The external ends of the first and third loops are connected to the first and second access terminals. The external ends of the second and fourth loops are interconnected.
US07986204B2	Relay with a contact arrangement consisting of contact springs A relay has a main body with a base. An electromagnetic switching mechanism is arranged on the base. A contact arrangement includes at least one stationary contact spring and at least one moveable contact spring arranged on a first side of the main body. The moveable contact spring has a first portion extending substantially perpendicular to the base that is actuatable by the electromagnetic switching mechanism and a second portion extending substantially parallel to the base that extends from the first side of the main body to an opposing second side of the main body. A terminal contact extends from the second portion on the second side of the main body.
US07986195B2	Digital FM modulator Provided are apparatuses and methods for digital FM modulation. In one example, a message signal is integrated by an integrator to transform the message signal into a complex signal. The complex signal may include at least two complex components that may interfere to produce an FM modulated carrier signal. Hence, in this example, the method and apparatus for digital FM modulation may produce an FM modulated carrier signal without phase shifting. In another example, a lookup table is not necessary for modulation of the carrier signal.
US07986194B2	Oscillator An oscillator, includes an amplifier circuit including a semiconductor element having a first constant potential as reference potential for a power supply voltage, a variable capacitance element, a piezoelectric resonator, and a capacitance circuit constituting a closed circuit with the piezoelectric resonator. The amplifier circuit and the variable capacitance element are connected in series to provide a series circuit. The capacitance circuit connects the capacitance elements in a plurality of numbers in series. A connecting midpoint of the series connection is connected to a circuit for the first constant potential. Two connecting midpoints other than the midpoint of the closed circuit are used as connecting points to connect the series circuit and the closed circuit in parallel.
US07986187B1	Versatile audio power amplifier An audio power amplifier includes a first and a second amplification unit, each including a switching voltage amplifier, an output filter, a current compensator, an inner current feedback loop feeding a measurement of current measured at the output inductor back to a summing input of the current compensator, a voltage compensator coupled to the summing input of the current compensator, and an outer voltage feedback loop. A controlled signal path provides the output of the voltage compensator of the first amplification unit to the current compensator of the second amplification unit. The first and second amplification units are operable with separate loads, in parallel driving a common load, or across a bridge-tied-load. A second pair of amplification units may be added and operated together with the first pair to drive a single speaker with a parallel pair of amplifiers on each side of a bridge-tied-load.
US07986185B2	Rail-to-rail Miller compensation method without feed forward path A rail-to-rail Miller compensation method without feed forward path includes forming a first compensation branch including a first amplifier, wherein an input of the first amplifier is electrically connected with an output of a second stage gain amplifier, the second stage gain amplifier is electrically connected the first stage gain amplifier in series forming an operational amplifier; and forming a second compensation branch including a second amplifier, wherein a dual relation is provided between an input stage of the first amplifier and that of the second amplifier, namely, if the input stage of the first amplifier is N-type, the input stage of the second amplifier is P-type, and vice versa. The present invention is capable of achieving the rail-to-rail output range without affecting the system stability. The N-type and P-type inputs are simultaneously applied to the input of the amplifier of the compensation branches.
US07986174B2	Output driver circuit An output driver circuit includes a pre-driver unit and a first driving unit. The pre-driver unit is configured to generate a driving selection signal and a driving signal from a pre-driving signal in response to a group selection signal and a code signal. The first driving unit is configured to drive a data pad in response to the driving selection signal and the driving signal.
US07986171B2	Mixed-voltage I/O buffer A mixed-voltage input/output (I/O) buffer includes an output buffer circuit. The output buffer circuit includes an output stage circuit, a gate-tracking circuit and a floating N-well circuit. The output stage circuit includes stacked pull-up P-type transistors and stacked pull-down N-type transistors, in which a first P-type transistor of the stacked pull-up P-type transistors and a first N-type transistor of the stacked pull-down N-type transistors are coupled to an I/O pad. The gate-tracking circuit controls gate voltage of the first P-type transistor in accordance with a voltage of the I/O pad to prevent leakage current. The floating N-well circuit provides N-well voltages for an N-well of the first P-type transistor and an N-well of a second P-type transistor, controlling gate voltage of the first P-type transistor, of the gate-tracking circuit to prevent leakage current.
US07986167B2	Circuit configurations having four terminal devices Circuits using four terminal transistors are disclosed. Such circuits can include various static and dynamic logic circuits, flip-flops, multiplexer, tri-state driver, phase detector, logic having variable speeds of operation, and/or analog circuit with such four terminal transistors operating in a linear or nonlinear mode.
US07986166B1	Clock buffer circuit A clock buffer for a clock network that reduces leakage current and lowers power consumption. The clock buffer includes a first CMOS transistor, a second CMOS transistor, and a leakage current prevention circuit connected to the first and second CMOS transistors. The leakage current prevention circuit includes a first PMOS transistor, which is connected between the source of a PMOS transistor of the first CMOS transistor and a power supply line, and a second PMOS transistor, which is connected between the source of a PMOS transistor of the second CMOS transistor and the power supply line. The first and second PMOS transistors are deactivated in response to an enable signal generated when a circuit block does not require the clock signal. The first and the second PMOS transistors have predefined widths and lengths such that the addition of these transistors in series with the CMOS transistors does not increase the propagation delay of the clock buffer circuit. Deactivating the first and second PMOS transistors disconnects the CMOS transistors from the power supply line, which prevents current leakage.
US07986164B2	Integrated circuit with pin-selectable mode of operation and level-shift functionality and related apparatus, system, and method An apparatus includes a digital interface circuit configured to provide a digital interface. The digital interface is configurable based on a mode of operation of the digital interface circuit. The apparatus also includes input and output level-shift circuits. The input level-shift circuit is configured to shift a voltage level of an input signal for the digital interface circuit. The output level-shift circuit is configured to shift a voltage level of an output signal from the digital interface circuit. The input level-shifting and the output level-shifting are based on first and second level-shift input voltages. The apparatus further includes a mode detector configured to identify at least two modes of operation for the digital interface circuit based on the first and second level-shift input voltages. For example, the digital interface circuit could be configured to function as a serial or parallel interface depending on which level-shift input voltage is greater.
US07986161B2	Termination resistance circuit A termination resistance circuit includes a control signal generator for generating a control signal whose logical value changes when a calibration code has a predetermined value, a plurality of parallel resistors which are respectively turned on/off in response to the calibration code, and a resistance value changing unit for changing the total resistance value of the termination resistance circuit in response to the control signal.
US07986158B2	Methods, apparatuses, and products for a secure circuit Methods, systems, apparatuses and products are disclosed for providing security circuits. Exemplary embodiments including semiconductor chips on circuit boards are shown, together with application in a movie stick/movie player pair.Such systems provide for and improve on the means for clocked logic security support beyond what is available in current security products while being capable of embodiment in low cost technologies such as programmable gate arrays.
US07986157B1	High speed probing apparatus for semiconductor devices and probe stage for the same A probing apparatus for semiconductor devices includes a housing configured to define a testing chamber, a device holder positioned in the housing and configured to receive at least one device under test, and at least one probe stage positioned in the housing. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the probe stage includes a base, a retaining arm pivotally coupled with the base and having a retaining portion configured to retain at least one probe, and a stepper positioned on the base. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the stepper is configured in response to an electric signal to move the probe downward through the retaining arm to contact a device under test and to move the probe upward through the retaining arm to separate from the device under test such that the up-and-down movement of the probe can be performed at relatively high frequency of typically greater than six cycles per second. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the stepper further equipped with a contact sensor configured to sense the contact of the probe to the device under test.
US07986149B2	System and method for adaptive load fault detection In one embodiment, a method for sensing an output fault condition is disclosed. The method includes monitoring an error signal that indicates an output fault condition, and monitoring an input signal having a duration. An error flag is set if a fast switching mode is detected and if the error signal is asserted within a specified time interval during the input signal duration.
US07986142B2	Apparatus for controlling an MRI antenna arrangement with elliptical polarization and equal amplitude signals at feed points A cylindrical antenna arrangement in a magnetic resonance apparatus has two feed points to feed in two partial signals, the two feed points being arranged on a cross-section of the antenna arrangement. The cross-section has a center point. A first angle is formed by the connection of a first feed point with the center point relative to a horizontal axis of the cross-section while a second angle is formed by the connection of a second feed point with the center point relative to the horizontal axis of the cross-section. An apparatus for controlling such an antenna arrangement has a device for signal splitting with two outputs and an input. A radio-frequency magnetic resonance signal is connected at the input. This signal is divided by the device for signal splitting into two partial signals of equal amplitude that are respectively supplied to an associated output. Each output of the device for signal splitting is connected with precisely one associated feed point of the antenna arrangement. An ellipse position in space is set for an elliptical polarization via the selection of the two angles. A device for phase adjustment is interposed between precisely one output of the device for signal splitting and the associated feed point in order to set an elliptical semi-axis ratio via variation of the phase difference of the two partial signals.
US07986138B2	Method and device for measuring the pole position angle of a magnetic levitation vehicle of a magnetic levitation system A method for measuring the pole position angle between the magnetic field of a track-side stator of a magnetic levitation train track and the magnetic reference axis of a magnetic levitation vehicle located on the track. When the levitation magnet of the magnetic levitation vehicle is energized, a direction component of the magnetic field of the stator, which component is predefined by a preferred measurement direction of the magnetic field sensors, is measured using a pair of magnetic field sensors, and the pole position angle is determined using the measured values of the two magnetic field sensors. The preferred measurement direction is set in such a way that at least one of the two magnetic field sensors has a minimum measurement sensitivity for the magnetic field of the levitation magnet.
US07986137B2	Circuit for multiplexing digital and analog information via single pin of driver for switched MOSFETs of DC-DC converter Multiple characteristics of a DC-DC converter, such as its mode of operation (e.g., either forced continuous conduction mode, or discontinuous conduction mode), and an operational parameter (such as the dead-time between switching times of the output switching devices (upper and lower MOSFETs) of the converter, whose associated driver integrated circuit has a pin usage that leaves only a single pin available for auxiliary purposes, are programmed by a single pin-based digital and analog information extracting circuit that couples both digital information and analog information within the same control signal to the driver IC by way of only the one available pin.
