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US08095595B2	Summarization of immersive collaboration environment A system (and corresponding method) that enables automatic (and/or manual) summarization of significant events that occur within a collaborative discussion is provided. The summarization promotes efficient review and asynchronous participation where a user can trigger playback of a series of events that occurred within a discussion. The system can automatically summarize ‘high points’ or significant events from within an immersive collaborative environment. ‘World-marks’ or other tags can be employed to mark, locate and/or render the summarized content.
US08095594B2	System for performing collaborative tasks A system for performing collaborative tasks which permits collaborators to determine the form of a model of the collaborative work, to modify the model in the course of the collaborative work, and to use the model to access information related to the collaborative work. A graphical user interface permits collaborators to view the model and the information accessible via the model in various ways as well as to modify the model and the information. The information related to the collaborative work includes documents, discussions, email, reminders, and alerts. In a disclosed embodiment of the system, the model is made up of model entities which belong to hierarchies. A model entity may be a member of more than one hierarchy and the different hierarchies are used to provide different views of the model.
US08095585B2	Efficient implementation of multidimensional fast fourier transform on a distributed-memory parallel multi-node computer The present in invention is directed to a method, system and program storage device for efficiently implementing a multidimensional Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of a multidimensional array comprising a plurality of elements initially distributed in a multi-node computer system comprising a plurality of nodes in communication over a network, comprising: distributing the plurality of elements of the array in a first dimension across the plurality of nodes of the computer system over the network to facilitate a first one-dimensional FFT; performing the first one-dimensional FFT on the elements of the array distributed at each node in the first dimension; re-distributing the one-dimensional FFT-transformed elements at each node in a second dimension via “all-to-all” distribution in random order across other nodes of the computer system over the network; and performing a second one-dimensional FFT on elements of the array re-distributed at each node in the second dimension, wherein the random order facilitates efficient utilization of the network thereby efficiently implementing the multidimensional FFT. The “all-to-all” re-distribution of array elements is further efficiently implemented in applications other than the multidimensional FFT on the distributed-memory parallel supercomputer.
US08095580B2	Providing content to users A method of providing content to users, with a tool incorporated in a website, includes searching a content database; selecting content from the database; and printing the selected content in book form. A system for providing content includes a content tool; and a service module. The content tool is incorporated in a website and is in communication with the service module. The content tool and service module allow visitors to the website to search, select and customize content located in a database accessible to the service module. The content tool and service module allow the visitors to order a copy of the content.
US08095577B1	Managing metadata A method is used in managing metadata. Data of an object is stored in a magnetic hard disk set in an object addressable data storage system. Metadata for the object is stored in an SSD set in the object addressable data storage system. The metadata includes information necessary for determining the location of the data of the object in the magnetic hard disk set.
US08095570B2	Decorated model architecture for efficient model-driven application development A method for implementing a model-driven architecture, including defining a principal model having a plurality of classes, references, attributes, and associations between any of the classes, the model configured to facilitate the automatic generation of at least one resource for use by a computer-executable application, where a change to the principal model subsequent to performing the automatic generation requires the automatic generation be performed again in order to effect the change for use by the application, defining a decoration model having a class, reference, and attribute for any corresponding one of the primary model classes, references, and attributes, where a change to the decoration model subsequent to performing the automatic generation does not require the automatic generation be performed again in order to effect the change for use by the application, mapping the decoration model to the principal model, and storing both of the models on a computer-readable medium.
US08095564B2	Configuring computer systems with business configuration information A configuration server includes a configuration repository that stores a wide range of configuration information for possible use by application programs. The configuration repository may include configuration parameters, settings for the parameters, and meta-data of definitions and descriptions of the parameters. Configuration information is selected from the configuration repository and stored in a configuration directory for later use by application programs at runtime. The configuration information is accessed from the configuration directory when needed by an application program or a component thereof.
US08095562B2	Configuring computer systems with business configuration information A configuration server includes a configuration repository that stores a wide range of configuration information for possible use by application programs. The configuration repository may include configuration parameters, settings for the parameters, and meta-data of definitions and descriptions of the parameters. Configuration information is selected from the configuration repository and stored in a configuration directory for later use by application programs at runtime. The configuration information is accessed from the configuration directory when needed by an application program or a component thereof.
US08095548B2	Methods, program product, and system of data management having container approximation indexing Systems, program product, and methods of data management are provided. The system can include a computer having memory, a dataset including a relatively large number of records, and container approximation indexing program product stored in the memory of the computer and adapted to cause the computer to sort the dataset of records by key field values into a finite number of data containers being less than or equal to a maximum number of file descriptors permitted to be simultaneously opened.
US08095546B1	Book content item search Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products are provided for ranking distinct book content items based on implicit links to other distinct book content items. The implicit links are defined based on the identification of matching features in the distinct book content items. In some implementations, the matching features are uncommon phrases in textual content of the distinct book content items. Edges representing implicit links are generated between distinct nodes representing distinct book content items in a weighted graph. Search results for distinct book content items can be ordered based on the edges connected to the distinct nodes in the weighted graph that represent the distinct book content items.
US08095530B1	Detecting common prefixes and suffixes in a list of strings A computer-implemented method includes receiving a plurality of character strings. The number of strings (M) in the plurality of strings having a unique substring of X characters at an extremity of the string is determined, the number of strings (N) in the plurality of strings having at least X characters in the string is determined. A probability is determined, based on a predetermined model for a distribution of characters in the strings, that the unique substring of X characters would occur M or more times out of the N strings, given that the unique character string occurs at least once. Based on the probability, the number M, and the number N, it is determined that the unique character string is a significant affix in the plurality of character strings, and the unique character string is stored.
US08095526B2	Efficient retrieval of variable-length character string data Prefixes are registered on a first list as index elements for respective registration patterns. Each prefix is selected as the longest of different-length prefixes that are extractable from a registration pattern in accordance with an extraction rule. Suffixes, which are the remaining parts of the registration patterns excluding the respective prefixes, are registered on a second list. Using different-length prefixes that are extracted from a retrieval key in accordance with the extraction rule, a prefix retriever searches the first list to retrieve a registration pattern whose prefix matches any of the prefixes of the retrieval key. A suffix checker carries out a check on the suffix of the registration pattern retrieved by the prefix retriever, among the suffixes on the second list, as to whether the suffix of the registration pattern matches the suffix of the retrieval key.
US08095524B2	Method and system for integrating personal information search and interaction on web/desktop applications A system for integrating personal information search and interaction on web and desktop applications comprises enabling a user-interface (UI) component of an application for the entry of a query the UI component associated with context information. Entry of the query based on a natural language grammar is parsed to determine at least one natural language element. Element types associated with each natural language element are generated. A query command from a command list based on the natural language elements, the element types and the context information is interpreted. The query with arguments based on the natural language elements of the natural language query are executed to determine a result. The transformed result is output through said UI component by replacing said result for said query wherein outputting said transformed result comprises automatically adding email addresses, attachments and maps to said UI component.
US08095522B2	Method of searching for information in a database The present invention relates to a method of searching for information in a database, the method comprising the steps of: presenting at least one item of data to an observer and measuring at least physiological parameter of the observer; and in the presence of a variation in the physiological parameter greater than a predetermined threshold, presenting an item of data having a relationship with the previously-presented data item.
US08095515B2	Approximating relation sizes using field dependencies A method and system is provided for computing an approximation of the number of distinct results of a query over a relational data source. The approximation uses information about dependencies between fields of relations, in particular the number of distinct values of a field for each possible value of another field. This information can be obtained by analysis of the data stored in the relational data source, or may be specified as annotations to a database schema. An approximation of the number of results is and the dependencies between fields of each part of the query are computed. The approximation can be used to reorder parts of a query, by using the estimated size of parts to guide reordering. The approximation can further be used to determine which parts of a query are relevant to the evaluation of a subquery, which can be used to guide the magic sets transformation.
US08095513B2	Safe buffer A method and system for implementing a safe buffer is described herein. The method includes implementing a buffer class that ensures that accesses to memory are performed in a safe manner. The buffer class may be a handle to protected resources in memory. The buffer class may exploit methods to read and write to memory that ensures that read and writes are performed to valid memory locations within buffer bounds.
US08095508B2	Intelligent data storage and processing using FPGA devices A data storage and retrieval device and method is disclosed. The device includes at least one magnetic storage medium configured to store target data and at least one re-configurable logic device comprising an FPGA coupled to the at least one magnetic storage medium and configured to read a continuous stream of target data therefrom, having been configured with a template or as otherwise desired to fit the type of search and data being searched. The re-configurable logic device is configured to receive at least one search inquiry in the form of a data key and to determine a match between the data key and the target data as it is being read from the at least one magnetic storage medium. This device and method can perform a variety of searches on the target data including without limitation exact and approximate match searches, sequence match searches, image match searches and data reduction searches. This device and method may be provided as part of a stand-alone computer system, embodied in a network attached storage device, or can otherwise be provided as part of a computer LAN or WAN. In addition to performing search and data reduction operations, this device may also be used to perform a variety of other processing operations including encryption, decryption, compression, decompression, and combinations thereof.
US08095501B1	Automatic enforcement or relationships in a database schema A technique for enforcing a database relationship is disclosed. The technique includes specifying within a database schema a reference type that associates two structures and specifies the relationship between the two structures, and automatically generating code that checks the relationship between the two structures based on the specified reference in the database schema.
US08095489B2	System and method of real-time group intelligence creation with mass volume of web-based thinking grids A Real-Time Group Intelligence Creation System 100 comprising of Group Intelligence Creation Controller 200, Facilitator Expert System 300, Adaptive Group Intelligence Mining Engine 400, Intelligent Web Communicator 500, Idea and Solution Source Data Server 600, and Classification, Extraction, Thinking Pattern and Hint Data Server 700. The System extends traditional computational grid to include idea creations and problem solving generations to form a collaborative thinking grid that is made up of mass volume of participants using either mobile device or stationary device, and is without the need of face-to-face interaction. The System uses both shallow knowledge and deep knowledge mining agents to mine unstructured ideas and solutions in real-time for unifying multiple topics and generating classifications, extractions, thinking patterns and hints. This information are provided to participants during creation processes in order to simulate and accelerate participants' thinking further. The System's group intelligence creation processes is without time limited and eliminates the need of using paper or board medias. The System allows participant to participate simultaneously in multiple topics, and to switch between thinker role and viewer role during creation processes.
US08095483B2	Support vector machine—recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE) Identification of a determinative subset of features from within a group of features is performed by training a support vector machine using training samples with class labels to determine a value of each feature, where features are removed based on their the value. One or more features having the smallest values are removed and an updated kernel matrix is generated using the remaining features. The process is repeated until a predetermined number of features remain which are capable of accurately separating the data into different classes.
US08095482B2	System and method to learn and deploy an optimal user experience in an online system Methods and systems to learn an optimal user experience. The system receives a request over a network from a user. The request includes context information. The system identifies a response to the request is to be utilized to learn whether a first interface component included in a first plurality of interface components is an optimal choice for a first decision. The response includes an interface. The interface includes the first interface component. The system identifies the response to the request is to be utilized based on the context information. Finally, the system communicates the response over the network to the user.
US08095479B2	Plant control apparatus and method having functions of determining appropriate learning constraint conditions There is provided a control apparatus including a function of generating an operation signal applied to a control subject and a model that simulates characteristics of the control subject, a function of receiving an evaluation value signal calculated based on a measurement signal obtained by applying the operation signal to the control subject and the model, and a function of learning to generate the operation signal such that an expected value of the sum of the evaluation value signals obtained from a present state to a future state is either maximum or minimum in which the evaluation value signal calculated based on the measurement signal from the model is calculated by adding a first evaluation value obtained based on a deviation between the measurement signal obtained from the model and a setpoint value, and a second evaluation value obtained based on a difference in characteristics between the model and the control subject.
US08095478B2	Method and system for calculating importance of a block within a display page A method and system for identifying the importance of information areas of a display page. An importance system identifies information areas or blocks of a web page. A block of a web page represents an area of the web page that appears to relate to a similar topic. The importance system provides the characteristics or features of a block to an importance function that generates an indication of the importance of that block to its web page. The importance system “learns” the importance function by generating a model based on the features of blocks and the user-specified importance of those blocks. To learn the importance function, the importance system asks users to provide an indication of the importance of blocks of web pages in a collection of web pages.
US08095476B2	Automated support scheme for electronic forms Actions associated with entering information into different fields of an electronic form are monitored. The types of support provided for entering the information into the different fields can be dynamically varied according to monitored user actions or according to the context or categories of users, fields, or forms. Different types of query or search engines can be used to further identify the context, intent, or meaning of information entered into the different fields. The identified context, intents, or meanings are then used to provide further on-line support. Other analytics of both field entries and user actions can also be used to provide addition help when entering information into the on-line forms.
US08095465B2	Methods and apparatus for preventing fraud in payment processing transactions A method includes receiving an authorization request for a purchase transaction, and determining whether the authorization request arose from proximity-reading a proximity payment device. The method further includes mapping a first account number included in the authorization request into a second account number associated with the first account number if it is determined that the authorization request arose from proximity-reading a proximity payment device and if the first account number is qualified for mapping. In addition, the method includes transmitting the authorization request to an issuer financial institution with the second account number substituted for the first account number in the authorization request.
US08095463B1	System and method for prepaid account replenishment A system and method for replenishing prepaid account balances is disclosed. Consumers are issued a prepaid account card similar to a credit card. Funds are added to prepaid accounts at retail locations by providing cash or equivalent to a clerk along with the prepaid account card. The clerk swipes the prepaid account card in an authorization terminal and rings up the transaction in a manner similar to a normal credit card transaction. The transaction is transmitted to a bank which processes the transaction and notifies a replenishment system that the customer has added value to the prepaid account. The replenishment system provides the customer with a confirmation number associated with the transaction. The replenishment system notifies a prepaid engine for the prepaid account. The prepaid engine updates the user's prepaid account balance, thereby making funds available for future purchases by the user. The user may also add funds to the prepaid account via an automated teller machine (ATM), via the Internet or by dialing certain feature codes on a wireless telephone.
US08095451B2	Method and system for conducting electronic auctions with aggregate lotting for transformation bidding An auction methodology wherein individual demands are bid in lots and an aggregation of several lots is then run as an individual lot to determine if the buyer can attract a lower price offering from bidders by selecting to award the total volume of all of the individual lots to one bidder. A bidder-specific transformation factor for the aggregate lot is computed by combining selected transformed values (one for each lot) that take into account that bidder's price offerings for individual lots and the buyer-specified transformation factors for that bidder. Each bidder is then invited to bid a discount percentage for the aggregate lot. This discount percentage is then used along with the bidder-specific transformation factor to generate that bidder's transformed value for the aggregate lot. The bidder with the lowest transformed value for the aggregate lot may be selected as the winning bidder. The combination of bid transformation and lot aggregation results in obtaining an optimum bid for the buyer because it allows the buyer to accurately evaluate the bids received for the aggregate lot.
US08095438B2	Methods and systems for assigning interchange rates to financial transactions using an interchange network A method for assigning an interchange rate to a financial transaction is provided. The method uses at least one input device in communication with an interchange database. The financial transaction is initiated by a cardholder using a card over a card interchange, the card having been issued by an issuer bank. The method includes the steps of storing issuer data within the interchange database, the issuer data including whether the issuer bank has entered into a special relationship with the interchange.
US08095437B2	Detecting missing files in financial transactions by applying business rules A financial transactions control system for imposing controls on the processing of financial transactions may include a storage system configured to store records relating to the financial transactions and a set of user-specified business rules, each of which specifies a grouping of a subset of the records, and an exception identification system configured to identify each record that is missing based on the absence of the record from one of the groupings.
US08095434B1	Automatically performing varying levels of summarization of geographic data points in response to a user's selection of zoom level A facility for summarizing a set of data points each having a geographic location is described. The facility specifies the display of a map showing a geographic area the specified by a user. The facility identifies a number of geographic regions in the geographic area that are of a type that is automatically selected by the facility in response to the identity of the geographic area. The map indicates, for a least one of the identified geographic regions, information that summarizes one or more aspects of the data points of the set that have geographic locations contained in the identified geographic region.
US08095431B1	Online system and method of reporting related to orders for consumer product having specific configurations An online system for generating reports related to consumer product online orders is provided. The system comprises at least one presentation application operable to capture user online session data including a presentation application identifier, session identifier, user data, user click stream data, and product configurations selected by the user. A session report message incorporating the user online session data is generated. The system further comprises a web server in communication with the presentation application and operable to receive the session report message. A report processor is operable to receive the session report message, and storing the user online session data in a report database.
US08095430B2	Demand aggregation in a geo-spatial network A method, apparatus, and system of demand aggregation in a geo-spatial network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes creating an item group associated with a registered user of a geo-spatial network, inviting a set of neighboring users geo-spatially proximate to the registered user to join the item group, placing at least one of the set of neighboring users as a member of the item group and/or communicating items of the item group to a set of providers of the items of the item group. The method may includes placing a good and/or a service in the item group, and/or generating a frequency data, a pricing data, a unit data, and/or a time data. The method may further include geo-fencing the item group in an area that encompasses a neighborhood community in a threshold geographical radius from the registered user who creates the item group.
US08095426B2	System and method for comparative sizing between a well-fitting source item and a target item A comparative sizing method in which at least one well-fitting source item is received having at least one source item property associated therewith and a target item having at least one associated target item property for which a resultant comparative sizing recommendation is being requested based on the at least one source item as specified by its at least one source item property associated therewith. Each source item and the target item is correlated with each database item having associated database item properties in a database based on source-database item matches and target database item matches. The resultant comparative sizing recommendation is determined based on the correlated source-database item matches and target-database item matches.
US08095412B1	Method and system for evaluating expansion of a business A method for evaluating expansion of a business where the business is located in a first geographic area. The method includes receiving information about the business, querying a business information source and a demographic information source using the information, receiving data from the business information source and the demographic information source in response to the querying, processing the data using business expansion factors to obtain a rank order, where the data comprises a plurality of potential geographic areas for expanding the business, where the plurality of potential geographic areas are evaluated on the business expansion factors to determine a similarity to the first geographic area to obtain a rank order, and presenting, in the rank order, each of the plurality of potential geographic areas.
US08095400B2	Online waiting room system, method and computer program product An exemplary embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system, method and computer program product which may include providing an online waiting room and gatekeeper for controlling access to users in a plurality of tiered classification standby lines, seeking access to an online event.
US08095389B2	Computer systems and methods for selecting subjects for clinical trials Computers, computer program products, and methods for identifying a plurality of subjects for a clinical trial are provided. A candidate set of molecular profiles in a stored plurality of molecular profiles are identified. Each such profile has measurements for a discriminating set of cellular constituents that match the measurements of corresponding cellular constituents in a responder set of biological samples, thereby identifying the plurality of subjects for the trial from those subjects from which the candidate set of molecular profiles were derived. Each respective molecular profile in the stored plurality of profiles has measurements of a plurality of cellular constituents from a respective biological sample in a plurality of samples obtained from a first plurality of subjects. The discriminating set of cellular constituents is identified from those cellular constituents in the plurality of cellular constituents whose measurement values discriminates between the responder and nonresponder sets of biological samples.
US08095386B2	System and method for using and maintaining a master matching index A master matching index (MMI) is accessible to a plurality of entities connected over a network. Access to the MMI is provided via MMI adapters distributed among the entities. A distributed MMI adapter contains matching algorithms that specify how record queries from its associated entity should be compared against information in the MMI. Accordingly, an MMI may be searched for matches according to matching algorithms specified by disparate entities.
US08095385B2	Method and system to track customer purchases A system and method for identifying transactions relating to a single customer in a data set received from a plurality of outlets (402), such that one patient's (404) pharmaceutical prescription data may be linked (406) to represent the entire pharmaceutical purchases of said patient is disclosed (414).
US08095381B2	Remote patient support and care by relatives A telemonitoring central server 12 supports secure data exchange between a number of users, such as a patient, family and friends, medical personnel, suppliers, and the like. A user authenticator 20 authenticates and authorizes a user to the system. Access control is driven by a number of static or dynamic access profiles that are assigned to each user. These profiles dictate the data to which the user is allowed access, the computations available to the user, and the manner in which data is displayed to the user. The presentation style is based on access role, user, age, background, result of previous interactions, information content, authentication level, and the like. Third-party services such as advertisements and discounts for “get well soon” items can also be provided to the user.
US08095378B2	Automated system for managing the selection of clinical items and documentation for a clinical event A method in a computer system for preparing for a clinical event is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes the steps of identifying a preference card associated with the clinical event, the preference card including a list of predefined clinical item values, accessing at least one patient-specific demographic value; determining whether at least one of the predefined clinical item values is incompatible with at least one patient-specific demographic value, and updating the preference card if at least one of the predefined clinical item values is incompatible with at least one patient-specific demographic value.
US08095377B2	Method and apparatus for matching buyers and sellers in an anonymous online marketplace In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for matching buyers and sellers in an anonymous online marketplace. One embodiment of a method for defining a community of network users includes collecting data relating to the network users, where the data is of at least one of the following types: demographic information relating to the network users, Internet Protocol address information relating to the network users, and Internet Protocol traffic information relating to the network users. The collected data is then anonymized, where the anonymizing is performed individually for each type of data. The anonymized data is aggregated to generate an activity-to-demographic mapping representative of network activity associated with particular demographics of the community of network users.
US08095376B2	Method and system for ordering print products by electronic mail A automated method, system and computer program for ordering print products by electronic mail. An e-mail request for business cards or other print products, such as postcards or calendars, is generated by a user of an e-mail system and sent to a management system including a management program which, in response, causes the system to selectively retrieve additional information associated with the e-mail request from one or more databases. The management system then prepares the business card order, or other print product order, using the retrieved information. The databases may be internet accessible directory services or other types of databases which the management system can look up using the originating e-mail address contained in the e-mail request in order to retrieve the additional information. The print product order can be prepared by importing the additional information, such as print product, shipping, billing and/or approval information, into one or more templates.
US08095372B2	Digital process and arrangement for authenticating a user of a database Digital process for authentication of a user of a database for access to protected data or a service reserved for a defined circle of users or for the use of data currently entered by the user, wherein a voice sample currently enunciated during an access attempt by the user is routed to a voice analysis unit and, herein, a current voice profile is computed and this is compared in a voice profile comparison unit against a previously stored initial voice profile and, in response to a positive comparison result, the user is authenticated and a first control signal enabling access, but in response to a negative comparison result a second control signal disabling access or triggering a substitute authentication procedure is generated.
US08095362B2	Method and system for reducing effects of noise producing artifacts in a speech signal Methods and systems are presented for reducing effect of noise producing artifacts in a speech signal. An example method includes obtaining a plurality of incoming samples representative of a speech subframe, summing an energy level for each of the plurality of samples to generate a total input level, determining whether the speech subframe is in a silence area using the total input level, setting a gain value as a function of the total input level in response to the speech subframe being in the silence area, wherein the function results in the gain value increasing as the total input value increases and the gain value decreasing as the total input value decreases, multiplying the plurality of samples by the gain value to produce modified samples, generating a digital speech signal using the modified samples, and converting using a digital-to-analog converter, the digital speech signal into an analog signal.
US08095359B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding an audio signal using adaptively switched temporal resolution in the spectral domain Perceptual audio codecs make use of filter banks and MDCT in order to achieve a compact representation of the audio signal, by removing redundancy and irrelevancy from the original audio signal. During quasi-stationary parts of the audio signal a high frequency resolution of the filter bank is advantageous in order to achieve a high coding gain, but this high frequency resolution is coupled to a coarse temporal resolution that becomes a problem during transient signal parts by producing audible pre-echo effects. The invention achieves improved coding/decoding quality by applying on top of the output of a first filter bank a second non-uniform filter bank, i.e. a cascaded MDCT. The inventive codec uses switching to an additional extension filter bank (or multi-resolution filter bank) in order to re-group the time-frequency representation during transient or fast changing audio signal sections. By applying a corresponding switching control, pre-echo effects are avoided and a high coding gain and a low coding delay are achieved.
US08095352B2	System and method for automatic selection of transmission line macromodels Transmission line macromodels can be classified into main categories of delay-extraction and rational approximation. The exponential solution of the Telegrapher's Equation is used to create a system and method that enable a time-domain circuit simulator to automatically select the most appropriate macromodel for a given transmission line structure.
US08095350B2	Three-dimensional structure of the APOBEC 2 structure, uses thereof, and methods for treating chronic and infectious diseases Three-dimensional structure of APOBEC-2 and other structure models of APOBEC proteins obtained by computer modeling that bear similarity with a root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) of 2.0 with the APOBEC-2 monomer, dimer or tetramer. Uses of the three-dimensional structure of APOBEC-2 and models of APOBEC proteins particularly for structure-based drug design of compounds, peptides or mutant APOBEC proteins designed to treat Hyper-IgM-2 Syndrome, B cell lymphomas and lentivirus infections, particularly the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Methods for identifying a compound that binds to any fragment of an APOBEC protein. The method includes obtaining the three dimensional structure of the APOBEC-2 monomer, dimer or tetramer and identifying or designing one or more compounds that bind, mimic, enhance, disrupt, or compete with interactions of APOBEC family proteins with themselves, their nucleic acid substrates and other cellular or viral proteins based on the three dimensional structure of the APOBEC-2 protein.
US08095341B2	Systems, methods, and tools for proofing a computer-aided design object Systems, methods, and tools for proofing computer-aided design (CAD) objects (e.g., CAD drawings or models). The objects are implemented with CAD software and represent an apparatus. An exemplary method includes receiving a CAD object representing the apparatus, determining criteria for proofing the CAD object, determining rules, extracting items of interest from the CAD object, comparing the extracted items with the rules, and tagging the extracted items based on the comparisons. An exemplary criterion for proofing the CAD object is the type of material (e.g., a type of plastic material) for the apparatus to be manufactured in.
US08095327B2	Power supply apparatus for operation A power supply apparatus for operation for outputting power to a surgical instrument includes a temperature detection section for detecting a temperature of the surgical instrument, and an abnormality detection section for detecting an abnormality of the surgical instrument on the basis of the detected temperature. The temperature detection section detects the temperature by measuring the electric capacitance of the surgical instrument or directly measures the temperature of the surgical instrument by using a temperature measurement device. More specifically, the abnormality detection section detects the abnormality according to whether or not a temperature variation amount of the surgical instrument per unit time exceeds a predetermined threshold. Further, when the abnormality detection section detects an abnormality, the abnormality detection section stops the output of the power to the surgical instrument. By detecting an abnormality in the manner described above, the surgical instrument can be prevented from being broken.
US08095319B2	System and method for fault identification A system, which may be and/or may include a computer system, and method for identifying a fault patch position from a seismic data volume. The system and method may include defining an initial active surface in the seismic data volume; identifying one or more active surfaces by minimizing the value of a function for energy; tracking back the active surfaces to find a set of control points; and producing the fault patch position formed by the set of control points.
US08095300B2	Method and device for generating a speed profile for an aircraft during a taxiing A method and device for generating a speed profile for an aircraft rolling on the ground.The device (1) comprises means (8) for automatically determining a speed profile which is suited to successive elements of a ground rolling trajectory and which complies with maximum speeds and particular constraints.
US08095299B2	Method for starting a vehicle engine A method for starting a vehicle engine includes determining a throttle angle command output based on a throttle adjustment parameter. The throttle angle command output may be further adjusted based on a learned compensation adder and may be based on a number of vehicle engine starts. A throttle angle corresponding to the throttle angle command output is provided.
US08095292B2	Variable intake manifold diagnostic systems and methods A system includes a control module, a valve control module, and a diagnostic module. The control module controls a valve of a variable intake manifold when the system operates in a first mode. The control module commands the valve to a first position when a desired airflow through the variable intake manifold is greater than a threshold and commands the valve to a second position when the desired airflow is less than the threshold. The valve control module controls the valve when the system operates in a second mode. The valve control module commands the valve to move from the second position to the first position when the desired airflow is less than the threshold. The diagnostic module determines an operating state of the valve based on whether the valve is detected at the first position a predetermined period after the valve control module commands the valve.
US08095282B2	Method and apparatus for soft costing input speed and output speed in mode and fixed gear as function of system temperatures for cold and hot operation for a hybrid powertrain system Methods and systems for manipulating inputs relating to transmission shifting events in a hybrid-engine powered vehicle equipped with an electro-mechanical hybrid transmission include sets of preferability factors inputted from engine sensors are combined in a microprocessor or computer with other preferability factors generated during engine and vehicle operation to provide an output for a transmission control module, which may execute an operating range or engine state change. Desirable input speeds for a transmission are determined by defining minimum input speeds for each potential transmission operating range state, and ascribing biasing costs to potential transmission input speeds which are slower than the minimum input speeds defined for each potential transmission operating range state. A single transmission input speed is selected and preferability factors are determined, which are preferentially weighted to enable selective commandment of changes in the transmission operating range state and engine state.
US08095276B2	Sensor system including a confirmation sensor for detecting an impending collision In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a sensor system for detecting an impending collision of a vehicle is provided. The sensor system comprises a primary radar arrangement providing the assessment of the severity of an impending impact and the time left before the impact. A separate confirmation detection arrangement including a confirmation sensor is for detecting within a proximity space adjacent to the vehicle to provide a confirmation output. In communication with the primary radar and confirmation detection arrangements is an electronic control module. The module is configured to produce a deployment signal for a safety device which is dependent upon evaluation of the primary radar and confirmation detection outputs.
US08095268B2	Active suspending An apparatus includes a force bias element coupled to a plant in a vehicle. The force bias element has a first bandwidth. An active suspension includes a linear electromagnetic actuator located within an interior of the force bias element. The linear electromagnetic actuator has a second bandwidth that is higher than the first bandwidth and is coupled to the plant.
US08095251B2	System for monitoring anemobaroclinometric parameters for aircraft The disclosed embodiments concerns a system for monitoring anemobaroclinometric parameters in an aircraft, including a primary detection circuit having at least one measurement channel. The measurement channel includes a device for measuring static air pressure, a device for measuring a side-slip angle of the aircraft, a device for measuring a dynamic pressure, a total air temperature and a angle of attack of the aircraft, and a data-processing device capable of determining anemobaroclinometric parameters from the measurements of static pressure, side-slip angle, dynamic pressure, total air temperature and angle of attack, a least one laser anemometer to measure at least one true airspeed parameter of the aircraft.
US08095243B2	Power monitoring and control system and method A system includes first and second controllers coupled together with a communication channel. The first controller provides a first signal to the second controller and the second controller provides a second signal to the first controller in response. The second signal includes information about an electrical load. At least one of the first and second controllers can be integrated with an electrical outlet.
US08095236B2	System and method for remotely buying, renting, and/or selling media discs A kiosk or machine for buying media discs includes a dispense/receive system for dispensing the media discs to consumers and receiving media discs from customers, a disc identification system for identifying the media discs, a disc transfer system for moving the media discs within the kiosk, a control system operably connected to dispense/receive system, the disc transfer system, and a user interface system. The user interface includes a buy-back indicator or prompt which can be selectively activated by the customer. In response to activation of the buy-back indicator, the controller activates the dispense/receive system to receive a media disc for buy-back, activates the disc transfer system to move the media disc to the disc identification system, activates the disc identification system to identify the media disc, determines a buy-back price for the media disc, and activates the user interface system to display the buy-back price.
US08095229B2	Three-dimensional (3D) manufacturing process planning Manufacturing process planning is usually considered as not intuitive for non-expert user. This is because a user needs to deal with processes, describing a work to be done, and other abstract concepts that are loosely related to the real world. Accordingly, a method and corresponding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention are provided to describe a work to be done in response to a user interacting with a three-dimensional representation of one or more parts that form a product and to provide the user with feedback in the form of a graphical representation of the work to be done. This approach is very intuitive as it is close to how a user would, for example, in a real world, decompose a product into sub-assemblies that essentially results into a definition of a manufacturing process of the product.
US08095225B2	Robust high power and low power cardiac leads having integrated sensors A lead of an implantable medical device system having an elongated lead body, a sensor coupled to the lead body and extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a distal lead adaptor having a first arm extending distally from the distal end of the sensor to a first arm end, a second arm extending distally from the distal end of the sensor to a second arm end, and a third arm extending between the first arm end and the second arm end, wherein the first arm, the second arm, and the third arm form an open portion.
US08095221B2	Active discharge systems and methods To avoid charge accumulation on capacitive connections to implanted electrodes during delivery of stimulation pulses, stimulation pulses are followed by active discharge pulses having opposite polarity of the stimulation pulses. The active discharge pulses preferably have at least one pulse attribute magnitude (e.g., duration, voltage, and/or current) different than a corresponding stimulation pulse and are preferably programmable. Approximately the same total net current flow is delivered during active discharge pulses as during the stimulation pulses, but in the opposite direction and optionally at a lower amplitude. In addition, by reducing the driving voltage and a variable load within the electrical path for delivery of the pulses, power dissipation during active discharge is preferably reduced.
