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US08186445B2	System, method and apparatus for thermal wellhead having high power cable for in-situ upgrading processing A thermal wellhead having a high voltage cable for in-situ upgrading and processing unconventional oil reservoirs is disclosed. An electrical cable has a power umbilical with an electrical heater on a lower end and an electrical connector opposite the heater. An upper portion of the cable has a second electrical connector for connection with the first connector and is connected to a transformer. A well control device is installed at the wellhead and the umbilical is extended through the device in the well. The first connector is landed in the wellhead such that the umbilical extends downward through the well. The well control device is then removed from the wellhead, and the second connector is secured in a tubing bonnet. The bonnet is landed on the wellhead to make electrical connections between the connectors.
US08186441B2	Modular backup fluid supply system A system and method to allow backup or alternate fluid flow routes around malfunctioning components using removable, modular component sets. In one exemplary embodiment, an ROV establishes a backup hydraulic flow to a BOP function by attaching one end of a hose to a modular valve block and the other end to an intervention shuttle valve, thus circumventing and isolating malfunctioning components. A compound intervention shuttle valve is provided that comprises first and second primary inlets, first and second secondary inlets, and an outlet. A modular valve block is provided that comprises a directional control valve, a pilot valve, a manifold pressure regulator, a pilot pressure regulator, stab type hydraulic connections and an electrical wet-make connection.
US08186438B2	Wellbore debris cleanout with coiled tubing using degradable fibers The current application discloses a method of removing debris from a wellbore including contacting debris in a wellbore with a treatment fluid, wherein the fluid contains degradable fibers, collecting at least a portion of the treatment fluid, and allowing the degradable fibers to degrade. The current application also discloses a method of removing debris from a wellbore including contacting debris in a wellbore with a treatment fluid, wherein the fluid contains degradable fibers, collecting the treatment fluid, and exposing the fluid to a composition to encourage the degradable fibers to degrade.
US08186437B2	Assembly for controlled delivery of downhole treatment fluid An assembly for delivery of treatment fluid at a target location downhole. The assembly is configured to avoid any substantial loss of treatment fluid in advance of reaching the target location in spite of low well pressure or a potentially excessive depth of the location. The assembly also allows for loading with treatment fluid from a downhole end thereof so as to avoid driving treatment fluid through the entirety of a tubular accommodating the assembly. The assembly may employ a spot valve to enhance filling with treatment fluid along with a backpressure valve coupled to the spot valve on-site so as to avoid premature loss of treatment fluid during a delivery application.
US08186429B2	Wellbore method and apparatus for completion, production and injection Apparatus associated with the production of hydrocarbons comprising a joint assembly comprising a main body portion having primary and secondary fluid flow paths, wherein the main body portion is attached to a load sleeve assembly at one end and a torque sleeve assembly at the opposite end. The load sleeve may include at least one transport conduit and at least one packing conduit. The main body portion may include a sand control device, a packer, or other well tool for use in a downhole environment. Included is a coupling assembly having a manifold region in fluid flow communication with the second fluid flow path of the main body portion and facilitating the make-up of first and second joint assemblies with a single connection.
US08186428B2	Fiber support arrangement for a downhole tool and method A fiber support arrangement for a downhole tool includes a tubular; at least one end ring positioning the tubular spaced radially from a downhole tool and lacking contact therewith; and a fiber supported at the tubular and method.
US08186425B2	Sympathetic ignition closed packed propellant gas generator A downhole propellant gas generator includes a propellant assembly that comprises a plurality of individual lengths of an energetic material packed in a selected configuration and at least one initiator. A method for creating a pressure pulse includes igniting an initiator, wherein the one or more initiators are packed with a plurality of individual lengths of an energetic material in a propellant assembly; igniting the plurality of individual lengths of the energetic material subsequent to the igniting of the one or more initiators. A method for stimulating a well includes disposing in the well a propellant gas generator having a propellant assembly that comprises a plurality of individual lengths of an energetic material, and at least one initiator packed among the plurality of individual lengths of the energetic material; igniting the at least one initiator, which in turn ignites the plurality of individual lengths of the energetic material.
US08186421B1	Coreless pole mold and method of making same A utility pole mold including an elongated, hollow mold body having an internally tapered end and a reservoir extending radially out therefrom. A reusable barrier member is detachably secured to the at least one wall opposite the tapered end for containing a molten metal within the reservoir. In use, a lance is inserted into the mold body and a pouring end of the lance is positioned about the reservoir. The mold body and reservoir are then rotated, and the molten metal is poured from the pouring end at a constant rate. As the lance travels along the length of the mold body at an accelerating rate, a continuous layer of the molten material is deposited within the mold body and the reservoir. Following casting, the barrier is removed from the reservoir, and the newly formed utility pole is removed from mold. That portion of the pole that was formed within the reservoir portion is then removed to provide a pole having a bottom end with a desired wall thickness and interior taper.
US08186406B2	Apparatus for sealing a polymer coated paper or board The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for jointing members made of plastic-coated paper or board. In accordance with the invention, the sealable members are retained in position with clamps and sealing is performed with a laser sealing means moving along the sealing line, a means for opening the seal point pressing the members apart to continue keeping the seal point open, a laser beam being directed to the open seal point for melting the coating plastic and a means for closing the seal pressing finally the members against each other, the plastic jointing the members when solidified. The method is applicable to lateral sealing of bag or container packages formed of blanks, among other things.
US08186405B2	Heavy-load radial tire A heavy-load radial tire includes a bead apex rubber 8 composed of a high-elastic lower apex portion 11 and a low-elastic upper apex portion 12. The lower apex portion 11 has an L-shaped cross section composed of a bottom piece portion 11a disposed along the radially outer surface of a bead core 5 and a standing piece portion 11b standing from the axially inner end of the bottom piece portion 11a and radially outwardly extending along a ply main portion 6a of a carcass 6. At an outer end position P1 of a ply turnup portion 6b, the upper apex portion 12 has a thickness T1s of 0.50 to 0.75 times a core width Bw of the bead core 5. At an outer end position P2 of an outer wound-up portion 9o of a bead reinforcing cord layer 9, the upper apex portion 12 has a thickness T2s of 0.57 to 0.90 times the core width Bw. The core width Bw is 0.68 to 0.80 times a bead bottom width BL. A distance W1 oriented in parallel to an outer surface 5S of the bead core 5 and ranging from a bead heal point Ph to an axially innermost end 5e of the bead core 5 is 0.92 to 1.08 times the bead bottom width BL.
US08186393B2	Fluid coupler including valve arrangement for connecting intake conduit of sprayer to transfer conduit of nurse tank during refill operation A nurse vehicle carries a supply of liquid chemicals or fertilizer for being applied by a sprayer vehicle. A fluid transfer conduit of the nurse vehicle has an end defined by a receptacle that is selectively connected to a complementary dimensioned insert defining an end of a fluid intake conduit of the sprayer vehicle. The receptacle and insert define a coupler assembly that includes an inflatable seal that surrounds the insert and locks the insert and receptacle together when inflated. Flow through the coupler assembly is controlled by first and second poppet valves, which are normally closed preventing flow through valve bodies of the receptacle and insert. Selective inflation of the seal and opening and closing of the poppet valves is automatically controlled in accordance with sequencing logic of an electronic controller so the seal is inflated before the valves are opened and remains inflated until the valves are closed.
US08186392B2	Device for filling of a container of collapsible type A device for filling a container with a liquid product, the container having a compartment which communicates with the surroundings via a filling duct. The device comprising a filling tube with an end portion, which is insertable into the filling duct. The device includes a clamp which is adapted to grasp the end portion and the filling duct when said end portion is inserted into said filling duct to provide a seal. The clamp has gripping surfaces which are arranged to cooperate with the end portion when the clamp grasping the filling duct. Each gripping surface has opposite edge portions, a bead being arranged in each edge portion. The end portion has a circumferential surface which is formed of two opposite partial surfaces which each comprise a convexly curved central portion and a concavely curved side portion arranged on each side of the central portion.
US08186387B2	Duct insulation material and method of using A flexible insulation material and method for using such an insulation material with an HVAC duct to provide noise suppression and thermal protection. The insulation material includes a lofted substrate and a facer sheet laminated thereto. The substrate contains nonwoven lofted fibers and the insulation material is attached to the duct such that a first surface of the substrate faces a wall surface of the duct and the facer sheet is on the opposite surface of the substrate. The facer sheet includes a polymeric film bonded to the substrate, a metallization layer on the polymeric film, and optionally a protective coating on the metallization layer. The insulation material can be used as an external duct wrap or an internal duct liner. In the former application, the insulation material preferably includes a second facer sheet on the first surface of the substrate.
US08186384B2	Flow control apparatus and medical injection circuit using the same A flow control apparatus 1 including a tubular outside member 4, a tubular inside member 10 placed in the outside member 4, and a valve member 20 is used. The inside member 10 includes a through-hole 14 passing through a side wall in a thickness direction and a contact portion 11 that is in contact with the outside member 4, which are arranged in that order in a direction from one opening 16 to the other opening 17. The valve member 20 is placed in the opening 17 of the inside member 10. The valve member 20 passes only a fluid supplied at a set pressure or higher in a direction from the one opening 16 to the other opening 17. The outside member 4 is formed so as to form a gap communicating with the through hole 14 between the outside member 4 and the contact portion 11 due to elastic deformation caused by an external force. The gap forms a flow path of a fluid in combination with the through-hole 14.
US08186383B2	Two eductor/four-way selector valve assembly A selector valve assembly for use in conjunction with an eductor dispensing system which reduces the incidence of product carry-over when the valve is moved from one position to another. The selector valve assembly also reduces the incidence of improper dispensing. In a preferred manner, the selector valve assembly has a single valve member and accommodates four product inlet lines for selectively passing chemical concentrate to two eductors. The selector valve assembly is composed of a minimum of ports, thereby reducing maintenance and cost.
US08186375B2	Retainer assembly for swivel spout A swing spout assembly is disclosed which has a spout having a channel extending from an inlet end to a discharge end. A radially extending groove is formed adjacent the inlet end of the spout, and a snap ring is received in the groove of the spout. A pair of glides in the form of wear washers sandwich the portion of the snap ring extending out of the groove to form a bearing sub-assembly. An escutcheon is positioned around at least part of the inlet end of the spout. A stationary body has a portion that extends into the channel of the spout and a portion extending around an outer radial periphery of the inlet end of the spout. The portion extending around the outer periphery of the inlet end and the escutcheon defining a pocket that retains the bearing sub-assembly.
US08186365B2	Cosmetic case Disclosed herein is a cosmetic case. The cosmetic case opens a discharge port of a main body by a support unit that is pushed backwards when a puff is pressed, and closes the discharge port when the puff is released, thus stopping discharging powder. The cosmetic case for containing powder is constructed so that a control unit controls the discharge of powder to the puff, using the simple support unit having thin legs, thus allowing the powder to be discharged only when necessary. Further, the cosmetic case has the simple support unit, so that the manufacture and assembly of the cosmetic case is easy, and the smooth flow of powder is permitted, and has no part in which the powder may be caught or accumulated, thus allowing the support unit to perform an excellent support function for a lengthy period of time.
US08186360B2	Cigarette comprising dark air-cured tobacco A cigarette is provided that includes a rod of smokable material circumscribed by an outer wrapping material and a filter element, which may include an adsorbent material such as activated carbon, attached to one end of the rod of smokable material. The smokable material includes at least about 5 percent by weight of a dark air-cured tobacco, based on the dry weight of the smokable material, blended with additional tobacco materials such as flue-cured tobacco, burley tobacco, Oriental tobacco, Maryland tobacco, and mixtures thereof.
US08186359B2	System for analyzing a filter element associated with a smoking article, and associated method A system and associated method for analyzing a filter element of at least one of a filter rod and a smoking article is provided. At least one sensor element is adapted to interact with the filter element so as to determine an object insertion status with respect thereto and to generate an output signal in response. The object insertion status includes at least one of an object presence within the filter element, an object absence from the filter element, a proper insertion of an object into the filter element, a defective insertion of an object into the filter element, a proper object within the filter element, and a defective object within the filter element. An analysis unit is in communication with the at least one sensor element and responsive to the output signal therefrom to generate an indicia corresponding to the object insertion status.
US08186350B2	Tracheostomy tube combination radial snap and bayonet cannula connector A medical device tube having extended retention tabs with notches therein for improved coupling of an inner cannula connector to an outer cannula connector. The medical device tube comprises an outer cannula connector having retention tabs on an outer cannula connector flange attached to the proximal end of an outer cannula. The retention tabs maintain the snap ears of the inner cannula connector when the inner cannula connector is rotated whereby the notches substantially hold the snap ears. The snap ears may further be positioned in notches in the outer cannula flange when the snap ears lock onto the outer cannula connector flange.
US08186340B2	Score and form solar reflector A curved surface structure for reflecting solar light, heat or electromagnetic radiation is made by scoring two opposing pairs of curved bend lines along one pair of opposing edges of a sheet of bendable material, dividing it into a center section joined by curved bend lines to curved ribs, joined by curved bend lines to respective curved edges; bending the curved ribs down and curved edges up along the bend lines to nominally right angles to form a curved surface supported by two curved ribs and two curved edges. Two straight ribs and respective straight edges may be scored and formed on the other pair of opposing edges of the sheet. A backside sheet may be applied to the four edges. A widthwise corrugated, elongate right angle reinforcement member may be employed for strengthening the formed bend lines.
US08186332B2	Fluid filter with integrated temperature regulation A fluid filter module with a filter housing is provided with an integrated and internally mounted thermostatic fluid regulator valve. The regulator valve is equipped with a thermostatic actuator member configured to sense and regulate a mix temperature within the filter housing. The regulator valve is configurable as a separate component installable into the filter housing.
US08186318B2	Variable valve operating apparatus for internal combustion engine To provide a variable valve operating apparatus for an internal combustion engine which can reduce a range where heat treatment is required, thereby favorably suppressing distortion which occurs in a camshaft during heat treatment, to a low level. A changeover mechanism is provided which includes a slide pin which is adapted to move within a predetermined reciprocating range thereby switching between operational states of a variable mechanism, and a guide rail provided in an outer peripheral surface of the camshaft and guides the movement of the slide pin from one end to a remaining end of the reciprocating range. A projection part which is engageable with the guide rail is provided in the slide pin. Restriction means which performs at least one of a restriction of contact between a top surface of the projection part and a bottom surface of the guide rail opposing the projection part, and a restriction of movement of the slide pin beyond a distance from the above-described one end to the above-described remaining end.
