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US08127182B2	Storage utilization to improve reliability using impending failure triggers Disclosed is a method of improving storage reliability comprising receiving an indicator of an impending failure of a first storage device in a RAID group. In response to the indicator, writing data to the first storage device is ceased. A first block of data directed to be written on the first storage device is written to a memory device. Data stored on the first storage device is copied to a second storage device. The first block of data is copied from the memory device to the second storage device. The RAID group is operated with the second storage device functioning in place of the first storage device. Data is read from said second storage device.
US08127176B2	TR-069 savepoints A method for improving the security of actions performed by Remote Procedure Calls RPC invoked during a TR-069 Remote Management Protocol session between an Auto-Configuration Server ACS and a Customer Premises Equipment CPE of a DSL telecommunication system. The TR-069 session comprises several RPC's executing actions on parameters of an object model and the method comprises the steps of starting a TR-069 session wherein RPC's are invoked; opening a transactional TR-069 session or transaction whereby parameters of the object model handled by RPC's are protected through a SavePoint mechanism; closing the transaction by the ACS; and either: committing the transaction via a StoreSavePoint RPC invoked by the ACS, or rolling-back actions of RPC's via a RestoreSavePoint RPC also invoked by the ACS. If the transaction is not committed during a first TR-069 session, the CPE sends an Inform with an event code OpenSavePoint to the ACS during a next TR-069 session and the ACS may reply by including an additional field in the InformResponse to close the transaction. The SavePoint mechanism saves parameter values of the object model prior to any RPC by storing these parameter values at the CPE-side. The SavePoint mechanism may also save a history of the RPC's invoked during the transaction.
US08127172B2	Apparatus and method for receiving parallel SFI-5 data interfaced with very high-speed deserializer The development of transmission technologies have resulted in a several tens Gbps optical transmission system. In the present invention, a low-speed FPGA receives a plurality of several Gbps signals according to a very high-speed parallel converting unit and the SFI-5, divides each of the plurality of several Gbps signals into a plurality of several hundreds (Mbps) parallel signals, and processes the plurality of several hundreds (Mbps) parallel signals in order to constitute an SFI-5 receiving end.
US08127168B2	Data processing device for reducing power consumption while operating a virtualized environment, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and integrated circuit for performing the same A data processing device including an inter-VM notification management unit 1242, a resuming judgment unit 1244 and a scheduled interruption time acquisition unit 1245, such that, when it is necessary to notify a virtual machine in a power-saving state, the resuming judgment unit 1244 judges whether to cause the virtual machine to return from the power saving state, based on a time until an interruption acquired by the scheduled interruption time acquisition unit 1245. This structure prevents unnecessary transitions between states, and realizes the power saving for the apparatus.
US08127164B2	System and method for energy savings on a PHY/MAC interface for energy efficient ethernet A system and method for energy savings on a PHY/MAC interface for energy efficient Ethernet. Power savings for a PHY due to low-link utilization can also be realized in the higher layer elements that interface with the PHY. In one embodiment, subrating is implemented on a MAC/PHY interface to match a subrating of the PHY with a remote link partner. This subrating is less than the full capacity rate and can be zero.
US08127163B2	Data network and method of controlling thereof A data network that includes a plurality of nodes for storing data and a plurality of control units adapted to control at least one of the nodes in which individual nodes are powered-up when the assigned control unit receives a request from a client to access the data stored in the node.
US08127162B2	Apparatus, method, and computer program product for processing information which includes a power-saving mode having a plurality of sub power modes A receiving unit receives data from an external network device through a network. A determining unit determines whether a data processing is needed for the data received by the receiving unit. When the determining unit determines that the data processing is needed for the data, a data processing unit performs the data processing on the data. A power control unit switches, according to the data, a power mode of the information processing apparatus between a normal mode in which power is supplied to all components of the information processing apparatus and a power-saving mode in which power supplying is limited to selected components.
US08127157B2	System and method of controlling an operating frequency in an electronic system A method and apparatus for adaptively adjusting the operating voltage of an integrated circuit in response to tester-to-system variations, worst-case testing techniques, process variations, temperature variations, or reliability wearout mechanisms. The minimum operating voltage of an integrated circuit is determined either during external testing of the integrated circuit or during built-in-self-testing. The minimum operating voltage is transmitted to a variable voltage regulator where it is used to set the output of the regulator. The output of the regulator supplies the integrated circuit with its operating voltage. This technique enables tailoring of the operating voltage of integrated circuits on a part-by-part basis which results in power consumption optimization by adapting operating voltage in response to tester-to-system variations, worst-case testing techniques, process variations, temperature variations or reliability wearout mechanisms. Alternatively, the invention enables adaptive adjustment of the operating frequency of an integrated circuit. The invention enables system designers to adaptively optimize either system performance or power consumption on a part-by-part basis in response to tester-to-system variations, worst-case testing techniques, process variations, temperature variations or reliability wearout mechanisms.
US08127153B2	Memory power profiling In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises one or more registers and a control unit coupled to the one or more registers. The control unit is configured to monitor a power state in one or more memory modules during execution of an application, and to store data generated during the monitoring in the one or more registers. In an embodiment, a system comprises a memory controller and a plurality of memory module interface units (MMIUs) coupled to the memory controller. Each of the plurality of MMIUs: is coupled to a respective plurality of memory modules; comprises one or more registers; is configured to monitor a power state in the respective plurality of memory modules during execution of an application; and is configured to store data generated during the monitoring in the one or more registers.
US08127146B2	Transparent trust validation of an unknown platform A transparent trust validation of an unknown platform can be performed by communicationally coupling it to a trusted device, such as a portable peripheral device carried by a user, or one or more remote computing devices. Information from the unknown platform can be obtained by boot code copied to it from the trusted device and such information can be validated by the trusted device. The trusted device can then provide an encrypted version of decryption key to the boot code which can request the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) of the unknown platform to decrypt and return the decryption key. If the information originally obtained from the unknown platform and validated by the trusted device was authentic, the TPM will be able to provide the decryption key to the boot code, enabling it to decrypt an encrypted volume comprising applications, operating systems or other components.
US08127145B2	Computer architecture for an electronic device providing a secure file system A secure file service includes a cryptographic processor (302, 602) and a secure file system (301, 601). The cryptographic processor is comprised of a trusted microprocessor and a trusted operating system executing on the trusted cryptographic processor. The cryptographic processor includes hardware and software for accessing at least one classified data file from the secure file system, decrypting the classified data file, and serving the classified data file in decrypted form to a secure user processor (402, 502, 702) that has requested the file. The secure file system can be either a single-level secure file system (301) or a multi-level secure file system (601).
US08127140B2	Group signature scheme An efficient and safe group signature scheme is provided. According to the present invention, an open unit is provided to not an issuer but an opener, and a data required for operating the open unit does not include a key pair of the issuer, so that it is possible to accurately operate the open unit even if the issuer generates the public key in an illegal manner. In addition, it is possible to prove that a key pair of a member cannot be counterfeited. It is possible to implement from a discrete logarithm assumption a feature that a cipher text, that is, a portion of a signature text can be decrypted only by the opener in a method which is the same as a method representing that an ElGamal crypto scheme is safe. In addition, it is possible to implement from a random oracle assumption a feature that a knowledge signature has an extractability in a method which is the same as a method proving that a Schnorr signature is safe.
US08127138B1	Method for embedding information in sonar The invention as disclosed is of a method to authenticate identify and trace sonar transmissions and echoes by embedding transparent, secure and robust digital watermarks in signal space, where the additional information incurs no cost in bandwidth. The complex short time Fourier transform is selected as the domain for embedding the digital watermark, secured by a secret key, in the time frequency representation of the signal. The watermark is designed through an iterative optimization step. This step insures that the watermarked sonar is also realizable. Selection of the time frequency region for watermarking is driven by avoidance of interference with the sonar itself, or in case of network operation, other watermarks. In addition, the selected time-frequency region remains robust to sound channel and other transmission effects. Sonar echoes are authenticated in the time-frequency plane by a correlation receiver tuned to the watermarked region using the secret key.
US08127126B2	Integrated power supply and network connection control device for cord set An integrated power supply and network connection control device for a cord set includes a power device having a main outlet and a plurality of auxiliary outlets, the main outlet is kept power-on permanently, and the plurality of auxiliary outlets is controlled to be on/off by a control device; a network connector (RJ45) is disposed on the power device for connecting with a network cable and is also controlled to be on/off by the control device; the control device is coupled with a computer host via a USB cable for a user to set a cursor idle time, a sleep time, a standby time and a shutdown time for the computer host; when the cursor doesn't move for more than the cursor idle time, the control device will force the network connector to turn off the network connection; if the computer host is in a sleep, standby or a shutdown mode, the control device will force the plurality of auxiliary outlets of the power device to be power-off to save energy and to prevent computer hacking.
US08127122B2	Selection of boot drive in a computer system A boot drive of a computing system is identified during at least two runtime environment of the computer system. The computer system includes at least two storage devices. An indicia is created on a selected storage device. The at least two storage devices are scanned for the indicia during a subsequent runtime environment of the computer system after the first runtime environment.
US08127116B2	Dependency matrix with reduced area and power consumption A processor having a dependency matrix comprises a first array comprising a plurality of first cells. A second array couples to the first array and comprises a plurality of second cells. A first write port couples to the first array and the second array and writes to the first array and the second array. A first read port couples to the first array and the second array and reads from the first array and the second array. A second read port couples to the first array and reads from the first array. A second write port couples to the second read port, reads from the second read port and writes to the second array.
US08127109B2	Virtual block device A virtual block device is an interface with applications that appears to the applications as a memory device, such as a standard block device. The virtual block device interacts with additional elements to do data deduplication to files at the block level such that one or more files accessed using the virtual block device have at least one block which is shared by the one or more files.
US08127105B2	Parallel pruned bit-reversal interleaver A parallel lookahead pruned bit-reversal interleaver algorithm and architecture have been proposed. The algorithm interleaves a packet of length N in at most log(N)−1 steps compared to N steps using existing sequential algorithms, and has a simple architecture amenable for high-speed applications. The proposed algorithm is valuable for emerging wireless standards especially those that employ PBRI channel (de-)interleavers on long packets in reducing interleaving latency on the transmitter side and deinterleaving latency on the receiver side.
US08127100B1	Unlimited sub-segment support in a buffer manager A system and method of buffer management may employ a common data structure that is recognizable by both hardware and firmware. In some implementations, hardware register settings may be programmed independent of firmware updates to an internal sub-segment description table maintained in an ASIC or other buffer manager logic. Implementation of such a common data structure in external memory may substantially reduce hardware real estate and complexity of a buffer manager ASIC by minimizing the number of required registers and eliminating the need for an internal sub-segment descriptor table. In addition, by eliminating the internal sub-segment descriptor table and allowing buffer manager logic to recognize a common data structure in external memory, the number of buffer sub-segments recognized by the buffer manager may be readily expanded, and may be limited only by the size of the external memory.
US08127095B1	Restore mechanism for a multi-class file system System and method for performing optimized restores of a multi-class file system. More actively accessed data may be assigned to higher storage classes and less actively accessed data may be assigned to lower storage classes in the multi-class file system. In a restore, the higher storage class(es) including more actively accessed data may be restored first. The multi-class file system may then be brought online for access by application(s). The lower storage class(es) may then be restored. In one embodiment, if a request for data that have not been restored is received, the file system may obtain an estimated time until restore of the requested data from the restore mechanism. The file system may then notify the application of the estimated time until restore. The application may notify a user of the estimated time, and may generate another request for the data after the estimated time has elapsed.
US08127088B2	Intelligent cache management An exemplary storage network, storage controller, and methods of operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of managing cache memory in a storage controller comprises receiving, at the storage controller, a cache hint generated by an application executing on a remote processor, wherein the cache hint identifies a memory block managed by the storage controller, and managing a cache memory operation for data associated with the memory block in response to the cache hint received by the storage controller.
US08127082B2	Method and apparatus for allowing uninterrupted address translations while performing address translation cache invalidates and other cache operations A method and apparatus for allowing multiple devices access to an address translation cache while cache maintenance operations are occurring at the same time. By interleaving the commands requiring address translation with maintenance operations that may normally take many cycles, address translation requests may have faster access to the address translation cache than if maintenance operations were allowed to stall commands requiring address translations until the maintenance operation was completed.
US08127079B2	Intelligent cache injection A first cache simultaneously broadcasts, in a single message, a request for a cache line and a request to accept a future related evicted cache line to multiple other caches. Each of the multiple other caches evaluate their occupancy to derive an occupancy value that reflects their ability to accept the future related evicted cache line. In response to receiving a requested cache line, the first cache evicts the related evicted cache line to the cache with the highest occupancy value.
US08127076B2	Method and system for placement of data on a storage device Embodiments of systems and methods for a storage system are disclosed. More particularly, in certain embodiments locations of storage devices may be allocated to store data when commands pertaining to that data are received. Specifically, in one embodiment a distributed RAID system comprising a set of data banks may be provided where the different performance characteristics associated with different areas of disks in the data bank may be taken into account when allocating physical segments to corresponding logical segments of a volume by allocating certain physical segments to a particular logical segment based upon a location of the physical segment or criteria associated with the logical segment.
US08127065B2	Storage card having selectable contact elements and method of its operation The present invention relates to a storage card having selectable contact elements a terminal capable of receiving said storage card and method of its operation. The storage card with selectable contact elements, comprises an interface having a plurality of contact elements, a storage card controller, being connected to at least a subset of said contact elements, a storage memory device, being connected to said storage card controller, a switching unit, that is connected to said storage card controller and to at least one of said contact elements of said interface, wherein said storage card controller is connected to said switching unit to controllably select said at least one contact element.
US08127058B1	System and method of video decoding using hybrid buffer In one embodiment the present invention includes an apparatus having a random access memory, a first interface, and a second interface. The first interface is coupled between the random access memory and a plurality of storage devices, and operates in a first in first out (FIFO) manner. The second interface is coupled between the random access memory and a processor, and operates in a random access manner. As a result, the processor is not required to be in the loop when data is being transferred between the random access memory and the storage devices.
US08127054B2	Time-gap defect detection apparatus and method A programmatic time-gap defect correction apparatus and method corrects errors which may go undetected by a computer system. Buffer underruns or overruns, which may incur errors in data transfers, yet remain undetected and uncorrected in a computer system, are corrected by an error avoidance module in accordance with the invention. Bytes transferred to and from buffers, used by an I/O controllers to temporarily store data while being transferred between synchronous and asynchronous devices, are counted and an error condition is forced based on the count. If the count exceeds the capacity of the buffer, an error condition is forced, thereby reducing chances that errors are incurred into the data transfer.
US08127043B2	Network transcoding system The system is a distributed video transcoding system that allows content to be transformed from one digital format to another close to the ingest and delivery points to minimize the time and cost of the transfer between end points. Additionally by making transcoding an integral part of the distribution of content itself, significant efficiencies can be gained. The distribution can be improved by transcoding at different phases of the transfer. Within the system decisions can be made to utilize different transcoding resources based on various business rules and priorities.
US08127037B2	System and method for listening to teams in a race event A computer-implemented method and system allows a remote computer user to listen to teams in a race event. The method includes receiving audio signals from a plurality of audio sources at the race event; transmitting at least some of the audio signals to a remote computer; and filtering the audio signals as a function of the source of at least some of the audio signals so that at least some of the audio signals are not played by the remote computer and heard by the user.
US08127031B2	Image processing apparatus and method of acquiring information An information processing apparatus is communicatable with an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a request unit configured to request information about the image forming apparatus to the image forming apparatus, a setting unit configured to set proxy response device identification information to identify an proxy response device to make a response to notify the information about the image forming apparatus, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire the information about the image forming apparatus from the proxy response device identified by the proxy response device identification information, in a case where a response from the image forming apparatus corresponding to the request from the request unit is not received.
US08127029B1	Internet protocol based network architecture for cable television network access with switched fallback A user accesses the Internet through a hybrid data communications system architecture in which upstream service is provided via the local loop of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and downstream service is provided via a cable television (CATV) network. The Cable Modem Data Termination system (CMTS) includes a routing table. Upon detection of a CATV service interruption, the CMTS re-routes IP traffic destined for a destination IP address (IP1) associated with the user to a different IP address, or endpoint, as a function of the routing table. In this instance, the different IP address is associated with equipment that provides downstream IP service to the user via the local loop of the PSTN.
US08127028B2	Method and arrangement of a multimedia gateway and communication terminals A multimedia gateway for enabling a remote device to access a local device located in a private network via a residential gateway of the private network is provided. The multimedia gateway includes: connecting means for connecting to the private network and a multimedia service network, first receiving means for receiving authentication information from the remote device over the private network, storing means for storing the authentication information in a memory, second receiving means for receiving a session invite message from the remote device over the multimedia service network, the session invite message including authentication information, and authenticating means for authenticating the remote device by determining whether or not the authentication information included in the session invite message has been stored in the memory by the storing means.
US08127024B2	Parameter passing in web based systems Systems, methodologies, media, servers, and other embodiments associated with parameter passing are described. One exemplary system embodiment can include a web browser executable within a computing device and configured to communicate with a network device using a network connection. The web browser can be configured to at least display web pages where the web pages include data parameters. The system can also include a parameter passing logic configured to cause selected parameters from the data parameters to be stored locally in a parameter data store and be selectively retrieved from the parameter data store to cause the selected parameters to be available between multiple web pages without using a cookie.
US08127019B2	System and program product for session sharing The present invention provides a system and program product for session sharing that allows multiple authorized users (e.g., assistants) to access the same session and synchronize the browser views, when the current state changes. Through the use of use of session sharing, it is ensured that all users work on the same data and have the same Web side state. The Client side is kept in synchronization through the use of a publisher-subscriber model that initiates an update of all connected Clients when a state change occurs. These functionalities of the present invention ensure that all participating users can work together and can share the same state both on server and Client side.
US08127012B2	System and methods for efficient and adequate data collection in document production environments A production process performance reporting system may include a plurality of print job processing resources and a computer-readable storage medium containing programming instructions for performing a method of providing a report of performance metrics in a document production environment. The method may include receiving job size information for print jobs and identifying a print job size distribution for the print jobs. Performance metrics such as, job turnaround time and inter-arrival time may be determined. It may be determined whether the print job size distribution exhibits a heavy-tail characteristic and a performance report may be prepared. If the print job size distribution does not exhibit a heavy-tail characteristic, the plurality of jobs may be processed with the print job processing resources based on the performance report.
US08127009B2	Renewable conditional access Included are systems and methods for providing access. At least one embodiment of a system includes a host configured to receive at least one tool for providing conditional access and a secure processor configured to receive conditional access logic. Some embodiments of the conditional access logic are configured to send at least one configuration message for configuring the at least one tool at the host component for operation with the received access logic.
US08127002B2	Hypothesis development based on user and sensing device data A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring a first data indicating at least one reported event as originally reported by a user and a second data indicating at least a second reported event as originally reported by one or more sensing devices; and developing a hypothesis based, at least in part, on the first data and the second data. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US08126999B2	Network DNA Network DNA may be determined for a computer network that taxonomically classifies the computer network. Network DNA may include derived network DNA components and raw network DNA components. Raw network DNA components may be acquired from local or remote sources. Derived network DNA components may be generated according to derived network DNA component specifications. Derived network DNA component specifications may reference raw network DNA components. Network DNA determined for the computer network may include a network species component capable of indicating network species classifications for computer networks. Network species classifications may include enterprise network, home network and public place network. Network species classifications may be determined as a function of network security, network management and network addressing. One or more network DNA stores may be configured to store network DNA for computer networks. Network DNA stores may store network DNA history as well as current network DNA.
US08126987B2	Mediation of content-related services Systems and methods for mediation of content-related services are provided. A client device playing content may send a request for a service related to the content. Configuration information is generated for the client device, reflecting a set of permissions that are determined based on a market segment of the client device. Once the client device is configured according to the set of permissions, the client device can communicate with a service provider of the requested service. Such communication and any further activity regarding the service is governed by the set of permissions, as is reporting regarding such communication and activity
US08126979B2	Automated response to computer users context Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is modeled with multiple state attributes. In some situations the providing includes receiving from a first client an indication of an interest in receiving values for an indicated one of the state attributes of the modeled current state, receiving from a second client an indication of an interest in receiving values for another of the state attributes of the modeled current state, and, in response to receiving a value for the indicated one attribute from a first source, determining that the first client has an interest in receiving the received value and supplying the received value to the first client.
US08126975B2	Automatic conversion of email threads into collaborative workspaces Automatic conversion of an email thread (or another form of electronic communication, such as IM chat content) into a collaborative workspace can begin with the detection of the addition of a reply message to an existing email thread by an email conversion handler. The existing email thread can include a main message and one or more reply messages. Satisfaction of user-defined or administrator-defined conversion criteria can then be assessed for the existing email thread. When the conversion criteria are satisfied, the existing email thread can be automatically converted into an artifact of a collaborative workspace contained within a collaborative environment. The collaborative workspace can be specific to the existing email thread. The designated participants of the existing email thread can be members of both the email and collaboration systems, and can be provided access to the collaborative workspace.
US08126972B2	Access management for messaging systems and methods An exemplary system includes an access management facility and a message processing facility communicatively coupled to the access management facility. The access management facility is configured to generate and activate an access code, and initiate providing of the access code to a potential message source. The message processing facility is configured to receive an incoming message, determine whether the incoming message includes the access code, deliver the incoming message to a user if the incoming message is determined to include the access code, and not deliver the incoming message to the user if the incoming message is determined not to include the access code. In certain implementations, the access code is used in conjunction with a set of authorized message sources for selectively filtering the incoming message. In certain implementations, at least one tool is provided, the tool being configured to enable the user to manage the access code.
US08126971B2	E-mail authentication A system and method for determining whether an e-mail originates from a sender authorized by an address provider to send the e-mail to an intended recipient's e-mail address. The e-mail identifies an address provider from which the intended recipient's e-mail address was obtained. The e-mail is delivered to the intended recipient only upon verification that the sender is authorized by the address provider to obtain the intended recipient's e-mail address. The system and method may also provide for determining whether an e-mail originates from a forged source. A server receives data relating to an e-mail, including a purported sender and a verification host. The server queries the verification host with information pertaining to the e-mail and requests confirmation that the e-mail originates from the purported sender. The e-mail is determined to originate from a forged source unless the verification host responds that the e-mail originates from the purported sender.
US08126968B2	System and method for coordinating a conference using a dedicated server A system and method are described for initiating and conducting a data conference between a plurality of conference endpoints linked in communication by a private or public computer network. A first conference endpoint then sends a conference initialization request to a dedicated conference server coupled to the computer network. Upon receipt of the conference initialization request, the conference server responsively generates a conference code uniquely identifying the conference and transmits the code to the first conference endpoint. The first conference endpoint subsequently converts the received conference code to a form (such as a string DTMF tone) which can be transmitted by in-band audio to other conference endpoints. The other participating conferencing endpoints, after receipt of the conference code, are configured to log on to the conference server using the conference code.
US08126964B2	Method for displaying data in an industrial control system A method to distribute or share data provided by a server process of an industrial control system to a client process running on a first machine of a first user, with a client process running on a machine of a second user. The server session is logged by the server process. It is determined that the first user makes a selection to distribute or share a client process with at least one second user. An address is retrieved for the at least one other user, and a channel is opened thus providing the same data provided to the client process running on the first machine to a client process running on a second machine of at least one second user. Also included are system, a human-machine interface and a computer program for carrying out the method.
US08126940B2	Concurrent collection of cyclic garbage in reference counting systems The present invention provides techniques that allow concurrent collection of cyclic garbage on reference counting systems. In general, candidate objects are found that may be part of cyclic garbage. Each candidate object has a reference count. Two tests are performed to determine if concurrent operations have affected the reference counts of the candidate objects. If concurrent operations have not affected the reference counts, the candidate objects are collected as garbage. Additionally, during garbage collection, the decrements to reference counts are delayed so that increments occur before decrements and so that decrements are held a predetermined time before being applied. This prevents decrementing a reference and collecting a cycle as garbage right before a reference is added to an object in the cycle.
US08126932B2	Indexing strategy with improved DML performance and space usage for node-aware full-text search over XML Techniques are provided for searching within a collection of XML documents. A relational table stores an entry for each node of a set of nodes in a collection of XML documents. Each entry of the relational table stores an order key and a path identifier along with the atomized value of the node. Instead of storing the atomized value in a full-text index, a virtual column can be created to represent, for each node, the atomized value of the node. Alternately, each entry of the relational table stores an order key and a path identifier along with, for simple nodes, the atomized value, and for complex nodes, a null value. For a complex node with a descendant text node, a separate entry is stored for the descendant text node in the relational table.
US08126924B1	Method of representing and processing complex branching logic for mobile applications A system is provided for efficiently defining and navigating through complex workflow structures for mobile unit applications. In one embodiment, the system (100) includes business platforms (101), a mobility server (102), an application descriptor generator (103) and mobile units (104). The business platforms (101) may be existing data systems of a business entity. The mobility server (102) handles communications between the business systems (101) and the mobile units (104). The application descriptor generator (103) creates application descriptors that define the functionality of an application running on a client (108) of the mobile unit (104). This functionality may include complex branching logic. In this manner, applications can be rapidly deployed and readily adapted to meet the needs of a business entity.
US08126922B2	Calendar system A calendar system displays event data via an electronic calendar form that is accessible over a network by a user of a client computer. The system stores event data for multiple events and selectively displays event data based on whether a calendar access request is received from a guest user or an authenticated user. The system displays event data via a default calendar to guest users and displays event data via a customized calendar to authenticated users. The default calendar displays event data for related events based on a contextual relationship that is derived by examining event data for each the multiple events to determine a position separation and/or a frequency of a user supplied keyword in the event data. The customized calendar displays events based on contextual relationships and based on the viewing history of the user and other input data from user.
US08126917B2	Method and device for transporting an object to a destination address specified incompletely A method and a device transport a postal object to an incompletely specified destination address. The object has at least one information item relating to a destination address to which the object is to be transported. A set of address components is predetermined. An address database is used which in each case contains a computer-available record per destination address for a set of possible destination addresses. Each record contains in each case one entry for each predetermined address component. At least one destination address information item on the object is detected. A screen form is used which contains in each case one input field for each address component. The detected destination address information is compared with the records of the address database. When exactly one record is consistent with all detected destination address information items, a transportation of the object to the destination address of the record is triggered.
US08126911B2	System and method for content-based partitioning and mining Methods and systems are provided for partitioning data of a database or data store into several independent parts as part of a data mining process. The methods and systems use a mining application having content-based partitioning logic to partition the data. Once the data is partitioned, the partitioned data may be grouped and distributed to an associated processor for further processing. The mining application and content-based partitioning logic may be used in a computing system, including shared memory and distributed memory multi-processor computing systems. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08126910B2	System and method to perform mobile printing from handheld devices A system and method for printing a file on a remote printer via an electronic message. A personal electronic device transmits an electronic message requesting a listing of available electronic files. The personal electronic device then receives an electronic message in response to the request containing a list of available electronic files. At least one electronic file is then selected from among the listing of available files. The personal electronic device then receives, from the remote computer, an electronic message containing the selected electronic file. The personal electronic device then forwards the message containing the file to an image processing device.
US08126909B2	System and method for analyzing data records A method and system for analyzing data records includes allocating groups of records to respective processes of a first plurality of processes executing in parallel. In each respective process of the first plurality of processes, for each record in the group of records allocated to the respective process, a query is applied to the record so as to produce zero or more values. Zero or more emit operators are applied to each of the zero or more produced values so as to add corresponding information to an intermediate data structure. Information from a plurality of the intermediate data structures is aggregated to produce output data.
US08126889B2	Location fidelity adjustment based on mobile subscriber privacy profile The present invention utilizes location based wireless technology in a wireless network to dynamically automate the accuracy of location information provided to requesting parties based on external criteria, e.g., the time of day. The location information may be altered by removing particular parts (e.g., by removing street information, or city information), or by mathematically loosening the accuracy of the location of the particular wireless user.
US08126887B2	Apparatus and method for searching reports A method of searching at least one report includes extracting at least one of report element instance content, report element instance metadata, report element instance data, and at least one of associated report element instance context content, report element instance context metadata and report element instance context data to define indexed fields. A search query is received. The search query is applied against at least one indexed field. Search query results are compiled to produce a list of relevant report element instances.
US08126876B2	Systems and methods for improving the ranking of news articles A system ranks results. The system may receive a list of links. The system may identify a source with which each of the links is associated and rank the list of links based at least in part on a quality of the identified sources.
US08126875B2	Instant answers and integrated results of a browser A method, system, and medium are provided for searching multiple search services in parallel and utilizing multiple search providers in a computer system. Multiple search providers are installed onto a browser application of a user computer system. Upon receipt of a user search query and a user designated search provider, an instant answer is automatically displayed without any user interaction. Other aggregated results are displayed together in a combined window pane. One section displays results of any recent searches that match the search query entry. Another section displays search suggestions provided by the designated search provider. Another section displays results of any previously visited sites in which results of the previously visited site match the search entry. Additional searches of different designated search providers can also be made. These multiple searches of multiple search providers are conducted from the same browser window as the initial search.
US08126871B2	Systems and computer program products to identify related data in a multidimensional database Systems and computer program products that identify data that is related to and associated with data that has been selected from a multidimensional database. The overwhelming amount of data in a multidimensional database that may be viewed by a user, such as a data analyst, is reduced to the selected and associated data by use of index data and related index data, according to the present invention. The views of selected data and related data may be highlighted and formatted for presentation to the user. Further, irrelevant data is filtered out and not presented to the user. Existing systems have not been able to efficiently and adequately identify data that is related to and associated with selected data in a multidimensional database.
US08126866B1	Identification of possible scumware sites by a search engine Users may be protected from scumware included on or associated with web sites indexed by a search engine. The search engine may, for instance take the presence of scumware into account when ranking or determining whether a document matches a search query or provide information with search results that indicates that a particular search result link may be associated with scumware. In one implementation, a search engine generates search results for a search query to obtain documents that are relevant to the search query. The search engine may then format the search results as a web page that includes visual indicators associated with those of the relevant documents that have been determined to be associated with scumware.
US08126864B2	Method and apparatus for managing folder A method and apparatus for managing a folder is provided. The method includes: setting a drive correspondence table showing a correspondence relation of first location information including location information of an apparent drive allocated to the folder in the operating system and second location information including location information of a target drive to be actually allocated to the folder; and changing, in response to a request for an access to the folder requested by the operating system, location information allocated to the folder from the first location information of the apparent drive allocated to the folder to the second location information of the target drive allocated to the folder in accordance with the drive correspondence table without notifying the operating system of a change of location information of the drive allocated to the folder, whereby enabling the operating system to consequently access the folder in the target drive.
US08126855B2	Compression of tables based on occurrence of values Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for compression of tables based on occurrence of values. In general, a number representing an amount of occurrences of a frequently occurring value in a group of adjacent rows of a column is generated, a vector representing whether the frequently occurring value exists in a row of the column is generated, and the number and the vector are stored to enable searches of the data represented by the number and the vector. The vector may omit a portion representing the group of adjacent rows. The values may be dictionary-based compression values representing business data such as business objects. The compression may be performed in-memory, in parallel, to improve memory utilization, network bandwidth consumption, and processing performance.
US08126853B2	Log managing apparatus, log managing system, log managing method and log managing program A log managing apparatus includes a collecting unit that receives a log from at least one collecting object that acquires the log including time information, a management unit that manages log format information set for each the collecting object, and a conversion unit that converts the log with reference to the log format information and extracts time information from the log.
US08126839B2	Methods and apparatuses for adapting a ranking function of a search engine for use with a specific domain Methods and apparatuses are provided for adapting hierarchical structure information associated with a first ranking function tuned for use in a first domain for use in a second domain.
US08126827B2	Predicting candidates using input scopes Embodiments are configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on an input identifier associated with an input interface. In an embodiment, a system includes an input method editor (IME) that can be configured to provide one or more candidates based in part on a prediction model and one or more input scope values associated with an input interface. The IME can also operate to store an entered string including one or more associated input scope values to a storage component. The stored information can be used when suggesting candidates.
US08126819B1	Online lawn care estimate process An online lawn care service quoting method and system are disclosed. The method and system are initiated by an estimate inquiry from a customer, preferably via the Web. Data from a lawn care service administration database is retrieved. The data includes customer demographic information and GPS satellite imaging photographs of various lot size dimensions. The lot size information and customer demographic information are combined to provide at least one quote for the customer estimate inquiry. The data in the database is upgraded and amended as needed by any change in industry standards and customer change requests. At least one quote is displayed to the customer online in response to the estimate inquiry.