US08095212B2	High-frequency surgical apparatus and high-frequency surgical method for closure of patent foramen ovale A high-frequency surgical PFO closure apparatus used to treat patent foramen ovale in the heart includes first and second electrodes which grasp living tissue of the patent foramen ovale; a high-frequency power supply section which supplies high-frequency power to the living tissue via the electrodes; an impedance measuring section which measures an impedance value by supplying high-frequency power to the living tissue; a grasping condition determining section which determines, based on the measured impedance value, a grasping condition regarding how the living tissue is grasped in blood by the electrodes; and a control section which controls high-frequency power supply at a predetermined power level needed to treat the patent foramen ovale, according to a result of the determination.
US08095210B2	Prosthetic devices and methods and systems related thereto The present invention relates to systems and methods for controlling neural prosthetic devices and electrophysiological recording equipment, and for using the same in clinical operation. Various embodiments of the invention are directed to an algorithm for autonomously isolating and maintaining neural action potential recordings. The algorithm may be used in connection with a neural interface microdrive capable of positioning electrodes to record signals from active neurons.
US08095202B2	Accelerated shells trajectory MRI acquisition An MRI k-space data set is acquired using a series of shell k-space sampling trajectories of different radii. Off-resonance effects are reduced and fat-suppression can be improved by using a shorter TR for pulse sequences that sample at smaller radii. At larger radii sampling is repeated with the central axis of the shell sampling trajectory tilted such that the polar regions of shells acquired at the same radii are sampled by the other shell.
US08095189B2	Device and method for battery life management using global or local positioning system A device includes a memory, a wireless transceiver and a positioning system. The memory stores a first area in which a wireless network lacks coverage. The wireless transceiver is adapted to communicate with the wireless network. The positioning system determines a position of the device to determine whether the device is located within the first area. The wireless transceiver does not attempt to communicate with the wireless network if the positioning system determines that the device is located within the first area.
US08095186B2	Integrated dialing Call initiation on a device with potential for a large number of stored telephone numbers is simplified through the use of an integrated field for entry of an ambiguous filter string. As it is not clear, a priori, whether the user is manually specifying, in the integrated field, a telephone number or providing a filter string for filtering contacts, filtering is performed based on at least one filter string. Among the contacts that are part of a filtering result list, a default contact is selected for quick access.
US08095185B2	Estimation of angular parameters of a signal at an antenna array A method and an antenna array system are provided for estimating parameters of radio signals impinging on antenna arrays, for estimating angular parameters, for estimating angular distribution types, and for selecting types of antenna array processing. Models of angular distribution types are used to populate look-up tables. Correlation magnitudes and correlation phases of signals impinging on antenna elements of antenna arrays are used as pointers to obtain values of parameters from the look up tables. The obtained values may be compared to some value ranges in order to select appropriate antenna array processing types. Where the angular distribution type is unknown, several values representing angular parameters may be obtained from look-up tables representing various models, and a variance of the angular parameter values for each model may be calculated. A low variance obtained from a look-up table is indicative that the model used to populate the look-up table is a good representation of the actual channel. In a network comprising a first node incorporating an antenna array and a second node, the first node may inform the second node about the type of signal distribution of the channel. This information is used by the second node to select the antenna processing type.
US08095182B1	Communication device A communication device which implements a voice communicating function, a OS updating function, a recording function, a multiple language operating function, a caller's information displaying function, a communication device telephone remote controlling function, a communication device computer remote controlling function, a shortcut icon displaying function, a task tray icon displaying function, an OCR function, a word processing function, a start up software function, and a stereo audio data output function.
US08095181B1	Communication device The communication device comprising a voice communicating implementer, a sound caller ID implementer, an auto time adjusting implementer, a calculation implementer, a word processing implementer, a stereo audio data replaying implementer, a digital camera implementer, a multiple language displaying implementer, a caller's information displaying implementer, a communication device remote controlling implementer, an icon software implementer, a stereo audiovisual data replaying implementer, and an SOS implementer.
US08095180B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a housing comprising a light emitting portion disposed on at least a portion of the housing, a light emitting unit disposed inside the housing, a light transmission member configured to transmit light emitted from the light emitting unit, and a guiding structure formed on the light transmission member and configured to direct and emit the light toward the light emitting portion.
US08095167B2	Apparatus and method for transmission power balance adjustment in a mobile cellular system A transmission power control system can establish synchronization by matching adjustment start timings while repeating adjustment periods even when start timings of transmission power balance adjustment are different due to fluctuation of transmission delay of control message from the control station to base station, and can increase circuit capacity by establishing balance of transmission powers between the base stations. In the transmission power control system the base station comprises control means for controlling initiation of a balance adjustment period for performing the balance adjustment from a frame number determined on the basis of frame number of the balance adjustment period.
US08095156B2	User equipment and method used in mobile communication system User equipment used in a mobile communication system is disclosed that includes a specifying unit specifying a tracking area of a serving cell based on broadcast information, a determination unit determining whether the user equipment is entitled to communicate in the private network, and a transmission unit transmitting a signal requesting to update the tracking area to a base station of the serving cell, in which the determination unit determines whether the specified tracking area is for the private network by checking a common identification which is common to private networks, and the determination unit determines whether the user equipment is entitled to communicate in the private network by determining whether the private network to which the serving cell belongs is the same as or different from a private network in which the user equipment is entitled to communicate.
US08095152B2	Method and system for dynamic estimation and predictive route generation The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for dynamic route estimation and prediction using discrete sampled location updates from various mobile devices for the purpose of providing a graphical representation of a mobile device's route along a known network path of map data. The embodiments also provide supplemental route metrics, such as traveled distance, elapsed time, etc., and the capability to assign destination points for the purpose of providing the ability to modify location update points in an application, such as a route planner, and/or to store the dynamically generated route based on various preferences for later retrieval.
US08095150B2	Method and apparatus for conveying location of lost or motionless mobile communication devices Movement of a mobile communication device is monitored during any of its powered modes. Upon sensing lack of movement, the location of the device is identified. If no movement has been sensed during a predetermined time period, determination is made as to whether the location of the device has changed. If not, a call is initiated to a remote address to convey the location of the device.
US08095146B2	Method and system for directing a wireless user to a location for improved communication An information handling system for improving reception comprises logic for determining a target location for improved communication for a wireless telecommunication unit based in part on information representing a recent position of the wireless telecommunication unit, wherein the target location is more likely to result in better reception of wireless signals from a wireless access point. The system also includes a transceiver for receiving and transmitting signals to other users of the network. Optionally, the transceiver can be configured for receiving information representing the most recent position of the wireless unit and for transmitting directions to the wireless unit, the directions including information on how to get to the target location.
US08095138B2	Resource allocation apparatus, central control apparatus, wireless base station, wireless communication system, resource allocation method and resource allocation program in computer-readable medium A wireless communication system allocates resource information used in performing wireless communication to wireless base stations in order not to generate interference between access-side wireless interfaces and backbone-side wireless interfaces. Each of the wireless base stations includes an access-side wireless interface for covering wireless terminal devices and a backbone-side wireless interface for connecting the wireless base stations with each other. The wireless base station allocates resource information that is common to the wireless base stations to the backbone-side wireless interface that performs the wireless communication between the wireless base stations, and allocates resource information that does not generate interference with the backbone-side wireless interface to the access-side wireless interface.
US08095136B2	Method for determining if a first cell managed by a first base station is neighbour of a second cell managed by a second base station The present invention concerns a method for determining if a first cell managed by a first base station is neighbour of a second cell managed by a second base station, the cells being cells of wireless cellular network, the wireless cellular network comprising a telecommunication network enabling the transfer of information between the base stations. The first base station monitors the amount of information transferred between the first base station and the second base station through the telecommunication network and determines if the second cell managed by the second base station is neighbour of the first cell managed by the first base station according to the amount of monitored information transferred between the first base station and the second base station through the telecommunication network. The invention concerns also the associated device.
US08095127B2	Subscriber management and accounting using event detection in a wireless device A system and method performs real-time subscriber management and accounting for a wireless device by detecting predetermined events within the wireless device and communicating information pertaining to such events from the wireless device to a real-time subscriber management platform in association with each communication session. The information received by the real-time subscriber management platform is used to control the behavior of the wireless device and/or to update accounting information pertaining to the subscriber.
US08095124B2	Systems and methods for managing and monitoring mobile data, content, access, and usage A system, method, and process for managing and monitoring mobile data, content, access, and usage of mobile devices are provided. The described exemplary system, method, and process provide an infrastructure for managing and monitoring various applications and services of mobile devices such as Internet access, voice, messaging, gaming, music, and video.
US08095121B2	Automatic telephone service forwarding device An automatic telephone service forwarding device including a base or enclosure defining a socket for receiving a wireless telephone. Upon detecting the presence of the wireless telephone in the socket, the device automatically forwards telephone service for the wireless telephone to a previously-stored forwarding directory number, typically the directory number of a wireline unit located nearby. Alternatively, the automatic telephone service forwarding device may be incorporated directly into a wireless telephone. In this case, the wireless telephone includes a “forward” button and a scrollable list of forwarding telephone numbers. The automatic telephone service forwarding device may also be configured to automatically select certain forwarding directory numbers from the list in accordance with a predefined time-based profile. The automatic telephone service forwarding device may forward the telephone service by causing the wireless telephone to transmit a forwarding message to a telephone redirection device on an overhead data channel associated with a wireless communications network. Alternatively, the automatic telephone service forwarding device may forward the telephone service by placing a telephone call to the call redirection device. The call redirection device may include automatic call redirection equipment that is configured to enter forwarding instructions into a home location register for the wireless telephone by emulating a visitor location register in which the wireless telephone is attempting to register for roaming service.
US08095115B2	Wireless manager and method for configuring and securing wireless access to a network The disclosure provides a wireless manager operable to receive a request from a mobile device to wirelessly communicate with an enterprise network, with the request including information operable to dynamically identify a location of the mobile device. The wireless manager is further operable to automatically associate an access zone with the mobile device with the access zone comprising at least one logical characteristic, compare the location information to the associated access zone, and, if the location information indicates that the mobile device does not violate the access zone, authorize wireless communications with the enterprise network.
US08095108B2	System and method for handling mobile emergency service call from an incognito mobile station A system for handling a mobile emergency service call originating from an incognito mobile station operating in a mobile telecommunication network includes a mobile positioning center coupled with the mobile telecommunication network; an incognito call handling center coupled with the mobile telecommunication network; and an incognito phone data base coupled with the mobile positioning center. The mobile positioning center queries the incognito phone data base to ascertain handling instructions for the mobile emergency service call when the mobile telecommunication network fails to provide a call back number for the incognito mobile station to the mobile positioning center. The incognito phone data base, the mobile positioning center, the mobile telecommunication network and the incognito call handling center cooperate to effect routing of the mobile emergency service call substantially according to the handling instructions.
US08095106B2	System and method for power savings in a wireless communication network A method for power savings in a wireless communications network including selecting one or more connections with common performance characteristics to create a plurality of power savings classes, attributing a power savings window size to each power savings class, and aligning power savings classes with the same start time to generate an aligned power savings class. In addition, the method includes communicating the plurality of power savings classes and each associated power savings window size to a base station.
US08095103B2	Upconverter and downconverter with switched transconductance and LO masking An upconverter and a downconverter having good performance are described. In one design, the upconverter includes first, second, and third sets of transistors. The first set of transistors receives baseband signals and provides an upconverted signal. The second set of transistors switches the transconductance of the transistors in the first set based on transmit (TX) local oscillator (LO) signals. The third set of transistors enables and disables the transistors in the second set based on a TX VCO signal. In one design, the downconverter includes first, second, and third sets of transistors. The first set of transistors receives a modulated signal and provides baseband signals. The second set of transistors switches the transconductance of the transistors in the first set based on receive (RX) LO signals. The third set of transistors enables and disables the transistors in the second set based on an RX VCO signal.
US08095102B2	Phase-lock loop In one implementation an output signal of an oscillator is varied to be within a desired frequency band with respect to a reference signal, the output signal having a plurality of phases. The implementation may include comparing the output signal with the reference signal, counting falling edges about each phase of the number of phases in a predetermined time period and summing to define a count output; comparing the count output with a product of the number of phases of the output signal and the factor to define a comparison, generating a control signal based upon the comparison, and inputting the control signal to the oscillator to alter the output signal thereof.
US08095096B2	Apparatus, and associated method, for operating upon received data at a receiving station capable of diversity operation Apparatus, and an associated method, for a receiving station, such as the receive part of a mobile station, that has diversity antennas. The receiving station includes both legacy demodulators and a diversity demodulator. Calculations are made to determine signal indicia associated with the signal energy detected at the diversity antennas. Responsive to the signal indicia, selection is made as to whether to utilize demodulation data, demodulated pursuant to a diversity demodulation technique or pursuant to a legacy demodulation technique. As the characteristics of received signals change, reselection of the demodulation is correspondingly made, such as on a frame-by-frame basis of frame-formatted data.
US08095091B1	Transmit power amplification control for wireless device A system and method are disclosed for controlling transmit power amplification in a wireless transmitting device. A processor receives data to determine whether a communication channel from a transmitting device to a receiving device is strong enough to support a target data transmit rate of the devices with a power amplifier either on or off. The processor controls a switching device between a data transmitter circuit and the transmitter's antenna based on the quality of the communication channel. In a first state, the switching device connects the data transmitter circuit to the power amplifier to increase the strength of the signal communicated to the antenna. In a second state, the switching device bypasses the power amplifier. The power amplifier is turned off when the switch is in the second state, thereby decreasing the power consumed by the transmitting device as it transmits data at the target data transmit rate.
US08095085B2	Automatic antenna tuning unit for software-defined and cognitive radio A closed-loop controlled antenna tuning unit (ATU) system includes a return loss detector connected to sample an RF signal generated by a signal source to provide a return loss signal. A matching state searching circuit is connected to receive the return loss signal and, in response, selectively store a return loss value and an impedance matching state. A central controller is connected to provide a switch control signal and apply an optimum matching state to the impedance synthesizer at the conclusion of the matching state search. An impedance synthesizer is responsive to the switch control signal for coupling a radio frequency signal and matching the impedance of an antenna to a signal source.
US08095082B2	Dual band radio frequency transmitter A transmitter includes a transformer and a transformer tuning circuit. The transformer transforms a differential radio frequency (RF) signal to a single-ended RF signal. The transformer tuning circuit tunes the transformer to permit the transmitter to transmit the single-ended RF signal in a first frequency band (e.g., cellular frequency band) or a second frequency band (e.g., PCS frequency band).
US08095080B2	Power management unit for configurable receiver and transmitter and methods for use therewith A configurable transceiver includes an RF receiver that generates a stream of inbound data from at least one received RF signal, wherein the RF receiver is configurable in response to a control signal. An RF transmitter generates at least one RF signal from a stream of outbound data, wherein the RF transmitter section is configurable in response to the control signal. A configuration controller generates the control signal based on channel data. A power management unit generates at least one receiver supply signal and at least on transmitter supply signal in accordance with a plurality of power consumption parameters, and wherein the power management unit adjusts at least one of the plurality of power consumption parameters based on the control signal.
US08095075B2	System and method of detecting a sleeping cell and remedying detected conditions in a telecommunication network A node in a telecommunications network having a number of cells is informed of a sleeping cell. Within the telecommunications network, information of a potential sleeping cell detected by a user equipment (UE) operating in the telecommunications network is sent to the node. The UE may determine that the cell is a potential sleeping cell upon failing to receive a response from the cell after a specified number of Radio Resource Control attempts. The node determines whether the potential sleeping cell is a sleeping cell. A status of the sleeping cell is confirmed as an actual sleeping cell in the network, and the node sends an alarm alerting the network of the sleeping cell. A self-healing action may be automatically performed on the sleeping cell.
US08095066B2	Method of optimizing the resources used in a satellite or aircraft telecommunications system The invention relates to a method of optimizing the resources used in a satellite or aircraft telecommunications system (onboard segment). The method includes expressing the difference in consumption EdB between the consumption of onboard power and the consumption of onboard bandwidth as a function of a plurality of terms including a quality indicator, an informational term expressing onboard parameters and a corrective term. The quality indicator QaF′depends on the antenna system, onboard and on the ground, and on conditions of propagation and interference of the medium. The informational term ℑdB depends on modem parameters. The term K′ depends on onboard parameters such as the maximum incoming flux density and the bandwidth. A corrective term CdB characterizing the consumption of onboard power attributable to the upward noise which is amplified and transposed on board. At least one of the parameters QaF′, K′, ℑdB is modified in order to tend toward the cancellation of the absolute value of the term EdB.
US08095063B2	Image forming apparatus and method thereof An image forming apparatus having an improved structure to enable a user to conveniently operate the image forming apparatus at a front of the image forming apparatus, and a method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a main body formed with a discharge port at a front portion, a printing unit mounted inside the main body and disposed adjacent to a front panel of the main body, a feeding unit to feed paper printed by the printing unit toward a rear panel of the main body, and a discharge reversal unit to reverse a moving direction of the paper fed by the feeding unit to feed the paper to the discharge port. A sensor to detect a moving position of the paper and a paper guide guiding movement of the paper is mounted between the feeding unit and the discharge reversal unit.
US08095053B2	Transfer belt unit for image forming apparatus including a steering roller to correct meandering In the transfer belt unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, rotation of a rear-side detection roller or a front-side detection roller rotated in contact with ribs of a transfer belt is transmitted to a steering roller via a lead screw to tilt the steering roller and control meandering of the transfer belt.
US08095036B2	Process cartridge A member for performing separation holding of a developing roller of a process cartridge is provided at a position opposite from a photosensitive drum with respect to a swing center. A detachably mountable protective cover is mounted to the process cartridge and a projection of the protective cover is inserted between the photosensitive drum and a developing device frame which supports the developing roller. The projection of the protective cover is inserted in a non-contact state with the photosensitive drum and the developing device frame.
US08095034B2	Image input/output apparatus and operating device An image input/output apparatus includes an image input/output section, an operation section, a cover member, and an electrostatic eliminating device. The image input/output section can perform at least one of an image input operation and an image output operation. The image input/output section includes a movable member capable of being moved between a first position and a second position, and the electrostatic eliminating device is arranged on the movable member. The operation section includes an electric board, and enables a user to operate the image input/output section. The cover member is detachably mounted to the operation section so as to cover the operation section. The cover member cannot be detached or attached when the movable member is in the first position, and can be detached or attached when the movable member is in the second position.
US08095032B2	Image forming apparatus with cleaning member When a switch displayed on an operation panel is operated, a control portion starts aging control in which image formation is stopped and yellow toner is applied onto an intermediary transfer belt and a secondary transfer roller. A toner band is formed, on full circumference of the intermediary transfer belt at a position in which toner images for control are formed, with a width correspondingly to widths of the toner images for control.
US08095017B2	Fully optical device for breaking down the dynamic range of an optical signal and system for measuring the signal using the device Fully optical device for breaking down the dynamic range of an optical signal and system for measuring the signal, using this device. This device comprises fully optical means to break down this dynamic range.
US08095016B2	Bidirectional, optical transmitting/receiving module, optical transmitting/receiving device, and bidirectional optical transmitting/receiving module manufacturing method To provide a low-cost and fine-property bidirectional optical transmitting/receiving module and the like, which include a de-multiplexing device that uses a V-letter shaped optical waveguide and a dielectric multilayer filter. Formation of an end face where the dielectric multilayer film is formed and separation of optical modules are performed in separate steps, and the end face at the intersection of the V-letter shaped optical waveguide, on which the dielectric multilayer filter is formed, is formed by dry etching to achieve high smoothness. Further, a cutting face of the optical module is set at a position that is isolated from the end face at least by 3 μm. Through the above, the smooth end face is protected from roughness of the cutting face caused by a light emitting element separating step, and the dielectric multilayer filter is formed on that end face.
US08095015B2	Optical transceiver with reduced peak power consumption and a method to reduce peak power consumption A method to reduce a peak power consumption of an optical transceiver including a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) is disclosed. The transceiver includes three power units, one of which powers the temperature control unit including the TEC driver and the TEC, second one of which powers the transmitter unit including an LD and an LD driver, and the last of which powers the receiver unit. Once the transceiver is set in the host system, the transceiver first activates the first and second power units to start up the temperature control unit and the transmitter unit, and subsequently, the transceiver sets up the third power unit after the temperature of the LD is stabilized at a target temperature.
US08095011B2	Wavelength division multiplexing filter, wavelength division multiplexing system, and wavelength division multiplexing method A wavelength division multiplexing filter according to the present invention is a wavelength division multiplexing filter having a variable filter shape. The wavelength division multiplexing filter has a resolution equal to 2N times (N being an integer, where N≧1) a reference frequency interval and has frequency arrangement of center frequencies of frequency slots corresponding to the 2N-times resolution be offset by half a cycle with respect to the frequency arrangement of standard wavelength grids having a frequency interval equal to ½N of the reference frequency interval.
US08095006B2	Configuration of passive optical networks including cascaded array waveguide gratings Techniques for partitioning and/or combining at least a portion of an optical network tree including one or more array waveguide gratings (“AWGs”) and fibers in wavelength division multiplexing (“WDM”) passive optical networks (“PON”) with cascaded AWGs are disclosed. Example methods include deriving the optimal positions for the AWGs to minimize fiber cost and then determining the arrangement of cascaded AWGs to minimize the total cost of AWGs and fibers. Determining the arrangement of cascaded AWGs may include recursive partitioning followed by recursive combination. An example recursive partition-combination based algorithm for optimizing a tradeoff between the AWG cost and the fiber cost is disclosed.
US08095005B2	Multimode fiber link probe A link probe for multimode fibers in optical networks is provided. An optical test probe signal is sent over a multimode fiber of an optical network link and a receiver converts the optical signal into an electronic signal with a trigger generated by the clock recovery section of an EDC (electronic dispersion compensation) unit. The digital signal is processed by a modified IEEE algorithm to determine a TWDP (Transmitter and Waveform Dispersion Penalty) parameter which quantifies the transmission quality of the multimode fiber and link suitability to LRM transmission.
US08094996B2	Recording apparatus, recording method, recording program, image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and image pickup program Recording of video data is enabled by a management structure of a clip which is compatible with a BD-ROM standard. In accordance with the recording starting operation, the recording of a stream in which the video data and audio data have time-divisionally been multiplexed on a packet unit basis onto a recording medium is started. In accordance with the recording stopping operation, the stream stored in a buffer is written as a stream file onto the recording medium and a clip information file corresponding to the stream file is formed. A play item showing the whole clip information file is formed and added to the existing play list on the recording medium. A mark is stamped to the play list at time corresponding to an IN point of the play item. Subsequently, the play item which is formed in association with the recording start and stop is similarly further added to the existing play list and the mark is further stamped at the time corresponding to the IN point.
US08094991B2	Methods and apparatus for recording and reproducing a moving image, and a recording medium in which program for executing the methods is recorded Apparatus and methods for recording and reproducing a moving image in which image data having a frame rate is easily reproduced together with audio data when images are simultaneously recorded with different frame rates when a moving image is imaged, and a recording medium in which a program for executing the methods is recorded. The apparatus and methods employ, for example, a timing detector an image processor, a frame number obtaining unit, and a medium recording unit recording which operate to reproduce image data with synchronized audio and video and record image data on a recording medium.
US08094984B2	Semiconductor constructions, methods of forming semiconductor constructions, light-conducting conduits, and optical signal propagation assemblies The invention includes optical signal conduits having rare earth elements incorporated therein. The optical signal conduits can, for example, contain rare earth elements incorporated within a dielectric material matrix. For instance, erbium or cerium can be within silicon nanocrystals dispersed throughout dielectric material of optical signal conduits. The dielectric material can define a path for the optical signal, and can be wrapped in a sheath which aids in keeping the optical signal along the path. The sheath can include any suitable barrier material, and can, for example, contain one or more metallic materials. The invention also includes methods of forming optical signal conduits, with some of such methods being methods in which the optical signal conduits are formed to be part of semiconductor constructions.
US08094978B2	Polarization rotator and method for manufacturing the same An optical circuit comprises: a first waveguide; a second waveguide: and a third waveguide that converts mode field and direction of polarization of light of said first waveguide at the same time to perform wave guiding to said second waveguide: wherein large aspect ratio directions of corresponding ends of a core of said first waveguide and a core of said second waveguide differ from each other.
US08094969B2	Discrete fractional fourier numerical environments for computer modeling of image propagation through a physical medium in restoration and other applications A system for numerically modeling evolution of an image propagating through a medium includes image using image data and a propagation medium model. The propagation medium model aligns a propagation centerline of the propagation medium model relative to the center of the image data. The propagation medium model has a numerical operator for applying an index-shifted numerical fractional Fourier transform operation on the image data, and aligning the zero original-domain origin relative to the center of the image data. The image data has spatially-indexed amplitude values and a center located relative to the spatially-indexed amplitude values. The propagation medium model has quadratic phase properties which are defined relative to a propagation centerline of the propagation medium model. Aligning the zero original-domain origin relative to the center of the image data to produces transformed image data having a zero frequency-domain origin that is centered within the transform-domain indices.
US08094968B2	Image creating method and image creating system For a halftone representation of a grayscale data of an original image of P tones, an output resolution, a screen ruling frequency, and a screen angle are based to set a basic array of L×L pixels, where L is an integer greater than 1, and a number N of tones reproducible by the basic array is compared with P to generate a dither array using the basic array as its sub-array, such that numbers are assigned to pixels of sub-arrays by a prescribed rule, in order between the sub-arrays, starting from prescribed ones of centered and centermost pixels of the sub-arrays.
US08094965B2	Image processor A system and method for making an image processor. A system for processing an image may include a target image processing element, a distorted image calculating element coupled to the target image processing element, an eccentricity estimator coupled to the distorted image calculating element, an eccentricity compensator coupled to the distorted image calculating element, a distorted foveated image modeler coupled to the eccentricity compensator, a log-polar image generator coupled to the eccentricity compensator, and an unreliable feature omitter coupled to the eccentricity compensator. Methods to make the foregoing system are also described.
US08094963B2	Imaging system, imaging condition setting method, terminal and server used for the same An imaging unit (1) images an object to be imaged and acquires image data. On the other hand, an imaging information acquisition unit (2) acquires imaging information as information during imaging. A storage unit (3) contains optimal imaging condition information induced from the imaging information. An imaging information analysis unit (4) analyzes the imaging information given from the imaging information acquisition unit (2) and reads out imaging condition information optimal for imaging from the storage unit (3). An imaging condition setting unit (5) sets the imaging condition of the imaging unit (1) according to the imaging condition information obtained by the imaging condition information acquisition unit (4).
US08094951B2	Coding system and method for a bit-plane A coding system and method for a bit-plane is disclosed. A bit-plane is decomposed or segmented into at least a background area and a foreground area. A number of encoders are provided for efficiently encoding the background area and the foreground area respectively. Accordingly, the performance of compression is substantially improved by this data or texture segmentation.
US08094950B2	Signal processor A data compressing method comprises first step in which a data is orthogonally transformed so that an orthogonal transform data is generated. A processing step executed subsequent to the first step is divided into a processing step for an alternate-current component of the orthogonal transform data and a processing step for a direct-current component of the orthogonal transform data. The processing step for the direct-current component includes a second step in which an inverse transform equivalent to a decoding process of the orthogonal transform data is executed on the orthogonal transform data.
US08094944B2	Efficient model-based recognition of objects using a calibrated image system A model-based object recognition system operates to recognize an object on a predetermined world surface within a world space. An image of the object is acquired. This image is a distorted projection of the world space. The acquired image is processed to locate one or more local features of the image, with respect to an image coordinate system of the image. These local features are mapped a world coordinate system of the world surface, and matched to a model defined in the world coordinate system. Annotations can be arranged as desired relative to the object in the world coordinate system, and then inverse-mapped into the image coordinate system for display on a monitor in conjunction with the acquired image. Because models are defined in world coordinates, and pattern matching is also performed in world coordinates, one model definition can be used by multiple independent object recognition systems.
US08094941B1	Character recognition for overlapping textual user input Techniques described herein may recognize handwritten characters that are written at least partially over the top of one another that are input to a computing device. The handwritten characters may be formed of one or more strokes. A user may write characters or parts of words over approximately the same area of graphical user interface (i.e., on top of each other) without having to wait for a timeout between character input and without having to select a button or provide another input indicating the character is complete before entering input for another character. Once a character is at least partially recognized, a graphical indication corresponding to the user input displayed on a screen may be altered. Such alterations may include fading or changing size or location of the graphical indication.
US08094940B2	Input method transform Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, a data processing system and a computer program product for transforming character data input between a first writing system and a second writing system. The computer implemented method comprises receiving character data input of a first writing system and ensuring the character data input contains normalized characters. A predefined transform is selected based on the character data input of the first writing system and output to a second writing system to transform the normalized characters of the first writing system to character data output of the second writing system, and providing the character data output to a display process.
US08094937B2	System and method for labeling feature clusters in frames of image data for optical navigation A system and method for labeling feature clusters in frames of image data for optical navigation uses distances between feature clusters in a current frame of image data and feature clusters in a previous frame of image data to label the feature clusters in the current frame of image data using identifiers associated with the feature cluster in the previous frame of image data that have been correlated with the feature clusters in the current frame of image data.
US08094936B2	Method and apparatus to segment motion area in real-time to detect motion in surveillance camera system A method and apparatus to segment a motion area in real-time to detect motion in a surveillance camera system are provided. The method includes updating a background image by using a previous input image from among an input image sequence, generating a difference image between a current image of the image sequence and the background image, generating a second function to minimize a first function including regularized energy in the motion area of the difference image and regularized energy in an area without motion of the difference image and segmenting the motion area based on the second function. Therefore, while noise is removed, the motion area is segmented accurately and rapidly even in a low illumination environment so as to detect a moving object.
US08094923B2	Wafer containing cassette inspection device and method A wafer containing cassette inspection device that expresses external view attributes such as shapes of respective inspection object portions of water containing cassettes of different types under the same condition without changing imaging conditions for each of the types. A wafer containing cassette inspection device includes an imaging device and a processing unit which processes an image signal from the imaging device. The processing unit includes: reference image generation means; image-to-be-inspected information generation means which generates image-to-be-inspected information; image correction means which performs a process for obtaining a predetermined image from the reference image information on the image-to-be inspected information; and means which generates external view attribute information expressing external view attributes of the inspection object portions according to the corrected image information.
US08094922B2	Crack measuring method and apparatus Disclosed are a crack measuring method that may automatically measure crack growth in a surface of a structure rapidly and exactly without influencing the structure using image processing scheme, and an apparatus thereof. The crack measuring method includes: irradiating light to a surface of a structure; converting reflected light, wherein the irradiated light is reflected from the surface of a structure, into an image signal and capturing images of the surface of a structure corresponding to the image signal at predetermined scan intervals through a camera; performing continuously a line scan on the crack parts in the captured images at predetermined scan intervals; and inspecting crack growth in the surface of a structure by identifying pixels with relatively higher or lower light intensity in the scan lines.
US08094912B2	Cardiac function display apparatus and program therefor Using first voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing a subject, a functional image representing a function of a heart in at least one position is generated, and using a portion of second voxel data of a three-dimensional medical image obtained by photographing the subject corresponding to an area which includes a blood vessel along an outer myocardial wall of the heart, a morphological image depicting morphology of the blood vessel is generated. Then, the functional image and the morphological image are displayed in a superimposing manner such that at least one position of the heart in the functional image corresponds to at least one position of the heart in the morphological image.
US08094910B2	Method of reconstructing an image function from Radon data A method of reconstructing an image function on the basis of a plurality of projection profiles corresponding to a plurality of projection directions through a region of investigation, each projection profile including a series of value positions, wherein measured projection values corresponding to projection lines parallel to the respective projection direction are assigned to respective value positions and a plurality of remaining value positions are empty, comprises the steps of (a) assigning first interpolation values to the empty value positions for constructing a plurality of interpolation profiles on the basis of the projection profiles, wherein the first interpolation values are obtained from a first interpolation within a group of measured projection values having the same value position in different projection profiles, and (b) determining the image function by applying a predetermined reconstruction algorithm on the interpolation profiles.
US08094904B2	Method and system for bone suppression based on a single x-ray image A method and system for suppressing bone structures based on a single x-ray image is disclosed. The bone structure suppressing method predicts a soft-tissue image without bone structures from an input x-ray image. A set of features is extracted for each pixel of the input x-ray image. A soft-tissue image is then generated from the input x-ray image using a trained regression function to determine an intensity value for the soft-tissue image corresponding to each pixel of the input x-ray image based on the set of features extracted for each pixel of the input x-ray image. The extracted features can be wavelet features and the regression function can be trained using Bayesian Committee Machine (BCM) to approximate Gaussian process regression (GPR).