US08186316B2	Opposite radial rotary-piston engine of choronski-modification A two-stroke opposite radial rotary-piston engine is proposed, comprising a block including sleeves, pairs of pistons disposed within the sleeves and oppositely movable, a power takeoff shaft, two parallel positioned rotors mounted thereon having an inner surface formed by a closed curved line. The rotors have concaved surface portions. Cross-like traverses are mounted, pair-wise spanning the pistons. The traverses are associated with engagement means, cooperating with the concaved portions. The engine comprises support bearings, coupled to the traverses. Support bearings include an external bushing, rolling over the rotor's inner surface, thereby impelling the rotor. The engagement means are mounted in the region of contact of the support bearings and rotors, thereby eliminating lateral force moment, extending the lifespan of the engine. Other elements, module engine embodiments with different angular positions of the rotors, and power installation embodiments are disclosed, enhancing the efficiency, size, weight, and power variety of the engine.
US08186313B2	Control system for modulating water heater A method of controlling a modulating water heater supplying water to a system includes sensing a parameter which changes corresponding to a change in system flow rate, the sensed parameter being a parameter other than system temperature, and then modulating output of the heater in response to a change in the sensed parameter. Early detection of system flow rate changes permits early modulation of water heater output before the changes in flow rate have had time to significantly impact the system temperature.
US08186305B2	In-vivo examination apparatus The present invention prevents the leakage of anesthetic gas, and enables in vivo observation of a specimen such as small laboratory animals over a long period of time. An in-vivo examination apparatus (1) comprises: a stage (2) for mounting a specimen (A) such as a laboratory animal; an anesthetizing chamber (3) which is disposed on the stage (2) for housing the specimen (A); and an anesthetic gas supply device (4) for supplying anesthetic gas (G) into the anesthetizing chamber (3); wherein a transparent window (3c) is provided on at least a part of the anesthetizing chamber (3).
US08186303B1	Multiple station animal feeding apparatus A multiple station feeding apparatus for nursing young domestic pets, providing a hands-free feeding means thereof, is herein disclosed. The apparatus comprises an angled textile covered base ramp upon which the pets stand or lie in a linear arrangement. At the top of the ramp is a bottle holding panel which supports standard pet feeding bottles by inserting them through a circular opening in the frame and securing the bottles with a slip-on locking panel. At this point the pets can feed in much the same arrangement as would be found when nursing from their mother. When completed, the bottles are easily removed and cleaned. These features provide for a rapid simultaneous feeding of pets compared thereto feeding pets individually.
US08186292B2	Liquefied natural gas storage tank for floating marine structure Disclosed is a floating marine apparatus including a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank. The apparatus includes a first LNG containing compartment and a second LNG containing compartment next to the first compartment. The apparatus further includes a bottom passage interconnecting bottom portions of the first and second compartments for fluid communication therebetween.
US08186288B2	Method of applying an input to an agricultural field A method of applying an input to a field is provided when using an implement having row or section control and when using an automated location and guidance system, enabled by GPS or other position technology, to avoid double application of inputs in areas covered more than once by the implement or machine. The present invention provides an application pattern and control in which double application is avoided by turning off row units or sections of row units during the first pass over the area, leaving the actual application of inputs to the second pass over that area. The minimizes or eliminates areas where a previously applied input is disturbed during a second time over that area and minimizes or eliminates areas where the soil is compacted around previously planted seed by driving over the area a second time after seeding.
US08186283B2	Cradle and leg joints for customizable furniture A cradle joint for customizing furniture comprises a recess in a horizontal support bracket, the recess defined by two opposing jaws forming a top opening, two angled support ribs, and a bottom bar, two rod cams disposed in the recess adjacent the side walls and movable between rod cam clearance pockets disposed below the jaws and lower corner regions adjacent the bottom bar, the bottom bars having inclined apertures for receiving threaded fasteners, the fasteners threadedly received in the rod cams, a cross beam have an I-shaped profile, two upper flanges and two lower flanges, the cross beam received in the recess perpendicularly to the support bracket and secured in the recess by tightening the rod cams into overlocking engagement with the oblique upper portions of the outer edges of the lower flanges.
US08186280B2	Load bearing robotic turntable A load bearing robotic turntable includes a first rotating sine table, a second rotating sine table, and a rotating and tilting workpiece table. A motor rotates the first rotating sine table. The second rotating sine table is rotatable with respect to the first rotating sine table to change a tilt of a top surface of the second rotating sine table. The workpiece table is rotatable with respect to the second rotating table to present different faces of a workpiece mounted to the workpiece table. A first actuator cooperates with the second sine table to change the tilt of the top surface of the second sine table with respect to the horizontal. A second actuator cooperates with the workpiece table to rotate the workpiece about a tilted axis. Rotation and changes to the tilt are obtained solely by positions of the actuators and rotation of the first sine table by the motor.
US08186279B2	Removable bulkhead for a railcar A removable bulkhead for a railcar is provided, wherein the railcar includes a pair of spaced-apart side sills, at least one side stake pocket, and at least one end stake pocket. The removable bulkhead includes a support structure removably attachable to the railcar. The support structure of the removable bulkhead includes at least one bottom connecting mechanism, and the bottom connecting mechanism is receivable in a corresponding end stake pocket of the railcar. The removable bulkhead further includes at least one stabilizing mechanism operatively connecting the support structure to the railcar.
US08186274B2	Fluid energy delivery burst cartridge A modified fluid delivery cartridge. A conventional straight-sided high pressure cartridge case is primed and then filled with solid propellant. A burst cup is inserted in the case mouth. The burst cup is preferably embossed with a cross or other shape to promote predictable rupture. A charge casing is provided which opens into a high pressure cartridge receiver bounded by an inner charge casing wall. The inner charge casing wall is provided with a step, in which the diameter of the high pressure cartridge receiver is reduced. The high pressure cartridge case is pressed into the receiver in the charge casing wall. As the high pressure cartridge case is being pressed into place, the straight wall of the case passes over the step in the inner charge casing wall, which deforms the straight wall to form a neck. This neck captured the burst cup within the high pressure cartridge case.
US08186268B2	Roller press for embellishing sheet media A new and improved roller press for embellishing media includes a pair of spaced apart roller press members supported for rotation by bearing blocks. A handle having a ratchet mechanism is connected to a first roller for turning the roller during pressing. A gear set connects the rollers for turning a second roller in a rotational direction opposite of the first roller for moving the media between the rollers for pressing. A feed bed and exit bed are disposed between the bearing blocks to provide a stable base for supporting the press.
US08186265B2	Device to efficiently cook food Deep fryers and associated accessories providing increased efficiency and convenience in the production of deep-fried, steamed and boiled foods. Multiple cooking cycles and versatile food support means to fully cook foods are provided. Special advantages for larger unitary foods, such as for example, a large turkey, are provided. Advantages include without limitation minimizing countertop usage; reduction in the use of frying oil; compact storage; reduced shipping costs; reduced warehousing and manufacturing costs; and being lighter and more easy to handle in the kitchen. Accessory items simplify and facilitate production of deep fried foods, including cutting foods into shapes appropriate to produce French fries and blooming onions. Other accessories facilitate the transference and maintenance of frying oil including: returning frying oil to original containers for storage and disposal; and filtering frying oil to prolong its useful life. Methods are disclosed which help purify oil for extended life without use of filtration.
US08186257B2	Laminate flooring saw A laminate flooring saw system which can be used for both rip cuts and miter cuts in one embodiment includes a fence, a base including a first locking member configured to cooperate with the fence to lock the fence along a first fence axis, a second locking member configured to cooperate with the fence to lock the fence along a second fence axis, the second fence axis perpendicular to the first fence axis and a support arm positioned above the base for supporting a power tool.
US08186256B2	Power tool safety mechanisms A sensing mechanism (12) for detecting user contact with an active portion (26) of the power tool (10) is provided. In addition, a safety mechanism (14) for preventing prolonged user contact with the active portion (26) of a power tool (10) is provided. The safety mechanism (14) is configured to actuate upon receipt of a signal from the sensing mechanism (12). According to a first aspect, the safety mechanism (14) is arranged to rapidly displace the active portion (26) away from a user extremity. Alternatively, according to a second aspect, the safety mechanism (14) is arranged to rapidly urge an extremity of the user away from the active portion (26) of the power tool (10).
US08186255B2	Contact detection system for power equipment A woodworking machine having one or more dangerous portions is disclosed. The machine also includes a safety system configured to detect accidental contact between a person and at least one of the dangerous portions by electrically coupling a signal to the person's body, and detecting if the signal becomes coupled to the dangerous portion.
US08186248B1	High speed extension breaker bar A combination ratchet wrench extension tool that provides an integrated extension that can be used with a ratchet wrench or independently as a spinner for manual socket manipulation. A pair of flexible joints on a main body bar, one of which has a square socket head for use with common sockets and an oppositely disposed pivotally secured finger hole engagement spinner fitting with a female port extension or ratchets, extensions and breaker bars.
US08186244B2	Transmission casing for bicycle A transmission casing for a bicycle has sufficient strength and rigidity and has a simple structure while being capable of hermetically sealing a transmission body of the bicycle. In a transmission casing for a bicycle is covered with a casing and a plurality of transmission shafts supported by the casing. The transmission casing includes a light-metal-made reinforcing member made of aluminum, a light alloy or the like which supports shaft portions of the plurality of transmission shafts, and a fiber-reinforced-plastic-made cover member which is integrally laminated to an inner surface of the light-metal-made reinforcing member so as to hermetically seal the transmission body. The light-metal-made reinforcing member has a strength necessary for supporting the plurality of transmission shafts, and the fiber-reinforced-plastic-made cover member has a residual rigidity by subtracting rigidity obtained by the metal-made-reinforcing member from the rigidity necessary for preventing the deformation of the whole casing.
US08186222B2	Centrifugal force sensing device and reaction system on centrifugal force A centrifugal force sensing device is disclosed, which includes a first rotating shaft, two first movable and two first fixing sleeves, a first and a second weight, two first and two second linkages, a restoration element, a first sensing unit for sensing centrifugal force, and two fixers. The two first movable sleeves are disposed through the first rotating shaft. The two first linkages are connected to the first weight and the two first movable sleeves. The restoration element having a fixing block and two first damping elements is disposed at the first rotating shaft. The two second linkages are connected to the second weight and the two first movable sleeves. The two first fixing sleeves are fixed at the first rotating shaft and respectively located between each of the two first movable sleeves and one of the two fixers.
US08186219B2	Method of determining a speed of rotation of an axially symmetrical vibrating sensor, and a corresponding inertial device A method and device of determining a speed of rotation of an axially symmetrical vibrating sensor. The sensor has a vibrating member associated with control electrodes and with detection electrodes for generating a vibration presenting an elastic line possessing periodicity of order n and having a position that is variable as a function of the rotation of the sensor. The method includes performing successive evaluations of the speed for a predetermined number of positions of the vibration relative to the electrodes. The positions are geometrically offset relative to each other and the vibration is moved from one position to another by applying a precession command using a pre-established scale factor. The method also includes determining a speed of rotation in function of the evaluations.
US08186218B2	Physical quantity measuring apparatus and electronic device A physical quantity measuring apparatus includes an oscillation drive circuit that forms an oscillation loop together with a physical quantity transducer and excites a drive oscillation of the physical quantity transducer, and a detection circuit that detects an analog detection signal outputted from the physical quantity transducer using a detection circuit first and then converts the signal that has been detected into a digital signal using an A/D converter to output the digital signal. The oscillation drive circuit has a drive amplitude detection circuit that detects amplitude of the drive oscillation. A voltage level of a reference of the A/D converter included in the detection circuit is controlled on the basis of a detection output signal of the drive amplitude detection circuit.
US08186208B2	Pressure measuring module for detecting air pressure within a tire included in a wheel assembly attached to a vehicle body and tire pressure monitoring system The present invention provides a small-sized pressure measuring module suitable for replacement of a tire, and a tire pressure monitoring system. The pressure measuring module detects pressure of air within a tire included in a wheel assembly attached to a vehicle body, and wirelessly transmits data on the detected pressure and a module ID of the pressure measuring module to a pressure monitoring device mounted on the vehicle body. The pressure measuring module has an antenna and an identification code. At least a portion of the antenna protrudes to the outside of the wheel assembly from the surface of a wheel included in the wheel assembly through a through-hole communicating with an inner space of the tire. The antenna wirelessly transmits the detected pressure value and the module ID to the pressure monitoring device. The identifier can be viewed from the outside of the wheel assembly and indicates the module ID.
US08186203B2	Device of testing robustness of photovoltaic module terminal A terminal is tested for its robustness. The terminal is for a photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module is put on a frame unit and is connected with a load unit. The present invention reduces human errors, improves test accuracy and achieves easy operation.
US08186198B2	Rolling installation The invention relates to a rolling installation comprising a roll stand (110) for rolling a metal strip and a suction device (120) for sucking polluted air from the immediate environment of the metal strip to be rolled. The aim of the invention is to structurally simplify the suction device. To this end, the inlet guiding region (112) is defined on one side by an inlet guiding plate (113) and the inlet suction channel (120) is connected to the inlet guiding region (112) via an opening (113-O) in the inlet guiding plate (113). The same arrangement can be applied to the discharge suction channel (124) and the discharge guiding region (114).
US08186191B2	Remotely operated locking paddle handle latch assembly for closures and the like A locking paddle handle assembly for closures has a housing with a paddle handle pivotally mounted therein, a latch which latches and unlatches the closure upon rotation of the paddle handle, and a exterior key lock with a movable member that shifts between locked and unlocked positions. A deadbolt lock selectively engages the closure frame in the locked position to positively retain the closure closed. The deadbolt lock is operably connected with the movable key lock member, such that movement of the latter between the latched and unlatched positions contemporaneously shifts the deadbolt lock between the locked and unlocked positions. A remotely operable controller is operably connected with the deadbolt lock to power shift the same between the locked and unlocked positions from a remote location.
US08186190B2	Key device A regulating member, an allowing member and an urging member are easily assembled to a subject to which these members are assembled. When assembling of an interlock unit is carried out, with a fitting convex portion of a link being fitted into a fitting concave portion of a release link, a torsion spring (particularly, a connecting portion) is temporarily elastically deformed, and a pair of spiral portions of the torsion spring are mounted to spring holding shafts of the link and the release link, respectively. As a result, the link, the release link and the torsion spring can be brought into a temporarily assembled state, and can be easily assembled to a unit box.
US08186184B2	Washing-drying/drying machine A washing-drying/drying machine includes a tub mounted in a cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed in the tub for receiving laundry; a cooling water supply unit for supplying cooling water to condense moisture in air discharged from the drum; and a condensing plate mounted between the drum and an inner wall of the tub for receiving the cooling water to condense the moisture in the air.
