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US08065836B2	Door module A module covers an opening in a motor vehicle door and supports a door inner trim. The module comprises a base body including a base and at least one bracket movable with respect to the base. The bracket includes a supporting surface contacting an edge of the opening. The bracket includes at least one fixation point for fastening to the door inner trim.
US08065831B2	Stackable structural cell having improved support characteristics Structural cells that are placed beneath hardscape. The cells are strong enough to structurally support the hardscape, effectively bearing its weight along with the weight of any load it carries. Furthermore, even though the cells are strong enough to offer structural support of a hardscape, the cells are also designed to be relatively lightweight, stackable, and open, allowing approximately 90% of their volume, or more, to be free volume that can contain uncompacted soil, tree roots, and the like. The cells achieve these attributes through a design that includes a flexible bottom frame, and support members. These support members have a cross-sectional shape that allows for axial rigidity while also preventing any interlocking between support members when cells are stacked. In one embodiment, this cross-sectional shape is a generally quadrifoil shape.
US08065830B2	Multiple magazine loader A firearm magazine loading and unloading tool that may be formed in a one-piece unit that is hand-held, ambidextrous, generally rectangular in shape and able to fit inside one or more magazines.
US08065828B2	Sheet material display apparatuses Display apparatuses for displaying a sheet material, including a panel including a front face and a rear face opposite the front face, a protuberance projecting from the front face, and a cap mounted to the protuberance in a position spaced from the front face to define a gap between the cap and the front face on at least one lateral side of the protuberance, wherein the gap has a thickness substantially similar to the thickness of the sheet material to secure the sheet material within the gap when the sheet material is inserted into the gap.
US08065821B1	Footwear with interchangeable decorative features Footwear with interchangeable components on the ankle area and tongue is herein disclosed, wherein both the replacement tongue and the upper area of the footwear comprise different materials, colors, or styles. The removal and replacement functionality is accomplished with a plurality of snap fasteners. To remove the upper portion of the footwear, the laces would be removed from the eyelets, an upper portion and tongue interchanged, and the laces replaced. It is also envisioned that the upper portion and tongue could be removed completely and shorter laces installed to transform the footwear into a pair of shoes as well.
US08065817B2	Cushioning apparatus for ambulatory use According to the principles of the first embodiment of the present invention, a midsole of a shoe comprising an integral midsole, an outer sole with transparent discs, a board last of tractable stiffness; a mechanical spring located within the midsole; and, an upper shoe body. The shoe being capable of providing line-of-sight viewing of the internally mounted contrivances for structural monitoring throughout the life of the shoe so as to improve durability, process of making comfort and acceptability.
US08065810B2	Apparatus and systems for measuring elongation of objects, methods of measuring, and reactor Elongation measurement apparatuses and systems comprise at least two Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDTs) with a push rod coupled to each of the at least two LVDTs at one longitudinal end thereof. At least one push rod extends to a base and is coupled thereto at an opposing longitudinal end, and at least one other push rod extends to a location spaced apart from the base and is configured to receive a sample between an opposing longitudinal end of the at least one other push rod and the base. Nuclear reactors comprising such apparatuses and systems and methods of measuring elongation of a material are also disclosed.
US08065809B1	Angle measurement device A device for measuring angles between surfaces of a physical object includes a linkage having two or more gauging arms and a metered arm. The metered arm is coupled to one arm of the linkage. The metered arm indicates an angle between two or more surfaces of the physical object. The angle measurement device may allow measurement of both interior and exterior angles, and acute, obtuse, and right angles.
US08065808B2	Sundial with dome and grid of light Sundial apparatus with overlying barrier grid.
US08065806B2	Multi-pinion gear digital beam torque wrench A digital torque wrench includes a position sensor assembly which measures the movement of a load beam with respect to an indicator beam to determine the torque being applied to a working element by the torque wrench. The position sensor assembly includes a first position sensor portion having multiple rotatable pinion gears coupled to a potentiometer, and includes a second position sensor portion having a rack gear that engages one of the pinion gears of the first position sensor portion. The first and second position sensor portions are attached to different ones of the load beam and the indicator beam so that at least one of the pinion gears rotates along the rack gear in response to force (torque) being applied through the load beam to the working element. Rotation of the pinion gears causes rotation of a potentiometer element, which produces a signal indicative of the relative displacement of the load beam with respect to the indicator beam. This displacement is then converted to a torque measurement and is displayed to a user via a display. The use of multiple pinion gears enables a high degree of resolution with respect to the torque measurements, while reducing the width profile of the torque wrench.
US08065801B2	Electric razor assembly A electric razor foil assembly comprises flexible outer and inner foils (1, 2) supported by a structure (14) that is deformable to permit the foils to flex to follow concave or convex curvatures. The support structure includes two suspension members (22) supporting the foils along the respective side edges, and each support member (22) has several support elements (24) interconnected by hinges (25) and in sliding cooperation with the foils. The deformation of the suspension members is guided by guide plates located adjacent the suspension members. The foils are urged into cooperation by spring members (30) and the inner foil (2) is reciprocated by a drive arrangement including a flexible drive plate (36) disposed between the spring members (30) and the inner foil (2).
US08065799B2	Method of fabricating a turbomachine rotor disk A method of fabricating a turbomachine rotor disk is disclosed. In the method, a metal container is defined, made up of a plurality of parts that define between them at least one annular cavity, an insert made of composite material is positioned in the at least one cavity, the assembly is subjected to hot isostatic compacting, and a rotor disk is machined.
US08065789B2	Method of fabricating a heated substrate support A method of forming a substrate support comprises providing a body having a groove, inserting a heater element into the groove, disposing an insert into the groove, and inserting a cap into the groove. The heater element comprises a resistive element inside a sheath encased in a malleable cladding. The insert is disposed over the cladding, and the cap is substantially flush with an outer surface of the body.
US08065787B2	Method of manufacturing a thermally assisted magnetic head A thermally assisted magnetic head is formed by performing a head forming process, a mounting part forming process and a light source mounting process in that order. In the head forming process, a planned area is secured on a light source placing surface of a slider substrate, then a magnetic head part is formed on a head area other than the planned area and a spacer for securing a mounting space for the laser diode is formed on the planned area. In the mounting part forming process, a light source mounting part is formed by removing the spacer. In the light source mounting process, a laser diode is mounted on the light source mounting part formed by the mounting part forming step.
US08065785B2	Method for producing a turbulence conditioner for use with an ultrasonic flow meter in a pipe A method for producing a turbulence conditioner for use with an ultrasonic flow meter in a pipe having the steps of identifying an effective diameter of an aperture of the flow meter to be disposed in an opening in the pipe through which the flow meter communicates pulses of ultrasonic energy with the interior of the pipe. There is the step of building a conditioner with a pitch between openings in the conditioner which is less than the effective diameter.
US08065782B2	Electromotion type automatic clip-ejecting apparatus In an electro-motion type automatic clip-ejecting apparatus, when paper to be bound is inserted into the apparatus after a large number of clips are charged in the clip magazine, each clip is simultaneously ejected from the clip magazine so that a binding operation is performed so that it is possible to conveniently use the clip ejecting apparatus by only one hand of the user. The apparatus includes a wheel movement member and a clip ejecting member. The wheel movement member includes a pole, a spring for providing elastic force, and a pole movement bar for performing a linear movement so that the pole movement bar is interlocked with the pushing rack gear. The pole is interlocked with the pole movement bar according to linear movement of the pole movement bar. The clip ejecting member includes a spar gear, a fixed gear, and a pushing rack gear.
US08065779B2	Automatic door closure for breakout sliding doors and patio doors A sliding door automatic closing device is provided whereby a cylindrical tube is attached to the sliding door and a pulley housing is rotateably mounted to the top of the cylindrical tube. A cable is attached at one end to a cable housing, the housing mounted onto the frame header, and the cable is attached at a second end to a weight within the cylindrical tube. The bearing-mounted pulley housing allows the sliding door panel to breakout when needed and then be returned to its original position for continual use of the automatic closing feature without any mechanical adjustments. The bearing-mounted pulley housing, cable, and cable housing all remain in their original planar positions relative to the sliding door panel header; that is, these components do not breakout along with the sliding door panel.
US08065772B2	Scrubbing element with welded wire leader A cleaning element for lumen of surgical instruments includes a brush and a flexible metal leader. The brush has a first end, a second end, and a metal core, the metal core defining a longitudinal axis extending throughout the brush. The flexible metal leader has a first end and a second end, the second end of the flexible metal leader being welded to the first end of the metal core of the brush. The flexible metal leader is adapted to be fed through the lumen of the surgical instruments and pulled by the first end thereof through the lumen, with the brush also being adapted to be pulled through the lumen due to its being welded to the second end of the flexible metal leader.
US08065771B2	Pool cleaning brush This invention discloses a roller brush used in swimming pool cleaner, including the roller body and the roller brush wrapped around the roller body. The inner side of roller brush in contact with the roller body outer surface. The roller body has a number of detent posts or grooves. The roller brush inner surface has a number of corresponding grooves or posts. Certain number of detent posts engages with grooves enable the roller brush and roller body positive interlock. For this reason, this roller brush invention allows positive and synchronize drive between roller body and roller brush, avoiding slipping drive. Moreover, this invention has simple construction, easy manufacture and assembly. This invention does not need to apply too much tension on the roller brush, reducing the flexible roller brush aging rate. It is therefore product life extended and maintenance cost lowered.
US08065769B2	Method and apparatus for the placement of a bridge element A method and apparatus for the placement of a bridge element using a vehicle having a placement arm, and a use of the apparatus. The placement arm has at least one drive element adapted to cooperate with the bridge element. A braking device is disposed in the vicinity of the deposition end of the placement arm and cooperates with the bridge element during a placement procedure. The bridge element is braked via an engagement element of the braking device. Movement of the bridge element in a longitudinal direction can be measured and monitored, and in the event of an uncontrolled movement the bridge element can be braked.
US08065768B2	Equipment support rail for hospital bed A patient support includes a lower frame, an upper frame supported above the lower frame, an equipment carrier coupled to the upper frame, and an actuator operable to adjust the orientation of the equipment carrier to compensate for the upper frame changing its orientation between the Trendelenberg and reverse Trendelenberg positions.
US08065749B2	Hand protective device A protective device including a protective sheet having a general rectangular shape, cut into which are four circular openings positioned in an aligned manner level with its transverse median axis which connects the middle of each of the lengths, the four openings separating the protective sheet into a first part known as the palmar part and a second part known as the dorsal part; the protective sheet being coated on one of its sides with a hypoallergenic adhesive; and a peelable film whose longitudinal and transverse dimensions are equal to those of the protective sheet superposed on the side of the protective sheet coated with the hypoallergenic adhesive.
US08065748B2	Curved soccer goalkeeper glove Confronting intra-finger gussets, peripheral banding strips, and stitching lines extending from wrist to fingertip across a palm face of a soccer goalkeeper glove help to hold the glove in a curved configuration that protects the fingers and thumb of the wearer from bending backward when hit by a soccer ball. These features, alone, or in various combinations, also contribute to a realistic feel in handling a ball.
US08069489B2	Method and system for facilitating search, selection, preview, purchase evaluation, offering for sale, distribution, and/or sale of digital content and enhancing the security thereof A method for controlling the release of an as-rendered configuration of a digital work, comprising the steps of presenting said digital work as a composite of a plurality of layers comprising at least a first layer and a second layer; providing a rendering protocol interface which is adapted for defining said as-rendered configuration of the digital work by specifying a first rendering status of said first layer and a second rendering status of said second layer; providing a rendering protocol facility adapted for storing and controlling the release of said first and second rendering status of said first and second layers respectively in accordance with said as-rendered configuration; restricting unauthorized access to the rendering protocol interface, thereby preventing unauthorized modification of said as-rendered configuration; and releasing said digital work with said as-rendered configuration. The method has application in selling books, movies, software, music and other information products. A method of selling a preview version of an information product along with an option of purchase of the original version is described.
US08069488B2	Method and apparatus for exclusively controlling a device in a home network A method and apparatus exclusively control a device in a home network. A control point requests exclusive control authority from the device. In response to the request the control point receives an identifier (RID) used to successfully authenticate the exclusive control authority. The control point then acquires the exclusive control authority and controls the device. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent other control points from interfering with the device so as not to perform an operation which is not desirable for the control point that acquires the exclusive control authority over the device.
US08069482B2	Device, system and method of database security Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention relate to a method, device and system of database security. One demonstrative embodiment of the invention includes an intrusion detection sensor to scan transactions on a database, and generate an event based on a detection profile. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08069479B2	Position and velocity-based mobile device management A set of one or more positional control parameters includes at least one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit. A control list identifies at least one feature in a mobile device. The at least one feature may be associated with at least one of the positional control parameters.
US08069475B2	Distributed authentication functionality A Passive Optical Network (PON) includes an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and an Optical Line Terminal (OLT). The ONT is configured for providing controlled port operations of authenticator Port Access Entity (PAE) functionality and the OLT is configured for providing entity authentication operations of the authenticator PAE functionality. The controlled port operations of authenticator PAE functionality includes inhibiting transmission of non-authentication messages from the ONT, transmitting a supplicant authentication request to the OLT and enabling transmission of non-authentication messages from the ONT in response to receiving supplicant authentication confirmation. The entity authentication operations of the authenticator PAE functionality include facilitating authentication of an identity of the supplicant and facilitating transmission of supplicant authentication confirmation for reception by the ONT in response to the identity being authenticated.
US08069470B1	Identity and authentication in a wireless network A sensor system includes a controller and sensors, the system configured to ensure unique identity for each device. Methods are provided to generate new identities for those devices having duplicate addresses, and to transmit the new identity information to those devices.
US08069465B1	Devices, systems, and methods for managing multimedia traffic across a common wireless communication network Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for managing multimedia traffic across a common wireless communication network. Embodiments may include content devices, end point devices, a network node, and a wireless dongle. The network node and the wireless dongle may have application functions transmitting and receiving application data streams including a video application. The video application may include a conversion engine to compress, expand, or convert video data. Further, both the network node and the wireless dongle may transmit downstream video streams and receive upstream video streams. In addition, the network node may have a master controller function and a node management function, and a dongle management function each managing video traffic streams and application data streams. In addition, the dongle management function controls admission of a video traffic stream originating from the wireless dongle to the wireless communication network.
US08069460B2	User interface for television schedule system Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hours or more. The array is arranged as three columns (28) of one-half hour in duration, and twelve rows (30) of program listings. Some of the program listings overlap two or more of the columns (28) because of their length. Because of the widely varying length of the cells (26), if a conventional cursor used to select a cell location were to simply step from one cell to another, the result would be abrupt changes in the screen (10) as the cursor moved from a cell (26) of several hours length to an adjacent cell in the same row. An effective way of taming the motion is to assume that behind every array (24) is an underlying array of regular cells. By restricting cursor movements to the regular cells, abrupt screen changes will be avoided. With the cursor (32), the entire cell (26) is 3-D highlighted, using a conventional offset shadow (34). The offset shadow (34) is a black bar that underlines the entire cell and wraps around the right edge of the cell. To tag the underlying position—which defines where the cursor (32) is and thus, where it will move next—portions (36) of the black bar outside the current underlying position are segmented, while the current position is painted solid.
US08069459B2	Method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for promoting television programs A method, which comprises: receiving from a provider of a first content stream an indication of a promotional time slot to be rendered available on the first content stream; accessing a program schedule indicative of television programs scheduled to begin airing on respective content streams at respective start times; consulting said schedule to identify at least one particular television program among those of said television programs scheduled to air on content streams provided by providers different from the provider of the first content stream and whose start times fall within a time window of acceptable viewability relative to the promotional time slot; and causing conveyance of an advertisement for the at least one particular television program during the promotional time slot.
US08069457B2	Auto-balancing device, turntable device, and disc driving device An auto-balancing device, as well as a turntable device and a disc driving device equipped with the auto-balancing device are disclosed. The auto-balancing device, which includes a housing, which is coupled with a rotating body, and in which an annular insertion groove is formed; a correcting ring, rotatably inserted in the insertion groove; and multiple correcting balls, positioned between the correcting ring and an outward inwall of the insertion groove, can reduce noise and vibration for a rotating body during acceleration and deceleration and during high-speed rotations.
US08069454B2	Emergency ejection device for a slot-in disk drive The invention provides an emergency ejection device for a slot-in disk drive, which rotates a worm gear by a motor. A central hole of a rotating component is fixed on a housing. A sliding slot is formed on an end of the rotating component, and a buckling slot is formed on an end of the sliding slot. A first gear of a gear set fixed on the central hole of the rotating component is engaged with the worm gear. A clutching gear fixed on the other end of the rotating component is engaged with the first gear. An end of a locking component inserts inside the sliding slot, and an inclined surface protrudes from the other end of the locking component. A spring provides an elastic force for holding the sliding column inside the buckling slot so as to keep engagement of the clutching gear with a second gear.
US08069453B2	Transfer mechanism and device, and electronic device A transfer mechanism includes: a tray that includes a placement surface section on which a recording medium is placed, and retention means for keeping hold of the recording medium placed on the placement surface section, and is moved and rotated across an insertion/removal position at which the tray is faced toward the outside of a device body with the placement surface section being substantially horizontal and a recording/reproduction position at which the tray is housed in the device body with the placement surface section being substantially vertical; a clamp member that is supported inside of the device body to allow a main surface section thereof to move and rotate across a substantially-horizontal direction and a substantially-vertical direction, and clamps, with a support mechanism, the recording medium moved and rotated to the recording/reproduction position; and a movement mechanism that moves the tray.
US08069452B2	Method and management agent for event notifications correlation Methods and agent for correlating event notifications are provided wherein the agent comprises an interface receiving an event notification, a Peer Agent Notification Category List (PANCL) storing peer agent notification categories of event notifications that other agents are interested in receiving from the agent, and a notifications processing engine that determines if the event notification matches the peer agent notification categories of the PANCL. Upon positive determination the first event notification is sent at least to a second agent associated with the matched peer agent notification category of the PANCL. In another aspect, the agent comprises a manager notifications log storing identities of event notifications sent from the agent to the manager and a notifications processing engine that determines if a received peer agent event notification matches any event notifications of the log. Upon positive determination, the engine correlates the peer agent event notification with the event notification of the log.
US08069448B2	Computer interface controller for peripheral devices Provided is a computer interface controller for peripheral devices, comprising a computer interface control unit, a central control unit, a driver program memory, a virtual optical disc drive control unit, a data transmission unit and a data interruption unit. The central controller is connected to the computer interface control unit and the driver program memory is connected to the central controller. The data transmission unit and the data interruption unit are connected to the computer interface control unit. The computer interface controller selects a proper data transmission mode according to the user authorization information provided by the computer device in correspondence with the user of the peripheral in connection with the invented computer interface controller.
US08069445B2	Method and apparatus for detecting lock acquisition hierarchy violations and unsafe lock releases A thread analysis tool records a set of currently-held synchronization objects and currently-acquired objects when a thread acquires one or more objects, then searches for a lock acquisition hierarchy violation that may cause program deadlock. If a violation is found, it is reported to the user. Software to implement the methods of the analysis tool, and systems using the methods, are also described and claimed.
US08069443B2	Techniques for providing services and establishing processing environments Techniques are provided for the delivery of client services and for the establishment of client processing environments. A client receives services within a processing environment which is defined by a processing container. The processing container includes one or more processing groups, and each processing group has a particular context that supports one or more applications or services which are processing within that context. The processing groups communicate with one another via connector interfaces included within the processing container. Services and processing containers can be dynamically added or removed from the processing container.
US08069441B2	Method for constructing job operation environment To construct an operation environment for a job by deploying in a computer an operating system and various programs as a premise of operation of a job program of the job of which operation is to be started in a job system, there is selected an optimized construction procedure requiring the shortest construction time. Various application programs and patch programs for the deployment included in the saved disk images are compared with the various programs as a premise of the job operation to obtain a period of time to uninstall unnecessary programs, a period of time to install lacking programs, and a period of time to deploy the disk image on the computer. An estimated construction time is obtained by adding the periods of time to each other. By optimizing the uninstallation and installation procedure, the estimated construction time is reduced to the maximum extent.
US08069430B2	Stress-managed revision of integrated circuit layouts Roughly described, methods and systems for improving integrated circuit layouts and fabrication processes in order to better account for stress effects. Dummy features can be added to a layout either in order to improve uniformity, or to relax known undesirable stress, or to introduce known desirable stress. The dummy features can include dummy diffusion regions added to relax stress, and dummy trenches added either to relax or enhance stress. A trench can relax stress by filling it with a stress-neutral material or a tensile strained material. A trench can increase stress by filling it with a compressive strained material. Preferably dummy diffusion regions and stress relaxation trenches are disposed longitudinally to at least the channel regions of N-channel transistors, and transversely to at least the channel regions of both N-channel and P-channel transistors. Preferably stress enhancement trenches are disposed longitudinally to at least the channel regions of P-channel transistors.
US08069426B2	Method and mechanism for identifying and tracking shape connectivity A method and mechanism is disclosed for identifying and tracking nets in an electrical design. A hierarchical design does not have to be flattened to perform the operation of identifying and tracking nets. To identify sets of connected shapes, instead of having to unfold the entire design hierarchy, only the specific instances of shapes falling within the geometric bounds of shapes identified as being part of a net needs to be unfolded to perform the search. When composing the list of nets for a hierarchical design, the unfolded shapes at other hierarchical levels of the design can be derived based upon virtual terminal structures that implicitly references nets and objects at other levels.
US08069423B2	System and method for model based multi-patterning optimization Some embodiments provide a method for optimally decomposing patterns within particular spatial regions of interest on a particular layer of a design layout for a multi-exposure photolithographic process. Specifically, some embodiments model the spatial region using a mathematical equation in terms of two or more intensities. Some embodiments then optimize the model across a set of feasible intensities. The optimization yields a set of intensities such that the union of the patterns created/printed from each exposure intensity most closely approximates the patterns within the particular regions. Based on the set of intensities, some embodiments then determine a decomposition solution for the patterns that satisfies design constraints of a multi-exposure photolithographic printing process. In this manner, some embodiments achieve an optimal photolithographic printing of the particular regions of interest without performing geometric rule based decomposition.
US08069404B2	Method of managing expected documents and system providing same A method for organizing documents is hereby provided, the method comprising providing a plurality of documents, displaying the plurality of documents in a substantially linear arrangement, establishing a link between one of the plurality of documents and an expected document and displaying an identification of the expected document on the substantially linear arrangement of documents. The expected document being associated with other documents in order to represent future workflow events. A system, a user interface and a computer-readable medium providing same are also provided.
US08069388B2	Distributed block coding (DBC) Various embodiments implement distributed block coding (DBC). DBC can be used for, among other things, distributed forward error correction (DFEC) of source data in communication systems or parity backup for error correction of source data in storage systems where the source data may be corrupted by burst errors. A distributed block encoder (DBE) encodes sequential source data symbols with a plurality of sequential block encoders to produce interleaved parity codewords. The interleaved parity codewords enable decoding of error-corrected source data symbols with a distributed block decoder (DBD) that utilizes a plurality of sequential block decoders to produce the error-corrected source data symbols. A distributed register block encoder (DRBE) and a distributed register block decoder (DRBD) can each be implemented in a single block encoder and a single block decoder, respectively, by using a distributed register arrangement.
US08069384B2	Scanning reassigned data storage locations An aspect of the present disclosure relates to scanning reassigned data storage locations. In one example, a reassignment table is accessed to identify a deallocated data storage location and scan the deallocated data storage location for media defects.
US08069383B2	Apparatus, system, and method for bad block remapping An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for bad block remapping. A bad block identifier module identifies one or more data blocks on a solid-state storage element as bad blocks. A log update module writes at least a location of each bad block identified by the bad block identifier module into each of two or more redundant bad block logs. A bad block mapping module accesses at least one bad block log during a start-up operation to create in memory a bad block map. The bad block map includes a mapping between the bad block locations in the bad block log and a corresponding location of a replacement block for each bad block location. Data is stored in each replacement block instead of the corresponding bad block. The bad block mapping module creates the bad block map using one of a replacement block location and a bad block mapping algorithm.
US08069378B2	Method and apparatus for evaluating and optimizing a signaling system A method and apparatus for evaluating and optimizing a signaling system is described. A pattern of test information is generated in a transmit circuit of the system and is transmitted to a receive circuit. A similar pattern of information is generated in the receive circuit and used as a reference. The receive circuit compares the patterns. Any differences between the patterns are observable. In one embodiment, a linear feedback shift register (LFSR) is implemented to produce patterns. An embodiment of the present disclosure may be practiced with various types of signaling systems, including those with single-ended signals and those with differential signals. An embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to systems communicating a single bit of information on a single conductor at a given time and to systems communicating multiple bits of information on a single conductor simultaneously.
US08069375B2	Cover lover The present invention relates to a method, device, and system for managing verification of configurable hardware and software. The solution according to the present invention solves this by applying a matrix-like method of handling test and verification parameter combinations and interacting with a user using a browser like interface for simple and fast selection of coverage.
US08069374B2	Fingerprinting event logs for system management troubleshooting A technique for automatically detecting and correcting configuration errors in a computing system. In a learning process, recurring event sequences, including e.g., registry access events, are identified from event logs, and corresponding rules are developed. In a detecting phase, the rules are applied to detected event sequences to identify violations and to recover from failures. Event sequences across multiple hosts can be analyzed. The recurring event sequences are identified efficiently by flattening a hierarchical sequence of the events such as is obtained from the Sequitur algorithm. A trie is generated from the recurring event sequences and edges of nodes of the trie are marked as rule edges or non-rule edges. A rule is formed from a set of nodes connected by rule edges. The rules can be updated as additional event sequences are analyzed. False positive suppression policies include a violation-consistency policy and an expected event disappearance policy.
US08069373B2	Method for debugging reconfigurable architectures A method for debugging reconfigurable hardware is described. According to this method, all necessary debug information is written in each configuration cycle into a memory, which is then analyzed by the debugger.
US08069363B2	Double data rate output latch for static RAM device has edge-triggered flip-flop to output DDR signal to synchronize with a second clock signal A synchronization circuit for re-synchronizing data from an input clock to an output clock is presented. The first transparent latch receives data synchronized to an input clock. A second transparent latch receives data from the first transparent latch and outputs data dependent on a delayed output clock which is the output clock delayed by an insertion delay. An output latch receives data from the second transparent latch and synchronizes data to the output clock.
US08069359B2	System and method to establish and dynamically control energy consumption in large-scale datacenters or IT infrastructures A system and method for establishing and dynamically controlling energy consumption in large-scale datacenters or IT infrastructures. The system including a primary configuration server, a router coupled to the primary configuration server, and a plurality of power-managed domains/clusters coupled to the router. The primary configuration server distributes an energy target to each of the power-managed domains/clusters over a predetermined interval to enable each of the power-managed domains/clusters to manage the power consumption for each of the power-managed domains/clusters to meet the energy target.
US08069353B2	Low-latency data decryption interface Methods and apparatus for reducing the impact of latency associated with decrypting encrypted data are provided. Rather than wait until an entire packet of encrypted data is validated (e.g., by checking for data transfer errors), the encrypted data may be pipelined to a decryption engine as it is received, thus allowing decryption to begin prior to validation. In some cases, the decryption engine may be notified of data transfer errors detected during the validation process, in order to prevent reporting false security violations.
US08069351B2	Remote control device Methods, systems, devices, and memory are disclosed for remote controlling consumer electronics devices. Different orientations of a remote control device are detected. A signal is provided to a processor, and the signal indicates an orientation. The processor changes a mode of operation of the remote control device that corresponds to the orientation such that different orientations of the remote control device control different electronic devices.
US08069349B1	Method of secure file transfer A method of securely transferring files from an un-trusted to a trusted network is disclosed. A file that is an archive file of many component files is separated into constituent files. Each file is stored on a server connected to an un-trusted network, and a series of initial checks, such as virus, file size, and file extension are performed. If the files pass, additional, file format specific security rules are applied. An open format transform is performed on proprietary format type files, and embedded file components are separated out. A user-definable security rule set is performed on each open format transform component. If all security tests pass, the file is reassembled and saved as a trusted file in the same format as the original file.
US08069347B2	Method for the application of implicit signature schemes A method of verifying a transaction over a data communication system between a first and second correspondent through the use of a certifying authority. The certifying authority has control of a certificate's validity, which is used by at least the first correspondent. The method comprises the following steps. One of the first and second correspondents advising the certifying authority that the certificate is to be validated. The certifying authority verifies the validity of the certificate attributed to the first correspondent. The certifying authority generates implicit signature components including specific authorization information. At least one of the implicit signature components is forwarded to the first correspondent for permitting the first correspondent to generate an ephemeral private key. At least one of the implicit signature components is forwarded to the second correspondent for permitting recovery of an ephemeral public key corresponding to the ephemeral private key. The first correspondent signs a message with the ephemeral private key and forwards the message to the second correspondent. The second correspondent attempts to verify the signature using the ephemeral public key and proceeds with the transaction upon verification.
US08069345B2	Methods and systems for recovering a computer system using boot volume data from a storage area network Methods and systems for recovering and booting a computer system using a SAN. The computer system comprises a local storage device. A request for writing data to a boot volume on the local storage device is received. The data is written to the local storage device, as well as to the SAN at substantially the same time as receiving the request. The computer system can then be booted using the data written to the SAN.
US08069339B2	Microprocessor with microinstruction-specifiable non-architectural condition code flag register A microprocessor includes an architectural register and a non-architectural register, each having a plurality of condition code flags. A first instruction of the microarchitectural instruction set of the microprocessor instructs the microprocessor to update the plurality of condition code flags based on a result of the first instruction. The first instruction includes a field for indicating whether to update the plurality of condition code flags of the architectural or non-architectural register. A second instruction of the microarchitectural instruction set instructs the microprocessor to conditionally perform an operation based on one of the plurality of condition code flags. The second instruction includes a field for indicating whether to use the one of the plurality of condition code flags of the architectural or non-architectural register to determine whether to perform the operation.
US08069330B2	Memory management system for reducing memory fragmentation A memory management system for a process formulated in the C/C++ language in a processing unit includes an allocator which processes memory blocks of predetermined size, for example 64 Kb. Large objects are defined as being objects having a size of between 256 and 64 Kb. For such objects, 64 Kb memory block is considered to be a memory region (“chunk”) able to accommodate several large objects of different sizes. When an object is no longer used by the process, the space freed can be returned to the operating system. Before this, this free space is merged with adjacent free spaces. To search for adjacent free spaces, the Bruijn sequence algorithm is used, applied to the bit field disposed in each predetermined memory region.
US08069319B2	Sharing memory resources of wireless portable electronic devices It is not uncommon for two or more wireless-enabled devices to spend most of their time in close proximity to one another. For example, a person may routinely carry a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a portable digital audio/video player, or a cellphone and a PDA, or a smartphone and a gaming device. When it is desirable to increase the memory storage capacity of a first such device, it may be possible to use memory on one or more of the other devices to temporarily store data from the first device.
US08069306B2	Data area managing method in information recording medium and information processor employing data area managing method Area management information is cached in a cache memory by controlling the access size when an information processor accesses the area management information in an information recording medium. When the processing content of the information processor is to retrieve a free area from the area management information, a physical management block size determined from the physical characteristics of the information recording medium is used. When the processing content is to acquire a link destination from the area management information, minimum access unit of the information recording medium is used. Consequently, overhead can be lessened when the area management information is accessed.
US08069295B2	Processing system with RF data bus and method for use therewith A processing system includes a plurality of first circuit modules. A plurality of second circuit modules are coupled to an RF data bus via a 60 GHz communications. The RF data bus receives first data from at least one of the plurality of first circuit modules, and transmits the first data via 60 GHz communications to at least one of the plurality of second circuit modules.
US08069291B2	Method and computer program product for event detection A method to detect an event between a data source and a data sink using a trigger core is described herein. The method comprises monitoring control lines and an associated data stream for a programmable pattern, wherein the pattern is one or more of a condition, state or event. The method further comprises generating an indication by updating a status register, sending an interrupt or asserting a control line upon a pattern match.
US08069275B2	Network-based system for configuring a programmable hardware element in a measurement system using hardware configuration programs generated based on a user specification A system and method for online configuration of a measurement system. The user may access a server over a network and specify a desired task, e.g., a measurement task, and receive programs and/or configuration information which are usable to configure the user's measurement system hardware (and/or software) to perform the desired task. Additionally, if the user does not have the hardware required to perform the task, the required hardware may be sent to the user, along with programs and/or configuration information. The hardware may be reconfigurable hardware, such as an FPGA or a processor/memory based device. In one embodiment, the required hardware may be pre-configured to perform the task before being sent to the user. In another embodiment, the system and method may provide a graphical program in response to receiving the user's task specification, where the graphical program may be usable by the measurement system to perform the task.
