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US08103441B2	Caching navigation content for intermittently connected devices Selectively caching content related to routing data in a computing device. Prior to traversing a route, one or more access points to a network are identified. An expected level of access to a network (e.g., signal strength) along the route is determined. Portions of the route are selected based on the expected level of access. Content corresponding to at least one of the selected portions is received and stored for access during traversal of the route. For example, map images for areas expected to have poor network connectivity are cached prior to traversing the route to ensure that routing data is displayed to a user when in those areas. During transversal of the route, content is obtained and cached if a current level of access is less than a defined threshold.
US08103439B2	Portable navigation terminal and program A portable navigation device where a map being displayed on a display section is fixed by performing map stop operation at a portable navigation terminal where an appropriate map is selected and displayed so as to correspond to the speed of movement. A portable navigation terminal (10) has speed detecting means (104) for detecting the speed of movement of the terminal, a map data request/acquisition section (105) for requesting, according to the movement speed detected by the speed detecting mean, different kinds of map data to an information distributing server and acquiring the map data, and an operation section (16) having a map stop button for stopping, at a desired time point during the movement, change in the kind of map displayed on display means. The portable navigation terminal (10) further has manual scroll means (164), a zoom-in button (162), and a zoom-out button (163) that have the function of the map stop button.
US08103429B2	System and method for operating a compression-ignition engine A system includes a controller configured to estimate a brake specific nitrogen oxide emission of an engine based on a plurality of sensed parameters of the engine. The controller is also configured to control one or more control variables of the engine to reduce specific fuel consumption while ensuring compliance of brake specific nitrogen oxide emissions within predetermined limits.
US08103422B2	Method for the anticipated ascertainment of a bend on a portion of road, and associated system A system and method for the anticipated detection of a bend on a portion of road taken by a motor vehicle comprising the following steps: establishing, by means of a first system, called as the navigation system, a first set of information on the bend in question, the first set of information being associated with a first confidence index; establishing, by means of a second system, called as the image processing system, a second set of information on the bend in question, the second set of information being associated with a second confidence index; and establishing, from the first set of information and the second set of information and by taking into account the first confidence index and the second confidence index, a third set of information on the bend in question.
US08103420B2	Method and system for controlling a vehicle provided with a servo mechanical gear-change A method and system for controlling a vehicle, according to which it is determined whether the vehicle is on a slope; it is detected whether the internal-combustion engine is turned on; it is detected whether the vehicle is stationary; a parking brake is activated automatically and independently of the action of the driver, by driving a respective servo control if the vehicle is on a slope, if the internal-combustion engine is turned on and if the vehicle is stationary; and the parking brake is disengaged automatically and independently of the action of the driver, by driving the corresponding servo control when the clutch is disengaged by a corresponding servo control for transmitting the torque generated by an internal-combustion engine of the vehicle to the driving wheels.
US08103416B2	System and method for dynamic braking a vehicle closure system A system for dynamic braking a vehicle closure including a drive mechanism mounted to the vehicle, the drive mechanism having contacts to receive a drive signal to cause the drive mechanism to move the vehicle closure between an open and a close position in response to the drive signal, the drive mechanism capable of generating a generated drive signal during at least a portion of the vehicle closure from the open to the close position; and a controller having electrical outputs electrically coupled to the electrical contacts of the drive mechanism and electrical inputs to provide the drive signals to the drive mechanism and to receive generated drive signals from the drive mechanism, the controller configured to provide the generated drive signals back to the drive mechanism during operation of the vehicle closure to provide dynamic braking of the vehicle closure from the open to the close position.
US08103414B2	Adaptive vehicle configuration Methods, including service methods, program products and systems are provided for sensing vehicle loads and responsively and automatically configuring a vehicle. Vehicle-mounted load sensors sense vehicle loads, a vehicle processing means calculating a load imparted to the vehicle and comparing imparted loads to load capacity ratings or thresholds and responsively adjusting a vehicle cooling, transmission, braking, suspension or engine system into a revised operating mode. Modifying a component may entail revising a load capacity rating or threshold and repeating sensing, calculating, comparing and adjusting until the revised rating or threshold is met, or progressively adjusting in proportion to a change in a historic sensed load. Adjusting of the vehicle system may be biased to a performance characteristic or a load distribution. A supervisory entity may override automatic adjustment.
US08103412B2	System and method for controlling blind spot monitoring and cross traffic alert based on driver status A system for controlling the operation of performing at least one of blind spot monitoring and cross traffic alert in a vehicle based on driver status is provided. The system comprises a controller configured to receive at least one driver status signal indicative of whether the driver of the vehicle is one of the primary driver and the secondary driver. The controller is configured to determine whether the driver of the vehicle is the primary or the secondary driver based on the at least one driver status signal. The controller is configured selectively control the operation of performing the at least one of blind spot monitoring and cross traffic alert based on whether the driver of the vehicle is the primary driver or the secondary driver.
US08103406B2	Vehicle control apparatus A control unit of a vehicle control apparatus includes a module for receiving an ON signal from an eco switch, a module for reducing a step-up upper limit value of a converter from a predetermined normal upper limit value to a restricted upper limit value at a predetermined voltage reduction rate, and a module for determining an accelerator opening based on an accelerator operation performed by a user. When it is determined that the accelerator opening is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold while the eco switch is ON, the step-up upper limit value of the converter is restored to the normal upper limit value from the restricted upper limit value at a predetermined voltage increase rate.
US08103405B2	Operator control unit for devices in a motor vehicle An operator control unit for devices in a motor vehicle, having a carrier element and at least one operator control element arranged on the carrier element for generating an actuating signal for at least one device in the motor vehicle. The carrier element when in the installed state forms a storage space for holding objects to be stored in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle.
US08103404B2	System and method for odometer calibration A system for odometer calibration for a motor vehicle is provided. The system can include a first source of speed data that provides first speed data during operation of the motor vehicle, and a second source of speed data that provides second speed data during a portion of the operation. The system can also include a vehicle speed control module that computes overall average speed data based on the first speed data and a duration of operation. The system includes a speed control module that determines an average first speed for the portion of the operation in which the second source of speed data provides the second speed, and computes an average second speed. The system can include an odometer correction control module that computes corrected odometer data based on the overall average speed data and a ratio of the average second speed to the average first speed.
US08103403B2	Vehicular memory management apparatus When a non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM has a trouble code storage area and a status information area, status information is stored in the status information area after completion of storage of a trouble code in the trouble code storage area. Even when storage of the trouble code in a second storage area is interrupted due to a power fault with a result of three area discrepancy, the storage of the trouble code in the storage area is determined as not complete based on the status information, thereby leading to an appropriate data recovery of the trouble code in the trouble code storage area for an improvement of storage reliability of a vehicular memory management apparatus.
US08103400B2	Sensor apparatus A sensor apparatus of the present invention includes a first output terminal for outputting a sense signal, and a failure diagnosis circuit for determining whether a failure diagnosis object section is normal or abnormal, to output a failure detection signal from a second output terminal in the case of determining abnormality. The time required for an output concerning the failure detection signal from the failure diagnosis object section to reach the second output terminal is shorter than the time required for an output concerning the sense signal from the failure diagnosis object section to reach the first output terminal, thus leading to improvement in reliability under abnormal condition.
US08103398B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle control systems Unmanned aerial vehicle control systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle includes transmitting an indication of a take-off or landing location to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle is launched. A control mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle is switched from an autonomous mode to a manual mode. The control mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle is switched from the manual mode to another autonomous mode, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is landed at the landing location.
US08103396B2	Electric powered vehicle and its control method A shift position of an electric powered vehicle is selected by operating a shift lever and a P position switch. A power source position is selected by operating a power switch. When any of switching elements forming an inverter device is short-circuited, selection of the shift position and the power source position is controlled such that simultaneous selection of a power source position at which inverter control is turned off and a shift position at which a parking lock mechanism is inactivated can be avoided. Therefore, inverter control for reducing short-circuit current caused by back electromotive force derived from rotation of a motor generator after occurrence of short-circuit failure can reliably be executed.
US08103389B2	Modular energy control system A wireless base unit communicates with one or more wireless load manager units to receive power measurements for one or more loads connected to the wireless load manager. In response to dynamic variables, such as the changing price of electricity, the wireless base unit transmits commands to the wireless load manager to shut off or reduce power consumed by the one or more loads. In one variation, a wireless adapter also receives commands from the wireless base unit and converts the commands into a vendor-specific format used to control other devices such as a photovoltaic (PV) inverter.
US08103384B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner provided with a spatial recognition and detection function for deciding the room shape by integrally determining based on a temperature difference information between the floor and the walls occurring during the air conditioning operation, a human body detection position log, and a capacity zone of the air conditioner. The air conditioner provides an infrared sensor and a control unit that controls the air conditioner by detecting a presence of heat generating device and human with the infrared sensor, wherein the control unit acquires a thermal image data of the room by scanning with the infrared sensor, and integrates to calculate a floor dimension inside the air conditioning area, and calculates the wall position within the air conditioning area on the thermal image data.
US08103382B2	Method and system for sharing information through a mobile multimedia platform In a wide area communications network such as the Internet, a public server and an associated database store and make available to a private server personal information relating to an individuals emotional or some other mental or physical state. The private server includes functionality to interpret the personal information it receives or gathers from the public server in order to identify at least one reaction instruction which can be used by a multimedia communications device to convey to a user the state of an individual by generating a human perceivable reaction which can be playing multimedia content in combination with movement if the multimedia communications device is a robot.
US08103373B2	Control system A control system for use with a machine having a moving tool arranged to move through a known path of movement. The control system includes a means for detecting the location of objects in or adjacent the path of the tool (12) and a processing and control means arranged to determine the distance between the objects in or adjacent the path of the tool and a leading edge (22) of the tool (12). The control system includes at least one mode of operation in which the processing and control means controls movement of the tool (12) such that the distance between the objects in or adjacent the path of the tool and the leading edge (22) of the tool (12) is maintained within minimum and maximum values.
US08103372B2	System and method for installing a device A technique is provided for installing a device in which a part of the device and the location of the part are automatically determined. An installer is notified of the part and its location for installation. Routines implementing some or all of the technique may be provided on a computer-readable medium. A method is also provided for locating a part to be installed using a project manager application. An installer retrieves the part from the location and installs the part. In one embodiment, the present techniques are implemented using an installation system including a processor-based system and a locator system. The processor-based system is configured to indicate a location of a part to be installed while the locator system is configured to provide the location to the processor-based system.
US08103371B2	Method of retrieving audio data via coded medium A method of retrieving audio data using a coded medium is provided in which first and second coded data printed on the coded medium is sensed using an image sensor, the first coded data being printed in a linear pattern and encoding a medium identifier linked to the audio data and the second coded data being printed in a two-dimensional pattern and encoding the medium identifier and data on a two-dimensional coordinate grid, the medium identifier is determined from the sensed first and second coded data using a processor in communication with the image sensor, and the audio data is retrieved using the determined medium identifier and the processor.
US08103361B2	Instrumented retrievable implantable device Instrumented retrievable implantable device, including an expandable section, for placement inside a body lumen, preferably in a blood vessel. The device includes a joined sensor for monitoring one or more physiological parameter for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Data access is assured by a passive RF transponder, in communication with an external readout unit or an implanted device, providing as well to the energy supply of the sensor. The shape of the device allows repositioning and retrieval by micro-invasive methods, by means of a link section coupleable with a grabbing device mounted on a catheter.
US08103360B2	Medical lead coil conductor with spacer element Medical electrical leads equipped with spacer elements and configured for use during medical procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are disclosed. An illustrative medical electrical lead includes a proximal connector, an insulated lead body including at least one electrode, a helically coiled conductor wire, and a helically coiled spacer element interstitially disposed between adjacent turns of the conductor wire.
US08103358B2	Mapping guidelet The medical lead delivery device more easily and quickly delivers a lead to or through the coronary vein of a patient's heart. The medical lead delivery device includes an elongated body, a controller, a first and second spring, and a sleeve. The elongated body includes a proximal end and a distal end. The controller is disposed at the proximal end and provides enhanced control of the distal tip of the elongated body.
US08103355B2	Method and device for minimally invasive skin and fat treatment A RF electrode for use in a device for thermal fat destruction and skin tightening is provided. The RF electrode comprises a handle, a cannula shaft that extends from the handle and in turn comprises a dielectric material. The shaft is insertable inside a body at a treatment area. The shaft also comprises an electrode tip that is positioned on the cannula at a location distal to the handle. The electrode tip comprises a RF conductive material. A device for thermal fat destruction and skin tightening and method therefore are also provided.
US08103346B2	Regulatory compliant transmission of medical data employing a patient implantable medical device and a generic network access device Various embodiments concern a method which may include communicating medical information between a PIMD and an interface module via a first channel in compliance with a predetermined medical information regulatory standard, preventing access to the PIMD via the interface module other than through the first channel, detecting a communication protocol used by an available generic network access device, selecting a communication protocol rule set from a plurality of communication protocol rule sets to effect communication between the interface device and an available generic network access device of a plurality of generic network access devices, and transferring at least some of the medical information to the remote network via a second channel established between the interface module and the available generic network access device using the selected communication protocol rule set.
US08103342B2	Therapy-selection methods for implantable heart monitors An implantable heart-monitoring device comprising one or more leads for sensing electrical signals of a patient's heart a therapy circuit for delivering pharmaceuticals to the patient; and a monitoring circuit coupled to the one or more leads and to the therapy circuit, the monitoring circuit for monitoring heart activity of the patient through one or more of the leads, the monitoring circuit operable to: determine a minimum interval from a set of two or more intervals based on sensed heart activity, determine a range parameter based on a difference between a first subset and second subset of the intervals, determine a dispersion parameter quantifying dispersion of a subset of the intervals, and to determine an assessment value for the set of intervals, based on the minimum interval, the range parameter, the dispersion index.
US08103338B2	Impedance based anatomy generation Methods and systems for the determination and representation of anatomical information are disclosed herein. In some examples, methods described herein can include determining a boundary of at least a portion of the heart based on measured electrical signals, determining an area of the boundary corresponding to an endocardial boundary, and displaying a portion of the boundary of the heart with the display including a visual indicia indicative of the determined area of the boundary.
US08103327B2	Cardiac mapping catheter A multi electrode catheter for non contact mapping of the heart having independent articulation and deployment features.
US08103318B1	Method and system for recovering from DRX timing de-synchronization in LTE—ACTIVE A method for recovering from discontinuous reception (DRX) timing de-synchronization between the UE and the eNB in an LTE_ACTIVE state having the steps of: the eNB detecting DRX timing de-synchronization; transmitting an indicator to a User Equipment (UE) to resume continuous reception; and waiting for an indication from the UE of whether a Continuous Reception Response or Continuous Reception Notification was received.
US08103316B2	Power management system for a field device on a wireless network A field device includes a power control module, a network interface module that communicates over a wireless network, and a device interface module for operating transducers, such as a sensor or an actuator. The power control module controls distribution of electrical power so that the network interface module receives electrical power while it is attempting to join the wireless network. Once the network interface module has joined the wireless network, the power control module allows the network interface module and the device interface module to share electrical power.
US08103314B1	User generated ringtones Systems and methods for creating a mixed ringtone for a personal device. A user accesses a server, including a template selector and selects a template into which a user-created recording may be mixed. The user then records a recording, which is used by the server in association with the selected template to produce a mixed ringtone. The mixed ringtone is then formatted for the user's device and transmitted to the user's device.
US08103305B2	Method and system for cellular network and integrated broadcast television (TV) downlink with intelligent service control with feedback information Aspects of the present invention may be found in a method and system for cellular network services and an integrated broadcast television (TV) downlink having intelligent service control with feedback information. The system may comprise cellular processing circuitry in a mobile terminal that processes a plurality of cellular frequency band communications services which comprise at least one voice service and at least one data service, in a single cellular processor integrated circuit in a mobile terminal. In addition, the system may comprise broadcast processing circuitry in the mobile terminal that processes VHF/UHF band broadcast services in a single broadcast processor integrated circuit in the mobile terminal. The cellular processing circuitry may communicate with, and share at least a single memory with, the broadcast processing circuitry. The cellular processing circuitry may utilize at least the single memory to request at least a portion of information deliverable via the cellular frequency band communications services for delivery via VHF/UHF band broadcast services.
US08103301B2	Dynamic noise floors in a wireless device A wireless device configured to support a wireless networking protocol may utilize signal processing techniques that can mitigate the effects of jammer signals. For example, when a measured power associated with a digital sample of a received wireless signal is greater than a threshold, the wireless device may determine if the wireless signal corresponds to a wireless networking packet to be demodulated. If the wireless signal does not correspond to a wireless networking packet to be demodulated, the wireless device may adjust the threshold so that the power associated with the digital sample is less than the threshold. In other words, if the signal is a jammer signal, the wireless device may adjust its noise floor upward so that continuous reception of the same jammer signal does not trigger demodulation a second time.
US08103298B2	Multiple PTT functionality A communication device and method are presented. The device is in a network of devices of different groups. The device contains a push-to-talk (PTT) button, a channel selector, and a keyboard containing hard or soft keys. The channel selector selects an initial frequency at which to receive and transmit, dependent on the group to which the device belongs. The device transmits when the PTT button is pressed. If a multiple PTT function is activated by software in the device, at least some of the keys are used to select a new transmission frequency. The device receives at the initial frequency independent of the transmission frequency. The multiple PTT function can be activated by a dedicated soft or hard key or a key on the keyboard that serves multiple functions. The frequency selection provided by the keys is dependent on the channel and the device group.
US08103296B2	Mobile terminal and method of displaying information in mobile terminal A mobile terminal and a method of displaying information in the mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal conveniently provides a plurality of item groups which respectively include at least one item and respectively have different group identifiers to a user. For example, a specific group identifier can remain on a screen when the screen is scrolled, and thus the user is easily aware of properties or categories of items currently displayed on the screen.
US08103294B2	Determining the change in time at a mobile terminal In a terminal 106 having a receiver 202 for receiving the signals from plural transmission sources 101-105 whose positions and transmission time offsets are unknown within the terminal, a method is provided for determining the change in the time (elapsed time) at the terminal between two instants. At a first position of the terminal a first set of measurements, aligned to a first instant, of a signal parameter representative of the time or phase of receipt of said signals from said plural transmission sources relative to one or more of them, or to a reference, or to a terminal clock is obtained. Then at a second position of the terminal a corresponding second set of measurements, aligned to a second instant, of a signal parameter representative of the time or phase of receipt of said signals from said plural transmission sources relative to one or more of them, or to the reference, or to the terminal clock is also obtained. The aligned measurements of the first and second sets are combined, and the time elapsed between the first and second instants is calculated from the change in the combined aligned measurements of the first and second sets.
US08103293B2	System and related circuits and methods for detecting and locating wireless communication device use within a geographical area or facility A system for detecting and locating illicit cellular telephone use within a facility includes an array of radio frequency (RF) receivers, each receiver being placed in a predetermined location in the facility, and a central server, the receivers being in electrical communication with the central server. The server commands a group or groups of receivers to tune to a frequency of interest and to perform detailed sample rate measurements of the RF signal level received at the receivers. The array of receivers is organized into a plurality of measurement areas covering widely separated areas of the facility or different buildings of the facility, and the plurality of receivers of a measurement area is organized into a plurality of measurement groups covering areas of approximately uniform RF propagation conditions. Each receiver scans a frequency band of interest non-synchronously and independently of the other receivers in the array. Also, each receiver is preferably a direct-conversion receiver.
US08103288B2	Estimation of speed and direction of travel in a WLAN positioning system using multiple position estimations A method for estimating the speed and bearing of a Wi-Fi enabled device using WLAN radio signals in a WLAN based location service is provided. A method used to estimate a speed of travel of a Wi-Fi enabled device comprises the Wi-Fi enabled device receiving signals transmitted by Wi-Fi access points in range of the Wi-Fi enabled device, and using the signals to estimate the speed of and/or direction of travel of the Wi-Fi enabled device.
US08103263B2	Apparatus and method for controlling portable terminal Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of the portable terminal based on information about the contacted area sensed by the contact sensing unit, and a control unit which changes the portable terminal to a function mode recognized by the recognizing unit. Since a function mode of the portable terminal is controlled according to the way a user holds the portable terminal, convenience of changing a function mode of the portable terminal is provided through a single manipulation.
US08103261B2	Secure valet telephone system apparatus and method The Invention is an apparatus and method of providing a valet telephone service. A dedicated wireless telephone is provided to a subscriber as a benefit of subscription. The dedicated wireless telephone will place calls only to and receive calls only from a service provider central computer. Incoming and outgoing calls to or from subscriber over said dedicated wireless telephone are screened or completed by an operator. Outgoing calls are completed by the operator to private contacts at locations ranked by time of day and day of the week. Incoming calls to subscriber are connected to subscriber at locations ranked by time of day and day of the week. Calls to subscriber outside telephone numbers are forwarded permanently to the central computer and screened by the operator.
US08103252B2	Method and system for using subjects in instant messaging sessions on a mobile device A system and method are provided that incorporate subjects or subject lines into instant messaging sessions or conversations on a mobile device. During an instant messaging session, the user is provided with an option to specify a subject for at least the current portion of the session or for the entire session. The subject is proposed to the other users in the session, who can accept, ignore or modify the subject at their end. Multiple subjects can be specified for a single conversation if desired, and the subjects can be displayed with the contact in a message list. The instant messaging sessions may then be searched using search tools that are typically used for search email and other data messages.
US08103248B2	Method and arrangement for operating mobile communication terminals A method and arrangement for operating mobile communication terminals in a radio network with at least one base station, providing a first radio coverage area, and at least one mobile communication terminal in which at least one locally limited area of activity within the first radio coverage area is communicated to the radio network are provided. The mobile communication terminal's entry into the area of activity is detected. In addition, when entry has been detected, a first message from the radio network prompts the mobile communication terminal to transmit ascertained position finding information using a second message and the radio network initiates detection of the second message with the position-finding information. In addition, in the absence of the second message, the mobile communication terminal is manipulated by the base station such that at least some of the communication links are suppressed within the area of activity, with receipt of the second message in the communication terminal at least partially allowing communication links within the area of activity on the basis of identity information identifying the user of the communication terminal.
US08103247B2	Automated secure pairing for wireless devices Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) are described herein that relate to automated secure pairing for devices, and that relate to parallel downloads of content using devices. The tools for pairing the devices may perform authentication protocols that are based on addresses and on keys. The address-based authentication protocol may operate on address book entries maintained by the devices. The key-based authentication protocol may operate using a key exchange between the devices.
US08103246B2	Systems and methods for remote user authentication Systems for methods for remote user authentication by using a cellular phone and an authentication system that generates and uses transient pass codes. The Authentication system is used to store a user's existing passwords; alternatively, the authentication system creates on demand a transient random pass code that is good for a limited duration. The transient pass codes may also be used in the packets that enable each packet to be individually authenticated in the firewall. When the user has forgotten the password in a traditional system, alternatively, without the need to create or remember passwords, user can use transient pass codes. The user retrieves the password or the pass code via a cell telephone call to the authentication system, before logging on to the system.
US08103237B2	Method of communication between a source mobile set without network coverage and a target set A communication procedure between a source mobile equipment which at a given time has no mobile network coverage, and a target equipment, comprising: establishing communication between the source mobile equipment and the target equipment in stages via intermediary equipment; the source equipment initiating a search of the intermediary equipment for sending a message to the target equipment; if the search process does not result in a first intermediary, the source equipment initiates the search process again; the intermediary equipment receive the message and if none of them is the target, those having a retransmitter profile initiate a search process for second intermediary equipment for sending said the message, until the message is received by the target equipment.
US08103236B2	Method and apparatus for processing signal A signal processing method and system are provided. The method includes receiving an input signal within a first frequency range, the input signal including a desired signal and an interference signal. The method includes down-converting the input signal to a second frequency range, which is lower than the first frequency range, using an offset local oscillator signal having a frequency substantially equal to the central frequency of the desired signal. The method includes separating the interference signal from the down-converted input signal. The method includes up-converting the separated interference signal to the first frequency range. The method includes subtracting the up-converted interference signal from the input signal at the first frequency range to obtain an interference removed signal. The method includes down-converting the interference removed signal to a third frequency range, which is lower than the first frequency range, using a local oscillator signal, for demodulating. The frequency of the offset local oscillator signal is different from the frequency of the local oscillator signal.
US08103228B2	Method for determining line-of-sight (LOS) distance between remote communications devices An apparatus for wireless communications is disclosed including a super regenerative receiver adapted to receive an incoming signal from a remote apparatus, and a circuit adapted to at least partially determine the distance to the remote apparatus based on the incoming signal. The super regenerative receiver may be configured for relatively high sensitivity to allow the distance measurement circuit to discern the line-of-sight (LOS) portion of the incoming signal from the non-LOS portion thereof. Using the time of the LOS portion of the incoming signal, the circuit is able to more accurately determine the distance to the remote apparatus. By sending a signal to the remote apparatus, and receiving a response signal from the remote apparatus, the circuit may determine the distance to the remote apparatus from the respective times of the transmission and reception of the signals.
US08103214B2	System and method for adapting a loop powered field instrument for use in a wireless network A system and method are disclosed for adapting a loop powered wired field instrument for use in a wireless network of wireless field instruments without changing internal wiring of the loop powered wired field instrument. The invention comprises a wired to wireless adapter apparatus that connects to a wired field instrument. The apparatus comprises power conversion circuitry that receives either external power or battery power and converts the received power to loop power for the wired field instrument. The apparatus also receives and decodes a wired signal from the wired field instrument and converts the decoded signal for subsequent wireless transmission to a wireless network. It appears to the wireless network that receives the transmitted wireless signal that the wired field instrument is a wireless field instrument.
US08103211B1	Carrier The vehicle, such as airplane, which comprises the internal wireless communicating device and the external antenna device, wherein the passenger(s) in the vehicle may access network (e.g., the Internet) via the internal wireless communicating device and the external antenna device.
US08103209B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving notification message in a broadcasting system, and system thereof A terminal apparatus is provided for receiving a broadcast service from a broadcasting system. A receiver receives a notification message from the broadcasting system. A message parser parses the notification message received by the receiver according to a certain format. A controller determines whether the received notification message is a notification message to be used by a user or a notification message to be used by the terminal based on content of the notification message parsed by the message parser, and performs an operation according to the determination result.
US08103203B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device that includes a first fixing unit including a first heating roller having a metallic roller and a resin layer formed on the metallic roller, and a first pressure roller coming into abutment with the first heating roller; and a second fixing unit having a second heating roller being configured to heat a transfer material heated by the first fixing unit and including a metallic roller, a elastic layer formed on the metallic roller, and a resin layer formed on the elastic layer, and a second pressure roller coming into abutment with the second heating roller is provided.
US08103202B2	Transfer belt for electrophotography and image forming apparatus equipped therewith A transfer belt for electrophotography comprises at least a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a conductive agent, preferably further a nylon resin, wherein a deviation in surface resistivity is 1 or less; and an image-forming apparatus comprises a latent-image supporting member, and a transfer member that supports a toner image transferred thereon from the latent-image supporting member and transfer the supported toner image onto an image-receiving material, comprising at least a polyphenylene sulfide resin and a conductive agent, and having a deviation in surface resistivity of 1 or less.
US08103200B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carrier rollers placed on an inner circumferential side of an annular conveying path so as to face the annular conveying path and so as to be juxtaposed in a sheet conveying direction along the annular conveying path. Opposed rollers are provided on the outer circumferential side of the annular conveying path. Imaging sections for forming intrinsic color images on surfaces of the respective image carrier rollers are provided. A sheet is introduced to the annular conveying path and is conveyed along the sheet conveying direction sequentially through nip sections of the rollers, while the images formed on the surfaces of the respective image carrier rollers by the imaging sections are transferred one by one onto the sheet. The sheet with the images transferred thereon is released from the annular conveying path.
US08103189B2	Image forming apparatus having removable belt A belt unit having a belt stretched by a plurality of rollers is removably mounted in an image forming apparatus. A pressure removing member moves a tension roller for applying tension to the belt from a first position to apply the tension to the belt to a second position to remove the tension from the belt. After the belt unit is positioned and mounted in the apparatus body by engaging the rollers with positioning portions in an apparatus body frame in a state in which the tension roller is moved to the second position by the pressure removing member, the tension is applied to the belt by moving the tension roller to the first position by the pressure removing member.
US08103182B2	Image forming apparatus taht includes a transfer member that can be separated from an inner circumferential surface of a transfer belt when belt is rotating An image forming apparatus includes a transfer roller that can be separated from an intermediate transfer belt. When an operational mode is switched from a multicolor mode to a mono-color mode, the image forming apparatus changes a rotational speed of the intermediate transfer belt to a level slower than a rotational speed of the intermediate transfer belt to be set in the multicolor mode to transfer a toner image to the intermediate transfer belt, then separates a first transfer member from the intermediate transfer belt, and after the first transfer member is separated from the intermediate transfer belt, the image forming apparatus increases the rotational speed of the intermediate transfer belt to a rotational speed to be set in the mono-color mode to transfer the toner image to the intermediate transfer belt.
US08103179B2	Development device that obtains uniform toner density of a two-component developer A development device is provided with: a development roller that rotates while carrying a two-component developer in a development tank accommodating the two-component developer; a tubular developer conveyance path having therein a conveyance mechanism that conveys the two-component developer in an axial direction of the development roller; a developer supply mouth for supplying the two-component developer to the developer conveyance path; a developer discharge mouth for discharging the two-component developer from the developer conveyance path; a supply mouth adjustment member that adjusts the area of the opening of the developer supply mouth; and a control unit that causes the supply mouth adjustment member to operate based on the fluidity of the two-component developer in the development tank.
US08103171B2	Method, system and device for data transfer in an optical network A method for data transfer in an optical network, including: amplitude modulating, by a central office, an optical carrier by a downstream data with a first rate to generate a downstream optical signal carrying the downstream data; sending the downstream optical signal to a user terminal; obtaining, by the user terminal, the downstream data from the downstream optical signal; amplitude modulating, by the user terminal, the downstream optical signal by an upstream data with a second rate to generate an upstream optical signal, wherein the ratio of the first rate to the second rate is greater than 1; sending the upstream optical signal to the central office; and receiving, by the central office, the upstream optical signal, and obtaining, by the central office, the upstream data from the upstream optical signal. Furthermore, the present invention discloses a system and device for data transfer in the optical network. With the invention, the complexity of the system may be effectively reduced, and the cost of the device may be lowered.
US08103166B2	Multi-wavelength coherent receiver with a shared optical hybrid and a multi-wavelength local oscillator An exemplary apparatus for digital coherent detection of a multi-wavelength signal includes a polarization-diversity optical hybrid, at least four Wavelength De-Multiplexing (W-DMUX) filters, 4M detectors, and 4M analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), with M an integer greater than one. The hybrid has a first input for receiving a multi-wavelength signal including M sub-channels at different wavelengths, and a second input for receiving a reference light source including M continuous-wave references at different wavelengths that approximates center wavelengths of the M sub-channels. The hybrid has at least four outputs. A W-DMUX input for each W-DMUX filter is provided a corresponding one of the hybrid outputs, and each W-DMUX filter provides M filtered optical channel outputs. Each detector converts at least one of the filtered channel outputs into a corresponding electrical signal. Each ADC converts one of the electrical signals into a corresponding digital signal. The corresponding digital signals represent the M sub-channels.
US08103159B2	Flashing control method for a digital camera The present invention is directed to a flashing control method for a digital camera. Indices respectively corresponding to sensitivity values are firstly determined. Subsequently, main-flash intensities are respectively obtained with respect to the sensitivity values such that their target brightness values are substantially the same after exposure, thereby constructing an energy table. Further, a predetermined preflash is fired to obtain a corresponding preflash brightness value with respect to each distinct distance. Main-flash indices are then respectively obtained according to maximum main-flash intensity and the energy table with respect to the distinct distances such that the target brightness values are substantially the same after exposure, thereby constructing a preflash table. During picture capturing, the main-flash intensity is obtained according to the preflash brightness value and the preflash table.
US08103147B2	Recording medium, method and apparatus for providing management information According to one embodiment, a method of recording a digital stream on a recording medium, includes checking an existence of entry point information in a received digital transport stream, the entry point information associated with entry points in the digital transport stream, the digital transport stream comprising a plurality of data packets; grouping received data packets into one or more data object units based on the entry point information as a result of the checking step, and grouping one or more data object units into one data object; and recording the received data packets on the basis of the data object on the recoding medium.
US08103141B2	Coupling element for optical fiber cables The present invention relates to a novel coupling composition that is used within optical fiber cables to protect optical fibers and to couple the optical fibers and the surrounding buffer tube casing. The present invention also relates to optical fiber cables that use the novel coupling composition.
US08103121B2	Systems and methods for determination of a camera imperfection for an image Methods and systems for creating an image filter is described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first plurality of images captured by an at least one camera with a same setting as a first camera. The method further includes creating an averaged image from the plurality of captured images, wherein the averaged image comprises a measurement value of intensity for each pixel in the averaged image. The method also includes determining an image imperfection in the averaged image. The method further includes creating the image filter to reduce the image imperfection.
US08103120B2	Method and apparatus of local contrast enhancement Methods and apparatuses of contrast enhancement on an image are disclosed. The method performs local shading of fine contrast variations in an image, with particular advantage in tone mapping applications. The amounts of shading are determined by the preferred degree of increased image contrast 810, including compensation for subsequent tone mapping, and the difference between a profile signal 803 and the image signal 801 conditional on the signal profile level being higher than the original image signal level, wherein avoiding boosting of brightness level to obtain contrast enhancement. The profile signal 803 is calculated by the weighted sum of the image signal and the absolute signal variation which is the absolute value of the variation between the brightness of two neighbor pixels. This amount of shading is reduced to zero when the profile signal 803 is lower than the original image signal 801 for avoiding the overshooting problem at sharp edges in an image. Uniform RGB scaling is applied to preserve original color tones.