US07986130B2	Battery module and charge and discharge method thereof A battery module and a charge/discharge method thereof are provided. The battery module comprises a cell, a charge/discharge circuit, a temperature sensing circuit and a charge/discharge speed controlling circuit. The charge/discharge circuit is coupled to the cell. The temperature sensing circuit further comprises a temperature coefficient (PTC) device used for sensing a temperature of the cell, so that the temperature sensing circuit outputs a first analog signal according to the temperature of the cell. The charge/discharge speed controlling circuit, according to the first analog signal, outputs a control signal to the charge/discharge circuit to adjust a charge/discharge speed of the cell.
US07986128B2	Charger A battery charger includes an attachment portion capable of being connected to a plurality of battery packs; a connection unit for connecting one of the battery packs connected to the attachment portion to a charging path; a state detection unit for detecting a state of each of the battery packs; a remaining capacity detection unit; and a charging control unit. The remaining capacity detection unit detects a remaining capacity based on the state of the battery pack detected by the state detection unit after each of the battery pack is charged for a specified period of time. Further, the charging control unit assigns priorities to the battery packs such that one whose remaining capacity detected by the remaining capacity detection unit is closer to a fully charged state thereof has a higher priority, and controls the connection unit to charge the battery packs according to the assigned priorities.
US07986101B2	Variable effect light string A light system that is controllable to generate a plurality of selected lighting effects, the light system includes a main processor, the main processor being in communication with a plurality of light sources; and each of the plurality of light sources having a distinct, known address whereby one of more of the light sources are individually addressable by the main processor, a known address being received by a selected light source of the plurality of light sources and acting to set the selected light source of the plurality of light sources in a disposition to receive a subsequent command from the main processor for generating a selected lighting effect. A light source and a method of forming a light system are further included.
US07986099B2	Switching mode power supply circuit for plasma display panel The present invention relates to a switching mode power supply circuit for a plasma display panel comprising an input unit, a PFC (Power Factor Correction) unit, an output unit and a standby unit, wherein the standby unit includes a standby block for outputting a standby voltage by being connected to an AC filter stage of the input unit, a sequence block for sequentially applying power of the output unit and a control block which is connected between the standby block and the sequence block and inputs the standby voltage outputted from the standby block to the sequence block only in case that a PS_ON signal is applied.
US07986093B2	Organic electroluminescent diode and diode panel with anti-reflective coating conducive to the emission of light The diode comprises an organic electroluminescent layer interposed between a lower electrode and a partially transparent and semireflective upper electrode, which itself comprises a transparent conducting sublayer and a current-distributing metal sublayer, for example an opaque grid. A dielectric antireflection layer is deposited on the grid to improve the emission contrast in ambient light, which grid, according to an advantageous embodiment, is designed to optimize the semireflective properties of the upper electrode, thereby improving, by an optical cavity effect, extraction of the emitted light.
US07986078B2	Lamp with heat sink configuration and method of manufacturing same A lamp including a plurality of light emitting devices and heat sinks can be configured to dissipate heat generated by the plurality of light emitting devices. The heat sinks can be branched into a generally Y-shaped configuration as viewed in a section that includes a primary optical axis of the vehicle lamp. One of the light emitting devices is connected to one of the branched parts of the heat sinks. Another light emitting device is connected to the other branched part of the heat sinks.
US07986074B2	Inertial drive actuator An inertial drive actuator includes a fixed member, a displacement generating mechanism which is connected to the fixed member, and which generates a minute displacement in a first direction and a second direction, a vibration substrate which reciprocates by the minute displacement generated by the displacement generating mechanism, a mobile object which is disposed on the vibration substrate, and which is movable by inertia, a driving mechanism which is connected to the mobile object, and which controls a frictional force between the mobile object and the vibration substrate by making an electromagnetic force to act in the mobile object by applying a current, a detecting electrode having a position detection function, which is disposed on a flat surface of the vibration substrate, to be facing the mobile object via an insulating body layer, and which is formed such that, an area face-to-face thereof with the mobile object either increases continuously or decreases continuously with the movement of the mobile object, and a position detecting mechanism which detects a position of the mobile object by detecting an electrostatic capacitance generated between the mobile object and the detecting electrode.
US07986072B2	Stator core of electric rotating machine and method of manufacturing the core A stator core of an electric rotating machine has steel sheets formed of a steel plate wound in the cylindrical shape. Each sheet has teeth disposed along the circumferential direction of the core on the inner side of the sheet, divided end portions disposed along the circumferential direction on the outer side of the sheet, slits alternately disposed with the divided end portions along the circumferential direction, and a boundary portion disposed between the group of teeth and the group of divided end portions. The teeth and the divided end portions substantially have the same constant thickness. The boundary portion has a changing thickness decreased toward the outer side.
US07986070B2	Overmoulded or canned electrical machine A rotary electric machine having at least one piece of electric equipment constituted by an overmolded or jacketed electric motor or by an overmolded or jacketed magnetic suspension system; the electric equipment including firstly a rotor (102) and secondly a stator (150) having pole pieces (154) and coils (152); the stator (150) being provided with at least one jacket (101) or coating (190) to protect it against an aggressive environment, on its face situated facing the rotor (102); the protective jacket (101) or coating (190) on the face of the stator (150) facing the rotor (102) presenting set-back portions (111) set back from the main surfaces (155) defining the airgap (e), these set-back portions (111) being distributed around the stator; and the movement of fluid circulating in the airgap around the rotor (102) being thus enhanced.
US07986062B2	Electrical energy converter An electrical energy converter (100) arranged to be connected to at least one source of electrical energy (114, 116) and to condition the energy generated by that source to be suitable for feeding to a network (110) to which the converter (100) may be connected, the converter (100) comprising an input conversion stage (104) having at least three input terminals (P1-6) and a controller, the controller (112) being arranged to configure each of the terminals (p1-6) to accept any one of the following input types: 1. a phase of a polyphase supply; 2. one side of a single phase supply; 3. one side of a DC supply; and 4. no-input.
US07986053B2	24-volt engine start-up system An engine start-up system is disclosed. The engine start-up system has a 24-volt starter motor configured to crank the engine. The engine start-up system also has an energy source configured to supply electrical power to the starter motor. A 12-volt-operated magnetic switch is integrated with the 24-volt starter motor and is operable to permit the energy source to supply electrical power to the starter motor.
US07986049B2	Semiconductor device having multiple-layer hard mask with opposite stresses and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a hard mask including a first layer and a second layer in contact with each other and having opposite stress types, wherein a difference between initial stresses of the first layer and the second layer is increased so that after a thermal process, the difference between the final stresses of the first and second layer becomes smaller, to reduce the likelihood of peeling of the first or second layer. The initial stress of the first layer includes a compressive stress and the initial stress of the second layer includes a tensile stress.
US07986045B2	Semiconductor device having an increased area of one of the opposing electrode parts for preventing generation of unconnected positions the electrodes on the bonded wafers In this semiconductor device, connection parts between wafers are electrically insulated from each other, and a junction face shape of second electrical signal connection parts is larger than the shape of a positioning margin face that is formed by an outer shape when the periphery of a minimum junction face, which has half the area of a junction area of the first electrical signal connection part, is enclosed by a same width dimension as a positioning margin dimension between the first wafer and the second wafer.
US07986043B2	Integrated circuit package on package system An integrated circuit package on package system including forming an interconnect integrated circuit package and attaching an extended-lead integrated circuit package on the interconnect integrated circuit package wherein a mold cap of the extended-lead integrated circuit package faces a mold cap of the interconnect integrated circuit package.
US07986036B2	Power/ground network of integrated circuits and arrangement thereof An arrangement scheme for a power/ground (P/G) network of an integrated circuit is provided. Rows of standard cells in the integrated circuit are horizontally arranged. The P/G network has horizontal and vertical metal lines arranged in different metal layers. The horizontal metal lines have horizontal power metal lines and horizontal ground lines. The vertical metal lines have vertical power metal lines and vertical ground lines. The power lines and the ground lines in the horizontal metal lines are respectively interconnected with the power lines and the ground lines of the vertical metal lines. The width of the horizontal metal wires in the P/G network is such that the horizontal power metal lines only cover the power lines in the rows of the standard cells, while the horizontal ground metal lines only cover the ground lines of the rows of the standard cells. By employing the technical features of the present invention compliant with the conditions of IR drop, power consumption and noise, the P/G network is rearranged and the metal line width can be determined based on the design rules for integrated circuit and the repeatability of the rows of the standard cells, thus avoiding function failure or waste of layout resources due to overlapping or inappropriate line width, thereby accommodating the requirement for chip designs.
US07986035B2	Multilayer wiring substrate, semiconductor package, and method of manufacturing semiconductor package A multilayer wiring substrate included in the semiconductor package includes: a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer, in which wiring layers are respectively provided on the upper and the lower surfaces; and; a core layer provided between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are constituted by different materials from each other.
US07986033B2	Three-dimensional multichip module A three-dimensional multichip module includes a first integrated circuit chip having at least one first high-temperature functional area and one first low-temperature functional area, and at least one second integrated circuit chip having a second high-temperature functional area and a second low-temperature functional area. The second high-temperature functional area is arranged opposite the first low-temperature functional area. As an alternative, at least one low-temperature chip having only one low-temperature functional area can also be arranged between the first and second chips.
US07986028B2	Semiconductor device having metal thin film resistance element A semiconductor device, includes a lower layer side insulation film; a wiring pattern formed on the lower layer side insulation film; a base insulation film formed on the lower layer side insulation film and the wiring pattern; and a plurality of metal thin film resistance elements formed on the base insulation film; wherein a connection hole is formed in the base insulation film on the wiring pattern; the wiring pattern and the metal thin film resistance element are electrically connected in the connection hole; the metal thin film resistance element has a belt shape part arranged separately from the connection hole and a connection part continuously formed with the belt shape part and connected to the wiring pattern in the connection hole; and the connection parts of at least two of the metal thin film resistance element are formed in the single connection hole with a gap in between said connection parts.
