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US08104088B2	Trusted operating environment for malware detection Techniques and apparatuses for scanning a computing device for malware are described. In one implementation, a trusted operating environment, which includes a trusted operating system and a trusted antivirus tool, is embodied on a removable data storage medium. A computing device is then booted from the removable data storage medium using the trusted operating system. The trusted antivirus tool searches the computing device for malware definition updates (e.g., virus signature updates) and uses the trusted operating system to scan the computing device for malware. In another implementation, a computing device is booting from a trusted operating system on a removable device and a trusted antivirus tool on the removable device scans the computing device for malware. The removable device can update its own internal components (e.g., virus signatures and antivirus tool) by searching the computing device or a remote resource for updates and authenticating any updates that are located.
US08104085B2	Hybrid system implementing distinct and co-existing application execution environments and methods for implementing the same A hybrid system is provided. The system includes a computing device implementing a first application execution environment (AEE) and a second AEE. The first AEE is configured to be isolated from the second AEE. The first software application associated with the first AEE is configured to be processed on the first AEE such that the first software application is denied direct access to the second AEE. A second software application associated with the second AEE is configured to be processed on the second AEE such that the second software application is denied direct access to the first AEE.
US08104077B1	System and method for adaptive end-point compliance A security gateway is provided to facilitate end-point compliance of connected clients to insure appropriate security levels are maintained. The gateway operates as a policy enforcement point, and, when necessary, is used to apply and/or provide the required level of compliance for a connection on behalf of a requesting client. In one aspect, a specified level of compliance for a given security feature is facilitated, even if the requesting client is not able to meet that level of compliance at the time of the request. An adaptive end-point compliance model measures the requesting client's current level of compliance for one or more software programs on the client and may either require remediation, for example, when knowing that the remediation server is available and responding, or may provide, via a surrogate connection, the necessary level of compliance when remediation is not possible.
US08104062B2	Information providing apparatus and method, display controlling apparatus and method, information providing system, as well as transmission medium The invention provides an information providing apparatus and method by which the amount of data to be transmitted when data of a program table composed of characters and images or the like are to be transmitted is reduced and it is made possible to cope with a change in contents of data rapidly. Data of an electronic program guide to be provided is hierarchized into data (A1 data) which may possibly be changed such as the broadcasting date, the start time and the end time, data (A2 data) which are not changed at all such as a program name, and data (A3 data) composed of still pictures, moving pictures, voice and so forth which have comparatively large data amounts, and for each medium, data of a hierarchy suitable for the medium is provided. Each A3 data is referred to by one or a plurality of A2 data, and each A2 data is referred to by one or a plurality of A1 data.
US08104061B2	Universal programming system and method for electronic programming guide An EPG displays programming information in a variety of ways including using 3-D images, alphanumeric text, and video data. A presentation engine allows viewers and/or programmers to select between varying programming worlds. In addition, non-EPG objects, such as interaction objects, may be conflated with the presentation of the world and with the program schedule information.
US08104059B2	System and method for serving advertising data from the internet A system and method are disclosed including a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions to receive at an IPTV system node, advertising tokens data having advertising characteristics data and address data; instructions to filter at the IPTV system node the advertising tokens based on a correlation between the advertising characteristic data and filtering criteria data; instructions to extract from the filtered advertising tokens, address data representing at least two advertising addresses on the Internet World Wide Web; instructions to concatenate at the IPTV node the address data for the advertising addresses to form a uniform resource indicator (URI) for a resource on the Internet resource; and instructions to send advertising data from the Internet resource to an end user device through the IPTV node.
US08104054B2	Methods, systems, and devices for bandwidth conservation Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for conserving bandwidth. A user's bandwidth consumption is monitored and compared to a threshold value. When the user's bandwidth consumption equals or exceeds the threshold value, then behavior is incentivized that reduces the user's bandwidth consumption.
US08104051B2	Disk device for loading and unloading a disk with a conveyance roller A disk device includes: a slider member 4 to be pushed and moved by the movement of a disk detection member 8 detecting the loading of a disk when the disk 5 is loaded in a predetermined position of a device body; a drive gear 62 moved in a thrust direction by the movement of the slider member 4 to be unmeshed from a rotation gear 61 integral with a conveyance roller 6; and a coil spring 65 that normally urges the drive gear 62 in a direction meshing with the rotation gear 61.
US08104046B2	Polling adapter providing high performance event delivery An apparatus and method for improving event delivery efficiency in a polling adapter system is configured to poll an enterprise information system (EIS) to obtain a list of events occurring in the EIS. Each event may be associated with an object key. These events may then be allocated to multiple delivery lists wherein events associated with the same object key are allocated to the same delivery list. Multiple delivery threads may then be generated, with each delivery thread being associated with a delivery list. Each delivery thread is configured to retrieve, from the EIS, events listed in the delivery list associated with the thread and deliver the events to a client.
US08104038B1	Matching descriptions of resources with workload requirements Workload requirements for an application to be deployed in a system are received. Descriptions of resources in the system are matched with the workload requirements.
US08104029B2	Method for computation-communication overlap in MPI applications A computer implemented method is provided for optimizing at the time of compiling a program that employs a message-passing interface (MPI). The method includes: detecting an MPI application source file; identifying a non-blocking communication within the MPI application source file; and overlapping independent computation concurrently with the non-blocking communication. A system is also provided.
US08104025B2	Extensible metadata Systems and methods for extensible metadata are described. In one aspect, source code is compiled to generate an assembly. During assembly generating operations, metadata and extensible metadata is emitted into the assembly. The extensible metadata describes standard and non-standard metadata that presents an extension to the standard metadata.
US08104024B2	Voice mark-up language and interpreter A voice markup language for a service for a telecommunication service platform, the telecommunication service platform having a communication layer and a session layer, the language comprising an application transfer tag, the application transfer tag comprising an identifier corresponding to a further service provided on the telecommunication service platform, wherein the application transfer tag causes the session layer to cause a call connected to the service to be processed by the further service.
US08104018B2	Configuring a software product A method of configuring a software product comprises accessing a user model, the user model defining one or more user roles and one or more tasks, each task linked to a role, accessing a task to software function map, the map defining one or more software functions of the software product and one or more tasks, each software function linked to a task, and configuring the software product so that access to the software product according to a specific user role is via a user interface supporting the software functions linked to the specific role via the tasks.
US08104015B2	System and method for automated electronic device design A system for the automated formation and control and execution of an electronic device design flow is disclosed which can enable more efficient electronic device design methodology with higher quality of results. Such a system as analysis methods, techniques, and tools, a knowledge database, a design database, a controller and reasoner, are described.
US08104013B2	Design method of semiconductor package substrate to cancel a reflected wave When the impedance of a first circuit is deviated from a standard value, a second circuit is designed for generating a second reflected wave to cancel a first reflected wave generated by the first circuit. Individual structural parts in a transmission line are intentionally designed to be deviated from a standard impedance reversely under a fine control. By this method, the impedance matching between the input and output impedance of the semiconductor element and the transmission line is achieved. As a result, the terminal impedance of the component of the semiconductor circuit and the semiconductor package substrate is adjusted to 50 Ohm, so that a good signal property can be obtained.
US08104009B1	Wire mapping for programmable logic devices A computer-implemented method of referencing wires of a routing graph of a programmable logic device (PLD). In one embodiment, the method includes mapping the first routing graph wire to a master wire; mapping the first master wire to master switch; identifying a segmented wire connected to the master switch; mapping the identified segmented wire to a second master wire; and mapping the second master wire to the second routing graph wire.
US08104007B2	Method and apparatus for thermal analysis Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for performing thermal analysis of an integrated circuit (“IC”) design layout that includes numerous circuit modules. The method divides the IC design layout into a set of elements, where at least one element includes several wires. The method computes a set of conductivity groups of values for the set of elements. The method identifies a temperature distribution for the IC design layout based on the set of conductivity groups of values. In some embodiments, each of these elements corresponds to a particular portion of a particular layer of the IC design layout. Each element includes several nodes. Each conductivity group of values is defined by entry values. Each entry value describes how heat flow at a particular node of the element is affected by a temperature change at another particular node of the element.
US08104001B2	Automated debugging method for over-constrained circuit verification environment An automated debugging method and system for over-constrained circuit verification environment are described. Useful information related to circuit evaluation and/or over-constrained event is collected and provided. The information may include: clock cycles at which an over-constrained event occurs; identification of a minimum subset of constraints that will cause an over-constrained event to occur; signal ports having an associated signal that can not switch between different signal states; whether a triggering signal event has occurred during the evaluation; indicating whether constraints in the evaluation are realizable, etc. Novel approaches for detecting and obtaining the useful information also are described.
US08104000B2	Method and apparatus for memory abstraction and for word level net list reduction and verification using same A computer implemented representation of a circuit design including memory is abstracted to a smaller netlist by replacing memory with substitute nodes representing selected slots in the memory, segmenting word level nodes, including one or more of the substitute nodes, in the netlist into segmented nodes, finding reduced safe sizes for the segmented nodes and generating an updated data structure representing the circuit design using the reduced safe sizes of the segmented nodes. The correctness of such systems can require reasoning about a much smaller number of memory entries and using nodes having smaller bit widths than exist in the circuit design. As a result, the computational complexity of the verification problem is substantially reduced.
US08103995B2	Method for OPC correction An optical proximity correction method is disclosed, comprising establishing an optical proximity correction (OPC) model, and performing an OPC correction step to correct segments of a layout pattern. The OPC correction comprises the step of defining an edge of the layout pattern neighboring a hot-spot location on a mask to locate a target point and a dissection point. The step of locating the target point and the dissection point includes setting a plurality of pre-target points and pre-dissection points, and electing a target point and a dissection point for correcting the segments of the layout pattern from the pre-target points and pre-dissection points according to image quality of the pre-target points and pre-dissection points.
US08103988B2	Use of breakouts in printed circuit board designs An escape outline is provided to automatically identify escape traces of a breakout. Further, the escape outline can be used to associate desired properties with the identified escape traces and allows special behavior of the automatic and interactive routing routines that operate on the escapes. Still further, an escape outline may be employed to improve the creation of escape traces by automatic routing tools. The use of pseudo-pins for netline optimization also is provided. Breakouts in a printed circuit board design are analyzed, and their respective endpoints are identified. These endpoints are then employed in a netline optimization analysis instead of the pins from which the breakouts originate. In this manner, the endpoints of the breakout are used as pseudo-pins to substitute for the actual pins of a component. Because the netline optimization will then be predicated upon the breakout endpoints rather that the originating pins, the pin configuration will be revised to simplify routing to the breakouts.
US08103986B2	Method and system for representing manufacturing and lithography information for IC routing A mechanism to compress manufacturing awareness into a small representation and to enable the router to consult the representation without performing, or understanding, detailed process analysis, is disclosed.
US08103978B2	Method for establishing scattering bar rule A method for establishing a scattering bar rule for a mask pattern for fabricating a device is provided. The method is described as follows. First, at least one image simulation model is established according to the mask pattern and a process reference set used for fabricating the device based on the mask pattern. Next, a plurality of scattering bar reference sets is applied to the image simulation model so as to generate a plurality of simulation images, respectively. Further, a portion of the simulation images are selected to be a plurality of candidate layouts according to a screening criterion. Next, one of the candidate layouts is determined to be a pattern layout according to a selection rule, and the scattering bar reference set corresponding to the pattern layout is determined to be a scattering bar rule of the mask pattern.
US08103970B1	Method and device for providing a multi-level user interface having a dynamic key assignment for a cellularly communicative device A method and system for providing a user interface over a display screen of a cellularly communicative electronic device are disclosed. One such method can include the steps of: (i) concurrently providing on a first display screen, a first menu level providing one or more functional groupings and a second menu level providing one or more choices within at least one of the functional groupings; (ii) permitting a user to advance a cursor freely across the first menu level and the second menu level to select a desired choice within the one or more choices; and (iii) providing at least a second display screen in response to the selection of the desired choice, wherein a dynamic key assignment is displayed for a key included in a device keypad and wherein the dynamic key assignment is a function of the desired choice.
US08103967B2	Generating and organizing references to online content Systems, methods, and computer storage media for generating a virtual workspace that references online media content of interest, facilitates re-visitation of encountered instances of content, and shares those instances with other software applications are provided. Upon receiving an indication that an online media content item has been selected, at least a reference thereto is copied to a virtual workspace where it may be accessed at a later time. The virtual workspace may be organized into content collections via the use of reference groupings, folders, categories, tags, labels, and the like and may be accessible in the context of a plurality of applications. In embodiments, the virtual workspace is associated with a display area that is presented concurrently with an application being utilized so that the virtual workspace may be accessed and utilized without leaving the context of an active application.
US08103961B2	Method for integrating user models to interface design Designing user interfaces includes categorizing users, by at least one processor, into a predetermined number of behaviorally distinct groups each specified by behavioral characteristics. The users are re-categorized, by the at least one processor, into the predetermined number of new behaviorally distinct groups each specified by revised behavioral characteristics. The user interfaces are designed, by the at least one processor, based on describing and modeling at least one of the re-categorized users and the new behaviorally distinct groups.
US08103960B2	System and method for preventing screen-scrapers from extracting user screen names Graphic screen names are used instead of using text screen names in a Web chat room or an instant messaging system so that screen scrapers cannot generate an e-mail list for spam by extracting the screen names from the Web chat room or instant messaging system.
US08103956B2	Adaptive technique for sightless accessibility of dynamic web content One aspect of the present invention includes adaptive techniques used to render dynamic web content for accessibility software applications, such as screen readers. In one embodiment, an operation for improving webpage browsing with accessibility software includes detecting if an accessibility software application is in use, tracking the position of user focus on the webpage, and presenting information to the user based on the position of user focus on the webpage. In a further embodiment, additional content is rendered on the webpage to screen reader applications, and is placed at the position of the screen reader focus in response to dynamic content appearing or changing on the webpage. This additional content is read by the screen reader to inform the user of the dynamic content change, and/or enable the user to quickly perform a specific action on the webpage.
US08103954B2	Proxy server, and method and program for controlling same It is so arranged that a cookie can be utilized even by a client terminal that does not support cookie information. An index.html file to which cookie information has been appended is transmitted from a web server to a proxy server. A link destination URL contained in a web page represented by the index.html file is changed by the proxy server and the cookie information is stored in the proxy server. The web page in which the changed URL has been embedded is displayed on the client terminal. If the proxy server is requested for the web page of the changed URL, the proxy server restores the URL to the URL that prevailed before the change and also reads the cookie information. The proxy server then requests the web server for both the web page of the URL that prevailed before the change and the cookie information. Thus the web server can utilize the cookie information even though the client terminal cannot.
US08103942B2	Data transmission apparatus, data transmission device, data reception device and data transmission system A data transmission apparatus includes a packet generation section, a frame encoding section, a transmission section, a reception section, a frame decoding section and a packet extraction section. The packet generation section generates a packet upon request. The frame encoding section generates a frame having a predetermined length by dividing the packet or adding dummy data to the packet and generates an error-correcting-code-added frame by adding an error correcting code to the frame. The transmission section transmits the generated error-correcting-code-added frame through a transmission line. The reception section receives the error-correcting-code-added frame. The frame decoding section performs an error detection and an error correction for the error-correcting-code-added frame. The packet extraction section extracts the packet by removing the error correcting code from the error-correcting-code-added frame for which the error detection and the error correction have been performed.
US08103937B1	Cas command network replication In an embodiment, a method and computer product is presented for executing a command in a replicated environment comprising a replication appliance and a production site, the method comprising: intercepting the command at a splitter; wherein the command comprises a atomic test and set request.
US08103936B2	System and method for data read of a synchronous serial interface NAND A method and system is disclosed for operating a NAND memory device. The NAND memory device is operated by transmitting serial peripheral interface signals from a host to a NAND memory device, whereby the signals are communicated to a NAND memory in the NAND memory device without modifying the signals into a standard NAND memory format. Similarly, a method and system is disclosed for receiving signals from the NAND memory device without modifying the signals from a standard NAND format into a serial format. The system also incorporates error detection and correction techniques to detect and correct errors in data stored in the NAND memory device.
US08103928B2	Multiple device apparatus, systems, and methods Data digits and correction digits are received in each of a number of integrated circuit (IC) devices. Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to check the data digits for error in each IC device according to an algorithm associated with the IC device, the algorithm being different for each IC device. Each IC device will act in response to the data digits if no error is detected in the data digits. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US08103922B2	Error detection in precharged logic An integrated circuit is provided with domino logic including a speculative node and a checker node. Precharged circuitry precharges both the speculative node and the checker node. Logic circuitry provides a discharge path for the speculative node and the checker node in dependence upon input signal values. Evaluation control circuitry first couples the speculative node to the logic circuitry and then subsequently couples the checker node to the logic circuitry such that these can be discharged if the input signals to the logic circuitry have appropriate values. Error detection circuitry detects an error when the speculative node and the checker node are not one of both discharged or both undischarged.
US08103913B2	Application integration testing Application testing is disclosed. A definition of a test to be performed on a subject application is received in a generic form not specific to the subject application. The test is performed by exchanging data with the subject application, as required to perform the test, using a test connector application associated with the subject application to do at least one of (1) convert an input data to be supplied to the subject application during the test from a generic data format not specific to the subject application into an application-specific data format associated with the subject application, if the application-specific data format is different than the generic data format and (2) normalize an output data received from the subject application in the application-specific data format into the generic data format not specific to the subject application, if the application-specific data format is different than the generic data format.
US08103912B2	Sequencer and test system including the sequencer A test system 100 that can accept a plurality of plug-in electronic cards in Xi Slots 126 or PXI slots 134 is described. The test or source measure switching system 100 includes a sequencer or sequence engine 130 which is fully capable of executing opcode instructions having potentially indefinite completion times and monitoring multiple asynchronous inputs simultaneously without interrupts. The sequencer 130 is sequential and deterministic to approximately ten microsecond resolution.
US08103902B2	Disk array including plural exchangeable magnetic disk unit To provide a storage apparatus in which a plurality of drives in a unit are separately treated and the unit can be easily exchanged for another unit even when RAID groups are freely composed. The storage apparatus includes a plurality of drive cases in each of which a plurality of units are detachably mounted, each of the units including a plurality of drives that are detachably, and a controller case in which a disk control section is provided, wherein the disk control section comprises a RAID group creation section for creating a RAID group using the plurality of disks and an exchange indicating section for giving a notice that a unit is ready to exchange after rebuilding or copying of data in disks included in the unit at the time of exchange of the unit.
US08103901B2	Method and apparatus for seamless management for disaster recovery A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and system are presented for establishing redundant computer resources. According to one embodiment, in a system including a plurality of processor devices and a plurality of storage devices, the processor devices, the storage devices and the management server being connected via a network, the method comprises storing device information relating to the processor devices and the storage devices and topology information relating to topology of the network, identifying at least one primary computer resource, selecting at least one secondary computer resource suitable to serve as a redundant resource corresponding to the at least one primary computer resource based on the device information and the topology information, and assigning the at least one secondary computer resource as a redundant resource corresponding to the at least one primary computer resource.
US08103900B2	Implementing enhanced memory reliability using memory scrub operations A method and circuit for implementing enhanced memory reliability using memory scrub operations to determine a frequency of intermittent correctable errors, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. A memory scrub for intermittent performs at least two reads before moving to a next memory scrub address. A number of intermittent errors is tracked where an intermittent error is identified, responsive to identifying one failing read and one passing read of the at least two reads.
US08103892B2	Power management apparatus with buck boost converter module A power management apparatus includes a first electrical lead and a second electrical lead. The first electrical lead routes electrical current at a first electrical lead electrical potential level and the second electrical lead route electrical current at a second current port electrical potential level. The power management apparatus further includes a first electrical parameter sensor configured to measure a first electrical lead electrical parameter and a second electrical parameter sensor configured to measure a second electrical lead electrical parameter. The power management apparatus further comprises a buck boost converter electrically coupled to both the first electrical lead and the second electrical lead. The buck boost converter is configured to convert electrical current between the first electrical lead electric potential level and the second electrical lead electric potential level at a controlled potential conversion level. The power management apparatus further comprises a controller is configured to receive operating current from either one of the first electrical lead and the second electrical lead. The controller is configured to monitor the first electrical parameter sensor and the second electrical parameter sensor and being configured to output control signals to the buck boost converter.
US08103871B2	Method and apparatus for pervasive authentication domains Methods and apparatus for enabling a Pervasive Authentication Domain. A Pervasive Authentication Domain allows many registered Pervasive Devices to obtain authentication credentials from a single Personal Authentication Gateway and to use these credentials on behalf of users to enable additional capabilities for the devices. It provides an arrangement for a user to store credentials in one device (the Personal Authentication Gateway), and then make use of those credentials from many authorized Pervasive Devices without re-entering the credentials. It provides a convenient way for a user to share credentials among many devices, particularly when it is not convenient to enter credentials as in a smart wristwatch environment. It further provides an arrangement for disabling access to credentials to devices that appear to be far from the Personal Authentication Gateway as measured by metrics such as communications signal strengths.
US08103865B2	Server method and system for rendering content on a wireless device A server implemented method for processing data for a wireless device. The server in response to a user request executes an application program for generating content for rendering on the wireless device where the content is wireless device generic. A first screen description based on the content and a device profile of the wireless device is generated. The device profile may describe a rendering capability of the wireless device. The first screen may be in a syntax generic format independent of the wireless device type and describe relative screen location and display object size information independent of screen dimensions. The first screen is translated into a second screen description that includes discrete low level rendering commands within the rendering capability of the wireless device that is syntax generic. Low level rendering commands include physical screen positions of display elements. The translated second screen is then transmitted to the wireless device.
US08103859B2	Information processing apparatus, cache memory controlling apparatus, and memory access order assuring method According to an aspect of the embodiment, when data on a cache RAM is rewritten in a storage processing of one thread, an determination unit searches a fetch port which holds a request of another thread, checks whether a request exists whose processing is completed, whose instruction is a load type instruction, and whose target address corresponds to a target address in a storage processing. When the corresponding request is detected, the determination unit sets a re-execution request flag to all the entries of the fetch port from the next entry of the entry which holds the oldest request to the entry which holds the detected request. When the processing of the oldest request is executed, a re-execution request unit transfers a re-execution request of an instruction to an instruction control unit for the request held in the entry in which the re-execution request flag is set.
US08103858B2	Efficient parallel floating point exception handling in a processor Methods and apparatus are disclosed for handling floating point exceptions in a processor that executes single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) instructions. In one embodiment a numerical exception is identified for a SIMD floating point operation and SIMD micro-operations are initiated to generate two packed partial results of a packed result for the SIMD floating point operation. A SIMD denormalization micro-operation is initiated to combine the two packed partial results and to denormalize one or more elements of the combined packed partial results to generate a packed result for the SIMD floating point operation having one or more denormal elements. Flags are set and stored with packed partial results to identify denormal elements. In one embodiment a SIMD normalization micro-operation is initiated to generate a normalized pseudo internal floating point representation prior to the SIMD floating point operation when it uses multiplication.
US08103857B2	Microprocessor control apparatus as well as method and program for the same There is provided with a microprocessor control apparatus for controlling an operating speed of a microprocessor which executes a program including instruction codes, including: a state observing unit observing an execution state of the program at predetermined timings before execution of a deadline instruction code; prediction data of a remaining calculation amount required before execution of the deadline instruction code completes for each of predefined execution states; a predicted calculation amount acquiring unit acquiring a remaining calculation amount corresponding to an observed execution state as a remaining predicted calculation amount; a remaining time calculating unit calculating a remaining time until the deadline of the deadline instruction code; an operating speed calculating unit calculating a minimum operation speed of the microprocessor that is required to process the remaining predicted calculation amount within the remaining time; and a controlling unit controlling the microprocessor to operate at the minimum operating speed or higher.
US08103847B2	Storage virtual containers A controller of a Solid State Device (SSD) defines a mapping from memory devices, such as flash packages, that make up the SSD to one or more storage virtual containers. The storage virtual containers are exposed to an operating system by the controller through an interface. The operating system may then make operation requests to the one or more storage virtual containers, and the controller may use the mapping to fulfill the operation requests from the corresponding flash packages. The storage virtual containers are mapped to the flash packages to take advantage of the parallelism of the flash packages in the SSD so that the controller may fulfill operation requests received from the operating system in parallel.
US08103843B2	Snapshot system A storage system including: a storage device which configures an original volume for storing data which is read/written by a host, a copy volume for storing a copy of the original volume at a predetermined timing, and a snapshot volume for storing a snapshot data which is a snapshot of the original volume; and a controller which controls access from the host to the storage device; wherein the controller: copies data of the original volume to the copy volume at a predetermined timing; stores the snapshot data in the snapshot volume corresponding to a write request to the original volume without decreasing a performance of the original volume; manages a generation of the stored snapshot according to predetermined copy volume blocks and snapshot volume blocks, and manages a generation of the copy volume; and reads data from the snapshot volume and/or the copy volume when a read request to a volume of a generation different from that of the original volume is received from the host, without decreasing a performance of the original volume.
US08103842B2	Data backup system and method for virtual infrastructure Systems for backing up the data of an IT system by utilizing server or storage virtualization technology to create and move logical IT infrastructures dynamically. A virtualized IT system provides a server resource pool and a storage resource pool composed from multiple physical devices either within a datacenter or a globally located plurality of datacenters. The virtual server and the storage volume provisioned from those pools will be paired to form the virtual infrastructure. In other words, the virtual infrastructure becomes a logical IT environment build with the required computing and storage resources needed in order to execute specific applications. The virtual infrastructure can also be migrated within/among datacenter sites.
US08103841B2	Non-volatile memory and method with non-sequential update block management In a nonvolatile memory with block management system that supports update blocks with non-sequential logical units, an index of the logical units in a non-sequential update block is buffered in RAM and stored periodically into the nonvolatile memory. In one embodiment, the index is stored in a block dedicated for storing indices. In another embodiment, the index is stored in the update block itself. In yet another embodiment, the index is stored in the header of each logical unit. In another aspect, the logical units written after the last index update but before the next have their indexing information stored in the header of each logical unit. In this way, after a power outage, the location of recently written logical units can be determined without having to perform a scanning during initialization. In yet another aspect, a block is managed as partially sequential and partially non-sequential, directed to more than one logical subgroup.
US08103834B2	Coherence protocol with dynamic privatization Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that maintains coherence between cache lines in a computer system by using dynamic privatization. During operation, the system starts by receiving a request for a read-only copy of a cache line from a processor. The system then determines if the processor has privately requested the cache line a predetermined number of times. If so, the system provides a copy of the cache line to the processor in an exclusive state. Otherwise, the system provides a copy of the cache line to the processor in a shared state.
US08103833B2	Cache memory and a method for servicing access requests A cache memory that includes: (i) an arbitrator, connected to multiple access generator, the arbitrator is adapted to receive different types of access requests from the multiple access generators and to select a single access request per arbitration cycle; (ii) a sequence of pipeline stages, the sequence comprises an input pipeline stage that is connected to the arbiter; and (iii) multiple cache resources, connected to the sequence of pipeline stages; wherein each cache resource can be read only by a small portion of the sequence of pipeline stages and can be written to only by a small portion of the sequence of pipeline stages.
US08103832B2	Method and apparatus of prefetching streams of varying prefetch depth Method and apparatus of prefetching streams of varying prefetch depth dynamically changes the depth of prefetching so that the number of multiple streams as well as the hit rate of a single stream are optimized. The method and apparatus in one aspect monitor a plurality of load requests from a processing unit for data in a prefetch buffer, determine an access pattern associated with the plurality of load requests and adjust a prefetch depth according to the access pattern.
US08103828B2	Virtualization method and storage apparatus for a storage system having external connectivity A virtualization method for a storage system recognizes one or more logical devices located in a first and second storage apparatus and defined in a host apparatus as being connected to a channel, based on an inquiry command sent from the host apparatus when the channel comes on-line; detects one or more logical devices among the one or more logical devices defined in the host apparatus as being connected to the channel and located in the first and second storage apparatus, based on the recognition result; sets, based on the detection result, one or more virtual volumes in the first storage apparatus, respectively corresponding to the one or more logical devices in the second storage apparatus; and sets a first logical path between each of the set one or more virtual volumes and each of the corresponding one or more logical devices in the second storage apparatus.
US08103821B2	Flash memory device with wear-leveling mechanism and controlling method thereof A flash memory device with a wear-leveling mechanism includes at least one flash memory, a hot list, a bitmap, a source pointer, and a controller. The controller obtains a physical memory block with high erase count through the hot list, an erase count of the physical memory block, and an overall average erase count of the flash memory device. The controller further finds out a physical memory block which stores static data through managing the bitmap and the source pointer. The controller moves the static data to the physical memory block with high erase count, and releases the physical memory block which stores the static data to avoid the physical memory block with high erase count being worn down increasingly more seriously.
US08103818B2	Memory module and auxiliary module for memory In a memory module 100, an address generating circuit 120, using the highest order bit of a row address output by a memory controller 12, will generate a highest order bit BA2 of a bank address insufficient for the purpose of identification of a memory cell targeted for access, and will output the bit to SDRAM 110. An operating mode detector 130 detects the operating mode of the memory controller 12. A switch controller 40 will switch a switch 128 on the basis of the detected operating mode.
US08103816B2	Technique for communicating interrupts in a computer system A technique to enable efficient interrupt communication within a computer system. In one embodiment, an advanced programmable interrupt controller (APIC) is interfaced via a set of of bits within an APIC interface register using various interface instructions or operations, without using memory-mapped input/output (MMIO).
US08103814B2	Electronic apparatus and data sending/receiving method thereof An electronic apparatus to allow data to be sent and received between a master unit and a slave unit through a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus is provided. Each of the master unit and the slave unit comprises a data interface having a plurality of pins through which request data is sent to and received from an external device, and additional pins through which size information of the request data is sent to and received from the external device. If the master unit sends address information and the size information of the request data to the slave unit through the plurality of pins and the additional pins, the slave unit processes data of an address corresponding to the received address information according to size corresponding to the size information.
US08103813B2	Method and system for hardware based implementation of USB 1.1 over a high speed link Certain aspects of a method and system for a hardware-based implementation of USB 1.1 over a high-speed link may comprise translating at a client side of a client server communication system, USB protocol messages comprising a first USB standard to corresponding encapsulated USB protocol messages, wherein the USB protocol messages comprising the first USB standard are received from a client device at the client side of the client server communication system. The translated corresponding encapsulated USB protocol messages may be communicated from the client side to a server at a server side of the client server communication system.
US08103803B2	Communication between a processor and a controller According to an aspect of the present invention, the communication between processors and peripheral controllers is provided using packets. In an embodiment, the access requests are specified according to a common format such that all the information required for performing each access request is included in a single packet and sent to the peripheral controller. The peripheral controller performs the access request on the external device and generates a response. According to another aspect, the packet format enables the peripheral controller to send responses, requests originating from the external devices and interrupt requests. According to yet another aspect, the packets from processors are first stored in a random access memory (RAM) and a DMA controller retrieves the packets and delivered to the respective peripheral controllers.
US08103790B2	Apparatus and method for supporting multiple traffic categories at a single networked device An apparatus comprising a first and a second functional entity operable for supporting traffic in, respectively, first and second traffic categories across a communications network. The second traffic category is associated with specific routing requirements. A network interface releases a request for a first address and a request for a second address. The request for a second address comprises data that is instrumental in causing the second address to be assigned by an address-assigning entity from a particular set of at least one address. The network is pre-configured to route traffic destined for a given address in the particular set of at least one address in accordance with the specific routing requirements. Receipt of the first address from the address-assigning entity enables the first functional entity to act as a receptor of traffic in the first traffic category, while receipt of the second address enables the second functional entity to act as a receptor of traffic in the second traffic category.
US08103784B2	Communication device and communication control method using efficient echonet address determination scheme In a communication device for carrying out communications according to an Echonet protocol on a network of a prescribed network layer protocol, a prescribed bit sequence value of a network layer address or a datalink layer address of the communication device is set as a candidate for an Echonet address to be used in the Echonet protocol. Then, an inquiry packet for inquiring whether the prescribed bit sequence value is identical to the Echonet address used by each other communication device or not is transmitted, and the prescribed bit sequence value is determined as the Echonet address of the communication device when the prescribed bit sequence value is judged as not identical to any of Echonet addresses used by the other communication devices.
US08103779B2	Mechanism for enabling session information to be shared across multiple processes A mechanism for enabling session information to be shared across multiple processes in a multi-process environment is disclosed. There is provided a shared persistent memory-mapped file in a file system, which is mapped to the memory space of each of the processes. This file is used by all of the processes to store session information. Because the memory space of each process is mapped to the shared file, each process is able to access and manipulate all of the sessions in the system. Thus, sessions are no longer maintained on a process-specific basis. Rather, they are maintained on a centralized, shared basis. As a result, different requests pertaining to the same session may be serviced by different server processes without any adverse effects. Each process will be able to access and manipulate all of the state information pertaining to that session. By enabling session information to be shared, this mechanism eliminates the session management errors experienced by the prior art.