US08094893B2	Segmentation tool for identifying flow regions in an image system An ultrasound system and method that identify flow regions within a volume. The system comprises: a survey system for collecting motion data from a target image; a segmentation system for mapping a region of flow within the image based on the motion data; and a flow acquisition system that automatically limits the collection of flow image data within the image to the region of flow.
US08094891B2	Generating music playlist based on facial expression A method may include playing a first song on a device, capturing an image of a user, performing facial expression recognition of the user based on the image, and selecting a second song based on a facial expression of the user.
US08094883B2	Sleepiness level determination device for driver A sleepiness level determination device includes: a detector processing a face image of an user and for detecting an eye image of the user based on the face image; a characteristic value calculating unit calculating a characteristic value regarding the eye based on the eye image; a sleepiness level determining unit determining a sleepiness level based on the characteristic value; and a reliability calculating unit calculating reliability of the sleepiness level based on the characteristic value.
US08094879B2	Methods for recommending personal care product and tools therefor A tool including a frame that includes an aperture and a boundary marker disposed about the aperture. The boundary marker includes a first marker region disposed about the aperture and a second marker region disposed about the first marker region. The color of the first marker region is different from the color of the second marker region. The tool also includes a color correction scale disposed proximate to the aperture. The color correction scale has at least a first color correction region and a second color correction region. The color of the first and second color correction regions each have an LCh value of between L=73.5 C=15.3 h=55.6 and L=32.5 C=11.6 h=48.3.
US08094865B2	Speaker surround structure for maximizing cone diameter A surround that is generally arched in shape and that includes a radial exterior flange that extends downward from exterior side of the arched portion of the surround and that adhesively attaches to the inner wall or edge of the mounting ring of the frame of the loudspeaker.
US08094863B2	Separate support structure for loudspeaker diaphragm A support structure for supporting and protecting the diaphragm of loudspeaker includes a first elastomer which has a first interface with a camber shape, a second elastomer which has a second interface with a complemental shape of the first interface, the first elastomer and the second elastomer combine together from both sides of the support part of the loudspeaker diaphragm. The separate support structure in the present invention is fit for many kinds of loudspeakers and propitious to increase the technical characteristics of loudspeakers.
US08094862B2	Speaker A speaker having smaller distortion and driven at higher efficiency is disclosed. The speaker includes a frame, a magnetic circuit supported by the frame, a voice coil unit placed movable with respect to magnetic gap provided to the magnetic circuit, a diaphragm of which outer rim is coupled to the frame via a first edge, and of which inner rim is coupled to the voice coil unit, and a damper placed on the magnetic circuit side with respect to the diaphragm, and which damper has an outer rim coupled to the frame and an inner rim coupled to the voice coil unit. The outer rim of the damper is coupled to the frame via a second edge, which includes a first protrusion protruding toward the diaphragm and a second protrusion protruding oppositely to the first protrusion.
US08094833B2	Sound source localization system and sound source localization method A sound source localization system and a sound source localization method. The sound source localization system includes sound capturing devices and an arithmetic unit. The sound capturing devices sense a sound source to output time domain signals. The arithmetic unit transforms the time domain signals into frequency domain signals, performs a cross spectrum process according to the frequency domain signals to determine time differences of arrival, and locates the sound source according to the time differences of arrival and locations of the sound capturing devices.
US08094832B2	Modular automotive multimedia and telematic extension box and head unit The present invention relates to a modular automotive multimedia and telematic extension unit and head unit. In one embodiment, the present invention is an extension unit including a storage unit storing an application of an external personal electronic device, a processor connected to the storage unit, and a first connection unit connected to the storage unit and configured to be connected to a head unit in an automobile.
US08094824B2	Encrypting device, decrypting device, information system, encrypting method, decrypting method, and program An encryption processing part of a controller of each of user devices specifies components of content as encryption target parts, creates an encryption key creation key by reading out a public key, for each of the encryption target parts, of a second user who is allowed to view the encryption target part, raising a secret key of an administrator of the content data to the power of the public key thus read out, and calculating a remainder, encrypts random numbers each corresponding to each of the encryption target parts by using the encryption key creation key, creates an encryption key for each of the encryption target parts, and encrypts, by using the encryption key created for each of the encryption target parts, each of the encryption target parts corresponding to the encryption key.
US08094823B1	Extended diffie-hellman group key generation Described are group key generation and distribution mechanisms that offer efficient protection for multi-party communication applications. A network includes a key distribution center (KDC) and m relay stations (RS). The KDC and each RS choose their own secret number. Each RS encodes its secret number and sends it to the KDC. The KDC uses the secret numbers from all the RS's, as well as its own secret number, to generate a random group key RGK. Then, to each RS, the KDC sends a partial key, which is a mathematical combination of the RGK with that RS's secret number. Each RS can then combine its secret number with the received partial key to deduce the RGK. Once all RS have deduced the RGK, the RGK can be used for further key exchange and encryption procedures and encrypted data transfer.
US08094820B2	Information recording/reproducing device [PROBLEM] To provide an information recording/reproducing apparatus, an information recording/reproducing method, an information recording/reproducing program and a record medium, secure contents are reproduced with a mobile device so that a check-out can be made on memory card of a small capacity thereby to prevent an authorized copy of the secure contents.[SOLVING MEANS] The information recording/reproducing apparatus creates a title key, encrypts the contents in accordance with a title key; stores the encrypted contents, stores navigation information on the reproduction of the contents containing the title key, encrypts the title key in accordance with the medium ID of an external medium, outputs the encrypted title key and an externally connecting method to the external medium, and transmits the encrypted contents stored, to the outside in case a request for the contents is received from the outside.
US08094810B2	Unidirectional proxy re-encryption A method for performing unidirectional proxy re-encryption includes generating a first key pair comprising a public key (pk) and a secret key (sk) and generating a re-encryption key that changes encryptions under a first public key pka into encryptions under a second public key pkb as rkA→B. The method further includes performing one of the group consisting of encrypting a message m under public key pka producing a ciphertext ca, re-encrypting a ciphertext ca using the re-encryption key rkA→B that changes ciphertexts under pka into ciphertexts under pkb to produce a ciphertext cb under pkb, and decrypting a ciphertext ca under pka to recover a message m. The method also includes encrypting a message m under a public key pk producing a first-level ciphertext c1 that cannot be re-encrypted, and decrypting a first-level ciphertext c1 using secret key sk.
US08094809B2	Frame-based level feedback calibration system for sample-based predictive clipping A feedback calibration system and a method for controlling an electronic signal are disclosed. The feedback calibration system includes an input controller adapted to modify an input signal in response to a control signal and generate a modified input signal, a signal processing block including a signal analyzer, wherein the signal processing block is adapted to process the modified input signal to generate an output signal and the signal analyzer is adapted to detect an undesirable condition of the output signal and transmit a detection signal corresponding to the undesirable condition, a transfer function estimator adapted to model and transmit a transfer function estimate of the signal processing block in real-time in response to the detection signal, and a programmable device adapted to transmit the control signal to the input controller for modifying the input signal, wherein the control signal is based upon the transfer function estimate.
US08094805B2	Communication terminal and communication method thereof A communication terminal includes an obtaining unit, a judging unit, a removing unit, and a transmitting unit. The obtaining unit obtains a phone number which is associated with a message from a transmitter. The judging unit determines whether an international code precedes a telephone number used by the transmitter, and further for generating a first control signal when the phone number includes an international code preceding the telephone number. The removing unit removes the international code from the phone number in response to the first control signal to get the telephone number only. The transmitting unit communicates with the transmitter using the telephone number only.
US08094802B2	Multiple queuing and servicing of a contact A contact originator is given a choice to enqueue the contact in multiple contact queues, to serve multiple needs or interests of the originator. If the contact reaches the head of the queue for the primary need while the contact is being serviced from a queue for a secondary need, the contact either remains at the head of the primary-need queue until the servicing at the secondary-need queue is completed, or a resource of the primary-need queue is conferenced in with the contact and the resource of the secondary-need queue so that the resources can serve both needs simultaneously.
US08094801B2	Providing of service(s) by a service control component to telephony device(s) on a call through employment data stream(s) associated with the call A service control component of an apparatus in one example provides to one or more telephony devices of a plurality of telephony devices on a call, one or more services associated with one or more numbers associated with the one or more telephony devices on the call through employment of one or more data streams associated with the call.
US08094799B2	Enabling and disabling terminating features of a terminating switch An apparatus in one example has: a telecommunication system having an originating switch operatively coupled to at least one terminating switch; the terminating switch having at least one terminating call feature for a respective terminating terminal operatively coupled thereto; and the telecommunication system having a terminating call feature control function such that enabling and disabling of the at least one terminating call feature for the respective terminating terminal is effected by a predetermined signal message from the originating switch. Thus, embodiments of the present method and apparatus provide a mechanism for communication from the originating switch to the terminating switch regarding the nature of the call and the kinds of terminating features that are to be applied or not applied.
US08094783B2	Method and system for performing materials analysis with reflected inelastic scatter A method for performing materials analysis of an object using an X-ray system includes generating an X-ray beam using an X-ray source having an anode and acquiring a scatter spectrum from Compton scatter produced when the X-ray beam interacts with the object. The scatter spectrum is acquired using an energy resolving detector. A Compton profile is extracted from the scatter spectrum by processing the scatter spectrum using a control system of the X-ray system. The Compton profile includes peaks at characteristic lines of the anode. The method further includes identifying a characteristic of a material of the object using the Compton profile, and outputting an indication of the characteristic of the material.
US08094775B2	X-ray computer tomography apparatus including a pair of separably movable collimators An X-ray computer tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a two-dimensional array type X-ray detector, a rotating mechanism, a pair of collimators, a collimator moving mechanism which separately moves the pair of collimators in a direction almost parallel to a rotation axis, a reconstruction processing unit which reconstructs image data in a reconstruction range, and a collimator control unit. The collimator control unit controls the position of each collimator in accordance with the distance between an X-ray central plane corresponding to a cone angle 0° and an end face of the reconstruction range. The collimator moving mechanism moves each of the pair of collimators in the range from the outermost position corresponding to the maximum cone angle to the innermost position offset from a position corresponding to a cone angle of nearly 0° to the opposite side.
US08094774B2	X-ray computed tomography apparatus A control unit performs helical scanning an subject while moving a top along a direction substantially parallel to a body axis. An acquisition unit acquires projection data via an X-ray detector. A projection data extraction unit extracts a projection data set necessary for the reconstruction of image data associated with a predetermined slice position from the projection data. A weighting unit assigns a smaller weight to first projection data of the extracted projection data than a weight assigned to second projection data, the first projection data being acquired outside a predetermined period including a predetermined acquisition time of the projection data at the predetermined slice position, the second projection data being acquired within the predetermined period. A reconstruction processing unit reconstructs image data on the basis of the first projection data and the second projection data to which the weights are assigned.
US08094771B2	Nuclear voltaic cell The invention describes a product and a method for generating electrical power directly from nuclear power. More particularly, the invention describes the use of a liquid semiconductor as a means for efficiently converting nuclear energy, either nuclear fission and/or radiation energy, directly into electrical energy. Direct conversion of nuclear energy to electrical energy is achieved by placing nuclear material in close proximity to a liquid semiconductor. Nuclear energy emitted from the nuclear material, in the form of fission fragments or radiation, enters the liquid semiconductor and creates electron-hole pairs. By using an appropriate electrical circuit an electrical load is applied and electrical energy generated as a result of the creation of the electron-hole pairs.
US08094764B2	Variable time delay control structure for channel matching A cosite interference cancellation system is provided for improved rejection of a signal coupled from a transmission antenna into a local receive antenna in the presence of local multipath. The cosite interference cancellation system and associated method advantageously provide improved signal rejection by continuously controlling (adjusting) a matching time delay to reduce cosite interference.
US08094751B2	System and method for encoding and decoding of space-time block codes in data communication A wireless data communication system. The system includes: a transmitter having a unitary rotation matrix processor for processing incoming information data stream and outputting a plurality of transmission symbols; an encoder for encoding the plurality of transmission symbols; M number of mapper units for mapping the symbols outputted from the encoder into a two dimensional constellation having M data symbols, where M is an integer greater than 1; M number of pulse shaper units to modulate the respective signals from the two dimensional constellation; and M number of antennas to transmit the M data symbols in M time slots. Each antenna transmits a respective symbol from the M symbols in a respective time slot of the M time slots and the encoder is configured to determine which symbol to be transmitted from each antenna in each time slot.
US08094745B2	Power control using denoised crosstalk estimates in a multi-channel communication system An access node of a communication system is configured to generate denoised crosstalk estimates for respective channels of the system and to adjust power levels of signals transmitted over one or more of the channels based on the denoised crosstalk estimates. The access node obtains crosstalk estimates for the respective channels. The access node is configured to convert the crosstalk estimate for a given channel to a discrete transform domain, to substantially eliminate in the discrete transform domain one or more designated portions of the crosstalk estimate for the given channel, and to convert remaining portions of the crosstalk estimate for the given channel back from the discrete transform domain to obtain the corresponding denoised crosstalk estimate for the given channel. The access node may comprise one or more central offices of a DSL communication system.
US08094738B2	Radio communication base station apparatus and report channel signal transmission band setting method Provided is a base station capable of effectively transmitting BCH data. The base station (100) includes: an encoding unit (101) for encoding the BCH data; a modulation unit (102) for modulating the BCH data after being encoded; a transmission band setting unit (103) for setting a BCH data transmission band in one of sub carriers constituting an OFDM symbol; encoding units (104-1 to 104-N) for encoding user data (#1 to #N), modulation units (105-1 to 105-N) for modulating user data (#1 to #N) after being encoded; and an IFFT unit (106) for mapping the BCH data and the user data (#1 to #N) to each of the sub carriers (#1 to #K) and performing IFFT to generate an OFDM symbol. Here, the IFFT unit (106) maps the BCH data to the sub carrier existing in the transmission band set by the transmission band setting unit (103) among the plurality of sub carriers (#1 to #K).
US08094734B2	Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method Interference of multiplexed signals is reduced in an MC-CDMA communication system.A wireless communication apparatus performing a wireless communication by combining a multicarrier transmission system with a spread spectrum includes: a rearrangement control part that ranks each subcarrier in accordance with a magnitude of received power based on received power information indicating received power of each subcarrier received from a communicating apparatus and groups subcarriers in descending or ascending order of the rank in accordance with a spreading factor; and a rearrangement part that distributes a spread code to each of the groups.
US08094726B2	Image encoding apparatus and control method thereof This invention enables to generate encoded data without noticeable image quality degradation when reproducing an image at a lower resolution not to mention the original resolution. An image a digital camera can capture takes three sizes L, M, and S. When the size L is designated, stream conversion information SC is set to “2”. When the size M is designated, the stream conversion information SC is set to “1”. When the size S is designated, the stream conversion information SC is set to “0”. When encoding image data in compression processing, block overlap processing of suppressing discontinuity of data at the boundary between adjacent blocks is executed as many times as the count set in the stream conversion information.
US08094725B2	Video coder, coding controller, and video coding method A coding section encodes plural pieces of video data sequentially. A measuring section measures a time period which the coding section has used for coding video data. When the time period measured by the measuring section is judged to be longer than a predetermined time based on a frame rate of the video data, a control section selects at least one piece of video data to be coded after the video data coded by the coding section out of the plural pieces of video data and generates a predetermined bit stream instead of coded data of the thus selected video data without allowing the coding section to encode the selected data.
US08094724B2	Order value for specifying relationship between video pictures A method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that allows the relative timing of nearby video pictures to be encoded in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, the display time difference between a current video picture and a nearby video picture is determined. The display time difference is then encoded into a digital representation of the video picture. In a preferred embodiment, the nearby video picture is the most recently transmitted stored picture. For coding efficiency, the display time difference may be encoded using a variable length coding system or arithmetic coding. In an alternate embodiment, the display time difference is encoded as a power of two to reduce the number of bits transmitted.
US08094720B2	Mode decision for inter prediction in video coding A method for inter-mode prediction in video coding, the method comprising checking a data block of an image for zero motion; computing frame difference of the data block based on the checking for zero motion; and making an inter-mode prediction selection based on the computed frame difference.
US08094717B2	Image generation apparatus and image generation method An image generation apparatus generates a new video sequence with a high S/N ratio and suppressed motion blurs, from an original video sequence and a still image which are generated by capturing the same dark, moving object. The image generation apparatus includes: a capture condition decision unit (105) which decides, based on an incident-light amount, capture conditions under which the original video sequence and the still image are to be captured; an image receiving unit (101) which receives the original video sequence and the still image which are generated under the capture conditions; an integration processing unit (104a) which generates, from the original video sequence and the still image, the new video sequence including frames having a resolution equal to or higher than the still image, at a frame rate equal to or higher than the original video sequence, by reducing a difference between (i) a value of the still image and (ii) a sum of values of the frames in the new video sequence which correspond to an exposure period for the still image. The capture condition decision unit (105c) decides a longer duration of an exposure period as a duration of the still image capturing, as the incident-light amount is smaller. Here, the duration is longer than an frame interval of the original video sequence.
US08094710B1	Wide band noise early detection and protection architecture for a frequency domain equalizer Apparatus and methods are described for detecting an impulse noise and for controlling frequency domain equalizer (FEQ) coefficient updating in response to impulse noise detection. Upon detection of the impulse noise, FEQ coefficient updating may immediately be frozen to prevent the FEQ coefficients from being corrupted by the impulse noise. The FEQ coefficient updating may be resumed after the impulse has ended, allowing for normal operation and channel detection.
US08094706B2	Frequency-based, active monitoring of reliability of a digital system Method, system and article of manufacture are provided for continually monitoring reliability, or aging, of a digital system and for issuing a warning signal if digital system operation degrades to or past a specified threshold. The technique includes periodically determining a maximum frequency of operation of the digital system, and generating a warning signal indicative of a reliability degradation of the digital system if at least one of: (i) a measured or estimated maximum frequency of operation of the digital system is below a warning threshold frequency of operation of the digital system, wherein the warning threshold frequency is greater than or equal to a manufacturer specified minimum frequency of operation for the digital system; or (ii) a rate of change in the difference between measured maximum frequencies of operation of the digital system exceeds an acceptable rate of change threshold for the digital system.
US08094705B2	Fast SERDES I/O characterization A system and method to perform automatic testing of a device using Design-for-Test functionality built-in a pair of serializer/deserializer (SERDES) of the device to perform I/O characterization with respect to clock jitter in a self-test mode. Performance of a SERDES operating with jitter injected clock signal is characterized by forming a self-test loop-back configuration with another SERDES operating with a clean clock signal where the clean clock signal and the jitter injected clock signal are supplied by a simplified tester.
US08094703B2	Systems and methods for loop length and bridged tap length determination of a transmission line Through the use of a least squares minimization concept, the loop length, the number of bridged taps and length of the bridged taps on a transmission line can be determined from readily available modem data. In particular, the loop length, the number of bridge taps and the length of bridged taps can be estimated by comparing a measured frequency domain channel impulse response of the transmission line to a model of a loop that is comprised of multiple sections and multiple bridge taps.
US08094696B2	Semiconductor laser device A semiconductor laser according to the present invention comprises a λ/2 dielectric film (λ:in-medium wavelength of a dielectric film, for example, SiO2, Si3N4, Al2O3, and AIN) in contact with an facet of a resonator; and a first dielectric double layered film disposed on the dielectric film, which includes a first layer of a-Si and a second layer of a material having a refractive index lower than that of a-Si. The first layer has a thickness) ¼ of a in-medium wavelength of a-Si, and the second layer has a thickness ¼ of a in-medium wavelength of the second layer. Therefore, it is possible to firmly stack the first dielectric double layered film and form a high reflectance film with high yield.
US08094691B2	Yb: and Nd: mode-locked oscillators and fiber systems incorporated in solid-state short pulse laser systems The invention describes classes of robust fiber laser systems usable as pulse sources for Nd: or Yb: based regenerative amplifiers intended for industrial settings. The invention modifies adapts and incorporates several recent advances in FCPA systems to use as the input source for this new class of regenerative amplifier.
US08094687B2	Method and apparatus of clock transmission between networks A method of clock transmission between networks and an apparatus of clock transmission are disclosed, in which a second group of information corresponding to a clock transferred by a first network equipment based on a first protocol, and the second group of information corresponding to a clock transferred by a second network equipment based on a second protocol are acquired, and a source selection is performed in a united way by adopting a source selection manner based on the second protocol according to the second group of information. Therefore, the equipment in different types of networks can conveniently select a clock with a higher class from clocks transferred based on different protocols, so as to realize a normalization management on the clocks transferred based on different protocols.
US08094685B2	Systems and methods for synchronizing multiple video streams A system and method to produce video data by transmitting time information with the video data. The equivalent horizontal and vertical timing at the reception device are reconstructed. The method includes receiving one or more control packets specifying a quantity of pixels in an associated data packet. Data packets are received that contain the quantity of pixels specified in the associated control packet. A time interval between received control packets is determined. A running average of the time intervals is calculated and a time interval of a current control packet is determined. The running average is compared with the time interval of the current control packet. A clock frequency is adjusted as a function of the comparing step.
US08094683B2	Adaptive clock method and system A device and method are disclosed for correctly restoring a read clock when there are a plurality of STM data stream transmission sources. In a CES device of an ATM communication system, ATM cells from respective connections, which are to be delivered to the same outgoing line, are accumulated in a reassembly buffer memory and a PLO control unit aggregates the amount of ATM cells accumulated in the reassembly buffer memory for each connection. Subsequently, the PLO control unit calculates the frequency of a read clock based on the amount of accumulated ATM cells for each connection. A PLO restores the read clock which is applied to read data from the reassembly buffer memory for delivery to an STM network.
US08094682B2	Method and apparatus for generating radio link control protocol data units A method and apparatus are used to generate radio link control (RLC) protocol data units (PDUs). A data request for a logical channel is received as part of an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) selection procedure in a medium access control (MAC). Upon determining the data field size, an RLC PDU is generated such that it matches the requested data from the E-TFC selection. The size of the RLC PDU generated can be greater than or equal to the minimum configured RLC PDU size (if data is available) and less than or equal to the maximum RLC PDU size. The data is then transmitted in the RLC PDU in a current transmission time interval (TTI).
US08094679B2	Apparatus, method and computer program product for providing automated backup to TDM network connections over an IP network An automated telecommunications backup system includes a first system operable to monitor a primary time division multiplexing (TDM) link on a TDM network for a failure condition and a second system operable to back up at least a portion of the telecommunications traffic of the TDM link over a backup network. The backup network may be a packet based network, an Internet protocol (IP) based network, a satellite based network, or an IP based system over a satellite network. The first system may continuously monitor the primary TDM link and switch the functionality thereof into circuit with the TDM link upon the detection of the failure condition. The second system may compress the telecommunications traffic of the TDM link to transmit a pre-designated number of time slots thereof.
US08094676B2	Flexible upstream PHY burst profile parameters to improve performance of short bursts in impulse noise A single carrier cable modem can be initialized on multiple channels. By initializing a cable modem on more than one channel, the error rate performance of short data packets in cable modems in an impulsive noise environment is improved. The advantage of low symbol rate transmission for short packets in an impulse noise environment is achieved without sacrificing burst capacity at a cable modem and without the complexity of transmitting multiple symbol waveforms simultaneously at a cable modem.
US08094675B2	Router and method for routing data A device and method for routing network data through a network. The device comprises an end cap assembly which includes an end cap coupled to a wiring card having an interposer board. The method includes processing a plurality of network transmissions through an end cap, and routing the network transmissions to an interposer board.
US08094673B2	Cable user interface A cable user interface, such as a cable for audio headphones, enables control of one or more aspects of operation of a device to which such cable is connected. A user touches/applies pressure to the cable user interface, either along the full length of the cable, or to a localized part of the cable, in order to control the device. A mechanism is included for interfacing the pressure sensitive controller(s) to the device so that pressure/touch applied by a user can be translated to control of the device. In one embodiment, a headphone cable itself is an input device for volume and playback control of a portable media player.
US08094670B1	Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions A novel network architecture that integrates the functions of an internet protocol (IP) router into a network processing unit (NPU) that resides in a host computer's chipset such that the host computer's resources are perceived as separate network appliances. The NPU appears logically separate from the host computer even though, in one embodiment, it is sharing the same chip.
US08094667B2	RTP video tunneling through H.221 A system is provided. The system includes a first gateway operable to receive a real-time protocol (RTP) packet including video data from a first endpoint; and a second gateway operable to communicate with a second endpoint. The first gateway is operable to communicate the RTP packet to the second gateway in a sub-channel portion of an frame-based protocol.
US08094664B2	Session based communication A user terminal requesting a session establishment although the session already exists, is informed on the existing session in a response to the request. If the user terminal offered in the request one or more media types that were rejected, the response contains an indication of a reason for rejection.
US08094662B2	Methods and apparatus to limit transmission of data to a localized area Methods and apparatus are disclosed for limiting transmission of data to a localized area in a networked environment. In an example method, a request to transmit data from a source device to a sink device is received. If the data to be transmitted is localized data, a time to live value associated with the data is set to first predetermined value. If the data to be transmitted is not localized data, a time to live value associated with the data is set to a second predetermined value.
US08094660B2	VLAN server A method for processing data received from at least one of VLANs, the method including: obtaining, based on a VLAN tag included in a MAC header of a MAC frame received from the VLAN and a first destination IP address included in an IP header of the MAC frame, a second destination IP address, changing the first destination IP address of the IP header to the second destination IP address, and generating an IP packet by deleting the MAC header from the MAC frame.
US08094657B2	Method for transmitting information from a source via a first network unit and a network and a second network unit to a destination Methods for transmitting information from sources (7) via first network units (1) and networks (8) and second network units (2) to destinations (9) and using service identifiers such as service virtual local area network identifiers for routing the information through the networks (8) get a reduced complexity by making the service identifiers dependent on destination properties such as destination addresses and by making the service identifiers independent from source properties such as source addresses or customer identifiers. Network units (1,2) comprising customer parts (5) with customer access ports (10) and customer interface ports (11-13) and comprising service parts (6) with service interface ports (21-23) coupled to the customer interface ports (11-13) and service network ports (20) coupled to the service interface ports (21-23) and comprising taggers (62) are provided with detectors (52) for detecting destination properties in the information and selectors (53) for selecting the service identifies in response to detections of the destination properties.
US08094642B2	Polling method and vehicle search method in digital radio communication system The present invention provides a polling method in a radio digital communication system making it possible to shorten time required for polling without causing increase in an error rate and to efficiently manage and administrate communications. In a digital radio communication system for collecting information from a plurality of terminal stations by polling, a polling response signal to be transmitted from each terminal station to a base station has a frame format constructed of a one-frame in which a cyclic bit pattern is placed at a leading end of the frame format.
US08094640B2	Full duplex wideband communications system for a local coaxial network Systems and methods are disclosed for a full duplex wideband communications system for a local (e.g. in-home) coaxial network. The system employs a Frequency-division duplex (FDD) scheme that allows identical wideband modems to communicate with each other. To achieve this, the wideband modems contain a duplexer and a switch that allows reversing the connection of the wideband transmitter and receiver to the duplexer. Each wideband modem includes a control modem that is used to control access to the wideband channels. A wideband transmitter, which may be included in a modem associated with a server set-top terminal (STT), transmits a video presentation to a wideband receiver, which may be included in a modem associated with a client STT.
US08094637B1	Avoiding mesh path discovery in wireless mesh networks Apparatus having corresponding methods comprise: a mesh path module adapted to select a mesh path between a first mesh point in a mesh network and a second mesh point in the mesh network, wherein the mesh path module comprises a neighbor discovery module adapted to determine whether the second mesh point is one hop from the first mesh point, a one-hop mesh path module adapted to select a one-hop mesh path between the first mesh point and the second mesh point when the second mesh point is one hop from the first mesh point, and a multi-hop mesh path module adapted to discover a multi-hop mesh path between the first mesh point and the second mesh point only when it is determined that the second mesh point is not one hop from the first mesh point.
US08094633B2	Adaptive paging area Techniques for determining a paging area of a paging group in a wireless communications network based on a value of one or more dynamically changing communication characteristics. In various embodiments, a paging area may be determined to reduce resource use in a wireless communication network supporting an idle mode of a mobile station. In one embodiment, the paging area may be determined based on a speed of a mobile station.
US08094625B2	Resource allocation for MIMO-OFDM communication systems Techniques to schedule terminals for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink in a MIMO-OFDM system based on the spatial and/or frequency “signatures” of the terminals. A scheduler forms one or more sets of terminals for possible (downlink or uplink) data transmission for each of a number of frequency bands. One or more sub-hypotheses may further be formed for each hypothesis, with each sub-hypothesis corresponding to (1) specific assignments of transmit antennas to the terminal(s) in the hypothesis (for the downlink) or (2) a specific order for processing the uplink data transmissions from the terminal(s) (for the uplink). The performance of each sub-hypothesis is then evaluated (e.g., based on one or more performance metrics). One sub-hypothesis is then selected for each frequency band based on the evaluated performance, and the one or more terminals in each selected sub-hypothesis are then scheduled for data transmission on the corresponding frequency band.
US08094611B2	Methods and apparatus for signal transmission and reception in a broadband communication system In a broadband wireless communication system, a spread spectrum signal is intentionally overlapped with an OFDM signal, in a time domain, a frequency domain, or both. The OFDM signal, which inherently has a high spectral efficiency, is used for carrying broadband data or control information. The spread spectrum signal, which is designed to have a high spread gain for overcoming severe interference, is used for facilitating system functions such as initial random access, channel probing, or short messaging. Methods and techniques are devised to ensure that the mutual interference between the overlapped signals is minimized to have insignificant impact on either signal and that both signals are detectable with expected performance by a receiver.
US08094608B1	Method and apparatus for generating and transmitting packets on behalf of a wireless client An apparatus comprising An input circuit to receive packets of data from a network, A memory stores packet filter criteria for one or more wireless clients, A filter circuit selects one or more of the packets of data according to the packet filter criteria, A packet circuit prepares one or more reply packets for each of the packets of data that are selected by the filter circuit, An output circuit transmits the reply packets to the network.
US08094599B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving common logical channel and dedicated logical channel transmissions via a high speed downlink shared channel A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving common logical channel and dedicated logical channel transmissions via a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) are disclosed. A medium access control (MAC)-hs entity generates a MAC-hs protocol data unit (PDU) carrying a MAC-c/sh/m PDU and/or a MAC-d PDU. A UE-specific HS-DSCH radio network temporary identifier (H-RNTI) may be used for the MAC-d PDU, and a cell-specific H-RNTI may be used for the MAC-c/sh/b PDU. Alternatively, a cell-specific H-RNTI and one of a cell RNTI (C-RNTI) and a universal terrestrial radio access network RNTI (U-RNTI) may be used in a Cell_FACH state. The logical channel type and identity may be inserted in a MAC-hs PDU header or indicated by a distinct H-RNTI. A logical channel type for common logical channels may be identified in a MAC-c/sh/m PDU header. The logical channel type and identity may be identified by a queue identity.
US08094570B2	Method of transmitting data supporting multiple access There is provided a method in which a second communication station located within a cell region provided by a first communication station transmits data. The method includes generating a hopping pattern between a plurality of orthogonal resources by arranging the plurality of orthogonal resources according to time, generating a transmission signal by mapping a data symbol to orthogonal resources, which are included in the hopping pattern and allocated to a specific timeslot and transmitting the transmission signal to the first communication station. Capacity for supporting multiple access can be increased by effectively utilizing limited wireless communication resources.
US08094566B2	Test apparatus and test method Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test, comprising a test module section that tests the device under test; a test control section that generates control packets for controlling the test module section; and a connecting section that receives the control packets from the test control section and transmits the control packets to the test module section. The test module section includes a first test module that operates according to control packets having a first packet structure and a second test module that operates according to control packets having a second packet structure, which is obtained by adding an expansion region to a control packet having the first packet structure, the test control section transmits control packets having the second packet structure to the connecting section, and the connecting section (i) removes the expansion region from control packets having the second packet structure received from the test control section and transmits the resulting control packets to the first test module, and (ii) transmits control packets having the second packet structure received from the test control section to the second test module.
US08094563B2	Method and system for integration of trunking and conventional land mobile radio systems An integrated Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system enables communication between a trunking land mobile radio (trunking LMR) system and a conventional land mobile radio (conventional LMR) system. The trunking LMR system includes a trunking site controller including a first network gateway router. The trunking LMR system includes at least one trunking control channel and a plurality of trunking traffic channel. The trunking traffic channels each are assigned to a specific trunking LMR subscriber by the trunking site controller to enable the trunking LMR subscribers to communicate with one another. The conventional LMR system includes a conventional site controller including a second network gateway router connected to the first network gateway router by a data network. The conventional LMR system includes a plurality of conventional traffic channels. The conventional traffic channels are each assigned to a specific conventional LMR subscriber by the conventional site controller to enable the conventional LMR subscribers to communicate.