US07986014B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an nMISFET formed on the substrate, the nMISFET including a first dielectric formed on the substrate and a first metal gate electrode formed on the first dielectric and formed of one metal element selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Sc, Y, a lanthanoide and actinide series and of one selected from boride, silicide and germanide compounds of the one metal element, and a pMISFET formed on the substrate, the pMISFET including a second dielectric formed on the substrate and a second metal gate electrode formed on the second dielectric and made of the same material as that of the first metal gate electrode, at least a portion of the second dielectric facing the second metal gate electrode being made of an insulating material different from that of at least a portion of the first dielectric facing the first metal gate electrode.
US07986010B2	High-voltage variable breakdown voltage (BV) diode for electrostatic discharge (ESD) applications Formation of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device having a desired breakdown voltage (BV) is disclosed. The breakdown voltage (BV) of the device can be set, at least in part, by varying the degree to which a surface junction between two doped areas is covered. This junction can be covered in one embodiment by a dielectric material and/or a semiconductor material. Moreover, a variable breakdown voltage can be established by concurrently forming, in a single process flow, multiple diodes that have different breakdown voltages, where the diodes are also formed concurrently with circuitry that is to be protected. To generate the variable or different breakdown voltages, respective edges of isolation regions can be extended to cover more of the surface junctions of different diodes. In this manner, a first diode can have a first breakdown voltage (BV1), a second diode can have a second breakdown voltage (BV2), a third diode can have a third breakdown voltage (BV3), etc. This can provide substantial efficiency and cost savings where there may be varying ESD requirements.
US07986002B2	FINFET-type semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate in which a trench is formed; a source region and a drain region each of which is buried in the trench and contains an impurity of the same conductive type; a semiconductor FIN buried in the trench and provided between the source and drain regions; a gate insulating film provided on a side surface of the semiconductor FIN as well as the upper surface of the semiconductor FIN; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film.
US07985998B2	Trench-type semiconductor device structure A trench-type semiconductor device structure is disclosed. The structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectric layer and a substrate channel structure. The semiconductor substrate includes a trench having an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion includes a conductive layer formed therein. The lower portion includes a trench capacitor formed therein. The gate dielectric layer is located between the semiconductor substrate and the conductive layer. The substrate channel structure with openings, adjacent to the trench, is electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate via the openings.
US07985983B2	Semiconductor ESD device and method of making same A semiconductor device includes an ESD device region disposed within a semiconductor body of a first semiconductor type, an isolation region surrounding the ESD device region, a first doped region of a second conductivity type disposed at a surface of the semiconductor body within the ESD region, and a second doped region of the first conductivity type disposed between the semiconductor body within the ESD region and at least a portion of the first doped region, where the doping concentration of the second doped region is higher than the semiconductor body. A third doped region of the second semiconductor type is disposed on the semiconductor body and a fourth region of the first conductivity type is disposed over the third doped region. A fifth doped region of the second conductivity type is disposed on the semiconductor body. A trigger device and an SCR is formed therefrom.
US07985981B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device There is provided a semiconductor light-emitting device including a semiconductor light-emitting element, a phosphor layer disposed in a light path of a light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element, containing a phosphor to be excited by the light and having a cross-section in a region of a diameter which is 1 mm larger than that of a cross-section of the light path, and a heat-releasing member disposed in contact with at least a portion of the phosphor layer and exhibiting a higher thermal conductance than that of the phosphor layer.
US07985977B2	Sacrificial pillar dielectric platform Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a dielectric platform is at least partially formed in a semiconductor substrate and extending at least partially below a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The dielectric platform may include structural pillars formed by backfilling a first plurality of cavities etched in the substrate, and a second plurality of cavities formed by etching away sacrificial pillars disposed between the structural pillars. The second plurality of cavities may be capped to hermetically seal the second plurality of cavities to impart the dielectric constant of the material contained therein, for example air, to the characteristic dielectric constant of the dielectric platform. Alternatively, the second plurality of cavities may be backfilled with a material having a lower dielectric constant than the substrate, for example silicon dioxide where the substrate comprises silicon.
US07985969B2	Transistor and display and method of driving the same A field-effect transistor including an electrically conductive substrate; a first insulating film coating the electrically conductive substrate; a gate electrode disposed on the electrically conductive substrate with the first insulating film interposed therebetween; a source electrode; a drain electrode opposing the source electrode with the channel therebetween; a second insulating film covering the gate electrode; and a semiconductor layer having a width larger than a width of the gate electrode in the channel width direction and being partly provided on the gate electrode with the second insulating film interposed therebetween so that the gate electrode, the second insulating film, and the semiconductor layer are laminated in the channel.
US07985959B2	Self-aligned vertical bipolar junction transistor for phase change memories A phase change memory may include self-aligned polysilicon vertical bipolar junction transistors used as select devices. The bipolar junction transistors may be formed with double shallow trench isolation. For example, the emitters of each bipolar transistor may be defined by a first set of parallel trenches in one direction and a second set of parallel trenches in the opposite direction. In some embodiments, the formation of parasitic PNP transistors between adjacent emitters may be avoided.
US07985956B2	Fluid treatment system There is described a fluid treatment system which may which may be used with radiation sources that do not require a protective sleeve—e.g., excimer radiation sources. An advantage of the present fluid system treatment is that the radiation sources may be removed from the fluid treatment zone without necessarily having to shut down the fluid treatment system, remove the fluid, break the seals which retain fluid tightness, replace/service radiation source and than reverse the steps. Instead, the present fluid treatment system allows for service/replacement of the radiation sources in the fluid treatment zone during operation of the fluid treatment system.
US07985955B2	Radiation detecting cassette and radiation image capturing system A radiation detecting cassette and a radiation image capturing system are provided. A radiation detecting cassette has a radiation detector for detecting a radiation having passed through a patient and converting the detected radiation into radiation image data, a transceiver for transmitting the radiation image data by way of wireless communications, a cassette controller for controlling the radiation detector and the transceiver, a power supply for energizing the radiation detector and the transceiver, and a remaining power supply power level detector for detecting a remaining power level RC [%] of the power supply. The cassette controller includes a data transmission and reception controller. The cassette controller stops transmitting the radiation image data by way of wireless communications and prioritizes the capturing of a radiation image when the detected remaining power level of the power supply is smaller than a predetermined threshold.
US07985951B2	Mass spectrometer A radio-frequency ion guide (20) for converging ions by a radio-frequency electric field and simultaneously transporting the ions into the subsequent stage is composed of eight rod electrodes (21 through 28) arranged in such a manner as to surround an ion optical axis (C). Each of the rod electrodes (21 through 28) is disposed at a tilt with respect to the ion optical axis (C) so that the radius r2 of the inscribed circle (29b) at the end face of the ion exit side is larger than the radius r1 of the inscribed circle (29a) at the end face of the ion injection side. Accordingly, the gradient of the magnitude or depth of the pseudopotential is formed in the ion's traveling direction in the space surrounded by the rod electrodes (21 through 28). Ions are accelerated in accordance with this gradient. Therefore, even in the case where the gas pressure is relatively high and ions have many chances to collide with gas, it is possible to moderate the ions' slowdown and prevent the ions' delay and stop.
US07985947B2	Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system using photoelectric conversion apparatus It is a main object of the present invention to suppress the differences of color ratios of B/G and R/G when the film thicknesses of antireflective films and insulation films vary at a processing process. The present invention is a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of light receiving portions arranged on a semiconductor substrate, antireflective films formed on the light receiving portions with insulation films put between them, and color filter layers of a plurality of colors formed on the antireflective films, wherein film thicknesses of the insulation films and/or the antireflective films are changed such that changing directions of spectral transmittances at peak wavelengths of color filters on sides of the shortest wavelengths and at peak wavelengths of color filters on sides of the longest wavelengths after transmission of infrared cutting filters may be the same before and after changes.
US07985945B2	Method for reducing stray light in a rapid thermal processing chamber by polarization Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus and method for reducing noises in temperature measurement during thermal processing. One embodiment of the present invention provides a chamber for processing a substrate comprising a chamber enclosure defining a processing volume, an energy source configured to direct radiant energy toward the processing volume, a spectral device configured to treat the radiant energy directed from the energy source towards the processing volume, a substrate support disposed in the processing volume and configured to support the substrate during processing, and a sensor assembly configured to measure temperature of the substrate being processed by sensing radiation from the substrate within a selected spectrum.
US07985931B2	Enclosure for a connector An enclosure for a connector is disclosed.The enclosure includes two or more enclosure parts, each having a joint such that the enclosure parts are fit together to constitute the enclosure. The joint may have a continuation of linear segments to form a shape like mountains, wherein the length of each segment is smaller than a wavelength corresponding to an operational frequency.
US07985922B2	Apparatus and methods for boosting electrical power An electrical power boosting apparatus includes a metal substrate having a monomolecular carbon-based film on first and second surfaces, a conductive core, a positive electrode at one end, and a negative electrode an opposite end and magnets positioned adjacent and in a spaced-apart relationship to the metal substrate, the magnets are oriented so that north and south poles of each magnet are matched with opposite poles of an adjacent magnet. Electrical power is boosted by passing an initial electric current having an initial voltage through the conductive core of the metal substrate and causing or allowing an interaction between the metal substrate, the monomolecular carbon-based film, and the magnets to produce a modified electric current having a final voltage that is greater than the initial voltage.
US07985920B2	Solar concentrator with self-tracking receiver Solar collection systems are provided herein that includes a mobile, self-tracking receiver support member which is suspended from a support beam spanning the two sides of an immobile solar trough concentrator. The self-tracking receiver support member has photovoltaic cells of equal power affixed to two or more downward facing surfaces of the support member. These photovoltaic cells face downward into the solar parabolic trough concentrator and respond to the concentrated light of the path of the points of focus being reflected upwards from a parabolic concentrator. The solar cells are wired to a DC electric motor so that the motor rotationally responds to the disparity in the power output of the solar cells. As the path of the points of focus of the solar concentrator moves to one side or the other of the center of the self-tracking support member, the motor automatically moves the support member, along with and the receiver it is carrying, into the parabolic concentrator's path of the points of focus. This self-tracking member combines the functions of tracking the sun while also transporting the receiver attached thereto into the concentrator's path of the points of focus. The power to drive the motor is preferably provided solely by the power of the sun.