US08103778B2	Network operations management method and apparatus The present invention provides a network operations management method and apparatus which realizes efficient power-saving by enabling virtual servers to move between physical servers beyond network segments. A reallocation design unit 13 designs reallocation of virtual servers to physical servers so that necessary resource amounts are assigned to all virtual servers. When virtual servers VS need to move between physical servers PS beyond network segments NS for the designed reallocation, a grouping unit 14 changes a network segment NS to which physical servers PS are connected by changing the configuration of a router and switches. A reallocation unit 15 realizes efficient power-saving by reallocating the virtual servers to the physical servers based on the design made by the reallocation design unit 13.
US08103775B2	System and method for distributing a client load from a failed server among remaining servers in a storage area network (SAN) A system delivers data and includes a plurality of data storage devices. A plurality of servers such as video servers are connected to the plurality of data storage devices and access the data storage devices to provide streaming data to a plurality of clients upon request therefrom. Upon failure of one of the servers, the load on the remaining servers is distributed equally among remaining servers using a distribution algorithm that assigns dual client network connections to server groupings such that the failure of any one server will increase the client load on any remaining server by no more than ceil (C/P) loads, where C is the total number of configured clients that access the plurality of servers in the system and P is the total number of server pairs.
US08103772B2	Cluster extension in distributed systems using tree method Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for managing a cluster of servers organized into nodes. A method of one aspect includes establishing a cluster; establishing a set of ultimate identifiers for nodes resulting from splitting in the cluster; and storing every new data object on a node that has a node identifier that identifies a subset of the set of ultimate identifiers, and providing for the object a universal identifier that combines (i) an object identifier that is unique on the node and (ii) a server identifier that is one of the ultimate identifiers in the subset. A method of another aspect includes generating for a new data object a universal identifier that has a node identifier part that uniquely identifies a node, a reserve part generated at least in part as a pseudo-random value, and an object identifier part that uniquely identifies the object in the node.
US08103769B1	Dynamic isolation of shared resources Shared resources can be isolated such that abuse of the resource by one user does not significantly affect the use of that resource by another user. A combination of access and flow control can be used, wherein a control gateway or other such component sits along a path between the user and the resource, such that the user obtains connections or access to the resource through the gateway. In this way, the gateway can control aspects such as the number of concurrent threads or channels granted to a user, as well as any delay in providing these threads or channels to the resource. A closed feedback loop can provide real-time information such that adjustments can be made dynamically, preventing abuse by users while also preventing the resource allocations from being underutilized.
US08103762B2	Monitoring system for monitoring a message-sending system In a monitoring system for a message-based, multi-component software system, such as a distributed system, interface descriptions are stored electronically for the various interfaces. Messages transmitted or received at the interfaces can be monitored and their content decoded by reference to the stored interface descriptions. Raw message data can be logged. Either monitored or logged data can be viewed by the user, either in its raw form or decoded and presented for instance in a tabular or graphical form. Different monitoring behaviors of the system can be triggered by message content. Rules can be applied so that monitoring is focused on selected message events and correlation can be done between message events at different interfaces. The monitoring system can be used with any software system for which interface descriptions are available. Messages can also be fed back into the monitored software system, optionally containing data based on detected messages, thus potentially creating monitored situations for further or better analysis.
US08103761B2	Methods of issuing a credit for a certificate for a domain name The invention provides methods for efficiently registering a domain name and issuing a certificate without a Subscriber submitting a separate request for the certificate. A notice may be provided to the Subscriber after requesting to register the domain name that a credit for a certificate may be issued for the domain name. In other embodiments a credit may be given to the Subscriber for the certificate without receiving a separate request for the credit or certificate. The credit may be saved in a Subscriber's account to enable the Subscriber to use a certificate at a later time. In yet other embodiments, a single vetting process may be used to facilitate one or more of: creating a Subscriber's account; registering a domain name; and issuing a certificate.
US08103760B2	Dynamic provisioning of service components in a distributed system Systems and methods simplify the provision of complex services over a distributed network by breaking a complex service into a collection of simpler services. Systems and methods provide the tools to deconstruct a complex, provision service elements that are needed to make up the complex service, and monitor the service elements to ensure that the complex service is supported. Quality of service is provided by matching service requirements to compute resource capabilities.
US08103758B2	Service processing apparatus, system, and recording medium A service processing apparatus that is realized by a computer is provided. A service ID generating/adding component of the service processing apparatus generates a service ID including a call origin ID and a call destination ID, in each of which an ID element is set, and adds the generated service ID to a service request transmitted when no upper service processing apparatus to the own apparatus exists, and, when an upper service processing apparatus to the own apparatus exists, generates a service ID including a call origin ID in which is set an ID element set as the call destination ID in a service ID added to a service request received from the upper service processing apparatus and a call destination ID in which is set an ID element and adds the generated service ID to the service request.
US08103749B2	Method and apparatus for managing communications The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for managing communications arriving from or to a node connected to a specified portion of a network. Some embodiments relate to an apparatus for managing communications arriving from or to a node connected to a specified portion of a network, including an external link identifier, a pool of addresses and an address replacement module. The external link identifier is configured to identify a message which is configured to enable requested content to be exchanged between the node and at least one other node which is external to the specified portion of the network. The pool of addresses is adapted to implement content insensitive criteria for determining which addresses to include in the pool. The address replacement module is adapted to implement a content insensitive replacement policy for determining whether an address included in the identified message should be replaced.
US08103748B2	Rule-based method and system for managing heterogenous computer clusters A system and method for managing heterogenous clusters asynchronously accesses operating information received from the clusters by invoking services on the clusters to send the necessary information, which is then evaluated against rules supplied by the clusters. The services can be dynamically changed or added to support heterogenous cluster management. When a rule is triggered the appropriate cluster is informed by a management service, so that the cluster can undertake load balancing/storage balancing activities as appropriate among its nodes.
US08103740B1	Cross-domain linking of data types In one implementation, a computer-implemented method can include receiving, at a first server corresponding to a first domain, a request from a client computer for a vector graphics file that includes instructions that implement a first method. The method can further include sending the vector graphics file to the client computer, the client computer having received a library file from a second server corresponding to a second domain, wherein the library file includes instructions that implement a second method to direct calls to the first method, and wherein executing the vector graphics file and the library file causes the client computer to perform operations. The operations performed by the client computer can include establishing a link between the first method and the second method and directing a call made to the second method with an argument associated with a data type, to the first method using the established link.
US08103731B2	Method and system for sending a NETCONF-based notification A method for sending a Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)-based notification is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: a NETCONF server accepts a notification subscription of a NETCONF client; the NETCONF server generates a notification when an event occurs in the system, and converts the notification into a format that can be identified by the NETCONF client according to the notification subscription of the NETCONF client; and the NETCONF server sends the converted notification to the NETCONF client. A system and device for sending a NETCONF-based notification are also disclosed. With the present invention, various notification modes are compatible to implement NETCONF-based notifications.
US08103730B2	Use of persistent sessions by a presence access layer A method for a watcher to receive presence information. The method includes the watcher requesting presence information from a presence access layer and then disconnecting from the presence access layer. The method further includes the presence access layer receiving the requested information through a persistent session with a presence server, storing the requested information, and delivering the requested information to the watcher after the watcher reconnects to the presence access layer.
US08103719B2	Message broadcasting control system and method A system and method of broadcast messaging for providing a broadcast message to a broadcast target area including a broadcast admission control module receiving the broadcast message record having a broadcast message, a defined broadcast target area, and a broadcast message originator identifier. The broadcast admission control module validating the broadcast message record as a function one or more of the broadcast message originator identifier, the broadcast target area, and a broadcast message transmission network parameter associated with a broadcast transmission network adapted for broadcasting the message to at least a portion of the broadcast target area. The broadcast admission control module generating a validated broadcast message record as a function of the validating. The system also includes a broadcast message distributor module receiving the validated broadcast message record and transmitting the broadcast message and the broadcast target area, or a part thereof, to an output interface distributing the broadcast message to at least a portion of the broadcast target area.
US08103718B2	Content discovery and transfer between mobile communications nodes Content discovery and content transfer between mobile communications nodes is often required, for example, to synchronize maps, traffic hot spot information and the like for vehicle mounted satellite navigation devices, pedestrian hand-held personal digital assistants and other mobile communications nodes. In an embodiment, content discovery processes using data structures designed in particular ways and sent using a single packet enable nodes to identify files to be transferred whilst keeping overheads down. In an embodiment a first and a second data structure are used, each being formed from slightly different information about a subset of the files to be synchronized. In another embodiment a single tree-based data structure is used. A process for transferring data between two mobile communications nodes is also described.
US08103713B2	System and method for managing service interactions A system and method for managing service interactions launches a process that is defined by a programming abstraction based on a syntax of a general purpose programming language. Interaction with a service, such as a web-based service, is initiated and the process requests the service to perform an action. Execution of the process is suspended until a response is received from the service. Execution of the process continues after receiving a response from the service.
US08103703B1	System and method for providing content-specific topics in a mind mapping system The present invention provides a mind mapping system that supports at least two types of topics: (1) topics that primarily provide a blank space in which text and graphic elements can be inserted by the user and (2) topics that operate as components with predefined behavior for the display of a certain kind of content. The first type of topic is well-known in the art, but the second type is novel. The second type of topic enables users to easily display, view and/or manipulate certain kinds of content within a topic. Examples of the second type of topic include topics that operate as video players for the display of video data, topics that operate as spreadsheet applications for the display of spreadsheet data, topics that operate as calculators for performing mathematical functions, and topics that act as interfaces to external systems, such as email systems, CAD systems, inventory/purchase order systems, and contact-management systems.
US08103700B2	Data management apparatus and data distribution system Ghost data used for reproducing a game process having been executed in accordance with operations performed by users are transmitted, as necessary, from a plurality of game apparatuses to a data management apparatus. The data management apparatus stores the ghost data received from the plurality of game apparatuses, in accordance with a definition of a database in which a plurality of score sections are defined based on a value represented by score data, and a maximum registration allowable number of users for which the ghost data are registered is defined for each of the plurality of score sections, or is defined so as to be the same among the plurality of score sections. The data management apparatus transmits, when a ghost data distribution request is received from a one of the plurality of game apparatuses, the ghost data for at least one user for which the ghost data is registered so as to be associated with one of the plurality of score sections, the one of the plurality of scores sections being associated with the score data included in the ghost data distribution request, to the one of the plurality of game apparatuses. Thus, it is possible to limit the total capacity for storing the ghost data in a server to a predetermined range of capacity, and allow each player to obtain the ghost data in accordance with a skill of the player.
US08103687B2	Selecting member sets for generating asymmetric queries Tools and techniques are described for selecting member sets for generating asymmetric queries. User interfaces provided by this description may include representations of different dimensions that include respective members. These dimensions define hierarchical data structures against which queries are run to generate requested reports. The user interfaces may include representations of members associated with different dimensions, with members from different dimensions arranged in selected orders. The user interfaces may also provide selection tools that activate symmetrical or asymmetrical rendering modes for constructing the query. In the symmetrical rendering mode, the query cross-joins all of the members selected from one dimension with all of the members selected from the other dimension. In the asymmetrical rendering mode, the query cross-joins the first-ordered member from one dimension with the first-ordered member from another dimension, cross-joins the second member from one dimension with the second member from another dimension, and so on.
US08103681B2	Associating works with unique identifiers Multiple attempts can be made to match received information associated with a work and one of multiple identifiers stored in a database. Each of the identifiers in the database is uniquely associated with one of a plurality of specific works. A first search can be made to determine if an identifier in the received information includes an identifier that matches one of identifiers stored in the database. If the identifier in the received information does not match any of the identifiers in the database, a second matching attempt can be made to determine if the received attributes match attributes of a work associated with one of the identifiers in the database. Based on the results of the matching, various actions can be taken to associate or assign one of the unique identifiers with the work related to the received information.
US08103676B2	Classifying search results to determine page elements This invention relates to determining page elements to display in response to a search. A method embodiment of this invention determines a page element based on a search result. A classification is determined based on a search result. Page elements are generated based on the classification. By using the search result, as opposed to just the query, page elements are generated that corresponds to a predominant interpretation of a user's query within the search results. As result, the page elements may, in most cases, accurately reflect the user's intent.
US08103672B2	Apparatus, system, and method for determining a partial class membership of a data record in a class An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for determining a partial class membership of a data record in a class. The apparatus includes a record set acquisition module that receives a set of reference records having the same independent variables and belonging to a known class within a group of classes. An unknown-class record receiving module receives an unknown-class record having same independent variables as reference records. A class identification module creates a class vector for each reference record identifying whether the record is in a class. A weighting module calculates a set of unknown-class record weights for the unknown-class record. A classification module determines a partial class membership for the unknown-class record for each class in the group of classes using the set of unknown-class record weights. Each partial class membership identifies a probability that the unknown-class record belongs to a corresponding class in the group of classes.
US08103671B2	Text categorization with knowledge transfer from heterogeneous datasets The present invention provides a method for incorporating features from heterogeneous auxiliary datasets into input text data for use in classification. Heterogeneous auxiliary datasets, such as labeled datasets and unlabeled datasets, are accessed after receiving input text data. Features are extracted from each of the heterogeneous auxiliary datasets. The features are combined with the input text data to generate a set of features which may potentially be used to classify the input text data. Classification features are then extracted from the set of features and used to classify the input text data. In one embodiment, the classification features are extracted by calculating a mutual information value associated with each feature in the set of features and identifying features having a mutual information value exceeding a threshold value.
US08103667B2	Ranking results of multiple intent queries Techniques and systems are disclosed providing improved ranking of results to an online search-based query. One or more user types are identified for a search-based query, which may correspond to a number of user relevant results and which ones are selected. A user profile can be determined for the respective user types for the search-based query, which may identify a proportion of the users that belong to that type, and how many results are relevant to that type. A set of relevant results can be identified for the respective user types for the query, based on a number of results used by the user type. An improved ranking of the results can be determined for the query, from the one or more sets of relevant results, based on the user profiles and a desired user satisfaction metric for a desired number of users.
US08103666B1	Variable audio/visual data incorporation system and method A system and method that allow a one:many relationship between personalization/positioning/targeting of audio/visual information and a produced audio/visual message.
US08103651B2	Auto-updating reader program for document files A document reader program determines the existence of an updated version of a document file at a network location specified by an original version of the document file. The document reader program then presents the user a choice of rendering the original version or the updated version in human-cognizable form. For example, a user can request help for a host application, which accesses an original version of a help file via the document reader. Instead of displaying information from the original help file, the reader access a network location specified in the original help file, downloads an updated help file and then displays its information to the user. The updated help file can correspond to the local version of the host application or, in another embodiment, the most-recent help file for the most-recent version of the host application.
US08103646B2	Automatic tagging of content based on a corpus of previously tagged and untagged content An automated mechanism of automatically tagging media files such as podcasts, blog entries, and videos, for example, with meaningful taxonomy tags. The mechanism provides active (or automated) assistance in assigning appropriate tags to a particular piece of content (or media). Included is a system for automatic tagging of audio streams on the Internet, whether from audio files, or from the audio tracks of audio/video files, using the folksonomy of the Internet. The audio streams may be provided by the media author. For example, the author can make a recording to be posted on a website, and use the system to automatically suggest (via prompted author interaction) folksonomically appropriate tags for the media recording. Alternatively, the system can be used in an automated fashion to develop and assign without any intervention by the author.
US08103632B2	Self-contained partial database backups Methods and computer readable media for restoring a database. In a method, a backup of a subset of a database is created, where the subset includes a filegroup and database metadata describing the filegroup. The database is then restored using the database subset. In a computer-readable medium, a first data field contains data representing a database subset having at least one of a plurality of filegroups. A second data field contains data representing database metadata that describes the filegroup. In another method, archived database metadata and an archived filegroup that is one of a plurality of filegroups is accessed, and the filegroup is brought online using the database metadata.
US08103631B2	Merging files on storage and retrieve A client designates and transfers a file to a server in distinct chunks. The number of data chunks equals the number of communication sessions that are required to complete the transfer of the designated file to the server, that number being dependent on the number of times the communication session between the client and the server is interrupted. If the designated file includes several concatenated client files, each chunk of the designated file may include one or more such client files. Each chunk of the designated file may include some part of a client file and one or more whole client files. The byte-wise size or length of a chunk depends on the duration of the related communication session: the longer a communication session, the larger the related chunk. By transferring the designated file to the server as distinctly recognizable chunks, the need to retransmit large files to the server is avoided.
US08103628B2	Directed placement of data in a redundant data storage system A data processing apparatus, comprising a metadata store storing information about files that are stored in a distributed data storage system, and comprising a class database; one or more processing units; logic configured for receiving and storing in the class database a definition of a class of data storage servers comprising one or more subclasses each comprising one or more server selection criteria; associating the class with one or more directories of the data storage system; in response to a data client storing a data file in a directory, binding the class to the data file, determining and storing a set of identifiers of one or more data storage servers in the system that match the server selection criteria, and providing the set of identifiers to the data client.
US08103625B1	System and method for providing access to replicated data A system and method for providing access to replicated data is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention utilize a remote access file system to provide access to replicated data concurrently with replication. According to one embodiment including unidirectional replication, access to a replicated target volume is provided using a remote access file system to perform reads locally or “directly” and to perform writes indirectly to a replication source volume which are subsequently replicated to the replication target volume. According to another embodiment, bi-directional replication is provided and access to both replication source and replication target volumes are provided locally and subsequently replicated as necessary.
US08103618B2	Hosted system for enabling enterprises to build and operate online communities A system that enables enterprises to design, create integrate and operate online communities. The system operates as an on-demand hosted platform (software-as-a-service) that provides a secure and reliable architecture on which enterprises can safely and securely develop, execute and manage their online communities. The platform combines a wide range of web-based participation technologies (e.g., blogs, wikis, discussion groups, social networking, podcasts, RSS, tagging, photos, videos, mapping, and the like). Any content can have attributes that make it appear as any type of content. With this uniform content architecture, all user-generated content is treated as a post (or, more generally, a submission), and there is no need for a participant to author multiple entries for separate uses. Preferably, all content created or otherwise associated with a particular author is intrinsically tied or “linked” to the author via the author's profile. Thus, at each point of participation, the content is associated with the individual, which allows the system to build and maintain a rich “living” profile for each community member. Using this approach, the system can build and enable querying of so-called “social aggregations,” which are data sets that describe a relationship among one or more author attributes and one or more content attributes.
US08103617B2	Distributed directory server, distributed directory system, distributed directory managing method, and program of same There is provided a distributed directory server to be used in a plurality of distributed directory servers connected to one another through a network and in a distributed directory system made up of a plurality of user devices, which includes a transmitting/receiving section to transmit or receive messages between user devices and other distributed directory servers, a use history notifying section to read a totalized information database and to provide notification for instructing the transmitting/receiving section to transmit data on the number of times of using Pushed data to the distributed directory server, and an evaluation function computing section to determine operation rules for Push distribution command and Pull search command to an index for every management unit.
US08103616B2	Methods for implementation of information audit trail tracking and reporting in a storage system Embodiments of archival storage system are disclosed. The archival storage system includes one or more removable disk drives that provide random access and are readily expandable. One or more application servers can store archival data to the one or more removable disk drives. Further, the archival storage system provides an audit trail that stores information about actions taken on the archival data. The audit trail data providing a list of the actions and information about the actions that can be used to determine changes to the archival data.
US08103614B2	Definition and utilization of relational tags A system is described which allows a user to define a relational tag. The relational tag describes how a first item is related to a second item within an identified qualifying context. For instance, the relational tag may state that the first item is ranked higher than or lower than the second item. When utilized by many users, the system forms a graph of interconnected items. The system can perform comparative analysis within this graph. For instance, based on the relational tags, the system can determine which item is the top-ranking item or bottom-ranking item within the graph.
US08103612B2	Intrusion detection system alerts mechanism A system and method for analyzing Intrusion Detection System (IDS) alert data associated with a computer network is described. The method includes applying first association rules to obtained IDS alert data associated with a computer network and processing the obtained IDS alert data with the first association rules. Analyst feedback data associated with the processed obtained IDS alert data is received, and a training data set from the analyst feedback data is received. New association rules are determined based upon the training data set, and the new association rules are outputted to a display of a computing device. Outputting the new association rules may include outputting patterns within the IDS alert data of false positive alerts. The new association rules may be applied back to the obtained IDS alert data.
US08103608B2	Reference model for data-driven analytics A taxonomy reference model for use in an analytical modeling component. The analytical modeling component defines analytical relationships between the model parameters using analytical relations. The analytical modeling component uses the analytical relations to identify which of the model parameters are known and which are unknown, and solves for the identified unknown model parameter(s). An analytics taxonomy categorizes the analytics relations into analytics categories. This analytics taxonomy may be domain-specific. Also, if the analytics drive visuals, the visuals could be taxonomized as well. If the analytics is driven by data, the data could also be taxonomized.
US08103604B2	Remote detection and measurement of objects Provided are methods of using electromagnetic waves for detecting metal and/or dielectric objects. Methods include directing microwave and/or mm wave radiation in a predetermined direction using a transmission apparatus, including a transmission element; receiving radiation from an entity resulting from the transmitted radiation using a detection apparatus; and generating one or more detection signals in the frequency domain using the detection apparatus. Methods may include operating a controller, wherein operating the controller includes causing the transmitted radiation to be swept over a predetermined range of frequencies, performing a transform operation on the detection signal(s) to generate one or more transformed signals in the time domain, and determining, from one or more features of the transformed signal, one or more dimensions of a metallic or dielectric object upon which the transmitted radiation is incident.
US08103593B2	Method and system for providing DRM license A system for providing digital rights management (DRM) license is provided. The system includes a sink system requesting a license for content, a source system generating and providing a first rights token including binding information related to the license, in accordance with the request, and a rights mediator generating a second rights token that is usable in the sink system on the basis of the first rights token and transmitting the generated second rights token to the sink system. The sink system provides the license for the content on the basis of the second rights token. The first rights token includes binding information of principals that indicates use subjects related to the license, and binding information of principals that indicates use objects related to the license.
US08103591B2	Flexible management process for multiple activities executed on partitionable platforms of a multiple processor system A method and system for flexible management of a plurality of activities executed within at least one computer hardware resource perimeter configured at least one multicellular computer platform. The activities are executed by identifying an activity using extended serial numbers attributed to the activity, authenticating the serial number of a subsystem on which execution of the activity is authorized, verifying the extended serial numbers, and recording the extended serial numbers as activity licenses.
US08103589B2	Digital downloading jukebox system with central and local music servers A digital downloading jukebox system including a central server and a plurality of remote jukebox devices each provided with a local server that preferably mirrors the central server and enables selected songs to be immediately downloaded to the jukebox for reproduction. The local server and jukebox may also provide, through control of the central server, song download services to other jukebox devices. The jukebox system may also act as a monitoring/management device for other coin operated equipment present in a location where the jukebox is located, thereby enabling the jukebox device to perform updates on other equipment under control of the central server.
US08103584B2	Systems and methods for authorizing an allocation of an amount between transaction accounts A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also enables the allocation of a portion or all of a charge or loyalty points to different transaction accounts issued by different issuers, or to sub-accounts.
US08103581B2	System for continuously offered guaranteed fund having dynamically adjusted guarantee level and full and permanent allocation to risky market investments A system has a guarantee valuation engine that configures a processor with code and enables a continuously offered fund to give effect to a guaranteed return while being always fully invested in traditional assets that correlate to a benchmark. In part, the system has a guarantee that is re-priced on a daily basis with that repricing being included in the reported NAV of the fund. The system stores a high-watermark value of a closing price of a share and uses the valuation engine to determine whether the closing price of a share as of a current date is higher than the high-watermark value. In that event, the guaranteed return is reset to a higher guaranteed return and the database is updated to store the closing price as of the current date as the high-watermark value.
US08103579B1	Systems and methods regarding targeted dissemination One exemplary aspect comprises a computer-implemented method comprising: (a) electronically receiving, from a first securities market participant, data including information related to a first order and to one or more group rankings for dissemination; (b) electronically determining with one or more processors, based on data regarding a second securities market participant and the order information and group rankings, whether the second securities market participant has a second order, on the contra side of the first order, and whether, in accordance with the group rankings, the second securities market participant is qualified to receive information about the first order; and (c) after, and only if, the second participant is determined to be qualified, transmitting information sufficient to display to the second securities market participant the information about the first order.
US08103564B2	Method of processing investment data and making compensation determinations and associated system A computerized method for processing investment data includes providing a server supporting a database for receiving, processing and storing investment data which includes compensation data; providing a compensation rules engine for processing compensation data employing rules relating to compensation; introducing into the server investment data from a plurality of external sources, processing the compensation data by the compensation rules engine and permitting user access to the processed and stored investment data. Information regarding sales units, customer investments, client information and investment transaction information is provided in the server. A corresponding system is disclosed.
US08103561B2	Reconciling financial transactions Systems and methods for reconciling financial transactions are described with respect to a number of embodiments of the present disclosure. In one implementation, among others, a method includes enabling a user to define how different types of financial items are grouped. The grouped financial items are selected from one of a financial statement associated with a first account with a first financial institution and financial data recorded by a customer of the first financial institution. The method also includes enabling the user to set matching criteria for matching financial items of the financial statement with financial items of the customer recorded financial data.
US08103560B2	Inventory management system, inventory management method and computer-readable recording medium A market-demand-forecasting-value calculation section acquires order entry actual achievement data from an order-entry-actual-achievement-data storing unit of an order receiving system, and calculates a market demand forecasting value using the order entry actual achievement data. A correction safety inventory quantity calculation section calculates an error rate, which becomes negative when an ordering required-quantity becomes large, based on a number of ordered parts and a past ordering required-quantity. Subsequently, the correction safety inventory quantity calculation section calculates a correction safety inventory quantity using the error rate and the market demand forecasting value and a money-amount-zone index value. Further, the correction safety inventory quantity calculation section calculates a determined safety inventory quantity which is a value obtained by adding the correction safety inventory quantity and a reference safety inventory quantity calculated based on the market demand forecasting value.
US08103544B2	Competitive advertising server Competitive content item serving is provided. Competitive content item serving can include the ability to receive a request for a content item and to compare an expected return for a first network content item to an expected return for a second network content item. Based upon the comparison, it can be determined whether to provide the first network content item to the publisher.
US08103540B2	System and method for influencing recommender system A system and method for implementing/influencing a recommender system which provides recommendations to users based on characteristics of certain trendsetters within a member population. The trendsetters are determined by studying historical adoption behavior of a group within the member population, or by reference to known indicia.
US08103537B2	Decision theoretic approach to targeted solicitation by maximizing expected profit increases A decision theoretic approach to targeted solicitation, by maximizing expected profit increases, is disclosed. A decision theoretic model is used to identify a sub-population of a population to solicit, where the model is constructed to maximize an expected increase in profits. A decision tree in particular can be used as the model. The decision tree has paths from a root node to a number of leaf nodes. The decision tree has a split on a solicitation variable in every path from the root node to each leaf node. The solicitation variable has two values, a first value corresponding to a solicitation having been made, and a second value corresponding to a solicitation not having been made.
US08103535B2	Evaluation of fitness for a contractual agreement related to provisioning information technology services The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide computer programs, methods, apparatus and systems that describe techniques providing improved evaluation of business processes based on considerations such as throughput and/or parallelization. As a non-limiting example, such techniques may be useful for evaluating agreements between entities, such as service level agreements between a service provider and another entity (e.g., a supplier or customer of the service provider), for example. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method includes: obtaining a workflow model having a plurality of atomic processes, each atomic process having a distribution of throughput; determining an overall distribution of throughput for the workflow model using the distributions of throughput of the atomic processes; and outputting a determination of whether an agreement relating to the workflow model is fit based on the determined overall distribution of throughput.
US08103534B2	System and method for managing supplier intelligence A method of managing supplier intelligence is provided. The method includes collecting procurement data from a plurality of data sources. The procurement data includes information regarding a plurality of business divisions of a business entity. The method further includes generating spend formulas for each business division for determining spending associated with each business division. The method further includes generating a set of supplier intelligence business rules that interrelate at least one spend formula associated with a first one of the business divisions with at least one spend formula associated with a second one of the business divisions. The method further includes automatically analyzing a portion of the procurement data based on the supplier intelligence business rules to determine the financial effects of a decision made by the first business division on the second business division. The method further includes automatically generating a visual output indicating the results of the analysis.
US08103529B1	Guaranteed long-life benefit calculator Calculation of rider charges to form a basis for a guaranty to ensure guaranteed long-life benefit (GLLB) payments is made possible by using calculator machinery to analyze interest rates, mortality, expenses, and capital/reserves. These payments are a separate income stream from a pledged asset, which may be withdrawn anytime by a guarantee. Mathematical calculation is provided to reduce the guaranteed long-life benefit (GLLB) payments if not all of the rider charges are paid by the guarantee. For those rider charges that are paid using qualified funds, calculation for required minimum distribution is also possible.
US08103522B1	System and method for calculating claim reimbursement recommendations The present invention provides a system and method for calculating claim reimbursement recommendations. A medical claim is received and grouped to an rDRG or a median cost value. All similar hospital cases based on the same rDRG are identified. Costs of all comparison cases are then adjusted based on hospital's wage index. Using a pre-selected methodology, the initial target reimbursement amount is calculated. Any applicable override rules and/or inflation factors are then applied to arrive at the reimbursement amount. All relevant information on reimbursement amount and how the amount was calculated is presented to the user.
US08103519B2	System for marketing campaign specification and secure digital coupon redemption Product vendors are provided with a system for performing a marketing campaign to mobile communication device users, providing offers as instruments, such as digital coupons, to a selected group of users of the mobile communication devices and validating the integrity of the instruments. The invention has two phases: the selection of the components of the instrument from a menu provided by a social networking organization; and validating the instrument upon redemption from the product vendor. In the first phase, the product vendor selects elements from the menu relevant to the campaign, such as timing, nature of the offer, targeting of the recipients, etc. In the second phase, the instrument is encoded as to the marketing campaign and an arbitrary designation which initiates a pattern as the instrument is redeemed. The product vendor inspects the instrument to ensure that the encoding is correct during the redemption process.
US08103512B2	Method and system for aligning windows to extract peak feature from a voice signal Disclosed is a method capable of adaptively aligning windows to extract features according to the types and characteristics of voice signals. To this end, window lengths based on the window update points in a corresponding order are determined by employing the concept of a higher order peak, and windows are aligned according to window lengths. When the windows are aligned according to such a manner, the start and end points of each window is known, so that it becomes possible to easily extract and analyze peak feature information.
US08103503B2	Speech recognition for determining if a user has correctly read a target sentence string Systems and methods for processing a user speech input to determine whether the user has correctly read a target sentence string are provided. One disclosed method may include receiving a sentence array including component words of the target sentence string and processing the sentence array to generate a symbolic representation of the target sentence string. The symbolic representation may include a subset of words selected from the component words of the target sentence string, having fewer words than the sentence array. The method may include processing user speech input to recognize in the user speech input each of the words in the subset of words in the symbolic representation of the target sentence string. The method may further include, upon recognizing the subset of words, making a determination that the user has correctly read the target sentence string.
US08103498B2	Progressive display rendering of processed text A method and a system are provided for processing displayed text and progressively displaying results of processing the displayed text. In some embodiments, displayed text may be submitted as processing requests to process portions of the displayed text. The processing may include translation of the portions of the displayed text from a source natural language to a target natural language, grammar checking of the portions of the displayed text, or other types of processing. Each of the processing requests may include one or more complete sentences, or other units of text. Further, each of the processing requests may be submitted independently of receiving a processing response corresponding to an immediately preceding submitted processing request. Changed or annotated text included in processing responses may replace corresponding displayed text.
US08103497B1	External interface for event architecture A device for monitoring events. The device may have a programmable event engine for detecting events and a memory array coupled to the event engine. The array may store data for programming the event engine to monitor for the events. The device may have an external pin coupled to the event engine. The event engine may monitor a signal on the external pin to detect events external to the device. Alternatively, the device may output a signal on an external pin in response to detecting one of the events.
US08103496B1	Breakpoint control in an in-circuit emulation system A breakpoint control mechanism for an In-Circuit Emulation system. Break bits are assigned to each instruction address and stored in a lookup table within a base station containing a virtual microcontroller. As a program counter increments, a determination is made as to whether or not a break is to occur by reading the break bit from the lookup table. When a break is to occur, a breakpoint controller issues a break command over an interface to an actual microcontroller under test, thus freeing the microcontroller under test from having to include a look-up table on board for a breakpoint control or otherwise provide specifically for breakpoint control.
US08103492B2	Plasma fluid modeling with transient to stochastic transformation The invention relates to the simulation method and apparatus used in plasma modeling. It includes a method to transform transient formulations of the phenomenological plasma model into a quasi-stochastic spatial formulation. Specifically, the invention aids in decreasing computational time for the modeling of plasma in a plasma processing system, particularly those involving two different time-based parameters. The invention is particularly described in connection with plasma simulations used for the optimization dual-frequency capacitively-coupled plasma etching systems.
US08103491B2	Process for generating bidirectional reflectance distribution functions of gonioapparent materials with limited measurement data This disclosure is directed to a method for matching color and appearance of an object. The method comprise the step of generating a bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) of a gonioapparent material containing effect flake pigments in a solid medium using limited measurement data.