US08126816B2	Method for fingerprinting and identifying internet users Various aspects of the present system provide methods and systems for authenticating online purchase by tracing internet actions to a remote computer and to an individual who operates the computer. One aspect provides a technique to generate fingerprint of computer and its user based on the information collected through the actions a user conducts on internet. Another aspect of the system provides a technique to compute the fingerprints and find relations between users and computers. Another aspect of the system provides a trust ranking to a user based on the consistency of information collected from the user's various actions.
US08126809B2	Method and system for processing financial instrument deposits physically remote from a financial institution A system that includes computer hardware, computer software, apparatus, and methodology that enables individuals, businesses, and all types of organizations (both for profit and non-profit) to capture and securely transmit check images (including, but not limited to, personal checks, business checks, travelers checks, money orders, merchant coupons, food coupons, line of credit checks, etc.), deposit information, and other information from remote locations (i.e., locations that could include the financial institution's remote locations, other financial institution's locations, businesses, private residences, etc.), for the purpose of having those checks credited to the depositing individual's or organization's bank account(s) and having the check images (and/or physical checks) entered into the bank check clearing channels for ultimate delivery to the maker bank for payment out of the maker's account.
US08126803B2	Automated float pricing for geographically distributed deposits and accounts An automated system can be provided for continuously and accurately assigning float to deposit credits within a financial institution. A normalized market segment is continuously assigned to each account by extracting information from a plurality of disparate demand deposit account systems. Deposit credits are gathered from disparate known capture sites and the normalized market segment is assigned to a deposit credit for a corresponding account. A float assignment can then be made for a deposit credit so that the float reflects both a deposit location and current domestic information for the corresponding account. A system for implementing the invention can include a float system connected to a transaction exchange system.
US08126791B2	Methods and systems for providing a decision making platform A method for enriching the data associated with financial transaction card transactions using a computer system is described. The method includes receiving financial transaction data from a plurality of input channels, each input channel associated with a financial transaction data format, converting the received financial transaction data into a common data format, enriching the converted financial transaction data by scoring the converted financial transaction data across a plurality of scoring engines, converting the plurality of scores relating to the financial transaction data from the scoring engines into output data, and transmitting the output data using an output manager, the output manager operable to provide the data into a format appropriate for each intended recipient.
US08126788B2	Method for tracking time attendance of either a dedicated user or multiple non-dedicated users, interchangeably, using a single multi-function electronic hand-held device A method for tracking time attendance for either a single dedicated user, and typically owner, of a single multi-function electronic hand-held device without the need of entering password information, or selectively interchangeable to multiple non-dedicated users which must enter passwords to access their time tracking screens is provided. The time tracking software on the hand-held device can be placed into solo mode for a single dedicated user, which can be selectively deactivated so as to enable multiple non-dedicated users to enter their passwords to log in and clock-in or clock-out. The solo mode may be selectively reactivated so as to automatically log in the dedicated user and display his or her time tracking screen. An authorized administrator's password may be necessary to activate or deactivate solo mode.
US08126782B1	Method and device for location integrated ordering and queue placement Disclosed herein is a system and method for performing automated location integrated ordering of products and services at an event. This may be accomplished through placing product orders to one or more vendors using a portable electronic device, wherein upon placing an order, event-specific location information stored on the portable electronic device may be sent along with the order. Upon fulfilling the order, the products may be delivered to the event-specific location information. In addition to performing product ordering, the portable electronic device may also be used to remotely sign up for or check the status of event-specific services or activities. Also, the portable electronic device may be used to locate event services, activities, or attendees and provide a map or directions from the event-specific location to the event service, activity, or attendee.
US08126781B2	Real-time collaborative selection of service providers A method and system for customer service, comprising enabling a customer to provide a request for service, receiving the request for service from the customer and providing a website that enables a service provider to view the request for service, interactively chat about the request for service with other service providers, and respond to the request for service by creating and sending an offer of service to the customer and enabling the customer to accept the offer of service.
US08126774B2	Advertising that is relevant to a person A person is viewing a display. By evaluating tracked information about the person, the display and/or the content being viewed, a tracking system determines that an opportunity exists to present an advertisement that is relevant to the person in the context of the person currently viewing the display. The tracking system provides advertiser data for the advertisement and instructions for generating the advertisement to a synthesis system local to the viewer and the viewer's display system, which dynamically synthesizes the advertisement and provides it to the display.
US08126771B2	System and method for managing customized reward offers In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a method is provided for managing reward offers. A first performance target that is associated with a financial account is determined. Transaction data that is associated with the financial account is received, and a second performance target for the financial account is determined based on the transaction data.
US08126765B2	Market demand estimation method, system, and apparatus A method to estimate demand of a market for a service is disclosed. The method includes selecting a set of feasible service offerings to offer for sale to the market from a set of candidate service offerings, observing a response of the market to the set of feasible service offerings offered for sale, and estimating a demand of the market for the service based upon the observed response. Each service offering of the set of feasible service offerings and the set of candidate service offerings is defined by a price and a service level.
US08126763B2	Automatic generation of trailers containing product placements This invention relates to a method and computer system for automatic generation of trailers. More specifically it relates to a method for generating revenues from providers of content data. The method generally comprises the steps of finding product placement data in a super set of data. When these product placements have been found they are preferably matched with a user profile and segments, of the superset comprising these product placements with a positive match, are selected and merged into a subset of data. A counter may keep track of which product placement that has been chosen and how many times a product placement has been chosen and viewed. Based on the value of the counter an invoice is created.
US08126760B2	Work item tracking system for projects A work item tracking system that provides for processing of more than one type of work item. Work item types may be defined using a data structure. Fields and characteristics of the work item are defined within the work item type definition. Programs within the work item tracking system may use this information to create, modify and otherwise process work items of a single type or to form links between work items of different types.
US08126755B2	Systems and methods for automated parallelization of deployment Systems and methods are provided for creating a distribution plan for one or more products from a source location to a destination location. In one exemplary embodiment, the systems and methods may include defining a parallel processing profile to be associated with the distribution plan, and determining whether the parallel processing profile is specified prior to creating the distribution plan. If the profile is determined to be specified, one or more packages may then be built of the one or more products. Building one or more packages may comprise building a location products table of one or more location products. The location products table may specify the name, location, and deployment information of each of the one or more location products. The one or more location products may be selected for each package based on the deployment information. The distribution plan for each package of the one or more products may then be determined.
US08126754B1	Resource management and planning for manufacturing organizations A method for managing manufacturing resources and planning manufacturing activities includes tracking enterprise information detailing business records for an enterprise, the enterprise information including real-time information regarding resources, production, and inventory related to production of a product; communicating with a resource management system storing the enterprise information and multiple affiliated organizations using disparate protocols; translating communications between the protocols to facilitate transfer of data between the resource management system and the affiliated organizations; loading selected portions of the enterprise information into a scaled memory; and generating, in real-time, production plans based on the selected portions of the enterprise information loaded into the scaled memory to affect manufacturing and shipping of goods and materials.
US08126751B2	Method for allocating system costs of the infrastructure of a computer center A computer-implemented method for allocating system costs of an infrastructure of a computer center includes the steps of: determining total pro rata temporis costs of individual system resources of the infrastructure for a billing period; dividing the total pro rata temporis costs of individual system resources into individual performances by a key; dividing the individual performances into individual performance shares for one service each, such that the division corresponds to a percentage share of the individual performance actually used by one service each; adding up for one service each for one system resource each the individual performance shares, thereby providing performance share sums; and adding up the performance share sums, which have been formed each for the same service but different system resources.
US08126748B2	Sports and concert event ticket pricing and visualization system A system and method is presented for determining at what price and when to release so-called ‘flex’ price tickets during an on-sale using hazard functional analyses of sales velocity and sales/inquiry ratios. Exponential, power, and Weibull-gamma models are also used to predict demand, depending on what part of the on-sale is involved. Determining demand of seats from secondary markets is also described with methods to use the demand for either repricing the seats in the primary market or presenting ‘best value’ seats to a prospective purchaser. Demand can be interpolated or extrapolated to individual seats or rows.
US08126742B2	Automated assignment of insurable events An automated assignment system may operate with a computer to automatically assign insurable events to one or more organizational entities associated with an insurance organization. The automated assignment system may categorize the insurable event. In addition, the automated assignment system may identify at least one target organizational entity based on the categorization that is capable of handling the insurable event. Identification of the target organizational entity or entities may be a function of properties associated with the insurable event and the availability of the organizational entity or entities. Automatic assignment may also be a function of the current workload of the target organizational entity or entities.
US08126739B2	Method and system for tracking treatment of patients in a health services environment Methods and systems for tracking treatment of patients are presented. An exemplary method for tracking treatment of patients includes scheduling appointments for a patient with service providers based on requests for services and generating appointment information corresponding to each of the scheduled appointments; capturing service information corresponding to claims received from the service providers for payment of charges associated with services rendered by the service providers to the patient; and establishing for the patient an episode of care pertaining to treatment of a specified ailment and associating with the established episode of care at least one of the requests for services, the scheduled appointments, and the received claims for the patient that correspond to the treatment of the specified ailment.
US08126734B2	Systems and methods for adapter-based communication with a medical device A system according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a processor, a device interface, a data relay transceiver, and a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions. The processor executes the instructions in the memory to receive data from a medical device through a wired connection using the device interface, where the data is received through an adapter coupled to the device interface and that communicates with the medical data interchange device using a first communication format and with the medical device using a second communication format. The processor further executes the instructions in the memory to transmit the data to an intermediary device using the data relay transceiver. This system can be implemented in a small, portable unit that is easy for a patient to transport. The adapter can be removably coupled to the medical data interchange device to allow different adapters configured to communicate with different medical devices to be used with a single medical data interchange device.
US08126714B2	Voice search device A text data search using a voice is conventionally a full-text search using a word as an index word for a part recognized as a word in an input voice. Therefore, if any of the parts recognized as the words is falsely recognized, a search precision is lowered. In the present invention, referring to a language model generated by a language model generating part from text data to be subjected to a search which is divided by a learning data dividing part into a linguistic part and an acoustic model obtained by modeling voice features, a voice recognition part performs voice recognition for the input voice to output a phonemic representation. A matching unit converting part divides the phonemic representation into the same units as those of a text search dictionary, which is obtained by dividing the text data to be subjected to the search into the units smaller than those of the language model. A text search part uses the result of division to make a search on the text search dictionary.
US08126712B2	Information communication terminal, information communication system, information communication method, and storage medium for storing an information communication program thereof for recognizing speech information An information communication terminal (100) that includes: a speech recognition module (6) for recognizing speech information to identify a plurality of words in the recognized speech information; a storage medium (20) for storing keyword extraction condition setting data (24) in which a condition for extracting a keyword is set; a keyword extraction module (8) for reading the keyword extraction condition setting data (24) to extract a plurality of keywords from the plurality of words; a related information acquisition module (11) for acquiring related information related to a plurality of keywords; and a related information output module (14) for providing related information to a monitor (2).
US08126711B2	Method and module for modifying speech model by different speech sequence A modifying method for a speech model and a modifying module thereof are provided. The modifying method is as follows. First, a correct sequence of a speech is generated according to a correct sequence generating method and the speech model. Next, a candidate sequence generating method is selected from a plurality of candidate sequence generating methods, and a candidate sequence of the speech is generated according to the selected candidate sequence generating method and the speech model. Finally, the speech model is modified according to the correct sequence and the candidate sequence. Therefore, the present invention increases a discrimination of the speech model.
US08126691B2	System and method for block diagram simulation context restoration A method of saving portions of a simulation or execution engine image at various points in a simulation or execution is disclosed. The saving of the simulation or execution context in addition to the more traditional saving of the system state information enables the restoration of a simulation or execution that is capable of producing, in a subsequent simulation or execution of a block diagram continuing from the point of the saved simulation or execution, results that are identical to those of the initial simulation or execution. The ability to restore more than just system state variables enables a user to run multiple variations of a simulation from a given point without having to replicate the simulation up until the point of the saved initial simulation, and the ability to run multiple iterations of a block diagram execution in a non-simulation execution from a given point without having to replicate the execution of the block diagram up until that point.
US08126680B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for locating and tracking objects Methods, systems, and computer program products for locating and tracking objects are disclosed. According to one system, a locating device can be configured to determine a location of an object. According to another system, an identifying device can be configured to determine the identification of an object. Further, a tracking system configured to store tracking information associated with the object. A communications system can be configured to communicate a signal to a remote computer device that identifies the location of the object and includes the tracking information associated with the object.
US08126675B2	Product integrity tracking shipping label, and associated method A product integrity tracking shipping label includes a label body for attaching to a product to be shipped or to packaging containing the product. One or more movement monitoring configured with the label body detects a movement metric of the product. A microprocessor configured with the label body and in communication with the one or more movement monitoring devices time-tags the movement metric when the movement metric exceeds a pre-selected threshold. A product integrity tracking system includes a movement monitoring device with one or more sensors for attachment to a product or packaging containing the product. The movement monitoring device senses at least one movement event during handling of the product. A processor compares the movement event with a pre-selected event threshold, and time-tags and stores above-threshold movement events in a memory. Information in the memory is readable via an interrogation device during shipment or at product delivery.
US08126663B2	Signal level detection method An electronic signal level detection system and method are provided. The method receives an analog input signal having a variable voltage and compares the input signal voltage to a threshold. A detection signal is generated for input signal voltages exceeding the threshold in a periodic first time frame. In a second periodic time frame (following the first time frame), a count is updated in response to the generated detection signals. The count is used to create a metric representative of the difference between the input signal voltage and the threshold. The count is incremented in response to the generating a detection signal (“1”) in the first time frame, and decremented in response to not generating a detection signal (“0”) in the first time frame.
US08126661B2	Wet gas measurement A multi-phase process fluid is passed through a vibratable flowtube. Motion is induced in the vibratable flowtube. A first apparent property of the multi-phase process fluid based on the motion of the vibratable flowtube is determined, and an apparent intermediate value associated with the multi-phase process fluid based on the first apparent property is determined. A corrected intermediate value is determined based on a mapping between the intermediate value and the corrected intermediate value. A phase-specific property of a phase of the multi-phase process fluid is determined based on the corrected intermediate value.
US08126659B2	Computational method of material constant of composite material and volume fraction of material component in composite material, and recording medium In computing the overall material constant of a composite material, a virtual composite material is defined as the one that predetermined material components are dispersed in a form of spherical particles in a matrix phase at known volume fractions, and a nonlinear equation having the overall material constant of the virtual composite material as an unknown is prepared. Next, the overall material constant of the composite material is computed by solving the nonlinear equation. The nonlinear equation is a recursive nonlinear equation which is obtained by defining the material constant in the surrounding areas of the spherical particles as the overall material constant of the composite material to be computed. The volume fraction of a material component dispersed in the composite material is computed using the recursive nonlinear equation.
US08126656B2	Molecular design method and computer-readable storage medium A computer-implemented molecular design method constructs and stores a data structure including an atomic data structure, a bond axis data structure, a molecular data structure, an auxiliary data structure, and an event data structure, with respect to data of a given three-dimensional (3D) molecular structure. A partial structure that is a modifying target is determined using the data structure, based on an atom or bond axis that is specified. A modified 3D molecular structure in which the partial structure has been subjected to a modifying operation is specified. An Undo or Redo operation is performed on the specified modifying operation using the data structure.
US08126654B2	Identification and monitoring of systemic lupus erythematosus A method for identifying or monitoring SLE in an individual is provided. The method includes quantitating complement component C4d on the surfaces of platelets and comparing the amounts of C4d to reference levels of C4d on platelets of individuals without SLE and/or on platelets of the individual obtained at a different time. Kits for use in the above-described methods are provided along with computer readable media tangibly embodying executable instructions to perform the methods.
US08126644B2	Travel support system, method thereof, program thereof, and recording medium containing the program A PC of a travel support system displays running video of a predetermined route, and if a predetermined intersection is set as a warning point by a user, sends warning point setting information to a server. If the server acquires the warning point setting information from the PC, the server updates a user DB. A navigational device sends travel route related information of a travel route set by the user to the server. The server sends detailed guidance information of the warning point included in the traveling route set in the navigational device to the navigational device. Upon arrival at the warning point, the navigational device notifies detailed guidance, and upon arrival at an existing guidance point, the navigational device notifies existing guidance.
US08126641B2	Route planning with contingencies A route planning system comprises a receiver component that receives a request for directions between two points. A route generator component outputs directions between the two points, the directions include a contingency such that an alternate route is provided, a selected route between the two points is dependent upon a user perception at a geographic location that corresponds to the contingency.
US08126638B2	Engine In an engine which may show a behavior where an engine speed is not always minimized after compression top dead center of a cylinder in which poor fuel injection occurred, the cylinder in which poor fuel injection occurred is detected. A common rail diesel engine (1) includes a individual reference number-of-revolutions output unit (30) for outputting the individual reference number of revolutions Nstdi of each cylinder corresponding to each injector (3) incident to fuel injection thereof, an engine speed sensor (6) for calculating the individual actual number of revolutions Ni of each cylinder corresponding to each injector (3) incident to fuel injection thereof, and fuel injection failure detection means for judging a cylinder temporarily judged as poor fuel injection as a cylinder of poor fuel injection when the plus and minus by a contrast arithmetic operation unit (80) coincide entirely in each cylinder and the absolute value \|ΔNi′\| of the difference in number of revolutions at the time of forced stop means is entirely above the absolute value \|ΔNi\| of the difference in the number of revolutions at the time of temporary judgment means.
US08126636B2	Method of operating an internal combustion engine arrangement An arrangement includes, but is not limited to an internal combustion engine, a pressure reducer that reduces gas pressure of gaseous fuel for the engine. The reducer connects on a high-pressure side to a gas tank and connects on the low-pressure side to a controllable gas injection valve regulating the gas flow. A high-pressure shutoff valve is on the high-pressure side and connected to the reducer to shut-off the gas flow from the gas tank. The high-pressure shutoff valve includes, but is not limited to a pilot valve with a small opening and a main valve with a large opening, and an electronic controller used at least for controlling the high-pressure valve and a gas injection valve. The pilot valve of the high-pressure valve opens in chronological order before the gas injection valve.
US08126635B2	Air-fuel ratio control apparatus and air-fuel ratio control method An air-fuel ratio control apparatus includes a learning unit learning amounts of divergence of a correction amount from a reference value thereof respectively as to a plurality of set lift amount regions as divergence amount learning values, a correction unit calculating a divergence amount correction value and correcting a fuel injection amount command value, and a reflection unit reflecting a learning result of the divergence amount learning value of a specific one of the plurality of the set lift amount regions on the divergence amount learning value of another one of the lift amount regions when there is a history indicating that the divergence amount learning value of the specific one of the lift amount regions has been learned and there is no history indicating that the divergence amount learning value of that another one of the lift amount regions has been learned.
US08126630B2	System for controlling torque converter temperature during torque converter stall conditions A method and system are provided for controlling the operating temperature of a torque converter during torque converter stall conditions. The torque converter has a pump rotatably driven by an internal combustion engine and a rotatable turbine fluidly coupled to the pump. The system first determines whether the torque converter is currently in a torque converter stall condition, and, if so, determines a slip speed as a difference in rotational speeds between the pump and the turbine, determines an engine output torque limit as a function of the slip speed and a desired slip speed, and controls the operating temperature of the torque converter by limiting output torque produced by the engine based on the engine output torque limit.
US08126624B2	Method for selection of optimal mode and gear and input speed for preselect or tap up/down operation A powertrain system includes an engine mechanically coupled to an electro-mechanical transmission at an input thereto selectively operative in one of a plurality of transmission operating range states and one of a plurality of engine states. A method for controlling the powertrain system includes combining sets of preferability factors inputted from engine sensors in a microprocessor or computer with other preferability factors generated during engine and vehicle operation to provide an output for a transmission control module, which may execute an operating range or engine state change.
US08126621B2	Engine load control device of work vehicle In an engine load control device of a work vehicle, an output of an engine is transmitted to a hydraulic actuator via a variable displacement type hydraulic pump. A controller is configured to calculate, based on a target rotational speed of the engine detected by a target rotational speed detecting portion and an actual rotational speed of the engine detected by an actual rotational speed detecting portion, a variation rate per unit time of a difference between the detected results, and to adjust the maximum absorbing torque of the hydraulic pump according to the magnitude of the variation rate.
US08126613B2	Vehicle safety system A vehicle safety system comprising a vehicle stability-regulating system, one or more secondary safety components and an electronic interface. The electronic interface communicates with both the vehicle stability-regulating system and the secondary safety components. The electronic interface receives data from the vehicle stability-regulating system and controls the operating condition of the secondary safety components based thereon.
US08126611B2	On-vehicle communication system An on-vehicle communication system has a plurality of buses relay-connected through a relay connection unit, each of the buses having at least one ECU connected thereto. In the vehicle communication system, a basic routing table that specifies a relay point for transmitting from the relay connection unit to the ECU is stored in a ROM and a transmission list report message about message IDs is transmitted. The ECU receives the transmission list report message and sends back a transmission request message about a message ID, which is not included in the transmission list report message but should be received, to the relay connection unit. The transmission request message is received by a table creation unit in the relay connection unit. The table creation unit creates a new additional routing table indicating a correspondence relationship between an ID requested by the transmission request message and a transmission destination and being stored in a RAM.
US08126601B2	System and method for predicting a vehicle route using a route network database A system and method for predicting a route to be authorized by a dispatcher for a vehicle to travel on a route network comprises a computer system that has a database having stored data relative to interconnecting route segments that make up the route network. Data relative to the origination location and the destination location is input into the computer system. The processor accesses the database and generates a predicted route with an origination location and destination location.
US08126597B2	Formulation of a preventive maintenance message relating to the functional degradations of an aircraft A method of preventive maintenance for an aircraft, the aircraft having components, including items of equipment of the aircraft and/or electronic modules and/or physical links. The lifetime information for the components is known. The aircraft also includes means for monitoring the components, a centralized maintenance system, and means for estimating the life time of the components. The aircraft carries out a set of functions, each being ensured by a chain of components. The method comprises several steps including, a first step of locating the degradations of the items of equipment, a second step making it possible to allocate the located degradations to the various functions of the aircraft, a third step of estimating the lifetime of the functions identified in the second step, and a fourth step of formulating the maintenance message constructed on the basis of the previous steps.
US08126588B2	Method and system for controlling transport sequencing in a process tool by a look-ahead mode By providing a look-ahead functionality for a tool internal substrate handling system of process tools on the basis of a process history, the tool internal substrate sequencing may be significantly enhanced. The look-ahead functionality enables a prediction of process time of substrates currently being processed in a respective process module, thereby enabling the initiation of transport activity for substrate load operations in order to significantly reduce the overall idle time of process modules occurring during substrate exchange.
US08126584B2	Embroidery data creation apparatus and storage medium storing embroidery data creation program An embroidery data creation apparatus for creating embroidery data required to sew embroidery that represents an image with a zigzag stitch, including an image storage device that stores the image made up of pixels each having a color value, a division device that divides the image into divided regions, each of which is a predetermined region through which one zigzag stitch passes through, a calculation device that calculates a reference swing position which provides a reference for swinging the zigzag stitch passing through each of the divided regions and a maximum value of a swing width of the zigzag stitch for each of the divided regions, based on the color values of the pixels in each of the divided regions; and an embroidery data creation device that creates the embroidery data based on the reference swing position and the maximum value of the swing width which are calculated.
US08126582B2	Medicine trial production supporting system A computer system (100), an ingredient manufacturer system (200), and composition manufacturers can be connected online, and a system of the ingredient manufacturer obtains composition information from a system (300), and provides it for the system (100). At this time, an estimated product property and production cost can be provided.
US08126578B2	Clipped-waveform repair in acoustic signals using generalized linear prediction A method and system for optimally repairing a clipped audio signal. Clipping occurs when a waveform exceeds a dynamic range of a recording device. Portions of an audio signal exceeding the dynamic range or saturation level of the recording device are clipped, causing distortion when the clipped recorded signal is played. To address this problem, successive frames of the clipped audio data are repaired to fill in gaps where the data were clipped. For each frame, an iterative process repetitively estimates an auto-covariance and detects clipped samples in the frame or a sub-frame in order to compute a least-squares solution for the frame that interpolates the clipped data. The process can cause inverted peaks in the repaired data, which must then be rectified to produced corrected repaired data. The corrected repaired data for the successive frames are recombined using interpolation, to produce a complete repaired audio data set.
US08126566B2	Performance assessment and adaptation of an acoustic communication link Systems and methods for adapting the performance of an acoustic communication link with an implantable medical device (IMD) are disclosed. An illustrative method includes initiating an acoustic link with the IMD, measuring an initial performance of the acoustic link, determining whether the initial performance of the acoustic link is adequate, adjusting an operating parameter related to the acoustic link in the event the initial performance of the acoustic link is inadequate, measuring a performance of the acoustic link in response to the adjusted operating parameter, and setting the operating parameter to a prior setting if the measured performance of the acoustic link does not improve in response to the adjusted operating parameter.
US08126565B1	Sound processing and stimulation systems and methods for use with cochlear implant devices Sound processing strategies for use with cochlear implant systems utilizing simultaneous stimulation of electrodes are provided. The strategies include computing a frequency spectrum of a signal representative of sound, arranging the spectrum into channels and assigning a subset of electrodes to each channel. Each subset is stimulated so as to stimulate a virtual electrode positioned at a location on the cochlea that corresponds to the frequency at which a spectral peak is located within an assigned channel. The strategies also derive a carrier for a channel having a frequency that may relate to the stimulation frequency so that temporal information is presented. In order to fit these strategies, a group of electrodes is selected and the portion of the current that would otherwise be applied to electrode(s) having a partner electrode in the group is applied to the partner electrode.
US08126556B2	Medical implantable device and method for connecting an antenna to the same In a medical implantable device having a hermetically sealed, radio shielded encapsulations containing an RF circuit therein and having an antenna located outside of the encapsulation, and in a method for connecting the RF circuit to the antenna, at least one hermetical feedthrough connection is provided in the form of at least one conductor passing through a wall portion of the encapsulation in a liquid-tight and gas-tight manner, with the feedthrough being electrically insulated from the encapsulation. At least one connector pin is provided on an RF circuit board, which is resiliently mounted on the RF circuit board. The RF circuit is mounted in the encapsulation so as to cause the connector pin to resiliently engage the conductor and to electrically connect the conductor with the RF circuit board.
US08126554B2	Implantable medical device with chemical sensor and related methods In an embodiment, the invention includes an implantable medical device with a pulse generator and a chemical sensor in communication with the pulse generator, the chemical sensor configured to detect an ion concentration in a bodily fluid. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for providing cardiac arrhythmia therapy to a patient including sensing a physiological concentration of an analyte, communicating data regarding the physiological concentration of the analyte to an implanted pulse generator, and delivering therapy to the patient based in part on the physiological concentration of the ion. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for monitoring diuretic therapy. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for controlling delivery of an active agent into a human body. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
US08126540B2	Single chamber cardiac stimulator A single-chamber cardiac stimulator (10) with at least partially electrically conductive housing (12) and first detection unit (52) connected via a ventricular electrode line to at least one ventricular electrode and another electrode and configured to record ventricular cardiac activity with first electrocardiogram signal via the ventricular electrode and additional electrode, comprises a second detection unit (70), connected via the ventricular electrode line to at least one electrode of the ventricular electrode line and is connected to another electrode and configured to record a second electrocardiogram signal simultaneously with the first electrocardiogram signal via these electrodes, such that at least one of the two electrodes by means of which the second electrocardiogram signal is to be recorded is another electrode by means of which the first electrocardiogram signal is to be recorded, so that the electrocardiogram signals form ECG leads whose vectors are not equal to 0° or 180°.
US08126534B2	Medical catheter and system for inserting a catheter into a vessel The invention relates to a medical system for introducing a catheter into a blood vessel of a patient, having a computer and control unit, a means for creating a transparent general view of the position of the vessel, a catheter with a reversible inflatable balloon located in the front area, to the outside of which a stent can be fitted for implanting into the vessel, a position locating system for the catheter with position and location sensors that can determine the position and location of the catheter, the system with at least one OCT (optical coherence tomography) sensor at a catheter end for the close-up area, with at least one IVUS (intravascular ultrasound) imaging sensor at a catheter end for the remote area and the computer and control unit having image processing and image display functions for the image sensors.
US08126522B2	Antenna device and portable electronic device comprising such an antenna device An antenna device for a portable electronic device, preferably for the FM frequency range, generally includes a monopole radiating and/or radiation receiving element including a feeding portion adapted to be connected to an antenna connection point. An inductor is connectable between the antenna connection point and ground. The input of an amplifier stage is also connectable to the antenna connection point. An output of the amplifier stage is connectable to a radio circuit, all provided in the interior of the portable electronic device.
US08126517B2	Mobile telecommunications device An arrangement and technique for providing an educated indication of battery consumption for any particular mobile terminal usage type. This allows the user to be provided with an accurate indication of the battery life remaining for the current usage type and also the battery life that is remaining for any other possible use of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal preferably uses historical and/or statistical profiling for the different usage types to provide a meaningful indication of remaining battery life for at least one different usage type at any one time. In particular, the indication preferably includes a time representation that is specific to a usage type. The different usage types may include mobile television, game playing and voice calls.
US08126502B2	Channel width switching in multiple OBSS systems Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a device is capable of operating at a first bandwidth or a second bandwidth, and further capable of operating using a communication method intolerant to operation at the first bandwidth. If operation using a communication method intolerant to operation at the first bandwidth is desired, the device transmits an assertion of intolerance of operation at the first bandwidth to one or more devices on the network to cause the one or more devices on the network to switch operation at the second bandwidth.
US08126498B2	Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method A disclosed radio communication apparatus includes a precoding unit, a optimum transmit power calculation unit and a transmission unit. The optimum transmit power calculation unit receives the transmit weight related information from the precoding unit and calculates a transmit power level to optimize an objective function in accordance with an interior point method. The objective function results from addition of a barrier function adjusted with a barrier parameter to an original objective function associated with a constrained optimization problem. The original objective function includes a function of respective channel capacities for individual users derived from the transmit weight related information. The optimum transmit power calculation unit adaptively updates a logarithm of the barrier parameter and uses a gradient obtained through a high-order derivative with the logarithm of the barrier parameter to calculate the transmit power level to optimize the resulting objective function.
US08126496B2	Signaling-triggered power adjustment in a femto cell System(s) and method(s) are provided for signaling-triggered power adjustment in a femto cell. Attachment signal activity is measured and a set of derived signaling activity metrics are assessed and compared with a set of thresholds. An activity metric that overcomes an associated threshold results in a power adjustment of the transmission power of a femto access point (AP). By monitoring LAU (location area update), RAU (routing area update), and call activity, signaling activity metrics (e.g., signaling failure rate, access control rejection rate, or dwell time) are determined and a femto AP can optimize transmission power to ensure coverage maintenance and confinement, as well as mitigate unnecessary signaling. Alarm(s) can be conveyed to a femto network platform when power increases after an adjustment cycle; alarm(s) can prompt a network-based response to actively address femto cell operation. Signaling-triggered power management affects operation of AP serving the femto cell and served mobile terminals.
US08126488B2	Wireless communication system and related methods A method of operating a wireless mesh network comprises generating a pseudorandom sequence element in a transmitting device and a receiving device of the network using information shared by the transmitting and receiving devices. The pseudorandom sequence element is then used to calculate a communication channel/timeslot assignment for communication between the transmitting wireless device and the receiving wireless device.
US08126487B2	Network access method in mobile communication system and terminal supporting the same A method for transmitting multiple antenna related information such as a multiple antenna receiver type and/or feedback overhead information to a base station and a terminal for supporting the same are disclosed. Since a size of feedback information is varied depending on the receiver type, it is necessary to properly allocate feedback channel resources suitable for characteristics of a receiving side. To this end, the multiple antenna related information is previously reported to the base station when the terminal initially accesses a network.
US08126478B2	System and method of using location based systems for providing services A location based system is provided for providing messages to a user and, in particular, to a location based advertising system using multiple geo-boundaries and which is configured to provide advertisements to a user and to track the effectiveness of such advertisements. The method includes defining a zone with a plurality of geo-boundaries and detecting when a mobile user has crossed a first boundary of the plurality of geo-boundaries and a second boundary of the plurality of geo-boundaries. The method further includes sending a message to the mobile user upon the determining that the mobile user has crossed the first boundary.