US07985911B2	Method and apparatus for generating and updating a pre-categorized song database from which consumers may select and then download desired playlists Apparatus, methods, systems, and data structures for providing a music-subscription service customer with a portable music device that has been preloaded with customer-selected music. A music-subscription service provider receives a customer order to purchase a portable music device, and also receives the customer's selection of less than all of the music available on the music-subscription service provider's music database. The music-subscription service provider uses a computer to download the customer-selected music to the portable music device ordered by the customer. The music-subscription service provider then provides to the customer the portable music device that has been preloaded with the customer-selected music. The steps may be performed over the Internet and/or at a retail location.
US07985909B1	Easy method and system for a musical keyboard instrument A method and system to facilitate learning how to play a musical keyboard instrument. A first embodiment of the invention involves a system to facilitate learning, including a plurality of indicators on a plurality of keys on a keyboard of a musical keyboard instrument, wherein each key of the plurality of keys has at least one indicator of the plurality of indicators; and a plurality of matching indicators for placement on a plurality of fingers, wherein each finger of the plurality of fingers has one matching indicator of the plurality of matching indicators. A second embodiment of the invention involves a method to facilitate learning, including fabricating a plurality of indicators for attachment on a plurality of keys on a keyboard of a musical keyboard instrument, wherein each key of the plurality of keys has at least one indicator of the plurality of indicators; and providing a plurality of matching indicators corresponding to the plurality of keys, wherein the plurality of matching indicators are provided for placement on a plurality of fingers of a person, wherein each finger of the plurality of fingers has one matching indicator of the plurality of matching indicators that corresponds to a key of the plurality of keys.
US07985903B1	Maize variety hybrid X7P212 A novel maize variety designated X7P212 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7P212 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7P212 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7P212, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7P212. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7P212.
US07985899B1	Soybean variety XB31AH09 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31AH09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31AH09, to the plants of soybean XB31AH09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31AH09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB31AH09 with another soybean plant, using XB31AH09 as either the male or the female parent.
US07985890B2	Transgenic sweet sorghum with altered lignin composition and process of preparation thereof The present invention provides a sweet sorghum plant characterized by altered lignin content and/or altered lignin composition compared to a wild plant and this is achieved by manipulating the expression of caffeoylCoA-O-methyltransferae (CCoAOMT) in particular and optionally caffeic acid-O-methyltranferase (COMT) in sweet sorghum by incorporation of a construct comprising an isolated DNA sequence represented by SEQ ID NO 2 and optionally SEQ ID NO 1.
US07985889B2	AtMIN7 mediated disease resistance to Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis The present invention relates to compositions and methods for enhancing plant defenses against pathogens. More particularly, the invention relates to enhancing plant immunity against bacterial pathogens, wherein AtMIN7 mediated protection is enhanced and/or there is a decrease in activity of an AtMIN7 associated virulence protein such as a Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 HopM1. Reagents of the present invention provide a means of studying cellular trafficking while formulations of the present inventions provide increased pathogen resistance in plants.
US07985887B2	Regulation of endogenous gene expression in cells using zinc finger proteins The present invention provides methods for modulating expression of endogenous cellular genes using recombinant zinc finger proteins.
US07985881B2	Aromatic imine compounds for use as sulfide scavengers Compositions and methods relating to aromatic imine compounds and methods of their use are described. The compounds are formed from aromatic aldehydes and amino or amino derivatives. The compounds and their derivatives are useful, for example, as hydrogen sulfide and mercaptan scavengers for use in both water and petroleum products.
US07985879B2	Process for making galantamine A novel process for the preparation of N-methyl-N-(2-[4-hydroxyphenyl]ethyl)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzene carboxamide, which is useful as an intermediate in the synthesis of (−)-galantamine, comprises the reaction of a 5-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzoic acid derivative with N-methyl-N-(2-[4-hydroxyphenyl]ethyl) amine.
US07985876B2	Substituted dibenzoic acid derivatives and use thereof The invention relates to novel substituted dibenzoic acid derivatives of formula (I), wherein A represents a group of formula (II) or (III), to methods for producing the same, and to their use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases. The invention also relates to the use of said substances in the production of drugs for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially in the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
US07985874B2	Polymer particle A support comprising functional groups supported therein that specifically react with an aldehyde group of a sugar chain, and a polymer particle and a glycochip to which the support is applied, and uses thereof.
US07985873B2	Synthesis of phenolic esters of hydroxymethyl phenols The present invention provides a process for the production of a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein R is hydrogen, a straight, branched or cyclic C1-C6 alkyl group or an aryl group which may optionally be substituted. This process comprises: (a) reacting a compound of formula (II), with a compound of formula (III), wherein R is as defined above and X is a leaving group, in the presence of N,N-di-isopropylethylamine.
US07985871B2	Preparation of tetrakis[3(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionyl oxymethyl]methane A transesterification process for the preparation of tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy phenyl)propionyl oxymethyl]methane by the reaction of methyl-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy phenyl)propionate ester with pentaerythritol wherein the reaction takes place in the presence of an ester exchange catalyst combination consisting of (a) at least one basic or neutral catalyst and (b) at least one metal compound capable of behaving as a Lewis acid being different from the basic or neutral catalyst and wherein the reaction is conducted through a first stage in which only the at least one basic or neutral catalyst is present in the reaction mixture followed by a second stage which commences with the addition of Lewis acid catalyst to the reaction mixture when the amount of di-substituted intermediate product contained within the reaction mixture has been reduced to less than 20 area % analysed by HPLC.
US07985864B2	Organic dye used in dye-sensitized solar cell An organic dye used in a dye-sensitized solar cell is described, having general formula (1): D-Sp1-Ch-Sp2-Acc-Y (1) wherein the groups D, Ch, Acc and Y are conjugate with each other, the group D is a donor group, the group Ch is a chromophore rendering low HOMO-LUMO gap or a polyaromatic chromophore, the group Acc is an acceptor group, the group Y is an anchoring group, and each of Sp1 and Sp2 represents a single bond or a spacer group allowing conjugation between the groups D and Ch or between the groups Ch and Acc.
US07985863B2	Iminopyridine derivatives and uses thereof The present invention aims to provide an iminopyridine derivative compound having an α1D adrenergic receptor antagonistic action, which is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a lower urinary tract disease and the like. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US07985856B2	Method for preparing hexose derivatives A method for preparing hexose derivatives comprises the steps of providing a silylated hexose, treating the silylated hexose with a first carbonyl compound in the presence of a catalyst to form an ketalized hexose, treating the ketalized hexose with a second carbonyl compound followed by treating with a first reductant to form an etherized hexose, and converting the etherized hexose into a target hexose derivative, which can be 2-alcohol hexose, 3-alcohol hexose, 4-alcohol hexose, or a 6-alcohol hexose. In particular, the present invention can prepare the hexose derivatives with highly regioselective scheme to protect individual hydroxyls of monosaccharide units and install an orthogonal protecting group pattern in a one-pot manner.
US07985855B2	Method for modifying fibers A method for modifying fibers is provided, which method comprises dispersing in water or a dilute alkali aqueous solution under shear a cellulose ether having such a low degree of substitution that a molar degree of substitution with an alkyl group and/or a hydoxyalkyl group ranges from 0.05 to 1.3, applying the resulting dispersion to fibers, and drying the applied fibers.
US07985852B2	hTERT gene expression regulatory gene Disclosed is a novel substance capable of regulating the expression of a telomerase reverse transcriptase gene in a cell of a mammal. A gene capable of regulating the expression of hTERT, comprising a nucleotide sequence depicted in SEQ ID No: 1 or 2. The expression of a telomerase reverse transcriptase gene can be inhibited by inhibiting the expression of the gene. By utilizing this mechanism, the expression of a telomerase reverse transcriptase gene can be regulated.
US07985845B2	Protein formulation The present invention relates to a new and improved low-concentration formulation of an active enamel substance, such as an enamel matrix, enamel matrix derivative and/or an enamel matrix protein, intended to be used as therapeutic, as propylacetic and/or as cosmetic agent. In the present invention, said active enamel substance is incorporated into a polymeric matrix, which is either suitable for cellular in-growth, or cell-occlusive. The active enamel substance can be incorporated into the polymeric matrix so that it is released by degradation of the polymeric matrix, by enzymatic action and/or by diffusion. Comprised in the invention is thus in particular a new pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic formulation of an active enamel substance at a lower total concentration within the formulation, wherein a spatial and/or selective regulation of release of said active enamel substance permits a greater percentage of the active enamel substance to be released at the time of appropriate cellular activity.
US07985843B2	Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of ovarian cancer Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly ovarian cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more ovarian tumor polypeptides, immunogenic portions thereof, polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides, antigen presenting cell that expresses such polypeptides, and T cells that are specific for cells expressing such polypeptides. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases, particularly ovarian cancer.
US07985840B2	Synthetic antibody phage libraries The invention provides comprising variant amino acids in CDRs of antibody variable domains. These polypeptides provide a source of great sequence diversity that can be used as a source for identifying novel antigen binding polypeptides. The invention also provides these polypeptides as fusion polypeptides to heterologous polypeptides such as at least a portion of phage or viral coat proteins, tags, and linkers. Libraries comprising a plurality of these polypeptides are also provided. In addition, methods of and compositions for generating and using these polypeptides and libraries are provided.
US07985832B2	Antimicrobial cathelicidin peptides The invention relates to antimicrobial cathelicidin polypeptides related to a 38 amino acid peptide having SEQ ID NO:4. The invention provides for polypeptides having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and expression vectors encoding such polypeptides, as well as host cells and methods of reducing survival of a microbe. In addition, the invention also provides compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial polypeptide.