US08186182B2	Surge fill apparatus and method for top load washing machine A surge fill apparatus and method for a top load washing machine is disclosed. A top load washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub positioned within the cabinet, and a basket for receiving a wash load rotatably supported within the tub. The washing machine further includes a reservoir in fluid communication with the tub. The reservoir has the capacity to store a volume of wash fluid. The reservoir releases the volume of wash fluid into basket when the volume of wash fluid in the reservoir reaches a threshold level. In this manner, the apparatus and method of the present disclosure provides for a surge of wash fluid to be provided to the top portion of a wash load such that the top portion of the wash load can be cleaned and rinsed more efficiently.
US08186180B2	Ejector-type refrigerant cycle device An ejector-type refrigerant cycle device includes: a first evaporator 15 that evaporates refrigerant flowing out of an ejector 14; a branch passage 17 that branches a flow of refrigerant between a radiator 13 and the ejector 14 and guides this flow of refrigerant to a vapor-phase refrigerant suction port 14c of the ejector 14; a throttling mechanism 18 disposed in the branch passage 17; and a second evaporator 19 disposed downstream of the throttling mechanism 18 with respect to the flow of refrigerant. The throttling mechanism 18 is constructed to be provided with a fully opening function, and to fully open the branch passage 17 when the second evaporator 19 is defrosted. Therefore, in an ejector-type refrigerant cycle device including multiple evaporators, the function of defrosting the evaporators can be carried out with a simple construction.
US08186175B2	Structural improvement for electric energy saving equipment An electric energy saving equipment comprising a coolant compressor, a heat pump, a four way valve, a heating/cooling heat exchanger, an expansion valve, four check valves, an indoor unit of split type air conditioner and piping system for assembling the aforesaid parts and components, which structural improvement for electric energy saving is employed the four check valves to control the coolant to flow or to stop flow in different pipes and then to form an electric energy saving equipment possessing the function of waste heat recovery, house cooling, house heating, indoor air conditioning, indoor heating and dehumidification.
US08186170B2	Floating LNG regasification facility with LNG storage vessel An LNG terminal is disclosed which includes an offshore mooring turret, an LNG storage vessel operatively coupled to the mooring turret, the LNG storage vessel including at least one LNG storage tank for the storage of liquid natural gas and a regasification vessel operatively coupled to the LNG storage vessel. A method of operating an offshore LNG terminal is also disclosed which includes obtaining liquefied natural gas from at least one LNG storage tank on an LNG storage vessel that is operatively coupled to a mooring turret, regasifying the liquefied natural gas from the LNG storage vessel using a regasification vessel operatively coupled to the LNG storage vessel, and supplying the regasified gas to at least one subsea pipeline via the mooring turret.
US08186167B2	Combustor transition piece aft end cooling and related method A transition duct for a gas turbine includes a tubular body having a forward end and an aft end; a plurality of cooling channels formed on an exterior surface of the tubular body at the aft end; a closure band surrounding the aft end, covering at least a portion of the cooling channels; and a seal attached to the closure band, surrounding the aft end of the tubular body.
US08186166B2	Hybrid two fuel system nozzle with a bypass connecting the two fuel systems A hybrid fuel combustion nozzle for use with natural gas, syngas, or other types of fuels. The hybrid fuel combustion nozzle may include a natural gas system with a number of swozzle vanes and a syngas system with a number of co-annular fuel tubes.
US08186162B2	Acoustically tuned combustion for a gas turbine engine A fuel nozzle for a turbine engine has a central body member with a pilot, a surrounding barrel housing, a mixing duct and an air inlet duct. The fuel nozzle additionally has a main fuel injection device located between the air inlet duct and the mixing duct. The main fuel injection device is configured to introduce a flow of fuel into the barrel member to create a fuel/air mixture which is then premixed with a swirler. The fuel/air mixture then further mixes in the mixing duct and exits the nozzle into a combustor for combustion. The geometry of the fuel nozzle ensures that pressure waves from the combustor do not create a time varying fuel to air equivalence ratio in the flow through the nozzle that achieves a resonance with the pressure waves.
US08186156B2	Automotive construction machine A ureal water tank (28), a storage of an aqueous urea solution, is located within a utility room (6G) in a right front section of a revolving frame (6), which is readily accessible from outside. In this instance, among a plurality of operating oil conduits (18), a working mechanism operating conduit (21) which supplies operating oil to a boom cylinder (5D) of a working mechanism (5) is arranged to run along exterior surfaces of the ureal water tank (28). Therefore, even if the ureal water tank (28) is located in a place with no heat source, the aqueous urea solution in the ureal water tank (28) can be stably kept in a heated state by utilization of heat of operating oil in circulation through the working mechanism operating conduit (21).
US08186154B2	Rotary flow control valve with energy recovery A hydraulic circuit is provided having a hydraulic actuator and a flow control valve. The flow control valve has a pressure adjusting element fluidly coupled to the hydraulic actuator and situated to affect a pressure of fluid being directed to the hydraulic actuator. The flow control valve also has an energy directing element operatively coupled to the pressure adjusting element and situated to be driven by the pressure adjusting element when the pressure adjusting element is selectively throttling fluid being directed to the hydraulic actuator.
US08186153B2	Engine compartment arrangement for cleaning diesel particulate filter An engine compartment arrangement for an agricultural harvester comprises an engine (10), a diesel particulate filter (12) coupled to the engine (10) to receive and filter hot exhaust gases therefrom, a fan (14), a radiator (16) disposed in a cooling airflow path in front of the fan (14) and coupled to the engine (10) to cool said engine (10), a cleaning air duct (18) having a first end (20) disposed immediately behind the fan (14) to receive a portion of the air ejected from the fan (14), and having a second end (22) disposed adjacent to the top of the diesel particulate filter (12) to exhaust a jet of the ejected air at a sufficient speed and in sufficient volume across the top surface (24) of the diesel particular filter (12) to prevent an accumulation of agricultural debris on top of the diesel particulate filter (12).
US08186151B2	Method to monitor HC-SCR catalyst NOx reduction performance for lean exhaust applications A method for initiating a regeneration mode in selective catalytic reduction device utilizing hydrocarbons as a reductant includes monitoring a temperature within the aftertreatment system, monitoring a fuel dosing rate to the selective catalytic reduction device, monitoring an initial conversion efficiency, selecting a determined equation to estimate changes in a conversion efficiency of the selective catalytic reduction device based upon the monitored temperature and the monitored fuel dosing rate, estimating changes in the conversion efficiency based upon the determined equation and the initial conversion efficiency, and initiating a regeneration mode for the selective catalytic reduction device based upon the estimated changes in conversion efficiency.
US08186150B2	Exhaust tract for an internal combustion engine An exhaust tract for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a first exhaust gas line, which conducts exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine to an exhaust-gas treatment device, and a second exhaust gas line, which forms a bypass line bypassing the exhaust gas treatment device. In order to ensure sufficient treatment of the exhaust gas even in the lean operating mode of an internal combustion engine, at least one first valve and one second valve are provided in series in the bypass line. An exhaust line is provided between the first valve and the second valve to reduce the pressure between the first and second valves. The pressure upstream of the second valve and the pressure downstream of the second valve, or the ambient pressure of the motor vehicle, are determined and negative pressure is applied to the exhaust line such that an exhaust gas flow via the second valve to the outside into the environment of the motor vehicle is prevented.
US08186147B2	Catalyst deterioration-determination device and method and engine control unit A catalyst deterioration-determining device capable of properly performing deterioration determination, while compensating for differences in output characteristics of oxygen concentration parameter sensors disposed upstream and downstream of the catalyst, respectively. After exhaust gases flowing into the catalyst having an oxygen storage capability are switched from oxidation atmosphere to reduction atmosphere, first and second equivalent ratios indicative of oxygen concentrations, detected by first and second LAF sensors disposed upstream and downstream of the catalyst, are integrated to calculate respective first and second reducing agent amount integrated values. The integrated values are corrected by dividing them by respective average values of the first and second equivalent ratios calculated after the lapse of a predetermined time period, such that differences in gains of the first and second LAF sensors are compensated for. Then, the corrected first and second integrated values are compared for catalyst deterioration determination.
US08186142B2	Systems and method for controlling stack temperature Systems and a method for controlling a temperature of an exhaust gas stack are provided. The system includes a first heat exchanger positioned upstream in exhaust gas flow communication to an exhaust gas inlet to the stack, a second heat exchanger positioned upstream in exhaust gas flow communication to the first heat exchanger, and a water side conduit configured to direct a flow of relatively hot water from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger such that a temperature of a flow of exhaust gas flowing through the first exchanger is maintained within a predetermined range.
US08186139B1	Mower with longitudinal baffles A rotary mower with a plurality of cutting blades is provided. The deck comprises two longitudinal baffles that direct grass clippings to the rear of the mower. The longitudinal baffles, in conjunction with right and left side blade guards, form three channels. A cutting blade is disposed within each channel. A lift frame assembly comprises swiveling linkages that allow rotation of the deck with respect to the trailer hitch.
US08186133B2	Method for displaying a package assembly into a tray A packaging assembly having an open design for displaying a product is provided. The packaging assembly is configured for storage and display in high density arrays of packaging assemblies, such as storage in pallets, and is configured to display visual information to a user from any perspective, even when the packaging assembly is packed in high density arrays of packaging assemblies. The packaging assembly includes an inner portion designed to contain a product and a housing designed to house the inner portion, wherein the inner portion includes a substantially transparent cover that facilitates display of the product. The packaging assembly includes an outer portion having a three dimensional window box frame, wherein portions of the window box frame are configured to couple to flanges provided on the inner portion.
US08186126B2	Site-assembled pool and method of assembly A site-assembled enclosure of the present invention includes a plurality of upstanding staves arranged side-by-side and held together by top and bottom rails. The enclosure is preferably a pool including a coping extending entirely around and in releasably secured relation to the rails that fasten the upper ends of the staves together and a flexible liner and cover releasably secured to the coping. The wooden staves include opposing vertical edges interconnecting the two staves. The leveling gauge for leveling a construction area preferably includes a threaded rod, a pivot bracket rotatably mounted on the threaded rod, a board extending from the pivot bracket, and a level mounted on the board. A method of assembling an enclosure is also described.
US08186108B1	Modular medical services unit with secure console A medical services unit for use in health care facilities where high security is required, such as in prison and psychiatric hospitals. The unit comprises a floor-to-ceiling column with an internal medical services section to provide a plurality of medical services. The medical services section is protected by a rotating steel door that prevents access to the enclosed services. The medical services section also includes a sub-door made of a transparent, shatterproof polymer, such as polycarbonate. Thus, the clear cover panel permits visual access to the gauges and controls for the services, but prevents unauthorized physical access to them. The column is entirely enclosed in a protective casing made out of rolled steel. Doors are provided in the casing for providing access b authorized personnel only to the internal medical services section.
US08186106B2	High strength cement, mortar and concrete including industrial by-products Cementitious compositions in which the cementitious properties of fly-ash are carefully controlled. The cementitious compositions may be substantially free harsh acids and bases such as citric acids (≈pH 2.2) and alkali metal activators including alkali hydroxides (≈pH 12-14) and metal carbonates (≈pH 11.6). The use of these harsh chemicals creates acid base reactions during use of the products. Instead of these harsh chemicals, a citric salt, for example potassium citrate, may be used as a reaction accelerator. Boric compounds may be used as a retarder in the compositions.
US08186100B2	Photovoltaic greenhouse structure A photovoltaic greenhouse includes a house structure having upstanding walls and a roof thereover to enclose a greenhouse space therein, and at least one thin-film solar cell module mounted on the roof for converting solar energy within a pre-selected light band of sunlight into electricity, wherein light not absorbed by the thin-film solar cell module passes through and enters the greenhouse space, which can be utilized by plants or crops for photosynthesis. The thin-film solar cell module has high transmittance of light in the wavelength intervals, for example, 400-450 nm and 640-700 nm, required by the cultured plants or crops inside the greenhouse space for photosynthesis.
US08186098B1	Better mouse trap system An upper bucket has a closed top, an open bottom and a side wall. A lower opening is cut into the side wall of the upper bucket. The lower opening has a lower slit at a lower extent of the side wall. The lower opening has an arcuate slit. The slit extends upwardly from the lower slit. A flat, generally circular plate has laterally extending pivot pins. Pivot apertures extend through the upper bucket at diametrically opposed locations adjacent to the lower slot. The pivot apertures rotatably receive the pivot pins for effecting movement of the plate between a horizontal orientation and a pivoted orientation.
US08186096B2	Fishing lure with line attachment structure A fishing lure comprises a hook structure including a hook portion for engaging the mouth flesh of a fish, a shank portion connected to the hook portion, and a line securing portion for securing a line to the hook structure. The line securing portion forms an unsecured loop so that a portion of fishing line is movable into the eye of the loop without threading. The lure also comprises a body structure mounted on the hook structure. The body structure has an anchor notch formed thereon and configured to receiving a portion of a looped fishing line.
US08186095B2	Adjustable fishing outrigger apparatus An adjustable outrigger for use on a marine vessel for supporting and selectively positioning a fishing outrigger pole includes a rotatable driving device which is coupled to a ball screw mechanism a rotatable member of which is coupled to a piston and to a track pitched in a direction along an axis to concurrently rotate the outrigger pole about the axis and angulate the outrigger pole in a plane perpendicular to that axis.
US08186094B2	Device and method for aligning or adjusting sight for a firearm The combination of a firearm and a device for aligning an adjustable sight element of an open sight or telescopic sight is disclosed. The combination includes a firearm having a longitudinally extending barrel, a bore extending through the barrel and a longitudinally extending optical axis extending through the bore and an open or telescopic sight with an adjustment mechanism on the barrel of the firearm. The combination also includes a generally bullet shaped device having a metal body including a forward cylindrical portion and a rear cylindrical portion with a larger diameter than the forward portion abutting the forward portion as well as a laser pointer and battery powering the laser pointer disposed in the rear cylindrical portion and wherein the forward cylindrical portion is constructed and dimensioned to slidingly fit within a rear portion of the bore so that the laser pointer projects the light beam through the barrel and along the longitudinal axis and out of said barrel to thereby form a light spot on a distant target. Then the open or telescopic sight can be aligned with the light spot to thereby zero the firearm. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the laser pointer includes a red/orange diode to produce a laser beam with an output power of no greater than 1 milliwatt and a wavelength of about 635 nanometers.
US08186082B2	Fluid pressure drive unit and snow removal unit There is provided a fluid pressure drive unit that can fulfill a position holding function stably even when an external force acts during the time when the position is held, the unit being used, for example, for the right and left angle adjustment of a snow plow blade. There is provided a first excessive load relief valve 6 for letting a working fluid escape from a bottom-side pipe line 10a, which connects the bottom-side port of a single-rod double acting cylinder 2 to the bottom side of an operate check valve 4, to a rod-side pipe line 10b, which connects the rod-side port of the single-rod double acting cylinder 2 to the rod side of the operate check valve 4, and there is provided a second excessive load relief valve 7 for letting the working fluid escape from the rod-side pipe line 10b to a tank 3. Also, there is provided a negative pressure preventing check valve 8 for allowing the working fluid to flow into the bottom-side pipeline 10a from the tank 3.