US08103488B2	Tire design method In a tire design method, a numerical optimization is performed according to a basis vector process using an FEM model to obtain an optimal solution which optimizes an objective function for a tread pattern shape. A numerical optimization is performed according to an ECAT using the FEM model to obtain an optimal solution which optimizes the objective function for the tread pattern shape. Either of the calculations is executed first, and the optimal solution obtained at the first calculation is used as an initial shape when the other numerical optimization is performed.
US08103487B2	Controlling the number of iterations in image reconstruction An iterative reconstruction method to reconstruct an object includes determining, in a series of iteration steps, updated objects, wherein each iteration step includes determining a data model from an input object, and determining a stop-criterion of the data model on the basis of a chi-square-gamma statistic. The method further includes determining that the stop-criterion of the data model has transitioned from being outside the limitation of a preset threshold value to being inside the limitation, ending the iterations, and selecting one of the updated objects to be the reconstructed object.
US08103483B2	Accurate detection of sleep-disordered breathing A method for detecting sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) includes acquiring a time sequence of a physiological signal from an individual, wherein the time sequence of the physiological signal includes a oscillatory pattern, computing an oscillatory interval signal using the time sequence of the physiological signal, decomposing the oscillatory interval signal into a plurality of ensemble empirical modes, selecting one of the plurality of ensemble empirical modes, calculating at least one of average amplitude or standard deviation of the instantaneous frequency in the selected ensemble empirical mode; and identifying SDB using at least one of the average amplitude or the standard deviation of the instantaneous frequency.
US08103481B2	Processing irregularly occuring data events in real time A system, method and program product for processing irregularly occurring data events in real time. A system is provided for processing a stream of data events occurring over irregular time periods, including: a system for updating a running estimate each time a new data event is detected, wherein the running estimate is calculated based on a value associated with the new data event, an amount of time that elapsed since a previous data event was detected, and a previously calculated running estimate; and an analysis system that analyzes the running estimate after it is updated to identify a suspect data event value.
US08103480B2	Evaluating service level agreement violations A technique for evaluating service level agreement (SLA) violations occurring in a computing system with agreed-upon model for exemptions is provided. The technique includes storing in a memory a model of the SLA and identifying occurrence of an SLA violation in a computing system that is providing services under the SLA. Based on the stored model, the technique further determines if the SLA violation is exempted from a penalty.
US08103479B2	Two dimensional exponential smoothing A method of estimating the average response time and average I/O size that can be used as an alternative for or addition to existing response time and I/O estimation techniques. One method involves initializing values for an average response time and an average I/O size, and initializing an angle. Measurements of the I/O size and response times are received. The technique involves adjusting the average I/O size using the current value of the average I/O size and the received I/O size measurement. The average response time is adjusted using the current value for the average response time and the received response time measurement. The angle value is adjusted using the adjusted average I/O size, the current angle value and the I/O size and time measurements. The slope and y-intercept of a line, formed by plotting the average I/O size verses response time, can then be reported.
US08103476B2	Abnormal simulation signal analysis methods and abnormal signal simulation analysis module for 4˜20mA instrumental system The present invention relates to a negative pulse transient signal analysis methods and negative pulse transient signal analysis module for a PC base simulation equivalent circuit capable of grasping and improving error causes through an abnormal signal analysis after configuring a simulation equivalent circuit for a 4˜20 mA instrument unsatisfied in a temperature environmental impact assessment.
US08103470B2	Method, coupler and apparatus for measuring radiated power In a method for measuring a radiation power, an elliptical mirror is prepared so as to have a elliptical spherical space enclosed by a metal wall surface, the space having a rotating axis passing through two focal points. A device under test is placed in a position of one of the two focal points such that a center of radiation of a radio wave substantially coincides with the focal point, and a receiving antenna is placed in an position of an other one of the two focal points. The device under test is caused to radiate a radio wave and the radiated radio wave is reflected at the wall surface to allow the receiving antenna to receive the radio wave. Then, total radiation power of the radio wave is measured at a measurement end of the receiving antenna in accordance with an output signal from the receiving antenna.
US08103469B1	Transceiver link bit error rate prediction A method for predicting a predetermined bit error rate for an actual data transmission from a transmitter to a target receiver over an actual backplane link is disclosed. The method involves defining a simulated backplane corresponding to an actual backplane link intended to be used for data transmission between a transmitter and a target receiver. Once the simulated backplane is defined, a data transmission from the transmitter to the receiver is simulated and captured across the simulated backplane. A waveform simulation of the data transmission over the simulated backplane is then generated. The waveform simulation takes into account characteristics of the simulated backplane and the target receiver. From the waveform simulation, a total jitter for a predetermined bit error rate for the data transmission is extrapolated.
US08103463B2	Systems and methods for predicting failure of electronic systems and assessing level of degradation and remaining useful life Disclosed are systems and methods for prognostic health management (PHM) of electronic systems. Such systems and methods present challenges traditionally viewed as either insurmountable or otherwise not worth the cost of pursuit. The systems and methods are directed to the health monitoring and failure prediction of electronic systems, including the diagnostic methods employed to assess current health state and prognostic methods for the prediction of electronic system failures and remaining useful life. The disclosed methodologies include three techniques: (1) use of existing electronic systems data (circuit as a sensor); (2) use of available external measurements as condition indicators and degradation assessor; and (3) performance assessment metrics derived from available external measurements.
US08103457B2	Neuronal profiling The present invention provides automated methods for cell body extension analysis, software for carrying out such methods, and detection devices comprising such software.
US08103444B2	System and method for reducing communication load of apparatus for tracking moving object Provided are a system and a method for reducing a communication load of an apparatus for tracking a moving object. The system includes: an estimated necessary time calculating unit receiving a current location and an arrival location of the moving object from a terminal included in the moving object, calculating estimated necessary time for the moving object to reach the arrival location, and transmitting the estimated necessary time to the terminal; and a communication path on-off controlling unit activating a communication path for the terminal to receive the estimated necessary time from the estimated necessary time calculating unit, and inactivating the communication path when the terminal receives the estimated necessary time through the communication path.
US08103442B2	Navigation device and its method In a navigation device for providing a guide from an origin to a destination, a display section displays a guide image indicating the guide to the destination. A state acquisition section acquires a state outside a vehicle. A photographed guide generation section generates a photographed guide image, using a photographed image of a captured forward direction of the vehicle. A map guide generation section generates a map guide image, using map information. Based on the state outside the vehicle acquired by the state acquisition section, a state determination section determines which one of the photographed guide image and the map guide image is to be displayed by priority. Based on the determination made by the state determination section, a guide display control section allows the guide image including at least one of the photographed guide image and the map guide image to be displayed in the display section.
US08103437B2	Traffic information distribution apparatus and traffic information distribution method In a case where a CPU 11 provided in an information distribution center 3 has received a request command for requesting predicted traffic information transmitted from a navigation apparatus 2 as well as vehicle information such as a navigator identifying ID, coordinate data of a vehicle position, or coordinate data of a destination, the CPU 11 searches a basic route based on update-purpose map information 14A, and sets a distribution range serving as a transmission target of traffic information 16A, 16B, and 16C. Then, the CPU 11 generates the predicted traffic information 16C such as congestion prediction information corresponding to the distribution range, extracts the predicted traffic information 16C of each link having a difference in the generated predicted traffic information 16C and the current traffic information 16A, and distributes the extracted predicted traffic information 16C to the navigation apparatus 2 together with a link ID of a corresponding link.
US08103432B2	Internal-combustion-engine control apparatus Knocking control is performed using a data group of serial segments each including a predetermined number of values obtained by A/D-converting a signal that appears within a knocking detection window and a data group consisting of serial segments each including the predetermined number of values. The starting timing is shifted and a time-frequency analysis is applied to the data groups in a plurality of frequency bandwidths. Peak values and integration values of spectrums, within the knocking detection window, outputted after the time-frequency analysis in each of the frequency bandwidths are calculated. A P/H method is performed based on the peak value in each of the frequency bandwidths and an integration method is performed based on the integration value in each of the frequency bandwidths for a knocking determination. If knocking is detected through at least one of the methods, the ignition timing is delayed in order to avoid the knocking.
US08103428B2	Method for controlling an engine A method for operating an engine is disclosed. In one example, the method adjusts a torque limit of the engine in response to an amount of EGR in an engine cylinder. The approach may reduce the possibility of pre-ignition for boosted engines.
US08103424B2	Inter-vehicle distance control apparatus and method for controlling inter-vehicle distance An inter-vehicle distance control apparatus is provided to provide comfortable acceleration feeling to a driver of a vehicle in various situations. The inter-vehicle distance control apparatus is configured to perform an acceleration control operation when a correction distance condition evaluation index at a present time, which takes into account a velocity of a forward object, is smaller than a threshold given by a judgment equation. The inter-vehicle distance control apparatus is configured to perform the acceleration control operation to accelerate the vehicle at a target acceleration, which is calculated from an actual relative velocity and a target relative velocity corresponding to the threshold given by the judgment equation.
US08103421B2	Parking brake control device When a release control is executed while a service brake is operating, a parking brake control device continues the release control until a first predetermined time passes even if the pressing force for moving a friction material becomes a target value, wherein the first predetermined time is a time period which is longer than a time period which it is supposed to take until the negative influence of the service brake vanishes.
US08103409B2	Vehicle height control apparatus using data communication between braking controller and suspension controller and control method thereof A vehicle height control apparatus includes a suspension controller for controlling vehicle height, a lateral acceleration sensor, a braking controller determining a road surface condition on the basis of a difference between a lateral acceleration measured by the lateral acceleration sensor and a lateral acceleration calculated using a vehicle speed and a steering angle, the braking controller determining vehicle height information to be reflected in the suspension controller on the basis of the measured lateral acceleration and a roll angle presumed on the basis of the determined road surface condition and the measured lateral acceleration, and an interface unit performing data communication between the braking controller and the suspension controller.
US08103401B2	Battery system for vehicle, on-vehicle battery module, and cell controller A battery system for vehicle comprises a battery unit that is constituted with a plurality of serially connected cell groups each include a plurality of serially connected battery cells, integrated circuits that are each disposed in correspondence to one of the cell groups of the battery unit and each measure terminal voltages at the battery cells in the corresponding cell group, and a signal transmission path through which one of the integrated circuits is connected to another one of the integrated circuits or to a circuit other than that of the integrated circuits.
US08103399B2	System and method for transferring vehicle service data A system and method directed to generating a transfer file of categorized vehicle service data, wherein the vehicle service data was captured by a vehicle service tool, and transmitting the transfer file to a remote device. The remote device may store the categorized vehicle service data and thereafter send the categorized vehicle service data back to the vehicle service tool that captured the vehicle service data or to another vehicle service tool for use in comparing current vehicle service conditions to previous service conditions represented by the categorized vehicle service data. The transfer file may include a variety of categories such as diagnostic trouble codes, screen shots, calibration data, and parameter identifiers.
US08103386B2	Power system A data acquiring unit (122) acquires external factor data such as day of the week, date and time, or weather together with electric power data in a house, and stores the data in a storage unit (114). A classification/learning unit (124) reads the electric power data and the external factor data stored in the storage unit (114), and classifies/learns the read data. A scheduling unit (126) predicts a house power demand on the basis of the classified/learned data, and plans the charge/discharge of a vehicle according to the result of prediction. A command generating/outputting unit (128) generates a charge/discharge command of the vehicle according to the charge/discharge schedule.
US08103383B2	Mobile apparatus, control device and control program A mobile apparatus or the like capable of moving or acting while surely preventing contact with an object such as a human being, by avoiding the situation where the object inappropriately changes its behavior for the purposes of preventing contact with the mobile apparatus, is provided. According to the robot of the present invention, a path that can prevent contact with the third spatial element satisfying the requirement regarding the size in the element space, among a plurality of expanded spatial elements arranged around the first spatial element, is set as a target path. This allows the robot to move in accordance with a consistent rule that is modified in response to the width of the clearance between the object and the boundary of the passable region.
US08103377B1	Method and apparatus for determining the usability of overage units in a sortation process Various embodiments of a method and apparatus for determining the usability of overage units in a sortation process are described. The embodiments described herein may include a control system of an order fulfillment center. For each unit of multiple units picked from inventory in an order fulfillment center, the control system may be configured to determine whether the given unit is designated to be inducted into a sortation system for sorting units of items into shipments. The control system may be configured to determine an overage unit of a particular item. The control system may also be configured to dynamically determine one or more incomplete shipments that each requires at least one unit of the particular item in order to become a completed shipment. Once such incomplete shipments are determined, the control system may generate an instruction to induct the unit into the sortation system.
US08103369B2	Network system and audio signal processor An audio network system that performs transport of audio signals among nodes by cascading a plurality of nodes each including two sets of transmission I/Fs and reception I/Fs, and circulating among the nodes in each fixed period an audio transport frame generated by a master node, the audio transport frame including a plurality of storage regions for audio signals, is configured such that the master node stores a frame packet after circulating among the nodes and returning thereto into a buffer, so as to generate the audio transport frame in the (S+k)-th period based on the audio transport frame in the S-th period when the audio transport frame in the S-th period has been normally received, or based on a predetermined model otherwise.
US08103362B2	Cochlear electrode array An implantable tissue-stimulating prosthesis such as a cochlear implant system comprising an elongate carrier member having a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one electrode positioned thereon; at least one electrical conductor extending from one or more of the at least one electrode; a lead extending from the carrier member and enclosing the at least one electrical conductor; and a holding member constructed and arranged to radially extend outwardly from the surface of the carrier member to facilitate grasping of the holding member during implantation of the carrier member in a patient.
US08103347B2	Implantable pulse generator comprising MRI current limiting windings in header structure In one embodiment, a pulse generator for generating electrical stimulation for delivery to a patient, comprises: a hermetically sealed housing containing pulse generating circuitry; a header coupled to the housing for receiving one or more stimulation leads, wherein feedthrough wires are provided to conduct electrical pulses from the pulse generating circuitry to the header; the header comprising a plurality of connectors for electrically connecting to each terminal of the one or more stimulation leads, wherein an inductive winding is disposed around or adjacent to each of the connector structures and is electrically connected between the respective connector structure and a corresponding feedthrough wire to limit MRI induced heating of a respective electrode of the one or more stimulation leads.
US08103345B2	Cardiac pacing using adjustable atrio-ventricular delays A pacing system for providing optimal hemodynamic cardiac function for parameters such as contractility (peak left ventricle pressure change during systole or LV+dp/dt), or stroke volume (aortic pulse pressure) using system for calculating atrio-ventricular delays for optimal timing of a ventricular pacing pulse. The system providing an option for near optimal pacing of multiple hemodynamic parameters. The system deriving the proper timing using electrical or mechanical events having a predictable relationship with an optimal ventricular pacing timing signal.
US08103333B2	Mesh network monitoring appliance A health care monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network to communicate data over the wireless mesh network to detect a heart attack or a stroke attack.
US08103332B2	Head-coupled holder for living body optical measurement A head-coupled holder the optical measurement of a living body that securely brings a light irradiation module and a light detection module in close contact with the scalp of a person to be examined, and gives the person no excessive pressure feeling. Each light irradiation module and light detection module includes a contactor having a contact portion that comes in contact with the scalp at a leading end thereof, and exposes a leading end of a light guide to the contact portion to form the light guide, and a package having a lower portion to which the contactor is attached. The contactor is fixed to the lower portion of the package through an elastic body, and the package is fixed to an inner upper wall of the insertion hole with a series structure of the elastic body and the viscoelastic body.
US08103328B2	Self-locating sensor mounting apparatus A self-locating mounting apparatus for holding objects such as sensors at specific positions on a subject's head includes a central mount constituted by a plurality of inextensible elements adapted to fit over the top of a subject's head. In addition, the mounting apparatus includes an adjustable circumferential band adapted to circle the subject's head and connect the central mount to inextensible side elements via sliding joints. A plurality of biasing elements provide a force for biasing sensor mounting units on the mounting apparatus against a subject's head, allowing for long-term sensing while minimizing interference forces on the mounting units. Advantageously, the mounting apparatus holds sensors within approximately 5 mm of their desired measurement positions over a range of subject head sizes.
US08103323B2	Slide mechanism for slide-type portable electronic device A slide mechanism used in portable electronic device is described including a main plate, a slide plate, two sliders, and two guiders. The slide plate can be installed on the main plate and slideable relative to the main plate. The sliders can be attached to the slide plate. The guiders can be attached to the main plate and configured for deformably guiding the sliders to move therealong, the sliders positioned between the guiders. During the sliding process of the slide plate with respect to the main plate, the sliders deform the guiders to slide the slide plate along the main plate.
US08103321B2	Sliding mechanism and portable electronic device using the same An exemplary sliding mechanism (10) includes a main plate (11), a slide plate (12) slidably connected to the main plate (11), and a linkage module positioned between the main plate (11) and the slide plate (12). The linkage module includes an elastic member (15) and a guiding shaft (17). The elastic member (15) is sleeved on the guiding shaft (17). Two ends of the guiding shaft (17) is rotatably connected to the main plate (11) and the slide plate (12) respectively. The elastic member (15) is configured for driving the slide plate (12) and enabling the slide plate (12) to slide along the main plate (11) after the slide plate (12) is manually moved to a predetermined position with respect to the main plate (11).
US08103319B2	Electronic apparatus and wireless communication terminal In an electronic apparatus which is equipped with a first transmission unit for performing a first communication by an electromagnetic wave; a second transmission unit for performing a second communication by an electromagnetic wave; and a reception unit for receiving a signal transmitted from the second transmission unit, the electronic apparatus is comprised of an antenna arranged by a radiator having a size which is smaller than 1/(2π) of a wavelength of a use electromagnetic wave, which is connected to at least the second transmission unit and the reception unit.
US08103311B1	Omni-directional antenna supporting simultaneous transmission and reception of multiple radios with narrow frequency separation An omni-directional antenna supporting simultaneous transmission/reception, from the same AP, on multiple frequencies, allowing each AP to communicate using each possible frequency. Each AP multiplexes its outgoing signals onto its transmitting antenna, and de-multiplexes its incoming signals from its receiving antenna. The transmitting and receiving antennae are each substantially located in each other's NULL zone (or one is in the NULL zone of the other). The AP can transmit/receive on many distinct frequencies without needing more antennae.
US08103308B2	Task switching between two computing devices A method is provided to enable the person to switch use of computing devices when working with records and/or documents. A method such as described may be implemented for an individual operating two (or more) computing devices that share and synchronize sets of records. One or more operations may be performed to update and maintain correspondence between the two sets of records. A switchover event may be detected, where the event corresponds to the individual using a second computing device while already using a first computing device. Once the switchover event is detected, state of use information may be received on the second computing device. This information indicates the state of use of one or more records on the first computing device. This information may be used to affect the state of use of corresponding records on the second computing device. In particular, the corresponding records on the second computing device may be placed in a state of use, or in a selected state for subsequent use.
US08103307B2	Linking an object to a position on a surface A method of generating an association between a software object and a position on a surface is disclosed. The method starts by sensing, by a sensing device placed on the position on the surface coded data at the position on the surface. The coded data at the position on the surface encodes an identity of the surface and the position of the coded data relative to the surface. The sensing device then generates indicating data using the sensed coded data. The indicating data is indicative of the identity of the surface and the position of the sensed coded data relative to the surface. Upon receiving the indicating data from the sensing device by a computer system, the computer system identifies, using the indicating data, the identity of the surface and the position of the sensed coded data relative to the surface. The computer system also identifies the software object, and then generates an association between the identity of the surface, the position of the sensed coded data relative to the surface, and the software object.
US08103303B2	System and method for adjusting transmission power of a communication device A method and system for adjusting transmission power of a communication device is provided. The method obtains a transmission power value and a receiving power value of the communication device from a storage system of the communication device, and obtains a power control signal received by the communication device when the call connection between the communication device and a base station via a wireless communication network is established. The method further adjusts the transmission power value according to the power control signal, and calculates a power sum by adding the transmission power value to the receiving power value. In addition, the method modifies the transmission power value according to a difference between the power sum and the receiving power value.
US08103300B2	System and method for forming ad-hoc location-based multicast group A system, method, and media for providing group communication services to an ad-hoc group formed according to vicinity with other users of communication devices in a communication system. Communicating among a communication group of a plurality of wireless communication devices in a communication system includes forming the communication group including transmitting an invitation including group membership location criteria to join the communication group to the plurality of wireless communication devices. The group membership location criteria is evaluated at each of the plurality of wireless communication devices receiving the invitation and the communication group is formed by ones of the plurality of wireless communication devices that meet the group membership location criteria. Permission to transmit to others of the plurality of wireless communication devices of the communication group is granted to one of the wireless communication devices of the communication group.
US08103291B2	Leveraging location based services for power conservation in multi-mode wireless communication devices A power saving and security enabling method, system, computer program product, and program storage device are disclosed. Wireless communication technology transceivers in a multi-mode wireless communication device are activated and deactivated based on a location detected by a location-based service system. A set of wireless network connection profiles control activation and deactivation of the wireless communication technology transceivers. Reduction in power consumption and improvement in security is achieved by only activating wireless communication technology transceivers when need and deactivating any other transceivers which are not currently connected to a wireless communication network.
US08103289B2	System of utilizing cell information to locate a wireless device A system is described that utilizes the measured characteristics of a cell site or a plurality of cell sites (100, 102, 104) and the cellular identification to selectively provide a wireless device (118) with location aiding from a cellular network server (120). The system may include a basestation (106, 108, 110) located within the cell site, a cellular measurement unit located in the wireless device (118), and a database (214) containing positional assistance information corresponding to the characteristic information. The system may also include a processing unit in signal communication with the basestation and the database (214) and a positional determination unit in the wireless device (118).
US08103280B2	Wireless frequency re-use determination systems and methods A method of measuring frequency interference between adjacent cell sites in a wireless telecommunications system. The method includes selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency. The method also includes activating the beacon frequency in the cell site and recording, at a telecommunications switch, a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device operating in another cell site. The method further includes determining the frequency interference between the cell site and the other cell site based on the signal strengths.
US08103271B2	Aircraft data radio with alternative channel selection A data link radio system onboard an aircraft communicates with a plurality of ground stations that employ either an analog communication protocol or a digital communication protocol. A database contains information related to each ground station and its respective communication protocol. A transceiver communicates data bidirectionally with the ground stations. A receiver scans for an alternative ground station to use as an alternative to an active ground station with which the transceiver is communicating. When the active ground station becomes unavailable, the transceiver is automatically reconfigured for the analog or digital communication protocol used by the alternative ground station and then begins communicating with the alternative ground station.
US08103265B2	System and method for assigning call priority A method for handling a call in an Intelligent telecommunications network, wherein the following steps are performed by a controller (3) providing logic for the Intelligent telecommunications network:—receiving (207, 304, 406) a first information element relating to a precedence indicator of a call prioritization service,—sending (208, 305, 407) a second information element derived from the first information element to a switch (5,8) for the handling of the call according to a priority indicated by the second information element. The method is particularly suitable for CAMEL networks in which the call prioritization service is eMLPP.
US08103259B2	System and method for optimisation of media objects A system and method for optimization of media objects for delivery to one of a plurality of mobile communication devices of different types and rendering thereon. In particular, the media objects are optimised according to the mobile device's characteristics to ensure efficient delivery and optimal rendering thereon. For this purpose, an optimised output of the media object is determined at a first stage. At a subsequent stage, based on the mobile device type, the characteristics of the object to be delivered are then adjusted to conform to those of the predetermined optimised output, thus ensuring that the rendering of the optimised media object on the mobile device output is of high quality.
US08103258B2	Method for connecting to network server, terminal using the same, and method for storing information using broadcast A broadcasting mobile terminal communication method and the broadcasting mobile terminal are disclosed. The method includes displaying a list of broadcast files stored on the terminal, in which at least one of the broadcast files is associated with broadcast related data stored on the terminal, and the broadcasting related data allows a user to obtain additional information about the at least one broadcast file. The method also includes selecting a broadcast file that is associated with broadcast related data, and connecting to an entity that provides the additional information about the at least one broadcast file.
US08103257B2	Data transmission method and system A data transmission method and system. The method includes transmitting by a first wireless communication device to a second wireless communication device, first voice data associated with a first user. The first wireless communication device receives from the second wireless communication device, a verbal request for receiving text data. The first wireless communication device retrieves the text data. The first wireless communication device generates a transaction data object comprising the text data and a command for executing an executable program for performing an action with respect to the text data on the second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device simultaneously transmits second voice data and the transaction data object to the second wireless communication device.
US08103251B2	System and method for managing information of a communication device A system and method for managing information of a communication device include creating a user account, and allocating storage space to store an account profile of a user of the communication device and a contact list. The system and method further include determining if the account profile of the user has been updated, designating at least one contact in the contact list to receive the updated account profile, and sending the updated account profile of the user to the designated contact.
US08103249B2	Credit card imaging for mobile payment and other applications A mobile payment device includes a contactless payment module, a processing module, and a display module. The contactless payment module is coupled to execute a credit payment transaction. The processing module is coupled to detect the executing of the credit payment transaction and retrieve credit image data based on the detecting. The display module is coupled to process the credit image data into a displayed credit image.
US08103224B1	Method and apparatus for the integration of a high efficiency power amplifier with an integrated transceiver for wireless communication An integrated transceiver for wireless applications has both a frequency determining means and a power amplifier. A transmission filter suppresses unwanted spurious outputs in an integrated circuit before a power amplifier stage amplifies and transmits the desired signal. A differential to single ended converter is able to be implemented to further enhance efficiency.
US08103220B2	Radio-resource management system and method thereof, and management apparatus, base station and terminal to be employed for it Terminals and base stations belonging to service areas 100 to 102 of plural radio operators periodically measure a radio-link quality and an availability ratio of a radio link to notify them to a radio-resource management server 40. The server 40 alters a frequency of the base station, and a transmitted-power quantity of the base station and the terminal based on these measured results to improve the radio-link quality, and reduces interference with a neighboring radio system. When a load is concentrated on a network of a specific radio operator, an instruction of handover is given to the terminal from the server 40 to realize a load distribution within the radio operator, and between the radio operators. When the server 40 detects excessive radio interference between the radio operators, it notifies occurrence of a fault, an interference quantity, a quantity of the transmitted power that the base station should attenuate, and the frequency that the base station should alter to the above radio operator that becomes an interference source.
US08103215B2	Method of establishing a direct communication between a first wireless phone and a second wireless phone Method of communicating between a first wireless phone and a second wireless phone A method of communicating between a first wireless phone (A) and a second wireless phone (B), each of said first and second wireless phones comprising a wireless transceiver for exchanging data using a signaling protocol, said method comprising the steps of: initiating a direct communication between the two wireless phone via a first stimulus on the first wireless phone and a second stimulus on the second wireless phone, configuring the first wireless phone with a first predefined IP address (IP_A) and a first signaling protocol identifier (SIP_A), and the second wireless phone with a second predefined IP address (IP_B) and a second signaling protocol identifier (SIP_B), the first, respectively second, phone knowing the second, respectively first, IP address, the second, respectively first, signaling protocol identifier and a predefined wireless network identifier (SSID), establishing a direct communication between the two wireless phones using their wireless transceivers and the signaling protocol on the basis of the first and second predefined IP addresses, the first and second predefined signaling protocol identifiers and the predefined wireless network identifier.
US08103213B2	Software-defined radio configuration A system for configuring communication resources that are at least partially based upon reconfigurable software modules. An apparatus may utilize a plurality of transports for communication, wherein the transports are supported by one or more radio modules. The one or more radio modules may comprise hardware-based radio modules and software-defined radio (SDR) modules including a reconfigurable software element that allows the radio module to emulate the functionality of multiple hardware-based radios. In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, SDR modules in an apparatus may formulate a communication configuration for use in communicating with another apparatus based on remote characteristic information (e.g., information corresponding to the apparatus with which communication is desired) and local characteristic information pertaining to the apparatus.
US08103205B2	Imaging system and method with reduced thermal stress on a substrate An imaging system including an image transfer structure configured to transfer marking material to a first side of a substrate; a tacker configured to fix the marking material to the substrate; a path controller; a substrate inverter; and a fuser. The path controller is configured to switch the substrate between a first path towards the fuser and a second path extending through the substrate inverter and returning to the image transfer structure.
US08103199B2	Developing device, and image forming method and process cartridge using the developing device A developing device including a developing roller facing an image bearing member and a toner layer thickness control member to control an amount of a toner adhered to the developing roller, so that an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member is developed with the toner to form a toner image. The following relationships are satisfied: 0.08×100.3×Dv
US08103195B2	Toner agitating unit, toner hopper, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A toner agitating unit is located in a toner hopper that houses toner used for developing a latent image. The toner agitating unit includes a rotary shaft and an agitating member. The agitating member is a flat plate made of resin. The agitating member has a plurality of slits extending from an outer edge of the agitating member toward the rotary shaft.
US08103192B2	Constant velocity joint and image forming apparatus Example embodiments relate to a constant velocity joint having an outer ring including an annular space with an open end, plural outer grooves axially extending in an outer wall of the annular space and being equally spaced from each other in a circumferential direction, and plural inner grooves axially extending in an inner wall of the annular space and facing the respective outer grooves, and a cage configured to hold balls that slide along the inner walls and the outer walls. The outer ring and/or the cage may be made of a synthetic resin. A drive force of one of the cage and the outer ring may be transmitted to the other one of the cage and the outer ring when part of the cage may be inserted in the annular space and the balls held by the cage may be engaged in the inner grooves and the outer grooves.
US08103184B2	Image forming apparatus When a number of print pages, a driving time or a toner adhering amount exceeds a cleaning trigger value during no transfer operation, a circumferential speed of a secondary transfer roller is changed with respect to a circumferential speed of an intermediate transfer belt so as to clean the secondary transfer roller. Particularly, a surface of the secondary transfer roller is totally cleaned when the circumferential speed of the secondary transfer roller is made relatively faster and then slower or vice versa than the circumferential speed of the intermediate transfer belt because the surface of the secondary transfer roller is elastically deformed in both upstream and downstream directions so that the residual toner on the uneven foam surface of the secondary transfer roller is extruded.
US08103180B2	Image forming device and image forming method thereof An image forming device includes a first measuring unit to measure a size of the recording medium when the image is formed on the first surface by the image forming unit, and a second measuring unit to measure the size of the recording medium prior to an image being formed on the second surface of the recording medium, and a control unit configured to change the size of printing range based upon the image data that is used to form the image on the second surface of the recording medium in accordance with a medium ratio of the size of the recording medium measured by the first measuring unit to the size of the recording medium measured by the second measuring unit.
US08103178B2	Linearized phase modulated analog optical links A phase-modulated analog optical link that uses parallel interferometric demodulation to mitigate the dominant intermodulation distortion present in the link. A receiver for demodulating phase modulated optical signals includes a splitter dividing the phase modulated signal into parallel optical paths, each optical path having an asymmetrical interferometer, the time delays of the interferometers being unequal, and each optical path includes a photodiode optically connected to an output of the interferometer. Outputs of the photodiodes enter a hybrid coupler. Alternatively, outputs of the interferometer enter a balanced photodetector. A phase shifter or time delay element can be included in one optical path to ensure inputs to the coupler or balanced photodetector have the correct phase. The input power to the parallel optical paths is split in a ratio that balances the third-order distortion in the output photocurrent.
US08103177B2	Apparatus and method for frequency offset monitoring used in digital coherent optical receiver The present invention discloses a frequency offset detecting apparatus and method for use in a digital coherent optical receiver. The digital coherent optical receiver comprises: a front-end processing section for generating a digital baseband electric signal; an equalizer for performing equalized filtering on the digital baseband electric signal; and the frequency offset detecting apparatus for detecting frequency offset contained in the digital baseband electric signal or frequency offset contained in a signal outputted by the equalizer; wherein the frequency offset detecting apparatus comprises an argument difference obtaining unit, a first subtracter, a second subtracter, a quantizer and an averager, of which the argument difference obtaining unit obtains an argument difference of adjacent symbols in a signal inputted therein; the first subtracter subtracts an output of the averager from the argument difference obtained by the argument difference obtaining unit; the quantizer performs uniform quantization with predetermined intervals on an output of the first subtracter; the second subtracter subtracts an output of the quantizer from the argument difference obtained by the argument difference obtaining unit; and the averager averages an output of the second subtracter.
US08103176B2	Frequency offset compensating apparatus and method, and optical coherent receiver The present invention relates to a frequency offset compensating apparatus and method, and an optical coherent receiver. The optical coherent receiver includes a front end processor and a frequency offset estimator, of which said front end processor converts an inputted optical signal into a base band digital electric signal, and said frequency offset estimator estimates a phase offset change introduced by a frequency offset in said base band digital electric signal; said frequency offset compensating apparatus comprises an M output integrator, for integrating the phase offset change introduced by the frequency offset to acquire M inverse numbers of the phase offset introduced by the frequency offset, where M is an integer greater than 1; a series-parallel converting device, for dividing said base band digital electric signal into M sub base band digital electric signals; M complex multipliers, for constructing the corresponding inverse numbers in the M inverse numbers to be complex numbers, and multiplying them with the corresponding sub base band digital electric signals in the M sub base band digital electric signals; and a parallel-series converting device, for converting the M sub base band digital electric signals multiplied by said complex multipliers into a base band electric signal.