US07985831B2	Crohn's disease antibody epitope peptide and reagent for testing Crohn's disease An epitope peptide is provided, which is capable of binding specifically to an antibody characteristic of Crohn's disease that is specifically observed in patients with Crohn's disease, together with a test method for conveniently and rapidly determining whether a subject is affected by Crohn's disease by use of the above peptide. The epitope peptide to the Crohn's disease antibody comprises a peptide having an amino acid sequences represented by any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 3 or a salt thereof. A test reagent and a test method for Crohn's disease are provided, which comprise the peptide as an active ingredient.
US07985816B2	Catalyst system and process for olefin polymerization The present application relates to a new catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins, comprising a new ionic activator having the formula: [R1R2R3AH]+ [Y]−, wherein [Y]− is a non-coordinating anion (NCA), A is nitrogen or phosphorus, R1 and R2 are hydrocarbyl groups or heteroatom-containing hydrocarbyl groups and together form a first, 3- to 10-membered non-aromatic ring with A, wherein any number of adjacent ring members may optionally be members of at least one second, aromatic or aliphatic ring or aliphatic and/or aromatic ring system of two or more rings, wherein said at least one second ring or ring system is fused to said first ring, and wherein any atom of the first and/or at least one second ring or ring system is a carbon atom or a heteroatom and may be substituted independently by one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C1 to C10 alkyl, C5 to C15 aryl, C6 to C25 arylalkyl, and C6 to C25 alkylaryl, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or C1 to C10 alkyl, or R3 is a C1 to C10 alkylene group that connects to said first ring and/or to said at least one second ring or ring system. The present application also relates to a process for the polymerization of olefins, preferably propylene, using this and other catalyst systems, as well as to polymers made by said process.
US07985814B2	Main catalyst component for olefin polymerization, a process for preparing the same and a catalyst comprising the same The present invention provides a main catalyst component for olefin polymerization, which is prepared by a process comprising the steps of: (i) reacting a magnesium compound in nascent state having a rational formula (RMgX)y(MgX2), in which R is an alkyl having from 3 to 12 carbon atoms, X is a halogen, and y is a value of from 0.02 to 1, with an alcohol having a formula R1OH, in which R1 is an alkyl having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, to form a homogeneous solution; (ii) reacting an alkyl magnesium compound having a formula R′MgR″, in which R′ and R″ are independently an alkyl having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, with the homogeneous solution formed in the step (i) to form a magnesium complex; (iii) reacting the magnesium complex with a halogenating agent in the presence of a silica, to form a magnesium halide-containing intermediate product; and (iv) reacting the magnesium halide-containing intermediate product from the step (iii) with a titanium compound having a formula Ti(OR2)mCl4-m, in which R2 is an alkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and m is an integer of from 0 to 4, to form a titanium-containing main catalyst component. The main catalyst component of the invention, when used together with an orgaoaluminium cocatalyst component in a single polymerization stage in one reactor to catalyze the polymerization of ethylene to polyethylene, gives a polyethylene having a molecular weight distribution of from 6 to 10.
US07985813B2	Slurry phase polymerisation process A process comprising polymerising in a loop reactor of a continuous tubular construction an olefin monomer optionally together with an olefin comonomer in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst in a diluent to produce a slurry comprising solid particulate olefin polymer and the diluent wherein the average internal diameter of at least 50% of the total length of the reactor is at least 650 millimeters, the solids concentration in the reactor is at least 15 volume % and having a particle size distribution such that (D90−D10)/D50 is less than 2.
US07985803B2	Resin composition for optical material An optical material having a high birefringence and a small absolute value of a photoelastic coefficient is provided by use of a resin composition for an optical material comprising a resin (a) having a positive photoelastic coefficient and a negative inherent birefringence and a resin (b) having a negative photoelastic coefficient and a negative inherent birefringence.
US07985802B2	Synthetic fabrics, components thereof, and methods for making the same Provided are fabrics, components thereof, and methods for making the same. Woven and nonwoven fabrics are composed of fibers composed of a polyolefin composition. The polyolefin composition is composed of a propylene polymer and up to about 50 wt. %, based on the weight of the fiber, of a hydrocarbon resin. Fibers prepared from polyolefin compositions exhibit favorable elongation properties. Such fibers exhibit advantageous processing and enhanced levels of softness, durability, and elasticity, even at high spinning speeds required for preparing fine fibers.
US07985801B2	Fibers and nonwovens from plasticized polyolefin compositions The present invention relates to fibers and nonwovens made from plasticized polyolefin compositions comprising a polyolefin and a non-functionalized hydrocarbon plasticizer.
US07985800B2	Golf ball The invention provides a golf ball excellent in abrasion resistance and a repulsion property. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover is made from a cover composition containing, as a resin component, a thermoplastic polyurethane (A) having no ionic group; at least one kind of thermoplastic resin (B) selected from the group consisting of a binary copolymer of an olefin and an unsaturated carboxylic acid, a tertiary copolymer of an olefin, an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, and neutralized products thereof; and an acid group-containing polyurethane and/or a neutralized product thereof (C).
US07985792B2	Dispersion of aluminium oxide A dispersion containing a high-surface-area, pyrogenically-produced aluminium oxide with a surface area and BET of more than 115 m2/g and a Sears number of more than 8 ml/2 g, is produced by mixing a high-surface-area, pyrogenically-produced aluminium oxide having a BET specific surface area of more than 115 m2/g and a Sears number of more than 8 ml/2 g, with water, setting a pH value of 2 to 11 (preferably 3 to 8) and dispersing the mixture by the introduction of controlled shearing forces.It can be used for the production of Inkjet media, digital imaging products and other printing medium.
US07985784B2	Ink set, and recording method and recorded material using the same An ink set includes: at least one black ink composition that contains at least a self-dispersing pigment and a resin emulsion; and at least one color ink composition that contains at least an organic pigment covered with water-insoluble polymer and a resin emulsion.
US07985783B2	Aldehyde tags, uses thereof in site-specific protein modification The invention features compositions and methods for site-specific modification of proteins by incorporation of an aldehyde tag. Enzymatic modification at a sulfatase motif of the aldehyde tag through action of a formylglycine generating enzyme (FGE) generates a formylglycine (FGly) residue. The aldehyde moiety of FGly residue can be exploited as a chemical handle for site-specific attachment of a moiety of interest to a polypeptide.
US07985782B2	Ink for color filter, method of fabricating color filter using the ink, and color filter fabricated by the method The present invention provides an ink for a color filter comprising a polymer binder, a crosslinking monomer, a solvent, a pigment, and a polymerization initiator. The polymer binder comprises acrylate or methacrylate including a hydroxy group. The polymer binder may comprise 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate or 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.
US07985781B2	PVA hydrogel The present invention provides methods of making covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogels having advantageous physical properties, and covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogel compositions made by such methods, as well as articles of manufacture comprising such covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogel compositions. The physical properties of the produced hydrogels can be adjusted by varying controlled parameters such as the proportion of physical associations, the concentration of polymer and the amount of radiation applied. Such covalently crosslinked vinyl polymer hydrogels can be made translucent, preferably transparent, or opaque depending on the processing conditions. The stability of the physical properties of the produced vinyl polymer hydrogel can be enhanced by controlling the amount of covalent crosslinks.
US07985773B2	Enhanced activity alcohol-based antimicrobial compositions Antimicrobial compositions which can be used wherever disinfecting compositions are needed, such as in a hospital, healthcare industry, workplace, recreational facility, home or similar environment. The antimicrobial compositions are particularly useful as a topical application for a substrate, such as skin and can be used as a hand sanitizer or pre-surgical scrub. The compositions comprise a synergistic combination of a simple aliphatic alcohol and an activity enhancing substance, wherein the composition provides, heretofore unexpected, persistent activity against a broad range of microorganisms, including gram-negative organisms, while moisturizing the skin.
US07985765B2	Therapeutic substituted pyrroles Disclosed herein is a compound represented by a formula: Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
US07985762B2	Inhibitors of serine proteases The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or mixtures thereof that inhibit serine protease activity, particularly the activity of hepatitis C virus NS3—NS4A protease.
US07985760B2	Piperidinetriol derivatives as inhibitors of glycosyceramid synthase Compounds of formula (I): wherein R represents various substituent groups, are useful as inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase.
US07985756B2	Modulation of neurogenesis by PDE inhibition The instant disclosure describes methods for treating diseases and conditions of the central and peripheral nervous system by stimulating or increasing neurogenesis. The disclosure includes compositions and methods based on use of a PDE agent, optionally in combination with one or more other neurogenic agents, to stimulate or activate the formation of new nerve cells.
US07985746B2	Imidazoazepinone compounds The invention relates to compounds of formula I: along with pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and methods of use thereof for the treatment of autoimmune disease.
US07985744B2	Vitamin D derivatives The object of the present invention is to provide vitamin D derivatives that have excellent physiological activities as medicines, particularly as therapeutic agents for skin diseases such as psoriasis, and that have a reduced hypercalcemic effect.The present invention provides a vitamin D derivative of Formula (1): wherein X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; m represents a number of 1 to 3; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, etc.; R3 represents —YR8, etc.; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R7 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.
US07985734B2	Peptides for preventing or treating liver damage The application of a peptide having sequence of formula I or its derivant in preparing the medicine for preventing or treating liver damage, especially liver damage and hepatitis C is disclosed, Xaa1-Gln-Xaa2-Xaa3-Thr-Ser-Gly-Xaa4 (formula I) wherein, Xaa1 is deletion, Ala, Gly, Val, Leu or Ile, Xaa2 is Thr or Ser, Xaa3 is Tyr, Phe or Trp, and Xaa4 is deletion, Ala, Gly, Val, Leu, Ile or Pro. The composite medicine containing the said peptide, its preparation method, and the polynucleotide for coding the said peptide are also disclosed.