US08069271B2	Systems and methods for converting a media player into a backup device A data backup system is provided that when coupled to a data source, such as a personal computer, and a media player, such an Apple Computer IPod media player, the data backup system blocks certain communications between the data source and the media player thus preventing the data source from recognizing the media player as such thereby avoiding the launching of synchronization software for the media player, the data backup system also causing the automatic launching of a backup application stored on the data backup system so that data files can be located on the data source and then backed up to the media player.
US08069267B2	Advertisement refresh rules for network applications Advertisements are refreshed in an interface based on one or more parameters provided over a network. The parameters can be retrieved from a web service and implemented at a client device. Advertisement refreshing is performed independently of web page content loading. The parameters may include a time period and user action count and be configured differently for different markets, geographical areas, other customer groups, sections of an application or different advertisement types. One or more of the parameters may be adjusted at a back-end server and distributed to machines in the different customer groups, allowing an efficient and centralized mechanism for managing and updating advertisement refreshing.
US08069264B2	System for processing raw financial data streams to produce and distribute structured and validated product offering data to subscribing clients A method and system is disclosed for processing information provided from various content providers in the form objects having states subject to periodic updates. Formatted information indicating a current state of the objects are delivered to subscribing clients in substantially real-time. An information manager module is configured to receiving raw data objects from the content providers, format the information, and broadcast current state information on various broadcast data stream. A client manager module supports multiple client communication sessions and connects to at least one broadcast data stream. Current state information received on a broadcast data stream is processed and transmitted to specific clients in accordance with processing rules specified in the client profiles.
US08069261B2	Method for realizing multimedia message signature service A method for realizing the multimedia message signature service includes the following steps: a user asking for opening the multimedia message signature service; the BOSS sending the related information of the user whose multimedia message signature service has been opened to MMSC; the MMSC configuring the corresponding service function for the user whose multimedia message signature service has been opened, and synchronizing the said service function into its user database; the user setting the content of his multimedia message signature. By using this method, a new service mode can be created, and meanwhile, it has the function that enables a user to edit personalized information, and this greatly promotes the development of multimedia messaging service.
US08069257B1	Universal serial bus system interface for intelligent platform management interface communications Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for utilizing a universal serial bus (“USB”) transport as a system interface to transmit and receive IPMI commands and responses. An intelligent platform management interface (“IPMI”) transport library is provided that receives IPMI commands from IPMI client applications executing on a host. The IPMI commands are encapsulated into vendor specific small computer systems interface (“SCSI”) commands and transmitted over the USB transport to a virtual mass storage device provided by a management device. In response to receiving the vendor specific commands, IPMI firmware executing on the management device extracts the IPMI commands and executes them. A response may be returned to the host by encapsulating the IPMI response into a vendor specific SCSI response and transmitting the response to the host.
US08069247B2	Application launcher systems, methods, and apparatuses An exemplary method includes detecting a request to launch an application on a device, accessing metadata associated with the application over a network, using the metadata to determine whether sufficient resources are available to launch the application on the device, and performing at least one action based on said determination. The at least one action may include launching the application on the device when sufficient resources are available or blocking a launch of the application on the device when sufficient resources are not available. In certain embodiments, the method is performed by the device. In certain embodiments, the device includes a set-top box configured to access a media service over the network. Corresponding methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US08069245B2	Method and computer network for operation of medical technical computer applications at respective networked computers In a method for operation of medical-technical computer applications in a computer network with a central computer and a number of peripheral computers, the central computer allocates resources among the respective peripheral computers for usage of the computer applications. For this purpose, a priority level is associated with each of the peripheral computers and/or the users of the peripheral computers. The central computer then provides the individual peripheral computers with the specific resources in an allocation that is dependent on their associated priority level. A computer network has a central computer and a number of peripheral computers and implements the foregoing.
US08069243B2	Document management server, method, storage medium and computer data signal, and system for managing document use There is provided a document management server including a receiving unit that receives an access request and a first ID representing a document to be an object of the access request, an ID processing unit that issues, when an operation is performed on the document in response to the access request, a second ID corresponding to the operation, and records a derivation relationship having the second ID as a child of the first ID, an attribute recording unit that records attribute information relating to the operation by association with the first ID or the second ID, and a response data provider unit that provides, when the document is provided to the client in response to the access request, response data including attribute information associated with at least one ID appearing in a path from the received ID accompanying the access request to a root of a derivation relationship.
US08069240B1	Performance tuning of IT services Methods and systems are disclosed for modeling the performance of an IT service. The methods and systems take a holistic approach by treating the entire IT service instead of the individual nodes. In one implementation, the methods and systems provide a tool for mapping the performance of the IT service based on throughput and response time data. The tool may then be used to develop a mathematical model for the performance of the IT service. System parameters that may impact the performance of the IT service may be correlated to variables in the model. The model may then be used to predict the impact changes may have on the performance of the IT service. Performance maps for the same IT service may be compared over time to discern any departure from a norm. A database of performance maps may be established for a particular industry to facilitate intra-industry comparisons.
US08069232B2	Wireless synchronization of media content and subscription content Arrangements are provided which use a host computer to configure a wireless portable device's network connection parameters. The radio on the portable device may be used to help locate nearby accessible wireless networks. Once a synchronization relationship between the portable device and a media library on a host computer is established, periodically updated content, such as podcasts, may be discovered and subscribed to using software on the host computer, and the content synchronized with the host computer. A portable device may manage episodic content, such as podcasts, using the device's own wireless connection, and may further send such content to other portable devices. A central user profile may be set up on a web server to synchronize multiple wireless or wired devices.
US08069226B2	System and method for data synchronization over a network using a presentation level protocol A mechanism for synchronizing data on a device communicating with a client system with data accessible from a server-hosted session is disclosed. The synchronization occurs over a network connection using a presentation-level protocol to transmit communications between the client system and the server system. Devices communicating with the client system are mapped into a user session. Once the device is mapped into the server-hosted session, data on the device in communication with the client system are synchronized with data accessible from the user-hosted session.
US08069222B2	System and method to provide services based on network A system to provide various content services based on a network to users includes a service provider to provide a service using the network, a user to receive the service, and a service framework to provide the service to the user through the network. The service framework includes a messenger device that manages the service transmitted between the service provider and the user. Content services, which are being provided based on a network, can be provided to various terminals including not only a PC and a mobile phone, but also a robot. Thus, extending services is easy and the user can conveniently receive desired information from a knowledge provider or website without performing repetitive operations.
US08069209B1	Method for activating and deactivating client-side services from a distant server A system, apparatus, and method for controlling the operation of a service in a client device. The invention uses an existing protocol which is used for communications between an application resident in the device and a remote server to convey information about the service to the application. The information may be relevant to a service specific function, such as configuration or provisioning, or an activation or de-activation instruction, for example. The application receives the service related information, processes the information and then provides the information to the service via a notification channel. The service related information may be incorporated into a message sent from the remote server to the client device by using an element of the protocol, for example, by appending a text string to a header.
US08069193B2	Method and system for utilizing a generic scalar function to allow a column function to operate on row data A method and system for utilizing a column function for a relational database in a structure query language (SQL) environment is disclosed. The column function is capable of performing an operation on an indeterminate number of entries. The relational database utilizes data including a plurality of entries capable of being organized into at least one column and at least one row. The method and system include allowing a user to specify the at least one row as an argument for a generalized scalar function and simulating a column environment for the at least one row using the generalized scalar function to allow the at least one row to be provided to the column function as though the at least one row was a column. The method and system also include performing the column function on the at least one row to provide at least one output.
US08069189B2	Portable terminal A portable terminal, which has mail function, allows a user to input a destination address of mail by selecting the address from the address list with easy operation by displaying all of information for input operation of the destination address with other information for mail creation such as subject and message of the mail.
US08069188B2	Database system storing a data structure that includes data nodes connected by context nodes and related method A database system storing a data structure. The data structure includes a plurality of data nodes that each store a type and a value. None of the data nodes are linked directly to one another. The data structure also includes a plurality of context nodes that are each linked to at least two data nodes. The context nodes do not store data. Instead, each of the context nodes indicates a relationship exits between the data nodes connected to it.
US08069184B2	Systems and methods to implement extensibility of tenant content in a provider-tenant environment The present invention discloses methods and systems for hosting tenants over a network in a computer-based environment in which a provider may store a shared data structure having shared data. A tenant receives a request for a shared data structure and retrieves the shared data structure from the provider based on shared metadata identifying the locations of shared data structures stored at the provider. In addition, based on extension metadata, the tenant retrieves an extended data structure including tenant-specific elements unique to the first tenant. The tenant server then combines the shared and extended data structures into a combined data structure including the tenant-specific elements.
US08069183B2	Fast identification of complex strings in a data stream A method of examining a data stream to detect presence of a complex string belonging to a complex dictionary is provided. The method includes associating an array of state variables and an array of reference states with the complex dictionary; detecting a simple string in the data stream, the simple string being a constituent string in the complex string in the complex dictionary; updating a state variable associated with the complex string according to all relative positions of the simple string within the complex string; and determining that the complex string is present in the data stream when the state variable attains a corresponding reference state. A corresponding system is also provided.
US08069179B2	Preference judgements for relevance The claimed subject matter provides a system that trains or evaluates ranking techniques by employing or obtaining relative preference judgments. The system can include mechanisms that retrieve a set of documents from a storage device, combine the set of documents with a query or judgment task received via an interface to form a comparative selection panel, and present the comparative selection panel for evaluation by an assessor. The system further requests the assessor to make a selection as to which document included in the set of documents and presented in the comparative selection panel most satisfies the query or judgment task, and thereafter produces a comparative assessment of the set of documents based on the selections elicited from the assessor and associated with the set of documents.
US08069172B2	Re-executing query objects without affecting transaction data in an application development framework not providing for creation of multiple instances of the same query object Re-executing query objects without affecting transaction data in an application development framework (ADF) not providing for creation of multiple instances of the same query object. In an embodiment, a query associated with a query object is executed to retrieve a transaction data from a data store, which can be further modified based on user interactions. In response to an indication that the query object is to be re-executed for retrieving the transaction data, a new query object is created using the query (along with any required parameters) retrieved from the original query object. The new query object is executed to retrieve a copy of the transaction data from the data store. According to another aspect, a comparison result is generated for the modified transaction data and the copy.
US08069170B2	Private information storage device and private information management device The events experienced are stored automatically, so that the information of higher utility for a user may be taken out with responsiveness and efficiency higher than is possible with a technique of keyword retrieval over a network. An information registration unit 10 includes an information acquisition unit 11, for acquiring the empirical information, a private information adding unit 12, for adding the private information, a data recognition processing unit 13, for recognizing the acquired information, a data definition processing unit 14, for classifying the recognized data in accordance with the preset definitions, a data storage unit 15 for storage of the classified data, and a data processing unit 22 for generating the predictive information inferable from the empirical information and the private information. The information exploitation unit 30 includes an information acquisition unit 31, for acquiring the current state, a retrieval inputting unit 32, supplied with the retrieval conditions, a data recognition processing unit 33, for recognizing the acquired information, a retrieving unit 34, for extracting the information fitted to the retrieval conditions or the analogous information from the data storage unit 15, and an information presenting unit 35 for presenting the extracted information to the user.
US08069167B2	Calculating web page importance The page ranking technique described herein employs a Markov Skeleton Mirror Process (MSMP), which is a particular case of Markov Skeleton Processes, to model and calculate page importance scores. Given a web graph and its metadata, the technique builds an MSMP model on the web graph. It first estimates the stationary distribution of a EMC and views it as transition probability. It next computes the mean staying time using the metadata. Finally, it calculates the product of transition probability and mean staying time, which is actually the stationary distribution of MSMP. This is regarded as page importance.
US08069161B2	System, program product, and methods to enhance content management Embodiments of systems, program products, and methods to enhance and more effectively manage media content are provided. An embodiment of a system, for example, can include a first preselected network framework defining a first network stage and a second preselected network framework responsive to the first network stage and defining a second network stage. The system can also include a code generator responsive to the second network stage to generate program code, a framework stage responsive to the code generator to establish a content management framework and defining a content search engine, a media content services core responsive to the content search engine to enhance digital file management and allow a plurality of media content management services to be performed, and a set of media content service modules each responsive to the media content services core to perform content management services to media.
US08069159B2	More efficient search algorithm (MESA) using prioritized search sequencing A more efficient search algorithm introduces a variety of new tools and strategies to more efficiently search and retrieve desired records from an electronic database. Among these are a strategy that utilizes the frequency of occurrence or similar statistical calculation relating to one or more search fields, search terms or attributes of database records to execute multiple search queries in a more efficient search sequence. In addition, a database is structured to allow for the determination of the frequency of occurrence or similar statistical calculation of any search field, search term, or search attribute, for an entire database and for any subset of a database. The invention finds potential application in any database search application, but is particularly useful in delivering directory assistance services.
US08069154B2	Autonomic rule generation in a content management system A content management system (CMS) includes an autonomic rule generation mechanism that autonomically analyzes existing content and generates rules according to a defined rule generation policy. Autonomically generated rules may include bursting rules, synchronization rules and linking rules. By autonomically generating rules based on the characteristics of content in the repository, the CMS can dramatically improve the ease and efficiency of managing a CMS.
US08069130B2	Methods and systems for semiconductor testing using a testing scenario language Methods and systems for semiconductor testing. In one embodiment, a semiconductor testing method includes one or more of the following stages: defining a rule relating to semiconductor testing, validating the rule, bundling the rule with other rules, correlating the rule with other rules, publishing the rule, actualizing the rule, and follow up relating to the rule. In one embodiment, a semiconductor testing system includes one or more of the following modules: rule creation module(s), analysis module(s), simulation module(s), real time production module(s), and offline production module(s). In one embodiment, user friendly graphical user interface(s) can be used for defining the building blocks of a rule and/or for viewing an optional hierarchy of categories to which the rule belongs.
US08069128B2	Real-time ad-hoc spam filtering of email Embodiments are directed towards employing a multi-pass ad-hoc spam message filtering approach that dynamically generates a temporary classifier during a first pass based on a result of a previously applied message filter that sorts messages into various folders for a user. The first pass scans messages in a user's mail folders, and reads various information within the messages, including, but not limited to sender information, headers, including a subject, an originating network address, message contents, attachments, and the like. After creating a classification model, the classifier with its model is used in a second pass on the message folders to retrospectively inspect the messages and present to the user a list of messages that might be misclassified. The classification model is maintained within memory on a user's client device, as memory resident only, and is not stored on disk or within another persistent data store.
US08069114B2	Method and system for processing transfer requests Methods and system for processing transfer requests are described. In one embodiment, a value transfer request may be received from a value provider through a network. The value transfer request may include a value amount to be provided from a source user to a target user. A settlement account of the value provider may be reduced by the value amount. A target account of the target user may be increased by the value amount.
US08069109B2	System and method for using diversification spreading for risk offset A computer-implemented method for analyzing a risk offset associated with a portfolio including a plurality of products traded on an exchange is disclosed. The method includes analyzing, by a processor, a first product in a portfolio, wherein the first product has a first market response in response to market data, analyzing, by a processor, a second product in a portfolio, wherein the second product has a second market response in response to the market data, determining, by a processor, a diversification spread, the diversification spread representative of an offsetting effect between the first product and the second product, wherein the offsetting effect results from the first market response being substantially different than the second market response in response to similar market data, determining, by the processor, a diversification spread credit based on the diversification spread of the plurality of products, and adjusting, by the processor, a margin requirement for the portfolio based on the diversification spread credit.
US08069100B2	Metered delivery of wireless power A system is disclosed for charging or billing for access to wireless power. The device requiring power communicates with the power provider and the billing method is determined. A consumer may be required to provide billing information, or if the billing information is already associated with an existing account, the consumer account is automatically charged for the wireless power. The account may include prepaid charging minutes that are debited as wireless power is provided, or the account may be billed for the wireless power that is provided. The charging/billing for the wireless power may be used to receive value for the power that is provided, while remaining consumer friendly.
US08069095B2	Virtual reality shopping experience A solution is provided for a method for a user to shop online in a three dimensional (3D) virtual reality (VR) setting by receiving a request at a shopping server to view a shopping location, having at least one store, and displaying the shopping location to the user's computer in a 3D interactive simulation view via a web browser to emulate a real-life shopping experience for the user. The server then obtains a request to enter into one of the stores and displays the store website to the user in the same web browser. The store website has one or more enhanced VR features. The server then receives a request to view at least one product and the product is presented in a 3D interactive simulation view to emulate a real-life viewing of the product.
US08069094B2	Computer generated broadcast video stream for multiple product sale display An apparatus for a virtual turntable system for computer generated broadcast video streams for a multiple product sales display. The virtual turntable system collects data, including images and status information, and generates a video stream for presenting product information sequentially on a video monitor. In one embodiment, the virtual turntable system reads the data, including the turntable list, formats and updates the data, and then outputs the data in a video stream. In one embodiment, the virtual turntable system includes a data storage device for storing the data for the virtual turntable system, a computer system for accessing the data and creating item containers for the items on the current item list that are to be displayed on a monitor, and a video imager for creating a video stream for displaying a plurality of current items in a rotating or other sequential manner.
US08069093B2	Website user account linking A method for managing a plurality of commercial website accounts maintained by a supplier of goods or services includes receiving a structure via a first computer screen, where the structure specifies a relationship between a first one of the plurality of commercial website accounts and a second one of the plurality of commercial website accounts, so that the first one of the plurality of website accounts is configured to be a parent account of the second of the plurality of website accounts defining a child account; linking the child account and the parent account in accordance with the received structure in response to a command received via the first computer screen; receiving a rule that regulates a purchase of goods or services by a user of the child account via a second computer screen, where the received rule specifies an action associated with a user of the parent account; automatically detecting that the user of the child account has placed an order at the commercial website; and processing the order in accordance with the rule and the structure.
US08069088B1	Method and system for crediting a retailer for an internet purchase Systems and methods for crediting a retailer for an online purchase made by a consumer while the consumer is located within or in the proximity of a store location of the retailer are provided. After browsing a retail location for a product, a consumer can purchase the product from an Internet merchant different than that of the retailer using a mobile or networked client device. The client device can include a module for determining the location of the client device at the time of purchase and include the location information with information used to complete the purchase of the product. This location information can include an actual geographic location, a store identifier, or a retailer identifier. The online merchant can match the location information with retailer information to determine whether a credit for the purchase should be given to a retailer.
US08069086B2	Systems and methods for time-dependent protection of available quantities Methods and systems are disclosed for processing a product order. In one implementation, a method is provided that includes receiving a product order from a customer and determining, based on the received product order, at least one of a date on which the products should be available at a location and a date by which the products should be issued out of the location. The method may also include calculating, based on the determined date, a sourcing due date on which to initiate sourcing, and performing an availability check for the ordered products on the basis of the dates when the sourcing due date is earlier than a predetermined date.
US08069079B1	Co-location opportunity evaluation It is an object of this invention to provide apparatus and methods for electronically evaluating a pair of entities as candidates for co-location. The apparatus and methods may be used to define a group of entities for co-location assessment. A pairing within the group may be quantitatively evaluated based on a variety of criteria to assess suitability for co-location. The evaluations may be combined to generate a co-location score which may be displayed pictorially in a co-location matrix.
US08069077B2	Electric-power-generating-facility operation management support system, electric-power-generating-facility operation management support method, and program for executing support method, and program for executing operation management support method on computer An electric-power-generating-facility operation management support system includes a condition-input unit inputting costs of electric power generation in electric power generating facilities, probability distribution of predicted values of the demand for electric power, and probability distribution of predicted values of the transaction price of power on the market. An optimal-operational-condition calculating unit calculates the performance of power generation of the power generating facilities based upon the costs of power generation, the probability distribution of predicted values of the demand for power and the probability distribution of predicted values of the transaction price of power on the market, input from the condition-input unit so as to obtain the optimal operational conditions which exhibit the maximum performance of power generation A risk estimating unit calculates and estimates a risk value of damage of the optimal operation under the optimal operational conditions. A calculation-result display unit displays the optimal operational conditions and the risk-estimation results.
US08069074B2	Information processing terminal and server for supporting quality improvement concerning product manufacture An information processing terminal for supporting quality improvement concerning product manufacture includes a workflow arrangement part acquiring row information indicating a first arrangement location of each of a plurality of workflows being arranged in an area for arranging the plurality of workflows for verifying the quality improvement, and displaying the plurality of workflows based on the row information; a process component arrangement part acquiring matrix information indicating a second arrangement location of each of a plurality of process components being arranged in each of the plurality of workflows, and displaying the plurality of process components based on the matrix information; and a data association part performing a data association among the plurality of process components in accordance with data link lines within each of the plurality of workflows or the data link lines crossing from one workflow to another workflow with respect to the plurality of process components arranged and displayed in the plurality of workflows.
US08069070B2	Configuration extensions for a telecommunications service provider A customer care architecture integrates a full range of customer care and dunning billing features in a customer care system. The customer care architecture defines and implements multiple workflows which support dunning action requests while centralizing customer account control at the customer care system in an end-to-end telecommunications system framework. The customer care architecture thereby supports interaction, communication, and synchronization with existing and established dunning accounting systems.
US08069069B2	Method for loading flight schedule modifications A method for loading flight schedule modifications in an air travel computerized reservation system, wherein: the flight schedule database is updated; the reservations concerned by the flight schedule modifications are reassigned to update the reservation inventory database. The method for loading flight schedule modifications includes the following steps: receiving at least one lot of modifications containing flight schedule modification data, retrieving individual modifications contained in the lot and storing in a register in the form of records for future scheduling, simulating reassignment of the reservations concerned by the flight schedule modification, by accessing with the reservation distribution server both the records and the flight schedule database, final updating of the flight schedule databases and of the reservation inventory. The method is useful for updating databases during flight schedule modifications in computerized reservation systems.
US08069068B1	Systems and methods for insuring stored food A person may store food to prepare for an emergency. An insurance policy may be issue to cover the stored food against loss, theft, spoilage, etc. In issuing the insurance policy and setting the premium, the insurer may take various factors into account, such as the type of food to be stored (e.g., canned, dried, etc.), where the food is to be stored (e.g., a cellar, a closet, a food locker, etc.), and whether the stored food is rotated with new food to prevent the stored food from spoiling due to age. During the life of the insurance policy, the insurer may issue alerts to the policyholder in order to advise the policyholder to rotate old food out of storage.
US08069066B2	Workers' compensation information processing system A workers' compensation medical reporting system including software accessed at a provider computer, the software adapted to prompt the provider to input the data concerning a workers' compensation claim, the software adapted to send an electronic workers' compensation claim, the software adapted to send an electronic workers' compensation treatment report electronically across the Internet to a payer computer; and electronic report filtering software accessed at the payer computer, the electronic report filtering software adapted to direct the electronic report as a result of predetermined criteria, electronic workers' compensation medical treatment reports that meet a human review criteria are automatically set to a case manager for review, other electronic workers' compensation medical treatment reports are automatically directed to be processed.
US08069065B2	System and method for managing investment risk in satellite operator companies In order to mitigate risk of satellite investment loss, a satellite loss event or failure event for a satellite that will be operated by a satellite operator company is identified. Financial investors in the satellite operator company are identified. Actuarial data corresponding to prior satellite loss events or failure events substantially corresponding to the satellite loss event or failure event are identified. An investment loss mitigation insurance policy based at least in part on the identified actuarial data is developed. The investment loss mitigation insurance policy is offered to the identified financial investors. Premiums are received from financial investors that subscribe to the investment loss mitigation insurance policy, and the investment loss mitigation insurance policy is placed with an underwriting pool in exchange for at least a portion of the received premiums.
US08069063B2	System and method for monitoring multinational insurance A method for monitoring insurance, which includes steps of storing a plurality of Tax Records in a database, where each Tax Record corresponds to one or more insurance agreements, and permitting the display of at least one of the plurality of Tax Records. The method assists insurers with multinational customers in keeping track of insurance agreements, and ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and tax requirements across different states, nations or jurisdictions.
US08069060B2	System and method for managing medical facility procedures and records The invention facilitates the efficient administration of medical offices and patient records including visual coordination of room, patient, and task status indicators. The invention also enables improved document review and transcription management.
US08069053B2	Systems and methods for de-identification of personal data According to some embodiments, original data is retrieved from an original data source. The original data may be automatically searched for potential personal information, such as a person's name, address, or Social Security number. An obfuscation method may be selected from a plurality of potential obfuscation methods. The potential personal information in the original data may then be automatically replaced with fictional data in accordance with the selected obfuscation method.
US08069052B2	Quantization and inverse quantization for audio An audio encoder and decoder use architectures and techniques that improve the efficiency of quantization (e.g., weighting) and inverse quantization (e.g., inverse weighting) in audio coding and decoding. The described strategies include various techniques and tools, which can be used in combination or independently. For example, an audio encoder quantizes audio data in multiple channels, applying multiple channel-specific quantizer step modifiers, which give the encoder more control over balancing reconstruction quality between channels. The encoder also applies multiple quantization matrices and varies the resolution of the quantization matrices, which allows the encoder to use more resolution if overall quality is good and use less resolution if overall quality is poor. Finally, the encoder compresses one or more quantization matrices using temporal prediction to reduce the bitrate associated with the quantization matrices. An audio decoder performs corresponding inverse processing and decoding.
US08069039B2	Sound signal processing apparatus and program In a sound signal processing apparatus, a frame information generation section generates frame information of each frame of a sound signal. A storage stores the frame information generated by the frame information generation section. A first interval determination section determines a first utterance interval in the sound signal. A second interval determination section determines a second utterance interval based on the frame information of the first utterance interval stored in the storage such that the second utterance interval is made shorter than the first utterance interval and confined within the first utterance interval by trimming frames from either of a start point or an end point of the first utterance interval.
US08069033B2	Document based character ambiguity resolution Methods and apparatus for document based ambiguous character resolution. An application searches a document for words that do not contain ambiguous characters and adds them to a dictionary, then searches the document for words that do contain ambiguous characters. For each ambiguous word, a set of candidate solutions is created by resolving the ambiguous characters in all possible ways. The dictionary is searched for words matching members of the candidate solution set. When a single member is matched, the ambiguous characters are resolved accordingly. When no member or more than one member is matched, a user is prompted to resolve the ambiguous characters. Alternatively, when more than one member is matched, the ambiguous characters are resolved to obtain the largest word, the smallest word, the most words, or the fewest words.
US08069029B2	Handheld electronic device having multiple-axis input device and selectable language indicator for language selection, and associated method A method of enabling input into a handheld electronic device comprises detecting as an ambiguous input an actuation of one or more input members, employing an operative input method language to output a number of objects that are selectable and that each comprise at least a portion of a language object that corresponds with the ambiguous input, outputting at a location adjacent the number of objects an indicator representative of an operative input method language, detecting an input from a multiple-axis input device as being a selection input with respect to the indicator and, responsive thereto, enabling a selection of an alternate input method language as the operative input method language.
US08069024B1	Replicant simulation In one embodiment, a method comprises partitioning a circuit description into simulateable partitions; sorting the simulateable partitions into classes wherein each simulateable partition included in a given class is equivalent to each other partition in the given class with a specified tolerance; associating a dynamic state machine with each class, wherein states of the dynamic state machine correspond to states reached by at least one simulateable partition in the given class during a simulation; during a simulation of the circuit description, the result of which is stored for user display: responsive to a current state in the dynamic state machine for a first simulateable partition in the given class and further responsive to input stimuli to the first simulateable partition, matching the one or more input stimuli to stimuli associated with a next state edge from the current state; and changing the current state of the first simulateable partition to a second state of the dynamic state machine indicated by the next state edge.
US08069016B2	Virtual designer The present invention includes a method of electronically designing an article, including accessing an electronic article design system, selecting an article type to design, and iteratively configuring a group of characteristics by selecting one or more options for each characteristic and/or iteratively modeling the article performance based on a selection of one or more performance parameters for each performance model. In the iterative configuration and modeling step, the electronic article design system automatically presents the characteristics and the performance models based on the article type selected, dynamically updates the article for each step of the iterative configuration and/or modeled performance, and automatically resolves conflicts between iteratively configured characteristics, between iteratively modeled performances, and across iteratively configured characteristics and modeled performances.
US08069008B2	Depth measurement apparatus and depth measurement method A via hole depth measurement apparatus generates a light beam of white light, divides the light beam into a measurement and reference beams, focuses the measurement beam and projects it onto a sample, reflects the reference beam and advances it along the original optical path, continuously changes a relative optical path length difference between optical path lengths of the measurement and reference beams, combining reflected light from the sample and from the reflected reference beam and generates an interference beam, changes a relative distance between an objective lens which focuses the measurement beam and the sample, detects a relative position between the objective lens and the sample, receives the interference beam and outputs an interference signal, and, and outputs recessed portion depth information based on displacement information based on the interference signal and the relative position between the objective lens and the sample.
US08068997B2	Continuous performance analysis system and method A system and method of conducting a continuous performance analysis for a system includes collecting transient performance data for a first parameter of the system and a second parameter of the system. Transfer functions are applied to the transient performance data for at least one of the first and second parameters to thereby generate phase compensated performance data representative of a steady state relationship between the first and second parameter. For each phase compensated performance datum, an estimate of the first parameter is calculated at a predetermined value of the second parameter using the phase compensated performance datum and a previously stored performance characteristic curve representative of the steady state relationship between the first and second parameters in a deterioration model extrapolation method. A very efficient binning method is used for storing phase compensated performance data and converting them into steady state performance characteristic curves of any non-linear shape.
US08068994B2	Method for analyzing biological networks Significance of biological pathway in disease state is predicted by (a) providing expression level data for a plurality of biomolecules differentially expressed in a disease state, compared with same biomolecules expressed in a non-diseased state: (b) determining presence probability of the biomolecules in disease state; (c) determining effect of each biomolecule from the plurality of biomolecules on the expression of different downstream biomolecules within pathway to provide perturbation factor for each biomolecule in the pathway; (d) combining statistical significance of differentially expressed biomolecules present in the disease state, with a sum of perturbation factors for all of the biomolecules, generating an impact factor; (e) calculating statistical significance of impact factor based upon determined probability of having statistical significant presence of differentially expressed biomolecules in step (b) and the sum of perturbation factors in step (c); and (f) outputting statistical significance of impact factor for the pathway relevant to the disease.
US08068991B2	Systems and methods for transmitting pathogen related information and responding The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may be used for detection of one or more pathogens and determining one or more agents in response to pathogen detection.
US08068987B2	Method and system for profiling biological systems The present invention provides methods and systems for developing profiles of a biological system based on the discernment of similarities, differences, and/or correlations between biomolecular components of a plurality of biological samples. Preferably, the method comprises utilizing hierarchical multivariate analysis of spectrometric data at one or more levels of correlation.
US08068979B2	Inattentive vehicular operator detection method and arrangement Method and arrangement for determining inattentiveness of an operator of a vehicle includes determining the position of the vehicle, analyzing the determining position of the vehicle relative to a map, monitoring motion of the vehicle relative to the map to determine whether the vehicle is deviating from the map, and providing a warning when the monitored motion of the vehicle deviates from normal motion or operation of the vehicle. The position of the vehicle may be determined using a satellite-based positioning system and an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The IMU may be a MEMS-packaged IMU integrated with the satellite-based positioning systems.
US08068977B2	Destination prediction apparatus and method thereof To provide a destination prediction apparatus which predicts a destination more accurately than before. A destination prediction apparatus which predicts a destination of a mobile object includes: a stay characteristic accumulating unit in which stay characteristic information indicating a time period when the mobile object will likely stay at a predetermined point is accumulated; a travel time calculating unit which calculates a travel time in the case where the mobile object heads from a current location obtained by a current point obtaining unit to the point; and a destination predicting unit which calculates an estimated arrival time based on a current time obtained by a current time obtaining unit and the calculated travel time and predicts the point as a destination only when a condition that the calculated estimated arrival time and a time period indicated by the stay characteristic information is satisfied.
US08068976B2	Coaxial two-wheel vehicle and method for controlling the same A coaxial two-wheel vehicle comprises a detection means that obtains get-on/off information indicating whether an occupant is on the vehicle or not. In the coaxial two-wheel vehicle, a control means performs attitude control by using a control gain set with respect to an occupied state is used if the control means determines that the vehicle is in the occupied state. The control means performs attitude control by using a control gain set with respect to an unoccupied state is used if the control means determines that the vehicle is in the unoccupied state.
US08068972B2	Abnormal combustion detection method for internal-combustion engines The invention is an abnormal combustion detection method for spark-ignition internal-combustion engines. For each engine cycle, a parameter characterizing a distribution of N combustion indicator values, CA10 for example, acquired over N cycles preceding the cycle in progress, is determined while ignoring extreme values. A threshold is defined from this parameter for the combustion indicator. The start of an abnormal combustion is then detected by comparing the combustion indicator with this threshold and the course of the abnormal combustion detected in the combustion chamber is controlled.
US08068966B2	Method for monitoring an auxiliary pump for a hybrid powertrain A powertrain system includes a hybrid transmission coupled to an engine and an auxiliary hydraulic pump. The auxiliary hydraulic pump is commanded to operate at a predetermined speed only when enable criteria are met. An engine-off state is inhibited based upon a difference between a commanded speed and a monitored operating speed of the auxiliary hydraulic pump.