US08103115B2	Information processing apparatus, method, and program An information processing apparatus that compares an input image with a model image to identify the subject of the input image with the subject of the model image. The apparatus includes feature value extraction means for setting feature points, each of which is on an edge of the model image and provided to extract a model image feature value, which is the feature value of the model image, and extracting the model image feature value from each of a plurality of feature value extraction areas in the neighborhood of each of the feature points, and matching means for checking if an input image feature value, which is the feature value of the input image, at the point that is on an edge of the input image and corresponds to the feature point matches any of the plurality of model image feature values at the feature point.
US08103112B2	Decoding method, decoding apparatus, storage medium in which decoding program is stored, and electronic camera In a decoding method for decoding coded light ray information, coded first image information and coded second image information different from the first image information are decoded. The first image information and the second image information are obtained in taking a subject. The light ray information is generated based on the decoded first and second image information. Image information corresponding to a first focus value is generated and stored in a storage medium, based on the generated light ray information. An image is displayed based on the image information corresponding to the first focus value. Image information corresponding to a second focus value different from the first focus value is generated and stored in the storage medium, based on the generated light ray information. The image information corresponding to the second focus value is generated and stored, while the image is displayed or before the image is displayed.
US08103103B2	Multilevel bit-mapped image analysis method The present invention discloses a multilevel method of bitmapped image analysis that comprises a whole image data representation via its components—objects of different levels of complexity—hierarchically connected therebetween by spatially-parametrical links. The said method comprises preliminarily generating a classifier of the objects that possibly may be present in the image consisting of one or more levels differing in complexity; parsing the image into objects; attaching each object to one of predetermined levels; establishing hierarchical links between objects of different levels; establishing links between objects within the same level; and performing an object feature analysis. The objects feature analysis comprises at least generating and examining a hypothesis about object features and correcting the object's features of the same and other levels in response to the hypothesis examination results. The step of object features analysis may also comprise execution of a recursive RX-cut within the same level.
US08103088B2	Three-dimensional image capture system Apparatus to capture three-dimensional images of a head comprises a plurality of image capturing device modules, each module comprises a plurality of image-capturing devices; and a rigid support structure supporting the plurality of image capturing device modules to define a space wherein an image of the head may be disposed. The rigid support structure supports all of the modules in predetermined relationship to each other and to the space. The rigid support structure further supports the modules in positions such that each module is positioned to capture a group of first images of a corresponding surface portion of a head disposed within the space such that each group of first images captured by the corresponding module captures a substantially different surface portion of the head disposed within the space.
US08103086B2	Reticle defect inspection with model-based thin line approaches Provided are novel inspection methods and systems for inspecting photomasks to identify various defects using a model-based approach and information obtained from modeled images. Modeled or simulation images are generated directly from test or reference images. Some examples include aerial images that represent expected patterns projected by a lithography system on a substrate as well as photoresist images that represent expected resist patterns. Test images are first represented as a band limited mask pattern, which may include only linear terms for faster image processing. This pattern is then used to construct a modeled image, which in turn is used to construct a model-based feature map. This map serves as a base for inspecting the original test images to identify photomask defects and may include information that allows differentiating between various feature types based on their lithographic significance and other characteristics.
US08103079B2	Chest image rotation apparatus, method and recording-medium stored therein program A chest image rotation apparatus includes a chest image input unit that is used to input a chest image, a vertebral-body region extraction unit that extracts a vertebral-body region from the input chest image, a vertebral-body direction calculation unit that calculates, based on the extracted vertebral-body region, the direction of vertebral bodies in the chest image, a chest image rotation unit that rotates the chest image so that the calculated direction of the vertebral bodies becomes perpendicular to the horizontal side of the chest image, and an output unit that outputs the rotated chest image.
US08103070B2	Volume rendering apparatus and method Volume rendering of images of four dimensional (4D) heart image data, in particular cardiac CT data by slab multiplanar reformatting (MPR), is improved by providing an automated method and apparatus for determining and locking onto anatomically relevant viewing parameters. In particular the view plane, view axis and view orientation are changed from frame to frame in the movie so they remain fixed to an anatomical feature of interest, thereby providing a stable movie of the heart feature of interest. Provision of a dynamic view plane compensates not only for translational motion of the heart feature of interest, but also for its tilting and twisting. Tilting effects are highly significant when viewing heart valves, since the valve plane exhibits varying angles of tilt through the heart phases as a result of the generally tubular arteries and veins exhibiting a bending motion.
US08103062B2	Video processing apparatus A video processing apparatus includes: face-area detection means for detecting a face area included in a frame forming video data; trace-generation means for generating a frame identification corresponding to a start and an end of a trace including, as a unit, a set of frames from an appearance of the face area to a disappearance on the basis of the detection; representative face-area information generation means for selecting a representative face area from the face area included in frames forming the trace and generating representative face-area information representing contents of the representative face area; and video-data appended information generation means for generating video-data appended information relating the frame identification corresponding to a start and an end of the trace to the representative face-area information for the video data.
US08103053B2	Method and apparatus for associating identifiers with content Watermark detection in an image or the like can be optimized by exploiting the innate biases in the image to emphasize the watermark signal. The watermark signal can be trial-located with different origins in the image to find one that yields improved results. Similarly, the image can be processed (e.g., by changing resolution, rotation, or compression) so as to change the innate biases to better reinforce the watermark signal. Compression of an image can be done in accordance with a desired identifier, with the compressor deciding which image components to retain and which to discard based, in part, on the identifier that is to be associated with the image. The techniques are also applicable to other forms of content, such as audio. A variety of other arrangements are also detailed.
US08103052B2	Method of embedding informaton into image According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of embedding information into an image has obtaining an image data by taking the image by an image input device, dividing the image data into a plurality of blocks, determining an area in each of the blocks on the basis of a resolution power of the image input device, where a characteristic value may be modified in accordance with the information, respectively, comparing the size of the block with the size of the area and modifying a characteristic value of each of the blocks in accordance with the information to be embedded when the ratio of the size of the area with respect to the size of the blocks is smaller than a predetermined value.
US08103048B2	Detection of spam images A method, system, and computer program product for analyzing image attachments to email messages and reliably determines whether the image includes spam, so that the message can be blocked. A method for processing email messages comprises processing an image included in or attached to an email message to determine whether the image includes features that indicate whether the image is spam and determining whether the image is spam based on the included features that indicate whether the image is spam.
US08103045B2	Structure function monitor Methods and apparatus for a structure function monitor provide for generation of parameters characterizing a refractive medium. In an embodiment, a structure function monitor acquires images of a pupil plane and an image plane and, from these images, retrieves the phase over an aperture, unwraps the retrieved phase, and analyzes the unwrapped retrieved phase. In an embodiment, analysis yields atmospheric parameters measured at spatial scales from zero to the diameter of a telescope used to collect light from a source.
US08103041B2	Speaker retention bracket An audio speaker bracket for use in passenger vehicles and a method for installing the speaker to a mounting panel using at least one suspension member. The method permits the speaker to be temporarily supported by a mounting panel while secure attachment of the bracket to the mounting panel is completed.
US08103033B2	Audio system for portable device An audio system has an enclosure and a transducer that is mounted to the enclosure. The transducer creates a vibration of the enclosure in response to being driven by an audio signal. A cradle assembly mechanically couples a portable device to the enclosure through one or more isolators such that only a portion of the vibration is coupled to the portable device. The enclosure is supported substantially entirely by the cradle assembly.
US08103026B2	Microphone module with electromagnetic interference shielding means A microphone module includes a cabinet, a sensor, an integrated circuit chip, a first substrate, and a second substrate. The first substrate carries the integrated circuit chip and includes a first top surface, a first bottom surface, and a first shielding part with a fixed electric potential extending from the first top surface to the first bottom surface. The second substrate includes a second top surface contacting the first bottom surface, a second bottom surface, and a second shielding part with the fixed electric potential on the second bottom surface, wherein the second shielding part is arranged in such a way that no electromagnetic waves can pass between the first shielding part and the second shielding part.
US08103025B2	Surface mountable transducer system The present invention relates to a surface mountable acoustic transducer system, comprising one or more transducers, a processing circuit electrically connected to the one or more transducers, and contact points arranged on an exterior surface part of the transducer system. The contact points are adapted to establish electrical connections between the transducer system and an external substrate, the contact points further being adapted to facilitate mounting of the transducer system on the external substrate by conventional surface mounting techniques.
US08103018B2	Sound pickup apparatus An A/D converter sets a sound pickup signal to low sensitivity and inputs the signal to a sound pickup beam generation unit. The A/D converter sets a sound pickup signal to high sensitivity and inputs the signal to the sound pickup beam generation unit. A sound detector determines from the sound pickup beam whether or not sound is present and whether or not clipping has arisen. A control unit inputs a determination result from the sound detector, thereby setting an encoder such that a low-level sound pickup beam signal is output to the outside when a high-level sound pickup beam signal is clipped.
US08103016B2	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, is configured such that the master node generates the audio transport frame in an S-th period based on the audio transport frame in an (S−k)-th period, and each of the other nodes delays the audio signals written by another node after the audio transport frame is generated by the master node until the audio transport frame is transmitted to the self node, by k period(s) with respect to the other audio signals, for use in signal processing.
US08103013B2	Acoustic transducer device An acoustic transducer device is provided. The device includes a body, a speaker, a microphone, and a processor. The body has a cavity, a sound exit, and a sound entrance. The cavity interflows with the sound exit and accommodates the speaker. The microphone is disposed within the body beside the speaker. The microphone interflows selectively with the cavity or the sound entrance. The processor is electrically connected to the speaker and the microphone. When the microphone interflows with the cavity, the microphone receives a sound signal generated from the cavity and transmits the sound signal to the processor for cancelling noise in the cavity. When the microphone interflows with the sound exit, the microphone receives an external sound signal and transmits the external sound signal to the processor for cancelling noise from the external.
US08103009B2	Wired, wireless, infrared, and powerline audio entertainment systems A method and system for communicating audio signals between an input device and an output device via a network. The output device can include loudspeakers and headphones. In some embodiments an output device, for example a center channel speaker, transmits audio signals to other output devices. In some embodiments, the output device is coupled to, or combined with, a speaker stand or speaker bracket. The network can be wireless, wired, infrared, RF, and powerline.
US08103006B2	Spatial resolution of the sound field for multi-channel audio playback systems by deriving signals with high order angular terms Audio signals that represent a sound field with increased spatial resolution are obtained by deriving signals that represent the sound field with high-order angular terms. This is accomplished by analyzing input audio signals representing the sound field with zero-order and first-order angular terms to derive statistical characteristics of one or more angular directions of acoustic energy in the sound field. Processed signals are derived from weighted combinations of the input audio signals in which the input audio signals are weighted according to the statistical characteristics. The input audio signals and the processed signals represent the sound field as a function of angular direction with angular terms of one or more orders greater than one.
US08103000B2	Slice mask and moat pattern partial encryption A selective encryption encoder consistent with certain embodiments of the invention has vertical and/or horizontal stripes encrypted. In one embodiment, packets are examined in the digital video signal to identify a specified packet type, the specified packet type being both packets carrying intra-coded data representing a pattern of horizontal stripes across an image and packets carrying intra-coded data representing a pattern of vertical stripes across an image. The packets identified as being of the specified packet type are encrypted using a first encryption method to produce first encrypted packets. These first encrypted packets are then used to replace the unencrypted packets in the digital video signal to produce a partially encrypted video signal. The packets of the specified type can also be multiple encrypted and replaced in the data stream to produce a multiple encrypted video data stream. This abstract is not to be considered limiting since embodiments consistent with the present invention may incorporate more, fewer or differing elements than mentioned in this abstract.
US08102992B2	Dynamic load balancing between multiple locations with different telephony system A system and method for dynamic load balancing between telephony systems are provided. The system includes an input to receive a call from a primary interactive voice response (IVR) system. The system also includes an IVR unit responsive to the call to receive input from a caller. The system also includes logic to select a telephony system from among a plurality of telephony systems based on the input from the caller and based on agent availability data of the plurality of telephony systems. The system further includes at least one output to send the received call for allocation to a call center site of the selected telephony system based on a routing protocol associated with the selected telephony system.
US08102988B2	Method and system for dynamically terminating wireless and wireline calls between carriers A third party tandem provider that intercepts and routes voice and data traffic between telecommunications carriers, e.g., wireless carriers, local exchange carriers, and long distance carriers, by dynamically determining the actual terminating switch for a call using a plurality of proprietary databases versus terminating calls merely based on the switch associated with the terminating telephone number. The tandem services provider Service Control Point (SCP) is arranged to maintain a carrier unit's status in a resident database or secure such information per call from the terminating carrier's database. When a call is placed to a telephone number associated with a carrier connected to the tandem, the tandem platform Service Switching Point (SSP) queries the SCP for availability and routing instructions. In response, the SCP accesses its database and/or the terminating carrier's database to determine the status of the unit. If the unit is available, the SCP sends the SSP the unit's current service address (e.g., IP address, telephone number, location routing number) to route the call to the switching location currently serving the subscriber unit. If the unit is unavailable, the SCP sends the SSP the information to route the call to the home switch associated with the called unit for announcement, voice mail, or other treatment. The terminating carrier thus avoids the internal routing inefficiencies of re-directing the call within its network.
US08102976B1	Systems and methods for trading track view Included are embodiments for providing communications data. At least one embodiment of a method receiving data associated with a communications session, the communications session including a first communications stream and a second communications stream, wherein the first communications stream and the second communications stream are received in a receiving order and recording at least a portion of the communications session. Some embodiments include receiving a request to provide, from the recording, at least a portion of the first communications stream in a visual format and providing at least a portion of the first communications stream in the visual format.
US08102975B2	Voice business client The subject mater herein relates to computer software and client-server based applications and, more particularly, to a voice business client. Some embodiments include one or more device-agnostic application interaction models and one or more device specific transformation services. Some such embodiments provide one or more of systems, methods, and software embodied at least in part in a device specific transformation service to transform channel agnostic application interaction models to and from device or device surrogate specific formats.
US08102969B2	X-ray device An x-ray device has a cathode aligned on a target region in a tube housing with a rotating anode unit. The rotating anode unit is borne to rotate around a rotational axis inside the tube housing. The rotating anode unit has a rotating anode plate with the target region and a shaft rotationally connected with the rotating anode plate. A magnetic bearing supports the shaft without contact in the tube housing. The rotating anode plate has an axial extension facing away from the shaft. The axial extension dips into a fluid-filled receptacle space of the tube housing for heat dissipation. Such an x-ray device allows high rotation speeds of the rotating anode unit, and thus a high operational power.
US08102966B2	Radiation therapy with local field enhancement Aspects of the invention relate to radiotherapy methods and devices that use local field enhancements induced by metal particles in order to irradiate a target volume with a lower intensity as compared to conventional treatment methods. The metal particles may be coupled to vehicles and administered to a patient's body. As vehicles may have a higher affinity to the target volume than to the rest of the body, metal particles may concentrate within the target volume. When in irradiating the target volume, the metal particles cause local field enhancements of the treatment radiation, thus allowing irradiating the body with a lower overall intensity. Local field enhancements may be determined and used to control a radiation therapy device.
US08102956B2	Smart antenna solution for mobile handset A mobile terminal with smart antennas, comprises a plurality of groups of radio frequency signal processing modules (300), for transforming received multi-channel radio frequency signals to multi-channel baseband signals; a smart antenna processing module (306), for smart antenna baseband processing said multi-channel baseband signals output from said plurality of groups of radio frequency signal processing module so as to combine said multi-channel baseband signals into single-channel baseband signals, according to control information received one-off as said smart antenna processing module is enabled; and a baseband processing module (303-305), for providing said control information to said smart antenna processing module according to data from said smart antenna processing module, and baseband processing said single-channel baseband signals outputted from said smart antenna processing module.
US08102954B2	Frequency interference detection and correction A system for detecting and correcting for spurious frequencies that may coincide in a bandwidth of interest in an RF metrology system. The system can (1) utilize a deterministic scheme to detect an interference by a spurious frequency and correct the distortion effect or (2) utilize a mixed signal processing architecture to avoid the occurrence of spurious frequency contamination. A detection scheme identifies the event of distortion and triggers either (a) a shift in the analog to digital convert sample rate or (b) a mathematical vector manipulation. The shift of the analog to digital convert sample rate moves an aliased image of the spurious frequency outside of the frequency of interest. The mathematical vector correction removes the distortion and restores the signal of interest.
US08102949B2	Bit log likelihood ratio evaluation A system and method are provided for generating bit log likelihood ratio (LLR) values for two-layered Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying (QPSK) turbo decoding in a wireless communications user terminal (UT). The method includes receiving a two-layered QPSK signal with an energy ratio that is unknown, but typically defined as either k12 or k22. The method selects a mismatched energy ratio (k2) between k12 and k22, and generating bit LLR values for two-layered QPSK turbo decoding, using the mismatched k2 energy ratio. For example, if the received two-layered QPSK signal is known to have an energy ratio of about 4 or about 6.25. Then, k2 is selected to be about 5.0625. Alternately stated, the mismatched k2 energy ratio in selected by determining the approximate midpoint between k12 and k22.
US08102945B2	Signal processing device and signal processing method The present invention relates to a signal processing device and a signal processing method that are capable of processing various types of signals. The signal processing device comprises a frequency detecting unit detecting a frequency of a data signal by checking synchronization between the data signal and a reference signal, an oscillation unit supplying the reference signal to the frequency detecting unit, a frame detecting unit detecting a frame organizing the data signal, and a control unit changing a frequency of the reference signal supplied by the oscillation unit to take frequency synchronization between the data signal and the reference signal in checking the synchronization by the frequency detecting unit, and setting information of the frequency, of which the frequency synchronization has been taken, in the frame detecting unit.
US08102944B2	Mode and rate control for MIMO transmission Techniques for performing mode and rate control for a MIMO transmission are described. For mode selection, the use of an eigensteering mode is permitted if a first set of at least one criterion is satisfied. The eigensteering mode is selected for data transmission if a second set of at least one criterion is satisfied, and an unsteered mode is selected otherwise. For rate selection, SNR estimates are derived for data streams to potentially transmit, e.g., based on channel estimates and/or data symbol estimates. The number of data streams to transmit as well as at least one rate for at least one data stream to transmit are selected based on the SNR estimates and at least one backoff factor. The backoff factor(s) are adjusted based on status of received packets. The at least one rate may be adjusted based on the age of rate information.
US08102937B2	Enhanced bit mapping for digital interface of a wireless communication equipment in multi-time slot and multi-mode operation A controller is configured to determine a word in a set of words corresponding to a received coding value, the set of words including at least one data word, at least one modulator command word and at least one gain command word. When the received coding value corresponds to a data word, the controller causes the data word to be modulated. When the received coding value corresponds to a modulator command word, the controller controls a modulator based on the modulator command word. When the received coding value corresponds to a gain command word, the controller controls a gain based on the gain command word.
US08102936B2	Methods and apparatus for clock and data recovery using transmission lines A data receiver circuit includes a transmission line to generate the appropriate timing for clock and data recovery. The transmission line receives a reference signal, and propagates the reference signal through at least two segments of predetermined lengths. The transmission line is configured with a first tab to extract, from the first predetermined length, a first delayed signal, and a second tab to extract, from the second predetermined length, a second delayed signal. A sampling circuit generates samples, at a first time period, from an input signal and the first delayed signal. The sampling circuit also generates samples, at a second time period, from the input signal and the second delayed signal. A capacitance control device to adjust the capacitance of the transmission line is disclosed. The data receiver circuit and the transmission line may be both fabricated on an integrated circuit, or the transmission line may be implemented external to the integrated circuit chip, such as on a package housing of the integrated circuit chip or on a printed circuit board for which the integrated circuit chip is mounted.
US08102934B2	Transmitting apparatus and method A transmitting apparatus includes a subset matrix setting unit to set a subset matrix corresponding to a channel matrix with respect to each of a plurality of antennas of at least one of a plurality of user terminals, using channel matrices fed back from the plurality of user terminals; a beamforming matrix calculator to perform a predetermined operation using the set subset matrix so as to calculate a beamforming matrix composed of weight vectors respectively corresponding to the plurality of antennas of each of the plurality of user terminals; a beamforming processor to perform a beamforming process on data to be transmitted according to the calculated beamforming matrix so as to generate a transmission signal; and antennas to transmit the transmission signal to the plurality of user terminals. The transmitting apparatus obtains a diversity effect while removing interference between user terminals with a small quantity of computations.
US08102923B2	Hierarchical coding for multicast messages Techniques for sending signaling information using hierarchical coding are described. With hierarchical coding, individual messages for users are encoded using multiple interconnected encoders such that (1) the message for each user is sent at a data rate suitable for that user and (2) a single multicast message is generated for the messages for all users. A base station determines data rates supported by the users and the code rates to achieve these data rates. Each data rate is determined by one or more code rates. Signaling information for the users is mapped to data blocks to be sent at different data rates. Each data block is then encoded in accordance with the code rate(s) associated with the data rate for that data block. A final coded block is generated for all users and transmitted. Each user performs the complementary decoding to recover the message sent to that user.
US08102920B2	Digital broadcasting system and data processing method The present invention provides a method of processing data in digital broadcasting system. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal including mobile broadcast service data and main broadcast service data, wherein the mobile broadcast service data configures a data group, wherein the data group is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein N number of known data sequences are inserted in some regions among the plurality of regions, and wherein a transmission parameter is inserted between a first known data sequence and a second known data sequence, among the N number of known data sequences, detecting the transmission parameter from the mobile broadcast service data, controlling power based upon the detected transmission parameter, thereby receiving a data group including requested mobile broadcast service data, extracting video data from the mobile broadcast service data and decoding the extracted video data, the decoding step comprising performing overlap smoothing on the video data and performing loop filtering on the overlap-smoothed video data.
US08102917B2	Video encoder using a refresh map The present invention relates to a video encoder (ENC) for encoding frames (FR) of a video signal before transmission, said video encoder (ENC) including an encoding decision unit (EDU) for deciding which kind of coding will be used for each data of said frame (FR) in an encoding unit (ENU). Said video encoder (ENC) further implements a freshness map calculation unit (FMCU) for calculating, throughout the time, for each data of said frame (FR), a corresponding freshness value (FV) taking into account Intra and Inter prediction mechanisms, independently from a calculation of a distortion. Said freshness value (FV) express on which degree encoded data (ED) are relying on previously transmitted data and said freshness value (FV) is used by said encoding decision unit (EDU).
US08102916B1	Dynamically changing media compression format in compressed domain An integrated circuit receives a compressed input stream having a first compression format. A media processing module converts the compressed input stream to an intermediary compression format for processing without fully decompressing the compressed input stream. After processing, a compressed output stream having a second compression format is generated from the intermediary compression format. Processing is dynamically adjusted responsive to changing network conditions. Optionally, the integrated circuit can receive live, raw video, partially encode it into the intermediary compression format, process it with the media process module as well as take the intermediary compression format, decode and output the live, raw video.
US08102913B2	DCT/Q/IQ/IDCT bypass algorithm in MPEG to AVC/H.264 transcoding In one embodiment, a first DCT block of coefficients is received from a transcoding process. The DCT block is of a first size, such as an 8×8 size, and in a first coding standard, such as MPEG-2. A distribution of zero and non-zero coefficients is then determined from the first DCT block. For example, areas where non-zero coefficients are found may be determined. This may simplify a corresponding sum of absolute difference (SAD) calculation. The SAD is then calculated for a second DCT block of a second size, such as a 4×4 size block, in a second coding standard, such as AVC. The SAD is determined from the coefficients in the first DCT block. Accordingly, the SAD is determined without performing an inverse DCT on the 8×8 block and then computing the SAD for a 4×4 block. It is then determined if a bypass of a DCT operation for the 4×4 block can be performed based on the SAD computed. For example, the SAD is compared to a threshold to determine if a bypass can be performed. In one example, if the coefficients for each 4×4 block are determined that they may be quantized to zero, then the DCT operation may be bypassed. Also, quantization, inverse quantization, and inverse DCT steps may also be bypassed.
US08102910B2	Re-adaption of equalizer parameter to center a sample point in a baud-rate clock and data recovery receiver An apparatus generally having a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (i) generate an equalizer parameter in response to an input signal, the equalizer parameter causing a cancellation of post-cursor inter-symbol interference from a plurality of symbols in the input signal and (ii) generate an output signal in response to both the input signal and the equalizer parameter. The second circuit may be configured to (i) generate a target parameter signal in response to the input signal, the target parameter signal representing a mean value of a plurality of sample points of the symbols and (ii) generate a control signal in response to the target parameter signal, the control signal causing a reduction of the equalizer parameter, the reduction causing a decrease in the cancellation of the post-cursor inter-symbol interference from the symbols, wherein the apparatus does not cancel pre-cursor inter-symbol interference.
US08102906B2	Fractional-rate decision feedback equalization useful in a data transmission system Decision feedback equalization (DFE) circuits are disclosed for use with fractional-rate clocks of lesser frequency than the data signal. For example, a one-half-rate clocked DFE circuit utilizes two input data paths, which are respectively activated on rising and falling edges of an associated half-rate clock. Each of the input data paths has a pair of comparators with differing reference voltage levels. The comparators in each input data path output to a multiplexer, which picks between the two comparator outputs depending on the logic level of the previously received bit. The output of each input data path is sent as a control input to the multiplexer of the other data path. Thus, the results from previously-detected bits affect which comparator's output is passed to the output of the circuit, even though the synchronizing clock is half the frequency of the data. A quarter-rate DFE circuit is also disclosed which operates similarly.
US08102904B2	Methods and systems for data rate detection for multi-speed embedded clock serial receivers A method of determining a data rate of a high speed serially transmitted data stream comprises statistically examining edge timing characteristics of the incoming data stream. Based on the edge characteristics, a signature is identified that is associated with the edge characteristics. Based on the identified signature, a data rate at which the data stream is being transmitted is determined.
US08102883B2	LDP IGP synchronization for broadcast networks A network element that has a broadcast interface to a broadcast network becoming operational determines whether at least one alternate path exists to the broadcast network. The broadcast interface is to carry traffic on a label switched path. If an alternate path exists, the broadcast interface will not be advertised to the broadcast network until label distribution protocol (LDP) is operational with all neighbors on the broadcast interface.
US08102875B2	Remote unit with exterior connectivity, and corresponding information delivery method A remote unit consisting of an enclosure, equipment providing network access, connections to a limited amount of subscribers and a central office which also provides exterior connectivity. Users and information sources in the vicinity of the remote unit can use a wired or wireless interface to the remote unit for content delivery to a central location.
US08102867B2	Bridges and computing devices with bridges The present invention may be related to a bridge for communications in a data communication system. The bridge may include a first interface, a second interface, a memory and a micro control unit. The first interface may be adapted to couple with a first computing device in the data communication system. The second interface may be adapted to couple with a second computing device in the data communication system. The memory may be adapted to store a set of codes sent from the first computing device via the first interface, wherein the set of codes is related to one of at least one function device of the first computing device. Moreover, the micro control unit may be configured to execute the set of codes for generating device information in a format consistent with a protocol type of the second interface. The device information may include parameters related to the one function device.
US08102865B2	Group based allocation of network bandwidth The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for group based allocation of terminal server network bandwidth. Output packets are classified into groups based on classification criteria. Output packets for each group are queue into a corresponding queue. During a queue flush cycle each queue containing data is flushed for an essentially equal amount of time. Flushing each queue essentially equally reduces the negative impact that can otherwise result when a subset of sessions (or even a single session) request(s) a disproportional share of terminal server network bandwidth. Responsiveness can be further increased by distributing the essentially equal amount for each queue across the queue flush cycle.
US08102858B1	Context-switched multi-stream pipelined reorder engine A pipelined reorder engine reorders data items received over a network on a per-source basis. Context memories correspond to each of the possible sources. The pipeline includes a plurality of pipeline stages that together simultaneously operate on the data items. The context memories are operatively coupled to the pipeline stages and store information relating to a state of reordering for each of the sources. The pipeline stages read from and update the context memories based on the source of the data item being processed.
US08102854B2	Neighbor discovery proxy with distributed packet inspection scheme A network device is to receive traffic including neighbor discovery messages from requesting customer devices, and can detect the neighbor discovery messages within the traffic according to a distributed inspection scheme that includes the network device and a remote component. The network device is to then examine the neighbor discovery messages to determine if the neighbor discovery message should be forwarded to other of the customer devices, and respond to the requesting customer devices.
US08102852B2	Method and system for time-stamping data packets from a network A method for timestamping data packets from a network involves receiving a first data packet from the network, obtaining, from a clock, a timestamp indicating an arrival time of the first data packet, where a network interface controller (NIC) includes the clock, providing the timestamp and the first data packet to a client operatively connected to the NIC, computing a network property using the timestamp, selecting a network protocol based on the network property, and transmitting a second data packet via the NIC using the network protocol.
US08102850B2	Multicast tree design apparatus, method, and program product A multicast tree design apparatus designs a multicast tree by mathematical programming. The multicast tree design apparatus is one for designing a multicast tree for transferring a packet from a source node to a plurality of destination nodes on a network that includes nodes and links connecting the nodes, the apparatus including a problem creating unit and a problem solving unit, and wherein: the problem creating unit includes a multiple route constraint creating unit for creating constraint expressions for constructing a plurality of routes that start from a source node and end at a plurality of destination nodes, a tree constraint creating unit for creating a constraint expression for superposing all the routes to construct a multicast tree, a confluence constraint creating unit for creating a constraint expression for preventing the plurality of routes from being superposed into a topology that causes a confluence of the routes, and an objective function creating unit for creating an objective function for minimizing an evaluation index pertaining to the links or the nodes that constitute the multicast tree; and the problem solving unit solves a mathematical programming problem including the constraint expressions and the objective function created by the problem creating unit to determine a set of links that constitute the multicast tree.
US08102847B2	Frame processing method and frame processing apparatus When a data link layer frame whose destination address has been designated as a multiple address is inputted from a tunneling source via a decapsulation unit 202, a destination processing unit 201 generates data link layer frames in which the destination address of the frame is replaced with each of one or more unicast addresses that are preset in a table unit 205 for a source address of the data link layer frame and outputs the generated frames to a local network 11.
US08102843B2	Switching apparatus and method for providing shared I/O within a load-store fabric An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains. The apparatus has a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and core logic. The first plurality of I/O ports is coupled to a plurality of operating system domains through a PCI Express fabric. Each of the first plurality of I/O ports is configured to route PCI Express transactions between said plurality of operating system domains and the switching apparatus. The second I/O port is coupled to a first shared input/output endpoint, where the first shared input/output endpoint is configured to request/complete said PCI Express transactions for each of the plurality of operating system domains. The core logic is coupled to the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port. The core logic routes the PCI Express transactions between the first plurality of I/O ports and the second I/O port.
US08102834B2	Method for reporting and managing wireless resources in TDM system A method for reporting and managing wireless resources in TDM system comprises the step of reporting the wireless resources comprises a RNC obtaining the resource capacity information of each of the carrier frequency in a cell covered by a base station through the resource audit response message or the resource state indicating message or the resource obstruct message. The RNC can obtain the information of the carrier frequency. According to the method, resource capacity information of each of the carrier frequency in the RNC is in consistency of that of the base station. Thus, the rationality of the carrier frequency and the resource capacity information of the carrier frequency distributed to the service by the RNC can be assured. The success rate of the establishment for a radio link is improved accordingly as to avoid the fact that the radio link establishes on the carrier frequency that is not supported by the base station.
US08102831B2	Radio transmitting apparatus and method for transmitting OFDM signals from different antennas according to the degree of multiplexing The degree of multiplexing of a code division multiplexed signal transmitted by subcarriers is selected on a subcarrier-by-subcarrier basis. As a result, inter-code interference on the propagation path and degradation on the propagation path are lower for a code division multiplexed signal allocated to subcarriers with a low degree of signal multiplexing than for transmit signals allocated to subcarriers with a high degree of multiplexing. Thus, it is possible to prevent degradation of the error rate characteristics of important information without lowering spectral efficiency significantly as compared with the case in which the degree of signal multiplexing is decided uniformly for all subcarriers, and to achieve compatibility between spectral efficiency and error rate characteristics.
US08102827B2	Peer mobile router authentication method, and multiple peer care-of addresses registration method, and mobile router failover method for multi-homed mobile networks Provided are a peer MR authentication method, a multiple peer CoAs registration method, a failover method for multi-homed mobile networks, and a computer readable recording medium thereof. The registering method includes the steps of: a) determining whether a second MR is around a first MR; b) at the first MR, transmitting a peer request message to the second MR; c) at the first MR, requesting a HA of the first MR to authenticate the second MR; d) at the HA, transmitting a peer registering request message to the second MR with a prefix of the first MR that transmit the authentication request message to perform RR authentication; and e) at the HA, notifying the authentication result of the second MR to the first MR when receiving a RR authentication result message including the prefix of the first MR to be registered as a peer from the second MR.
US08102821B2	Packet scheduling method, base station, and mobile station in mobile communication system A downlink packet scheduling method is disclosed for a shared channel or a common channel in a mobile communication system between a base station and a mobile station, the method including a step in which the base station determines whether there is a waiting packet to be transmitted to the mobile station other than a current transmission packet; a step in which when it is determined that there is no waiting packet to be transmitted, the base station sets a stop period “t” in which packet transmission is temporarily stopped after the current packet transmission; a step in which the base station transmits information indicating the stop period “t” through a schedule information channel transmitting schedule information of downlink packets; and a step in which the base station stops the packet transmission to the mobile station during the stop period “t” after the current packet transmission.