US08103170B2	Method for optical time division multiplex and apparatus thereof The present invention inputs a signal synthesized an optical pulse with a variable-wavelength laser beam different in wavelength from it to a delay unit (S1). The delay unit branches the signal to two optical signals, produces an optical path difference between them to afford a delay, synthesizes them again to generate a multiplexed optical signal, and minutely varies the optical path length of one of them (S2). The present invention measures output variance of the delay unit on a variable-wavelength laser beam resulting from the minute variance (S3), and controls the optical path difference so as to minimize output variance at a position where the output is a maximum or minimum, or is a specific value other than them (S4). This stabilizes a phase difference between adjacent pulses of the multiplexed optical signal outputted from the delay unit (5) with a simple construction in optical time division multiplexing technology.
US08103168B1	RF discrete time optical frequency translator A frequency translator, a method, and a machine readable medium for performing frequency signal translations are disclosed. The frequency translator includes a modulator for modulating an optical pulse train with an input RF signal to generate an output optical pulse train having the amplitude information of the input RF signal at a plurality of times corresponding to the optical pulse train. In addition, the frequency translator includes a modulator for modulating the output optical pulse train by a digital cosine function having a desired target frequency to generate a translated optical signal. The frequency translator further includes a photodetector configured to generate an electrical waveform with the translated optical signal having the amplitude information of the input RF signal centered at the desired target frequency.
US08103165B2	Collision detection scheme for optical interconnects A method of detecting transmission collisions in an optical data interconnect system. The method includes initiating a data transmission of a data signal from a transmitting node over the optical data channel, transmitting a first collision detect signal from the transmitting node throughout a duration of the data transmission where the first collision detect signal is transmitted over an optical detection channel corresponding to the transmitting node, monitoring at the transmitting node of the optical data interconnect system for a predetermined period of time, where the optical data interconnect system further includes optical collision detection channels corresponding to each of a plurality of receiving nodes and one or more remaining nodes, and identifying a transmission collision when a second collision signal is received through one of the optical collision detection channels at the transmitting node during the predetermined period of time.
US08103164B2	High frequency noise measurement board Optical test apparatus. A test apparatus for testing transmitter or receiver devices. The test apparatus includes a transmitter source configured to connect to an optical transmitter. A wide band, wide area optical detector is adapted to optically couple to the optical transmitter powered by the transmitter source. A filter is connected to the optical detector. The filter is configured to separate AC and DC portions of a signal received from the optical detector. A true RMS converter is connected to the filter. The filter is configured to convert an AC noise signal received from the filter to a function of an RMS value of the AC noise signal received from the optical detector. A data acquisition system is connected to the true RMS converter. The data acquisition system is configured to characterize noise characteristics of the transmitter source.
US08103162B2	Channel protection for multi-channel optical transmission system and method An optoelectronic integrated apparatus, including a plurality of working optical source links, at least one spare optical source link, at least one spare data channel, and a protection control unit for detecting whether there is any working optical source link faulty. When detecting that a working optical source link is faulty, controlling a spare optical source link whose emission wavelength is the same as the faulty working optical source link to fulfill the functions of the faulty working optical source link and switching a data signal from the working data channel to a spare data channel. The spare optical source link is adapted to modulate the optical signal using the data signal from the spare data channel, and transmits the modulated optical signal. Reliability of the optoelectronic integrated apparatus is enhanced without increasing the maintenance cost.
US08103155B2	Manually adjustable hair dryer mount for use with a hand-held hair dryer A hands-free hair dryer mounting apparatus adapted for holding a hair dryer in a universal hair dryer holder assembly is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support bracket that is removably affixed to a wall mounting plate adapted for secure attachment to a wall or other surface. A universal hair dryer holder, adapted for receiving and holding any type, size, or style of handheld hair dryer, projects outward from the bracket. The hair dryer holder is connected to an adjustable arm which contains a vertical pivot connection that allows for manual angular adjustment and affixation of the hair dryer about a generally horizontal pivot axis. The adjustable arm also contains a horizontal pivot connection that allows for manual angular adjustment and affixation of the hair dryer about a generally vertical pivot axis. Angular adjustment in both the vertical and horizontal directions is accomplished by a spring biased interlocking joints.
US08103154B2	Hot air blower and system comprising a hot air blower and at least one coding unit A hot air blower has at least one fan impeller and at least one electrical heating device. The hot air blower is designed to interact with a coding unit provided with coding. The hot air blower is releasably connected to the coding unit. The coding unit is designed to predefine at least one of heating power and hot air temperature of a heating device in the hot air blower on the basis of the coding.
US08103150B2	System and method for video editing based on semantic data Systems and methods for video editing are described. At least one embodiment includes a method for editing a video comprising: extracting semantic data from the video, searching the extracted semantic data to identify characteristics that match a pre-defined set of characteristics, identifying a pre-defined event based on the matched characteristics within the semantic data, assigning a matching degree value to the event, assigning a theme relevancy value to the event, and automatically editing the event based on the identified event, the assigned matching degree value, and the theme relevancy value.
US08103146B2	DVD player and optical disk reproducing apparatus In an optical disk reproducing apparatus, when an extension of a still image file whose reproduction is instructed is JPG, the optical disk reproducing apparatus analyzes a header and determines whether or not the still image file is a still image file of a format capable of reproduction. In the case of determining that the still image file is a still image file of a format incapable of reproduction herein, a video signal indicating its fact is outputted. As a result of this, a user can speedily be notified that the still image file whose reproduction is instructed is a file incapable of reproduction, and operability of the user can be improved.
US08103143B2	Single-mode optical fiber Disclosed is an optical transmission fiber having reduced bending and microbending losses that is commercially usable in FTTH or FTTC transmission systems.
US08103140B2	Interferometric fiber optic gyroscope with silicon optical bench front-end Method and apparatus are provided for a silicon substrate optical system for use in an interferometric fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG). A silicon substrate of the silicon substrate optical system is etched to receive optical components, including an input optical fiber, a pump source, a wavelength division multiplier, an isolator, a polarizing isolator, a beam splitting device, a PM tap coupler, a relative intensity noise (RIN) photodiode, a system photodiode, and an output optical fiber. The optical components are mounted on a silicon substrate to reduce the size and cost of the IFOG and increase reliability.
US08103131B2	Compositing in multiple video processing unit (VPU) systems Systems and methods are provided for processing data. The systems and methods include multiple processors that each couple to receive commands and data, where the commands and/or data correspond to frames of video that include multiple pixels. Additionally, an interlink module is coupled to receive processed data corresponding to the frames from each of the multiple processors. The interlink module selects pixels of the frames from the processed data of one of the processors based on a predetermined pixel characteristic and outputs the frames that include the selected pixels.
US08103130B2	Automated image processing Automated electronic document design systems and methods for appropriately sizing and positioning uploaded user images into predefined image areas in a product design being created in a Web environment. For an image that is not to be cropped when incorporated into the design, the image is sized to fit within the selected image area and positioned in the image area according to a predefined anchor location The aspect ratio of the original image is maintained. For an image that is available for cropping when incorporated into the design, the image is sized and cropped to create a version of the image that fills the image container.
US08103126B2	Information presentation apparatus, information presentation method, imaging apparatus, and computer program A method of presenting information, capable of displaying an image including one or more objects being in the vicinity of the ground, the method including the steps of: acquiring viewpoint information; acquiring visual line information; acquiring posture information; acquiring additional information related to the object position information; calculating horizon line information in the image; determining a reference line on the image on the basis of the horizon line information and the posture information; calculating distance information from the viewpoint position to the object; determining a display attribute of the additional information including a display mode of the additional information and a display position of the additional information in the image with respect to the reference line; and presenting the additional information on the basis of the display mode so as to reveal a relationship between the additional information and the object when displaying the image on the display unit.
US08103125B2	Generating an amalgamated image including a static image and a dynamic image In an embodiment, a request is received that includes a specification of a static location and a dynamic location. A static image is created that includes a map that represents an area centered around the static location. A dynamic image is created asynchronously from the creation of the static image. An amalgamated image is generated that includes the static image and the dynamic image, which is over a portion of the static image. In this way, spatial data may be drawn in a manner that increases performance.
US08103116B1	Estimating pixel variances in the scenes of staring sensors A technique for detecting changes in a scene perceived by a staring sensor is disclosed. The technique includes acquiring a reference image frame and a current image frame of a scene with the staring sensor. A raw difference frame is generated based upon differences between the reference image frame and the current image frame. Pixel error estimates are generated for each pixel in the raw difference frame based at least in part upon spatial error estimates related to spatial intensity gradients in the scene. The pixel error estimates are used to mitigate effects of camera jitter in the scene between the current image frame and the reference image frame.
US08103108B2	Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes: a data obtaining section for obtaining input image data; a memory in which reference image data or features of a reference image is stored; and a similarity determination process section for performing a determination process in which it is determined whether the input image data is image data corresponding to the reference image or not. The similarity determination process section changes the determination process in accordance with related information of the input image data. Consequently, it is possible to realize an image processing apparatus capable of determining a similarity between input image data and a reference image and restricting a process on the input image data in accordance with the result of the determination.
US08103107B2	Video-attribute-information output apparatus, video digest forming apparatus, computer program product, and video-attribute-information output method An attribute-information-area extracting unit extracts an attribute information area in which attribute information is displayed when the attribute information area does not change between certain frames of adjacent scenes obtained by dividing a video content by a scene dividing unit. A character-areas extracting unit extracts character areas in which video attribute information in individual characters that is metadata of the video content of the attribute information area are present, and a character-area-meaning assigning unit assigns meanings to the character areas. A character-area reading unit reads the video attribute information, from the character areas to which meanings are assigned, thereby outputting the video attribute information.
US08103102B2	Robust feature extraction for color and grayscale images Systems, methods and program products for converting a first image to an intensity image using principal components analysis where the intensity image is based on a first principal component. The intensity image is analyzed to identify a plurality of scale invariant features in the intensity image, each identified feature associated with a score. An adaptive threshold is applied to the identified features to establish a set of features for the first image.
US08103096B2	System and method for color space conversion with reduced artifacts A method and system convert an original digital image being represented by a first color space to a digital image being represented by a second color space by transforming the original image data represented by a first color space to second image data being represented by a second color space, the transformation causing the colors of the transformed image data to be substantially encodable in the second color space. The second image data represented by the second color space is transformed to third image data represented by the first color space, the transformation causing the colors of the transformed image data to be substantially encodable in the first color space. Distortions in the third image data represented by the first color space are corrected to form corrected image data represented by the first color space, and the corrected image data represented by the first color space is transformed to fourth image data represented by the second color space.
US08103093B2	Image segmentation of foreground from background layers Segmentation of foreground from background layers in an image may be provided by a segmentation process which may be based on one or more factors including motion, color, contrast, and the like. Color, motion, and optionally contrast information may be probabilistically fused to infer foreground and/or background layers accurately and efficiently. A likelihood of motion vs. non-motion may be automatically learned from training data and then fused with a contrast-sensitive color model. Segmentation may then be solved efficiently by an optimization algorithm such as a graph cut. Motion events in image sequences may be detected without explicit velocity computation.
US08103084B2	Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits the unique identification of each bill processed. The system further comprises a customer identification means and means for associating each processed bill with the customer depositing the bill. Means for identifying the customer (or customer account) associated with a particular processed bill after the deposit transaction has been completed is also included in the system.
US08103082B2	Optimizing virtual slide image quality Systems and methods for assessing and optimizing virtual microscope slide image quality are provided. In order to determine whether a virtual slide image has any out of focus areas and is therefore a candidate for manual inspection, the various focus points used to scan the virtual slide image are used to calculate a best fit surface for the virtual slide image. The distance of each focus point from the best fit surface is then calculated and the largest distance is compared to a predetermined value. If the largest distance from a focus point to the best fit surface is larger than the predetermined value, then the virtual slide image is designated as needing a manual inspection and possible re-scan.
US08103077B2	Method and system for locating opaque regions in chest X-ray radiographs A method and system for locating an opaque region, such as a heart region in a chest X-ray radiograph is disclosed. In order to segment a heart region in a chest X-ray radiograph, a heart region boundary is generated based on lung boundaries in the chest X-ray radiograph and an average heart region model. A location of the lower boundary of the heart region in the chest X-ray radiograph is then determined. Left and right portions of the heart region boundary are independently registered to corresponding portions of the lung boundaries, and upper and lower portions of the heart region boundary are adjusted based on the left and right portions in order to form a smooth contour.
US08103075B2	Method for providing extended possibilities when imaging a patient's heart The invention relates to the use of 2D projection images which belong to a specific common heart phase. A 3D image data set can be used to generate a reference projection image for the same projection angle for each of the 2D projection images and a differential image can be derived from the reference projection image and 2D projection image. The differential images are back-projected and combined in one 3D differential image data set and, by using this, a deformed 3D image data set is obtained from the previously recorded 3D image data set. Iterations guarantee that the deformed 3D image data set ensues with the smallest possible distance from the 2D projection images for the existing common heart phase. Finally, a 3D image data set is available for a different heart phase other than the reference heart phase and the possibilities for imaging a patient's heart are extended.
US08103072B2	Method and system for identifying biological specimen slides using unique slide fingerprints Method and system for processing specimen slides. A first image of a unique feature, such as a fiducial mark, of a specimen slide is acquired, and a second image of the same region of a fiducial mark is acquired at a later time. The first and second fiducial mark images are compared in order to determine whether they are images of the same fiducial mark of the same specimen slide, thereby allowing the system to detect when one specimen slide has been swapped with another specimen slide. The comparison may also involve images of multiple features on the specimen carrier, e.g., sets of multiple fiducial marks.
US08103069B2	Registration apparatus, verification apparatus, registration method, verification method and program A registration apparatus includes: display control means for controlling display means to display a body part reflected on an image pickup surface and where the body part should be placed on the image pickup surface; driver means for driving a light source to emit light specific to a verification object inside the body part, the verification object being used for verification; extraction means for extracting a pattern of the verification object reflected on the image pickup surface as a result of emitting the light; and registration means for registering in storage means the pattern extracted by the extraction means.
US08103061B2	Method and apparatus for identifying facial regions An apparatus and method for identifying facial regions in an image includes a computer running a program that tests pixel values of an image to identify objects therein having attributes like pupils, such as shape, size, position and reflectivity. To reduce the time to identify pupils, the image is sub-rected, sub-sampled and only one color/brightness channel is tested.
US08103049B2	System reactions to the detection of embedded watermarks in a digital host content Methods for adapting the operation of a system in response to the detection of embedded watermarks from a digital host content are provided. A digital host content is received and examined for the presence of watermarks. In response to the detection of embedded watermarks and in accordance with the value, type, density or spacing of the detected watermarks, one or more system reactions may take place. These reactions include conditionally allowing the system to resume its normal operation, prohibiting the system from resuming its normal operation, degrading the quality of the digital host content or changing the security status of the digital host content. In response to the extraction of weak watermarks that do not meet the desired system requirements, the extraction operation may be modified or extended to enable the detection of strong watermarks.
US08103044B2	Speaker device A voice coil 6 is movably disposed in a magnetic gap 5. A drive cone (first diaphragm) 11 and a diaphragm (second diaphragm) 14 are integrally driven by the voice coil 6. Peripheral edge portion of the drive cone 11 and the diaphragm 14 are supported by a frame 12 through edge portions 13 and 15, respectively.An annular adhesive receiver 8 is disposed in a peripheral surface of a voice coil bobbin 7 around which the voice coil 6 is wound, and an inner peripheral edge 11a of the drive cone 11 is accommodated in the adhesive receiver 8. The drive cone 11, the adhesive receiver 8 and the voice coil bobbin 7 are connected to each other by an adhesive filled into the adhesive receiver 8.
US08103043B2	Sound-generation arrangements in portable electronic devices A mobile electronic device is provided. The mobile electronic device includes a housing having an ear-facing surface. Also, the mobile electronic device includes an audio transducer disposed within the housing. Further, the mobile electronic device includes an acoustic channel coupled between the audio transducer and the ear-facing surface for transmitting sound waves produced by the audio transducer to external of the ear-facing surface, wherein the audio-transducer having an audio-transmitting plane disposed at an angle other than parallel relative to the ear-facing surface.
US08103040B2	Adjustable, dual speaker element in-ear phone An adjustable, dual speaker element earphone. One of the speaker elements is sized to fit into the cavum concha of the listener's ear and the other element (is not. A hinged joint may allow the larger speaker element may be rotated about a vertical axis of the hinged joint so that the larger speaker element can be rotated towards or away from the listener's ear. The speaker elements may be connected such that sounds produced by both speaker elements emanate from different respective sound openings defined in a surface of the smaller speaker element. Also, one or both of the speaker elements may be operably connected to a hanger bar that is sized and configured to rest on an upper portion of the listener's ear.
US08103032B2	Hearing aid Hearing aid with a first housing part to accommodate an electrical energy source, a second housing part to accommodate an electronic component and a third housing part to transmit an acoustic stimulus into the ear of a user, wherein the housing parts have a detachable, fluid-tight connection to one another and a facility for selecting an operating state is present in the first or second housing part, having an operating element, which is arranged in a fluid-tight manner on the outside of the housing part.
US08103028B2	Electrostatic loudspeaker An electrostatic loudspeaker includes a backplate having a metal film acting as one electrode of a capacitor and defining a number of sound apertures therein; a diaphragm insulatively spaced a distance from the backplate to form the capacitor; the diaphragm comprising a metal film acting as the other electrode of the capacitor; a back chamber having a substrate and an insulative spacer for joining edge portions of the diaphragm and the substrate; a driving circuit element for converting electrical signals from exterior input pads into driving signals to drive the diaphragm to vibrate and sound; the driving circuit element being mounted on an inner surface of the substrate and being accommodated in the back chamber; and a first, second and third connection paths for respectively electrically connecting the driving circuit element with the two electrodes of the capacitor, and the exterior input pads. An electrostatic loudspeaker with two backplates is also disclosed.
US08103024B2	Door with structural components configured to radiate acoustic energy A door leaf includes a stiff, light structural part that maintains fed-in vibrational energy and, by flexural waves, propagates this energy in at least one active surface perpendicular to its thickness to distribute resonance mode vibration components over at least one surface, which has specified, preferred locations or sites within it for transducer devices, which are affixed on the structural part at one of the locations or sites to set the structural part into vibration and to allow it to resonate, thus creating an acoustic radiator that delivers an acoustic output signal when it vibrates in resonance, the front and/or the rear cover panel of the door leaf being part of the stiff, light structural component. The transducer(s) is/are situated between the cover panels. This arrangement provides a door with a loudspeaker function, which needs no extra volume compared to an ordinary door, and which is able to provide sound reliably and comprehensively to one or more rooms, which adjoin this door acting as a loudspeaker. Advantageously, additional loudspeakers or loudspeaker boxes are not required in a room that receives sound by this door with loudspeakers.
US08103021B2	Audio reproducing apparatus An audio reproducing apparatus includes a power supply, an amplifier, a speaker, and a controller. The power supply is for supplying a voltage. The amplifier is for receiving the voltage and audio signals, amplifying the audio signals, and outputting amplified audio signals. The speaker is for reproducing sound after receiving the amplified audio signals. The controller is for receiving the voltage and generating a control signal to enable the amplifier. The controller includes a generator and a delay unit. The generator is for receiving the voltage and generating the control signal. The delay unit is for delaying the time of transferring the voltage from the power supply to the generator.
US08103020B2	Enhancing audio signals by nonlinear spectral operations A system and method are disclosed for enhancing audio signals by nonlinear spectral operations. Successive portions of the audio signal are processed using a subband filter bank. A nonlinear modification is applied to the output of the subband filter bank for each successive portion of the audio signal to generate a modified subband filter bank output for each successive portion. The modified subband filter bank output for each successive portion is processed using an appropriate synthesis subband filter bank to construct a modified time-domain audio signal. High modulation frequency portions of the audio signal may be emphasized or de-emphasized, as desired. The modification may be applied within one or more frequency bands.
US08103008B2	Loudness-based compensation for background noise Loudness-based compensation systems and techniques are described which provide audio compensation in noisy environments. Loudness approximations are determined for an audio block both by itself and in the presence of background noise. These approximations utilize compression of audio intensity within frequency bands in order to better reflect listeners' hearing perception. From these loudness approximations, a gain is determined for the audio block and then applied in such a manner that the effect is not jarring to listeners.
US08103007B2	System and method of detecting speech intelligibility of audio announcement systems in noisy and reverberant spaces A system and method to detect and remediate unacceptable levels of speech intelligibility evaluates received test audio transmitted across and received in a space or region of interest. Intelligibility is improved by altering the rate, pitch, amplitude and frequency bands energy during presentation of the speech signal.
US08103005B2	Primary-ambient decomposition of stereo audio signals using a complex similarity index An audio signal is processed to derive primary and ambient components of the signal. The signal is first transformed to generate frequency-domain subband signals. Primary and ambient components are separated by comparing frequency subband content using a complex-valued similarity metric, wherein one of the primary and ambient components is determined to be the residual after the other is identified using the similarity metric.
US08102997B2	Processor for executing an AES-type algorithm A processor for executing a Rijndeal algorithm which applies a plurality of encryption rounds to a data block array in order to obtain an array of identical size, each round involving a key block array and a data block substitution table, wherein said processor comprises: a first input register (102) containing an input data block column; an output register (111) containing an output data block column or an intermediate block column; a second input register (101) containing a key block column or the intermediate data blocks; a block substitution element (104) receiving the data one block at a time following the selection (103) thereof in the first register and providing, for each block, a column of blocks; an element (109) applying a cyclic permutation to the substitution circuit column blocks; and an Exclusive-OR combination element (110) combining the permutation circuit column blocks with the content of the second register, the result of said combination being loaded into the output register.
US08102996B2	Scrambler, descrambler and method, and disc apparatus The descrambler receives scrambled data generated from byte data associated with an encoding sequence Q and a scramble value corresponding to the sequence Q in a processing sequence P. The descrambler includes a scramble value generation section that generates a scramble value of the encoding sequence Q of input data, and calculates descrambled data from the scramble value and input byte data. The encoding sequence Q is associated with each byte data of the code string. The scramble value corresponding to the encoding sequence Q is obtained by performing a predetermined operation on the byte data corresponding to each of the encoding sequence Q of the code string.
US08102994B2	Client survey systems and methods using caller identification information An automatic call distribution system includes a first software control module and a caller identification device for capturing caller identification information associated with an incoming call, a call agent station in communication with the automatic call distribution system, and an interactive voice response system in communication with the automatic call distribution system. The interactive voice response system administers a survey to a caller associated with the caller identification information. In response to receiving the incoming call, a transaction is completed between the caller and a call agent. Upon completion of the transaction, the call agent asks the caller to take part in the survey and seeks permission of the caller to use the caller's caller identification information in the survey. Upon obtaining consent from the caller, the call is routed by the automatic call distribution system from the call agent to the interactive voice response system to initiate the survey.
US08102986B1	Methods and systems for providing telecommunications services The present invention is related to telecommunications. A call processing system receives a first call from a caller intended for a first person. A notification regarding the first call is transmitted over a network to a terminal associated with the first person. A user interface is displayed on the terminal via which the first person can indicate that a callback message is to be transmitted to the caller. The callback message is transmitted to the caller, wherein the callback message includes an identification of the first person, a callback control, and text indicating that the caller is to activate the control to initiate another call to the first person. At least partly in response to the caller activating the control, A second call to be placed via which the first person and caller are connected.
US08102981B2	Alerting for long duration sessions in communication networks Communication networks and associated methods and systems are disclosed that provide duration alerting for communication sessions to subscribers. A communication network of the invention comprises a charging system and a network management system. The charging system receives charging information from at least one network node serving a session for a subscriber. The charging system monitors a duration of the session based on the charging information, and processes filter criteria and the duration of the session to determine whether to provide duration alerting for the session. If the charging system determines that duration alerting is proper based on the filter criteria, then the charging system transmits duration alerting information to the network management system. The network management system receives the duration alerting information, and transmits a duration alerting message to the subscriber.
US08102974B2	Method and apparatus for event notification based on the identity of a calling party An event notification system notifies one or more designated persons of an event or emergency that has been reported by an endpoint to a receiver. When a call is received by the receiver, an event notification process identifies the endpoint. One or more designated persons are identified that should be notified when a call is received from this endpoint. The notification message that is generated and optionally the particular designees that are notified can be based on information about the call. The event notification may be triggered by a received call. The designated persons can be notified by an event notification system using a communication flow expression according to the delivery preferences of each designated person. The disclosed event notification system optionally obtains the responses of the designees, and records the status of the notification process.
US08102972B2	Emergency services selective router interface translator A selective router interface translator for placement between legacy selective routers and their location databases translates location queries from legacy selective router interfaces to newer protocol location databases using newer protocol interfaces, e.g., a NENA V8 protocol query to an Emergency Routing DataBase (ERDB), or a Location to Service Translation (LoST) protocol query to a LoST server. In this way existing selective routers may remain as they are today, yet be flexible enough to allow the databases they query to be developed to new standards. The disclosed selective router interface translator includes a NENA V3 protocol to LoST protocol translator to translate a NENA V3 query for location of an emergency caller into a LoST protocol query. The selective router interface translator also comprises an ALI to ERDB protocol translator to translate an ALI query for location of an emergency caller into an ERDB protocol query.
US08102968B2	High brightness X-ray generating device and method A high brightness X-ray generator and a high brightness X-ray generating method are provided which are able to promote an increase in X-ray brightness (i.e., an increase in an X-ray output) while suppressing an excessive increase in the cost of optical elements such as a laser unit, a mirror, and a lens. A high brightness X-ray generator generates an X-ray by inverse Compton scattering by colliding an electron beam with pulse laser light. There are provided a plurality of pulse laser units (32A, 32B) which emits a plurality of pulse laser lights (3a, 3b ) in predetermined periods, an optical-path matching unit (34) which matches optical paths of the plurality of pulse laser lights, and a timing control unit (40) which controls timings of the optical-path matching unit and the pulse laser units, wherein the plurality of pulse laser lights is emitted from the same optical path at different timings.
US08102967B2	Goniometer The invention relates to a goniometer and a method for measuring stresses and characterizing microstructure of particles. The goniometer comprises a base (1), and a measurement head (12) including both an X-ray tube and a detector arc (11) movably adapted to the base (1) by a robot capable for three-dimensional movement. In accordance with the invention the robot has means for creating arc-formed movement of the measurement head (12) during the measurement with rotating (5, 7, 15) and tilting (3, 16, 9) joints.
US08102962B2	Bidrectional shifter register and method of driving same A bidirectional shift register includes first, second, third and four control signal bus lines for providing first, second, third and fourth control signals, Bi1, Bi2, Bi3 and Bi4, respectively, and a plurality of shift register stages electrically coupled in serial, each shift register stage having a first input node and a second input node, where the plurality of shift register stages is grouped into a first section and a second section, wherein the first and second input nodes of each shift register stage in the first section are electrically coupled to the first and second control signal bus lines for receiving the first and second control signals Bi1 and Bi2, respectively, and the first and second input nodes of each shift register stage in the second section are electrically coupled to the third and fourth control signal bus lines for receiving the third and fourth control signals Bi3 and Bi4, respectively.
US08102961B2	Control rod guide tube and method for providing coolant to a nuclear reactor fuel assembly Control rod guide tubes for a nuclear reactor having a body with an axial length that defines a lower end portion and an upper end portion and a cavity within a substantial length of the body. Orifices are included at the upper and lower end portions of the body. A control rod chamber is located within the cavity and is configured for receiving a control rod. A plurality of ports is coupled to the cavity and is positioned at a substantial length from the upper end portion of the body. Also included are at least two flow channels within the cavity that extend a substantial portion of the axial length of the body. Each flow channel is fluidly coupled to one or more of the ports for receiving fluid flow from outside the body and an outlet proximate to the upper end portion of the body for providing the received fluid flow.
US08102957B2	Method and apparatus for identification of transmission antenna diversity in a receiver In a method for identification of a multiple antenna transmission mode in a radio receiver, at least two antenna-decoupled data streams (s0, s1) are produced by means of an antenna decoupling unit in the receiver. Respective first variables (p0, p1) are calculated for both data streams, and are dependent on the phase change between the data in the respective data stream. An evaluation unit uses these first variables as the basis to decide whether a multiple antenna transmission mode is being used in the transmitter.
US08102950B2	Method and apparatus for efficient multi-symbol detection Where two or more multi-valued digital data symbols are modulated so that they overlap after passing through a channel, forming a combined signal, a receiver receives the combined signal and forms detection statistics to attempt to recover the symbols. Where forming detection statistics does not completely separate the symbols, each statistic comprises a different mix of the symbols. A receiver determines the symbols which, when mixed in the same way, reproduce or explain the statistics most closely. For example, the receiver hypothesizes all but one of the symbols and subtracts the effect of the hypothesized symbols from the mixed statistics. The remainders are combined and quantized to the nearest value of the remaining symbol. For each hypothesis, the remaining symbol is determined. A metric is then computed for each symbol hypothesis including the so-determined remaining symbol, and the symbol set producing the best metric is chosen as the decoded symbols.
US08102948B2	Carrier recovery apparatus and method thereof A carrier recovery apparatus includes a pilot strength detector, a first lock loop, a second lock loop, and a controller. The pilot strength detector determines whether a pilot strength of an input signal is greater than a threshold value to generate a control signal. The first lock loop performs a first carrier recovery on the input signal. The second lock loop performs a second carrier recovery on the input signal. The controller selectively allows the first lock loop to perform the first carrier recovery on the input signal or the second lock loop to perform the second carrier recovery on the input signal according to the control signal. The first lock loop is a pilot-based FPLL and the second locked loop is a pilot-less PLL.
US08102947B2	Bit labeling for amplitude phase shift constellation used with low density parity check (LDPC) codes An approach is provided for bit labeling of a signal constellation. A transmitter generates encoded signals using, according to one embodiment, a structured parity check matrix of a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code. The transmitter includes an encoder for transforming an input message into a codeword represented by a plurality of set of bits. The transmitter includes logic for mapping non-sequentially (e.g., interleaving) one set of bits into a higher order constellation (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), 8-PSK, 16-APSK (Amplitude Phase Shift Keying), 32-APSK, etc.), wherein a symbol of the higher order constellation corresponding to the one set of bits is output based on the mapping.
US08102942B2	VSB modulation apparatus and method for generating a VSB-modulated wave A vestigial sideband (VSB) modulation apparatus includes a signal processing unit which extracts an I-axis data signal component and a Q-axis data signal component from a baseband signal with symbol data superimposed thereon, a band-limiting filter which frequency-shifts the I-axis data signal component and the Q-axis data signal component, extracted by the signal processing unit, by only a specific frequency smaller than a rate of the symbol data and limits a passband width by a frequency width smaller than the rate of the symbol data, and a quadrature modulating unit which obtains a VSB modulation signal by quadrature-modulating the I-axis data signal component and the Q-axis data signal component output from the band-limiting filter.
US08102932B2	Method and apparatus for de-mapping symbol in multi-input multi-output communication system A method and an apparatus for de-mapping symbols in a Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) system are provided. In the present invention, an estimated channel effect and a plurality of received data symbols are used to estimate a plurality of transmitted data symbols. A plurality of constellation points around an estimated value are selected as the detected values of the transmitted data symbol after the estimated value of one of the transmitted data symbols is calculated. Then, the detected values are used to calculate the detected values of remaining transmitted data symbols separately so as to obtain a plurality of detected value sets. Finally, a best one among the detected value sets is chosen as a result of de-mapping the received symbols. Therefore, only a few detected value sets are calculated and a better detected result is obtained, which possesses low complexity and high performance.
US08102931B2	Method and device for operating a precoded MIMO system A method is provided for generating precoder data (600), comprising: obtaining transmit power data indicative of a transmit power of a plurality of multiple-input/multiple-output signals (610); obtaining signal quality data, the signal quality data including at least one measure of a quality of the plurality of multiple-input/multiple-output signals (620, 630); obtaining channel data with respect to a wireless channel, the channel data including a measure of respective channel parameters of each of a plurality of channel paths in the wireless channel (620, 630); constraining one or more system performance parameters (640); and determining first and second precoder diagonal values (wA and wB) based on the signal quality data, the transmit power data, the channel data, and the one or more constrained system performance parameters (650).
US08102929B2	Low power ultra wideband transceiver Low-power transmitter and/or receiver devices are provided by sacrificing time and/or frequency diversity in exchange for lower power consumption. When channel conditions indicate that time and/or frequency spreading are unnecessary for transmissions, a transmitter may enter into a power-conservation mode in which transmissions are performed using a time gating scheme or a time repetition scheme. In the time gating scheme, symbols are transmitting just once, rather than a plurality of times, but with increased transmission power. In the time repetition scheme, copies of the same symbol are transmitted a plurality of times on the same frequency on different symbol transmission periods, instead of being retransmitted on different frequencies on different symbol transmission periods. Consequently, the symbol can be generated once and stored for subsequent retransmission, thereby allowing some of the transmitter/receiver chain components can be operated at a lower duty cycle or processing speed to conserve power.