US08068959B2	Vehicle door active and passive control device An apparatus for vehicle door deflection and movement control. The apparatus includes a primary electromagnetic device disposed generally in a vehicle door frame or generally in an area of a vehicle body adjacent the vehicle door frame, and a controller for activating the primary electromagnetic device to push or pull the vehicle door frame. The apparatus may further include a sensor for measuring vehicle door deflection during vehicle movement. The controller may activate the primary electromagnetic device based on deflection measurements by the sensor to pull the vehicle door frame to generally cancel the vehicle door deflection.
US08068957B2	Backing operation assist apparatus for vehicle A vehicular backing operation assist apparatus is coupled with a movement direction demand unit for demanding a forward or backward movement of the vehicle and a change detection unit for detecting a change of a state of the vehicle taking place in association with a start-up of the vehicle. A reverse departure, which is a backing operation for exiting a parking state, is determined to be performed if a transit period from when the change of the state is detected to when the backward movement is demanded, is within a predetermined period. A reverse parking, which is a backing operation for entering a parking state, is performed, if the transit period is greater than or equal to the predetermined period. An assist control unit then provides an assist item for a backing operation relative to either the reverse departure or the reverse parking, which is determined to be performed.
US08068939B2	Method for the operation of a wind energy plant A method for the operation of a wind energy plant, with an operation management, which can preset a desired value for an electric variable of the wind energy plant to be generated; a wind measurement device, which can capture the wind direction and the wind velocity, and a control unit, on which the measured values for the wind velocity and the wind direction are present, and in which a maximum value for the turbulence intensity is filed, the following procedural steps proceed in the method: from a turbulence intensity depending on the wind direction, the control unit determines one or more sectors of critical wind directions, in which the turbulence intensity exceeds the maximum value for the turbulence intensity, the control unit generates a control signal for the operation management, in order to reduce the desired value of the electric variable to be generated when the measured wind direction is in a sector of the critical wind directions, and a determined characteristic value exceeds a predetermined maximum value for the characteristic value.
US08068934B2	Medication dispenser A medication dispensing system uses a series of medication rings grouped as a rotary drum and controlled for dispensing medication on a daily basis into a divided pill box. Each medication ring includes an associated medication collar that cooperates with the medication ring to reduce the possibility of abrasion of the medication dosages held in the medication rings. The pill box is moved and rotated within the dispensing system by a carriage to dispense medication into appropriate cells of the pill box. A computer control module controls the movement of the various components and is programmable for loading and dispensing different medication regimes.
US08068932B2	Access-controlled storage system A container for an access-controlled storage system having a plurality of compartments designed to contain an article where access to the article is controlled by granting access to one or more compartments at a time without moving the article, wherein control is provided by a rotary belt with a cut-out directed by deflection pulleys; and an access-controlled storage system having at least two containers and a housing wherein control of the container is actuated to grant access to one or more defined compartments within the container.
US08068928B1	Dynamic control system for manufacturing processes Methods, apparatuses and systems that facilitate the design, production, control and/or measurement tasks associated with manufacturing and other processes. In one embodiment, the present invention provides an understanding of how the multiple characteristics of a given process output are related to each other and to process inputs. It also facilitates an understanding of the sometimes complex interrelationships between design targets, design tolerances, process inputs, process control variables, average process output and variation in the process output. In one implementation, the present invention enables or facilitates the implementation of static and dynamic control systems in connection with manufacturing or other process. For example, in one implementation, the present invention provides a dynamic control system for manufacturing processes that is responsive to the observed output of a process.
US08068924B2	Coordinative control method for adjusting the back and knee bottom sections of an adjustable bed, and computer program for implementing same A coordinative control method for adjusting the back and knee bottom sections of an adjustable bed or the like, and a computer program for implementing the method, are provided. Specifically, a method for adjusting the back and knee bottom section is provided, in which the angular positions thereof are adjusted according to a preset action pattern. The initial starting positions of the adjustable sections are taken into account, and adjusted to a position corresponding to the closest point on a curve representing angular movement of the sections during the adjustment process. Then, the sections are adjusted in a manner that prevents exertion of uncomfortable pressure upon the torso of a user, and prevents sliding of a user relative to the foot of the bed.
US08068922B2	Method for operating a block model based field device for a distributed automation system In a method for operating a field device working according to the block model for a distributed automation system, which exchanges data via a fieldbus, a first function block application serving for process control is provided, which makes available to other system participants process data via a first virtual field device object. In addition, a second function block application is provided, which serves for plant monitoring and which makes available to other system participants plant monitoring data via a second virtual field device object, wherein the first and second function block applications are executed according to different schedules.
US08068909B2	Measurement of cardiac performance with movement sensors and related methods Embodiments of the invention are related to implantable devices including movement sensors and related methods for measuring cardiac performance, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes an implantable electrical stimulation lead. The electrical stimulation lead can include a lead body having a proximal end and a distal end and a sheath defining a central lumen. The lead body can further include an electrical conductor disposed within the central lumen of the sheath. The stimulation lead can further include a stimulation electrode positioned at the distal end of the lead body, the stimulation electrode in electrical communication with the electrical conductor. The electrical stimulation lead can include an flexion sensor coupled to the lead body, the movement sensor configured to generate a signal in response to movement of the lead body. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of monitoring the condition of a heart failure patient. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of treating unstable arrhythmia in a patient. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US08068906B2	Cardiac monitoring system A method of analyzing cardiac functions in a subject using a processing system is described. The method may include applying one or more electrical signals having a plurality of frequencies to the subject and detecting a response to the applied one or more signals from the subject. A characteristic frequency can then be determined from the applied and received signals, and at least one component of the impedance (e.g., reactance, phase shift) can be measured at the characteristic frequency. Thus, the impedance or a component of impedance at a characteristic frequency can be determined for a number of sequential time instances. A new characteristic frequency may be determined within a cardiac cycle (e.g., with each sequential time instant) or the same characteristic frequency may be used throughout the cardiac cycle during which instantaneous values of impedance (or a component of impedance) are determined. These instantaneous values may be used to determine one or more indicia of cardiac function.
US08068900B2	Method and apparatus for determining alternans data of an ECG signal Method and apparatus for determining alternans data of an ECG signal. The method can include determining at least one value representing at least one morphology feature of each beat of the ECG signal and generating a set of data points based on a total quantity of values and a total quantity of beats. The method can also include separating the data points into a first group of points and a second group of points and generating a feature map by plotting the first group of points and the second group of points in order to assess an alternans pattern of variation. The feature map can be analyzed by statistical tests to determine the significance difference between groups and clusters.
US08068894B2	Automated methods and systems for vascular plaque detection and analysis Automated methods and systems for the detection and analysis of plaque in one or more regions of a patient's vasculature are described.
US08068886B2	Apparatus and method for providing an electronic device having adaptively responsive displaying of information An apparatus and method for providing an electronic device having adaptively responsive displaying of information is disclosed. The electronic device is adaptively responsive to display information based on in part to bending, motion, rotation, and/or any sensor based feedback.
US08068885B2	Method and circuit arrangement for determining a charge consumed within a period in mobile devices A method for calculating the power consumption of a mobile device, particularly of a mobile station of a mobile radio system, in an observation period Δt based on various possible system states sk in which the device can be in the period Δt. A value of a quantity Δk is determined system-state-dependently for the system states sk occurring in the period Δt. The power consumption in the period Δt is calculated in such a manner that the quantities Δk and state-dependent typical currents ik are taken into consideration.
US08068882B2	Portable media player emulator for facilitating wireless use of an accessory A system for facilitating wireless communication between an accessory and a device comprising a device capable of converting at least an audio signal into a signal transmittable by a wireless communication means; a wireless communication means associated with the device capable of transmitting the converted signal; an accessory, including a docking cradle comprising a plurality of pins, wherein at least one pin on the docking cradle is capable of receiving an audio signal; and an adaptor capable of communicatively coupling with the accessory's docking cradle, the adaptor being capable of receiving the transmission from the wireless communication means associated with the device and converting the signal into an audio signal that can be received by the accessory via the docking cradle.
US08068876B2	Beam wobbling for increased downlink coverage and capacity A method and apparatus for reducing signal interference within a cellular radio system to increase both coverage and capacity. The method and apparatus include altering the direction of beams within cell sectors is among discrete angular positions according to a predetermined, cyclic pattern. The predetermined, cyclic pattern varies in a group of adjacent cell sectors such that inter-cell interference is significantly reduced or eliminated by rotating at a different cycle the beams in adjacent cells. This discrete, angular movement of beams provides for downlink transmissions to be timed in such a way (i.e., scheduled) such that transmission to a user will occur in accordance with the beam and time slot having the best carrier to interference (C/I) ratio for that user.
US08068870B2	Enterprise location discovery in dual-mode phones Enterprise location discovery in dual-mode phones. As dual-mode phones move within the enterprise Wi-Fi network, they track which cell tower they are associated with, reporting this information to an enterprise mobility controller. The enterprise mobility controller builds a list of cell tower identifiers which are associated with enterprise Wi-Fi coverage, and makes this list available to subscribing dual-mode phones. Subscribing dual-mode phones can use this list to only scan for Wi-Fi availability when they are associated with a cell tower which is on the list.
US08068869B2	Method and apparatus for processing transmit power control (TPC) commands in a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network based on a sign metric Method and apparatus for processing transmit power control (TPC) commands in a wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network based on a sign metric are disclosed and may include calculating a sign metric of a downlink dedicated physical channel (DPCH) based on a plurality of TPC bits received via the downlink DPCH. A value of at least one of the plurality of TPC bits may not be known when the at least one of the plurality of TPC bits is received. The sign metric may specify an error associated with the plurality of TPC bits. Transmit power may be adjusted for a signal transmitted via at least one uplink communication channel based on the calculated sign metric. At least one reliability weight value may be calculated for at least a portion of the received TCP bits, based on the calculated sign metric.
US08068865B1	System and method for transmitting tones in a push-to-talk (PTT) system Systems and methods for allowing transmission of tones by a push-to-talk (PTT) communication station are provided. The communication station can decouple the PTT button of the PTT communication station, allowing the transmission of the tones without actuating the PTT button. The decoupling can be performed in response to receipt of an unsolicited floor grant message. The communication station can also receive an input selection and automatically transmit a floor request message, a tone corresponding to the input selection and a floor release message.
US08068855B2	Location determination using RF fingerprinting A method for determining the location of a mobile unit (MU) in a wireless communication system and presenting it to a remote party. The location of a remote MU is determined by comparing a snapshot of a predefined portion of the radio-frequency (RF) spectrum taken by the MU to a reference database containing multiple snapshots taken at various locations. The result of the comparison is used to determine if the MU is at a specific location. The comparison may be made in the MU, or at some other location situated remotely from the MU. In the latter case, sufficient information regarding the captured fingerprint is transmitted from the MU to the remote location. The database may be pre-compiled or generated on-line.
US08068850B1	Method of locating a transmitter A method of locating a transmitter is disclosed. A communications link is established between multiple receiving stations and a control station, and used with a calibration signal to calibrate out the time delay of the communications link. A radiated signal from an unknown transmitter is received at a receiving station and sent to the control station over the communications link. The time of arrival is recorded. Upon receiving a user input, the communication link switches from transmitting the received radiated signal to transmitting the calibration signal. The start of calibration signal is timed to begin at the same time across all of the receiving stations. The communication link time delay for each link is calculated by subtracting the start time from the received time, and the communication link time delay is subtracted from the received time recorded for the radiated signal. TDOA calculations are made to locate the transmitter.
US08068844B2	Arrangements for beam refinement in a wireless network In some embodiments a beamforming method is disclosed. The method can include transmitting a beam having a channel defined by a maximum ration transmission vector (MRT) and receiving a first response from a receiver, where the first response has first information such as parameters related to the transmitted beam. Using the parameters and the initial MRT another directional transmission can be made. A similar process can determine a maximum combining ratio for a receiver. Set up communications between the transmitter and the receiver can be reduced by omitting data from transmission that can be acquired by other means such as from memory or calculations. Additional embodiments are also disclosed.
US08068842B2	Idle mode handling in a hybrid GSM/CDMA network In a mobile wireless telecommunications system, which includes base stations (30) of a first type operating over a first air interface, and base stations (32) of a second type operating over a second air interface, a method for reselection by a mobile station (40) camped on a cell associated with a first base station (30), which is of the first type, of a second base station (32), which is of the second type. The method includes receiving signals over the second air interface from the second base station (32) and evaluating a characteristic of the signals. Responsive to the characteristic, the second base station (32) is selected in place of the first base station (30), and the mobile station (40) camps on a cell associated with the second base station (32).
US08068841B2	Multi-carrier communications methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for implementing a multi-carrier communications system are described. Various approaches to a phased system deployment and system configurations resulting from different levels of deployment are described. In addition mobile node and methods of operating mobile nodes in communications systems that may have different levels of deployment in different cells are described.
US08068840B2	Methods and apparatus for achieving route optimization and location privacy in an IPv6 network Methods and apparatus for performing proxy registration on behalf of a node with a Home Agent supporting Mobile IP are disclosed. A first registration request is composed on behalf of the node and transmitted to the Home Agent via a first Local Mobility Anchor, wherein the first Local Mobility Anchor is a regional controller via which registration is performed when the node moves within a region associated with the first Local Mobility Anchor. When the node moves within a region or between regions, the node is re-registered. Specifically, a second registration request is composed and transmitted to the first Local Mobility Anchor when the node moves within the region associated with the first Local Mobility Anchor. When the node moves into a second region associated with a second Local Mobility Anchor and outside the first region associated with the first Local Mobility Anchor, a second registration request is composed and transmitted to the Home Agent via the second Local Mobility Anchor, wherein the second Local Mobility Anchor is a regional controller via which registration is performed when the node moves within a region associated with second first Local Mobility Anchor.
US08068837B2	Wireless communications handoff method and system employing such A method for reducing a delay in a wireless communications system resulting from a handoff while mitigating a risk of premature termination of wireless communications, the method includes comparing data indicative of actual use of the wireless communications systems to at least one predetermined criteria. If the comparing determines a sector pairing in the wireless communications system to be statistically significant for purposes of recommending at least one search window setting, at least one value related with a distance associated with the sector pairing may be used to automatically determine a corresponding signal delay. If the corresponding signal delay exceeds a prior determined signal delay, a recommended search window setting may be determined using the corresponding signal delay.
US08068836B2	Method and device for transferring an ongoing communication in which a mobile terminal is involved between a first and a second base stations and wherein one of the base stations is located in a moving conveyance A method and a system for transferring an ongoing communication in which a mobile terminal is involved between a first and a second base stations of a wireless cellular telecommunication network. One of the base stations is located in a moving conveyance. The first base station obtains information indicating that the first base station will become a neighbor of the second base station, identifies a mobile terminal which is currently under communication with a remote telecommunication device through the first base station, transfers a message to the second base station requesting the second base station to prepare resources enabling the continuation of the communication through the second base station, obtains information indicating that the first base station has become a neighbor of the second base station, and transfers the ongoing communication in which the mobile terminal is involved to the second base station.
US08068834B2	Intra-frequency, inter-frequency and inter-radio access technology searching for neighbor cells within a fixed time duration Techniques for searching neighbor cells within a fixed time duration are disclosed. In one embodiment, cells in a monitored list are ranked. A first subset of the ranked cells are searched during each cycle in a series of cycles, and a subset of the remainder of ranked cells is searched in each cycle, the subset varying from cycle to cycle. In another embodiment, the ranking and searching of a subset of the ranked list of cells is performed when the number of monitored cells is greater than a pre-determined search number. In yet another embodiment, the complete list of monitored cells is searched when the number of monitored cells is less than or equal to a pre-determined search number. In various embodiments, the searching comprises one or more of intra-frequency, inter-frequency, or inter-RAT searching. Various other embodiments are also presented. Benefits include allowing prescribed levels of intra-frequency, inter-frequency and/or inter-RAT search to be performed allowing for improved base station selection and therefore improved performance and system capacity.
US08068821B2	Method and apparatus for providing content to users using unicast and broadcast wireless networks The invention includes a method and apparatus for providing content to user terminals. A method includes identifying a request for content from a user terminal, obtaining a network selection parameter for the content request, selecting, using the network selection parameter, a wireless network over which to propagate the requested content, and propagating the requested content toward the user terminal using the selected wireless network. The selected wireless network may be a unicast wireless network or a broadcast wireless network.
US08068816B2	Voice mailbox configuration methods and apparatus for mobile communication devices In one illustrative example disclosed, a mobile communication device includes a user interface, a processor, and a wireless transmitter. The user interface includes, among other things, a visual display which is part of a graphical user interface (GUI). For configuring a voice mailbox at a remote voicemail system, the GUI visually displays a user input prompt for voice mailbox configuration information which corresponds to an audible user input prompt provided by the voicemail system. The user input prompt may be, for example, a prompt for a user password, an audible voicemail greeting, or an audible user name for the voice mailbox. Through the user interface, the voice mailbox configuration information is received by the processor in response to the user input prompt and transmitted to the voicemail system by the wireless transmitter. Advantageously, the mobile device provides a consistent user-friendly GUI for voice mailbox configuration as well as for its primary applications.
US08068815B2	Subscriber terminal for a radio system and an arrangement, a method and a computer program for presenting contact attempts to a subscriber terminal of a radio system A subscriber terminal for a radio system and an arrangement, a method and a computer program for presenting contact attempts to a subscriber terminal of a radio system are disclosed. The subscriber terminal includes: a transceiver configured to receive calls and messages; a control unit connected to the transceiver configured to save unanswered call data and messages relating to unanswered calls, and to constitute contact attempts from the unanswered call data and the messages relating to the unanswered calls; and a user interface connected to the control unit configured to present the contact attempts.
US08068812B2	Method and mobile communication system with a security function for short messaging The present invention relates to a communication system. The communication system includes a handheld communication device, a primary communication module, and a secondary communication apparatus. The primary communication module is configured for communicating with the secondary communication apparatus within a predetermined coverage area. When receiving a short message signal, the handheld communication device broadcasts a search signal. The secondary communication apparatus detects the search signal and sends a response signal to the handheld communication device according to the user's operations. The handheld communication device detects whether the response signal is received and processes accordingly. The present invention also provides a method of applying a security function for short messaging adapted for supporting the aforementioned communication system.
US08068811B2	Mobile communication terminal device According to an embodiment of the invention, a mobile communication terminal device comprises: an information memory unit configured to store a first information and a security information indicating whether the first information is secret; a backup request memory unit configured to store a first request for backing up identification information of the first information and the first information, or a second request for deleting a second information identified by the identification information with which the first information is stored in the backup device; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the first request or the second request based on the information stored in the backup request memory unit; and a management unit configured to store the identification information of the first information and the first request, if the first information of which the security information indicates that the first information is not secret is stored in the information memory unit.
US08068809B2	Communication reward A method is performed by a device that includes a display and a communication application. The method includes identifying a reward criterion for communication activities using the communication application, receiving an indication of a communication activity, and recording the indication of the communication activity with a cumulative total of communication activities. The method also includes presenting, on the display, a graphic representation of the cumulative total of communication activities, where the cumulative total of communication activities is presented in relation to the reward criterion.
US08068807B2	System for supplying container security A system for monitoring the contents of a closed container includes one or more sensors for monitoring the container contents, a signal receiving element positioned, and a processing system. The signal receiving element receives sensor data from the sensors. The processing system has a memory for storing predetermined conditions and a control element for analyzing received sensor data by comparing the received sensor data to stored predetermined conditions. The control element includes capabilities for declaring a security alert based on the comparison. The communications system includes a first transceiver inside the closed container for receiving signals containing sensor data from within the container and for transmitting those signals outside of the container, and a satellite transceiver, physically linked to the first transceiver and disposed outside the closed container, for receiving signals from the first transceiver and for forwarding the received signals via satellite uplink to a remote location.
US08068788B2	Communication method in mobile communication system, and mobile station and base station in the same system The present method adds uplink data to a transmission request sent to the base station from the mobile station for obtaining permission for data transmission, or to a channel establishment request sent from the mobile station to the base station for establishing a channel in order to send the transmission request therethrough. This makes it possible to suppress delay caused by negotiation prior to actual uplink data transmission as much as possible, thereby realizing efficient uplink data transmission, that is, improved throughput of uplink communication.
US08068787B2	Power supply device and wireless communication system A power supply device and a wireless communication system are provided. The power supply device includes a data input port, a power over Ethernet control module, a network port, a decoder circuit and a signal strength indicator unit. The power over Ethernet control module is configured for receiving a data signal from the data input port to generate a data signal with power. The network port is configured for transmitting the data signal with power to the main board and receiving a signal in relation to a signal receiving strength state of the wireless communication device. The decoder circuit is connected to the network port and configured for generating a signal strength indicator signal. The signal strength indicator unit is connected to the decoder circuit and configured for receiving the signal strength indicator signal to display the signal receiving strength state of the wireless communication device.
US08068777B2	Image heating apparatus An image heating apparatus includes a heating member for heating a toner image on a recording material in a heating nip, a pressing member for forming the heating nip and being in contact with the heating member, an abrading member for abrading a surface of the heating member, a contact-and-separation device for causing contact and separation of the abrading member with respect to the heating member, and a selecting device for selecting, depending on the basis weight of the recording material to be heated by the heating member, whether or not the contact-and-separation means brings the abrading member into contact with the heating member before a recording material is conveyed to the heating nip.
US08068763B2	Tandem type photosensitive unit and image forming apparatus A tandem type photosensitive unit includes a plurality of drum retaining units arrayed in line in an arraying direction, and a pair of side plates arranged on both sides of the drum retaining units in an axial direction perpendicular to the arraying direction and collectively opposed to the drum retaining units. Each drum retaining unit retains a photosensitive drum having an axis which extends in the axial direction. At least one of the side plates is provided to be slidable in the axial direction.
US08068758B2	Belt conveyance apparatus and image heating apparatus The image heating apparatus has a plurality of heat generators which are capable of forming a plurality of heat generating distributions in the longitudinal direction for supplying heat to a heating member. Unevenness in temperature is decreased by changing the heat generating distribution when cooling by a fan for the heating member starts. The heat generating distribution is changed so that heat generating amount at an area in the longitudinal direction corresponding to the cooling area cooled by the fan is to be larger than the heat generating amount before starting the cooling.
US08068753B2	Control device and method to control an electrophotographic printer or copier to prevent developer damage In a method or control device for controlling an electrophotographic printer or copier that has at least two developer stations, during a print operation print data is used to determine which developer stations are needed for printing of the data. In the event it is established that a developer station was not need or will not be needed for a predetermined time span, the developer station is shifted into a standby state in which at least one part of mechanical actuators of the developer station is stopped.
US08068741B2	Polarization to phase converter The invention provides an apparatus and method for time delaying different polarization components of a signal relative to one another, comprising a polarization signal splitter which splits first and second polarization components of an input signal into a first component signal and a second component signal such that said first component signal propagates along a first path and the second component signal propagates along a second path, wherein said first component signal reaches a location relative to when said second component reaches said location at times differing by a delayed time, and use of the apparatus in a communication system. The apparatus may be used for quantum cryptography, to convert a sender's polarization-qubit signal into a signal appropriate for channels and receivers based on phase-encoded schemes.
US08068738B2	System and method for decoding infra-red (IR) signals The disclosed embodiments relate to an electronic device configured to receive infra red (IR) signals. The electronic device comprises a first IR decoder configured to decode the IR signals when the electronic device is operating in a first power mode, and a second IR decoder configured to decode the IR signals when the video unit is operating in a second power mode.
US08068733B2	Method for operating transparent node for WDM shared “virtual ring” networks A system and method for a transparent WDM metro ring architecture in which optics enables simultaneous provisioning of dedicated wavelengths for high-end user terminals, while low-end user terminals share wavelengths on “virtual rings”. All wavelengths are sourced by the network and remotely modulated at customer “End Stations” by low cost semiconductor optical amplifiers, which also serve as transmission amplifiers. The transparent WDM metro ring architecture permits the communication of information and comprises a fiber optical feeder ring, at least one fiber optical distribution ring, a network node (NN), at least one access node (AN) said network node and said at least one access node connected via said fiber optical feeder ring and at least one end station (ES) connected via said fiber optical distribution ring to said at least one access node, wherein said user is attached to said at least one end station. A simple node that supports bi-directional propagation in transparent WDM metro architectures using “virtual rings” is also described. A method for communicating information over a WDM fiber optical ring network architecture in a metro access arena using one or more wavelengths, which can be shared by a plurality of user terminals, each user terminal coupled to an end station comprises the steps of sending downstream data packets, sending optical chalkboard packets consisting of ones and sending control signals.
US08068729B2	Network testing apparatus, network testing method and recording medium thereof This G-PON network testing apparatus composes a network by connecting between an OLT, ONU or ONT by a optical fiber. This testing apparatus stores testing items and code numbers in a storing section by correlating them from each other. It obtains data receiving time and transmits the data to a delay buffer A when no test is implemented and generates testing data in which a code number is added to the data when a test is implemented. Then, this testing apparatus extracts the code number from the generated testing data to implement the testing item and obtains time when the testing item is finished. Then, it calculates a test time necessary for implementing the test from this time and the data receiving time and reads the data transmitted to the delay buffer A after an elapsed of the calculated test time.
US08068727B2	Storage-type water heater having tank condition monitoring features Methods and systems for evaluating the condition of a water tank having a powered anode protection system. The water heater includes a storage tank to hold water, a powered anode, and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a variable voltage supply, a voltage sensor, and a current sensor. The control circuit is configured to compare a measured parameter to a threshold. In some constructions, the threshold is indicative of a condition of the storage tank at which the powered anode is no longer able to protect the storage tank from corrosion. In other constructions, the threshold is predicative of a potential failure of the storage tank caused by corrosion. In some constructions, the control circuit is configured to estimate a time remaining until the predicted failure of the storage tank.
US08068724B2	Forced air heater including on-board source of electric energy A forced-air heater having a self-contained on-board electric-power supply that allows the forced-air heater to operate without an external electric power source; a fuel tank; a combustion chamber; a support; a housing including upper and lower housing portions; a motorized fan that during operation draws in ambient air through an air intake and forces air into the combustion chamber.
US08068720B2	Recording device and method, reproduction device and method, and recording medium A disc (1) has formed therein a header area (21) in which management information is recorded, and a data area (22) in which content information is recorded. Content information is recorded in units of an access block each including a succession of frames into the data area (22). The leading frame of the access block is taken as a base point of decoding. In the header area (21), there are recorded recording-position information for each access block and output-time information for the leading frame of each access block. At the top of the access block, there are recorded recording-position and output-time information for frames other than the leading frame. Thus, skip reproduction can be done by reading the recording-position and output-time information in the access block into a memory.
US08068717B2	Television program recording/reproducing device A television program recording/reproducing device displays a reproduction program selection screen containing a title list image, a cursor image, frame images for initial letter selection and frame images for second letter selection. The title list image displays multiple title images sequentially in alphabetical order. One frame image for initial letter selection is displayed for multiple same titles, if any, while one frame image for second letter selection is displayed for multiple titles having the same initial letter, if any, in the title list image. The cursor image is moved on and between the title images and the both frame images. This television program recording/reproducing device allows a user to more effectively search for and find a desired television program to be reproduced, and can mitigate the burden on the user in an operation of reproducing a television program.
US08068716B2	One-step recording apparatus for portable media players A recording apparatus for recording audio-visual (A/V) contents directly from an A/V input source to a portable media player (PMP) is disclosed. The recorded A/V contents can be played back by the portable media player immediately upon stopping the recording. The recording apparatus does not involve the use of any intermediate computing or storage device other than the portable media player and the recording apparatus itself. The A/V contents for recording may come in the form of analog/digital signals or as digital data in compressed or uncompressed form from transmission and/or storage devices. Depending upon the nature of the input, the recording apparatus digitizes, encodes and/or transcodes the A/V contents and stores the processed A/V contents directly into the portable media player in playback ready format. The recording apparatus includes a one-button control interface for starting and stopping the recording of A/V contents to the portable media player. By clicking the button once, the process of recording the A/V contents into the portable media player is initiated. Optionally, elaborate control of the A/V recording parameters can be achieved through a configuration file. The type of encoders/decoders, bit-rates, duration of recording and other parameters can be set in the configuration file. The configuration file is stored in the portable media player or any other connected storage device. The recording apparatus provides both manual and automatic update mechanisms for play lists in the portable media player. In addition, the recording apparatus may also record and store A/V contents to storage devices other than a portable media player.
US08068694B2	Imaging apparatus, method and program An imaging apparatus displays and records any area in a synthesized image according to user's taste. The synthesized image is displayed based on the set display area and the record area is set to display the synthesized image, so that the display area is compared with the record area to enable easily confirming whether the actually acquired synthesized image satisfies the area desired by the user and assisting recording in an area where a better composition is provided even if the user is unfamiliar with the composition.
US08068693B2	Method for constructing a composite image A method for constructing a composite image comprises determining in an alignment between at least a first and a second image based on the content of the first and second image frames, and combining in a transform domain at least the first and second images with the determined alignment to form a composite image.
US08068692B2	Methods and apparatuses for pixel transformations Methods, apparatuses, systems, and machine readable media for pixel transformations. One exemplary method includes: determining a state of a pixel format transformation, wherein a pixel format includes a predetermined number of pixel data components and a predetermined number of bits for each of the pixel data components and wherein the state includes a source pixel format and a destination pixel format and at least one intermediate pixel format; converting pixel data in the source pixel format to pixel data in the intermediate pixel format; and converting the pixel data in the intermediate pixel format to pixel data in the destination pixel format. In certain embodiments, a method includes building and compiling a function, at run-time, for the pixel format transformation based upon the state.
US08068682B2	Generating output pixels of an output image from one or more input images using a set of motion vectors having a sub-pixel accuracy An image processing apparatus in which output pixels of an output image are generated from one or more input images using motion vectors having a sub-pixel accuracy. A motion vector allocator allocates motion vectors in the pixels, and compares a current output pixel with test image areas pointed to by motion vectors in the pixels to detect a most suitable motion vector for the current output pixel. A pixel generator operates in a first mode if the output pixel is within a threshold displacement from an image region having substantially different motion characteristics to those of that output pixel, and in a second mode otherwise. The pixel generator includes a spatial filter generating an output pixel value at a required pixel position to a sub-pixel accuracy.
US08068679B2	Audio and video signal processing The present disclosure related generally to audio and video signal processing. Various arrangements are disclosed. One method recites: (a) obtaining data representing audible portions of audio or representing picture portions of video; (b) using a programmed electronic processor, determining identifying information from the obtained data by computing a frequency transform to produce frequency transform data, and processing the frequency transform data to derive a pattern, and using the pattern as the identifying information for the audio or video; and (c) using the identifying data to facilitate purchase or license of the audio or video. Other arrangements are disclosed as well.
US08068672B2	Image processing apparatus and method, data recording medium, program recording medium, and program therefor An image processing apparatus includes a feature value extractor configured to extract a feature value from an image; a setting unit configured to set setting information for applying a process to the image; and a recorder configured to record the setting information in association with the feature value of the image in a data recording medium.
US08068668B2	Device and method for estimating if an image is blurred A method for estimating if an image (14) is either blurred or sharp includes the steps of (i) determining an image gradient histogram distribution (410) of at least a portion of the image (14), and (ii) comparing at least a portion of the image gradient histogram distribution (410) to a Gaussian model gradient histogram distribution (414) of at least a portion of the image (14) to estimate if the image (14) is either blurred or sharp. In most cases, a sharp image (14) has a relatively large tailed distribution when compared to the Gaussian model, while a blurred image has a relatively small tailed distribution when compared to the Gaussian model.
US08068667B2	Systems and methods for color data compression Systems and methods are provided for reducing data size of at least one bitmap image comprising at least one block, wherein the block comprises a plurality of image components, each image component being associated with a distinct color plane. The method may include compressing the plurality of image components of the at least one block. The method may further include ranking the plurality of image components using a dominance rank, wherein the dominance rank for an image component is based on a compression ratio for the image component. The method may also include reducing the resolution of at least one image component associated with the block, based on the dominance rank of the color plane associated with the image component.
US08068661B2	LED inspection apparatus and LED inspection method using the same Disclosed are a light emitting diode (LED) inspection apparatus, which can determine whether an LED has a defect such as leakage current, without making physical contact with the LED being inspected, and an LED inspection method thereof. The LED inspection apparatus includes an ultraviolet emission unit emitting UV light to an LED, an image generation unit generating an image of the LED to which the UV light is emitted, and a control unit obtaining color or intensity information of the LED from the image of the LED and determining, based on the color information, whether the LED is defective.