US08102806B2	Method of supporting data retransmission in a wireless communication system A method of supporting data retransmission in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A method of supporting data retransmission in a wireless communication system which uses multiple carriers includes receiving NACK from a user equipment in response to a transmitted packet, transmitting scheduling information to the user equipment, the scheduling information indicating change of radio resources previously allocated for transmission of a retransmission packet, and transmitting the retransmission packet in accordance with the scheduling information.
US08102804B2	Method for transmitting and receiving random access request and transmitting and receiving random access response A base station transmits a random access response in response to a random access request (random access preamble) of a user equipment. The random access response includes information about a time when the random access request is transmitted and sequence number information of the random access request (random access preamble). The user equipment checks whether the received random access response is the response of the random access request transmitted by the user equipment, using the information about the time when the random access request is transmitted and the sequence number information included in the received random access response.
US08102803B2	Method and apparatus for wireless communication of packet data using transmit diversity weighting A method and apparatus for transmit diversity in packet data communications includes applying an initial transmit antenna weight. A link adaptation signal is received and analyzed. A transmit antenna weight change is determined based upon the analysis of the link adaptation signal, and the transmit antenna weight is updated based upon the determination.
US08102801B2	User equipment for physical layer automatic repeat request A user equipment for physical layer automatic repeat request is disclosed. The user equipment comprises a higher layer automatic repeat request (ARQ) mechanism, a physical layer transmitter, a physical layer receiver, an acknowledgment (ACK) transmitter and an adaptive modulation and control unit (AMC). A higher layer ARQ mechanism generates data for transmission. A physical layer transmitter receives the data for transmission from the higher layer ARQ mechanism, to format the received data into packets for transmission. A physical layer receiver receives and demodulates received packets and retransmission statistics. An ACK transmitter transmits a corresponding acknowledgment for a given packet at the physical layer receiver. An AMC unit adjusts a particular encoding/data modulation of each packet using collected retransmission statistics.
US08102798B2	Method and apparatus for managing scanning in wireless computing devices to reduce power consumption A method and system for scanning in a wireless device having a wireless network interface card (NIC) is presented. The system has a scanning history table for storing scanning results and a scanning engine that adjusts the scanning period based upon a history of scanning results and commands the NIC to scan for available networks after the period has expired. The engine receives scan results from the NIC, stores the scan results in the scanning history table, determines a scanning period based upon a history of scan results, sets the scanning period, and commands the NIC to scan for available networks after the scanning period has expired. The engine is programmed to set the scanning period using an exponential function and to reset the scanning period to a default period if the scan results are different from a prior scan result or if a triggering event is received.
US08102781B2	Dynamic distribution of virtual machines in a communication network In one embodiment, a method generally includes monitoring network traffic associated with a first network device comprising at least one of a plurality of virtual machines and determining if a parameter exceeds a predefined threshold at the first network device. If the parameter exceeds the predefined threshold, one of the virtual machines is selected to move to a second network device, the second network device selected based on network information, and the virtual machine is moved. An apparatus for resource allocation is also disclosed.
US08102776B2	Methods and apparatus for generating simulated network traffic Embodiments of the invention relate to generating simulated network traffic. In some embodiments, simulated network traffic may be generated using a specification of a sequence of frames to be transmitted from the network testing device. The specification may specify at least two frames including a first frame and a second frame. The specification may further specify a first interframe gap associated with the first frame and a second interframe gap, having a different length from the first interframe gap, associated with the second frame.In some embodiments, the specification may specify an interframe gap for each frame in the sequence of frames. This information may be used to determine the relative transmit time of each frame to be transmitted. Because the specification identifies an interframe gap for each frame in the sequence, in some embodiments, multi-frame burst network traffic may be generated.
US08102767B2	Systems and methods for dynamically allocating network bandwidth An improved system for allocating bandwidth allows a network customer to dynamically modify bandwidth settings for their private networks. Applicable modified bandwidth settings may include port speed, committed access rate, and Ethernet flow. Port speed determines how much total data may pass through a node in a private network at one time, while committed access rate determines how much bandwidth the node will commit to a particular class of service. Ethernet flow governs the bandwidth allowed over a private line between two nodes. A bandwidth modification request is received by an input interface, which provides it to a processing server that schedules the modification request for committal. The processing server also changes customer billing information accordingly. Additionally, the user may specify a future time when the bandwidth modification request should be committed.
US08102761B2	Path control device, path control method, and path control program A path control device included in a terminal device (300), which includes a path information generating unit (302) which generates path information indicating paths from a terminal (300) to a terminal (400), a path malfunction predicting unit (303) which predicts a malfunction on each of the relays, using the number of flows as a malfunction occurrence likelihood value, at least one of the relays that is a candidate for monitoring is determined for each path, and a bypass path selecting unit (304) which selects, when the malfunction is predicted on the at least one relay, a path that should be used for transmitting the data from the terminal (300) to the terminal (400), from the paths except the path including the relay on which the malfunction is predicted.
US08102753B2	Method for forming deformed regions in a resin layer An approach is presented for designing a polymeric layer for nanometer scale thermo-mechanical storage devices. Cross-linked polyimide oligomers are used as the recording layers in atomic force data storage device, giving significantly improved performance when compared to previously reported cross-linked and linear polymers. The cross-linking of the polyimide oligomers may be tuned to match thermal and force parameters required in read-write-erase cycles. Additionally, the cross-linked polyimide oligomers are suitable for use in nano-scale imaging.
US08102746B2	Method of recording data, method of manufacturing read-only optical disc, and read-only optical disc A method of recording data includes: a first recording step of recording data in a condition that, within a certain error correction block in a data format in which error correction blocks with n rows and m columns including at least main data, error detection code, and error correction parity are formed, an allocated location of additional supplementary information is set in a location in the same column as an allocated location of the error detection code, and an additional recording area is formed for recording additional information containing the additional supplementary information and the error detection code and the error correction parity necessary to be recorded according to the recording of the additional supplementary information; and a second recording step of recording the additional information in the additional recording area after the data recording at the first step is executed.
US08102739B2	Optical disk playback apparatus and optical disk recording/playback apparatus Disclosed herein is an optical disk playback apparatus including: a signal playback device configured to read and decode information recorded to an optical disk through an optical pickup unit in order to reproduce the information; the signal playback device including a signal generation circuit, a first signal processing device, a second signal processing device, a modulator, a switch, an analog to digital converter, and a third signal processing device.
US08102738B2	Optical pickup and optical disk apparatus A microprocessor performs preliminary tracking servo control of an objecting lens by moving the objective lens in a radial direction of an optical disc so as to allow a laser beam reflected by the optical disc to be equally divided and received by first and second light receiving sections PD1, PD2 of the photodiode PD before the microprocessor starts tracking servo control of the objective lens. This makes it possible to perform preliminary tracking servo control of the objective lens before tracking pull-in, and thereby to obtain an appropriate tracking error signal for performing stable tracking pull-in, even when an optical disc with an offset center of gravity is mounted on an optical disc apparatus.
US08102736B2	Near-field light generator comprising waveguide with inclined end surface Provided is a near-field light generator capable of avoiding a noise to the generated near-field light. The generator comprises a waveguide and a plasmon antenna comprising a propagation surface or edge, for propagating surface plasmon, extending to a near-field light generating end. A portion of one side surface of the waveguide is opposed to a portion of the propagation surface or edge, so as for the waveguide light to be coupled with the plasmon antenna. And an end surface of the waveguide is inclined in such a way as to become away from the plasmon antenna toward the near-field light generating end side. The light that propagates through the waveguide and is not transformed into surface plasmon is refracted or totally reflected in the inclined end surface, does not come close to the generated near-field light, thus does not become a noise for the generated near-field light.
US08102734B2	High intensity focused ultrasound transducer with acoustic lens A high intensity focused ultrasound transducer includes an ultrasonic emitter having a surface that emits ultrasonic energy along a beam path, at least one low attenuation polymeric ultrasonic lens acoustically coupled to the surface in the beam path of the ultrasonic energy, such that the lens can direct the ultrasonic energy in at least one direction, and at least one stress mitigation feature, such as a kerf, a heat sink, or an acoustic matching layer, to mitigate thermal expansion mismatch stresses within the transducer. For manufacturing simplicity, the first surface is typically either flat or monotonically curvilinear. The lens may take a variety of shapes, including Fresnel features, and may focus, collimate, or defocus the ultrasonic energy. Any orientation and positioning of the at least one ultrasonic lens relative to the first ultrasonic emitter is contemplated. Manufacture is further simplified by molding, casting, or thermoforming the lens.
US08102726B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory cells and a sense amplifier circuit which further includes a plurality of elements such as MOS transistor formed in a well, wherein sensitive element, which are sensitive to dispersion of an impurity density in the well, is distanced from a boundary and are disposed in the center region of the well, while non-sensitive element is disposed in the peripheral region close to the boundary in the well. Since sensitive element requiring precise control of threshold voltage is disposed in the center region having uniform impurity density, and non-sensitive element allowing for less precise control of threshold voltage is disposed in the peripheral region suffering from uneven impurity density, it is possible to effectively use the overall area of the well and to thereby suppress an increase in the layout area of chips.
US08102721B2	Pseudo dual-port memory A pseudo dual-port memory device is disclosed. One embodiment provides an internal data RAM for a microprocessor, and a method for operating a memory device. In one embodiment, a memory device for a microprocessor or microcontroller comprises: a first part with memory cells that are single-port memory cells; and a second part with memory cells that are dual-port memory cells. In another embodiment, a method for operating a memory device is provided, the memory device including at least one single-port memory and at least one dual-port memory, the method including: accessing the single-port memory of the memory device when a non-conflicting access is to be carried out at the memory device; and accessing the dual-port memory of the memory device when a conflicting access is to be carried out at the memory device.
US08102719B2	Semiconductor memory device capable of compensating variation with time of program voltage A voltage generating circuit generates, at a time of write, a first voltage which is higher than a program voltage, and generates an erase voltage at a time of erase. A first transistor has a current path and a gate, and the first voltage generated by the voltage generating circuit is supplied to one end of the current path and the gate of the first transistor. The first transistor outputs the program voltage from the other end of the current path thereof. A driving transistor has one end of a current path thereof connected to a word line, and has a gate supplied with the first voltage. The driving transistor has the other end of the current path supplied with the program voltage. Stress applying portion applies the erase voltage to the other end of the current path of the first transistor at the time of erase.
US08102716B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for performing verify write operation on the same Disclosed herein is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells; and a driver circuit configured to perform a verify write operation in a cycle including selecting from an array of the plurality of memory cells a predetermined number of memory cells constituting a write cell unit, writing data collectively to the predetermined number of memory cells, and verifying the written data, the driver circuit further performing the verify write operation repeatedly until all memory cells within the write cell unit are found to have passed the verification.
US08102711B2	Three dimensional stacked nonvolatile semiconductor memory A three dimensional stacked nonvolatile semiconductor memory according to an example of the present invention includes a memory cell array comprised of first and second blocks. The first block has a first cell unit which includes a memory cell to be programmed and a second cell unit which does not include a memory cell to be programmed, and programming is executed by applying a program potential or a transfer potential to word lines in the first block after the initial potential of channels of the memory cells in the first and second cell units is set to a plus potential. In the programming, the program potential and the transfer potential are not applied to word lines in the second block.
US08102706B2	Programming a memory with varying bits per cell Memory devices adapted to receive and transmit analog data signals representative of two or more bits, such as to facilitate increases in data transfer rates relative to devices communicating data signals indicative of individual bits. A controller and a read/write channel convert the digital bit patterns to analog data signals to be stored in a memory array at a particular bit capacity level in order to achieve a desired level of reliability.
US08102705B2	Structure and method for shuffling data within non-volatile memory devices Techniques for the reading and writing of data in multi-state non-volatile memories are described. Data is written into the memory in a binary format, read into the data registers on the memory, and “folded” within the registers, and then written back into the memory in a multi-state format. In the folding operation, binary data from a single word line is folded into a multi-state format and, when rewritten in multi-state form, is written into a only a portion of another word line. A corresponding reading technique, where the data is “unfolded” is also described. The techniques further allow for the data to be encoded with an error correction code (ECC) on the controller that takes into account its eventual multi-state storage prior to transferring the data to the memory to be written in binary form. A register structure allowing such a “folding” operation is also presented. One set of embodiments include a local internal data bus that allows data to between the registers of different read/write stacks, where the internal bus can used in the internal data folding process.
US08102701B2	Magnetic memory with a thermally assisted writing procedure A magnetic memory device of MRAM type with a thermally-assisted writing procedure, the magnetic memory device being formed from a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell comprising a magnetic tunnel junction, the magnetic tunnel junction comprising a magnetic storage layer in which data can be written in a writing process; a reference layer, having a magnetization being always substantially in the same direction at any time of the writing process; an insulating layer between the reference layer and the storage layer; wherein the magnetic tunnel junction further comprises a writing layer made of a ferrimagnetic 3d-4f amorphous alloy, and comprising a net magnetization containing a first magnetization contribution originating from the sub-lattice of 3d transition elements and a second magnetization contribution originating from the sub-lattice of 4f rare-earth elements. The magnetic memory device has a low power consumption.
US08102698B2	Structure and method for biasing phase change memory array for reliable writing A memory array having memory cells comprising a diode and a phase change material is reliably programmed by maintaining all unselected memory cells in a reverse biased state. Thus leakage is low and assurance is high that no unselected memory cells are disturbed. In order to avoid disturbing unselected memory cells during sequential writing, previously selected word and bit lines are brought to their unselected voltages before new bit lines and word lines are selected. A modified current mirror structure controls state switching of the phase change material.
US08102681B2	Measurement apparatus, test apparatus, and measurement method Provided is a transformer, comprising a first winding and a second winding that interlink with a main magnetic flux; and a third winding that interlinks with a magnetic flux leakage interlinking with only one of the first winding and the second winding.
US08102678B2	High power factor isolated buck-type power factor correction converter A regulated power factor corrected power supply apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an input rectifier circuit for receiving an input AC voltage and outputting a full-wave rectified DC voltage. A single-stage isolated buck-type converter is coupled with the input circuit. The converter circuit comprises an isolated buck-type converter circuit including an isolation transformer. An output rectifier and semiconductor tap switch are coupled to a secondary winding of the isolation transformer. The tap switch couples a larger portion of the secondary winding to an output bulk capacitor during the portions of the input sinewave half-cycle, which are low in amplitude. The tap switch enables the single-stage isolation buck-type converter to operate over a much larger portion of the input sinewave, but also allows the converter to operate at high-efficiency over the majority of the input sinewave.
US08102674B2	Transponder and tool for reading and/or writing data in said transponder A transponder includes an integrated circuit (1) and an antenna (5) which is electrically connected to the integrated circuit (1) in a removable manner, the removable electrical connection including at least one intermediate connection element (4). The removable connection, together with the intermediate connection element (4) between the antenna (5) and the integrated circuit (1), can be used to divide the transponder into two parts. Moreover, the intermediate connection element (4) can also be used, in one variant, to reinforce mechanically at least one part of the contact elements (40), while facilitating the precise fixing of the contact elements to the corresponding element of the object to be marked.
US08102660B2	Multi-layer printed wiring board, electronic device, and fabrication method of electronic device There is provided a multi-layer printed wiring board that can perform impedance control, concurrently maintaining the flexibility of a flexible portion with one or more signal lines. Such a multi-layer printed wiring board includes a plurality of rigid board units; and a flexible board unit, connecting outer layers or inner layers of the plurality of rigid board units and extending over the outer layers or the inner layers of the plurality of rigid board units. The flexible board unit includes a signal layer sending signals between the plurality of rigid board units; ground layers sandwiching the signal layer; and intermediate layers each interposed between the signal layer and one of the ground layers.
US08102654B2	Fixation structure for connector of in-vehicle controller A connector fixation structure includes: a connector having a rectangular connector body, protrusions protruding from facing sides in a wing like manner, and a terminal embedded in and protruding from the connector body; a heat sink having a plate shape body, a through hole and columnar convexities; and a printed board. The bottom of the connector is inserted into the through hole of the heat sink. Each columnar convexity is disposed on the plate shape body at a predetermined position corresponding to the protrusion. The top of the connector contacts a first surface of the printed board, and each columnar convexity is fixed to the printed board via the corresponding protrusion with a first screw.
US08102652B2	Base for power module A power module base includes a heat radiation substrate formed of a high-thermal-conduction material, an insulating substrate joined to an upper surface of the heat radiation substrate, a wiring layer provided on an upper surface of the insulating substrate, and a heat radiation fin joined to a lower surface of the heat radiation substrate. A component attachment plate thicker than the heat radiation substrate and including a through hole for accommodating the insulating substrate is joined to the upper surface of the heat radiation substrate such that the insulating substrate is located within the through hole. This power module base can maintain the upper surface of the component attachment plate flat, and various components required for a power module, such as a casing, can be attached onto the component attachment plate.
US08102650B2	Electronic device An electronic device is provided, including a first body, a second body, an axle assembly, a supporting frame, a display panel, a lens unit and a reflective unit. The second body is connected to the first body. The axle assembly is disposed between the first body and the second body, and via which first body is rotatable relative to the second body. The supporting frame is disposed in the second body and connected to the axle assembly, wherein the supporting frame is rotated with the rotation of the axle assembly. The display panel is fastened in the supporting frame. The lens unit is disposed on an end of the supporting frame. The reflective unit is disposed on the supporting frame and adjacent to the display panel.
US08102649B2	Electronic device An electronic device including a case, a fan module and a transparent cover is provided. The fan module including a fan and a fin set is disposed in the case. The fin set is disposed aside the fan, and a space is formed there between. The transparent cover is connected to the case, and is located above the space formed between the fin set and the fan.
US08102648B2	Drive bezel connector couplings An information handling system (IHS) includes an IHS chassis defining a drive bay. A processor is located in the IHS chassis. A drive chassis is located in the drive bay. A bezel extends from an edge of the drive chassis. A first connector coupling is located on the bezel. An IHS connector is located on the drive chassis and electrically coupled to the processor and the connector coupling such that a device may be coupled to the IHS through a cable connected to the first connector coupling.
US08102647B2	System and method for information handling system keyboard stowage A portable information handling system's integrated keyboard stows keys into a retracted position when the portable information handling system transitions from an open to a closed position, such as by rotating a lid to a closed position relative to a chassis having the keyboard. A cover plate disposed in the keyboard engages the keyboard keys to retract the keys into the information handling system when the lid of the information handling system rotates to a closed position and releases the keys to be biased out from the information handling systems when the lid rotates to an open position.
US08102640B2	Monolithic ceramic electronic component and method of manufacturing monolithic ceramic electronic component A monolithic ceramic electronic component includes a laminate including a plurality of stacked ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrodes extending between the ceramic layers and also includes external electrodes disposed on the laminate. The internal electrodes are partly exposed at surfaces of the laminate and are electrically connected to each other with the external electrodes. The external electrodes include first plating layers and second plating layers. The first plating layers are in direct contact with the internal electrodes. The second plating layers are located outside the first plating layers and contain glass particles dispersed therein.
US08102631B2	Computer power supply and standby voltage discharge circuit thereof A computer power supply includes a standby voltage output terminal to output a standby voltage, a power connector connected to the standby voltage output terminal, and a standby voltage discharge circuit including a zener diode, first and second electrical switches. The standby voltage output terminal is connected to a cathode of the diode. An anode of the diode is connected to a first terminal of the first electrical switch. A second terminal of the first electrical switch is grounded. A third terminal of the first electrical switch is connected to a first terminal of the second electrical switch and the standby voltage output terminal via a first resistor. A second terminal of the second electrical switch is grounded. A third terminal of the second electrical switch is connected to the standby voltage output terminal via a second resistor. A capacitor is connected between the standby voltage output terminal and ground.
US08102629B2	Leakage current compensation for high voltage transformers A method and system for measuring and compensating for a leakage current in a high voltage transformer. Such a method and/or system include the use of a primary winding and a secondary winding, which can be provided on a core of a soft-magnetic material. A current transformer can be placed about the leads to both the terminals of the primary winding. The current transformer can be utilized to reliably measure the leakage current flowing from the secondary winding to the primary winding through one or more amplifiers to a ground terminal. The leakage current flows back to the transformer secondary winding through a low-side current sense resistor. The total current monitor signal can be generated by the low-side current sense resistor and the leakage current measured by the current transformer is vector-subtracted from the total current monitor signal. The result is a current monitor signal fully representative of the high voltage transformer's actual load current.
US08102623B2	Thin-film magnetic head with a magnetic pole having an inclined step at its top end section surface, magnetic head assembly with the thin-film magnetic head, magnetic disk drive apparatus with the magnetic head assembly, and manufacturing method of thin-film magnetic head A thin-film magnetic head with a perpendicular magnetic recording structure includes a main pole layer, a nonmagnetic gap layer, and an auxiliary pole layer facing the main pole layer via the nonmagnetic gap layer. A surface of a top end section of the main pole layer has an inclined step that slopes from a lamination plane of the layers. The surface faces a top end section of the auxiliary pole layer. The top end section of the auxiliary pole layer has side shield sections at a position that is not exposed to an ABS. The side shield sections faces at least part of side surfaces in a track-width direction, of the main pole layer so as to cover at least part of the inclined step.
US08102611B2	Backlash reducing device for an objective lens assembly An objective lens assembly for night vision goggles including an objective lens cell having a threaded portion, an optical bench having a mating threaded portion for receiving the objective lens cell, and a snap-ring washer for reducing backlash between the objective lens cell and the optical bench. The objective lens cell includes a first wall radially extending away from an axial neck portion, the optical bench includes a second wall radially extending toward the axial neck portion and oriented substantially parallel to the first wall, and the snap-ring washer circumferentially surrounds the axial neck portion of the objective lens cell. The biasing element is configured for a relaxed mode of operation and a compressed mode of operation. In the relaxed mode, the snap-ring washer is inactive, and in the compressed mode, the snap-ring washer reduces backlash between the lens cell and the optical bench.
US08102600B2	Stacked disk-shaped optical lens array, stacked disk-shaped lens module array and method of manufacturing the same A stacked disk-shaped optical lens array, a stacked disk-shaped lens module array and a method of manufacturing the same are revealed. The stacked disk-shaped optical lens array is produced by stacked disk-shaped optical lens modules whose optical axis is aligned. The stacked disk-shaped lens module array is produced by a stacked disk-shaped optical lens array whose optical axis is aligned by an alignment fixture, stacked and assembled with required optical element arrays. In the stacked disk-shaped lens module array produced by this method, the lens optical axis is aligned precisely. Moreover, the manufacturing process is simplified and the cost is reduced.
US08102599B2	Fabrication of optical filters integrated with injection molded microlenses Injection molding of monolithically integrated optical components is disclosed. In one embodiment, an injection molding system includes a moldplate having an array of specially designed cavities. In at least one cavity, different types of photo-curable optical materials are injected in an ordered sequence. In a first instance, a lens material is injected into the cavity and subsequently cured to form a predetermined lens element at the base of the cavity. In a second instance, a filter material is injected into the cavity above the already formed lens element. The filter material is also cured, and an optical filter is formed stacked onto the lens element and contained within sidewall of the cavity. In this manner, a complex optical component having an optical filter automatically aligned with, and monolithically integrated into, a lens element is readily formed in a single injection molding process.
US08102598B2	Microscope and pinching prevention apparatus for a microscope The present invention relates to a microscope (1). The microscope (1) comprises a microscope stand (3) and a component (8) arranged movably relative to the microscope stand (3). The microscope stand (3) and the movably arranged component (8) each comprise a surface (11, 10). A gap (9) that can be encroached into from outside is defined by the mutually facing surfaces (11, 10) of the microscope stand (3) and of the movably arranged component (8). The gap (9) changes as a function of the movement of the component (8). The pinching protection apparatus is intended in particular to be of economical configuration and/or to enable a modular microscope concept. The microscope according to the present invention is characterized by a pinching protection apparatus having at least one encroachment protection device (13) that is arranged in the gap (9), is embodied as a thin plate, and extends between the two surfaces in the gap (9).
US08102592B2	Reflective display using calibration data for electrostatically maintaining parallel relationship of adjustable-depth cavity component Interferometric modulators include a movable mirror that is actuated by voltage applied to a plurality of electrodes relative to at least one other electrode, to define a cavity relative to a partially reflective mirror formed by a top plate. The depth of the cavity determines a bandwidth of light that is modulated by internal reflections within the cavity and which interferes with light that is reflected from a partially reflective mirror on the top plate, producing a desired reflected color of light for the modulator. Variations in manufacturing and material characteristics can cause the movable mirror to tilt relative to the partially reflective mirror, which degrades the modulation accuracy. To compensate, different voltages can be applied to the plurality of electrodes. The voltage can be determined at time of manufacture and stored in non-volatile memory, for use when the modulator is actuated during use.
US08102583B2	Real-time optical compensation of orbit-induced distortion effects in long integration time imagers An apparatus and method for effecting and changing optical distortions is disclosed. The apparatus includes a beam imaging apparatus including a first deformable mirror, a second deformable mirror, and a beam-steering apparatus. The beam-steering apparatus includes a plurality of planar tiltable mirrors arranged to define a radiation beam path therebetween, wherein the plurality of planar tiltable mirrors comprises at least three tiltable mirrors. A mirror drive system is configured to tilt each respective planar mirror about its respective axis of rotation or axes of rotation and a controller is configured to control deformation of a reflective surface of the first and the second deformable mirrors.
US08102576B2	Method, apparatus, and system of detecting duplicated scanned data of a document An information processing apparatus includes: a retrieval portion that retrieves feature information, which is identical to feature information obtained from a target recording medium to be processed, from a storage apparatus that stores feature information being optically readable from and being unique to each of recording media read in past times by a reading apparatus; and a control portion that controls at least one of capture and storage of an image recorded on the target recording medium in accordance with a result of the retrieval by the retrieval portion.
US08102571B2	Image processing apparatus, printer including the same, and image processing method An image processing apparatus, includes: a first extractor, configured to extract compression data items of a plurality of images to extraction image data items; a corrector, configured to correct the extraction image data items, when the images are printed on a print medium; a second extractor, configured to extract one of the compression data items to a sample image data item; an acquirer, configured to acquire, from the sample image data item, a characteristic information item indicative of image characteristic to be corrected by the correction, in a case where at least parts of the images to be printed are to be overlapped when viewed from a first direction; and a calculator, configured to calculate correction amounts each of which is to be applied to an associated one of the extraction image data items based on the characteristic information item.
US08102569B1	Conversion to alternative color space using a cache A conversion cache can be used to perform a color conversion by selecting a pixel included in an image, wherein a source color space value is associated with the pixel; locating the source color space value in a conversion cache, wherein the conversion cache is generated in response to transforming the image to an alternative color space; retrieving an alternative color space value corresponding to the source color space value from the conversion cache; and generating a transformed pixel associated with the alternative color space value. Further, it can be determined that a second source color space value associated with a second pixel of the image is not in the conversion cache; the second source color space value can be transformed into a second alternative color space value; and the second source color space value and the corresponding second alternative color space value can be stored in the conversion cache.
US08102561B2	Method of playing and controlling video using handheld display device A method of controlling video playback using a handheld display device having a touch-sensitive screen and a transceiver for sending and receiving digital information. The method comprises the steps of: imaging an area of a printed substrate and generating image data using an optical sensor, the printed substrate containing printed content associated with a video; determining interaction data using the image data, the interaction data identifying a substrate identity; retrieving video data associated with the printed content; displaying, on the touch-sensitive screen, the video or display information identifying the video together with a static element for controlling video playback; and controlling video playback by interacting with the static element via the touch-sensitive screen.
US08102557B2	System and method for disabling access to non-volatile storage in a multi-function peripheral A multi-function peripheral (MFP) device having enhanced security for processed data is disclosed. The MFP includes both a non-volatile memory and a volatile memory. The MFP also includes a user interface configured to allow a user to prevent data from being stored on the non-volatile memory. The MFP further includes a processor or a switch configured to disable access to the non-volatile memory. The MFP blocks data from being stored on its non-volatile memory upon a user's selection via the user interface. The data is only temporarily stored on the volatile memory, and is erased after processing. This configuration prevents others from having access to the data.
US08102539B2	Method for measuring a gap between a multibladed rotatable member and a surrounding housing A method for measuring the gap between a multibladed rotatable member and a surrounding housing in a gas turbine engine. In accordance with the method, a blade is removed from the rotatable member and replaced by a distance measuring clearance probe. The distance from the probe to the housing is then measured at a number of axial positions of the rotatable member.
US08102537B2	Optical displacement gage An optical displacement gage includes the phase determining unit includes a relative phase deciding unit to decide a relative phase of the frequency component within a range of 360 degrees, an absolute phase computing unit to compute an absolute phase by combining the relative phase based on the decision result by the relative phase deciding unit and the past decision result by the relative phase, and a phase reference updating unit to update a reference point of the absolute phase based on a reset instruction, and the displacement amount deciding unit decides the displacement amount based on the absolute phase.
US08102528B2	Particle standard and method of calibrating or validating an optical particle analyzer The present invention provides a particle standard including particles having optical properties similar to those of a carrier in which the particles are dispersed, as well as a method of calibrating or validating a subject optical particle analyzer with respect to a reference optical particle analyzer by using the particle standard. In the method, the particle standard is analyzed with the reference optical particle analyzer to obtain a reference particle concentration and a reference particle-size distribution. Analogously, the particle standard is analyzed with the subject optical particle analyzer to obtain a subject particle concentration and a subject particle-size distribution. The subject particle concentration and the subject particle-size distribution are then compared to the reference particle concentration and the reference particle-size distribution, respectively, and the subject optical particle analyzer is adjusted accordingly.
US08102525B2	Systems and methods for detecting chemical and biological substances A method for detecting an ingredient in a food product or detecting a disease includes allowing a food sample solution obtained from a food product or a body fluid from an individual to come to contact with a nano-scale surface structure in a sensor, wherein the nano-scale surface structure comprises a plurality of columns over a substrate or a plurality of holes in a substrate. The method includes illuminating the food sample solution or the body fluid on the nano-scale surface structure on the sensor by a laser beam; obtaining a Raman spectrum from the scattered light using a spectral analyzer; and identifying the spectral signature in the Raman spectrum to determine the existence of the chemical substance in the food product or identifying a disease in the individual.
US08102522B2	Inspection apparatus and inspection method A defect inspection apparatus enable to efficiently perform a temperature control without involving an enlarged size can be achieved.The parts constituting the defect inspection apparatus are classified into parts need temperature control and parts not to need temperature control; all the parts need temperature control are accommodated together into a temperature-controlled part accommodating section 604, and the parts not to need temperature control are arranged in a heat radiating unit 605. The temperature in the temperature-controlled part accommodating section 604 is measured by a temperature measuring instrument 603 and a control CPU 602 in a temperature control unit 601 carries out control according to the measured temperature so that the interior of the temperature-controlled part accommodating section 604 is kept at a fixed temperature. Therefore, it becomes easy to keep the fixed temperature, when compared with a case in which individual parts are temperature-controlled separately by being heated or cooled, yielding an energy saving effect.
US08102520B2	Methods and systems for inspection and/or identification of pellet-shaped articles A conveyer mechanism may include one or more composition inspection units provided along the intended product transport path. The product's composition, e.g., its ink composition, is compared with a predetermined standard, to determine whether the product is acceptable. A bar code may be provided to an external surface of the article for identification/traceability purposes.
US08102517B2	Method of differentiating between blood and control solutions containing a common analyte Glucose measured in blood samples is distinguished from glucose measured in the control solutions used to test the optical instruments which make such measurements. The control solutions contain a labeling substance recognized by the optical instrument to distinguish glucose measurements made of control solutions from those made of blood samples.
US08102516B2	Test method for compound-eye distance measuring apparatus, test apparatus, and chart used for the same Provided is a test method for accurately testing all regions within a field of view and evaluating, by one-time capturing, accuracy of a distance measured by a compound-eye distance measuring apparatus having two baseline directions. The test method includes: placing a test chart at a predetermined distance from a compound-eye distance measuring apparatus; measuring a distance to the test chart by the compound-eye distance measuring apparatus; and calculating a difference between the predetermined distance and the measured distance, and evaluating whether the calculated difference is within a predetermined value range, wherein, on the test chart, elements in a predetermined geometric pattern are two-dimensionally arranged in the first arrangement direction and the second arrangement direction, the first arrangement direction being tilted by a predetermined angle with respect to the first baseline direction, and the second arrangement direction being tilted by a predetermined angle with respect to the second baseline direction.
US08102515B2	Measuring device The invention relates to a measuring instrument, particularly a hand-held instrument (10) for measuring distances, comprising at least one transmission branch (28) for a test signal and adjustable switching means (36) for deflecting the test signal. The switching means (36) reflect at least a portion of the test signal in a first switched position (42) while unblocking the transmission branch (28) for the measuring radiation in a second switched position (42′). According to the invention, the switching means (36) reflect the measuring radiation in a diffuse manner in the first switched position (42). Also disclosed is a method for producing such a measuring instrument.
US08102512B2	Substrate holding device, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method To provide a substrate holding apparatus which can prevent a liquid from entering into a rear surface side of a substrate. A substrate holding apparatus (PH) is provided with a base material (PHB), a first holding portion (PH1) formed on the base material (PHB) for holding the substrate (P), and a second holding portion (PH2) formed on the base material (PHB) for holding a plate member (T) by surrounding the circumference of a processing substrate (P) held by the first holding portion (PH1). The second holding portion (PH2) holds the plate member (T) so as to form a second space (32) on the side of the rear surface (Tb) of the plate member (T). On the rear surface (Tb) of the plate member (T), an absorbing member (100) is arranged for absorbing the liquid (LQ) entered from a gap (A) between the substrate (P) held by the first holding portion (PH1) and the plate member (T) held by the second holding portion (PH2).