US08126470B2	Topology and route discovery and management for relay networks Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to route discovery and management in relay networks. In an example embodiment, a first message may be received at a first network station in a wireless network. It may be determined whether the received first message includes an identifier of a second network station indicating an attachment of a network node to the second network station. The received first message may be modified to include an identifier of the first network station indicating an attachment of the network node to the first network station if it is determined that the received message does not include the identifier of the second network station. The received first message may be forwarded to a third network station. Various techniques may also be provided for updating and managing a network topology, e.g., for discovering, updating, and selecting communication paths for network traffic.
US08126468B2	Apparatus, system and method for priority call management In response to detecting a call attempt for a priority call on the originating wireless network by an initiating access terminal, at least one active call having a priority level less than the priority call is transferred to an alternate technology wireless network. If a call attempt is placed when a transfer threshold has been exceeded, candidate transferring terminals are identified based on multi-mode capabilities and network conditions. One or more of the candidate transferring terminals engaged in calls that have a priority level less than the priority call are transferred from the originating wireless network to the alternate technology wireless network when the transfer threshold is exceeded.
US08126466B2	System and method for relocating a foreign agent for an idle mode mobile station in a proxy mobile internet protocol enabled access service network Embodiments of a wireless access network and methods for relocating a foreign agent (FA) for an idle mode mobile station (MS) in a proxy mobile internet protocol (PMIP) enabled access service network (ASN) are described herein. In some embodiments, the relocation of the FA is triggered by either an anchor paging controller or a paging controller of a target ASN when the idle mode mobile stations moves across ASNs.
US08126458B2	User plane location based service using message tunneling to support roaming An improved User Plane location based service (LBS) architecture and message flow, enabling seamless User Plane location based services even when a mobile or wireless device has roamed among different carrier networks. The present invention overcomes constraints inherent in the current protocol for roaming support defined by the Secure User Plane Location Service specification. A location system is enabled to automatically fall back to a message tunneling mechanism to ensure the security of a communication path between the location service system and the target wireless device, ensuring that the communication path is uninterrupted as the wireless device travels.
US08126456B2	Mobile communication device monitoring systems and methods Systems and methods are directed to monitoring the communications to and from a mobile communication device in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention. For example in accordance with an embodiment, each of the data services on a mobile communication device may be monitored against rules stored in a central data center repository. The data services may include all forms of communications between the mobile communication device and a third party along with changes to application or data within the mobile communication device. An alert may be provided to an administrator when unauthorized data service activity and/or a message may be sent to the mobile communication device to prevent the unauthorized data service activity.
US08126452B2	Systems and methods for self-calibrating transceivers Techniques for self-calibration of transceivers are described herein.
US08126447B2	Combined bluetooth/alternate radio environment with criterion for reporting a condition of the alternate radio defined in a physical abstraction layer associated with the alternate radio In a combined Bluetooth/alternate radio environment, an intermediate level software layer interprets operational conditions of a Bluetooth radio for an upper level, supervisory software layer. The intermediate level software layer also interfaces between the upper level software layer and a lower level software layer that interfaces to the alternate radio. The lower level software layer defines therein a criterion for reporting a condition of the alternate radio to the upper level software layer.
US08126444B2	Communication system and method for executing application program that specifies no communication parameter In a TCP/UDP communication system, a communication process begins with a receipt of a communication request from an application program that does not specify a predetermined communication parameter such as source port number. A port number is dynamically assigned to the communication request. The communication process is then suspended and communication control data associated with the application program is supplemented with the assigned source port number to generate supplemented communication control data. The communication process is then resumed to establish communication over a communications network, and the established communication is controlled according to the supplemented communication control data.
US08126442B2	RF to IP bridge system and method of use A two component highly portable and lightweight system for extending the transmission capabilities of Land Mobile Radio systems into areas lacking coverage due to structures, depth below the earth's surface, or varying terrain or other dead zones lacking coverage. The system utilizes the Radio over IP protocol to transfer two-way audio from one radio to another radio for re-broadcast inside a dead zone over a 900 MHz Ethernet-based point-to-point wireless link. The novel system includes RF to TCP/IP conversion and digital data transmission followed by a TCP/IP conversion to RF radio link and provides components and a method for bridging RF radio into dead zones.
US08126441B2	Method of establishing a cell phone network of participants with a common interest A method, a combined cellular, PDA communication device and system having specialized software applications for allowing a plurality of combined cellular phone/PDA device users to monitor each others' locations and status, to initiate cellular phone calls by touching a symbol on the touch screen display with a stylus which can also include point to call conferencing calling. Each participant's cellular phone/PDA device includes a GPS navigation receiver with application software for point to call cellular phone initiation to participants and geographical entities including vehicles, persons or events, conference calls and video transfers. The method, device and system also includes several features that allow each individual cell phone to poll the network participants to create a network of participants who have symbols displayed on each user's PDA display screen and providing application software in each cell phone with a server to allow individual users to create, by polling the network, a group of network participants having a common interest, or a network of friends and family for a network of all active participants. The method, device and system employed herein can also be used to establish an anonymous dating service that allows individual participants using their cell phones to identify and contact others for dating or social interaction without giving away their actual name and phone number.
US08126437B1	Ubiquitous voice messaging Methods and apparatus for providing ubiquitous and configurable communications between users is provided. Ubiquity and other features are provided using a common identifier linking two or more users. In one embodiment, a common identifier is automatically provided when call forwarding is directed to a designated phone number. In another embodiment, a user can cause a common identifier to be created linking the user with a user of their choice by sending an SMS text message to a designated address. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
US08126423B2	E911 location reporting without PSAP support A wireless communications device and network having the ability to detect when a call session with a public service access point (PSAP) has not transferred location information for the wireless device to the PSAP. In on embodiment, the detection means includes a location request timer (LRT), which is started when the emergency call is initiated. If the LRT expires before a request for location information is received by the wireless communications device, the wireless device concludes that the PSAP does not have the location information. In another embodiment the wireless network determines the PSAP does not have location information without a timer. The location information is then presented to a caller on the wireless device, which allows the caller of the wireless device to relay the information to a human PSAP operator. The location information may also be provided to a human PSAP operator in a automated manner.
US08126417B2	Data processing device with beam steering and/or forming antennas A data processing device for processing signals received via a wireless link. The data processing device including a first beam steering and/or forming antenna arranged on the data processing device that receives data via the wireless link, a second beam steering and/or forming antenna arranged on the data processing device perpendicular to the first beam steering and/or forming antenna, the second beam steering and/or forming antenna receiving data via the wireless link. The data processing device also includes a processor that processes signals received by the first and second beam steering and/or forming antennas.
US08126415B2	Method and system for clock synchronization in a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver Aspects of a method and system for clock synchronization in a GNSS receiver are provided. In this regard, generation of a clock signal in a GNSS receiver may be disabled during a first time interval and enabled during a second time interval, wherein a counter utilized to generate the clock signal may be initialized to a known value during the first time interval via a reset signal synchronized to a reference signal. The reference signal may be generated by a temperature compensated crystal oscillator. Additionally, a counter may be incremented on each active edge of the reference signal that occurs during the first time interval and the value stored in the timer may be utilized to correct time in the GNSS receiver after the first time interval. In this regard, the value stored in the timer may be added to the time at which the first interval began.
US08126412B2	Ultra low power RF link A receiver including a processor. A plurality of Fast Fourier Transforms of a plurality of signal segments of a signal can be determined by the processor. The plurality of Fast Fourier Transforms are stored. A frequency shift of the signal can be determined recursively based on the stored plurality of Fast Fourier Transforms of the plurality of signal segments.
US08126410B2	Miniature sub-resonant multi-band VHF-UHF antenna A novel antenna system for receiving transmissions in the VHF and UHF frequency bands particularly suitable as a miniaturized antenna for UHF reception, such as of digital video broadcasting transmissions. The antenna system utilizes a combination of three techniques including (1) the use of dialect loading using a high dielectric constant ceramic substrate; (2) an antenna dielectrically loaded and tuned to a significantly higher frequency than desired; and (3) use of a tuning circuit to compensate for the frequency offset of the antenna thereby shifting the resonant frequency to cover the entire band. The antenna is intentionally designed to be too small to radiate at the frequency of interest. The antenna element is then ‘forced’ to be tuned to the desired lower frequency using passive (or active) reactive components as part of a tuning circuit. Multi-band operation is achieved by providing a bypass switch to connect the antenna element either to (1) a first receiver without the tuning circuit (i.e. high frequency tuning) or (2) a second receiver with the tuning circuit (i.e. low frequency tuning).
US08126409B2	Adaptive delay alignment in polar transmitters A polar transmitter includes a power amplifier (PA), an amplitude modulation (AM) path including an AM path adjustable delay, an AM path delay measurement circuit, a phase modulation (PM) path including a PM path adjustable delay, and a PM path delay measurement circuit. The AM path delay measurement circuit is configured to measure an AM path delay using waveform correlation, e.g., using peak magnitude events (PMEs) in signals transmitted along the AM path to a power supply port of the PA. The PM path delay measurement circuit is configured to measure a PM path delay using waveform correlation, e.g., using PMEs in signals transmitted along the PM path to a phase-modulated input of the PA. The measured AM and PM path delays are used to adjust the AM and PM path adjustable delays, to reduce the delay mismatch between signals appearing at the power supply and phase-modulated input ports of the polar transmitter's PA.
US08126404B2	Method and device for evaluating the energy level of a radio signal To evaluate an energy level of a signal received through a radio interface between radiocommunication stations, successive measurement samples depending on the energy of the signal are obtained, and an average of said samples is calculated, to evaluate the energy level. The calculation of the average of the samples is performed with an averaging duration depending on a service to which the received signal pertains.
US08126399B1	Method and apparatus for improved automatic bluetooth device identification for data exchange Provided are a method and an apparatus for searching neighboring Bluetooth devices through a portable terminal having a Bluetooth module. The inventive method addresses neighboring Bluetooth devices by establishing fixed device name and variable controller serial number, or other unique identifier.
US08126387B2	Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus A fluctuation detecting unit detects a fluctuation of an endless belt generated when a sheet is brought into contact with a predetermined position of the endless belt at an upstream side in a conveying direction from a nip portion based on fluctuation information acquired by a fluctuation information acquiring unit. An entry timing estimating unit estimates entry timing of the sheet into the nip portion based on a detection of the fluctuation. A correction control unit corrects a speed fluctuation of the endless belt generated when the sheet enters the nip portion by performing a feedforward control of a first driving unit based on the entry timing.
US08126379B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a developing device which is capable of suppressing the generation of a fogging phenomenon and deposition of carrier particles to an electrostatic latent image carrier and developing the electrostatic latent image efficiently, the device includes a development sleeve and a magnet body onto which the sleeve is fitted, and using a two-component developer. An angular position which indicates the peak value of the magnetic flux density in the normal direction produced by a development pole of the magnet body is shifted downstream from the center position of the development pole in the direction of movement of the surface of a photosensitive member in a development region. The present invention also provides an image forming apparatus which can form high-quality images with reduced noise such as fogging by mounting the developing device.
US08126372B2	Developer storage case and image forming apparatus A developer storage case includes: a storage case that includes: a developer storage space that stores a developer therein; and a discharge opening that discharges the developer stored in the developer storage space, the storage case defining an opening through which a developer passes into the developer storage space; a delivery member including: a rotation shaft that has one end supported on the storage case; and a main body that is supported on the rotation shaft, and that is disposed in contact with the wall surface of the developer storage space while being flexed, the delivery member delivering the developer stored in the developer storage space to the discharge opening; and an opening closing member that is removably supported on the storage case, and that closes the opening and supporting the other end of the rotation shaft.
US08126370B2	Developing unit and image forming apparatus having the same Disclosed are a developing unit, in which a developing agent storing part is closed by an agitating member, and an image forming apparatus having the same. The developing unit includes a developing agent storing part to store a developing agent, a developing part connected to the developing agent storing part, and an agitating member rotatably provided in a channel between the developing agent storing part and the developing part to transfer the developing agent stored in the developing agent storing part to the developing part, wherein the channel is closed by the agitating member.
US08126369B2	Image forming apparatus and process cartridge The invention provides an image forming apparatus, comprising: an electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, and a cleaning unit; the electrophotographic photoreceptor having an outermost layer containing a charge transporting material and at least one curable resin selected from the group consisting of a phenol resin, an epoxy resin and a melamine resin, and the toner having an ammonium ion concentration as determined by ion chromatography of from about 50 ppm to about 300 ppm.
US08126365B2	Belt rotating apparatus and recording apparatus A belt rotating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a circular belt; plural rollers about which the belt is entrained, the plural rollers including a drive roller which rotates the belt and an inclination change roller which can change an inclination thereof; a belt side edge sensor which measures a position of a belt side edge in a belt width direction of the belt; and a cutter which can trim the belt side edge.
US08126362B2	System and method for measuring media thickness with a transfer subsystem in a printer A printer and method have been developed that enable a controller in a printer to compute a thickness of an image substrate. The printer includes an intermediate imaging member, a transfer roller located proximate to the intermediate imaging member, a displaceable linkage coupled to the transfer roller to move the transfer roller from a first position to a position in which the transfer roller forms a transfer nip with the intermediate imaging member and to return the transfer roller to the start position, and a controller coupled to the displaceable linkage, the controller being configured to measure movement of the transfer roller from the first position to the position where the transfer nip is formed, and to compute a media thickness from a measured movement of the transfer roller from the first position to the position where the transfer nip is formed with the intermediate imaging member without an image substrate being in the transfer nip and a measured movement of the transfer roller from the first position to the position where the transfer nip is formed with an image substrate in the transfer nip between the transfer roller and the intermediate imaging member.
US08126361B2	Image forming apparatus with combined belt unit and sheet guide member A laser printer has an opening formed at its front surface side and a front cover for opening and closing the opening. A belt unit is attachably and detachably provided with respect to a body casing via the opening in a state where the front cover is opened. A guide member for guiding a sheet of paper is provided at the front of the belt unit. The belt unit is combined with the guide member, which is provided to be attachable and detachable with respect to the body casing.
US08126359B2	Use of xerographic images and a full-width array sensor for multiple control system sensing A method for monitoring an image printing system that prints color images on an image bearing surface movable in a process direction is provided. The method includes placing marking material to form a row comprising a plurality of registration marks on the image bearing surface, wherein each row of registration marks extends along a cross-process direction transverse to the process direction; detecting a position of each registration mark using a linear array sensor extending in the cross-process direction, wherein the position of each registration mark is detected in both the process and cross-process direction; determining a process direction misregistration between the registration marks of each row in the process direction and cross-process direction misregistration between registration marks from each of the rows.
US08126353B2	Developing device, memory unit thereof, and image forming apparatus A developing device to prevent damage of a memory unit and poor connection between terminals of the memory unit and a main body of an image forming apparatus, by improving a mounting position of the memory unit. The developing device is removably mounted to a main body of the image forming apparatus. The memory unit includes terminals exposed through a rear side of the developing device. The memory unit is disposed closer to a power reception unit formed at one side of the developing device than to a driving force reception unit formed at an other side of the developing device.
US08126350B2	Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and job processing method for the same An information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire configuration information for each of a plurality of paper feed units including type and number of sheets of paper capable of storage in each paper feed unit, a generation unit configured to, based on type and number sheets of paper required to be used for an externally acquired print job and the configuration information acquired by the acquisition unit, generate paper allocation information for associating a paper feed unit with type and number of sheets of paper to be stored in the paper feed unit so as to reduce replacement of paper, an addition unit configured to add the paper allocation information generated by the generation unit to the print job, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the print job with the paper allocation information added by the addition unit to the image forming apparatus.
US08126345B2	Image forming device An image-forming device can include an image acquiring unit that acquires image data, an image forming unit that forms an image based on the image data, a determining unit that determines whether the image data includes a part having density greater than or equal to a prescribed density, and a controller. The image forming unit can include a developing roller, a supply roller for supplying developer to the developing roller, and a bias applying unit that applies first and second voltages between the developing roller and the supply roller in first and second modes, respectively. The controller can control the bias applying unit to apply one of the first and second voltages when the determining unit determines whether the image data includes the part having density greater than or equal to a prescribed density.
US08126339B2	Image forming apparatus, intermediate transfer belt drive control method, computer program, and recording medium An image forming apparatus includes a primary transfer unit, a secondary transfer unit, a belt drive unit, and a swingable assembly. The primary transfer unit primary transfers an image from an image carrying member to an intermediate transfer belt. The secondary transfer unit secondary transfers the image, primary-transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt, from the intermediate transfer belt to a recording medium. The belt drive unit drives the intermediate transfer belt. The swingable assembly alternately abuts the secondary transfer unit to the intermediate transfer belt and separates the secondary transfer unit from the intermediate transfer belt. When the image forming apparatus is determined to be shifted to an extended stop mode, the belt drive unit moves the intermediate transfer belt for a given distance in a transport direction of the intermediate transfer belt and the swingable assembly separates the secondary transfer unit from the intermediate transfer belt.
US08126334B2	Method for detecting a signal on a passive optical network A transceiver assembly is provided for use in an optical telecommunications network. The circuitry arrangement in the transceiver of the present invention generates a ranging signal that is transmitted along the fibers attached thereto and then filters the return signal in an manner that eliminates virtually all of the noise effects found on the fiber to provide a highly reliable timing signal for an accurate delay calculation. A band pass filter is supplied in line before the input signal is allowed to pass to the ranging signal detector and comparator thereby allowing only a signal at the fundamental frequency of the input signal to pass, thereby eliminating false signal detect triggers.
US08126322B2	Interchangeable lens, camera body, and camera system An interchangeable lens has a zoom lens, a zoom driver operable to drive the zoom lens along an optical axis, a focus lens, a focus driver operable to drive the focus lens along the optical axis, and a storage unit operable to store link information which links position information indicating a position of the zoom lens on the optical axis with information about a variation in magnification caused by the focus lens advancing and retreating on the optical axis with the zoom lens located at the position indicated by the position information.
US08126319B2	Radiant oven with stored energy devices and radiant lamps An oven is configured with a cooking cavity for receiving a cooking load, a circuit for current supplied by one or more stored energy devices such as rechargeable batteries, and a heater comprising one or more radiant lamps to be driven by the current, the one or more radiant lamps being sized and positioned for heating the cooking load. The lamps are driven by current discharged from the batteries to radiantly heat a cooking load. An application of this stove configuration is in a toaster which is capable of toasting slices of bread in a matter of seconds.
US08126318B2	Recording device, system, integrated circuit, program, and recording method A system, which minimizes a time delay caused by one device being unable to access a recording medium until access by another device ends, when transcoding is performed by distributed processing, includes a main device transcoding each coded piece allocated to itself from among a plurality of coded pieces of a digital stream, and writing a transcoding result onto the recording medium, in a pipeline. While the recording device is performing the transcoding and the writing, an auxiliary device transcodes each coded piece allocated to itself one by one. Having completed the transcoding of all coded pieces allocated to itself, the auxiliary device transmits its transcoding results to the recording device and has the recording device write the transcoding results onto the recording medium which is a copy destination.
US08126314B2	Timer reservation device and information recording apparatus A timer reservation device can enter a number greater than 24 as hours of time when the timer reservation is performed, and as to the recording reservation in a DVD recorder, “Dec. 16 (Thursday)”, for example, is entered as record start date, “25:00” is entered as record start time, and “27:00” is entered as record end time, so that the recording reservation from one o'clock to three o'clock after midnight on Dec. 17 (Friday) can be performed.
US08126311B2	Recording medium, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus A recording medium is provided recorded with a plurality of digital data and a plurality of reproduction path information defining a reproduction order of the plurality of digital data. The plurality of reproduction path information includes first reproduction path information defining a reproduction order of all of the plurality of digital data recorded on the recording medium and the second reproduction path information defining at least one reproduction order of at least one of the plurality of digital data recorded on the recording medium. The first reproduction path information comprising management information including first index information and further management information for all of the plurality of digital data. The second reproduction path information comprising second index information for accessing, from the first reproduction path information, the further management information for the at least one digital data according to a match of the first and second index information.
US08126299B2	Production of optical pulses at a desired wavelength utilizing higher-order-mode (HOM) fiber An apparatus and method for producing optical pulses of a desired wavelength utilizes a section of higher-order-mode (HOM) fiber to receive input optical pulses at a first wavelength, and thereafter produce output optical pulses at the desired wavelength through soliton self-frequency shifting (SSFS) or Cherenkov radiation. The HOM fiber is configured to exhibit a large positive dispersion and effective area at wavelengths less than 1300 nm.
US08126294B2	Video structuring device A video structuring device includes: character string extraction means for determining whether or not a character string is present in a frame image, and if it determines that a character string is present, generating character string position information for the character string present in a character string present frame image in which the character string is present, and outputting the character string position information, frame identifying information for identifying the character string present frame image, and the character string present frame image; video information storage means for storing frame identifying information, character string present frame image and character string position information in an index file all associated with one another; and structure information presentation means for associating character string display in the form of an image which is produced by cutting an area where the character string is present based on the character string present frame image and character string position information stored in the index file and displaying them on display means.
US08126290B2	Method, apparatus and system for color component registration A method, apparatus and system for image processing include a registration device configured to register component images for at least a block of an image to form a registered image. A quality control device is configured to receive the registered image, examine the registered image, and modify portions of the registered image to improve the alignment of the registered image. In one embodiment of the present invention, the quality control device includes user controls to perform quality control functions including communicating a command to the registration device to re-register an image modified by the quality control device. The user controls may include a control panel configured specifically for making the quality improvement changes required.
US08126282B2	Image encoding apparatus and image decoding apparatus Provided are an image encoding apparatus and an image decoding apparatus. The image encoding apparatus includes a compression unit compressing a reference image by reducing a resolution of the reference image in a resolution adjustment mode determined from among at least two resolution adjustment modes according to a distribution of values of pixels of the reference image, and providing the compressed reference image to a memory, a reconstruction unit reconstructing the reference image by increasing a resolution of the compressed reference image stored in the memory to an original resolution, a predictive encoding unit performing predictive encoding on a current image by using the reconstructed reference image, and a predictive decoding unit generating the reference image by performing decoding on the predictive encoded current image, and providing the generated reference image to the compression unit.
US08126281B2	Image processing apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for generating motion compensation images An image processing apparatus for generating a motion compensation image. The image processing apparatus includes: a pixel-relative-position calculation section calculating a relative position between a pixel position of a pixel constituting the motion compensation image and a pixel position of a reference pixel of a reference image to be used for calculating a pixel value of the pixel on the basis of motion vector information; a relative-position quantization section performing quantization processing of relative-position information calculated by the pixel-relative-position calculation section and generating quantized-relative-position information; and a motion-compensation-image generation section generating a motion compensation image by calculating a pixel value of a constituent pixel of the motion compensation image on the basis of the quantized-relative-position information and a pixel value of the reference pixel.
US08126280B2	Enhanced decompression of compressed data Enhanced decompression of compressed images, in which a decompressed image with a target resolution is assembled using an iteratively decompressed and downscaled quantity of scanlines of a compressed image, the quantity of scanlines correlating to a downscaling factor determined based on an original resolution of the compressed image and the target resolution.
US08126278B2	Image processing method using a crest line diagram as a basis The invention discloses an image processing method. The image processing method utilizes the relatively low point and the relatively high point of the luminance of the pixels in the frame to generate the crest lines. Then, various image processing are performed according to the state of the crest line.
US08126276B2	Business method for selectable semantic codec pairs for very low data-rate video transmission A business method for using computer image processing for selectable task-based digital video compression is described. The method is intended to reduce travel of experts and let these experts direct field agents in performing tasks remotely. The tasks to be performed in the remote field can be monitoring, manipulating, and navigating. A field agent performs the manipulation and navigation operations, this agent can be a human being or a robot. The task-based compression algorithms use computer vision techniques to extract the bare minimum amount of information from the remote field scenery to allow the task to be performed. High frame rate photo-realistic reconstruction of the remote scene is not generally necessary.
US08126258B2	Method of detecting defects in patterns on semiconductor substrate by comparing second image with reference image after acquiring second image from first image and apparatus for performing the same In a method of detecting defects in patterns and an apparatus for performing the method, a first image of a detection region on a semiconductor substrate may be acquired. A second image may be acquired from the first image by performing a Fourier transform and performing a low pass filtering. The second image may be compared with a reference image so that the defects of the detection region are detected. Existence of the defect of the second image is determined using a relation value between a grey level of each of pixels of the second image and the reference image, respectively. When a defect exists, the horizontal and the vertical positions of the pixel where the relation value is minimum are combined to determine the position of the defect.
US08126255B2	Systems and methods for creating persistent data for a wafer and for using persistent data for inspection-related functions Various systems and methods for creating persistent data for a wafer and using persistent data for inspection-related functions are provided. One system includes a set of processor nodes coupled to a detector of an inspection system. Each of the processor nodes is configured to receive a portion of image data generated by the detector during scanning of a wafer. The system also includes an array of storage media separately coupled to each of the processor nodes. The processor nodes are configured to send all of the image data or a selected portion of the image data received by the processor nodes to the arrays of storage media such that all of the image data or the selected portion of the image data generated by the detector during the scanning of the wafer is stored in the arrays of the storage media.
US08126250B2	Image acquiring apparatus, image acquiring method, and image acquiring program A semi-automatic mode according to which an operator makes a necessary confirmation when an image pickup condition for a micro image is set with reference to a macro image is provided in controlling the acquisition of the macro image, the setting of the image pickup condition, and the acquisition of the micro image with respect to each of a plurality of samples S stored in a sample storage unit 11, and in the semi-automatic mode, the sample S whose macro image has been acquired by a macro image acquiring unit 20 is placed at a standby position without being moved directly to an image acquiring position for a micro image acquiring unit 30. According to this structure, image acquisition with respect to each of the samples S can be efficiently performed, and an operational burden imposed on the operator is reduced. Accordingly, it becomes possible to realize an image acquiring apparatus, an image acquiring method, and an image acquiring program each of which is capable of performing image acquisition with respect to each of the samples with high efficiency.
US08126248B2	Procedures for the presentation of medical images The invention relates to a method for presentation of medical images by a reproduction facility of a diagnostic device with suppression of the noise with the following steps: one-off calibration of the signal-dependent noise; separation of the signal and noise components in the image; adaptation of the two components according to set parameters; and composition of the signals.
US08126246B2	Systems and methods for measuring surface shape A system for determining a surface shape of a test object includes a pattern having a plurality of first elements dispose about a central axis and defining an aperture containing the central axis. The first elements includes a plurality of common elements having a common form and a reference element having a reference form that is different than the common form. The system further comprises a detector array and an optical system. The optical system is adapted to provide an image of the first elements when light reflects off a surface of a test object, passes through the aperture, and is received by the detector array. The reference form may be configured to facilitate an association between the common elements and the spot images of the common elements.
US08126244B2	User interface for polyp annotation, segmentation, and measurement in 3D computed tomography colonography A method and system for providing a user interface for polyp annotation, segmentation, and measurement in computer tomography colonography (CTC) volumes is disclosed. The interface receives an initial polyp position in a CTC volume, and automatically segments the polyp based on the initial polyp position. In order to segment the polyp, a polyp tip is detected in the CTC volume using a trained 3D point detector. A local polar coordinate system is then fit to the colon surface in the CTC volume with the origin at the detected polyp tip. Polyp interior voxels and polyp exterior voxels are detected along each axis of the local polar coordinate system using a trained 3D box. A boundary voxel is detected on each axis of the local polar coordinate system based on the detected polyp interior voxels and polyp exterior voxels by boosted 1D curve parsing using a trained classifier. This results in a segmented polyp boundary. The segmented polyp is displayed in the user interface, and a user can modify the segmented polyp boundary using the interface. The interface can measure the size of the segmented polyp in three dimensions. The user can also use the interface for polyp annotation in CTC volumes.
US08126242B2	Computer program products and methods for detection and tracking of rheumatoid arthritis Methods for producing an image indicative of arthritic symptomatology are provided. The methods during a model building phase create a constrained deformable statistical template. The methods then during a runtime phase fit a plurality of loci in a digitized target radiograph of the specified joint; parameterize positions of the plurality of loci fitted in the digitized target radiograph to generate an instance of the statistical template by deriving values for parameters of the digitized target radiograph from the statistical template; search the digitized target radiograph by applying the statistical template to the digitized target radiograph until an optimal fit of the statistical template to at least one region of the digitized target radiograph is found; and produce a comparison image by comparing the at least one region of the digitized target radiograph with the optimal fit of the statistical template.
US08126237B2	Magnetic resonance imaging and correcting device An image data correcting device has a movement information acquiring section, a correcting section and a synthesizing section. The movement information acquiring section acquires movement information showing a spatial distribution of the magnitude of a movement in the real space of an image pickup part of a detected body. The correcting section makes a correction different from that of a second area in a first area of image data collected by a scan of magnetic resonance imaging on the basis of the movement information. The synthesizing section synthesizes respective image data of the first area and the second area corrected by the correcting section.
US08126228B2	Determining efficacy of therapeutic intervention in neurosychiatric disease A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for determining the efficacy of neuropsychiatric therapy is provided. A neuroimage mapping manager automatically compares a first set of regions of interest in a first set of scans taken at a first time to a second set of regions of interest in a second set of scans generated at a second time and identifies a set of changes in the regions of interest occurring over time. The neuroimage mapping manager searches a set of electronic medical literature sources for medical literature relevant to the set of changes in the regions of interest and identifies portions of the relevant medical literature associated with the set of changes in the regions of interest. The neuroimage mapping manager generates results comprising the set of changes in the regions of interest and a set of links to the portions of the relevant medical literature.
US08126222B2	Method, digital storage medium, and image data processing and visualization systems for coloring of voxels, which are selected via a maximum intensity projection-type technique using at least one color coordinate of a color continuum as intensity A method for coloring of voxel and image data processing and visualization system That consists of providing an intensity function for each one of the voxels, and mapping of each one of the intensity functions to at least first and second color coordinates of a color continuum to provide a color for each one of the voxels.
US08126215B2	Registration and collation of a rolled finger blood vessel image Apparatus, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for extracting biometric identification information useful for biometric authentication are disclosed. Biometric identification is accomplished by extracting binary biometric data from video signals of characteristics images of a subject of biometric identification such as a finger at sequentially different image pickup positions in response to a relative movement of an image pickup element and the subject of biometric identification at a predetermined biological site.
US08126214B2	Process and apparatus for annotating electronic map data The invention relates to a method and a device for annotating electronic background maps adapted in particular to navigation aid systems for vehicles. Projection parameters and geodesic parameters are associated with the said background map. Display references are associated with the display of at least part of the said background map. After at least one annotation has been acquired, it is displayed on the said background map. The said at least one annotation is then transformed to at least one vectorial object characterized by at least one point having geometric coordinates defined in the display system of the said at least one annotation and of the said background map. The said geometric coordinates of the said at least one point of the said at least one vectorial object are then converted to geographic coordinates according to the said projection parameters and the said geodesic parameters associated with the said background map and according to the said display references.
US08126213B2	Method and system for wholesomeness inspection of freshly slaughtered chickens on a processing line An imaging system containing an electron-multiplying charge-coupled device detector and line-scan spectrograph is used for identifying wholesome and unwholesome freshly slaughtered chicken carcasses on high-speed commercial chicken processing lines. Multispectral imaging algorithms allow for real-time online identification of wholesome and unwholesome chicken carcasses.
US08126189B2	Multi-directional flat speaker device A multi-directional flat speaker device is disclosed. By the directional characteristics of a plurality of flat speakers of the flat speaker device, accompanying with mechanism to actuate each of the plurality of flat speakers independently rotating to its desired direction, a composite sound field is generated as desired accordingly. The design makes the applications of the flat speaker device more suitable to meet the requirement of future utilizations. The mechanism to actuate the plurality of flat speakers can be achieved by controlling one or more of the flat speakers to rotate in a unique manner. The mechanism can control a facing angle of any one of the plurality of flat speakers independently. The mechanism can be designed by mechanical or electrical controlling manner.
US08126186B2	Display A display includes a frame-shaped front housing for fixing a display portion so as to expose the display portion, a speaker and a speaker mounting portion for mounting to be capable of outputting a sound downward and forward in a state where the speaker is inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to a front surface of the front housing, integrally formed in the vicinity of a lower end of a back surface of the front housing.