US08094548B2	Transmission format, communication control apparatus and method, recording medium, and program JPEG-2000 data is formatted into RTP packets for transmission through the Internet. A priority field is provided in the format, and a value indicating the importance of a code stream included in a packet is stored therein. A type field indicates a payload type of a JPEG-2000 code stream. An mh_id field is provided as an identifier of a main header of the JPEG-2000 code stream and indicates a change in the main header. An mh_length field indicates the length of the main header and a fragment offset field stores the number of offset bytes from the start of an image of the packet.
US08094543B2	Information recording medium, reproducing apparatus and reproducing method An information recording medium according to the present invention includes at least three information recording layers. If the readout power of a laser beam in reading information from an information recording layer L(n) is identified by Pw(n), and if the readout power of the laser beam in reading information from an information recording layer L(n+a) is identified by Pw(n+a), then a base thickness between the information recording layers is determined so that the intensity of the light when the information recording layer L(n+a) is irradiated with a laser beam having the readout power Pw(n) becomes equal to or lower than that of the light when the information recording layer L(n+a) is irradiated with a laser beam having the readout power Pw(n+a).
US08094542B2	Optical pickup device, optical disc device, and diffraction grating An optical pickup device and an optical recording/reproduction device are provided that can suppress a tracking error signal offset generated in the boundary between an unrecorded area and a recorded area. A three-beam diffraction grating is divided into two areas. A division line that divides the diffraction grating into two areas has a step in the direction almost vertical to a groove period structure, and the part of the division line in the step has a staircase shape. The phase difference in the groove period structures between one area and the other area, separated by the division line, is about 180 degrees.
US08094540B2	Optical pickup and optical device An optical pickup includes a first laser beam light source 1 for emitting a light flux of a first wavelength, a diffraction grating 5 and an optical device 6 having a second laser beam light source 7 for emitting a light flux of a second wavelength and a hologram element 8. In operation, the diffraction grating 5 diffracts the backward light of the first wavelength at a predetermined angle. The hologram element 8 diffracts the backward light of the second wavelength by a first area 8a and also diffracts the backward light of the first wavelength at a reversed-polarity angle to the first area 8a by a second area 8b.
US08094538B2	Data recording method in holography optical memory system According to an aspect of the present invention, a data recording method in a holography optical memory system, for recording a two-dimensional pixel data page in a recording medium can be provided. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the data recording method in a holography optical memory system can include recording sequentially the signal beams carrying one-dimensional pixel data lines, included in the original two dimensional pixel data page, in the recording medium by using the same reference beam. Here, the pixel data page can be recorded such that any two adjacent pixel data lines are partially overlapped with each other in an area of the recording medium.
US08094530B2	Optical disc read/write apparatus and alternative write processing method When data is to be written on an optical disc in the unit of a sector, an attempt is made to read a block A to which a write sector belongs for the purpose of judging whether the block can be normally read. If the block A is not successfully read, it is judged to be a defective area, and an alternative write is performed in an alternative area in the unit of a sector. The alternative write may be performed so that a plurality of sectors belonging to the same block are dispersively written in different blocks d, E. When new data is to be written in a new sector in such a situation, data is acquired from the dispersed other sectors, merged with the new data, and collectively rewritten in the same block E.
US08094528B2	Method for reading media information from optical recording media A method for reading media information from optical recording media is provided which allows media information to be rapidly and stably read from the recording media. Index marks are successively detected at a plurality of positions spaced at predetermined intervals along radial direction of the recording media, and a center position is selected from amongst the positions at which the index marks have been successively detected. Media information read at the selected center position is used to rapidly and accurately perform a recording operation on a label surface of the optical recording media.
US08094526B2	Information recording device and method, and computer program An information recording apparatus comprising: a writing device capable of writing record information onto an information recording medium comprising first and second recording layers; a first controlling device for controlling said writing device to continuously write the record information into the first and second recording layers; a second controlling device for controlling said writing device to write a predetermined amount of buffer data on an outer circumferential side of the record information written in the first and second recording layers; and a third controlling device for controlling said writing device to add buffer data on an outer circumferential side of the predetermined amount of buffer data.
US08094525B2	Information recording method and information recording apparatus In an information recording method, information is recorded to semiconductor memory when at least a specified amount of free space exists in the semiconductor memory. Information is recorded to magnetic memory when the free space in the semiconductor memory is insufficient but at least a specified amount of free space exists in the magnetic memory. Information is recorded to optical memory when the free space in both the semiconductor memory and the magnetic memory is insufficient. When retrieving recorded information, an access count is incremented, and information with a comparatively high access count is moved to the semiconductor memory, while information with a comparatively low access count is moved to the optical memory. Information is thus recorded to a recording medium suitably selected from among semiconductor memory, magnetic memory, and optical memory, thereby making effective use of each memory type.
US08094523B2	Heat-assisted magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording apparatus with the medium Provided is a magnetic recording medium that generates near-field light within itself and enables favorable heat-assisted magnetic recording with this near-field light. The medium comprises: a magnetic recording layer; and an optically changeable layer formed on the opposite side to a substrate relative to the magnetic recording layer, the optically changeable layer being made transparent or a refractive index of the layer being changed when irradiated by light with an intensity not less than a predetermined intensity. By the irradiation, a minute opening or a refractive-index-changed area is formed within the irradiated portion on the optically changeable layer. The light irradiation onto the minute opening or the refractive-index-changed area enables near-field light to be generated, which heats a portion of the magnetic recording layer. Thus, the anisotropic field of the portion is lowered to a writable value, which enables heat-assisted magnetic recording by applying write field.
US08094522B2	Electronic clock An electronic clock makes no erroneous determination of rotation detection and suppresses unnecessary current consumption even when being provided with a second hand having a large moment of inertia. The electronic clock uses a first detection mode determination circuit and a second detection mode determination circuit to perform the rotation detection. The electronic clock includes a determination selecting circuit as changing means for changing the determination period of the second detection mode in accordance with the determination period of the first detection mode. Even when the current waveform is disturbed, erroneous determinations are prevented in a way that the determination terminal of the second detection mode is shortened if the first detection mode terminates earlier. The determination period is changed by the determination selecting circuit selecting either one of a seven-time detection/determination circuit that terminates the determination after seven detection pulses or a six-time detection/determination circuit that terminates the determination after six detection pulses. Alternatively, instead of the number of detection pulses, a cycle of the detection pulses may be shortened.
US08094518B2	Inter-diver signaling device and process Taps on a beam-interrupt button of an underwater signaling transceiver are encoded as binary frequency shift-key modulated Golay codes, which are transmitted via 56-58 kHz compression waves generated by a ring-shaped electromechanical transducer. Light emitting diodes flash to signal the content of received signals and provide monitoring of the distance between divers. All components of the transceiver—except outer portions of input/output leads and a suction cup for attaching to the transceiver to a diver's mask—are completely encased in transparent plastic. The input/output leads allow an internal battery to be recharged, provide access to the internal processor for programming and data retrieval, and monitor whether the transceiver is submerged so that the transceiver can operate in an underwater mode or an above-water mode. Transceivers only communicate with other transceivers which use the same communication channel. Transceivers monitor their separation distances and flash a warning signal when nearing an out-of-range condition.
US08094514B2	Seismic vibrator array and method for using A method for generating seismic energy for subsurface surveying includes operating a first seismic vibrator and operating at least a second seismic vibrator substantially contemporaneously with the operating the first seismic vibrator. A driver signal to each of the first and the at least a second seismic vibrators that are substantially uncorrelated with each other.
US08094513B2	Determining positioning of survey equipment using a model To performing positioning of survey equipment, measurements of acoustic signals reflected from at least one boundary of a marine environment are received. The reflected acoustic signals are reflected from the at least one boundary in response to acoustic signaling originated by an acoustic source. A positioning model is updated based on the measurements of the acoustic signals, wherein the positioning model contains information relating to positions of components of a positioning system that includes the acoustic source and acoustic receiver.
US08094511B2	Non-volatile memory device having high speed serial interface A non-volatile memory device comprises an interface circuit for receiving a plurality of signals. The plurality of signals provides multiplexed address and data and command signals in a serial format. An input buffer stores a plurality of the plurality of signals received in serial format and reconstitutes the address, data and command signals, and has an output. A command circuit receives the output of the input buffer and stores the command signals therefrom. An address circuit receives the output of the input buffer and stores the address signals therefrom. A data buffer circuit receives the output of the input buffer and stores the data signals therefrom. An array of non-volatile memory cells stores data from and provides data to the data buffer in response to address signals from the address decoder. A state machine is connected to the command circuit and controls the array of non-volatile memory cells. An output buffer receives data from the data buffer circuit and provides data to the interface circuit.
US08094510B2	Memory array incorporating noise detection line A memory array includes a sensing circuit for sensing bit line current while keeping the voltage of the selected bit line substantially unchanged. The word lines and bit lines are biased so that essentially no bias voltage is impressed across half-selected memory cells, which substantially eliminates leakage current through half-selected memory cells. The bit line current which is sensed arises largely from only the current through the selected memory cell. A noise detection line in the memory array reduces the effect of coupling from unselected word lines to the selected bit line. In a preferred embodiment, a three-dimensional memory array having a plurality of rail-stacks forming bit lines on more than one layer, includes at least one noise detection line associated with each layer of bit lines. A sensing circuit is connected to a selected bit line and to its associated noise detection line.
US08094504B2	Buffered DRAM A buffered DRAM that can be utilized in a DIMM or RDIMM package to reduce the load on the data lines connected to the package is presented. A buffered DRAM can include a DRAM memory cell; and a buffer coupled to receive data lines and strobe signals, the buffer further coupled to receive address and command signals. If data access is directed to a second DRAM, the buffer buffers the data and strobe signals for access by the second DRAM. If data access is directed to the buffered DRAM the buffer buffers the data and strobe signals for access by the DRAM memory cell.
US08094497B2	Multi-gate bandgap engineered memory Memory cells comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a source region and a drain region disposed below a surface of the substrate and separated by a channel region; a tunnel dielectric structure disposed above the channel region, the tunnel dielectric structure comprising at least one layer having a hole-tunneling barrier height; a charge storage layer disposed above the tunnel dielectric structure; an insulating layer disposed above the charge storage layer; and a gate electrode disposed above the insulating layer are described along with arrays and methods of operation.
US08094495B2	Nonvolatile memory device A nonvolatile memory device includes a data memory cell array having multi level memory cells divided into two groups, a write sequence memory cell array configured to store a write sequence indicating in which of the two groups the multi level data was written first, and a write time memory cell array configured to store the number of write operations performed on the memory cells. The memory device further includes a control circuit configured to control a program operation by determining allocation of data corresponding to a minimum physical voltage distribution causing a reaction of the memory cells, such that a shift of a first minimum physical voltage causing a reaction due to the first write operation and a shift of a second minimum physical voltage causing a reaction due to the second write operation are equal regardless of write sequence.
US08094478B2	Nonvolatile memory device having a plurality of memory blocks A nonvolatile memory device 1 capable of preventing interference between a read operation and a rewrite operation, and capable of preventing malfunctions that may occur in the event the read operation and the rewrite operation are performed simultaneously between memory blocks is provided. The nonvolatile memory device 1 is provided with a plurality of banks, a rewrite control unit 2 to which a first power source line VCC1 and a first ground line VSS1 are connected and which is adapted to control a rewrite operation with respect to a bank i, and a read control unit 5 to which a second power source line VCC2 and a second ground line VSS2 are connected and which is adapted to control a read operation with respect to a bank j, wherein the rewrite control unit 2 and the read control unit 5 are arranged so as to be spaced from each another.
US08094477B2	Resistance change semiconductor storage device A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array having memory cells positioned at respective intersections between a plurality of first wirings and a plurality of second wirings, each of the memory cells having a rectifier element and a variable resistance element connected in series, and a control circuit selectively driving the first and second wirings. The control circuit applies a first voltage to the selected first wiring and applies a second voltage to the selected second wiring to apply a certain potential difference to a selected memory cell positioned at a intersection between the selected first and second wirings, and brings at least one of nonselected first wirings into a floating state.
US08094475B2	Inverter with asymmetric clocking and thermally isolated modules On an inverter for feeding power of a direct voltage source, in particular of a photovoltaic generator (PVG), into an alternating voltage mains (N), with an asymmetrically clocked bridge circuit with at least two first switches (S1, S2) clocked at mains frequency and with at least two second switches (S3, S4) clocked at a higher clock frequency, the efficiency is intended to be improved at low cost. This is achieved in that slow speed switches (S1, S2) of equal temperature stability are utilized for the mains frequency and that fast speed switches (S3, S4) with steeper switching slopes and higher temperature stability are utilized for the higher clock frequency, the fast speed switches (S3, S4) being locally separated from the slow speed switches (S1, S2).
US08094474B2	Drive controller for power conversion circuit A drive controller is provided, for controlling driving of a power conversion circuit. The power control circuit includes a switching element for increasing/decreasing an absolute value of current passing through a coil by repeating electrical ON/OFF operation, so that voltage of power storage means is converted to a desired value required by power supply means, the switching element being provided for each positive/negative polarity of output current outputted from a circuit other than the power storage means, to the power storage means. Meanwhile, the drive controller includes energy loading means and OFF-state setting means. The energy loading means loads energy on the coil through a switching element not corresponding to existing polarity of the output current, after the absolute value has been zeroed by the turn OFF of the switching element corresponding to the existing polarity, but preceding an ON operation of the switching element corresponding to the existing polarity. The OFF-state setting means set both of the switching elements corresponding to and not corresponding to the existing polarity to an OFF state, after the energy loading process.
US08094472B2	Power factor correction converter capable of fast adjusting load A power factor correction converter capable of fast adjusting load functions to (a) convert a single-phase AC voltage into a DC voltage output; (b) control an input current and an input voltage for a correspondent electrical phase, namely the power factor that is 1; and (c) control a DC output voltage level. The converter is provided with a booster-based AC-DC converter as a core, in which the circuit includes a rectification circuit, a switching circuit consisting of a DC inductor and a power crystal, an energy-saving capacitor, a protection circuit, a microprocessor, and auxiliary circuits around. The power factor control, output voltage, and current control and filter modules function in the form of software program instead of conventional hardware circuits. Further, a powerful controller uses an output current feedback to enhance the DC output voltage to suppress the disturbance of load.
US08094463B2	Crystal oscillator for surface mounting A crystal oscillator for surface mounting comprising: a case main body including concave portions on both principal surfaces; a crystal element hermetically encapsulated in one concave portion; an IC chip housed in the other concave portion; mounting terminals provided on four corner portions of an opening end face of the other concave portion; and a protrusion serving as identifying marks along a direction of sides of the case main body and provided in some of the mounting terminals. The mounting terminals, to which the protrusions are provided, are provided on both corner portions on one end side of the case main body. The protrusions extend in a same direction from the mounting terminals at an inner or outer circumference side of the opening end face. The mounting terminals including the protrusions are symmetric with respect to a center line between both corner portions on the one end side.
US08094455B2	High-density integrated circuit module structure A high-density integrated circuit module structure comprises a substrate and a heat sink at least wherein the substrates form a reversely-staggered contacting stack structure by electrically contacting heat sinks and heat conductors on the heat sink have a non-flat structure at least to realize the present invention which extends the product's functions within an electronic product's restricted height and has a better vibration resistance capability, heat dissipation effect, and no steps involving junctions between solder balls and a carrier in an assembling procedure to simply an assembling procedure with improved functions, increased capacity, and reduced manufacturing costs.
US08094448B2	Battery cover assembly for electronic device A battery cover assembly (100) for use in a portable electronic device, comprises a main body (30), a battery cover (10), and a elastic member (20). The battery cover (10) includes a plurality of latching portions (122). The elastic member (20) is mounted in the main body (30), and includes a body section (24) and a resisting section (28) extending from the body section (24). The latching portions (122) engages through openings in the body section (24) and are elastically resisted by the resisting portion (28) to releasably latch the battery cover (10) to the main body (30). When detaching the battery cover (10) from the main body (30), the resisting section (28 is elastically biased by the latching portions (122) to accumulate elastic force, the latching portions (122) is pushed away from the body section (24) under the elastic force of the resisting section (28).
US08094445B2	Electronic device with protection for disk drive An electronic device includes a tray, a disk drive secured in the tray, a first back plane secured on the tray, and a flexible connecting member. The disk drive connects with the first back plane by the connecting member so that the disk drive is spaced from the first back plane when the disk drive is vibrated.
US08094444B2	Sliding type portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes a first housing: a second housing coupled with the first housing such that the second housing can slide while facing the first housing, guide ribs arranged on the first housing, guide slits arranged on the second housing, and at least one protuberance arranged on either an outer surface of each guide rib and an inner wall of each guide slit. The guide slits extend along a direction in which the second housing slides and each guide rib is restricted in each guide slit so as to guide a sliding movement of the second housing. The at least one protuberance contacts either an inner wall of each guide slit or an outer surface of each guide rib.
US08094443B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a first housing that has a shape of a rectangle a second housing, and a connecting section that movably connects the first housing to the second housing. The first housing is formed of at least a first part that is attached to the second housing by the connecting section and forms one side of the rectangle and a second part that is bonded to the first part at a position closer to the one side, and an attaching surface of the first part and the second part has an attaching area that changes from both ends of the one side to the center thereof.
US08094442B2	Display A display includes: a display panel including a display surface; a frame including a cover part which partially faces the display surface; and a film whose fixing area is fixed to the cover part and which is arranged between the display surface and the cover part. The cover part includes a flat part and a stepped part which projects toward the display surface, and the film comes in contact with the display surface to be bent.
US08094440B2	Bag computer system and bag apparatus Disclosed is a system comprised of a bag and computer combination which allows the bag wearer to quickly access and use a computer while mobile. The system can be in three forms and all three are used in the same way: a pivoting cover is moved out of the way to expose a display which pivots into the line of sight of the wearer/operator. When assembled, all the components are physically connected and electrical components are electrically connected. Additional components include a keyboard or write pad mounted on the pivoting cover or on a separate pivoting mount near the center bag front, a display prop which braces the display in various angular positions and side pockets fitted for peripherals. An example is cited using a bag with flap mounts and equipment which mounts to the flaps using clamps.
US08094438B2	Wall-avoiding self-balancing mount for tilt positioning of a flat panel electronic display A device for mounting an electronic display to a wall includes a support structure operably connected to a tilt head assembly and a display interface structure. The support structure includes an arm assembly that can be extended and rotated so that the electronic display avoids contacting the wall. The tilt head assembly includes an attachment member, guide structures for tilting the electronic display so that the electronic display remains self-balancing, and a plate for positioning the guide structures. The display interface structure facilitates attachment of the attachment member to the electronic display.
US08094432B2	Multilayer ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a first substep of depositing precipitates primarily made of a specific metal on an end of each of internal electrodes exposed at a predetermined surface of a laminate and growing the precipitates to coalesce into a continuous plated sublayer, and a second substep of heat-treating the laminate including the plated sublayer at a temperature of at least about 800° C., wherein a plated layer including a plurality of plated sublayers is formed by continuously performing at least two cycles of the first substep and the second substep.
US08094420B2	Magnetoresistive device of the CCP (current perpendicular to plane) type with single-domain control of magnetization, and associated magnetic disk system The invention provides a magnetoresistive device of the CCP (current perpendicular to plane) structure comprising a magnetoresistive unit sandwiched between soft magnetic shield layers with a current applied in the stacking direction. The magnetoresistive unit comprises a nonmagnetic intermediate layer sandwiched between ferromagnetic layers. A planar framework positions the soft magnetic shield layers and comprises a combination of a nonmagnetic gap layer with a bias magnetic field-applying layer constructed by repeating the stacking of a multilayer unit comprising a nonmagnetic underlay layer and a high coercive material layer. The nonmagnetic gap layer is designed and located such that a magnetic flux given out of the bias magnetic field-applying layer is efficiently directed along a closed magnetic path around the framework to form a single domain of magnetization.
US08094418B2	Vertically stacked DFH heater design for protrusion shape control A vertically stacked DFH design in a read/write head is disclosed that allows independent control of write gap protrusion and read gap protrusion. A first heater is formed in an insulation layer proximate to a sensor in a read head. A second heater is formed in a second insulation layer proximate to the write pole tip in a main pole layer. The two heaters are connected in series or in parallel through leads to a power source that activates the heaters. In one embodiment, the heaters have a fixed resistance ratio. Preferably, there are two drivers in the power source so that a first power can be applied to the first heater and a second power can be applied to the second heater to enable an adjustment of reader protrusion/writer protrusion or gamma ratio. Fast reader and writer actuation is achieved and low power consumption is realized.
US08094417B2	Magnetoresistance device A magnetoresistance device has a channel extending between first and second ends in a first direction comprising non-ferromagnetic semiconducting material, such as silicon, a plurality of leads connected to and spaced apart along the channel, a gate structure for applying an electric field to the channel in a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction so as to form an inversion layer in the channel and a face which lies substantially in a plane defined by the first and second directions and which is configured such that an edge of the channel runs along the face.
US08094415B2	Disk drive suspension A suspension is provided with a base plate, load beam, and flexure. The base plate includes a boss portion, a first region situated on a side closer to a slider with respect to a center of the boss portion, and a second region situated on a side more remote from the slider. A pair of first projections are formed in the first region. A pair of second projections are formed in the second region. The projections project in the thickness direction of the base plate. The boss portion is inserted into a hole in an actuator arm, and the projections contact a suspension support portion of the actuator arm. The boss portion is pressurized from inside to be enlarged, whereby the base plate is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the hole of the actuator arm.
US08094406B2	Apparatus and method to adjust the positions of a write element and read element disposed on a read/write head A method to adjust the positions of a write element and read element disposed on a read/write head comprising a first assembly independently moveable along a first axis and comprising a first servo element, a second servo element, and the write element disposed between the first servo element and the second servo element and a second assembly independently moveable along the first axis and comprising a third servo element, a fourth servo element, and the read element disposed between the third servo element and the fourth servo element. The method moves a sequential information storage medium adjacent to the read/write head along a second axis, wherein the second axis is substantially orthogonal to the first axis, and determines a dynamic skew for the sequential information storage medium with respect to the read/write head using the first servo element and the second servo element. The method then positions the first assembly with respect to the second assembly to correct for that dynamic skew angle.
US08094404B1	Propagation self servo write system and method for storage devices employing sector-servo scheme A self-servo writing circuit including a controller. The controller is in communication with a read/write head having a read element and a write element, in which the read element is radially offset from the write element by a first predetermined distance. The controller is configured to i) cause the write element to write a first set of wedges of servo data onto a disk, and ii) after causing the write element to write the first set of wedges of servo data, cause the write element to write a second set of wedges of servo data onto the disk between the first set of wedges of servo data. The second set of wedges of servo data is radially offset from the first set of wedges of servo data based on the first predetermined distance between the read element and the write element.
US08094402B2	Systems and methods for correcting magnetic tape dimensional instability Magnetic tape devices encounter read and/or write errors when the tape is not being passed across the head with the proper tension and/or skew angle. According to one embodiment, a system which corrects for these problems comprises a head having an array of at least one of readers and writers, a drive mechanism for passing a magnetic recording tape over the head, a skew-inducing mechanism coupled to the head for adjusting a skew angle of a longitudinal axis of the array relative to a direction normal to a direction of tape travel over the head, and a controller in communication with the head. The system also determines a tape dimensional stability state of the tape and adjust the skew angle away from normal to the direction of tape travel and lowers a tension of the tape across the head if the tape dimensional stability state is in a contracted state.
US08094398B2	Arrangement method of servo pattern of patterned medium, patterned medium, and information storage device According to one embodiment, address information is expanded on a bit map in order to generate original address information which is divided in a direction of the abscissa to form groups. The demodulated values of the original address information are obtained as original intra-group demodulated values. New address information is obtained and an arrangement pattern of bits in the servo area determined based on the new address information on a bit map formed by integrating obtained new address information items of the groups.
US08094396B1	Media defect scan A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a head for writing data to the disk, and control circuitry coupled to the head. The control circuitry is operable to write data to the plurality of data tracks, read a first data area of a first data track to generate a first read back signal, determine a first quality metric and a channel flag in response to the first read back signal, determine that the first quality metric exceeds a first threshold, apply additional stress to the first data area, reread the first data area to generate a second read back signal, determine a second quality metric in response to the second read back signal, and determine whether the second quality metric exceeds a second threshold.
US08094384B2	Camera, handlens, and microscope optical system for imaging and coupled optical spectroscopy An optical system comprising two lens cells, each lens cell comprising multiple lens elements, to provide imaging over a very wide image distance and within a wide range of magnification by changing the distance between the two lens cells. An embodiment also provides scannable laser spectroscopic measurements within the field-of-view of the instrument.
US08094372B2	Telescope and binocular body member A telescope 110 includes: a single objective optical system 113; and a binocular body member (111, 112); the binocular body member including a mount portion 116 for connecting to the objective optical system 113, and a controller 114 for controlling the objective optical system, thereby providing a telescope capable of making binocular observation of an image of an object formed by a single objective lens.
US08094365B2	White particles for display, particle dispersion for display, display medium and display device White particles for display including first white particles that move in response to an electric field and second white particles that do not move in response to an electric field, the second white particles having a volume average particle size that is less than that of the first white particles, and a ratio of the numerical amount of the first white particles/the second white particles (L/S) satisfying the following relationship: 1/(5.1×107)≦L/S≦1/(2.8×104).
US08094364B2	Optical film for display apparatus using electrophoresis and filter for display apparatus having the same An optical film for a display apparatus using electrophoresis includes a transparent base having partition walls dividing the transparent base into cells, an electrophoresis dispersion which fills the cells and contains a dielectric medium and charged pigment particles dispersed throughout the dielectric medium, a front electrode provided in front of the cell, first and second in-plane electrodes provided behind the cell, and a rear electrode provided behind the cell in such a manner that the rear electrode is disposed between the first and second in-plane electrodes.
US08094363B2	Integrated imods and solar cells on a substrate Embodiments of the present invention relate to interferometric display devices comprising an interferometric modulator and a solar cell and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the solar cell is configured to provide energy to the interferometric modulator. The solar cell and the interferometric modulator may be formed above the same substrate. A layer of the solar cell may be shared with a layer of the interferometric modulator.
US08094354B2	Scanning objective lens, scanning probe and scanning endoscope A scanning objective lens for scanning on an observation target with light emitted from an exit end face of an optical fiber moving on a curved plane formed to be convex on an objective lens side, including first and second lens groups each having a positive power, wherein the first lens group and the second lens group are arranged in this order from the optical fiber's exit end face side, and the scanning objective lens satisfies conditions: 0.60
US08094336B2	Printer with interpreter A printer for printing on a web of record members such as labels, tags, etc. includes an interpreter and a memory for storing an application program. The interpreter is enabled or disabled by the receipt of a command. When enabled, the interpreter processes an application program to extract data from a received data stream and to construct one or more data packets in a predetermined printer control language to be sent to a parser. When the interpreter is disabled, the received data may be processed by an XML or PCL task and forwarded to the parser, bypassing the interpreter.
US08094334B2	Image forming apparatus for managing application and control method therefor A control method for an image forming apparatus having means for managing a software application includes the steps of: detecting that a job is generated in the image forming apparatus; obtaining notification information of the detected job; and sending the notification information of the job to the application.
US08094322B2	Method and apparatus for the determination of the 3D coordinates of an object In a method for the determination of the 3D coordinates of an object (2), a pattern is projected (1) onto the object (2) and the pattern reflected by the object (2) is taken (3) and evaluated. To improve such a method, a pattern is projected onto a first part region (12) of the object (2) in a first step and the pattern reflected by this part region (12) of the object (2) is taken. In a second step, a pattern is projected onto a second part region of the object (2) and the pattern reflected by this part region of the object (2) is taken. The patterns taken are evaluated.
US08094321B2	Photogrammetric target and related method A multi-target photogrammetric target assembly and related method of evaluating curvilinear surface character. The target assembly includes a first photogrammetric target disposed at a first support and a second photogrammetric target disposed at a second support. The first support and the second support are operatively connected such that the first target is in predefined lateral spaced relation to the second target. The method includes providing a structure having a curvilinear surface and affixing one or more multi-target photogrammetric target assemblies to the curvilinear surface. The position of the targets is measured by one or more imaging devices to define surface contour characteristics.
US08094319B2	Image diagnostic apparatus and method An image diagnostic apparatus includes a probe capable of light transmission and reception, wherein a reflection light is obtained from the probe by scanning the probe rotatingly, and a tomographic image is formed and outputted based on the obtained reflection light. A light-shield is provided to shield the light transmitted to the probe, a connection detector detects whether or not the probe is connected, and a controller controls the light-shield based on a detected result by the connection detector.
US08094318B2	Method and apparatus for determining reflectance data of a subject An apparatus for obtaining reflectance data of an object includes a diffuser having a surface. The apparatus includes a mapping portion that affects a mapping between a light field at the object's surface and a light field at the diffuser surface for BRDF capture of the object. A method for obtaining reflectance data usable to determine a plurality of values of the BRDF of an object. The method includes the steps of illuminating the object. There is the step of affecting a mapping between a light field at the object's surface and a light field at a diffuser surface for BRDF capture of the object with a mapping portion. An apparatus and a method for measuring an 8D reflectance field of an object or a 3D object.
US08094317B1	Plasmonic router A plasmonic router can include a first surface plasmon guide and a second surface plasmon guide. A surface plasmon can be generated in either of the plasmon guides. Each plasmon guide has an energy barrier, which can be selectively decreased to allow selective propagation of the generated surface plasmon through the plasmon guide. The generated surface plasmon has an evanescent wave that extends outwardly from the plasmon guide by a spatial extent. To allow for surface plasmon propagation between plasmon guides, the plasmon guides can be spaced apart by a predetermined gap that is less than the spatial extent of the surface plasmon. When that occurs, the surface plasmon will “jump” the predetermined gap and propagate from one plasmon guide to the other plasmon guide.
US08094312B2	Apparatus and methods for analyzing samples The present invention relates to apparatus, systems, and methods for analyzing biological samples. The apparatus, systems, and methods can involve using a vacuum source to pull microfluidic volumes through analytical equipment, such as flow cells and the like. Additionally, the invention involves using optical equipment in conjunction with the analytical equipment to analyze samples and control the operation thereof.
US08094311B2	Spectroscopic method of determining the amount of an analyte in a mixture of analytes The invention relates to a multivariate calibration which can be used when the optical system used for that method does not comprise a multi-channel detector such as a CCD sensor or a line array of photodiodes. An optical system without a multi-channel detector doesn't allow to carry out preprocessing steps. Thus there is the need to carry out these preprocessing steps in another way. It is suggested to partially replace the preprocessing step by a measurement of the optical signal, whereby the measurement comprises transmitting or reflecting the optical signal by an optical element, thereby weighing the optical signal by a spectral weighing function. The advantage of the invention is to teach how such an optical system without a bulky and expensive CCD sensor can be used to carry out a multivariate calibration and preprocessing steps.
US08094302B2	Spectrophotometer Disclosed herein is a spectrophotometer. The spectrophotometer includes a CPU having a signal prediction part and a comparison/calculation part. The signal prediction part predicts the strength of an output signal from a photodetection unit during the next period based on the strength of the output signal from the photodetection unit. The comparison/calculation part compares a reference value, which defines the limit value of electrical current passing through a photomultiplier tube, of the strength of an output signal from an AD converter with a predicted value predicted by the signal prediction part. In a case where the predicted value exceeds the reference value, a voltage applied to the photomultiplier tube is calculated so that the strength of an output signal from the photodetection unit during the next period does not exceed the reference value. An applied voltage control part is configured to perform applied voltage control based on an applied voltage value calculated by the comparison/calculation part when the predicted value of the strength of an output signal from the photodetection unit during the next period exceeds the reference value.
US08094299B2	Transducer module Transducer modules for use in a blood analysis instrument and methods for analyzing a blood sample. The transducer modules presented generally include a light source, a focus-alignment system, a flow cell, and a light scatter detection system. Electrodes within the flow cell allow for the measurement of the DC impedance and RF conductivity of cells passing through a cell-interrogation zone in the flow cell. Light scatter from the cells passing through the cell-interrogation zone is measured by the light scatter detection system. The light scatter detection system measures the light scatter parameters of upper median light scatter, lower median angle light scatter, low angle light scatter, and axial light loss. The presented methods for analyzing a blood sample generally include aspirating a whole blood sample into a blood analysis instrument, preparing the blood sample for analysis, passing the blood sample through a flow cell in a transducer system, and measuring axial light loss, multiple angles of light scatter, DC impedance and/or RF conductivity.
US08094298B2	Method for detecting particles and defects and inspection equipment thereof A method and equipment which includes an illustrated-spot illumination-distribution data table for storing an illumination distribution within an illustrated spot and which calculates a coordinate position for a particle or a defect and the diameter of the particle on the basis of detection light intensity data about the particle or defect and the illustrated-spot illumination-distribution data table. Thus, even when the illumination distribution within the illustrated spot based on an actual illumination optical system is not a Gaussian distribution, the calculation of the particle diameter of the detected particle or defect and the calculation of a coordinate position on the surface of an object to be inspected can be attained with an increased accuracy.