US08102924B2	Arrangements and methods for per tone equalization with reduced complexity An equalizer for a multi carrier signal for carrying out equalization adapted to each carrier or group of carriers, Fourier transforms the multi carrier signal, and obtains difference terms of the multi carrier signal. Both are input to an adaptive filter, to output equalized signals, wherein decimation is applied to at least some of the difference terms input to the filter. This enables the complexity to be reduced for a given performance level. In particular since only non-zero filter taps need to be stored and updated, coefficient memory and coefficient calculation capacity can be reduced. Another way to reduce complexity involves measuring noise for at least some of the carriers, and dynamically adapting the size of the filter on a per carrier basis according to global optimizion heuristic algorithms which adapt this filter size based on the comparison between this noise and an optimal performance figure achieved in a previous ISI-ICI free measurement phase.
US08102919B2	Image coding apparatus and image decoding apparatus An image coding apparatus which reduces buffer capacity to a minimum and includes an image coding processing unit which generates intermediate data by executing a part of a process in the coding on the image data; a packetizing unit which generates an image stream by executing a process other than the part of the process in the coding on the intermediate data, such as for example arithmetic coding, and packetizes the generated image stream in synchronization with the image stream generation process.
US08102915B2	Motion vector fields refinement to track small fast moving objects A conversion unit for converting a first motion vector field (MVF1) into a second motion vector field (MVF2). The first motion vector field being computed, on basis of a first image and a second image of a sequence of images, for a temporal position between the first and second images. A first establishing means establishes a first group of un-referenced pixels in the first image. A second establishing means establishes a second group of un-referenced pixels in the second image. A computing means computes a match error of a candidate motion vector oriented from the first group of un-referenced pixels to the second group of un-referenced pixels. A comparing means for comparing the match error with a predetermined match threshold and assigning the candidate motion vector to one of the motion vectors of the second motion vector field if the match error is below the predetermined match threshold.
US08102912B2	Image processing device and computer terminal, and signal separation method An image processing device includes a determination unit configured to determine a correlation value between a decoded frame and a reference frame and the number of iterations indicating the number of times signal separation calculation based on a TV method is iteratively performed on the decoded frame, based on a result of a motion search process, a generation unit configured to generate, as an initial gradient signal value, a zero vector or a gradient signal value obtained based on a motion vector determined in the motion search process, according to the correlation value, and a separation unit configured to iteratively perform the signal separation calculation on the decoded frame the number of iterations, using the initial gradient signal value as an initial value, and separate the decoded frame into a skeleton image signal and a texture image signal.
US08102911B2	Picture coding device A picture coding device includes a motion prediction unit, an intra picture prediction unit, and an input selection unit. The input selection unit selects a smaller one of a motion total obtained by adding a motion residual and a value into which a motion vector is coded and an intra picture total obtained by adding an intra picture residual and a value into which a prediction mode is coded. The device further includes an I_PCM judgment unit comparing a cost with a first threshold value. Additionally, the device includes an output selection unit selecting coded data obtained by arithmetic coding as data to be outputted to the outside if the cost is equal to or less than the first threshold value and selecting I_PCM data as the data to be outputted to the outside if the cost is larger than the first threshold value.
US08102901B2	Techniques to manage wireless connections A system, apparatus, method and article to manage wireless connections are described. The apparatus may include a connection management module to automatically form a first connection between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, and a second connection between the second mobile device and a fixed device, wherein the first mobile device is to communicate information with the fixed device using the first and second connections. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08102890B2	Semiconductor light emitting device A semiconductor light emitting device includes a first-conductivity-type first multilayer film reflecting mirror, and a second-conductivity-type second multilayer film reflecting mirror; a cavity layer; and a first conductive section, a second conductive section, and a third conductive section. The cavity layer has a stacked configuration including a first-conductivity-type or undoped first cladding layer, an undoped first active layer, a second-conductivity-type or undoped second cladding layer, a second-conductivity-type first contact layer, a first-conductivity-type second contact layer, a first-conductivity-type or undoped third cladding layer, an undoped second active layer, and a second-conductivity-type or undoped fourth cladding layer. The first conductive section is electrically connected to the first multilayer film reflecting mirror, the second conductive section is electrically connected to the second multilayer film reflecting mirror, and the third conductive section is electrically connected to the first contact layer and the second contact layer.
US08102888B2	Semiconductor laser device and driving method of the same A semiconductor laser device according to the present invention outputs light while periodically varying the temperature of a semiconductor laser, an optical waveguide, or a diffraction grating, outputs light while causing the optical waveguide or the diffraction grating to mechanically and periodically vary, or causes return light, which varies periodically or non-periodically, to be incident on the semiconductor laser. Since the periodical fluctuation is applied to the temperature of the semiconductor laser, the optical waveguide, or diffraction grating, the periodical mechanical variation is applied to the optical waveguide or the diffraction grating, or the return light is caused to be incident on the semiconductor laser, the semiconductor laser carries out a multimode oscillation from a low output to a high output without shifting between a single mode oscillation and a multimode oscillation. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a semiconductor laser device having IL characteristics in which a current is proportional to a light output and a driving method thereof.
US08102887B2	Edge bonded optical packages Particular embodiments of the present disclosure bring an SHG crystal, or other type of wavelength conversion device, into close proximity with a laser source to eliminate the need for coupling optics, reduce the number of package components, and reduce package volume. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an optical package is provided comprising a laser source subassembly comprising a laser base and a wavelength conversion device subassembly comprising a converter base. The bonding interface of the laser base is bonded the complementary bonding interface of the converter base such that the laser output face can be proximity-coupled to the converter input face at an predetermined interfacial spacing x. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US08102877B1	Systems and methods for policy-based intelligent provisioning of optical transport bandwidth Policy-based, on-demand provisioning of optical transport bandwidth is disclosed. In one of many possible embodiments, a system is provided for policy-based, on-demand provisioning of optical transport bandwidth. The system includes a layer-specific operation support subsystem (OSS) configured to manage network elements that form a sub-network over an optical transport network. The optical transport network provides bandwidth-on-demand provisioning capabilities. The layer-specific OSS includes one or more predefined bandwidth provisioning policies. The layer-specific OSS is configured to selectively request on-demand provisioning of bandwidth on the sub-network based on the predefined bandwidth provisioning policies.
US08102876B2	Client/server adaptation scheme for communications traffic A communications system in which carrier Ethernet conveys a plurality of differing types of client signals encapsulated with a generic framing procedure adaptation layer. The client signals are adapted for encapsulation within the carrier Ethernet frames by mapping the client signal within an generic framing procedure adaptation layer signal and then by mapping the generic framing procedure adaptation layer signal into the carrier Ethernet signal, the client signal being identified within the generic framing procedure signal.
US08102874B2	Method and system to provide blade server load balancing using spare link bandwidth A method for processing network information in a multi-server platform is disclosed and includes receiving by a blade server manager, capacity utilization information embedded in spare link bandwidth from a plurality of blade servers operably coupled to the blade server manager. Digital information received on a digital communication link may be forwarded to one of the plurality of blade servers. The blade servers may be selected based on the received capacity utilization information. The capacity utilization information may include blade server work load capacity, blade server power saving capacity, blade server CPU percent utilization, and/or data representing blade server interrupt utilization. The blade server manager may be operably coupled to an Ethernet network and/or an external network.
US08102862B2	Radio link parameter updating method in mobile communication system A radio link (RL) parameter updating method of a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) system in a mobile communication system is disclosed. According to a radio channel situation of a terminal, an RL parameter applied to transmission and reception of control information between the terminal and a base station is dynamically controlled. For this purpose, the RL parameter updating method includes: a step in which the base station determines whether to update an HSDPA related parameter and transmits the parameter update information to the RNC to trigger updating of the RL parameter; and a step in which the RNC updates the HSDPA related parameter and transmits it to the terminal. The parameter update information is delivered through an RL parameter update response message, and the RNC is a serving RNC.
US08102861B2	Data and voice messaging system A data messaging system includes a first Internet Protocol (IP) switch that includes a processor. The data messaging system also includes a first gateserver coupled to the first IP switch and coupled to a second IP switch. The data messaging system includes a second gateserver that is coupled to the first IP switch and to the second IP switch. The data messaging system further includes a first gatekeeper coupled to the first IP switch. The first gatekeeper is adapted to detect a failure of the first gateserver and to route data to the second gateserver in response to detecting the failure.
US08102859B2	Method, system, and device for network selection A method, system, and device for network selection are provided. The method for network selection includes the following steps. After network selection is triggered, a network selection list stored in a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) and a network selection list stored in a Mobile Equipment (ME) are read, where the UICC is embedded in the ME and accessible to the ME. Network selection is performed according to the network selection list stored in the UICC and the network selection list stored in the ME. Also, a method for network selection through a network selection policy is added and methods for implementing a type and a data structure of a network selection policy as well as a method for network selection based on a network selection policy are provided, so that network selection can be controlled more flexibly, a terminal can locate a target network faster, and time consumed for the network selection is reduced.
US08102841B2	Auxiliary peripheral for alerting a computer of an incoming call An auxiliary call control component is coupled to a computing system alerts the computing system of an incoming call in instances where the computing system is not capable of processing the incoming call. When the auxiliary call control component receives an incoming call, the auxiliary call control component determines whether the coupled computing system is in a proper state suitable for processing (e.g., “picking up”) the incoming call. If the computing system is not in the proper state, the auxiliary call control component accepts the incoming call, signals the computing system to enter the proper state, and informs the computing system of the incoming call. When placed in the proper state, the computing system may retrieve the incoming call to allow the user to receive to the incoming call at the computing system.
US08102839B2	System, apparatus, and method for establishing circuit-switched communications via packet-switched network signaling A system, apparatus and method for establishing circuit-switched (CS) communications in packet-switched (PS) multimedia networks such as IMS, and providing services via the PS networks to CS domain users. A dialog is established between terminals through the PS multimedia network. A service is provided to at least one of the terminals by way of the dialog. CS bearer information, including an indication that a communication flow is requested via a CS network, is communicated between the terminals by way of the dialog. A communication flow via the CS network is effected between the terminals as directed by the CS bearer information. IMS or other PS multimedia network services can thus be provided to users otherwise communicating via the CS-domain.
US08102832B2	Fast frequency hopping with a code division multiplexed pilot in an OFDMA system Techniques are provided to support fast frequency hopping with a code division multiplexed (CDM) pilot in a multi-carrier communication system (e.g., an OFDMA system). Each transmitter (e.g., each terminal) in the system transmits a wideband pilot on all subbands to allow a receiver (e.g., a base station) to estimate the entire channel response at the same time. The wideband pilot for each transmitter may be generated using direct sequence spread spectrum processing and based on a pseudo-random number (PN) code assigned to that transmitter. This allows the receiver to individually identify and recover multiple wideband pilots transmitted concurrently by multiple transmitters. For a time division multiplexed (TDM)/CDM pilot transmission scheme, each transmitter transmits the wideband pilot in bursts. For a continuous CDM pilot transmission scheme, each transmitter continuously transmits the wideband pilot, albeit at a low transmit power level. Any frequency hopping rate may be supported without impacting pilot overhead.
US08102822B2	System and method for random access scheme in a wireless ad-hoc network A system and method for random access scheme in a wireless ad-hoc network is disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises transmitting data to a receiving node in a wireless ad-hoc network in a first time block previously reserved for transmission. The method further comprises transmitting data to the receiving node in a second time block if the reservation is periodic, the second time block starting at a time being a fixed amount of time L after the start of the first time block.
US08102820B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving data control channel in a packet data communication system A method for transmitting/receiving a data control channel in a wireless communication system that transmits packet data. The transmission method includes transmitting packet data over a packet data channel, transmitting a control channel and receiving an ACKnowledgement (ACK) signal from a terminal that has received the control channel. The reception method includes receiving packet data and a control channel, acquiring control information by demodulating the control channel, and detecting an error in the control channel, and sending the error detection result to a base station as an ACK signal, if the control channel has been transmitted to the terminal itself.
US08102819B2	Method of paging and late-entry after establishing group call The present invention discloses a method for Late-Entry in CDMA or other trunking systems. The method includes the following steps: after a group call is established, the base station checks the load condition of the paging channel, and if the load on the paging channel is relatively light, then the base station sends paging message carrying channel resource, and the terminal directly establishes the corresponding channel and the call is accessed through the matching for group identifier address after it receives the paging message; otherwise, the base station sends the paging message not carrying channel resource, and sends the message carrying channel resource after it receives the response message from the terminal, and then the terminal establishes the corresponding channel based on the resource information in said message and the call is accessed. By employing the method of the present invention, the load on the paging channel is alleviated and the access speed of the terminal is guaranteed.
US08102818B2	Pilot grouping in wireless communication networks Systems and techniques for grouping channels, such as pilots, are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving transmissions of two or more pilot signals at an access terminal of a wireless communications network that includes an access node, based on characteristics of the transmissions of the two or more pilot signals from the access node to the access terminal, determining whether the two or more pilot signals are suitable for grouping and indicating of the suitability of the two or more pilot signals for grouping by sending a pilot information report for the pilot group to the access node.
US08102815B2	Proxy mobility optimization Systems and methods are described which provide communication between a correspondent node and a mobile node including receiving a home prefix of the mobile node and a list of correspondent nodes by a mobile access gateway having an access link with the mobile node and submitting proxy binding update messages by the mobile access gateway to a home agent corresponding to the mobile node and to each of the correspondent nodes in the list.
US08102809B2	Time-sharing of sounding resources This invention is a method for time-sharing sounding resources. This invention time-shares one sounding source across plural user equipment for different sub-frames. This invention uses different sounding periods which are periodic and either non-changing in time or changing in time. Different user equipment have sounding periodicities where one is an integral multiple of the other. This invention also allocates and updates a sub-frame offset for each user equipment.
US08102805B2	HARQ in spatial multiplexing MIMO system An exemplary method for signaling scheduling information includes scheduling first and second transport blocks for simultaneous transmission during a first transmission interval on first and second data substreams, respectively, assigning a single re-transmission process identifier for the first transmission interval, and transmitting first scheduling information for the first transmission interval. The first scheduling information includes the re-transmission process identifier and first disambiguation data.The method further comprises scheduling at least one of the first and second transport blocks for re-transmission during a second transmission interval and transmitting second scheduling information for the second transmission interval, the second scheduling information including the re-transmission process identifier and second disambiguation data. The first and second disambiguation data indicate whether the re-transmission of the retransmitted transport block is scheduled for the first or second data substream and may be used by a receiver to determine the same.
US08102802B2	Method and apparatus for providing downlink acknowledgments and transmit indicators in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication system A communication system provides downlink acknowledgments corresponding to uplink transmission using hybrid automatic repeat request to multiple users in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing communication system, wherein a frequency bandwidth comprises multiple frequency sub-carriers, by spreading each acknowledgment of multiple acknowledgments with a selected spreading sequence of multiple spreading sequences to produce multiple spread acknowledgments, wherein each acknowledgment is intended for a different user of the multiple users, and distributing the multiple spread acknowledgments across the multiple frequency sub-carriers.
US08102794B2	Cross-layer routing method in wireless sensor network Provided is a cross-layer routing method in a wireless sensor network including: locating a destination node which is a final destination of data by a source node which generates the data; and determining an optimal relay node among one or more neighboring nodes using their position information for each hop and forwarding the data from the source node to the destination node through the determined relay nodes. Therefore, an effective and stable routing which reduces overheads of additional control messages used for stable data forwarding and reduces collisions in a shared channel by using wireless link layer characteristics can be implemented.
US08102792B2	Enabling foreign network multicasting for a roaming mobile node, in a foreign network, using a persistent address Permitting a mobile host to roam in a foreign network, with multiple access node handoffs, while permitting foreign network multicasting by (i) having the mobile node (MN) use a persistent address, for purposes of multicasting, and (ii) relaxing or modifying reverse path forwarding checks, and (iii) modifying the forwarding of multicast packets sent from a non-local source address. The persistent address, used in mobile networks as the source address in the IGMP Membership reports and the multicast packets, may be the permanent and hence stable host home address (HoA). This enables the HoA to be supported as a source address by foreign agents (FAs) and multicast routing protocols in foreign networks.
US08102782B2	Apparatus and method for collecting and analyzing communications data A method of monitoring data on a first communication line. Data is received from the first communication line (402) and a plurality of packets (406) are extracted (416) from the data. Statistics are then recursively generated (408), the statistics corresponding to the plurality of packets.
US08102777B2	Network diagnostic systems and methods for aggregated links A networking system is provided. The networking system may include a diagnostic module. The diagnostic module may include one or more statistics modules. The diagnostic module may include a routing module configured to route messages to the statistics modules. The messages may be derived from network messages from an aggregated link.
US08102773B2	Continuous permission to send media A method, PT client device and PT server device for controlling transmission of media data, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes starting, by a PT server, a timer when a media burst revoke message is transmitted to a PT client; stopping, by the PT server, the timer before the timer expires when last media data and a media burst release message are received from the PT client; and transmitting, by the PT server, a media burst idle message to the PT client when the timer is stopped.
US08102763B2	Method, system and node for backpressure in multistage switching network The present invention provides a backpressure method, system, and intermediate stage switching node of a multistage switching network and an intermediate stage switching node. The method includes: (i) the intermediate stage switching node receives a first backpressure information; and (ii) the intermediate stage switching node sends at least part of the first backpressure information to an upper stage switching node, wherein there is no response sent by the intermediate switching node to at least part of the first backpressure information.
US08102754B2	Synchronization time difference measurements in OFDM systems Disclosed herein are methods and devices for determining a received time difference between a first OFDM signal received from a first base station and a second OFDM signal received from a second base station. The methods and apparatus disclosed herein may be applied to 3GPP LTE systems as well as other OFDM-based wireless communication systems. An exemplary method comprises determining a decoding synchronization time for each of the first and second OFDM signals and calculating a time difference between the respective decoding synchronization times. The calculated time difference is transmitted by the mobile terminal to the first base station, the second base station, or both. Methods and apparatus for processing, at a base station, time difference information calculated according to the methods herein and transmitted to the base station by a mobile terminal are also presented.
US08102752B2	Optical head and optical pickup device with a holder structure providing optical axis adjustment An optical head comprises a laser holder retaining a laser diode, and a holder support retaining the laser holder, and irradiates an information storage medium with laser light from the laser diode to perform recording/reproduction of information. In this optical head, the laser holder is a frame structure that fixes the laser diode, having an abutment portion protruding from a base side of the frame structure. Also, the holder support has a receiving surface that supports by abutment the abutment portion, and a through-hole that lets pass the laser light. The receiving surface is a plane approximately perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical head, the abutment portion being made as an arc surface having a central axis that passes through an emission point of the laser diode and is perpendicular to the optical axis.
US08102725B2	Method for controlling a pre-charge process and a respective integrated circuit A method of controlling a pre-charge process of a data line (21, 22) in an integrated circuit (100) comprises the step of monitoring a rate of change of a voltage applied to the data line (21, 22) for enhancing the security. Further a respective integrated circuit (100) is disclosed.
US08102717B2	Method of testing for a leakage current between bit lines of nonvolatile memory device A method of testing for a leakage current between bit lines of a nonvolatile memory device includes providing the nonvolatile memory device with a page buffer having first and second bit lines coupled thereto, precharging the first bit line to a first voltage, supplying a second voltage to the second bit line, floating the second bit line and evaluating the second bit line for a set time period, and detecting a voltage level of the second bit line and outputting a test result of testing for the leakage current between the first and second bit lines by the page buffer.
US08102714B2	Programming methods for multi-level memory devices A method is provided for programming a memory cell. The memory cell is fabricated on a substrate and comprises a source region, a drain region, a floating gate, and a control gate. The memory cell has a threshold voltage selectively configurable into one of at least three programming states. The method includes generating a drain current between the drain region and the source region by applying a drain-to-source bias voltage between the drain region and the source region. The method further includes injecting hot electrons from the drain current to the floating gate by applying a gate voltage to the control gate. A selected threshold voltage for the memory cell corresponding to a selected one of the programming states is generated by applying a different selected gate voltage.
US08102710B2	System and method for setting access and modification for synchronous serial interface NAND The invention includes a system and method of modifying a setting of a NAND flash memory device using serial peripheral interface (SPI) communication from a master to the NAND flash memory device. One embodiment generally includes sending an enable signal to a first memory circuit input, sending a clock signal to a second memory circuit input, sending a command signal synchronized to the clock signal to a third memory circuit input, sending a memory register address signal synchronized to the clock signal to the third memory circuit input, and sending a setting signal synchronized to the clock signal to the third memory circuit input.
US08102709B2	Transistor having peripheral channel Transistors for use in semiconductor integrated circuit devices including a first source/drain region of the transistor is formed around a perimeter of a channel region, and a second source/drain region formed to extend below the channel region such that the channel region is formed around a perimeter of the source/drain region. Such transistors should facilitate a reduction in edge effect and leakage as the channel of the transistor is not bordering on an isolation region. Additionally, the use of a source/drain region extending through a channel region facilitates high-power, high-voltage operation.
US08102708B2	Flash multi-level threshold distribution scheme A threshold voltage distribution scheme for multi-level Flash cells where an erase threshold voltage and at least one programmed threshold voltage lie in an erase voltage domain. Having at least one programmed threshold voltage in the erase voltage domain reduces the Vread voltage level to minimize read disturb effects, while extending the life span of the multi-level Flash cells as the threshold voltage distance between programmed states is maximized. The erase voltage domain can be less than 0V while a program voltage domain is greater than 0V. Accordingly, circuits for program verifying and reading multi-level Flash cells having a programmed threshold voltage in the erase voltage domain and the program voltage domain use negative and positive high voltages.
US08102699B2	Phase change memory device A memory device includes a substrate and a plurality of cell arrays stacked above the substrate. The cell arrays have bit lines coupled to first ends of memory cells and word lines coupled to the other ends. Each of the memory cells includes a variable resistance element to be set at a resistance value. While a selected bit line is set at a certain potential, word lines coupled to different memory cells, which are coupled in common to the selected bit line, are sequentially driven, so that different memory cells are accessed in a time-divisional mode.
US08102695B2	Semiconductor device A technique for increasing rewriting current without increasing a power supply voltage and also reducing location dependency inside a memory array of a resistive state after the rewriting is provided in a resistance change memory in which the resistance value of a memory cell changes between logical values “1” and “0”. In the resistance change memory, bit lines are formed into a layered structure, the bit line select switches for connecting to the global bit line are provided at both ends of the local bit line, and a control method of the bit line select switches is changed in the writing and the reading, thereby realizing the optimum array configurations for each of them. More specifically, in the writing and the reading, two current paths are provided in parallel by turning ON the bit line select switches simultaneously.
US08102693B2	Quantum dot optical devices with enhanced gain and sensitivity and methods of making same Optical and optoelectronic devices and methods of making same. Under one aspect, an optical device includes an integrated circuit an array of conductive regions; and an optically sensitive material over at least a portion of the integrated circuit and in electrical communication with at least one conductive region of the array of conductive regions. Under another aspect, a method of forming a nanocrystalline film includes fabricating a plurality of nanocrystals having a plurality of first ligands attached to their outer surfaces; exchanging the first ligands for second ligands of different chemical composition than the first ligands; forming a film of the ligand-exchanged nanocrystals; removing the second ligands; and fusing the cores of adjacent nanocrystals in the film to form an electrical network of fused nanocrystals. Under another aspect, a film includes a network of fused nanocrystals, the nanocrystals having a core and an outer surface, wherein the core of at least a portion of the fused nanocrystals is in direct physical contact and electrical communication with the core of at least one adjacent fused nanocrystal, and wherein the film has substantially no defect states in the regions where the cores of the nanocrystals are fused.
US08102685B2	High voltage power supply A high voltage power supply may include a switching unit, a voltage resonant unit, a connection part, a rectifier unit, a voltage amplifying unit, a voltage output unit, and a frequency control unit. The switching unit is driven per a frequency signal. The voltage resonant unit is connected to the switching unit and includes an inductor, to which a voltage is applied, and a capacitor. The connection part connects the switching unit and the inductor. The rectifier unit includes a diode that is connected to a power-supply voltage side of the inductor via a capacitor. The voltage output unit outputs a voltage obtained from the voltage amplifying unit. Moreover, the frequency control unit controls a frequency of the frequency signal per a control signal used to set a voltage output from the voltage output unit and an output signal output from the voltage output unit.
US08102675B2	Apparatus, method, and computer program for using a driver wheel to provide a plurality of housing configurations Described herein is an apparatus having first and second housings and a driver wheel. The first and second housings are coupled together so that they can be driven by the driver wheel to provide for a plurality of apparatus configurations. The apparatus is configured such that the first and second housings are slidable relative to one another from a first overlapping configuration, in which the first and second housings are substantially overlapping, to a second laterally slid configuration in which the first second housings are laterally slid with respect to one another, and then onto a third tilted configuration in which the first and second housings are tilted relative to one another. The apparatus is also configured such that continuous rotation of the driver wheel drives the movement of the apparatus from the first configuration to the second configuration and then onto the third configuration.
US08102672B2	Device with button guiding element A device with a button guiding element comprises a device substance, a button, a button guiding element, and a circuit board. The device substance has a button opening. The button comprises a button substance, a first fixing element, a second fixing element, and a driving element. The button substance is located in the button opening. The first fixing element is fixed to the first side of the button substance and engages with the device substance. The second fixing element is fixed to the second side of the button substance. The driving element is located on the button substance. The circuit board has a driving point, which is spaced apart from and in alignment with the driving element. The button guiding element disposed in the device substance is used to restrict the motion of the second fixing element to reduce the occurrence of a situation in which the button is obliquely positioned.
US08102671B2	Serial connection external interface riser cards avoidance of abutment of parallel connection external interface memory modules A first riser card of an apparatus in an example substantially axially connects with a first serial connection external interface of a printed circuit board (PCB) and at least in part laterally connects with a parallel connection external interface of a first memory module. The first riser card supports the first memory module with avoidance of abutment of the first memory module with a second memory module supported by a second riser card that is adjacent to the first riser card.
US08102669B2	Chip package structure with shielding cover A chip package structure with a shielding cover includes a substrate, a chip, a pair of first passive components, a pair of second passive components, and a shielding cover. The chip, the pair of first passive components, the pair of second passive components, and the shielding cover are disposed on the substrate. The chip is electrically connected to the substrate. The shielding cover covers the chip and has leads connected to the substrate. The leads include a first lead and a second lead. The first lead connected to a portion of the substrate is located between the pair of first passive components and arranged along a first axis with the pair of first passive components. The second lead connected to a portion of the substrate is located between the pair of second passive components and arranged along a second axis with the pair of second passive components.
US08102665B2	Integrated circuit with intra-chip clock interface and methods for use therewith An integrated circuit includes a substrate. A first integrated circuit die includes a first circuit and a first intra-chip clock interface that transmits a first clock signal via the substrate. A second integrated circuit die includes a second circuit that operates based on the first clock signal and a second intra-chip clock interface that recovers the first clock signal from the substrate.
US08102664B2	Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same A mounting region having a rectangular shape is provided at an approximately center of one surface of an insulating layer. A plurality of conductive traces are formed so as to outwardly extend from the inside of the mounting region. A cover insulating layer is formed so as to cover the plurality of conductive traces in a periphery of the mounting region. An electronic component is mounted on the insulating layer so as to overlap with the mounting region. A metal layer is provided on the other surface of the insulating layer. Openings having a rectangular shape are formed in the metal layer along a pair of longer sides and a pair of shorter sides of the mounting region. The openings are opposite to part of terminals of the plurality of conductive traces, respectively, with the insulating layer sandwiched therebetween.
US08102659B2	Flexible printed circuit board and liquid crystal display having the same In a flexible printed circuit board and a liquid crystal display, the liquid crystal display includes a flexible printed circuit board electrically connecting a liquid crystal display panel that displays an image and a driving circuit board that outputs a driving signal. The flexible printed circuit board includes a base film, an insulating layer and a signal line disposed between the base film and the insulating layer. The base film or the insulating layer includes an opening formed therethrough. Also, the flexible printed circuit board includes a deformation prevention member by cutting-away an end thereof so as to prevent heat deformation of the flexible printed circuit board. Thus, the liquid crystal display may have reduced size and improved assembly efficiency.
US08102656B2	Module mounting system An apparatus (10) comprises a module (12); a chassis (30) into which the module (12) is able to be inserted; and a first resilient member (38). The resilient member (38) interposes between the module (12) and a weight bearing surface (32) of the chassis (30), when the module (12) is inserted into the chassis (30), so as to bear at least a portion of the weight of the module (12). When the first resilient member (38) bears at least a portion of the weight of the module (12), the module (12) is at a desired position inside the chassis (30).
US08102645B2	Multi-functional switch assembly and portable electronic device using the same A multi-functional switch assembly and a portable electronic device are disclosed. The portable electronic device includes a housing, a cover, a switch, a base member, a driving member, a switching member, and an elastic member. The driving member is driven to switch on or off the switch, and the switching member is switched between a first state where the base member is secured to the cover, and a second state where the cover is detached from the base member. The elastic member enables the base member slidably relative to the housing between the first state and the second state.
US08102644B2	Electronic device An electronic device having a small size and improved in sensing ability is provided. A mobile phone 1 includes a first housing 2 having a housing opening 2h; a connector 67 arranged inside the first housing 2; a reinforcing frame 31 arranged to face the housing opening 2h to cover the connector 67; a sensor board 39 arranged on a surface facing the housing opening 2h of the reinforcing frame 31; and a touch sensor electronic 47 arranged on a surface facing the housing opening 2h of the sensor board 39. The reinforcing frame 31 has a recess 31d in a region which corresponds to the touch sensor electrode 47 and the connector 67.
US08102642B2	Large format ultracapacitors and method of assembly A capacitor includes a plurality of electrode substrates, with each of the plurality of electrode substrates having a coated portion and an uncoated portion. The coated portion is coated with a coating material that includes a high surface area activated carbon material, a water soluble binder selected from the group consisting of: poly vinyl alcohol, poly acrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, polyethylene oxide, polyacrylamide, poly-N-isopropylearylamide, poly-N,N-dimethylacrylamide, polyethyleneimine, polyoxyethylene, polyvinylsulfonic acid, poly(2-methoxyethoxyethoxyethylene), butadiene-acrylonitrile, and combinations thereof, and a water soluble thickener. A separator is inserted between adjacent substrates of the plurality of electrode substrates. The capacitor further includes an electrolyte. A method of manufacturing the capacitor is also provided.
US08102633B2	Power supply equalization circuit using distributed high-voltage and low-voltage shunt circuits Embodiments of an IC protection circuit that protects low voltage supply transistors and circuits within the IC from excessive power supply levels and ESD events are described. A protection circuit situated between the IO pins of the IC and the internal circuitry of the IC includes a voltage drop network and a plurality of shunt circuits to protect the IC against excessive supply voltages and ESD voltages, or other excessive current conditions. Each shunt circuit includes an RC trigger stage and an NMOS shunt stage that are made using low-voltage devices. A protection circuit of the embodiments includes a high voltage IO pin, a voltage drop network to drop a high voltage on the IO pin to a low voltage level on a floating voltage rail, a first shunt circuit coupled between the floating supply rail and ground, an equalizer circuit coupled between the floating supply rail and a low voltage supply rail, and a second shunt circuit coupled to the equalizer circuit through the low voltage supply rail.
US08102628B2	Disk drive and head assembly having hole sequences Embodiments disclose hole sequences that are formed in the metal layer of a trace to adjust rigidity and crosstalk noise resulting from the hole sequences is thereby suppressed. A suspension according to one aspect of the invention includes a trace adapted to transmit a signal of a head slider. The trace partially extends along the side surface of the suspension. The trace includes a metal layer, a plurality of transmission lines formed above the metal layer and an insulating layer. A hole sequence overlapping the transmission lines is formed in part of the metal layer, which contributes to a reduction in transmission loss. Another hole sequence of the metal layer is formed at a position opposed to the hinge portion of the suspension. This reduces the rigidity of the wiring structure portion in the hinge portion, thereby preventing interference with the behavior of the suspension at the hinge portion.
US08102618B2	System, method and apparatus for disk drive recirculation filter having inlet and outlet disk rim shrouding A hard disk drive has a recirculation filter that shrouds the rims of disks at the inlet and outlet of the filter. The shroud is aerodynamically shaped to reduce flow-induced disk vibration of the read/write head. A significant improvement in non-repeatable run-out is provided when the inlet and outlet are shrouded along the rims of the disks.
US08102612B2	Lens driving device A lens driving device for use with a lens to photograph or image an object to be photographed or imaged may include a moving member holding the lens and made movable in the direction of an optical axis, and a supporting member for supporting the moving member through a spring member, wherein the lens is displaced and driven in the optical axis direction thereby to focus the image of the object. The supporting member may include a yoke having a cover portion having an entrance window for introducing the reflected light from the object into the lens, and a case portion for covering the outer circumference of the moving member. The cover portion and the case portion are formed integrally with each other.