US08126184B2	Articulated speaker rigging system and method The invention involves a system and method for securing one or more loudspeakers to an overhead structure. The system includes up to six axes about which the speaker(s) can be rotated and/or traversed to provide the desired pan, tilt and rotational splay angle to the speaker.
US08126177B2	Modular charger for hearing aid A battery charger for a hearing aid includes a housing that defines at least one socket for receiving any one of a plurality of adapters. Each adapter closely fits and at least partially contains one hearing aid to hold the hearing aid in place during charging. The hearing aid includes a plurality of electrical contacts in a pattern and the adapter defines a plurality of apertures in the same pattern. Resilient contacts in the charger extend through the apertures in the adapter to contact the hearing aid.
US08126174B2	Hearing device with a multi-stage activation circuit and method for operating it In one aspect, a hearing device is provided with a multi-stage activation circuit including a primary activation unit, an evaluation unit and a main activation unit. The primary activation unit monitors a sound-induced input level and forwards incoming signals to the evaluation unit when a threshold value of the input level is exceeded. The evaluation unit is activated when the threshold value is exceeded and determines a feature of incoming signals suitable for identifying and/or classifying a sound causing the incoming signals. The main activation unit is activated, for example, when the feature determined by the evaluation unit indicates a noise that should be perceptible to the wearer of the hearing device. The main activation unit activates further components of the hearing device including the signal processing and amplification circuit and the output unit.
US08126169B2	Super magnetostriction speaker A supermagnetostriction speaker featuring good acoustic characteristics when used being placed on a horizontal surface. The supermagnetostriction speaker comprises a yoke of a cylindrical shape having a bottom and a lid and constituting a magnetic path; a supermagnetostriction element which is fixed at its one end to the lid of the yoke, has the other end which is a free end, and is arranged in the direction of cylinder of the yoke to generate displacement depending upon a variation in the magnetic field; a coil arranged to surround the supermagnetostriction element in the yoke and generates a magnetic field in response to signals fed from an external unit; a vibration rod having a flange at an intermediate portion thereof and is so arranged that the one end thereof comes in contact with the free end of the supermagnetostriction element and that the other end thereof penetrating through the center hole in the bottom of the yoke transmits the displacement of the supermagnetostriction element to an external body; a rubbery elastic body arranged being held between the flange of the vibration rod and the bottom of the yoke; and a body portion exerting a load on the supermagnetostriction element via the yoke in a state where the other end of the vibration rod is placed on the external body in a manner that the supermagnetostriction speaker stands by itself, so that the displacement of the supermagnetostriction element is effectively transmitted to the external body due to the mass.
US08126167B2	Condenser microphone The present invention provides a condenser microphone, in which, with a simple manufacturing process, vibration characteristics of a diaphragm are improved, and a parasitic capacitance occurring between the diaphragm and a back plate is reduced, thus improving sensitivity. Specifically, the diaphragm having a gear-like shape including a center portion and a plurality of arms and the back plate having a gear-like shape including a center portion and a plurality of arms are positioned opposite to each other above a substrate, wherein the arms of the diaphragm and the arms of the back plate are not positioned opposite to each other. Alternatively, it is possible to independently support the diaphragm and the back plate above the substrate. Furthermore, it is possible to support the back plate above the substrate by means of a plurality of supports inserted into a plurality of holes formed in the center portion of the diaphragm.
US08126164B2	Digital compensation of analog volume control gain in a digital audio amplifier A digital audio system including a combination of analog and digital volume control is disclosed. A variable power supply voltage biases a power amplifier for each channel, and applies a bias voltage corresponding to an analog volume control signal. In one disclosed embodiment, digital gain control circuitry compares the bias voltage with the level expected for the analog volume control signal; if the bias voltage has not dropped in response to a reduction in the analog volume control signal, the digital gain control circuitry reduces the digital gain of the input digital audio signal, until the bias voltage responds to the reduced volume. In another disclosed embodiment, modeling or characterization of the audio system is used to derive a digital gain control signal based on the desired volume signal and the amplitude of the digital audio signal itself. In another disclosed embodiment, a slew rate limiter slows the rate of change of the control signal applied to the variable power supply, in which case the slowed control signal is used in the comparison or calculations of the reduced digital gain.
US08126141B2	Interferometric communication Embodiments of interferometric communication are disclosed.
US08126139B2	Partial encryption and full authentication of message blocks Methods and apparatus are presented for encrypting and authenticating data, wherein some data is encrypted and some data is not encrypted, but all of the data is authenticated. Masking modules (410) are used in a partial-block encryption mode to indicate which bits of a data block are to be encrypted.
US08126135B2	Method for managing resources in a multi-channeled customer service environment A method for managing custom relationship management (CRM) resources including communicatively linking a service router to a plurality of service resources. For each of the service resources, at least one routing criterion can be established. A multitude of service requests can be received by the service router via a multitude of communication channels. Each service request can be analyzed for request characteristics. The request characteristics can then be compared to routing criteria. Each of the service requests can be automatically routed to a selected service resource based at least in part upon the previous comparison. Values for the routing criteria can be dynamically altered based upon feedback.
US08126125B2	Methods, systems, and products for providing announcements to called numbers Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing announcements at a called number. A call is processed to the called number, and a database is queried for a name of an announcement for the call and an Internet Protocol address associated with the called number. A data message is sent to the Internet Protocol address that identifies the name of the announcement to be retrieved from memory of a device at the Internet Protocol address.
US08126114B2	Seven or more degrees of freedom robotic manipulator having at least one redundant joint A robotic treatment delivery system including a linear accelerator (LINAC), and a robotic manipulator coupled to the LINAC. The robotic manipulator is configured to move the LINAC along seven or more degrees of freedom, at least one of the seven degrees of freedom being a redundant degree of freedom.
US08126111B2	Displaying recordings in a superimposed or oriented way A method for the superimposed depiction, on at least one screen, of overlapping recordings of a region to be imaged which is recorded in at least two recording steps, wherein multiple markers are fixedly provided in the region to be imaged, such that at least two recordings can be spatially produced, offset with respect to the markers, using an x-ray apparatus, wherein the recordings are registered relative to the marker, and the image data of accordingly registered recordings is mutually oriented by means of a common imaging protocol and depicted on the at least one screen in a superimposed way.
US08126105B2	Fast reactor having reflector control system and neutron reflector thereof A fast reactor having a reflector control system is provided which decreases the change in reactivity of the reactor core with time without performing control of a reflector lifting speed and that of a water flow rate. The above fast reactor has a liquid metal coolant, a reactor core immersed therein, and a neutron reflector which is provided outside the reactor core and which is moved in a vertical direction for adjusting leakage of neutrons therefrom for controlling the reactivity of the reactor core. The neutron reflector described above is gradually moved in an upward direction with the change in reactivity caused by fuel burn-up, and at least a part of a lower region of the neutron reflector is a high reflection region having a high neutron reflection ability as compared to that of the other region. The high reflection region is located from the bottom to a place between one fourth and one half of the height of the neutron reflector from the bottom end thereof.
US08126102B2	Communication apparatus and control method A first communication apparatus receives, from a second communication apparatus, information indicating the number of relays from a first supplying apparatus to the second communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus receives, from a third communication apparatus, information indicating the number of relays from a second supplying apparatus to the third communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus transmits, to the third communication apparatus, information indicating the number of relays from the first supplying apparatus to the first communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus transmits, to the second communication apparatus, information indicating the number of relays from the second supplying apparatus to the first communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus selects the second communication apparatus, which has a smaller number of relays among the second and the third communication apparatuses. The first communication apparatus synchronizes a clock thereof with a clock of the second communication apparatus.
US08126096B2	System, apparatus, and method for multi-band OFDM systems with receiver antenna selection per sub-band The present invention provides a system (300-400), apparatus (300-400), and method for an energy-based antenna selection technique in which the antenna that observes the largest SNR averaged over all carriers per sub-band (405) is selected for space-time coded MB-OFDM systems. Due to the frequency-selective nature of the system, different sub-band may have different channel gaining effect from the multi-path channels. We can perform energy-based antenna selection per sub-band, and the simulation results show that the proposed technique works not only for MB-OFDM UWB channels with shadowing, but also for the same channel without shadowing.
US08126093B2	Method and system for process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) correction Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) correction. The method may comprise first determining an input voltage of a transistor coupled in an inphase (I) path of a receiver and an input voltage of a transistor coupled in a quadrature (Q) path of said receiver. An amplifier gain setting may be determined from a lookup table based on at least one of a plurality of parameters related to the first determining. A gain of at least one amplifier in the receiver may be adjusted based on the amplifier gain setting determined from the lookup table.
US08126090B1	Channel estimation for a WLAN through increased use of preamble A method and system for improving channel estimation in a wireless device is disclosed. Aspects of the exemplary embodiment include receiving a data packet wirelessly transmitted from a transmitter, the packet including a preamble portion and a data portion containing data, wherein the preamble portion includes at least one training field and a second field; performing a first channel estimation using the training field; and using the second field to refine the first channel estimation.
US08126086B2	System and method for in-phase/quadrature-phase (I/Q) mismatch measurement and compensation A system for determining in-phase and quadrature-phase mismatch in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) communication architecture includes at least one transmitter coupled to at least one receiver and an in-phase (I) signal, quadrature-phase (Q) signal mismatch element configured to receive and Q signal components over at least one communication channel, the I/Q signal mismatch element also configured to provide a signal representing gain imbalance, a signal representing quadrature error and a signal representing I/Q offset.
US08126079B1	High-speed serial data signal interface circuitry with multi-data-rate switching capability High-speed serial data signal transmitter and/or receiver circuitry is able to dynamically switch between handling data at two (or more) different data rates. Such a switch can be made very rapidly and with no requirement for reprogramming or reconfiguring the circuitry. Circuitry for glitchlessly switching between clock signals having different frequencies is also provided and may be used in the above-mentioned transmitter and/or receiver circuitry.
US08126074B1	Method and apparatus for equalization and decoding in a wireless communications system including plural receiver antennae A method and apparatus for processing a frequency domain digital Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol. The method includes generating an estimate of a channel for each sub-carrier of the frequency domain digital OFDM symbol; generating channel state information corresponding to each sub-carrier of the frequency domain digital OFDM symbol; and generating a plurality of demodulated symbols based, at least in part on, the estimate of the channel for each sub-carrier of the frequency domain digital Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, in which each demodulated symbol corresponding to a given sub-carrier of the frequency domain digital OFDM symbol. The method further includes performing a soft-decision decoding on each demodulated symbol to generate a corresponding soft-decision decoded symbol. The soft-decision decoding of each demodulated symbol is based, at least in part, on the channel state information corresponding to the given sub-carrier associated with the demodulated symbol.
US08126072B2	Noise variance estimation in wireless communications for diversity combining and log likelihood scaling The present patent application comprises a method and means for demodulating symbols, comprising converting an OFDM symbol from a time domain to a frequency domain, selecting pilot tones, making a soft decision based on received data, and estimating a channel frequency response. In another example, the method and means further comprises selecting guard tones. In another example, the method and means further comprises generating channel estimates for in-band and band-edge pilot tones.
US08126069B2	Re-transmission in a MIMO communication system A method for re-transmission in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system, the method comprising: performing spatial mapping of one or more retransmitted data streams and one or more newly transmitted data streams, wherein the spatial mapping comprises switching bits between the re-transmission data streams and the new transmission data streams.
US08126058B2	Power aware method and apparatus of video decoder on a multi-core platform Disclosed is a power aware method and apparatus of video decoder on a multi-core platform. The power aware apparatus comprises a power management unit, and a processor unit having an entropy decoder and a decoder. The processor unit has at least one voltage and at least one frequency. One processor of the multi-core platform performs the entropy decoding for a frame, collects the entropy decoded information, and computes the decompressing time. Based on the computed decompressing time, the processor sets up the voltage and frequency for other or all processors to reduce power consumption for video decoders.
US08126045B2	System and method for latency reduction in speculative decision feedback equalizers A decision feedback equalizer (DFE) and method include summer circuits configured to add a dynamic feedback tap to a received input to provide a sum and to add a speculative static tap to the sum. Sense amplifiers are configured to receive outputs of the summer circuits and evaluate the outputs of the summer circuits in accordance with a clock signal. A passgate multiplexer is configured to receive outputs from sense amplifiers wherein the multiplexers is clock-gated for isolation of subsequent ciruitry from the outputs of the sense amplifiers during a precharged period. A gating circuit is configured to perform gating of a selected signal output from a second circuit portion with a clock signal and to enable the isolation of the subsequent circuitry by the multiplexer during the precharge period. A regenerative buffer is coupled to the multiplexer to maintain an output of the multiplexer during the precharge period, to provide the select signal for a passgate multiplexer in the second circuit portion of the DFE and to drive the dynamic feedback tap on the first circuit portion of the DFE.
US08126031B2	Time-tracking management of demodulation elements in a receive diversity enabled rake receiver A rake receiver comprises a plurality of receive antennas and a processing system. Each receive antenna has a plurality of demodulation elements. The processing system is configured to assign a plurality of demodulation elements from a plurality of receive antennas to a multipath group, assign the multipath group to a multipath signal, and independently adjust a time delay value of each demodulation element in the multipath group to correspond to a local time delay of the multipath signal at the corresponding receive antenna.
US08126017B1	Method for address translation in telecommunication features A method for address translation in telecommunication networks that reduces the feature-interaction problems is disclosed. In one embodiment, a module in a target region of a request chain is constrained in a way such that that module cannot change a source address in a call request. In a second embodiment, a source feature module in a source region can only replace a source address with a more abstract address than the one it is replacing. In another embodiment, a target feature module in a target region can only replace a target address with a more concrete address than the one it is replacing. In yet another embodiment, a source feature module cannot transmit downstream an alternative source address more concrete than its own address. And in a final embodiment, a target feature module cannot transmit upstream an alternative target address that is more concrete than its own address.
US08126015B2	Multi-stream communication processing The processing of multi-streaming communication includes an association between a sender and a receiver established over a communications network. The processing also includes identifying each of more than one independent multi-streamed messages transferred over the association. Each of the multi-streamed messages are separated at the receiver, and each separated message is processed in parallel with the other messages on a corresponding unique processor at the receiver.
US08126012B2	Communication apparatus and method of transferring data A communication apparatus detects the start and end of a frame of a video, and notifies information indicating that the start of the frame of the video is detected and information indicating that the end of the frame of the video is detected to a communication unit that performs communication access control and that is included in the communication apparatus. The communication unit controls an acknowledgement in a media access control level, in transfer of the video, based on the notification.
US08126010B2	Methods for dynamic bandwidth allocation and queue management in Ethernet passive optical networks In a passive optical network, dynamic bandwidth allocation and queue management methods and algorithms, designed to avoid fragmentation loss, guarantee that a length of a grant issued by an OLT will match precisely the count of bytes to be transmitted by an ONU. The methods include determining an ONU uplink transmission egress order based on a three-stage test, and various embodiments of methods for ONU report threshold setting.
US08126004B2	Method for optimising the sharing of a plurality of network resources between a plurality of application flows The invention relates to a method for optimising the sharing of a plurality of network resources between a plurality of data flows generated by a plurality of applications, said flows being able to take a number n of paths [ABi], i=1 to n, linking at least one site A and at least one site B in a telecommunications network (6).The method according to the invention consists in modifying the distribution of the flows on the paths [ABi], i=1 to n, in such a way as to balance the Effective Demand Densities of the available paths.
US08126003B2	Method and apparatus for providing a packet buffer random access memory The present invention generally provides a packet buffer random access memory (PBRAM) device including a memory array, a plurality of input ports, and a plurality of serial registers associated with the input ports. The plurality of input ports permit multiple devices to concurrently access the memory in a non-blocking manner. The serial registers enable receiving data from the input ports and concurrently packet data to the memory array. The memory performs all management of network data queues so that all port requests can be satisfied within the real-time constraints of network packet switching.
US08126000B2	Method, device and module for optimising the remote management of home network devices A method is disclosed for managing a home network which is connected by means of a home network gateway device to an external network, the home network comprising at least a first TR-069 compatible device and the external network having at least one auto configuration server (ACS) adapted and arranged for allowing automatic configuration of the TR-069 compatible device, characterized in that it comprises monitoring TR-069 sessions between the at least one TR-069 compatible device and the at least one ACS, in the home network gateway device.
US08125998B2	Backup system and method for network data communications A system and method for coupling a communications device to a primary communications network having a first communications format and to a secondary communications network having a second communications format, such that the communications device is configured for having an assigned device identification and configured for using an assigned network address for use in routing data over the primary communications network. The system and method can comprise a first port configured for connecting to the communications device, a second port configured for connecting to the primary communications network and facilitating the communication of the data between the primary communications network and the communications device through the first port, and a third port configured for connecting to the secondary communications network and facilitating the communication of the data between the secondary communications network and the communications device through the first port. Also included is a switching module coupled to the ports and configured for facilitating a selected communication path of the data between either the first port and the second port or between the first port and the third port.
US08125993B2	Network element having a DHCP lease timer A network element modifying the DHCP lease timer is described. According to one embodiment, an exemplary method includes maintaining, at a network element, DHCP lease time for one or more clients and in response to a DHCP renewal request from a client, on behalf of a DHCP server, providing DHCP renewal services to the client based on lease time information associated with the client without invoking the DHCP server.
US08125988B1	Network audio terminal and method A network audio receive terminal. A receive terminal includes a network interface that receives network packets and a network packet scanner coupled to the network interface that sequentially scans received network packets in accordance with scan criteria. A content selector is coupled to the network packet scanner, and selects network packets containing units of audio content from the scanned network packets based on selection criteria, including pertinence data. An audio content processor is coupled to the content selector, and processes the audio content in the selected network packets. The network packets may include directory packets containing audio content addresses, in which case, the content selector further selects directory packets based on selection criteria. An audio packet requestor requests audio packets through the network identified by the audio content addresses that correspond to the selected directory packets.
US08125984B2	Method, system, and computer program product for implementing stream processing using a reconfigurable optical switch A method, system, and computer program product for implementing stream processing are provided. The system includes an application framework and applications containing dataflow graphs managed by the application framework running on a first network. The system also includes at least one circuit switch in the first network having a configuration that is controlled by the application framework, a plurality of processing nodes interconnected by the first network over one of wireline and wireless links, and a second network for providing at least one of control and additional data transfer over the first network. The application framework reconfigures circuit switches in response to monitoring aspects of the applications and the first network.
US08125977B2	Synchronization of computer system clock using a local gateway Methods and apparatuses for synchronizing a system clock of a computer via a local gateway are described herein. In one embodiment, a local clock of a gateway device is periodically synchronized with a remote time service facility over an external network. The synchronized local clock of the gateway device is then used to synchronize a system clock of one or more clients over a local network without having the clients individually to access the remote time service facility. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US08125973B2	Time shared rake fingers and path searcher A rake receiver having a rake receiver finger operated in a time multiplexed manner to perform the task a plurality of fingers, each of these fingers being a virtual finger allocated to a time slot in an operation cycle of the rake receiver finger, and wherein a buffer is provided for buffering at least one received chip of data, and where a spare virtual finger is provided such that any virtual finger may request extra processing within an operation cycle of the time multiplexed rake receiver finger.
US08125965B1	Wireless multi-mode system and method A multi-mode combination broadband wireless card and router system includes a broadband wireless card for broadband wireless data communication with a WAN over a broadband wireless link; a router for routing network communications between the WAN and a LAN, the router including a USB port for making a USB connection with a user computer, a wired LAN port for making a wired LAN connection with a user computer, and a wireless LAN port for making a wireless LAN connection with a user computer; at least one of the broadband wireless card and router including a processor; and a module executed by the processor, the module configured to: identify use of at least one of the USB port, the wired LAN port, and the wireless LAN port, and modify network access mode for one or more of the user computers based on the identification.
US08125963B2	Radio transmission control method, radio receiver apparatus, and radio transmitter apparatus A radio communication method and apparatus generate a plurality of information signals and transmit the signals to a communication partner from a plurality of antennas. A plurality of combination of signals to be transmitted are selected. A transmission evaluation value is determined based on the signal noise ratio of each signal. After all combinations are evaluated, a transmission format suitable for sending a combination of signals is determined based on a highest evaluation value.
US08125949B1	Dynamic allocation of WiMAX ranging codes In an exemplary embodiment, a communication system is configured to engage in a plurality of ranging processes, and a pool of ranging codes is available to client devices for requesting the ranging processes. The pool is divided into groups of ranging codes, and each group includes ranging codes allocated for requesting a particular ranging process. The system comprises (a) a receiver that is configured to receive a plurality of requests from one or more client devices, wherein each request comprises a ranging code that is allocated for requesting a particular ranging process and (b) program code stored in data storage and executable by a processor to (i) use the ranging codes from the requests to determine a quantity of requests received, respectively, for each ranging process and (ii) based on the determined quantity of received requests for at least one ranging process, adjust the allocation of the ranging codes.
US08125945B2	Datacast services Service component files are received at an input (11) from one or more service operators. An encapsulation and multiplexing system (12) organizes service components (20-23, see FIG. 2) relating to a service sequentially in a burst. In a burst, the service components include content data of different data types. A timing data subsystem (14) produces data from which a receiver can determine the times of datacast of the service components within a burst. Metadata dependent on the data type of each service component is organized, separately from the content data, by a component analyser (15). The metadata can identify a class of receiver having the capability to decode the corresponding service component, or can identify the data type of the corresponding service component, or it identifies the corresponding service component using a unique identifier. The service components, the metadata and the timing data is datacast by a transmitter station (13) for reception by receiver terminals. The metadata can be datacast as part of the corresponding service component, for example in a header thereof, or on a different bearer to the service components.
US08125933B2	Mobile wireless communications device including a differential output LNA connected to multiple receive signal chains A mobile wireless communications device may include an antenna, a wireless radio frequency (RF) receiver, a wireless RF transmitter, and a duplexer connecting the wireless RF receiver and the wireless RF transmitter to the antenna. More particularly, the wireless RF receiver may include a low noise amplifier (LNA) connected to the duplexer and having first and second differential outputs, a first receive signal chain for wireless communications signals having a first signal type connected to the first differential output of the LNA, and a second receive signal chain for wireless communications signals having a second signal type different than the first signal type connected to the second differential output of the LNA.
US08125931B2	Systems and methods to provide availability indication Methods and apparatuses to provide services to people who wish to make connections for real time communication, such as live telephone conversation, chat, video conferencing, etc. In one embodiment, a method includes: an application receiving a representation of an object including a reference to a remote system and a callee; the application communicating with the remote system via the reference to the remote system and the callee to determine a rendering of the object; and the application rendering the object identifying a state of the callee for accepting a request for real time communication, the object selectable to at least initiate a request for real time communication with the callee.
US08125925B2	Method and apparatus for non-disruptive call modification A method and system for changing the extent of data plane resources controlled by a control plane for a network connection which spans a contiguous set of nodes controlled by existing network control resources is disclosed. This is done in a non-disruptive manner. This typically involves two steps: i) Creating a new set of control plane resources for said network connection such that said data plane resources are shared with said existing network control resources; and ii) then terminating the existing network control resources such that said data plane resources are fully transferred to the new set of control plane resources without disrupting said network connection. The existing network control resources can be either a control plane resource or a non control plane resource. An example of a non control plane resource is network management software (e.g., an OSS (Operation Support System)), which forms part of the Management Plane. It should be noted that this does not need to be done for a complete end-to-end connection, but rather can be executed for the portion of the end-to-end connection which is to be controlled by the control plane.
US08125923B2	Downlink transmit beamforming A wireless network access point can operate as a closed-loop MIMO device when communicating with a station that is operating as an open-loop MIMO device. Transmit/receive chains in the access point are calibrated to support aggregate channel reciprocity.
US08125921B2	Mobile station communicating with a base station via a separate uplink when the parameters of channel quality fall below the predefined thresholds The invention discloses a mobile station (200), a base station (300), a method and a computer program for communication in a wireless communication network (100), where cell edge user experiencing difficulties on the contention-based channel are treated differently than those users who are not power limited and/or do not experience collisions. Suggested solutions to this problem may be different treatment of the cell edge users in contrast to users located closer to the base station (300) either by communication over an orthogonal scheduled channel, or by forcing mobile stations (200) who have successfully sent their data to wait a specific time period or by dividing the mobile stations (200) into different groups based on the signal attenuation experienced by the different mobile stations (200).
US08125919B1	Method and system for selectively releasing network resources A method and system for selectively releasing air interface traffic channels in a wireless coverage area, based on a delta between the signal quality of a traffic channel assigned to a wireless communication device and the aggregate signal quality of all the traffic channels assigned to the wireless communication device.
US08125918B2	Method and apparatus for evaluating adaptive jitter buffer performance A method and system for providing a test signal to evaluate the performance of an adaptive jitter buffer are disclosed. For example, the method transmits a test signal into a communication network, and applies a jitter impairment along a path traversed by the test signal in the network preceding a device supporting a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, wherein the device having an adaptive jitter buffer. The method then analyzes the test signal that is received from the device to determine a performance of the adaptive jitter buffer.
US08125915B2	Remote management of a bridge device A method and system for remotely managing a bridge device, such as a modem, are disclosed. Management traffic from a service provider can be communicated to a bridge device which lacks a public IP address by sending the management traffic through the bridge device to a router of a LAN. The router then sends the management traffic back to the bridge device. Thus, the service provider can perform management tasks such as troubleshooting, health monitoring, accounting, provisioning, security and firmware upgrades in a manner that is transparent to the user.
US08125911B2	First-hop domain reliability measurement and load balancing in a computer network In one embodiment, probe messages may be transmitted from a local domain to a set of one or more responding probe targets located beyond a plurality of probed first-hop domains of the local domain, the probe messages transmitted via each of a plurality of probed first-hop domains. A reliability of each probed first-hop domain may then be determined based on responsiveness of probe messages transmitted via each respective probed first-hop domain, such that traffic destined beyond the probed first-hop domains may be load balanced across the probed first-hop domains based on the respective reliability, regardless of a traffic-class and a destination of the traffic.
US08125904B2	Method and system for adaptive queue and buffer control based on monitoring and active congestion avoidance in a packet network switch Certain aspects of a method and system for an adaptive queue and buffer control based on monitoring and active congestion avoidance in a packet network switch are provided. When memory from a memory source is not available for allocation to one or more adaptive queues in a network device, such as a network switch, the TCP window size associated with the one ore more adaptive queues may be reduced. The window size may be reduced to a target size by utilizing one or more reduction steps, wherein the reduction steps may be programmable. When portions of the memory source become available for allocation to the adaptive queues, the window size may be increased. The window size may be increased to a target size by utilizing one or more increase steps, wherein the increase steps may be programmable.
US08125903B2	Wireless multicast for layered media A method and arrangement in a wireless communication network for optimizing data rates when communicating layered multicast data. In an initial probing phase, the receiving capability of each user equipment (UE) in each cell is collected. The optimal data rate for each layer is then calculated and packets are transmitted to the UEs at the optimal rates. The UEs may periodically send updated receiving capabilities so that the optimal data rates can be updated. Additionally, the network may periodically obtain the updated receiving capabilities through secondary probing at unused data rates.
US08125900B2	Network equipment management device, network equipment management method, network equipment, and program used therein In order to perform update processing with high reliability while preventing occurrence of an error in the update order, reduce a load on a management device, and reduce the time required to complete the update processing, according to the present invention, there is provided a network equipment management program that allows a computer to execute: an order information creation step that creates order information which is information corresponding to the order of the network equipments in which setting information is to be set and according to which the setting information is sequentially transmitted from N (N=1, 2, . . . )-th network equipment to (N+1)-th network equipment so as to be set in the respective network at its reception timing of the setting information; and a transmission step that transmits predetermined information including the order information created in the order information creation step to a first network equipment specified in the order information.
US08125897B2	System and method for monitoring and optimizing network performance with user datagram protocol network performance information packets A method for monitoring and optimizing performance of a packet network utilizing user datagram protocol including determining network performance information between a sending user datagram protocol network element and a receiving user datagram protocol network element; concatenating the network performance information into data packets; transmitting the data packets to at least one non-user datagram protocol network device having transport layer capabilities; and controlling bandwidth of the at least one non-user datagram protocol network device to optimize the network utilizing the user datagram protocol based on the network performance information in the data packets. A system for monitoring and optimizing performance of a packet network utilizing user datagram protocol is also included.
US08125894B2	Remote management method, a related auto configuration server, a related further auto configuration server, a related routing gateway and a related device The present invention relates to a Remote management method and related devices for use in a home network (HN) comprising a plurality of devices and a routing gateway. The Routing Gateway is coupled to each device of said plurality of devices. The Remote management method comprises the step of an Auto-Configuration Server managing either one of a dedicated device of said plurality of devices and the Routing Gateway or both at request. A further Auto-Configuration Server requesting the Auto-Configuration Server to access and configure the Routing Gateway for providing the further Auto-Configuration Server access to the Routing Gateway and subsequently the Auto-Configuration Server configuring the Routing Gateway to provide the further Auto-Configuration Server access to the Routing Gateway.
US08125893B2	Method, system, and network entity for performing a switch-over A method, a system, and a network entity for performing the switch-over of a protected Label Switched Path (LSP) in (less than) 50 ms. A goal of the preferable arrangement is to move the tasks related to the switch-over away from the CPU to hardware (HW). The ASIC applies a communication protocol to signal a need for a switch-over between two (or several) units without CPU's participation. A unit, for example Sink of protected domain, which has detected a fault, sends a so-called protection message to a protection pair unit of the unit. The protection pair unit interprets the protection message and actives the connection on the protecting unit.
US08125889B2	Method, system and device for recovering invalid downlink data tunnel between networks Described herein is a method for processing an invalidation of a downlink data tunnel between networks. The method includes the following steps: (1) a core network user plane anchor receives an error indication of data tunnel sent from an access network device, (2) after deciding that the user plane corresponding to the error indication uses a One Tunnel technology, the core network user plane anchor notifies a relevant core network control plane to request recovering the downlink data tunnel, (3) the core network control plane recovers the downlink data tunnel and notifies the core network user plane anchor to update information of the user plane. In addition, a communication system and a communication device are also provided. The method, system, and device can improve the speed of recovering data transmission after the downlink data tunnel becomes invalid.
US08125887B2	Mobile communication system, its scramble code assigning method, mobile station, and base station An object of the present invention is to reduce the amount of calculation performed in a mobile station and amount of information exchanged between a base station and mobile station in a mobile communication system where the base station autonomously assigns a scramble code. In the mobile communication system, the base station starts communication by using a predetermined initialization scramble code used only at its activation time. The mobile station positioned in a cell determines whether the scramble code identified upon cell search time is the initialization scramble code. Only when the scramble code is the initialization scramble code, the mobile station determines a candidate scramble code, determines whether the candidate scramble code is usable in communication, and notifies the base station of the control information including the determination result. Based on the control information, the base station determines a service scramble code to be used, from the candidate scramble codes, and applies the service scramble code to start communication.
US08125884B1	Apparatus for pre-coding using multiple codebooks and associated methods A communication system includes a transmitter. The transmitter transmits information by using a plurality of pre-coding codebooks.
US08125880B2	Information recording apparatus and method, computer program An information recording apparatus (200) is provided with: a recording device (353) for recording data onto an information recording medium (100) being provided with a first recording layer (L0) and a second recording layer (L1); a first controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device to record the data into each of the first recording layer and the second recording layer; a forming device (354) for forming a compatibility area (106, 109, 116, 119) for realizing reproduction compatibility of the information recording medium on an information recording apparatus, following the data recorded in each of the first recording layer and the second recording layer; and a second controlling device (354) for controlling the recording device to record the data into the formed compatibility area if the data is recorded after the compatibility area is formed.
US08125879B2	Apparatus and method for recording and/or reproducing data to/from recording medium A recording medium, comprising a data area including a segment region and a replacement region; a first control data area storing access control information for controlling access to the segment region; and a second control data area storing defect control information for controlling a defective region of the recording medium, replacing a data of the defective region to the replacement region, wherein the replacement region corresponding to the defective region of the segment region is handled as the segment region to the access control information.
US08125873B2	Objective lens for optical pickup device, and optical pickup device Provided is an objective lens for an optical pickup apparatus. The objective lens collects diffracted light generated by an optical path difference giving structure onto the information recording surface of an optical information recording medium as a spot and suppresses fluctuation of diffraction efficiency due to a change of using wavelength. The optical pickup apparatus using such objective lens is also provided. The total diffraction efficiency can be improved by adjusting a wavelength at which the diffraction efficiencies of a plurality of basic structures forming the optical path difference giving structure in the objective lens are maximum, in accordance with a basic structure.