US08094294B2	Multipoint method for identifying hazardous agents The invention relates to apparatus and methods for assessing occurrence of a hazardous agent in a sample by performing multipoint spectral analysis of the sample. Methods of employing Raman spectroscopy and other spectrophotometric methods are disclosed. Devices and systems suitable for performing such multipoint methods are also disclosed.
US08094293B2	Glass thickness measurement using fluorescence An apparatus and method for measurement of the stress in and thickness of flat glass or curved glass segments is disclosed that uses fluorescence to quickly and accurately ascertain both the thickness of the stress layers and the wall thickness in addition to the stress curve in flat glass or curved glass segments. The apparatus and method may be used to quickly and accurately measure both the stress in and the thickness of flat glass or curved glass segments at a plurality of various locations therein. The apparatus and method are adapted for large scale flat glass or curved glass segment manufacturing, and are capable of high speed measurement of the stress in and the thickness of the flat glass or curved glass segments.
US08094290B2	Illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An illumination optical system with a simple structure reduces the effects of illumination variations caused by a spatial coherency of illumination light, while maintaining a high usage efficiency of illumination light that is emitted in pulses. The illumination optical system illuminates an irradiated plane with pulse-emitted illumination light and includes a spatial light modulator including a plurality of mirror elements each of which spatially modulates the illumination light in accordance with an incident position of the illumination light. A modulation control unit controls the mirror elements, whenever at least one pulse of illumination light is emitted, in a manner such that the optical elements spatially modulate the pulses of illumination light differently from one another and form substantially the same intensity distribution for the pulses of illumination light on a predetermined plane.
US08094285B2	Method for manufacturing a reflection plate It is to suppress the interference of the reflected light easily and securely even in a highly fine liquid crystal display device. The reflection plate comprises recessed or protruded parts and a reflection film formed over the recessed or protruded parts. A unit shape of the recessed or protruded parts is a polygon, an arbitrary point other than a centroid of the polygon that constitutes the recessed or protrude part is placed at a position that meets with an orderly-mannered lattice point as an origin, and each of the unit-shape polygons is arranged at a position that is rotated randomly with respect to the origin.
US08094284B2	Liquid crystal display panel including patterned pixel electrodes having micro slits, electronic apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel is provided. A photo-alignment layer and a patterned pixel electrode are formed on a first and a second substrates respectively. A liquid crystal layer is formed between the photo-alignment layer and the patterned pixel electrode. The patterned pixel electrode includes intersected electrodes having a first directional portion and a second directional portion intersected therewith, and stripe electrodes having slits therebetween connect at least one of the first directional portion and the second directional portion. When an electric field between the first and the second substrates is substantially zero, the liquid crystal molecules near the photo-alignment layer have a pre-tilt angle while those on another side are substantially perpendicular to the second substrate. As the liquid crystal layer is driven, the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are substantially arranged along an extending direction of the slits.
US08094278B2	Liquid crystal display device The present liquid crystal display is obtained by disposing, between two parallel substrates on which a pair of electrodes are formed, two alignment control films, and a liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal and a polymerizable compound that can be polymerized by light, a heat or a combination thereof, and then polymerizing the polymerizable compound. If the liquid crystal to be used is one having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy, the alignment control films are vertical alignment control films having been subjected to rubbing processing so that the rubbing directions are parallel to each other, and when voltage is not applied, only liquid crystal molecules in a specific area in a pixel present the splay alignment. According to the present invention, a liquid crystal display device having a high-speed response can be implemented.
US08094277B2	Liquid crystal display device The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device used as a display part of an electronic apparatus which exhibits high brightness and favorable display quality. The liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner; vertical-alignment type liquid crystal which is sealed between the pair of substrates; a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region including a sub pixel having a pixel electrode on one substrate and a sub pixel having a pixel electrode on one substrate, a slit formed between the pixel electrodes; and a singular point control part which includes projecting portions which are formed on end portions of the pixel electrodes on the slit-side and controls singular points of the liquid crystal.
US08094272B2	Liquid crystal displays A liquid crystal display comprises two parallel spaced substrates and a liquid crystal layer with negative dielectric anisotropy interposed between the substrates. The ratio d/p, the cell gap d between the substrates to the pitch p of the liquid crystal layer, is equal to or less than 0.3, and the retardation value Δn*d may be in the range of 0.25-0.4. In absence of electric field, the liquid crystal molecules are arranged vertically to the substrates, and when the sufficient electric field is applied, the liquid crystal molecules are parallel to the substrates and twisted by 90° from one substrate to the other.
US08094271B2	Liquid crystal display device and color film plate, and processes for producing the same A novel liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, liquid crystal held between the first substrate and the second substrate, patterned layers divided into fine areas, disposed on the first substrate, comprising at least a patterned color filter layer and a patterned first optically anisotropic layer laminated in the direction of the normal line of the substrate, and a barrier wall disposed at a boundary portion of the adjacent fine areas of the patterned layers.
US08094268B2	Liquid crystal display substrate, liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display substrate [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] A liquid crystal display substrate includes an insulating substrate 10, an interlayer insulating film 11 formed on the insulating substrate 10, an interlayer insulating film 11a in a transmitting portion T, a reflecting metal film 12 formed on an interlayer insulating film 11b in a reflecting portion R, and a color filter 13 formed on the interlayer insulating film 11a and the reflecting metal film 12. The interlayer insulating film 11b in the reflecting portion R has a corrugated surface formed by concave portions and convex portions. A height h1 of the interlayer insulating film 11a in the transmitting portion T is equal to or lower than a height h2 of the convex portion. The liquid crystal display substrate further includes a transparent dielectric layer 14 on the color filter 13 formed in the reflecting portion R.[SELECTED FIGURE]
US08094266B2	LCD apparatus with improved color filter configuration An LCD apparatus includes an LCD panel having a color filter for a plurality of color components and having a plurality of pixels each associated with one of the color components of the color filter, and a side lighting-type backlight unit disposed under the LCD panel. The backlight unit includes a light guide and a light source disposed at least at one lateral end of the light guide, and further includes a reflecting layer on a side opposite to a side facing the LCD panel to reflect light coming towards the reflecting layer from the light guide. The color filter is configured to compensate a change in color spectrum in the ambient light that has passed through the LCD panel and the light guide and that has been reflected by the reflecting layer back to the light guide and the LCD panel so that the color temperature of white display of the LCD panel by the ambient light remains substantially the same as the color temperature of the original ambient light.
US08094261B2	Display unit and processing system each having a wiring board in substantially the same plane as a liquid crystal module Disclosed are a display unit and a data processing system equipped therewith. The display unit includes a liquid crystal module, a rear panel covering the back surface of the liquid crystal module, a front periphery covering member covering a peripheral part of the front surface of the liquid crystal module, and a wiring board for driving the liquid crystal module. The liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal cell, a light guide panel disposed behind the back surface of the liquid crystal cell, a reflecting panel disposed behind the back surface of the light guide panel, plural LEDs disposed opposite to one end surface of the light guide panel, and a holding frame provided with a spacing part, covering a peripheral part of the back surface of the reflecting panel and holding the liquid crystal cell, the light guide panel, the reflecting panel and the LEDs. The wiring board and the liquid crystal module are contained substantially in a plane in a space between the rear panel and the front periphery covering member.
US08094255B2	Spread pixels using associated dot polarity for multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal displays A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display that does not require physical features on the substrate (such as protrusions and ITO slits) is disclosed. Each pixel of the MVA LCD is subdivided into color components, which are further divided into color dots. The drive component areas, i.e. where switching elements and storage capacitors are located, are converted to associated dots by adding an electrode that can be electrically biased. The voltage polarity of the color dots and associated dots are arranged so that fringe fields in each color dot causes multiple liquid crystal domains in each color dot. Specifically, the color dots and associated dots of a pixel are arranged so that associated dots have opposite polarity as compared to neighboring color dots.
US08094254B2	Active matrix display device comprising a light shielding layer surrounding a transparent conductive film and a portion of said light shielding layer extends over and said transparent conductive film In an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, a plurality of pixels connected to thin film transistors (TFTs) are arranged in an active matrix form in a pixel portion, and driven by a driver circuit portion. The pixel portion and the driver circuit portion are formed on one of a pair of insulating substrates. A liquid crystal material is interposed between the insulating substrates. An black matrix material made of an organic resin is formed over the one insulating substrate in which the driver circuit portion has been formed. An flat film is formed on the black matrix material.
US08094252B2	Display apparatus and method for driving the same A method of driving a display apparatus formed by arranging display devices each having a driving circuit and a current-driven type light emitting portion, the method comprising the steps of: performing a threshold voltage cancelling process in units of a display device row in which a predetermined reference voltage is applied to a gate electrode of a driving transistor of Q×N display devices configuring groups of display device rows and a predetermined driving voltage is applied to one source/drain region of the Q×N display devices so as to change the electric potential of the other source/drain region toward an electric potential calculated by subtracting a threshold voltage of the driving transistor from the reference voltage during a period TQ; and sequentially performing a writing process, in which video signals are applied to the gate electrodes of the driving transistor of N display devices configuring the display device row, Q times.
US08094249B2	Active device array substrate having bridge lines electrically connecting secondary and main data lines located on the same side of a pixel region and liquid crystal display panel and driving method thereof An active device array substrate includes a number of scan lines, a number of data lines perpendicular to the scan lines, and a number of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions includes a number of pixel sets arranged along a direction of the data lines. Each of the pixel sets has a number of adjacent pixels arranged along the direction of the data lines. The pixels in each of the pixel sets are electrically connected to the same data line. Each of the scan lines is separately arranged between the pixels. The data lines corresponding to the same pixel region are adjacent to one another and arranged at the same side of the pixel region.
US08094245B2	Display screen support mechanism and television set In a display screen support mechanism, a first hole portion receiving a platelike support shaft is provided in the form of a symmetrical sector formed by connecting two sectoral forward ends which are symmetric with respect to a hole center, and a display screen support member is rotatable about the platelike support shaft serving as a rotating shaft within an angular range of the symmetrical sectoral hole portion in a state where an end of the platelike support shaft in a longitudinal direction comes into contact with an arcuate inner peripheral surface of the symmetrical sectoral hole portion.
US08094242B2	Object management apparatus, mobile terminal, and object management method An object management apparatus comprising an image photographing unit, a storage unit, and a control unit communicably connected to at least one operation target device and a mobile terminal including a displacement detecting unit that detects a displacement of a physical quantity caused when the mobile terminal moves and a display unit via a network, wherein the storage unit includes, a display object storing unit, an operation target object storing unit, and a processing command storing unit, and the control unit includes, a display object transmitting unit, a mobile terminal position acquiring unit, an region determining unit, an operation target object determining unit, a processing command determining physical quantity displacement receiving unit, a display object acquiring unit, a processing command searching unit, and a processing command executing unit.
US08094238B2	Video signal processing device and video signal processing method A video signal processing device is a video signal processing device for converting an input first video signal to a second video signal, and inputting to a display panel, the video signal processing device including an input unit for receiving an input of a set value of the second video signal to be converted and output in correspondence to a signal level for each of a plurality of sample points of the signal level of the first video signal; a calculating unit for interpolation calculating the signal level of the second video signal to be converted and output for the signal level between each sample points; and a control unit for transferring a conversion table including a set value of the second video signal for each sample point of the first video signal and an interpolation calculated interpolation value between each sample points to a memory unit; wherein the memory unit converts to the second video signal of a corresponding signal level based on the conversion table according to the signal level of the input first video signal, and outputs the second video signal.
US08094236B2	Television system, television set and remote controller In response to an operation such as power-on or power-off, channel change and sound volume change, a television set combined with a personal computer automatically makes e-mail with information in a predetermined format indicative of the operation attached. The e-mail is automatically sent to another television set to inform the other television set of operation of the own television set. On the other hand, the e-mail can be sent to a rating company for audience share survey. The television set automatically reads the received e-mail and attachment to change the indication of display. The television set has storage of the received information for analysis of an abnormality. Abnormality can be also sensed through abnormal act on the remote controller apt to be taken by a person in panic or off the truck. The television set refuses information from unknown address for blocking an attack of a stranger.
US08094233B2	Imaging device for a camera A first video camera includes a lens barrel, a main frame, a first side panel, a second side panel, a first media insertion part, a viewfinder, a handle part, and a stay. The first media insertion part is fixed to the main frame. The viewfinder is disposed at the upper part of the media insertion part. The handle part protrudes from the viewfinder in a direction parallel to the optical axis of the lens barrel. The stay links the main frame and the handle part. The media insertion part is a separate member from the main frame, the first side panel, the second side panel, the viewfinder, and the handle part.
US08094227B2	Solid state image sensor A solid state image sensor capable of preventing image degradation, such as shading and ringing, from occurring in an image portion along the left edge of a screen. The solid state image sensor includes, in addition to a horizontal drive circuit that generates a horizontal drive pulse for driving a horizontal register, a pseudo-horizontal drive circuit that generates a pseudo-horizontal drive pulse successive to the horizontal drive pulse during a horizontal blanking interval. The horizontal drive circuit and pseudo-horizontal drive circuit are connected to a horizontal driver power supply unit, which generates, during the horizontal blanking interval, a current that is equal to a current generated by the horizontal driver power supply unit during an effective interval. This arrangement can prevent any power supply ripples from occurring immediately after the beginning of the effective interval.
US08094215B2	Digital column gain mismatch correction for 4T CMOS imaging systems-on-chip Systems and methods are provided that facilitate mitigating column gain mismatch in a CMOS imaging System-on-Chip (iSoC) sensor. Tunable voltages that mimic presence of photo-charge can be provided to test pixels in one or more rows of a pixel array. Moreover, column-specific digital gain corrections can be calibrated based upon input data received from the test pixels. During calibration, actual data can be compared to a target expected to be obtained via an analog readout architecture. The calibrated, column-specific digital gain corrections can be utilized to correct for column gain mismatch to yield output data. Further, correction values corresponding to the column-specific digital gain corrections can be retained in and retrieved from memory. The correction values, for example, can be a function of a scaling parameter that is tuned to match an available memory dynamic to a range of uncorrected gain mismatch.
US08094214B2	Image sensor and related CDS circuit and CDS layout method An image sensor capable of reducing noises includes a pixel array, a control circuit and a correlation double sampling (CDS) circuit array. The CDS circuit array is coupled between the pixel array and the control circuit, and includes a plurality of CDS circuit units, of which each CDS circuit unit includes a silicon substrate, a MOS device formed on the silicon substrate and connected to a voltage floating node of the CDS circuit unit, and a plurality of metal layers placed on the MOS device for providing electrical connection for the CDS circuit unit and for blocking light illumination on the MOS device.
US08094210B2	Image synthesis apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image synthesis method, and program An image synthesis apparatus is provided. The image synthesis apparatus includes a synthesis control block configured to determine a synthesized gain from a plurality of image signals having different exposure times, and a synthesis processing block configured to synthesize a plurality of image signals by use of a synthesized gain determined by the synthesis control block. In determining the synthesized gain, the synthesis control block references a predetermined predicted image signal ratio to exclude a domain of a pixel position having an image signal improper for the determination of a synthesized gain from a subject of the synthesized gain determination.
US08094198B2	Interconnected camera module and printer module A camera module for a compact printer system. The camera module includes a CMOS image sensor that captures an RGB image when a take button is actuated. The RGB image is transformed to a suitable format, such as Lab*, for transfer directly to a printer module. The camera module incorporates a camera portion pivotally connected to a base portion, where by the camera portion is pivotal between a first position where it is aligned with on a common axis on the base portion and a second position where there is no alignment. The base portion has a connector that connects directly to a corresponding connector on the printer module, providing both a physical connection and a logical connection. The logical connection is a serial bus that communicates power and data.
US08094194B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus having a displaying part, includes a video processing part to process an input video signal into a format which can be displayed on the displaying part, and a controlling part to determine whether a video image displayed on the displaying part is a still image, and if it is determined that the video image is the still image, to control the video processing part to display the video image according to the input video signal and a predetermined after-image prevention image alternately on the displaying part. Thus, the present general inventive concept provides a display apparatus which is capable of removing an after-image effect occurring in a display panel effectively, and a control method thereof.
US08094187B2	Method of placing a component by means of a placement device at a desired position on a substrate holder, and device suitable for performing such a method A method places a component at a desired position on a substrate by means of a placement device. The component is transported to an intermediate position above the desired position and a position difference between the intermediate position and the desired position is determined by means of a camera and a processor. Subsequently, the component is transported to the desired position on the substrate, making use of the position difference. The camera, which is arranged at the side of the component opposite the component's side facing the substrate, takes an image of at least the portion of the substrate that includes the desired position as well as the placement device.
US08094180B2	Conveying apparatus and recording apparatus A conveying apparatus includes a lever swinging in contact with a recording medium conveyed along a conveying path in a conveying direction, a sensor detecting the swinging of the lever, a moving unit for moving the lever from a position where the lever is allowed to contact the recording medium in the conveying path to a position where the lever is retracted from the conveying path, a guide unit being movable between a first position and a second position, the guide unit guiding the recording medium conveyed in a direction opposite to the conveying direction to the conveying path when the guide unit is located in the second position and a transmitting unit for transmitting the movement of the guide unit to the moving unit through motion of at least one member to link the movement of the guide unit from the first position to the second position with the movement of the lever to the position where the lever is retracted from the conveying path, the movement of the lever being performed by the moving unit.
US08094178B2	Method and apparatus for forming image In an image forming apparatus, a separating unit separates each laser beam into a first laser beam used for measuring light intensity and a second laser beam used for scanning a photosensitive element, a photoelectric converting unit measures a light intensity of each of the first laser beams and outputs a voltage indicative of the light intensity. A control unit controls a light intensity of each of the laser beams based on a common drive current and a corresponding one of a current correction value, which is set by each of the laser beams to correct a light intensity of a corresponding one of the laser beams based on a corresponding one of the voltages output by the photoelectric converting unit.
US08094169B2	Imaging model and apparatus A system and method for making an imaging model and an imaging apparatus. An apparatus for image processing may include an optical element having a field of view, and image sectoring element coupled to the optical element, the image sectoring element configured to sector the field of view in a plurality of areas, and an image processor coupled to the image sectoring element, the image processor configured to process an image in accordance with the plurality of areas. Methods to make the foregoing apparatus are also described.
US08094161B2	Virtualization of graphics resources Graphics resources are virtualized through an interlace between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients.
US08094160B2	Moving-picture processing apparatus and pre-fetch control method A moving-picture processing apparatus has a pre-fetch memory pre-fetching a portion of a decoded picture stored in an external memory, and a miss/hit determination unit determining a manner in which a miss occurs in response to a read request to the pre-fetch memory.
US08094156B2	Rigless retargeting for character animation Motion may be transferred between portions of two characters if those portions have a minimum topological similarity. The portions or structures of the source and target character topologies may be represented as one or more descriptive files comprised of a hierarchy of data objects including portion identifiers and functionality descriptors associated with portions of the respective source or target topology. To transfer motion between the source and target characters, the motion associated with the portions or structures of the source character identified by a subset of source portion identifiers having corresponding target portion identifiers is determined. This motion is retargeted to and attached to the corresponding portions or structures of the target character identifiers. As a result, the animation of the portions of the target character effectively animates the target character with motion that is similar to that of the source character.
US08094148B2	Texture processing apparatus, method and program A texture processing apparatus includes a CG data acquisition unit acquiring calculator graphics (CG) data including CG model data, camera data, light data, texture data items, and a preset emphasis parameter for texture mapping processing, the CG model data, the camera data and the light data composing data for rendering a CG image, the texture data items being acquired or produced under different conditions, a calculation unit calculating, using the CG data, an emphasis texture processing condition corresponding to the preset emphasis parameter, the emphasis texture processing condition being used to perform texture mapping processing on a CG model, an extraction unit extracting a particular texture data item from the acquired texture data items in accordance with the texture processing condition, and a processing unit performing emphasis processing on the particular texture data item in accordance with the preset emphasis parameter to obtain a emphasized texture data item.
US08094143B2	Image processing method and liquid-crystal display device using the same This invention relates to an image processing method for improving the quality of an image to be displayed on a display device and to a liquid-crystal display device using the same, and aims at providing an image processing method for providing wide viewing angle and excellent tonal-intensity viewing angle characteristic and a liquid-crystal display device using the same. Combined together are a higher-luminance pixel to be driven higher in luminance than the luminance data of an image to be displayed and a lower-luminance pixel to be driven lower in luminance than the luminance data, to determine a luminance on the higher-luminance pixel and luminance on the lower-luminance pixel as well as an area ratio of the higher-luminance and lower-luminance pixels in a manner obtaining a luminance nearly equal to a desired luminance based on the luminance data.
US08094132B1	Image display touch control An operator of an image display device can control operation of an application and/or functionality of the image display device using a touch sensitive area located around the display of the image display device. The touch sensitive area, such as a matte, can be divided into one or more regions.
US08094131B2	Touch control virtual screen apparatus A touch control virtual screen apparatus is provided. The touch control virtual screen apparatus includes a screen, an optical structure, and a detection module. The screen is adapted for emitting light. The optical structure includes at least one optical lens, and is adapted for configuring an image of a virtual screen in a space corresponding to a screen image, in accordance with the optical imaging principle. The detection module is adapted for detecting whether a user touches the image of the virtual screen, and detecting a signal corresponding to a position of the virtual screen being touched, and converting the signal into the position and a related instruction corresponding to the position. In such a way, the user is allowed to operate digital content displayed on a virtual screen in a touch control manner, without directly touching the screen.
US08094125B2	Encoding module for input device An encoding module applied to a computer input device is described, which includes an encoder and a scroll wheel. The encoder is electrically disposed on a circuit board of the computer input device and is protruded with a revolving shaft. The scroll wheel has a wheel axle passing there through and is rotatably disposed within a shell of the computer input device. One end of the wheel axle has two opposite clamping arms, so as to clamp the revolving shaft. Once the scroll wheel is rotated, the revolving shaft is driven to rotate together.
US08094124B2	Pointing device with customization options A pointing device that can interface with a graphical user interface of a computer or other electronic device. The pointing device includes a body having an upper portion and an underside. Also included is a tracking assembly having at least one sensor to detect movement and output a control signal responsive to the detected movement. The pointing device further includes several customization features. The customization features include mechanical customization features and software customization features. At least some of the mechanical customization features are configured to be replaceable. Such replaceable customization features are releasably mechanically coupled to the pointing device body.
US08094120B2	System and method for operating in virtual 3D space and system for selecting an operation via a visualizing system The system for performing ala operation in a virtual three dimensional space comprises a visualizing system for visualizing the virtual three dimensional space; a 3D position tracking system for marking, in the real three dimensional space, the real space position of the operation to be performed in the virtual three dimensional space; and a means for mapping the position of the real three dimensional space into the virtual three dimensional space and performing the operation in the mapped position. The 3D position tracking system comprises a positioning means provided with at least one signal source; at least two image sensors for detecting the signals emitted by the at least one signal source of the positioning means; and a first means for determining the real space position of the positioning means relative to the image sensors, based oil the signals generated by the image sensors and the spatial location of the image sensors relative to each other.
US08094117B2	Shift register array, and display apparatus A display apparatus comprises a shift register array. The shift register array comprises a plurality of shift registers. At least one shift register comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a driving circuit. The gate and the first electrode of the first transistor receive an input signal. The gate of the second transistor is coupled to the second electrode of the first transistor. The second electrode of the second transistor generates an output signal. The first electrode of the second transistor receives a clock signal. The third transistor is used to pull down a voltage level at the gate of the second transistor. The driving circuit determines an on/off status of the third transistor in response to the input signal and the output signal.
US08094103B2	Viewing-angle control device, display apparatus, method for controlling viewing-angle control device, viewing-angle control program, and storage medium storing the program A control section of a portable phone controls a viewing-angle changing section that changes a viewing angle of an image display section-and controls the viewing angle of the image display section on the basis of a status of use of various devices. The control section includes: a device-in-use detecting section to detect use of the devices; a storage section to store a device/viewing-angle matching table containing a correspondence relationship between a device to be used and a viewing angle; a viewing-angle retrieving section to retrieve, from the table, a viewing angle for the device detected being in use by the device-in-use detecting section; and a viewing-angle control section to control the viewing-angle changing section on the basis of the viewing angle retrieved by the viewing-angle retrieving section. The foregoing allows the viewing angle to be controlled automatically on the basis of the status of use, with a few settings.
US08094101B2	Display panel and control method using transient capacitive coupling Panel comprising display drivers which, each 1″′, comprise a select switch and a clamping switch which are controlled by the same select electrode, and a coupling capacitor for transiently coupling the control terminal of this circuit C to an address electrode. A control method comprising emission periods and depolarization periods, where all the address signals have the same polarity. The invention makes it possible in particular to use conventional and inexpensive means of controlling the address electrodes.
US08094086B2	Electronically steerable antenna An electronically steerable antenna includes at least one driven element, at least one controllable counterpoise element, and a support structure on which the driven element and the controllable counterpoise element are disposed. The controllable counterpoise element has at least one geometric characteristic which can be varied. A radiating angle of the driven element is selectively controlled, at least in part, by modifying the geometric characteristic of the at least one controllable counterpoise element. The counterpoise element may include multiple conductive segments, at least a subset of which may be adapted to be individually electrically connected together so as to modify the radiating angle of the driven, element.
US08094084B2	Omnidirectional antenna for indoor and outdoor use A plate-shaped radiating element of a shape having at least three planes is formed by bending a metal plate having a substantially rectangular shape. A first slit is provided from a lower edge of the plate-shaped radiating element up to a portion in the vicinity of an upper edge of the plate-shaped radiating element while passing through a center point of the plate-shaped radiating element, and forms plate-shaped dipole elements on both sides thereof. A second slit is provided parallel to the upper edge of the plate-shaped radiating element and forms a folded element on an upper side thereof. Feeding points are provided on both sides of the first slit at the lower edge of the plate-shaped radiating element.
US08094083B1	Multi-band tree antenna A multi-band antenna comprising a tree and a plurality of current probes coupled around the tree. Each current probe is designed to receive and transmit in a substantially different frequency band than the other current probes. The current probes are positioned on the tree so as to effectively create a plurality of transmit/receive antennas such that each respective antenna has a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of less than or equal to approximately 3:1 for a given range within each respective frequency band.
US08094076B2	Multiband antenna A multiband antenna includes a feed portion, a radiating portion, and a ground via. The feed portion includes a first feed section and a second feed section paralleled to each other. The radiating portion includes a first radiator, a second radiator and a third radiator. The first radiator is L shaped with a free end. The second radiator is L shaped with a free end. The free ends of the second radiator and the first radiator extend toward to each other and partially overlap to define a slot therebetween. The third radiator includes a trapezoid section and a connecting section. The short portion includes a first short section and a second short section. The first short section connects the first radiator to the ground via, and the second short section connects the second radiator and the third radiator to the ground via.
US08094072B2	Adaptive coherent integration time A mobile receiver having a coherent integration time that can be adaptively lengthened and shortened. The coherent integration time is based on determining whether information is already known regarding a received satellite signal. Thus, when information, such as, ephemeris, satellite clock, time, almanac, and/or other information, is known, the coherent integration time can be set to a longer time and when information is not known, the information can be set at a shorter time frame.
US08094068B2	Process for improving the continuity in the case of a two-frequency navigation satellite system A process for improving continuity in a two-frequency navigation satellite system includes steps of i) observing the ionosphere by measurements in the two or more frequency bands; and ii) transmitting an alert message which informs user systems of a change of the ionosphere when at least one measurement indicates a change of the ionosphere that deviates from one or more predefined conditions.
US08094062B2	Fore/aft looking airborne radar An antenna system for an airborne radar system with a dorsal unit having two opposing long sides extending in a height direction (Z) and a longitudinal direction (X), and two opposing short sides extending in a lateral direction (Y) and the height direction (Z), and an upper side opposing a bottom side each extending in the longitudinal direction (X) and the lateral direction (Y). The antenna system comprises antenna devices being interspaced and mounted in connection to one of the short sides or both the short sides and extending in the height direction (Z). Each of the antenna devices comprises a waveguide board.
US08094061B2	Multiband transceiver and positioning system using the transceiver The present invention comprising: a first local oscillator for generating a first frequency; a second local oscillator for generating a second frequency; phase-difference setting means for setting a first phase difference between a transmission signal and an output of the aforementioned first local oscillator; phase-difference detection means for detecting a second phase difference which is the phase difference between a reception signal and an output of the aforementioned second local oscillator, and calculation means for calculating a distance to a communication counterpart from a third phase difference and a fourth phase difference which are notified by the communication counterpart, and from the aforementioned first phase difference and second phase difference, wherein the third phase difference is set to the second frequency by the communication counterpart, and the fourth phase difference is set to the first frequency by the communication counterpart.
US08094060B2	Method of detecting a target A method for processing returns from a sensor, such as a radar system, in order to identify targets is provided. The method uses a track before detect routine to integrate data from several scans in order to give better discrimination. In running the track before detect routine however a number of possible target motions are postulated and the data combined accounting for such motions. A result above a threshold may then be indicative to a target present and moving with the postulated velocity. The method gives more accurate target detection as the combined data at the correct target motion postulate is more consistent than transient noise and clutter. Once a target has been identified it is preferably removed from the data set in searching for additional targets.
US08094057B2	A/D conversion circuit, electronic apparatus, and A/D conversion method An A/D conversion circuit includes: a sample-and-hold circuit adapted to sample and hold an input signal to output a sampled signal; a control circuit adapted to output successive approximation data; a first D/A conversion circuit adapted to perform D/A conversion on the successive approximation data to output a first D/A output signal; a second D/A conversion circuit adapted to perform D/A conversion on time-varying code data to output a second D/A output signal; and a comparison circuit adapted to perform a process of comparing the first D/A output signal, and an addition signal of the sampled signal and the second D/A output signal, and to output a comparison result signal, wherein the control circuit has a successive approximation register to which register values are set in accordance with the comparison result signal, outputs successive approximation result data after all of the register values of the successive approximation register have been determined, and subtracts the code data from the successive approximation result data to output the result as A/D conversion data of the input signal.
US08094054B2	Transmitter with delay mismatch compensation A transmitter device comprises a digital part and an analog part. The digital part comprises a digital modulator for receiving bits and for digitally modulating the received bits. The transmitter device includes first and second digital-to-analog converters. The transmitter device furthermore comprises at least one filter unit arranged in the digital part and coupled between at least one of the first and second digital-to-analog converters and the digital modulator. A table unit is coupled to the at least one filter unit and is used to store pre-defined compensation filter values for the at least one filter unit to compensate different delay mismatches in the analog part of the transmitter device. The filter values of the at least one filter unit are set to those compensation filter values as stored in the table unit (TU) which correspond to a determined delay mismatch.
US08094050B2	Bandwidth mismatch estimation in time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters With high speed, high resolution time-interleaved (TI) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), bandwidth mismatches between the various ADC branches can pose a significant problem. Previously, though, no adequate solution has been found. Here, a method and apparatus are provided that can calculate and compensate for bandwidth mismatches in a TI ADC, enabling a high speed, high resolution TI ADC to be produced.
US08094043B2	Road map with indicated road segments One embodiment is to visually direct the focus of the user to specific road segments on a road map surface by the use of colors or symbols overlaid on certain roadways shown on a road map. In numerous embodiments, it will provide the user with a quick visual reference to the location of certain road segments which meet the map designers pre-requisite criteria which would vary for different types of maps, and which would visually indicate different levels of enjoyment that could be anticipated or expected along these certain road segments by the use of various colors or shades of colors, or the use of symbols of various sizes such as dots or stars. Our application would respond to the unfulfilled needs of certain segments of the travelling public such as motorcyclists and RVers, their desire often for enjoyment more than expediency.
US08094038B2	Systems and methods for providing location-specific information Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for providing location-specific information. One such method includes receiving location information corresponding to communication devices. The location information is determined based on characteristics of Internet communications and/or mobile wireless communications of the communication devices. A determination is then made based on the location information that a communication device is located within a certain remote area. Location-specific information that is based on the remote area is then transmitted to the communication device.
US08094036B2	Monitoring device for a laser machining device A monitoring device (10) for a laser machining device (12) that has one or more laser beams (13) that are displaced along a predetermined adjustable trajectory (14, 16) along a workpiece (18) includes one or more sensors (20, 22) which monitor(s) the processing signal (24) of the machining process in a three-dimensional section (26). The one or more sensors (20, 22) activate an alarm device or interrupter (28) for the one or more laser beams (13) of the laser machining device (12) if the one or more process signals (24) in the section (26) exceed a predetermined threshold value or fall short of it, the one or more sensors (20, 22) being independent of the laser machining device (12).