US08186081B2	Torsion control devices and related articles of footwear Torsion control devices for use in an article of footwear are disclosed. An article of footwear comprises: a sole having a forefoot portion and a rearfoot portion; and a torsion element disposed in the sole, wherein the torsion element allows the forefoot portion to rotate in a first direction relative to the rearfoot portion and restricts rotation of the forefoot portion relative to the rearfoot portion in a second direction.
US08186080B2	Bomb toe cap and method of forming the same An article is provided and includes a first ballistic particle impenetrable material, which is formable into a pack and a second material, which is formable into an enclosure for the pack, the enclosure having an interior facing surface in abutment with a substantial entirety of an exterior of the pack.
US08186078B2	Article of footwear having a polygon lug sole pattern Articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include one or more of: (a) an upper; (b) a sole structure including a midsole and an outsole, the outsole having a plurality of polygonal lugs arranged about a base surface of the outsole. The outsole may include one or more regions wherein the characteristics of a portion of the lugs within a region differ from the characteristics of a portion of the lugs in another region. The lugs may differ, for example based on size, construction and/or spacing between the lugs. Methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear also are disclosed.
US08186074B2	Fluid level gauge having swivel blade A fluid level gauge for use with an engine is provided. The fluid level gauge may have a blade, a handle having a protrusion, and a swivel rigidly connected to the blade and having a recess to receive the protrusion. The fluid level gauge may also have a retention member configured to inhibit the protrusion from exiting the recess. The swivel can rotate independent of the handle when the fluid level gauge is fully assembled.
US08186063B2	Razors A razor, especially a safety razor, comprises a fluid delivery system including a pump (24) for conducting a fluid, such as a lubricant, from a reservoir (25) for application to the skin, and a control device (16) for actuating the pump (24) when the razor is brought into contact with the skin by a person holding the razor, and deactuating the pump (24) after a certain time of actuation, e.g. 0.1 to 2 seconds. The control device is arranged to ensured a delay of 1 to 10 seconds between successive actuations, and so that the pump is actuated only every second third or fourth shaving stroke.
US08186061B2	Manufacturing method of bearing, bearing unit, rotary apparatus, and manufacturing method of sliding member A manufacturing method of a bearing according to the present invention includes a bearing forming member preparing step S10 for preparing a bearing forming member W made of AlSi alloy containing 5 weight % to 40 weight % of Si, a pressure sizing step S20 which decreases a maximum crest height Rp of a bearing surface 132 by performing pressure sizing of the bearing surface 132 of the bearing forming member W, and an aluminum oxide film forming step S30 for forming an aluminum oxide film 36 on the bearing surface 132 of the bearing forming member W by anodizing the bearing surface 132 of the bearing forming member W in this order. According to the manufacturing method of a bearing of the present invention, it is possible to manufacture a bearing which can maintain the bearing performance over a long period.
US08186056B2	Turbine vane restoration system A system and method for reconfiguring a turbine vane. In at least one embodiment, the system may be used to straighten an airfoil of a turbine vane segment to remove lean, twist, or racking, or any combination thereof. The airfoil may be straightened by fixing portions of the forward and aft hooks of the inner and outer shrouds of the turbine vane, restricting other portions of the forward and aft hooks of the inner and outer shrouds of the turbine vane to only move rotationally about a centerline of the inner or outer shrouds, and applying a load to various portions of the inner and outer shrouds and the airfoil to return the turbine vane to be within predetermined specifications.
US08186054B2	Method of fabricating board having high density core layer and structure thereof Structure and method of making a board having plating though hole (PTH) core layer substrate and stacked multiple layers of blind vias. More stacking layers of blind vias than conventional methods can be achieved. The fabrication method of the board having high-density core layer includes the following: after the making of the PTH, the filling material filled inside the PTH of the core layer is partially removed until the PTH has reached an appropriate flattened depression using etching; then image transfer and pattern plating are performed to fill and to level the depression portion up to a desired thickness to form a copper pad (overplating) as the core layer substrate is forming a circuit layer; finally using electroless copper deposition and the pattern plating to make the product.
US08186052B2	Method of producing substrate The method of producing a substrate comprises the steps of: forming a through-hole in a base member; filling the through-hole with an insulating material; performing electroless plating to coat the surface of the base member, in which the through-hole has been filled with the insulating material, with an electroless-plated layer; applying photo resist on the electroless-plated layer formed on the surface of the base member; optically exposing and developing the photo resist so as to form a resist pattern coating an end face of the through-hole filled with the insulating material; etching an electrically conductive layer formed on the surface of the base member with using the resist pattern as a mask; and removing the resist pattern coating the end face of the through-hole from the base member with using the electroless-plated layer as a release layer.
US08186051B2	Method for fabricating package substrate and die spacer layers having a ceramic backbone Methods for fabricating a layer or layers for use in package substrates and die spacers are described. In one implementation the layer or layers are fabricated to include a plurality of ceramic wells lying within a plane and separated by metallic via with recesses within the ceramic wells being occupied by a dielectric filler material.
US08186049B2	Method of making a circuit structure A manufacturing method of a circuit structure is provided as follows. Firstly, a base conductive layer is formed on the carrier board and a first patterned plating-resistant layer having at least one trench for exposing a part of the base conductive layer is formed on the base conductive layer. A first patterned conductive layer is then formed in the trench and a second patterned plating-resistant layer is formed which covers a part of the first patterned conductive layer and a part of the first patterned plating-resistant layer. A second patterned conductive layer is formed on the exposed first patterned conductive layer. The first and the second patterned plating-resistant layers and the base conductive layer exposed by the first patterned conductive layer are removed. Then, a patterned solder mask is formed for covering a part of the first patterned conductive layer.
US08186047B2	Method of mounting electronic component The invention is directed to prevention of interference of an operation of mounting proper electronic components and improvement of usability without reduction of a manufacturing speed of printed boards. Suction states of electronic components held by suction by suction nozzles are detected by a line sensor unit. When the detection result shows that there is an improper electronic component, the improper electronic component is disposed of, and after the disposal a component recognition camera takes images of electronic components judged proper as a result of the detection and a recognition processing device performs a recognition process. When the recognition result shows that there is an improper electronic component, the improper electronic component is disposed of, and after the disposal only electronic components judged proper as a result of the recognition are mounted on a printed board.
US08186042B2	Manufacturing method of a printed board assembly The present invention provides a printed wiring board assembly having active and passive components embedded between the printed wiring board layers and associated fabrication method so as to complete a multilayer printed wiring board to improve the flexibility of circuit layout.
US08186023B2	Retrofittable hook device A retrofittable hook protection device for use with a hook is provided. The hook includes an intermediate portion interconnecting a hook portion and an end having an aperture, a gate for opening and closing an opening proximate the hook portion, and a lanyard operatively connected to the end proximate the aperture. The protection device includes a first and second member. The first member is configured and arranged to receive a first portion of the lanyard and a second portion of the end proximate a first side of the hook. A second member is configured and arranged to receive a third portion of the lanyard and a fourth portion of the end proximate a second side of the hook. The first and second members are connectable to sandwich the portions of the lanyard and the end there between.
US08186011B2	Adjustable door stop An adjustable door stop (1) having a bracket (2), which may be mounted to the base of a door (3), and a tubular section (4) that may be pivotally or hingedly attached to the bracket so that the tubular section may be folded up into the bracket when the adjustable door stop is not in use and down when the adjustable door stop is in use. Clips (5) located on the bracket hold the tubular section in place while the tubular section is folded up into the bracket. An extendable rod (6) inserts into the tubular section and may be extended out of the tubular section to accommodate various heights of step downs or retracted into the tubular section when the tubular section is folded upward for storage. A lever (7) on the tubular section engages a series of ridges (8) located on the extendable rod to set the extendable rod to a desired length.
US08186006B2	Dust separation apparatus of vacuum cleaner A distribution unit for a dust separating apparatus of a vacuum cleaner is provided. The distribution unit distributes air and dust to the dust separation unit includes a body having an inlet for introducing the air and dust to the body, a plurality of branch passages for distributing the air introduced into the body to the dust separation unit, and a main passage for connecting the inlet with the branch passages, and wherein a passage cross-sectional area of the main passage at the branch passage is greater than a passage cross-sectional area of the inlet.
US08186000B2	End brush with reduced bristle flare An end brush is disclosed. In an illustrative implementation, a plurality of bristles are each fastened at a fixed end to a body. The bristles include a plurality of inner bristles proximal to a rotational axis of the body, and a plurality of outer bristles distal to the rotational axis. The inner bristles have a substantially uniform length. The outer bristles are cut at lengths shorter than the inner bristle length, and at an angle to the rotational axis.
US08185998B2	Cosmetic brushes A half-moon brush or other cosmetic applicator is in two parts, each having a head and a flat handle. The handle of each part has a wide major face and a narrow side face. The two parts are combined in a first configuration with the two narrow side faces abutting and the heads side by side to form a single wide, flat head, and are combined in a second configuration with the two wide major faces abutting and the heads face to face to form a single thicker, less wide, flat head. Each of the parts of the applicator has magnetic components that cooperate with magnetic components in the other part to hold the applicator parts together in both the first and the second configurations.
US08185990B1	Swimming pool brush with hydrofoil A swimming pool brush includes a brush head having a pair of apertures formed in the brush head and a plurality of bristles secured in depending relation to the brush head in surrounding relation to each aperture. A first plurality of clips is formed in a top wall of the brush head on a first side of the apertures. A hydrofoil plate has a first edge adapted to be hingedly engaged by the first plurality of clips, an extended position when the brush head is immersed and pushed downwardly against a swimming pool sidewall and a retracted position when the brush head is pulled upwardly against the sidewall. A venturi effect is created by the plate when in its extended position but the apertures minimize the venturi effect. The plate may be mounted to a second plurality of clips so that the brush head can be reversed and re-used.
US08185986B2	Adjustable bed base having vibrating motor in pocket An adjustable bed (10) includes an adjustable bed base (12) for supporting a mattress (14). The adjustable bed base (12) comprises an articulated deck (50) comprising head, seat, leg and foot deck boards (54, 56, 58, 58) hingedly joined together and supported from a frame (32). At least one of the support sections has an opening (72, 74) and a pocket (86) secured underneath the opening. Inside the pocket (86) is located a vibratory motor (100), the vibratory motor (100) being electrically coupled to a powered drive unit (66) for vibrating a portion of the adjustable bed (10).
US08185974B2	Toilet with magnetic attraction between bearing and pivot The present invention relates to a toilet in which the bowl (1) has at least one bearing (4) with an open cross section, preferably a curved wall, particularly in the general shape of a C, against which is rotatably engaged at least one part forming a pivot (20) attached to a moving part such as a flap forming a lid, a seat or a urinal, characterized in that said pivot (20) and said bowl each comprise means of mutual magnetic attraction (6) so arranged that said moving part (2) can be moved between a lowered position resting on the bowl (1) or roughly parallel to the upper plane of the bowl, and a raised position, wherein said pivot (20) is engaged in said bearing (4), and this pivot (20) can be separated from said bearing (4) provided said moving part (2) is pulled strongly enough to overcome the force of magnetic attraction.
US08185973B2	Series of underwater vision articles The invention concerns a series of underwater vision articles comprising two optical elements (1, 3), two sealing elements placed in contact with the face via their right and left contact areas (2, 4), having the following characteristics: the optical elements are placed flatly on a plane on the side opposite the contact areas: P1, P2 represent respective points that are the lowest and to the furthest left from the inner edge (5) or outer edge (6) of the left contact area (4); P3, P4 represent respective points that are the lowest and the furthest right from the inner edge (7) or outer edge (8) of the right contact area (2). Independent of the size, the ratio between PP2,4 and PP1,3 is constant, and/or the ratio between, on the one hand, PP2,4 and a constant and, on the other, PP1,2 is constant or PPi,j is the distance between Pi and Pj for any i and j.
US08185969B2	Protective gear A protective head gear for a user having an outer panel, an inner panel, a retention pleat on the inner panel, a respirator, and an indexed fastener. The outer panel is disposed relative to the inner panel to provide efficacious spatial separation therebetween. The fastener is formed to adjustably and releasably secure at least a portion of the inner panel to the user. An indexing element is attached to the fastener, and is formed of material substantially tactilely different from the fastener, the outer panel, or the inner panel, to permit the user to unambiguously locate the point of fastening. The outer panel, inner panel, and respirator, can be composed of fabrics having one or more layer, and one layer can have a repellent characteristic different from another (e.g., hydrophobic vs. hydrophilic).
US08191160B2	Method and system for auditing and correcting authorization inconsistencies for reception equipment in a content delivery network A method and system for auditing unauthorized usage in a subscriber content delivery network is described. The method and system includes identifying an indicator relating to accessibility for a receiver intended for receiving signals through the network; obtaining an indicator relating to authorization for a pre-determined service offering of the network; and determining whether the indicator of access ability is consistent with the indicator relating to authorization to thereby ascertain that the receiver is capable of engaging in unauthorized usage. The method and system may optionally include undertaking an action to change at least one of the indicator of access ability and the indicator relating to authorization.
US08191151B2	Privacy protection device, privacy protection method, and recording medium recorded with privacy protection program A privacy protection device acquires provider location information and browser location information indicating the current location of a browser terminal used by a browser who intends to browse the content. The privacy protection device stores determination data for determining whether to mask privacy information included in the content. The privacy protection device determines whether to mask the privacy information by comparing the distance, which is calculated based on the current location of the provider terminal indicated by the provider location information and the current location of the browser terminal indicated by the browser location information, to the determination data stored in the determination data storage part. Finally, the privacy protection device edits the privacy information included in the content so that the privacy information is concealed from the browser when the privacy masking determination part determines to mask the privacy information.
US08191143B1	Anti-pharming in wireless computer networks at pre-IP state Anti-pharming techniques in wireless computer networks at pre-IP state are disclosed. A user computer connecting to a wireless computer network may include an anti-pharming module configured to monitor data communications to and from a wireless access point of the wireless computer network. The anti-pharming module may be configured to determine if data communication going in a direction from the wireless access point to the user computer originated from a wireless station rather than a server configured to dynamically provide network addresses to computers connecting to the wireless computer network. The wireless station may be deemed a malicious computer perpetrating a pharming attack when it originated the data communication and is responding to a request to obtain network address previously sent by the user computer.
US08191141B2	Method and system for cloaked observation and remediation of software attacks A method and system provide security for a communication network and for one or more nodes within the network. Software can be distributed throughout the network from a centralized location or administrative console. The software can be made resident in the kernel of the operating system of a receiving node. The software can provide an observation functionality, an analysis functionality, a reporting functionality and a remediation functionality or some subset of those functionalities.