US08068660B2	Characterizing vision systems System and method for characterizing vision systems. A multi-dimensional condition space is provided, each dimension representing a respective condition axis, where each point in the condition space specifies a set of conditions under which a vision system may operate. An image is provided. The condition space is sampled according to a pseudo-random sequence, e.g., a low-discrepancy sequence, to determine a plurality of test conditions usable to characterize the vision system, where each test condition corresponds to a respective set of conditions. A plurality of test images corresponding to the plurality of test conditions are generated based on the image, e.g., by applying image processing functions to the image that simulate the test conditions. A vision inspection is performed on each of the plurality of test images to generate respective test results, and the test results are analyzed to determine conditions under which the vision system operates correctly.
US08068658B2	Evaluation method for two-dimensional fluoroscopy images of an examination object with time-coded display of three-dimensional reconstructions A computer receives a plurality of two-dimensional fluoroscopy images of an examination object, capture time points and projection parameters and combines the images into image groups. Each image group contains all the images, the capture time point of which is between a minimum and a maximum time point specific to the respective image group. When the image groups are sorted by ascending minimum time points, the corresponding maximum time points form a strictly monotonously ascending order. The respective minimum and maximum time points are determined so that the computer reconstructs a three-dimensional object reconstruction of the examination object based on the images assigned to the respective image group. A respective two-dimensional reconstruction display is determined by the respective three-dimensional object reconstruction and outputted to a user in a coding specific to the respective image group by a display device.
US08068655B2	Method and system for vessel enhancement and artifact reduction in TOF MR angiography of brain A method and system for vessel enhancement and artifact reduction in a 3D time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance (MR) angiography brain image. An intensity-based threshold is used to extract structures of interest in the brain image. Vessels are isolated in the structures of interest by filtering the structures based on a vesselness measure. The vessels are then enhanced by multiplying the filtered image by a coefficient map based on intensities of the original brain image. The scalp is detected in the enhanced image, and the scalp is removed from the enhanced image to generate a noise-reduce enhanced image.
US08068654B2	Method and system for detection and registration of 3D objects using incremental parameter learning A method and system for detecting 3D objects in images is disclosed. In particular, a method and system for Ileo-Cecal Valve detection in 3D computed tomography (CT) images using incremental parameter learning and ICV specific prior learning is disclosed. First, second, and third classifiers are sequentially trained to detect candidates for position, scale, and orientation parameters of a box that bounds an object in 3D image. In the training of each sequential classifier, new training samples are generated by scanning the object's configuration parameters in the current learning projected subspace (position, scale, orientation), based on detected candidates resulting from the previous training step. This allows simultaneous detection and registration of a 3D object with full 9 degrees of freedom. ICV specific prior learning can be used to detect candidate voxels for an orifice of the ICV and to detect initial ICV box candidates using a constrained orientation alignment at each candidate voxel.
US08068644B2	System for seeing using auditory feedback The invention is a system whereby a video image can be converted into an audio signal. A portable apparatus is described which allows a visually blind person to hear the images and thus ‘see’. This does not require expensive equipment nor does it require surgery. It has applications for non-blind people such as with a pilot seeing radar information. It can be performed with an inexpensive video camera, a portable computer, and earphones. It is also readily adapted to a customized and compact system involving a micro camera, specialized computer, and ear buds.
US08068642B2	System and method for remotely monitoring and/or viewing images from a camera or video device A system and method are provided for remotely monitoring images from an image capturing device. Image data from an image capturing component is received where image data represents images of a scene in a field of view of the image capturing component. The image data may be analyzed to determine that the scene has changed. A determination may be made that the scene has changed. In response to this determination being made, a communication may be transmitted to a designated device, recipient or network location. The communication may be informative that a scene change or event occurred. The communication may be in the form of a notification or an actual image or series of images of the scene after the change or event.
US08068636B2	Digital watermarking methods, programs and apparatus The present claims recite various steganographic and digital watermarking methods and apparatus. One claim recites a method of watermarking a representation of a physical object. The method includes: projecting a watermark orientation component onto a physical object; and using a camera or image sensor, capturing an image or video of the physical object including the watermark orientation component as projected thereon. Another claim recites an apparatus including: a light source for projecting a registration component onto a physical object; a camera or sensor for capturing an image or video of the physical object including the registration component as projected thereon; and an electronic processor programmed for encoding a message in the image or video captured by said camera or sensor. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.
US08068635B2	Diaphragm with integrated acoustical and optical properties A multifunctional transducer diaphragm may be configured as audio speaker system for displays wherein the multifunctional transducer diaphragm is capable of polarizing light transmitted therethrough and can convert mechanical motion into acoustical energy. In a related embodiment, a display panel system may comprise a multifunctional display screen comprising a single multifunctional transducer diaphragm capable of polarizing light which converts mechanical motion into acoustical energy, simultaneously providing both display screen and audio speaker functionalities.
US08068620B2	Audio processing apparatus A signal processing apparatus includes sound collecting elements, a noise detector for detecting a level of noise in a low-frequency band of audio signals output from the sound collecting elements, a noise reduction unit for reducing the noise in the audio signals in accordance with a signal output from the noise detector, a converter for converting the audio signals output from the noise reduction unit into pieces of audio data corresponding to channels including a low-frequency channel and other channels, a low-frequency channel controller for controlling a level of the audio data corresponding to the low-frequency channel in accordance with the level of the noise detected using the noise detector, and a level controller for controlling the level of the audio data of the low-frequency channel output from the low-frequency channel controller and levels of the pieces of audio data corresponding to the other channels output from the converter.
US08068614B2	Methods and apparatus for batch bound authentication A processing system may include a processing unit and nonvolatile storage responsive to the processing unit. The nonvolatile storage may include a candidate boot code module and an authentication code module. The processing unit may be configured to execute code from the authentication code module before executing code from the candidate boot code module. The authentication code module may have instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to read a processor identifier from the processing unit and determine whether the processor belongs to a predetermined set of processors associated with a specific vendor, based at least in part on the identifier, before executing any instructions from the candidate boot code module. The processing system may also test authenticity of the candidate boot code module before executing any instructions from the candidate boot code module. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08068611B2	Method of playing broadcast program contents using encryption and decryption techniques A method is provided of playing a broadcast program content, which includes: (a) producing a combination-dependent unique key which is unique to a combination of a tuner unit and a computer unit; and (b) in response to issuance of a real-time play command or a recorded-video playback command from a user, playing a broadcast program content in real-time after transmission thereof from the tuner unit to the computer unit, or playing back recorded data after retrieval thereof from a data storage. In an illustrative embodiment, the produced combination-dependent unique key is outputted into an encryptor of the tuner unit for encryption, and the encrypted digital data is inputted into the computer unit. A decryptor of the computer unit is caused to attempt decryption of the encrypted digital data, using the produced combination-dependent unique key.
US08068589B2	Interface for a multi-messaging system Systems and methods of managing announcement messages provide for receiving a first announcement message, where the first announcement message is compatible with a first platform protocol of a first messaging server. The first announcement message is translated into a second announcement message, where the second announcement message is compatible with a second platform of a second messaging server. By enabling announcement messages such as voice mail greetings and email “out-of-office” messages to be created and updated with a single interface, more efficient messaging is achieved.
US08068585B2	Checking of broadband network components Systems and methods for checking broadband network components are provided in which an automated interactive system permits a field technician to check various conditions of a communication line or other broadband network components without the assistance of a support technician. While options to request assistance from a support technician are provided, the automated interactive system permits the field technician to perform various functions on a communication line without additional assistance, especially for routine tasks. The automated interactive system, therefore, removes efficiencies that may be associated with conventional approaches for checking broadband network components.
US08068550B2	Initiation of a MIMO communication The present invention provides a method and apparatus for initiating a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication. The method and apparatus includes processing that begins by transmitting a frame formatted in accordance with a default MIMO active transmitter-receiver antenna configuration to a target receiver. The processing continues by receiving at least one response frame from the target receiver. The processing continues by determining a number of receiver antennas of the target receiver from the at least one response frame.
US08068547B2	Data communication Embodiments related to communication of data in a first and second transmission mode are depicted and described herein.
US08068546B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting video signals Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting, multicasting, or broadcasting video signals from a video source to one or more remotely located computers and/or video clients. Specifically, the disclosed method and apparatus effectively digitizes and compresses received video signals such that they may be transmitted with other digitized signals directly or via a network, such as the Internet, to a multitude of computers and/or independent video display devices. The video transmission system is also capable of receiving video signals from a non-networked computer that does not require any hardware or software modifications to be compatible with the video transmission system. The disclosed video transmission system operates independently (i.e., does not require a service provider) and is capable of recording video transmissions.
US08068542B2	Motion picture encoding device and motion picture decoding device When a prediction is made between fields with different parity, the predicative efficiency of a chrominance vector is improved by adaptively switching the generation of a chrominance motion vector depending on a encoding/decoding field parity (top/bottom) and a reference field parity (top/bottom), and the coding efficiency is improved accordingly.
US08068536B2	Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) digital radio frequency (RF) transceiver A digital radio frequency (RF) transceiver circuit comprises circuitry that is adapted to select between a transmitter input signal (148) and a receiver input signal. A plurality of filters are adapted to receive either the transmitter input signal or the receiver input signal and to produce either a filtered transmitter signal or a filtered receiver signal. Circuitry alternatively receives the filtered transmitter signal or the filtered receiver signal and produces a modulated output and a demodulated output.
US08068535B2	Robust iterative linear system solvers In receiving equipment such as a mobile terminal (1) for decoding received signals coded according to a CDMA method are decoded in an intermediate processor (9). In the decoding, coefficients or elements of a vector w are calculated in a unit or module (13) by an iterative method as a solution to a system of linear equations represented by the matrix equation Rw=h, where R is a matrix of known elements and h is a known vector. For terminating the iteration, a value of the signal to interference plus noise ratio SINR for the received signals is calculated in each iteration step and then this calculated value or a quantity derived therefrom is used as a stopping criterion or generally in a stopping algorithm.
US08068534B2	Authenticating a signal based on an unknown component thereof Authentication of a signal, signalA, that is provided as having been received from a source at a first global location by comparing it to a signal that is received from the source at a second global location, signalB, where signalB contains an unknown signal that is unique to the source, and determining that signalA contains the same unknown signal that is contained in signalB.
US08068528B2	Quantum cascade laser A quantum cascade laser includes a semiconductor substrate, and an active layer which is provided on the semiconductor substrate, and has a cascade structure in which unit laminate structures 16 having quantum well emission layers 17 and injection layers 18 are laminated in multiple stages. Further, the quantum cascade laser is configured such that the unit laminate structure 16 has an emission upper level Lup, an emission lower level Llow, and a relaxation miniband MB including an energy level lower than the emission lower level in its subband level structure, and light is generated by an intersubband transition of electrons from the upper level to the lower level, and the electrons after the intersubband transition are relaxed from the lower level Llow to the miniband MB through LO phonon scattering, to be injected from the injection layer 18 to the latter stage emission layer via the miniband MB. Thereby, the quantum cascade laser which is capable of efficiently forming an inverted population in the quantum well emission layer, to improve its laser operation performance, is realized.
US08068522B2	Hyper dispersion pulse compressor for chirped pulse amplification systems A grating pulse compressor configuration is introduced for increasing the optical dispersion for a given footprint and to make practical the application for chirped pulse amplification (CPA) to quasi-narrow bandwidth materials, such as Nd:YAG. The grating configurations often use cascaded pairs of gratings to increase angular dispersion an order of magnitude or more. Increased angular dispersion allows for decreased grating separation and a smaller compressor footprint.
US08068513B2	Determining load measure for network element The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for determining (e.g., calculating) a load measure by a network element (e.g., Node B or any other network element) for optimizing information traffic in communication networks (e.g., wireless communication systems). This load measure may represent the amount of available/excess traffic that a given network element may carry and is a relative measure, which would take into account the total amount of resources available in the system and the amount of resources that are free for carrying only “important” or “essential” traffic, using a weighed method described herein.
US08068512B2	Efficient utilization of cache servers in mobile communication system A data center includes an individual storage unit having storage areas for respective user apparatuses, a shared storage unit having a storage area for sharing by the user apparatuses, a unit configured to store data received from an external node in one of the individual storage unit and the shared storage unit that is selected according to predetermined criteria, a unit configured to generate a data arrangement list according to statistics of the received data and predetermined cache data arrangement conditions, and a unit configured to transmit an instruction signal to at least one of the shared storage unit and the individual storage unit according to the data arrangement list to cause data stored in the at least one of the shared storage unit and the individual storage unit to be transferred to a cache server provided on a core network or on a radio access network.
US08068510B2	Demodulation apparatus for efficiently embodying adaptive modulation and coding method in OFDMA based packet communication system and method thereof Disclosed is a demodulation apparatus for receiving signals by an adaptive modulation and coding method, and demodulating the signals, in an OFDMA based packet communication system, comprising: a QAM demapper for performing QAM demapping to the received signals by a modulation method using a maximum modulation ratio, until modulation methods for each of sub-channels are analyzed; a slot buffer for storing the data outputted from the QAM demapper; a channel decoder for decoding the data stored in the slot buffer and analyzing modulation methods for each sub-channels and transferring the analyzed modulation methods to the QAM demapper; and in at the same time, reading valid data from the data stored in the slot buffer, based on the analyzed modulation methods for each sub-channels, and demodulating the valid data.
US08068509B2	Digital broadcast system, and data processing method A digital broadcast system having storing resistance to errors generated during the transmission of mobile service data, and a data processing method are disclosed. The digital broadcast system additionally encodes mobile service data. As a result, the mobile service data has strong resistance to a channel variation and noise, and at the same time the system can quickly cope with the channel variation.
US08068501B2	System and method for real-time correlation of AAL2 and AAL5 messages for calls in UTRAN System and method for correlating multiple frames of data associated with a single call into a call record. One embodiment comprises correlating data in a radio access network by capturing data passing to and from a radio network controller, identifying ATM Adaptation Layer type 5 (AAL5) frames within the data, assigning a first call identifier to the AAL5 frames, identifying ATM Adaptation Layer type 2 (AAL2) frames within the data, assigning a second call identifier to the AAL2 frames, and combining AAL2 frames and AAL5 frames having a same first call identifier and a same second call identifier into a call record. The data passing to and from the first radio network controller may be data passing over an Iub interface between a Node B and the radio network controller or data passing over an Iur interface between two radio network controllers.
US08068494B2	Method and apparatus for robust local mobility management in a mobile network A method and apparatus for robust mobility management in a network having a mobile node (MN), a mobility anchor point (MAP), a correspondent node (CN1, CN2), a home agent (HA) and an access router (AR1) and operating under a hierarchical protocol. The mobile node (MN) sends the address (102, 104) of the mobility anchor point (MAP) to the correspondent node (CN1, CN2) and sends the address (106, 108) of the mobile node (MN) on the network of the access router (AR) to the home agent (HA) and to the mobility anchor point (MAP). When failure of the mobility anchor point occurs, the mobile node recovers from the failure by selecting a new mobility anchor point or operating under a non-hierarchical protocol. Failure is detected by an intermediate router or by a correspondent node when messages fail to reach the mobility anchor point. The mobile node (MN) detects failure of the mobility anchor point when messages unexpectedly arrive via the home agent.
US08068492B1	Transport of control and data traffic for multicast virtual private networks Principles of the invention are described for providing multicast virtual private networks (MVPNs) across a public network that are capable of carrying high-bandwidth multicast traffic with increased scalability. In particular, the MVPNs may transport layer three (L3) multicast traffic, such as Internet Protocol (IP) packets, between remote sites via the public network. The principles described herein may reduce the overhead of protocol independent multicast (PIM) neighbor adjacencies and customer control information maintained for MVPNs. The principles may also reduce the state and the overhead of maintaining the state in the network by removing the need to maintain at least one dedicated multicast tree per each MVPN.
US08068488B2	Packet format for a distributed system A method is provided for transmitting a packet including information describing a bus transaction to be executed at a remote device. A bus transaction is detected on a first bus and a network packet is generated for transmission over a network. The network packet includes an opcode describing the type of bus transaction. One or more control signals of the bus transaction map directly to one or more bits of the opcode to simplify decoding or converting of the bus transaction to the opcode. The packet is transmitted to a remote device and the bus transaction is then replayed at a second bus. In addition, the packet includes a data field having a size that is a multiple of a cache line size. The packet includes separate CRCs for the data and header. The packet also includes a transaction ID to support split transactions over the network. Also, fields in the packet header are provided in a particular order to improve switching efficiency.
US08068483B2	Method for migration between a permanent connection and a switched connection in a transmission network This invention discloses a method for migration between a permanent connection and a switched connection in a transmission network. The method comprises the steps of: the ingress node of the current connection receiving a message of connection migrating request; forwarding the message of connection migrating request node by node starting from the ingress node in the direction of the traffic signal transmission of the current connection till the egress node of the current connection; making migration between the two connection modes until the ingress node after the message of migrating request has been received. By making migration between modes of connection node by node at each node of a transmission network, this invention ensures a smooth transition between a permanent connection and a switched connection, effectively avoiding service disruption while making the implementation of network services more flexible.
US08068482B2	Method and system for network switch element Method and system for a network switch element is provided. The switch element includes a plurality of megaports, each megaport uniquely identified by a unique megaport address identifier for network addressing. Each megaport includes a plurality of operational ports, each operational port identified by a unique operational port address identifier. The switch element also includes a local crossbar for communication between the plurality of operational ports, and a shared logic module configured to provide common control of the plurality of operational ports within a megaport to allow operational ports to share resource of a single megaport to route network packets there between. The switch element also includes a global crossbar configured to allow communication between the megaports.
US08068478B2	Resource sharing broadband access system, methods, and devices Methods, systems and devices for sharing communication resources among a plurality of clients (200-204) that are part of a common wireless community (1000). The communication resources are, for example, Internet access resources (101-104). Another example, might be a video or data delivery communication resource. As an example, clients have separate Internet access accounts. Embodiments of the invention, for example, allow client business units or residential units to share separate Internet access accounts.
US08068473B2	Method for operating enhanced RLC entity and RNC entity for WCDMA and system thereof A method for operating an RLC entity and a MAC entity in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), the European IMT-2000 system. A format of a MAC-has PDU is optimized in a MAC-hs entity, so that a large number of users can be supported with using less resources when a VoIP service is provided in one cell.
US08068463B2	Systems and methods for multi-beam optic-wireless vehicle communications The present invention offers systems and methods for effective multiple-hop routing, multicasting and media access control for vehicle group communications that employ directional wireless radio technology. Multi-beam optic-wireless media and streamlined operations provide low-overhead communications among vehicles. Systems and methods are provided to maintain a quasi-stationary group of neighboring vehicles, enable high-throughput on-demand switching among multiple vehicles, enable group coding in the vehicle group to achieve higher throughput, and enable dynamic adjustment of link to maintain desirable vehicle group. The proposed solution builds upon the conception of a MAC-free wireless operation and quasi-stationary vehicular switched network to achieve ultra-low-overhead and high-throughput vehicle communications.
US08068459B2	Adaptive frequency reuse method of radio resources management and allocation A method for managing and allocating radio resources (RRMA method) of multiple radio resource types to subscriber stations is disclosed. The RRMA method includes bandwidth partitioning, into parts comprising “slots” with a given reuse pattern, a selection rule, to select a “cell, reuse pattern” pair serving each user, and an allocation rule, for distributing to each user an appropriate number of bandwidth slots from the selected “cell, reuse pattern” pair. After an adaptation period, the method reaches a desired fairness, while simultaneously reaching a maximal mean throughput, possible under this fairness. For big networks, the method provides basically decentralized radio resource management. The RRMA method is useful to cellular networks having a single set of orthogonal sub-channels (frequency/time slots) being reused by all network cells, such as time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), or OFDMA/TDMA cellular systems. Particularly, the method is applicable in fractional frequency reuse cellular networks.
US08068457B2	Methods for transmitting multiple acknowledgments in single carrier FDMA systems A mapping scheme between a plurality of control channel element sets and a plurality of acknowledgement channel resource sets is established. Each of the control channel element sets includes at least one control channel element, and each of the acknowledgement channel resource sets includes at least one acknowledgement channel resource. In accordance with a scheduling grant transmitted using a control channel element set selected from the plurality of control channel element sets, a data packet is transmitted via a second node to a first node. Then, an acknowledgement channel message is transmitted via the first node to the second node by using at least one acknowledgement channel resource selected from the acknowledgement channel resource set that correspond to the control channel element set used for transmitting the scheduling grant in accordance with the mapping scheme. The acknowledgement channel message may be one of a positive acknowledgement message and a negative acknowledgement message.
US08068449B2	Hybrid coordination function (HCF) access through tiered contention and overlapped wireless cell mitigation A method and system reduce interference between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells in a medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations and there is at least one overlapped station occupying both cells. An inter-cell contention-free period value is assigned to a first access point station in the first cell, associated with an accessing order in the medium for member stations in the first and second cells. The access point transmits a beacon packet containing the inter-cell contention-free period value, which is intercepted at the overlapped station. The overlapped station forwards the inter-cell contention-free period value to member stations in the second cell. A second access point in the second cell can then delay transmissions by member stations in the second cell until after the inter-cell contention-free period expires. The beacon packet sent by the first access point station also includes an intra-cell contention-free period value, which causes the member stations in the first cell to delay accessing the medium until polled by the first access point. After the expiration of the intra-cell contention-free period, member stations in the first cell may contend for the medium based on the quality of service (QoS) data they are to transmit, using the Tiered Contention Multiple Access (TCMA) protocol.
US08068440B2	Systems and methods for intelligent discard in a communication network Systems and methods for optimizing system performance of capacity and spectrum constrained, multiple-access communication systems by selectively discarding packets are provided. The systems and methods provided herein can drive changes in the communication system using control responses. One such control responses includes the optimal discard (also referred to herein as “intelligent discard”) of network packets under capacity constrained conditions. Some embodiments provide an interactive response by selectively discarding packets to enhance perceived and actual system throughput, other embodiments provide a reactive response by selectively discarding data packets based on their relative impact to service quality to mitigate oversubscription, others provide a proactive response by discarding packets based on predicted oversubscription, and others provide a combination thereof.
US08068437B2	Determining the effects of new types of impairments on perceived quality of a voice service Empirically derived models are used to relate user perception to objectively measurable characteristics, under a criterion of nearly perfect co-variance between predicted MOS values and the variations in the values of the objectively measurable characteristics. In the example context of evaluating packet switched telephony service, the present invention eliminates the need to perform subjective tests to characterize each combination of codec type and transmission protocol.
US08068434B2	Network infrastructure capability detection A system to discover a network infrastructure capability includes one or more subsystems to establish a communication path between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. A test packet is sent from a first endpoint along the communication path and a value is associated with the test packet which relates to capabilities of the communication path. The test packet value is returned to the first endpoint.
US08068428B2	System and method for performing topology control in a wireless network A system and method for performing topology control in a wireless network (100). The system and method operate to enable a node (102-1) to determine the link cost of a link between itself and another node (102-2), based on the number of nodes (102, 106, 107) that would be affected by message transmission by the node (102) and the other node (102-2), and the number of nodes (102, 106, 107) that would be affected by message reception by the node (102-1) and the other node (102-2). The number of nodes (102, 106, 107) affected by the message transmission and message reception at the node (102-1) and the other node (102-2) is affected by the transmit power of the control messages sent by the node (102-1) and the other node (102-2). The node (102-1) further bases routing decisions on the calculated link costs.
US08068426B2	Feedback-based online network coding A method, apparatus and computer program product for feedback-based online network coding is presented. In one embodiment, a transmitting node determines a linear combination of packets to transmit from a transmit queue. The transmitting node transmits the linear combination of packets. The transmitting node determines whether a packet can be removed from the transmit queue, wherein when a determination is made that a packet can be removed from the transmit queue then removing the packet from the transmit queue, and when a determination is made that a packet cannot be removed from the transmit queue then refraining from removing the packet from the transmit queue.
US08068424B2	Message transmission in wireless access system A method for transmitting messages to alter the operating status between a mobile station and a base station in a wireless access system comprises, at the mobile station, transmitting a first message to the base station, setting a first count to a first predetermined value and enabling a first, the first message requesting a alteration in operating status between the mobile station and the base station, whereupon expiration of the first timer before receiving a second message from the base station, the count is decremented and, if the count is above a second predetermined value, the first timer is reset and the first message is retransmitted to the base station. The method also comprises, at a base station, receiving the first message, transmitting a second message to the mobile station and enabling a second timer, whereupon expiration of the second timer, the alteration in operating status is effected.
US08068423B2	Packet scheduling system for digital video broadcasting A system and method for processing multiple client flows to a single outbound link is provided. Specifically, a scheduler enforces a maximum symbol rate on the aggregate output flow. Inbound client flows are scheduled for output based upon individual quality of service parameters. For each round of scheduling, packets configured for a first bandwidth range are processed in a first pass and packets configured for a second bandwidth range are processed in a second pass. The packets are placed into frames before transmission. A comparison of the actual symbol usage with the estimated symbol is made and used to determine how to schedule inbound client flows for the second pass of the round.
US08068422B2	Arrangement and method relating to handling of IP traffic The present invention relates to an arrangement for controlling communication of data packets through one or more communication networks or network domains. It comprises means for identifying real-time or non-bursty data packet traffic, for separating real-time data packet traffic from bursty data packet traffic, for controlling the admission of real-time data packets and it further comprises or communicates with means for keeping information about the amount of real-time data packet flows that is admissible and for keeping information about current number of admitted and/or non-admitted real-time data packet flows. Means are also provided for establishing whether a packet or packets of a real-time data packet flow is/are admitted or not, such that generally all packets of a real-time IP data packet flow either can be admitted or rejected.
US08068418B2	Information processing apparatus According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a dividing unit configured to divide coded audio data in unit of frame when the audio data is transmitted to an external device; a generating unit configured to generate packets to be transmitted to the external device based on the divided coded audio data; a transmitting unit configured to store the generated packets and transmit the stored packets to the external device; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the external device, parameter information supported by the external device; a determining unit configured to determine, by comparing acquired parameter information and designated parameter information, whether the transmission of the coded audio data is acceptable, and determine whether the parameter information designated by the external device includes protection information.
US08068415B2	Secure one-way data transfer using communication interface circuitry Network interface circuitry for a secure one-way data transfer from a sender's computer (“Send Node”) to a receiver's computer (“Receive Node”) over a data link, such as an optical fiber or shielded twisted pair copper wire communication cable, comprising send-only network interface circuitry for transmitting data from the Send Node to the data link, and receive-only network interface circuitry for receiving the data from the data link and transmitting the received data to the Receive Node, wherein the send-only network interface circuitry is configured not to receive any data from the data link, and the receive-only network interface circuitry is configured not to send any data to the data link. The network interface circuitry may use various interface means such as PCI interface, USB connection, FireWire connection, or serial port connection for coupling to the Send Node and the Receive Node.
US08068408B2	Softrouter protocol disaggregation A SoftRouter architecture deconstructs routers by separating the control entities of a router from its forwarding components, enabling dynamic binding between them. In the SoftRouter architecture, control plane functions are aggregated and implemented on a few smart servers which control forwarding elements that are multiple network hops away. A dynamic binding protocol performs network-wide control plane failovers. Network stability is improved by aggregating and remotely hosting routing protocols, such as OSPF and BGP. This results in faster convergence, lower protocol messages processed, and fewer route changes following a failure. The SoftRouter architecture includes a few smart control entities that manage a large number of forwarding elements to provide greater support for network-wide control. In the SoftRouter architecture, routing protocols operate remotely at a control element and control one or more forwarding elements by downloading the forwarding tables, etc. into the forwarding elements. Intra-domain routing and inter-domain routing are also included.
US08068402B2	Optical head, optical disc device, computer, optical disc player and optical disc recorder An optical head is provided with a light source for outputting laser light having a wavelength of 430 nm or less; an objective lens for collecting the laser light outputted from the light source to an optical disc having a plurality of information recording surfaces; a light receiving element for receiving laser light reflected on the optical disc; and a detecting lens for guiding the laser light reflected on the optical disc to the light receiving element. The detecting lens is formed of a resin material. The detecting lens is arranged so that a light collecting position of the laser light reflected on an information recording surface different from an information recording surface having a thinnest protection substrate, among the information recording surfaces, is outside the detecting lens, at the time of recording or reproducing information on or from the information recording surface having the thinnest protection substrate.
US08068401B2	Objective optical system and optical information recording/reproducing device having the same There is provided an objective optical system used for information recording/reproducing for three types of optical discs. The objective optical system includes an objective lens, and a diffraction structure formed on an optical surface. The diffraction structure includes a first area for contributing to converging the third light beam. The first area includes first and second steps defined by first and second optical path difference functions, respectively. The first step is configured such that diffraction orders at which diffraction efficiencies for the first, second and third light beams are maximized are 1st order, 0-th order and 0-th order, respectively. The first step satisfies a condition: −0.36×102
US08068381B2	Cache memory Disclosed is a cache memory, and more particularly to a cache memory, in which a word-line voltage control logic unit and a word-line driver are added as a logic circuit between a row decoder and a word line, so that a reinforcement voltage signal having a higher level than a basic voltage signal can be applied when accessing the word line corresponding to an access time failure, thereby decreasing an access time delay in the word line in order to minimize an access failure to the cache memory due to process variation. The cache memory including: a row decoder which decodes and outputs an input address signal; a plurality of word-line voltage control logic units which output a basic voltage signal or a reinforcement voltage signal having a higher voltage level than the basic voltage signal according to whether or not word lines involve a cell having an access time failure; and word-line drivers which are one-to-one connected to output lines of the row decoder and supply the word lines with the basic voltage signal or the reinforcement voltage signal output from the word-line voltage control logic unit only if a signal output through the output line of the row decoder is an activation signal.
US08068366B2	Analog read and write paths in a solid state memory device A memory array in a memory device is coupled to an analog I/O data interface that enables analog voltage levels to be written to the memory array. The I/O interface comprises a plurality of analog data paths that each includes a capacitor for storing charge corresponding to a target voltage to which a selected memory cell, coupled to its respective data path, is to be programmed. A plurality of comparators can be included in the I/O interface, with each such comparator coupled to a respective bit line. Such a comparator can compare a threshold voltage of a selected memory cell to its target voltage and inhibits further programming when the threshold voltage equals or exceeds the target voltage.
US08068359B2	Static source plane in stram A memory array includes a plurality of magnetic tunnel junction cells arranged in a 2 by 2 array. Each magnetic tunnel junction cell is electrically coupled between a bit line and a source line and each magnetic tunnel junction cell electrically coupled to a transistor. Each magnetic tunnel junction cell is configured to switch between a high resistance state and a low resistance state by passing a write current passing though the magnetic tunnel junction cell. A first word line is electrically coupled to a gate of first set of two of the transistors and a second word line is electrically coupled to a gate of a second set of two of the transistors. The source line is a common source line for the plurality of magnetic tunnel junctions.
US08068356B2	Low power one-shot boost circuit This invention discloses a voltage boost circuit which comprise at least one capacitor with a first terminal connected to an output of the voltage boost circuit, a controllable switch connected between a second terminal of the capacitor and a voltage source, the second terminal being different from the first terminal, and a voltage level detector detecting the output voltage level of the voltage boost circuit and providing a control signal to the controllable switch, wherein when the output voltage exceeds a predetermined level the controllable switch is off, and when the output voltage is lower than the predetermined level the controllable switch is on.
US08068352B2	Power inverter control for grid-tie transition A control system for a power inverter is disclosed. The power inverter may be configured to supply power to a grid. The control system may include a plurality of output voltage sensors and a plurality of output current sensors configured to measure output line voltages and output line currents of the power inverter. The control system may further include a controller coupled to the power inverter. The controller may be configured to provide a control signal associated with a disturbance frequency to the power inverter. The controller may be further configured to determine an output power of the power inverter based on the output line voltages and output line currents, and determine an amplitude of oscillation in the output power caused by the disturbance frequency. The controller may also be configured to detect an islanding condition, if the amplitude of oscillation is below a threshold. The control system may further include an interface circuit coupled to the controller and configured to disconnect the grid from the power inverter if the islanding condition is detected.
US08068347B2	Printed circuit board having embedded RF module power stage circuit Disclosed herein is a printed circuit board having an RF module power stage circuit embedded therein. Specifically, this invention relates to a printed circuit board having an RF module power stage circuit embedded therein, in which a terminal pad for a resistor, a bead, or an inductor is defined or formed on a power supply plane of a multilayered wired board to connect the resistor, the bead, or the inductor to the power supply plane, and the resistor, the bead, or the inductor is connected in parallel with a decoupling capacitor by using a via hole or by embedding the resistor, the bead or the inductor perpendicular to the power supply plane, thus decreasing the size of the RF module and improving the performance thereof.
US08068340B1	Power supply with reversible airflow design A reversible fan tray device is provided for a power supply unit. The fan tray device includes a mounting panel to be removably mounted to the power supply, a fan unit secured to the mounting panel to provide airflow through the electronic device, and an interconnection board secured to the mounting panel to provide an electrical connection between the fan unit and the power supply unit. The mounting panel can be positioned in either of two orientations, the first orientation to draw external air into the power supply unit and the second orientation to force internal air out of the power supply unit. The interconnection board mates with a connector on the power supply unit when the fan tray cassette is in either of the two orientations. The interconnection board provides an airflow direction indication to the power supply unit for an existing orientation of the two orientations.