US07985732B2	Unitary combination of FSH and hCG A novel ovulatory induction paradigm entails administration of hCG in combination with FSH during all stages of treatment, where the ratio of FSH to hCG is adjusted to optimize ovulatory stimulation and minimize complications. The use of compositions characterized by various FSH:hCG ratios enables the practitioner readily to tailor the treatment regimen and accommodate different therapeutic goals as well as individual patient responses to gonadotropin administration.
US07985723B2	Fluorinated sulfonamide surfactants for aqueous cleaning solutions Described are anionic N-substituted fluorinated sulfonamide surfactants, and use thereof in cleaning and in acid etch solutions. The cleaning and etch solutions are used with a wide variety of substrates, for example, in the cleaning and etching of silicon oxide-containing substrates.
US07985712B2	Rare earth oxide superconductor and process for producing the same RE superconductive layer excelling in Jc and Tc is formed on an interlayer capable of preventing cracking and diffusion of substrate-constituting Ni element into YBCO layer and excelling in crystallinity and surface smoothness. The interlayer is formed by coating a surface of metal substrate with a mixed solution composed of an organometallic acid salt of cerium, an organometallic acid salt of a solid solution formation element capable of forming a solid solution with cerium and an organometallic acid salt of a charge compensation element capable of compensating for a charge mismatch attributed to a difference between the electron valences of respective ions of cerium and the solid solution formation element and subsequently carrying out heat treatment in a reducing atmosphere of 900 to 1200° C. whose pressure ranges from 0.1 Pa to below atmospheric pressure. Thereafter, a rare earth oxide superconductive layer is formed on the interlayer.
US07985691B2	Etching method, semiconductor and fabricating method for the same An organic/inorganic hybrid film represented by SiCxHyOz (x>0, y≧0, z>0) is plasma-etched with an etching gas containing fluorine, carbon and nitrogen. During the etching, a carbon component is eliminated from the surface portion of the organic/inorganic hybrid film due to the existence of the nitrogen in the etching gas, to thereby reform the surface portion. The reformed surface portion is nicely plasma-etched with the etching gas containing fluorine and carbon.
US07985690B2	Method for a gate last process A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate; forming one or more gate structures over the substrate; forming a buffer layer over the substrate, including over the one or more gate structures; forming an etch stop layer over the buffer layer; forming a interlevel dielectric (ILD) layer over the etch stop layer; and removing a portion of the buffer layer, a portion of the etch stop layer, and a portion of the ILD layer over the one or more gate structures.
US07985687B1	System and method for improving reliability in a semiconductor device A method for forming a memory device includes forming a hard mask over a substrate, where the hard mask includes a first mask layer and a second mask layer formed over the first mask layer. The substrate is etched to form a trench. The trench is filled with a field oxide material. The second mask layer is stripped from the memory device using a first etching technique and the first mask layer is stripped from the memory device using a second etching technique, where the second etching technique is different than the first etching technique.
US07985686B2	Method of forming a nonvolatile memory device using semiconductor nanoparticles A floating gate for a field effect transistor (and method for forming the same and method of forming a uniform nanoparticle array), includes a plurality of discrete nanoparticles in which at least one of a size, spacing, and density of the nanoparticles is one of templated and defined by a self-assembled material.
US07985682B2	Method of fabricating semiconductor device A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first film on a processed film, patterning the first film into a pattern with smaller width and a space with larger width, forming a second film along upper and side surfaces of first film and an upper surface of second film, etching the second film thereby to expose upper surfaces of first film and processed film while part of second film remains along the side surface of first film, etching the first film under the condition that the first film has higher etch selectivity than the second film, etching an upper part of second film under the condition that the second film has a higher etch selectivity than the processed film, after the first film has been etched, and etching the processed film with the second film serving as mask after the upper part of second film has been etched.
US07985680B2	Method of forming aluminum-doped metal carbonitride gate electrodes A method for forming an aluminum-doped metal (tantalum or titanium) carbonitride gate electrode for a semiconductor device is described. The method includes providing a substrate containing a dielectric layer thereon, and forming the gate electrode on the dielectric layer in the absence of plasma. The gate electrode is formed by depositing a metal carbonitride film, and adsorbing an atomic layer of an aluminum precursor on the metal carbonitride film. The steps of depositing and adsorbing may be repeated a desired number of times until the aluminum-doped metal carbonitride gate electrode has a desired thickness.
US07985668B1	Method for forming a metal silicide having a lower potential for containing material defects Generally, the present disclosure is directed to a method of removing “weakened” areas of a metal silicide layer during silicide layer formation, thereby reducing the likelihood that material defects might occur during subsequent device manufacturing. One illustrative embodiment includes depositing a first layer of a refractory metal on a surface of a silicon-containing material, and performing first and second heating processes. The method further comprises performing a cleaning process, depositing a second layer of the refractory metal above the silicon-containing material, and performing a third heating process.
US07985665B2	Method of forming polycrystalline silicon thin film and method of manufacturing thin film transistor using the method Provided is a method of forming a polycrystalline silicon thin film with improved electrical characteristics. The method includes forming an amorphous silicon thin film on a substrate, partially melting a portion of the amorphous silicon thin film by irradiating the portion of the amorphous silicon thin film with a laser beam having a low energy density, forming polycrystalline silicon grains with a predetermined crystalline arrangement by crystallizing the partially molten portion of the amorphous silicon thin film, completely melting a portion of the polycrystalline silicon grains and a portion of the amorphous silicon thin film by irradiation of a laser beam having a high energy density while repeatedly moving the substrate by a predetermined distance, and growing the polycrystalline silicon grains by crystallizing the completely molten silicon homogeneously with the predetermined crystalline arrangement.
US07985657B1	Systems and methods for bonding materials using microwave energy Systems and methods are disclosed for bonding of semiconductor, metal, metal-ceramic or combinations of these substrates using microwave energy. In some embodiments, metal-ceramic substrates carrying semiconductor substrates can be bonded simultaneously through a thin interlayer metal to a metal substrate by using microwave energy. In some embodiments, other substrate combinations can be bonded by using microwave energy. High intensity microwave energy is applied to the substrate assembly positioned within a microwave cavity. A process of selective heating can occur in the thin interlayer metal enhanced by the presence of third microwave absorbing substrate, resulting in melting of the thin interlayer metal to facilitate bonding of the two substrates. Some of the advantages associated with such bonding process are disclosed.
US07985653B2	Semiconductor chip with coil element over passivation layer A method for fabricating a circuitry component includes providing a semiconductor substrate, a first coil over said semiconductor substrate, a passivation layer over said first coil; and depositing a second coil over said passivation layer and over said first coil. Said second coil may be deposited by forming a first metal layer over said passivation layer, forming a pattern defining layer over said first metal layer, a first opening in said pattern defining layer exposing said first metal layer, forming a second metal layer over said first metal layer exposed by said first opening, removing said pattern defining layer, and removing said first metal layer not under said second metal layer.
US07985646B2	Method of fabricating nanowire memory device and system of controlling nanowire formation used in the same A method of fabricating a nanowire memory device, and a system of controlling nanowire formation used in the same method are provided. In the method of fabricating a nanowire memory device which includes a substrate; an electrode formed on the substrate and insulated from the substrate; and a nanowire having its one end connected with the electrode and formed at a given length, the method comprises: forming an electrode and a dummy electrode to be paired with the electrode on the substrate; forming the nanowire between the electrode and the dummy electrode while measuring a current flowing between the electrode and the dummy electrode, and cutting power applied between the electrode and the dummy electrode when the current measured is a given value; and removing the dummy electrode.
US07985635B2	Laser process A laser annealing process for recovering crystallinity of a deposited semiconductor film such as of silicon which had undergone morphological damage, said process comprising activating the semiconductor by irradiating a pulsed laser beam operating at a wavelength of 400 nm or less and at a pulse width of 50 nsec or less onto the surface of the film, wherein, said deposited film is coated with a transparent film such as a silicon oxide film at a thickness of from 3 to 300 nm, and the laser beam incident to said coating is applied at an energy density E (mJ/cm2) provided that it satisfies the relation: log10 N≦−0.02(E−350), where N is the number of shots of the pulsed laser beam.
US07985634B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a Si substrate, an insulating film formed on one part of the Si substrate, a bulk Si region grown on other part of the Si substrate other than the insulating film, Si1-xGex(0
US07985627B2	Thermal intermediate apparatus, systems, and methods Apparatus and system, as well as fabrication methods therefor, may include a thermal intermediate structure comprised of a plurality of carbon nanotubes some of which have organic moieties attached thereto to tether the nanotubes to at least one of a die and a heat sink. The organic moieties include thiol linkers and amide linkers.
US07985626B2	Manufacturing tool for wafer level package and method of placing dies A manufacturing method of placing dice for a wafer level package comprises placing a plurality of dice on an elastic material, which is formed on a first base, and the elastic material of the present invention has viscosity in a first condition to adhere the plurality of dice; forming an adhesive material on a second base; adhering the plurality of dice on the adhesive material of the second base; and stripping the plurality of dice from the elastic material in a second condition.
US07985620B2	Method of fabricating via first plus via last IC interconnect A multi-tiered IC device contains a first die including a substrate with a first and second set of vias. The first set of vias extends from one side of the substrate, and the second set of vias extend from an opposite side of the substrate. Both sets of vias are coupled together. The first set of vias are physically smaller than the second set of vias. The first set of vias are produced prior to circuitry on the die, and the second set of vias are produced after circuitry on the die. A second die having a set of interconnects is stacked relative to the first die in which the interconnects couple to the first set of vias.
US07985614B2	Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing the same A solid-state imaging device having a high sensitivity and a structure in which a miniaturized pixel is obtained, and a method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging device in which an interface is stable, a spectroscopic characteristic is excellent and which can be manufactured with a high yield ratio are provided. The solid-state imaging device includes at least a silicon layer formed with a photo sensor portion and a wiring layer formed on the front-surface side of the silicon layer, and in which light L is made to enter from the rear-surface side opposite to the front-surface side of the silicon layer and the thickness of the silicon layer 4 is 10 μm or less. Also, the method for manufacturing the solid-state imaging device at least includes the steps of: forming a semiconductor region of a photo sensor portion in a silicon layer of a layered substrate in which a silicon substrate, an intermediate layer and a silicon layer are laminated; bonding a first supporting substrate onto the silicon layer; removing the silicon substrate and the intermediate layer; forming thereafter a wiring portion above the silicon layer; bonding a second supporting substrate onto the wiring portion, and removing the first supporting substrate to make the silicon layer exposed.