US08102605B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same A zoom lens includes first to fourth lens units in order from the object side to the image side. The first, third, and fourth lens units have a positive refractive power. The second lens unit has a negative refractive power. Distances between the lens units are changed during zooming. The first lens unit is composed of a cemented lens including a first lens having a negative refractive power and a second lens having a positive refractive power arranged in order from the object side to the image side. The Nd1a and νd1a are a refractive index and an Abbe number, respectively, of a material of the first lens for the d-line and are adequately set.
US08102602B2	Display and method for modifying color resists of color filter A method for modifying color resists of color filter includes the steps of: providing a white light-emitting diode (WLED) emitting light having wavelength of λi and having an emission spectrum BL(λi); providing a color filter comprising a plurality of red, green and blue color resists and having a transmission spectrum CF(λi); modifying compositions or concentrations of pigments of the red color resists to increase transmission rate of the wavelength λi ranging between 580 nm and 600 nm for the red color resists; and modifying compositions or concentrations of pigments of the green color resists to increase transmission rate of the wavelength λi ranging between 570 nm and 590 nm for the green color resists. A display is also disclosed herein.
US08102601B2	Head up display device for vehicle A head up display device includes a display, an optical system having a reflecting mirror, a motor, and a reduction gear mechanism having gears in engagement with each other. A stopper gear is further on a preceding side than the last gear in the mechanism. The stopper gear includes a partial gear portion having teeth arranged in a region of the stopper gear in a range of less than 360 degrees in its rotational direction. Rotation of the stopper gear is stopped by engagement of both-end teeth of the partial gear portion with a stopper-adjacent gear, so a range of a rotation angle of the mirror is limited to a predetermined adjustable range, which includes a displayable range. The angle between an adjustable range lower limit and displayable range lower limit, and the angle between an adjustable range upper limit and displayable range upper limit are larger than 0 degree.
US08102596B2	Optical fiber for amplification Provided is an erbium doped optical fiber (EDF) for amplification which allows an easy estimation of the amplification performance and high production stability. The fiber includes a core and a cladding. The core is mainly made of silica glass and doped with erbium at a concentration of 500 wtppm or more and 2500 wtppm or less. In the fiber, the cutoff wavelength is 850 nm or more and 1450 nm or less, the mode field diameter is 4.5 μm or more and 6.5 μm or less, the polarization mode dispersion is not more than 0.1 ps per 10 m, the coordination number of oxygen elements around an erbium element in the core is one or more and eight or less, and the bond length between erbium and oxygen is 0.225 nm or more and 0.235 or less.
US08102593B2	Quasi non-critical phase matched and contra-phase matched structures Adhesive-free bond non-linear optical (NLO) components, devices and systems including one or more engineered quasi non-critical phase matched or contra-phase matched NLO crystal doublets. Such systems and devices advantageously increase the efficiency of NLO frequency conversion and improve beam quality. Devices are applicable to any uniaxial and biaxial NLO crystals in a wide range of wavelengths, e.g., from far ultraviolet to visible to far infrared. Devices employing engineered AFB NLO components according to certain embodiments include any conventional frequency converting architectures. Systems and methods are also provided to unambiguously determine and correct walk-off for any arbitrary uniaxial and biaxial crystal orientation.
US08102590B2	Method of manufacturing MEMS devices providing air gap control Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a depth of a cavity between two layers of a light modulating device. A method of making a light modulating device includes providing a substrate, forming a sacrificial layer over at least a portion of the substrate, forming a reflective layer over at least a portion of the sacrificial layer, and forming one or more flexure controllers over the substrate, the flexure controllers configured so as to operably support the reflective layer and to form cavities, upon removal of the sacrificial layer, of a depth measurably different than the thickness of the sacrificial layer, wherein the depth is measured perpendicular to the substrate.
US08102584B2	Enhanced optical readout scheme for a thermal imager employing a reconfigurable spatial light modulator An apparatus includes a reconfigurable spatial light modulator capable of spatially modulating an incident wavefront responsive to an image formed on the modulator. A light source is configured to direct a coherent illumination light beam towards the modulator such that the modulator produces a modulated outgoing light beam therefrom. A filter is configured to spatially filter a light pattern formed by the outgoing light beam on a plane to selectively transmit light from a plurality of diffraction peaks therein.
US08102575B2	Image processing apparatus and method In a method for reading a document set on a document positioning plate to output image data, an edge area of an image of an entire reading area is extracted to form a first rectangle area including the extracted edge area. If a position of an apex of the first rectangle area farthest from a reading reference position and a size of the first rectangle area satisfy predetermined conditions, image data corresponding to a second rectangle area including the first rectangle area and the reading reference position are output.
US08102570B2	Method and apparatus for controlling printing of composite black text A method of controlling a color image forming apparatus, the method including: reducing the C, M, and Y channels from the boundary area of the composite black text, thereby allowing only the K channel to be left on the outermost boundary of the composite black text; and compensating for the K channel by the density of the reduced C, M, and Y areas, so that image distortion generated at the boundary of the composite black text is compensated for, resulting in increased image quality of the printed image of the composite black text.
US08102567B2	Image forming apparatus and method calculating a deviation between a) a representative point of threshold information I) nearest to the coordinate of a pixel of interest or II) in dither space nearest to the address coordinate of the pixel of interest in dither space, and b) the address coordinate in dither space corresponding to a pixel coordinate of an integer in pixel space or a pixel coordinate of an integer in pixel space nearest to the representative point An image processing apparatus makes for making the halftone processing that can suppress a periodic pattern by periodically changing the correction amount while suppressing a dispersion in the area of each dot at a low computation cost.
US08102564B2	Method and system for color correction using both spatial correction and printer calibration techniques A system using a spatial correction to improve the result of a printer calibration and correction is described. More particularly, in one form, a spatial correction may be used to pre-condition a printer for an improved color calibration. In another form, spatial correction and color calibration are addressed in the same process for color correction.
US08102562B2	Apparatus for, and method of, forming parenthesized image; apparatus for, and method of, forming externally framed image; program; and memory medium Outline font data showing the original outside shape having a single closed curve made up of a parenthesized outside shape portion of the parenthesized image and a connecting line portion to connect both open ends is stored. The height and line width are determined. Based on the above data, a first-size solidly shaded image is formed having the determined height and is entirely filled inside the original outside shape thereof with effective pixels of logic “1.” A second-size solidly shaded image is formed of a second size which is smaller by the line width than the first-size solidly shaded image, along the parenthesized outside shape portion. Non-equivalence operation is performed with corresponding pixels by displacing the first-size solidly shaded image and the second-size solidly shaded image by the line width along the parenthesized outside shape portion.
US08102556B2	Controlling a configuration of an image forming apparatus using a Java application A method and system for printing documents based on Java commands. A Java printer receives page layout requests and converts the requests into a rasterized image which is transferred to a recording medium. Page layout can be interactively modified. The Java printer also monitors print requests and is configurable using a World Wide Web interface.
US08102555B2	Image forming system and method of controlling image forming system A configuration of an image forming system that includes an image forming apparatus and at least one of a paper feed apparatus and a post-process apparatus is defined based on system configuration information including a combination of identification information for the apparatuses and setting information for the order of arrangement of the apparatuses corresponding to the identification information without using a dedicated line connection.
US08102554B2	Optical imaging pen having a force sensor Provided is an optical imaging pen configured to detect information encoded with infrared ink on a page. The pen includes a housing with an ink pen cartridge and a stylus. The ink cartridge and stylus are configured to be individually brought forward through an open end of the housing by rotation of a pen top rotatably mounted on an end of the housing. The pen also includes an infrared LED inside the housing for providing infrared radiation for projection onto the page, and an image sensor for receiving reflected radiation from the surface. Also included is a radio frequency circuit having a radio frequency (RF) transmitter and receiver, and a controller for controlling operation of the LED, sensor and radio frequency circuits. The controller includes a force sensor configured to detect displacement of the stylus or cartridge to enable a determination of a force being applied to a nib of either the cartridge or stylus.
US08102551B2	Image processing apparatus, method of displaying raw file information, and computer program product An image processing apparatus for performing a developing process on RAW image data included in a specific RAW file. The image processing apparatus includes a decision module and a display. The decision module decides whether a RAW file is developable or not in the image processing apparatus on the basis of the file name for each RAW file acquired by the image processing apparatus. The display displays at least one of information relating to the RAW files decided by the decision module to be developable in the image processing apparatus, and information relating to the RAW files decided to be undevelopable in the image processing apparatus.
US08102547B2	Method, apparatus, and program to prevent computer recognition of data A text modification mechanism is provided for formatting data such that the information can be reasonably deciphered by a human, but cannot be easily recognized by computer recognition techniques. The text modification mechanism alters printed text so that computer recognition of characters becomes difficult. Modification of the text may be accomplished with manipulation of the fonts or the background. The mechanism may also modify the text based on user preferences.
US08102546B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An apparatus determines a type of a printing paper which is fed from a paper feed port of a printer. If it is determined that a print setting of a print target page does not match the type of printing paper fed from the paper feed port, the apparatus requests the printer to eject the printing paper set in the paper feed port and sends data of a print target page if a print setting of a print target page matches a type of a printing paper fed from the paper feed port after the printer has executed a paper ejection, or alternatively, the apparatus stores information about the print target page and determines whether a print setting of a page to be sent subsequent to the print target page in the print data matches the type of a printing paper fed from the paper feed port.
US08102538B2	Method and apparatus for colour imaging a three-dimensional structure Provided is a device for determining the surface topology and associated color of a structure, such as a teeth segment, including a scanner for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means for providing color data for each of the points of the array, while the spatial disposition of the device with respect to the structure is maintained substantially unchanged. A processor combines the color data and depth data for each point in the array, thereby providing a three-dimensional color virtual model of the surface of the structure. A corresponding method for determining the surface topology and associated color of a structure is also provided.
US08102532B2	Resonant optothermoacoustic detection of optical absorption A device comprising an acoustic detector, one or more thermal sensing elements coupled to the acoustic detector, and a light source. A method comprising directing a beam of light at a wavelength at or near one or more thermal sensing elements, wherein the thermal sensing elements are coupled to an acoustic detector, determining a resonance frequency of the acoustic detector, wherein the acoustic detector is coupled to one or more of the thermal sensing elements, and measuring the response of the acoustic detector to detect optical radiation absorption proximate to or at the surface of one or more thermal sensing elements.
US08102531B2	Illumination source and non-invasive tissue sampling system The present invention provides an optical transmission device, comprising a chamber having a light input into the chamber, and having a first port allowing light to pass out of the chamber, and comprising internal surfaces where at least a portion of the surfaces is diffusely reflecting, and where at least a portion of the one or more surfaces is specularly reflecting, and where the light input and the first port and the one or more surfaces are configured such that substantially all light entering the chamber via the light source within a first predetermined aperture must encounter the diffusely reflecting portion before exiting the chamber via the first port within a second predetermined aperture. The invention can provide substantially homogenous light transmission, both as a source of light for optical systems and as a collector of light from a sample.
US08102530B2	Colour measuring unit A colour measuring unit (1) comprising a radiation device (2) which emits light onto a surface (9) to be examined, wherein the radiation device (2) comprises at least one semiconductor-based light source (6), and a radiation detector device (12) which receives at least a portion of the light scattered by the surface and outputs a signal characteristic of this light, wherein the radiation detector device (12) allows a spectral analysis of the light impinging thereon. According to the invention, the colour measuring unit comprises at least one sensor device (10) which determines at least one electrical parameter of the light source (6), and also a processor device (14) which outputs from this measured parameter at least one value characteristic of the light emitted by the radiation device (2).
US08102519B2	System and method for measuring dispersion A method for measuring dispersion in an optical fiber is provided and includes the following steps. A periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal is generated by a periodic frequency-swept pulse light source, in which the periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal has periodic wavelength variations. The periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal is transmitted into a test optical fiber. The periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal propagating through the test optical fiber is detected to generate a sensing signal. The sensing signal is transformed into an RF spectrum to obtain a slow periodic pulse timing variation of the periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal in accordance with the RF spectrum. A dispersion value of the test optical fiber is obtained in accordance with the slow periodic pulse timing variation. A system for measuring dispersion in a fiber is also disclosed herein.
US08102510B2	Projection optical system, exposure apparatus and device fabricating method There is provided a projection optical system for projecting a pattern on an object surface onto an image surface in a reduced size. The projection optical system includes six reflective surfaces that includes, in order of reflecting light from the object surface, a first reflective surface, a second convex reflective surface, a third convex reflective surface, a fourth reflective surface, a fifth reflective surface and a sixth reflective surface, and an aperture stop along an optical path between the first and second reflective surfaces.
US08102505B2	Lithographic apparatus comprising a vibration isolation support device A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, a support constructed to support a patterning device capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam, a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate, and a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate. At least one vibration isolation support device can be provided for supporting an object of the apparatus. The object can be rotatably supported at the vibration isolation support device by way of a rotational support having a center of rotation. The rotational support can have its center of rotation located substantially at the center of gravity of the vibration isolation support device.
US08102499B2	Method for forming color cholesteric liquid crystal display devices comprising forming a patterned enclosed structure having a plurality of stripe wall structures connected to both a seal line and a solid bulk region The invention provide a fabrication method for a color cholesteric liquid crystal display device, comprising: providing a first substrate; forming a patterned enclosed structure on the first substrate, wherein the patterned enclosed structure comprises a plurality of stripe wall structures, and one end of each stripe wall structure is connected to and perpendicular to a straight seal line, thereby dividing a first LC channel with a first opening, a second closed LC channel, and a third closed LC channel, and the length of the first LC channel exceeds that of the second LC channel, and the length of the second LC channel exceeds that of the third LC channel; providing a second substrate with an adhesion layer formed thereon; assembling the first substrate and the second substrate to tightly seal the adhesion layer and the patterned enclosed structure.
US08102496B2	Distortion resistant array substrate and touch-sensitive display panel having the same An array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of thin-film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of common voltage lines and a plurality of common electrodes. The gate lines extend in a first direction. The data lines extend in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the gate line and the data line. The pixel electrode is formed in each of pixels defined by the gate lines and the data lines. The common electrode is electrically connected to the common voltage line. The horizontal alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is not changed by externally applied vertical touch pressure so that display quality is improved.
US08102489B2	Liquid crystal display device having black matrix in region outside of pixel region and method for fabricating the same A color filter on thin film transistor (COT) type liquid crystal display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of unit pixels defined by intersections of gate and data lines, the gate and data lines formed on a first substrate, a pad region receiving driving signals and applying the driving signals to the gate and data lines, a seal pattern between the pad region and the pixel region, an outside region having a first black matrix, the outside region being between the seal pattern and the pixel region and the first black matrix formed on the first substrate, and an electrostatic discharge circuit between the pad region and the pixel region, the electrostatic discharge circuit formed on the first substrate.
US08102483B2	Display enclosure A low profile display enclosure system for enclosing a display device for viewing that protects the display device from environmental effects. The substantially sealed display enclosure comprises a rigid bezel, a substantially transparent front cover coupled to the bezel, and a rear cover assembly that may include a heat sink portion. A liquid organic coating is applied to portions of the display enclosure and cured in place in order to provide a protective surface.
US08102465B2	Photographing apparatus and photographing method for photographing an image by controlling light irradiation on a subject A photographing apparatus including: an imaging unit for obtaining image data by imaging a subject; a light irradiation unit for irradiating light onto the subject when photographing; an eye detection unit for detecting a human or animal eye; and a light control unit for changing the irradiation condition of the light such that the light is irradiated on a position of the subject other than the eye detected by the eye detection unit.
US08102464B2	Automatic focusing method in high-noise environment and digital imaging device using the same An automatic focusing method in a high-noise environment and a digital imaging device using the same are used for determining an object distance. The method includes taking two digital images at a farthest object distance and taking two digital images at a nearest object distance, under a first exposure condition and a second exposure condition; capturing digital images under the first exposure condition at a plurality of different object distances other than the farthest and nearest object distances; selecting at least two images captured at adjacent object distances to create a composite image; calculating an object distance of the composite image; calculating high-frequency signals of the second farthest object distance image, the second nearest object distance image, and the composite image in the focusing frame; determining from the images an object distance corresponding to the maximum high-frequency signal; and moving an automatic focusing lens to the object distance.
US08102463B2	Solid-state image device having focus detection pixels A solid-state image device has a photoelectric conversion part and has pixels for focus detection and image pixels that are allocated in a row direction and a column direction, and the solid-state image device includes a vertical image scanning circuit that reads image signals to a horizontal image output circuit via vertical image signal lines, a horizontal image scanning circuit that outputs, in a horizontal direction, image signals of one row read to the horizontal image output circuit, a horizontal scanning circuit for focus detection that reads signals for focus detection to a vertical output circuit for focus detection via horizontal signal lines for focus detection, and a vertical scanning circuit for focus detection that outputs, in a vertical direction, signals for focus detection of one column read to the vertical output circuit for focus detection.
US08102461B2	Mobile communication terminal and method for displaying image using focus information thereof A portable terminal and a method for displaying an image using focus information are disclosed. An interested area of the captured subject image can be rapidly displayed on the display. The captured subject image can be displayed on the display, according to the features of an interested area image. At least one interested area is extracted from the captured subject image. When one of the extracted interested areas is selected, image information of the captured subject, which includes focus information of the selected interested area, is generated. When requesting that the captured subject image is displayed, an interested area image of the captured subject image is displayed according to focus information of the generated image information.
US08102453B2	Photoelectric converter Provided is a photoelectric converter capable of performing high-speed image reading and resolution switching at the same time. The photoelectric converter includes a plurality of common read lines, and thus parallel output is produced, which enables image reading at high speed. In addition, a photoelectric conversion block (10) is capable of communicating with another photoelectric conversion block (10), whereby the common read lines, to which nodes (E) of a plurality of the photoelectric conversion blocks (10) adjacent to each other are connected, can be made the same. For this reason, voltages of those nodes (E) can be equalized in the same common read line, and hence switching between image resolutions can be realized.
US08102435B2	Method for acquiring a digital image with a large dynamic range with a sensor of lesser dynamic range A method is provided for obtaining an image with a large dynamic range. An image is acquired such that each image pixel is represented by a plurality of values obtained at the same time but for different integration levels (effective exposures). For each pixel, a representative value is selected among those available, such that it is neither saturated nor blackened.
US08102430B2	Interchangeable lens and lens-data communication method An interchangeable lens which can communicate with an associated camera body, the interchangeable lens including an interface logic IC; and a memory connected to the interface logic IC, and stores the data of the interchangeable lens. Fixed data of the interchangeable lens is allocated to a predetermined number of bytes of data sent from the interchangeable lens to the camera body so that terminals of the interface logic IC serve as at least one group of fixed data set-pins to which levels corresponding to the fixed data are set. In communication with the camera body for a predetermined number of bytes thereof, the interface logic IC reads the fixed data set by the group of fixed data set pins to send the read fixed data to the camera body, and sends data of the interchangeable lens which is read from the memory to the camera body.
US08102421B2	Image processing device for vehicle, image processing method of detecting three-dimensional object, and image processing program An image processing device determines, cuts and extracts a processing area from an image data monitored by a camera mounted onto a driver's vehicle based on a distance between a front target object and a driver's vehicle, a horizontal position of the driver's vehicle, and a strength of a radar wave transmitted from a radar device and then reflected by objects in front of the driver's vehicle. The radar device is mounted to the driver's vehicle and transmits the radar wave to the front area of the driver's vehicle. The image processing device extracts vertical edges and horizontal edges from the image data in the processing area, and subtracts the horizontal edge values from the vertical edge values, and finally detects whether or not the front target object is a three-dimensional object based on the calculated result of the subtraction of the edges.
US08102416B2	Medical apparatus A medical apparatus includes an endoscopic insertion portion provided with an image pickup unit and a channel; a treatment unit provided with a sensor and a bending portion and passed through a channel, with a distal end portion of the treatment unit being allowed to protrude from an insertion-portion distal end portion of the endoscopic insertion portion, where the sensor is disposed in the distal end portion and the bending portion is adapted to bend the distal end portion; a storage unit adapted to store three-dimensional image data; a target position setting unit adapted to set the target position based on the three-dimensional image data; a virtual endoscopic image generating unit adapted to generate a virtual endoscopic image using a line-of-sight parameter which includes a position, a direction, and a roll angle of the distal end portion detected by the sensor, based on the three-dimensional image data; and an image processing unit adapted to perform a superimposition process and thereby display operation information used to insert the distal end portion to the target position in superimposition on the virtual endoscopic image.
US08102406B2	Method and system for producing a video synopsis A computer-implemented method and system transforms a first sequence of video frames of a first dynamic scene to a second sequence of at least two video frames depicting a second dynamic scene. A subset of video frames in the first sequence is obtained that show movement of at least one object having a plurality of pixels located at respective x, y coordinates and portions from the subset are selected that show non-spatially overlapping appearances of the at least one object in the first dynamic scene. The portions are copied from at least three different input frames to at least two successive frames of the second sequence without changing the respective x, y coordinates of the pixels in the object and such that at least one of the frames of the second sequence contains at least two portions that appear at different frames in the first sequence.
US08102399B2	Method and device for processing image data stored in a frame buffer A device and method for data image processing. The method includes writing, image data to a certain buffer by an image data provider; characterized by repeating steps of reading, by an image processor image data from a first entry of a certain buffer, processing the image data by the image processor, and writing processed image data to a second entry of the certain buffer; wherein the repeating ends when at least two memory pages of the certain buffer are read; wherein a distance between the first and second entries is smaller than a size of a page of the certain buffer and conveniently much smaller than the size of the page; wherein the second entry includes image data that was previously read by the image processor during the certain period; and preventing an image data provider and an image data retriever form accessing the certain buffer during the repetition.
US08102395B2	Display apparatus, image processing apparatus and image processing method, imaging apparatus, and program A system and method displays a realistic image that allows a user to readily grasp his/her own positional relationship and also to experience a sense of presence. An outer dome screen is disposed so as to surround a user, and an immersion image such as the scenery of the surroundings of an object is displayed thereon. An inner dome screen is disposed inside the outer dome screen, and it displays a bird's-eye image of the object as perceived by the vision of the user when the object is viewed from a viewpoint of the user. In this case, the user is allowed to readily grasp his/her own positional relationship by the bird's-eye image and is allowed to experience a sense of presence by the immersion image.
US08102391B2	Hybrid rendering of image data utilizing streaming geometry frontend interconnected to physical rendering backend through dynamic accelerated data structure generator A circuit arrangement and method provide a hybrid rendering architecture capable of interfacing a streaming geometry frontend with a physical rendering backend using a dynamic accelerated data structure (ADS) generator. The dynamic ADS generator effectively parallelizes the generation of the ADS, such that an ADS may be built using a plurality of parallel threads of execution. By doing so, both the frontend and backend rendering processes are amendable to parallelization, and enabling if so desired real time rendering using physical rendering techniques such as ray tracing and photon mapping. Furthermore, streaming geometry frontends such as OpenGL and DirectX compatible frontends can readily be adapted for use with physical rendering backends, thereby enabling developers to continue to develop with raster-based API's, yet still obtain the benefits of physical rendering techniques.
US08102387B2	Image display device The invention provides an image display device that has an especially satisfactory display quality for animated images, and sufficiently suppresses the irregularities of display quality among pixels. The image display device includes a light emitting drive means that drives a light emitting means, based on an analog display signal inputted to the pixels, and a light emitting control switch for controlling a light-on or light-off of the light emitting means on one end of the light emitting drive means in each pixel.
US08102385B2	Driving circuit of liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same A driving circuit of an LCD device contains a driving circuit. The driving circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter that outputs a first data signal by converting a digital data signal to an analog data signal; a modulator that outputs a second data signal by modulating the amplitude and pulse width of the first data signal; and a combiner that combines the first data signal with the second data signal. The combiner provides the combined data signal to a data line of an LCD panel.
US08102382B2	Power supplying surface for cordlessly charging portable electronic device A smart surface is disclosed that can stand alone or be contained within a portable computer or other system, for powering and communicating with single or multiple cord-free transducers. Operating or charging power is transmitted by the surface using a carrier signal that is on/off keyed or amplitude modulated with synchronization, clock, enable, address, modes, commands and other pulse width, encoded or digital data. The signal is transmitted to single or multiple cordless smart transducers located on or above the surface, such as pens with multiple pressure sensing and switch capability, pointers, stylus, cursors, pucks, mouse, pawns, implements and similar items. Overlapping resonant inductive circuits are used in the surface to transmit operating power and communicate data to the transducer(s).
US08102381B2	Display system and method of restricting operation in same A control section 10 makes a judgment about which occupant the menu icon of an operation restricted item is operated by, and thereby makes invalid the operation of a touch panel related to the operation restricted item by an occupant on a driver's seat side while a vehicle is moving by using any means of the operation of a push switch 171 provided at a position where only an occupant on a passenger seat side can operate; the touch operation or drag-and-drop operation of a marker of any shape displayed at any position of a passenger seat side screen; monitoring by an infrared sensor array 164 disposed in the peripheral portion of an LCD panel 162; and monitoring the occupant on the driver's seat side by a monitoring camera 172 disposed at a position where the camera can monitor the direction toward which the face of the driver's seat side occupant is facing.
US08102377B2	Portable interactive media presentation system A system for providing a portable touch system comprises a bezel having a first and a second end, and a housing that is adapted to receive the first and second end of the bezel such that a display area is bounded by the housing and the bezel. At least one camera system is coupled to the housing and is operable to capture within at least a portion of the display area images of an object located within a field of view of the at least one camera system.
US08102372B2	Optical mouse testing device An optical mouse testing device includes a testing frame, a control unit, a transmission unit, a rolling unit and an indicating unit. An optical mouse to be tested is placed on an upper surface of the testing frame. The control unit is used for driving the transmission unit according to the route coordinate data. The transmission unit is used for rendering a rolling motion of a ball of the rolling unit. The optical mouse senses the rolling motion of the ball, thereby providing a route coordinate data to the control unit. The control unit compares the route control signal with the route coordinate data, thereby generating an indicating signal to indicate a testing result.
US08102370B2	Mode-changeable slim mouse A mode-changeable slim mouse includes a mouse body, a battery box casing and a connecting mechanism. Via the connecting mechanism, the battery box casing is connected to the mouse body and rotatable with respect to the mouse body. By rotating the battery box casing to different positions with respect to the mouse body, the mode-changeable slim mouse is operated in various operating modes.
US08102366B2	Universal touch screen keyboard The invention relates to a touch screen keyboard, characterized in that it comprises a screen with a tactile faceplate (1), luminous, with color display, and capable of displaying a basic standard keyboard and keys for rapid access to functionalities that can be displayed on the said tactile faceplate screen via respective interfaces.
US08102365B2	Remote control systems that can distinguish stray light sources Remote control systems that can distinguish predetermined light sources from stray light sources, e.g., environmental light sources and/or reflections are provided. The predetermined light sources can be disposed in asymmetric substantially linear or two-dimensional patterns. The predetermined light sources also can be configured to exhibit signature characteristics. The predetermined light sources also can output light at different signature wavelengths. The predetermined light sources also can emit light polarized in one or more predetermined polarization axes. Remote control systems of the present invention also can include methods for adjusting an allocation of predetermined light sources and/or the technique used to distinguish the predetermined light sources from the stray light sources.
US08102357B2	Display device An inverter includes an input inverter having a high-resistance load and a first transistor and an output buffer including second and third transistors coupled in series. A power supply voltage is provided to satisfy an inequality VDD1>VDD2+Vth where VDD1 is the power supply voltage of the input inverter, VDD2 is the power supply voltage of the output buffer, and Vth is the threshold voltage of the transistors. Use of the high-resistance load allows an output waveform to rise and fall quickly, as well as reduces current consumption.
US08102355B2	Source driver capable of removing offset in display device and method for driving source lines of display device A source driver and a source line driving method capable of removing the offset effect of an amplifier for every two frames. The source driver includes an amplification unit, an input controller and an output controller. The amplification unit includes a positive amplifier outputting an output voltage having a positive deviation relative to an input voltage applied thereto and a negative amplifier outputting an output voltage having a negative deviation relative to an input voltage applied thereto. The input controller transfers a first gray-level voltage corresponding to a driving voltage of a first source line and a second gray-level voltage corresponding to a driving voltage of a second source line adjacent to the first source line to the amplification unit in response to input positive control signals or input negative control signals. The output controller applies the output voltage of the positive amplifier or the output voltage of the negative amplifier to the first or second source line in response to output positive control signals or output negative control signals.
US08102352B2	Liquid crystal display device and data driving circuit thereof A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a timing controller providing an enable signal to output a digital image data, a data driver converting the digital image data into an analog image signal, and a polarity generator in the data driver for dividing a frequency of the enable signal to generate a polarity control signal for changing the polarity of the analog image data at each rising edge of the enable signal.
US08102350B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device and driving method are provided. A display device includes a display area that includes a plurality of pixel cells in respective pixel regions defined by a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other. A data driver is operable to supply data signals to the pixel cells. The pixel cells are connected with the first data line and are divided into a plurality of pixel-cell groups. The data driver is operable to supply the data signal of first polarity to the pixel cells included in the odd-numbered pixel-cell groups, and to supply the data signal of second polarity to the pixel cells included in the even-numbered pixel-cell groups. The first polarity is opposite to the second polarity. A shift register that is operable to drive the gate lines to supply the scan pulses of different amplitudes to neighboring pixel cells included in the different pixel-cell groups.
US08102347B2	Display device The invention provides an active matrix EL display device which can perform a clear multi-gray scale color display. In particular, the invention provides a large active matrix EL display device at low cost by a manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Power supply lines in a pixel portion are arranged in matrix by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern. Further, capacitance between wirings is reduced by providing a longer distance between adjacent wirings by the manufacturing method which can selectively form a pattern.
US08102343B2	Liquid crystal device, driving circuit for liquid crystal device, method of driving liquid crystal device, and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal device includes a plurality of pixels disposed in the shape of a matrix of n rows×m columns (where n and m are natural numbers equal to or larger than two), n scanning lines, 2m data lines including pairs of a first data line and a second data line for each column of the plurality of pixels, and a data line driving circuit that generates a first gray scale voltage corresponding to higher bits acquired by dividing gray scale data of plural bits into the higher bits and lower bits and generates a second gray scale voltage corresponding to the lower bits. Each one of the plurality of pixels includes a first switching element and a second switching element which are controlled to be turned on or off by the common scanning lines, a first pixel electrode to which the first or second gray scale voltage is supplied from the first data line through the first switching element, and a second pixel.
US08102341B2	Display system and driving method thereof A display system and driving method thereof are capable of outputting a low luminance of red light, especially through descending a color level of red signals when displayed. The display system includes a display device and an image processing device. The image processing device outputs the red signals to the display device for displaying thereon. The color level of red signals is descended by a display chip or a switch device to allow the display device to display images with low luminance of red light, so that the display device is viewable through a night-vision device.
US08102339B2	Liquid crystal display device, driving circuit for the same and driving method for the same An embodiment of the present invention aims to allow a display device employing the dot-sequential drive system and the line common inversion system to suppress reduction of visual quality when pixel defects are corrected by source-drain short-circuiting or any TFTs with poor properties are present. A display control circuit outputs a video signal, such that the video signal is inputted to a source driver with the input order of the video signal being alternately switched every horizontal scanning period between the order from the first to the n'th source bus line and the n'th to the first source bus line. In accordance with this, the source driver reverses the order of applying the video signal to the source bus lines every horizontal scanning period.
US08102336B2	Display apparatus and method for making the same A pixel has an outer region extending linearly along a boundary with an adjacent pixel and an inner region extending along the inner side of the outer region. Wiring lines are arranged across the outer region and the inner region. An outer uneven zone is formed along the outer region and on a substrate due to level differences resulting from the presence of the wiring lines. Similarly, an inner uneven zone is formed along the inner region and on the substrate due to level differences resulting from the presence of the wiring lines. A pattern of a conductor film of which the wiring lines are made is formed properly such that recessed portions of the outer uneven zone are located directly behind their corresponding raised portions of the inner uneven zone, as viewed from inside the pixel.
US08102333B2	Display device securing mechanism and display system that rotates display devices around a rotational axis A display device securing mechanism to which a plurality of display devices that are linearly disposed are mountable includes a plurality of housings to which the plurality of display devices are mounted, first rotating members which rotate the corresponding housings around a rotational axis extending vertically with respect to the display devices, and a second rotating member which rotates all of the housings together.
US08102331B1	Horizontal three screen LCD display system Described herein is a support system for electronic displays having a support column and a bowed support arm having at least two docking stations. Each docking station is capable of supporting one display. The display supported therefrom can angle independently.
US08102330B1	Dual band circularly polarized feed Dual band antenna systems and methods providing isolation between bands are provided. The system includes a pair of superimposed antenna radiating elements, each of which is connected to an associated feed network. The feed networks may comprise a quadrature hybrid networks. Coupling paths between the first and second feed networks are arranged such that a first component of a first signal coupled from a first feed network to a second feed network will be 180° out of phase with a second signal component of the first signal coupled from the first feed network to the second feed network at the input/output of the second feed network. The resulting destructive interference results in isolation between the bands.