US08102497B2	Display device The present invention realizes a display device with dummy pixel portions and a frame region required for the dummy pixel portions and code notation, in which the frame region is minimized while achieving code notation in required size.In a dummy pixel portion (122) of the present display device, the number of gate electrodes in a thin film transistor formed by a semiconductor layer (11) is reduced to two, so that distances from a contact hole (12) to another contact hole (13) and to a through-hole (14) can be shortened as compared to those in pixel formation portions (112a, 112b), making it possible to dispose the contact hole (13) and the through-hole (14) in a lower portion in the figure. In addition, provided in the vicinity of the center of the dummy pixel portion (122) is only an electrode equivalent to a storage capacitance line (170). Thus, a wide transparent region can be ensured to note a code (22) of a sufficient size in the dummy pixel portion (122).
US08102494B2	Anti-reflection film and display device An anti-reflection film that can provide high visibility and has an anti-reflection function by which reflection of incident light from external can be further reduced, and a display device having such an anti-reflection film. A plurality of contiguous pyramidal projections is arranged in a geometric pattern, so that reflection of incident light is prevented. In addition, a protective layer formed of a material having a lower refractive index than the pyramidal projections is provided so as to fill a space between the plurality of pyramidal projections. The plurality of pyramidal projections has a hexagonal shape and can be densely arranged with no space therebetween. Further, since six sides of each pyramidal projection are provided at a different angle from the base, light can be effectively scattered in many directions.
US08102493B2	Multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display A multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display (MVA LCD) includes an active component array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The active component array substrate has a plurality of pixel units, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active component array substrate and the opposite substrate. The liquid crystal layer proximal each pixel unit is divided into plural domain sets. Each domain set has plural domains.
US08102492B2	Vertical alignment liquid crystal display device with improved aperture ratio A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer, a common electrode, and an electrode set. The liquid crystal layer is placed between said common electrode and the electrode set, and the electrode set is provided for switching the liquid crystal layer. The electrode set includes a first electrode for switching a first area of the liquid crystal layer and a second electrode for switching a second area of the liquid crystal layer. Particularly, the second area includes at least a part of the area of the liquid crystal layer that the first area does not include. The first electrode has a shape which in cooperation with the second electrode allows alignment of the LC molecules in substantially two orthogonal directions. A method is provided to get rid of the circular polarizers which provide a good on-axis aperture ratio but which show reduced off-axis performance compared to linear polarizers.
US08102491B2	Liquid crystal apparatus and method of producing the same A liquid crystal apparatus includes a display region in which electrodes are disposed in a matrix pattern, a non-display region provided at a periphery of the display region, and a liquid crystal disposed in the display region and non-display region. The liquid crystal disposed in the display region is splay-aligned when a voltage is not applied and bend-aligned when the voltage is applied. The liquid crystal disposed in the non-display region is bend-aligned. The apparatus also includes an alignment film including an inorganic material provided in at least one of a pair of substrates. The thickness of the alignment film provided in the display region is smaller than the thickness of the alignment film provided in the non-display region.
US08102482B2	Liquid crystal display device The object of the present invention is to make parts and kinds of liquid crystal display devices in common for cope stably and flexibly with commercial products of computer makers and television makers which have been promoted in various kinds, for simplifying maintenance of a liquid crystal display unit mounted on computers, display monitors therefor or televisions, and preferably for enabling to omit positional adjustment of a light source unit and a liquid crystal display panel during the maintenance of the liquid crystal display device. For this object, the invention provides a liquid crystal display device comprising first, second, and third housings, a liquid crystal display panel fixed between the first and second housings, a light source (cold-cathode fluorescent tubes) fixed to the third housing, the second and third housings being detachable to one another, being constructed by overlapping the first, second and third housings with each other, wherein a timing-converter board fixed to an opposite side surface of the third housing to a side surface to which the light source is fixed, and protrusions formed on the opposite side surface so as to determine a maximum thickness of the liquid crystal display device.
US08102480B2	Liquid crystal display device Disclination of an active matrix liquid crystal display device is reduced. Portions of pixel electrodes are formed so as to mutually overlap with a convex portion. If the height of the convex portion is too tall, the amount of light leakage increases due to liquid crystals orienting diagonally with respect to a substrate surface. (See FIG. 1C.) If the height of the convex portion is low, the disclination reduction effect is low. The optimal convex portion height is thus determined.
US08102476B2	Display devices including an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor A display device including an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor is provided. The display device includes at least one thin film transistor, and at least one storage capacitor. The storage capacitor includes a storage electrode formed of a transparent oxide semiconductor, and a pixel electrode over the storage electrode. The pixel electrode may be separated from the storage electrode by a desired distance.
US08102473B2	Image correction circuit, image correction method and image display An image correction circuit capable of preventing a loss of gray levels in a luminance region at the time of the direct current level conversion of a luminance signal to improve the quality of a displayed image. The image correction circuit detects an average peak level of input image data in each image frame, and corrects the input image data to lower the luminance of input image data in an intermediate luminance region according to the average peak level while reducing the luminance of input image data at a predetermined rate in at least of a low luminance region.
US08102472B2	Image processing apparatus and method for Y/C separation An image processing apparatus includes: a cross-color detecting module for detecting whether at least one pixel carried by a composite signal has cross-color effect; and an image processing module, coupled to the cross-color detecting module, for performing a first predetermined operation or a second predetermined operation on the composite signal to generate a corresponding chrominance signal; wherein when the pixel has cross-color effect, the image processing module outputs a chrominance value of the pixel from the chrominance signal processed through the first predetermined operation, and when the pixel does not have cross-color effect, the image processing module outputs the chrominance value from the chrominance signal processed through the second predetermined operation.
US08102460B2	Solid-state imaging device A CCD image sensor which is a solid-state imaging device has four kinds of pixels of first pixel to fourth pixel arranged in a predetermined pattern. The each pixel has each PD and each microlens. The first pixel and the fourth pixel are dedicated imaging pixels. The fourth pixel is placed adjacent to the second pixel and the third pixel which are pixels for phase difference detection, and its microlens is formed smaller than the microlens of the first pixel. Accordingly, since quantity of the light to be incident on the PD from the microlens is lowered corresponding to the incident light from the gap between the microlenses, light with approximately uniform quantity is incident on the each PD.
US08102455B2	Multiple output charge-coupled devices An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels overlaid with a color filter pattern of at least two colors having the same color on every other pixel in one direction; three or more charge-coupled devices oriented parallel to the every other pixel color filter repeat pattern; a charge sensing amplifier at the output of at least two of the charge couple devices; each charge-coupled device having a first and a second gate; a CCD-to-CCD transfer gate connecting adjacent charge-coupled devices with the first gate being on one side of the CCD-to-CCD transfer gate and the second gate being on the opposite side of the CCD-to-CCD transfer gate; all CCD-to-CCD transfer gates are electrically connected together; all first gates are electrically connected; and all second gates are electrically connected.
US08102454B2	Image pickup apparatus An image converter tube 2c and a plurality of image sensors CCDs 1 (eight CCDs 1 here) are provided, and the respective CCDs 1 and image positions in the image converter tube 2c are in one-to-one correspondence. By carrying out at least one of a control to make a shift to a different image position after image formation in one and the same image position for a predetermined number of frames, and a control to make a shift to a different image position in an imaging cycle with a predetermined time interval, various image pickup situations can be accommodated without changing the structure of CCDs 1 per se.
US08102452B1	Electron imaging pixel leakage reduction A pixel accumulates charge and an active guard ring surrounds the pixel. A buffer has an input terminal coupled to the pixel and an output terminal coupled to the active guard ring. The buffer places a charge potential on the active guard ring that is substantially equal to a charge potential on the pixel. The charge leakage from the pixel is effectively reduced.
US08102451B2	VLN biasing scheme to achieve low vertical shading for high-speed and large-format CMOS image sensors with top/bottom readout scheme A VLN biasing scheme implemented in an image sensor with top/bottom readout. A first and second current sink coupled to the top of a first column of pixels and a second column of pixels respectively. A third and fourth current sink coupled to the bottom of a first column of pixels and a second column of pixels respectively. During column readout, each current sink sinks an equal amount of current.
US08102450B2	Solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus and driving method for the same A solid-state imaging device includes first-group pixels 41, second-group pixels 42 skipped during thinning drive, and a scanning section 13. The scanning section 13 drives each of the first-group pixels 41 to perform read operation of outputting the output signal and initializing the amount of the signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion element to a first level, and also drives each of the second-group pixels 42 to perform discharge operation of initializing the amount of the signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion element to a second level that is higher than the first level and lower than a saturation signal level of the photoelectric conversion element 12.
US08102448B2	Image sensor with enlarged outward appearance of microlens and method for fabricating the same An image sensor with an enlarged outward appearance of a microlens and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The image sensor includes: a plurality of microlenses formed on a semiconductor substrate with a certain spacing distance; and a protection layer formed over the microlenses, wherein the protection layer includes a first oxide layer which is formed by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method and a second oxide layer which is formed by a spin on glass (SOG) method over the first oxide layer to maintain sufficient step coverage over chasms between the microlenses.
US08102446B2	Image capturing system and image processing method for applying grayscale conversion to a video signal, and computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon an image processing program for applying grayscale conversion to a video signal The present invention aims at obtaining a high-quality video signal by reducing tone jumps. A second grayscale conversion characteristic is calculated from a video signal to which a first grayscale conversion process has been applied using a first grayscale conversion characteristic used to convert an M-bit video signal into an N-bit video signal, where M and N are integers and M is larger than N. The second grayscale conversion characteristic is corrected by using the first grayscale conversion characteristic. A second grayscale conversion process is applied to the video signal by using the corrected second grayscale conversion characteristic.
US08102445B2	Solid-state image-capturing apparatus, camera, and method of processing signal A solid-state image-capturing apparatus that converts light, which is reflected from a subject, into an electrical signal, includes an image processing unit that performs edge enhancement on a digital video signal that is generated based on an analog video signal, which is obtained from the light captured by an image-capturing device and amplified with a predetermined analog gain, based on position information on the image-capturing device and the analog gain.
US08102443B2	CCD image sensor having charge storage section between photodiode section and charge transfer section The signal charge corresponding to the amount of light is obtained from a photodiode section and is then stored in a charge storage section under the control of a first control gate. An additional charge storage section may be provided between the photodiode section and the charge storage section. The signal charge thus stored in the charge storage section is supplied to a charge transfer section under the control of a second control gate. The charge storage section is set to operate in a PIN-ing state during its operation, which may be carried out by, for example, covering an N-type region with a storage control electrode to which a predetermined DC bias voltage is applied, or by forming a P-type region in surface portion of the N-type region.
US08102437B2	Image sensing apparatus and control method therefor wherein the frame rate during autofocus is adjusted according to a detected flicker In a case in which flickers are detected from a live-view image, at least one of a start timing and an end timing of charge accumulation at an image sensor is fixed by setting the image-sensing frame rate during execution of image-sensing plane AF to a value synchronized with the flicker cycle. In an image sensing apparatus for carrying out image-sensing plane AF with the use of live-view images, aperture control and accumulation time control with a high degree of freedom can be achieved even under a flicking light source.
US08102433B2	Displaying availability of auto-focus areas in an image-capturing apparatus An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing element configured to receive object light and generate image signals representing an object image; a display unit; a phase-difference detector configured to receive the object light using a range-finding sensor and generate a phase-difference detection signal; a first focus detection unit configured to perform focus detection on the basis of the phase-difference detection signal; a display control unit configured to display a preview image before actual image capturing on the display unit on the basis of the image signals that are sequentially generated by the image-capturing element; and a setting unit configured to set whether or not an area display mode in which an area in which focus detection is possible on an image-capturing plane is combined with the preview image and displayed on the display unit should be enabled.
US08102431B2	System and method for remote management of image processing device A remote management system includes a plurality of image processing devices which each detect their own first state information according to a power state transition or an operation, provide the first state information via a network, and respond to polling; and a management server which manages the first state information provided by each image processing device and second state information obtained from a response to polling, and manages a history of each image processing device based on the first state information and the second state information. The remote management system can remotely collect and manage operation state, error information that can cause a malfunction, error information generated by abnormal operation as well as malfunction of individual image processing devices and can collect/manage state information such as image processing device internal operation state information, image processing device malfunction, network connection failure, and software error.
US08102429B2	Digital camera with integrated accelerometers A digital camera system has integrated accelerometers for determining static and dynamic accelerations of the digital camera system. Data relating to static and dynamic accelerations are stored with recorded image data for further processing, such as for correcting image data for roll, pitch and vibrations and for displaying recorded images with a predetermined orientation using information about, e.g., roll. Data may also be used on-the-fly for smear suppression caused by vibrations.
US08102420B2	Portable digital photographing system combining position navigation information and image information Taught is a portable digital photographing system combining position navigation information and image information, wherein the position navigation information and the captured image information is combined and processed by a digital signal processing unit. The combined information then is stored in a register and displayed through an interface circuit. The portable digital photographing system can merge the location, time, and position information into the image or video. In addition, an electronic map corresponding to a position navigation information can be displayed on a display monitor.
US08102413B2	Stereoscopic imaging apparatus incorporating a parallax barrier An apparatus is disclosed for providing a stereoscopic image for viewing by a viewer, with improved resolution. The apparatus includes a generally planar display comprising a two-dimensional array of uniformly spaced pixels, and it further includes a generally planar parallax barrier having an area substantially coextensive with the display and spaced a prescribed uniform distance from the display. The pixel array includes a first set of sub-pixels controllable to project light in a first spectral color, a second set of sub-pixels controllable to project light in a second spectral color, and a third set of sub-pixels controllable to project light in a third spectral color, and the parallax barrier includes a repeating pattern of vertically oriented regions configured to transmit light to the viewer's first eye along light paths defined from only the first set of sub-pixels and to transmit light to the viewer's second eye along light paths defined from only the second and third sets of sub-pixels.
US08102412B2	Calibrating a bi-directionally scanning electrophotographic device Methods and apparatus include aligning printing of a bi-directionally scanning electrophotographic (EP) device, such as a laser printer or copy machine. At least first and second scan lines formed in opposite directions define a calibration page for manufacturing, servicing or end-user operation. The page includes pluralities of objects with one formed from either the first or second scan lines, but not both, and another of the objects formed from the other of the first or second scan lines, but not both. In this manner, corrections can be implemented by simply observing misalignments between the objects. Printed calibration pages also include visually or mechanically read objects for implementing corrections. In this regard, calibrating devices external to the EP device are contemplated. Objects include lines, squares or other shapes and their arrangement on a page varies. Fiducials for macro-scale observations are also contemplated.
US08102411B2	Optical scanner and image forming apparatus An optical scanner includes a housing and an intermediate member that includes a first joining surface and a second joining surface. The first joining surface is attached to the housing and the second joining surface is attached to at least one optical element of any one of a first optical system and a second optical system. In a three-dimensional coordinate in which a first one of coordinate axes is a direction that is parallel to both the first joining surface and the second joining surface, a second range on the first coordinate axis corresponding to the second joining surface includes a center point of a first range on the first coordinate axis corresponding to the first joining surface.
US08102409B2	Printer device A printer device that prints an image to a printing paper using a thermal head formed with a plurality of heating resistors. The printer device includes: edge position detection means for performing edge position detection, at four corners, to an incoming printing paper using the thermal head based on a change of temperature increase observed in, as a result of energization, any of the heating resistors opposing the printing paper and the remaining heating resistors not opposing the printing paper; and control means for exercising control over an image printing operation using the thermal head based on a detection output derived by the edge position detection means.
US08102408B2	Computer-implemented methods and systems for determining different process windows for a wafer printing process for different reticle designs Computer-implemented methods and systems for determining different process windows for a wafer printing process for different reticle designs are provided. One method includes generating simulated images illustrating how each of the different reticle designs will be printed on a wafer at different values of one or more parameters of the wafer printing process. The method also includes detecting defects in each of the different reticle designs using the simulated images. In addition, the method includes determining a process window for the wafer printing process for each of the different reticle designs based on results of the detecting step.
US08102401B2	Display controller operating mode using multiple data buffers A display controller unit for controlling a display on a display panel comprises a first set of registers to hold data to be displayed and a second set of registers loadable from the first set of registers. A set of multiplexers has first data inputs coupled to the first set of registers, second data inputs coupled to the second set of registers, and select inputs. Logic circuitry is coupled to the output of the set of multiplexers and to the control inputs of the multiplexers, the control circuitry providing select information to the set of multiplexers and providing waveforms to the display panel to selectively display data from the first set of registers and the second set of registers in accordance with the select information.
US08102396B2	Apparatus and method for improved measurement speed in test and measurement instruments An apparatus for measuring a parameter of a digitized signal including a digitizer to digitize an input signal into a digitized signal, a rasterizer to generate a raster image from the digitized input signal, a processor to receive the raster image, and a control interface to receive an input control signal indicating a request for a measurement. The rasterizer is responsive to the control signal to generate the raster image from the digitized input signal, and the processor is responsive to the control signal to generate a histogram from the raster image.
US08102394B2	Computer graphics using meshless finite elements for light transport Computer graphics methods, systems, apparatus and computer program code (software) products comprise: constructing a sparse implicit scene representation, wherein the representation is independent of geometric encoding and complexity of the input scene description, and the density of the resulting finite elements is proportional to their contribution to the final image to be generated, such that the geometric resolution of a given area of the obtained scene representation is proportional to its importance relative to the final image, wherein the constructing comprises using a Monte Carlo or quasi-Monte Carlo path tracing method to sample an adjoint importance distribution function and to shoot importons from a simulated camera into the scene, recording, for each simulated bounce, a particle i defined by selected information, the selected information comprising: 3D position pi, surface normal ni, and reflectance factor pi.
US08102386B2	Driving apparatus of display device and method for driving display device An apparatus for driving a display device includes a signal controller which converts an input image signal of a first frame frequency into a plurality of output image signals of a second frame frequency and outputs the output image signals, and a data driver which selects the data voltages corresponding to the output image signals among one group of gray voltages and applies the data voltages to pixels, wherein the input image signal includes at least a first input image signal and a second input image signal, the output image signal includes a first output image signal corresponding to the first input image signal and a second output image signal corresponding to the second input image signal, and a pixel frequency of the first and second output image signals are the same.
US08102379B2	Touch sensing device and touch sensing apparatus The invention discloses a touch sensing device, which includes a containing space, a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer, a driver, and a sensor. The first substrate layer and the second substrate layer define the containing space for containing a fluid. The driver can provide charges to a first conducting layer of the first substrate layer, a second conducting layer of the second substrate layer, and the fluid. The sensor can sense the electric characteristics of the fluid. When a point unit approaches the touch sensing device and influences the charges, the appearance of the fluid could be changed and then the electric characteristics could also be changed.
US08102369B2	Method and apparatus for dynamically modifying web page display for mobile devices A method of dynamically modifying web page displays used in various mobile devices. The method uses a motion detection mechanism to detect whether the mobile device is moving or in motion and then modifies web page displays sent to the device based upon the sensor readings. As such, the method, system, and apparatus are capable of automatically modifying a display provided to a mobile device based upon a determination that the user and/or device are moving and/or in motion. In another aspect, the method, system, and apparatus are also capable of modifying the complexity of a display provided to a mobile device based upon the degree of movement and/or motion by the user and/or device.
US08102368B2	Handheld electronic device and method for performing spell checking during text entry and for integrating the output from such spell checking into the output from disambiguation A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with a disambiguation routine that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to perform a spell check routine during input of a text entry, with the output from the spell check routine being visually integrated into the output from the disambiguation routine.
US08102367B2	Handheld electronic device including a variable speed input apparatus and associated method An improved handheld electronic device and method provide an input apparatus having a number of input members, at least a portion of the input members being movable among an unactuated position, a first actuated position, and a second actuated position in order to provide input. The improved method of enabling input into the handheld electronic device includes detecting a first input from a first input member, responsive to the first input, performing a first navigational function, such as a scrolling operation, at a first speed, detecting a second input form the first input member and, responsive to the second input, performing the first navigational function at a second speed, the second speed being different (e.g., greater) than the first speed. The input apparatus may include a substantially sealable, resilient membrane with the input members being disposed on the resilient membrane in order to provide an improved, ruggedized input apparatus.
US08102364B2	Envelope modulator for haptic feedback devices An amplitude modulator circuit includes a reference oscillator and an envelope modulator coupled to the reference oscillator for receiving a reference signal. A microcontroller is coupled to the envelope modulator for providing an envelope signal to the envelope modulator and a low pass filter is coupled to the envelope modulator for receiving a modulated command from the envelope modulator. An inverter is coupled to the low pass filter for receiving a low passed envelope modulated signal from the low pass filter and a transducer or amplifier is coupled to the inverter and the low pass filter for receiving an inverted low passed signal and the low passed envelope modulated signal.
US08102361B2	Liquid crystal display for adjusting the brightness of a backlight Provided is a liquid crystal display for adjusting the luminance of a backlight of a liquid crystal display panel in accordance with the illuminance of external light. The liquid crystal display comprises: an external light sensing circuit including a photosensor, a capacitor and a write switch; and a PWM duty controller controlling the duty ratio of a pulse width modulation signal used for controlling the brightness of the back light, wherein a control signal applied to the gate electrode of the photosensor is generated at a first logic level during a sensing permitting period, and is generated at a second logic level during a sensing blocking period.
US08102358B2	System and method for information handling system LCD white balance alignment LCD panel white balance adjustment provides a desired brightness with minimal impact on optical performance by maximizing Red, Green and Blue gains of the LCD panel for a predetermined color temperature and then adjusting brightness with backlight current. For example, Red, Green and Blue gain settings are set at substantially their maximum value to achieve a color temperature of 6500 degrees and then brightness for the LCD panel is adjusted to substantially 200 nits with the gains remaining at maximized values.
US08102351B2	Method for driving liquid crystal panel with canceling out of opposite polarities of color sub-pixel units An exemplary method for driving a liquid crystal panel includes: defining the array of pixels as comprising an array of dithering units; providing a predetermined inversion driving pattern for each dithering unit; providing a series of predetermined dithering patterns for each dithering unit; driving the sub-pixel units according to a sequence of frames, a predetermined plurality of the frames defining a cycle of frames. For all the first, second, and third color sub-pixels in a same row of pixels of each dithering unit, summations of the polarities of the first, second, and third color sub-pixels cancel each other out, respectively.
US08102335B2	Image display screen and method for controlling said screen The invention relates to an image display screen including: light emitters arranged as rows of light emitters and columns of light emitters, control means to control the emissions of the light emitters, including: a plurality of modulation transistors, each associated with one light emitter of the array, the said modulation transistors being positioned next to each other, along a guiding line, a plurality of compensating transistors intended to compensate for the threshold trigger voltage of the modulation transistors. A single compensating transistor is connected to all the modulation transistors of a column and is intended to compensate for the threshold trigger voltages of all the said modulation transistors of this column. This compensating transistor is formed in the extension of the said modulation transistors of a column along the same guiding line. The invention also relates to a method for driving this screen.
US08102328B2	Method and device for the transmission of waves Method for focusing an electromagnetic or acoustic wave on a point near which one or more diffusers are placed, comprising a learning step in which the pulsed responses hij(t) between the focus point and each antenna of the network are determined. Waves corresponding to signals Sji(t)=Si(t)hij(−t), where Si(t) is a function of time and hij(−t) is a temporal inversion of the pulsed response hij(t), can then be transmitted form said antennas of the network.
US08102325B2	GNSS antenna with selectable gain pattern, method of receiving GNSS signals and antenna manufacturing method An antenna is provided for GNSS and other applications and includes an adjustable-height vertical support PCB mounted on a ground plane and mounting a crossed-dipole radiating arm element assembly. The gain pattern of the antenna can be varied by constructing the vertical support PCB with different heights or adjusting the height and gain pattern in the field. Vehicles with significant pitch and roll can be provided with low-horizon tracking capability by providing a high-profile antenna configuration. Alternatively, low-profile configurations provide steeper gain pattern rolloff at the horizon for maximal multipath rejection and high accuracy. The droop angles of the radiating arm elements are also adjustable for varying the gain pattern and beamwidth. A matching and phasing network is connected to the radiating arm elements and provides a relatively constant input impedance for the various antenna configurations. Alternative aspects of the invention have different configurations of the radiating arm elements and ground planes.
US08102322B2	Vehicle antenna assembly A vehicle antenna assembly is provided with an antenna and a mounting bracket. The antenna includes an elongated mast section and a base section. The mounting bracket includes a first end with an antenna attachment section fixed to the base section of the antenna, a middle section extending downwardly from the antenna attachment section, and a second end with a vehicle attachment section extending from the middle section in a radial direction with respect to a center longitudinal axis of the elongated mast section as viewed along the center longitudinal axis of the elongated mast section. The middle section includes a fulcrum point arranged to engage a portion of the vehicle for pivoting the mounting bracket about the fulcrum point to move the vehicle facing support surface towards the vehicle.
US08102306B2	Active-radar-assisted passive composite imagery for aiding navigation or detecting threats Typical inventive practice provides for electronic communication of a computer with a display, an active radar device (for transmitting target-location data and environmental data), a light measurement device (for transmitting visual light data), and passive imaging devices covering bands in the visual, infrared (MWIR and/or LWIR), and millimeter wave regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Inventive software in the computer's memory establishes “operational modes.” Each operational mode is defined at least by a predominant environmental (obscuration and lighting) character, ascribes “modal indices” to individual imaging devices, and carries its own multispectral image fusion algorithm (which, pursuant to the ascribed modal indices, attributes weights to the imaging data from the respective imaging devices). The inventive software aims the imaging devices toward the target, selects an operational mode (based on the environmental data), and executes the image fusion algorithm associated with the selected operational mode so that a fused multispectral image is displayed.
US08102302B2	Mode 5 detection process using phase and amplitude correlation A receiver in a mode 5 air traffic control system provides amplitude and phase signal outputs a digital data stream containing preamble and flight information from data transmitted from an aircraft. A signal splitter divides the amplitude and phase signal outputs between an odd channel and an even channel that carry odd-numbered pulses and even-numbered pulses, respectively. An odd channel data decoder connected to the signal splitter extracts signals encoded in the odd channel and forms an odd data stream and an even channel data decoder connected to the signal splitter extracts signals encoded in the even channel and forming an even data stream. A preamble correlator correlates the odd and even data streams with a predefined preamble mask to detect potential valid preambles, and preamble decision logic processes signals output from the preamble correlator to identify which of the preambles actually are actually valid.
US08102292B1	Analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having a successive-approximation register digital to-analog converter (SARDAC) An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having a successive-approximation register digital-to-analog converter (SARDAC) is described.
US08102289B2	Analog/digital converter and semiconductor integrated circuit device In the digital calibration technique of the conventional time-interleaved analog/digital converter, it is impossible to perform highly-accurate calibration that supports a high-speed sampling rate of the next-generation application and achieves a high resolution. For its solution, a reference A/D conversion unit is connected in parallel to an input common to a time-interleaved A/D converter to be a calibration target, and the output of each unitary A/D conversion unit which makes up the time-interleaved A/D converter is calibrated in a digital region by using a low-speed high-resolution A/D conversion result output from the reference A/D conversion unit. Also, fCLK/N (fCLK represents an overall sampling rate of the time-interleaved A/D converter, and N is relatively prime to the number of unitary A/D conversion units connected in parallel M) is set as the operation clock frequency of the reference A/D conversion unit. In this configuration, samplings of all unitary A/D conversion units can be sequentially synchronized with the sampling of the reference A/D conversion unit, and the operation clock frequency of the reference A/D converter can be made N times slower than the overall sampling rate of the time-interleaved A/D converter.
US08102278B2	Wireless communication Described is a sensor unit having a measured signal receiver, which registers a measured signal, an A/D converter for digitizing the measured signal, a transceiver device for wireless data communication to an environmental device, and a processor. The processor is a control processor for activating the measured signal receiver, the A/D converter, and the transceiver device. The digitized measured signal is transmitted directly via the transceiver device to the environmental device, without the complex and performance-intensive and therefore costly analysis occurring in the sensor unit.
US08102259B2	Fluorescent light immunity through synchronous sampling A system and method for reducing interference caused by fluorescent light on alarm system components using synchronous sampling is provided. The system incorporates a detector for detecting the line frequency of a power line and synchronizes the security system to the detected line frequency. The detector employed may be a light emitting diode configured as a photodetector, an antenna tuned for frequencies near 55 Hz, or a filter connected to an output of a Microwave channel.
US08102247B2	Moving object monitoring device and moving object monitoring system The present invention is provided to suppress an increase of communication cost, immediately detect theft and illegal use of a moving object, and immediately deal with the theft and illegal use. A moving object monitoring device 10 is installed in a moving object 1, and transmits moving object information 15 of the moving object 1 to a managing server 4 which controls the moving object 1. The moving object monitoring device 10 includes a control unit 11 which transmits the moving object information 15 such that a transmission interval is shorter when a startup lock function for prohibiting the startup of the moving object is on than a transmission interval when the startup lock function is deactivated.
US08102245B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting notification messages A system can have a storage element that stores contact information for one or more messaging devices of one or more parties associated with an end user, a detection element that detects an emergency call initiated by the end user, and a transmission element that transmits a notice associated with the detected emergency call to at least one among the one or more messaging devices. Additional embodiments are provided.
US08102240B2	Controller providing shared device access for access control systems An access control system and method for controlling access to secured areas includes a plurality of local readers connected to corresponding local control devices for reading portable access devices. A system reader reads the portable access devices, and a system control device is electrically connected to the local control devices. The system control device controls access to a common secure area using the system reader by validating the portable access devices using one of the local control devices. The system control device locally stores information from the portable access device and the associated local control device which may include validation or authentication data received from the associated local control device, so that repeat validation of the portable access device can be communicated from the associated local control device.
US08102239B2	Smart key for vehicles and telematics system using the same The present invention provides a smart key for vehicles and a telematics system using the same. The smart key includes a Radio Frequency (RF) Interface (I/F) unit, a smart key unit, a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), a USIM I/F unit, and a microcontroller.
US08102225B2	Acoustic wave filter device An acoustic wave filter device having a greatly reduced size includes a balance-unbalance conversion function and an input/output impedance ratio of about 1. The acoustic wave filter device includes a second IDT of a first acoustic wave filter portion that is connected to an unbalanced terminal. The second IDT includes first and second divided IDT portions which are divided in an overlap width direction and connected in series with each other between the unbalanced terminal and a ground potential. A fifth IDT of a second acoustic wave filter portion connected to the first acoustic wave filter portion includes first and second divided IDT portions which are divided in an acoustic wave propagating direction. The first and second divided IDT portions of the fifth IDT are connected to first and second balanced terminals, respectively.
US08102209B2	CMOS variable gain amplifier A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) variable gain amplifier includes: a cascode amplifier including a common source field effect transistor and a common gate field effect transistor in a cascode structure; a first current generation unit connected in parallel to a drain of the common gate field effect transistor and configured to vary transconductance of the cascode amplifier; a second current generation unit connected to a common source of the cascode amplifier and configured to control a bias current of the cascode amplifier; a current control unit configured to generate a current control signal for the first and second current generation units; and a load stage connected in series to a drain of the cascode amplifier and configured to output an output current, which is varied by the overall transconductance of the cascode amplifier, as a differential output voltage.
US08102208B2	Signal amplifier A signal amplifier controls an output amplitude of a differential transmitted from an amplifier circuit to two output terminals via each of 2N number of MOS transistors that operate as a switch by switching a control value n, and includes an amplitude-control-word switching unit that multiplies the control value n by a value 1 or a value −1 and switches between an amplitude control word of a value (N+n) and an amplitude control word of a value (N−n) of a complementary 2N-bit amplitude control word.
US08102207B2	Apparatus and method for broadband amplifier linearization An apparatus and method to improve broadband amplifier linearization. The present circuits make use of pre-distortion techniques to improve the 3rd order distortion of an amplifier to reduce the amount of DC power required to achieve a given system requirement. In addition, the amplifiers have broadband characteristics which lend themselves to simplified pre-distortion. A pre-distortion linearizer circuit is connected across the input terminals of an amplifier. The linearizer circuit includes multiple diodes to improve the clipping performance of the linearizer. In addition, RC circuits align the phase of the linearizer distortion to be opposite that of the amplifier.
US08102202B2	Modem unit and mobile communication unit A modem unit includes a first semiconductor die that includes a power management unit and an embedded flash memory. A mobile communication unit includes a modem unit residing on a first semiconductor die. The first semiconductor die also includes a power management unit and an embedded flash memory.
US08102197B1	Digital phase locked loop An adaptive digital phase locked loop comprises: a digital configurable phase detector for receiving a reference signal and a feedback signal and for generating a detection signal indicative of a phase/frequency difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal; a configurable digital loop filter for filtering the DPFD detection signal; a digital locking monitor for monitoring polarity transitions of the detection signal and adaptively switching the locking modes and DCO tuning resolution; and a DCO for generating the feedback signal as a function of the detection signal.
US08102193B2	Current sensing circuit A current sensing circuit includes a power transistor, a sensing transistor configured to copy a current flowing through the power transistor at a predetermined ratio, a current sensing resistor configured to detect a voltage from the current copied by the sensing transistor, an input resistor configured to convert an input voltage to a current, a cross self-biasing cascade block configured to adjust currents at both ends of the input resistor, and a common gate transistor and a reference resistor configured to convert a current output of the input resistor to a final sense voltage.