US08125872B2	Recording medium and recording system Disclosed herein is a recording medium on or from which the recording or reproduction of data is stably performed. On the recording medium, data are recorded three-dimensionally by the irradiation of a recording laser beam. The recording medium includes a reflection control layer including a plurality of reflection layers stacked in a film thickness direction, each reflection layer having a connection terminal, each reflection layer exhibiting reflectivity and transmissivity changeable in response to an electrical signal supplied to the connection terminal and a recording layer disposed at a beam incidence side of the reflection control layer.
US08125870B1	Flexible optical write strategy A driver comprising: a pattern module configured to generate a plurality of timing parameters in response to a received bit stream; a timing module configured to determine a plurality of multi-bit parameters in response to the timing parameters; and a pulse module configured to (i) generate each of a plurality of pulses in response to a different one of the plurality of multi-bit parameters, (ii) generate each of a plurality of enable signals in response to a variable combination of the plurality of pulses, and (iii) output the plurality of enable signals to a laser driver.
US08125859B2	Method and device for extending interactivity to multiple storage media A method of providing interactivity over a set of multiple optical storage media (90, 91) is disclosed. A logical unit, such as a playitem of a playlist is provided on a storage medium (90) of the set of optical storage media (90, 91), comprising information about contents stored on at least one other storage medium (91) of said set of optical storage media. Furthermore, a corresponding optical disc reading apparatus, optical storage medium, and a computer-readable medium, are disclosed.
US08125857B2	Heat-assisted magnetic recording head including plasmon generator A plasmon generator has an outer surface including a propagation edge, and has a near-field light generating part lying at an end of the propagation edge and located in a medium facing surface. The propagation edge faces an evanescent light generating surface of a waveguide's core with a predetermined distance therebetween and extends in a direction perpendicular to the medium facing surface. The propagation edge is arc-shaped in a cross section parallel to the medium facing surface. The plasmon generator includes a shape changing portion in which a radius of curvature of the propagation edge in the cross section parallel to the medium facing surface continuously decreases with decreasing distance to the medium facing surface.
US08125855B2	User interface features for a watch A watch provides a chronographic function while the watch is in a “sport” mode. If a user activates a button relating to the chronographic function, such as a “start/lap” button, then the light for the watch will automatically activate. The light may remain active for a significantly long time, such as a period of six seconds or more. Alternately or additionally, if a user activates a button while the watch is in a “performance” or “sport” mode, then the light will automatically activate regardless of the button being activated. Still further, the chronographic function of the watch may be configured to not measure a lap time that is lower than a preset threshold value, such as, for example, three seconds.
US08125849B2	Integrated multi-beam acoustic doppler discharge measurement system A system and method for measuring the flow of water in cross-section of a body of water is presented. The system and method comprises a housing having a first transducer and a plurality of second transducers, wherein the first transducer produces an acoustic signal for determining the depth of the body of water, and the second transducers each produce an acoustic signal for determining the velocity of a volume of water by measuring the Doppler frequency shift in the returned echo.
US08125847B2	Semiconductor memory device and access method thereof Example embodiments provide a semiconductor memory device that may include: a cell array arranged in pluralities of rows and columns; and a sense amplifier conducting writing and reading operations to the cell array in response to writing and reading commands in correspondence with an access time, which may be variable in period. The sense amplifier adjusts pulse widths of write-in and read-out data in accordance with a period of the access time.
US08125845B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device and operating method thereof Even when memory capacity of a memory that uses a replica bit-line is made higher, fluctuations of a generating timing of a sense-amplifier enable signal are reduced. A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprises a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit-lines, a plurality of ordinary memory cells, an access control circuit, a plurality of sense-amplifiers, first and second replica bit-lines, first and second replica memory cells, and first and second logic circuits. The first and second replica memory cells are connected to the first and second replica bit-lines, respectively; inputs of the first and second logic circuits are connected to the first and second replica bit-lines, respectively; a sense-amplifier enable signal is generated from an output of the second logic circuit; and this signal is supplied to a plurality of sense-amplifiers.
US08125842B2	Tracking circuit for reducing faults in a memory A memory circuit includes a plurality of memory cells and a plurality of bit lines and row lines connected to the memory cells for accessing selected memory cells. The memory circuit includes a programmable voltage source adapted for connection to at least one bit line and operative to precharge the bit line to a prescribed voltage level prior to accessing a selected one of the memory cells coupled to the bit line. A control circuit coupled to the bit line is operative to oppose discharge of the bit line during at least a portion of a given memory read cycle. A tracking circuit connected to the control circuit is operative to control a delay in activation of the control circuit and/or a duration of time the control circuit is active as a function of a parameter affecting signal development time of a data signal on the bit line.
US08125829B2	Biasing system and method Embodiments are provided that include a memory system that includes a memory system, having an access device coupled between a global line and a local line and a voltage source coupled to the global line and configured to output a bias voltage on the global line when the memory system is in a non-operation state. The access device is selected when the memory system is in the non-operation state, and the access device is deselected when the memory system is in an other state. Further embodiments provide, for example, a method that includes coupling a global access line to a local access line, biasing the local access line to a voltage other than a negative supply voltage while a memory device is in a first state and uncoupling the global access line from the local access line while the memory device is in an other state.
US08125828B2	Page buffer circuit with reduced size and methods for reading and programming data with the same A page buffer circuit with reduced size and methods for reading and programming data is provided. In the reading operation, the page buffer circuit reads out a data bit by alternatively using a higher bit register or a lower bit register regardless of whether the data bit read from the multi-level cell is a higher bit or a lower bit, thereby reducing the circuit area and improves the performance of operation.
US08125815B2	Transistor bit cell ROM architecture An apparatus and method for providing a read-only memory (ROM) bit cell having one each of a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor, which has reduced static and dynamic electric power losses, are described. In particular, the bit cell does not require a pre-charge transistor. The sense amplifier for determining the voltages on ROM bit lines may be a digital inverter, address decoding may be simplified since there are no timing requirements with respect to transistor pre-charge, and chips containing a plurality of ROM bit cell may be readily programmed. In one embodiment of the invention, each bit cell includes one PMOS transistor having its source in electrical connection with a voltage source, its drain connected or unconnected to a bit line, and its gate connected to an inverted version of the word line signal; and one NMOS transistor having its source connected to a lower voltage source, its drain connected or disconnected to the bit line, and its gate connected to the word line. The bit cell is programmed during the ROM generation by connecting the drain of either the PMOS (logic level 1) or the NMOS (logic level 0) to the bit line.
US08125814B2	Magnetic memory, driving method thereof, and manufacturing method thereof A magnetic memory, a driving method thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The magnetic memory includes a plurality of lead structures, a plurality of first magnetic metal structures, a second magnetic metal structure, and an insulation layer. Each of the first magnetic metal structures is disposed between adjacent two of the lead structures, and the second magnetic metal structure spans over the lead structures. A structure composed of the first magnetic metal structures and the second magnetic metal structure includes a plurality of magnetic memory cells connected with each other. Each of the magnetic memory cells has a magnetic domain and a domain wall adjacent to the magnetic domain, wherein the magnetic domain is suitable for storing a bit data.
US08125794B2	Multilayer printed wiring board and electronic device using the same The invention provides a multilayer printed wiring board including: a power supply wiring layer and a ground wiring layer provided so as to oppose each other via an insulation layer; mounted integrated circuits; and decoupling capacitors mounted in proximity to the integrated circuits and connected between the power supply wiring layer and the ground wiring layer to absorb noise from the integrated circuits. The power supply wiring layer includes through holes for connecting the decoupling capacitors to the power supply wiring layer and has a polygonal form formed by straight lines which link some of the through holes.
US08125786B2	Memory card Memory card includes a circuit board, a component mounted on a main face of the circuit board, casing covering at least the main face of the circuit board and the component, and bittering agent retained in a roughened area provided on casing or an exposed part of the circuit board.
US08125776B2	Socket and heat sink unit for use with removable LED light module A socket and heat sink unit includes a socket portion configured to releasably couple to a removable LED light module. The unit also includes a heat sink portion attached to the socket portion and extending about a central axis. The heat sink portion comprises a plurality of fins, as well as one or more apertures configured to receive fasteners therein to fix the unit to a light fixture housing. The socket and heat sink portions are monolithic.
US08125766B2	Concentrated capacitor assembly A capacitor assembly with a substrate having a first face and a second face. A multiplicity of capacitors are mounted on the first face wherein each capacitor has a first lead and a second lead of opposite polarity to the first lead. A bridge is in electrical contact with multiple first leads. A tree is in electrical contact with the bridge wherein the tree passes through a via of the substrate and is in electrical contact with a first trace of the second face. A second trace is on the second face wherein the second lead is in electrical contact with the second trace.
US08125764B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped electronic component body and first to fourth external electrodes. The first to fourth external electrodes are arranged such that a shaped defined by joining the centers of portions of the first to fourth external electrodes on a first main surface with a substantially straight line is substantially square. The first main surface is provided with a substantially linear orientation identifying mark disposed thereon. The orientation identifying mark passes through an intersection of two diagonals of the substantially square shape and extends along the longitudinal direction or the width direction.
US08125747B2	Method for mitigating negative sequence effect resulting from non-symmetrical short circuit failure of synchronous electric machine based systems A drive system for a multi-phase electric machine with a permanent magnet rotor, the drive system may comprise conduction paths for each phase. Detectors on each of the conduction paths may determine electrical condition of the conduction path. At least one selectable interconnection path may be present between all of the conduction paths and at least one selectable interconnection path may be operable to connect all of the conduction paths together responsively to at least one of the detectors determining that the electrical condition of its respective electrical path is representative of a predetermined electrical fault condition so that heating of the rotor during continued rotation of the rotor is prevented.
US08125742B2	Fabrication of mesoscopic lorentz magnetoresistive structures A Lorentz Magnetoresistive sensor having an extremely small lead width and lead spacing is disclosed. The sensor can be constructed by a novel fabrication method that allows the leads to be deposited in such a manner that lead width and spacing between the leads is determined by the as deposited thicknesses of the lead layers and electrically insulating spacer layers between the leads rather than by photolithography. Because the lead thicknesses and lead spacings are not defined photolithograhically, the lead thickness and lead spacing are not limited by photolithographic resolution limits.
US08125741B2	Rotational, shear mode, piezoelectric motor integrated into a collocated, rotational, shear mode, piezoelectric micro-actuated suspension, head or head/gimbal assembly for improved tracking in disk drives and disk drive equipment A rotational, shear mode, piezoelectric motor is integrated with a suspension, head or head gimbal assembly (HGA) into a collocated, rotational, shear mode, piezoelectric micro-actuated suspension, head or head gimbal assembly (HGA) for use in disk drives and disk drive manufacturing equipment. When excited by a control voltage, the collocated, shear mode, piezoelectric micro-actuated HGA rotates the head enabling high frequency, high resolution track positioning of the read/write element. The motor is integrated with the head and flexure (collocation). The head rotates about a rotation axis that is ideally located at the center of mass of the head. A shear mode piezoelectric motor rotates the head. A collocated, rotational, shear mode, piezoelectric micro-actuated HGA has high stiffness, high frequency response, high positioning resolution, low mass and low internal vibration for improved tracking, increased track density and greater disk drive storage capacity. Furthermore, its solid integration improves shock resistance and reduces micro-contamination.
US08125733B2	Perpendicular magnetic recording head and manufacturing method thereof A perpendicular magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole layer; and a return yoke layer laminated on the main magnetic pole layer with a magnetic gap layer formed of a nonmagnetic material disposed on an opposing surface opposite a recording medium. The return yoke layer includes a first throat part opposing the main magnetic pole layer at a side close to the recording medium-opposing surface with a first gap spacing corresponding to a film thickness of the magnetic gap layer; and a second throat part extending to a deeper side than the first throat part in a height direction and opposing the main magnetic pole layer with a second gap spacing greater than the first gap spacing. A throat height determining layer is provided on the main magnetic pole layer or the magnetic gap layer, the throat height determining layer defining a dimension of the first throat part of the return yoke layer in the height direction and formed of an inorganic nonmagnetic material.
US08125726B2	Storage system controlling power supply module and fan When a disk device corresponding to a logical volume is started, a disk system determines and starts a disk device and a fan to be started, while comprehensively considering heat quantity generated by the disk device to be started, the cooling capacity of the fan, and the electric power consumption of the fan or the electric power consumption of the disk device.
US08125695B2	Imaging system and method Imaging systems and methods for actuating image sensors based on alignment are disclosed. An example method includes determining by a controller an alignment of a plurality of sensors, the sensors adapted to capture an image of an object. The method also includes actuating the sensors with the controller based on the alignment.
US08125684B2	Method and system for printing using selecting printing configuration based on attribute rating Aspects of the disclosure provide a printing method that can determine a configuration of a printing system based on contents of a printing job to achieve an optimum image quality for the printing job. Further, the configuration can be provided to a configuration update mechanism via a communication method. The printing method can include storing a plurality of printing configurations for at least one printer, analyzing a printing job to determine printing characteristics, rating the plurality of printing configurations based on printing abilities of the plurality of printing configurations corresponding to the printing characteristics, and selecting a printing configuration based on the rating.
US08125683B2	Image preview processing apparatus, image preview processing method, and image preview computer product An image processing apparatus includes a preview generating unit configured to generate, based on image data, a preview image that is expected to be output; an attribute extracting unit configured to extract an attribute of at least one portion in the image data; a display unit configured to display the preview image; a position-information obtaining unit configured to obtain position information indicative of a position of a specified portion in the preview image; and a processing unit configured to perform, on the image data, a process according to an attribute that corresponds to the position.
US08125681B2	Image forming apparatus and thumbnail image generating method Disclosed is an image forming apparatus 100, comprising: an image processing section 10 to perform image processing for printing for CMYK image data which is obtained by a color conversion for the printing; a thumbnail image generating section 11 to generate thumbnail image data by using the CMYK image data; a memory 10e to store the CMYK image data; and a display section 18 to display a thumbnail image based on the thumbnail image data, wherein the thumbnail image generating section 11 performs reducing processing to reduce the CMYK image data, and conversion processing to convert the reduced CMYK image data to image data for displaying, so as to generate the thumbnail image data, in parallel with the image processing performed by the image processing section 10.
US08125678B2	Handheld printer A handheld printer that provides an appropriate application of ink to a print medium without a bulky and complex mechanical system for positioning a print head with respect to the print medium. A handheld printer according to the present teachings includes a navigation subsystem that tracks a motion of the handheld printer with respect to a printing surface and a print head controller that causes a print head to fire ink drops onto the printing surface in response to the motion and in response to an image contained in an image buffer.
US08125677B2	Methods and systems for improved printing system sheetside dispatch in a clustered printer controller Methods, systems, and apparatus for improved dispatching of sheetsides in a high-speed (e.g., continuous form) printing environment using multiple, clustered processors in a print controller. Features and aspects hereof utilize a stochastic mathematical model of multiple processors (compute nodes) each adapted to RIP (rasterize) raw sheetside data provided to it. The model utilizes stochastic estimates of the probability of RIP execution time to select a preferred processor of the controller and dispatches the sheetside to the preferred compute node identified as providing best probability of meeting required deadlines for RIP completion time of a raw sheetside.
US08125675B2	Labeling method, recording method, labeling apparatus, recording apparatus and recording medium A recording/reproducing apparatus performs labeling that matches the information recorded on a recording medium. The recording/reproducing apparatus labels the content stored on a recording medium, and includes a control unit that acquires label information for labeling the content. A printing unit labels the label information on the recording medium.
US08125671B2	Image forming apparatus and PDF document direct printing method thereof A PDF (portable document format) document direct printing method of an image forming apparatus having a memory, the method includes comparing a size of the PDF document with an available capacity of the memory; transmitting the PDF document that is larger than the available capacity of the memory to at least one external device if a determination is made that the size of the PDF document is larger than the available capacity of the memory; receiving the PDF document from the external device, and forming an image corresponding to the received PDF format.
US08125666B2	Methods and systems for imaging device document management Aspects of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for providing document management through the use of an imaging device. Some aspects relate to transmission and receipt of imaging device user interface menu content from a remote computing device to an imaging device and document management functions performed on documents received through the imaging device. In some embodiments, document management functions are provided through a remote computing device in communication with an imaging device.
US08125660B2	Systems and methods for processing page description languages Systems and methods consistent with embodiments presented provide methods for processing page description language (PDL) objects embedded in Personalized Print Markup Language (PPML) page descriptions while retaining the ability to process supported native PDL documents. In some embodiments, PPML print data can be parsed to identify a language object written in at least one client PDL. A language processor for the client PDL can then be invoked using a language entry point function. In some embodiments, a language entry table or table of language entry points can be used to map the PDL to the language entry point function. Methods are also presented for processing page layout data in accordance with the PPML layout when processing PDL objects using the client PDL language processor.
US08125659B2	Image processing apparatus disclosure information transmission method and disclosure information display method An image processing apparatus includes a disclosure information setting unit configured to set disclosure information including information on a disclosure target related to an area of a storage unit and information on a disclosure time, a disclosure information transmission determination unit configured to determine, based on the disclosure time information, whether the disclosure information is transmitted to the disclosure target, and a disclosure information transmission unit configured to transmit the disclosure information to the disclosure target based on the disclosure target information when the disclosure information transmission determination unit determines that the disclosure information is transmitted to the disclosure target.
US08125657B2	Printing apparatus and method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for managing printing format information An apparatus identifies one of a plurality of users or one of a plurality of groups that has issued a printing request and enables selection of one of printing purposes associated with the identified user or the identified group. The apparatus acquires printing format restriction information corresponding to the selected printing purpose and issues an instruction for execution of printing processing within a range of the acquired printing format restriction information.
US08125656B2	Label data creating apparatus, label data creating method, and computer program product In a case wherein a rolled sheet loaded in a tape printer is a non-fixed length rolled sheet, the CPU of the computer device displays a layout edit window which is set to a free length print mode on a display screen of a display. If the free length/fixed length switch button is clicked with a mouse for setting to a fixed length print mode, the CPU displays the layout edit window which is set to the fixed length print mode on the display screen of the display.
US08125650B2	Reflector, optical element, interferometer system, stage device, exposure apparatus, and device fabricating method A reflecting member has: a first reflecting surface, which extends in a second direction that includes a first direction component; a second reflecting surface, which extends in a third direction that includes the first direction component, that is substantially symmetric to the first reflecting surface; and a third reflecting surface, which extends in a fourth direction, that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction.
US08125649B2	Scanning sensor system for noncontact optical scanning of object surfaces A scanning sensor system for noncontact optical scanning of object surfaces having a sensor head (2) and an optics unit (3) as system components matched to one another. The optics unit (3) can be attached and positioned with high precision on the sensor head (2) by means of a fixing device (4).
US08125647B2	Charged particle beam apparatus and displacement detecting circuit An object of this invention is to provide a charged particle beam apparatus that can easily evaluate the stability of a position that is irradiated with a charged particle beam.To achieve the above object, this invention includes a detector that scans a charged particle beam and detects secondary particles that originate from a substrate, and an image processer that displays an image of the substrate on a display based on the secondary particles that are detected by the detector. The image processer is configured to display on the display any two or more members of the group consisting of a scanning image produced by the charged particle beam of the substrate, a wave in time domain showing fluctuations of the irradiation position of the charged particle beam on the substrate, and a power spectrum of the wave in time domain.
US08125634B1	Optical additive solc filter for deep ultraviolet applications An additive {hacek over (S)}olc filter (ASF) includes i) a first polarizer for receiving an input light, such as from a monochromatic light source, and transmitting a first polarized output, ii) at least one birefringent plate positioned to receive the first polarizer output and transmit an output with wavelength-dependent polarization state, and iii) a second polarizer for receiving the plate output and transmitting a second polarized, filtered output. An ASF spectroscopy system includes the ASF; a monochromatic light source input, e.g. a laser; a sample chamber for exposing a sample to the second polarized, tuned output and generating a signal characteristic of the sample that is filtered by the ASF; and a detector for acquiring the characteristic signal.
US08125632B2	Fabrication method of semiconductor integrated circuit device In the fabrication of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a 2D-3D inspection technique for solder printed on a substrate is provided which permits easy preparation of data and easy visual confirmation of a defective portion. In a substrate inspecting step, first, a 3D inspection is performed, followed by execution of 2D inspection, whereby a 2D picked-up image of the portion of a pad determined to be defective can be displayed on a larger scale simultaneously with the end of inspection, thereby providing an environment for efficient visual confirmation of the defect. Further, by subjecting a raw substrate to measurement at the time of preparing inspection data, a relation between an original height measurement reference generated automatically by the inspection system and the height of a pad upper surface is checked, whereby it is possible to measure the height and volume of printed solder based on the pad upper surface.
US08125630B2	Automatic tracking camera A tracking system includes an emitter array configured to emit radiation around a subject to be tracked in at least one dimension wherein each emitter or group of emitters is modulated to permit identification of a source of the radiation. A receiver is configured to receive the radiation from the emitter array, wherein one of the emitter array and the receiver are located on the subject to be tracked. A processor is configured to interpret changes in radiation and correlate the changes to a device position to output a device position control signal.
US08125628B1	Light baffling apparatus for headlamp sensor A light baffle arrangement for sensors is used to limit the sensing field of view. Arranging multiple said limited view sensors in a linear array provides a means to accurately locate and analyze the position of a beam pattern along said array axis as in checking vehicle headlamp beam alignment.
US08125623B2	Correlation technique for analysis of clinical condition The present invention provides a correlation technique for analysis of changes in bodily fluid and/or tissue in order to identify or monitor appearance, progression or treatment of a disease or condition in a subject. The disclosed method involves measuring spectral properties or changes in bodily fluid and/or tissue of a subject using at least two optical techniques; and correlating the measured properties or changes to a corresponding clinical condition or change in clinical condition, respectively. The measure of spectral changes over time can be used as indicators of changes in the clinical condition, for example, in disease treatment and/or disease regulation. This method is particularly useful for identifying a disease state and for monitoring efficacies of therapies used to treat different diseases or disorders, for example, renal dialysis.
US08125621B2	Arrangement and method for the wireless transmission of phase-critical signals when the length of the transmission is variable A method and apparatus for wireless transmission of electrically complex or phase-critical signals includes a device for measuring the length of a transmission route to a moving platform, and a device for transmitting complex measuring or reference signals. According to the invention, components of the device for transmitting the signals are arranged adjacent components of the device for measuring the length of the transmission route, so that changes of the length of the transmission route are the same for both devices.
US08125617B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing semiconductor device An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using the apparatus may be provided. The manufacturing apparatus may include a liquid supplying portion for forming a liquid film, and a gas supplying unit that may rotate to discharge gas at a wide range of angles. The manufacturing method may include forming a shape and size of a liquid film common to the shape and size of an exposure region through adjusting the direction and pressure in which gas may be discharged to the substrate. Thus, the speed at which a substrate may be moved may be increased, and morphology differences of a substrate may be reduced.
US08125615B2	Optical focus sensor, an inspection apparatus and a lithographic apparatus To detect whether a substrate is in a focal plane of an inspection apparatus, an optical focus sensor is arranged to receive a radiation beam via an objective lens. The optical focus sensor includes a splitter configured to split the radiation beam into a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam. With an aperture and a detector in the light path of each of the sub-beams it is possible to detect whether the substrate is in focus by comparing the amount of radiation received by each of the detectors.
US08125608B2	Board for display device and display device A substrate for a display having, on a surface thereof, a sealing compound disposed along a periphery of the substrate spaced at a predetermined interval from an outer edge of a display part to which an oriented film is applied; and a convex portion or/and a concave portion, for preventing the applied oriented film from spreading to the sealing compound, provided between the sealing compound and the outer edge of the display part. The convex portion has a configuration of a bank continuous or uncontinuous, whereas the concave portion is formed as a plurality of independent portions arranged side by side or dotted between the outer edge of the display part and the sealing compound.
US08125597B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of polarizing films; a liquid crystal cell that is sandwiched between the pair of polarizing films; a retardation layer (A) of 70 μm or less in thickness, which is disposed between the liquid crystal cell and one of the pair of polarizing films; and a retardation layer (B) of 70 μm or less in thickness, which is disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the other of the pair of polarizing films, wherein the retardation layers (A) and (B) satisfy following formulae (1) to (3): RthU>RthD Formula (1): −20 nm≦RthD≦20 nm Formula (2): 20 nm
US08125592B2	Liquid crystal apparatus, color filter substrate, and array substrate Disclosed is a liquid crystal apparatus including a plurality of dot regions. The liquid crystal apparatus includes a pair of transparent substrates disposed with a gap, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the pair of transparent substrates, and a polarizer formed by disposing, on at least one of surfaces of the pair of transparent substrates which are opposed to each other, a polarization layer group constituted of a plurality of polarization layers including an inorganic fine particle layer having a shape anisotropy, the polarization layer group corresponding to one of the dot region and the plurality of dot regions.
US08125585B2	Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof A thin film transistor array substrate includes a gate line provided on a substrate, a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel area, a gate insulating film between the gate line and the data line at the crossing of the gate line and data line, a thin film transistor adjacent to the crossing of the gate line and the data line, a protective film covering the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode on the pixel area and electrically connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, a gate pad connected to the gate line, a data pad connected to the data line, a lower data link electrode connected to the data line, an upper data link electrode connected to the data line and overlapping one end of the lower data link electrode, and a link electrode connecting the lower data link electrode via a first contact hole passing through the protective film and the gate insulating film at a first area of the substrate in which the protective film is directly provided on the gate insulating film.
US08125583B2	Stereoscopic image display apparatus A stereoscopic image display apparatus of this invention includes a half mirror having a ½ wavelength plate and a half mirror layer. Therefore, a direction of polarization of light incident on a surface of a transmission side of the half mirror can be rotated and emitted. This can be manufactured at lower manufacturing cost than a construction having the ½ wavelength plate on the front display plane of one of the two image display devices with linear polarization plates having the same polarizing direction, or preparing two image display devices with linear polarization plates having different polarizing directions. A high-quality stereoscopic image can be observed by adjusting the orders and positions of sub-pixel colors of the two image display devices at the time of composition and display through the half mirror.
US08125581B2	Electronic display device An electronic display device includes a display unit including a plurality of scan lines along a first direction, a plurality of data lines along a second direction, and a plurality of pixels at intersection regions of the scan and data lines, and a barrier unit including a plurality of barrier regions extending along a direction of the data lines, the barrier unit including a plurality of first electrodes in each of the barrier regions, the first electrodes extending on a substrate along the first direction and being spaced apart from each other along the second direction, a plurality of second electrodes on the substrate at a different height than the first electrodes as determined with respect to the substrate, the first electrodes partly overlapping the second electrodes in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and a dielectric layer on the substrate between the first and second electrodes.
US08125578B2	Table type bi-directional imaging apparatus Disclosed is a table type bi-directional imaging apparatus, in which left and right viewers located at left and right sides simultaneously view the same picture or different pictures. The table type bi-directional imaging apparatus includes a table case having a table shape; a transparent window formed through the center of the upper surface of the table case; and left and right projectors and left and right imaging plates, having a screen structure, bilaterally symmetrically installed at left and right sides of the inside of the table case. In the table type bi-directional imaging apparatus, left and right projection distances to project pictures on large-sized screens and left and right viewing distances to view clear pictures are provided within an occupation area of a single table. Further, the imaging apparatus has a table structure, and thus does not require the occupation area of a separate table, thereby minimizing an area for installing the imaging apparatus.
US08125571B2	Video data processing module furnished with a configurable video processing unit with a single input bus According to the invention, the video data to be processed and the configuration data are transferred to the module via one and the same data bus. These modules are advantageously chained in series on a common bus which transfers to each module both the configuration data and the video data to be processed. Preferably, dead time or “blanking” periods between two picture frames transmitted on this bus are used in order to insert the configuration data.
US08125566B2	Sequential scanning conversion device and method According to one embodiment, a motion detection correction module is provided which corrects the result of detection by a motion detector, which detects motion in one frame on a pixel-by-pixel basis, for each of small regions obtained by dividing the entire picture on the basis of the result of detection by a picture-based illumination component variation detector that detects interfield illumination component variations on a picture-by-picture basis and the result of detection by a block-based illumination component variation detector that detects interfield illumination component variations on a small-region-by-small-region basis.
US08125541B2	Image-sensing apparatus An image-sensing apparatus has: an optical zoom control portion varying the size of the subject image on the source images by optical zooming; a particular subject detection portion detecting the position and size of a particular subject on the source images based on the image data of the source images; a narrow-angle image extraction portion setting a narrow-angle image including the particular subject to set the position and size of the narrow-angle image on image; a wide-angle image extraction portion extracting a wide-angle image that includes the narrow-angle image; a resolution enhancement processing portion cutting out a plurality of narrow-angle images according to a setting in the narrow-angle image extraction portion, to generate a narrow-angle high-resolution image having a number of pixels greater than the number of pixels of the narrow-angle image. The optical zoom control portion controls the factor of the optical zooming such that the ratio of the reference number of pixels to the number of pixels of the narrow-angle image approaches the factor of enlargement by the resolution enhancement processing portion.
US08125537B2	Image processing method and imaging apparatus using the same An image processing method includes storing corresponding addresses of original image data in respective addresses of a look-up table, the number of the respective addresses being smaller than the number of addresses that are necessary in output image data; determining whether the addresses of the original image data corresponding to the addresses of the output image data exist in the look-up table; calculating the addresses of the original image data in a first interpolation process if the addresses do not exist in the look-up table; and generating the output image data corresponding to the addresses of the output image data in a second interpolation process based on the original image data by using at least one of the calculated addresses of the original image data and the addresses of the original image data in the look-up table.
US08125520B2	System for establishing references for multi-image stitching An imaging system for generating multiple images includes a first imaging device and a second imaging device. The first imaging device includes a sensor and has a first optical path from an object to the sensor for generating a first object image. The second imaging device includes a sensor and has a first optical path from an object to the sensor for generating a second object image. At least one of the first imaging device and the second imaging device includes a second optical path from an external reference marker to its sensor for generating a reference image. The reference image indicates positioning of the first imaging device or the second imaging device.
US08125518B2	Scanning electron microscope Provided is a scanning electron microscope including: an image recording unit (112) which stores a plurality of acquired frame images; a correction analyzing handling unit (113) which calculates a drift amount between frame images and a drift amount between a plurality of field images constituting a frame image; and a data handling unit (111) which corrects positions of respective field images constituting the plurality of fields images according to the drift amount between the field images and superimposes the field images on one another so as to create a new frame image. This provides a scanning electron microscope which can obtain a clear frame image even if an image drift is caused during observation of a pattern on a semiconductor substrate or an insulating object.
US08125509B2	Facial recognition for a videoconference A facial recognition algorithm may be performed in order to identify a participant at a first endpoint in a videoconference. Participant information for the participant may be displayed together with an image of the participant on a display screen at a second endpoint in the videoconference. Displaying the participant information for the participant on the display screen may enable participants at the second endpoint to see the participant information for the participant during the videoconference.
US08125505B2	Image forming apparatus that corrects clock phase difference An image forming apparatus capable of forming a high-resolution image without complicating a circuit construction. A difference between a phase of an operation clock for a BD detection unit and a phase of an operation clock for an image processing unit is measured by a phase measurement unit of the image forming apparatus, and a timing of data delivery between the BD detection unit and the image processing unit is adjusted by a BD input timing adjuster based on a measurement result. A difference between the phase of the operation clock for the image processing unit and a phase of an operation clock for a laser drive unit is measured by the phase measurement unit, and a timing of data delivery between the image processing unit and the laser drive unit is adjusted by an image output timing adjuster based on a measurement result.
US08125503B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a semiconductor laser that emits a laser beam, a light power of the laser beam being controllable by a current applied to the semiconductor laser; a scanner unit that exposes a photosensitive element by scanning the photosensitive element using the laser beam; a light power detection unit that detects a light power of the laser beam; a current control unit that controls the current applied to the laser based on the light power of the laser beam; a home position detection unit that detects whether the laser beam is positioned at a scan home position; and a continuous illumination unit that commences continuous illumination of the laser at a time which is prior to a forecast time at which the home position detection unit is forecast to detect the laser beam.
US08125502B2	Method for driving a pixel by generating an over-drive grey level and driver thereof A method for generating an over-drive grey level for driving a pixel includes providing a corresponding over-drive function according to an original grey level for the pixel in the previous frame, and generating the over-drive grey level according to the corresponding over-drive function and the original grey level for the pixel in the current frame.