US08102324B2	Sub-reflector of a dual-reflector antenna The aim of the present invention is a sub-reflector of a dual-reflector antenna comprising: a first end having a junction of a first diameter, adapted for coupling to the end of a waveguide, a second end, having a second diameter greater than the first diameter, a convex reflective internal surface placed at the second end having an axis of revolution, an external surface of the same axis, joining the two ends, a dielectric material extending between the first and the second ends and limited by the internal surface and the external surface, In accordance with the invention, the external surface has a convex profile described by a polynomial equation of the sixth degree of the formula: y=ax6+bx5+cx4+dx3+ex2+fx+g where a is not zero.
US08102320B2	Antenna structure for portable electronic device An antenna structure for portable electronic device includes an antenna and an electrical connection element. The portable electronic device includes a main body, a slotted section, a shaft, and a slot cover. The slot cover is coupled to the main body via the shaft, and the slot cover is located on the slotted section. The antenna is disposed on the slot cover, and the electrical connection element is coupled to the shaft and a printed circuit board mounted in the main body, so that the antenna is electrically coupled via the electrical connection element to the printed circuit board. Since the antenna disposed on the slot cover is not parallel with the printed circuit board, a clearance distance required between the antenna and the printed circuit board can be reduced to enable reduction of a volume of the portable electronic device.
US08102318B2	Inverted-F antenna with bandwidth enhancement for electronic devices An inverted-F antenna is provided that has a resonating element arm and a ground element. A shorting branch of the resonating element arm shorts the resonating element arm to the ground element. An antenna feed that receives a transmission line is coupled to the resonating element arm and the ground element. One or more impedance discontinuity structures are formed along the resonating element arm at locations that are between the shorting branch and the antenna feed. The impedance discontinuity structures may include shorting structures and capacitance discontinuity structures. The impedance discontinuity structures may be formed by off-axis vertical conductors such as vias that pass through a dielectric layer separating the antenna resonating element arm from the ground element. Capacitance discontinuity structures may be formed from hollowed portions of the dielectric or other dielectric portions with a dielectric constant that differs from that of the dielectric layer.
US08102312B2	Method and system for processing positioning signals based on predetermined message data segment A method and system for determining a geolocation of an object includes collecting a positioning signal including a predetermined message data segment. A time of arrival of the predetermined message data segment may be determined in the positioning signal. Information based on the time of arrival may be provided for determination of a geolocation of an object. The time of arrival of the predetermined message data segment may be determined based on a time search for the predetermined message data segment in the positioning signal.
US08102311B2	Locating satellites A system and method of locating the position of a satellite or a user using a satellite positioning system. The system and method includes receiving, at a terminal, satellite positioning data for at least one specified time period over a communications channel. In addition, the system includes storing, at the terminal, the satellite positioning data for the at least one specified time period. Responsive to an event at a later time, the system generally calculates, at the terminal, the satellite position at the later time based only on the satellite positioning data for the at least one specified time period.
US08102310B2	Dismount step discrimination with temporal adaptive matched filtering of doppler spectral features A process for detecting and discriminating a particular target, such as an ambulating human, amidst an environment crowded with other objects or humans having similar doppler profiles to the desired target. A method according to one embodiment includes generating an initial radar image corresponding to a received doppler profile of a target, and generating a matched filter signal corresponding to the received doppler profile. The matched filter signal is correlated with subsequently received radar images to detect and discriminate the target.
US08102305B2	Filtering sensor data to provide estimates of structures According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving sensor data generated by one or more sensors in response to sensing a structure. The sensor data is filtered to identify edge data and reverberation data each describing the same structural feature of the structure. Image data for a filtered image of the structure is generated from the edge data, but not from the reverberation data.
US08102299B2	Method of strip-map synthetic aperture radar auto-focus processing A strip-map Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) auto-focus image generation process is provided. Batches of raw radar return data are processed in order to form batch images which each have a valid region between invalid regions. The process determines an estimate of the first derivative of a phase error at an end of the valid region, determines a time-shift corresponding to that estimate and uses that information in determining a starting point for the next batch of raw radar return data.
US08102296B2	Electromagnetic conductor reflecting plate and antenna array thereof and radar thereof and communication apparatus thereof An exemplary example of the present disclosure proposes an electromagnetic conductor reflecting plate including a perfect electronic conductor and at least two artificial magnetic conductors, wherein the each of the artificial magnetic conductor is disposed on arbitrary one side of the perfect electronic conductor, and a boundary between the perfect electronic conductor and each of the artificial magnetic conductor forms a virtual radiation unit. In addition, an exemplary example of the present disclosure further proposes an antenna array including an antenna and the electromagnetic conductor reflecting plate, wherein the antenna is disposed on the electromagnetic conductor reflecting plate.
US08102288B2	Data transmitting circuit and method A data transmitting circuit that converts parallel data into serial data to output the serial data, includes a first data input port that receives first parallel data at a first data rate based on a reference input clock; a second data input port that receives second parallel data at a second data rate lower than the reference input clock, a data expansion unit that generates expanded data by expanding a bit number of the second parallel data to a bit number of the first parallel data, a serial data generation unit that performs a process for generating first serial data by performing a serial conversion on the first parallel data based on the reference input clock and a process for generating second serial data by performing a serial conversion on the expanded data, and a data output port that outputs the first serial data or the second serial data.
US08102286B2	Capacitive keyboard with non—locking reduced keying ambiguity Keyboards, keypads and other data entry devices can suffer from a keying ambiguity problem. In a small keyboard, for example, a user's finger is likely to overlap from a desired key to onto adjacent ones. An iterative method of removing keying ambiguity from a keyboard comprising an array of capacitive keys involves measuring a signal strength associated with each key in the array, comparing the measured signal strengths to find a maximum, determining that the key having the maximum signal strength is the unique user-selected key, and maintaining that selection until either the initially selected key's signal strength drops below some threshold level or a second key's signal strength exceeds the first key's signal strength.
US08102285B2	Modular debouncing device A modular debouncing device is adapted to be connected between an input device, such as a switch or sensor element, and a controlled element and analyzes an input signal from the input device according to a stored debouncing algorithm in order to determine whether a change of state of the input signal should be responded to by controlling an output control signal to change its state.
US08102279B2	Exterior mirror with indicator A mirror reflective element sub-assembly suitable for use for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror back plate having a generally planar portion and an indicator receiving portion established via a plastic injection molding operation. The indicator receiving portion includes a wall structure extending at an angle from the generally planar portion adjacent to an aperture established through the mirror back plate. A signal indication module has a light source and a housing that is at least partially received at the wall structure of the indicator receiving portion of the mirror back plate. When the light source is activated, light emitted by the light source emanates through the aperture of the mirror back plate and through the mirror reflective element at an angle relative to the generally planar portion of the mirror back plate.
US08102274B2	Communication apparatus, communication system, communication method, integrated circuit and circuit module A communication apparatus which transmits data to another communication apparatus through a transmission channel, includes: a display which displays a plurality of communication rates; and a controller which permits the display to display the communication rates. The controller acquires a first communication rate received from the another communication apparatus and based on a predetermined signal transmitted to the another communication apparatus through the transmission channel at a first time. The controller acquires a second communication rate received from the another communication apparatus and based on a predetermined signal transmitted to the another communication apparatus through the transmission channel at a second time. The controller calculates a plurality of communication rates on the basis of the first and second communication rate. The controller permits the display to display the plurality of the communication rate when a difference between the plurality of communication rates is larger than a predetermined value.
US08102270B2	Patient position apparatus and method A patient position apparatus includes a plurality of sensing conductors and a control module operatively coupled to the sensing conductors. The sensing conductors are arranged along a substantially planar surface. The sensing conductors provide sensing information in response to a patient being within proximity of the sensing conductors. The control module selectively adjusts fluid pressure of at least one inflatable cell in response to the sensing information.
US08102269B2	Approach warning system for detecting when a person approaches an object, particularly a machine An apparatus relates to an approach warning system for detecting when a person approaches an object which has a metal outer structure at least in regions. The system is formed with at least a first near-field device which is associated with the object and a second near-field device which is associated with the person, wherein the first and the second near-field device form a transmission link for an electric near field, and with a warning device which outputs an approach warning signal when a person with the second near-field device enters a detection region in which a transmission of the near field via the transmission link takes place, wherein the first near-field device is connected, for the purpose of coupling to the near field, firstly to a stray field electrode and secondly to the metal outer structure of the object, so that the outer structure forms a counter-electrode for the stray field electrode, and wherein the near-field devices and the electrodes thereof are configured such that the detection region at least approximately encloses the entire outer structure of the object.
US08102268B2	Machine washable ID label A machine-washable ID label for attachment to a washable item includes: a) an outer shell for housing an electronic article surveillance element, with a first component and a second component, the first component being a hollow component with a bottom and side walls, the walls having inside surfaces and outside surfaces and a continuous loop rim, the first component having a U-shaped view from a cut side view and from a cut end view, the first component having an outwardly extending male connector on the rim, and the second component being a hollow component with a top and side walls, the walls having inside surfaces and outside surfaces and a continuous loop rim, the first component having a U-shaped view from a cut side view and from a cut end view, the first component having an inwardly extending female connector receiver on the rim, wherein the male connector is located in the female connector receiver and the first component and the second component are hermetically sealed to one another so as to render the inside of the outer shell internally waterproof, wherein at least one of the first component and the second component has an embedded seal energy director; and b) an electronic article surveillance element positioned within the outer shell so as to render it impermeable to water.
US08102263B2	Passive tag including volatile memory A passive tag including a volatile memory is provided. The passive tag includes: a sensing unit which senses or measures information about environmental surroundings of the tag; a volatile memory; a non-volatile memory; and a control unit which firstly stores resultant data sensed or measured by the sensing unit in the volatile memory and then moves the data stored in the volatile memory to the non-volatile memory according to pre-set conditions. Therefore, the life of the tag is prolonged and stability of important data can be secured.
US08102256B2	Apparatus and method for determining location and tracking coordinates of a tracking device An apparatus to monitor location coordinates of an electronic tracking device. The apparatus includes a transceiver, a signal processor, an accelerometer, and an antenna. The antenna communicates signal strength to the signal processor associated with the electronic tracking device. In response to signal strength, a battery power monitor controls battery usage by electronic circuitry associated with the electronic tracking device. An accelerometer provides a supplemental location tracking system to improve tracking accuracy of a primary location tracking system of the electronic tracking device.
US08102255B1	Transit-related data processing In some embodiments, techniques for location processing relating to a route include receiving route data associated with a public transit route, determining a destination related to the route data, determining a current location, determining that the current location is related to the destination, and providing an alert.
US08102251B2	Threat detection and monitoring apparatus with integrated display system The present invention is generally related to a threat detection and monitoring apparatus with an integrated display system. More particularly, the present invention is directed to an apparatus for use as a public safety and emergency messaging system adapted to detect and identify threats in the surrounding environment and display useful information regarding the threat or other public information to the public.
US08102250B2	User customizable monitoring system Embodiments of the disclosed invention provide a user customizable monitoring system. For example, in one embodiment, the user customizable monitoring system includes a set of user-programmable portable sensors and a communication hub for enabling a user to customize features associated with the set of user-programmable portable sensors. In one embodiment, the communication hub is further configured to receive data from the set of user programmable portable sensors and perform a user specified action based on the received data. In some embodiments, a user selects any desired combination of different types of user-programmable portable sensors that come preconfigured to operate with the communication hub. Additionally, in some embodiments, a user may configure particular parameters associated with a user-programmable portable sensor using the communication hub.
US08102246B2	Resetting a target device A power reset module may reset an automatic shut-off module of a target device by momentarily disrupting power to the automatic shut-off module at a determined interval and automatically restoring power after a time period of up to two minutes. In multiple embodiments, the power reset module comprises an activation switch with an activation switch output coupled to a frequency module. The frequency module may output a frequency module signal on a determined interval via a frequency module output coupled with a reset module. The reset module momentarily transitions a reset switch to a reset state periodically at the determined interval for up to two minutes prior to automatically transitioning the reset switch to a non-reset state. Transitioning the reset switch to the reset state disrupts power to the automatic shut-off module and automatically transitioning the reset switch from the reset state to a non-reset state restores power to the automatic shut-off module thus resetting a state of the automatic shut-off module. In several embodiments, a cash register incorporates a programmable power reset device for disrupting and restoring power to an automatic shutoff circuit to reset the automatic shutoff circuit allowing a user to access the cash register.
US08102243B2	RFID protection device, and related methods Devices and methods of preventing data transfer between an RFID reader and an RFID device to be protected, are provided. An example of an embodiment of an RFID signal capture device includes a container, a signal capture circuit configured to substantially disrupt the signal provided by the RFID reader when the RFID signal capture device is positioned to protect the RFID device, and an interrogation indictor configured to indicate to a user of the RFID device that an unauthorized RFID reader is attempting to interrogate the RFID device when the RFID signal capture device is positioned in close proximity to the RFID device to provide protection thereto and when the RFID reader is producing the interrogation signal.
US08102241B2	Vehicle control system When a demodulated signal of a radio signal in Ch1 transmitted from a TPMS transmitter is acquired, a control IC controls the frequency of a signal inputted from a PLL circuit to a mixer into a frequency for converting a TPMS radio signal into an intermediate frequency signal of a specific frequency. When the demodulated signal of the radio signal transmitted from a portable unit through two frequency channels is acquired, the control IC determines a channel whose state of communication is favorable from between Ch2 and Ch3, and controls the signal frequency for conversion into a frequency for converting a keyless radio signal in the determined channel into an intermediate frequency signal.
US08102233B2	Coupled inductor with improved leakage inductance control An M-winding coupled inductor includes a first end magnetic element, a second end magnetic element, M connecting magnetic elements, and M windings. M is an integer greater than one. Each connecting magnetic element is disposed between and connects the first and second end magnetic elements. Each winding is wound at least partially around a respective one of the M connecting magnetic elements, and each winding has a respective leakage inductance. The coupled inductor further includes at least one top magnetic element adjacent to and extending at least partially over at least two of the M connecting magnetic elements to provide a magnetic flux path between the first and second end magnetic elements. The top magnetic element forms a gap. The inductor may be included in an M-phase power supply, and the power supply may at least partially power a computer processor.
US08102231B2	End cap for an inductive component and inductive component An end cap for an inductive component is disclosed. The end cap has a receptacle configured to receive the inductive component along a longitudinal direction, a jaw extending in the longitudinal direction, and a guide device disposed on the jaw and configured to allow turning of a wire thereon.
US08102230B2	Inductive coupler connector An inductive coupler connector arrangement for transferring electrical energy between a first connector part to a second connector part. The first and second connector parts have respective ones of first and second magnetic core limbs of which at least one limb carrying a respective electrical winding and respective mating means adapted to provide at mating of said first and second connector parts a juxtaposition of abutting faces of respective ends of said respective ones of first and second magnetic core limbs. A gap between the coupler halves is filled with ferrofluid in the form of a deformable pad or tablet or a fat, grease or paste containing magnetic particles, in order to improve the magnetic coupling between said ends of said first and second magnetic core limbs.
US08102226B2	Protection device with a sandwiched cantilever breaker mechanism The present invention is directed to a protective electrical wiring device that includes a housing assembly having a plurality of receptacle terminals comprising hot user-accessible terminal structure and a neutral user-accessible terminal structure accessible via at least one user-accessible receptacle. A circuit interrupting assembly is coupled to a fault detection circuit. The circuit interrupting assembly is configured to establish electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle terminals in a reset state and interrupt the electrical continuity in a tripped state. The circuit interrupting assembly includes at least one first circuit interrupter member and at least one second circuit interrupter member, the at least one first circuit interrupter member being configured to drive the at least one second circuit interrupter member into the reset state in response to a make force. The at least one first circuit interrupter member and the at least one second circuit interrupter member are counter-driven into the tripped state by a break force. At least one stop member is disposed in a substantially fixed position relative to the housing assembly. The at least one stop member is configured to limit the movement of the at least one second circuit interrupter member such that a gap between the at least one first circuit interrupter member and the at least one second circuit interrupter member is substantially equal to a predetermined distance in the tripped state.
US08102222B2	Passive part A first passive part forms a second parallel resonance circuit having a resonance frequency near the passing band among a first to a third parallel resonance circuit as follows. That is, the second parallel resonance circuit is formed at a position farthest from a first shield electrode and farthest from a second shield electrode in a region sandwiched by the first shield electrode and the second shield electrode in a dielectric substrate (in this example, on the main surface of a seventh dielectric layer and the main surface of an eighth dielectric layer located at a center portion in the layering direction of the region).
US08102212B2	Signaling system with low-power automatic gain control An integrated circuit receiver includes a first channel comprising an amplifier responsive to a first gain control value in a first mode to receive an input signal and generate a first amplified signal having a transition rate. Detection circuitry in the first channel detects transitions in the first amplified signal in accordance with a detected transition rate. The detected transition rate is based on the first gain control value. Gain control logic adjusts the first gain control value based on a desired detected transition rate. The gain control logic generates a second gain control value for use during a second mode. The second gain control value being based on the first gain control value.
US08102203B2	Offset cancellation in a capacitively coupled amplifier A method for calibrating an offset voltage of an amplifier used to amplify capacitively coupled communication signals is described. During this process, a common voltage is applied to one or more inputs to the amplifier. Next, an output of the amplifier is iteratively, measured, and charge is applied to the one or more inputs until the offset voltage is less than a pre-determined value. Note that applying the charge may involve applying a sequence of one or more charge pulses.
US08102195B2	Digital phase-locked loop circuit including a phase delay quantizer and method of use A phase locked loop circuit in accordance with an embodiment implements a digital phase delay quantizer to replace the analog charge-pump and phase frequency detector in an analog PLL circuit. Therefore, the built-in loop filter can be a compact-sized, high order, high bandwidth, and high attenuation digital filter as well. The digital PLL circuit takes advantage of the deep sub-micron process technology which features high speed, high resolution, compact size, and low power.
US08102194B2	Dual frequency divider having phase-shifted inputs and outputs A distributed charge pump system uses a delay element and frequency dividers to generate out of phase pump clock signals that drive different charge pumps, to offset peak current clock edges for each charge pump and thereby reduce overall peak power. Clock signal division and phase offset may be extended to multiple levels for further smoothing of the pump clock signal transitions. A dual frequency divider may be used which receives the clock signal and its complement, and generates two divided signals that are 90° out of phase. In an illustrative embodiment the clock generator comprises a variable-frequency clock source, and a voltage regulator senses an output voltage of the charge pumps, generates a reference voltage based on a currently selected frequency of the variable-frequency clock source, and temporarily disables the charge pumps (by turning off local pump clocks) when the output voltage is greater than the reference voltage.
US08102190B2	Power efficient multiplexer A power efficient multiplexer. In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, a power efficient multiplexer comprises a transmission gate structure for selectively passing one of a plurality of input signals and a stacked inverter circuit for inverting the one of a plurality of input signals. Both the stacked inverter and the transmission gate provide beneficial reductions in static power consumption in comparison to conventional multiplexer designs.
US08102189B2	Clock guided logic with reduced switching Methods and apparatuses for optimizing switching delay in integrated circuits are described. Combinational logic gates are modified with precharge circuitry and instantiated in order to reduce switching transitions of circuit elements in a signal path.
US08102188B1	Method of and system for implementing a circuit in a device having programmable logic A method of implementing a circuit in a device having programmable resources and a predetermined amount of available internal memory is disclosed. The method comprises configuring the programmable resources of the device with a circuit design; storing a first page of data in a block of random access memory; determining a page fault while interfacing with the block of random access memory when implementing the circuit design; performing a partial reconfiguration of the device, wherein a second page of data is stored in the block of random access memory; and accessing the second page of data. A system of implementing a circuit in a device having programmable logic is also disclosed.
US08102181B2	Method and device for rapid non-destructive quality control of powdered materials Method and related device intended for rapid non-destructive testing of powdered materials with low electric conductivity such as cement and cement-based compositions through determination of their electrical properties. The invention involves an electromagnetic method, including an electronic circuit for generating an electric field in a capacitance probe that is inserted into the powder to be tested. Electrical properties of powdered materials are determined on the basis of a set of the values for a set of parameters including quality factor (Q-factor), capacitance, dissipation factor, and dielectric permeability of the material. These parameter values can be related to such characteristics as moisture content, particle size, and material composition. The method and device can indicate the differences between the samples with various quantities of unwanted components or reaction products, and the extent of sample aging.
US08102177B2	Using S-parameter measurements to manage SAR and transmit gain in MRI Systems and methods for controlling a magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging system includes a radio frequency coil with a plurality of conductive coil elements, control circuitry that determines, based at least in part on a measurement of scattering parameters, a plurality of forward voltages that will cause power deposition into an object within a predetermined specific absorption rate, and an amplifier configured to apply the determined plurality of forward voltages respectively to the plurality of coil elements. The control circuitry may determine the plurality of forward voltages based at least in part on an unloaded measurement of scattering parameters and a loaded measurement of scattering parameters.
US08102176B2	NMR device for detection of analytes This invention relates generally to detection devices having one or more small wells each surrounded by, or in close proximity to, an NMR micro coil, each well containing a liquid sample with magnetic nanoparticles that self-assemble or disperse in the presence of a target analyte, thereby altering the measured NMR properties of the liquid sample. The device may be used, for example, as a portable unit for point of care diagnosis and/or field use, or the device may be implanted for continuous or intermittent monitoring of one or more biological species of interest in a patient.
US08102174B2	Techniques for electrically characterizing tunnel junction film stacks with little or no processing Probes are electrically connected to a surface of a tunnel junction film stack comprising a free layer, a tunnel barrier, and a pinned layer. Resistances are determined for a variety of probe spacings and for a number of magnetizations of one of the layers of the stack. The probe spacings are a distance from a length scale, which is related to the Resistance-Area (RA) product of the tunnel junction film stack. Spacings from as small as possible to about 40 times the length scale are used. Beneficially, the smallest spacing between probes used during a resistance measurement is under 100 microns. A measured in-plane MagnetoResistance (MR) curve is determined from the “high” and “low” resistances that occur at the two magnetizations of this layer. The RA product, resistances per square of the free and pinned layers, and perpendicular MR are determined through curve fitting.
US08102167B2	Phase-cut dimming circuit Methods, systems, and devices are described for sensing a phase-cut dimming signal and outputting a control signal compatible with a switching power circuit. Embodiments of the invention generate at least one of a low-frequency pulse-wave-modulated control signal, an analog output control signal, or a digital (e.g., higher-frequency pulse-wave-modulated) output control signal. Some embodiments further provide preloading and/or startup control functionality to allow proper functioning of the circuitry under small-conduction-angle (i.e., highly dimmed) conditions.
US08102165B2	Means of eliminating electrolytic capacitor as the energy storage component in the single phase AD/DC two-stage converter A power factor correction (PFC) circuit includes an inductor, a diode, a storage capacitor, a switch and a control unit. The input power has a voltage fluctuation V1. The storage component absorbs a first voltage fluctuation and a switch regulation circuit absorbs a second voltage fluctuation V2. Thus output voltage from the PFC circuit is not a conventional constant voltage but a voltage of a great ripple. The PFC circuit further has a harmonic regulation unit. The harmonic regulation unit generates a voltage signal containing 3rd harmonic. The control unit receives a feedback signal and the voltage signal containing 3rd harmonic to generate a reference to the inductor current. Therefore, the inductor current contains 3rd harmonic. Thus power fluctuation absorbed and released by the capacitor is smaller. As a result energy storage capacitance can be reduced significantly.
US08102164B2	Power factor correction converter control offset Power factor correction converter control offset apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a control unit to generate a control signal to control a duty cycle of a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) switching signal that controls a switch in a PFC (Power Factor Correction) converter. An offset unit is also included and is coupled to the control unit, to generate a variable offset signal to offset the control signal or a signal used by the control unit to generate the control signal.
US08102161B2	Stable output in a switching power supply by smoothing the output of the secondary coil This switching power supply provides a stable output. In the switching power supply, at least pairs of secondary side coils are connected to each of the center tap rectifier circuits and the secondary side coils of each of the center tap rectifier circuits are disposed in the core portions (cores) of mutually different transformers.
US08102159B2	Power distributor and semiconductor device having the same A power distributor includes a large reservoir capacitor, a switch coupled between at least one power supply line and the large reservoir capacitor, and a controller configured to turn on or off the switch based on whether a circuit block connected to the power supply line is in operation or not.
US08102150B2	Electronic apparatus, charger, charging system, and charging method An electronic apparatus 100 has a main circuit 4 operable by a power supply from a battery 1, and a switch 21 for changing ON/OFF of the power supply from the battery 1 to the main circuit 4. A switch control signal is produced to switch ON/OFF of the switch 21 responsive to whether or not the electronic apparatus 100 is connected to the charger 200. If the electronic apparatus 100 is removed from the charger 200, the switch 21 becomes ON. The power is supplied from the battery 1 to the main circuit 4. The electronic apparatus 100 is connected to the charger 200, the charge of the battery 1 and the power supply from the charger 200 to the main circuit 4 is started. The switch 21 is OFF by the switch control signal. The power supply from the battery 1 to the main circuit 4 is stopped.
US08102148B2	Augmented distribution transformer and method of making same A method, system, and apparatus including a distribution transformer having a communication module. The distribution transformer is configured to convert a first high voltage electricity from a high voltage distribution line to a first low voltage electricity and convert a second low voltage electricity from a low voltage power line to a second high voltage electricity. The communication module is programmed to provide time data representing time of day information along the low voltage power line to an electrical device and provide location data representing location information along the low voltage power line to the electrical device. The location information includes a geographic location of the distribution transformer.
US08102145B2	Internal packaged alternator with microprocessor controlled multi-input regulator A vehicle alternator comprises a housing with a voltage regulator positioned within the housing. The alternator further comprises a rotor having a field coil positioned within the housing and a stator positioned within the housing. The stator includes stator windings configured to provide an output voltage in response to rotation of the rotor. The voltage regulator is configured to receive a battery temperature signal from outside of the alternator and control the current provided to the field coil based at least in part on the received battery temperature signal. In at least one embodiment, the battery temperature signal is provided from a temperature sensor positioned adjacent to the vehicle battery. The voltage regulator of the alternator includes a processor configured to control the current provided to the field coil based at least in part on the particular type of vehicle battery used in association with the alternator.
US08102142B2	Double ended inverter system for a vehicle having two energy sources that exhibit different operating characteristics A double ended inverter system for an AC electric traction motor of a vehicle is disclosed. The inverter system serves as an interface between two different energy sources having different operating characteristics. The inverter system includes a first energy source having first operating characteristics associated therewith, and a first inverter subsystem coupled to the first energy source and configured to drive the AC electric traction motor. The inverter system also includes a second energy source having second operating characteristics associated therewith, wherein the first operating characteristics and the second operating characteristics are different, and a second inverter subsystem coupled to the second energy source and configured to drive the AC electric traction motor. In addition, the inverter system has a controller coupled to the first inverter subsystem and to the second inverter subsystem. The controller is configured to influence operation of the first inverter subsystem and the second inverter subsystem to manage power transfer among the first energy source, the second energy source, and the AC electric traction motor.
US08102134B1	Mobile robot with hydraulic mechanism A mobile robot along with a method and system for a mobile robot including a hydraulic powered mechanism operably connected to the mobile robot for movement of the hydraulic powered mechanism with respect to the mobile robot.
US08102133B2	Control circuit for BLDC motors A BLDC (brushless direct current) motor system of the present invention includes a control circuit, a sequencer, a driving circuit, and a BLDC motor. The control circuit determines the maximum torque and the maximum speed of the BLDC motor. The control circuit includes an over-current detection circuit to generate a reset signal in response to a switching current of the BLDC motor. The reset signal is generated when the switching current of the BLDC motor exceeds a threshold. A pulse width of the PWM signal is correlated to the level of a speed-control signal and the level of the torque-control signal. The pulse width of the PWM signal is also controlled by the reset signal generated by the over-current detection circuit.
US08102125B2	Apparatus and methods for reducing the power consumption of fluorescent lights Systems for reducing the power consumption of fluorescent lights are provided. The systems can be used in new construction as well as retrofitted into existing buildings employing overdriven fluorescent lights without significantly affecting the operation of utility power lines. In preferred embodiments, the systems provide substantially constant light output during start-up and low voltage conditions.
US08102120B2	Plasma display panel A plasma display panel that includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a plurality of address electrodes disposed on the first substrate, a plurality of display electrodes disposed on one side of the second substrate facing the first substrate in a direction crossing the address electrodes, and red, green, and blue phosphor layers disposed in a discharge space between the first and second substrates. The green phosphor layer includes a green phosphor and an inorganic pigment absorbing a wavelength of about 580 nm to about 640 nm. The plasma display panel includes a green phosphor layer having a reduced decay time and good color purity characteristics, as well as excellent luminance, discharge, and life-span characteristics.
US08102111B2	Electroluminescence device, method of manufacturing electroluminescence device, and electronic apparatus An electroluminescence device includes a first, second, and third light emitting elements above a substrate. The first light emitting element includes a first transparent anode, a second transparent conductive film, a third transparent conductive film, a cathode, and a first light emitting function layer including a first luminescent layer which emits a first light of a first color. The second light emitting element includes a second transparent anode, the third transparent conductive film, the cathode, and a second light emitting function layer including a second luminescent layer which emits a second light of a second color, which is different from the first color. The third light emitting element includes a third transparent anode, the cathode, and a third light emitting function layer including a third luminescent layer which emits a third light of a third color, which is different from the first and second colors.
US08102103B2	Tuning-fork resonator with grooves on principal surfaces A resonator having a base part; and a resonating arm that performs flexing vibration, the resonating arm part has two principal surfaces, a first groove provided on the one principal surface, a second groove provided in juxtaposition with the first groove on the other principal surface, a third groove provided in juxtaposition with the first groove and provided nearer the base part side than the first groove on the other principal surface, and a fourth groove provided in juxtaposition with the second groove and provided nearer the base part side than the second groove on the principal surface. The sum of a depth of the first and second groove part and a sum of a depth of the third and fourth groove part are larger than a distance between the one principal surface and the other principal surface.
US08102100B2	Piezoelectric material and piezoelectric element A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric film disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film is composed of piezoelectric material that is lead free and formed by mixing 100(1−x)% of material A having a spontaneous polarization of 0.5 C/m2 or greater at 25° C. and 100 x % of material B having piezoelectric characteristics and a dielectric constant of 1000 or greater at 25° C., wherein (1−x)Tc(A)+xTc(B)≧300° C., where Tc(A) is the Curie temperature of the material A and Tc(B) is the Curie temperature of the material B.
US08102099B2	Electronic component, mounting structure thereof, and method for mounting electronic component An electronic component includes: a functional piece having a predetermined function; a bump electrode formed on the functional piece, the bump electrode including a core with elastic property and a conductive film provided on a surface of the core; and a holding unit for holding a conductive contact state between the bump electrode and a connecting electrode which is electrically conducted to a driving circuit. The electronic component is coupled to the connecting electrode, and elastic deformation of the core causes the conductive film to make conductive contact with the connecting electrode.
US08102098B2	Piezoelectric-driven MEMS element A piezoelectric-driven MEMS element includes a substrate, a beam, a fixed portion, a fixed electrode portion and a power source. The beam is provided with a lower electrode film, a lower piezoelectric film, a middle electrode film, an upper piezoelectric film and an upper electrode film. The fixed portion fixes one end of the beam onto the substrate so as to hold the beam with a gap above the substrate. The fixed electrode portion has a capacitive gap between the fixed electrode portion and the other end of the beam. In addition, at least one or two of the lower electrode film, the middle electrode film and the upper electrode film is thicker than the rest thereof.
US08102086B2	Exciter machine comprising an auxiliary exciter machine An exciter machine including an auxiliary exciter machine and a fan is provided. The fan is arranged on one side of the exciter machine and includes a mount ring on the external circumference on which permanent magnets are arranged in order to form an auxiliary rotor. The auxiliary rotor is moved within an auxiliary exciter stator.
US08102085B2	Converter-fed single strand short stroke linear motor The invention relates to a short stroke linear motor. In order to improve the dynamics of such a short stroke linear motor, the primary part (12) of the motor is provided with a single-strand winding. The primary part (12) and the secondary part (1) have essentially the same pole pitch (tZ=tM). In this way, a very high motor torque is produced in a limited range of displacement. In order to be able to reach a plurality of working positions without an inactive intermediate position, a short stroke linear motor having a double-strand winding is additionally provided, both strands being operated at a phase difference of <90°. The pole pitch of the primary part and the secondary part are again essentially the same.
US08102077B2	Power generation and distribution system configured to provide power to a motor A power generation and distribution system for providing power to at least one motor configured to drive a wheel of a vehicle includes: at least one power module having at least one generator configured to generate alternating current having a frequency and voltage; a common alternating current bus in electrical communication with the at least one power module through a contactor and configured to receive the alternating current therefrom; at least one power conversion module in electrical communication with the common alternating current bus and configured to convert the alternating current to a specified direct current for delivery to the at least one motor; and a controller configured to communicate with and operatively control at least one of the following: at least one component of the at least one power module; at least one component of the common alternating current bus; at least one component of the at least one power conversion module; or any combination thereof.