US08068328B2	Nanolithographic method of manufacturing an embedded passive device for a microelectronic application, and microelectronic device containing same A method of manufacturing an embedded passive device for a microelectronic application comprises steps of providing a substrate (110, 210, 310), nanolithographically forming a first section (121, 221, 321) of the embedded passive device over the substrate, and nanolithographically forming subsequent sections (122, 222, 322) the embedded passive device adjacent to the first section. The resulting embedded passive device may contain features less than approximately 100 nm in size.
US08068323B2	Circuit protector monitoring and management systems and methods Electronic systems and methods automatically monitor a presence, absence, and change of circuit protectors at specified locations in an electrical system. Circuit protectors may be automatically detected and correlated with specific circuit protection holders as they are installed and replaced in the electrical system. Determinations may be made regarding whether the installation or replacement is proper or improper for optimal protection of the electrical system.
US08068321B2	Input surge protection device using JFET An input surge suppression device and method that uses a simple JFET structure. The JFET has its gate clamped to a predetermined value, its the drain receives the input voltage from an input power source, its source is connected to the input of a down-stream device, and a resistor connected between the drain and the gate or between the source and the gate. Thus, when the drain voltage approximates the clamped gate voltage, the source voltage nearly equals the drain voltage. When the drain voltage rises above the clamped gate voltage, the source voltage is lower than the drain voltage. The downstream device may be a DC-DC converter and the gate is biased by the enable (EN) pin of a DC-DC converter.
US08068316B2	Low noise magnetic field sensor A magnetoresistive sensor including: a first pinned-magnetization magnetic layer and a free-magnetization magnetic layer, separated by first separating layer for magnetic uncoupling. The sensor further includes a second pinned-magnetization magnetic layer, separated from the free-magnetization magnetic layer by a second separating layer for magnetic uncoupling, the first and second separating layers being located on either side of the free-magnetization magnetic layer, and the respective magnetizations of the first pinned-magnetization magnetic layer and of the free-magnetization magnetic layer, in the absence of an external field, are substantially orthogonal. The orientation of the magnetization of the second pinned layer is selectable.
US08068315B2	Current perpendicular to plane GMR and TMR sensors with improved magnetic properties using Ru/Si seed layers A magnetoresisive sensor having a thin seed layer that provides an exceptionally smooth interface between layers of the sensor stack. The exceptionally smooth interface provided by the seed layer reduces interlayer exchange coupling allowing the non-magnetic spacer layer (or barrier layer) to be very thin. The seed layer includes a thin layer of Ru and a thin layer of Si which intermix to form a homogeneous, amorphous thin seed layer of Ru-silicide.
US08068314B1	Head stack assembly with suspension tails extending into interfering slits in a flexible printed circuit A novel head stack assembly (HSA) is disclosed and claimed. The HSA includes an actuator including an actuator body and an actuator arm extending from the actuator body, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) adjacent the actuator body. The FPC includes a slit therethrough. A head gimbal assembly (HGA) is attached to the actuator arm. The HGA includes a load beam, a laminated flexure attached to the load beam, and a head attached to the laminated flexure. The laminated flexure has a flexure tail that includes an intermediate region that is disposed adjacent the actuator arm, and a terminal region that is electrically connected to the FPC. The terminal region is substantially orthogonal to the intermediate region. The intermediate region of the flexure tail extends into the slit, interferes with the slit, and contacts and deforms the FPC adjacent the slit.
US08068310B2	Ribbed base deck to accentuate particle filtration Base decks for data storage systems include a spindle motor region, a medium support region, an enclosure sidewall, and a recessed channel. The spindle motor region is configured to support a spindle motor assembly. The medium support region is beneath a storage medium when the storage medium is positioned within the base deck, and the enclosure sidewall surrounds an outer periphery of the storage medium when it is positioned within the base deck. The recessed channel is within the media support region and extends from the spindle motor region to the enclosure sidewall. The recessed channel illustratively has curved sidewalls that converge.
US08068304B1	Calibrating servos Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products are described for calibrating servos, and in some implementations, calibrating spiral servos for use in self-servo-write (SSW) processes. In one aspect, a method is provided that includes determining timing reference information on a machine readable medium, locking a clock signal to the timing reference information, detecting a spiral on the machine readable medium, determining a location of the spiral using the clock signal, and calibrating a spiral servo according to the location of the spiral.
US08068301B2	Magnetic media formed by a thin film planar arbitrary gap pattern magnetic head Magnetic media made using planar magnetic heads. A head may comprise a substrate having conductive thru-hole vias extending therethrough, a first magnetic layer deposited and patterned on the substrate, a first insulation layer deposited and patterned on the first magnetic layer, a conductive coil layer deposited and patterned on the first insulation layer and connected to the conductive thru-hole vias, a second insulation layer deposited and patterned on the conductive coil layer, vias patterned into the insulation layer extending to the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer deposited in the vias, and a third magnetic layer deposited and patterned on the second insulation layer and second magnetic layer. The third magnetic layer may be connected to the first magnetic layer through the second magnetic layer deposited in the vias of the insulation layers.
US08068297B2	Dioxazine sulfamoyl compound, coloring powder composition for color filter, and color filter The present invention relates to a pigment composition or pigment dispersion that is ideal for producing the blue pixel portion of a color filter for a liquid crystal display device, and a color filter. The invention has an object of providing a color filter having a blue pixel portion that yields a liquid crystal display device having a high degree of contrast that enables the display screen to be viewed with improved clarity, and a high level of brightness that produces a brighter display screen, as well as providing a pigment composition or dispersion that can be used to produce the color filter. The above object can be realized by using a dioxazine derivative that is substituted with a sulfamoyl group having a specific polyalkylene oxide group, and a pigment composition or dispersion for a color filter that includes this dioxazine derivative and a blue organic pigment or violet organic pigment.
US08068291B2	Imaging lens, imaging device, portable terminal, and method for manufacturing imaging lens An imaging lens (LN) includes one or two lens blocks (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes a plane-parallel lens substrate (LS) and a lens (L) formed of different materials. In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK1) disposed at the most object-side exerts a positive optical power, and a conditional formula defined by the absolute difference between the index of refraction of a first lens substrate (LS1) and the index of refraction of a lens (L[LS1o]) contiguous with an object-side substrate surface of the first lens substrate (LS) is fulfilled.
US08068288B1	Thin stepped tulip lens A secondary illumination optic, principally directed toward managing light from light emitting diode illumination sources having a primary optical element, is provided comprising a lens combination arranged along the optical axis, a central convex lens portion being centrally positioned on the optical axis, and a surrounding total internal reflection lens portion, with the central optic having a first and incident surface and a second and exiting surface, both comprising refractive faceted optical lens elements, and the total internal reflection optic lens portion having a cylinder shaped aspheric first and incident surface, a second and internal total reflection surface, and a third and exiting surface comprising refractive faceted optic lens elements, wherein, being constructed of resin having optical characteristic, the central and total internal reflection lens portions are molded as an integrated assembly from an optical resin providing a stepped tulip type lens, thinner and higher yielding than prior art lenses.
US08068283B2	Lenticular card and process for making A lenticulated sheet including a polymeric backing sheet, an imaged transparent sheet having a first smooth side and a second side with a lenticulated region, the transparent sheet optionally having at least one printed image area on the first smooth side and an adhesive layer over the printed image areas and non-image areas of the first smooth side. Air is removed from between the backing layer and the lenticular layer second side, and the adhesive layer is adapted to join the backing layer and the lenticular layer second side. The invention also provides processes useful for preparing a lenticular card including an optional core sheet, or optional primer layers.
US08068270B2	Particles for display, particle dispersion for display, display medium and display device Particles for display including a colorant, a first polymer gel having a charging group and a second polymer compound having a hydrophilic group, the first polymer gel and the second polymer compound forming an IPN structure or a semi-IPN structure.
US08068263B2	Holographic storage system with reduced noise An apparatus for reading from and/or writing to transmission type holographic storage media is proposed, and more specifically a coaxial type apparatus for reading from and/or writing to transmission type holographic storage media with two or more reference beams, which has an improved Signal to Noise Ratio. The apparatus has a coaxial arrangement of two or more reference beams and an object beam or a reconstructed object beam. The reference beams are arranged on a circle around the object beam or the reconstructed object beam in a Fourier plane of the apparatus behind the holographic storage medium. A mirror is located in or close to this Fourier plane, which is designed such that it reflects the object beam or the reconstructed object beam without reflecting the reference beams.
US08068260B2	Original document size detection using a line sensor for reading the original document In an image reading device, a reading unit scans first rectangle regions located within a maximum reading area equivalent to a maximum size of a document that can be scanned and acquires image data from the first rectangle regions. A transporting unit moves the reading unit to the first rectangle regions in a direction of movement opposite to a direction of movement in normal document reading. A document size judging unit detects whether a document exists in each first rectangle region based on the image data acquired by the reading unit and a predetermined threshold, so that a size of the document is judged. The reading unit is arranged to scan second rectangle regions located outside the maximum reading area, the second rectangles being different from the first rectangle regions, and acquire image data from the second rectangle regions.
US08068258B2	Calibration of electro-optical instrumentation within printing devices Systems and methods are disclosed for positioning or storing an electro-optical instrument (e.g., spectrophotometer) within a printing device to facilitate calibration or maintenance of the instrument. In various embodiments, the electro-optical instrument may be pivoted or moved to an inclined position to facilitate calibration of the instrument relative to one or more calibration references. The electro-optical instrument may also be moved or inclined along a travel path in the printing device to a position or positions adjacent to various calibration references.
US08068250B2	System for allowing handwritten interaction with a computer A system for enabling user interaction is disclosed. The system includes a printer for printing print data on a form. The print data is indicative of a plurality of marks. Each mark has a predetermined pattern common to all marks and coded data. The predetermined pattern includes a rotationally invariant pattern. A sensing device is also included for sensing the marks when moved relative to the form, for using the rotationally invariant pattern to correct for perspective distortion of the marks, for decoding the coded data of the marks, and for generating indicating data indicative of movement of the sensing device relative to the form.
US08068245B2	Printing device communication protocol Techniques, systems, and computer program products for transmitting data between a computer system and an external printing device. A technique may include generating a data packet in accordance with a communications protocol such that generating the data packet includes encoding the data packet according to a second layer of the protocol in a frame format according to a third layer of the protocol, transmitting the data packet from the computer system to the external printing device according to the first layer of the protocol; and decoding the data packet in accordance with the second layer of the protocol. The protocol can be defined to include three layers. In that protocol, a first layer may define transmission line, transmitters, and receivers for transmission, the second layer may define encoding and decoding, and the third layer may define a frame format of the data packet.
US08068244B2	Document disposal management system, document disposal management device, document disposal management method and recording medium storing document disposal management program A document disposal management system, which includes a print unit that performs combined printing of plural documents, each of the plural documents being embedded with document identification information and combination identification information; a management unit that manages comparison image data associated with the document identification information and a similarity value used as a threshold value; a determination unit that receives a request containing combined image data and pairs of document identification information and combination identification information, compares each of the combined image data with the comparison image data to calculate a similarity value, and determines approval/disapproval of disposal; a request unit that separates and extracts the combined image data and the pairs of document identification information and combination identification information from the scanned image output, and requests for determination; and a controller that performs control to dispose of or prohibit disposal based on the determination result.
US08068238B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program supporting embedded finishing manager A method for printing drawing data on the basis of work process steps described in a job ticket, includes: receiving a job ticket and drawing data; judging whether work process steps should be changed on the basis of a process status in the image processing apparatus; a second judgment step of judging whether there is an external device different from the image processing apparatus and capable of executing at least one of the work process steps; and creating a job ticket for causing the external device to execute the work process steps if determined to exist. The method solves the problem that an image processing apparatus cannot change work process steps during the print job process, and a significant delay may occur in a process schedule. Work process steps that should be processed by the image processing apparatus are changed according to a process status in the image processing apparatus.
US08068236B2	Image forming apparatus It is an object of this invention to provide an image forming apparatus capable of coping suitably with the fluctuation in a used consumption amount at the predetermined period as well as grasping in advance feasibility of a use. To achieve the above, an image forming apparatus according this invention has an entry section for entering image forming data; a using amount storage means for storing a using amount of a consumption used at a predetermined period for purpose of image formation; a setting means for setting a usable consumption amount of the predetermined period; and a usable amount determining means for determining the usable consumption amount of each determined period, the usable amount determining means for determining after the predetermined period the usable amount of a subsequent period corresponding to the using amount.
US08068235B1	Systems and methods for multi-function coherent imaging Systems and methods are provided for multi-function coherent imaging comprising directing a first coherent radiation beam and a second coherent radiation beam towards a detector, where the second coherent radiation beam is spatially offset, angularly offset, or spatially and angularly offset from the first coherent radiation beam. A portion of the first coherent radiation beam and a portion of the second coherent radiation beam may be combined to form a composite beam. An object may be radiated with the composite beam. A first intensity pattern may be formed by interfering with return radiation from the radiated object with the first coherent radiation beam and a second intensity pattern is formed with the return radiation from the radiated object and the second coherent radiation beam. A detector may simultaneously record a superposition of the first intensity pattern and the second intensity pattern.
US08068230B2	Real-time measurement of ultrashort laser pulses A real-time FROG system provides ultra fast pulse measurement and characterization. The system includes direct, integrated feedback that measures how well the system is retrieving pulses and tracking changes in the pulse train. This feedback is provided in real time and may be in the form of the FROG trace error, the display of the measured and retrieved FROG trace, accuracy of background subtraction or other quality measurement. The system includes preprocessing options that can be used to adjust the dynamic range of the measured signal or to perform different types of filtering. The preprocessing of the FROG trace precedes phase retrieval processing and improves the quality of pulse retrieval.
US08068216B2	Optical air data systems and methods A method for remotely sensing air outside a moving aircraft includes generating laser radiation within a swept frequency range. A portion of the laser radiation is projected from the aircraft into the air to induce scattered laser radiation. Filtered scattered laser radiation, filtered laser radiation, and unfiltered laser radiation are detected. At least one actual ratio is determined from data corresponding to the filtered scattered laser radiation and the unfiltered laser radiation. One or more air parameters are determined by correlating the actual ratio to at least one reference ratio.
US08068215B2	Laser distance meter An electro-optic laser distance meter (1, 1′) has a hand-held housing (2), an electric radiation source (3) for generating a bundled light beam (4), and receiving optics (5) with a photoreceiver (7) for receiving parts of the light beam (4) that is backscattered in a reception beam bundle (9) from a measurement object (8), with the photoreceiver (7) being arranged along the reception axis (E) in the focal point (6), extending in a plane transverse to the reception axis (E), and being partially shadowed inside the reception beam bundle (9) by a polarization filter (10, 10′, 10″, 10′″).
US08068212B2	Lithographic apparatus configured to compensate for variations in a critical dimension of projected features due to heating of optical elements A lithographic apparatus configured to apply corrections to the dose, within and/or between fields, to compensate for critical dimension variations due to heating of elements of the projection system is disclosed.
US08068205B2	Method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device using gate and common links to link gate and common lines to gate and common pads The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel that is adaptive for preventing a liquid crystal contamination as well as improving an adhesive strength of a sealant and an organic insulating film, and a fabricating method thereof. A liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first and a second substrate having a liquid crystal region, a sealant region, and an outer region; a wiring disposed on the first substrate, the wiring crossing the sealant region; a gate insulating film disposed on the wiring; an organic insulating film disposed on a portion of the wiring; and a sealant disposed on the sealant region of the first and second substrates, wherein the sealant is in contact with the gate insulating film.
US08068203B2	Liquid crystal display device having a first axis extending orthogonal to an optical axis of a polarizing plate and a second axis extending orthogonal to the first axis, and with slit electrodes symmetric respectively to first and second axises A liquid crystal display device includes two substrates, liquid crystal therebetween, and sub-pixel regions. Each sub-pixel region is divided into first to fourth display regions by a first axis extending orthogonal to an optical axis of a polarizing plate and a second axis extending orthogonal to the first axis. Each first to fourth display region includes slit electrodes on the second electrodes along the first axis. First slit electrodes in the first display region and second slit electrodes in the second display region are symmetric relative to the first axis. Third slit electrodes in the third display region and fourth slit electrodes in the fourth display region are symmetric relative to the first axis. The first and fourth slit electrodes are symmetric relative to the second axis. The second and third slit electrodes are symmetric relative to the second axis.
US08068193B2	Liquid crystal display device An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device including a back light in which an electrode support member can be reliably arranged on the base side without concern for thermal expansion. There is provided a liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; and a back light arranged on the back surface of the present liquid crystal display panel; wherein the back light is composed of a plurality of bar light sources arranged in parallel in a plane opposing the liquid crystal display panel and a base that supports each of the bar light sources through electrode fittings at electrode sections; wherein the electrode fittings are provided on electrode support members extending in a direction in which the bar light sources are arranged in parallel, in units of the electrode fittings that support a mating electrode section of each bar light source; and wherein the electrode support member includes a portion fixed to the base side at least one point and a portion covered by a projecting portion fixed to the base side at another point, along the extending direction of the electrode support member.
US08068174B2	Data rate management system and method for A/V decoder Devices and methods are disclosed for managing an output of an output stream. One embodiment relates to a method of tracking an output of an A/V decoder. In this embodiment, indication of an output stream time reference and a location of at least one output sample are received. The received time reference is compared to the output sample and the output sample rate of the A/V decoder is adjusted.
US08068173B2	Color difference signal format conversion device and method According to one embodiment, an IP converter converts an interlaced color difference signal, in which the number of pixels in a vertical direction of a color difference signal is half that of a luminance signal, into a progressive color difference signal. A diagonal correlation detector detects a diagonal correlation of the progressive color difference signal, and obtains a correlative direction detected signal. A controller outputs a field selection signal to determine whether the progressive color difference signal is a signal in a top or bottom field. And a pixel generator changes a ratio between pixels of an nth and an n+1th line of the progressive color difference signal according to the field selection signal, when generating a new pixel by using corresponding pixels of the nth and n+1th lines based on the correlative direction detected signal.
US08068170B2	Modular digital camera Provided is a pen-shaped modular camera assembly having a plurality of modules each with at least one connector to link the modules together. The assembly includes a camera module having an image sensor for capturing an image in an RGB (red, green, blue) color space. Also included is a central processing module arranged in communication with the camera module, the central processing module having a central processing unit with program memory for storing program steps for execution by the central processing unit to operate the camera module, along with image storage memory for storing the captured image. The assembly also includes an image processing module arranged in communication with the image storage memory, the image processing module configured to dynamically convert the stored image from a Lab* color space to a CMY (cyan, magenta, yellow) color space. Also included is a battery module configured so that electrical energy is supplied to the respective modules via the at least one connector.
US08068163B2	Optical imaging systems and methods utilizing nonlinear and/or spatially varying image processing Systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to introduce image attributes into an optical image. A detector converts the optical image to electronic data while maintaining the image attributes. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets, and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data. The processing may optionally be nonlinear. Other imaging systems and methods include optics having one or more phase modifying elements that modify wavefront phase to form an optical image. A detector generates electronic data having one or more image attributes that are dependent on characteristics of the phase modifying elements and/or the detector. A signal processor subdivides the electronic data into one or more data sets, classifies the data sets and independently processes the data sets to form processed electronic data.
US08068158B2	Solid state imaging device capable of parallel reading of data from a plurality of pixel cells A solid state imaging device has a pixel region composed of a matrix of pixel cells each including a photodiode and a charge storage portion. First and second output signal lines are in parallel and adjacent to both the charge storage portions of a first pixel cell and a second pixel cells that are adjacent on a same column. A signal voltage of a signal charge in the charge storage portion of the first pixel cell is output to the first output signal line, whereas a signal voltage of a signal charge in the charge storage portion of the second pixel cell is output to the second output signal line. The respective outputs to the first and second output signal lines are processed in parallel. A conductive layer is disposed between the charge storage portion of the first pixel cell and the second output signal line to suppress capacitive coupling.
US08068152B2	Pixel or column fixed pattern noise mitigation using partial or full frame correction Systems and methods are provided that facilitate mitigating pixel or column fixed pattern noise in a CMOS imaging System-on-Chip (iSoC) sensor. Pixel or column fixed pattern noise can be recognized by gating a pixel array without firing a transfer signal (TX). Inhibiting the transfer signal can cause zero input to be provided to pixels in the pixel array; thus, the sampled output from the pixels under such conditions can be a function of noise. Calibration and correction can thereafter be effectuated. Additionally or alternatively, pixel or column fixed pattern noise can be managed by controlling a frame rate; thus, the frame rate can be reduced under low light conditions to enable integrating incident light for longer periods of time as well as providing reference frames of pixels generated from zero input that can be utilized for calibration and correction of pixel or column fixed pattern noise associated with other frames.
US08068151B2	Digital camera with card reader for reading program script A portable camera with an inbuilt printer device is disclosed. The camera includes a digital image capture device, an inbuilt programming language interpreter internally connected to the digital image capture device for the manipulation of the digital image captured by the capture device and a script input means for inputting a self documenting program script for the manipulation and filtering of the captured digital image to produce visual alterations of the image. A card reader optically reads the script printed as an array of dots on one surface of a portable card, which has a visual example of the likely effect of the script on a second surface of the card. The script is interpreted and executed by the interpreter to modify the captured digital image in accordance with the script to produce a modified digital image. The modification is visually exemplified on the second surface of the card. The modified digital image is then printed out on the inbuilt printer device.
US08068145B1	Method, systems, and computer program product for demosaicing images A system for demosaicing an image that is acquired by a color sensor, the system includes: (i) an interface for receiving intensity values for pixels of the image; wherein the intensity value of each pixel is indicative of an amount of light that was detected by a chromatically filtered sensing element of the color sensor; and (ii) a processor configured to: (a) calculate at least one chrominance value for a pixel in response to intensity values of neighboring pixels; and (b) compute a luminance value for the pixel in response to the at least one chrominance value of the pixel and to an intensity value of the pixel; wherein the processor is further configured to carry out the calculating and the computing for each pixel of a group of pixels of the image.
US08068144B2	Image recording and reproducing apparatus An image recording and reproducing apparatus that records and reproduces image data shot at a frame rate higher than a normal reproduction rate employed during reproduction of a moving image can generate a still image by attaching still image recording information to at least one frame image included in the recorded image data and combining a plurality of frame images of the recorded image data in accordance with the still image recording information.
US08068142B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for setting a recording function of the recording apparatus in a restricted state A recording apparatus includes a communications device which can receive from another communications apparatus by wireless an image-capturing condition of restricting an image-capturing process or a sound recording condition of restricting a sound recording process, and a device which performs an image-capturing or sound recording process according to the received image-capturing condition or sound recording condition. Thus, a user can automatically set a recording function of a recording apparatus in a restricted state without special care in a position where image-capturing, sound recording, etc. are prohibited, thereby recording on an allowed condition. Since it further includes a communications device which can receive by wireless from another communications apparatus a reproducing condition of restricting a reproducing function of an image, and a reproducing device which reproduces an image according to the received reproducing condition, an available function can be used by easily specifying a user of the communications apparatus.
US08068126B2	Multicolor thermal imaging method and thermal printer A multicolor direct thermal imaging method wherein a multicolor image is formed in a thermal imaging member comprising at least first and second different image-forming compositions and a thermal printer for use in practicing the method. Heat is applied to at least the second image-forming composition while the first image-forming composition is at a first baseline temperature (T1) to form an image in at least the second image-forming composition, and heat is applied to at least the first image-forming composition while it is at a second baseline temperature (T2) to form an image in at least the first image-forming composition, wherein T1 is different from T2.
US08068125B2	Luminescence shock avoidance in display devices A luminescence shock avoidance algorithm selectively limits the brightness level of a display device when the display device is activated in a dark environment to prevent the temporary vision impairment that can occur when a display device is activated in a dark environment. The algorithm receives the state of the display (e.g. on or in standby mode), and can optionally receive an ambient lighting value from an ambient light sensor and a user-selectable manual brightness adjustment setting to determine whether luminescence shock avoidance should even be triggered, and if it is triggered, how much should the brightness level of the display be limited.
US08068121B2	Manipulation of graphical objects on a display or a proxy device Methods of manipulating graphical objects are described. One or more graphical objects are displayed in a fixed orientation with reference to a sensed reference direction. Manipulation is achieved by fixing the orientation or position of a displayed graphical object with reference to an apparatus, such as the display itself or a proxy device, detecting a change in orientation of that apparatus and editing the orientation of the graphical object based on the detected change.
US08068113B2	Display control semiconductor integrated circuit The present invention provides a display control semiconductor integrated circuit having therein a RAM, capable of repairing a defective bit included in the RAM and improving the yield without significantly increasing the occupation area. A liquid crystal controller/driver in which a RAM for storing display data is provided in a chip and the storage capacity of the built-in RAM is determined according to the size of a display screen of a liquid crystal panel to be driven, includes a fuse circuit for setting a defect address, and a comparing circuit for comparing the defect address set in the fuse circuit with an input address. The liquid crystal controller/driver also has a redundant circuit, when the addresses match each other, for replacing the input address with an address that instructs the spare memory area and supplying the address to an address decoder.
US08068089B2	Electrophoretic display apparatus and driving method thereof A display apparatus includes a first substrate provided with a closed container, two types of charged particles held in the closed container and having mutually different charge polarities and a substantially identical color, and first, second and third electrodes for generating an electric field in the closed container, with the third electrode being disposed on the first substrate. The display apparatus alternately executes a first display operation and a second display operation, wherein in the first display operation, the charged particles create a first distribution on a first electrode side by changing a voltage applied to the second electrode or the third electrode after a first reset operation in which the charged particles create a second distribution on a second electrode side and on a third electrode side by applying a first voltage to the second electrode and to the third electrode. In the second display operation, the charged particles create a third distribution on the first electrode side by changing a voltage applied to the second electrode or the third electrode after a second reset operation in which the charged particles create a fourth distribution, substantially identical to the second distribution, on the second electrode side and on the third electrode side by applying a second voltage, opposite in polarity to the first voltage, to the second electrode and to the third electrode.
US08068088B2	Display device with sensing units and driving method thereof A display device includes a display panel having a first panel and a second panel that face each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, a plurality of first sense data lines extending in a row direction on the second panel, a plurality of second sense data lines extending in a column direction on the second substrate, and a sense signal processor. A plurality of sensing units are positioned at regions defined by the first and second sense data lines. A first sense data lines is connected to a second sense data line by a contact to output a first sense data signal through the first sense data line and a second sense data signal through the second sense data line. The sense signal processor reads and processes the first and second sense data signals.
US08068084B2	Timing controller, data processing method using the same and display apparatus having the same A timing controller includes a receiver and a clock generator connected to output terminals of the receiver. The clock generator receives an external clock signal through the receiver and periodically modulates a frequency of the external clock signal to generate a modulation clock signal that is used to process a plurality of pixel data. The clock generator controls a delay time of the modulation clock signal based on a modulation rate of the frequency of the modulation clock signal. According to the timing controller, circuit blocks connected to output terminals of the clock generator are operated by the modulation clock signal. Thus, the circuit blocks operated by the delayed modulation clock signal may be prevented from malfunction due to electromagnetic interference.
US08068081B2	Driver for driving display panel and method for reading/writing in memory thereof and thin film transistor liquid crystal display using the same A driver for driving a display panel and a method for reading/writing in a memory thereof and thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) using the same are provided. The method of the present invention is a reading timing of memory which different than the prior reading timing of memory, so that, if using the method of the present invention in the driver even having only one memory, the tearing effect of the prior TFT-LCD can be solved and the whole power consumption thereof can also be reduced.
US08068077B2	Contact structure of conductive films and thin film transistor array panel including the same A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a display cell array circuit including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of thin film transistors, and a plurality of pixel electrodes; a gate driving circuit supplying gate signals to the gate lines; and a signal line connected to the gate driving circuit and including first and second line segments separated from each other and a connection member connected to the first and second line segments through at least a contact hole exposing at least one of the first and the second line segments.
US08068071B2	Pixel circuit and image display apparatus having the pixel circuit A pixel circuit and an image display apparatus are provided making use of a hysteresis characteristics of a transistor for driving a display element. The pixel circuit comprises: a transistor providing both different first and second relations between a gate voltage value and a drain current value at a transition from off state to an on state, and from the on state transits to the off state respectively; a display element supplied as a drive current with a current controlled by the transistor; and a capacitor element connected to a gate electrode of the transistor. One of the first and second relations is utilized during a first period for setting the drive current to be supplied to the display element. And, the other of the first and second relations is utilized during a second period for supplying the drive current to the display element to effect light emission.
US08068069B2	Method of driving plasma display panel and plasma display apparatus Plural subfields are provided in one single field period, where each subfield has an initialization period during which a gradient waveform voltage gently falling is applied to a scan electrode to generate initializing discharge in a discharge cell; a writing period during which a scan pulse voltage is applied to a scan electrode to generate writing discharge in a discharge cell; and a sustain period during which sustain discharge is generated in a discharge cell selected, by the number of times corresponding to a luminance weight. The lowest voltage of a falling gradient waveform voltage in a subfield with the smallest luminance weight is set so as to be lower than that with the largest luminance weight. A method of driving a plasma display panel is provided that generates stable writing discharge without increasing voltage required for generating writing discharge even for a large-screen, high-luminance panel.
US08068068B2	Coverage antenna apparatus with selectable horizontal and vertical polarization elements An antenna apparatus comprises selectable antenna elements including a plurality of dipoles and/or a plurality of slot antennas (“slot”). Each dipole and/or each slot provides gain with respect to isotropic. The dipoles may generate vertically polarized radiation and the slots may generate horizontally polarized radiation. Each antenna element may have one or more loading structures configured to decrease the footprint (i.e., the physical dimension) of the antenna element and minimize the size of the antenna apparatus.
US08068063B2	Dual-band coupling device comprising first and second annular grooves fed by first and second feed conductors A coupling device is provided. The coupling device has a substrate, a ground element, a first feed conductor and a second feed conductor. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The ground element is disposed on the second surface, wherein the ground element has a first annular groove, a second annular groove and a feed slot, the second annular groove surrounds the first annular groove, the feed slot is connected to the first annular groove and the second annular groove. The first feed conductor is disposed on the first surface corresponding to the first annular groove and the second annular groove, wherein the first feed conductor couples the ground element to feed an electric current. The second feed conductor is disposed on the first surface corresponding to the feed slot, wherein the second feed conductor couples the feed slot to feed a magnetic current.
US08068059B2	Antenna device, electronic device and antenna cover An antenna device is mounted in a note PC and is used for communication between the note PC and the external of the note PC. The antenna device is provided with an antenna for wireless LAN for transmitting and receiving radio waves, and a cover. The cover is formed of a dielectric material for covering the antenna with a wall and a ceiling, and strengthens the directivity of radio wave communication on the wall side of the antenna device by a double layer structure of the ceiling that is thicker than the wall.
US08068053B1	Low-profile lens method and apparatus for mechanical steering of aperture antennas A low-profile lens element for steering a beam is provided. Specifically, the low-profile lens element is mechanically rotatable such that a beam can be steered in any direction within three-dimensional space. The lens element may include a number of discrete portions for differentially delaying adjacent discrete portions of a beam in order to effect beam steering. These discrete portions may vary in width. In addition, multiple lens elements may be provided.
US08068042B2	Coding method, decoding method, and apparatuses, programs and recording media therefor An object of the present invention is to achieve high coding efficiency for a companded signal sequence and reduce the amount of codes. A coding method according to the present invention includes an analysis step and a signal sequence transformation step. The analysis step is to check whether or not there is a number that is included in a particular range but does not occur in a second signal sequence (a number sequence that indicates the magnitude (magnitude relationship) of original signals) and output information that indicates the number that does not occur. The signal sequence transformation step is to output a transformed second signal sequence (which is formed by assigning new numbers to indicate the magnitudes of original signals (the magnitude relationship among original signals) excluding the magnitude of the original signal indicated by the number that does not occur and replacing the numbers in the second signal sequence with the newly assigned numbers) in the case where it is determined in the analysis step that there is a number that does not occur. The particular range is defined as a number that indicates a positive value having a minimum absolute value and a number that indicates a negative value having a minimum absolute value, for example.
US08068040B2	Optical encoder with integrated monitor A sensor head for sensing light modulated by a moveable member, such as a code wheel or code strip, in an optical encoder. The sensor head has at least one monitor optical sensor and a primary optical sensor positioned to receive light modulated by a modulation track on the moveable member. The monitor optical sensor provides a monitor signal that is compared in a signal comparator to the output from the primary optical sensor to detect light at the primary sensor.