US08094035B2	Storage rack safety device A safety device for a storage rack can include a length of webbing configured to span across a rear side of the storage rack. A sensor device can be coupled to one end of the webbing and a signaling device can be configured to communicate with the sensor device. The signaling device can include a selectively actuatable alert indicator. The sensor device can be operable to sense an increase in tension in the webbing when an item is placed in a position on the storage rack so as to engage the webbing. The sensor device can generate a signal indicative of the increase in tension and communicate the signal to the signaling device. The signaling device can be operable to actuate the at least one alert indicator responsive to the communicated signal so as to provide an indication of a position of the item relative to the storage rack.
US08094030B2	Fire detection system and aircraft equipped with such a system A fire detection system comprises a detection unit (2A) able to measure an electrical quantity between a first (BOA) and a second (B1A) terminal, and a first detector (11A) connected to the first and second terminals (BOA, B1A) and able to form a first value of the electrical quantity in a determined state of the first detector, for example in the event of the detecting of a fire in a first zone (Z). A second detector (12A) connected to the first and second terminals (BOA, B1A) is able to form a second value of the electrical quantity in said determined state, that is to say for example in the event of the detecting of a fire in a second zone, and a third value of the electrical quantity in another state different from the determined state, that is to say for example during normal operation. The first value and the third value are different from the second value.
US08094027B2	Method for molding an object containing a radio frequency identification tag A method for applying a radio frequency identification tag to an object, e.g., a container, by means of an insert molding process or in-mold decorating process. Such a method can be utilized to simplify the manufacturing processes for applying a radio frequency identification tag to an object, e.g., a container. The molding process can be a conventional molding process, such as, for example, injection molding, blow molding, compression molding, transfer molding, and rotational molding. However, the conventional molding process is modified by inserting a radio frequency identification tag into the cavity of the mold prior to forming the molded article. The modified molding process results in a molded article having a radio frequency identification tag encapsulated by the polymeric material of the molded article.
US08094025B2	Integrated blocker filtering RF front end A receiver architecture for canceling blocking signals in the receive path includes a low noise amplifier for receiving and amplifying an inbound RF signal to produce an amplified inbound signal, in which the inbound RF signal includes a modulated RF signal and a blocking signal, and a cancellation module for substantially canceling the blocking signal from the amplified inbound RF signal and substantially passing the modulated RF signal. The cancellation module cancels the blocking signal by generating an injection signal representative of the blocking signal, combining the blocking signal with the injection signal to produce an error signal, updating the injection signal based on the error signal and using the injection signal to cancel the blocking signal from the amplified inbound RF signal.
US08094024B2	Amplitude shift keying demodulator and radio frequency identification system using the same An exemplary amplitude shift keying (ASM) demodulator and a radio frequency identification (RFID) system using the same are provided. The ASM demodulator is adapted to demodulate an alternating current input signal and generate a demodulated envelope signal. The ASM demodulator includes a signal input terminal group, an input rectifier circuit, a current mirror circuit electrically coupled to the input rectifier circuit, an output stage electrically coupled to the current mirror circuit, and a low pass filter electrically coupled to the output stage. The input rectifier circuit is electrically coupled to the signal input terminal group and adapted to perform a rectifying operation applied to the alternating current input signal. The input rectifier circuit includes a plurality of electrically coupled transistors and a gate electrode of each of the transistors is unconnected with a source electrode and a drain electrode itself.
US08094020B2	Data center server location and monitoring system A data center server location system includes both hardware and software to provide for location and identification of servers and other equipment in equipment racks. The system provides a wired alternative to the wireless RFID tag system by using electronic ID tags connected to each piece of equipment, each electronic ID tag connected directly by wires to a equipment rack controller on the equipment rack. The equipment rack controllers then link over a local area network to a central control computer. The central control computer provides an operator interface, and runs a software application program that communicates with the equipment rack controllers and stores relationship information to enable locating servers associated with each of the ID tags.
US08094018B2	Pick-resistant lock system A pick-resistant lock system includes a locking means. The locking means includes a displacement sensor for sensing displacement so as to generate a displacement signal, the displacement sensor comprising a micro electromechanical gyroscope, a second counterpart, a second alarm, and a second control unit for receiving the displacement signal so as to start the alarm. A key includes a control switch, a second counterpart corresponding to the second counterpart, a second alarm, and a second control unit for receiving the displacement signal transmitted from the locking means so as to start the second alarm.
US08094013B1	Baby monitoring system A baby monitoring system for remotely monitoring a child's breath rate and body orientation is disclosed. The system comprises, in one embodiment, a parent unit retained by a supervisor, a sensor unit removably engaged around the child's abdomen, and a nursery unit positioned proximal the child, preferably in the same room. The sensor unit provides at least two tri-axial accelerometers positioned and configured such that each is independently capable of measuring both the child's breath rate and body orientation, even where the child's body is oriented such that movement of at least one of the accelerometers is restricted. The sensor unit then wirelessly transmits this information to the nursery unit, which performs necessary calculations and transmits this data to the parent unit, which displays the data on a display screen. Additionally, the system is capable of recording and reproducing a heart beat sound of the child's mother.
US08094009B2	Health-related signaling via wearable items Systems and methods are described for configuring and using displays, speakers, or other output devices positioned by an article of clothing or other such structure wearable by a healthcare recipient, for example, in a clinic or residential care facility.
US08094001B2	Vehicle lane departure warning system and method A vehicle lane departure warning system and method are provided. The system includes a position sensor for sensing position of a vehicle and memory storing learned vehicle path data. The system further includes a controller for processing the position data and determining a stored learned vehicle path that the vehicle is travelling on. The controller comprises logic for comparing the sensed position data to the stored learned vehicle path and determining if the vehicle is sufficiently departing from the stored learn vehicle path. The system further includes an output for providing a warning signal indicative of the vehicle departing from the stored learned vehicle path. The stored learned vehicle path is updated as the vehicle repeatedly travels on the path.
US08093995B2	Method and apparatus for distributing haptic synchronous signals A haptic signal distribution system capable of distributing haptic synchronous signals includes a master haptic device and groups of slave haptic devices. In one embodiment, the master haptic device is configured to distribute haptic synchronous signals to slave haptic devices. The haptic synchronous signals, for instance, may include information relating to a tempo for a piece of music. A haptic signal distribution system, for example, allows a master wearable haptic device to selectively distribute haptic synchronous signals to one or more groups of slave wearable haptic devices via a wireless communications network. Upon receipt of the haptic synchronous signals, each slave wearable haptic device generates a series of haptic feedback having a rhythm of beats in response to the haptic synchronous signals.
US08093987B2	Vehicle electronic key system An electronic key system utilizes a single switch or sensor to perform multiple functions. The function of the single switch or sensor is changed based upon a condition of a component of the vehicle when a controller verifies the presence of a mobile unit. An indicator is utilized to tell an individual what the function of the switch screen is currently.
US08093982B2	Three dimensional inductor and transformer design methodology of glass technology An inductor or transformer for use in integrated circuit devices that includes a high-resistivity substrate. The inductor includes a plurality of conductive traces around the substrate forming a continuous conductive path from a first to a second port. The conductive path can be solenoid-shaped. Some of the conductive traces can be formed during back-end-of-line processing or backside plating of an integrated circuit die. The transformer includes a first inductor with input and output ports, and a first continuous conductive path therebetween; and a second inductor with input and output ports, and a second continuous conductive path therebetween. The second inductor is independent of and electromagnetically coupled to the first inductor. The first and second conductive paths can be solenoid-shaped. The first conductive path can be interleaved with the second conductive path.
US08093981B2	Laminated inductor with enhanced current endurance A laminated inductor includes a plurality of magnetic plates, each having a surface to which a high-permeability magnetic body is attached, and at least one spacer assembly interposed between the magnetic plates. The spacer assembly includes two magnetic boards having moderate magnetic permeability and a magnetic board having low magnetic permeability interposed between the two moderate-permeability magnetic boards. Both moderate-permeability and low-permeability boards are provided, at a surface of each board, with a magnetic body having high permeability. A magnetic top lid and a magnetic bottom lid are respectively set on outside surfaces of the topmost and bottommost ones of the magnetic plates. The high-permeability magnetic bodies mounted to the magnetic plates and the arrangement of the spacer assembly help improve the characteristic of DC superimposition of the laminated inductor thereby enhancing current endurance thereof.
US08093980B2	Surface mount pulse transformer and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same A surface mount pulse transformer has a drum type core including a core and first and second flanges disposed on both ends of the core and installed on a substrate and a primary winding wire and a secondary winding wire wound around the core and provided with an intermediate tap, respectively, wherein first and second terminal electrodes being connected to each of both ends of the primary winding wire and a third terminal electrode for connecting being connected to the intermediate tap of the secondary winding wire are disposed on the surface of the first flange and a fourth terminal electrode being connected to the intermediate tap of the primary winding wire and fifth and sixth terminal electrodes being connected to each of both ends of the secondary winding wire are disposed on the surface of the second flange.
US08093968B2	Microelectromechanical element and electromechanical switch using the same A microelectromechanical element of a hydrophobic surface structure with a long life and high reliability and an electromechanical switch using the microelectromechanical element are provided. The surface of an electrode has a composite surface structure of a first area made of a first material forming the electrode and a second area made of a second material at least having hydrophobicity. The surface structure is the composite surface structure of the electrode material and a monolayer, whereby physical compression of the monolayer is avoided. A structure wherein the monolayer is not formed on the propagation path of a radio frequency signal is adopted, so that an increase in an insertion loss and electric field damage are avoided.
US08093966B2	Impact solenoid assembly for an electrical receptacle An impact solenoid assembly for an electrical receptacle includes an armature having first and second ends. A resilient member is disposed between a latch and the second end of the armature. The resilient member spaces the armature from the latch. A plunger abuts the second end of the armature. When the solenoid is activated, the solenoid drives the armature toward the plunger, thereby creating momentum in the armature prior to striking the plunger. This increases the force with which the armature and plunger strike the latch.
US08093964B2	Add-on trip module for multi-pole circuit breaker An add-on module adapted to be attached to the basic mechanical structure of a multi-pole circuit breaker includes multiple extended terminal plates each of which is adapted to replace one of the input and output terminals for one of the poles, multiple electromechanical transducers each of which is coupled to one of the extended terminal plates for producing a mechanical movement in response to a predetermined magnitude of electrical current in the extended terminal plate to which that transducer is coupled, a mechanical actuator coupled to the electromechanical transducers and to the breaker contacts for operating a trip mechanism in response to a predetermined mechanical movement of any of the transducers, and a mechanical reset arm coupling the reset mechanism to the mechanical actuator for resetting the actuator in response to the resetting of the host circuit breaker.
US08093961B2	Duplexer formed on piezoelectric substrate To provide a duplexer which is small in size and excellent in separation characteristic of transmission/reception signals. An antenna port is disposed on a center of a rearward side in a disposition area of a duplexer, a high band side filter and a low band side filter are respectively disposed on a left side and a right side of the antenna port, a parallel arm at a last stage in the low band side filter, a parallel arm at a last stage in the high band side filter, a first signal port and a second signal port seen from the antenna port are positioned on a forward side of the antenna port, a ground side of a parallel arm on a front stage side of the parallel arm at the last stage in the low band side filter and a ground side of a parallel arm on a front stage side of the parallel arm at the last stage in the high band side filter are mutually connected via a conductive path formed on a piezoelectric substrate at a rearward side of the antenna port, and the parallel arms connected by the conductive path are positioned on the rearward side of the parallel arms at the last stages. Accordingly, a separation characteristic at a high band side is improved.
US08093959B1	Compact, low loss, multilayer balun Embodiments of a microelectronic device including laminate baluns are generally described herein. A microelectronic device may include a laminate structure including a plurality of laminate layers, a first balun element disposed in the laminate structure, and a second balun element disposed in the laminate structure, wherein at least a portion of the first balun element is situated over the second balun element. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08093954B1	High-frequency input circuit A high-frequency input circuit. The input circuit includes an input node, a bond pad, and a signal conversion resistor coupled in series between the input node and the bond pad to convert substantially all of a signal voltage at the input node to a signal current at the bond pad.
US08093947B2	Power amplifier There is provided a power amplifier with a variable supply of bias power according to a look-up table having a voltage value determined based on a level of an RF signal being input to the power amplifier to thereby increase power efficiency. A power amplifier according to an aspect of the invention may include an amplification section amplifying an input signal according to a bias voltage being supplied; and a bias supply section comparing a level of the input signal with a look-up table set in advance and supplying a bias voltage to the amplification section according to a result of the comparison.
US08093937B2	Seamless coarse and fine delay structure for high performance DLL A clock synchronization system and method avoids output clock jitter at high frequencies and also achieves a smooth phase transition at a boundary of coarse and fine delays. The system may use a single coarse delay line configured to generate two intermediate clocks from an input reference clock and having a fixed phase difference therebetween. The coarse delay line may have a hierarchical or a non-hierarchical structure. A phase mixer receives these two intermediate clocks and generates a final output clock having a phase between phases of the intermediate clocks. The coarse shifting in the delay line at high clock frequencies does not affect the phase relationship between the intermediate clocks fed into the phase mixer. The output clock from the phase mixer is time synchronized with the input reference clock and does not exhibit any jitter or noise even at high clock frequency inputs.
US08093934B2	Timing adjustment circuit, solid-state image pickup element, and camera system A timing adjustment circuit includes at least one data line; a phase synchronization circuit that includes a plurality of oscillation delay elements which oscillate an oscillation signal, and that is configured to oscillate the oscillation signal by synchronizing a phase of a feedback clock with a phase of a reference clock; at least one delay circuit that includes a delay element which is disposed on the data line and which is equivalent to one of the plurality of oscillation delay elements, and that is configured to delay data which is to be transmitted on the data line; and a delay adjustment unit configured to adjust an amount of delay of the delay element of the delay circuit in accordance with a signal associated with oscillation of the phase synchronization circuit.
US08093931B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device In a semiconductor integrated circuit device generating internal power from external power, an abnormal operation may occur due to an indefinite state of a control signal when the external power is applied and the internal power rises. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes an internal power generating circuit, a control circuit receiving internal power and supplying a first control signal, and a power-on reset circuit generating a reset signal at rising of the internal power. When internal power rises, the reset signal masks an indefinite state of the first control signal supplied from the control circuit.
US08093917B2	Sampling apparatus A sampling apparatus for sampling a fluid from a fluid source includes a first fluid passage device, a second fluid passage device and a fluid by-pass. The first fluid passage device is disposed downstream of and in fluid communication with the fluid source. The second fluid passage device is disposed downstream of and is in fluid communication with the first fluid passage device. The fluid by-pass is disposed downstream of the fluid source and upstream of the second fluid passage device. The fluid by-pass being in fluid communication with and disposed between the fluid source and the second fluid passage device is operative to cause a first portion of the fluid to flow through the first fluid passage device and to cause a second portion of the fluid to by-pass the first fluid passage device and to flow to the second fluid passage device.
US08093914B2	Compensation circuit for a TX-RX capacitive sensor A capacitive sensor may include a transmit electrode and a receive electrode capacitively coupled with the transmit electrode. A capacitance sensing circuit senses a capacitance between the transmit and receive electrodes by applying a signal to the transmit electrode and rectifying a current waveform induced at the receive electrode. A compensation circuit reduces the effect of a mutual and parasitic capacitances of the transmit and receive electrode pair by adding a compensation current to the rectified current.
US08093910B2	Cross-talk processing in serial link buses A system and method for cross talk compensation in serial link busses, the method including: evaluating if a positive potential or a negative potential is being received by a receiver of a victim from an aggressor is dominant; measuring the distance between an incident signal and a decision threshold to obtain a positive or negative value; and using the positive or negative sign as a recovered bit value if positive potential or a negative potential is being received by a receiver of a victim from an aggressor is not dominant and using the sign of the positive potential or a negative potential that is being received by a receiver of a victim from an aggressor if this is dominant.
US08093906B2	System and method for testing winding insulation resistance A power electronics system configured to determine a condition of a winding insulation is disclosed. The system may include at least one capacitor, and a first resistance coupled to the at least one capacitor. The system may further include a plurality of electronic switching devices coupled to at least the first resistance and the at least one capacitor, wherein the plurality of electronic switching devices are configured to selectively couple the at least one capacitor to a power source to charge the at least one capacitor during a first time interval and selectively couple the at least one capacitor to a second resistance during a second time interval. The system may further include a voltage measuring device configured to detect a change in voltage at a terminal of the at least one capacitor in response to the selective coupling of the at least one capacitor to the second resistance. The system may further include a computing system configured to determine a condition of the insulation based on the detection.
US08093901B2	Switching unit adapted for communicating with a processing unit An intelligent switching unit to be connected with a processing unit is disclosed. The intelligent switching unit includes a switching unit to be actuated by a user, a detection module connected to the switching unit. The detection module detects a signal outputted by the switching unit and provides a detected signal representative of the signal outputted by the switching unit. The intelligent switching unit further comprises a communication module for receiving and transmitting the detected signal to the processing unit.
US08093900B2	Ultra wide band wireless radio transmission in MRI systems involving channel estimation At least one radio frequency coil (28, 30) is disposed within an examination region (14), the radio frequency coil (28, 30) wirelessly receives a spread spectrum calibration signal from and transmits multiple channels of data in spread spectrum data signals to an associated wireless transceiver (60, 64; 62, 66). A channel estimator (104, 106) estimates frequency dependent signal strength characteristics based on the calibration signal between the wireless transceiver (60, 64; 62, 66) and the associated coil (28, 30). A signal strength adjuster (108, 110) makes a frequency dependent adjustment to the data signals strengths such that the transmitted data signals are compensated based on the estimated signal characteristics from the received calibration signal to create frequency dependent compensated data signals.
US08093898B2	Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging device, and imaging system and method using the same A nuclear magnetic resonance imaging device 1A is configured by a substrate, a magnetic field applying electrode group 20 provided being integrated on a measurement surface of the substrate, for setting a local measurement position in a measurement region 12 of nuclear magnetic resonance by applying a magnetic field to the region 12, and an RF antenna 15 provided at a predetermined position with respect to the substrate for irradiating the measurement region 12 with an RF pulse. Further, the electrode group 20 is configured so as to have a uniform magnetic field electrode 25 that applies a uniform magnetic field to the region 12, first gradient magnetic field electrodes 30, 35 that apply a gradient magnetic field in the x-axis direction, and second gradient magnetic field electrodes 40, 45 that apply a gradient magnetic field in the y-axis direction. As a result, a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging device capable of image acquisition of a measurement object with a high resolution, and an imaging system and imaging method using the same can be realized.
US08093896B2	Uniform magnetic field spherical coil for MRI The present invention relates to a spherical design for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coil to provide a compact and light-weight highly uniform magnetic field for a variety of medical imaging applications. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a transportable MRI system in which the spherical electromagnet can be worn like a helmet by patients for diagnosis and assessment of traumatic brain injuries, for example.
US08093894B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method for improving uniformity in sensitivity map A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a sensitivity map data generating unit and a sensitivity corrected image data generating unit. The sensitivity map data generating unit generates reference image data based on data for generating sensitivity map data of a phased array coil and generates the sensitivity map data by using reference image data after correction processing obtained by applying the correction processing to improve a uniformity with the reference image data based on the reference image data and phased array coil data for generating the sensitivity map data. The sensitivity corrected image data generating unit acquires image data for imaging with the phased array coil and performs sensitivity correction of the image data using the sensitivity map data.
US08093887B2	Mounting structure for wheel rotation sensor A mounting structure for wheel rotation sensor 40 includes a brake flange 20, a bracket 30, and a wheel rotation sensor 40. The brake flange 20 is disposed near a sensor rotor 10 fixed to an axle of a wheel, includes a flange surface 21 intersecting the axle, and is fixed to a vehicle body side. Moreover, boss portions 26 protrude integrally from the flange surface 21 of the brake flange 20. The bracket 30 is fixed to the brake flange 20 while contacting distal portions 27 of the boss portions 26. The wheel rotation sensor 40 is fixed to the bracket 30, faces a rotation trajectory of the sensor rotor 10, and detects the sensor rotor 10 in a direction substantially parallel to the axle.
US08093882B2	Low heat dissipation I/O module using direct drive buck converter A current-loop output circuit for an industrial controller provides for low power dissipation and reduced part count by driving current loads of different resistances directly from a switched voltage source. Proper filtering and design of a feedback loop allows the necessary transient response times to be obtained.
US08093880B2	Programmable voltage reference with a voltage reference circuit having a self-cascode metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor structure A programmable voltage reference includes a temperature compensated current source and a voltage reference circuit. The temperature compensated current source includes an output configured to provide a reference current. The voltage reference circuit includes an input coupled to the output of the temperature compensated current source and a reference output. The voltage reference circuit includes a self-cascode metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor structure that includes a first device that is diode-connected and operates in a weak inversion saturation region and a second device that operates in a weak inversion triode region. A length of the second device is selectable. The voltage reference circuit is configured to provide a reference voltage on the reference output based on the reference current.
US08093865B2	Charging device with backflow prevention A charging device which is capable of preventing charging current from flowing even if a battery pack remains mounted thereon after charging of the battery pack is completed, thereby preventing deterioration of batteries of the battery pack. A circuit including a semiconductor switch generates a DC power for charging the battery pack. A backflow prevention diode is connected between the semiconductor switch and the battery pack. When charging of the battery pack has been completed, a secondary charge control circuit causes a DC voltage input to the backflow prevention diode to be made lower than the voltage of the battery pack.
US08093859B2	Charging system for charging battery pack A charging system has a battery pack and a charging device. The battery pack has a battery cell and a plurality of identifiers that identify a configuration of the battery cell. The charging device has a charging unit, a signal transmission unit, a reading unit, and a control unit. The charging unit charges the battery pack. The signal transmission unit transmits a first signal and a second signal to the battery pack separately to read the plurality of identifiers when the battery pack is attached to the charging unit. The reading unit reads the plurality of identifiers according to the first and second signals to determine the configuration of the battery cell. The control unit controls the charging unit according to the configuration of the battery cell.
US08093857B1	Polyphase electric motor A polyphase electric motor has a rotor, a stator with a plurality of slots, a plurality of main windings and a plurality of auxiliary windings installed in slots of the stator, and a main winding and an auxiliary winding that correspond to a selected phase of an alternating current power source. The auxiliary windings are connected to the motor terminals through a plurality of capacitors, and the auxiliary windings and corresponding capacitors are connected in parallel to the main windings. The main winding and the auxiliary winding of the selected phase are offset by about 80 to about 100 electrical degrees. A power of the plurality of main windings is at least 75% of a power of the polyphase electric motor at full load rating and the power of the plurality of main windings is motoring at 25% of the full load rating.
US08093855B2	Low speed control method and apparatus for servo motor A low speed control method and an apparatus for a servo motor. The control apparatus comprises: an encoder capable of acquiring a speed signal from a servo motor and encoding the speed signal to output a low-resolution encoded signal; an insertion calculation unit capable of receiving the low-resolution encoded signal from the encoder to be processed by an interpolation operation for converting the low-resolution encoded signal into a high-resolution encoded signal to be outputted therefrom; a servo control chip capable of setting internal parameters and receiving the high-resolution encoded signal from the insertion calculation unit to be processed by a calculation process so as to output a switch control instruction; and a power module capable of receiving the switch control instruction from the servo control chip and then transmitting the same to the servo motor for adjusting the operation speed of the servo motor.
US08093842B2	Position controlled drive mechanism A position controlled drive mechanism and a control method for positioning a drive mechanism are introduced. A sensor generates a displacement signal indicative of a displacement of a movable stop driven by an electric motor. A controller controls rotation of the electric motor. The controller also calculates a position of the movable stop based on the displacement signal. The controller includes at least two modes of operation in which the controller controls the electric motor to rotate its shaft to reach a selected position of the movable stop; controls a voltage or current supplied to the electric motor to maintain a current position of the movable stop; controls the electric motor to rotate the rotatable shaft in a selected direction until an external object hinders the rotation of the rotatable shaft; and controls the electric motor to assist an externally initiated rotation movement detected by the sensor.
US08093831B2	Voltage converter with first push A boost DC/DC power converter is disclosed that has a low voltage source, an inductor and a switching device that forms a series loop, a diode in series with a capacitor coupled across the switching device, a voltage divider coupled across the capacitor and a pulse width modulator that is coupled to the voltage divider. The boost converter includes a first push controller coupled across the switching device to provide a first push voltage of sufficient magnitude to turn the switching device on where the low voltage source by itself is not capable of generating a voltage of sufficient magnitude to operate the switching device.
US08093820B1	Fluorescent ballast with isolated system interface A ballasting circuit is configured with a circuit having a capability of providing an isolated power supply to various external ballast accessories that interface with a circuit or device for determining the amount of illumination. The ballasting circuit also has a capability of providing isolated power for circuitry within itself such that they can be connected to communication wires external to a lighting fixture without the need of an additional power supply. The ballasting circuit includes one or more gas discharge lighting devices, a source of input power, an electronic ballasting circuit having a regulated direct current requirement and coupled between the one or more gas discharge lighting devices and the source of input power, a heater transformer, a low voltage direct current power supply, a switching device, a regulator circuit, a full wave rectifier, and windings.
US08093813B2	Plasma display panel A plasma display panel enhancing an emission efficiency of a green phosphor layer by increasing an excitation efficiency of a green phosphor layer using visible light emitted from a dielectric layer or barrier ribs, the plasma display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate. A plurality of display electrodes are formed on the first substrate. A first dielectric layer is formed on the first substrate to cover the display electrodes. A plurality of address electrodes are formed on the second substrate in a direction crossing the display electrodes. A second dielectric layer is formed on the second substrate to cover the address electrodes. Barrier ribs are disposed in a space between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer to form a plurality of discharge cells. The second dielectric layer and the barrier ribs comprise a short wavelength phosphor material.
US08093799B2	Ceramic composite for phototransformation and light emitting device using the same A light-converting ceramic composite comprising a solidified body having a texture of at least two or more oxide phases being continuously and three-dimensionally entangled together, with at least one of the oxide phases being a fluorescence-emitting crystal phase, wherein the interface length between the oxide phases per 1 mm2 of a plane in the light-converting ceramic composite is from 150 to 1,500 mm.
US08093790B1	Waterproof LED lamp A waterproof LED lamp has a lamp housing, a top lid, a base and a power contact assembly. The lamp housing has an LED circuit board mounted therein. The top lid is mounted on the lamp housing and above the LED circuit board. A lid seal ring is mounted between the top lid and the lamp housing to prevent moisture from entering the lamp housing. The base has multiple LED modules mounted therein and has a base seal ring mounted between the lamp housing and the base to prevent moisture from entering the lamp housing. A heat-conducting tube is mounted inside the lamp housing. A waterproof insulation layer sheathed on the heat-conducting tube and a gasket mounted between the base and the power contact assembly prevent moisture entering the lamp housing through the power contact assembly and the base. Accordingly, an overall waterproof effect can be achieved.
US08093789B2	Light output device A light output device comprises a substrate arrangement with a light source device integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. The substrate arrangement comprises first and second optically transmissive substrates, an insulating layer in which the light source device is embedded and provided between the substrates, and a thermally conductive layer provided on at least on of the substrates.
US08093784B2	Piezoelectric power generating element, and method of generating electric power using the piezoelectric power generating element Provided is a relatively easy-to-fabricate piezoelectric power generating element capable of generating a large amount of electric power while comprising a bridge-type vibration beam that is resistant to damage from external vibration. This element comprises a support member, a strip-shaped vibration beam, a piezoelectric layer, and electrodes. The first and second ends of the vibration beam are fixed to the support member. The piezoelectric layer and the electrodes are provided on the surface of the vibration beam. The vibration beam extends in a plane when it is not vibrating. The vibration beam has a first portion that extends from the first end fixed to the support member, a second portion that extends from the second end fixed to the support member, and a third portion that connects the end of the first portion opposite to the first end and the end of the second portion opposite to the second end. The vibration beam has a shape such that, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the plane, a first direction in which the first portion extends is a direction closer to the second end, and a second direction in which the second portion extends is a direction closer to the first end, the first and second directions each make an angle of more than 0° and less than 90° with respect to a straight line connecting the center of the first end and the center of the second end, and the third portion intersects once the straight line.
US08093783B2	Electroactive polymer device The invention describes rolled electroactive polymer devices. The invention also describes employment of these devices in a wide array of applications and methods for their fabrication. A rolled electroactive polymer device converts between electrical and mechanical energy; and includes a rolled electroactive polymer and at least two electrodes to provide the mechanical/electrical energy conversion. Prestrain is typically applied to the polymer. In one embodiment, a rolled electroactive polymer device employs a mechanism, such as a spring, that provides a force to prestrain the polymer. Since prestrain improves mechanical/electrical energy conversion for many electroactive polymers, the mechanism thus improves performance of the rolled electroactive polymer device.
US08093782B1	Specialized, high performance, ultrasound transducer substrates and related method thereof Backing substrates for reducing parasitic echoes produced within a ultrasonic transducer are provided comprising a polymeric material, for example, an epoxy having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from about 10 to 50° C.; or an epoxy having an acoustical attenuation that increases by at least about 2 dB/mm at 5 MHz in a temperature range of about 5° C. to 40° C. Transducer assemblies comprising the backing substrates and methods for producing the assemblies are also provided.
US08093781B2	Electrochemical actuator The present invention provides systems, devices, and related methods, involving electrochemical actuation. In some cases, application of a voltage or current to a system or device of the invention may generate a volumetric or dimensional change, which may produce mechanical work. For example, at least a portion of the system may be constructed and arranged to be displaced from a first orientation to a second orientation. Systems such as these may be useful in various applications, including pumps (e.g., infusion pumps) and drug delivery devices, for example.
US08093777B2	Group of three stator windings for a stator of an electric machine, a stator arrangement, a generator, and wind turbine In one aspect, a stator is provided having a first cylindrical surface with a plurality circumferentially spaced winding slots, each winding slot extending along an axial length of the first cylindrical surface and formed to embed a segment of a single stator winding, Each stator winding is pre-formed as a closed loop and two substantially parallel segments of each stator winding formed to be embedded in a first and a second winding slot of the stator, with the second winding slot being the third adjacent winding slot to the first winding slot. Each of the three stator windings has a first winding head segment leaving the winding slots in axial direction of the stator, the first winding head segment of a first winding of the three stator windings describing in space in parts a combination of a rotation about an axis and a translation along that axis.
US08093776B2	Rotary electrical machine A rotary electrical machine has a mechanism capable of varying an output characteristic, without increasing mechanical loss, or without consuming the electric power that does not contribute to increasing torque. The rotary electrical machine has a rotor with N pole and S pole magnets alternately and fixedly disposed thereon. An end surface, (which opposes the rotor), of each of a plurality of first teeth positioned on a first stator section is broader than that of the opposite surface thereof, and a winding is wound around a portion between both of the end surfaces. A second stator section has second teeth, corresponding the number of the first teeth, and which has no winding. The second teeth are disposed to oppose the end surfaces of the respective first teeth, and each second tooth is reciprocally movable between a reference position at which the second tooth directly opposes the respective first tooth and a maximum movable position located at the right center position between the respective end surfaces. At the reference position, a strong magnetic flux flows into the entire first tooth from each magnet. At the maximum movable position, a weak magnetic flux flows over the end surface of each first tooth. A middle amount of the magnetic flux flow occurs at a middle moved position.
US08093769B2	Cooling structure for rotating electric machine A rotating electric machine including an edgewise coil formed of a rectangular wire is efficiently cooled. The edgewise coil is formed by winding the rectangular wire around a tooth. In order to wind the rectangular wire around the tooth of rectangular shape, supporting portions determining the position of the edgewise coil relative to the tooth are provided. A coolant flows through a cooling water channel provided between the tooth and the edgewise coil formed of the rectangular wire and positioned by the supporting portions.
US08093764B2	Method and system for bypassing a power cell of a power supply A system for bypassing a power cell of a power supply, the system including a multi-winding device having a primary winding and a plurality of three-phase secondary windings, a plurality of power cells, wherein each power cell is connected to a different three-phase secondary winding of the multi-winding device, and a bypass device connected to first and second input terminals of at least one of the power cells and to first and second output terminals of the at least one of the power cells.
US08093756B2	AC power systems for renewable electrical energy Renewable electrical energy is provided with aspects and circuitry that can harvest maximum power from an alternative electrical energy source (1) such as a string of solar panels (11) for a power grid (10). Aspects include: i) controlling electrical power creation from photovoltaic DC-AC inverter (5), ii) operating photovoltaic DC-AC inverter (5) at maximal efficiency even when MPP would not be, iii) protecting DC-AC inverter (5) so input can vary over a range of insolation and temperature, and iv) providing dynamically reactive capability to react and assure operation, to permit differing components, to achieve code compliant dynamically reactive photovoltaic power control circuitry (41). With previously explained converters, inverter control circuitry (38) or photovoltaic power converter functionality control circuitry (8) configured as inverter sweet spot converter control circuitry (46) can achieve extraordinary efficiencies with substantially power isomorphic photovoltaic capability at 99.2% efficiency or even only wire transmission losses.