US08125491B1	Multiple simultaneous unique outputs from a single display pipeline One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a system for generating multiple video output signals from a single video pipeline within a graphics processing unit. Pixel data from more than one display surface is retrieved and multiplexed before being transmitted to a video pipeline for processing. The resulting video pixel data is routed to video output encoders, which selectively accept the video pixel data for transmission to attached display devices.
US08125489B1	Processing pipeline with latency bypass A processing pipeline employs one or more bypass caches to allow a transaction that is dependent on the results of a prior transaction to be processed before the prior transaction has completed processing. Each bypass cache is coupled to the input and the output of one of the sections of the processing pipeline so that results of a transaction from that section can be written into or read from the bypass cache as soon as that transaction has been completely processed through that section. With such a configuration, more transactions can be processed by the processing pipeline in a shorter amount of time. This is especially true for very deep pipelines.
US08125485B2	Animating speech of an avatar representing a participant in a mobile communication Animating speech of an avatar representing a participant in a mobile communication including selecting one or more images; selecting a generic animation template; fitting the one or more images with the generic animation template; texture wrapping the one more images over the generic animation template; and displaying the one or more images texture wrapped over the generic animation template. Receiving an audio speech signal; identifying a series of phonemes; and for each phoneme: identifying a new mouth position for the mouth of the generic animation template; altering the mouth position to the new mouth position; texture wrapping a portion of the one or more images corresponding to the altered mouth position; displaying the texture wrapped portion of the one or more images corresponding to the altered mouth position of the mouth of the generic animation template; and playing the portion of the audio speech signal represented by the phoneme.
US08125479B2	Self light emitting type display device Treating light emitting elements 2 in all the display pixels in a light emitting display panel as objects, a maximum value of the forward voltages is drawn by a multi-input comparator 3a and a peak hold circuit 3b. Based on the maximum value of the forward voltages, a voltage boost circuit 6 switching operates a power FET to supply a boosted output by this operation to a constant current circuit 1 as the operational voltage VH. In the case where the maximum value of the forward voltages increases due to trouble or the like and based on this increment the operational voltage VH excessively increases, the operation of the voltage boost circuit 6 is stopped by a control output from an analog comparator 7a which functions as voltage limiter.
US08125475B2	Data driver and flat panel display using the same Disclosed is a data driver including a holding latch and a digital-analog converter. The data driver includes a holding latch for storing data and for generating a counting signal corresponding to the value of the stored data. A digital-analog converter receives ramp pulses from an external apparatus, and controls supply time of the ramp pulses according to the counting signals. A voltage level of a data signal that is supplied to a pixel unit of a flat panel display is determined by the output of the digital-analog converter.
US08125474B2	Display device A display device includes: first and second photosensors; a reader; a light detector outputting the light amount detected by the photosensors; a first circuit outputting a first signal based on incident light entering the first photosensor; and a second circuit outputting a second signal based on dimmed incident light entering the second photosensor. The reader includes: a coefficient calculator calculating a first measurement ratio of the first signal to the second signal, and a power correction coefficient; a rate calculator deriving modified power coefficients from the power correction coefficient, calculating a second measurement ratio of the power-corrected first and second signals, and calculating a slope correction coefficient; and an output unit deriving modified proportional coefficients from the slope correction coefficient, and correcting the power-corrected first and second signals using the modified proportional coefficients to yield outputted initial light amount signals.
US08125473B2	Electro-luminescence display device An electro-luminescence display device and a method of driving the same for controlling a full white brightness depending upon a brightness of the external environment and thus controlling a brightness mode is disclosed. An electro-luminescence display device according to the present invention comprising: a display panel having pixels light-emitted by a supplied current; a data driver for applying a data voltage corresponding to said current to the pixels; and a timing controller for dividing one frame into a plurality of sub-frames and applying said data voltage corresponding to each of the plurality of sub-frames to the data driver and for controlling an emission time of each frame.
US08125466B2	Screen with capacitive touch zones Capacitive touch screen including first and second substrates (2, 4) that extend parallel to and at a distance from each other, said first and second substrates (2, 4) being made of a transparent, dielectric material, a first series of electrodes (6), made of a transparent, electrically conductive material, being arranged on at least the surface (2a) of the first substrate (2) that faces the second substrate (4), said touch screen being characterized in that it includes means for keeping the space between the two substrates (2, 4) constant.
US08125449B2	Movable touchpad with high sensitivity A highly sensitive movable touchpad is disclosed in the present invention. It is used for laptop computers and has a slidable template for users to move so that a cursor can be controlled by the touchpad. A resistive or capacitive detecting surface can be applied for detecting users' click, double click, drag, or scroll motion on any point of the surface. Additionally, there is an optical displacement sensor provided under the slidable template for detecting surface information on the back surface of the slidable template. A sequence of images of surface movement are processed by an image processing unit. Then, relative movement information is calculated and sent to an operating system in the computer. The operating system controls the cursor with the relative movement information. The present invention uses edge detectors for dynamically controlling the cursor and calibrating location of the cursor so that positioning of the touchpad is synchronous with the cursor.
US08125440B2	Method and device for controlling and inputting data A method of entering combinatorial data on a data entry device (DED) including sensitive means which can be activated by an intermediary of at least one actuator allowing, according to a combination of sensitive means activated, an ad hoc computer program to designate and activate an object contained in a active correspondence table in memory, where the sensitive means are made up by at least three main detection zones Zi each made up of Fi (Fi=1, 2, 3 . . . ) distinct sensitive zones, comprising at least one step of designating/selecting an object from an active table; and a subsequent step of validation and production of the designated object, wherein for at least a first part of objects from the active table, the step of designation/selection of a single object can be achieved by designation of the object in successive combinatorial mode or by designation of the object in simultaneous combinatorial mode.
US08125438B2	Reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus and substrate for reflection type liquid crystal display In order to provide a reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus where, even when the pixel size is small, the crosstalk between a signal line and an end of a capacitor can be decreased, thus resulting in a good output image, by forming a signal line 2 for transmitting an image signal to each pixel with a second metal layer, by placing a shield line 12 between a capacitor electrode 10 constituting a capacitor and the signal line 2 with a first metal layer, and by giving a fixed potential, shielding is provided to prevent occurrence of cross-talk. The capacitor is configured with a common electrode 11 and a capacitor electrode 10, having a diffusion layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. By placing the capacitor electrode having a diffusion layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and the common electrode having a fixed potential below the signal line, shielding is provided to prevent occurrence of cross-talk.
US08125436B2	Pixel dithering driving method and timing controller using the same A pixel dithering driving method and a timing controller using the same are provided. The method uses the N low order bits of M bits together with at least one virtual bit to build several pixel dithering patterns. After the timing controller uses M bits of data received by the timing controller to look up a specific high order bit value, a specific low order bit value, and a specific pixel dithering value corresponding to the M bits in a predetermined gray level look up table and decides the output gray levels according to the specific high order bit value, the timing controller can further select a specific pixel dithering pattern from the pixel dithering patterns mentioned above according to the specific low order bit value and the specific pixel dithering value.
US08125431B2	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus The electro-optical device is directly connected to a battery and includes a display panel, a driver, and a voltage adjusting circuit. The driver amplifies an input voltage and supplies the amplified voltage to the display panel. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a plurality of conversion circuits, a switching unit, and a control circuit. The plurality of conversion circuits convert a voltage input from the battery into different voltages and supply the converted voltages to the driver. The switching unit performs switching for supplying the voltage to one of the plurality of conversion circuits. The control circuit controls the switching unit to switch the conversion circuit that supplies the voltage input from the battery when it is detected that a voltage gain of the driver has changed. Thus, the power consumption can be reduced without having an adverse effect on image display.
US08125427B2	Liquid crystal display device for displaying video data A liquid crystal display device for displaying video data having a detection circuit for detecting a luminance distribution based on video data which is inputted, the luminance distribution being indicative of generation frequency of gradations in each of divided region which includes a plurality of gradations. The display device includes a determination circuit for determining at least one of a plurality of divided regions of higher generation frequency of gradation than that of other divided regions based on the luminance distribution, a correction circuit for correcting the video data so as to make a luminance characteristic of the at least one of the plurality of divided regions of higher generation frequency of gradation more abrupt than a luminance characteristic of the other divided regions, and a liquid crystal display panel for displaying the corrected video data. A width of the divided region is changeable.
US08125424B2	Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof, which are capable of preventing generation of a residual image upon power-off, are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a power supply unit for outputting a plurality of drive voltages after delaying the drive voltages, a voltage detector for monitoring one of the drive voltages, and outputting a power-off detect signal based on the result of the monitoring, a timing controller for increasing a frequency of a control signal in response to the power-off detect signal, and outputting the frequency-increased control signal, a gate driver for outputting a scan signal in response to the frequency-increased control signal, a data driver for outputting a constant voltage in response to another control signal from the timing controller, and a liquid crystal panel for applying the constant voltage to all sub-pixels of the liquid crystal panel in response to the scan signal.
US08125420B2	Organic light-emitting display device and method of driving the same An organic light-emitting display for improving an aperture ratio and increasing lifespan includes an organic light-emitting display panel in which pixel cells are formed, a gray-scale converter configured to convert a gray-scale of a pixel data signal by multiplying the pixel data signal which drives the pixel cells by a scale parameter, and a scale parameter generator configured to generate the scale parameter, wherein the scale parameter generator generates a scale parameter of a present frame by increasing or decreasing a scale parameter of a previous frame in proportion to a current difference obtained by subtracting a reference current value from a total current value of the pixel data signal which is gray-scale converted from the previous frame.
US08125415B2	Display device There is provided an active matrix EL display device that can display a clear multi gray-scale color display to reduce the shift in the potential caused by the potential drop due to the wiring resistance of a power source supply line, in order to decrease the unevenness in a display region. A plurality of drawing out ports of the power source supply line are arranged. Further, in the wiring resistance between the external input terminal and the pixel portion power source supply line, potential compensation is performed by supplying potential to the power source supply line by a feedback amplifier. Further, in addition to above structure, the power source supply line may be arranged in a matrix.
US08125414B2	Electroluminescent display device An EL display device is operable in analogue and digital modes. In the analogue mode a current is supplied to the EL display elements (2) in dependence on a data signal (6) supplied to the pixel, and in the digital mode one of two voltages is provided across the EL display elements in dependence on the data signal supplied to the pixel. This enables the display to have a low power standby mode in which a digital drive scheme is implemented. This is particularly appropriate for static images and preferably for images without grey scales. The first mode is the normal current addressing mode.
US08125411B2	Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof to reduce after-images A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and a driver for applying a plurality of sustain signals to the second electrode while applying two consecutive sustain signals to the first electrode in a sustain period. A method of driving a plasma display apparatus includes applying a first sustain signal to a first electrode in a sustain period, after applying the first sustain signal to the first electrode, applying a plurality of sustain signals to a second electrode, and after applying the plurality of sustain signals to the second electrode, applying a second sustain signal consecutive to the first sustain signal to the first electrode.
US08125406B1	Custom, efficient optical distortion reduction system and method Systems and methods for custom efficient optical distortion reduction where an image is pre-distorted based on the characterization of an optical system, so that when projected onto a curved optical surface the viewer sees a non distorted image. The approach involves characterizing an optical system with an optical distortion polynomial and then segmenting the field of view into smaller segments. Each segment is characterized with a lower order polynomial. The image is segmented and a computer processor applies distortion correction to each image segment based on the polynomial determined for the associated smaller segment. Alternately, two or more of the image segments may be processed simultaneously using a plurality of microprocessors. The data associated with each image segment is then stitched together to recreate a pre-distorted version of the original image.
US08125404B2	Monopole antenna with high gain and wide bandwidth A monopole antenna includes a base board having a first side and a second side, a grounding element attached on the first side of the base board, a coupling element attached on the first side of the base board and being spaced apart from the grounding element, and a radiating element connected to the coupling element and exposed out the base board.
US08125400B2	Compact antenna feed assembly and support arm with integrated waveguide A feed assembly and feed support arm for parabolic antennas with circular or linear polarization is provided in a streamlined configuration. The feed assembly contains a septum polarizer with parallel transmit and receive ports, or a similarly configured ortho-mode transducer. Through a common waveguide transition, the ports connect to transmit and receive filters joined together in parallel to form a square-profile structure that serves as the feed support arm. The receive filter terminates in a low noise block downconverter while the transmit filter connects to a waveguide flange at the base of the reflector, which is the output port of an up-converter/power amplifier mounted behind the reflector. Alternatively, the power amplifier is integrated into the feed support arm, connecting to the rest of the transmitter behind the reflector.
US08125398B1	Circularly-polarized edge slot antenna A multi-element anti-jamming (A/J) antenna array is disclosed. The multi-element anti-jamming (A/J) array may include a circularly-polarized edge slot antenna and a dielectric resonator antenna. The circularly-polarized edge slot antenna and the dielectric resonator antenna are configured for implementation within an artillery shell, munition, or the like. The circularly-polarized edge slot antenna may be a gun-hard, embedded GPS antenna having an on-axis phase center. Further, the circularly-polarized edge slot antenna may have a forward-looking radiation pattern.
US08125387B2	Regional satellite positioning supplementary system Systems and methods for a navigation satellite of a satellite positioning supplementary system are provided in which a unit generates a navigation signal with a signal strength being dimensioned in such a way that it is still possible to receive signals of other satellite navigation systems.
US08125385B2	Apparatus and method for phase fronts based on superluminal polarization current An apparatus and method for a radiation source involving phase fronts emanating from an accelerated, oscillating polarization current whose distribution pattern moves superluminally (that is, faster than light in vacuo). Theoretical predictions and experimental measurements using an existing prototype superluminal source show that the phase fronts from such a source can be made to be very complex. Consequently, it will be very difficult for an aircraft imaged by such a radiation to detect where this radiation has come from. Moreover, the complexity of the phase fronts makes it almost impossible for electronics on an aircraft to synthesize a rogue reflection. A simple directional antenna and timing system should, on the other hand, be sufficient for the radar operators to locate the aircraft, given knowledge of their own source's speed and modulation pattern.
US08125379B2	Position measurement results by a surveying device using a tilt sensor A surveying apparatus includes an antenna to receive a positioning signal. The surveying apparatus further includes a tilt sensor to obtain a tilt measurement that indicates a degree of tilt of the survey apparatus. The surveying apparatus further includes a processor to obtain a positioning measurement from the positioning signal, and to determine a degree of accuracy of the positioning measurement based on the tilt measurement.
US08125378B1	System and method for determining position using doppler velocities This disclosure is directed to systems and methods for providing GPS positioning determinations from a single set of Doppler measurements from a plurality of satellites in conjunction with satellite ephemeris data and a rough GPS time estimate. Measured Doppler velocities are compared with Doppler velocities calculated from ephemeris data and used to estimate the receiver position.
US08125371B1	System and method for reducing incidences of friendly fire The invention provides a system and method for reducing the instance of friendly fire by having the weapon aiming system include means for emitting an optical signal encoded with the identity of the targeting soldier. The encoded optical signal is received by an optical receiver on a targeted soldier where it is converted into a low power RF signal which is transmitted to a local repeater that retransmits it, optionally using at least one intermediate repeater, to a central monitoring station equipped with a computerized database. If the monitoring station determines that the doubly encoded signal includes the identities of two friendly troops, it transmits a “hold fire” signal back to the aiming system, and a suitable signal, such as a red LED indicative of a “hold fire” order is illuminated.
US08125369B1	Modular RCS and IR signature generation device and deception method to enhance susceptibility of naval vessels A modular RCS (Radar Cross Section) and IR (Infra-Red) signal generation device includes: a plastic bag which is normally stored in a folded state, and inflated when gas is introduced into the bag as desired; a radar reflector received in the plastic bag, the radar reflector being configured in a multi-hedral reflector structure having a reflection characteristic similar to that of a naval vessel to be protected; hot air tubes formed through the plastic bag, hot air being capable of generating IR signals by flowing through the hot air tubes; and connection patches positioned on one of the surfaces of the plastic bag at the points where the ends of the hot air tubes intersect with the surfaces, respectively, the connection patches being adapted to be attached to those of adjacent modular RCS and IR signal generation devices, respectively, so as to interconnect the hot air tubes with those of the adjacent modular RCS and IR signal generation devices.
US08125355B2	Qwerty-keyboard for mobile communication devices The invention relates to a mobile communication device, with a casing and a keypad comprising a plurality of keys and a plurality of rotatable key elements comprising a protrusion. Each key element is adapted to depress a first key in a first direction, when rotated in a first rotating direction, and depress a second key in said first direction, when rotated in a second rotating direction. Each key element is adapted to be rotated in said first rotating direction upon application of a force onto the protrusion in a second direction. Each key element is adapted to be rotated in said second rotating direction upon application of a force onto the protrusion in a third direction. The second and third direction is opposite to each other, and the first direction is perpendicular to said second and said third direction.
US08125351B2	Process for transmitting data between at least one cockpit display screen and at least one remote client system A process for transmitting data between at least one display screen in a cockpit and at least one remote client system includes at least one computer, in which the display screen displays a first request to send a message in a first communication protocol; this message is sent to the remote client system over a first link using a second communication protocol. A request to confirm a message is generated and displayed on the display screen via a communication interface designed to receive and generate messages in this first communication protocol and to receive and generate messages that can be received by the remote client system. The request to confirm the message from the first request is validated by activating a confirmation device separate from the at least one display screen; activating this confirmation device sends a confirmation message via a router system to the remote system awaiting confirmation; this confirmation message, not generated in the first protocol, can be received by the remote client system awaiting confirmation; the router system includes at least one second link separate from the first link.
US08125350B2	Method and device for the multi-technology detection of vehicles Method of detecting vehicles on at least one stretch of a carriageway implementing at least two types of detection chosen from: a video detection comprising a step of acquiring and processing the video images of at least one zone, termed the video monitoring zone, of the stretch of carriageway; an acoustic detection comprising a step of acquiring and processing the sound originating from at least one zone, termed the acoustic monitoring zone, of the stretch of carriageway; a radar detection comprising a step of emitting a microwave electromagnetic radiation towards at least one zone, termed the radar monitoring zone, of the stretch of carriageway and a step of acquiring and processing the microwave electromagnetic radiation reflected, and comprising at least one step of processing the results of the optical and/or sound and/or radar detections so as to deliver an item of information regarding the presence or absence of at least one vehicle.
US08125348B2	Automobile beacon, system and associated method Devices, systems, and methods are provided for alerting a pedestrian, such as a visually impaired pedestrian, of a vehicle in the vicinity. In general, signals are transmitted from a vehicle to a device carried by a pedestrian, such as a mobile terminal. In response, the pedestrian's device may generate an alarm, such as a vibration or an audible alarm, informing the pedestrian that a vehicle is nearby. In some cases, the pedestrian's device may transmit activation signals to the vehicle after receiving the signals from the vehicle. The activation signals may cause speakers on the vehicle to emit an audible alarm, alerting the pedestrian of the presence of the vehicle.
US08125347B2	Text entry system with depressable keyboard on a dynamic display A display component implements a text entry system for a device, such as a cell phone or other handheld device, has various layers that mimic characteristics of a conventional keyboard. A keyboard is displayed on a dynamic touch screen display. When a key is pressed by a user, the surface area of the key on the display depresses, thereby mimicking a conventional keyboard that would typically be used with a desktop or laptop computer. The display component is comprised of various layers or panels. One layer is a compressible touch sensitive or touch screen layer. Adjacent to this layer is a compressible display layer. Another layer is a deformable or cushion layer for supporting a specific weight, such as the weight of user fingers or hands. Adjacent to the deformable layer is a lower touch sensitive layer which has a coordinate system. A user pressing down on a key on the compressible display component at a specific spot creates a downward deformation at that specific spot, thereby providing a more ergonomic feel to the user when entering text into the device.
US08125345B2	Method and apparatus for loose wiring monitor A system is provided in which the voltage phases, neutral, and ground are monitored and an alarm is generated if specific trigger conditions are met. These conditions are indicative of a possible loose neutral, loose wiring, or general over/under voltage condition. Specific algorithms can be used to determine the possibility of a loose wiring condition, and if limits are met, various alarm modes are started.
US08125339B2	Radio frequency identification asset management system, and computer program product A radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking system to track and manage assets. Each asset to be tracked is tagged with an RFID tag, and tracked using RFID readers located throughout a facility. Based on the tracking information, the system allows users to manage assets and generate reports regarding the various tagged assets.
US08125338B2	Acousto-magnetic anti-theft alarming unit with magnetic detacher An acousto-magnetic (AM) anti-theft alarming unit is designed for specific use in a hard tag anti-theft clamp which uses a magnetic detacher. The alarming unit includes a resonator housing defining a cavity in which is placed at least one resonator and a bias piece covered by a housing cover affixed to the resonator housing. The resonators are placed into the housing cavity in a vertically layered configuration. The bias piece is placed along the side of the resonators, as opposed to being beneath the resonators, as is conventional in the art. The bias piece is preferably made of a sintered rare-earth permanent magnet and has a high coercivity. Accordingly, this alarming unit has a strong resistance to demagnetization and a resistance to being shielded by metal. The bias piece has a strong anti-destruction ability, a simple structure and is easy to manufacture.
US08125333B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for monochromatic UV light sterilization The present disclosure provides for methods, systems and apparatus for monochromatic UV light sterilization of container systems and/or container-packaged products. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for improved methods, systems and apparatus for monochromatic UV light sterilization of liquid and/or solid products/solutions and/or packaging/container systems for liquid and/or solid products/solutions (e.g., parenteral pharmaceutical products/solutions and/or packaging/container systems for parenteral pharmaceutical products/solutions). In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for improved systems and methods for the sterilization of container systems and/or container-packaged products using monochromatic, continuous wave, high-intensity, incoherent light in multiple light source configurations, wherein such sterilization regimen achieves a desired sterilization level without negatively affecting the physical properties of the package/container systems and/or the efficacy of the underlying products/systems.
US08125330B2	Portable alarm and methods of transmitting alarm data A portable alarm system includes a wireless receiver configured to receive signals from remote wireless devices and a processor in communication with the wireless receiver, wherein the processor is configured to receive the signals from the wireless receiver. The system further includes an intelligent communications interface in communication with the processor, the intelligent communications interface being configured to receive and translate into wireless digital data at least a portion of the signals from the processor, and transmit the wireless digital data to an external location.
US08125326B2	Intelligent vehicular speed control system A method, system and computer program product for providing notification to the driver of a vehicle when the vehicle's speed exceeds the speed limit within a speed control zone. A vehicular speed control (VSC) utility retrieves information indicating the speed limit of the speed control zone from an information signal detected by a radio receiver. The receiver is electrically coupled to the speed sensor circuitry of the vehicle to track the vehicle's velocity. The VSC utility determines whether to activate a speed notification alarm by comparing the vehicle's velocity with the zone's speed limit. When the vehicle's velocity exceeds the speed limit of the speed control zone, the VSC utility triggers the alarm and alerts the driver of the excessive speed with an audible/visible notification. The VSC utility may re-trigger the alarm if the driver continues to exceed the speed limit while driving within close proximity of the speed control zone.
US08125319B2	Apparatus and method for return notification for stand-alone equipment The apparatus and method of the present invention provide an automatic notification 105 produced by a standalone equipment 100 to indicate that the equipment 100 is due to be returned to an issuing organization or individual. Only the issuing organization or individual has the capability to reset 104 or disable the automatic notification 105. Return notification comprises visual 107 108 and/or audible 106 components that are triggered by the expiration of a timer 102 204. Optionally, for non-essential equipment, the equipment is disabled 109 until reset 104 by the issuing organization or individual.
US08125316B2	RFID material tracking method and apparatus A method and apparatus for tracking items automatically is described. A passive RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag is used with a material tracking system capable of real-time pinpoint location and identification of thousands of items in production and storage areas. Passive RFID tags are attached to the item to be tracked, remote sensing antennas are placed at each remote location to be monitored, interrogators with several antenna inputs are connected to the sensing antennas to multiplex the antenna signals, and a host computer communicates with the interrogators to determine item locations to an exacting measure.
US08125303B2	Solenoid switch for starters A solenoid switch for starters of internal combustion engines has a switch cover in an end-faced manner to the switch housing enclosing the magnetic armature which, in the vicinity of the circumferential edge zones of passageway openings for switch bolts that are to be braced axially against switch cover, is made of a material that is more rigid to compression than in the rest of the cover region.
US08125299B2	Filter circuit A filter for use in a coaxial cable network includes a printed circuit board having first and second opposed major surfaces, and first and second opposing sides. The opposed major surfaces are substantially parallel to a single plane, and are bisected by a longitudinal axis. The first and second opposing sides are substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The filter further includes an input terminal and an output terminal connected to the printed circuit board. The input terminal and the output terminal have an axis extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. A signal path is disposed on the printed circuit board and extends from the input terminal toward the output terminal. The filter further includes a plurality of resonator elements fabricated upon the first opposed major surface. In one embodiment, the inductor elements are arranged in series along the signal path defining a footprint of less than 540 square millimeters. The filter passes a first range of frequencies in a provider bandwidth and attenuates a second range of frequencies in a personal data network bandwidth. In one embodiment, the resonator elements are parallel inductor elements and capacitor elements, the inductor elements being etched spiral inductors.
US08125297B2	Filter, duplexer, and communication apparatus A filter includes: a first filter unit includes: a series resonators connected in series to each other between a first input terminal and a first output terminal; a parallel resonators each having one end connected to one terminal of each of the series resonators; and a common inductance having one end connected to the other ends of the parallel resonators and the other end connected to a ground terminal, and a second filter unit includes: a series resonators connected in series to each other between a second input terminal and a second output terminal; a parallel resonators each having one end connected to one terminal of each of the series resonators; and a common inductance having one end connected to the other ends of the parallel resonators and the other end connected to the ground terminal.
US08125290B2	Apparatus for silencing electromagnetic noise Proposed is an apparatus for silencing electromagnetic noise, characterized by a plurality of centrally symmetrical ring-shaped through-via-hole crystalline units provided between a high voltage plane and a low voltage plane at a regular interval, thereby forming an omnidirectional noise suppression frequency band for reducing noise interference and electromagnetic radiation. In a first embodiment of the ring-shaped through-via-hole crystalline units, the through via holes are perpendicularly coupled between a metal plane and the low voltage plane. In a second embodiment of the ring-shaped through-via-hole crystalline units, the through via holes are perpendicularly coupled between two metal planes. Positioned at a regular interval, the through via holes enable provision of omnidirectional noise suppression frequency band, simplified design of a power plane, and reduction of production costs.
US08125279B2	System and method for reducing holdover duration A device is provided having a local oscillator (LO) configured to generate a first signal comprising at least one of: timing information; frequency information; phase information; and combinations thereof. The device also has a LO error corrector comprising an input, the input configured to receive a second signal comprising at least one of: timing information; frequency information; phase information and combinations thereof, wherein the second signal is used for disciplining the LO. The LO error corrector is configured to: if the second signal is unavailable to discipline the LO, discipline the LO using a source that is less accurate than the second signal. Upon the second signal becoming at least temporarily available, the LO corrector determines an offset error of the LO relative to the second signal. If the second signal becomes unavailable before the device uses the second signal to discipline the LO on an ongoing basis, the LO corrector corrects the offset error of the LO relative to the second signal based information obtained during the second signal's temporary availability and disciplines the LO using a source that is less accurate than the second signal until the second signal becomes at least temporarily available at a subsequent time.
US08125276B2	Sharing of inductor interstage matching in parallel amplification system for wireless communication systems A power amplifier system can include a plurality of driver amplifiers and a plurality of power amplifiers, where each driver amplifier and power amplifier includes at least one respective input port and at least one respective output port. The power amplifier system also includes a shared inductive device that provides common interstage matching between the respective output ports of the plurality of driver amplifiers and the respective input ports of the plurality of power amplifiers. The shared inductive device can be a shared inductor or a shared transformer.
US08125273B2	Apparatus and method for driving an LED Here, a driver for an light emitting diode (LED) is provided. Within this driver, several differential pairs of bipolar transistors are employed in an input stage and output stage along with a control loop. Collectively, these components operate together to drive the LED with a low headroom voltage while still achieving high driver performance in terms of edge speed and jitter.
US08125270B2	Frequency offset Cartesian feedback system An amplifier system providing improved Cartesian feedback is provided. A complex band pass error amplifier is provided. A quadrature up converter is connected to the complex band pass error amplifier so as to receive as input, output from the complex band pass error amplifier. An amplifier is connected to the quadrature up converter so as to receive as input, output from the quadrature up converter. A quadrature down converter is connected at or beyond the amplifier output so as to receive as input a signal proportional to that delivered by the amplifier as output to a load, wherein the complex band pass error amplifier is connected to the quadrature down converter so as to receive as a first input, output from the quadrature down converter and as a second input, a quadrature reference signal.
US08125259B2	Duty cycle distortion (DCD) jitter modeling, calibration and generation methods A method and system for modeling and calibrating duty cycle distortion (DCD) of a Serializer and Deserializer (SerDes) device, including first generating a clock DCD signal. Once the clock DCD signal is generated, it is calibrating based upon results obtained from a filtering process of the clock DCD signal. Once the clock DCD signal is calibrated, a data DCD signal is generated and calibrated based upon results obtained from a filtering process of the data DCD signal.
US08125256B2	Bias generator providing for low power, self-biased delay element and delay line An improved bias generator incorporates a reference voltage and/or a reference current into the generation of bias voltages. In some cases, the output of a biased delay element has a constant voltage swing. A delay line of such constant output voltage swing delay elements may be shown to provide reduced power consumption compared to some known self-biased delay lines. Furthermore, in other cases, providing the reference current to a novel bias generator allows a delay line of delay elements biased by such a novel bias generator to show reduced sensitivity to operating conditions, reduced sensitivity to variation in process parameters and improved signal quality, thereby providing more robust operation.
US08125255B2	PLL circuit Provided is a PLL circuit improving reliability while suppressing power consumption without degrading noise characteristics. The PLL circuit includes a PLL IC that divides an output frequency Fout from a VCO, compares phase with a reference signal, and feeds back a phase difference as a control voltage to the VCO. A control circuit is capable of finely setting both of a reference frequency Fref and an output frequency Fdds in a DDS circuit, and the DDS circuit generates folding signals of Fdds for Fref and an integral multiple frequency thereof based on the combination of the frequencies. A first AMP amplifies a signal, a variable filter selects a desired Fdds (desired) and a second AMP amplifies the signal and supplies the same to the PLL IC as a reference signal. The control circuit further supplies a division ratio N to the PLL IC.
US08125252B2	Multi-phase signal generator and method Multi-phase signal generators and methods for generating multi-phase signals are described. In one embodiment, the clock generator generates quadrature clock signals including those having 90, 180, 270 and 360 degrees phase difference with a first clock signal. One of the intermediate clock signals may be used as an enable signal to guide locking of all signals. For example, the 180 degree clock signal may be inverted and used as an enable signal to guide locking of the initial and 360 degree signals in a single phase adjustment procedure. The 0 and 360 degree signals may be delayed before their phase is compared to compensate for duty cycle error in the clock signals.
US08125250B2	Frequency detection mechanism for a clock generation circuit A frequency detection mechanism for a clock generation unit on an integrated circuit includes a clock generation unit and a detection unit. The clock generation unit may generate an output clock signal at a predetermined frequency that corresponds to a frequency multiple of a reference clock signal provided as an input to the clock generation unit. The detection unit may determine whether the output clock signal is at the predetermined frequency. As such, the detection unit includes a first counter that may generate a first count value based upon the reference clock signal and a second counter that may generate a second count value based upon the output clock signal. The detection unit also includes comparison logic that may perform a plurality of multiplication operations on the first and second count values and generate a final result that indicates whether the output clock signal is at the predetermined frequency.
US08125247B2	Complementary spin transistor logic circuit There is provided a complementary spin transistor logic circuit, including: a parallel spin transistor that includes a magnetized first source, a first drain magnetized in parallel with the magnetization direction of the first source, a first channel layer and a first gate electrode; and an anti-parallel spin transistor that includes a magnetized second source, a second drain magnetized in anti-parallel with the magnetization direction of the second source, a second channel layer and a second gate electrode, wherein the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are connected to a common input terminal.