US08068035B1	Weather-proof and tamper-proof audio/video display system and associated housing for outdoor use A weather and bullet proof display system includes a casing that is nested within a headstone and has an opening formed therein. Solar panels are mounted on the headstone. A bullet proof shield is conjoined to the casing within the opening. A display screen is disposed behind the shield. A mechanism for converting solar energy to electrical energy is coupled to the solar panels and housed within the casing. A 12-volt rechargeable battery is coupled to the energy converting mechanism. A mechanism is included for converting a first DC voltage input level to a second DC voltage level, which is coupled to the solar energy converting mechanism. A system board is coupled to the DC voltage level converting mechanism and includes a mechanism for contemporaneously emitting a prerecorded audio and video output. Speakers are nested within the headstone and are coupled to the DC voltage level converting mechanism.
US08068015B2	Medication dispenser respecting the physiological clock of patients A medication dispensing system for use with a medication dispenser, includes a physiological module and an ingestion module. The physiological module receives information regarding time-based medication intake, information regarding event-based medication prescription, and sensory input indicating occurrences of events indicative of a patient's physiological condition and/or the patient's physiological clock. The physiological module then determines physiological event-based medication intake based on the information regarding the event-based medication prescription and physiological rules regarding the patient's physiological condition and/or the patient's physiological clock. The ingestion module merges event-based medication intake and time-based medication intake by delaying or accelerating dispensing of a time-based medication. The delay or acceleration can be applied to ensure that the time-based medication is dispensed at the same time as an event-based medication, and/or in order to increase a time difference between ingestion of the time-based medication and the event-based medication.
US08068011B1	System and method for interactive user-directed interfacing between handheld devices and RFID media Systems and methods for interactively interfacing handheld devices and RFID media are described. A method for interactively interfacing HHDs and RFID media. The method includes starting an application on a HHD for interfacing with RFID media, the HHD including a RFID reader, receiving user input relating to the storing of commands or messages of RFID media, creating one or more commands or messages based on the received user input, and storing the one or more commands or messages on a RFID media using the RFID reader.
US08068009B2	Radio frequency identification system and a method of operating same A tag receives wireless signpost signals that include timing data, determines time information associated with an event as a function of the timing data, and transmits a wireless tag signal that contains the time information. In a another configuration, a signpost transmits wireless signpost signals having a selected transmission range; a reader proximate to the signpost receives wireless tag signals with a reception range that is approximately the same as the selected transmission range; and a tag movable relative to the signpost and reader responds to receipt of a wireless signpost signal by transmitting a wireless tag signal containing a tag code associated with the tag.
US08068008B2	Emergency responder credentialing system and method A system for collecting, verifying, and managing identity data, skill data, qualification data, certification data, and licensure data of emergency responders. The system trusted verification of identity, skills, qualifications, certifications, and licensure, and disseminates information specific or related to identity, skills, qualifications, certifications, and licensure at the scene of an emergency. The system includes information collection devices, data storage media, information retrieval devices, and information management devices. The information collected, managed, and disseminated may include identity information, medical information, skills information, qualification information, certification information, licensure information. Data in the system is stored in multiple formats, allowing for the retrieval of trusted information in an environment that is part of a network or devoid of network connectivity.
US08068003B2	Integrated circuits with series-connected inductors An integrated circuit inductor may have upper and lower loop-shaped line portions that are connected in series. The upper and lower portions may have 45° bends that form hexagonal or octagonal loops. Each loop portion may have one or more turns. Intervening metal-free regions of metal routing layers may be formed between the two layers to reduce capacitive coupling. Each loop portion may have sets of two or more metal lines shorted in parallel by vias. The upper and lower loops may be laterally offset or nested to reduce capacitive coupling.
US08067999B2	Electrical waveform adjuster An electrical waveform adjuster capable of adjusting various voltage waveforms supplied to an electric apparatus to improve an operation capability of the electric apparatus, and to provide an electrical waveform adjuster capable of mitigating physical harmful effects on a user of the apparatus. The waveform adjuster can be provided either in a connection line between a power feeding line for feeding an alternating-current voltage to an electric apparatus and a power factor adjusting capacitor connected in parallel with the power feeding line, or in a connection line connected in parallel or in series with a power feeding line for feeding an alternating-current voltage to an electric apparatus. The waveform adjuster includes at least one mass comprised of a conductive material attached to the connection line, a ceramic outer frame formed to enclose the mass; and a non-conductive filling material provided between the outer frame and the mass.
US08067983B2	High bandwidth, rail-to-rail differential amplifier with intermediate stage current amplifier An error amplifier expected to exhibit rail-to-rail operation, high bandwidth, and high slew rate, is described, the error amplifier comprising a first stage to receive an input differential voltage and to provide transconductance gain, an intermediate stage to provide current gain, and an output stage to drive a load.
US08067982B2	Transconductance amplifier with improved linearity The invention relates to a transconductance amplifier, intended to supply current variations di when it receives voltage variations dv, with a desired conversion coefficient Gm called transconductance: Gm=di/dv.The amplifier comprises a PMOS transistor (MP1) and an NMOS transistor (MP2) connected by their drains, their gates both being connected to the voltage input receiving dv; the source of the first transistor is connected to a constant current source (IB1) and to a resistor (R) and to the drain of a third MOS transistor (MN3) of the same type as the first; the sources of the second (MN2) and third (MN3) transistors are commoned, the gate of the third transistor being connected to the drains of the first and second; the output is connected to a circuit (MN4) which mirrors the current of the third transistor.The resulting amplifier has good linearity and can be used in a sample and hold device used to sample charges.
US08067981B2	Method and system for extending dynamic range of an RF signal Aspects of a method and system for extending dynamic range of an RF signal are provided. In this regard, an amplitude signal that is representative of an amplitude of a pair of baseband signals may be generated, an amplitude of the generated amplitude signal may be modified according to a function; and an amplitude of the baseband signals may be modified according to an inverse of the function. The modifications may adjust the peak-amplitude-to-average-amplitude ratio of one or more signals. An intermediate signal may be generated from the modified baseband signals and the amplitude of the intermediate signal may be amplitude modulated by the intermediate signal. The intermediate signal may be amplitude modulated by controlling a gain of a power amplifier. The intermediate signal may be amplitude modulated by controlling a current source and/or voltage source supplying power to a power amplifier.
US08067973B2	Driver for a flyback converter using a transconductance amplifier and a comparator The present invention discloses a smart driver used in flyback converters adopting a transconductance amplifier to turn on a synchronous rectifier FET, and a comparator to quickly turn off the synchronous rectifier FET.
US08067967B2	Phase delay line A phase delay line comprises a phase-locked loop, a duty-cycle adjusting ring and a voltage-sharing to time-sharing converter, wherein the phase-locked loop and the duty-cycle adjusting ring form a loop, and one output of the phase-locked loop is connected with the input of the voltage-sharing to time-sharing converter. The voltage can be precisely divided, and the number of the phases can be easily controlled and expanded. The band gap reference technology enables the working points not affected by the temperature. The negative feedback mechanism of the phase-locked loop determines the period, phase, duty-cycle of the sawtooth wave are same with the reference clock. The ascending and descending time of the sawtooth wave are precisely equal.
US08067965B2	Clock and data recovery circuit with proportional path A clock and data recovery circuit includes a phase detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator and a frequency divider. The voltage-controlled oscillator includes a current mirror, a control circuit, a current modulation module and a current-controlled oscillator. The current mirror has a current-controlling path and a current-outputting path. The current-controlling path and the current-outputting path are in a proportional relationship. The control circuit is used for adjusting the current flowing through the current-controlling path according to the control voltage. The current modulation module is used for generating a differential current according to the judging signal. The current-controlled oscillator is used for adjusting the phase of the second output clock signal according to the sum of the differential current and the current flowing through the current-outputting path.
US08067964B2	Output circuit The present invention is aimed at providing an output circuit that is of relatively small scale and may perform adjustment to make the output-signal rise slew rate and the fall slew rate equal to each other. An output circuit includes a signal output unit configured to produce at a signal output node a signal that makes transition between a first potential and a second potential, a load circuit having a variable load, and a first switch circuit configured to select one of electrical conduction and non-conduction between the signal output node and the load circuit.
US08067962B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a combinational logic circuit including one or plural logic cells connected in series. At least one of the logic cells includes a standard cell which includes a MIS transistor, an input terminal to which an output signal from a previous stage is inputted as an input signal, and an output terminal. A first conductivity-type first MIS transistor which is provided between the output terminal of the standard cell and a first power supply voltage, the first MIS transistor including a control terminal to which a circuit control signal is inputted, and the first MIS transistor supplying the first power supply voltage to the output terminal of the standard cell based on the circuit control signal in order to bring the standard cell into an operation-stopped state. A second conductivity-type second MIS transistor cuts off a leakage current of the MIS transistor in the standard cell.
US08067958B2	Mitigating side effects of impedance transformation circuits Implementations to mitigating side effects of impedance transformation circuits are described. In particular, mitigation circuitry may be coupled to a high impedance circuit to minimize or eliminate non-linear output of the high impedance circuit in order to provide a well-defined bias voltage to the input of a buffer or amplifier device coupled to a capacitive sensor. Additionally, the mitigation circuitry may be coupled to the high impedance circuit to reduce or eliminate rectifying effects of the high impedance circuit. Accordingly, a bias voltage can be utilized to provide a stable operating point of the buffer or amplifier device via a high impedance circuit utilizing one or more impedance transformations.
US08067954B2	Fault tolerant integrated circuit architecture The exemplary embodiments provide a resilient integrated circuit. An exemplary IC comprises a plurality of composite circuit elements, a state machine element (SME), and a plurality of communication elements. Each composite circuit element comprises an element interface and a selected circuit element which may vary by element type, and which may be configurable. The state machine element assigns various functions based on element type, such as assigning a first configuration to a first element type, assigning a second configuration to a second element type, and providing a first data link for the corresponding assignments. In response to detection of a fault or failure, the state machine element re-assigns the first configuration to another composite circuit element and creates a second data link for performance of the same function. The assignment, routing, fault detection, and re-assignment and data re-routing can occur in real time for a wide variety of programs and algorithms, providing for the IC to continue the same functioning despite defects which may arise during operation.
US08067951B2	Method of expanding tester drive and measurement capability A probe card assembly can comprise an interface, which can be configured to receive from a tester test signals for testing an electronic device. The probe card assembly can further comprise probes for contacting the electronic device and electronic driver circuits for driving the test signals to ones of the probes.
US08067950B2	Semiconductor device including chip A semiconductor device in which a chip 10 is mounted on a board, includes: a pad group A provided on the chip 10 and electrically connected to an internal circuit in the chip 10; and a test pad pattern B provided on a region of the chip 10 except for a region of the chip 10 where the pad group A is provided. The pad group A includes: pads 12a formed on a principal surface of the chip 10; bumps 16a respectively formed on the pads 12a with a barrier metal layer interposed therebetween, and electrically connected to the board. The test pad pattern B includes: test pads 12b formed on the principal surface of the chip 10; test bumps 16b respectively formed on the test pads 12b with a test barrier metal layer interposed therebetween, and interconnects 11b electrically connecting adjacent ones of the test pads 12b.
US08067947B2	Low noise differential charge amplifier for measuring discrete charges in noisy and corrosive environments A low noise differential charge amplifier circuit for measuring discrete (e.g., pico coulomb) charges in noisy, elevated temperature and corrosive environments. An input stage of a differential charge amplifier circuit includes a twisted and or untwisted two pair cable with a grounded shield. One twisted and or untwisted pair can be connected to a sensor and a first charge amplifier and a second twisted and or/untwisted pair can be connected to a sensor electrical equivalent impedance circuit and or kept open and a second charge amplifier. The output from the charge amplifiers can be directed to a differential amplifier in order to provide an amplified sensor signal without external noise signal mainly from power supply mains. The differential amplifier and the charge amplifiers can include an auto offset correction circuit to reduce errors due to offsets.
US08067943B2	Test apparatus, calibration method, program, and recording medium Provided is a test apparatus, a calibration method, a program causing a computer to perform as a test apparatus, and a recording medium storing the program. The test apparatus includes a response characteristic detecting section that detects a difference between a response time of the comparator for a rising waveform and a response time of the comparator for a falling waveform, based on measurement results, obtained by the comparator, of the waveforms and corresponding reflected waveforms, The response characteristic detecting section calculates a difference between output characteristics of the rising waveform and the falling waveform output from the driver, based on the measurement results from the comparator of the waveforms and the corresponding reflected waveforms, and corrects a difference between the response times of the comparator based on the difference between the output characteristics.
US08067942B2	Method for locating phase to ground faults in DC distribution systems A method for locating phase to ground faults in DC distribution systems. The method includes utilizing wavelet analysis using Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) as a signal processing tool for recognition of characteristic features in the voltage signal. The voltage signal contains characteristic information in the high frequency range above the switching frequencies of the PE converters which allows for localization of the fault.
US08067941B2	System for streamer electrical resistivity survey and method for analysis of underground structure below a riverbed A system for measuring electrical resistivity survey checks a border of bedrock or a thickness of a sedimentary layer in a riverbed of a river or lake within a short time. A method for analysis of an underground structure of a riverbed using the same is also provided. The system for streamer electric resistivity survey using a survey boat includes a streamer cable connected to the survey boat and having a plurality of electrodes attached thereto, a multi-channel resistivity meter loaded on the survey boat to measure electric resistivity from the plurality of electrodes, a first RTK GPS (Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System) loaded on the survey boat to measure a position of the survey boat in real time, and a second RTK GPS installed to a tail of the streamer cable to measure a position of the tail in real time.
US08067940B2	Tubular magnetic resonance surface coil, and method and system for processing signals therefrom In a method and system for processing radio frequency signals of a tubular surface coil, the N channels of coil output signals are generated based on M channels of radio frequency signals acquired by M coil units in the tubular surface coil, wherein N is an even number greater than 1 and is less than or equal to M, and the N channels of coil output signals can be divided into N/2 pairs, with the two channels of coil output signals in each of the pairs respectively coming from the coil units located at symmetrical positions of the tubular surface coil. The respective modulus values of the two channels of coil output signals in said each pair of coil output signals are multiplied to obtain N/2 products which are then summed, and the square root of the summed result is computed, so as to generate a lateral cross-sectional image according to the computed result of square root. The signal strength in an imaging area and the uniformity of signal to noise ratio are thereby improved.
US08067934B2	Measurement device for measuring a magnetic field A measuring device to measure a magnetic field having at least one measuring coil and at least one sensor to measure low-frequency magnetic fields, which measuring coil and which sensor have their planes of extension each positioned or positionable transverse to the flux direction of the magnetic field. The measuring coil and the sensor are connected to a signal processing device with which, depending on a first measurement signal provided by the measuring coil and a second measurement signal provided by the sensor, an output signal that essentially corresponds to the magnetic field can be generated. The measuring coil, the sensor, and the signal processing device are monolithically integrated into a semiconductor chip. The measuring coil may also be formed by means of traces of a printed circuit board on which the semiconductor chip that has the sensor and the signal processing device is located.
US08067919B2	Drive control system of stepping motor and drive control method A drive control device and a drive control method for a stepping motor are provided to reduce the number of parts and generation of vibration and noise by a stepping motor. The drive control device controls a drive frequency of the stepping motor according to a measurement value inputted. The drive control device includes storage means for storing the resonance frequency of the stepping motor based on its resonance characteristic as an output-inhibited drive frequency and control means for calculating an instruction angle for operating a needle according to the measurement value, acquiring a first drive frequency of the stepping motor, judging whether the first drive frequency is the output-inhibited drive frequency, and deciding the drive frequency by replacing the first drive frequency with the second drive frequency which is lower than the output-inhibited drive frequency if the first drive frequency is the output-inhibited drive frequency.
US08067917B2	Hysteresis mitigation and control method A system and control method mitigates hysteresis of an adjustable component in the system. A control module can allow small control changes to be effected to the component within limits of the component's and/or the system's normal hysteresis band. The control method can allow finer, more accurate and more aggressive control to be obtained from the component. The system and method can utilize two separate control regimes to control adjustments to the component. The first control regime can control changes larger than a hysteresis band and/or changes in a same direction as the last adjustment that was performed with the first control regime. The first control regime can be a feedback-based adjustment to the component. The second control regime can be utilized to control changes within the hysteresis band. The second control regime can use open-loop based adjustments to the component.
US08067916B2	Power cutting tool with synchronized dust control device A cutting tool such as a miter saw, arranged to have an arrangement for selectively making and breaking power of a first circuit and an independent second second circuit each connected respectively to a first motor operating the cutting tool and to a second motor operating a dust suppressor such as a vacuum device. The arrangement enables the two circuits to serve the first and second motors in synchrony and to be operated by the switch of the cutting tool. The arrangement may comprise a relay adapted to energize and de-energize the second circuit. The second circuit may comprise one or more electrical receptacles enabling the second motor to operate under control of the switch after being plugged in to one of the receptacles. The cutting tool may comprise a receptacle which is hard wired to the first circuit. The cutting tool may incorporate a dynamic brake.
US08067911B2	Interface cord and system including an interface cord An interface module is operable to download data from an electrical machine. The interface module includes a cable for transferring data, the cable having a first connector at a first end thereof, a circuit board having a programmable device electrically coupled in circuit to the cable, and a memory connected to the circuit board and configured to store data related to the operating characteristics of the electrical machine.
US08067910B2	Brushless motor A brushless motor includes: a permanent magnet; a driving coil moving relative to the permanent magnet; a sensor coil disposed to the permanent magnet so as to generate a sensor coil induced voltage having a same phase of a driving coil induced voltage generated in the driving coil; and a driving circuit applying a driving voltage to the driving coil, the driving voltage having a same phase of the sensor coil induced voltage generated in the sensor coil.
US08067902B2	Electronic ballast having a symmetric topology An electronic ballast for driving a gas discharge lamp having first and second electrodes comprises an inverter circuit and a symmetric resonant tank circuit for minimizing the RFI noise produced at the electrodes of the lamp. The inverter circuit receives a substantially DC bus voltage generates a high-frequency AC voltage. The symmetric resonant tank circuit comprises a split resonant inductor having first and second windings magnetically coupled together. The first and second windings electrically coupled between the respective electrodes of the lamp and the inverter circuit. The symmetric resonant tank further comprises first and second capacitors coupled in series electrical connection between the electrodes of the lamp with the junction of the first and second capacitors coupled to the DC bus voltage at the input of the inverter circuit.
US08067900B2	Electronic device for driving LED strings The present invention relates to an electronic device for driving at least a first channel and a second channel of light emitting diodes. The electronic device includes driving means having a first and a second driving portion for driving the first and the second channel of light emitting diodes separately, and configuration means for providing configurability of the driving means for using the driving means at least partially in a shared manner for more than one channel of light emitting diodes.
US08067899B2	Circuit arrangement and method for operating at least one first and a second lamp A circuit arrangement for operating at least one first and second lamp each provided with a first and second coil electrode includes a first and second terminal for the first coil electrode of the first lamp, a first and second terminal for the second coil electrode of the first lamp, a first and second terminal for the first coil electrode of the second lamp, a first and second terminal for the second coil electrode of the second lamp, at least one supply connection for supplying voltage to the respective first coil electrode of the at least one first and second lamp, and at least one preheating device for the respective first coil electrode of the at least one first and second lamp. The second terminal of the first coil electrode of the first lamp is coupled to the second terminal of the first coil electrode of the second lamp while the preheating device encompasses a first preheating inductor and a second preheating inductor.
US08067887B2	Coated substrate and method of making same Provided are containment structures having a substrate structure having a plurality of walls extending from a surface to define a space, wherein at least one of the walls has an overall negative slope; a first layer deposited in the space having a first surface energy no greater than 30 mN/m; and a second layer deposited on top of the first layer.
US08067885B2	Organic EL device and display An organic EL device and display are provided. A red light emitting layer, a green light emitting layer, a blue light emitting layer are laminated in this order between an anode and a cathode, and an intermediate layer “a” formed by use of an organic material is provided between the green light emitting layer and the blue light emitting layer. The HOMO-LUMO energy gap in the intermediate layer “a” is greater than the HOMO-LUMO energy gap of a green light emitting material constituting the green light emitting layer. In addition, the intermediate layer “a” has a hole transporting property. In the case of configuring a display by use of the organic EL devices, color filters are provided on the light take-out surface side. This makes it possible to provide an organic EL device with which light emission components for three colors of red, green and blue with a good balance suited to use for a full-color display can be obtained at a high luminance.
US08067884B2	LED lighting arrangement including a substantially spherical optical component having a surface partially coated with a light emitting phosphor A lighting arrangement comprising: a light reflective enclosure; at least one radiation source housed within the enclosure and operable to generate excitation light of a first wavelength range; a substantially spherical optical component mounted over the enclosure opening and at least one phosphor operable to absorb at least a portion of the excitation light and to emit light of a second wavelength range, wherein light generated by the arrangement comprises the combined light of the first and second wavelength ranges and wherein the at least one phosphor material is provided as a layer on at least a part of the surface of the optical component that is enclosed within the volume of the enclosure when the component is mounted to the enclosure.
US08067882B2	Sealing member for spark plug A sealing member for a cylindrical spark plug having a metal shell with threaded ridges thereon to be screwed into a mounting hole of a combustion engine, the sealing member comprised of a piece of annular sheet material made of austenitic stainless steel or ferritic stainless steel that is folded back in a radial direction so as to form a region where at least two or more layers of the sheet material are overlapped in an axial direction.
US08067873B2	Motor and the compressor including the same A motor, namely, a motor with minimum loss and improved efficiency is disclosed. More specifically, a motor having enhanced starting torque performance and increased normal operation efficiency is disclosed. In the motor in which a rotor is started using induction torque generated as power is supplied to a coil of a stator, the rotor includes a rotor core, conductive bars arranged, along a circumferential direction, in an outer rim region of the rotor core, to generate an induction current, flux barriers formed in the rotor core, to interrupt flow of a magnetic flux, for generation of reluctance torque, and magnets provided in the rotor core, to generate a magnetic flux, for generation of magnetic torque.
US08067871B2	Permanent magnet rotating electric machine and electric car using the same A permanent magnet rotating electric machine comprises a stator having stator windings wound round a stator iron core and a permanent magnet rotor having a plurality of inserted permanent magnets in which the polarity is alternately arranged in the peripheral direction in the rotor iron core. The rotor iron core of the permanent magnets is composed of magnetic pole pieces, auxiliary magnetic poles, and a stator yoke, and furthermore has concavities formed on the air gap face of the magnetic pole pieces of the rotor iron core of the permanent magnets, gently tilting from the central part of the magnetic poles to the end thereof. In a permanent magnet rotating electric machine, effects of iron loss are reduced, and an electric car using highly efficient permanent magnet rotating electric machine are realized.
US08067864B2	Electric motor sealing configuration An electric motor for driving an inertia separator is provided, including a stator and a rotor. The stator is arranged in a stator space enclosed by a stator housing. The rotor is arranged in a rotor space concentrically with the stator with regard to an axis of rotation. A ring gap is formed radially between the rotor and the stator such that it separates the stator space from the rotor space. A housing bottom includes a nonmagnetic section extending through the ring gap. An inertia separator includes a second rotor operably connected to the rotor. A separator housing encloses a void containing the second rotor, wherein the housing bottom is arranged on the separator housing on a side facing the electric motor such that the nonmagnetic section of the housing bottom defines an opening in the rotor space that is oriented towards the void.
US08067860B2	Electrical device, in particular an electrical hand-held power tool The invention is based on an electric device, in particular an electric hand tool, having a removable power supply unit (18, 70, 104), an accommodation region (16, 102, 132, 144, 156) for accommodating the power supply unit (18, 70, 104), and a locking device (20, 76, 114, 134, 146, 154) for locking the power supply unit (18, 70, 104) to the accommodation region (16, 102, 132, 144, 156). It is proposed that the locking device (20, 76, 114, 134, 146, 154) is provided for the purpose of unlocking the power supply unit (18, 70, 104) from a locked state—by means of a force which is exerted on the power supply unit (18, 70, 104) and moves the entire power supply unit (18, 70, 104) in relation to the accommodation region (16, 102, 132, 144, 156).
US08067846B2	Automotive wind powered generator The Wind Powered Generator System is a combination of many common automotive parts. Automotive wind power is a new area and incorporates a roof carrier system that have generators mounted on the crossbar or the roof system. The air velocity or wind turns the fan blade when either vehicle is in motion or not, producing an electrical current.
US08067842B2	Integrated circuit package, notably for image sensor, and method of positioning The invention relates to the fabrication of integrated circuits in general, and notably the circuits of image sensors intended to form the electronic core of photographic apparatus or cameras. The chip is first aligned with respect to the package and then the package is aligned with respect to the optical system. The alignment of the chip with respect to the package is done optically. The alignment of the package with respect to the system is done mechanically with respect to the edges of the package. According to the invention, provision is made for optical marks to be provided on the package, these marks each having an edge aligned with a lateral edge of the package, so as to minimize the positioning errors which would be due to inaccurate positioning of the chip with respect to the edges of the package.
US08067840B2	Power amplifier assembly The power amplifier module comprises a laminate substrate comprising thermal vias and terminals, as well as a platform device with an interconnection substrate of a semiconductor material. This substrate is provided with electrical interconnects at a first side, and having been mounted on the laminate substrate with an opposite second side. Electrically conducting connections extend from the first to the second side through the substrate. A power amplifier device is attached to the second side of the substrate. One of the electrically conducting connection through the interconnection substrate is a grounding path for the power amplifier, while a thermal path is provided by the semiconductor material. There is an optimum thickness for the interconnection substrate, at which both a proper grounding and a acceptable thermal dissipation is effected.
US08067838B2	Semiconductor device having pad structure for preventing and buffering stress of silicon nitride film A semiconductor device having a pad structure for preventing a stress of a silicon nitride film. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a lower structure formed on the semiconductor substrate, a first insulation film formed on the lower structure, a first metal layer coupled to the lower structure through a first metal contact in the first insulation film, a second metal layer formed on the first metal layer, and a plurality of dummy gates having a concentric square structure formed at the lower portion of the pad region on the second metal layer.
US08067836B2	Semiconductor device with reduced increase in copper film resistance A semiconductor device includes an insulating film including oxygen formed over a semiconductor substrate, a recess formed in the insulating film, a refractory metal film formed on the inner wall of the recess, a metal film including copper, manganese, and nitrogen formed on the refractory metal film, and a copper film formed on the metal film to fill in the recess.
US08067834B2	Semiconductor component In various embodiments, semiconductor components and methods to manufacture these components are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method to manufacture a semiconductor component is disclosed. The semiconductor includes a heat sink and a semiconductor die that has a first terminal on a top surface of the semiconductor die, a second terminal on the top surface of the die, and a third terminal on the bottom surface of the die. The method includes attaching a first portion of a leadframe structure to the first terminal of the semiconductor die. The method further includes attaching the second terminal of the semiconductor die to the heat sink after the attaching of the first portion of the leadframe structure to the first terminal of the semiconductor die, wherein the leadframe structure is spaced apart from the heat sink and is electrically isolated from the heat sink. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08067832B2	Embedded integrated circuit package system and method of manufacture thereof A method of manufacture of an embedded integrated circuit package system includes: forming a first conductive pattern on a first structure; connecting a first integrated circuit die, having bumps on a first active side, directly on the first conductive pattern by the bumps; forming a substrate forming encapsulation to cover the first integrated circuit die and the first conductive pattern; forming a channel in the substrate forming encapsulation; and applying a conductive material in the channel.
US08067814B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In the present invention, a first circuit pattern 3 composing a semiconductor element is formed on the front side of a substrate 1, a first insulating layer 2 is formed on the first circuit pattern 3, solder electrodes 5 for external connection are formed on the first insulating layer 2, a second insulating layer 6 is formed on the backside of the substrate 1, a second circuit pattern 7 is formed on the second insulating layer 6, through vias 8 are formed to connect the first circuit pattern 3 and the second circuit pattern 7, chip passive components 9 are placed on the second circuit pattern 7, and the backside of the substrate is integrally molded with epoxy resin 10 such that the epoxy resin 10 covers the chip passive components 9.
US08067813B2	Integrated MIS photosensitive device using continuous films An integrated photosensitive device with a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) photodiode constructed with one or more substantially continuous layers of semiconductor material and with a substantially continuous layer of dielectric material.
US08067812B2	Acceleration sensor and method of producing the same An acceleration sensor includes a weight; a base portion, a beam; and a piezo resistance element. The weight is arranged to displace upon receiving acceleration. The base portion is disposed around the weight apart from the weight. The beam has one end portion connected to the weight and the other end portion connected to the base portion. The beam also has a thick layer portion and a thin layer portion having a thickness smaller than that of the thick layer portion. The piezo resistance element is disposed over the thick layer portion and the thin layer portion.
US08067810B2	Self-actuating RF MEMS device by RF power actuation Systems and methods for controlling a micro electromechanical device using power actuation are disclosed. The disclosed micro electromechanical systems comprise at least one electrostatically actuatable micro electromechanical device and an actuation device. The micro electromechanical device comprises a first conductor and a second conductor having a moveable portion which in use may be attracted by the first conductor as a result of a predetermined actuation power. The actuation device comprises a high frequency signal generator for generating at least part of the actuation power by means of a predetermined high frequency signal with a frequency higher than the mechanical resonance frequency of the moveable portion of the micro electromechanical device.
US08067808B2	Apparatus of memory array using FinFETs A memory cell includes a FinFET select device and a memory element. In some embodiments a memory cell has a contact element coupled between a surface of the fin and the memory element.
US08067804B2	Semiconductor device having an SOI structure, manufacturing method thereof, and memory circuit The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of suppressing a body floating effect, and a manufacturing method thereof. A semiconductor device having an SOI structure includes a silicon substrate, a buried insulating layer formed on the silicon substrate, and a semiconductor layer formed on the buried insulating layer. The semiconductor layer has a body region of a first conduction type, a source region of a second conduction type and a drain region of the second conduction type, and a gate electrode is formed on the body region between the source region and the drain region via a gate oxide film. The source region includes an extension layer of the second conduction type, and a silicide layer which makes contact with the extension layer at its side face, and a crystal defect region is formed on a region of a depletion layer generated in a boundary portion between the silicide layer and the body region.
US08067793B2	Semiconductor device including storage capacitor with yttrium oxide capacitor dielectric A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with high response speed and high reliability. In the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device of the invention, a bonding layer is formed over a substrate, an insulating film and a storage capacitor portion lower electrode are formed over the bonding layer, a single crystal silicon layer is formed over the insulating film, a storage capacitor portion insulating film is formed over the storage capacitor portion lower electrode, a wiring is formed over the storage capacitor portion insulating film, a channel forming region and a low concentration impurity region are formed over the single crystal silicon layer, and a gate insulating film and a gate electrode are formed over the single crystal silicon layer. The storage capacitor portion insulating film is formed by depositing a YSZ film with a single crystal silicon layer used as a base film, whereby the permittivity increases and thus the leakage current from the storage capacitor portion is suppressed.
US08067782B2	LED package and light source device using same An exemplary LED package includes a dielectric plate, a heat conductor, a first planar electrode and a second planar electrode, a LED chip, and metal wires. The dielectric plate comprises a receiving groove defined therein. The heat conductor is positioned in the dielectric plate opposite to the receiving groove, and the heat conductor comprises a holding portion exposed on bottom of the receiving groove. The first and second planar electrodes are respectively received in the dielectric plate extending to the receiving groove and are spaced from the heat conductor. The first and second electrodes are respectively electrically connected to the LED chip by the metal wires. The LED chip is mounted on the holding portion of the heat conductor.
US08067779B2	Light emitting device with a recess lead portion A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element; a first lead including a recess in one end portion, the recess including a first bottom surface with the light emitting element bonded thereto, at least one of a through hole and a notch, and a light shielding portion capable of suppressing leakage of emitted light from the light emitting element from the one of the through hole and the notch; a second lead opposed to the first lead; and a molded body filling the one of the through hole and the notch, covering the light emitting element, embedding at least part of the first lead and at least part of the second lead, and made of a translucent resin.
US08067777B2	Light emitting diode package assembly An electrical device containing multiple light emitting diode (LED) dies each having respective first and second connectors suitable to receive current through the LED die. A common base layer of a first electrically conductive material has cavities into which at least one LED die is mounted with its second connector electrically connected by a conductive bonding material to the first conductive material of the base layer. One or more over-layer sections of a second electrically conductive material each are electrically connected by a bond to at least one of the first connector of an LED die. And an insulator electrically separates the first conductive material of the base layer from the second conductive material of over-layer sections.
US08067774B2	Thin film transistor panel and method of manufacturing the same After forming a signal line including aluminum, an upper layer of an oxide layer including aluminum that covers the signal line is formed in the same chamber and by using the same sputtering target as the signal line, or a buffer layer of an oxide layer including aluminum is formed in a contact hole exposing the signal line during the formation of the contact hole. Accordingly, the contact characteristic between an upper layer including indium tin oxide (“ITO”) or indium zinc oxide (“IZO”) and the signal line may be improved to enhance the adhesion therebetween while not increasing the production cost of the thin film transistor (“TFT”) array panel.