US08191139B2	Intrusion detection report correlator and analyzer A computer/computer network security alert management system aggregates information from multiple intrusion detectors. Utilizing reports from multiple intrusion detectors reduces the high false alarm rate experienced by individual detectors while also improving detection of coordinated attacks involving a series of seemingly harmless operations. An internal representation of a protected enclave is utilized, and intrusion detection system (IDS) information is correlated to accurately prioritize alerts. In one embodiment, the system is capable of utilizing data from most existing IDS products, with flexibility to add further IDS products.
US08191130B2	Printing apparatus and information processing apparatus A printing apparatus is connected to a network which includes an information processing apparatus transmitting printing data and an authentication information issuance server issuing authentication information to the information processing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a printing unit. The transmitting unit transmits, to the information processing apparatus, information showing the authentication information being required, the authentication information is required in order to perform printing based on the printing data transmitted from the information processing apparatus, and the authentication information is issued from the authentication information issuance server. The authentication information indicates permission issued from the authentication information issuance server. The receiving unit receives the authentication information issued from the authentication information issuance server and the printing data from the information processing apparatus. The printing unit performs a print job based on the printing data received by the receiving unit.
US08191122B2	Provisioning a network appliance A method and system for generating identity certificates. The method may include receiving a user login at a network appliance, determining that the network appliance is not initialized, and requesting and receiving a unique identifier from a service provider, where the unique identifier is used for identifying the network appliance. The method may include generating a certificate signing request (CSR) and sending the CSR with the unique identifier to the service provider. Upon receiving a signed certificate from the service provider at the network appliance, the network appliance is initialized using the received signed certificate.
US08191118B2	Preliminary verification system which has a authentication by phone on the internet environment A preliminary verification method under an Internet environment using a phone authentication service in a system including a first terminal, a web server, an authentication server, a host server, a call server and a second terminal, the method comprising the steps of: providing a preliminary transaction request generated from the first terminal to the authentication server through the web server; at the authentication server, transmitting the preliminary transaction request information to the host server, and providing preliminary transaction result information corresponding to the preliminary transaction request information from the host server to the first terminal; at the authentication server, in case of receiving a real transaction request generated from the first terminal, receiving and verifying the authentication information from the first terminal according to the electronic transaction approval, and requesting a phone authentication for the second terminal of the user of the authenticated first terminal to the call server; at the call server, generating an authentication call to the second terminal, receiving a one time password (OTP) number corresponding to the authentication call from the second terminal, generating an OTP number by the same number of an OTP device, and transmitting authentication completion information to the host server if the generated OTP number is the same with the received OTP number; and at the host server, performing the electronic transaction process according to the authentication completion information received from the call server.
US08191117B2	Location-targeted online services Described are various implementations of location-targeted online services. When a user accesses the Internet from a supported location, he'll be able to use premium or exclusive online services (premium content, member-only discounts etc.) for free and without going through an elaborate subscription process. The location owner may promote these services before the user enters the location. Example: in addition to mentioning “free Internet”, the hotel owner can attract new customers by mentioning “free Netflix movies” or “free access to premium content, from Zagat reviews to stock reports”. It allows the location owner to utilize a network (WIFI) service provider as a means of increasing its core business and not just as a source of incremental advertisement income.
US08191111B2	Image forming system and image forming apparatus An image forming system includes: an authentication server device having user information, for performing a user authentication via a computer network; and an image forming apparatus including: an authentication unit for accessing the authentication server device to perform an authentication processing for a user; and a data storage device for storing therein document data generated by an image forming processing based on the user's operation, and storing document attribute information, which has the same attribute items as a part of, or all of, attribute items of the user information held by the authentication server device, in association with the document data.
US08191106B2	System and method of network access security policy management for multimodal device A system and method are provided for management of access security for access by a multimodal device to a converged fixed/mobile network. An inter-technology change-off monitoring entity (ICME) is provided to monitor an inter-technology change-off of the multimodal device and to notify a policy manager of the inter-technology change-off. The policy manager looks up in a policy database, security policies applicable to the user of the multimodal device and the particular technology being used by the multimodal device. The policy manager conveys to various policy enforcement points throughout the converged fixed/mobile network the applicable security policies which take into account the user's identity and the access technology being used.
US08191104B2	Method and apparatus for providing interactive program guide (IPG) and video-on-demand (VOD) user interfaces An apparatus for providing multiple session-based services at a terminal, an exemplary apparatus includes a memory configured to support a plurality of software layers including a service layer communicating with terminal resources via a root layer disposed therebetween; and a processor, for executing instructions associated with a plurality of service layer applications, a root layer application and a control mechanism; each of the service layer applications communicating with terminal resources to provide thereby a respective user interface; wherein the control mechanism selectively causing at least one of the service layer applications to enter an active state, the user interface associated with a service layer application being adapted in response to the service layer application entering the active state.
US08191103B2	Real-time bookmarking of streaming media assets A method for real-time bookmarking of streaming media assets is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes dynamically changing a presentation segment of a plurality of segments based one or more bookmark signals from a viewer.
US08191099B2	Automated analysis of collected field data for error detection Included are embodiments of a method for detecting errors in a set top terminal (STT). At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving error data related to at least one error that occurred in at least one STT and comparing the received error data to at least one signature file, the at least one signature file including a pattern related to at least one documented error. Additional embodiments of the method may also include in response to determining that the received error data does not match the pattern related to at least one documented error, creating a new signature file, the new signature file including at least one pattern associated with the received error data.
US08191096B2	Control device and method for channel searching in image display device Provided are a system and a method for channel searching in an image display device. When there are requests for channel searching and setting with respect to a broadcasting signal received through a signal receiving unit, image or audio data set by a user are outputted to a standby screen or while the channel searching. Or, after calculating a required time for the channel searching, image or audio data having a playing time close to the calculated required time are extracted for output while channel searching.
US08191093B2	Providing information pertaining to audio-visual and personal bi-directional services The present invention provides methods and systems for accessing services in a television system. In one embodiment, a DHCT presents a subscriber an EPG presentation containing a plurality of selectable bi-directional services that are purchasable for a period of time and rendered to a buying subscriber on an individualized basis as offered by the cable television system. The subscriber navigates an EPG menu presentation with an input device such as a remote control device and selects a purchasable service by choosing the visual representation that corresponds to the desired service. The DHCT receives the user input, translates the selected command into an executable program call that queries service availability and, if the service is available, initiates the selected bi-directional audiovisual service on a personalized session.
US08191085B2	Method and apparatus for loading or storing multiple registers in a data processing system A method for operating a data processing system includes providing an application binary interface (ABI) which determines a set of non-contiguous volatile registers and a set of non-volatile registers. The set of non-contiguous volatile registers includes a plurality of general purpose registers (GPRs) and a plurality of special purpose registers (SPRs). The method includes providing less than three instructions which collectively load or store all of the set of non-contiguous volatile registers determined by the ABI. A system includes a set of volatile registers including a plurality of volatile GPRs, a plurality of volatile supervisor SPRs, and a plurality of volatile user SPRs, and execution circuitry for executing a first instruction that loads or stores the plurality of volatile supervisor SPRs, for executing a second instruction that loads or stores the plurality of volatile GPRs, and for executing a third instruction that loads or stores the plurality of volatile user SPRs.
US08191080B2	System and method for dynamic version management of applications Current applications, in particular for resource constrained terminals, may only require access to an updated version of an application, but updates of current applications must typically be downloaded in their entirety. There is provided systems and methods of modifying an application program for provisioning in a runtime environment of a terminal, the application including a plurality of uniquely addressable logical modules having respective executable methods, where the modules are linked by a set of execution pathways. One method comprises obtaining a migration instruction set for coordinating the modification of the application and executing the migration instruction set for modifying a first execution pathway of the execution pathways to create a modified application. The updated version of the application is represented by a stored addressing map for coordinating hosting of the modified application in the runtime environment.
US08191076B2	Method and apparatus for making inter-process procedure calls through shared memory One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates making an inter-process procedure call through a shared memory that is shared between a client process and a server process, wherein the client makes the inter-process procedure call as if the client is making a local procedure call, but the procedure call actually executes on the server. The system operates by an Application Programming Interface (API) to allow the client to make an inter-process procedure call. The system then allocates a section of the shared memory for the data structure parameters of the inter-process procedure call.
US08191069B2	Method of monitoring performance of virtual computer and apparatus using the method Provided are a method and an apparatus for monitoring performance of a virtual computer. In a method of controlling a computer system including a computer, the computer executes a virtualization program for causing logically divided resources of the computer to operate as first and second virtual computers, the first virtual computer executes a first OS, and the second virtual computer executes a second OS. In the method, information regarding the resources allocated to the first virtual computer and the second virtual computer by the virtualization program is obtained from the virtualization program, information indicating performance of the first virtual computer is obtained from the first OS, information indicating performance of the second virtual computer is obtained from the second OS, the obtained information and information indicating a time of obtainment of the information are stored in a storage system, and stored information is output.
US08191065B2	Managing virtual machine images A method and system for managing images of virtual machines hosted by a server. The server maintains a base virtual machine image in a common data store for sharing by the virtual machines. When the server identifies an image modification for at least one of the virtual machines, the server determines whether the image modification includes data common to images of the other virtual machines. If so, the common data is copied to the base virtual machine image in the common data store, and a pointer to the copied data is added to an image of the virtual machine in an individual data store.
US08191057B2	Systems, methods, and computer products for compiler support for aggressive safe load speculation Systems, methods and computer products for compiler support for aggressive safe load speculation. Exemplary embodiments include a method for aggressive safe load speculation for a compiler in a computer system, the method including building a control flow graph, identifying both countable and non-countable loops, gathering a set of candidate loops for load speculation, and for each candidate loop in the set of candidate loops gathered for load speculation, computing an estimate of the iteration count, delay cycles, and code size, performing a profitability analysis and determining an unroll factor based on the delay cycles and the code size, transforming the loop by generating a prologue loop to achieve data alignment and an unrolled main loop with loop directives, indicating which loads can safely be executed speculatively and performing low-level instruction scheduling on the generated unrolled main loop.
US08191053B2	Computerized data warehousing A system and method for transforming data from a first format to a second format. A pre-existing set of software instructions may be used to transform the data from the first format to the second format. A user may document a set of format parameters for the first format of data, which can be used to determine which portion of the pre-existing software instructions are used to transform the data from the first format to the second format.
US08191051B2	System and method for developing and processing building system control solutions A system automatically generates building system application solutions. The system includes a system design verifier and a system design converter. The system design verifier is configured to verify an application definition. The system design converter is coupled to the system design verifier, and is configured to convert verified application definitions into computer statements that are executable on a processor to implement a building system application solution that corresponds to the application definition.
US08191045B2	Mining library specifications using inductive learning A system and method for mining program specifications includes generating unit tests to exercise functions of a library through an application program interface (API), based upon an (API) signature. A response to the unit tests is determined to generate a transaction in accordance with a target behavior. The transaction is converted into a relational form, and specifications of the library are learned using an inductive logic programming tool from the relational form of the transaction.
US08191038B1	Using a templating language to produce a host language factory for a safe subset of a templated language Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that facilitates converting a template written in a templating language into a function written in a host language, wherein the function produces a string (or a capability that encapsulates a string) in the templated language. During operation, the system receives a template in the templating language at a translator. The system then compiles the template with the translator to create a function in the host language. Next, the system merges the function in the host language with a subset of code written in the host language. Note that in some embodiments of the present invention, the subset of code written in the host language was originally embedded in the templating language, while in other embodiments the subset of code written in the host language is received from an external file. The system then converts the subset of code written in the host language into a safe subset of code written in the host language, wherein the safe subset of code written in the host language adheres to a pre-determined schema and a pre-determined set of constraints. Finally, the system translates the safe subset of code written in the host language to a subset of code written in the templated language.
US08191035B1	Tool with graphical interconnect matrix Techniques and mechanisms provide numerous representations and/or control of component interconnections in a digital design. For example, aspects of the invention provide a connection panel where connections can be presented in different modes. The different modes can run concurrently with each other or separately from each other. The different modes can also be manually or automatically selected to switch from one mode to another mode. For instance, the modes can be manually selected using an on-screen button or automatically selected by examining the location of the mouse pointer on the connection panel. Based on the different modes, component interconnections can be easily and efficiently handled and presented. Further, components can be automatically organized to minimize the number of crossing interconnects between them and/or maximize the amount of interconnection information presented.
US08191034B1	Method and system for measuring terminal compatibility and alignment A method and system are provided for automatically verifying terminal or bump compatibility in a stacked multi-chip architecture during integrated circuit design verification by comparing interfacing terminal layers from a first chip layout file and a second chip layout file and flagging connectivity problems or features that may give rise to problems and displaying these flagged problems or features to a user.
US08191021B2	Single event transient mitigation and measurement in integrated circuits A method for single event transient filtering in an integrated circuit device is described. The device comprises three sequential elements, each having a data input and a data output with each of the three data outputs coupled to one of three inputs of a voting gate. The method comprises generating first and second nominally equivalent logic signals in first and second SET domains, converting the first and second nominally equivalent logic signals into first, second and third nominally equivalent data channels, and transmitting the first, second and third nominally equivalent data channels to the data inputs of the first, second and third sequential elements. Provision is made for applying the method to logic designs implemented in programmable logic integrated circuit devices.
US08191018B1	Methods and software for printing materials onto a substrate Methods and software for correcting printable circuit layouts. The methods generally including steps of identifying shapes in an input circuit layout, applying a plurality of correction rules to the shapes, and producing an output printed circuit layout in accordance with the identified shapes and the correction rules. The input circuit layout generally comprises a bitmapped image or other description of at least one printable layer of at least one electronic component, device, or die. Embodiments of the present invention further allow for more precise control of spreading and effective coverage of features (e.g., source/drain terminal regions, gates, capacitors, diodes, interconnects, etc.) on a substrate by a printed ink composition including electronic materials.
US08191011B2	Motion activated content control for media system A media system is described including a graphical display that presents an iconic menu and a textual menu. The iconic menu includes a plurality of icons arranged in a two-dimensional collection, where each icon provides access to media content. The textual menu includes a structured textual list that provides access to a media library including the media content. The iconic menu may be unlocked responsive to a first user input received at the user input device and may be locked responsive to a second user input received at the user input device. The plurality of icons of the iconic menu may be shuffled relative to each other without shuffling the structured textual list responsive to motion of the media system. The plurality of icons may be maintained in a fixed relative arrangement even if motion of the media system occurs if the iconic menu is locked.
US08191005B2	Dynamically generating visualizations in industrial automation environment as a function of context and state information A visualization system that generates customized visualization(s) in an industrial automation environment includes an interface component that receives input concerning displayed objects and information, a context component that can detect, infer or determine context information regarding an entity, and a visualization component that dynamically generates a visualization from a set of display object to present to the entity that is a function of the received information and inferred or determined entity context.