US08125242B2	Reconfigurable logic fabrics for integrated circuits and systems and methods for configuring reconfigurable logic fabrics In accordance with the present invention there are provided herein asynchronous reconfigurable logic fabrics for integrated circuits and methods for designing asynchronous circuits to be implemented in the asynchronous reconfigurable logic fabrics.
US08125238B2	Automatic test equipment A coupling line is provided for coupling a signal generator to a device under test and includes a first Zener diode and a second Zener diode. The first Zener diode and the second Zener diode are coupled in an antiserial manner. They are adapted to couple the signal generator to the device under test when the signal generator is active and decouple the signal generator from the device under test when the signal generator is inactive.
US08125237B2	Thin film transistor array having test circuitry A thin film transistor (TFT) array having test circuitry includes a thin film transistor array body having a plurality of pixels. Test circuitry is integrally formed with the body. The test circuitry includes a power supply for supplying power via the test circuitry to the body; and a plurality of wireless switches to activate selected pixels.
US08125227B2	Controlling method for capacitive sensors A controlling method for capacitive sensors in a vibrating mirror motor system includes a capacitive sensor, a subtraction circuit and an adder circuit connected to the capacitive sensor, a high frequency power supply providing power for the capacitive sensor, a D/A converter, and a gain stage adjustment device, wherein values obtained at the capacitive sensor are summed through the adder circuit, then the summed value and a value processed by the D/A converter are input to a comparator which comparing the values, and a gain adjusting value is obtained and supplied to the high frequency power supply, meanwhile the values obtained by capacitive sensor are subtracted by the subtraction circuit and then adjusted by the gain stage adjustment device, finally a position signal is outputted.
US08125219B2	Method for determining and evaluating eddy-current displays, in particular cracks, in a test object made from an electrically conductive material A method for determining and evaluating eddy-current displays, in particular cracks, in a test object made from an electrically conductive material is provided. The method uses the following steps, applying an alternating electromagnetic field of a predetermined constant or variable frequency to the test object, detecting the eddy currents induced in the test object along predetermined parallel measuring tracks, providing eddy-current signals each eddy-current signal is assigned to a measuring track, conditioning the eddy-current signals and providing conditioned measured variables, interpreting the conditioned measured variables using a predetermined evaluation algorithm, and providing synthetic crack signals.
US08125215B2	Measuring vibrations of a turbo-machine rotor blade with the help of an induction sensor in high temperature A method is disclosed of measuring vibrations on turbo-machine rotary turbine blades utilizing an induction sensor at high temperatures. A set of magnets produces a magnetic field which results in a measurement signal generated in the sensor's coil which then can be interpreted to measure the vibrations.
US08125212B1	Rotating coherent electromagnetic emission instrumentation apparatus The rotating coherent electromagnetic emission instrumentation apparatus provides instrumentation for cataloguing environmental anomalies that may occur along the circumferential path of a rotating electromagnetic (EM) wave beam having sufficient RPM that the instantaneous change in radial direction of the beam approaches light speed. Under those conditions, it is hypothesized that environmental anomalies, such as energy spikes, which ultimately can be harnessed as an energy source, may occur along or proximate to the circumferential beam path. Sensors are disposed along the circumferential path of the rotating beam. Sensor data providing energy readings are recorded in real time. The sensor data is analyzed in real time, and also post-processed. Since the wavefront energy is known along the circumference, any energy spikes recorded may be attributed to mass-like sub-measurable elements of space that may have come in contact with the mass-like components of the high speed rotating electromagnetic wave.
US08125210B2	Detector for calculating the depth of a buried conductor A detector for calculating a depth of a buried conductor is provided. The detector includes a plurality of antennas for detecting an electromagnetic field radiated by the conductor and one or more signal processors for calculating the depth of the conductor based on the field detected by the antennas. The calculated depth of the conductor is displayed when one or more predetermined criteria are satisfied.
US08125204B2	Two-stage power supply with feedback adjusted power supply rejection ratio The present invention discloses a power supply comprising: a switching regulator circuit converting an input voltage to an intermediate voltage; a low dropout linear regulator circuit converting the intermediate voltage to an output voltage so as to supply a load current to a load; and a feedback control circuit which increases the noise filtering effect of the low dropout linear regulator circuit when the load current increases.
US08125203B2	PFC controller, switching regulator and power supply circuit A PFC counter which controls a switching element of voltage step-up chopper circuits arranged in parallel has a circuit (SLOG) generating a switch signal (GD_S) whose phase is shifted from that of a switch signal of one of the switching elements. This circuit has a first counter (COUNTM) which counts clock signals by a cycle unit of one of the switch signals; a second counter (COUNTS) which counts clock signals by a cycle unit having a predetermined phase difference with respect to one of the switch signals; and a first register (REG1) which holds a value counted by the first counter corresponding to a high-level period of one of the switch signals.
US08125198B2	Multi-function modulator for low-powered, wired and wireless command, control, and communications applications An amplitude, phase and frequency modulator circuit is provided with the circuit containing a periodically driven switch. The circuit connects a DC power source and a resistive load. Periodic operation of the switch generates a square-wave of voltage across the load. A transistor used as a switch is embedded in a switch driver that controls base current and base-emitter reverse bias voltage. The modulator DC input resistance is approximately equal to the load resistance when the switch ON-state period and OFF-state period are approximately equal. The modulator efficiency is nearly one hundred percent. The frequency response of the square-wave modulator system is high-pass with a lower cutoff frequency determined by element values.
US08125196B2	Electrical power arrangement Utilisation of a number of electrical machines such as generators all driven by a common prime mover, such as a gas turbine engine, are known. However, faults in one phase of one particular electrical machine may cause torque vibration and therefore stressing to mechanical linkages between the electrical machine and the prime mover. By determining torque vibration and then utilising a second electrical machine to introduce an anti-phase torque vibration a substantially balanced and steady torque loading to the mechanical linkages can be achieved.
US08125194B2	Laptop computer storage and battery charging systems and methods including transient current inrush limiter A control system of a laptop computer storage system comprises a plurality of receptacles for charging one or more laptop computer batteries. A first switch may be provided for coupling the receptacles to a power source via a current limiter having an impedance that initially limits a current inrush and then decreases with temperature. A second switch may be provided for coupling the receptacles to the power source via a low impedance path. A controller may be provided and configured to activate the first switch to limit an initial current inrush while charging energy storing components associated with the laptop computer's power supply and then activate the second switch to allow each laptop coupled to the receptacles to at least partially charge its battery.
US08125186B2	Graphic state of charge indicator for a battery charging system and method of use A graphic state of battery charge indicator is used to provide the user with a visual indication of state of battery charge, magnitude of current flow and direction of current flow by using displays such as multi-segment LCD or LED displays in the shape of a battery. The indicator is able to provide these parameters by sequencing the on/off operation of the segmented displays. A microcontroller is provided battery state data from a battery monitor and converts this information to on/off commands for the segmented displays. There may be up to 10 segmented displays in the indicator with each segment proportionally representing a percentage of the state of battery charge. State of charge is indicated by a single on display at the appropriate location in the display. Current flowing into the battery is represented by a ripple effect in the displays in the positive direction. Current flowing out of the battery is represented by a ripple effect in the display in the negative direction.
US08125183B2	Charging system and vehicle and charge controller for the charging system A charging system for charging a vehicle battery using a commercial power supply available in a construction on the ground includes a charge device, a power line, a time setting unit, and a control unit. The charge device mounted on a vehicle charges the vehicle battery. The power line connects between the construction on the ground and the vehicle. The time setting unit sets a charge start time for starting battery charging. The control unit is used for starting battery charging at the charge start time.
US08125178B2	Drive and method A drive and a method, including an electric motor, which is supplied by a rectifier, the rectifier including a time-discrete closed-loop control structure, which regulates the stator current of the electric motor by setting the voltage applied at the motor, the current of the motor being acquired in time-discrete fashion, the closed-loop control structure including a closed-loop controller whose actual value is a first current component of the current, the setpoint input of the closed-loop controller being coupled with at least one upstream setpoint limiter.
US08125176B2	Motorized system for closing a building The invention relates to a motorized system for closing a building, of the roller shutter type with the particular feature that it has a two-phase asynchronous motor which comprises two windings (2; 3) and is combined with a speed-varying device (5).
US08125170B2	Techniques and apparatus for the measurement of mutual inductance in a switched reluctance machine A system and technique for measuring the mutual inductance in a switched reluctance machine (SRM). In a first example embodiment of the technique, a voltage pulse is applied to primary coil when the machine is stationery. By measuring current in the primary coil and measuring induced voltages in adjacent open circuited coils mutual inductance may be determined. In another example embodiment, a voltage pulse is applied to the primary coil when the machine is stationery. The secondary coil is allowed to freewheel current through the phase. By measuring time taken by the primary phase to reach a preset value, the mutual inductance for the known position of a rotor can be determined.
US08125165B2	Motorized screen configuration and grouped control methods, automatic controller for implementing this method and home automation installation comprising such an automatic controller An automatic control mechanism for a group of motorized screens in which each screen includes a load bar that is displaced according to a predefined travel and wherein the control mechanism determines a shift parameter between a first reference position of each screen and a second reference position, one of these two reference positions being a reference position common to the screens of the group. The control mechanism takes into account at least one shift parameter to obtain, following a control command, at least the alignment of the load bars that have been displaced.
US08125157B2	Light source and method for producing light modifiable in colour and/or luminosity The present invention relates to a light source, which produces light leaving the light source with modifiable color and luminosity, with at least one light emitting diode for emitting primary radiation, comprising a layer connected with said diode, wherein said layer includes at least one luminescent material for converting the primary radiation into a secondary radiation.
US08125154B2	Automatic lamp detection method and optimal operation for fluorescent lamps There is provided a method that can detect the lamp type of fluorescent lamps and operate the lamp at the appropriate lamp power. The proposed method involves the classification of lamp characteristics of existing fluorescent lamps and the use of logic detection method such as a fuzzy logic detection and control technique to zoom into the right type of lamp. The information used in the lamp detection includes (1) lamp filament/electrode resistance, (2) lamp voltage and (3) lamp current. These three pieces of information can be used to select the appropriate fluorescent lamp type so that the control gear can operate the lamp at the right rated power. The importance of this invention can lead to a universal electronic ballast that can detect and operate all fluorescent lamps commonly available. It can also be used in a limited capacity to control a limited range of lamps.
US08125142B2	Organic light emitting diode display An OLED display for improving white light emitting efficiency and simplifying a manufacturing process includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels having a transistor unit, a color filter unit and an organic light emitting device unit. The transistor unit converts signals from the outside into driving signals for driving an organic light emitting device unit. The organic light emitting device unit is composed of blue, red and green emission layers each having different areas. By passing white light through a color filer, the OLED display can realize full color.
US08125139B2	Fluorescent substance and process for producing the same, and luminescent element using the same Provided is a phosphor material for a white LED with a blue LED or ultraviolet LED as a light source.A phosphor comprises an α-sialon represented by the formula: (M1)X(M2)Y(Si)12−(m+n)(Al)m+n(O)n(N)16−n where M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, Ca, Y and lanthanide metals (except for La and Ce), M2 is at least one element selected from Ce, Pr, Eu, Tb, Yb and Er, 0.3≦X+Y≦1.5, 0
US08125136B2	Light emission diode A light emitting diode includes a casing, a frame in the casing, one or a plurality of light emitting chip, and a packaging polymer; the frame being provided with a placement area to receive placement of the light emitting chip, and an electrode area separated from the placement area; a sectional fall being disposed at where appropriately on the placement area to increase contact area between the frame and the casing and improve the relative stability between the casing and the frame.
US08125133B2	Lamp comprising a base that is mounted without cement The invention relates to a light bulb (1), the end of which is provided with a polymer ceramic base (5). Said base (5) is injection molded directly onto the end of the bulb.
US08125130B2	Spark plug A spark plug has a central electrode and a plurality of peripheral electrodes. The central electrode has a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion of the central electrode has a circular cross-section with a longitudinal axis and terminates in a distal end. Each peripheral electrode has a lower portion and an upper portion. Each upper portion has a distal-most point. Each distal-most point is disposed in a central plane within which the longitudinal axis of the distal portion of the central electrode is wholly disposed. The cross-section of each upper portion taken along its central plane defines a convex outer side and a non-convex inner side. Each convex outer side has a curved surface which is tangent to a plurality of tangent planes, all of which intersect the longitudinal axis of the distal portion of the central electrode at points at or above the distal end of the distal point of the central electrode.
US08125124B2	Multi-layer piezoelectric element and method for manufacturing the same A multi-layer piezoelectric element having high durability which allows it to increase the amount of displacement of a piezoelectric actuator under high voltage and high pressure and does not undergo a change in the amount of displacement during continuous operation in a high electric field and under a high pressure over a long time period is provided.The multi-layer piezoelectric element comprises a stack of at least one piezoelectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes consisting of first and second internal electrodes placed one on another, a first external electrode formed on a first side face of the stack and connected to the first internal electrode and a second external electrode formed on a second side face of the stack and connected to the second internal electrode, wherein the bonding strength between the piezoelectric layer and the internal electrode is weaker than the bending strength of the piezoelectric layer.
US08125123B2	Piezoelectric thin film resonant element and circuit component using the same A piezoelectric thin film resonant element includes a resonant portion having a laminate structure made up of a lower electrode, an upper electrode and a piezoelectric film arranged between these two electrodes. The lower electrode has an ellipsoidal plan-view shape and an outer circumference formed with an inclined portion inclined at an angle (about 30° for example) lying within a range of 25° through 55°. The upper electrode has an ellipsoidal plan-view shape. An additional film is provided on the upper electrode at a portion corresponding to the inclined portion of the lower electrode.
US08125121B2	Switching element, method for manufacturing the same, and display device including switching element A method for manufacturing a switching element which has enough resistance to repeat switching operations and which can be miniaturized and have low power consumption, and a display device including the switching element are provided. The switching element includes a first electrode to which a constant potential is applied, a second electrode adjacent to the first electrode, and a third electrode over the first electrode with a spacer layer formed of a piezoelectric material interposed therebetween and provided across the second electrode such that there is a gap between the second electrode and the third electrode. A potential which is different from or approximately the same as a potential of the first electrode is applied to the third electrode to expand and contract the spacer layer, so that a contact state or a noncontact state between the second electrode and the third electrode can be selected.
US08125120B2	Vibration device, antidust device, camera, vibration device inspection method, method for manufacturing vibration device and vibration method A vibration device comprising; a vibrator which generates bending vibration on a predetermined member, a controller which controls a driver to drive the vibrator, wherein; the vibrator comprises a plurality of driving electrodes electrically insulated respectively, the controller controls the driver to make phases of driving signals respectively output to the plurality of driving electrodes changeable relatively and adjust an order of the bending vibration.
US08125119B2	Piezoelectric actuator control circuit, image stabilization control circuit, and imaging device In a control circuit for servo control of a piezoelectric actuator, it is possible to efficiently move a movement object toward a target position in each servo control cycle. A pulse generation circuit (26) generates a drive pulse a plurality of times within a servo control cycle. The ideal value of the amount of movement in one drive pulse is stored in a register (28), and is used to estimate the amount of movement required to reach the target position of a lens (8) each time a drive pulse is generated. It is possible to switch between coarse movement and fine movement by using two types of drive pulses that have mutually different duty ratios, and the lens (8) can be rapidly moved by coarse movement when the required amount of movement is large, and fine movement when the required amount of movement is small.
US08125114B2	Dynamoelectric machine locking wedge for maintaining a winding in a slot A locking wedge for a slot of a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The locking wedge includes a main body extending in an axial direction. The main body has a top surface and a bottom surface with a greater surface area than the top surface, and a first end surface and a second end surface opposed to the first end surface. First and second locking slots extend in the axial direction into a portion of the main body. The first locking slot begins in the first end surface and the second locking slot begins in the second end surface. A first locking member is disposed to fit into the first locking slot, and a second locking member is disposed to fit into the second locking slot. The first and second locking members can be inserted into the first and second locking slots, respectively, to lock the locking wedge in the slot.
US08125112B2	Electric motor A DC motor 12, has a stator housing 16 accommodating a permanent magnet stator and a rotor 15 rotatably mounted confronting the stator. The rotor 15 has a shaft 21, a rotor core 22 fitted to the shaft and having laminations forming salient poles or teeth 27. A commutator 23 is fitted to the shaft adjacent one end of the rotor core and windings 24 are wound about the teeth and terminated on segments of the commutator 23. The windings is formed by a number of coils with each coil being wound around a single tooth of the rotor and each tooth supporting a single coil. Brush gear comprising a plurality of brushes 26 in sliding contact with the commutator 23, transfers electrical power to the windings.
US08125109B2	Modular safety switching system and method A modular safety switching system (10) with at least one output module (14) and a central control unit (28), which is connected to all output modules (14) via a bus (22). The output module (14) receives input data of at least one sensor (16) or switch (16a) and has at least one output (14b) for an actuator. The central control unit (28) is designed to receive at least a portion of the input data which is evaluated for the transferring of the output data to the output (14b). The output module (14) has its own, dedicated output module control unit (20), which evaluates the input data in collaboration with the central control unit for the purpose of transferring the output data to the output (14b). A suitable method is also disclosed.
US08125096B2	Hydro turbine generator A hydroelectric turbine generator and control system is provided that optimizes the maximum possible power output at all times by strictly monitoring power output from the generator unit and modulating the wicket gate angle and the runner blade pitch independently of one another. The hydroelectric turbine generator includes a means for separately controlling wicket gate angle and runner blade pitch. The wicket gate angle control mechanism controls the flow into the system, pre conditions flow for maximum power and maintains reservoir level. The runner blade pitch control mechanism continuously monitors the system power output based on actual power produced, and adjusts system parameters in order to achieve maximum power output.
US08125091B2	Wire bonding over active circuits A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die mounted over a package substrate. The die has a bond pad located thereover. A stud bump consisting substantially of a first metal is located on the bond pad. A wire consisting substantially of a different second metal is bonded to the stud bump.
US08125085B2	Semiconductor device having wiring with oxide layer of impurity from the wiring A semiconductor device includes an interlayer film formed over a semiconductor substrate. A groove is formed in the interlayer film. A wiring formed in the groove is a copper alloy including copper and a metal element. An oxide layer of the metal element is formed over the surface of the wiring. The oxide layer is formed in a first region along a grain boundary of a copper crystal and a second region surrounded by the grain boundary, over the surface of the wiring. The oxide layer formed in the first region has a thickness greater than that of the oxide layer formed in the second region.
US08125083B2	Protective barrier layer for semiconductor device electrodes A semiconductor device includes a die with at least one electrode on a surface thereof, at least one solderable contact formed on the electrode, and a passivation layer formed over the electrode and including an opening that exposes the solderable contact. The passivation layer opening may be wider than the solderable contact such that a gap extends between the contact and the passivation layer. The device also includes a barrier layer disposed on the top surface of the electrode, and along the underside of the solderable contact and across the gap. The barrier layer may also extend under the passivation layer and may cover the entire top surface of the electrode. The barrier layer may also extend along the sidewalls of the electrode. The barrier layer may include a titanium layer or a titanium layer and nickel layer. The barrier layer protects the electrode and underlying die from acidic fluxes found in lead-free solders.
US08125063B2	COL package having small chip hidden between leads A Chip-On-Lead (COL) type semiconductor package having small chip hidden between leads is revealed. The lower surfaces of the leadframe's leads are attached to a wiring substrate and the leads are horizontally bent to form a die-holding cavity. A smaller chip is disposed on the wiring substrate by passing through the die-holding cavity to be on the same disposing level with the leads. At least a larger chip is disposed on the leads to overlap the smaller chip so that the small chip does not extrude from the leads. The encapsulant encapsulates a plurality of internal parts of the leads, the wiring substrate, and the larger chip. Therefore, the conventional unbalance issue of mold flow above and below the leads leading to cause excessive warpage can be avoided and numbers of stacked larger chips can be increased to have larger memory capacities.
US08125059B2	Semiconductor device A highly flexible semiconductor device of a stacked-type semiconductor device which transfers information by inductive coupling between inductors, in which LSI chips can be stacked even when a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit are arranged at different positions from each other when viewed in a stacking direction. The semiconductor device has an interposer including a first inductor which is inductively coupled with a transmitter circuit of a first LSI chip to be stacked, and a second inductor which is inductively coupled with a receiver circuit of a second LSI chip to be stacked, the first inductor and the second inductor being electrically connected. An interchip communication is made from the first LSI chip to the second LSI chip.
US08125034B2	Graded ARC for high NA and immersion lithography A method of forming a device using a graded anti-reflective coating is provided. One or more amorphous carbon layers are formed on a substrate. An anti-reflective coating (ARC) is formed on the one or more amorphous carbon layers wherein the ARC layer has an absorption coefficient that varies across the thickness of the ARC layer. An energy sensitive resist material is formed on the ARC layer. An image of a pattern is introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material by exposing the energy sensitive resist material to patterned radiation. The image of the pattern introduced into the layer of energy sensitive resist material is developed.
US08125029B2	Lateral power diode with self-biasing electrode A semiconductor diode includes a drift region of a first conductivity type and an anode region of a second conductivity type in the drift region such that the anode region and the drift region form a pn junction therebetween. A first highly doped silicon region of the first conductivity type extends in the drift region, and is laterally spaced from the anode region such that upon biasing the semiconductor power diode in a conducting state, a current flows laterally between the anode region and the first highly doped silicon region through the drift region. A plurality of trenches extends into the drift region perpendicular to the current flow. Each trench includes a dielectric layer lining at least a portion of the trench sidewalls and also includes at least one conductive.
US08125027B2	Semiconductor device having trenches extending through channel regions A semiconductor device includes an n-type semiconductor substrate, an alternating conductivity type layer on semiconductor substrate, the alternating conductivity type layer including n-type drift regions and p-type partition regions arranged alternately, p-type channel regions on the alternating conductivity type layer, and trenches formed from the surfaces of the p-type channel regions down to respective n-type drift regions or both the n-type drift regions and the p-type partition regions. The bottom of each trench is near or over the pn-junction between the p-type partition region and the n-type drift region. The semiconductor device facilitates preventing the on-resistance from increasing, obtaining a higher breakdown voltage, and reducing the variations caused in the characteristics thereof.
US08125025B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device (such as a MOSFET) can prevent a lowering in the reliability of a gate insulating film and can cope with a finer trench pattern. The MOSFET has a plurality of trenches penetrating a p−-type doped region and a gate electrode formed on the interior surface of each trench with a silicon oxide film (gate insulating film) interposed. The gate electrode is embedded inside the trench such that the upper surface of the former is located above the p−-type doped region, and includes a polysilicon layer facing the p−-type doped region with the silicon oxide film sandwiched therebetween and a low-resistance layer formed on the upper surface of the polysilicon layer and having a lower electrical resistivity than that of the polysilicon layer. An SiN film is formed between the silicon oxide film and the side surface of the low-resistance layer above the p−-type doped region.
US08125006B2	Array of low resistive vertical diodes and method of production An integrated circuit comprising an array of memory cells and a corresponding production method are described. Each memory cell comprises a resistively switching memory element and a vertical selection diode coupled to a selection line in a selection line trench for selecting one cell from the plurality of memory cells. A selection line is coupled to the vertical selection diode at one vertical sidewall of the selection line trench.
US08125004B2	Field-effect semiconductor device A heterojunction field-effect semiconductor device has a main semiconductor region comprising two layers of dissimilar materials such that a two-dimensional electron gas layer is generated along the heterojunction between the two layers. A source and a drain electrode are placed in spaced positions on a major surface of the main semiconductor region and electrically coupled to the 2DEG layer. Between these electrodes, a gate electrode is received in a recess in the major surface of the main semiconductor region via a p-type metal oxide semiconductor film and insulating film, whereby a depletion zone is normally created in the 2DEG layer, making the device normally off. The p-type metal oxide semiconductor film of high hole concentration serves for the normally-off performance of the device with low gate leak current, and the insulating film for further reduction of gate leak current.
US08124996B2	White light devices using non-polar or semipolar gallium containing materials and phosphors A packaged light emitting device. The device includes a substrate member comprising a surface region and one or more light emitting diode devices overlying the surface region. In a specific embodiment, at least one of the light emitting diode device is fabricated on a semipolar or nonpolar GaN containing substrate. The one or more light emitting diode devices are fabricated on the semipolar or nonpolar GaN containing substrate emits substantially polarized emission of one or more first wavelengths. At least at least one of the light emitting diode devices comprise a quantum well region, which is characterized by an electron wave function and a hole wave function. In a specific embodiment, the electron wave function and the hole wave function are substantially overlapped within a predetermined spatial region of the quantum well region. In a specific embodiment, the device has a thickness of one or more entities formed overlying the one or more light emitting diode devices. The one or more entities are excited by the substantially polarized emission and emitting electromagnetic radiation of one or more second wavelengths.
US08124993B2	Selective decomposition of nitride semiconductors to enhance LED light extraction A method of texturing a surface within or immediately adjacent to a template layer of a LED is described. The method uses a texturing laser directed through a substrate to decompose and pit a semiconductor material at the surface to be textured. By texturing the surface, light trapping within the template layer is reduced. Furthermore, by patterning the arrangement of pits, metal coating each pit can be arranged to spread current through the template layer and thus through the n-doped region of a LED.
US08124992B2	Light-emitting device, manufacturing method thereof, and lamp The present invention provides a light-emitting device comprising an n-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, a p-type semiconductor layer and a titanium oxide-based conductive film layer laminated in this order, wherein the titanium oxide-based conductive film layer comprises a first layer as a light extraction layer and a second layer as a current diffusion layer, the second layer being arranged on the p-type semiconductor layer side of the first layer, a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, and a lamp.
US08124988B2	Light emitting diode lamp package structure and assembly thereof The present invention provides a light emitting diode (LED) lamp package structure characterized in which a plurality of light emitting diodes, a control integrated circuit, a circuit board and four electric conductivity supports are encapsulated inside a package body where the electric conductivity supports are respectively a Vdd pad, a data input pad, a data output pad, and a Vss pad. The present invention further provides a LED lamp assembly, comprising a LED lamp, a lampshade, a socket, and a mount formed with a socket. After the LED lamp is mounted on the socket with the four electric conductivity supports exposed and the socket is plugged into the socket of the mount, the electric conductivity supports would contact the four electrode contacts in the socket where the four electrode contacts are respectively a positive DC voltage electrode, a data input electrode, a data output electrode and a negative DC voltage electrode.
US08124986B2	Nitride-based semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A nitride-based semiconductor device includes: a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure including a p-type semiconductor region, a surface of the p-type semiconductor region being an m-plane; and an electrode that is arranged on the p-type semiconductor region, wherein the p-type semiconductor region is made of an AlxGayInzN semiconductor (where x+y+z=1, x≧0, y≧0, and z≧0), and the electrode contains Mg, Zn and Ag.
US08124982B2	Semiconductor light-emitting element and method for fabrication the same The semiconductor light-emitting element includes a group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure having an active layer containing In as well as a p-type layer and an n-type layer stacked to hold the active layer therebetween. The group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure is made of a group III nitride semiconductor having a major surface defined by a nonpolar plane whose offset angle in a c-axis direction is negative. A remarkable effect is attained when the emission wavelength of the active layer is not less than 450 nm. In the group III nitride semiconductor constituting the group III nitride semiconductor multilayer structure, the offset angle θ in the c-axis direction preferably satisfies −1°<θ<0°.
US08124973B2	Electronic appliance including transistor having LDD region A high reliability semiconductor display device is provided. A semiconductor layer in the semiconductor display device has a channel forming region, an LDD region, a source region, and a drain region, and the LDD region overlaps a first gate electrode, sandwiching a gate insulating film.
US08124971B2	Implementation of diffusion barrier in 3D memory One or more diffusion barriers are formed around one or more conductors in a three dimensional or 3D memory cell. The diffusion barriers allow the conductors to comprise very low resistivity materials, such as copper, that may otherwise out diffuse into surrounding areas, particularly at elevated processing temperatures. Utilizing lower resistivity materials allows device dimension to be reduced by mitigating increases in resistance that occur when the size of the conductors is reduced. As such, more cells can be produced over a given area, thus increasing the density and storage capacity of a resulting memory array.
US08124970B2	Phase change memory device having buried conduction lines directly underneath phase change memory cells and fabrication method thereof A phase change memory device having buried conduction lines directly underneath phase change memory cells is presented. The phase change memory device includes buried conduction lines buried in a semiconductor substrate and phase change memory cells arranged on top of the buried conductive lines. By having the buried conduction lines directly underneath the phase change memory cells, the resultant device can realize a considerable reduction in size.
US08124969B2	Semiconductor light emitting element and method for manufacturing the same A ZnO-based semiconductor light emitting element includes a ZnO-based semiconductor layer formed on a rectangular sapphire A-plane substrate having a principal surface lying in the A-plane {11-20}. The substrate has a thickness of 50 to 200 μm and is surrounded by two parallel first side edges forming an angle in a range of 52.7° to 54.7° with respect to the m-axis orthogonal to the c-axis and two parallel second side edges orthogonal to the first side edges. The light emitting element is obtained by: forming, on a surface of the sapphire A-plane substrate opposite to the surface on which the ZnO-based semiconductor layer is formed, first scribed grooves forming an angle in a range of 52.7° to 54.7° with respect to the m-axis and second scribed grooves orthogonal to the first scribed grooves; and breaking the substrate along the first scribed grooves and then along the second scribed grooves.
US08124964B2	Field-effect transistor Disclosed is a field-effect transistor characterized by using a compound represented by the formula (1) below as a semiconductor material. (In the formula (1), X1 and X2 independently represent a sulfur atom, a selenium atom or a tellurium atom; and R1 and R2 independently represent an unsubstituted or halogeno-substituted C1-C36 aliphatic hydrocarbon group.)
US08124962B2	Organic light emitting device and method of fabricating the same In an organic light emitting device and method of fabricating the same, a hole is formed in a reflecting layer formed below a first electrode or the reflecting layer itself is patterned to form a reflecting layer pattern, and an opening is formed in the reflecting layer positioned below the first electrode, so that light generated in an organic layer is transmitted toward the bottom as well as the top, and an aperture ratio of the opening may be adjusted to control the amount of the transmitted light and the reflected light. The organic light emitting device includes: a substrate; a first electrode; an organic layer having at least an organic emission layer; and a second electrode formed on the substrate. A reflecting layer is positioned below the first electrode, and has at least one hole or at least one island pattern formed therein. An aperture ratio of the opening may be adjusted so that a double-sided organic light emitting device capable of adjusting the amount of the reflected light and the transmitted light may be readily formed.
US08124959B2	High hole mobility semiconductor device One embodiment of the invention includes a high hole mobility p-channel GaAsySb1-y quantum well with a silicon substrate and an InxAl1-xAs barrier layer.
US08124958B2	Method of fabricating semiconductor devices on a group IV substrate with controlled interface properties and diffusion tails Electronic and opto-electronic devices having epitaxially-deposited III/V compounds on vicinal group IV substrates and method for making same. The devices include an AlAs nucleating layer on a Ge substrate. The group IV substrate contains a p-n junction whose change of characteristics during epitaxial growth of As-containing layers is minimized by the AlAs nucleating layer. The AlAs nucleating layer provides improved morphology of the devices and a means to control the position of a p-n junction near the surface of the group IV substrate through diffusion of As and/or P and near the bottom of the III/V structure through minimized diffusion of the group IV element.
US08124950B2	Concentric phase change memory element A memory device including a first electrode; a second electrode; and a memory cell positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, the memory cell including a core of a first phase change material and a cladding of a second phase change material, wherein the first phase change material has a lower crystallization temperature than the second phase change material.
US08124947B2	Ion implanter having combined hybrid and double mechanical scan architecture A system and method are provided for implanting ions into a workpiece in a plurality of operating ranges. A desired dosage of ions is provided, and a spot ion beam is formed from an ion source and mass analyzed by a mass analyzer. Ions are implanted into the workpiece in one of a first mode and a second mode based on the desired dosage of ions, where in the first mode, the ion beam is scanned by a beam scanning system positioned downstream of the mass analyzer and parallelized by a parallelizer positioned downstream of the beam scanning system. In the first mode, the workpiece is scanned through the scanned ion beam in at least one dimension by a workpiece scanning system. In the second mode, the ion beam is passed through the beam scanning system and parallelizer un-scanned, and the workpiece is two-dimensionally scanned through the spot ion beam.