US08067769B2	Wafer level package structure, and sensor device obtained from the same package structure A wafer level package structure with a plurality of compact sensors such as acceleration sensors and gyro sensors is provided. This package structure is composed of a semiconductor wafer with plural sensor units, and a pair of package wafers bonded to both surfaces of the semiconductor wafer. Each of the sensor units has a frame having an opening, a movable portion held in the opening to be movable relative to the frame, and a detecting portion for outputting an electric signal according to a positional displacement of the movable portion. Since the semiconductor wafer is bonded to each of the package wafers by a solid-phase direct bonding without diffusion between a surface-activated region formed on the frame and a surface-activated region formed on the package wafer, it is possible to prevent that variations in sensor characteristics occur due to residual stress at the bonding interface.
US08067764B2	Electroactive materials There is provided an electroactive material having Formula I wherein: Q is the same or different at each occurrence and can be O, S, Se, Te, NR, SO, SO2, or SiR3; R is the same or different at each occurrence and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; R1 through R8 are the same or different and can be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, halogen, hydroxyl, aryloxy, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, amino, alkylthio, phosphino, silyl, —COR, —COOR, —PO3R2, —OPO3R2, or CN.
US08067762B2	Resistance random access memory structure for enhanced retention A bistable resistance random access memory is described for enhancing the data retention in a resistance random access memory member. A dielectric member, e.g. the bottom dielectric member, underlies the resistance random access memory member which improves the SET/RESET window in the retention of information. The deposition of the bottom dielectric member is carried out by a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition or by high-density-plasma chemical vapor deposition. One suitable material for constructing the bottom dielectric member is a silicon oxide. The bistable resistance random access memory includes a bottom dielectric member disposed between a resistance random access member and a bottom electrode or bottom contact plug. Additional layers including a bit line, a top contact plug, and a top electrode disposed over the top surface of the resistance random access memory member. Sides of the top electrode and the resistance random access memory member are substantially aligned with each other.
US08067761B2	Self-aligned memory cells and method for forming The invention provides a memory cell based on variable resistance material memory element that includes an access device having a pillar structure that may also include a protective sidewall layer. The pillar access device selects and isolates the memory cell from other memory array cells and is adapted to both self-align any memory element formed thereon, and to deliver suitable programming current to the memory element. The pillar structure is formed from one or more access device layers stacked above a wordline and below the memory element. Optional resistive layers may be selectively formed within the pillar structure to minimize resistance in the access device layer and the memory element. The pillar access device may be a diode, transistor, Ovonic threshold switch or other device capable of regulating current flow to an overlying programmable memory material.
US08067755B2	Production device and production method for an optical device component having a grating structure A production device and a production method for a grating-type optical component enabling formation of a variety types of FBGs using a single phase mask and an optical component made by the production method or production device for a grating-type optical component are provided. The method involves diffusing at least one of hydrogen or deuterium into an optical fiber and altering the refractive index of the optical fiber by irradiating the fiber with non-interfering UV lamp light.
US08067753B2	Electron beam writing apparatus and method A Z stage is placed on an XY stage in avoidance of an area to which a mark table is fixed. The mask M is placed on a holding mechanism provided on the Z stage. A middle value of the range adjustable by the focal adjustment mechanism is made coincident with the height of the mark table. The height of the mark table is measured and the heights of plural measurement points of the mask M are measured. The Z stage is moved in such a manner that the height of a middle value between highest and lowest values of the heights of these measurement points coincides with the height of the mark table.
US08067751B2	System and method for high resolution field shaping A system and method are provided for a high resolution radiation treatment system which provide for projecting a field of radiation energy at targeted patient tissue. The system uses a multi-leaf collimator, which is positioned such that a significant clearance is provided between the multi-leaf collimator and the isocenter plane where the targeted tissue is located. The leaves of the multi-leaf collimator are designed to provide for high step resolution in the projected radiation energy shape. Additionally, an embodiment of the system and method herein can provide for a high step resolution in the projected radiation energy shape, and for a dose calculation matrix which has matrix units which coincide with the high step resolution in the projected radiation shape.
US08067749B2	Cleanable helical modules The invention relates to cleanable spiral modules and a method for production thereof.
US08067742B2	Apparatus and method for detection, location, and identification of gamma sources An apparatus for detecting and determining a source azimuth for gamma radiation includes at least two scintillation crystals at angular offsets and directed toward a common plane of detection, photodetectors adjacent to each of the scintillation crystals for converting the light response of the scintillation crystals into distinct electrical signals, and a digital processing system configured to analyze spectral data from each electrical signal produced for each crystal. The digital processing system monitors a finite number of spectral windows corresponding to a selected set of radioisotopes, and uses one or more of the electrical signals to determine a signal intensity and a likely source azimuth for a detected radioisotope in the plane of detection. Another scintillation crystal directed outside of the common plane of detection may be used for three-dimensional detection. Related methods for detection and location of gamma ray sources are discussed.
US08067739B2	Photoconductive element for generation and detection of terahertz wave A photoconductive element for generating or detecting a terahertz wave comprises a carrier generation layer for generating carriers on light irradiation, a pair of conductive electrodes provided in opposition on one face of the carrier generation layer, each containing a strip line, a pair of conductive antennas placed in opposition with a gap for light irradiation onto the carrier generation layer, each being joined to the electrodes, a pair of conductive adjusting stubs for adjusting a propagation state of the terahertz wave generated or detected by the carriers, wherein each of the adjusting stubs has a length of not longer than the wavelength λ of the terahertz wave generated by the carriers, and is placed at a distance of not more than the wavelength λ from a joint between the antenna and the electrode.
US08067736B2	Electromagnetic radiation detector with nanowire thermometer and method for producing same The electromagnetic radiation detector comprises at least one membrane suspended above a substrate by at least one nanowire. The nanowire forms a thermoelement comprising an electrically conducting core and external layer, respectively doped of different types and insulated form one another by an electrical insulation layer. When the substrate and membrane are at different temperatures, the nanowires constitutes a thermometer providing measurement signals, by Seebeck effect, representative of heating the membrane.
US08067734B2	Target marker having quantum cascade laser for thermally marking a target A method of marking a target includes intersecting a thermal infrared beam from a handheld housing at room temperature with the target, a portion of a beam path extending from the housing to the target being substantially optically direct. The method also includes viewing the intersected beam with a remote thermal imaging device.
US08067711B2	Deposition apparatus and methods Microspray apparatus and methods involve injecting powdered material into a plasma gas stream. The material comprises first and second component powders. The second powder is a majority by the weight of the powdered material. The first powder acts as a melting point depressant. The first and second powders may have similar compositions but with the first powder including a greater quantity of a melting point depressant element.
US08067705B2	Draft shield for a weighing apparatus that has friction reduction protrusions near the bottom of the sliding doors to engage the top of the guide grooves A lower portion of a slide door of a windshield for a weighing apparatus is located in a guide groove of the main body of the windshield, along which guide groove the slide door opens and closes. A protrusion is protruded in a lower portion of the slide door and the protrusion engages an upper face of a frame in which the guide groove is formed. The protrusion supports weight of the slide door, and is slid on the upper face of the frame while the slide door does not come into contact with a bottom surface of the guide groove, thereby opening and closing the slide door.
US08067698B2	Wiring substrate for use in semiconductor apparatus, method for fabricating the same, and semiconductor apparatus using the same On a printed-wiring board 1-1, a conductor layer 2 is laminated to both the top surface and the bottom surface of a substrate core 7 so as to pattern the substrate core, and a solder resist 4 is laminated to the substrate core. The solder resist 4 laminated to the top surface of the printed-wiring board 1-1 forms a raised portion 40 in a semiconductor chip mounting area such that the thickness of the raised portion is greater than the thickness of the solder resist 4 laminated to areas other than the semiconductor chip mounting area, so that the surface of the semiconductor chip mounting area is flat.
US08067695B2	Wiring board and method of manufacturing the same A wiring board (package) includes: a cavity formed at a position corresponding to a chip mounting area of the outermost insulating layer on one side of both surfaces of the wiring board; a pad exposed from the surface of the insulating layer in the cavity; and a pad exposed from the surface of the insulating layer in a peripheral region of the cavity. A chip is flip-chip bonded to the pads in the cavity of the package, and another package is bonded to the pads in the peripheral region of the cavity, to thereby form a semiconductor device having a package on package (POP) structure.
US08067690B2	Module receptacle A module receptacle having a main frame arranged to hold a mountable functioning module in a specified position with respect to a covering frame. The covering frame can be attached by means of at least one fastening element to the main frame. The covering frame is at least large enough to cover the main frame.
US08067683B2	Method and apparatus for electronically sustaining a note from a musical instrument A sensed signal corresponding to a note played on a musical instrument is electronically sustained by electronically combining the sensed signal with a synthesized signal whenever a sustain control switch is activated. The set of characteristics of the synthesized signal are, initially, substantially the same as the set of characteristics of the sensed signal, but may be varied over time.
US08067680B2	Garden bean SB4372 A novel garden bean cultivar, designated SB4372, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar SB4372, to the plants of garden bean line SB4372 and to methods for producing a garden bean plant by crossing the cultivar SB4372 with itself or another garden bean line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a garden bean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other garden bean lines derived from the cultivar SB4372.
US08067678B2	Soybean cultivar 94222415 A soybean cultivar designated 94222415 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 94222415, to the plants of soybean 94222415, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 94222415, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 94222415 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety 94222415, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 94222415, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 94222415 with another soybean cultivar.
US08067669B2	Method for inducing resistance to fungal infection in transgenic plants using plant defense peptides A method for the identification of peptides having an affinity for the surface of fungi is provided as is a method for the identification of peptides capable of affecting the development of a fungus. Also provided are compositions comprising peptides identified using the method of the present invention. In addition, isolated polynucleotides, vectors, expression cassettes and transformed cells capable of expressing peptides identified by the method of the present invention are provided. Such polynucleotides, vectors, expression cassettes may be introduced into and confer upon plants the capability to resist fungal infection.
US08067668B2	Method for obtaining the pathogenic resistance in plants The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by reducing the expression, activity or function of an NADPH oxidase.
US08067666B2	Model animal causing the white hair development and methods relating thereto A model rodent animal with a phenotype in which hair growing after birth is black, with the animal spontaneously developing white hair after aging. By way of example, the model rodent animal may have a genotype in which an activated RET gene is genetically inserted in a heterozygous form and the endothelin receptor B gene is deficient in a heterozygous form.
US08067665B2	Methods of using human tissue factor-producing knock-in mice A non-human animal that produces human tissue factor (TF) without substantially producing non-human animal tissue factor, said animal having a genome in which cDNA encoding human TF has been inserted upstream of the translation initiation codon for the non-human animal genomic TF gene.
US08067656B2	Liquid-liquid separation process via coalescers A process for separating an ionic liquid from hydrocarbons employs a coalescer material having a stronger affinity for the ionic liquid than the hydrocarbons. The coalescer material can be a high surface area material having a large amount of contact area to which ionic liquid droplets dispersed in the hydrocarbons may adhere. The process includes feeding a mixture comprising ionic liquid droplets dispersed in hydrocarbons to a coalescer comprising the coalescer material. The process further includes a capture step involving adhering at least a portion of the ionic liquid droplets to the coalescer material to provide captured droplets and a coalescing step involving coalescing captured droplets into coalesced droplets. After the capture and coalescence steps, the coalesced droplets are allowed to fall from the coalescer material to separate the ionic liquid from the hydrocarbons and provide a hydrocarbon effluent.
US08067655B2	Diisobutylene process This invention is a process for producing diisobutylene from isobutylene. The process comprises first contacting a sulfonic acid resin with a reaction feed comprising isobutylene and tertiary butyl alcohol to produce a product stream comprising diisobutylene, isobutylene, tertiary butyl alcohol, and water. The product stream is distilled to produce a first overhead stream comprising water and isobutylene and a first bottoms stream comprising diisobutylene and tertiary butyl alcohol. Water is separated from the first overhead stream, and the resulting isobutylene-enriched stream is recycled back to the reaction step. The first bottoms stream is distilled to produce a second overhead stream comprising tertiary butyl alcohol and a bottoms product stream comprising diisobutylene.
US08067640B2	Method for the separation of intermediates which may be used for the preparation of escitalopram The present invention relates to a novel method for the preparation of diol intermediates having the formula (II) and/or the opposite enantiomer of an acylated diol having the formula (IV) useful for the preparation of escitalopram involving selective enzymatic acylation or deacylation.
US08067623B2	Ring opening cross-metathesis reaction of cyclic olefins with seed oils and the like This invention relates generally to olefin metathesis, and more particularly relates to the ring-opening, ring insertion cross-metathesis of cyclic olefins with internal olefins such as seed oils and the like. In one embodiment, a method is provided for carrying out a catalytic ring-opening cross-metathesis reaction, comprising contacting at least one olefinic substrate with at least one cyclic olefin as a cross metathesis partner, in the presence of a ruthenium alkylidene olefin metathesis catalyst under conditions effective to allow ring insertion cross metathesis whereby the cyclic olefin is simultaneously opened and inserted into the olefinic substrate. The invention has utility in the fields of catalysis, organic synthesis, and industrial chemistry.
US08067620B2	Dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane antimalarials A means and method for treating malaria, schistosomiasis, and cancer using a spiro or dispiro 1,2,4-trioxolane is described. The preferred 1,2,4-trioxolanes include a spiroadamantane group on one side of the trioxolane group, and a spirocyclohexyl on the other side of the trioxolane group. In comparison to artemisinin semisynthetic derivatives, the compounds of this invention are structurally simple, easy to synthesize, non-toxic, and potent against malarial parasites. The compounds of the invention unexpectedly provide a single-dose cure for malaria, as well as prophylactic activity against the same. The compounds are also active against schistosomiasis and cancer.
US08067619B2	Coumarin derivatives as ion channel openers The present invention is directed to coumarin derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders related to ion channels such as potassium channels.
US08067615B2	Sulphonylpyrroles Compounds of a certain formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
US08067605B2	Process for production of piperidine derivatives Processes are disclosed for preparing piperidine derivative compounds of the formulae I, II or III: The processes involve reacting a compound of formula Ia, IIa or IIIa with isobutyrate or an isobutyrate equivalent.
US08067596B2	Processes for the production of (+)- “Nal” morphinan compounds The invention generally provides processes and intermediate compounds useful for the production of (+) nal morphinan compounds. In particular, the process encompasses synthetic routes for the production of (+) nal morphinan compounds or derivatives of (+) nal morphinan compounds from (+)-morphinan substrates such as (+)-hydrocodone, (+)-norhydrocodone or derivatives of either compound.
US08067588B2	Insecticidal (1,3,5)-triazinyl phenyl hydrazones (1,3,5)-Triazinyl phenyl hydrazones are effective at controlling insects.
US08067587B2	Process for the production of monoalkali metal cyanurates A process for making monoalkali metal cyanurates in a powdery form from a cyanuric acid powder by adding thereto a concentrated aqueous solution of an alkali hydroxide such as sodium or potassium hydroxide. The concentrated aqueous alkali hydroxide solution is added sequentially to the cyanuric acid powder as the admixture is vigorously mixed, forming a monoalkali metal cyanurate as a hydrated powder.
US08067584B2	Benzothiazepine derivatives Compounds of formula: (1) pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, solvates of such salts and prodrugs thereof and their use as ileal bile acid transport (IBAT) inhibitors for the treatment of hyperlipidaemia are described. Processes for their manufacture and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are also described.
US08067583B2	Method for synthesizing furanosteroids The present invention is a method for synthesizing furanosteroids. The method involves intramolecular Diels-Alder/retro-Diels-Alder reaction and tautomerization of a functionalized alkyne oxazole to produce a furo[2,3-b]phenol derivative which is elaborated by intermolecular and intramolecular condensations to generate ring-A of the furanosteroid. Furanosteroids and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same are also provided.
US08067580B2	Isolation of DNA, RNA and protein from a single sample The invention provides a method for the separation and purification of two or three cellular components selected from genomic DNA, RNA and proteins from a single biological sample. The method comprises generating an aqueous solution containing the cellular components by lysing cells with a lysis solution; contacting the aqueous solution with an ion exchanger for genomic DNA and RNA to bind to the ion exchanger; collecting the flow-through which contains unbound proteins; eluting RNA from the ion exchanger; and eluting DNA from the ion exchanger. For the purification of any two of the cellular components, one of the components is not collected. The invention also provides reagent kits for carrying out the methods.
US08067578B2	Substrate preparation process The present invention provides novel processes for the large scale preparation of arrays of polymer sequences wherein each array includes a plurality of different, positionally distinct polymer sequences having known monomer sequences. The methods of the invention combine high throughput process steps with high resolution photolithographic techniques in the manufacture of polymer arrays.
US08067575B2	RNA interference mediated inhibition of cyclin D1 gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) This invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating cyclin (e.g., cyclin D1) and/or cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) molecules. This invention also relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating the expression and activity of other genes involved in pathways of cyclin (e.g., cyclin D1) and/or cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) gene expression and/or activity by RNA interference (RNAi) using small nucleic acid molecules. In particular, the instant invention features small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules and methods used to modulate the expression of cyclin (e.g., cyclin D1) and/or cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) genes.
US08067573B2	Nucleic acid agents for downregulating H19 and methods of using same The present invention provides isolated oligonucleotides capable of down-regulating a level of H19 mRNA in cancer cells. Articles of manufacture comprising agents capable of downregulating H19 mRNA in combination with an additional anti-cancer treatment are disclosed as well as methods of treating cancer by administering same.
US08067567B2	Modified tert promoter with enhanced tumor-specificity and strength and recombinant vector comprising the same The present invention relates to a transcriptional regulatory sequence with enhanced tumor-specificity and strength and a recombinant vector comprising the transcriptional regulatory sequence. More particularly, the present invention relates to a transcriptional regulatory sequence comprising a human telomere reverse transcriptase (hTERT) promoter linked to a nucleotide sequence that comprises one or more c-Myc binding sites and/or one or more Sp1 binding sites, and a recombinant vector comprising a certain gene that is operably linked to the above transcriptional regulatory sequence.
US08067565B2	Dengue serotype 1 attenuated strain The invention relates to live attenuated VDV1 (VERO-Derived Dengue serotype 1 virus) strains which have been derived from the wild-type dengue-1 strain 16007 by passaging on PDK and sanitization on Vero cells and nucleic acids thereof. The invention further relates to a vaccine composition which comprises a VDV1 strain.
US08067560B2	SRSV detection kit This invention relates to an SRSV detection kit comprising all antibodies against SRSV-related virus constituting peptides selected from the following peptide groups (a) to (k), respectively: (a) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, and the like, (b) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, and the like, (c) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 3, and the like, (d) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 4, and the like, (e) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 5, and the like, (f) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 6, and the like, (g) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 7, and the like, (h) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 8, and the like, (i) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 9, and the like, (j) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 10, and the like, and (k) a peptide having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 11, and the like.Use of the kit makes it possible to detect most SRSV-related viruses and further to distinguish their serotypes and genogroups, easily and surely.
US08067558B2	Constitutively active fragments of eukaryotic heat shock RNA The present invention provides a novel RNA, designated herein as the “HSR1” (Heat Shock RNA), constitutively active HSR1 fragments, and the use of HSR1 and constitutively active HSR1 fragments for generation of novel therapeutics for the treatment of various diseases in animals and for generation of stress-resistant plants.
US08067556B2	Multi-site mutagenesis The present invention provides compositions and improved methods for multi-site directed mutagenesis and DNA shuffling. The present compositions and methods provide increased mutation frequency and increased number of transformants which allow one to sequence only a few clones in order to identify the correct mutants and to obtain the desired mutant by screening large number of transformants in a short time. Moreover, the inclusion of FEN-1, PEF and optimized buffer and cycling conditions provided in the present invention should also facilitate random mutagenized library construction and the mutagenesis of large or difficult templates.
US08067552B2	Method for preparing a target protein using the sHSPs The present invention relates to a method for separating and purifying a target protein, a method for preparing a target protein, and a method for bioconversion by a whole cell enzyme or a partially purified enzyme. According to the present invention, when the sHSPs are added in cultivation, separation and purification processes for preparing a target protein, the target protein can be obtained at high yields by preventing the loss of protein by proteases. Also, when sIISPs are added in a reaction process using a whole cell enzyme or a partially purified enzyme, the yield of bioconversion using enzyme can be increased by preventing the loss of enzyme by proteases.
US08067540B2	Human ALEX1 proteins The present invention provides a novel protein containing an armadillo repeat, a gene encoding this protein, and production and use thereof. The present inventors identified a gene named ALEX1 encoding a human-derived novel armadillo repeat-containing protein. It was clarified that ALEX1 interacts with several proteins including insulin-degrading enzyme, presenilin-1, and JNK interacting protein 1. This gene shows significantly decreased expression in cancer cells. The protein ALEX1 and the gene encoding this protein are usable as tools in testing for diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease and developing pharmaceutical agents.
US08067533B2	Peptides and peptide derivatives, the production thereof as well as their use for preparing a therapeutically and/or preventively active pharmaceutical composition The invention relates to peptides and peptide derivatives of the following general Formulas (Ia) and (Ib) as well as in particular anti-inflammatory drugs containing these peptides.
US08067530B2	Scytovirin domain 1 related polypeptides A scytovirin domain 1 (SD1) polypeptide, a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide, and related fusion proteins, conjugates, isolated cells, vectors, and antibodies, as well as a method of inhibiting a viral infection using the same.
US08067520B2	Curable composition It is an object of the present invention to provide a two-component curable composition whose component A is easy to be handled, and which shows excellent internal curability and good storage stability. This problem is solved using a two-component curable composition, comprising component A comprising 100 parts by weight of an organic polymer containing a reactive silicon group, (B) 0.1-300 parts by weight of an epoxy group-containing compound, and (C) 0.1-20 parts by weight of water, and component B comprising (D) 0.1-20 parts by weight of a curing catalyst, and (E) 0.1-200 parts by weight of an amine compound.
US08067516B2	Copolymer for positive type lithography, polymerization initiator used in production of said copolymer, and composition for semiconductor lithography A copolymer for positive type lithography, having at least a recurring unit (A) having a structure wherein an alkali-soluble group is protected by an acid-dissociating, dissolution-suppressing group, represented by the following formula (A) [in the formula (A), R10 is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted by fluorine atom; R11 is a crosslinked, alicyclic hydrocarbon group; n is an integer of 0 or 1; and R12 is an acid-dissociating, dissolution-suppressing group], and a terminal structure (B) having a structure wherein an alkali-soluble group is protected by an acid-dissociating, dissolution-suppressing group, represented by the following formula (B) [in the formula (B), R21 is a hydrocarbon group which may contain nitrogen atom; R22 is an acid-dissociating, dissolution-suppressing group; and p is a site of bonding with copolymer main chain]. The copolymer is used in chemically amplified positive type lithography and is superior in lithography properties (e.g. dissolution contrast).
US08067513B2	Styrenated phenol ethoxylates in emulsion polymerization The present invention relates to the use of Styrenated Phenol Ethoxylates as surfactants in emulsion polymerization. The present invention further relates to the use of both anionic and nonionic Styrenated Phenol Ethoxylates in emulsion polymerization. Latexes with small average particle and narrow particle size distributions are obtained. Prepared latexes also have low coagulum levels and exhibit excellent mechanical and chemical stability.
US08067506B2	Water-soluble fluorescent particle comprising entangled fluorescent polymer and amphiphilic molecule Water-soluble fluorescent particles are formed in a simple process. A mixture comprising a solvent, water, a fluorescent polymer dissolved in the solvent, and an amphiphilic molecule is provided. The fluorescent polymer comprises a hydrophobic segment. The amphiphilic molecule comprises hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments. The solvent is removed from the mixture to allow the fluorescent polymer and the amphiphilic molecule to entangle in the presence of water, thus forming the water-soluble fluorescent particles. In the formed particles, the hydrophilic segments of the amphiphilic molecule are entangled with one another, and the hydrophobic segments of the fluorescent polymer and amphiphilic molecule are entangled with one another. The amphiphilic molecule encapsulates the fluorescent polymer and at least some of the hydrophilic segments are exposed to render the particle soluble in water.
US08067505B2	Method of preparing carboxylic acid functionalized polymers Methods for preparing water soluble, non-peptidic polymers carrying carboxyl functional groups, particularly carboxylic acid functionalized poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) polymers are disclosed, as are the products of these methods. In general, an ester reagent R(C═0)OR′, wherein R′ is a tertiary group and R comprises a functional group X, is reacted with a water soluble, non-peptidic polymer POLY-Y, where Y is a functional group which reacts with X to form a covalent bond, to form a tertiary ester of the polymer, which is then treated with a strong base in aqueous solution, to form a carboxylate salt of the polymer. Typically, this carboxylate salt is then treated with an inorganic acid in aqueous solution, to convert the carboxylate salt to a carboxylic acid, thereby forming a carboxylic acid functionalized polymer.
US08067496B2	Curable silicone impression materials with high tear strength and low consistency The invention relates to curable silicone compositions which contain silane based crosslinkers and a mixture of different organopolysiloxanes. The compositions are particularly suitable as curable impression materials in dental applications.
US08067494B2	Magnesium hydroxide-based flame retardant compositions made via in-situ hydration of polymer compounds comprising magnesium oxide Magnesium oxide (MgO) compounded into a polymer can subsequently be hydrated in-situ within the polymer to form magnesium hydroxide. In the case of silane-based or peroxide-based crosslinkable resins, the MgO hydration and polymer crosslinking can be done in a single process step, or in sequential steps. In the case of non-crosslinkable compounds, hydration can be carried out after compounding (no crosslinking step). In all cases, steam CV, sauna, or hot water bath are options for hydration. This approach enables preparation of polymer compounds that are flame retarded with metal hydrates yet free of the traditional limitations posed by shelf instability, extrusion scorch, undesired dehydration, and processing temperature limitations posed by metal hydrates.
US08067487B2	Method of making and use of a heavy duty pavement structure The present invention is directed to a heavy duty pavement structure comprising an open-graded asphalt layer fortified with a non-segregating grout mixture. The heavy duty pavement structure is made through the steps including forming an open-graded asphalt layer and then fortifying the layer with a non-segregating grout mixture that includes a predetermined amount of portland cement, sand and cement binder system.
US08067467B2	Thiosuccinic acid derivatives and the use thereof The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) wherein X1 and X2 independently represent O, NH or S, R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a C1-C30 hydrocarbyl group, an amino acid bonded via an amide bond or a peptide bonded via an amide bond each having up to 200 amino acids, the conjugated residue X1 or X2 in this case being NH, and hydrogen, both radicals R1 and R2 preferably not being H, wherein R3 is a residue selected from group consisting of —S—R6, wherein R6 is a C1-C30 hydrocarbyl group, at least one of R1 and R2 not being H when X1 and X2 are oxygen, —S—CH2—CH(NH2)(COOH) (cysteine-S-yl), a homologue or derivative (e.g. N-acetyl cysteine-S-yl) thereof, a peptide having up to 200 amino acids which contains at least one amino acid radical with a thiol group, preferably a cysteine radical, and is bonded via the thio sulfur, preferably via the cysteine sulfur (peptide-S-yl), coenzyme A which is bonded via a thiol group or fragments thereof, acyl carrier protein bonded via a thiol group, and dihydrolipoic acid bonded via a thiol group, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds for preparing a drug and drugs containing the same.
US08067465B2	Tricyclic-bis-enone derivatives and methods of use thereof Novel tricyclic-bis-enone derivatives (TBEs) as well as the process for the preparation of such TBEs are provided. Also provided are methods for prevention and/or treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and all other diseases whose pathogenesis is believed to involve excessive production of either nitric oxide (NO) or prostaglandins or the overexpression of iNOS or COX-2 genes or gene products. Further, methods for the synthesis of the TBE compounds of the invention utilize cheap commercially available reagents and are highly cost effective and amenable to scale-up. Additional high efficiency synthetic methods that utilize novel intermediates as well as the synthesis of these intermediates are also provided. Furthermore, the invention also provides methods for designing novel and water-soluble TBEs.
US08067461B2	3-acyl coumarins, thiochromones and quinolones and therapeutic uses thereof Compounds of Formula I: wherein R1, R2, M, Q and n are as defined herein, are useful as antiproliferative agents including, for example, as anticancer agents.
US08067458B2	Alkoxyalkyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols The invention relates to new alkoxyalkyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which A, B, D, G, W, X and Y have the definitions indicated above, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides and/or microbicides and/or herbicides. The invention further provides selectively herbicidal compositions which comprise alkoxyalkyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols on the one hand and a crop plant tolerance promoter compound on the other. The invention further relates to the boosting of the action of crop protection compositions comprising compounds of the formula (I) through the additions of ammonium salts or phosphonium salts and optionally penetration promoters.
US08067449B2	Modulators of pharmacokinetic properties of therapeutics The present application provides for a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, and/or ester thereof, compositions containing such compounds, therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, and therapeutic methods and include the administration of such compounds with at least one additional therapeutic agent.
US08067448B2	Selective androgen receptor modulators This invention provides compounds of formulas I, Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, and or salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formulas I, Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, methods of modulating the androgen receptor, methods of treating diseases beneficially treated by an androgen receptor modulator (e.g., sarcopenia, prostate cancer, contraception, type 2 diabetes related disorders or diseases, anemia, depression, and renal disease) and processes for making compounds of formulas I, Ia, Ib, Ic, Id, Ie, and intermediates useful in the preparation of same.
US08067447B2	Modulators of glucocorticoid receptor, AP-1, and/or NF-κB activity and use thereof Novel non-steroidal compounds are provided which are useful in treating diseases associated with modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor, and/or AP-1, and/or NF-κB activity including inflammatory and immune diseases, obesity and diabetes having the structure of formula (I), its enantiomers, diastereomers, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or hydrate, thereof, wherein (Ia) is heterocycle or heteroaryl; J, Ja, E, F, G, Ma, M, Q, Za and Z are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating inflammatory- or immune-associated diseases and obesity and diabetes employing said compounds.
US08067445B2	N,N-disubstituted aminoalkylbiphenyl antagonists of prostaglandin D2 receptors Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of PGD2 receptors. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein that are antagonists of PGD2 receptors. Also described herein are methods of using such antagonists of PGD2 receptors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other PGD2-dependent or PGD2-mediated conditions or diseases.
US08067444B2	Pyridoxamine for the treatment of diabetic intermediaries and post-amadori inhibition The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising dosage units of pyridoxamine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and methods for their use in limiting the progression of renal disease and/or diabetic complications in human diabetic patient.
US08067443B2	Arylvinylazacycloalkane compounds and methods of preparation and use thereof Novel vinylazacycloalkane compounds of Formula (I) are disclosed. The compounds are ligands of various nAChRs. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used to prepare pharmaceutical compositions and/or medicaments intended to prevent or treat disorders associated with dysfunction of nAChRs, especially within the central nervous system or the gastrointestinal system. Examples of types of disorders that can be treated include neurodegenerative disorders, including central nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorders, motor disorders such as Parkinson's disease, drug addiction, behavioral disorders and inflammatory disorders within the gastrointestinal system. The compounds can also serve as analgesics in the treatment of acute, chronic or recurrent pain.
US08067438B2	Hepatitis C inhibitor compounds Compounds of formula (I): wherein B, X, R3, L0, L1, L2, R2, R1 and RC are defined herein. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of HCV NS3 protease for the treatment of hepatitis C viral infection.
US08067426B2	6-amino-purin-8-one compounds Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 is C1-6alkylamino, C1-6alkoxy, or C3-7cycloalkyloxy; m is an integer having a value of 3 to 6; n is an integer having a value of 0 to 4; and salts thereof are inducers of human interferon. Compounds which induce human interferon may be useful in the treatment of various disorders, for example the treatment of allergic diseases and other inflammatory conditions for example allergic rhinitis and asthma, the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer, and may also be useful as vaccine adjuvants.
US08067417B2	Imidazo[1,2-F]pteridines useful as inhibitors of protein kinases The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinase, represented by Structural Formula (I): wherein the variables in Structural Formula (I) are as described herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders. The invention also provides processes for preparing compounds of the inventions.
US08067415B2	Compounds useful as antagonists of CCR2 The present invention provides compounds of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, n, Y, and R1 are defined generally and in subsets herein. Compounds of the invention are inhibitors of CCR2 and accordingly are useful for the treatment of a variety of inflammatory, allergic, and autoimmune diseases, disorders, or conditions.
US08067408B2	Dual pharmacophores—PDE4-muscarinic antagonistics The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions and their use in therapy, for example as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase type IV (PDE4) and as antagonists of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs), in the treatment of/and or prophylaxis of respiratory diseases, including antiinflammatory and/or allergic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, rhinitis (e.g. allergic rhinitis), atopic dermatitis or psoriasis.
US08067399B2	Method and apparatus for transdermal or transmucosal application of testosterone Methods, formulations, and devices for providing transdermal or transmucosal delivery of active agents to subjects in need thereof. The formulations and methods treat symptoms of hormonal disorders including hypogonadism, female sexual desire disorder, female menopausal disorder, and adrenal insufficiency.