US08191003B2	Managing transparent windows Methods and arrangements to manage transparent windows are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to select one or more windows to make transparent and to switching the active window between source and target windows via the position of the mouse. Many embodiments provide a right click, pop-up menu (i.e., pressing the right mouse button generates a pop-up menu), a pull-down menu, or a button associated with windows. These features may allow a user to select individual or all windows to be transparent. A transparent window provides some view of windows or objects below the transparent window while providing some view of the contents such as graphics and/or text in the transparent window. Embodiments may also include management logic such as hardware and/or code to facilitate selection of a transparent window to make the window active.
US08190998B2	Method for generating an object-processing platform between two computers by joining screens A method for generating an object processing platform between an object computer and a processing computer, where an ad hoc assembly of screens is performed by the object computer with the processing computer in order to couple their input and/or output device. The invention includes generating an object processing platform between an object computer and a processing computer. An ad hoc screen assembly is performed by the object computer with the processing computer in order to couple their input and/or output device with at least one display.
US08190987B2	Private views of data and local calculations during real time collaboration Techniques for performing a process during a real time collaboration by multiple users or clients on a spreadsheet file are disclosed herein which may permit calculations to be performed locally by at least one of the clients. By doing so, increases in performance are realized since only data updates need to be provided to the host machine. As such, a determination is preferably made whether calculations performed locally can result in different data. If conflicting data is a possibility, then the calculations for the spreadsheet file will usually be performed remotely by a host machine. If not, then each client capable of doing so will perform the calculations locally and then provide only the updated data to the host machine. The determination of whether to perform the calculations locally or not may also be made dynamically, such as when one or more new formulas are added to the spreadsheet file.
US08190982B2	Error-tolerant multi-threaded memory systems with reduced error accumulation Systems and methods establishing and/or utilizing an error-tolerant multithreaded register file are provided. The systems and methods employ dynamic multithreading redundancy (DMR) for error correction. Non-overlapped register access patterns associated create hardware redundancy dynamically that is exploited for error control. Immediate write-back and self-recovery techniques are employed to further enhance the error correction functionalities of the disclosed systems and methods. Error control is improved for memory components and processing functions in multithreaded computing systems.
US08190975B2	Transparent envelope for XML messages Transforming portions of a message to a destination via a communication protocol. A message is received. It is detected whether the received message includes an encoded envelope. The encoded envelope includes a stack defining parameters including information for handling the received message in an original format. If the received message includes the encoded envelope, the defined parameters are transformed to coded parameters in a common format. The coded parameters express the same information for handling the received message in the communication protocol. The encoded envelope is encapsulated in the received message, and the received message in the common format is delivered to the destination. If the received message does not include an encoded envelope, coded parameters are generated in the common format for the received message by encoding addressing information from the received message. The received message having the coded parameters in the common format is delivered to the destination.
US08190972B2	Error checking and correction overlap ranges A method to write data with error checking and correction overlap ranges is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) receiving plurality of input numbers in a plurality of input signals, (B) generating a plurality of error correction codes by separately operating on each of a plurality of unique pairs of the input numbers, wherein each of the error correction codes is configured to correct at least one error in a corresponding one of the unique pairs and (C) storing the input numbers and the error correction codes in a memory.
US08190971B2	Data processing system and method for operating a data processing system To improve the availability of a data processing system despite possible memory errors, when reading a data word from a memory cell, the integrity of the data word is checked on the basis of redundant additional information, and if the data word turns out to be corrupted, an error correction procedure is performed in which the reliability performance of the memory cell is checked and, if the memory cell is found to be operational, its contents are restored.
US08190967B2	Parity check matrix storing method, block LDPC coding method, and apparatus using parity check matrix storing method The present invention relates to a low density parity check (LDPC) encoding method and an apparatus thereof. In the LDPC encoding method, a matrix multiplication corresponding to ET−1 and T−1 is eliminated according to a structural characteristic in an encoding process. Accordingly, shift weights that are not −1 among shift weights corresponding to partial blocks A, B, and C of a parity check matrix are used to perform an encoding operation, and a cyclic shift operation of an information unit block is performed in parallel so that a first parity block and a second parity block may be simultaneously generated.
US08190961B1	System and method for using pilot signals in non-volatile memory devices A memory system includes a selector module that selects and switches between one of N sequences of signal levels for pilot data. The N sequences are different, and N is an integer greater than 1. A multiplexer module selectively combines data and the pilot data and outputs a combined signal. A write module writes to memory based on the combined signal.
US08190960B1	Guaranteed inter-process communication A multiprocessor system includes multiple processors executing multiple processes that send messages to each other. The system uses a connectionless single-window inter-process communication (IPC) protocol to avoid the high message-processing overhead of a connection-based protocol like TCP. The IPC protocol uses a central message-receive service that runs in the kernel on each processor to handle error-checking and sequence number checking and acknowledge received messages, while the single-window mechanism avoids out-of-order message reordering/buffering complexity. Since each process sending a message does not need to wait for the receiving process (which may be otherwise preoccupied or not even the focus of the receiving processor when the message is received and queued) before receiving acknowledgments, the protocol greatly reduces single-window message latency for all processes without resorting to complex connection-based multi-packet transmission windows.
US08190946B2	Fault detecting method and information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus including a storage area separated into a user space and a kernel space executes, generating a core file of a process existing in the user space, retaining the process with the core file which starts being generated in the user space, and notifying a monitor unit of an identification number of the process with the core file which starts being generated, wherein the monitor unit detects a fault in the process by receiving the identification number allocated to the process.
US08190943B2	Systolic merge sorter A sorter system includes a clock continuously generating a series of clock signals, a systolic array circuit, and control circuitry in communication with serial access memory that stores data items of a sequence to be sorted and with the systolic array circuit to supply thereto data items as input and to receive therefrom data items as output. The systolic array circuit includes at least one processing module and K−1 registers, where K is an integer value greater than two. Each processing module has at least one of the registers, each register for storing one data item. The control circuitry serially presents K data items for input to the systolic array circuit in synchronization with the clock signals. On the next clock cycle after the control circuitry presents to the systolic array circuit the last of the K data items, the data item of least value in the given subsequence is output.
US08190931B2	Power management events profiling In a method for monitoring power consumption by a system within an integrated circuit, one or more software programs are executed on the system on a chip (SOC). While the program executes, power control settings of a plurality of functional units within the SOC may be adjusted in response to executing the one or more software programs, whereby power consumption within the SOC varies over time. The power control settings may be changed in response to explicit directions from the executing software, or may occur autonomously in response to load monitoring control modules within the SOC. A sequence of power states is reported for the plurality of functional units within the SOC. Each of the sequence of power states may include clock frequencies from multiple clock domains, voltage levels for multiple voltage domains, initiator activity, target activity, memory module power enablement, or power enablement of each of the plurality of functional units.
US08190926B2	Power combining power supply system A power supply system comprises a low-speed power supply and a high-speed power supply configured to operate in first and second frequency ranges, respectively, and generate first and second outputs, respectively. The lower end of the second frequency range is at least higher than a lower end of the first frequency range. A frequency blocking power combiner circuit combines the power from the first output with the power from the second output to generate a combined, third output for driving a load, while providing frequency-selective isolation between the first and second outputs. A feedback circuit is coupled to receive the combined, third output through a global feedback loop. The feedback circuit generates first and second power supply control signals for controlling the low-speed power supply and the high-speed power supply, respectively, based on a difference between the third output and the predetermined control signal.
US08190916B1	Methods and systems for modifying an integrity measurement based on user authentication A computer system is provided that comprises a processor and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) accessible to the processor. During a boot process, the BIOS determines an integrity measurement for the computer system and modifies the integrity measurement based on a user authentication.
US08190907B2	Process and apparatus for automatically identifying user of consumer electronics Consumer devices and methods for operating consumer devices are disclosed. A consumer electronic device may include user identification unit incorporated into a control module of the device. A user of a consumer electronics device is uniquely identified using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device normally. Content that depends on the user's identity can be provided to or from the device. The user may be uniquely identified using a biometric sensor to provide the metric. The content provided to or from the device or other performance characteristics of the device may be tailored to the particular user based on the user's identity.
US08190905B1	Authorizing administrative operations using a split knowledge protocol A system and method for authorizing administrative operations in a computer is provided. The computer initiates the split knowledge protocol upon an attempt by an administrator to invoke the operations. The administrator identifies a predetermined number of entities designated to authorize the operation. The computer creates a bit sequence and splits the bit sequence into a number of segments equal to the predetermined number of entities. Each entity thereafter decrypts a respective element to essentially authorize invocation of the operations. In response, the computer processes the decrypted segments to re-create the bit sequence. As an added level of security, the computer coma) pares the re-created bit sequence with the originally created sequence and, if they match, performs the operations.
US08190903B2	Method and apparatus for verifying authenticity of digital data using trusted computing A method and apparatus for authenticity and origin of Digital data such as recorded voice samples, video clips or still picture images etc. is provided. The method makes uses of the Trusted Computing principles to provide a secure, tamper detectable solution comprising of both software and hardware such that it can be verified without debate on its authenticity. The method comprises extracting reproduction avoidance key information and log information for captured data from stored information when verification of the captured data is requested, calculating reproduction avoidance key information using the extracted log information, comparing the extracted reproduction avoidance key information with the calculated reproduction avoidance key information and determining that the captured data has not been tampered, if the reproduction avoidance key informations are matched.
US08190886B2	Revocation information transmission method, reception method, and device thereof The invention provides a revocation information transmission method, revocation information reception method, revocation information transmitting apparatus, and revocation information receiving apparatus, wherein all the video output apparatuses such as STB may have a revocation list in common, and it is possible to exclude unjust display and to improve the security of the digital interface for connecting a video output apparatus to a display. The revocation information transmission method comprises at least a step of preparing integrated revocation information by integrating the revocation information of the contents transmitting equipment or contents receiving equipment, a step of packetizing the integrated revocation list and multiplexing it into a stream, and a step of transmitting the stream.
US08190871B2	Storage device selection and switching system A storage device control system is disclosed for selecting a storage device to connect to a computer from a plurality of available storage devices and for controlling the manner in which the storage devices can be connected to the computer.
US08190870B2	Network storage target boot and network connectivity through a common network device The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.
US08190858B2	Interface device for interfacing a main processor to processing engines and classifier engines, and methods for configuring and operating interface devices There is disclosed an interface device for interfacing between a main processor and one or more processing engines. The interface device is configurable, so that it may be used with a wide range of processing engines without being redesigned.
US08190854B2	System and method of processing data using scalar/vector instructions A method of processing data is disclosed that includes performing a fetch of a plurality of instructions from a memory unit. The method also includes grouping the plurality of instructions into packets of instructions of different types for parallel execution by a plurality of instruction execution units. The packets of instructions include a first instruction and a second instruction. The method includes using a combined scalar and vector condition code register to execute the first instruction for a compare operation and the second instruction for a conditional operation using the combined scalar and vector condition code register. The method also includes when the compare operation is a scalar compare operation, receiving a scalar compare instruction for the scalar compare operation at an instruction executing unit and storing results of the scalar compare operation in the combined scalar and vector condition code register.
US08190853B2	Calculator and TLB control method A calculator includes a main TLB that stores therein a plurality of address translation pairs indicating a correspondence of a virtual address and an absolute address as a page table and a micro TLB that stores therein part of the page table stored in the main TLB. In the micro TLB, a TLB virtual address [63:13] and a TLB absolute address [46:13] are registered in a correlated manner. With such configuration, when registering an address translation pair in the micro TLB, the calculator chops the address translation pair to a page size of a first size or a fourth size to register it in the micro TLB. Upon receiving an address translation request, the calculator searches for an address corresponding to the page size of the first size or the fourth size registered in the micro TLB, so that address comparison conditions can be reduced, enabling to improve a processing performance.
US08190848B2	Interleaver memory allocation method and apparatus According to one embodiment, memory is allocated between an interleaver buffer and a de-interleaver buffer in a communication device based on downstream and upstream memory requirements. The upstream de-interleaver memory requirement is determined based on upstream channel conditions obtained for a communication channel used by the communication device. The memory is allocated between the interleaver and de-interleaver buffers based on the downstream and upstream memory requirements. The downstream interleaver memory requirement may be determined based on one or more predetermined downstream configuration parameters. Alternatively, the downstream interleaver memory requirement may also be determined based on the upstream channel conditions by estimating the downstream capacity of the communication channel based on the upstream channel conditions and determining an interleaver buffer size that satisfies one or more predetermined downstream configuration parameters and the downstream capacity estimate.
US08190835B1	Global de-duplication in shared architectures Redundant data is globally de-duplicated across a shared architecture that includes a plurality of storage systems. The storage systems implement copy-on-write or WAFL to generate snapshots of original data. Each storage system includes a de-duplication client to identify and reduce redundant original and/or snapshot data on the storage system. Each de-duplication client can de-duplicate a digital sequence by breaking the sequence into blocks and identifying redundant blocks already stored in the shared architecture. Identifying redundant blocks may include hashing each block and comparing the hash to a local and/or master hash table containing hashes of existing data. Once identified, redundant data previously stored is deleted (e.g., post-process de-duplication), or redundant data is not stored to begin with (e.g., inline de-duplication). In both cases, pointers to shared data blocks can be used to reassemble the digital sequence where one or more blocks were deleted or not stored on the storage system.
US08190819B2	System and method for optimizing interconnections of memory devices in a multichip module An apparatus and method couples memory devices in a memory module to a memory hub on the module such that signals traveling from the hub to the devices have the same propagation time regardless of which device is involved. The hub receives memory signals from a controller over a high speed data link which the hub translates into electrical data, command and address signals. These signals are applied to the memory devices over busses having equivalent path lengths. The busses may also be used by the memory devices to apply data signals to the memory hub. Such data signals can be converted by the memory hub into memory signals and applied to the controller over the high speed data link. In one example, the memory hub is located in the center of the memory module.
US08190817B2	Raid control apparatus and RAID system A RAID system performs host I/O processing during RAID formatting of a plurality of physical disk drives. The controller executes sequential format processing and one-point format processing. A RAID format writing size (SFS) for sequential format processing is set larger than a RAID format writing size (OFS) for one-point format processing. Delay of host I/O processing is reduced, so that the time required for RAID formatting can be shortened.
US08190815B2	Storage subsystem and storage system including storage subsystem To provide a storage subsystem in which, even when plural types of storage devices are provided, write processing from a cache memory to the plural types of storage devices is not delayed. Even when there are relative merits in writing performance of write data from the cache memory to the HDD and the SSD, the cache memories 13A, 13B with respect to the SSD having low writing performance are provided independently of the cache memories 12A, 12B with respect to the HDD.