US08102045B2	Integrated circuit with galvanically bonded heat sink An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate, a first electrical contact formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a first heat sink element bonded to the first electrical contact via a galvanic bond.
US08102043B2	Stacked integrated circuit and package system and method for manufacturing thereof A method for manufacturing a stacked integrated circuit and package system includes: attaching a high temperature resistant layer on a top substrate; mounting a first top integrated circuit on the high temperature resistant layer; mounting a second top integrated circuit on the first top integrated circuit; molding an encapsulant over the first top integrated circuit, the second top integrated circuit and the top substrate; mounting a third top integrated circuit over the first top integrated circuit on a surface opposite the second top integrated circuit; mounting a fourth top integrated circuit on the third top integrated circuit; molding an encapsulant over the third top integrated circuit, the fourth top integrated circuit and the top substrate; forming top electrical connectors on a lower surface of the top substrate; and mounting a bottom package to the top electrical connectors.
US08102037B2	Leadframe for semiconductor package A semiconductor package including a lead frame comprising a frame including both a ground ring and a chip mounting board located therein. Extending between the ground ring and the chip mounting board are a plurality of elongate slots or apertures. The ground ring is formed to include recesses within the bottom surface thereof which create regions of reduced thickness. A semiconductor chip bonded to the chip mounting board may be electrically connected to leads of the lead frame and to the ground ring via conductive wires. Those conductive wires extending to the ground ring are bonded to the top surface thereof at locations which are not aligned with the recesses within the bottom surface, i.e., those regions of the ground ring of maximum thickness.
US08102033B2	Reduced soft error rate through metal fill and placement A method for reducing single event upsets in an integrated circuit includes the step of providing a plurality of levels within the integrated circuit, wherein the plurality of levels within the integrated circuit are in a stacked arrangement. The method also includes the step of providing a plurality of metal fill patterns within each of the plurality of levels within the integrated circuit. The method further includes the step of placing the plurality of metal fill patterns within at least one of the plurality of levels in a pattern such that a line of sight towards an active silicon layer does not exist within the stacked arrangement of the plurality of levels, thereby increasingly absorbing ionizing radiation particles, and thereby reducing single event upsets in the integrated circuit.
US08102031B2	Security element for an integrated circuit, integrated circuit including the same, and method for securing an integrated circuit An integrated circuit including a substrate; a circuit pattern formed over the substrate; and one or more fences formed around edges of the circuit pattern, each of the one or more fences having a determined electrical resistance which is used to detect the addition of malicious circuitry. Each fence has a determined electrical resistance which is used to monitor the validity of the fence.
US08102030B2	Semiconductor device with strain A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a p-MOS region; an element isolation region formed in a surface portion of the semiconductor substrate and defining p-MOS active regions in the p-MOS region; a p-MOS gate electrode structure formed above the semiconductor substrate, traversing the p-MOS active region and defining a p-MOS channel region under the p-MOS gate electrode structure; a compressive stress film selectively formed above the p-MOS active region and covering the p-MOS gate electrode structure; and a stress released region selectively formed above the element isolation region in the p-MOS region and releasing stress in the compressive stress film, wherein a compressive stress along the gate length direction and a tensile stress along the gate width direction are exerted on the p-MOS channel region. The performance of the semiconductor device can be improved by controlling the stress separately for the active region and element isolation region.
US08102008B2	Integrated circuit with buried digit line A method of forming a buried digit line is disclosed. Sacrificial spacers are formed along the sidewalls of an isolation trench, which is then filled with a sacrificial material. One spacer is masked while the other spacer is removed and an etch step into the substrate beneath the removed spacer forms an isolation window. Insulating liners are then formed along the sidewalls of the emptied trench, including into the isolation window. A digit line recess is then formed through the bottom of the trench between the insulating liners, which double as masks to self-align this etch. The digit line recess is then filled with metal and recessed back, with an optional prior insulating element deposited and recessed back in the bottom of the recess.
US08102005B2	Wiring substrate, semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a method for forming a wiring having a minute shape on a large substrate with a small number of steps, and further a wiring substrate formed by the method. Moreover, the present invention provides a semiconductor device in which cost reduction and throughput improvement are possible due to the small number of steps and reduction of materials and which has a semiconductor element with a minute structure, and further a manufacturing method thereof. According to the present invention, a composition including metal particles and organic resin is irradiated with laser light and a part of the metal particles is baked to form a conductive layer typified by a wiring, an electrode or the like over a substrate. Further, a semiconductor device having the baked conductive layer as a wiring or an electrode is formed.
US08102002B2	System and method for isolated NMOS-based ESD clamp cell The invention is directed to a protection circuit for protecting IC chips against ESD. An ESD protection circuit for an integrated circuit chip may comprise an isolated NMOS transistor, which may comprise an isolation region isolating a backgate from a substrate, and a first and second doped regions and a gate formed on the backgate. The ESD protection circuit may further comprise a first terminal to connect the isolation region to a first electrical node, and a second terminal to connect the second doped region to a second electrical node. The first electrical node may have a higher voltage level than the second electrical node, and the gate and backgate may be coupled to the second terminal.
US08101999B2	SOI substrate and method for producing the same, solid-state image pickup device and method for producing the same, and image pickup apparatus A SOI substrate includes a silicon substrate, a silicon oxide layer arranged on the silicon substrate, a silicon layer arranged on the silicon oxide layer, a gettering layer arranged in the silicon substrate, and a damaged layer formed of an impurity-doped region arranged in the silicon oxide layer.
US08101993B2	MSD integrated circuits with shallow trench A trench MOSFET device with embedded Schottky rectifier, gate-drain and gate-source diodes on single chip is formed with shallow trench structure to achieve device shrinkage and performance improvement. The present semiconductor devices achieve low Vf and reverse leakage current for embedded Schottky rectifier, have overvoltage protection for GS clamp diodes and avalanche protection for GD clamp diodes. More particularly, gate charge of the present semiconductor device is reduced due to the shallow trench surrounded by an additional N doped area around the bottom while keeping Rds low enough and at the same time, maintaining BV at a certain level.
US08101991B2	Semiconductor device with vertical current flow and low substrate resistance and manufacturing process thereof A semiconductor device with vertical current flow includes a body having a substrate made of semiconductor material. At least one electrical contact on a first face of the body. A metallization structure is formed on a second face of the body, opposite to the first face. The metallization structure is provided with metal vias, which project from the second face within the substrate so as to form a high-conductivity path in parallel with portions of said substrate.
US08101982B2	Memory device which comprises a multi-layer capacitor A memory device is provided. The memory device including memory cells having at least three stacked electrodes spaced apart pairwise by dielectric material so that the pairs of electrodes form respective capacitor layers. The capacitors are connected electrically in parallel to each other. The dielectric material is optionally ferroelectric material, in which case the capacitors are ferrocapacitors.
US08101976B2	Device selection circuitry constructed with nanotube ribbon technology A memory system having electromechanical memory cells and decoders is disclosed. A decoder circuit selects at least one of the memory cells of an array of such cells. Each cell in the array is a crossbar junction at least one element of which is a nanotube or a nanotube ribbon. The decoder circuit is constructed of crossbar junctions at least one element of each junction being a nanotube or a nanotube ribbon.
US08101972B2	Nitride semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A nitride semiconductor device includes: first through third nitride semiconductor layers formed in sequence over a substrate. The second nitride semiconductor layer has a band gap energy larger than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The third nitride semiconductor layer has an opening. A p-type fourth nitride semiconductor layer is formed so that the opening is filled therewith. A gate electrode is formed on the fourth nitride semiconductor layer.
US08101968B2	Group III nitride substrate, epitaxial layer-provided substrate, methods of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A group III nitride substrate on which an epitaxially grown layer of good quality can be formed, and a method of manufacturing the same are obtained. A GaN substrate is one of the following: a group III nitride substrate, wherein the number of atoms of an acid material per square centimeter of a surface is not more than 2×1014, and the number of silicon atoms per square centimeter of the surface is not more than 3×1013; a group III nitride substrate, wherein the number of silicon atoms per square centimeter of a surface is not more than 3×1013, and a haze level of the surface is not more than 5 ppm; and a group III nitride substrate, wherein the number of atoms of an acid material per square centimeter of a surface is not more than 2×1014, and a haze level of the surface is not more than 5 ppm.
US08101965B2	III-nitride semiconductor light emitting device having a multilayered pad The present disclosure relates to a III-nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including: a plurality of III-nitride semiconductor layers having a first III-nitride semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, a second III-nitride semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and an active layer disposed between the first III-nitride semiconductor layer and the second III-nitride semiconductor layer and generating light by recombination of electrons and holes; a bonding pad electrically connected to the plurality of III-nitride semiconductor layers; a protection film disposed over the bonding pad; and a buffer pad disposed between the bonding pad and the protection film and formed to expose the bonding pad.
US08101952B2	Thin film transistor, method of fabricating the same, and organic lighting emitting diode display device including the same A thin film transistor, a method of fabricating the same, and an organic light emitting diode display device including the same. The thin film transistor includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, including a channel region, source/drain regions, and a body contact region; a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer so as to expose the body contact region; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer, so as to contact the body contact region; an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode; and source/drain electrodes disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the source/drain regions. The body contact region is formed in an edge of the semiconductor layer.
US08101947B2	System and method for manufacturing a thin-film device A thin-film device includes a plurality of circuit components defining an operational region of the thin-film device, an unpatterned channel portion (108, 340) disposed on the plurality of circuit components, and a patterned passivation dielectric (380,385) selectively disposed on the unpatterned channel portion (108, 340) to electrically pattern an active region of the unpatterned channel portion (108,340).
US08101942B2	Self-assembled monolayer based silver switches The present invention is a two-state switching device based on two electrodes separated by a self-assembled monolayer. At least one of the electrodes may be composed of silver and the other electrode of any electrically conductive material, such as metals, especially gold or platinum. In the high-resistance OFF state, the two electrodes are separated by an organic monolayer having sufficiently low electrical conducting as to be considered non-conductive. Application of a negative threshold bias causes a silver ion filament to grown within the monolayer and bridge the gap between the two electrodes, changing the device into a low-resistance ON state. The device may be turned OFF by application of a positive threshold bias, which causes the ionic filament to retract back into the silver electrode. The device is easy to fabricate, smaller than currently available devices, and because the only required components are silver, another electrode and a self-assembled monolayer between them, it should be possible to incorporate this switch into a variety of device geometries.
US08101935B2	Inspection apparatus and inspection method Reflected light caused by the state of the surface of a wafer, a foreign material or a defect is superimposed on a haze frequency component caused by the type and thickness of a film or a surface irregularity. It has therefore been difficult to accurately measure the haze frequency component by use of a fixed threshold value. In order to detect a haze frequency component caused by a haze present on the surface of an object to be inspected, light propagating from the object to be inspected is detected and converted into an electric signal. The electric signal is sampled at a predetermined sampling time interval and converted into digital data. A frequency component caused by a foreign material, a defect or the like is separated from the digital data to ensure that a haze frequency component is selected. The haze frequency component is caused by a stain attached to the surface of the wafer, hazy tarnish, a surface irregularity or the like.
US08101925B2	Installation and method of nanofabrication Nanofabrication installation comprising: a specimen holder, for holding a specimen; a mask, having a through-opening between the upper and lower faces of the mask, for letting charged particles through onto the specimen holder; a near-field detection device for detecting a relative position between the mask (8) and the specimen holder (3); and a displacement device for generating a relative movement between the mask (8) and the specimen holder (3) independently of the relative position between the source (1) and the mask (8), the mask including at least a first electrode in the through-opening (10).
US08101922B2	Modular gas ion source A gas field ion source is described. The gas field ion source includes an emitter module. The emitter module includes an emitter holder, an emitter structure, a detachably connectable electrical connection assembly of the emitter module, and a detachably connectable gas supply connection assembly of the emitter module. The gas field ion source further includes a supply module, wherein the supply module includes an electrical conductor for providing voltage and/or current, a gas supply conduit, a thermal conductor, a detachably connectable electrical connection assembly of the supply module, and a detachably connectable gas supply connection assembly of the supply module. The emitter module and the supply module are detachably connectable by the detachably connectable connection assemblies of the emitter module and the detachably connectable connection assemblies of the supply module.
US08101921B2	Apparatus and method for inducing controllable jets in liquids A method for inducing a controllable jet in a transparent liquid is disclosed. The method comprises providing a gas-liquid interface, providing a laser source and generating a beam comprising a sequence of laser pulses, and focusing the beam to a target location within the liquid at a predetermined distance from the gas-liquid interface and creating a plurality of cavitation bubbles, yielding a jet directed away from the gas-liquid interface. Other methods and apparatus are also described and claimed.
US08101920B2	Spin isolation apparatus, spin asymmetric material producing method, current source, and signal processing method A spin isolation apparatus comprising a particle source for emitting particles having spins, a receiving section for receiving the particles emitted by the particle source, a magnet for separating the particles into first particles having positive spins and second particles having negative spins, and a trajectory restricting section for isolating the first and the second particles received by the receiving section through restricting trajectories of the first particles and/or the second particles is provided. By applying this apparatus, particles having spins whose every sign is either one of the two signs can be mass-produced.
US08101909B2	Time-of-flight mass spectrometry of surfaces The present invent provides a particle detector for counting and measuring the flight time of secondary electrons and scattered ions and neutrals and to correlate coincidences between these and backscattered ions/and neutrals while maintaining a continuous unpulsed microfocused primary ion beam for impinging a surface. Intensities of the primary particle scattering and secondary particle emissions are correlated with the position of impact of the focused beam onto a materials surface so that a spatially resolved surface elemental and electronic structural mapping is obtained by scanning the focused beam across the surface.
US08101907B2	Methods for quantitative lithological and mineralogical evaluation of subsurface formations Methods, systems, apparatus and processes for determining the lithology as well as the mineralogy of subterranean formations surrounding a borehole are described. According to the methods and processes, well log data measurements from neutron spectroscopy applications and associated tool response parameters are solved using an artificial intelligence system, such as an expert system, which in turn generates an appropriate discriminator and/or compositional model that estimates both general and specific lithology as well as the mineralogy constraints of the subterranean formation being analyzed. The methods exhibit good elemental correlation between conventional methods of lithology and mineralogy determination, and can provide numerous output data, including grain density and porosity data within zones of the formation.
US08101898B2	Optically gated MEMS switch An optically powered MEMS gate driver includes a photovoltaic converter configured to receive a light signal from a light source and output a DC supply voltage for a MEMS gate driver in response thereto. The MEMS gate driver further includes a DC to DC converter electrically coupled to the photovoltaic converter and configured to output a line level DC voltage in response to the DC supply voltage. An electrical circuit, also included as a portion of the MEMS gate driver is electrically coupled to both the photovoltaic converter and the DC to DC converter is configured to receive the supply voltage and the line level voltage and to output a line level drive signal in response thereto. The optically powered MEMS gate driver is self-contained within a common EMI enclosure thus providing isolation between the gate driver and command signal electronics.
US08101894B2	Cooking device with deodorization A cooking device includes an inner case, a cooking chamber within the inner case and an odor removal unit configured to generate a plasma discharge for removing odor-producing materials from the cooking chamber.
US08101893B2	Vestibule apparatus A vestibule for use with a microwave oven having a conveyor mechanism passing there-through is designed to prevent microwave radiation from escaping to the surrounding atmosphere. The vestibule includes a choke region and a paddlewheel region with a trap region located directly there-between. The choke region includes a series of quarter wave choke networks or devices and the trap region includes a body having quarter wave chokes with microwave absorbent materials disposed therein which absorb microwave radiation that has passed through the choke region. The paddlewheel region includes at least two pairs of paddlewheels that are synchronized with the conveyor mechanism and each other to permit individual products to enter an open end of the vestibule while preventing microwave radiation from escaping therefrom. The paddlewheels are synchronized such that while one pair of paddlewheels is in an open state, the other pair is in the closed state.
US08101890B2	Fan apparency arrangement for an appliance A fan apparency arrangement for an appliance having a fan for moving air in an interior of the appliance, including a pipe disposed in the airflow path of the fan and having first and second ends; a heater disposed in the pipe, the heater being energized when the fan is turned on; and a thermal switch disposed in the pipe, the thermal switch being closer to the first end than the heater. The fan is operative in normal operation to move air in the pipe in a direction from the first end to the second end. The pipe is disposed so that when the fan fails to move air in the pipe after turned on, air heated up by the heater passes the thermal switch in a direction from the second end to the first end so that the thermal switch is activated to signal malfunction of the fan.
US08101880B2	Operator control panel for a domestic appliance An operator control panel for a domestic appliance includes a panel body having an operator control face facing a user and a rear face facing away from the operator control face. A sensor element of an electrically conductive material forms a capacitive sensor area together with the panel body. A conversion electronics system converts capacitance values generated in the sensor area into digital signals. The conversion electronics system is electrically conductively connected to the sensor element and is disposed on the rear face of the panel body. The sensor element and the conversion electronics system are firmly connected to the panel body and are two components which are mechanically decoupled from a control electronics system of the domestic appliance.
US08101867B2	Electroless Ni-P plating method and substrate for electronic component An electroless Ni—P plating method according to the present invention includes the steps of: providing a substrate including an insulating substrate and a copper alloy layer that has a predetermined pattern including a plurality of island portions that are isolated from each other; providing a plating solution to carry out electroless Ni—P plating; providing a solid piece including Ni, Ni—P, Co or Co—Ni on at least the surface thereof; and bringing the solid piece into contact with the surface of at least two of the island portions that are both in contact with the plating solution, thereby selectively forming an electroless Ni—P plated coating on the surface of the island portions. Thus, the present invention provides a Ni—P plating method that can subject the copper pattern on the insulating substrate to high-precision selective Ni—P plating on an industrial basis.
US08101857B2	Organic devices, organic electroluminescent devices and organic solar cells An organic device, including an organic compound having charge-transporting ability (i.e., transporting holes and/or electrons) and/or including organic light emissive molecules capable of emitting at least one of fluorescent light or phosphorescent light, has a charge transfer complex-contained layer including a charge transfer complex formed upon contact of an organic hole-transporting compound and molybdenum trioxide via a manner of lamination or mixing thereof, so that the organic hole-transporting compound is in a state of radical cation (i.e., positively charged species) in the charge transfer complex-contained layer.
US08101853B2	Solar cell electrode A p-type electrode on p+ layer of solar cell comprising, prior to firing; (a) Electrically conductive particles comprising silver particle having a particle size of 0.1 to 10 microns and added particle composed of silver particle coated with a metal selected from the group consisting of Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, W, Re, Os, Ir and Pt, (b) Glass frit, and (c) A resin binder, wherein the electrode is made from a fired conductive paste which is comprised of 40 to 90 wt % of the silver particle and 0.01 to 10 wt % of the added particle based on the weight of the paste.
US08101851B2	Process for manufacturing a solar cell foil using a temporary substrate The invention pertains to a process for manufacturing a solar cell foil comprising the steps of: providing an etchable temporary substrate applying a front electrode of a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) onto the temporary substrate applying a photovoltaic layer onto the TCO layer applying a back electrode layer applying a permanent carrier ensuring that the front electrode and the back electrode are electrically connected in an interconnect to establish a series connection, the front and the back electrode each being interrupted by front and back groove, respectively, at different sides of the interconnect in any one of the preceding steps providing an etch resist on the non-TCO side of the temporary substrate at least at the location of the interconnect, and at least not at the entire location of the front groove selectively removing the temporary substrate where it is not covered with etch resist. The process of the invention provides a cap of a protective material on the interconnect, leading to a solar cell foil with improved properties.
US08101847B2	Thermoelectric module A thermoelectric module includes a first substrate, a second substrate having a second surface which is apart from and faces a first surface of the first substrate, a plurality of thermoelectric elements arranged on the first and the second surfaces, a plurality of electrodes on the first and second surfaces each electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of thermoelectric elements, and a ground electrode on at least the first surface. The plurality of electrodes on at least the first surface comprises a plurality of columns each of which comprises two or more electrodes aligned in a longitudinal direction, and the ground electrode is between two adjacent columns among the plurality of columns.
US08101840B1	Ergonomic guitar strap An ergonomic guitar strap which reduces the load on the shoulder, balances the weight of the guitar front-to-back, absorbs shock during play and isolates motion by the use of a cushioning pad that is constructed with a soft, flexible foam layer which conforms to a user's shoulder under the load of the guitar. Attached to the cushioning pad is an internal layer of elastic webbing which stretches over the cushioning pad. In use, under the load of a guitar, this elastic layer absorbs shock, transfers the load of the guitar over the area of the pad and further isolates the motion of the guitar and contributes to the stability of the support pad on the shoulder and the stability of the guitar as it is played.
US08101826B2	Expression of Cry3B insecticidal protein in plants The present invention discloses methods and compositions comprising a group of novel expression cassettes which provide significantly improved levels of accumulation of Coleopteran inhibitory Cry3B and Cry3B variant amino acid sequences when these are expressed in plants. The preferred embodiments of the invention provide at least up to ten fold higher levels of insect controlling protein relative to the highest levels obtained using prior compositions. In particular, transgenic maize expressing higher levels of a protein designed to exhibit increased toxicity toward Coleopteran pests deliver superior levels of insect protection and are less likely to sponsor development of populations of target insects that are resistant to the insecticidally active protein.
US08101825B2	AXMI-004, a delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS:3 and 5, and the nucleotide sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOS:1, 2, and 4, as well as variants and fragments thereof.
US08101821B2	Promotion of somatic embryogenesis in plants by Wuschel gene expression The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such expression can be used to confer apomixis to a plant. In another embodiment, such overexpression can be used to create haploid plants, which can be used to produce dihaploid plants.
US08101820B2	Method for increasing transformation efficiency in plants, comprising coculture step for culturing plant tissue with coculture medium containing 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid The present invention aims to provide a method for increasing transformation efficiency in plants when compared to conventionally known Agrobacterium-mediated methods.In the present invention, one of the features is to comprise a coculture step for culturing an Agrobacterium-inoculated plant tissue with a coculture medium containing 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid.
US08101817B2	Type of lettuce and methods of production The present invention relates to an iceberg lettuce having one or more romaine lettuce characteristics. The invention further relates to methods for producing iceberg lettuce varieties containing one or more romaine lettuce characteristics.
US08101813B2	Training progress indicator The present subject matter relates to absorbent articles and signaling devices for use therewith. An absorbent article may be provided with selected electrical components used as wetness or other type sensors which may be determined by a coupled signaling device. An attached signaling device may automatically determine physiological changes of a wearer of the absorbent article including increases in void volume over time, increases in time between voids and proximity to bathroom fixtures. The signaling device may provide data analysis and/or display, and may provide remote alarm functions.
US08101807B2	Methods for converting glycerol to propanol A hydrogenolysis method for converting glycerol into propylene glycol by directing a glycerol containing feed having a pH of about 10 or more to a reaction section including at least one glycerol conversion catalyst and operating at glycerol conversions conditions to form a reaction product including propylene glycol.
US08101802B2	Allylic polysulfanes Diallylic polysulfides (polysulfanes) are provided with sulfur chain lengths of 9 to 22. Also provided are bis(2-methyl-2-propenyl) polysulfides with sulfur chain lengths of 3 to 22. Also provided are 2-substituted bis(2-propenyl) polysulfides with sulfur chain lengths of 3 to 20. Also provided are the 2-cycloalken-1-yl polysulfides, 2-cyclohexen-1-yl polysulfides and 2-cyclopenten-1-yl polysulfides, with sulfur chain lengths of 3 to 20. Also provided are processes for extending the sulfur chain length of diallylic polysulfides and 2-substituted analogues thereof and allyl methyl polysulfides by bringing such compounds into contact with elemental sulfur and heating, or by mixing with molten sulfur.
US08101799B2	Derivatives of N-(arylamino) sulfonamides as inhibitors of MEK This invention concerns N—(2-arylamino) aryl sulfonamides, which are inhibitors of MEK and are useful in treatment of cancer and other hyperproliferative diseases.
US08101787B2	Method of preparing organometallic compounds A method of preparing an ultra-pure organometallic compound comprising using a microchannel device and ionic liquid solvent to produce an ultra-pure alkylmetal compound for processes such as chemical vapor deposition.
US08101775B2	Indole derivatives as S1P1 Receptor The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein one of R5 and R6 is hydrogen or R2 and the other is (a) pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of conditions or disorders which are mediated via the S1P1 receptor.
US08101767B2	Modulators of ATP-binding cassette transporters The present invention relates to modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, compositions thereof, and methods therewith. The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using such modulators.
US08101758B2	Stereoselective process and crystalline forms of a camptothecin A stereoselective process for preparing 7-[(E)-t-butyloxyiminomethyl]-camptothecin (also known as gimatecan) is herein disclosed. With the addition of further dissolution and precipitation steps carried out in appropriate different solvent mixtures, four new crystalline forms of gimatecan are also obtainable by using the same stereoselective process.
US08101752B2	Process for preparing 4-[(1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-2-pyrimidinyl)amino]benzonitrile This invention relates to a process for preparing 4-[(1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-2-pyrimidinyl)-amino]benzonitrile (I) starting from a 4-oxo-1,6-dihydro-pyrimidinylcarboxylic acid ester (II) or starting from a guanidine derivative which is reacted with an alkoxy-methylene malonic acid ester to an ester (II) which is converted to (I), which reaction sequence may be a one-pot procedure.
US08101748B2	Fluorinated catharanthine derivatives, their preparation and their utilisation as Vinca dimeric alkaloid precursors The fluorinated derivatives of catharanthine according to the invention respond to the general formula I: in which: the dotted line expresses the possibility of the presence of a double bond when the substitution —X is absent or else a single bond when —X designates a substitution for a group: H, OR, NR′R″, SR, or a halogen atom with R, R′ and R″ designating independently of one another a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group in C1 to C6, R1, R2 and R3 represent independently of one another an atom of hydrogen, of fluorine or a methylated group, on the condition nevertheless that at least one of the radicals R1 and R2 represents an atom of fluorine, and n=1 or 2.
US08101730B2	Method for synthesizing rare-earth oxo isopropoxide Provided is a method for synthesizing a rare-earth oxo isopropoxide safely with a high yield, using a rare-earth metal, which is more inexpensive than anhydrous rare-earth chlorides, as a raw material.In a solvent containing 90% or more by weight of isopropyl alcohol, a rare-earth metal and isopropyl alcohol are caused to react with each other in the presence of a mercury compound catalyst, a solvent is added thereto or the solvent is partially replaced, and then in a solvent containing 25% or more by weight of an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or a saturated hydrocarbon solvent having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, water is added to conduct partial hydrolysis reaction, thereby synthesizing a rare-earth oxoisopropoxide.
US08101728B2	TAB molecules The present invention relates to TAB molecules, ADEPT constructs directed against TAG-72, and their use in therapy.
US08101725B2	Monoclonal antibodies to basic fibroblast growth factor The present invention is directed toward a neutralizing monoclonal antibody to basic fibroblast growth factor, a pharmaceutical composition comprising same, and methods of treatment comprising administering such a pharmaceutical composition to a patient.
US08101722B2	Less immunogenic binding molecules The present invention provides a bispecific binding molecule, wherein said molecule comprises or consists of at least two domains whereby one of said at least two domains specifically binds to/interacts with the human CD3 complex and said domain comprises an amino acid sequence of an antibody derived light chain, wherein said amino acid sequence is a particularly identified amino acid sequence comprising specific amino acid substitutions, and a second domain is or contains at least one further antigen-interaction-site and/or at least one further effector domain. The invention further provides nucleic acid molecules encoding the bispecific binding molecules of the invention, vectors comprising said nucleic acid molecules and host cells transformed or transfected with said vectors. Moreover, the invention concerns a method for the production of bispecific binding molecules of the invention and compositions comprising the bispecific binding molecules of the invention, the nucleic acid molecules of the invention or the host cells of the invention.
US08101712B2	Purification processes for echinocandin-type compounds The present invention provides a method of preparing and purifying echinocandin-type compounds, such as pneumocandin Bo, WF 11899A, and echinocandin B. These compounds are fermentation products that are used to prepare semi-synthetic products such as the antifungal products Caspofungin, Mycafungin, and Anidulafungin.
US08101706B2	Multifunctional forms of polyoxazoline copolymers and drug compositions comprising the same The present disclosure provides copolymers of 2-substituted-2-oxazolines possessing two or three reactive functional groups which are also chemically orthogonal. The copolymers described may be random copolymers, block copolymers or a mixture of random and block copolymer configurations. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides novel methods for synthesizing the above polymers and for conjugating to molecules such as targeting, diagnostic and therapeutic agents.
US08101705B2	Polyester compositions containing cyclobutanediol having a certain combination of inherent viscosity and moderate glass transition temperature and articles made therefrom Described are articles, comprising polyester based composition, comprising dicarboxylic acid component as terephthalic acid residues and optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues and glycol component, comprising 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues and cyclohexanedimethanol residues. The polyester composition has the inherent viscosity from 0.60 to 0.75 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.5 g/100 ml at 25° C., glass transition temperature Tg of 100° C. to 130° C., notched Izod impact strength of at least 7.5 ft-lb/inch at 23° C. according to ASTM D256 with a 10-mil notch in a ⅛-inch thick bar, melt viscosity is less than 10,000 poise as measured at 1 radian/second on a rotary melt rheometer at 290° C. and does not contain polycarbonate. Composition can be manufactured into articles as fibers, films, bottles or sheets.
US08101702B2	Silicone-containing composition A silicone-containing composition comprises the reaction product of a first component and an excess of an isocyanate component relative to the first component to form an isocyanated intermediary. The first component is selected from one of a polysiloxane and a silicone resin. The first component includes a carbon-bonded functional group selected from one of a hydroxyl group and an amine group. The isocyanate component is reactive with the carbon-bonded functional group of the first component. The isocyanated intermediary includes a plurality of isocyanate functional groups. The silicone-containing composition comprises the further reaction product of a second component, which is selected from the other of the polysiloxane and the silicone resin. The second component includes a plurality of carbon-bonded functional groups reactive with the isocyanate functional groups of the isocyanated intermediary for preparing the silicone-containing composition.
US08101699B2	Electron-transporting polymers The invention relates to polymers useful in optoelectronic devices and comprising structural unit of formula I: wherein R1 and R2 are independently at each occurrence, hydrogen, a C1-C20 aliphatic radical, a C3-C20 aromatic radical, or a C3-C20 cycloaliphatic radical; R3 is H or alkyl; a and b are, independently at each occurrence 0, or an integer ranging from 1 to 3; and Ar is a direct bond or aryl.
US08101696B2	Polyolefin solution polymerization process and polymer A catalyst composition comprising a zirconium complex of a polyvalent aryloxyether and a polymerization processes employing the same, especially a continuous, solution polymerization of ethylene and one or more C3-30 olefins or diolefins to prepare interpolymers having improved processing properties, are disclosed.
US08101671B2	Polyolefin resin foam and the process for producing the same An object of the invention is to provide a polyolefin resin foam which is excellent in flexibility, cushioning property and processability, especially excellent in cutting processability. The present invention relates to a polyolefin resin foam obtained by foaming a polyolefin resin composition using carbon dioxide in a supercritical state, wherein the polyolefin resin composition contains at least: (1) a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by subjecting to a dynamically heat treatment a mixture of (A) a rubber, and (B) (B-1) an α-olefin crystalline thermoplastic resin and/or (B-2) an α-olefin amorphous thermoplastic resin, each having a melt tension of less than 3.0 cN at a temperature of 210° C. and at a take-up speed of 2.0 m/min, in the presence of (C) a crosslinking agent; (2) a polyolefin resin; and (3) a nucleant agent having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 μm to less than 2.0 μm. The polyolefin resin foam has a density, for example, of 0.2 g/cm2 or less.
US08101662B2	Treatment of cancer with specific RXR agonists A method of treating cancer is disclosed comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a RXR agonist at a level below the RAR activating threshold and at or above the RXR effective dose.
US08101661B2	Polar hydrophilic prodrugs and non-standard amino acid conjugates of amphetamine and other stimulants and processes for making and using the same Disclosed are polar, hydrophilic stimulant prodrug compositions comprising at least one stimulant chemically attached to a polar hydrophilic ligand, a salt thereof, a derivative thereof, or a combination thereof. Also disclosed are non-standard amino acid conjugates of amphetamine. Methods of making and using the same are also disclosed.
US08101656B2	Use of 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-oxo-1-oxaspiro[4,5]dec-3-en-4-yl butanoate for controlling acarides The present invention relates to the use of 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-oxo-1-oxaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-4-yl butanoate for controlling acarids in hops, kiwi fruit, soft fruit, nuts, coffee, tropical fruit, spices and conifers.
US08101652B2	Antitumour combinations containing taxotere and 5-fluorouracil Antitumor combinations comprising a taxane and at least one antimetabolite for treating neoplastic diseases are described.
US08101644B2	Pyrrolinone derivative and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, Z1, Z2, Ra, Rb, q, A and n are as defined in the description, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The compound is useful as P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonist.
US08101640B2	Antibacterial agents Antibacterial compounds of formula I are provided: As well as stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of the compounds.

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