US07985612B2	Method and device for reducing crosstalk in back illuminated imagers A method and resulting device for reducing crosstalk in a back-illuminated imager is disclosed, comprising providing a substrate comprising an insulator layer and a seed layer substantially overlying the insulator layer, an interface being formed where the seed layer comes in contact with the insulator layer; forming an epitaxial layer substantially overlying the seed layer, the epitaxial layer defining plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region outlining a collection well for collecting charge carriers; and forming one of an electrical, optical, and electrical and optical barrier about the outlined collection well extending into the epitaxial layer to the interface between the seed layer and the insulator layer. The seed layer and the epitaxial layer of the device have a net dopant concentration profile which has an initial maximum value at the interface of the seed layer and the insulator layer and which decreases monotonically with increasing distance from an interface within an initial portion of the semiconductor substrate and the epitaxial layer.
US07985610B2	Solar cell, method of forming emitter layer of solar cell, and method of manufacturing solar cell A method for forming emitter layer of a solar cell includes preparing a substrate including a first impurity of a first conductive type, diffusing a second impurity of a second conductive type opposite to the first conductive type in the substrate to form a first emitter portion of the emitter layer in the substrate, and selectively heating a portion of the first emitter portion, which corresponds to a position for forming at least one electrode, to form a second emitter portion.
US07985606B2	Method of manufacturing light emitting device A light emitting device having a structure in which oxygen and moisture are prevented from reaching light emitting elements, and a method of manufacturing the same, are provided. Further, the light emitting elements are sealed by using a small number of process steps, without enclosing a drying agent. The present invention has a top surface emission structure. A substrate on which the light emitting elements are formed is bonded to a transparent sealing substrate. The structure is one in which a transparent second sealing material covers the entire surface of a pixel region when bonding the two substrates, and a first sealing material (having a higher viscosity than the second sealing material), which contains a gap material (filler, fine particles, or the like) for protecting a gap between the two substrates, surrounds the pixel region. The two substrates are sealed by the first sealing material and the second sealing material. Further, reaction between electrodes of the light emitting elements (cathodes or anodes) and the sealing materials can be prevented by covering the electrodes with a transparent protective layer, for example, CaF2, MgF2, or BaF2.
US07985602B2	Fluorescent dye compounds, conjugates and uses thereof The present teachings generally relate to fluorescent dyes, linkable forms of fluorescent dyes, energy transfer dyes, reagents labeled with fluorescent dyes and uses thereof.
US07985601B2	Tunable, semi-interpenetrating polymer networks (sIPNS) for medicine and biotechnology The present invention provides a class of semi-interpenetrating polymeric networks that include a linear polymer molecule functionalized with a bioactive moiety. The linear polymer is physically entangled within a matrix based upon a thermo-responsive polymer. The bioactive moiety is, e.g., a therapeutic moiety or a moiety that enhances the interaction of a cell with the polymer network. The polymer networks of the invention are flowable at room temperature, becoming solid or semi-solid at elevated temperatures (e.g., body temperature). The polymer networks are of use as drug delivery vehicles and as matrices for tissue engineering.
US07985593B2	Apparatus and method for polymer characterization Apparatus for GPC/TREF and TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample. The apparatus provides for the automated and integrated use of multiple TREF columns and a GPC system employing a multiple flow through detectors. In addition, a method for TREF/GPC characterization of a polymer sample by GPC analysis of TREF fractions at increasing TREF elution temperatures from multiple TREF columns operated in a coordinated and synchronized temperature cycle for increased sample throughput. Also, a method for GPC/TREF characterization of a polymer sample by GPC fractionation followed by TREF fractionation of the GPC fractionations.
US07985592B2	High throughput screening methods for lubricating oil compositions Methods for determining the compatibility of a plurality of fluid samples of different lubricating oil compositions with elastomers is provided. Each sample includes one or more base oils of lubricating viscosity and one or more lubricating oil additives. The methods can advantageously be optimized using combinatorial chemistry, in which a database of combinations of lubricating oil compositions are generated. As market conditions vary and/or product requirements or customer specifications change, conditions suitable for forming desired products can be identified with little or no downtime.
US07985584B2	MicroRNA fingerprints during human megakaryocytopoiesis The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer and myeloproliferative disorders. The invention also provides methods of identifying anti-cancer agents.
US07985583B2	Chlamydomonas intraflagellar transport 88 (IFT-88) The invention relates to various intraflagellar transport (IFT) polypeptides and the nucleic acids that encode them. The new IFT particle polypeptides and nucleic acids can be used in a variety, of diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods.
US07985581B2	Multiple RNA polymerase III promoter expression constructs Expression constructs comprising at least two different RNA polymerase III promoters, wherein each promoter is operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence encoding an RNA effector molecule, are disclosed herein. Further provided are expression constructs comprising multiple polymerase III promoters operably linked to sequences encoding short hairpin RNA molecules, which may comprise single and/or multiple fingers. The provided constructs are useful for in vivo delivery of RNA molecules effective in gene silencing, including of viral genes including HBV and HCV.
US07985571B1	Isolated genomic polynucleotide fragments from chromosome 17 that encode human carboxypeptidase D The invention is directed to isolated genomic polynucleotide fragments that encode human carboxypeptidase D, vectors and hosts containing the fragment and fragments hybridizing to noncoding regions as well as antisense oligonucleotides to these fragments. The invention is further directed to methods of using these fragments to obtain human Carboxypeptidase D and to diagnose, treat, prevent and/or ameliorate a pathological disorder.
US07985570B2	Alkaline proteases and detergents and cleaners comprising these alkaline proteases The present application relates to two novel proteases (SEQ ID NO: 4 and 7) which are similar to one another. The DNA of the two proteases, was obtained from soil samples, and C-terminally deleted, producing proteolytically active fragments thereof (SEQ ID NO: 5 and 8). The invention also provides all alkaline proteases similar at least to 90% to SEQ ID NO: 4 or to 87.5% to SEQ ID NO: 7, and those which can be summarized under a consensus sequence (SEQ ID NO: 9) derived from SEQ ID NO: 4 and 7. Furthermore, it relates to all nucleic acids which have a homology of at least 85% identity to the associated nucleic acids (SEQ ID NO: 3 and 6) or the fragments concerned. Furthermore, it defines technical possibilities of use for these proteases and especially describes their use in detergents and cleaners.
US07985568B2	Botryoccocus braunii triterpene synthase proteins and nucleic acid molecules, and methods for their use This application relates to the functional identification and characterization of a nucleic acid molecule encoding a triterpene synthase, in particular botryococcene synthase. Also described are host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules of this invention, proteins encoded by the nucleic acid molecules and methods for using the nucleic acid molecules, transformed hosts and encoded proteins to produce high levels of triterpene hydrocarbons.
US07985564B2	Expression systems with sec-system secretion Improved methods and prokaryotic expression systems for producing recombinant proteins using Sec-system secretion signal peptides are described using Pseudomonas fluorescens Sec secretion systems. Specific novel Sec-system secretion signal peptides are described, as are fusion proteins and coding sequences for improved secretion of recombinant proteins and peptides.
US07985559B2	Methods of selecting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) binding agents The present application relates to methods of selecting EGFr binding agents. In certain embodiments, such EGFr binding agents bind to at least a portion of a panitumumab epitope on an EGFr. In certain embodiments, such EGFr binding agents do not bind to a panitumumab epitope on an EGFr.
US07985553B2	Method for isolating cell type-specific mRNAs The invention provides methods and compositions for isolation and assessment of riboprotein complexes.
US07985551B2	Methods and compositions for the treatment of psychotic disorders through the identification of the SULT4A1-1 haplotype Methods and compositions relate to genetic markers of psychotic disorders, e.g., schizophrenia (SZ), are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods for determinations of a SULT4A1-1 haplotype are described. Furthermore, the invention provides methods and compositions involving treatment of psychotic disorders using the haplotype status.
US07985549B2	Method for predicting responsiveness to TNFα blocking agents The invention provides an in vitro method for predicting whether a patient would be responsive to a treatment with a TNFα blocking agent, which method comprises determining the expression level of eight genes in a biological sample of said patient, wherein said genes are EPS15, HLA-DPB1, AKAP9, RASGRP3, MTCBP-1, PTNP12, MRPL22 and RPS28. The invention further provides a DNA chip for performing such method.
US07985548B2	Materials and methods directed to asparagine synthetase and asparaginase therapies Materials and Methods for use in treating cell proliferative disorders related to asparagine metabolism are provided. Cell proliferative disorders include such cancers as forms of leukemia, ovarian cancers, melanomas, renal cancers, breast cancers, brain cancers, and other cancers. Methods include the use of RNA interference targeted at asparagine synthetase to enhance the efficacy of L-asparaginase therapies.
US07985544B2	Probe, probe set, and probe carrier for detecting DNA of Trichophyton verrucosum A probe, a set of probes, and a probe carrier on which the probe or the set of probes is immobilized, are provided for classification of fungus species. The probe or the set of probes is capable of collectively detecting fungus of the same species and distinguishingly detecting those fungus from fungus of other species. The probe is an oligonucleotide probe for detecting a pathogenic fungus DNA and includes at least one of base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 1 to 2 and mutated sequences thereof.
US07985537B2	Methods for determining the hair follicle inductive properties of a composition The present invention provides a method for determining hair inductive properties of a composition comprising injecting a composition comprising dissociated dermal cells and epidermal cells into skin of a mammal and determining whether at least one hair follicle forms.