US08190811B2	Defragmentation of solid state memory A data storage device includes a solid state data storage medium, a set of related data blocks and a controller. The set of related data blocks are non-contiguously stored on the data storage medium and have an original write sequence. The controller, responsive to a defragmentation request, maps the physical block addresses of the set of related data blocks to contiguous logical block addresses in the original write sequence while maintaining the non-contiguous physical block addresses of the set of related data blocks on the data storage medium.
US08190800B2	Automatic vending machine with a plurality of modules and serial bus system In a configuration where a main control unit and various peripheral modules are bus-connected on a communication line, the communication line includes a control line in addition to signal lines serving as a differential pair. The control line is, for example, a bus of the logical AND. When the main control unit drives the control line to a ‘L’ level for a certain period of time or more, the peripheral modules detect that and carry out a hardware reset for itself. When the main control unit issues a command to output a value of a particular bit of own identification number to the peripheral modules via the signal lines, the peripheral modules output the result to the control line, and the control line performs an AND operation. By utilizing the AND operation result, automatic address allocation to the peripheral modules is carried out.
US08190791B2	Image forming apparatus, device managing apparatus, device managing system, status acquiring method, device managing method, and computer program An image forming apparatus is connected to a device managing apparatus via a network. The image forming apparatus acquires its own current status and estimates an estimated status. The estimated status is a status following the current status. The image forming apparatus transmits the current status, the estimated status, and a transition condition that governs a change of status from the current status to the estimated status to a device managing apparatus.
US08190782B2	Image display system and image display apparatus An image display apparatus that displays an image in accordance with image data supplied from an image supplying apparatus, the image display apparatus including: a function module that processes input data; a plurality of disk images each including a function program which is executed by the image supplying apparatus and transmits data to the function module; and a selecting unit that selects one of the plurality of disk images; wherein the function program included in the disk image is executed by the image supplying apparatus that recognizes the disk image selected by the selecting unit; and the function module processes the data transmitted from the function program executed by the image supplying apparatus.
US08190780B2	Cluster architecture having a star topology with centralized services A cluster of architecture having a star topology with the central services node at its center. Application server instances are organized in a star topology with the central services node at its center. The central services node may include services such as a messaging server for interinstance cluster communications. A locking server may also be provided to provide cluster wide locking to facilitate changes and updates within the cluster. A database may also be shared by all instances in the cluster, thereby reducing the need for data replication. In one embodiment, the message server has no persistent state. In such an embodiment, if the message server fails, it can merely be restarted without any state recovery requirement.
US08190776B2	Web browser for a wireless device comprising a browser daemon for permitting access to information after the web browser has been closed An information browser system and method enables sending of information requests to remote information sources and receiving of requested information from the remote sources on a wireless communication device. Information in any of a plurality of formats, including WML, HTML and WMLScript, is converted into a format in which the information can be displayed or otherwise further processed by the device. Information browsing functions may also be integrated with other communication functions on a mobile communication device.
US08190775B2	System and method for facilitating XML enabled IMS transactions A system for facilitating XML enable IMS transactions includes a generic XML processor inside an IMS connect program to facilitate any TCP/IP clients, including WebSphere and non-WebSphere, to send and receive XML documents to and from existing IMS transaction business logic. Translations between XML documents and IMS transaction message data structures occur within the IMS connect program under an XML task to parse and transform XML requests and responses. Further, the generic XML processor within the IMS connect program can provide data translation for both non-formatted and formatted IMS transactional messages in XML.
US08190770B2	Segmentation and reassembly of data frames A system and method of transmitting data frames between a plurality of input ports to a plurality of output ports is described. The input ports segment portions of the received data frames to provide smaller data cells which are individually transmitted to an output port associated with a destination of the segmented data frame. Based upon information provided in the data cells received at the output port, the output port determines the ordinal positions of the received data cells within the segmented data frame and reassembles the data frame which was segmented at the input port. The output port then forwards the reassembled frame toward the associated destination.
US08190767B1	Data structures and state tracking for network protocol processing Described are data structures, and methodology for forming same, for network protocol processing. A method for creating data structures for firewalling and network address translating is described. A method for creating data structures for physical layer addressing is described. A method for security protocol support using a data structure is described. A method for creating at least one data structure sized responsive to whether a firewall is activated is described. A data structure for routing packets is described. A method of forming hashing table chains is described. Additionally, method and apparatus for tracking packet states is described. More particularly, Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”) tracking of states for packets is described. In an embodiment, a division between software states and hardware states is made as a packet is processed by both software and hardware. Additionally, method and apparatus for network protocol processing are described. For example, a packet for network address translation having a media access control header is obtained, from which information, including the media access control header, is obtained. The information is parsed into one or more data structures. It is determined whether a network processing unit is in a first round processing mode, or a second round pass-through mode.
US08190759B2	Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus and transmission/reception apparatus for image and/or audio data and other than image and/or audio data The present invention provides a transmission/reception apparatus capable of achieving both a high processing speed and good extensibility in performing communication protocol processes. Used for transmitting data in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol and receiving data transmitted in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol, the transmission/reception apparatus has a configuration capable of executing communication protocol processes by using hardware (in first and second communication-protocol-processing units) and software (in first and second control units). The hardware or the software can be selected properly in accordance with the type of data. For example, a communication protocol process for data regarded as a heavy processing load can be carried out by using the hardware at the high processing speed whereas a communication protocol process for data regarded as a light processing load can be carried out by using the software, which offers the good extensibility.
US08190743B2	Most eligible server in a common work queue environment A system and method for managing servers. The system comprises a plurality of servers for processing messages, at least one client for transmitting messages to and receiving messages from the servers, and processor means for maintaining a list indicating whether at least one of the servers is eligible to process messages. Preferably, the servers are adapted to process messages of different types; and the processor means includes means to indicate on said list whether, for each of the different types of messages, at least one of the servers is eligible to process each of the different types of messages. Also, in the preferred embodiment, each of the clients includes means to read the list, before the client transmits a message of a given type to one of the servers, to determine whether at least one of the servers is eligible to process messages of the given type. In addition, the processor means may notify the clients when changes are made to the list, and each of the clients may include means for removing messages from the servers in case there is no longer a server eligible to process the messages.
US08190740B2	Systems and methods for dynamically provisioning cloud computing resources In one embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method comprising specifying configuration information for creating one or more software servers as images on a cloud computing system, specifying a processing load threshold, and continuously monitoring a processing load on one or more software servers. If the monitored load exceeds the processing load threshold, a request to the cloud computing system may be generated to instantiate an instance of one of said images. The method further includes creating a server instance on the cloud in response to the request, distributing the processing load across the one or more servers and the server instance, and monitoring the processing load on the one or more servers and the server instance.
US08190738B2	Detection of patterns in a data stream A system and method for hardware processing of regular expressions is disclosed. A register bank is loaded with state information associated with one or more states of a state machine. State information such as transitions and spin counts are updated as characters of an input data stream are processed. A crossbar is used to interconnect the states stored in the register bank.
US08190734B2	System and method for network monitoring of internet protocol (IP) networks A system and method for implementing network monitoring with a unified IPv4+IPv6 address type. IPv4 network traffic and IPv6 network traffic are captured. IPv4 and IPv6 address patterns read from the captured network traffic are then encoded into a unified IPv4+IPv6 address space using a data type encoding.
US08190729B2	Method for controlling network comprised of enormous nodes, and node and control program to perform said method A present invention provides a method for controlling roles of nodes in a network comprised of enormous nodes dynamically and distributed autonomously in such a way that the entire network can operate distributed autonomously. A method for controlling a field value u0 of node in a network comprises: a step of determining an initial value of said field value u0, and a step of updating said field value u0, the step of updating comprising: advertising said field value u0 to adjacent nodes, measuring an environment parameter ω from the environment of the node, receiving field values un of the said adjacent nodes, recording the field values un, calculating a new field value u0 from the field value u0, the field values un of the adjacent nodes and the environment parameter ω in such a way that field values of nodes whose environment parameter ω are within a constant range agree with given distribution, deleting the previous field value u0, and recording said new field value u0.
US08190725B2	Standardized mechanism of remote management of embedded radio modules A standardized mechanism of remote management of mobile devices using Low Level Reader Protocol (LLRP) is disclosed. An LLRP provider application runs on a server. A remote management application runs on a mobile device. The LLRP provider application and the remote management application communicate using LLRP. The remote management application uses Device Service Provider Interface (DSPI) to communicate with hardware on the mobile device. The LLRP provider application discovers a mobile device, requests at least one of configuration or metadata information, and receives at least one of configuration or metadata information. The remote management application receives a request for at least one of configuration or metadata information and sends at least one of configuration or metadata information.
US08190724B2	Systems and methods for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network Automated systems and methods are provided for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network for a community of users, with little or no input from any given user. To establish the personalized trusted social network, one or more trusted sources are identified for a given user. The identified trusted sources are added to a user profile for the given user. Also, identified are any annotations, bookmarks, or the like that the identified trusted sources have associated with any shared content. These annotations provide access to microcontent items that the identified trusted sources have integrated with the shared content to thereby enhance or enrich its context. One or more profiles are constructed or updated to track the associations between the identified trusted sources and their annotations. The profile information can be applied to enhance and personalize search and browsing experiences for the given user.
US08190717B2	Method of booting an operating system For use in a system where a plurality of servers are connected to an external disk device, a method is provided for a server to boot an operating system from the external disk device. The method includes the steps of searching for the port of a network switch to which the server is connected; establishing a network to which only the server and a management server belong; sending a server information acquisition program from the management server to the server via a network boot operation; acquiring, by the server information acquisition program, unique information owned by the storage interface of the server for transfer to the management server; and setting, by the management server, a disk within the external disk device accessible from the server based on the unique information.
US08190716B2	Method and system for managing bluetooth communication using software or firmware filtering Aspects of method and system for managing secure Bluetooth communication using software or firmware filtering are provided. In this regard, the IT or system administration may select one or more Bluetooth profiles for Bluetooth devices and inform the host software on the selection. The host software passes the information to host control interface (HCI). A Bluetooth security filter is integrated into the HCI to ensure a security policies set for the Bluetooth device. The Bluetooth security filter may be part of the Bluetooth host stack or the Bluetooth host controller stack. All HCI packets such as HCI commands, HCI events and HCI data packets are parsed in the Bluetooth security filter and act upon the policies determined by the IT or system administration.
US08190710B2	System and method for providing user context support in a native transaction platform According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium comprising processor executable codes. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for receiving information from a client entity at a server entity over a network. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for providing a server process at the service, the server process including one or more process threads. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for providing a first context associated the one or more process threads. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for receiving a user request from the client entity for a user thread, the user thread being associated with the service process. The computer-readable storage medium includes code for generating the user thread at the server entity.
US08190700B2	Conditional access system and method The present invention relates to methods of and systems for providing conditional access to electronic content. Electronic content is provided to a user along with authorization information. The electronic content may be transmitted to the user, and the user may use the authorization information to access the electronic content. An authorization code may be provided to the user such that the user may be granted access to the content based on a comparison of the provided authorization code and a second authorization code transmitted with the electronic content, and transmission of the second authorization code may be controlled by a content provider to control access by the user.
US08190694B2	Device centric controls for a device controlled through a web portal A system controls computer network communication devices in a background session in accordance with a control database. The system includes a computer network communication device having a non-volatile memory containing a unique device identifier and a communication module for communicating with a control site, the communication module being configured to generate monitor messages containing the unique device identifier and data corresponding to entry of a command by a user and to parse command messages received from the control site, and a control site comprising a device database and a control database, the control site being configured to compare data in the monitor message to control data stored in the control database in response to the monitor message having a unique device identifier that is also stored in the device database.
US08190692B1	Location-based messaging system, method, and computer program product A system, method, and computer program product are provided for location-based messaging. In operation, a message to be communicated to at least one recipient is received. Furthermore, the at least one recipient is selected from a plurality of recipient candidates, based on a current location of the recipient candidates.
US08190687B1	Multimedia alerting and notification service for mobile users In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, an architecture and method is presented for proving multimedia emergency information. A platform is presented that separates content control and delivery control of emergency multimedia information to provide real-time alerting to recipients.
US08190685B2	Method for monitoring an application in a packet-switching network In order to monitor an application (AP1, AP2, AP3) in a packet-switching network (NW), the state of the application (AP1, AP2, AP3) is recorded by means of a monitoring instant (MC) and is transmitted to a Presence Application (PA) which displays and/or further processes the state. For this purpose, the application (AP1, AP2, AP3) is registered by means of the monitoring instant (MC) as a first communication partner in a list of communication partners which can be accessed in the network, and the Presence Application (PA) is registered in the list as a second communication partner which monitors the first communication partner. The state and/or state changes of the application (AP1, AP2, AP3) is or are transmitted to the Presence Application (PA) as a characteristic which is associated with the first communication partner, or as a message which is transmitted from the first communication partner, with the monitoring being carried out on the basis of the characteristic or of the message.
US08190683B2	Synchronizing multiple user remote content playback Playback of content downloaded or streamed from a network service is automatically synchronized for users at different client devices. Synchronization is achieved using user approved actions to perform during content playback. Each client device submits playback status to a server while the server generates and sends synchronization instructions for each client device. The synchronization instructions are based on user parameters and the difference in playback position between the users.
US08190682B2	Managing execution of programs by multiple computing systems Techniques are described for managing the execution of programs on multiple computing systems, such as computing systems organized into multiple groups. A program execution service manages the program execution on behalf of multiple customers or other users, and selects appropriate computing systems to execute one or more instances of program, such as based in part on locations of one or more previously stored copies of the program from which copies of the program to execute may be acquired. For example, in some situations the selection of an appropriate computing system to execute an instance of a program is based in part on physical or logical proximity to other resources, such as stored copies of the program, executing copies of the program, and/or available computing systems.
US08190681B2	Collections of linked databases and systems and methods for communicating about updates thereto This technology is generally directed to one or more methods or systems relating to personal communication networks. This technology is further directed to methods and systems for communicating about updates to the profiles associated with members of personal communication networks. Still further, this technology is generally directed to informing members of the personal communication network about accolades and historical search data of other members in the personal communication network, thereby giving the members a broader knowledge base in order to determine how much to trust the other members of the personal communication network and to inform members about additional expertise areas of members of the personal communication network.
US08190669B1	Multipurpose arithmetic functional unit Multipurpose arithmetic functional units can perform planar attribute interpolation and unary function approximation operations. In one embodiment, planar interpolation operations for coordinates (x, y) are executed by computing Ax+By+C, and unary function approximation operations for operand x are executed by computing F2(xb)xh2+F1(xb)xh+F0(xb), where xh=x−xb. Shared multiplier and adder circuits are advantageously used to implement the product and sum operations for both classes of operations.