US08124943B1	Methods and systems for altering fluorescent intensities of a plurality of particles A method for altering fluorescent emissions of particles includes setting the particles in motion and exposing the moving particles to light such that fluorescent intensities of the particles are lessened isotropically and substantially simultaneously. Another method includes measuring fluorescent emissions of particles, determining the measured fluorescent emissions do not collectively fit within a first predetermined range of fluorescent values, and exposing the particles to one or more incidents of light that are configured to cooperatively alter the fluorescent emissions of the particles to be within a second predetermined range of fluorescent values. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a vessel configured to contain a plurality of particles and a means for setting the particles in motion. The apparatus further includes an illumination subsystem configured to direct light toward the vessel and at a spectral window (i.e., wavelength or band of wavelengths) which is configured to isotropically and substantially simultaneously lessen the fluorescent emissions of each of the particles.
US08124940B2	Charged particle beam apparatus Disclosed herein is a scanning electron microscope having a function for positioning an object point of an objective lens at a defined position even under an electronic optical condition in which it is difficult to accurately control the position of the object point of the objective lens. A deflector is provided to deflect an electron beam in order to detect the object point and located at a desired position of the object point of the objective lens. The deflector is not used to scan a sample with the electron beam. The scanning electron microscope has a function for automatically adjusting the position of the object point to ensure that the object point of the objective lens is located at the position of the object point detection deflector by using a characteristic in which a displacement of an image by the deflector is minimal when the object point is located at the position of the deflector.
US08124930B2	Multipole ion transport apparatus and related methods An ion transport apparatus includes an ion entrance end, an ion exit end, and electrodes arranged along a longitudinal axis from the ion entrance end toward the ion exit end. The electrodes are configured for applying an RF electrical field that varies along the longitudinal axis such that at the ion entrance end, the RF electrical field comprises a major first multipole component of 2n1 poles where n1≧3/2, and at the ion exit end the RF electrical field comprises predominantly a second multipole component of 2n2 poles where n2≧3/2 and n2
US08124927B2	Detecting light in whispering-gallery-mode resonators An optical device including a whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical resonator configured to support one or more whispering gallery modes; and a photodetector optically coupled to an exterior surface of the optical resonator to receive evanescent light from the optical resonator to detect light inside the optical resonator.
US08124916B2	Thermal processing of silicon wafers Apparatus and methods that minimize surface defect development in silicon wafers during thermal processing at relatively high temperatures at which silicon wafers are annealed and at less extreme temperature, or for other purposes. The apparatus and methods have utility to horizontally-disposed furnaces for silicon wafers and to vertically-oriented furnaces in which larger wafers can be thermally processed. A selectively-sealable process tube encloses silicon wafers during heating of the silicon wafers to a predetermined temperature, and a heating atmosphere supply system induces through the process tube a positive flow of a process gas, such as hydrogen or argon, that is non-reactive with solid silicon at the predetermined temperature. A process tube outlet vents gas from the process tube, and an impurity sensor in the process tube outlet detects oxygen and moisture in the vented gas to verify the purity of the atmosphere surrounding the wafers during thermal processing.
US08124911B2	On-the-fly manipulation of spot size and cutting speed for real-time control of trench depth and width in laser operations Systems and methods cut trenches of multiple widths in a material using a single pass of a laser beam. A first series of laser pulses cut a work surface of the material at a first cutting speed using a first spot size. In a transition region from a first trench width to a second trench width, a second series of laser pulses sequentially change spot sizes while gradually changing from the first cutting speed to a second cutting speed. Then, a third series of laser pulses continue to cut the work surface at the second cutting speed using a second spot size. The method provides for increased depth control in the transition region. A system uses a selectively adjustable optical component in the laser beam path to rapidly change spot size by adjusting a position of a focal plane with respect to the work surface.
US08124905B2	Guide wire A method of making a guide wire involves butting a connection end face at a proximal end of a first wire against a connection end face at a distal end of a second wire while applying voltage and a pressing force to weld together the first and second wires at a welded portion. The welded portion forms a projection that projects outwardly in an outer peripheral direction relative to portions of the first and second wire adjacent the projection. The outer dimension of the projection at the welded portion is adjusted so that upon completing adjusting the outer dimension of the projection the projection still projects outwardly in the outer peripheral direction relative to the portions of the first and second wire adjacent the projection.
US08124899B2	Key assembly and portable electronic device using the same A key assembly comprises a base plate and two keys. The base plate has an opening defined therein and two opposite first inner walls formed in the opening, each first inner wall has two mating space defined therein and spaced from each other. Each key has two opposite sidewalls, each sidewall has a shaft protruding therefrom and corresponding to the mating spaces, the shafts is rotatably received in the mating spaces.
US08124898B2	Electrical device controller having a switch and a thumbwheel dimmer An electrical device controller is provided for controlling power to a load. The controller includes a housing having an open face and a plate having a unitary aperture secured to the housing and disposed over the open face. The controller further includes an electrical power controller component positioned within the housing for coupling to a power source and a load, a first actuator coupled to the electrical component, and an adjacent second actuator coupled to the electrical component. The first actuator has a movable user operable portion that is user accessible via the unitary aperture for controlling power ON/OFF to the load. The second actuator has a movable user operable portion that is user accessible via the unitary aperture for adjusting magnitude of power delivered to the load. The movement and position of the respective user operable portions of the first and second actuators are mutually independent.
US08124895B2	Planar microelectromechanical device having a stopper structure for out-of-plane movements A microelectromechanical device has a mobile mass that undergoes a movement, in particular a spurious movement, in a first direction in response to an external event; the device moreover has a stopper structure configured so as to stop said spurious movement. In particular, a stopper element is fixedly coupled to the mobile mass and is configured so as to abut against a stopper mass in response to the spurious movement, thereby stopping it. In detail, the stopper element is arranged on the opposite side of the stopper mass with respect to a direction of the spurious movement, protrudes from the space occupied by the mobile mass and extends in the space occupied by the stopper mass, in the first direction.
US08124889B2	Electronic device with opening/closing door An electronic device with an opening/closing door according to the present invention includes a device body in which an opening is defined, and a shutter system capable of covering and exposing the opening. The shutter system includes a door for covering the opening, an arm, a driving member for driving the arm, and a mounting table having a front surface and a rear surface. The arm and the driving member are arranged on the front surface, and the door is arranged on the rear surface. The door is capable of sliding along the rear surface of the mounting table. The arm has a root end and a front end. The root end is pivotably supported on the front surface of the mounting table at a position closer to one side edge portion of the door than a center line of the width of the door. The front end engages with the other side edge portion of the door without holding the mounting table therebetween.
US08124882B2	Multilayer printed wiring board A multilayer printed wiring board 10 includes: a mounting portion 60 on the top surface of which is mounted a semiconductor element that is electrically connected to a wiring pattern 32, etc.; and a capacitor portion 40 having a high dielectric constant layer 43, formed of ceramic and first and second layer electrodes 41 and 42 that sandwich the high dielectric constant layer 43. One of either of the first and second layer electrodes 41 and 42 is connected to a power supply line of the semiconductor element and the other of either of the first and second layer electrodes 41 and 42 is connected to a ground line. In this multilayer printed wiring board 10, high dielectric constant layer 43 included in the layered capacitor portion 40, which is connected between the power supply line and the ground line, is formed of ceramic. With this structure, the static capacitance of the layered capacitor portion 40 can be high, and an adequate decoupling effect is exhibited even under circumstances in which instantaneous potential drops occur readily.
US08124878B2	Apparatus for electrical screening of a high-voltage bushing An apparatus for electrical screening of a bushing output of a high-voltage line into an outer wall of an electrical high-voltage device, includes an electrically conductive screen interior and an outer insulation layer, which surrounds the screen interior. A curved circular segment with two limbs in conjunction with a correspondingly shaped barrier system ensures virtually complete electrical screening of corners and edges of a bushing output.
US08124870B2	Systems and processes for bifacial collection and tandem junctions using a thin-film photovoltaic device A thin-film photovoltaic device includes a semi-transparent back contact layer. The semi-transparent back contact layer includes a semi-transparent contact layer and a semi-transparent contact interface layer. The thin-film photovoltaic device may be formed in a substrate or superstrate configuration. A tandem thin-film photovoltaic device includes a semi-transparent interconnect layer. The semi-transparent interconnect layer includes a semi-transparent contact layer and a semi-transparent contact interface layer.
US08124869B2	Dye-sensitized type solar cell The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell of high safety, of improved ionic conductivity, and, therefore, of excellent cell performance.The present invention is related to a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising an ionic substance having an anion represented by the following general formula (1): (wherein X represents at least one element selected from among B, C, N, O, Al, Si, P, As, and Se. M1 and M2 are the same or different and each represents an organic linking group. Q represents an organic group. a is an integer of not less than 1, and b, c, d, and e each is an integer of not less than 0).
US08124864B2	User interface apparatus for displaying vocal or instrumental unit signals in an input musical tone signal A user interface apparatus for displaying areas having vocal or instrumental unit signals that are included in an input musical tone signal. Display locations, for display on a display screen that has a localization-frequency plane, are calculated for the input musical tone signal based on localization information of each frequency band. Then, the primary level distributions, in which the levels of the frequency band corresponding to each display location are expanded and obtained using a specified distribution in each of the frequency bands, is calculated. The secondary level distribution is calculated in this manner by aggregating the frequency bands for each respective display location. Said secondary level distribution is displayed in three dimensions (the localization axis, the frequency axis, and the level axis) and viewed from the level axis direction. Therefore, the areas, in which the vocal or instrumental units exist in a grouped state, can be easily identified.
US08124860B2	Zea mays seeds and plants with reduced expression of the ACS6 gene The enzymes of the ACC synthase family are used in producing ethylene. Nucleotide and polypeptide sequences of ACC synthases, namely ACS2, ACS6, and ACS7 from Zea mays, are provided. Knockout plant cells having inhibition in expression and/or activity in an ACC synthase such as ACS2, ACS6, or ACS7 and knockout plants displaying a staygreen phenotype, a male sterility phenotype, or an inhibition in ethylene production are also provided, as are seeds obtained from such plants. Methods for modulating staygreen potential in plants, methods for modulating sterility in plants, and methods for inhibiting ethylene production in plants are also provided.
US08124856B1	Maize variety hybrid X7N815 A novel maize variety designated X7N815 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7N815 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7N815 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7N815, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7N815. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7N815.
US08124850B1	Soybean variety XB29AJ09 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB29AJ09. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB29AJ09, to the plants of soybean XB29AJ09 to plant parts of soybean variety XB29AJ09 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB29AJ09 with another soybean plant, using XB29AJ09 as either the male or the female parent.
US08124849B2	Squash line YPC 130-1035T The invention provides seed and plants of the squash line designated YPC 130-1035T. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash line YPC 130-1035T, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing a plant of squash line YPC 130-1035T with itself or with another squash plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of squash line YPC 130-1035T, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US08124842B2	Plants having an increased content of amino sugars The present invention relates to plant cells and plants having an increased content of N-acetylated glucosamine derivatives. Furthermore, the present invention relates to plant cells and plants which synthesize glucosaminoglycans. The present invention also provides processes for producing said plants and compositions comprising said plant cells.
US08124836B2	Zea mays ABA signaling genes and methods of use Compositions and methods for modulating abscisic acid (ABA) perception and signal transduction in developing seed are provided. The methods and compositions find use in increasing yield in plants, particularly under abiotic stress. Compositions comprise genetic constructs known to affect ABA sensitivity, particularly ABA biosynthetic mutants and fragments and variants thereof.
US08124833B2	Agronomically elite lettuce with quantitative Bremia lactuca resistance The invention provides compositions and methods relating to the separation of quantitative Downy Mildew resistance traits from linked but undesirable agronomic traits. The invention further provides plants, plant parts, and seeds comprising such Downy Mildew Resistance traits, which do not comprise alleles specifying undesirable agronomic traits that are genetically linked to the resistance traits.
US08124827B2	Absorbent core Absorbent core for disposable absorbent articles, particularly for the absorption of menses or blood.
US08124824B2	System and method for using super critical state carbon dioxide (CO2) as a hydrocarbon diluent A system and method for the use of super critical CO2 as a carrying or suspension agent for transport of extracted or processed hydrocarbons. The super critical state CO2 is then co-mingled with the extracted or processed hydrocarbons and transported in the co-mingled state to a delivery point. At the delivery point, the super critical state CO2 is allowed to return to its gaseous state allowing the separation of the hydrocarbons therefrom. The hydrocarbons may be processed and the gaseous CO2 returned to its super critical state for future transport, use in EOR, or geologically sequestered.
US08124823B2	Process for producing a jet fuel having a high NMR branching index A process for producing a jet fuel, comprising contacting an olefin and an isoparaffin with an unsupported catalyst system comprising an ionic liquid catalyst and a halide containing additive in an alkylation zone under alkylation conditions to make an alkylate product, and recovering the jet fuel from the alkylate product, wherein the jet fuel has a NMR branching index greater than 60 and meets the boiling point, flash point, smoke point, heat of combustion, and freeze point requirements for Jet A-1 fuel. Also a process for producing a jet fuel, comprising providing a feed produced in a FC cracker comprising olefins, mixing the feed with an isoparaffin, alkylating the mixed feed in an ionic liquid alkylation zone, and separating the jet fuel from the alkylated product.
US08124822B2	Process for preventing metal catalyzed coking A process and apparatus is described in which a sulfiding agent is added to a catalytic conversion reactor to prevent metal catalyzed coking. The catalytic reactor may be downstream from a first fluid catalytic cracking reactor that provides C10-hydrocarbons as feed to the downstream catalytic reactor.
US08124820B2	Process for the manufacture of polyolefins The present invention relates to a process for producing polyolefins wherein a feedstock comprising n-olefin or a mixture of n-olefins is dimerized in the presence of a solid acidic catalyst by passing the feedstock to a catalytic distillation apparatus comprising either a) a combination of a distillation column and a reactor comprising at least one catalyst bed, or b) a distillation column connected to one or more side reactors comprising at least one catalyst layer, recovering the unreacted n-olefin from the distillation column or the combination of the distillation column and the reactor at the upper part thereof as a side-stream to be combined with the feedstock, and the reaction product from the dimerization is hydrogenated.
US08124817B2	Process for the preparation of ring compounds In a process for the preparation of ring compounds via a combinatorial synthesis, the reaction procedure is based on a Suzuki coupling, subsequent halo-demetallation and finally a further Suzuki coupling. The Suzuki couplings are each carried out with a boronic acid or a boronic acid ester. The reaction procedure uses provides novel ring compounds and uses novel synthesis units used for this purpose. The novel ring compounds are suitable for use as constituents in liquid-crystalline mixtures.
US08124802B2	MAO inhibiting N-benzyl-N-propargyl-amines useful for treating obesity The invention provides novel N-benzyl-N-propargyl-amines that are monoamine oxidase inhibitors, but generally exhibit little or no CNS effects.
US08124800B2	Process for the preparation of oxidized phospholipids Novel synthetic routes, which are highly applicable for industrial preparation of therapeutically beneficial oxidized phospholipids are disclosed. Particularly, novel methods for efficiently preparing compounds having a glycerolic backbone and one or more oxidized moieties attached to the glycerolic backbone, which are devoid of column chromatography are disclosed. Further disclosed are novel methods of introducing phosphorous-containing moieties such as phosphate moieties to compounds having glycerolic backbone and intermediates formed thereby.
US08124792B2	Compounds and methods for rapid labeling of N-glycans The present invention provides compounds and methods for rapid labeling of N-glycans, for example, rapid fluorescent labeling of N-glycans. In one aspect, the present invention provides fluorescent carbamate or thiocarbamate compounds. Upon contacting with N-glycans, the compounds undergo facile reactions with N-glycans to form fluorescent-labeled N-glycans.
US08124790B2	Preparation process useful in synthesis of atorvastatin The present invention relates to a preparation process useful in synthesis of atorvastatin, more particularly a process for preparing atorvastatin is effective in treating hyperlipemia, comprising protecting the dihydroxy group at C3 and C5 positions of the starting material cis-t-butyl-6-substituted-3,5-dihydroxy-hexanoate with trialkyl orthoformate, reducing the terminal nitro or cyano group to amine group, performing JV-alkylation by sequentially reacting with ethyl 4-fluorobenzene-2-haloacetate and isobutyryl chloride, cyclizing with JV,3-diphenylpropynamide, and performing deprotection and hydrolysis.
US08124782B2	Process for the preparation of 4-{4-[({[4 chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]amino}carbonyl)amino]phenoxy}-N-methylpyridine-2-carboxamide The present invention relates to a process for preparing 4-{4-[({[4-chloro-3-(trifluoro-methyl)phenyl]amino}carbonyl)amino]phenoxy}-N-methylpyridine-2-carboxamide and its tosylate salt.
US08124776B2	Process and intermediates for preparing arzoxifene The present invention provides for novel compounds of formula I wherein X is S or S(O); R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of —CH2CH3 and phenyl; or R1 and R2 combine to form morpholino; and processes to prepare arzoxifene.
US08124771B2	Pyridine classical cannabinoid compounds and related methods of use Disclosed are compounds of the formula I: wherein R1, R2, V, W, X, Y and Z can be as defined herein. The compounds can be used in the treatment of disorders mediated by the cannabinoid receptors.
US08124766B2	Inhibitors of diacylglycerol acyltransferase Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of diseases such as, for example, obesity, type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
US08124761B2	Processes for the preparation of azoxystrobin using dabco as a catalyst and novel intermediates used in the processes The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for preparing a compound of formula (I): which comprises either (a) reacting a compound of formula (II): with 2-cyanophenyl, or a salt thereof, in the presence of between 0.1 and 2 mol % of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, or (b) reacting a compound of the formula (III): with a compound of the formula (IV): in the presence of between 0.1 and 2 mol % of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane; where W is the methyl (E)-2-(3-methoxy)acrylate group C(CO2CH3)═CHOCH3 or the methyl 2-(3,3-dimethoxy)propanoate group C(CO2CH3)CH(OCH3)2, or a mixture of the two groups. In addition, the present invention relates to a novel precursors of the compound of formula (I) and methods for making them.
US08124760B2	Pyridyl-triazolopyrimidine derivative or its salt, pesticide containing it and its production process To provide a novel pesticide. The present invention provides a pesticide containing a pyridyl-triazolopyrimidine derivative represented by the formula (I) or its salt as an active ingredient: wherein R1 is substitutable alkyl, substitutable cycloalkyl, substitutable alkenyl, substitutable alkynyl, halogen, cyano, aryl, a heterocyclic group which may be substituted by alkyl, OR2, S(O)n#191R3? or NR4R5; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, acetyl or aryl; R3 is alkyl or acetyl; R4 is hydrogen or alkyl; R5 is hydrogen, alkyl or the like; X is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, halogen, haloalkyl, cyano, nitro or the like; m is an integer of from 1 to 4; and n is an integer of from 0 to 2.
US08124759B2	Inhibitors of protein kinases Compounds that inhibit Aurora-kinases, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases using the compounds are disclosed.
US08124758B2	Process for the preparation of N-Acetyl-D-mannosamine monohydrate A process is described for the preparation of N-Acetyl-D-mannosamine monohydrate of formula (I) a specific intermediate in the synthesis of N-Acetyl-neuraminic acid, that is an important starting product for the synthesis of various pharmaceutically active products.
US08124756B2	Method of preparing 5′-amino-linker oligonucleotides derivatives and analogous 5′-labeled-linker oligonucleotides therefrom A method for preparing amino linker oligonucleotides is provided. More specifically, a method of preparing 5′-amino-linker oligonucleotides comprising the steps of: introducing an amino linker having a protecting group into the 5′ terminus of an oligonucleotide; and removing the protecting group from the amino linker oligonucleotide by contacting with acetic acid and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol is provided. The amino protecting group is efficiently removed from the amino linker oligonucleotides, and thereby achieving a high yield of the amino linker oligonucleotides.
US08124755B2	hTERT gene expression regulatory gene Disclosed is a novel substance capable of regulating the expression of a telomerase reverse transcriptase gene in a cell of a mammal A gene capable of regulating the expression of hTERT, comprising a nucleotide sequence depicted in SEQ ID No: 1 or 2. The expression of a telomerase reverse transcriptase gene can be inhibited by inhibiting the expression of the gene. By utilizing this mechanism, the expression of a telomerase reverse transcriptase gene can be regulated.
US08124748B2	Cell surface glycoprotein This invention relates to a novel protein, termed INSP201, herein identified as a cell surface glycoprotein, and to the use of this protein and nucleic acid sequences from the encoding gene in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease.
US08124745B2	Polycyclic sugar surrogate-containing oligomeric compounds and compositions for use in gene modulation Compositions comprising first and second oligomers are provided wherein at least a portion of the first oligomer is capable of hybridizing with at least a portion of the second oligomer, at least a portion of the first oligomer is complementary to and capable of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid, and at least one of the first or second oligomers includes a modification comprising a polycyclic sugar surrogate. Oligomer/protein compositions are also provided comprising an oligomer complementary to and capable of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid and at least one protein comprising at least a portion of an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), wherein at least one nucleoside of the oligomer has a polycyclic sugar surrogate modification.
US08124735B2	Porous keratin construct and method of making the same The invention relates to a porous keratin construct material comprising keratin protein for use in wound healing applications. The porous keratin construct is capable of bio-absorbing into a wound to promote wound healing. The rate at which the construct bio-absorbs into the wound may be controlled altered by controlling the degree of disulfide cross-linking between the keratin proteins in the porous keratin construct. The invention is also related to a method of making the porous keratin construct.
US08124734B2	Human genes relating to respiratory diseases and obesity This invention relates to isolated nucleic acids comprising genes of human chromosome 12q23-qter and the proteins encoded by these genes. Expression vectors and host cells containing such genes or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies to the proteins encoded by these nucleic acids are also included herein.
US08124733B2	Tumor suppressor gene A full-length cDNA encoding novel proteins involved in the control of cell proliferation (human Gros1-L and S) was successfully isolated from the human testis cDNA libraries. A full-length cDNA encoding the mouse homologues of the human Gros1 (mouse Gros1-L and S) was also isolated. The colony forming activity of cells exogenously expressing Gros1-L was significantly reduced, while that of cells expressing Gros1 antisense RNA was significantly increased.
US08124732B2	Composition comprising isolated human CTLA4-Fc fusion protein produced in a transgenic chicken The invention encompasses among other things fusion proteins including Fc fusion proteins such as CTLA4-Fc having avian N-linked glycosylation patterns obtained from egg white of eggs laid by transgenic avians.
US08124731B2	Optimized Fc variants and methods for their generation The present invention relates to optimized Fc variants, methods for their generation, and antibodies and Fc fusions comprising optimized Fc variants.
US08124718B2	Aminoplast resin of high performance for lignocellulosic materials A process for preparing an aqueous aminoplastic urea-formaldehyde resin suitable for use in bonding lignocellulosic materials, which provides products of very low formaldehyde emission while maintaining superior performance.
US08124715B2	Isocyanuric ring-containing polysiloxane having vinyl groups at the terminals The purpose of the present invention is to provide an isocyanuric ring-containing organopolysiloxane which can provide a cured product which can exploit the properties of a hydrosilylation (addition reaction), and is suitable for use in an encapsulating materials for an optical semiconductor. Thus, the present invention provides an organopolysiloxane having at least one isocyanuric ring in a molecule and vinyl siloxy groups at both terminals, and represented by the following formula (1): wherein X is, independently of each other, a monovalent organic group which does not have an unsaturated bond, R1 and R2 are, independently of each other, a methyl group or a phenyl group, and P is an integer of from 1 to 30.
US08124713B2	Silicone polyoxamide and silicone polyoxamide-hydrazide copolymers A copolymer comprises at least two repeating units of formula I In this formula each R1 is independently an alkyl, haloalkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, aryl, or aryl substituted with an alkyl, alkoxy, or halo; each Y is independently an alkylene, aralkylene, or a combination thereof; each G is independently a bond or a divalent residue equal to a diamine of formula R3HN-G-NHR3 minus the two —NHR3 groups; each R3 is independently hydrogen or alkyl or R3 taken together with G and to the nitrogen to which they are both attached form a heterocyclic group; each n is independently an integer of 0 to 1500; each p is independently an integer of 1 to 10; and each q is independently an integer of 1 or greater, and wherein at least 50% of the q's are the integer 2.
US08124709B2	Ethylene/α-olefin block interpolymers Embodiments of the invention provide a class of mesophase separated ethylene/α-olefin block interpolymers with controlled block sequences. The ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers are characterized by an average block index, ABI, which is greater than zero and up to about 1.0 and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.4. Preferably, the block index is from about 0.2 to about 1. In addition or alternatively, the block ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer is characterized by having at least one fraction obtained by Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation (‘TREF’), wherein the fraction has a block index greater than about 0.3 and up to about 1.0 and the ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer has a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, greater than about 1.4.
US08124703B2	Maleimide-alpha-alkylstyrene-based tetrapolymer with low molten viscosity and continuous bulk process for producing it Disclosed are a maleimide-α-alkylstyrene-based, heat-resistant bulk tetrapolymer and a preparation process thereof. More specifically, disclosed are a bulk tetrapolymer, comprising 5-60 wt % of an N-substituted maleimide monomer, 10-70 wt % of an α-alkylstyrene monomer, 5-50 wt % of an unsaturated nitrile monomer and 3-50 wt % of an aromatic vinyl monomer, as well as a continuous bulk polymerization process for preparing the same. The disclosed bulk tetrapolymer has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 70,000-300,000 and a glass transition temperature of 150-200° C., shows excellent high-temperature thermal stability and heat resistance and a remarkably low melt viscosity, and thus is excellent not only in processability, but also in productivity, processability, moldability and blendability, when it is blended with other resins. Also, the continuous bulk polymerization process is equipped with a devolatilizer and enables the bulk tetrapolymer to be produced at low cost and high efficiency.
US08124695B2	Resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation and semiconductor device A resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation realizing excellent soldering resistance and flame resistance and having excellent flowability and curing properties, and a semiconductor device. The resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation includes (A) an epoxy resin containing (a) an epoxy resin represented by formula (1), (B) a compound having two or more phenolic hydroxyl groups in its molecule, (C) an inorganic filler, and (D) a curing accelerator: wherein each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group with 4 or less carbon atoms and may be the same or different; and ‘n’ represents a mean value that is a positive number of from 0 to 5; in the formula (1).
US08124694B2	Mold releasing film for printed circuit board production The present invention relates to a mold releasing film for printed circuit board production, which comprises a resin layer (P) containing (A) a polyphenylene ether-based resin in an amount of 50 wt % or more. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mold releasing film suitable for production of printed circuit boards, particularly flexible printed circuit boards, which is excellent in mold-releasing property, exhibits little heat shrinkage, hardly imparts wrinkles to printed circuit board products, itself hardly gets wrinkled, and is excellent in contamination resistance since no bleeding-out is observed, and which is also excellent in an anti-moisture absorbing property, shape-following property, less overflow of adhesive, adhesion between multilayer films and slipping property between films.
US08124690B2	Moisture curable polymer having SiF group, and curable composition containing the same A moisture curable polymer and a curable composition having superior curability are provided. A polymer having a silicon group represented by the general formula: —SiFaR1bZc (wherein, R1 represents any one of a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an organosiloxy group represented by R23SiO— (R2 is each independently, a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms). Z is a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group other than fluorine. a is any one of 1, 2, or 3; b is any one of 0, 1, or 2; c is any one of 0, 1, or 2; and a+b+c is 3. When b or c is 2, two R1 or two Z may be each the same or different) and a curable composition including this polymer, and a sealant and an adhesive in which the curable composition is used.
US08124689B2	Silicone acrylate hybride composition and method of making same A silicone acrylate hybrid composition includes the reaction product of a silicon-containing pressure sensitive adhesive composition, an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and an initiator. The silicon-containing pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes acrylate or methacrylate functionality. A method of making the hybrid composition includes polymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated monomer and the silicon-containing pressure sensitive adhesive composition in the presence of the initiator.
US08124688B2	Coating composition comprising a reactive diluent of malonate Coating composition comprising an oxidatively drying binder, such as an alkyd, and a reactive diluent. The diluent is an ester of malonic acid and an unsaturated mono-alcohol, e.g., geraniol, farnesol, citronellol and/or nerol.
US08124683B2	Polycarbonate resin composition with high weld line strength A polycarbonate resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) about 30 to about 95 parts by weight of thermoplastic polycarbonate resin; (B) about 1 to about 50 parts by weight of rubber-modified-vinyl graft copolymer; (C) about 0 to about 50 parts by weight of vinyl copolymer; and (D) about 1 to about 50 parts by weight of amorphous thermoplastic polyester copolymer. The resin composition of the present invention can have excellent physical properties such as weld line strength, fluidity, impact resistance, and heat resistance.
US08124681B2	Golf ball with high moisture barrier properties Golf balls including at least one layer formed from high moisture barrier nanocomposite compositions that have increased moisture resistance and generally include a nanocomposite including an intercalated clay and at least one resin having a barrier property, a polyolefin resin, and a compatilizer.
US08124680B2	Coating compositions comprising a polyurethane polyol composition and nanoparticles, and process for preparing the same The invention relates to a coating composition comprising a polyurethane polyol composition comprising the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a polyol, and modified nanoparticles of silica and/or alumina, and to a process for preparing such coating composition.
US08124673B2	Low-viscosity drag reducer Low-viscosity drag reducers, systems for delivering low-viscosity drag reducers, and methods of making low-viscosity drag reducers are disclosed. The low-viscosity drag reducers have a viscosity less than 350 cP at a shear rate of 250 sec−1 and a temperature of 60° P. This low-viscosity allows the drag reducers to be delivered through a long and relatively small diameter conduit of a subsea umbilical line without an unacceptable level of pressure drop or plugging of the conduit. The low-viscosity drag reducers can be delivered to a subsea flowline carrying fluids produced from a subterranean formation to 10 thereby provide significant drag reduction in the flow line.
US08124668B2	Silicone-containing ocular lens material with high safety and preparing method thereof [Problem] To provide a safe ocular lens material having high oxygen permeability, excellent surface wettability, the excellent lubricity/easy lubricating property of surface, little in surface adhesive and superior flexibility and stress relaxation, in addition, suppressing elution of a monomer from the final product.[Means for Solving the Problem] An ocular lens comprising a compound (A) having an ethylenically unsaturated group and polydimethylsiloxane structure through a urethane bond and an 1-alkyl-3-methylene-2-pyrrolidone (B).[Selected Figure] None
US08124664B2	Flexible acrylic foam composition The present invention relates to an acrylic foam composition comprising an acrylic polymer and an acrylic processing aid which exhibits increased flexibility characteristics over other types of foam compositions.
US08124654B2	Derivatives of hypoestoxide and related compounds Novel diterpene compounds, in particular, hypoestoxide-related compounds, are provided in pure form or as contained in the native plant source, for treatment and prophylaxis of cancer, inflammatory diseases, hyperlipidemias, malaria, and diabetes mellitus. Embodiments also pertain to methods for using the hypoestoxide-related compounds to treat various diseases and symptoms associated with those diseases.
US08124645B2	LPA receptor antagonist A compound of the general formula (I): (wherein the symbols are as defined in the description), or a non-toxic salt thereof. This compound engages in LPA receptor bonding and antagonism and hence is useful in the prevention and/or treatment of urinary system disease (symptom with prostatic hypertrophy or neurogenic bladder dysfunction disease, symptom to be caused by spinal cord neoplasm, nucleous hernia, spinal canal stenosis or diabetes, occlusion disease of lower urinary tract, inflammatory disease of lower urinary tract, polyuria), carcinoma-associated disease (solid tumor, solid tumor metastasis, angiofibroma, myeloma, multiple myeloma, Kaposi's sarcoma, leucemia and carcinomatous infiltration transition), proliferative disease (disorder with aberrant angiogenesis, artery obstruction and pulmonary fibrosis), inflammation/immune system disease (psoriasis, nephropathy, hepatitis and pneumonitis symptom), disease caused by secretory dysfunction (Sjogren syndrome), brain-related disease (brain infarction, cerebral apoplexy and brain or peripheral neuropathy) or chronic disease (chronic asthma, glomerulonephritis, obesity, prostate hyperplasia, diseases caused by arteriosclerosis process, rheumatism or atopic dermatitis).
US08124644B2	Carvedilol phosphate The invention encompasses novel amorphous and crystalline forms of carvedilol phosphate, carvedilol hydrogen phosphate, and carvedilol dihydrogen phosphate as well as methods of making the novel amorphous and crystalline forms. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel amorphous and crystalline forms and uses thereof.

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