US08067391B2	ODCase inhibitors for the treatment of malaria The present invention includes methods of treating or preventing malaria by administering an anti-malarial effective amount of 6-substituted uridine derivatives to a subject need thereof. The invention also includes new 6-substituted uridine derivatives for use as therapeutics, in particular to treat malaria.
US08067389B2	Silencing of TGFβ type II receptor expression by siRNA The present application is directed to siRNA-based silencing of the type II receptor of TGFβ. siRNAs that target this receptor abrogate the receptor protein and transcript, TGFβ-mediated processes such as fibronectin assembly and cell migration also are inhibited and the molecules of the invention are efficacious in reducing the inflammatory response and matrix deposition. These findings show that siRNAs can be successfully delivered both in vitro and in vivo to regulate the TGFβ type II receptor level and modulate wound response. Methods and compositions exploiting the findings of the present invention have a wide-ranging application, extending from treatment of disorders of the eye to other organs and tissues throughout the body.
US08067388B2	Decoy-containing pharmaceutical compositions and method of using the same A pharmaceutical composition is provided for treatment and prevention of a disease caused by expression of a gene controlled by NF-κB or ets. The composition comprises at least one decoy and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The decoy is an NF-κB decoy, an ets decoy, or a chimera decoy of NF-κB and ets. The disease is cerebral aneurysm, cancer, Marfan's syndrome, aortic detachment, post-angioplasty restenosis, chronic articular rheumatism, asthma, atopic dermatitis, nephritis, renal failure, or plaque rupture. The pharmaceutically acceptable carrier may be a hydrophilic polymer.
US08067387B2	Method for stimulating angiogenesis using DKK2 and composition comprising the same The present invention relates to a method for stimulating angiogenesis using by DKK2 and composition comprising the same. The DKK2 protein of the present invention showed stimulating activities of tube formation on HUVEC, promoting activity of the sprouting of arterial circle tissues and promoting activity of vascular development in the embryo of mouse. Therefore, it can be used as the therapeutics or functional health food for treating and preventing ischemic disease.
US08067382B2	Anthelmintic composition The invention relates to a novel formulation having the advantage of including triclabendazole in solution. In addition a further anthelmintic may be included. The formulation is made by mixing the abamectin and benzyl alcohol and mixing this with triclabendazole and butyl dioxitol. The mix is then heated to dissolve the active, and allowed to cool at which stage the solution is diluted to volume with PEG 4000. The present invention overcomes the solubility difficulties of triclabendazole and presents the triclabendazole in a solution.
US08067377B2	Peptide compositions for targeting adipose tissue The present invention concerns methods and compositions for in vivo and in vitro targeting. A large number of targeting peptides directed towards human organs, tissues or cell types are disclosed. The peptides are of use for targeted delivery of therapeutic agents, including but not limited to gene therapy vectors. A novel class of gene therapy vectors is disclosed. Certain of the disclosed peptides have therapeutic use for inhibiting angiogenesis, inhibiting tumor growth, inducing apoptosis, inhibiting pregnancy or inducing weight loss. Methods of identifying novel targeting peptides in humans, as well as identifying endogenous receptor-ligand pairs are disclosed. Methods of identifying novel infectious agents that are causal for human disease states are also disclosed. A novel mechanism for inducing apoptosis is further disclosed.
US08067371B2	RAGE G82S-related methods and compositions for treating inflammatory disorders This invention provides methods, compositions and articles of manufacture for inhibiting the onset of and treating inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. The instant invention is based on the blockade of RAGE G82S function.
US08067367B2	Methods of increasing platelet and hematopoietic stem cell production A method of increasing hematopoietic stem cell production is disclosed. The method includes administering a TPO mimetic compound to a subject. Pharmaceutical compositions including a TPO mimetic compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also disclosed.
US08067354B2	Softening detergent composition [PROBLEMS] To provide a softening detergent composition capable of washing a fibrous manufactured article having softening ability, and at the same time allowing a clay mineral to be less likely to remain on clothes.
US08067352B2	Aqueous cleaning composition for semiconductor copper processing The invention relates to an aqueous cleaning composition for use in a cleaning process during or after a chemical mechanical planarization for a copper integrated circuit processing, comprising 0.05 to 20 wt % of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic organic base, 0.05 to 50 wt % of an alcohol amine, 0.01-10 wt % of a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and water. When used during or after the planarization process, the inventive cleaning composition of the invention can effectively remove residual contaminants from the surfaces of the wafers and simultaneously maintain a good surface roughness of the wafers.
US08067347B2	Lubricating oil additive composition and method of making the same An oil-soluble lubricating oil additive composition prepared by the process which comprises reacting a copolymer, with at least one ether compound, with at least one aliphatic compound, and with at least one aromatic compound.
US08067320B2	Spunbonded nonwoven fabric There is provided by the present invention a spunbonded nonwoven fabric which is formed from fibers comprising a propylene-based polymer and has MFR of 65 to 150 g/10 min and a fineness of 0.01 to 1.5 deniers, wherein the basis weight is in the range of 5 to 40 g/m2 and the embossed area ratio is in the range of 6.5 to 25%.
US08067314B2	Gate trim process using either wet etch or dry etch approach to target CD for selected transistors Disclosed are methods and devices for targeting CD of selected transistors in a semiconductor device. Varying CD is done by forming hard mask lines in a hard mask layer that have varying amounts of spacer material associated therewith. Hard mask lines corresponding to selected transistors are either left covered or uncovered by a resist applied over the hard mask layer. Then, spacer material is selectively removed from the hard mask lines to vary the width of hard mask lines and associated side wall spacers. A gate layer is then etched through the spaces in the hard mask lines to form gate lines having varying widths and targeted CD.
US08067305B2	Electrically conductive structure on a semiconductor substrate formed from printing Provided are methods for forming an electrically conductive structure of a desired three-dimensional shape on a substantially planar surface of a substrate, e.g., a semiconductor wafer. Typically, the particulate matter is deposited in a layer-by-layer manner and adhered to selected regions on the substrate surface. The particulate matter may be deposited to produce a mold for forming the structure and/or to produce the structure itself. A three-dimensional printer with associated electronic data may be used without the need of a lithographic mask or reticle.
US08067302B2	Defect-free junction formation using laser melt annealing of octadecaborane self-amorphizing implants A method and apparatus for implanting a semiconductor substrate with boron clusters. A substrate is implanted with octadecaborane by plasma immersion or ion beam implantation. The substrate surface is then melted, resolidified, and annealed to completely dissociate and activate the boron clusters.
US08067296B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in which a thinned substrate of a semiconductor or semiconductor device is handled without cracks in the substrate and treated with heat to improve a contact between semiconductor back surface and metal in a high yield and a semiconductor device may be manufactured in a high yield. In the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention, a notched part is formed from a surface to a middle in a semiconductor substrate by dicing and the surface of the substrate is fixed to a support base. Next, a back surface of the substrate is ground to thin the semiconductor substrate and then a metal electrode and a carbon film that is a heat receiving layer are sequentially formed on the back surface of the substrate. Next, the carbon film is irradiated with light at a power density of 1 kW/cm2 to 1 MW/cm2 for a short time of 0.01 ms to 10 ms to transfer heat from the carbon film and alloy an interface between a semiconductor and the metal electrode. Subsequently, the semiconductor substrate is separated at the notched part into pieces.
US08067285B2	Methods of forming a conductive layer structure and methods of manufacturing a recessed channel transistor including the same In a method of forming a conductive layer structure and a method of manufacturing a recess channel transistor, a first insulating layer and a first conductive layer are sequentially formed on a substrate having a first region a second region and the substrate is exposed in a recess-forming area in the first region. A recess is formed in the recess-forming-area by etching the exposed region of the substrate. A second insulating layer is conformally formed on a sidewall and a bottom of the recess. A second conductive layer pattern is formed on the second insulating layer to fill up a portion of the recess. A spacer is formed on the second conductive layer pattern and on the second insulating layer on the sidewall of the recess. A third conductive layer pattern is formed on the second conductive layer pattern and the spacer to fill up the recess.
US08067283B2	Semiconductor device fabricating method A semiconductor device fabricating method is described. The semiconductor device fabricating method includes providing a substrate. A first gate insulating layer and a second gate insulating layer are formed on the substrate, respectively. A gate layer is blanketly formed. A portion of the gate layer, the first gate insulating layer and the second gate insulating layer are removed to form a first gate, a remaining first gate insulating layer, a second gate and a remaining second gate insulating layer. The remaining first gate insulating layer not covered by the first gate has a first thickness, and the remaining second gate insulating layer not covered by the second gate has a second thickness, wherein a ratio between the first thickness and the second thickness is about 10 to 20. A pair of first spacers and a pair of second spacers are formed on sidewalls of the first gate and the second gate, respectively.
US08067265B2	Electric devices and methods of manufaturing the same A process for manufacturing an electrical device, the process comprising the steps: providing a substrate; bringing a stamp into contact with the substrate whereby areas of the substrate contacted by the stamp have decreased wettability; and depositing a liquid comprising an electrically active material over areas of the substrate located between the areas of decreased wettability.
US08067252B2	Method for determining low-noise power spectral density for characterizing line edge roughness in semiconductor wafer processing According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for determining a power spectral density of an edge of at least one patterned feature situated over a semiconductor wafer includes measuring the edge of the at least one patterned feature at a number of points on the edge. The method further includes determining an autoregressive estimation of the edge of the at least one patterned feature using measured data corresponding to a number of points on the edge. The method further includes determining a power spectral density of the edge using autoregressive coefficients from the autoregressive estimation. The method further includes utilizing the power spectral density to characterize line edge roughness of the at least one patterned feature in a frequency domain.
US08067247B2	Use of anti-CD100 antibodies for the treatment of inflammatory disorders affecting the central or peripheral nervous system The invention relates to the use a BD16 and/or BB18 anti-CD100 antibody or of a chimeric or humanized or human form thereof, or a fragment thereof, for the therapy or diagnosis of a central nervous system disorder, more particularly a myelin disorder or a disease that affects oligodendrocytes, such as multiple sclerosis or HTLV-1 associated myelopathy or peripheral myelinating cells.
US08067231B2	Clostridial toxin activity assays Compositions useful for detecting Clostridial toxin activity comprising a cell that contains an exogenous Clostridial toxin substrate which comprises a fluorescent member, a membrane targeting domain and a Clostridial toxin recognition sequence comprising a cleavage site, where the cleavage site intervenes between the fluorescent member and the membrane targeting domain; and methods useful for determining Clostridial toxin activity using such Clostridial toxin substrates.
US08067230B2	Prostatic stem cells, isolation and uses Prostatic stem cells have been isolated. Benign prostatic hyperplasia and other proliferative diseases of the prostate may arise in prostatic stem cells. The prostatic stem cells are used as a research tool for studying cancer and other proliferative diseases of the prostate, and for developing diagnostics and therapeutics for proliferative diseases of the prostate. Antibodies to the antigens expressed by prostatic stem cells can be used as therapeutics or diagnostics or can be used to deliver therapeutic or diagnostic agents directly to the prostatic stem cells.
US08067225B2	Microalga species and its application for animal, human consumption and in obtaining carotenoids The invention relates to a novel microalga species and to the use thereof for animal and/or human consumption and in the production of carotenoids. A novel strain of Scenedesmus has been isolated at the Las Palmerillas experimental station, Cajamar, identified as microorganisms that had not been previously registered by the University of Gottinghem and deposited within the Culture Collection of Alagae and Protozoa (CCAP) as Scenedesmus almeriensis. The novel strain, which can be used for animal and/or human consumption, produces large quantities of carotenoids, particularly lutein and beta-carotene. Scenedesmus almeriensis grows adequately in a wide range of temperatures from 10° C. to 40° C. at a pH of between 7 and 9.5 and can tolerate high concentrations of copper, up to 1 mg/L. The microalgal strain is grown in a 4000 L photobioreactor, into which the culture is inserted mechanically, and produces less than 4 mg of lutein per gram of dry material. Said strain is suitable for the production of carotenoids that can be used in the treatment of ocular macular disorders.
US08067224B2	Presenilin associated membrane protein (PAMP) and uses thereof Presenilin Associated Membrane Protein (PAMP), and nucleic acids encoding this protein, are provided. PAMP and PAMP nucleic acids provide diagnostic and therapeutic tools for evaluating and treating or preventing neurodegenerative diseases. In a specific embodiment, mutations in PAMP are diagnostic for Alzheimer's Disease or spina bifida. The invention further relates to screening, particularly using high-throughput screens and transgenic animal models, for compounds that modulate the activity of PAMP and presenilins. Such compounds, or gene therapy with PAMP, can be used in treating neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's Disease. In addition, the invention provides PAMP mutants, nucleic acids encoding for PAMP mutants, and transgenic animals expressing PAMP mutants, which in a preferred aspect result in biochemical changes similar to those induced by mutations in βAPP, PS1, or PS2, associated with familial Alzheimer's disease.
US08067222B2	Pectate lyases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them The invention is directed to polypeptides having pectate lyase (pectinase) activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides of the invention can be used as pectate lyases to catalyze the beta-elimination or hydrolysis of pectin and/or polygalacturonic acid, such as 1,4-linked alpha-D-galacturonic acid. The invention provides methods of treating fibers, fabrics or any pectate- or polygalacturonic acid-comprising material using one or more pectate lyases of the invention.
US08067216B2	Method for macerating biological material and apparatus for carrying out said method In order to ensure consistently good maceration of biological material in an electroporation reactor, it is proposed to monitor the conductivity of the mixture therein and to detect any arcing which occurs therein. The results of such monitoring are used to modify the operating voltage of the electroporation reactor and/or the composition of the mixture located in the reactor channel.
US08067213B2	Production of thebaine and oripavine There is disclosed an improved poppy straw of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum for the extraction of thebaine and/or oripavine, the threshed straw having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine.
US08067203B2	Composition for treating porcine progressive atrophic rhinitis and making process thereof The present invention relates to an animal vaccine directed to progressive atrophic rhinitis (PAR), comprising at least two fragments of recombinant subunit Pasteurella multocida toxins (rsPMT) capable of eliciting the production of antibodies against Pasteurella multocida associated with PAR, and to a method for producing the animal vaccine of the invention, said fragments each having an amino acid sequence that substantially corresponds to the 2-486, 486-986 or 986-1281 amino acid residues of Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT), respectively. Also disclosed is a multivalent animal vaccine, comprising said fragments as active components against PAR, and at least a pathogenic antigen or epitope thereof associated with other animal disease(s), such as inactivated gE-deleted Pseudorabies virus.
US08067191B2	Method for detecting IL-16 activity and modulation of IL-16 activity based on rantes proxy protein levels Methods for detecting IL-16 biological activity, detecting modulation of IL-16 biological activity, and diagnosing the presence of or susceptibility of a subject to an IL-16-related disorder involve measuring and comparing the levels of RANTES proxy produced by eukaryotic cells, such as CD4+ and CD9+ cell lines, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, HuT-78 cells, and/or THP-1 cells.
US08067190B2	Use of protein SATB2 as a marker for colorectal cancer The invention provides new methods, means and uses in connection with detection, characterization and prognosis of colo-rectal cancer, via the identification of the SATB2 protein as a marker for this cancer type.
US08067186B2	Monoclonal antibody DS6, tumor-associated antigen CA6, and methods of use thereof The present application describes a monoclonal antibody selected from the group consisting of monoclonal antibody DS6, monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to the antigen or epitope bound by monoclonal antibody DS6, and fragments of the foregoing that specifically bind to the antigen or epitope bound by monoclonal antibody DS6. Methods of use of such antibodies and the isolated antigen bound by such antibodies are also described.
US08067183B2	Methods and compositions for development of drug screening procedures and diagnostic tools This invention defines novel research methodology for use in (a) monitoring the ongoing status of the physiological expression of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and (b) screening candidate therapeutic drug agents for possible effectiveness. The presence of this neurodegenerative disease can be characterized in part by the expression in cultured fibroblasts obtained from the patient of one or more proteins which are not the product of a defective disease-inducing gene, but which are stress proteins, one or more other proteins modified by conditions of oxidative stress or other disease-related proteins. This candidate drug screening technology offers advantages in terms of (a) providing new research opportunities, (b) cost effectiveness, (c) ability to be used readily on a large scale, (d) ability to generate meaningful data in a comparatively short period of time, and (e) providing an opportunity to obtain information based on direct interaction of a candidate drug and a living tissue disease model.
US08067177B2	Amplification methods Methods are provided for amplification and monitoring of oligonucleotide amplification in which a primer has an overlap with one or more bases of a detection probe.
US08067166B2	Chromosome 1p36 polymorphisms and low bone mineral density The invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing risk of low BMD and risk of osteoporosis based on the detection of SNP identity for human chromosome 1p36 polymorphisms designated in the NCBI SNP database (dbSNP) as rs2794328, rs446529, rs397559 and rs1802353.
US08067165B2	Binary probe and clamp composition and methods for target hybridization detection Binary probe and clamp compositions conduct methods for target hybridization detection. Where the probe is a substrate for exonuclease cleavage, the composition provides quantitation and detection of PCR products, by real-time and end-point measurements. Where the probe is an amplification primer, the composition provides an improved method for labelling and detection of PCR products. Probes and clamps may be labelled with fluorescent dyes, quenchers, hybridization-stabilizing moieties, chemiluminescent dyes, and affinity ligands. Clamps may be nucleic acid analogs, such as 2-aminoethylglycine PNA.
US08067162B2	Primer, primer set, and nucleic acid amplification method and mutation detection method using the same The present invention provides a primer that effectively can detect, for example, the double helix structure of a nucleic acid. The primer is a labeled nucleic acid containing at least one structure represented by the following formula (16), where B is an atomic group having a nucleobase skeleton, E is an atomic group having a deoxyribose skeleton, a ribose skeleton, or a structure derived from either one of them, or an atomic group having a peptide structure or a peptoid structure, and Z11 and Z12 are each an atomic group that exhibits fluorescence and are identical to or different from each other.
US08067156B2	Method for generating replication defective viral vectors that are helper free Sequences are provided that are capable of directing circular adeno-associated virus replication, useful in vectors for providing therapeutic agents to a subject in need thereof. The vectors of the invention are particularly useful in the treatment of acute medical conditions requiring rapid gene expression. Further provided are methods for producing packaged defective viral vectors.
US08067150B2	In-situ preservation (ISP) bridge method and solution for non-heart beating donors A method for rapid, in-situ flushing of organs of a non-heart beating donor, and solutions for carrying out the flushing, are provided. The method initiates organ preservation, and the solutions are formulated to counteract basic mechanisms of ischemic cell injury, and to activate known biochemical survival pathways in the cell. Viability of the organ for transplant is thus maintained.
US08067149B2	Acellular dermal matrix and method of use thereof for grafting A method for processing and preserving an acellular collagen-based tissue matrix for transplantation is disclosed. The method includes the steps of processing biological tissues with a stabilizing solution to reduce procurement damage, treatment with a processing solution to remove cells, treatment with a cryoprotectant solution followed by freezing, drying, storage and rehydration under conditions that preclude functionally significant damage and reconstitution with viable cells.
US08067145B2	Developing solution and method for producing lithography printing plate A developing solution includes at least one of a compound represented by formula (I) and a compound represented by formula (II) and being at pH 2 to 10: wherein, in the formula (I) and (II), R1 to R10 each independently represent one of a hydrogen atom an alkyl group; “l” represents an integer of 1 to 3; and X1 and X2 each independently represent one of a sulfonate salt, a sulfate monoester salt, a carboxylate salt and a phosphate salt, provided that the total sum of the carbon atoms in R1 to R5 and the total sum of the carbon atoms in R6 to R10, respectively is 3 or more.
US08067141B2	Electrographic carrier, developer, developing method, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge A carrier is provided including a core and a resin layer located overlying the core, wherein the carrier has a weight average particle diameter (Dw) of from 22 to 50 μm, a ratio (Dw/Dp) of the weight average particle diameter (Dw) to a number average particle diameter (Dp) of from 1 to 1.30, a shape factor SF-1 of from 100 to 120, and a shape factor SF-2 of from 100 to 120, and wherein the carrier comprises core particles satisfying the following relationship 0.52<(d/D)<1.0 in an amount of from 0 to 10,000 ppm by number: wherein D (μm) represents a diameter of a circle having the same area as that of a projected image of a core particle and d (μm) represents a diameter of a circle having the same area as that of a projected image of a maximum hollow present in the core particle.
US08067126B2	Fuel cell, method for operating full cell and fuel cell system A fuel cell, a method for operating a fuel cell and a fuel cell system, which ensure no dew condensation for a wet reaction gas in the inlet area of gas channels in plates in a fuel cell stack, are provided. Gas channels 2 and heat medium channels are disposed on one surface and the other surface of one plate 1, respectively. Gas channels are disposed on the other plate such that they face the gas channels 2 in the plate 1. A gas inlet header 3 is disposed at the upper part of the gas channel 2 in the plate 1 and a heat medium inlet header is disposed at the upper part of the heat medium channels such that they face the gas inlet header on the other side. Cooling water such as heat medium is supplied from the heat medium supply manifold hole 7 to the heat medium inlet header, thereby warming up the same. The water vapor in the reaction gas (wet fuel gas) is prevented from being condensed in the inlet area of the gas channels 2 by heating up the gas inlet header by the heat conduction.
US08067124B2	Fuel cell system A fuel cell system for removing sulfur compounds adsorbed on the surfaces of a catalyst. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell in which a plurality of unit cells, each having an electrolyte membrane held between electrode catalyst layers, are stacked, and a control device for recovering catalytic activity of the electrode catalyst layers by increasing an amount of water discharged from the electrode catalyst layers to a predetermined amount or more.
US08067120B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode containing a lithium-containing transition metal oxide as a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a non-aqueous solvent and a solute dissolved therein, and the non-aqueous solvent includes a solvent having an electron-withdrawing substituent. The solvent having an electron-withdrawing substituent includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic solvent, a nitrile solvent, a ketonic solvent, a fluorine-containing solvent, a chlorine-containing solvent and a carboxylic acid ester solvent. The separator includes a material containing an electron-withdrawing substituent or an atom having an unshared electron pair.
US08067118B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same A mixed positive electrode active material is used. The mixed positive electrode active material is obtained by mixing a layered oxide whose initial charge-discharge efficiency when lithium metal is used for a counter electrode is less than 100% (hereinafter referred to as a first layered oxide) and a layered oxide whose initial charge-discharge efficiency is 100% or more (hereinafter referred to as a second layered oxide). Examples of the first layered oxide include Li1+aMnxCoyNizO2. A sodium oxide such as LiANaBMnXCoYNiZO2 other than a layered compound from which lithium is previously extracted by acid treatment or the like can be used as the second layered oxide whose initial charge-discharge efficiency is 100% or more. A layered oxide obtained by replacing (ion exchange) sodium in the foregoing LiANaBMnXCoYNiZO2 with lithium can be also used as the second layered oxide.
US08067116B2	Highly reversible lithium intercalating electrode active material, preparation method thereof, electrode and secondary battery comprising the same Disclosed are an electrode active material, having a composition of SnPx (0.9≦x≦0.98), an electrode comprising the same, and a lithium secondary battery comprising the electrode. Also disclosed is a method for preparing an electrode active material having a composition of SnPx (0.9≦x≦0.98), the method comprising the steps of: preparing a mixed solution of a Sn precursor, trioctyl phosphine (TOP) and trioctyl phosphine oxide (TOPO); and heating the solution. The application of the teardrop-shaped single-crystal SnP0-94 particles as an anode active material for lithium secondary batteries can provide an anode having very excellent cycling properties because the active material has a reversible capacity, which is about two times as large as that of a carbon anode, along with a very low irreversible capacity, and it is structurally very stable against Li ion intercalation/deintercalation in a charge/discharge process, indicating little or no change in the volume thereof.
US08067113B2	Polymer battery module packaging sheet and a method of manufacturing the same A polymer battery module packaging sheet includes, as essential components, a base layer (61), an aluminum layer (62), chemical conversion coatings (64a, 64b) coating the opposite surfaces of the aluminum layer (62), and an innermost layer (63). The chemical conversion coatings (64a, 64b) are formed by processing the opposite surfaces of the aluminum layer (62) by a phosphate treatment method. The base layer (61) and the innermost layer (63) are bonded to the chemical conversion coatings (64a, 64b) of the aluminum layer (62) with adhesive layers (65a, 65b), respectively.
US08067110B2	Organic vapor sorbent protective device with thin-film indicator A sorbent media protective device includes an enclosure having a gas inlet, gas outlet and a thin-film multilayer indicator. The thin-film multilayer indicator is proximate sorbent media that can sorb a vapor of interest flowing from the gas inlet towards the gas outlet. The indicator includes a porous detection layer whose optical thickness changes in the presence of the vapor, located between a semireflective layer and a reflective layer permeable to the vapor. With equilibration at the applied vapor concentration between at least a portion of the media and the vapor, the vapor can pass through the reflective layer into the detection layer and change the detection layer optical thickness sufficiently to cause a visibly discernible change in the indicator appearance if viewed through the semireflective layer.
US08067101B2	Capacitor electrode and method of manufacturing the same This invention relates to a capacitor electrode which includes porous layers made of a fiber and/or a whisker containing crystal tungsten oxides. The tungsten oxide fiber and/or whisker contain W18O49 as a main ingredient. The tungsten oxide fiber and/or whisker are made on a substrate. When manufacturing the capacitor electrode the substrate or its precursor is heated in vacuo or in an inactive containing a minute amount of oxygen, thereby completing the fiber and/or whisker.
US08067096B2	Electrode material for electrolytic capacitor There is provided an electrode material for electrolytic capacitor that attains an unprecedentedly high capacitance. The electrode material for electrolytic capacitor comprises a layer of valve metal particles furnished on the surface thereof with an oxide film, the layer having a porosity of 20 to 60% and a specific surface area of 30×103 to 400×103 cm2/cm3, wherein the valve metal particles are mixed together, with the particle diameters exhibiting a given distribution at least within the range of 0.005 to 0.1 μm, and form a base material surface, and wherein the valve metal consists of aluminum, and wherein the composition ratio of Al/O of the layer of valve metal particles furnished on the surface thereof with the oxide film is within the range of 2.0 to 5.5. The electrode material thus realizes high capacitance.
US08067091B2	Dimensionally stable, leak-free graphite substrate A method for preparing resin-impregnated graphite articles, including providing a sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite having two major surfaces; impregnating the sheet with a first resin system to form a resin-impregnated sheet; surface treating the resin-impregnated sheet to form at least one structure on at least one of the major surfaces of the sheet to form a surface treated sheet; and treating the sheet with a second resin system.
US08067082B2	White film and backlight using same A white film including polymer film wherein both the thermal shrinkage rate in the longitudinal direction and that in the transverse direction of the film are not less than −0.2% and not more than 0.5% at 90° C., and a backlight for liquid crystal displays using such a white film. Since the white film hardly suffers from undulation or rise in its end portions, it is most suitable as a reflection film for backlights of liquid crystal displays. Since a backlight for liquid crystal displays using this white film can be used for a long time, it is applicable to liquid crystal displays of various electrical/electronic devices.
US08067081B2	Screen, projection system, front projection television receiver, and screen manufacturing method A screen includes: a reflection surface which reflects projection light, wherein a plurality of convexes are disposed on the reflection surface, and each of the convexes contains a spherical surface having a ¼ spherical shape, a curved surface having curvature larger than curvature of the spherical surface and disposed along an end of the spherical surface, and a cover surface having a flat surface shape and disposed at an end of the curved surface.
US08067077B2	Webs and methods of making same There are disclosed methods of making RFID transponder webs and intermediate webs such as RFID strap webs and antenna webs, as well as such webs per se.
US08067064B2	Removable two-part glaze and textured paint system for decorative finishing A process for making a faux finish with a two-part reactive system of materials includes providing a base material liquid of Poly Vinyl Acetate resin and water mixed with a dry powder functional filler and adding an activator liquid to the base material liquid. The activating liquid is a mixture of water and muriate of potash or boric acid product.
US08067062B2	Carbon nano tube electrode formed by directly growing carbon nano tube on surface of carbon paper and supporting platinum-based nano catalyst on carbon nano tube using CVD method and manufacturing method thereof A platinum-based nano catalyst supported carbon nano tube electrode and a manufacturing method thereof, more particularly to a manufacturing method of a carbon nano tube electrode and a carbon nano tube electrode supported with the platinum-based catalyst by growing the carbon nano tube on the surface of the carbon paper and using a CVD method on the surface of the carbon nano tube. By growing the carbon nano tube directly, the broad surface area and excellent electric conductivity of the carbon nano tube can be utilized maximally, and especially, the nano catalyst particles with minute sizes on the surface of the carbon nano tube by using the CVD method as a supporting method of the platinum-based catalyst on the surface of the carbon nano tube, the amount of the platinum can be minimized and still shows an efficient catalyst effect and by improving the catalyst activity by increasing the distribution, so academic and industrial application in the future is highly expected.
US08067060B2	Method for depositing a polymer layer on a surface of a support comprising at least a recessed zone A polymer layer is deposited on a surface of a support, said surface comprising a flat main part and at least one recessed zone with respect to the flat main part. The polymer layer is achieved by at least the following successive steps: deposition of a predetermined quantity of a liquid mixture comprising at least a polymer or at least a precursor of said polymer on the flat main part of the surface of the support, introducing at least a part of the liquid mixture into the recessed zone by moving a cylinder placed on the flat main part of the surface, deposition of an additional quantity of liquid mixture on the flat main part of the surface, and rotation of the support along an axis perpendicular to the plane of the surface.
US08067059B2	Hydrophobic composites and particulates and applications thereof Novel hydrophobic composites, particularly hydrophobic particulates and free-flowing hydrophobic aggregates and methods utilizing same are disclosed.
US08067057B2	Dispenser for liquid crystal display panel and method for controlling gap between substrate and nozzle using the same A dispenser for a liquid crystal display panel includes a syringe having a nozzle provided at an end thereof, a body in which the syringe is mounted, a vertical driving stepping motor for moving the body in a vertical direction, a first sensor for detecting whether the nozzle of the syringe is in contact with a substrate, a second sensor for detecting a gap distance between the nozzle and the substrate, and a main unit for controlling the vertical driving stepping motor in response to an output from the second sensor to obtain a desired gap distance between the nozzle and the substrate.
US08067056B2	Method for producing tamper-proof identification elements The invention relates to a method for producing tamper-proof identification elements, and to tamper-proof identification elements produced according to said method and consisting respectively of at least one layer (2) reflecting electromagnetic waves (3), a spacer layer, and a layer consisting of metallic clusters (4). According to said method, a partial or all-over layer reflecting electromagnetic waves is applied to a carrier substrate (1), followed by at least one partial and/or all-over polymer layer having a defined thickness (3), and a layer consisting of metallic clusters which is produced by means of a method using vacuum technology or from systems based on solvents is then applied to said spacer layer(s).
US08067045B2	Nutritional formulations and associated methods Nutritional formulations and methods for imparting positive health benefits to a subject are disclosed and described. In particular, methods and nutritional formulations for providing increased absorption of antioxidants are taught. In some aspects, the nutritional formulation can include Gac fruit extract in combination with at least one other antioxidant. Such nutritional formulations can in some respects produce enhanced or synergistic results with respect to the amount of antioxidants absorbed by a subject.
US08067036B2	Gnetum extract Gnetum extract which can be obtained from Gnetum fruit or Gnetum seeds that provide antimicrobial action and antioxidative effect (radical scavenging action) without carrying out special operation. The relevant Gnetum extract has various physiological (pharmacological) actions and can be used as active ingredients of foods , nourishments (nutritional supplements), medicines, cosmetics, etc. In addition, Gnetum extract is obtained by immersing sliced or ground Gnetum fruit or Gnetum seeds in water or water containing organic solvent and aging.
US08067035B2	Chlorite formulations, and methods of preparation and use thereof Described herein are chlorite formulations having a pH between about 7 and about 8.5, wherein the chlorite formulations are substantially free of deleterious non-chlorite components. Described herein are chlorite formulations, including pharmaceutical formulations, which are formulated for systemic, parenteral, or intravenous administration. Described herein are methods of preparing and methods of using the chlorite formulations described herein.
US08067034B2	Functional food for ameliorating endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm and functional food for ameliorating circadian rhythm Disclosed are agents for phase-adjusting or enhancing the amplitude of an endogenous melatonin secretion rhythm and for improving a circadian rhythm, as well as functional food containing such an agent, which may prevent or ameliorate various symptoms, such as sleep disorder or prolonged sleep latency. The agent contains whey as the active component.
US08067016B2	Fusion proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis The present invention relates to fusion proteins containing at least two Mycobacterium species antigens. In particular, it relates to nucleic acids encoding fusion proteins that include two or more individual M. tuberculosis antigens, which increase serological sensitivity of sera from individuals infected with tuberculosis, and methods for their use in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis infection.

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