US08102184B2	Test contact system for testing integrated circuits with packages having an array of signal and power contacts A test fixture (120) is disclosed for electrically testing a device under test (130) by forming a plurality of temporary mechanical and electrical connections between terminals (131) on the device under test (130) and contact pads (161) on the load board (160). The test fixture (120) has a replaceable membrane (150) that includes vias (151), with each via (151) being associated with a terminal (131) on the device under test (130) and a contact pad (161) on the load board (160). In some cases, each via (151) has an electrically conducting wall for conducting current between the terminal (131) and the contact pad (161). In some cases, each via (151) includes a spring (152) that provides a mechanical resisting force to the terminal (131) when the device under test (130) is engaged with the test fixture (120).
US08102182B2	Systems and methods for measuring the electrical properties of a microparticle A method of measuring the electrical properties of a microparticle is provided, which can include multiple steps. Steps can include situating the microparticle within an array of electrodes submerged in a conductive medium so that the microparticle and electrodes are in electrical communication when the electrodes are energized, and delivering an electrical signal into the medium from one electrode to an immediately adjacent electrode. High frequency signals can be used to penetrate the microparticle boundary and characterize the same, and low frequency signals can be used to characterize the shape and orientation of the microparticle. Characterization can be carried out by measuring the impedance affecting the current using at least one of a remaining electrode in the array.
US08102178B2	Detector arrangement A detector arrangement with a plurality of detector units is disclosed, to each of which a data processing unit is assigned. An embodiment of the detector arrangement includes a cooling system with cooling units which are thermoconductively connected to the detector units and data processing units for cooling. The cooling units are connected to a distribution unit by which a coolant may be supplied to the cooling units in parallel.
US08102172B2	Position detector including magnetoresistive elements A circular top surface of a magnet is magnetized to the N-pole, and a back surface thereof is magnetized to the S-pole. A detector moves within the X-Y plane at positions located away from the top surface of the magnet. A pair of X-direction detecting elements and a pair of the Y-direction detecting elements are provided in the detector. In the X-direction detecting elements, the directions of a bias magnetic field provided to free magnetic layers are opposite to each other. When the detector moves in the Y direction, a decrease in the sensitivity of one of the X-direction detecting elements is compensated for by an improvement in the sensitivity of the other element. This also applies to the Y-direction detecting elements. Accordingly, position detection outputs of the X direction and the Y direction can be accurately obtained from the detector.
US08102171B2	Measuring device and measuring method for measuring the envelope power and the mean-power value A measuring device for measuring the envelope power and the mean-power value of a high-frequency signal. The measuring device includes a detector for detecting the high-frequency signal and for generating an analog detector signal, an analog/digital converter for generating a digital signal and an evaluation device for evaluating the digital signal. A dither supply device for the supply of a dither signal is disposed between the detector and the analog/digital converter, and a dither elimination device for eliminating the dither signal is disposed between the analog/digital converter and the evaluation device. The dither supply device supplies a different dither signal for the measurement of the envelope power than for the measurement of the mean-power value.
US08102170B2	Method for counting and validating articles, in particular pharmaceutical articles, and an apparatus for actuating the method A method for counting and validating discrete articles to be introduced into containers, and an apparatus for actuating the method, which method includes distancing the articles from one another in a thinning-out section, and making the articles cross a detection zone such as to induce a consequent reactance variation in at least a variable reactance sensor. According to a reactance variation, an output signal of the variable reactance sensor takes on a specific waveform, the output signal being sent to an input of a processing unit. The processing unit provides in output data relating to a number of the articles which have passed through the at least a detection zone, a wholeness thereof as well as a passage of objects of a different nature from the articles into the detection zone.
US08102169B2	Cable tracing system and method for cable management Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method and testing apparatus for providing, managing and tracing connective cables in electrical and information management systems. In an embodiment of the invention, a selectable tracer cable system can be provided. The selectable tracer cable system can include a cable having a first terminal end and a second terminal, a display member capable of changing states of appearance in response to an applied voltage, where the display member is disposed between the first and second terminal ends, an interface device configured to provide an electrical connection between the display member and a power supply and a core member disposed within the cable and extending from the first terminal end to the second terminal end. The display member can include a first conductive plane, a second conductive plane opposite the first conductive plane, and a plurality of color microcapsules disposed between the first conductive plane and the second conductive plane.
US08102163B2	Voltage regulator Provided is a voltage regulator which can achieve high-speed response and is not susceptible to a ripple. An amplifier (19) and an amplifier (23) provide push-pull output to an output transistor (14). Therefore, even when an idling current is small, a sink current and a source current with respect to a gate of the output transistor (14) can be increased in a balanced manner. Thus, the voltage regulator can easily achieve high-speed response. In addition, even when the ripple is superimposed on an input voltage, an output voltage is not influenced by the ripple.
US08102160B2	Saturation preventing power factor improving method and apparatus Provided are a method and apparatus for improving the power factor of an input power. The apparatus includes an input unit receiving the input power, a power factor correction unit correcting the power factor of the input power applied to the input unit, and a saturation prevention unit controlling the power factor correction unit such that the corrected power does not exceed a set power limit.
US08102157B2	Multi-output power supply device having charge pump circuit A multi-output power supply device of low noise is disclosed that converts a first input voltage to plural different voltages. The multi-output power supply device includes a first power supply circuit for generating a constant voltage from the first input voltage, and outputs the constant voltage through a first output terminal; and one or more second power supply circuits each including a charge pump circuit for generating a constant voltage from the output voltage from the first power supply circuit. Each of the second power supply circuits changes a period of a charging and discharging cycle for charging and discharging a flying capacitor according to an electric current output from the second output terminal.
US08102156B2	Differential amplifier circuit and electric charge control apparatus using differential amplifier circuit A differential amplifier circuit comprises a first input transistor including a control electrode serving as a non-inversion input terminal and a second input transistor including a control electrode serving as an inversion input terminal. These first and second input transistors constitute a difference pair. A bias current generation circuit section is provided to generate a bias current flowing to the first and second input transistors. An offset adjustment circuit section is provided to adjust an input offset voltage appearing at these input terminals. The offset adjustment circuit section has an adjustment resistance formed from a first variable resistance inserted into a first current route connecting to the first input transistor and a second variable resistance inserted into a second current route connecting to the second input transistor. The bias current generation circuit section changes the bias current in accordance with a change in a value of the adjustment resistance.
US08102154B2	Energy source isolation and protection circuit for an electronic device An energy source isolation and protection circuit is provided for an electronic device, such as a patient-worn or patient-carried medical device. The isolation and protection circuit includes a supply voltage rail, a reference voltage rail, an electrical load coupled across the supply voltage rail and the reference voltage rail, and an energy source for supplying a voltage to the electrical load via the supply voltage rail and the reference voltage rail. The isolation and protection circuit also includes a voltage-controlled switch architecture that is configured to detach and electrically isolate the energy source from the electrical load (and from itself) in response to the voltage of the energy source falling below a threshold voltage. The voltage-controlled switch architecture is also designed to maintain the energy source in the detached and electrically isolated state in the absence of operating voltage provided by the energy source to the voltage-controlled switch architecture.
US08102144B2	Power converter for a solar panel A solar array power generation system includes a solar array electrically connected to a control system. The solar array has a plurality of solar modules, each module having at least one DC/DC converter for converting the raw panel output to an optimized high voltage, low current output. In a further embodiment, each DC/DC converter requires a signal to enable power output of the solar modules.
US08102143B2	Electric drive unit Electric drive units comprising a common active part having a stator and a rotor, which has windings and/or permanent magnets for a drive function and an energy transmission function, enable the rotor winding that is provided for energy transmission to be used to allow position detection at a low additional cost. For this purpose, a power converter in the rotor, which provides the output of electrical energy for the energy transmission function, impresses an alternating voltage into the rotor winding, said voltage being detected in the stator and allowing the rotor position to be determined.
US08102141B2	Inverter device An inverter device driving an induction motor including main and auxiliary windings both having different winding specifications includes a three-arm inverter circuit having phase output terminals connected to the main winding, the auxiliary winding and a neutral winding of the induction motor respectively and converting a DC power supply to two-phase substantially sinusoidal PWM voltage, a current detector detecting currents of the respective main and auxiliary windings from a DC power supply current, a vector control computing unit obtaining balanced inductance values and resistance values from inductance values and resistance values of the respective main and auxiliary windings, determining a two-phase voltage to be supplied to the induction motor by vector control computing based on the balanced inductance values and resistance values, and a PWM signal forming unit forming a PWM signal controlling the inverter circuit according to the two-phase voltage.
US08102137B2	Method of detecting a useful signal A method of detecting a useful signal from a measurement signal that is overlaid by at least one interference signal for use in a control or regulating device, where the interference signal occurs with at least one known interference signal frequency. The method including the steps of detecting the measurement signal, performing a Fourier transformation on the measurement signal with reference to the interference signal frequency to detect the interference signal amplitude and phase, detecting the interference signal on the basis of the interference signal amplitude and phase, and removing the interference signal from the measurement signal to detect the useful signal. The Fourier transformation is performed only with reference to the known interference signal frequency to simplify the computation making it possible to detect the useful signal in real time.
US08102136B2	Simultaneous zero verification for motors in a printing press A method for determining accuracy of an actual position of a plurality of independent motors in a printing press is provided. The method includes commanding each of the plurality of motors in the printing press via a controller to move a desired initial position, comparing an actual position of each motor to the desired initial position of each motor, determining if the actual position of each motor is within a predetermined tolerance of the desired initial position, and resetting any motor outside the predetermined tolerance to be within the predetermined tolerance. A printing press is also provided. The printing press includes a plurality of printing press components and a plurality of motors. Each motor drives at least one of the printing press components and each of the motors has a desired initial position. The printing press also includes a position detector for determining an actual position of the motor with respect to the desired initial position of the motor.
US08102129B2	Method and circuit for short-circuit and over-current protection in a discharge lamp system Embodiments of the present technology provide short-circuit detection and protection suitable for a discharge lamp system. In several embodiments, the transformer's primary current is sensed and used to provide short-circuit protection of the secondary winding side or high voltage side.
US08102126B2	Light emitting device and production system of the same To provide a light emitting device without nonuniformity of luminance, a correcting circuit for correcting a video signal supplied to each pixel to a light emitting device. The correcting circuit is stored with data of a dispersion of a characteristic of a driving TFT among pixels and data of a change over time of luminance of a light emitting element. Further, by correcting a video signal inputted to the light emitting device in conformity with a characteristic of the driving TFT of each pixel and a degree of a deterioration of the light emitting element based on the over-described two data, nonuniformity of luminance caused by a deterioration of an electroluminescent layer and nonuniformity of luminance caused by dispersion of a characteristic of the driving TFT are restrained.
US08102122B2	System and apparatus for cathodoluminescent lighting A cathodoluminescent lighting system has a light emitting device having an envelope with a transparent face, a cathode for emitting electrons, an anode with a phosphor layer and a conductor layer. The phosphor layer emits light through the transparent face of the envelope. The system also has a power supply for providing at least five thousand volts of power to the light emitting device, and the electrons transiting from cathode to anode are essentially unfocused. Additional embodiments responsive to triac-type dimmers with intensity and color-changes in response to dimmer control. A power-factor-corrected embodiment is also disclosed.
US08102121B2	Single-ended ceramic discharge lamp A single-ended ceramic discharge lamp is described which has an integral optical surface such as a parabolic or elliptical reflector. The single-ended configuration eliminates the need for the mounting structures found in double-ended lamps that can interfere with the light emitted from the lamp, particularly in focused beam applications.
US08102119B2	Encapsulated optoelectronic device and method for making the same An encapsulated optoelectronic device includes: a first barrier layer; an electroluminescence device coupled to the first barrier layer, and comprising a substrate and an electroluminescence element both defining a lateral side, and the electroluminescence element comprising a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode, and an optoelectronically active layer between the first and second electrodes; a second barrier layer coupled to the electroluminescence device; and an adhesive located between and connecting the first and second barrier layers, and at least coupled to the lateral side of the electroluminescence device to seal the electroluminescence device; a first conductive area electrically coupled to the first electrode and electrically insulated from the second electrode and a second conductive area; the second conductive area electrically coupled to the second electrode and electrically insulated from the first electrode and the first conductive area. A method for making the encapsulated optoelectronic device is presented.
US08102116B2	Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The light-emitting layer contains an organic compound emitting photoluminescent light with a peak wavelength of 430 to 480 nm. The organic compound has a profile factor of 0.02 or less at a wave number of 1,300 to 1,680 cm−1 as calculated from Huang-Rhys factors.
US08102114B2	Method of manufacturing an inverted bottom-emitting OLED device A method of making an inverted bottom-emitting OLED device, comprising: providing a substrate; providing one or more first electrodes driven by n-type transistors on the substrate; providing an electron-transporting layer over the substrate and first electrode(s), wherein the electron-transporting layer comprises an n-type inorganic semiconductive material with a resistivity in the range of 1 to 105 ohm-cm and a bandgap greater than 2.5 eV; providing an organic light-emitting layer over the electron-transporting layer; providing a hole-transporting layer over the organic emitting layer; and providing a second electrode over the hole-transporting layer.
US08102106B2	Spark plug and method of manufacturing the same A spark plug having a ground electrode that includes a press-formed recess portion comprised of a first portion with which a working pin has come into contact, and a second portion with which the working pin has not come into contact. A relation B1/B2≧0.05 is satisfied, where B1 represents the depth of the second portion, and B2 represents the depth of the press-formed recess portion.
US08102090B2	Brushless electric machine A first member (40a) has a magnet assembly (20) that includes a plurality of permanent magnets (10) held with their homopoles contacting one another. A second member (50a) includes magnet coils (30), and is designed to be changeable in position relative to the first member. The magnet assembly (20) generates the strongest magnetic field in a magnetic field direction lying in the homopolar contact plane at which the homopoles contact one another, the magnetic field direction being oriented outward from the magnet assembly (20) along the magnetic field direction.
US08102089B2	Generator rotor bearing preload method and apparatus A generator has its length shortened by placing springs in a space in a casing that includes an output shaft, which is driven by an input shaft, and a yoke for separating the two shafts. The generator is assembled by placing a spring in a space in a casing having a first part. The space also has a yoke in it. A rotor bearing is placed in the space adjacent to and impinging upon the spring. A second part of the casing is attached to the first part of the casing so that the spring is pre-loaded therein. The generator also utilizes a guide for holding a spring. The generator also has a thrust plate for applying a force of the springs upon the rotor bearing.
US08102083B2	Atmospheric electrical generator with change of state A mechanism to tap an electrical source which uses an aircraft (10) (preferably a lighter than air balloon) tethered by a conductive line (12). The conductive line (12) is extended/withdrawn by a winch motor (13, 14) to adjust the altitude of the aircraft (10). The conductive line (12) is isolated from the ground (17) and an electrical conductor (6) is connected to the conductive line and to an electrical load (5). In this manner, static electricity generated in the atmosphere is gathered for use.
US08102081B2	Electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a cabinet having an outer surface and an inner surface, a plurality of operation button display portions formed on the outer surface of the cabinet, a touchpad which is provided on the inner surface of the cabinet in confrontation with the operation button display portions and configured to detect an input operation of the operation button display portions, a plurality of light sources which are disposed on the inner surface side of the cabinet in confrontation with the operation button display portions and illuminate the respective operation button display portions, a light source controller which is configured to change an illumination state of the light sources for a predetermined time in response to the input operation and thereafter returns the illumination state to an original illumination state.
US08102078B2	Dynamic electrical converter system A dynamic electrical converter system configured to receive a variable voltage input which is then converted to a proper electrical configuration for a load. The converter assembly utilized multiple converters, each of which is configured to accept a unique range of voltages and from these voltages creating the desired electrical output configuration. A monitor checks the incoming voltage and by controlling switches going to each of the converters, selectively closes the circuit to the appropriate converter; thereby, routing the incoming voltage to the converter capable of addressing the incoming voltage.
US08102074B2	Systems and method for limiting maximum voltage in solar photovoltaic power generation systems Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for regulating or limiting the voltage output from solar modules connected in series such that the voltage on a string bus connecting those solar modules does not exceed regulatory or safety limitations. This can be accomplished via a controller, local management units (for downconverting solar module voltage output), or a combination of the two.
US08102073B2	Wind turbine alternator module A wind turbine alternator module having an enclosure, turbine and rotor assembly with peripheral magnets and multi-phase stator for the production of energy from air movement. A bi-directional symmetrical vane turbine and rotor assembly is suspended in the enclosure by guide bearings around the periphery to permit operation in all wind conditions. One or more wind turbine alternator modules are combined in a polygonal housing with bottom inlets and attached to a roof vent structure to generate power from wind and/or rising heated air. A low temperature heating circuit is used for protection in cold conditions. One or more wind turbine alternator modules are combined in a manually portable polygonal housing with storage batteries, charging circuit, inverter circuit, power connectors and ancillary convenience apparatuses such as lighting, radio, tv, and emergency locator.
US08102072B2	Aerodynamic vibration power-generation device An aerodynamic vibration power-generation device is provided, including at least a brace, and at least a blade. The blade is attached to the brace at least with one side. The blade is an aerodynamic vibration element, with at least an embedded piezoelectric transducer. The piezoelectric transducer embedded in the blade includes related circuitry for electrically connecting to a load unit. When the airflow passes along the surfaces of the blade, the difference between the air speeds on both sides of the blade will generate a pressure difference on the surfaces of the blade, according to Bernoulli's Principle, and the pressure difference will cause the blade to deform and vibrate. The fluttering and the oscillation of the blade caused by the continuously changing airflow speeds will cause the embedded piezoelectric transducer to generate electricity.
US08102071B2	River and tidal power harvester An energy module comprising an energy absorber; and a mooring system, comprising a wing-shaped polymer shell attached to the energy absorber, the wing-shaped polymer shell designed to utilize the force of a passing current to create a downward force and thereby reduce any upward motion in the energy module; and a mooring cable housed inside the wing-shaped polymer shell and anchored to maintain the energy module in a fore and aft and a side-to-side position to provide stability, and to negate a rotational force on the energy module.
US08102069B2	Water powered electricity generating device The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing electrical energy from a flowing stream of water by capturing the flowing stream and transferring the captured energy to a rope which passes through a plurality of rotors connected to an electricity generator.
US08102068B1	Buoyant in-stream hydro turbine A buoyant hydro turbine(31) for capturing and utilizing energy in the currents of flowing water. A driven component(33) produces electricity or other energy is coupled to and supported by a buoyant rotor(64), increasing efficiency and eliminating the need for an independent supporting structure. Tethered in flowing water, the current(71) rotates the rotors(32) and transfers rotatable energy to the central driven component(33) where electricity or other mechanical work is produced. A number of embodiments are adapted for optimizing and maintaining positioning in a stream of moving water. Additional embodiments optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the turbine in capturing and utilizing the current's kinetic energy as well as hydrostatic pressure.
US08102062B1	Optionally bonding either two sides or more sides of integrated circuits Methods and systems for forming a variety of integrated circuits, having quite different interfaces and packages, from a single manufactured die. Preferably the die has bond pads for at least a first mode of operation positioned along only two of its four sides, and these bond pads are sufficient to construct a multi-chip module in which the die is functional in the first mode of operation. Many of the pads on these two sides are duplicated on third and/or fourth sides, except that power management circuitry prevents wasteful capacitive current onto whichever of the duplicated pads is not connected out. Optionally the third and/or fourth sides can be used for connections needed for a mode which is not available with two sides only.
US08102059B2	Interconnect structure for high frequency signal transmissions A higher aspect ratio for upper level metal interconnects is described for use in higher frequency circuits. Because the skin effect reduces the effective cross-sectional area of conductors at higher frequencies, various approaches are described to reduce the effective RC delay in interconnects.
US08102055B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device including a semiconductor chip, a base substrate, a wiring positioned on the base substrate, and a eutectic alloy. A part of the eutectic alloy is positioned between the wiring and the base substrate.
US08102048B2	Electronic device manufacturing method and electronic device There are provided the steps of forming a bump 104 on an electrode pad 103 provided on a semiconductor chip 101, forming a low-modulus insulating layer 120 on the semiconductor chip 101 and laminating, on the low-modulus insulating layer 120, a high-modulus insulating layer 121 having a higher elastic modulus than an elastic modulus of the low-modulus insulating layer 120, thereby forming a laminated insulating layer 105, exposing a part of the bump 104 from an upper surface of the laminated insulating layer 105, and forming a conductive pattern 106 connected to the bump 104.
US08102046B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Through heat discharge only by wiring connected to a conventional semiconductor chip, sufficient heat discharge performance may not be achieved in a recent semiconductor device. A semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a flexible substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface; a semiconductor chip; a first heat conductive layer formed on the first main surface of the flexible substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip; and a second heat conductive layer formed on the second main surface of the flexible substrate and electrically insulated from the semiconductor chip.
US08102035B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device According to the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a lead frame is provided wherein the thickness of a tab-side end portion of a silver plating for wire connection formed on each suspending lead 1e is smaller than that of a silver plating formed on each lead. Thereafter, a semiconductor chip is mounted onto a tab. In this case, since the entire surface of the silver plating on the suspending lead 1e is in a crushed state, it is possible to prevent contact of the semiconductor chip with the silver plating when mounting the chip onto the tab. Consequently, in a die bonding process, the semiconductor chip can slide on the tab without contacting the silver plating and thereby making it possible to diminish damage to the semiconductor chip when mounted onto the tab and hence to possibly prevent cracking or chipping of the chip when assembling the semiconductor device.
US08102027B2	IC package sacrificial structures for crack propagation confinement Systems and methods for preventing damage to a unit with preventive structures are presented. In an embodiment, a unit of a collection of units includes a functional area and a preventive structure configured to prevent cracks from propagating into the functional area.
US08102023B2	Capacitor insulating film, capacitor, and semiconductor device A capacitor insulating film for use as an insulating film sandwiched between two electrodes is made of a crystal containing a hafnium element in a titanium site in place of a part of titanium elements contained in a crystal of a strontium titanate or barium strontium titanate.
US08102020B2	Equalization in proximity communication A device includes a semiconductor die having a surface, a plurality of proximity connectors proximate to the surface, and a circuit coupled to at least one of the plurality of proximity connectors. The semiconductor die is configured to communicate voltage-mode signals through capacitive coupling using one or more of the plurality of proximity connectors. The circuit also includes a filter with a capacitive-summing junction to equalize the signals.
US08102018B2	Nonvolatile resistive memories having scalable two-terminal nanotube switches A non-volatile resistive memory is provided. The memory includes at least one non-volatile memory cell and selection circuitry. Each memory cell has a two-terminal nanotube switching device having and a nanotube fabric article disposed between and in electrical communication with two conductive terminals. Selection circuitry is operable to select the two-terminal nanotube switching device for read and write operations. Write control circuitry, responsive to a control signal, supplies write signals to a selected memory cell to induce a change in the resistance of the nanotube fabric article, the resistance corresponding to an informational state of the memory cell. Resistance sensing circuitry in communication with a selected nonvolatile memory cell, senses the resistance of the nanotube fabric article and provides the control signal to the write control circuitry. Read circuitry reads the corresponding informational state of the memory cell.
US08102013B2	Lanthanide doped TiOx films The use of atomic layer deposition (ALD) to form an amorphous dielectric layer of titanium oxide (TiOX) doped with lanthanide elements, such as samarium, europium, gadolinium, holmium, erbium and thulium, produces a reliable structure for use in a variety of electronic devices. The dielectric structure is formed by depositing titanium oxide by atomic layer deposition onto a substrate surface using precursor chemicals, followed by depositing a layer of a lanthanide dopant, and repeating to form a sequentially deposited interleaved structure. Such a dielectric layer may be used as the gate insulator of a MOSFET, as a capacitor dielectric, or as a tunnel gate insulator in flash memories, because the high dielectric constant (high-k) of the layer provides the functionality of a thinner silicon dioxide layer, and because the reduced leakage current of the dielectric layer when the percentage of the lanthanide element doping is optimized.
US08102004B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a first field-effect transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate, and including a fin constituted by a semiconductor layer having source and drain regions via a channel region in an extending direction, and a gate electrode formed on the channel region via an insulating film; a stress application layer formed on a top surface of the gate electrode, and formed by a conductive material of which a difference between linear expansion coefficients at a temperature of forming a stress application layer and a room temperature is different from a difference between linear expansion coefficients of the fin at the temperature of forming the stress application layer and the room temperature, and a plug layer formed on the stress application layer and above the fin, and made of a conductive material having larger Young's modulus than that of the fin.
US08101989B2	Charge trapping devices with field distribution layer over tunneling barrier A memory cell comprising: a semiconductor substrate with a surface with a source region and a drain region disposed below the surface of the substrate and separated by a channel region; a tunneling barrier dielectric structure with an effective oxide thickness of greater than 3 nanometers disposed above the channel region; a conductive layer disposed above the tunneling barrier dielectric structure and above the channel region; a charge trapping structure disposed above the conductive layer and above the channel region; a top dielectric structure disposed above the charge trapping structure and above the channel region; and a top conductive layer disposed above the top dielectric structure and above the channel region are described along with devices thereof and methods for manufacturing.
US08101988B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a trench, a charge storage layer that is formed inside of the trench, a first gate that is formed above a side surface and a bottom surface of the trench, a second gate that is formed beside the first gate, and that is formed above the charge storage layer, a first diffusion region that is formed on the semiconductor substrate inside of the trench, and a second diffusion region that is formed on the semiconductor substrate outside of the trench.
US08101987B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes: a first electrode, disposed over a first region of a substrate; and a conductive layer, disposed over the substrate, including a second electrode disposed above the first electrode, wherein the second electrode comprises a mesh main part having a plurality of openings, and a plurality of extending parts, wherein the extending parts are connected to the mesh main part at periphery of the openings and extend toward a surface of the first electrode.
US08101983B2	Nonvolatile memory device comprising one switching device and one resistant material and method of manufacturing the same A nonvolatile memory device including one transistor and one resistant material and a method of manufacturing the nonvolatile memory device are provided. The nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate, a transistor formed on the substrate, and a data storage unit connected to a drain of the transistor. The data storage unit includes a data storage material layer having different resistance characteristics in different voltage ranges.
US08101975B2	Integrated circuit device with gate level region including non-gate linear conductive segment positioned within 965 nanometers of four transistors of first type and four transistors of second type A semiconductor device includes a substrate portion having a plurality of diffusion regions defined therein. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode level region including a number of conductive features defined to extend in only a first parallel direction. Adjacent ones of the number of conductive features that share a common line of extent in the first parallel direction are fabricated from respective originating layout features that are separated from each other by an end-to-end spacing having a size that is substantially equal across the gate electrode level region and is minimized to an extent allowed by a semiconductor device manufacturing capability. Some of the conductive features within the gate electrode level region extend over the plurality of diffusion regions to form PMOS or NMOS transistor devices. A total number of the PMOS and NMOS transistor devices in the gate electrode level region is greater than or equal to eight.
US08101963B2	Semiconductor light emitting element and method for manufacturing same A semiconductor light emitter (A) includes an n-type semiconductor layer (2), a p-type semiconductor layer (4), and an active layer (3) between these two layers (2, 4). The light emitter (A) further includes an n-side electrode (5) on the n-type layer (2) and a p-side electrode (6) on the p-type layer (4). An insulating layer (7) covers the n-type and p-type layers (2),(4), while also partially covering the n-side and p-side electrodes (5),(6), leaving part of the electrodes (5, 6) exposed. The n-side electrode (5) has a first Al layer (51) formed on the n-type layer (2) and a second Ni, W, Zr or Pt layer (52) formed on the first layer (51). The p-side electrode (6) has a first Au layer (61) formed on the p-type layer (4), and a second Ni, W, Zr or Pt layer (62) formed on the first layer (61).
US08101962B2	Carrying structure of semiconductor A carrying structure of semiconductor includes a carrier made of a plastic material with a heat conduction region, each surface of the carrier has an interface layer formed on, and an electrically insulation circuit and a metal layer are defined on the interface layer. The insulation circuit is located on the surface of the heat conduction region and on an encircling annular region extended from two surfaces of the heat conduction region, and at the same time exposing parts of the carrier surface thereby splitting the metal layer on the interface layer into at least two electrodes. A thermal conductor formed in the heat conduction region has a LED chip adhered on it which has at least a contact point connected with the corresponding metal layer with a metal wiring so as to dissipate the heat generated by the chip rapidly with the thermal conductor.
US08101960B2	Nitride light emitting device and manufacturing method thereof A nitride light emitting device includes a first conduction type cladding layer, an active layer, and a second conduction type cladding layer that are stacked on a substrate. The second conduction type cladding layer has an uneven shape including at least one concave and/or convex portion.
US08101953B2	Thin film transistor having a plurality of carbon nanotubes A thin film transistor includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconducting layer, and a gate electrode. The drain electrode is spaced from the source electrode. The semiconducting layer is connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode. The gate electrode is insulated from the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the semiconducting layer by an insulating layer. The semiconducting layer includes at least two stacked carbon nanotube films. Each carbon nanotube film includes an amount of carbon nanotubes. At least a part of the carbon nanotubes of each carbon nanotube film are aligned along a direction from the source electrode to the drain electrode.
US08101946B2	Light-emission device, method of manufacturing same, electro-optical device and electronic device An organic EL display unit is manufactured in an efficient manner. A light emission device (1000) is manufactured by bonding together a driving circuit substrate (100) formed with driving circuit constituted by thin film transistors 11, and a light emission substrate (300) comprising a successively laminated transparent electrode layer 31, bank layer 32 made from insulating material, positive hole injection layer 33, organic EL layer 34 and cathode layer 36.
US08101944B2	Organic semiconductor material and organic transistor using the same The invention relates to an organic semiconductor material with a high carrier mobility, which is capable of obtaining favorable semiconductor characteristics when used in an organic semiconductor device, and an organic transistor using the same. More specifically, the present invention has a following structure including an oligothiophene part and a connecting part G; where, R1 and R2 are a hydrogen, a alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an alkenyl group, R1 and R2 may be identical or different from each other, and where n is an integer. In the organic semiconductor material, the structure of the connecting part G may be any of the following: where, R3 and R4 are a hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or a alkenyl group, R3 and R4 may be identical or different from each other, and where n is an integer of 1 to 3.
US08101941B2	Interface conditioning to improve efficiency and lifetime of organic electroluminescence devices In at least one embodiment of the invention, an OLED device is disclosed in which the surface of one or more layers of the OLED are conditioned with metal nano-particles such that they are disposed along the interface between adjacent layers.
US08101940B2	Photodetector and method for manufacturing photodetector A photodetector 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an n-type InAs substrate 12; an n-type InAs buffer layer 14 formed on the n-type InAs substrate 12; an n-type InAs light absorbing layer 16 formed on the n-type InAs buffer layer 14; an InAsXPYSb1-X-Y cap layer 18 (X≧0, Y>0) formed on the n-type InAs light absorbing layer 16; a first inorganic insulating film 20 formed on the cap layer 18, and having an opening portion 20h in a deposition direction; a p-type impurity semiconductor region 24 formed by diffusing a p-type impurity from the opening portion 20h of the first inorganic insulating film 20, and reaching from the cap layer 18 to an upper layer of the n-type InAs light absorbing layer 16; and a second inorganic insulating film 22 formed on the first inorganic insulating film 20 and on the p-type impurity semiconductor region 24.
US08101939B2	GaN single-crystal substrate and method for producing GaN single crystal A GaN single-crystal substrate has a substrate surface in which polarity inversion zones are included. The number density of the polarity inversion zones in the substrate surface is not more than 20 cm−2. A GaN single crystal production method includes introducing group III and V raw material gases on a substrate, and growing a GaN single crystal on the substrate. The growth temperature is within the range of not less than 1100° C. and not more than 1400° C., the group V to III raw material gas partial pressure ratio (V/III ratio) is within the range of not less than 0.4 and not more than 1, and the number density of polarity inversion zones in a surface of the substrate is not more than 20 cm−2.
US08101934B2	Methods and apparatus for detecting a substrate notch or flat In a first aspect, a first apparatus is provided. The first apparatus includes a through-beam sensor coupled to a scrubber and adapted to detect a notch or flat of a substrate in the scrubber during processing. The through-beam sensor has (1) an emitter facing a first major surface of a substrate in the scrubber and adapted to transmit a beam toward an edge of the first major surface; and (2) a receiver facing a second major surface of the substrate and adapted to receive the beam transmitted from the emitter when the edge of the substrate does not obstruct the beam. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US08101930B2	Method of increasing the operation lifetime of a collector optics arranged in an irradiation device The present invention relates to a method of increasing the operation lifetime of an optical collector unit (33)) arranged in an irradiation device. The irradiation device at least comprises a radiation source (1) emitting optical radiation, in particular extreme ultraviolet radiation or soft X-rays, said radiation source (1) generating substances and/or particles colliding with optical surfaces of the optical collector unit (33), which forms a radiation beam of a portion of said radiation emitted by said radiation source (1), and a debris mitigation unit (37) arranged between the radiation source (1) and said optical collector unit (33). In the proposed method the optical collector unit (33) is moved during operation and/or in operation pauses of the device such that deposits or degradation effects caused by collision of said substances and/or particles with said optical surfaces of the collector unit (33) are distributed more homogeneously on said optical surfaces than without such a movement. With the method and the corresponding device the optical surfaces of the collection unit are degraded more homogeneously resulting in an increased lifetime of the collector unit.
US08101927B2	Masking apparatus for an ion implanter A masking apparatus includes a mask positioned upstream of a target positioned for treatment with ions. The mask is sized relative to the target to cause a first half of the target to be treated with a selective treatment of ions through the mask and a second half of the target to be treated with a blanket treatment of ions unimpeded by the mask during a first time interval. The masking apparatus also includes a positioning mechanism to change a relative position of the mask and the target so that the second half of the target is treated with the selective treatment of ions and the first half of the target is treated with the blanket implant during a second time interval. An ion implanter having the masking apparatus is also provided.