US08093748B2	Universal power inlet system for power distribution units The Universal Power Inlet System, or UPIS, is a method of providing universal attachment of 3 different types of electrical power systems into the input circuitry of a Power Distribution Unit, or PDU. This method allows use of either fixed or detachable power cord options permitting the PDU to be powered by any of the following types of electrical power sources: 3-Phase Delta, 3-Phase Star (or Wye) and Single-Phase. This method also describes a way to uniquely identify the specific power system the mentioned PDU is currently attached to. The method also optionally allows derivation of supplementary information about the electrical power system such as current capacity, or ampacity, of the power cord being used. All this information can be used for capacity monitoring and reporting as well as protection of PDU circuitry and power cords.
US08093747B2	Aircraft electrical power system architecture using auxiliary power unit during approach and taxi An electrical power system architecture uses an auxiliary power unit as an electrical power source during taxi (ground idle) and approach idle (if required). Using the APU as a power source enables a low pressure spool driven electrical generator to be off-line when its speed is too low for it to operate effectively.
US08093742B2	Method for operating a power dissipating unit in a wind turbine A variable speed wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a generator, a power converter for converting at least a portion of electrical power generated by the generator, a power dissipating unit operatively coupled to the DC link, and a controller. The power converter includes a generator side converter, a grid side converter, and a DC (direct current) link therebetween. The controller is adapted to determine a DC link voltage error signal, the DC link voltage error signal being the difference between a function of an actual DC link voltage and a function of a predefined reference DC link voltage, determine a DC link error power based on the DC link voltage error signal, determine a feed forward power, and generate a duty ratio for operating the power dissipating unit based on the DC link error power and the feed forward power.
US08093739B2	System and method for fixed frequency power generation A system for modulating a frequency output of a generator coupled to an electric distribution network is described herein. The system includes: a doubly-fed induction generator coupled to a power source selected from at least one of hydropower and fuel combustion, the generator providing an electrical power output having a first frequency based on a rotational speed of the generator; a controller for selecting the rotational speed of the generator; and a converter coupled to the generator for changing the frequency of the output to a selected value, in response to selecting the rotational speed. Methods for modulating a frequency output of a generator coupled to an electric distribution network are also described.
US08093732B2	Engine-driven power generator with gas-liquid separation unit Engine-driven power generator includes: a power generation section having a drive shaft connected to a crankshaft; a gas-liquid separation unit provided upstream of the power generation section and having an air inlet port for taking in cooling air, the inlet port being disposed immediately under a fuel tank, the separation unit separating moisture from the taken-in air; and a cooling fan rotatable by the drive shaft to direct the taken-in air into the power generation section.
US08093730B2	Underfilled semiconductor die assemblies and methods of forming the same An apparatus and method may be used for packaging a semiconductor die and a carrier substrate to substantially prevent trapped moisture therebetween and provide a robust, inflexible cost-effective bond. The semiconductor die is attached to the carrier substrate with a plurality of discrete adhesive elements so as to provide a gap or standoff therebetween. Wire bonds may then be formed between bond pads on the semiconductor die to conductive pads or terminals on the carrier substrate. With this arrangement, a dielectric filler material is disposed in the gap or standoff to form a permanent bonding agent between the semiconductor die and the carrier substrate. By applying the dielectric filler material after forming the wire bonds, the dielectric filler material coats at least a portion of the wire bonds to stabilize the wire bonds and prevent wire sweep in an encapsulation process, such as transfer molding, performed thereafter.
US08093729B2	Electrically conductive interconnect system and method An electrically conductive interconnect system has a post, extending above a supporting surface, the post including a rigid material, a coating on the rigid material, wherein the post and has a first width at the supporting surface and a second width at a distance removed from the supporting surface, and the post narrows from the first width to the second width. A method of electrically connecting a portion of a first supporting surface to a portion of a second supporting surface involves bringing a post on the first supporting surface into contact with an electrically conductive material located on the second supporting surface, softening the electrically conductive material, causing a separation distance between the first supporting surface and the second supporting distance to decrease so that a portion of the post will be surrounded by the electrically conductive material, and allowing the temperature of the electrically conductive material to decrease.
US08093723B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor integrated circuit device In a semiconductor integrated circuit device having plural layers of buried wirings, it is intended to prevent the occurrence of a discontinuity caused by stress migration at an interface between a plug connected at a bottom thereof to a buried wiring and the buried wiring. For example, in the case where the width of a first Cu wiring is not smaller than about 0.9 μm and is smaller than about 1.44 μm, and the width of a second Cu wiring and the diameter of a plug are about 0.18 μm, there are arranged two or more plugs which connect the first wirings and the second Cu wirings electrically with each other.
US08093712B2	Monolithic molded flexible electronic assemblies without solder and methods for their manufacture A method (10) for manufacturing a monolithic molded electronic assembly (12). A mold (14) having first and second mold potions (14a-b) that mate to form an interior chamber (16) is provided. The mold has an injection port (22) and channel (24) connecting into the chamber. Electronic parts (30) having electronic contacts (32) are populated onto the second mold portion, to be substantially contained in the chamber. The mold potions are mated together and a liquid insulating molding material (36) is injected through the injection port channel to fill the chamber. The molding material is hardened to a solid, thereby embedding the electronic parts in the molding material as a monolithic sub-assembly (40). The monolithic sub-assembly is removed from the mold and one or more solderless conductive circuits (50) are applied to the electronic contacts of the electronic parts, thereby providing the electronic assembly.
US08093711B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having a through-connection extending between a first main face of the semiconductor chip and a second main face of the semiconductor chip opposite the first main face, encapsulation material at least partially encapsulating the semiconductor chip, and a first metal layer disposed over the encapsulation material and connected with the through-connection.
US08093709B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof There is provided a low-cost semiconductor device that commercial and quality-assured (inspected) chip size packages can be stacked and has a small co-planarity value and a high mounting reliability. A semiconductor device in which a flexible circuit substrate is adhered to at least a part of a lateral side of a semiconductor package, and the flexible circuit substrate, which is on a side facing solder balls of the semiconductor package, is folded at a region inside of an edge of the semiconductor package (FIG. 1).
US08093702B2	Stacked microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing stacked microelectronic devices Stacked microelectronic devices and methods of manufacturing stacked microelectronic devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a microelectronic device includes forming a plurality of electrically isolated, multi-tiered metal spacers on a front side of a first microelectronic die, and attaching a back-side surface of a second microelectronic die to individual metal spacers. In another embodiment, the method of manufacturing the microelectronic device may further include forming top-tier spacer elements on front-side wire bonds of the first die.
US08093701B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing method and electronic equipment using same A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices includes the following steps. That is, a support board is adhered to a rear surface of a substrate proper which has a plurality of circuit element parts with prescribed functions formed on a circuit forming plane on an obverse surface thereof. First groove portions are formed in the substrate proper. An insulating film (17) is formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate (50) by using an insulating material, and holes are formed in the first groove portions. Metal wiring patterns (8) are formed which extend from electrode portions to at least parts of inner walls of the holes. A prescribed amount of the support board at a bottom of each of the holes is removed. A conductive material is filled into the holes thereby to form penetration electrodes (10). A second groove portions are formed in the first groove portions.
US08093696B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment of the present invention, a semiconductor device is provided, that includes a semiconductor carrier; a cavity formed within the semiconductor carrier, the cavity extending from the top surface of the semiconductor carrier into the semiconductor carrier; and at least one semiconductor chip provided within the cavity.
US08093683B2	Semiconductor device The invention is directed to providing a technique for increasing a hold voltage of an electrostatic breakdown protection device having a bipolar transistor structure more than conventional and reducing the size of the device. A base region (a P impurity layer) is formed on a front surface of an epitaxial layer, an emitter region (an N+ impurity layer) is formed on the front surface of the P impurity layer, and the epitaxial layer and an N+ impurity layer form a collector region. A connected portion of a base electrode and the base region (the P impurity layer) is located between the end of the base region (the P impurity layer) on a collector electrode side and the emitter region (the N+ impurity layer). It means that the electrodes for the collector, the base and the emitter are formed in this order. The base electrode and the emitter electrode are connected through a wiring (not shown). A P+ isolation layer for dividing the epitaxial layer into a plurality of island regions is further formed.
US08093680B1	Metal-insulator-metal-insulator-metal (MIMIM) memory device The present memory device includes first and second electrodes, first and second insulating layers between the electrodes, the first insulating layer being in contact with the first electrode, the second insulating layer being in contact with the second electrode, and a metal layer between the first and second insulating layers. Further included may be a first oxide layer between and in contact with the first insulating layer and the metal layer, and a second oxide layer between and in contact with the second insulating layer and the metal layer.
US08093679B2	Integrated BEOL thin film resistor In the course of forming a resistor in the back end of an integrated circuit, an intermediate dielectric layer is deposited and a trench etched through it and into a lower dielectric layer by a controllable amount, so that the top of a resistor layer deposited in the trench is close in height to the top of the lower dielectric layer; the trench is filled and the resistor layer outside the trench is removed, after which a second dielectric layer is deposited. Vias passing through the second dielectric layer to contact the resistor then have the same depth as vias contacting metal interconnects in the lower dielectric layer. A tri-layer resistor structure is employed in which the resistive film is sandwiched between two protective layers that block diffusion between the resistor and BEOL ILD layers.
US08093677B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method A semiconductor device and manufacturing method is disclosed. One embodiment provides a common substrate of a first conductivity type and at least two wells of a second conductivity type. A buried high resistivity region and at least an insulating structure is provided insulating the first well from the second well. The insulating structure extends through the buried high resistivity region and includes a conductive plug in Ohmic contact with the first semiconductor region. A method for forming an integrated semiconductor device is also provided.
US08093674B2	Manufacturing method for molding image sensor package structure and image sensor package structure thereof A manufacturing method for molding an image sensor package structure and the image sensor package structure thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method includes following steps of providing a half-finished image sensor for packaging, arranging a dam on the peripheral of a transparent lid of the half-finished image sensor, positioning the half-finished image sensor within a mold, and injecting a mold compound into the mold cavity of the mold. The dam is arranged on the top surface of the transparent lid and the inner surface of the mold can exactly contact with the top surface of dam so that the mold compound injected into the mold cavity is prevented from overflowing to the transparent lid by the dam. Furthermore, the arrangement of the dam and the mold compound can increase packaged areas and extend blockage to invasive moisture so as to enhance the reliability of the image sensor package structure.
US08093669B2	Magnetic nanotransistor The present invention discloses methods and processes for producing magnetic nanotransistors containing carbon nanotubes. The nanotube is attached to at least one magnetic particle, the nanotube is then placed in between the two fixed magnetic moments, and subjected to an external magnetic field. The current passing through the nanotube can be controlled using the external magnetic field.
US08093662B2	Semiconductor memory Borderless contacts for word lines or via contacts for bit lines are formed using interconnect patterns, a part of which is removed. A semiconductor memory includes: a plurality of active regions AAi, AAi+1, . . . , AAn, which extend on a memory cell array along the column length; a plurality of word line patterns WL1, WL2, . . . , extend along the row length and are non-uniformly arranged; a plurality of select gate line patterns SG1, SG2, . . . , are arranged parallel to the plurality of word line patterns; borderless contacts are formed near the ends of the word line patterns on the memory cell array, and are in contact with part of an interconnect extended from the end of the memory cell array, but are not in contact with interconnects adjacent to that interconnect; and bit line contacts are formed within contact forming regions provided by removing part of the plurality of word line patterns and select gate line patterns through double exposure.
US08093660B2	Semiconductor device A voltage mitigating element mitigating a voltage applied across a gate insulating film in an off state of an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is arranged to a gate electrode node of a P-channel MOS transistor provided for suppressing flow-in of holes at the time of turn-off of the IGBT. Withstanding voltage characteristics are improved and an occupation area thereof is reduced while maintaining switching characteristics and a low on-resistance of an insulated gate bipolar transistor.
US08093654B2	Vertical transistor component A method for producing a vertical transistor component includes providing a semiconductor substrate, applying an auxiliary layer to the semiconductor substrate, and patterning the auxiliary layer for the purpose of producing at least one trench which extends as far as the semiconductor substrate and which has opposite sidewalls. The method further includes producing a monocrystalline semiconductor layer on at least one of the sidewalls of the trench, producing an electrode insulated from the monocrystalline semiconductor layer on the at least one sidewall of the trench and the semiconductor substrate.
US08093652B2	Breakdown voltage for power devices A power device includes a semiconductor substrate of first conductivity having an upper surface and a lower surface. An isolation diffusion region of second conductivity is provided at a periphery of the substrate and extends from the upper surface to the lower surface of the substrate. The isolation diffusion region has a first surface corresponding to the upper surface of the substrate and a second surface corresponding to the lower surface. A peripheral junction region of second conductivity is formed at least partly within the isolation diffusion region and formed proximate the first surface of the isolation diffusion region. First and second terminals are provided.
US08093649B2	Flash memory cell A flash memory cell includes a substrate, a source, a drain, a first oxide, a second oxide, a floating gate and a control gate. The source and a drain are formed in the substrate separately, and are doped with N-type ions. The first oxide is formed on the substrate. The floating gate is formed on the first oxide, wherein the floating gate is doped with P-type ions. The second oxide formed on the floating gate. The control gate formed on the second oxide.
US08093648B2	Method for manufacturing non-volatile memory and structure thereof A method for manufacturing a non-volatile memory and a structure thereof are provided. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps. Firstly, a substrate is provided. Next, a semiconductor layer is formed on the substrate. Then, a Si-rich dielectric layer is formed on the semiconductor layer. After that, a plurality of silicon nanocrystals is formed in the Si-rich dielectric layer by a laser annealing process to form a charge-storing dielectric layer. Last, a gate electrode is formed on the charge-storing dielectric layer.
US08093633B2	Method and device for wavelength-sensitive photo-sensing A semiconductor device includes a conducting channel (130) formed beneath a substrate surface with a pre-determined photo-conductivity spectral response. The channel is formed between two pn-junctions (126, 128) defining first and third photo-electric depletion regions at respective depths relative to the surface corresponding to penetration depths of light of different wavelengths. The first region (106) which has the light absorbing surface (104) above the first pn-junction (126) is specific to a first color. The channel region (130) between the two pn-junctions (126, 128) is photo-conductive to a second color. The third region below the second pn-junction (128) is sensitive to a third color. Electrical contacts (118, 120, 122, 124) are disposed on the source (112), the top gate (106), the drain (114) and the bottom gate (116) for receiving the electrical currents induced by the presence of the absorbed wavelengths.
US08093624B1	High fill-factor avalanche photodiode A photodiode is provided by the invention, including an n-type active region and a p-type active region. A first one of the n-type and p-type active regions is disposed in a semiconductor substrate at a first substrate surface. A second one of the n-type and p-type active regions includes a high-field zone disposed beneath the first one of the active regions at a first depth in the substrate, a mid-field zone disposed laterally outward of the first active region at a second depth in the substrate greater than the first depth, and a step zone connecting the high-field zone and the mid-field zone in the substrate.
US08093622B2	Semiconductor device and its driving method A semiconductor device having a thyristor SCR with reduced turn-off time. A third semiconductor region of the second conductivity type (anode AN) and a fourth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type (anode gate AG) are formed in the top layer of a first semiconductor region; fifth semiconductor region of the first conductivity type (cathode CA) and sixth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type (cathode gate CG) are formed in the top layer of a second semiconductor region; a gate insulating film and gate electrode MG are formed on the second semiconductor region. When the thyristor is turned off from the on state, a higher potential than that on the anode is applied to the anode gate, and a diode made up of the anode and the anode gate inside the thyristor is made to conduct so as to control the potential of the anode during driving.
US08093619B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device, which can be efficiently manufactured and maintain a stable light emitting property for a long period, is provided. The light emitting device comprises a first resin forming body including a periphery that forms a recess to house a light emitting element and a bottom that forms a bottom portion of the recess, and a second resin forming body which covers the light emitting element. The first resin forming body is composed of a thermosetting epoxy resin composite whose essential component is an epoxy resin. The bottom covers surfaces of lead frames excluding mounting regions of the light emitting element and wires. A thickness of the bottom is formed thinner than a thickness from the surface of the lead frames to a leading end of the light emitting element.
US08093618B2	Multi-layer ohmic electrode, semiconductor light emitting element having multi-layer ohmic electrode, and method of forming same There are provided an ohmic electrode, which includes a contact layer made of an Al alloy and formed on a nitride-based semiconductor layer functioning as a light emitting layer, a reflective layer made of Ag metal, formed on the contact layer and having some particles in-diffused to the semiconductor layer, and a protective layer formed on the reflective layer to restrain out-diffusion of the reflective layer; a method of forming the ohmic electrode; and a semiconductor light emitting element having the ohmic electrode. The present invention has strong adhesive strength and low contact resistance since the reflective layer and the light emitting layer directly form an ohmic contact due to the interface reaction during heat treatment, and the present invention has high light reflectance and excellent thermal stability since the contact layer and the protective layer restrain out-diffusion of the reflective layer during heat treatment.
US08093617B2	Bare microelectronic chip provided with a recess forming a housing for a wire element constituting a flexible mechanical support, fabrication process and microstructure A microelectronic chip comprises two parallel main faces and side faces. At least one of the faces comprises a recess provided with at least one electrical connection element and forming a housing for a wire element. The wire element simultaneously constitutes both an electrical connection between the chip and the outside via said connection element and a flexible mechanical support for said chip.
US08093616B2	Electronic component, manufacturing method of the electronic component, electronic component assembly body, and electronic device An electronic component, includes a main body part inserted in an opening part formed in a board; and a pair of leads each of the leads having an end connected to the main body part and another end connected to a pad formed on the board; wherein the main body part is provided with the leads so that a functional surface of the main body part is positioned at a side connected to the pads of the board.
US08093614B2	LED array An illuminator (1) has bare semiconductor die light emitting diodes (7) on pads (11) of Ag/Ni/Ti material. A Si wafer (13) has a rough upper surface, and this roughness is carried through an oxide layer (12) and the pads (11) to provide a rough but reflective upper surface of the pads (11), thus forming a diffuser. Epoxy encapsulant (9) is deposited in a layer over the diodes (7) and the pads (11), and it is index matched with a top diffuser plate (8) of opal glass.
US08093611B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor light emitting device comprises a first conductive semiconductor layer comprising a concave portion, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer.
US08093608B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device including a substrate, an n-type semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, an active layer laminated on the n-type semiconductor layer and capable of emitting a light, a p-type semiconductor layer laminated on the active layer, an n-electrode which is disposed on a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate or on the n-type semiconductor layer and spaced away from the active layer and p-type semiconductor layer, and a p-electrode which is disposed on the p-type semiconductor layer and includes a reflective ohmic metal layer formed on the dot-like metallic layer, wherein the light emitted from the active layer is extracted externally from the substrate side.
US08093607B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor component An optoelectronic semiconductor component, comprising a carrier substrate, and an interlayer that mediates adhesion between the carrier substrate and a component structure. The component structure comprises an active layer provided for generating radiation, and a useful layer arranged between the interlayer and the active layer. The useful layer has a separating area remote from the carrier substrate.
US08093606B2	Nitride semiconductor light emitting device There is provided a nitride semiconductor light emitting device having a light reflection layer capable of preventing reflectivity from lowering and luminance from lowering due to deterioration of quality of an active layer. A nitride semiconductor laser includes at least a light emitting layer forming portion (3) provided on a first light reflection layer (2) provided on a substrate (1). The first light reflection layer (2) is formed with laminating a low refractivity layer (21) and a high refractivity layer (22) which have a different refractivity from each other, and the low refractivity layer (21) of the first light reflection layer is formed with a single layer structure of an AlxGa1−xN layer (0≦x≦1), and the high refractivity layer (22) of the first light reflection layer is formed with a multi layer structure formed by laminating alternately an AlyGa1−yN layer (0≦y≦0.5 and y
US08093604B2	Engineered structure for solid-state light emitters An engineered structure of a light emitting device comprises multiple layers of alternating active and buffer materials disposed between AC or DC electrodes, which generate an electric field. The active layers comprise luminescent centers, e.g. group IV semiconductor nanocrystals, in a host matrix, e.g. a wide bandgap semiconductor or dielectric material such as silicon dioxide or silicon nitride. The buffer layers are comprised of a wide bandgap semiconductor or dielectric material, and designed with a thickness, in the direction of an applied electric field, that ensures that electrons passing therethrough picks up enough energy to excite the luminescent centers in the adjacent active layer at an excitation energy to emit light efficiently at a desired wavelength.
US08093602B2	Stacked organic light-emitting device and imaging apparatus and image display apparatus having the same A stacked organic light-emitting device having a first organic compound layer and a second organic compound layer stacked on a substrate includes: a first light-emitting device in which the first organic compound layer is sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a second light-emitting device in which the second organic compound layer is sandwiched between the second electrode and a third electrode. An electrode of a TFT circuit which is electrically connected to the third electrode is formed on the substrate in a region different from a region in which the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device emit light. In order to prevent the third electrode which extends to the electrode of the TFT circuit from being electrically connected to the second electrode, the second organic compound layer is formed so as to cover an end portion of the second electrode.
US08093598B2	Power semiconductor device A power semiconductor device less prone to cause a reaction between a metal material for interconnection and an electrode or the like connected to a semiconductor region during the high-temperature operation thereof and less prone to be strained during the high-temperature operation thereof. The power semiconductor device can be an SiC power device or the like in which a first metal layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ti, Mo, W and Ta is formed on a source electrode formed on the semiconductor region, such as a source region or the like. A second metal layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Mo, W and Cu is formed on the first metal layer. A third metal layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Pt, Mo and W is formed on the second metal layer.
US08093595B2	Thin film array panel and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a thin film array panel is provided, which includes: forming a gate line formed on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line; forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; forming an ohmic contact layer on the semiconductor layer; forming a data line and a drain electrode disposed at least on the ohmic contact layer, forming an oxide on the data line; etching the ohmic contact layer using the data line and the drain electrode as an etch mask; and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode.
US08093592B2	Thin film transistor substrate, electronic apparatus, and methods for fabricating the same A TFT substrate includes a substrate and at least a TFT disposed thereon. The TFT includes a semiconductor island and at least a gate. The semiconductor island has a source region, a drain region, and a channel region interposed therebetween. The semiconductor island has sub-grain boundaries. The gate corresponds to the channel region. A first included angle between an extending direction of the gate and a line connecting the centroid of the source region with the centroid of the drain region is not substantially equal to 90 degrees. A second included angle between the sub-grain boundaries in the channel region and the line connecting the centroid of the source region with the centroid of the drain region is not substantially equal to 0 degree or 90 degrees. Additionally, a method of fabricating a TFT substrate, an electronic apparatus, and a method of fabricating the electronic apparatus are also provided.
US08093585B2	Organic electro-luminescent display apparatus Each TFT for driving each of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix-like configuration is configured using a stagger-type polycrystalline-Si TFT. A gate electrode, which is composed of a high-heat-resistant material capable of resisting high temperature at the time of polycrystalline-Si film formation, is disposed at a lower layer as compared with the polycrystalline-Si layer that forms a channel of each TFT. A gate line, which is composed of a low-resistance material, is disposed at an upper layer as compared with the polycrystalline-Si layer. The gate electrode and the gate line are connected to each other via a through-hole bored in a gate insulation film. Respective configuration components of each organic electro-luminescent element are partially co-used at the time of the line formation, thereby suppressing an increase in the steps, processes, and configuration components.
US08093572B2	Integrated variable-aperture collimator and fixed-aperture collimator An apparatus and method for coupling a fixed-aperture collimator to a variable-aperture collimator. The variable-aperture collimator may be an IRIS collimator having multiple leaves configured to open and close an aperture of the IRIS collimator within which the fixed-aperture collimator is retained.
US08093561B2	Thyroid uptake measurement apparatus Disclosed is a thyroid uptake measurement apparatus, in which a radiation attenuation filter is detachably provided at the leading end of a collimator of a radiation detector. The radiation attenuation filter inhibits the saturation of signals when gamma rays exceeding the maximum counting rate are entered. Accordingly, it is possible to inhibit the distortion of signals when the pile-up of the signals increases by an increase in the radiation decay. Moreover, the use of the radiation attenuation filter can significantly improve the scatter fraction, that is, the ratio of scattered radiation/total radiation generated by material scatter of radiation.
US08093560B2	Photoconductive antenna element This invention relates to a photoconductive antenna element having a structure capable of preventing element characteristics from deteriorating and attain a smaller size at the same time. This photoconductive antenna element (17) comprises a pair of electrodes (21) formed on a semiconductor layer (19). Each electrode (21) is constituted by an antenna part (22), pad parts (23), and a line part (24) connecting them, while the line part (24) includes a parallel portion (24a) extending from the antenna part (22). In the line part (24) of one electrode (21), a portion other than the antenna region (A) is bent opposite to the other electrode (21). In the line part (24) of the other electrode (21), a portion other than the antenna region (A) is bent opposite to the one electrode (21). This structure can prevent the photoconductive antenna element (17) from deteriorating its element characteristics and make it smaller.
US08093555B2	Mass spectrometer A mass analysis is initially performed while applying appropriate voltages to the electrodes so that ions injected through an entrance gate electrode (5) into a loop orbit (3) are guided through approximately one half of the loop orbit (3) and diverted at an exit gate electrode (6) toward an ion detector (7). Based on the intensities of the peaks appearing on a mass spectrum obtained by this mass analysis, one or more objective ions are selected and a time parameter is specified so that the voltage applied to the exit gate electrode (6) changes when none of the ions flying along the loop orbit (3) are passing through the exit gate electrode (6). As a result, the orbit of the objective ions will assuredly changed so that they will be directed toward the ion detector (7) after flying through the loop orbit (3) multiple times. Thus, the mass information of the objective ions can be assuredly obtained.
US08093549B2	Radiation beam analyzer and method A radiation beam analyzer for measuring the distribution and intensity of radiation produced by a Cyberknife®. The analyzer employs a relative small tank of water into which a sensor is placed. The distance between the sensor and the radiation source is not varied. There are two methods to maintain the SAD (source to axis distance) constant. A first method maintains the position of detector fixed, utilizing a holder designed to retain the detector, and raises or lowers the small tank of water. A second method moves the detector up or down with a raising and lower mechanism in one direction and synchronically moves the small tank of water in the opposite direction with another raising and lowering mechanism. The second method also keeps the SAD constant. These methods position the detector relative to the radiation source to simulate the location of a malady within a patient's body.
US08093548B2	Calibration methods for blood content sensors Methods for calibrating blood content sensors used independently or in conjunction with medical instruments such as traditional or capsule type endoscopes.
US08093541B2	Anti-blooming protection of pixels in a pixel array for multiple scaling modes Circuits and methods of generating control signals for transistors in a pixel row of a pixel array are disclosed. The circuits include a transfer transistor control signal row driver that includes a plurality of output branches and a reset transistor control signal row driver that includes a plurality of output branches. The row drivers output positive boosted control signals to selected pixel rows during a photosensor-to-floating diffusion region charge transfer phase and during a floating diffusion region reset phase and to unselected pixel rows during an initial part of an integration phase. The row drivers output positive non-boosted control signals to unselected non-integrating pixel rows.
US08093538B2	Impingement/convection/microwave oven and method A combination oven that is operable with convection air, impingement air and microwave energy in various combinations thereof. The oven has an oven chamber and a fan box that are located front to back. A fan in the fan box circulates heated air by discharging via openings in a top and a bottom and taking in via an intermediate opening of a baffle plate. Impingement plates are easily installed and removed in the oven chamber to provide impingement air upwardly or downwardly. At least one of the impingement plates is installed and removed by a sliding motion. Microwave energy is provided through the side walls of the oven chamber. Intake ports for cooling air are located in a bevel between the side walls and bottom wall of the oven's outer enclosure so as to allow the oven to be located right next to other structures, such as a wall. An interlock assembly is also provided for the oven door.
US08093534B2	Cooking device There is provided a cooking device capable of preventing heating operations from being unintentionally turned on and off and the setting of heating operations from being changed even when water droplets are scattered around touch switches or the vicinity of the touch switches is wiped with a damp cloth or the like. Left and right cancel electrodes (5a, 5b) are provided near the key electrodes between the positions of left and right heating coils (3a, 3b) and the positions of the key electrodes (4a1, 4a2, 4a3, 4b1, 4b2, 4b3). A control unit (6) changes over between validity and invalidity of inputting through the key electrodes based on whether or not a change of capacitances of the left and right cancel electrodes (5a, 5b) is equal to or more than a predetermined amount.
US08093533B2	Modular pizza oven kit, pizza oven finger assembly support, and a method of operating a pizza oven at different speeds and a control arrangement for performing the method A modular pizza oven kit, pizza oven finger assembly support, and a method of operating a pizza oven at different speeds and a control arrangement for performing the method. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US08093532B2	Laser machining of fired ceramic and other hard and/or thick materials Laser machining fired ceramic and other hard and/or thick materials includes scribing a workpiece with a laser beam along a sequence of parallel laser paths within a cutout region of the workpiece. The scribing creates a kerf in the cutout region that widens as the laser beam advances along the sequence. The sequence may begin with an inner portion of the cutout region and end with an outer edge thereof such that debris is directed away from the laser paths to increase throughput and create a high quality opening in the workpiece. High quality structures may also be cut out from the workpiece. The method includes directing a high velocity stream of gas to an interface of the laser beam and the workpiece to redirect the flow of debris and cool the interface. The method may also adjust a focus depth of the laser beam as it deepens the kerf.
US08093524B2	Electrical switchgear unit such as a circuit breaker or switch The present invention is an electrical switchgear unit in a case and including at least one stationary contact and at least one movable contact supported by a contact support shaft, an opening and/or closing mechanism of the movable contact(s) fitted in a support, the mechanism including a manual operating handle of the contact(s) rotatable around a toggle pin of the case, and a high-speed closing shaft designed to keep the movable contact(s) in the open position, at the beginning of manual closing of the handle and over a certain travel, by storing energy and to release the movable contact(s) after travel of the handle so that the stored energy causes high-speed closing of the contacts. On one of its side faces, the device includes the support of the mechanism which includes an opening to accommodate at least a part of the high-speed closing shaft, which is inserted laterally at least partially into the support prior to fixing of the shaft inside the case, and the means for fixing said support inside the case is located on one side of the mechanism.
US08093523B2	Supporting structure, keyswitch and keyboard This invention discloses a supporting structure for supporting a keycap of a switch. The supporting structure includes a first supporting member and a second supporting member. The first supporting member has a first arm, and the first arm forms a first shaft is perpendicularly protruded from the first arm. The second supporting member has a second arm including a first hook part. The first hook part forms a first containing space and a first opening connected to the first containing space. The first shaft can pass through the first opening and be rotatably contained in the first containing space by the first hook part. Accordingly, the first supporting member and the second supporting member can rotate relative to the first shaft.
US08093520B2	Reconfigurable switch array using multi-layered film A switch panel assembly includes a plurality of selectively enabled switches for actuating only those available features. A plurality of available actuateable features are represented on the switch panel by graphics that are hidden in a non-illuminated condition and reveled when backlit. Each of individual switch and corresponding LED are selectively enabled and become visible and actuateable when those corresponding features are available to provide a single device operable without physical modification for many features assembled in many different combinations.
US08093517B2	Arrangement for influencing device functions by means of a foot movement An apparatus for triggering, changing or ending device functions by means of foot movements can include a resting surface for the sole of a foot and at least one switch, arranged in the region of the resting surface and at a fixed distance from the resting surface, for closing or opening an electrical or control circuit. An actuating element can be associated with the switch to initiate its switching functions. The apparatus can also include a means for transmitting foot movements to the actuating element. The switch can be a proximity switch and the actuating element can be mounted such that it can move in a direction following the respective foot movement, with the result that, owing to the foot movement, the actuating element can be brought closer to the proximity switch therefore triggering the switching function.
US08093516B2	Digital multimeter having improved rotary switch assembly A multimeter includes a case having a rotary selector knob for selecting a multimeter function. A circuit board defining multiple switching terminals thereon is located in the case. A rotary switch assembly is operatively coupled to the selector knob. The rotary switch assembly has a plurality of contact pairs which selectively complete a galvanic connection across predetermined pairs of switching terminals. The rotary switch assembly further includes first and second switch members located in opposition on respective sides of the circuit board. Each of the switch members has at least one of the contact pairs.
US08093512B2	Package of environmentally sensitive electronic device and fabricating method thereof A package of an environmentally sensitive electronic device including a first substrate, a second substrate, an environmentally sensitive electronic device, a plurality of barrier structures, and a fill is provided. The second substrate is disposed above the first substrate. The environmentally sensitive electronic device is disposed on the first substrate and located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The barrier structures are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the barrier structures surround the environmental sensitive electronic device, and the water vapor transmission rate of the barrier structures is less than 10−1 g/m2/day. The fill is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and covers the environmentally sensitive electronic device and the barrier structures.