US07985528B2	Positive resist composition and patterning process A positive resist composition comprises (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid and (B) an acid generator. The resin (A) is a polymer comprising recurring units containing a non-leaving hydroxyl group represented by formula (1) wherein R1 is H, methyl or trifluoromethyl, m is 1 or 2, and the hydroxyl group attaches to a tertiary carbon atom. The composition is improved in resolution when processed by lithography.
US07985514B2	Method for fracturing a pattern for writing with a shaped charged particle beam writing system using dragged shots In the field of semiconductor production using shaped charged particle beam lithography, a method and system for fracturing or mask data preparation or proximity effect correction is disclosed, wherein a shot determined for a shaped charged particle beam writer system comprises dragging the charged particle beam across a surface during the shot, so as to form a complex pattern in a single, extended shot. The dragging may be done with either variable shaped beam (VSB) or character projection (CP) shots. Methods for specifying in the shot data the path for the dragged shot are also disclosed. Other embodiments include using dragged shots with partial projection, varying the dragging velocity during a shot, and combining dragged shots with conventional shots. A method and system for creating glyphs which contain dragged shots is also disclosed.
US07985513B2	Fluorine-passivated reticles for use in lithography and methods for fabricating the same Fluorine-passivated reticles for use in lithography and methods for fabricating and using such reticles are provided. According to one embodiment, a method for performing photolithography comprises placing a fluorine-passivated reticle between an illumination source and a target semiconductor wafer and causing electromagnetic radiation to pass from the illumination source through the fluorine-passivated reticle to the target semiconductor wafer. In another embodiment, a fluorine-passivated reticle comprises a substrate and a patterned fluorine-passivated absorber material layer overlying the substrate. According to another embodiment, a method for fabricating a reticle for use in photolithography comprises providing a substrate and forming a fluorine-passivated absorber material layer overlying the substrate.
US07985508B2	High temperature fuel cell system having cooling apparatus and method of operating the same A high temperature fuel cell system having a cooling apparatus, including: a fuel cell stack including a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) each having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode on opposing surfaces of an electrolyte membrane containing acid and a plurality of conductive plates contacting each electrode; an anode inlet line, which is connected to the fuel cell stack, and which supplies a hydrogen containing gas to the anode electrode; an anode outlet line, which is connected to the fuel cell stack, and which discharges byproducts produced at the anode electrode along with un-reacted hydrogen containing gas; a cathode inlet line, which is connected to the fuel cell stack, and which supplies oxygen to the cathode electrode; a cathode outlet line, which is connected to the fuel cell stack, and which discharges byproducts produced at the cathode electrode along with un-reacted oxygen; a cooling apparatus, which is installed at the anode inlet line, and which reduces a temperature of the hydrogen containing gas; and a moisture removing device that removes moisture from the hydrogen containing gas.
US07985507B2	Fuel cell system and related method A fuel cell system (S) is provided with a fuel cell (1) supplied with hydrogen gas and oxidizing gas, a gas supply line (5) supplying the hydrogen gas to the fuel cell, a gas exhaust line (31) passing exhaust hydrogen gas expelled from the fuel cell with the exhaust hydrogen gas being able to contain nitrogen, a gas recirculation line (7) recirculating the exhaust hydrogen gas to the fuel cell at an upstream thereof, a purge valve (8) adapted to discharge the exhaust hydrogen gas, containing the nitrogen, to an outside, and a controller (100) operative to close the purge valve when judgment is made that a flow rate of the exhaust hydrogen gas passing through the purge valve during an opened state of the purge valve is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
US07985505B2	Fuel cell apparatus and associated method An apparatus is provided that relates to an electrochemical cell assembly. The apparatus is capable of controlling water loss from a fuel cell, at least in part by separating gas and liquid fluid flows. A variety of flow designs are provided that separate liquid electrolyte flow from reagent gas flow. Some flow designs may be suitable for one or more of fuel cells, rechargeable fuel cells, and batteries such as metal hydride batteries. Furthermore, some embodiments may include a single electrochemical cell, or plurality of cells arranged in parallel or in series. Some embodiments may also relate to methods of mitigating water loss from an electrochemical cell assembly.
US07985503B2	Method for preparing spherical nickelous hydroxide which is dopped and multiple metal oxides, and lithium ion secondary battery The invention relates to a method for preparing multiple metal oxides and intermediate compound, i.e. spherical nickelous hydroxide which is lopped. The intermediate compound is prepared by: mixing bivalent nickel salt, cobalt salt, ammonia water and ammonium salt to form solution containing complex; then adding the said solution containing complex with the mixture solution of metal salt(s) and alkali into reaction vessel in parallel flow, stirring to form precipitate of spherical nickelous hydroxide which is dopped, and washing to remove the impurities. The resulting spherical nickelous hydroxide which is dopped, as an intermediate compound, can be used to produce multiple metal oxides. The resulting multiple metal oxides can be used as anode active material. The spherical nickelous hydroxide has advantages of uniform size and narrow size distribution. The multiple metal oxides has high electric conductivity and cycle performance, particularly, is suitable to be used as anode material.
US07985502B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte solution and lithium secondary battery using same The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery having excellent battery characteristics such as battery cycling property, electrical capacity and storage property.The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for lithium secondary batteries in which an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising a formic ester compound having a specific structure in an amount of 0.01 to 10% by weight of the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, and a lithium secondary battery using the same.
US07985501B2	Integral cap assembly having protective circuit module, and secondary battery comprising the same An integral cap assembly comprising a top cap mounted as a base plate to an opening of a battery can and a cap subassembly including a protective circuit module and the like integrally mounted on the top cap, a method for manufacturing a secondary battery comprising the same, and a secondary battery manufactured thereby are disclosed. The cap assembly is provided as an integral member comprising the top cap acting as the base plate, and the cap subassembly having the protective circuit module provided thereon, thereby simplifying a manufacturing process of the battery while minimizing frequency of defective products. Additionally, the integral cap assembly is manufactured through insert injection molding, thereby providing notable advantages over the conventional technology.
US07985500B2	Method and apparatus for flexible battery for implantable device One embodiment of the present subject matter includes an apparatus for storing energy, the apparatus having a first portion comprising a flexible substrate containing a polymer electrolyte and a second portion adapted to provide a conformable housing surrounding the first portion; wherein the apparatus is adapted to provide a source of energy to an implantable device. The apparatus defines a flexible implantable device capable of traversing the circulatory system of a body with minimal obstruction of flow within the circulatory system. Further provided is a method of implanting an power source within the circulatory system of a subject's body.
US07985494B2	Glass substrate for magnetic disk and magnetic disk apparatus A glass substrate for a magnetic disk satisfies Ra1≦0.8 [nm], 0 [nm]≦Ra1−Ra2≦0.2 [nm], Wa1≦0.6 [nm], and 0 [nm]≦Wa2−Wa1≦0.2 [nm]. Ra1 is an average surface roughness of a first annular area between 1 mm and 3 mm outward from an inner periphery of a main surface of the glass substrate, Ra2 is an average surface roughness of a second annular area between 1 mm and 3 mm inward from an outer periphery of the main surface, Wa1 is an average waviness of the first area in a circumferential direction of the glass substrate having a cycle of 300 μm to 5 mm, and Wa2 is an average waviness of the second area in the circumferential direction having a cycle of 300 μm to 5 mm.
US07985493B2	High temperature insulation and insulated article An insulation (10, 100) and an insulated article (40, 56, 62, 82) having improved properties for use in a high temperature combustion environment. The improved insulation may include composite particles (18) of alumina and zirconia-hafnia exhibiting micro-cracks that remain contained within the particles and do not extend into a surrounding binder material. The improved insulation may be a vapor resistance layer (VRL) top coat (80) disposed over a layer of mullite-based ceramic thermal insulation (72) and may be anchored to the thermal insulation by extending into pits (79) formed in the surface (S′) of the mullite-based insulation. Porosity and thickness of the top coat may be controlled to provide compatibility between the elastic modulus of the zirconia-hafnia top coat and that of the underlying mullite-based insulation.
US07985486B2	Coating composition for a metal, and metal material having a coating of such coating composition A coating composition for a metal is provided. The coating composition comprises a coating composition for a metal comprising a synthetic resin solid content (A); a filler (B); and a mixture of (C-1) acetylene glycol represented by the following general formula (1): and/or an ethoxylated derivative of the acetylene glycol represented by the following general formula (2): and (C-2) at least one member selected from polyoxy(ethylene-propylene) block polymer represented by the following formula (3): HO(C2H4O)w(C3H6O)x(C2H4O)y(C3H6O)zH (3).
US07985475B2	Super-hydrophobic surfaces, methods of their construction and uses therefor This invention provides novel super-liquidphobic nanofibers and structures comprising such nanofibers, as well as methods and uses for such nanofibers.
US07985473B2	Resinous-substance-impregnated planar paper and adhesive tape using the same Provided is a planar paper for an adhesive tape, and an adhesive tape utilizing such planar paper as a backing, which has an elongation sufficient to allow the adhesive tape to be favorably adhered to an adherend surface without being accompanied by any lift and separation, but with consistently conforming to the curved surfaces and/or the rough surfaces; which is capable of providing a clear painting line left in a portion of a painted layer required in automobiles; which is capable of being easily cut by hand without requiring any tool as a blade; and which is also excellent in handleability. The planar paper comprises a polyvinyl alcohol-series fiber having a fiber breaking temperature in water of 92 to 125° C., a tenacity of 0.5 to 3.5 cN/dtex at 10% elongation, and a breaking elongation of 17 to 60%.
US07985469B2	Particle network comprising particles disposed on a substrate and method for realizing such a network The invention relates to a method for realizing a particle network comprising a particle depositing step, capable of self-organizing with a determined increment along a first direction, onto a substrate exhibiting a property that permits an interaction between the substrate and the particles and modulated along the first direction with a period adapted to said increment. A substantial interaction thus subsists between each of the particles and its neighboring particles along the first direction.
US07985465B2	Polyvinyl acetal-containing film The invention relates to a film based on plasticizer-containing polyvinyl acetals having improved uniformity of length variations over the width of the film for manufacturing laminated glazing and its use in laminated glazing or solar modules.

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