US08101924B2	Object-positioning device for charged-particle beam system An object-positioning device comprises a rod-like object holder inserted in the chamber of a charged-particle beam system for moving the object outside the chamber, a support for slideably supporting at least a part of the side surface of the object holder, thus making the rear end of the holder outside the chamber a free end, and a vibration-absorbing portion mounted on the rear end of the object holder. The vibration-absorbing portion has an operating range in which vibrational frequencies in a translational direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the object holder are absorbed. The natural vibrational frequency of the object holder in the bending mode is included within the operating range of the vibration-absorbing portion.
US08101911B2	Method and device for improved alignment of a high brightness charged particle gun A charged particle gun alignment assembly for emitting a charged particle beam along an optical axis of a charged particle beam device is described. The charged particle gun alignment assembly is configured to compensate for misalignment of the charged particle beam and includes a charged particle source having an emitter with a virtual source defining a virtual source plane substantially perpendicular to the optical axis; a condenser lens for imaging the virtual source; a final beam limiting aperture adapted for shaping the charged particle beam; and a double stage deflection assembly positioned between the condenser lens and the final beam limiting aperture, wherein the working distance of the condenser lens is 15 mm or less.
US08101905B2	Infrared sensor calibration system and method A calibration system for an infrared imaging system includes an infrared sensor having a sensor model for imaging a target having a target spectral signature. The infrared imaging system includes an atmospheric model having atmospheric spectral values. The calibration system comprises a blackbody calibration source having a calibration source spectral signature and a computer for receiving the sensor model, the target spectral signature, the calibration source spectral signature and the atmospheric spectral values. The computer predicts a target spectral signature propagation at the infrared sensor and matches the target spectral signature propagation with the calibration source spectral signature propagation to determine a blackbody calibration source temperature for radiometric calibration of the infrared sensor.
US08101903B2	Method, apparatus and system providing holographic layer as micro-lens and color filter array in an imager A method, apparatus, and system that provides a holographic layer as a micro-lens array and/or a color filter array in an imager. The method of writing the holographic layer results in overlapping areas in the hologram for corresponding adjacent pixels in the imager which increases collection of light at the pixels, thereby increasing quantum efficiency.
US08101900B2	Circuit and method for operating a circuit A circuit and method for operating a circuit with a terminal for connecting a photodiode to output an output current dependent on the photocurrent of the photodiode, with a resistance device for generating a voltage drop dependent on a photocurrent of the photodiode, with a control loop connected to the resistance device for generating the output current dependent on the photocurrent, with a switching means connected to the terminal with first switch positions for a first operating mode for operating the photodiode in the reversed bias and with second switch positions for a second operating mode for operating the photodiode in the photovoltaic mode, wherein in the first operating mode in the first switch positions of the switching means, the resistance device and the control loop are bridged and/or are not connected, and in the second operating mode in the second switch positions of the switching means, the terminal is connected to the resistance device.
US08101895B2	Measurement method, measurement apparatus, and method of manufacturing optical system The present invention provides a measurement method of measuring a light beam wavefront formed by a measurement target object using a measurement apparatus which includes an optical system having a reference surface and a detection unit having a detection surface, and detects, by the detection unit, an interference pattern, between a test light beam from one of the measurement target object and a standard surface and a reference light beam from the reference surface, formed on the detection surface by the optical system.
US08101869B2	Mounting structure, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus A mounting structure includes a member to be bonded, a flexible base, a reinforcing portion, and a bonding member. The flexible base includes a plurality of first leads. The reinforcing portion is arranged between an edge of the flexible base and an outer lead of the plurality of first leads and has a width larger than that of the outer lead. The bonding member bonds the member to be bonded and the flexible base together.
US08101865B2	Printed wiring board and a method of production thereof A printed wiring board has an insulating resin substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the insulating resin substrate having one or more penetrating-holes passing through the insulating resin substrate from the first surface to the second surface, a first conductor formed on the first surface of the insulating resin substrate, a second conductor formed on the second surface of the insulating resin substrate, and a through-hole conductor structure formed in the penetrating-hole of the insulating resin substrate and electrically connecting the first conductor and the second conductor. The penetrating-hole has a first portion having an opening on the first surface and a second portion having an opening on the second surface. The first portion and the second portion are connected such that the first portion and the second portion are set off from each other.
US08101862B2	Self-sealing electrical cable using rubber resins An electrical cable and a method for manufacturing the electrical cable are provided in which a plurality of insulated conductors have an inner protective layer extruded thereabout. A plurality of longitudinally extending ribs or fins or exterior ribbed or finned surfaces are formed outward of the inner protective layer between which exist a plurality of voids. An outer insulation layer can be formed in the same operation as the fins or ribbed surface and the inner layer or in a subsequent operation. A self-sealing elastomeric material is applied to the conductor surface or is present between the fins and between the inner protective layer and the outer insulation layer.
US08101858B2	Chalcopyrite semiconductor based photovoltaic solar cell comprising a metal substrate, coated metal substrate for a photovoltaic solar cell and manufacturing method thereof A chalcopyrite semiconductor based photovoltaic solar cell. This cell comprises a metal substrate. A conductive layer is present between the metal substrate and a chalcopyrite semiconductor. The conductive layer has a crystal structure fitting to the crystal structure of the chalcopyrite semiconductor. Also disclosed is a coated metal substrate, in particular a metal strip for producing the individual metal substrates of a solar cell, as well as a manufacturing method thereof.
US08101855B2	Optical concentrator, especially for solar photovoltaics In one embodiment of a solar concentrator, a tailored aspheric lens augments the solar-concentrator performance of a concave mirror, widening its acceptance angle for easier solar tracking, making it more cost-competitive for ultra-large arrays. The molded-glass secondary lens also includes a short rod for reducing the peak concentration on a photovoltaic cell that is optically bonded to the end of the rod. The Simultaneous Multiple Surface method produces lens shapes suitable for a variety of medium and high concentrations by mirrored dishes. Besides the rotationally symmetric parabolic mirror itself, other aspheric deviations therefrom are described, including a free-form rectangular mirror that has its focal region at its edge.
US08101854B2	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 a metal particle supported by carbon particles, wherein the metal particle is selected from the group consisting of Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, W, Re, Os, Ir and Pt particle, (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.
US08101852B2	Single-sided contact solar cell with plated- through holes and method for its production In an embodiment of the present invention, a single-sided contact solar cell includes an absorber layer with plated-through holes; an emitter layer disposed on a first side of the absorber layer, the emitter layer including one or more semiconductor materials having different dopants; a field passivation layer disposed on a second side of the absorber layer; a contact grid covered on a top surface thereof with an insulation layer and electrically connected to a first end of the plated-through holes; and a contact layer. The contact grid and contact layer are disposed together on one side of the absorber layer and insulated with respect to each other and electrically contacted from outside of the solar cell. The contact grid is disposed between the absorber layer and the emitter layer or the field passivation layer, and the contact layer is disposed on the emitter layer or on the field passivation layer so that both the contact grid and contact layer are disposed on a top surface of the solar cell. The emitter layer or the field passivation layer is electrically connected to a second end of the plated-through holes. Where the second end of the plated-through holes is electrically connected to the emitter layer, the absorber layer and the contact grid are electrically insulated from each other.
US08101849B2	Tilt assembly for tracking solar collector assembly A tilt assembly is used with a solar collector assembly of the type comprising a frame, supporting a solar collector, for movement about a tilt axis by pivoting a drive element between first and second orientations. The tilt assembly comprises a drive element coupler connected to the drive element and a driver, the driver comprising a drive frame, a drive arm and a drive arm driver. The drive arm is mounted to the drive frame for pivotal movement about a drive arm axis. Movement on the drive arm mimics movement of the drive element. Drive element couplers can extend in opposite directions from the outer portion of the drive arm, whereby the assembly can be used between adjacent solar collector assemblies in a row of solar collector assemblies.
US08101848B2	Solar photovoltaic output for cloudy conditions with a solar tracking system An array of solar powered photovoltaic modules is optimally oriented and operated to provide more electrical energy for uses such as powering an electrolyzer system for hydrogen production. The array is positioned with its light receiving surface at an optimal angle, preferably a continually changing angle determined by two-axis solar tracking, when continually measured solar irradiance indicates suitable sunlight, and at a horizontal position when measured solar irradiance indicates excessive atmospheric cloudiness.
US08101839B1	Capo for stringed instruments A sliding capo for rapid changing of the pitch of musical instrument strings. The capo comprises a bar assembly for extending across and engaging the strings on the neck of an instrument, and a spring assembly connected to opposite ends of the bar assembly and extending across the back of the neck of the instrument for pulling the strings into contact with the frets of the instrument.
US08101837B1	Maize variety inbred PHV9Z A novel maize variety designated PHV9Z and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHV9Z with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHV9Z through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHV9Z or a locus conversion of PHV9Z with another maize variety.
US08101836B2	Tomato line PSQ23-2233 The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS02326502 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS02326502 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US08101811B2	Process for isomerizing a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock using aluminosilicate ZSM-12 An aluminosilicate ZSM-12 may be prepared de novo in a small crystalline form from a reaction mixture containing a source of silica and a source of alumina A small crystalline form of aluminosilicate ZSM-12 may also be prepared from a small crystalline form of borosilicate ZSM-12 by replacement of boron in the borosilicate ZSM-12 framework with aluminum. The aluminosilicate ZSM-12 is useful as an isomerization selective catalyst in processes such as isomerization dewaxing hydrocarbon feedstocks.
US08101806B2	Granulated sorbitol and process for its preparation The present invention relates to a granulated sorbitol of essentially γ crystalline form and having a high sorbitol content, characterized in that it has a specific surface area, determined according to the BET method, of greater than or equal to 2 m2/g, preferably of between 2.2 and 4 m2/g, and even more preferably of between 2.5 and 3.5 m2/g, a compressibility of between 200 and 400 N, preferably of between 250 and 350 N, and a volume-average diameter, measured by laser diffraction particle sizing using a dry-system module, of between 260 and 1000 μm, preferably of between 260 and 500 μm, and even more preferably of between 260 and 350 μm.
US08101788B2	Silicon precursors and method for low temperature CVD of silicon-containing films Novel silicon precursors for low temperature deposition of silicon films are described herein. The disclosed precursors possess low vaporization temperatures, preferably less than about 500° C. In addition, embodiments of the silicon precursors incorporate a —Si—Y—Si— bond, where Y may comprise an amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, or oxygen. In an embodiment a silicon precursor has the formula: where Y is a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group, oxygen, or an amino group; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently a hydrogen group, a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group, a heterohydrocarbyl group, wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be the same or different from one another; X1, X2, X3, and X4 are each independently, a hydrogen group, a hydrocarbyl group, a substituted hydrocarbyl group, or a hydrazino group, wherein X1, X2, X3, and X4 may be the same or different from one another.
US08101784B2	Process for removing volatile components from a substance mixture and apparatus for performing this process A process and an apparatus separate a volatile component from a substance mixture (raw product). The substance mixture is heated, the volatile component is at least partly evaporated and then the vapor formed is condensed. To improve the separating action, the condensate, in the region of the point of condensation, is contacted with a liquid in which the condensate dissolves.
US08101781B2	Process for the preparation of highly optical pure carvedilol The present invention relates to a process for the efficient preparation of highly optical pure chiral carvedilol. According to the present invention, a chiral oxazolidin-2-one or oxazolidin-2-thione having formula 2, produced from the reaction of N-protected 2-(2-methoxyphenoxy)ethylamine with a chiral glycidol derivative is used as a key intermediate for the preparation of the chiral carvedilol. Specifically, the process for the preparation of the chiral carvedilol comprises a) reacting a compound of formula 2 with a halogenation agent, a sulfonation agent or a mitsunobu reagent to activate a hydroxyl group of the compound of formula 2, followed by nucleophilic substitution reaction with 9H-4-hydroxy carbazole to produce a compound of formula 7, and b) subjecting the obtained compound of formula 7 to a deprotection reaction in a presence of an inorganic base to produce the targeted chiral carvedilol. The process of the present invention can be accomplished in a mild condition. The process neither requires any extraordinary purification procedure, nor involves decrease of optical purity. Therefore, the process of the present invention provides highly optical pure chiral carvedilol in simple and efficient manner.
US08101777B2	Ionic liquids based on imidazolium salts incorporating a nitrile functionality Novel chemical compounds of the general formula K+A−, in which K+ is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring having 1-3 hetereo atoms, which can be independently N, S, or O; with the proviso that at least one of the hetereo atoms must be a quaternized nitrogen atom having a —R′CN substituent, wherein R′ is alkyl (C1 to C12);the heterocyclic ring having up to 4 or 5 substituents independently chosen from the moieties: (i) H; (ii) halogen or (iii) alkyl (C1 to C12), which is unsubstituted or partially or fully substituted by further groups, preferably F, Cl, N(CnF(2n+1−x)Hx)2, O(CnF(2n+1−x)Hx), SO2(CnF(2n+1−x)Hx)2 or CnF(2n+1−x)Hx where 1
US08101776B2	Organic semiconductors and their manufacture The invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising a compound of the formula I and of the formula XXI, wherein the symbols have the meanings defined in the specification, to the novel compounds of the formula I and XXI and to the use of such a compound as an organic semiconductor for the preparation of an electronic device, and further compounds and devices, as well as other embodiments given in the specification.
US08101765B2	Process for preparing acyclic HCV protease inhibitors Disclosed are highly convergent processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), which compounds are potent active agents for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: The disclosed processes use SNAr-type coupling reactions between peptidic compounds having a hydroxyproline moiety of the following formula: and halogenated or sulfonated bromoquinoline compounds.
US08101763B2	Method for producing scopine esters The invention relates to a novel method for producing scopine esters of the general formula (1), wherein X—, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R3′, R4′, R6 and R6′ can have the meanings indicated in the claims and in the description.
US08101762B2	Nitrogen-containing organic compounds usable as catalytic composition precursors The present invention describes novel nitrogen-containing organic compounds obtained by reacting a compound X of substituted pyridine type comprising at least one ketone function with a compound Y belonging to the aminoquinoleine family and derivatives thereof. Said organic compounds can be used as precursors in a catalytic composition.
US08101761B2	(E)-N-{3-[1-(8-fluoro-11H-10-OXA-1-AZA-dibenzo [A,D] cyclohepten-5ylidene)-propyl]-phenyl}-methanesulfonamide as glucocorticoid receptor modulator for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis The present invention provides Compound (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound (I) in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients, or diluents; and discloses methods for the treatment of inflammatory and immune disorders comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of Compound (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08101755B2	Organometallic complex including pyrazine derivative An organometallic complex is provided by which favorable red-color light emission can be obtained. Further, an organometallic complex having a peak of light emission at about 620 nm is provided because the wavelength of light which is perceived as excellent red-color light is about 620 nm. Furthermore, an organometallic complex is provided by which red-color light emission with high luminous efficiency (cd/A) can be obtained. An organometallic complex represented by the following general formula (G2) and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device including the organometallic complex represented by the following general formula (G2) are provided.
US08101751B2	Reverse-turn mimetics and method relating thereto Conformationally constrained compounds that mimic the secondary structure of reverse-turn regions of biologically active peptides and proteins are disclosed. Such reverse-turn mimetic structures have utility over a wide range of fields, including use as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Libraries containing the reverse-turn mimetic structures of this invention are also disclosed as well as methods for screening the same to identify biologically active members. The invention also relates to the use of such compounds for inhibiting or treating disorders modulated by Wnt-signaling pathway, such as cancer, especially colorectal cancer, restenosis associated with angioplasty, polycystic kidney disease, aberrant angiogenesis disease, rheumatoid arthritis disease, tuberous sclerosis complex, Alzheimer's disease, excess hair growth or loss, or ulcerative colitis.
US08101749B2	Process for the preparation of onium salts with a tetrafluoroborate anion having a reduced halide content The invention relates to a method for producing onium salts with tetrafluoroborate anion by reacting an onium halide with an oxonium tetrafluoroborate, sulfonium tetrafluoroborate, or triphenylcarbonium tetrafluoroborate.
US08101740B2	Positron emission tomography probes for imaging immune activation and selected cancers Compounds for use as PET probes and methods for synthesizing and using these, comprising [18F]D-FAC and other cytosine and adenosine analogs.
US08101738B2	ABFB-2 gene from Penicillium funiculosum The invention relates to the abfB-2 gene of Penicillium funiculosum that codes for a type B α-L-arabinofuranosidase and has a cellulose binding domain. The enzyme α-L-arabinofuranosidase can be incorporated in nutritional additives or in foods for animals for which it improves the digestibility and thus the nutritional value.
US08101720B2	Immunoglobulin insertions, deletions and substitutions An Fc variant of a parent Fc polypeptide, wherein said Fc variant exhibits altered binding to one or more FcγRs, wherein said Fc variant comprises at least one amino acid insertion in the Fc region of said parent Fc polypeptide.
US08101719B2	Humanized anti-CD47 antibody The present invention relates to humanized antibodies binding to CD47; diabodies binding to human CD47, characterized in that a disulfide bond exists between diabody-forming fragments; genes encoding any one of said antibodies; vectors containing said genes; host cells containing said vectors; processes for preparing antibodies comprising the step of culturing said host cells; and therapeutic agents for hematological disorders comprising said antibodies.
US08101717B2	Use of tropoelastin for repair or restoration of tissue The present invention relates to tropoelastin and to tissue repair and restoration using elastic materials. Disclosed is a process for producing an elastic material from tropoelastin including heating a solution of tropoelastin having an alkaline pH to form an elastic material from the tropoelastin in the solution. Also disclosed are elastic materials prepared according to this process and their applications.
US08101714B2	Teleost derived antimicrobial polypeptides The invention is directed to an isolated polypeptide which (a) is obtainable from a teleost; (b) has antimicrobial activity; (c) binds to oligoguanosine and/or CpG (SEQ ID NO:7); (d) comprises 58 strongly basic amino acids selected from the group consisting of K and R; (e) comprises 50 hydrophobic amino acids selected from the group consisting of A, I, L, F, W and V; (f) comprises 50 polar amino acids selected from the group consisting of N, C, Q, S, T and Y and (g) contains 11 lysine-rich motifs and antimicrobial fragments thereof as well as methods for preparing said polypeptides, compositions and libraries comprising said polypeptide(s) and uses of said polypeptide(s), particularly in treating microbial infections. The invention is further directed to a nucleic acid(s) encoding said polypeptide, microarrays comprising said nucleic acid(s) and uses for said nucleic acid(s). Furthermore, the invention is directed to an antibody which birds to the polypeptide of the present invention and uses for said antibodies.
US08101711B2	Process to modify polymeric materials and resulting compositions Disclosed is a method for modifying a polymer by carrying out a thermally-induced reaction in a mixing apparatus having a high shear environment and devolatilization capabilities. Also disclosed are the resulting materials.
US08101689B2	Shape memory epoxy copolymer The shape memory polymers disclosed are a reaction product of at least one reagent containing two active amino-hydrogen or two active phenolic-hydrogen with at least one multifunctional cross linking reagent which contains at least three or more active amino- or phenolic-hydrogen or is a reagent containing at least three glycidyl ether moieties which is then further mixed with at least one diglycidyl ether reagent whereupon the resulting mixture is cured and has a glass transition temperature higher than 00 C. This reaction creates crosslinking between the monomers and polymers such that during polymerization they form a crosslinked thermoset network.
US08101685B2	Thermoplastic elastomer polyolefin in-reactor blends and molded articles therefrom This invention relates to an in-reactor polymer blend comprising: (a) a first ethylene-containing polymer having a density of greater than 0.90 g/cm3 and a Mw of more than 20,000 g/mol and (b) a second ethylene-containing polymer having a density of less than 0.90 g/cm3, wherein the polymer blend has a Tm of at least 90° C. (DSC second melt), a density of less than 0.92 g/cm3, and the densities of the first and second polymers differ by at least 1%. Specifically this invention relates to an in-reactor polymer blend comprising: (a) a first ethylene polymer comprising 90 to 100 wt % ethylene and from 0 to less than 10 wt % comonomer, said first ethylene polymer component having density of greater than 0.920 g/cm3, an Mw of 20,000 g/mol or more; and (b) a second ethylene polymer comprising from 70 to 90 wt % ethylene and 30 to 10 wt % comonomer, said second ethylene polymer having a density of 0.910 g/cm3 or less, wherein the polymer blend has: (a) a Tm of at least 100° C. over a density ranging from 0.84 to 0.92 g/cm3; (b) a elongation at break of 300% or more; (c) a strain hardening index M300/M100 of at least 1.2; (d) a ratio of complex viscosity at 0.01 rad/s to the viscosity at 100 rad/s is of at least 30; and (e) a shear thinning slope of the plot of log(dynamic viscosity) versus log(frequency) less than −0.2.
US08101682B2	Liquid viscous product based on an organofunctional silane system for producing weathering-stabile protective coatings for preventing surface soiling The present invention relates to a composition comprising an organofunctional silane system, in which fluorinated alkyl groups of the general formula F3C(CF2)r(CH2)s— (Ib) are attached to some of the silicon atoms, and a thickener, to a process for preparing such a composition, and to the use of the composition for preventing surface soiling.
US08101676B2	Osteogenic paste compositions and uses thereof Described are osteogenic paste compositions with enhanced osteoinductive properties for use in bone repair. Compositions comprising a quickly resorbable paste carrier, a more slowly resorbed mineral matrix, and Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) or other osteogenic factor are described which enable increased osteoinductive activity while retaining a reliable scaffold for the formation of new bone at the implant site. Methods for making and methods for therapeutic use of the compositions are also disclosed.
US08101672B2	Azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropene The invention pertains to azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropene (HFC-1225yc) and any one of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropene (HFC-1234yf) or the Z-isomer of 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene (HFC-1225yeZ), and uses thereof, including use in refrigerant compositions, refrigeration systems, blowing agent compositions, and aerosol propellants.
US08101669B2	Exchange membrane containing modified maleimide oligomers An exchange membrane containing modified maleimide oligomers comprising sulfonated poly(aryl ether ketone) (S-PAEK) and modified maleimide oligomers. The exchange membrane uses the modified maleimide oligomers having a hyper-branched architecture as matrix, and introduces them into S-PAEK to constitute semi-interpenetration network (semi-IPN), so as to intensify water holding capacity, chemical resistance, the electrochemical stability and thermal resistance of the ionic/proton exchange membrane. The exchange membrane can be used to fabricate the membrane electrode assemblies, fuel cells, and be applied them to the fields of seawater desalination, heavy water and sewage treatment, and biomass-energy resources.
US08101668B2	Graft polymer This invention provides a novel graft polymer that has excellent proton conductivity, is capable of regulating hydrogen permeability, methanol permeability, and the like, and can serve as a starting material for a polymer electrolyte membrane, which facilitates moisture balance control and efficient operation of a fuel cell. A polymer electrolyte membrane composed of such graft polymer is also provided. This graft polymer comprises a main chain comprising a hydroxyl group-containing polymer and a graft chain comprising a polymer containing a sulfonic acid group-containing monomer.
US08101659B2	Methods of treatment and pharmaceutical composition The invention relates a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of: (i) the AT 1-antagonist valsartan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (ii) a NEP inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and to a method for the treatment or prevention of a condition or disease selected from the group consisting of hypertension, heart failure, such as (acute and chronic) congestive heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, diabetic cardiac myopathy, supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, detrimental vascular remodeling, myocardial infarction and its sequelae, atherosclerosis, angina (whether unstable or stable), renal insufficiency (diabetic and non-diabetic), heart failure, angina pectoris, diabetes, secondary aldosteronism, primary and secondary pulmonary hypertension, renal failure conditions, such as diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, scleroderma, glomerular sclerosis, proteinuria of primary renal disease, and also renal vascular hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, the management of other vascular disorders, such as migraine, peripheral vascular disease, Raynaud's disease, luminal hyperplasia, cognitive dysfunction, such as Alzheimer's, glaucoma and stroke, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition to a mammal in need thereof.
US08101657B2	Plant disease and insect damage control composition and plant disease and insect damage prevention method The invention provides a plant disease and insect damage control composition including, as active ingredients, dinotefuran and at least one fungicidal compound; and a plant disease and insect damage prevention method that includes applying such a composition to a plant body, soil, plant seed, stored cereal, stored legume, stored fruit, stored vegetable, silage, stored flowering plant, or export/import timber. The invention provides a new plant disease and insect damage control composition and a plant disease and insect damage prevention method with very low toxicity to mammals and fishes, the composition and method showing an effect against plural pathogens and pest insects, including emerging resistant pathogens and resistant pest insect, by application to a plant body, soil, plant seed, stored cereal, stored legume, stored fruit, stored vegetable, silage, stored flowering plant, or export/import timber.
US08101654B2	Percutaneously absorptive ophthalmic preparation comprising olopatadine The present invention provides a percutaneously absorptive preparation for preventing or treating allergic eye disease, which comprises olopatadine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. In addition, the present invention provides a method for preventing or treating allergic eye disease, which comprises applying a percutaneously absorptive preparation comprising olopatadine or a salt thereof to the skin surface including the skin surface of an eyelid, thereby casing transfer of a therapeutically effective amount of olopatadine or a salt thereof from the preparation to an anterior ocular segment through the skin of the eyelid rather than a systemic blood flow. The present preparation can exert a pharmacological effect over a prolonged period by a single application, as compared to conventional preparations such as eye drops.
US08101650B2	Method for treating a immunology-related disease A method for treating an immunology-related disease. The method involves administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of an amino acid compound, a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmacologically acceptable ester thereof. The compound has the following formula: wherein R1 and R2 are each hydrogen; R3 is hydrogen; R4 is C1-C2 alkyl; n is 2; X is ═N-D, wherein D is hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl or phenyl; Y is ethylene, ethynylene, —CO—CH2 or phenylene; Z is ethylene or trimethylene; R5 is unsubstituted C3-C10 cycloalkyl, unsubstituted C3-C10 aryl, or C3-C10 cycloalkyl or C6-C10 aryl substituted with 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, lower alkyl, halogeno lower alkyl and lower alkoxy; and R6 and R7 are each hydrogen.
US08101643B2	Benzimidazole derivatives The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit RNA-containing virus, particularly the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Consequently, the compounds of the present invention interfere with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HCV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HCV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US08101623B2	Substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine as a protein kinase B inhibitor The invention relates to a novel group of compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof: wherein Y, Z1, Z2, R1, R4, R5 and n are as described in the specification, which may be useful in the treatment or prevention of a disease or medical condition mediated through protein kinase B (PKB) such as cancer. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I), methods of treatment of diseases mediated by PKB using said compounds and methods for preparing compounds of Formula (I).
US08101613B2	6,6-bicyclic ring substituted heterobicyclic protein kinase inhibitors Compounds of the formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, R1, and Q1 are defined herein, inhibit the IGF-1R enzyme and are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer, inflammation, psoriasis, allergy/asthma, disease and conditions of the immune system, disease and conditions of the central nervous system.
US08101612B2	Phthalazine compounds and methods of use The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of p38 kinase mediated diseases and related inflammatory conditions. The compounds have a general Formula II wherein L1, L2, R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R3, R3a, R4, R5 and p are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, uses of such compounds and compositions for treatment of p38 kinase mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other inflammation disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
US08101601B2	Aminoacyl prodrug derivatives and medicaments for the treatment of thromboembolitic disorders The present application relates to prodrug derivatives of 5-chloro-N-({(5S)-2-oxo-3-[4-(3-oxo-morpholin-4-yl)phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}methyl)thiophene-2-carboxamide, processes for their preparation, their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and their use for the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially of thromboembolic disorders.
US08101598B2	1,4-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.2]nonyl oxadiazolyl derivatives and their medical use This invention relates to novel 1,4-diaza-bicyclo[3.2.2]nonyl oxadiazolyl derivatives and their use in the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds of the invention are found to be cholinergic ligands at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.Due to their pharmacological profile the compounds of the invention may be useful for the treatment of diseases or disorders as diverse as those related to the cholinergic system of the central nervous system (CNS), the peripheral nervous system (PNS), diseases or disorders related to smooth muscle contraction, endocrine diseases or disorders, diseases or disorders related to neuro-degeneration, diseases or disorders related to inflammation, pain, and withdrawal symptoms caused by the termination of abuse of chemical substances.
US08101597B2	Quetiapine salts and their polymorphs The present invention relates to novel and stable salt forms of quetiapine, processes for preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and method of treating thereof. More particularly, the present invention provides novel acid addition salts of quetiapine wherein the acid counter ion is provided by an acid selected from the group consisting of benzene sulfonic acid, dibenzoyl-L-(+)-tartaric acid and di-p-toluoyl-L-(+)-tartaric acid. The present invention also provides novel polymorphic forms of quetiapine salts selected from the group consisting of quetiapine hydrobromide, quetiapine sulfate, quetiapine nitrate and quetiapine citrate.
US08101589B2	Nitric oxide-releasing molecules This invention relates to compositions comprising carbon-based diazeniumdiolates that release nitric oxide (NO). The carbon-based diazeniumdiolated molecules release NO spontaneously under physiological conditions without subsequent nitrosamine formation. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing the carbon-based diazeniumdiolated molecules, compositions comprising such molecules, methods of using such compositions, and devices employing such molecule compositions.
US08101587B2	Kits for nutrition supplementation The present invention relates to methods of co-administration of various vitamin and mineral compositions, and in a specific embodiment, said methods comprise co-administering one composition comprising vitamin A, beta carotene, B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin D3, vitamin E, iron, magnesium and zinc, and a second composition comprising omega-3 fatty acids such as DHA, to supplement the nutritional needs of individuals within physiologically stressful states; and kits provided for co-administration of various vitamin and mineral compositions, and in a specific embodiment, said kits comprise one composition comprising vitamin A, beta carotene, B-complex vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin D3, vitamin E, iron, magnesium and zinc, and a second composition comprising omega-3 fatty acids such as DHA, to supplement the nutritional needs of individuals within physiologically stressful states.
US08101586B2	Methods and compositions for the treatment of sterile inflammation Described are methods and compositions that inhibit IL-1 signalling for the treatment of acute inflammatory response to cell necrosis, and the attendant collateral tissue damage.
US08101569B2	Energy status of an individual by enhanced production of an endogenous fuel source The present invention relates to a method of improving the energy status of an individual by enhancing the usage of lactate. Improved lactate usage is accomplished through a composition comprising lactate precursors, adrenergic receptor agonists and insulinotropic agents.
US08101568B2	Peptides for inhibiting insects The subject invention pertains to the use of peptide fragments of cadherins (including cadherin-like proteins). The subject invention includes a cell (and use thereof) comprising a polynucleotide that expresses the peptide fragment. The subject invention includes methods of feeding the peptides to insects. In preferred embodiments, the peptides are fed to target insects together with one or more insecticidal proteins, preferably (but not limited to) B.t. Cry proteins. When used in this manner, the peptide fragment can not only enhance the apparent toxin activity of the Cry protein against the insect species that was the source of the receptor but also against other insect species. Preferably, the cadherin is a Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) insecticidal crystal protein (Cry) toxin receptor. Preferably, the peptide fragment is a binding domain of the receptor. In some preferred embodiments, the peptide is the binding domain nearest to the membrane proximal ectodomain. Corresponding domains are identifiable in a variety of B.t. toxin receptors.
US08101554B2	Well treatment comprising a polymer formed from a diallyl ammonium salt and a scale inhibitor The present invention provides a method for increasing the retention of a scale inhibitor within a hydrocarbon producing system (e.g. a subterranean formation), said method comprising contacting said system with a polymer formed from a diallyl ammonium salt and with said scale inhibitor, wherein said polymer formed from a diallyl ammonium salt has a molecular weight of greater than 50,000 (e.g. a molecular weight of 55,000 to 2,000,000).
US08101547B2	Transparent thermal recording medium A transparent heat-sensitive recording material of the invention comprises (a) a transparent support; (b) a heat-sensitive recording layer containing a leuco dye and a developer and formed on the transparent support; and (c) a protective layer comprising as main components a pigment and a binder and formed on the heat-sensitive recording layer; wherein the pigment contained in the protective layer is (i) calcined kaolin and at least one main pigment selected from the group consisting of kaolin and aluminum hydroxide, or (ii) calcined kaolin, a third pigment, and at least one main pigment selected from the group consisting of kaolin and aluminum hydroxide; and the calcined kaolin is present in a proportion of 0.3 to 5 mass % relative to the protective layer.
US08101546B2	Thermal recording material In the present invention, a dispersion that has excellent dispersion efficiency, shows hardly any premature graying, and exhibits excellent dispersion stability and storage stability when heated is prepared, and the thermal recording material excellent in color developing sensitivity and whiteness of the background is provided.The present invention provides a thermal recording material including a support and a thermosensitive coloring layer that is provided on the support and contains an electron-donating colorless dye and an electron-accepting compound, wherein the thermosensitive coloring layer contains a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (A) containing a carboxyl group that has been produced by saponification of polyvinyl ester obtained by the polymerization in the presence of aldehydes or ketones and that has an absorbance at 280 nm of 0.20 to 0.85 obtained from an ultraviolet absorption spectrum of a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution thereof.
US08101529B2	Carbon nanotube resistor, semiconductor device, and manufacturing method thereof A process for producing a carbon nanotube resistor that is capable of providing a highly reliable resistor or fuse. The process comprises the step of introducing a carbon nanotube in a volatile solvent to a first concentration and conducting ultrasonic treatment thereof to thereby obtain an initial solution; the dilution step of stepwise diluting the initial solution with a volatile solvent under ultrasonication so as to adjust the same to a second concentration, thereby obtaining a coating solution; and the step of applying the coating solution between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first concentration is 1(E10−4 g/ml or higher and the second concentration lower than 1(E10−5 g/ml.