US08093511B2	Ceiling suspension assembly A ceiling suspension assembly for suspending an object in a cable, cord or string (51) from a ceiling includes a ceiling fitting, cover or casing (25) and a suspension device (1). The suspension device is adapted to be attached to the ceiling such as fastened to a hook, ring or shackle. The suspension device and the ceiling fitting, cover or casing have cooperating threadings which allow them to be screwed to each other and thereby take varying vertical positions in relation to each other. The suspension device can includes a projecting elongated portion that extends downwards, has an axial channel for receiving the cable, cord or string and an exterior threading. The ceiling fitting, cover or casing can includes a portion having a through-hole with an interior threading for cooperation with the exterior threading of the projecting elongated portion to give the ceiling fitting, cover or casing a desired position such as being in tight engagement with the ceiling. The ceiling cover, casing or fitting can be composed of two separate parts, one (33) of which has at its bottom a large aperture (37) in which a connector plug (53) can be introduced and the other part (35′, 35″) can be divided along an axial plane.
US08093510B2	Downward facing receptacle assembly for cable raceway A cable raceway system includes a device bracket and a device cover for outfitting an elongate cable raceway with a downward facing electrical device. The raceway, configured for attachment to a wall surface, is of the type having an interior wireway. The device bracket is cooperative with the raceway for access to the wireway, and includes a device support for connecting an electrical device to the bracket, in a downward facing orientation with respect to the raceway. More particularly, when an electrical device is attached to the device support, an access face of the electrical device is oriented generally perpendicularly with respect to the wall surface. The cover cooperates with the bracket and raceway for covering the bracket, and has a faceplate portion complementary to the electrical device.
US08093509B2	Flexible thin image-sensing module with anti-EMI function and flexible thin PCB module with anti-EMI function A flexible thin image-sensing module with anti-EMI function includes a flexible substrate unit, an electronic element unit, an anti-EMI unit, and a conductive structure. The electronic element unit has a plurality of electronic elements disposed on a top surface of the flexible substrate unit, and the electronic elements at least include an image sensor, a low dropout regulator and a backend IC. The anti-EMI unit is disposed on a bottom surface of the flexible substrate unit. The conductive structure passes through the flexible substrate unit and is electrically connected between the electronic element unit and the anti-EMI unit in order to guide electromagnetic waves generated by the electronic element unit to the anti-EMI unit.
US08093506B2	Multilayer wiring board and power supply structure to be embedded in multilayer wiring board A multilayer wiring board capable of feeding sufficient electric power to a circuit element, such as an IC chip. In one embodiment of the present invention, a multilayer wiring board is comprised of: a core board; a build up layer disposed on an upper surface of the core board; a build up layer disposed on a lower surface of the core board; and a power supply structure embedded in a through hole penetrating the core board and the build up layers. The power supply structure is comprised of: a conductive metal rod made of copper as a main material; a conductive metal tube made of copper as a main material and provided coaxially with the conductive metal rod; and an insulating material filling a gap between the conductive metal rod and the conductive metal tube.
US08093498B2	Busbar assembly A busbar assembly is disclosed. The busbar assembly includes a conducting bar. The conducting bar includes a port adapted to retain and conduct electricity to a cable. The busbar assembly additionally includes a cover adapted to allow the cable to be inserted and removed from the port in a first position and to retain the cable in the port in a second position.
US08093490B2	Method for forming thin film, substrate having transparent electroconductive film and photoelectric conversion device using the substrate The present invention provides a thin film-forming method by which, even when a thin film containing a crystalline metal oxide as the main component is formed over a wide area within a short time utilizing a thermal decomposition method, the thickness of the thin film becomes relatively uniform. A thin film-forming method of the present invention includes forming a thin film using a raw material containing a chloride of a metal, and prior to the forming of the thin film, 1) disposing metal-containing particles on the substrate, or 2) forming, at a film deposition rate slower than a film deposition rate for the thin film, a metal-containing thin film on the substrate, and wherein, in the case of the step 2), the thin film containing the metal oxide as the main component is directly formed on the metal-containing thin film.
US08093487B2	Removable protective nose cover A removable protective nose cover for a submersible structure having a nose section is disclosed. The removable protective nose cover can include a plurality of shell members, each of the shell members having a forward end and an aft end. Each shell member can also be dimensioned to fit adjacent to and around the nose section of the submersible structure and thereby form a protective shell. A central nose member having a locking member can also be included, the locking member being operable to attach the central nose member to each of the forward ends of the shell members. The aft ends of the shell members can be attached to each other using a plurality of attachment clips such that the attachment of the central nose member to each of the forward ends of the shell members and the attachment of the adjacent aft ends of the shell members form the removable protective nose cover for the submersible structure. The attachment clips can be operable to release the plurality of shell members from being held adjacent to the submersible structure when the structure moves through a liquid at a predefined speed.
US08093478B2	Percussion instrument and electronic percussion instrument A percussion instrument in which at least one drum board can be folded on a main board for easy and compact storage of the instrument. At least one arm having a free end and a proximal end is mounted at its proximal end to a part fixed relative to the main board so that the free end can be displaced in position. The drum board is mounted to the free end of the arm and changeable between an unfolded configuration suitable for a musical performance and a folded configuration suitable for storage by being configured to be unfoldable from and foldable to the main board via the arm.
US08093474B2	Metallic nanospheres embedded in nanowires initiated on nanostructures and methods for synthesis thereof A nanostructure includes a nanowire having metallic spheres formed therein, the spheres being characterized as having at least one of about a uniform diameter and about a uniform spacing there between. A nanostructure in another embodiment includes a substrate having an area with a nanofeature; and a nanowire extending from the nanofeature, the nanowire having metallic spheres formed therein, the spheres being characterized as having at least one of about a uniform diameter and about a uniform spacing there between. A method for forming a nanostructure is also presented. A method for reading and writing data is also presented. A method for preparing nanoparticles is also presented.
US08093470B2	Soybean cultivar 98433118 A soybean cultivar designated 98433118 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 98433118, to the plants of soybean 98433118, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 98433118, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 98433118 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 98433118, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98433118, 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 98433118 with another soybean cultivar.
US08093458B2	Biologically safe transient protein expression in plants A process of producing a protein of interest by expression of said protein of interest from a sequence of interest in a plant or in plant leaves, comprising: (a) transfecting said plant or said plant leaves by infiltrating said plant or said plant leaves with an Agrobacterium strain in the presence of a complementing factor, said Agrobacterium strain containing in T-DNA a heterologous DNA sequence having a sequence portion encoding a replicon, wherein said sequence encoding a replicon contains sequences necessary for replicon function of said replicon, said sequences being derived from a plant virus, and said sequence of interest to be expressed from said replicon, (b) optionally isolating said protein of interest from said plant or said plant leaves infiltrated in step (a), wherein said Agrobacterium strain is provided with a first genetic modification rendering said Agrobacterium strain defective for transfecting organisms with said T-DNA in the absence of said complementing factor.
US08093457B2	Storage-induced promoter The invention relates to a promoter with an organ-specific activity in plants. Said promoter is characterised in that it exhibits greater activity in the storage organs of plants than in other organs of said plants and that the promoter activity is modified after the harvest of the storage organs and is greater than prior to said harvest.
US08093455B2	Tomato plants having higher levels of resistance to Botrytis The present invention relates to a method for detecting a quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with resistance to Botrytis cinerea in tomato, comprising the steps of crossing a Botrytis-resistant donor tomato plant with a non-resistant, or Botrytis-susceptible, recipient tomato plant, contacting one or more offspring plants with an infective amount of Botrytis, quantitatively determining the disease incidence and/or the rate of lesion growth in said one or more offspring plants, establishing a genetic linkage map that links the observed disease incidence and/or rate of lesion growth to the presence of chromosomal markers of said donor tomato plant in said one or more offspring plants, and assigning to a QTL the contiguous markers on said map that are linked to a reduced disease incidence and/or a reduced lesion growth rate.
US08093451B2	Chalcone synthase dihydroflavonol 4-reductase and leucoanthocyanidine reductase from clover, medic ryegrass or fescue The present invention relates to nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of, for example, flavonoid biosynthesis in plants, and more specifically the modification of the content of condensed tannins. In particularly preferred embodiments, the invention relates to the combinatorial expression of chalcone synthase (CHS) and/or dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (BAN) and/or leucoanthocyanidine reductase (LAR) in plants to modify, for example, flavonoid biosynthesis or more specifically the content of condensed tannins.
US08093447B2	Sweat-absorbent sheet and disposable diaper having the same The present invention aims to provide a sweat-absorbent sheet containing antimicrobial medical agent ingredient and effectively absorbing sweat and a disposable diaper having the sweat-absorbent sheet.A sweat-absorbent sheet comprises a base sheet and an antimicrobial medical agent ingredient integrated with the base sheet. The base sheet includes cellulose fiber. The medical agent ingredient is a quaternary ammonium salt. The base sheet is wetted with a solution of the quaternary ammonium salt and dried thereafter so as to be integrated with the quaternary ammonium salt. The sweat-absorbent sheet is available to a disposable diaper.
US08093446B2	Fibrous absorbent articles having malodor counteractant There is provided a tampon or similar device or product in which there is disposed at least one surface active agent. A broad feature of the present invention provides a fibrous absorbent article for absorbing body fluids made up of a fibrous material defining a structure suitable for absorbing the body fluids, and disposed in or on the structure, an effective amount of at least one surface active agent, so as to adsorb malodor associated with these bodily fluids.
US08093442B2	Electrochemical removal of dissociable cyanides The method of the invention provides means of destroying highly stable metal cyanide ions found in a solution, and converting the cyanide to harmless by-products. Contrary to conventional methods which merely complex the cyanide into a mechanically or physically removable complex, the present method destroys the cyanide found in the sample. The invention is directed to a method of destroying cyanide comprising providing a highly alkaline solution containing a metal cyanide ions; and subjecting the solution to electro-oxidation.
US08093438B2	Process for producing 1,1 diaryl alkanes and derivatives thereof A process of producing a 1,1-diaryl alkane comprising a condensation reaction of an aromatic compound having at least one aromatic hydrogen with an acetal, in the presence of a perfluorinated sulfonic acid in polymeric form as catalyst.
US08093432B2	Processes for epimerizing cyclohexenyl ketones with subsequent aldol condensation to produce fragrance compounds The present disclosure describes processes for the epimerization of a cyclohexene comprising the steps of providing to a reactor a first isomer of a 1-(2-alkyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)-alkanone compound according to Formula I wherein R1 ad R2 are each independently C1-C4 alkyl, and R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H and C1-C4 alkyl; and epimerizing the first isomer of the 1-(2-alkyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)-alkanone with a metal alkoxide base to form a second isomer of the 1-(2-alkyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl)-alkanone.
US08093425B2	Compounds for treating proliferative disorders Disclosed are compounds and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08093414B2	Process for preparing acylglycinates by means of direct oxidation A process is described for preparing acylglycinate salts of the formula (II) in which R1 is a saturated linear or branched alkyl radical having from 1 to 21 carbon atoms or a mono- or polyunsaturated linear or branched alkenyl radical having from 2 to 21 carbon atoms, and B is a cation derived from a base, and/or the corresponding protonated acylglycines, characterized in that one or more fatty acid monoethanolamides of the formula (I) in which R1 is as defined above is oxidized with oxygen in the presence of a transition group metal catalyst in an alkaline medium to give one or more acylglycinate salts of the formula (II), and, in the case of preparation of the protonated acylglycines, the acylglycinate salt(s) of the formula (II) is additionally reacted with an acid.
US08093400B2	Compounds useful in therapy The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof wherein the variables Z, Q, Ring A, V, X, Y and Y′ are as defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are useful for treating a disorder for which a V1a antagonist is indicated, in particular, dysmenorrhoea.
US08093398B2	Preparation of delmopinol It comprises a process for the production of delmopinol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or a solvate thereof, by subjecting the compound of formula (II) where R1 and R2 are the same or different, independently selected from the group consisting of H, (C1-C6) alkyl or, alternatively, R1 and R2 form, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, a (C5-C6) cycloalkyl radical; and R3 is a radical selected from the group consisting of CF3, (C1-C4) alkyl, phenyl, and phenyl mono- or disubstituted by a radical selected from the group consisting of (C1-C4)-alkyl, halogen and nitro to a deprotection and cyclisation reaction. The process is useful to prepare delmopinol or its salts on an industrial scale. The compound of formula (II) is new and also forms part of the present invention, as well as its preparation process and other new intermediates of said preparation process.
US08093396B2	Benzthiazole inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase having a structure of Formula (I), ways to make them and methods of treating patients using them are disclosed.
US08093394B2	Derivatives of 5-thioxylopyranose and use of same for treatment The invention relates to new compounds of 5-thioxilose, preferably derivatives of the 5-thioxilopyranose type, and to a method for preparing the same and their use as the active ingredient of drugs mainly intended for treating or inhibiting thrombosis or heart failure or thromboembolic diseases.
US08093387B2	Process of making crystalline type II aripiprazole Crystalline aripiprazole Type II can be formed without solid state heat treatment. Instead a liquid is used such as in crystallizing from a solvent, especially 2-propanol, dimethyl sulfoxide, or a combination thereof with ethyl acetate, or in a solvent mediated solid-solid transformation, typically in ethyl acetate.
US08093379B2	Macrocyclic serine protease inhibitors Provided herein are macrocyclic serine protease inhibitor compounds, for example, of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and processes of preparation thereof. Also provided are methods of their use for the treatment of an HCV infection in a host in need thereof.
US08093369B2	Compositions for silencing the expression of VDAC1 and uses thereof The present invention relates generally to the down regulation of mitochondrial protein, voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC1), expression by RNAi or antisense therapy. In particular, the present invention is directed to VDAC1 silencing molecules useful in regulating cell proliferation and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising same useful in the treatment of diseases associated with aberrant cell proliferation.
US08093365B2	Biocompatible materials containing stable complexes method of TSG-6 and hyaluronan and method of using same The present invention provides a biocompatible material in the form of a solid, a water insoluble cross-linked gel or a liposome, which contains a stable complexes of TNF-stimulated gene protein (TSG-6) and hyaluronan.
US08093362B2	Anti-PERP recombinant antibody An antibody which binds to a polypeptide encoded by human PERP (p53 apoptosis effector related to PMP-22) gene which is considered to be related to incidence of cancer or the like is desired. The present invention provides a gene recombinant antibody which has no consensus sequence of an N-linked sugar chain in a variable region, specifically recognizes three-dimensional structure of an extracellular region of a polypeptide encoded by the PERP gene and binds to the extracellular region. The antibody is useful for treatment of various diseases expressing a polypeptide encoded by the PERP gene.
US08093361B2	Anti-perp antibody The present invention provides an antibody which specifically recognizes three-dimensional structure of an extracellular region of a polypeptide encoded by PERP (p53 apoptosis effector related to PMP-22) gene and binds to the extracellular region. The antibody of the present invention is useful for treatment of various diseases which highly expresses a polypeptide encoded by the PERP gene. Also, a polypeptide encoded by the PERP gene or a cell expressing the polypeptide can be specifically detected by an immunological method using the antibody, so that the antibody is useful for diagnosis of various diseases related to PERP.
US08093350B2	Coordination polymer crystal with porous metal-organic frameworks and preparation method thereof Disclosed is a coordination polymer crystal with porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), in which, while a crystal state of the coordination polymer crystal is maintained, an additional material selected from the group consisting of an organic compound, a metal cluster, and an organometallic compound is chemically bonded to the coordination polymer crystal. Therefore it is possible easily adsorb and store more guest molecules regardless of a change in an ambient temperature or pressure due to the chemically bonded additional material.
US08093348B1	Polyimides derived from novel asymmetric dianhydrides This invention relates to the compositions and processes for preparing thermoset and thermoplastic polyimides derived from novel asymmetrical dianhydrides: specifically 2,3,3′,4′ benzophenone dianhydride (a-BTDA), and 3,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride (a-6FDA). The a-BTDA anhydride is prepared by Suzuki coupling with catalysts from a mixed anhydride of 3,4-dimethylbenzoic acid or 2,3-dimethylbenzoic acid with 2,3-dimethylphenylboronic acid or 3,4-dimethylphenylboronic acid respectively, to form 2,3,3′,4′-tetramethylbenzophenone which is oxidized to form 2,3,3′,4′-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid followed by cyclodehydration to obtain a-BTDA. The a-6FDA is prepared by nucleophilic triflouoromethylation of 2,3,3′,4′-tetramethylbenzophenone with trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane to form 3,4′-(trifluoromethylmethanol)-bis(o-xylene) which is converted to 3,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene-bis(o-xylene). The 3,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)-bis(o-xylene) is oxidized to the corresponding tetraacid followed by cyclodehydration to yield a-6FDA.
US08093345B2	Method of preparing a silicone resin A method of preparing a silicone resin, the method comprising reacting at least one halodisilane and, optionally, at least one halosilane with at least one alcohol in the presence of an organic solvent to produce an alcoholysis product; reacting the alcoholysis product with water to produce a hydrolyzate; and heating the hydrolyzate to produce the resin.
US08093343B2	Nitric oxide-releasing diazeniumdiolated compounds The invention described herein provides for novel nitric oxide-releasing polymers that comprise at least two adjacent units derived from acrylonitrile monomer units and containing at least one carbon-bound diazeniumdiolate. The diazeniumdiolated acrylonitrile-derived polymers can be used in medical devices therapeutically. Accordingly, the invention also provides a method of treating a biological disorder and a method of promoting angiogenesis that includes administering a medical device comprising a nitric oxide-releasing polymer comprising at least two adjacent units of acrylonitrile before exposure to nitric oxide and at least one nitric oxide releasing N2O2− group, wherein the N2O2− group is attached directly to the polyacrylonitrile backbone, to a specific location on or within the mammal in an amount effective to treat the biological disorder or promote angiogenesis.
US08093341B2	Method of controlling a polymerization reactor Embodiments of the invention provide a method of controlling a gas-phase polymerization process. The method includes determining a difference between a control variable of the polymerization process, such as the production rate, and the desired value of the control variable; adjusting or maintaining a first manipulated variable to at least partially compensate for the difference between the control variable and the desired value; and adjusting or maintaining a second manipulated variable to at least partially compensate for the effect of adjusting or maintaining the first manipulated variable. The first and second manipulated variables can include process variables such as the fluidized bed weight, the catalyst concentration, the concentration of one or more monomers, the flow of one or more comonomers, the ratio of one comonomer to another comonomer, the activator concentration, the ratio of an activator to selectivity control agent, the concentration of a chain transfer agent, and the retardant concentration.
US08093336B2	Heterogeneous polymer blend with continuous elastomeric phase and process of making the same A heterogeneous polymer blend comprises a dispersed phase comprising a thermoplastic first polymer having a crystallinity of at least 30% and a continuous phase comprising a second polymer different from the first polymer. The second polymer has a crystallinity of less than 20% and is at least partially cross-linked.
US08093326B2	Use of dispersant for aqueous compositions of calcium sulphate hemihydrate The invention concerns the use of a selected polycarboxylic type dispersant for aqueous calcium sulfate hemihydrate compositions that, simultaneously with its dispersing action, can control the initial setting and/or final setting times for these compositions. The invention also concerns aqueous calcium sulfate hemihydrate compositions comprising a polycarboxylic type dispersant or a mixture of polycarboxylic type dispersants.
US08093318B2	Flame retardant polyurethane resin composition and making method A polyurethane resin composition comprising (A) a polycarbonate base polyurethane resin, (B) a P and N-containing non-halogen flame retardant, (C) a polyhydric alcohol, and (D) a silicone containing at least two reactive functional groups in the molecule obviates the problems of safety, environment and price and has sufficient flame retardance and improved mechanical properties such as tensile strength and elongation.
US08093314B1	Single component coating composition for automotive/marine repair The present invention provides an improved single component coating composition for automotive/marine repair which is useable as a body filler.
US08093309B2	Light colored foam for use in marine applications A foam includes a white color that is suitable for use in marine flotation devices. The foam includes a methylene diphenyl diisocyanate and polymethylene diphenyl diisocyanate. In some embodiments, the foam also includes a polyol, surfactant, catalyst, and blowing agent.
US08093298B2	Methods for concomitant administration of colchicine and macrolide antibiotics Methods for concomitant administration of colchicine together with one or more macrolide antibiotics, e.g., clarithromycin, are disclosed. Such methods reduce the dangers commonly associated with such concomitant administration and provide additional benefits.
US08093295B2	Formulations of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid and methods for producing the same The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition or crystalline composition with a specific dissolution profile, which comprises suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof as an active ingredient. The present invention provides a process of producing said crystalline composition or pharmaceutical composition. The present invention also provides compositions with a specific particle size distribution.
US08093294B2	Metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors A new metallo-β-lactamase inhibitor which acts as a medicament for inhibiting the inactivation of β-lactam antibiotics and recovering anti-bacterial activities is disclosed. The maleic acid derivatives having the general formula (I) have metallo-β-lactamase inhibiting activities. It is possible to recover the anti-bacterial activities of β-lactam antibiotics against metallo-β-lactamase producing bacteria by combining the compound of the general formula (I) with β-lactam antibiotics.
US08093284B2	Process for producing aqueous solution of doripenem A process for producing an aqueous solution of doripenem while decomposition of doripenem by heat is suppressed is found out.It was found out that decomposition of doripenem by heat can be suppressed by continuous heating an aqueous suspension of doripenem, and it was found out that an aqueous solution of doripenem can be produced.
US08093283B2	Solid forms comprising (+)-[1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisinoline-1,3-dione, compositions thereof, and uses thereof Solid forms comprising (+)-2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione, compositions comprising the solid forms, methods of making the solid forms and methods of their use are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating and/or preventing disorders ameliorated by the reduction of levels of TNF-α or the inhibition of PDE4.
US08093279B2	Compound There is provided a compound of Formula I wherein R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from H and —Y—R8; wherein each R8 is independently selected from —OH, hydrocarbyl groups, oxyhydrocarbyl groups, cyano (—CN), nitro (—NO2), H-bond acceptors, and halogens; wherein at least one of R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is —Y—R8 wherein R8 is selected from substituted and unsubstituted heterocyclic rings and amino substituted phenyl groups, wherein X is a bond or a linker group; wherein Y is an optional linker group; and wherein ring A is optionally further substituted; wherein R9 is selected from H, —OH and —OSO2NR1R2; wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from H and hydrocarbyl; wherein (a) X is a bond and at least one of R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is —Y—R8; OR (b) R9 is —OSO2NR1R2 or —OH and four of R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are H and one of R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 is —Y—R8.
US08093258B2	Use of urokinase inhibitors for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropathological diseases The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of neuropathological and/or neurodegenerative diseases. In particular, the invention delivers novel uses of inhibitors of Urokinase-type Plasminogen activator in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
US08093254B2	Aspartyl protease inhibitors Disclosed are compounds of formula I (Chemical formula should be inserted here as it appears on abstract in paper form) Formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R14, V, W, X, Y, Z, p, and ring A are as described in the specification. Also disclosed is the method of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases. Also disclosed are methods of treating cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases using the compounds of formula I in combination with a cholinesterase inhibitor or a muscarinic m1 agonist or m2 antagonist.
US08093253B2	Leukotriene B4 inhibitors Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, COPD.
US08093252B2	Crystalline polymorphic form of glucokinase activator A new polymorphic form of 3-{[5-(azetidin-1-ylcarbonyl)pyrazin-2-yl]oxy}-5-{[(1S)-1-methyl-2-(methyloxy)ethyl]oxy}-N-(5-methylpyrazin-2-yl)benzamide, processes for making it and its use as an activator of glucokinase are described.
US08093250B2	2-aminocarbonyl-pyridine derivatives The present invention relates to 2-aminocarbonyl-pyridine derivatives of Formula (I) and their use as P2Y12 receptor antagonists in the treatment and/or prevention of peripheral vascular, of visceral-, hepatic- and renal-vascular, of cardiovascular and of cerebrovascular diseases or conditions associated with platelet aggregation, including thrombosis.
US08093249B2	Pyrazolo[1,5-A]pyrimidine-carbonyl-piperazine derivatives The present invention relates to novel piperazine derivatives; to processes for their preparation; to pharmaceutical compositions containing the derivatives; and to the use of the derivatives in therapy to treat diseases for which blocking the Cav2.2 calcium channels is beneficial.
US08093242B2	Crystalline forms of a pyridine derivative The invention relates to 4-methylbenzenesulfonate salt of the compound of formula (I) in a crystalline form or a solvate thereof, pharmaceutical formulations containing them, their use in therapy and processes for preparing the same.
US08093238B2	Fused thiazole derivatives as kinase inhibitors A series of 5,5-dimethyl-5,6-dihydro-1,3-benzothiazol-7(4H)-one and 7,7-dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-[1,3]thiazolo[5,4-c]azepin-4-one derivatives, and analogues thereof, which are substituted in the 2-position by an optionally substituted benzofused morpholin-4-yl moiety, being selective inhibitors of PI3 kinase enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, metabolic, oncological, nociceptive or ophthalmic conditions. Formula (I).
US08093234B2	Method of increasing thymic output in HIV-negative patients by treatment with antiretroviral agents A method of increasing thymic output in an HIV-negative patient, comprising the steps of (a) identifying a HIV-negative patient who is in need of increased thymic output and (b) supplying an effective amount of antiretroviral agent to the patient such that the patient has an increase in naïve T-cells.
US08093228B2	Bisphosphonate formulation A bisphosphonate is formulated with an agent to reduce surface tension and/or reduce foaming in the stomach, leading to reduced reflux and oesophageal irritation in use and increased patient compliance.
US08093227B2	Monosaccharide compounds and methods therefor A monosaccharide compound of formula I as shown in the specification. Processes for the preparation of the compound of formula I and methods of screening for antibacterial or antibiotic compounds involving the compound of formula I.
US08093223B2	RIP140 regulation of diabetes Inhibition of RIP140 increases glucose transport. Compounds that inhibit RIP140 expression or activity are useful for treating disorders associated with aberrant glucose transport (e.g., diabetes), treating obesity, increasing metabolism (e.g., fatty acid metabolism), and increasing brown fat.
US08093222B2	Methods for treating hypercholesterolemia Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for decreasing LDL-C in an individual having elevated LDL-C. Additionally disclosed are antisense compounds and methods for treating, preventing, or ameliorating hypercholesterolemia and/or atherosclerosis. Further disclosed are antisense compounds and methods for decreasing coronary heart disease risk. Such methods include administering to an individual in need of treatment an antisense compound targeted to a PCSK9 nucleic acid. The antisense compounds administered include gapmer antisense oligonucleotides.
US08093219B2	Topical application of ivermectin for the treatment of dermatological conditions/afflictions Dermatological conditions/afflictions such as rosacea, common acne, seborrheic dermatitis, perioral dermatitis, acneform rashes, transient acantholytic dermatosis, and acne necrotica miliaris, most notably rosacea, are treated by topically applying onto the affected skin area of an individual in need of such treatment, a topical pharmaceutical composition which comprises a thus effective amount of ivermectin.
US08093218B2	Peptide derived from vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 binding integrin α5β1 having proangiogenic activity Description of a sequence peptide isolated in the domain II type-immunoglobulin (Type-Ig) of the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor receptor 1 (VEGF-1) binding integrin α5β1, usable for the preparation of pharmacological agents having proangiogenic activity.
US08093215B2	Method for restructuring a biological tissue comprising collagen fibrils and relative uses A method for restructuring a biological tissue comprising collagen fibrils selected from a venous tissue, a cardiac valvular tissue, a cutaneous or subcutaneous tissue, a tissue of a muscular tendon, a tissue of a muscular fascia or a tissue of a muscular aponeurosis, comprising the following operational steps: a) bringing into contact a biological tissue comprising collagen fibrils with a cross-linking chemical composition able to induce cross-linking of collagen fibrils consequent to activation through electromagnetic radiation; b) activating said cross linking chemical composition through exposure to an electromagnetic radiation; c) cross-linking the collagen fibrils of said biological tissue in order to obtain a restructured biological tissue. The method according to the invention can be applied to recover a venous continence and both a venous and a cardiac valve diameter. The method reduces the visibility of cutaneous wrinkles, reinforces or repairs tendons, muscular fascia and aponeurosis as well as to heals surgical or traumatic cutaneous wounds or cutaneous ulcers.
US08093210B2	Treatment of sepsis with 5-ethyl-1-phenyl-2(1H)-pyridone A pharmaceutical composition comprising 5-ethyl-1-phenyl-2-(1H)-pyridone (5-EPP) and its use for the treatment of sepsis are disclosed.
US08093208B2	Therapeutic peptides for the treatment of metastatic cancer Interaction between MUC1 and β-catenin can be interrupted using polypeptides or antibodies that specifically bind to the binding site on MUC1. Interruption provides the beneficial effect of inhibiting, reducing, and/or retarding invasiveness and metastasis. Fusion polypeptides and antibodies are provided to achieve a therapeutic effect.
US08093206B2	Methods involving long lasting synthetic exendin-4 peptide conjugates Modified insulinotropic peptides are disclosed. The modified insulinotropic peptides are capable of forming a peptidase stabilized insulinotropic peptide. The modified insulinotropic peptides are capable of forming covalent bonds with one or more blood components to form a conjugate. The conjugates may be formed in vivo or ex vivo. The modified peptides are administered to treat humans with diabetes and other related diseases.
US08093199B2	Premoistened cleaning disposable substrate and method of incorporation of a cleaning composition into said substrate The present invention is based in part on the discovery that impregnating a cleaning substrate with a nonionic, linear polymer unexpectedly improves the cleaning efficacy of the article and prevents redeposition of soil and dirt onto the cleaned hard or soft surface. The nonionic, linear polymer is, for example, polyacrylamide. In addition, a method of incorporation of a cleaning composition into said substrate is disclosed.
US08093198B2	Method for the production of particulate bleaching agent compositions The production of bleaching agent granulates, wherein a particulate peroxide compound and a water soluble polymer which can be ionotropically cross-linked are granulated into a primary granulate using a liquid binding agent containing water, and the primary granulate is brought into contact with a cross-linking agent for the water soluble polymer which can be ionotropically cross-linked. A particle so obtained can be worked into liquid detergents and cleaning agents containing water and remain stable.
US08093197B2	Fluid reservoir Fluid reservoirs which are based on polymer substrates and are capable of storing large amounts of fluids. The storage is reliable and the reemergence from the liquid reservoir is readily controllable, for example, via the temperature or via mechanical actions, to achieve retardation of the fluid release. Also, processes for producing such fluid reservoirs and also their use, for example in washing or cleaning compositions.
US08093196B2	Cleaning formulations for machine dishwashing comprising hydrophilically modified polycarboxylates A phosphate-free detergent formulation for machine dishwashing is provided. The formulation contains as main components: copolymers of a monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid and/or of a salt thereof, and an alkoxylated, monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein the copolymer has a mean molecular weight Mw of from 30 000 to 500 000 g/mol and a K value of from 40 to 150, measured at pH 7 in 1% by weight aqueous solution at 25° C.; complexing agents; low-foaming nonionic surfactants; bleaches and, optionally, bleach activators; further builders; enzymes; and one or more further additives.
US08093189B2	Lubricating oil compositions for inhibiting coolant-induced oil filter plugging Lubricating oil compositions are provided that inhibit coolant-induced oil filter plugging in heavy-duty diesel engines, and particularly CJ-4 and CI-4 PLUS compliant lubricating oil compositions that inhibit coolant-induced oil filter plugging in exhaust gas recirculation or recycle engines.
US08093187B2	Additive for viscoelastic fluid Composition and method for shortening the shear recovery time of cationic, zwitterionic, and amphoteric viscoelastic surfactant fluid systems by adding an effective amount of a co-gelling agent selected from triblock oligomeric compounds having hydrophilic (for example polyether) and hydrophobic (for example alkyl) portions. The co-gelling agent also increases fluid viscosity and very low co-gelling agent concentration is needed. Preferred surfactants are betaines and quaternary amines. The fluids are useful in oilfield treatments, for example fracturing and gravel packing.
US08093184B2	Pesticidal composition A pesticidal composition comprising (a) a water-insoluble solid pesticidal ingredient, (b) a salt of N-phosphonomethylglycine, (c) a salt of polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether phosphate ester, (d) a salt of polyoxyalkylene polystyrylphenyl ether phosphate ester, (e) a thickener and (f) water, wherein said pesticidal ingredient is suspended in the aqueous continuous phase as solid state, is excellent in suspension stability.
US08093179B2	Stable aqueous dispersions of colour developer Storage-stable compositions comprising a color developer, an anionic dispersant and a thickening agent as well as heat-sensitive recording materials comprising such compositions, a process for its manufacture and its use.
US08093176B2	Process for the continuous production of catalysts Process for the continuous production of catalysts which are useful for the production of carbon nanotubes by decomposition of gaseous carbon compounds.

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