US08101523B2	Method of processing of nitride semiconductor wafer, nitride semiconductor wafer, method of producing nitride semiconductor device and nitride semiconductor device A nitride semiconductor wafer is planar-processed by grinding a bottom surface of the wafer, etching the bottom surface by, e.g., KOH for removing a bottom process-induced degradation layer, chamfering by a rubber whetstone bonded with 100 wt %-60 wt % #3000-#600 diamond granules and 0 wt %-40 wt % oxide granules, grinding and polishing a top surface of the wafer, etching the top surface for eliminating a top process-induced degradation layer and maintaining a 0.5 μm-10 μm thick edge process-induced degradation layer.
US08101517B2	Semiconductor device and method for making same One or more embodiments may relate to a method for making a semiconductor structure, the method including: forming an opening at least partially through a workpiece; and forming an enclosed cavity within the opening, the forming the cavity comprising forming a paste within the opening.
US08101515B2	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices having contact plugs in insulation layers Methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices are provided in which a first contact plug is formed on a first active region in a substrate and a second contact plug is formed on a second active region in the substrate. A height of an upper surface of the second contact plug from the substrate is greater than a height of an upper surface of the first contact plug from the substrate. A third contact plug is formed on the second contact plug. A first spacer is formed on a side surface of the third contact plug. A third interlayer insulation layer is formed that covers the third contact plug. The third interlayer insulation layer is patterned to form a third opening that exposes the first contact plug. A fourth contact plug is formed in the third opening that is electrically connected to the first contact plug.
US08101514B2	Semiconductor device having elastic solder bump to prevent disconnection Regarding a semiconductor device, especially the present invention suppresses disconnection of the connection structure concerned in the semiconductor device which has the electric and mechanical connection structure using solder, and aims at improving connection reliability. And to achieve the above objects, the semiconductor device has the solder bump which electrically connects a semiconductor chip and a package substrate, the under-filling resin with which it filled up between the semiconductor chip and the package substrate, and a solder ball which electrically connects a package substrate with the outside, and the solder bump's elastic modulus is made lower than the elastic modulus of a solder ball.
US08101511B2	Method of manufacturing a junction barrier Schottky diode with dual silicides An integrated circuit, including a junction barrier Schottky diode, has an N type well, a P-type anode region in the surface of the well, and an N-type Schottky region in the surface of the well and horizontally abutting the anode region. A first silicide layer is on and makes a Schottky contact to the Schottky region and is on an adjoining anode region. A second silicide layer of a different material than the first silicide is on the anode region. An ohmic contact is made to the second silicide on the anode region and to the well.
US08101507B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing method and semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus There is provided a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus and a semiconductor device manufacturing method capable of recovering a damage of a low dielectric insulating film exposed to CO2 plasma to obtain the low dielectric insulating film in a good state, thus improving performance and reliability of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: an etching process for etching a low dielectric insulating film formed on a substrate; a CO2 plasma process for exposing the substrate to CO2 plasma after the etching process; and a UV process for irradiating UV to the low dielectric insulating film after the CO2 plasma process.
US08101506B2	Method for producing a buried n-doped semiconductor zone in a semiconductor body and semiconductor component A method for producing a buried n-doped semiconductor zone in a semiconductor body. In one embodiment, the method includes producing an oxygen concentration at least in the region to be doped in the semiconductor body. The semiconductor body is irradiated via one side with nondoping particles for producing defects in the region to be doped. A thermal process is carried out. The invention additionally relates to a semiconductor component with a field stop zone.
US08101505B2	Programmable electrical fuse The present invention relates to e-fuse devices, and more particularly to a device and method of forming an e-fuse device, the method comprising providing a first conductive layer connected to a second conductive layer, the first and second conductive layers separated by a barrier layer having a first diffusivity different than a second diffusivity of the first conductive layer. A void is created in the first conductive layer by driving an electrical current through the e-fuse device.
US08101503B2	Method of producing a thin layer of semiconductor material A semiconductor structure includes a thin semiconductor layer fixed on an applicator or flexible support, the thin layer having an exposed surface characterized by fractured solid bridges spaced apart by cavities. A method of producing the thin layer of semiconductor material includes implanting ions into the semiconductor wafer to define a reference plane, where the ion dose is above a minimum dose, but below a critical dose so as to avoid degrading the wafer surface. The method further includes applying a thermal treatment to define a layer of microcavities and applying stress to free the thin layer from the wafer.
US08101499B2	Formation of TSV backside interconnects by modifying carrier wafers An integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor wafer, which includes a first notch extending from an edge of the semiconductor wafer into the semiconductor wafer. A carrier wafer is mounted onto the semiconductor wafer. The carrier wafer has a second notch overlapping at least a portion of the first notch. A side of the carrier wafer facing the semiconductor wafer forms a sharp angle with an edge of the carrier wafer. The carrier wafer has a resistivity lower than about 1×108 Ohm-cm.
US08101484B2	Method of forming a FET having ultra-low on-resistance and low gate charge In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a substrate of a first conductivity type silicon is provided. A substrate cap region of the first conductivity type silicon is formed such that a junction is formed between the substrate cap region and the substrate. A body region of a second conductivity type silicon is formed such that a junction is formed between the body region and the substrate cap region. A trench extending through at least the body region is then formed. A source region of the first conductivity type is then formed in an upper portion of the body region. An out-diffusion region of the first conductivity type is formed in a lower portion of the body region as a result of one or more temperature cycles such that a spacing between the source region and the out-diffusion region defines a channel length of the field effect transistor.
US08101483B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer, a channel structure, an insulating structure and a gate. The channel structure includes a channel bridge for connecting two platforms. The bottom of the channel bridge is separated from the insulating layer by a distance, and the channel bridge has a plurality of separated doping regions. The insulating structure wraps around the channel bridge, and the gate wraps around the insulating structure.
US08101479B2	Fabrication of asymmetric field-effect transistors using L-shaped spacers A gate electrode (302) of a field-effect transistor (102) is defined above, and vertically separated by a gate dielectric layer (300) from, a channel-zone portion (284) of body material of a semiconductor body. Semiconductor dopant is introduced into the body material to define a more heavily doped pocket portion (290) using the gate electrode as a dopant-blocking shield. A spacer (304T) having a dielectric portion situated along the gate electrode, a dielectric portion situated along the body, and a filler portion (SC) largely occupying the space between the other two spacer portions is provided. Semiconductor dopant is introduced into the body to define a pair of source/drain portions (280M and 282M) using the gate electrode and spacer as a dopant-blocking shield. The filler spacer portion is removed to convert the spacer to an L shape (304). Electrical contacts (310 and 312) are formed respectively to the source/drain portions.
US08101456B2	Method to reduce a via area in a phase change memory cell A memory cell structure and method to form such structure. The method partially comprised of forming a via within an oxidizing layer, over the center of a bottom electrode. The method includes depositing a via spacer along the sidewalls of the via and oxidizing the via spacer. The via spacer being comprised of a material having a Pilling-Bedworth ratio of at least one and one-half and is an insulator when oxidized. The via area is reduced by expansion of the via spacer during the oxidation. Alternatively, the method is partially comprised of forming a via within a first layer, over the center of the bottom electrode. The first layer has a Pilling-Bedworth ratio of at least one and one-half and is an insulator when oxidized. The method also includes oxidizing at least a portion of the sidewalls of the via in the first layer.
US08101445B2	Thin film transistor array panel and method for manufacturing the same A thin film transistor array panel according to the present invention includes: an insulation substrate having a display area and a peripheral area; a plurality of thin film transistors disposed in the display area; a plurality of gate lines connected to the thin film transistors; a plurality of data lines connected to the thin film transistors; a driving unit disposed in the peripheral area of the insulation substrate, and controlling the thin film transistor; a plurality of signal lines connecting between the driving unit and the gate lines or the data lines; and a dummy pattern overlapping the signal line and made of a transparent conductive material.
US08101442B2	Method for manufacturing EL display device A manufacture process of a thin film transistor mounted on an EL display device is simplified. A thin film transistor is manufactured by stacking a first conductive film, an insulating film, a semiconductor film, an impurity semiconductor film, and a second conductive film; forming a first resist mask over the stacked films; performing first etching to form a thin-film stack body; performing second etching by side etching is conducted on the thin-film stack body to form a gate electrode layer; and forming a source and drain electrode layer and the like with use of a second resist mask. An EL display device is manufactured using the thin film transistor.
US08101440B2	Method for fabricating light emitting diode chip A method for fabricating a light emitting diode chip is provided. Firstly, a semiconductor device layer is formed on a substrate. Afterwards, a current spreading layer is formed on a portion of the semiconductor device layer. Then, a current blocking layer and a passivation layer are formed on a portion of the semiconductor device layer not covered by the current spreading layer. Finally, a first electrode is formed on the current blocking layer and the current spreading layer. Moreover, a second electrode is formed on the semiconductor device layer.
US08101436B2	Dicing method, method of inspecting integrated circuit element, substrate holding device, and pressure sensitive adhesive film A dicing method, integrated circuit chip testing method, substrate holding apparatus, and adhesive film are disclosed. A first adhesive film 22 in which the adhesion is reduced by ultraviolet radiation is stretched inside a ring-like frame 21 larger than a wafer size, and a wafer W is adhered on the first adhesion film 22. A second adhesive film 4 in which the adhesion of the two surfaces is reduced by heating is adhered on a plate-like jig 3. After the first film is adhered on the second film, dicing is performed. Since the wafer is adhered to the jig, the relative positions of chips do not shift from each other. This makes it possible to load the wafer together with the jig into a testing apparatus and align electrode pads of the chips with a probe. This allows, e.g., collective testing of a plurality of chips.
US08101434B2	Method for LED-module assembly A method for LED-module assembly comprising the steps of providing a base portion with a base inner surface and a cover with a cover inner surface which together define a module interior, the cover having at least one opening therethrough; putting a sealing member into the module interior; positioning an LED lens into the cover opening; aligning an LED emitter and the LED lens within the module interior; sealing the module interior by securing the base portion with respect to the cover. The LED emitter is powered for imaging of the LED module to test light-output characteristics. A specific type of the LED lens is selected and its type and orientation are verified. The step of vacuum testing checks for water-air/tightness of the sealing of LED-module interior. A central database provides assembly and testing parameters to automated tool(s) performing each particular step. Each LED module includes a unique machine-identifiable module-marking with which the data related to each individual LED module is associated and stored in the central database.
US08101432B2	Method of repairing an image display unit A method of repairing a defective one of devices mounted on substrate is provided. Devices are arrayed on a substrate and electrically connected to wiring lines connected to a drive circuit, to be thus mounted on the substrate. The devices mounted on the substrate are then subjected to an emission test. If a defective device is detected in this test, a repair device is mounted at a position corresponding to a position of the defective device. At this time, after wiring lines connected to the defective device are cut off, the repair device is electrically connected to portions of the wiring lines, the portions of the wiring lines being located at positions nearer to the drive circuit side than the cut-off positions of the wiring lines. Since a defective device is repaired by a simple step that is carried out by simply mounting and fixing a repair device without removal of the defective device, it is possible to eliminate the need of any complicated, microscopic work, for example, removal of the mounted devices, and/or selective removal or repair of an insulating layer.
US08101415B2	Calibration system for use with lateral flow assay test strips A method of adjusting a final signal value measured on a lateral flow assay test strip, by: identifying a pre-determined calibration method for the test strip, wherein the pre-determined calibration method corresponds to the manufacturing lot from which the test strip has been made; measuring signal values while performing a lateral flow assay reaction on a test strip; determining a final signal value; and adjusting the final signal value based upon the identified pre-selected calibration method for the test strip.
US08101412B2	Method of enhancing proliferation and/or hematopoietic differentiation of stem cells The present invention provides a method for enhancing the proliferation and/or hematopoietic differentiation and/or maintenance of mammalian stem cells. The method is useful for generating expanded populations of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and thus mature blood cell lineages. This is desirable where a mammal has suffered a decrease in hematopoietic or mature blood cells as a consequence of disease, radiation or chemotherapy. The method of the present invention comprises increasing the intracellular level of a cdx in stem cells, including hematopoietic stem cells, in culture, either by providing an exogenous cdx protein to the cell, or by introduction into the cell of a genetic construct encoding a cdx. The cdx is selected from the cdx family and includes cdx1, cdx2, or cdx4. The cdx may be a wild type protein appropriate for the species from which the cells are derived, or a mutant form of the protein.
US08101411B2	Method for production of corosolic acid in suspension culture of plant cells The present invention relates to a method of producing corosolic acid by using plant cells that produce corosolic acid. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of producing corosolic acid by using plant cell suspension cultures comprising the steps of: inducing a callus from a tissue of a plant producing corosolic acid; preparing a cell line capable of being cultured in liquid culture medium from the induced callus; culturing the cell line in a suspension culture; and isolating corosolic acid from the culture solution. The present invention has advantage of maximizing productivity by utilizing two-stage culture, treatment with inducing agent, and high cell-density culture in the suspension culture of plant cells producing corosolic acid.
US08101406B2	Protective anti-glucan antibodies with preference for β-1,3-glucans Anti-β-1,3-glucan antibodies have been found to be protective against systemic fungal infection with Candida albicans. The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies that bind to β-1,3-glucan, hybridoma cell lines producing the antibodies, compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of using such antibodies for treatment of microbial infections, particularly against Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatis infections. The antibodies of the present invention are not specific for (β-1,6-glucan.
US08101405B2	Nanoparticulate affinity capture for label independent detection system A biosensor article including a substrate having nanoparticles on the substrate surface, the nanoparticle including: a polymer of formula (I) where (x), (y), (z), R, R′, R″, S, W, and X, are as defined herein. Methods for making the biosensor article or cell culture article and methods for performing an assay of a ligand with the biosensor article are also disclosed.
US08101401B2	Container and device for generating electric fields in different chambers The invention concerns a container 1 with chambers 2 which each comprise at least one pair of electrodes including a first 4 and a second electrode 5 for the application of electric voltage for generating an electric field within one chamber 2. At least two first electrodes 4 of different chambers 3 are conductively coupled and at least one second electrode 5 of said chamber 2 is separately conductively connectable. The invention further concerns a method for manufacturing said container 1 as well as a device for electrically contacting at least one of said containers 1.
US08101400B2	Grass based avian deterrent The invention relates to uses and methods relating to grass and endophyte combinations to repel avian species from the grass and endophyte combination. In particular, methods are described to select grass and endophyte combinations in order to enhance or maximise the repellent effect. Preferred endophyte and grass combinations are described which are based on the selection methods and include AR4, AR5, AR8 and AR94 (Deposit Nos. V07/029054, V07/029055, V071029056, V07/029057) in Lolium cultivars as well as AR601, AR602, AR603, and AR604 (Deposit Nos. V07/029058, V07/029059, V07/029060, V07/029061) in Festuca cultivars.
US08101399B2	Artemisinic epoxide and methods for producing same The present invention provides artemisinic epoxide, and methods of synthesizing artemisinic epoxide in a genetically modified host cell. The present invention further provides methods for producing artemisinin. The present invention further provides variant enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of amorpha-4,11-diene to artemisinic epoxide; nucleic acids encoding the variant enzymes; as well as recombinant vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acids.
US08101397B2	Methods and compositions for the recombinant biosynthesis of n-alkanes The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms as hosts, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into n-alkanes, and in particular the use of such organisms for the commercial production of n-alkanes and related molecules.
US08101389B2	Bacterial glutamine synthetases and methods of use Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance to and improving nitrogen utilization of bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a polypeptide that confers resistance or tolerance to herbicidal glutamine synthetase inhibitors are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated polynucleotides corresponding to herbicidal glutamine synthetase inhibitor-resistant polynucleotides are provided. Additionally, polypeptides corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated polynucleotides comprising a variant of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that is resistant to inhibition by herbicidal glutamine synthetase inhibitor.
US08101388B2	Method and structure for extracting molecular species The present invention in one embodiment provides a method for extracting molecular material including providing a probe comprising a penetration portion having a nanoscale surface for penetrating a biological compartment, a receptor present on the penetrating portion of the probe, wherein the receptor has an affinity for a target molecular material from the biological compartment; inserting the probe into the biological compartment, the receptor present on the penetrating portion of the probe engages the target molecular material; and extracting the probe and the target molecular material engaged to the inserting portion of the probe from the biological compartment.
US08101379B2	Preparation of low bleeding anticoagulant fusion protein and its use Provided is an anticoagulant fusion protein comprising oligopeptide recognizable and cleavable by either factor XIa and factor Xa or thrombin and factor Xa. Also provided are the preparation method of the anticoagulant fusion protein and medicinal use thereof.
US08101376B2	Swatch for testing the washing performance of an enzyme The present invention relates to a swatch comprising a pH-indicator substance and a substrate for an enzyme for testing the washing performance of the enzyme, e.g. an enzyme for use in detergent compositions.
US08101375B2	Compositions and methods for detecting phosphomonoester The invention provides a method of modifying a phosphomonoester moiety of a target compound. The method can include the steps of (a) providing a target compound having an electrophilic moiety and a phosphomonoester moiety; (b) contacting the target compound with a first carbodiimide compound under conditions for preferential addition of the first carbodiimide compound to the electrophilic moiety over the phosphomonoester moiety, thereby forming an electrophile-protected target compound; and (c) contacting the electrophile-protected target compound with a second carbodiimide compound and a nucleophilic compound under conditions for addition of the nucleophilic compound to the phosphomonoester.
US08101360B2	IL-1 gene cluster, insulin resistance and coronary artery disease associated polymorphisms and haplotypes and methods of using same The invention provides methods and compositions relating to identification and use of genetic information from the IL-1 gene cluster—including the structure and organization of novel IL-1-like genes found within the IL-1 locus as well as polymorphisms and associated haplotypes within these genes. The invention thereby expands the repertoire of useful genetic information available from the IL-1 locus—which contains the previously-identified IL-1α, IL-1β and IL-1RN genes, for predicting IL-1 associated phenotypes (e.g. increased or decreased risks of insulin resistance associated pathologies) and for treating IL-1 haplotype associated insulin resistance associated pathologies.
US08101358B2	Method of profiling gene expression in a subject having disease The present invention is directed to detection and measurement of gene transcripts in blood. Specifically provided is a RT-PCR analysis performed on a drop of blood for detecting, diagnosing and monitoring diseases using tissue-specific primers. The present invention also describes methods by which delineation of the sequence and/or quantitation of the expression levels of disease-associated genes allows for an immediate and accurate diagnostic/prognostic test for disease or to assess the effect of a particular treatment regimen.
US08101355B2	Method for cloning and expressing target gene by homologous recombination A method for cloning and expressing a target gene by homologous recombination, and more particularly a method for cloning and expressing a target gene by homologous recombination, wherein a host cell transformed with a recombinant vector and a plasmid containing a recombinase system is introduced with a linear DNA fragment comprising a target gene and a sequence having homology to the recombinant vector. Because complicated genetic engineering steps, such as the restriction enzyme treatment and ligation of a vector and a target gene, are not required, the cloning of a gene can be performed without needing a high degree of skill, and enzyme cost can be reduced. The inventive method can be effectively used for the massive, high-speed cloning and protein expression of genes, and the disclosed pRMT-iTGR system can be used as an analytical means for improving high-efficiency recombinase.
US08101345B1	Proinflammatory nucleic acids The present invention provides compositions and methods for identifying and utilizing proinflammatory nucleic acids. In particular, this invention relates to compounds, particularly oligonucleotides, which exert their effect through triggering receptors expressed by myeloid cells (TREMs), specifically TREM 2.
US08101344B2	Device and method for high-throughput quantification of mRNA from whole blood Disclosed are a method, device kit, and automated system for simple, reproducible, and high-throughput quantification of mRNA from whole blood. More particularly, the method, device, kit and automated system involve combinations of leukocyte filters attached to oligo(dT)-immobilized multi-well plates.
US08101343B2	Delivery of dsRNA to arthropods The invention is to methods of gene silencing in arthropods using dsRNA. The method is include contacting the arthropod with, and/or directly feeding the arthropod, the dsRNA to the arthropods to deliver the dsRNA to arthropod tissues. It is envisaged that the methods of the invention will have use in determining the biological function of genes in arthropods. Methods of pest control of arthropods, and of protecting arthropods against parasites and predators are provided. Transgenic arthropods expressing dsRNA molecules are also provided by the present invention.
US08101339B2	Photosensitive resin composition, photosensitive element comprising the same, method of forming resist pattern, and process for producing printed wiring board A photosensitive resin composition according to the invention comprises (A) a binder polymer, (B) a photopolymerizing compound with an ethylenic unsaturated group and (C) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein component (B) contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I). [Wherein R1-R3 each independently represent a group represented by the following general formula (II): or the following general formula (III): and at least one of R1-R3 is a group represented by general formula (III).]
US08101331B2	Method and apparatus of rapid continuous process to produce chemical toner and nano-composite particles A process for making particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes a mixing tank for mixing a plurality of particles dispersed within a liquid media and a vane unit for applying a swirling effect to the plurality of droplets received from the mixing tank through a spray nozzle. The vane unit is in operable communication with a spray nozzle for launching a plurality of droplets, the plurality of droplets including different combinations of the plurality of particles. The process further includes a plurality of outlet ports, where each of a first set of outlet ports includes a filter and of the other outlet port is filterless.
US08101329B2	Toner and two-component developer A toner in which mother toner particles containing at least a resin binder and a colorant are coated with an external additive, wherein the mother toner particles contain fine powders of a fluororesin having an average particle size of 1 μm or less in an amount of from 4 to 10 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the resin binder, and a toner in which mother toner particles containing at least a resin binder and a colorant are coated with an external additive, wherein the external additive contains fine powders of a fluororesin having an average particle size of 1 μm or less in an amount of from 0.3 to 2 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the mother toner particles. The toner of the present invention is suitably used for, for example, developing a latent image formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method, or the like.
US08101321B2	Fuel cell system having a fuel cell, a hydrogen storage tank, and an anode circuit A fuel cell system has at least one fuel cell, a hydrogen storage tank in which hydrogen is stored at a pressure above atmospheric and which communicates via a hydrogen supply line with an anode chamber of the fuel cell. An anode circuit, via which unreacted hydrogen is able to be recirculated from a region downstream of the anode chamber into the hydrogen supply line, is provided. At least one pumping device is provided between the outlet of the anode chamber and its inlet in the anode circuit and/or the hydrogen supply line. Between the hydrogen storage tank and the anode chamber, a turbine is provided, which supplies at least a portion of the power required for driving the pumping device.
US08101320B2	Fuel cell integrated humidification A device and method to extract water from a moisture-rich fuel cell flowpath to supply other components of a fuel cell system that require water. A water transport unit is integrated into the fuel cell so that the size, weight and complexity of a fuel cell is minimized. In one embodiment, the device includes numerous flowpaths that include an active region and an inactive region. The water transport unit includes a moisture-donating fluid channel and a moisture-accepting fluid channel, where the latter is fluidly connected with a portion of the fuel cell that is in need of humidification. Upon passage of a moisture-donating fluid through the inactive region of the device flowpath, at least some of the water contained therein passes through the water transport unit to a portion of the fuel cell that is in need of humidification.
US08101317B2	Durable fuel cell having polymer electrolyte membrane comprising manganese oxide Fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies and fuel cell polymer electrolyte membranes are provided comprising manganese oxides which demonstrate increased durability. Methods of making same are provided.
US08101316B2	Solid oxide fuel cell The solid oxide fuel cell of the present invention has a substrate (1); an electrolyte (3) that is disposed on one surface of the substrate (1); and at least one electrode element E having an anode (5) and a cathode (7) disposed on the same surface of the electrolyte (3) with a predetermined space therebetween.
US08101314B2	Separator and fuel cell A separator (41) for use in a fuel cell stack has an anode facing plate (44), a cathode facing plate (42), and an intermediate plate (45). The intermediate plate (45) has an air supply through-hole (452a), an air discharge through-hole (452b), a hydrogen supply through-hole (454a), and a hydrogen discharge through-hole (454b). The intermediate plate (45) also has through-holes (452c1, 452d1, 452e1, and 452f1). The air supply through-hole (452a) is in communication with the through-hole (452c1), the air discharge through-hole (452b) with the through-hole (452d1), the hydrogen supply through-hole (454a) with the through-hole (452e1), and the hydrogen discharge through-hole (454b) with the through-hole (452f1), respectively via communication passages (452c2, 452d2, 452e2, and 452f2) formed in the intermediate plate (45).
US08101313B2	Flow field plate module for fuel cell system A flow field plate module for a fuel cell system includes at least one flow field plate defining a fuel transporting channel thereon. The fuel transporting channel is divided into a middle converging zone having a group of first flow guiding plates arranged therein, and two diverging zones located at two lateral sides of the middle converging zone and each having a group of second flow guiding plates arranged therein. The second flow guiding plates are symmetrically arranged in the two diverging zones and are directed at respective inner end toward a space between two adjacent first flow guiding plates in the middle converging zone to thereby offset from each of the two adjacent first flow guiding plates by a predetermined distance in a fuel flowing direction, so that a fluid path is formed between any two adjacent first and second flow guiding plates.
US08101309B2	Fuel cell system and scavenging method therefor A fuel cell having an oxygen-containing gas flow field and a fuel gas flow field, an oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus for supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the oxygen-containing gas flow field, a fuel gas supply apparatus for supplying a fuel gas to the fuel gas flow field, a scavenging gas supply apparatus for supplying air as a scavenging gas to the fuel gas flow field, and a controller are provided. The controller includes a voltage detection unit for detecting the voltage of the fuel cell after operation of the fuel cell is stopped and a scavenging control unit for starting scavenging in the fuel gas flow field by the scavenging gas supply apparatus after the detected voltage is decreased temporarily, increased, and decreased again to become a preset voltage or less.
US08101304B2	Process for the concentration of noble metals from fluorine-containing fuel cell components The present invention relates to a process for the concentration of noble metals from fluorine-containing components of fuel cells, for example from PEM fuel cell stacks, DMFC fuel cells, catalyst-coated membranes (CCMs), membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), catalyst pastes, etc. The process is based on an optionally multi-step heat treatment process comprising a combustion and/or a melting process. It allows an inexpensive, simple concentration of noble materials. The hydrogen fluoride formed during the heat treatment of fluorine-containing components is bound by an inorganic additive so that no harmful hydrogen fluoride emissions occur. The process can be used for the recovery of noble metals that are present as components in fuel cells, electrolysis cells, batteries, and the like.
US08101302B2	Redox shuttles for high voltage cathodes Overcharge protection is provided for rechargeable electrochemical lithium-ion cells. The electrolyte in the provided cells contains a cyclable redox shuttle molecule that can operate in cells with high voltage cathode materials.
US08101295B2	Lithium secondary battery A lithium secondary battery has a wound electrode assembly (5). The wound electrode assembly (5) has a negative electrode (2) having a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material capable of alloying with lithium and having a filling density of 2.0 g/cc or less, a positive electrode (1) having a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material made of a transition metal composite oxide, a separator (3) disposed between the positive and negative electrodes and having a penetration resistance of 500 g or greater, and a cylindrical hollow space (14) at a winding axis and in the vicinity thereof, wherein the positive electrode (1), the negative electrode (2), and the separator (3) are spirally wound. A columnar center pin (15) having a diameter of from 75% to 95% of the diameter of the hollow space is disposed in the hollow space.
US08101292B2	Magnetic storage media with Ag, Au-containing magnetic layers A magnetic recording medium having a Au, Ag-containing magnetic layer having Co, Cr, Ag and Au; the magnetic recording layer having Co-containing magnetic grains surrounded by substantially nonmagnetic Cr-containing grain boundaries; wherein said Ag and said Au are substantially immiscible in the Co-containing magnetic grains is disclosed.
US08101282B2	Diffusers and methods of manufacture Diffusers including of a plurality of protruded structures with each structure containing multiple rugged facets are disclosed. The diffuser may be fabricated by coating a mixture of materials on a carrier film, the mixture of materials including at least a first material that polymerizes upon irradiation and at least a second material that is incompatible with the first material in polymerized form, then selectively irradiating the mixture of materials to polymerize a portion of the mixture of materials to form polymerized structures, and finally removing that part of the mixture of materials not forming part of the structures. A transparent material may be coated over the structures. The overcoat material may further contain scattering elements such as glass beads or polymeric particles.
US08101281B2	Optical filter The invention relates to an optical filter which comprises at least one optically effective layer and a protective layer on both sides, with at least one of the protective layers being a non-stretched protective polyamide layer which is cast from the solution. The optical filter in accordance with the invention is characterized in that the at least one protective polyamide layer consists of PA MACMI/12 and optional aggregates chosen as required. The at least one protective polyamide layer has a content of laurolactam of 23 mole percent to 57 mole percent in relation to the entire polyamide.
US08101268B2	Bone substitute material A method of fabricating a bone substitute material comprises the steps of providing a foam material (3) having an open cell structure, distorting the shape of the foam material (3) and holding the material in a distorted shape, coating the walls of the cells of the foam material with a ceramic slip (5), removing the foam material, and sintering the ceramic slip to form a bone substitute material that is approximately a positive image of the distorted foam material (3). In another method, a granular bone material is formed from a multiplicity of pieces of foam that are not distorted.
US08101266B2	Multilayer printed circuit board A multilayer printed circuit board includes a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board, an adhesive film, and a function layer. The adhesive film is sandwiched between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board. The function layer is disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board for blocking water from passing therethrough and for screening electromagnetic interference between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board.
US08101264B2	Vehicle structure with three dimensional film and method A vehicle structure can include a coating that provides a three-dimensional tactile pattern to the vehicle structure. In addition, a method for forming a vehicle structure can include applying a film that provides a three-dimensional tactile pattern to the vehicle structure. The vehicle structure can be a trim piece of a vehicle to which the film provides decorative and tactile features. A thin metal layer can be applied on top of a substrate by a metallizing technique, such as physical vapor deposition, followed by applying a radiation curable formulation and exposing it to radiation source, such as UV light. The radiation curable formulation can be a UV ink that is spaced at separate and distinct locations on the film and extends from the metallic layer to such an extent that it is discernable by human touch.
US08101260B2	Flocked metal plate, method of producing flocked metal plate, roofing material and duct for air-conditioning system It is intended to provide a flocked metal plate, which has a hydrophilic nature and is excellent in water retention property and water absorbing property, and a method of producing the flocked metal plate. A flocked metal plate having a flocked layer, which is formed by implanting short fibers as short fiber bundles in a synthetic resin adhesive layer provided at least one face of a metal plate or a surface treated metal plate, wherein the synthetic resin adhesive layer is made a hydrophilic synthetic resin adhesive layer, the short fibers implanted in the synthetic resin adhesive layer are made hydrophilized short fibers, and the short fibers are implanted in the synthetic resin adhesive layer to give a flocked layer having short fiber bundles at as high density as possible, thereby giving a flocked metal plate carrying a flocked layer having been made a flocked layer which exhibits a hydrophilic nature, water retention property and water absorbing property.
US08101258B2	High density information storage medium having plasmonic nano device A high density information storage medium includes a recording layer in which information is stored; a thin metal film placed on the recording layer and having a structure in which nano-apertures having a size of several nanometers to several hundred nanometers are defined at regular intervals; and a protective layer placed on the thin metal film. As light irradiated from above the protective layer passes through the nano-apertures, physical characteristics of the recording layer are changed, whereby information is stored.
US08101257B2	Abrasion-resistant transfer printing structure An abrasion-resistant transfer printing structure to transfer patterns and texts to a targeted object surface by press printing includes a hardened protecting layer and a release base layer. The hardened protection layer includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface allows a transfer printing glue to be bonded to the targeted object to cover at least an area corresponding to the patterns and texts. The release base layer is located on the second surface of the hardened protection layer by a releasable manner and can be separated from the hardened protection layer by applying a release force after the press printing process is finished. Thus the hardened protection layer is exposed to isolate the patterns and texts from in contact with the exterior. The surface of the targeted object also is abrasion resistant.
US08101254B2	Rubber composition, crosslinked product and foam thereof, molded product therefrom, and use thereof The present invention provides a molded product exhibiting excellent various properties by improving compatibility of an ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer with a polyolefin resin and a rubber composition for forming the molded product. The present invention further provides a molded product which comprises a rubber composition, is inhibited from fogging and tackiness and is excellent in mechanical strength and heat aging resistance. The rubber composition of the invention comprises an ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer (A), and a polyolefin resin (B) having Mn of not less than 10,000 and/or an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer (C) having Mn of 2500 to 5000, and satisfies the following requirements: (1) a maximum value and a minimum value of an ethylene distribution parameter P of the component (A) have a relationship of Pmax/Pmin≦1.4, and (2) the B value of the component (C) ([EX]/(2[E]×[X])) ([E] and [X] are molar fractions of ethylene and the α-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms, respectively, and [EX] is a fraction of dyad sequence of ethylene/α-olefin of 3 to 20 carbon atoms) is not more than 1.05.
US08101253B2	Biodegradable multiphase compositions based on starch The present invention relates to biodegradable multiphase compositions characterized in that they comprise three phases: (a) a continuous phase composed of a matrix of at least one tough hydrophobic polymer incompatible with the starch; (b) a nanoparticulate dispersed starch phase with mean dimensions of less than 0.3 μm, (c) a further dispersed phase of at least one rigid and fragile polymer with modulus greater than 1000 MPa. Such compositions having a Modulus greater than 300 MPa and a substantial isotropy in the two longitudinal and transverse directions in relation to tear propagation.
US08101250B2	Coated paper for sheet-fed offset printing The specification pertains to a single or multiple coated printing sheet in particular but not exclusively for sheet-fed offset printing with an image receptive coating layer on a paper substrate. Unexpectedly short converting times and times until reprinting can be achieved by choosing a coating, in which the image receptive coating layer comprises a top layer and/or at least one second layer below said top layer, said top and/or second layer comprising a pigment part, wherein this pigment part is composed of 1-95 preferably of 80-95 parts in dry weight of a fine particulate carbonate and/or of a fine particulate kaolin or clay and 1-100, preferably 6 to 25 parts in dry weight of a fine particulate silica, and a binder part, wherein this binder part is composed of 5-20 parts in dry weight of binder and less than 4 parts in dry weight of additives. Furthermore methods for making such a printing sheet and uses of such a printing sheet are disclosed.
US08101247B2	Sub-micron laser direct write A method of directing a pulse of laser energy though a workpiece. The workpiece has: a substrate that transmits the laser energy; focusing elements on a surface of the substrate proximal to the laser that focus the laser energy; and a coating on the substrate distal to the laser that absorbs a portion of the laser energy. Each focusing element focuses the laser energy to a point that removes or ablates a portion of the coating from the substrate to produce a hole in the coating.
US08101246B2	Device for carrying out a plasma-assisted process A device for carrying out a plasma enhanced process includes, within a vacuum chamber, at least one magnetron electrode (32) constituting an unbalanced magnetron having a flat magnetron face (20) with peripheral and central magnetic poles of opposite polarities connected to a source (34) of alternating voltage. The device further includes a device for positioning a substrate (25), the substrate having a surface to be treated facing the magnetron face (20), and a gas supply device for supplying a process gas or process gas mixture to the space between the magnetron face (20) and the treated surface. The distance between the magnetron face (20) and the treated surface is adapted to the magnetic field created by the magnetron electrode (32) such that there is a visible plasma band running between darker tunnels formed by magnetic field lines extending between peripheral and central magnetic poles of the magnetron face (20) and the treated surface, the plasma band having a minimum width but having homogeneous brightness towards the treated surface.
US08101245B1	Plasma deposition of amorphous semiconductors at microwave frequencies Apparatus and method for plasma deposition of thin film photovoltaic materials at microwave frequencies. The apparatus avoids deposition on windows or other microwave transmission elements that couple microwave energy to deposition species. The apparatus includes a microwave applicator with conduits passing therethrough that carry deposition species. The applicator transfers microwave energy to the deposition species to transform them to a reactive state conducive to formation of a thin film material. The conduits physically isolate deposition species that would react to form a thin film material at the point of microwave power transfer. The deposition species are separately energized and swept away from the point of power transfer to prevent thin film deposition. The invention allows for the ultrafast formation of silicon-containing amorphous semiconductors that exhibit high mobility, low porosity, little or no Staebler-Wronski degradation, and low defect concentration.
US08101241B2	Crosslinking agent for a silicone composition which can be crosslinked at low temperature based on a hydrogenated silicone oil comprising Si-H units at the chain end and in the chain The invention relates to crosslinkable or crosslinked silicone compositions capable of being used to form a water-repellent and release coating for a flexible support made of paper or of polymer, in particular a heat-sensitive flexible support. These compositions are of the type of those comprising crosslinking polyorganosiloxanes carrying SiH units and unsaturated, preferably vinylated, polyorganosiloxanes capable of reacting with the crosslinking agent by polyaddition in the presence of platinum to form the release crosslinked coating on the flexible support.The targeted aim is to make possible the instantaneous crosslinking at low temperature (85-90° C.) of such silicone compositions coated on flexible supports at a very high speed.To achieve this aim, the invention provides for the use of specific crosslinking agents composed of POSs hydrogenated at the chain end and in the chain.The invention also relates to the silicone compositions of solvent-free type or of emulsion type comprising the Si-Vi POS, the SiH POS crosslinking agent α,ω-bis(hydrodimethylsiloxyl)poly(hydromethyl)-(dimethyl)siloxane, and the platinum catalyst, inter alia.Applications: release silicone coatings obtained by crosslinking/polyaddition for heat-sensitive flexible supports, for example polymeric films made of polyethylene.
US08101235B2	Vaporization apparatus with precise powder metering Apparatus for vaporizing a particulate material, comprising a metering apparatus including: a reservoir; a housing having an internal volume and first and second openings for respectively receiving and discharging the particulate material; a rotatable shaft disposed in the internal volume, the shaft having a smooth surface and a circumferential groove for receiving particulate material from the reservoir and for discharging the particulate material; the rotatable shaft and the internal volume cooperating such that the particulate material is transported by the circumferential groove and not along the remainder of the rotatable shaft; a scraper disposed in relation to the second opening, having at its end substantially the same cross section as the groove in the rotating shaft, the scraper cooperating with the groove to dislodge particulate material retained therein, and in response to the shaft rotating, delivers metered amounts of particulate material through the second opening; to the flash evaporator.
US08101233B2	Powder pump with vacuum filling A powder supply system for a powder-coating installation, especially a parts painting installation using electrostatic powder, according to the invention, comprises a tank designed to contain the powder, means for feeding powder into the tank, means for injecting compressed air into the bottom of the tank in order to fluidize the powder, and an exit pipe in which the powder is entrained by the air from the tank, this pipe being connected to at least one powder using device situated at a distance, in particular a spray gun. The system also includes means for reducing the pressure in the tank below that of the feed means in order to fill the tank with powder.
US08101225B2	Aerated food product and a process for preparing the same An aerated food product comprising at least 0.05 wt %, and preferably at most 50 wt %, of hydrophobic denatured protein particles whereby at least 50% of the number of said protein particles have in a hydrated state a diameter of more than 3 micron, and preferably less than 10% of the number of said protein particles have in a hydrated state a diameter of more than 300 micron.
US08101223B2	Flavour modulating substances The present invention in a first aspect relates to flavor modulation in foodstuffs, beverages, orally administered pharmaceuticals, tobacco products and oral care products, using a flavor modulating substance selected from the group of substances represented by formula, edible salts thereof and edible esters thereof: formula wherein R1 and/or R2 represent the residue of primary amines, more particularly the residues of primary amines selected from amino acids, peptides, purines and pyrimidines, aralkylamines and certain branched or straight chain, hydrophilically substituted alkylamines. It has been found that these substances are capable imparting highly desirable taste attributes in the products they are incorporated in. In addition said flavor modulating substances are advantageously applied in flavor compositions, foodstuffs, orally administered pharmaceuticals, tobacco products and oral care products.
US08101218B2	Nutritional beverage formulation A nutritional beverage formulation for achievement of optimum health in an individual.
US08101217B2	Method for ethanol production and extraction A method includes operating an apparatus having a mash circulating and recirculating system with pump and fermentation tank, an atmosphere circulating and recirculating system with blower for recirculating atmosphere between the tank and an ethanol-removal station, and an integrated refrigerating heat-transfer system with first coils remote from the tank for condensing out ethanol from the atmosphere, and second coils for warming the mash. The entire apparatus can be up-sized or down-sized for specific applications. In one form, the system includes electrically-driven pump, blower, and refrigeration compressors, with the external energy consumption being entirely electrical and kept surprisingly low.
US08101216B2	Self-adhesive skin patch and combination set for cosmetic skin care The present invention relates to a skin patch comprising a matrix adhering to the skin and containing at least one active cosmetic substance and a combination with a skin wrapping to generate an effective compression for the treatment of cellulite and/or striae.
US08101203B2	Hard capsule composition and method of use A method for making a clear hard vegetarian gelatin free two piece capsule by creating a first phase network system using a seaweed extract, a galactomannan extract and a rheology modifier. A filler is created for the first phase network by blending a water, a crystalline alcohol, a polysaccharide, and a sugar alcohol at a temperature less than 80 Fahrenheit. The filler is then mixed into the first phase network system forming a biphasic system. Capsules are then formed by dipping conventional moulding pins into the biphasic solution, blowing hot air on the dipped pins in a chamber with a humidity that is no more than 25 percent, blowing away water on the outer surface of the dipped pins to bond and lock moisture to the polysaccharide and removing the capsule pieces from the pins. The two piece capsule has an outer surface which is mechanically and dimensionally stable.
US08101186B2	Peptides that block the binding of IgG to FcRn The invention relates to peptides which bind to human FcRn and inhibit binding of the Fc portion of an IgG to an FcRn, thereby modulating serum IgG levels. The disclosed compositions and methods may be used for example, in treating autoimmune diseases and inflammatory disorders. The invention also relates to methods of using and methods of making the peptides of the invention.
US08101181B2	Antibodies that immunospecifically bind to B lymphocyte stimulator protein The present invention relates to antibodies and related molecules that immunospecifically bind to B Lymphocyte Stimulator. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for detecting or diagnosing a disease or disorder associated with aberrant B Lymphocyte Stimulator expression or inappropriate function of B Lymphocyte Stimulator comprising antibodies or fragments or variants thereof or related molecules that immunospecifically bind to B Lymphocyte Stimulator. The present invention further relates to methods and compositions for preventing, treating or ameliorating a disease or disorder associated with aberrant B Lymphocyte Stimulator expression or inappropriate B Lymphocyte Stimulator function comprising administering to an animal an effective amount of one or more antibodies or fragments or variants thereof or related molecules that immunospecifically bind to B Lymphocyte Stimulator.
US08101180B2	Anti-IGF-IR and/or anti-insulin/IGF-I hybrid receptors antibodies and uses thereof The present invention relates to novel antibodies capable of binding specifically to the human insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR) and/or the insulin/IGF-I hybrid receptor (hybrid-R) and/or capable of specifically inhibiting the tyrosine kinase activity of said IGF-IR and/or hybrid-R, especially monoclonal antibodies of murine, chimeric and humanized origin, as well as the amino acid and nucleic acid sequences coding for these antibodies. The invention likewise comprises the use of these antibodies as a medicament for the prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of cancers overexpressing IGF-IR and/or hybrid-R or any pathology connected with the overexpression of said receptor as well as in processes or kits for diagnosis of illnesses connected with the overexpression of the IGF-IR and/or hybrid-R. The invention finally comprises products and/or compositions comprising such antibodies in combination with anti-EGFR antibodies and/or compounds and/or anti-cancer agents or agents conjugated with toxins and their use for the prevention and/or the treatment of certain cancers.
US08101177B2	Anti-VEGF antibodies Anti-VEGF antibodies and variants thereof, including those having high affinity for binding to VEGF, are disclosed. Also provided are methods of using phage display technology with naive libraries to generate and select the anti-VEGF antibodies with desired binding and other biological activities. Further contemplated are uses of the antibodies in research, diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US08101176B2	Compositions and methods related to TIM-3, a TH1-specific cell surface molecule The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for promoting or reducing T-cell trafficking to a target tissue. Also provided are compositions and methods useful for promoting or inhibiting antigen-presenting cell (APC) activation. The invention is related to discovery of functional characteristics of TIM-3, a molecule that is preferentially expressed on the surface of Th1 cells. The methods are useful for treating disorders including cancer, infectious disease, allergy, asthma, and autoimmune disease.
US08101173B2	Method for treating urinary bladder cancer The present invention discloses an immunotherapeutic method for treating a patient suffering from urinary bladder cancer by administering expanded tumour-reactive CD4+ helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes obtainable from one or more sentinel or metinel lymph nodes draining a tumour in the bladder or a metastasis arising from a tumour in the bladder. The method provides a new effective method for treating urinary bladder cancer and metastatic bladder cancer, without adverse side effects associated with the known treatments. The method comprises identification of in a patient one or more sentinel and/or metinel lymph nodes draining a tumour in the bladder or a metastasis from a tumour in the bladder, resection of the one or more nodes and, optionally all or part of the tumour or metastasis, isolation of tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes from said lymph nodes, in vitro expansion of said tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes, and administration of the thus obtained tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes to the patient, wherein the T-lymphocytes are CD4+ helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes.
US08101166B2	Methods for the treatment of IL-1β related diseases Disclosed are methods for the treatment and/or prevention of Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and disease states and conditions characterized by insulin resistance, obesity, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia and Type 1 diabetes, comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of anti-IL-1β antibody or fragment thereof.
US08101165B2	Use of immunogens to treat or prevent, in malignant tumors, the immune or vascular disorders induced by extracellular factors The invention concerns vaccines comprising as an active principle an immunogen which is a cytokinetic factor or a cell regulating factor particularly transcriptional or another type of factor with immunosuppressive/apoptotic/angiogenic properties abnormally released in the extracellular (stromal) environment by cancer or stromal cells of malignant tumors, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for inducing a systemic or mucosal immune response with secretory formation of class IgC or IgA neutralizing antibodies directed against the native factor, or which is derived from such a factor and the use of said immunogen to obtain a medicine for use as anticancer drug.
US08101161B2	Method of enhancing hair growth Methods and compositions for stimulating the growth of hair are disclosed wherein said compositions include a cyclopentane heptanoic acid, 2-cycloalkyl or arylalkyl compound represented by the formula I wherein the dashed bonds represent a single or double bond which can be in the cis or trans configuration, A, B, Z, X, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. Such compositions are used in treating the skin or scalp of a human or non-human animal. Bimatoprost is preferred for this treatment.
US08101156B2	Methods of manufacturing copolymers with zwitterionic moieties and dihydroxyphenyl moieties and use of same Copolymers are manufactured to include a zwitterionic monomer (e.g., methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine monomer), a dihydroxyphenyl derivatized monomer, and optionally one or more additional monomers. The dihydroxyphenyl derivatized monomer gives the copolymers excellent adhesion properties. Optional monomers include a cationic amino monomer, a hydrocarbon monomer, and/or a hydrophilic monomer. The copolymers are biocompatible and can be used with medical devices.
US08101155B2	Sequence of STRO-1 antibody variable region The amino acid sequence of the heavy chain polypeptide and the light chain polypeptide of the STRO-1 antibody is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for detecting and isolating cells expressing the STRO-1 cell surface protein.
US08101150B2	Control of carbon nanotube diameter using CVD or PECVD growth The diameter of carbon nanotubes grown by chemical vapor deposition is controlled independent of the catalyst size by controlling the residence time of reactive gases in the reactor.
US08101140B2	Structured catalyst bed and method for conversion of feed materials to chemical products and liquid fuels The present invention is a structured monolith reactor and method that provides for controlled Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis. The invention controls mass transport limitations leading to higher CO conversion and lower methane selectivity. Over 95 wt % of the total product liquid hydrocarbons obtained from the monolithic catalyst are in the carbon range of C5-C18. The reactor controls readsorption of olefins leading to desired products with a preselected chain length distribution and enhanced overall reaction rate. And, liquid product analysis shows readsorption of olefins is reduced, achieving a narrower FT product distribution.
US08101135B2	Desktop sterilizer for books The present invention provides a desktop sterilizer for books. The sterilizer includes an openable main body which has a sterilization chamber therein and is closable by a door so as to be openable through an opening, and a book holder which is provided in the sterilization chamber to maintain the covers of a book in a state of being unfolded. The sterilizer further includes a sterilizing UV lamp which sterilizes the book, and an air discharger which is connected to a blower and blows air towards the proximal edges of pages bound to a book spine of the book held by the book holder, thus opening the pages of the book. The sterilizer further includes a static electricity generating unit which charges the book with static electricity, such that the pages of the book are laid open by a static electric repulsive force, an aroma generating unit which generates an aroma and supplies it into the sterilization chamber using the air discharger, and a control computer which controls the sterilizing UV lamp and the blower.
US08101134B2	Sterilization wrap with additional strength sheet A sterilization wrap is provided. The sterilization wrap includes a first sheet that is configured for providing a barrier to prevent at least some bacteria from passing therethrough while allowing sterilization gas to pass therethrough. A second sheet is attached to the first sheet. The second sheet is located on the first sheet so that a perimeter of the second sheet is contained entirely within a perimeter of the first sheet.
US08101131B2	Chlorosilanes purifying apparatus and chlorosilanes manufacturing method Aluminum chloride from a gas containing chlorosilanes produced in a chlorination reactor is effectively removed. A container 1 is filled with sodium chloride and heated by a heating device 17, a gas containing chlorosilanes produced by a reaction between metallurgical grade silicon and hydrogen chloride passes through the sodium chloride layer 16 to generate a double salt of aluminum chloride contained in the gas and the sodium chloride, and the gas from which the double salt is separated is recovered from a gas recovery tube 26.
US08101130B2	Gas ionization source A gas ionizer includes a photocatalyst activated with an electric field to emit electrons. The photocatalyst is also illuminated with an ultraviolet light source. The ionized gas is passed through a chamber between the photocatalyst and the ultraviolet light source. The photocatalyst may be titanium oxide.
US08101124B2	Method of freshening air Air freshener products and methods for freshening air are disclosed. In some embodiments, the air freshening product may include a container for storing an air freshening composition that may contain compressed gas such as compressed air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, inert gases, or carbon dioxide. When the container is completely filled with propellant and air freshening composition, the air freshening composition may be released from the container at a flow rate of from about 0.8 grams/second to about 1.5 grams/second, wherein the mean particle size of the released spray droplets is from about 10 microns to about 100 microns.The method of freshening air, in certain embodiments, provides improved delivery of an air freshening composition using a non-hydrocarbon propellant. If malodor counteractants are used, the method may also provide a reduction in malodors.
US08101114B2	Particle based molding Various apparatuses, arrangements, and methods are provided for creating various structures including microstructures. In one embodiment, a method for creating a microstructure is provided comprising packing a plurality of particles into a micromold, and then applying energy to the particles in the micromold. As a result of the application of energy, a microstructure is formed in the micromold out of the particles. Thereafter, the microstructure is removed from the micromold.
US08101109B2	Solution casting process Solution casting of polymer film (76, 102) is provided. A dope (22, 115-117) containing a polymer of cellulose triacetate and solvent is cast on a casting support band (34, 121) which moves, to form a cast film (69, 122), and then the cast film is stripped from the casting support band and dried, to produce the polymer film. In the solution casting, the cast film is cooled shortly before stripping the cast film from the casting support band. Preferably, a cooling temperature to which the cast film is cooled is set lower than 6 deg. C. The cast film is cooled within a predetermined cooling region, disposed to start at a stripping point for the cast film, and to extend upstream therefrom with a length equal to or less than 25% of the length of the casting support band. The cast film is blown by cooling gas caused to flow for cooling.
US08101107B2	Method for producing pultruded components A method for producing a pultruded component includes providing a plurality of fiber tows each formed of a plurality of fibers. The method also includes providing a first chamber and a second chamber for wetting the plurality of fiber tows with a polymeric resin precursor. The method further includes pulling the plurality of fiber tows through a first chamber to wet their exterior surfaces with the polymeric resin precursor, pulling the plurality of fiber tows through a second chamber to wet the plurality of fibers within each tow, and pulling the wetted plurality of tows and fibers through a curing die to form the pultruded component.
US08101102B2	Method for improving the resistance of fumigant sorption in an expandable polymer produce container and a related container A method for improving the resistance of fumigant sorption in a produce container made of expandable polystyrene particles in a fumigation process, and related produce container. Expandable polystyrene particles having a density ranging from 40.0 to 32.0 pounds per cubic foot and a blowing agent amount ranging from 2.5 to 7.5 weight percent are pre-expanded to form pre-expanded particles having a core bulk density ranging from 12.5 to 2.0 pounds per cubic foot, and a skin density ranging between 40.0 and 32.0 pounds per cubic foot and a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 2 microns. These pre-expanded particles are injected into a mold to form a produce container having a wall thickness ranging from 0.25 to 2.0 inches.
US08101101B2	Methods for improving the resistance of fumigant sorption in a produce container and a related produce containers Methods for improving the resistance of fumigant sorption in produce containers made from expandable polystyrene particles in a fumigation process, and related produce containers. An embodiment involves pre-expanding the expandable polystyrene particles to form pre-expanded particles; applying a coating comprised of a chemical selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, polyethylene wax, ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, and polyethylene glycol to the pre-expanded particles and in amount of 0.05 to 5.0 parts per hundred; and forming the container from the pre-expanded particles. A further embodiment involves applying the chemical coating to the expandable particles; pre-expanding the expandable polystyrene particles to form pre-expanded particles; and forming the containers from the pre-expanded particles. Other methods involve increasing the cell size of the expandable particles used to form the produce container.
US08101097B2	Printable compositions containing silver nanoparticles, processes for producing electrically conductive coatings using the same, and coatings prepared thereby Printable compositions comprising: (a) 5 to 40 parts by weight of silver nanoparticles having a maximum effective diameter of 150 nm, as determined by laser correlation spectroscopy; (b) 50 to 99.5 parts by weight of water; (c) 0.01 to 15 parts by weight of a dispersing agent; (d) 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a film former; and (g) 30 to 70 parts by weight of metal particles having a maximum effective diameter of 10 μm, as determined by laser correlation spectroscopy; wherein the printable composition has a viscosity of at least 1 Pa·s; processes for producing electrically conductive coatings using such compositions and electrically conductive coatings prepared thereby.
US08101080B2	Advanced biologic water treatment using algae An advanced water treatment method processes a continuous flow of water in a sequence of stages including pre-filtering to remove solids, conditioning to adjust pH, blending with a recycled dense microalgae culture, and passing the resulting mixture through an enclosed, environmentally-controlled photobioreactor where nutrients, PCB's, trace metals and other pollutants and regulated compounds are taken up by the algae. The flow from the PBR is separated using cross-flow filtration to produce a treated water flow and a dense microalgae flow that is recycled to the blending stage upstream. Thus, whereas the algae is recycled, the water entering the system is treated by flowing sequentially through the stages of the system, without any recycling or repetition of treatment stages.
US08101074B2	Permeate tube A permeate tube for spiral wound membrane comprising at least one tubular unit, which unit has spaced along its length a plurality of permeate transfer means, and one or more external grooves forming flow channels connecting the permeate transfer means. The present invention relates further to a process for treating a material having a viscosity less than 50 cP by the use of a spiral wound membrane comprising a permeate tube having at least one tubular unit, which unit has spaced along its length a plurality of permeate transfer means, and one or more external grooves forming flow channels connecting the permeate transfer means, around the permeate tube are one or more permeate transfer leaves, one or more membrane leaves and one or more space leaves wound. The present invention relates also to a process of operating a spiral wound membrane. The present invention relates further to uses of the spiral wound membrane.
US08101067B2	Methods for obtaining bitumen from bituminous materials Methods for obtaining bitumen from bituminous material. The methods may include a dissolution step where a first solvent is added to material comprising bitumen to dissolve the bitumen contained therein. The majority of the dissolved bitumen is then removed from the mixture of first solvent and material comprising bitumen by filtering or settling the mixture of first solvent and material comprising bitumen. Any residual dissolved bitumen is then removed from the mixture of first solvent and material comprising bitumen by adding additional first solvent to the mixture to displace the residual dissolved bitumen from the mixture.
US08101060B2	Methods and apparatuses for electrochemical-mechanical polishing Methods and apparatuses for removing material from a microfeature workpiece are disclosed. In one embodiment, the microfeature workpiece is contacted with a polishing surface of a polishing medium, and is placed in electrical communication with first and second electrodes, at least one of which is spaced apart from the workpiece. A polishing liquid is disposed between the polishing surface and the workpiece and at least one of the workpiece and the polishing surface is moved relative to the other. Material is removed from the microfeature workpiece and at least a portion of the polishing liquid is passed through at least one recess in the polishing surface so that a gap in the polishing liquid is located between the microfeature workpiece and the surface of the recess facing toward the microfeature workpiece.
US08101050B2	System, method, and apparatus for continuous electroplating of elongated workpieces A system electroplates the interior or exterior cylindrical surfaces of an elongated workpiece, such as a pipe or shaft. The workpiece is continuously electroplated with metallic solutions via a traveling anode that gradually plates along the axial length of the workpiece instead of plating the entire part or large portions of the part at one time.
US08101038B2	Double-sided metal clad laminate and fabrication method thereof The invention discloses double-sided metal clad laminates and fabrication methods thereof. A plurality of polyamic acid coatings is co-extruded on a first metal foil and heat imidization to provide a multilayer polyimide film. A second metal foil is hot pressed on the multilayer polyimide film, thus providing a double-sided metal clad laminate. The polyamic acid coatings include a first, a second, and a third polyamic acid coating with surface tensions of S1, S2, and S3, respectively, satisfying relations of S1>S2>S3, wherein the first polyamic acid coating is the coating directly applied on the first metal foil.
US08101028B2	Dishwasher with an automatically regulated drying process A dishwasher is provided having a washing container for retaining therein objects to be washed by the dishwasher and a system for drying objects to be washed. The system for drying objects to be washed includes a heat generator for heating at least part of the air present in the dishwasher and a humidity sensor that detects the humidity of at least part of the air present in the dishwasher, such that only the amount of energy that is actually required for optimal drying is supplied in the form of heat energy for drying.
US08101008B2	Anode refinement method for high-sulfur content coarse copper An anode refinement method for high-sulfur content coarse copper: while high-sulfur coarse copper liquid from a flash converting furnace flows to the anode furnace through a chute, inert gas is continuously added, to stir the copper liquid and improve discharging of the SO2 produced from reaction of the sulfur with oxygen in the liquid and the oxygen absorbed from the atmosphere, so as to remove more than 90% sulfur in the coarse copper liquid. After the coarse copper liquid is fully led to the anode furnace, operations of low-oxidization and low-reduction, non-oxidization and low-reduction or cancel of reduction-oxidization are conducted according to the sulfur content in the copper liquid. The method can resolve the shortages in the fire-refining process, save working time, notably improve production efficiency and capacity, save energy, and settle the pollution problem of black smoke in the atmosphere.
US08101007B2	Method for reduction treatment of electric furnace dust The method includes the steps of: adding a carbonaceous material B and a binder C, and optionally water, to electric furnace dust A generated in a steelmaking electric furnace 1, to form a powdery mixture D having a water content of 0.5 to 3 mass %; compacting the powdery mixture D into a raw briquette E; and charging the raw briquette without drying into a rotary hearth furnace 5 and thermally reducing the raw briquette to obtain a reduced iron briquette F and a crude zinc oxide G.
US08101005B2	Process of making metal nanoparticles A process is described for making metal nanoparticles comprising (a) forming a liquid melt of a first metal having the composition of the desired nanoparticles and a second metal; (b) quenching the melt to form a solid; and (c) removing the second metal from the solid and forming the nanoparticles comprising the first metal.
US08101000B2	Wireless network infrastructure An access point of a network maintains information about data received at the access point from a server accessible via the network and provides to the server the information maintained at the access point. The access point then receives from the server a payment for an account associated with an operator of the access point.
US08100996B2	Process for upgrading a carbonaceous material using microchannel process technology This invention relates to a process for converting a carbonaceous material to a desired product comprising one or more hydrocarbons or one or more alcohols, the process comprising: (A) gasifying the carbonaceous material at a temperature in excess of about 700° C. to form synthesis gas; and (B) flowing the synthesis gas in a microchannel reactor in contact with a catalyst to convert the synthesis gas to the desired product.
US08100994B2	Process for generating electricity and hydrogen that comprises a hybrid reformer The invention relates to a process for co-generating electricity and hydrogen that comprises a stage a for steam reforming in the presence of water and oxygen of a hydrocarbon feedstock in which the O2/C molar ratio is to be between 0.003 and 0.2, and the H2O/C molar ratio is to be between 2 and 5, followed by a stage b for the production of electricity in a fuel cell that uses the hydrogen-rich gas that is obtained from stage a as a power source.
US08100985B2	Method for treating an implant, and such an implant The invention relates to a method for treating an implant, and to an implant treated by said method. All or some of the outer surfaces of the implant are oxidized with a layer (1a) of substantial thickness and substantial porosity or pore volume. One or more CaP layers (12) are applied to the porous surface or surface of large pore volume. Bone-growth-stimulating agents (13), for example rh-BMP-2 or rh-BMP-7, are then applied to the CaP layer. The method and the device make it possible to support a maximum quantity of bone-growth-stimulating agent, which can be controlled in respect of its release function.
US08100982B2	Modular diaphyseal and collar implant A modular implant system includes a set of anatomically-designed diaphyseal fitting and filling modular implant components and collars. The diaphyseal component connects with a selected intramedullary stem and with a selected collar component. The collar component connects to another implant component such as a modular articular component, a segmental component or an intercalary component. The diaphyseal component has a tapered porous surface that is received with a tapered bore in the bone diaphysis that is prepared to match the size and shape of the tapered porous surface. The collar component has a porous surface for tissue ingrowth, such as the periosteum, to seal the intramedullary canal. The diaphyseal implant is easy to insert and remove, does not bind before fully seating to prevent stress shielding, and eliminates the long lever arm created when fixation occurs only at the tip of the stem, and should eliminate related stem loosening.
US08100980B2	Artificial elbow joint An artificial elbow joint including a humeral component made of metal and an ulnar component made of resins for replacing an elbow joint. The humeral component of this artificial elbow joint is configured by a substantially cylindrical trochlea and a stem extending from the trochlea that is inserted into the humeral; and the ulnar component is configured by a joint surface member which receives the trochlea of humeral component in a rotatable manner and a stem which extends from the joint surface member and is inserted into the ulna. The stem of the humeral component is curved gently downward overall so as to comply with the lordotic shape of the humeral, and the trochlea is turnable about the centerline of the stem.
US08100972B1	Spinal cage having deployable member A spinal cage with a wall extending in a longitudinal direction defining an interior space is disclosed. There is also provided a deployable element in movable relation to the spinal cage.
US08100970B2	Biological surgical patch and method of making A biological surgical patch made by a method that includes the steps of providing a natural animal tissue that has a substrate, crosslinking and fixing the substrate, minimizing the antigens from the substrate, tanning the substrate, and incorporating an active layer in the substrate.
US08100967B2	Adjustable absorber designs for implantable device A system for manipulating energy transferred by members defining a joint. The system includes a first attachment structure configured to be attached to a first member of the joint and a second attachment structure configured to be attached to a second member of the joint. There is also an adjustable energy absorbing device attached to the first attachment structure and second attachment structure, wherein adjusting the energy absorbing device changes the load manipulating characteristics of the energy absorbing device.
US08100966B2	Auditory ossicle prosthesis with variable coupling surfaces An auditory ossicle prosthesis (10) which comprises, at one end, a plate-shaped first securing element (11) for bearing on the tympanic membrane or on the footplate of the stirrup, and, at its other end, a second securing element (12) for mechanical connection to the ossicular chain or to the inner ear, and also a connection element (13) that connects the two securing elements so as to conduct sound, wherein the first securing element has a radially inner coupling area (14) for coupling the first securing element to the connection element, and also a plurality of web elements (15, 15′, 15″) for radial connection of the coupling area to radially outer portions (16, 16′) of the first securing element, is characterized in that the coupling area and/or the web elements and/or the radially outer portions are of such a geometric configuration that they together form pieces of a jigsaw from which the first securing element can be assembled in its entirety, wherein the individual jigsaw pieces can be joined to one another or removed from one another, and wherein the first securing element is inherently mechanically stable in the state with the jigsaw pieces joined together. This means that the number of different prostheses to be kept ready during an operation can be reduced to a single standard prosthesis, without losing the possibility of optimal adaptation of the prosthesis to the specific case of use.
US08100959B2	Loading device for a pulmonary implant Devices for loading a collapsible implant onto a delivery catheter. In one aspect, a loading device comprises an outer tubular structure and an inner tubular structure. The outer tubular structure comprises a narrowing passage configured to receive a catheter at one end and a collapsible implant at another end. The inner tubular structure is configured to move slidably and co-axially within the outer tubular structure. The inner tubular structure comprises a carrier pin configured to move within the narrowing passage as the inner tubular structure slides into the outer tubular structure. The sliding of the inner tubular structure into the outer tubular structure causes an implant mounted on the carrier pin to collapse as the implant moves through the narrowing passage and into the distal end of a catheter. In an optional aspect, the outer tubular structure further comprises a grasper to stabilize the catheter for receipt of the collapsible implant, and the internal diameter of the inner tubular structure varies to cause the grasper to first contract and stabilize the catheter, and then expand and release the catheter, as the grasper moves into the inner tubular structure.
US08100958B2	Device for delivering a self-expanding stent in a vessel of the body The present invention relates to a device for delivering a self-expanding stent in a vessel of the body. The device comprises a tubular sheath which, in a distal section, keeps the stent radially compressed, and a pusher element, which is guided in the tubular sheath, in order to stabilize the stent when the sheath is pulled back. A handle is also provided, with a passage via which the pusher element is secured on the handle. The device further comprises a tubular rod which is fixedly connected to the handle and inside which the pusher element is provided, and which is provided at least in part with regularly spaced elevations and with depressions lying between the elevations. In addition, a movable element is provided which is arranged movably over the rod, distally from the handle, and whose movement in the proximal direction allows the sheath to be pulled back.
US08100954B2	Orthopedic plate for use in small bone repair The present invention relates to an orthopedic plate and screw system and instruments for surgical fixation of a small bone or bones. The plate facilitates three dimensional contouring to provide for a variety of applications and to accommodate individual variation in bone shape. The plate has a modified x shape including a central trunk portion including one or more screw holes along a longitudinal axis and a set of divergent upper and an oppositely extending set of divergent lower arms, each arm including screw holes which are placed at a radially equal distance but which diverging asymmetrically from the longitudinal axis relative to its paired upper or lower mate. The screws of the system are self-starting, self-tapping screws including the option of partial or full cannulation.
US08100948B2	Low profile pedicle screw assembly A pedicle screw and rod assembly is provided which has a low profile in the final position. The pedicle screw includes a screw having a threaded portion and a head portion. A tulip body is positioned on the head portion of the screw. A tulip saddle is coupled to the tulip body and positioned to retain the tulip assembly on the pedicle screw. Wedge members are inserted in between the tulip body and the tulip saddle, causing the saddle to compress and thereby retain a rod within the tulip assembly. Colored wedge members alert a surgeon as to whether the system is in a locked or unlocked state. The top of the tulip assembly is approximately equal in height to, or lower than the rod itself. This provides a low profile pedicle screw and rod assembly since the rod itself will be the uppermost member of the completed assembly.

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