US08190668B2	Inverse Hadamard transform converter and system An Inverse Hadamard Transform (IHT) converter and system includes a first group of registers for receiving coefficients inputted to the IHT converter; a first adder for adding selected the coefficients stored in the first group of registers; a second group of registers for receiving results from the first adder; and a second adder for adding selected the results stored in the second group of registers.
US08190666B2	Random number generation device and vehicle control device A random number generation device including a first random number generation part which generates a new random number based on a random number which was previously generated and which outputs the random number generated by the first random number generation part, the random number generation device includes: a second random number generation part which generates a random number different from the random number generated by the first random number generation part; and an operation part which outputs a random number obtained by a prescribed operation using a random number generated by the second random number generation part on a random number generated by the first random number generation part when generating a first random number after start of supplying electric power.
US08190645B1	Method and system for storing, retrieving, and sharing data using a field-accessed database system comprising a mobile unit A method using a field-accessed database system identifies an object by a data identifier, and stores and/or retrieves object data using the associated data identifier. In one mode of operation, a field terminal uploads to a database object-based data and employs the associated data identifier to group the uploaded object data with object data relating to other objects having substantially similar data identifiers. In another mode of operation, the system identifies one or more data products stored in a database and previously grouped according to an identified object's data identifier, and a field terminal downloads from database one or more data products related to the identified object and processes downloaded data products for user access. In another mode of operation, called discover mode, field terminal selects data products in a database using a selection algorithm based on terminal location and downloads these data products from this database, prior to receiving user input used to select final data products of interest to access using field terminal.
US08190644B2	Storage device and data storage method A storage device adapted for receiving input data which includes a plurality of data units and each data unit includes a plurality of bits, includes a statistics unit computing a difference between “0” and “1” in each bit of the data units of the input data and providing a statistic result, a calculation unit producing transferable data according to the statistic result, and a transferring unit transferring the input data into programming data according to the transferrable data and storing the programming data and the transferrable data in the storage device.
US08190643B2	Apparatus, method and computer program product for processing resource description framework statements A method is provided that includes receiving a first triple including a subject, predicate and object, where the object is of a literal-type. For the first triple, then, the method includes identifying a subtype of the object; semantically marking the object with the identified subtype, including generating second and third triples; and storing the second and third triples in a triple store. In this regard, the second triple includes the subject and predicate of the first RDF triple as the subject and predicate thereof, and the third RDF triple includes the object of the first RDF triple or a representation of the object of the first RDF triple as the object thereof.
US08190642B2	Method, system, and storage medium for implementing intelligent team management services A method, system, and storage medium for implementing intelligent team management services. The method includes associating selected individuals with a datastore. The datastore houses content designated as key information and the selected individuals are designated as an entity. The method also includes creating a distribution list in a messaging application. The distribution list includes the selected individuals. The method further includes providing the selected individuals with access to the datastore.
US08190637B2	System and method for complex document drafting using an authenticated outline table A system and method for complex document drafting using an authenticated outline table is provided. A collection of outlines, user authorization lists, and preference lists are maintained. Identification information is received from a user. One of the user authorization lists and one of the preference lists are selected based on the identification information received. The outlines are compared to the user authorization list and those outlines for which the user is not authorized are filtered from use. The outlines are compared to the preference list and those outlines not preferred by the user are filtered from use. The non-filtered outlines are displayed to the user and at least one of the non-filtered outlines is selected based on a request from the user. The selected non-filtered outline is provided to the user in a document.
US08190634B2	Image display controlling apparatus, method of controlling image display, and storage medium An application program package (APP) in a Web server extracts attribute information about an image file registered in a public folder (for example, subject feature information about a subject appearing in the image file). The APP calculates a reference value of the subject feature information from the subject feature information about multiple image files associated with the public folder. The APP determines the subject feature information having the reference value as feature information. The APP acquires a level of similarity between the subject feature information about every image file and the feature information. The APP sets a display mode of the image file registered in the public folder in association with the public folder based on the level of similarity and controls the image file so as to be displayed in the display mode in a client PC.
US08190616B2	Statistical measure and calibration of reflexive, symmetric and transitive fuzzy search criteria where one or both of the search criteria and database is incomplete Disclosed is a system for, and method of, searching for and identifying an entity representation. Some embodiments utilize a reflexive, symmetric and transitive function to allow for non-identical matches between field values. The function may be used to generate field value codes, which are associated with a portion of a field value weight for the original field value. In such embodiments, the field value weight for the original field values may be distributed among the original field value and the associated field value code.
US08190615B2	System for evolving efficient communication An improved system, method, service method, and data structure that facilitates collaboration with, communication of, and access to information, particularly in an education environment is disclosed. The invention includes a database having one or more records. Each record defines a logical connection between one or more querents and one or more respondents. Each logical connection has a strength value indicating the value of the logical connection. Some embodiments of the invention include a selecting process that selects one or more of the respondents to respond to one or more queries from a querent. Alternative embodiments of the invention include processes that mine the database and/or provide services to users.
US08190612B2	Computer-implemented systems and methods for variable clustering in large data sets Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for creating a cluster structure from a data set containing input variables. Global clusters are created within a first stage, by computing a similarity matrix from the data set. A global cluster structure and sub-cluster structure are created within a second stage, where the global cluster structure and the sub-cluster structure are created using a latent variable clustering technique and the cluster structure output is generated by combining the created global cluster structure and the created sub-cluster structure.
US08190600B2	Search device and search program Where destination candidates that are selected by a search are arranged in a specified display order, the candidates are divided into two subgroups, based on a median value, and a first destination candidate, a median destination candidate, and a last destination candidate are displayed. Where a desired candidate is included among the three displayed candidates, a user chooses the desired candidate. Where the desired candidate is not displayed, the user selects one of a first subgroup button and a second subgroup button to display the destination candidates in the subgroups before and after the median value, respectively. If two-hundred-fifty-three candidates are displayed in a sequential list in five candidate display spaces, a maximum of fifty operations are required to view all of the candidates. In contrast, the divided display arranges the two-hundred-fifty-three candidates into six levels, so the desired candidate can be selected in a maximum of six operations.
US08190597B1	Multistage pipeline for feeding joined tables to a search system Flattening a relational database. A method includes accessing a first database table. A first entry value is identified in a first entry from the first database table. The first entry value represents a plurality of entry values of corresponding entries in a second database table. An array is created that includes one or more representations of the plurality of entry values. At least a portion of the first database table is converted to one or more hierarchical record documents, with columns of the first database table represented at a first hierarchical level and values in entries in the columns represented at a second hierarchical level below the first hierarchical level for a corresponding column. Converting the first database table to one or more hierarchical record documents includes substituting the array in a hierarchical record document for each entry in the plurality of entries having the first entry value.
US08190592B1	Similarity-based searching Pairs of similar objects in a population of objects can be found using a process that includes identifying a comparison vector x in a set of vectors having non-zero features, determining an estimated similarity contribution of a subset of features of the comparison vector x to a similarity between the comparison vector x and each vector in the set of vectors, generating an index that includes features based on a comparison of the similarity contribution with a similarity threshold, and identifying another vector in the set that is similar to the vector x using the index.
US08190584B1	Utilizing recursive application of a reversible transform which involves lexicographic ordering An electronic device provides electronic access to a dataset representing meaningful information. The electronic device generates a first subset permutation based on a first subset of the dataset, and generates a second subset permutation based on a second subset of the dataset. Each subset of the dataset includes a series of data elements having a particular fixed bit-length. The first subset permutation includes a rearrangement of the series of data elements of the first subset. Similarly, the second subset permutation includes a rearrangement of the series of data elements of the second subset. The electronic device further forms an electronic aggregation based on the first subset permutation and the second subset permutation, and generates an aggregation permutation based on the electronic aggregation. The aggregation permutation includes a rearrangement of portions of the electronic aggregation. The meaningful information is fully recoverable from the aggregation permutation.
US08190583B1	Chargeback in a data storage system using data sets A method and an apparatus to provide chargeback data for data sets are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes allowing an administrator of a data storage system to define a data set having a plurality of storage objects and to associate the data set with a data management policy and an owner. The method includes generating a report allocating usage for billing (for example) for an owner of a data set by tracking the storage elements used to implement the defined data set according to the data management policy. The method may further include using a storage manager to manage and track the data set as a single unit according to the data management policy.
US08190578B2	Migration of versioned data between configuration management systems Described is a method for migrating versioned data from a source configuration management system to a target configuration management system. The method includes determining, for at least one historical period having versioned data items to be migrated from the source to target systems, an earliest versioned data item based on a start time for the historical period. At least one subsequent versioned data item is determined based on a sampling interval and an end time for the historical period. The earliest versioned data item and subsequent versioned data items for each historical period are migrated from the source configuration management system to the target configuration management system. Advantageously, migration is performed faster than if all existing versions are migrated and storage requirements are reduced. In addition, differencing tools in the target system can compare different versions of the migrated data items.
US08190577B2	Central database server apparatus and method for maintaining databases on application servers A central database server (10) supports a central database (12) that contains central database content. A first archiving module (30) archives central database content into a content archive (32). A second archiving module (44) archives the content archive (32) and supporting software (18, 46) into an application archive (50). An application server (20) supports a computer code execution environment (60) for executing the application archive (50) to organize the content of the content archive (32) into a database on the application server (20).
US08190573B2	File storage service system, file management device, file management method, ID denotative NAS server and file reading method The present invention relates to a migration of a file from a path denotative NAS server to an ID denotative NAS server. In a file management device according to one embodiment, a migration-use path denotative NAS access section obtains a file deposit location from the path denotative NAS server, selects a migration target file based on the deposit location, and sends a read request with the deposit location of the migration target file to the path denotative NAS server, so as to obtain the migration target file. A migration-use denotative NAS access section 44 generates a write request with the migration target file, sends it to the ID denotative NAS servers, and writes the file therein. In addition, the migration-use ID denotative NAS access section registers a GUID received from the ID denotative NAS servers in a file name/GUID management table, together with the file name of the migration target file.
US08190571B2	Managing data with backup server indexing Indexing functionality can be shifted to one or more backup servers in a backup system. In one implementation, a backup server can receive one or more data backups from one or more production servers. The backup server can then build or create one or more indexes at the backup server, which correspond to the contents of the one or more data backups. In one implementation, one or more management agents can also identify any appropriate components that might be needed to read the backup data at the backup server pursuant to building the one or more indexes. In either case, the one or more indexes can be used for a wide range of purposes, such as to manage data usage quotas at the one or more production servers, as well as to retrieve data from the backup server based on specific file requests.
US08190563B2	Document management apparatus, document management method, and computer-readable encoding medium recorded with a computer program A document management apparatus is disclosed. Document storing instruction information is acquired to instruct to store a second document information including a second information element, which is generated by copying a first information element included in a first document information. The second information element included in the second document information is acquired based on the acquired document storing instruction information. Then, it is instructed to store the second information element. Next, copy originator information concerning the first information element, which is included in the document storing instruction information and is a copy originator of the second information element, is acquired. Then, it is instructed to store association information for associating the second information element with the first information element based on the acquired copy originator information.
US08190547B2	Semi-exact algorithms for optimization Described herein is a meta-algorithm adaptable to different types of optimization problems and different computing platforms. A problem space is (i) browsed using a heuristic that computes objectives locally and (ii) while constructing a solution, key decisions are performed globally. A simple data structure—a probabilistic cache—is used to efficiently store intermediate sub-solutions. As an example, the meta-algorithm is applied to find an algorithm for solving the graph coloring problem.
US08190546B2	Dependency between sources in truth discovery A method and system for truth discovery may implement a methodology that accounts for accuracy of sources and dependency between sources. The methodology may be based on Bayesian probability calculus for determining which data object values published by sources are likely to be true. The method may be recursive with respect to dependency, accuracy, and actual truth discovery for a plurality of sources.
US08190526B2	Using payment mode rankings responsive to item attributes A method and system are described for using payment mode rankings responsive to item attributes. For example, in at least some embodiments, a method includes obtaining, with a processing device, at least a first mode ranking and a second mode ranking responsive to one or more categorical attributes of a first item and to one or more payment mode use constraints; associating a common control with a payment indication of the first item to a first payee by the first payment mode and with a payment indication of a second item to a second payee by a second payment mode; transmitting, with a transmitter, a common image that includes the common control and that indicates the first item, the second item, the first payment mode, and the second payment mode; displaying the common image; and detecting a user actuation of the common control.
US08190523B2	Account permanence A system and method for using derived account identifiers. The derived account identifiers are associated with a single permanent account identifier. Each derived account identifier is associated with a communication channel or portable consumer device.
US08190520B1	Auditing and reconciling custodial accounts A method, system and computer program product for auditing and reconciling custodial accounts. A tool is provided to allow a custodial agent to audit a custodial account at one or more depository institutions at which deposits are held by the custodial agent on behalf of one or more individuals and reconcile such accounts. According to one embodiment, the method includes comparing account balance data from a depository institution for a custodial account against account balance data from a second source for the custodial account, identifying discrepancies between the balance data from the depository institution and the balance data from the second source, identifying a prospective write-off in the amount of one or more of the discrepancies, and prompting the custodial agent to indicate whether the custodial agent accepts the prospective write-off. The prospective write-off may be offset against an account.
US08190506B2	Solutions server Method and system for providing solutions to problems including generating problem definitions for problems, receiving environmental information required for generating solutions for the problems, generating solutions for the problems dependent upon the environmental information and the problem definitions, and communicating solutions to clients before the solutions are disclosed. A solution server comprising a processor coupled to at least one source of environmental information and coupled to at least one client, the processor programmed to generate problem definitions for problems, receive environmental information required for generating solutions for the problems, generate solutions for the problems dependent upon the environmental information and the problem definitions, and communicate solutions to clients before the solutions are disclosed.
US08190494B2	Order processing analysis tool A computer implemented method and program product for order processing. In one embodiment, input is received from a user for an order. The input supplies information for configuring an order in an order processing software application, for producing a first configuration of the order. The input is analyzed to identify corrections for the first configuration to fit parameters of the order processing software application. The input is compared to a set of existing orders as part of an analysis of the input. A set of recommendations is generated concerning analysis of the input. In response to a selection by the user, the set of recommendations is executed in order to correct the first configuration of the order.
US08190491B2	Method, system and computer program product for affiliating content In a method of affiliating content, a selection of at least one vendor and a unique affiliate tracking number associated with the at least one vendor are received, and a search routine associated with the at least one vendor is automatically selected. A network connection is established to a web site associated with the at least one vendor. Content from the web site of the at least one vendor is automatically retrieved using at least one keyword, the retrieved content including at least one product information that includes a unique product code associated with each product information. The unique affiliate tracking number is automatically inserted into the unique product code associated with each retrieved product information. A unique affiliated product code is generated for each retrieved product information.
US08190485B2	Automating the process of purchasing a memory upgrade for a computer system One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates purchasing a memory upgrade for a computer system. This system operates by obtaining memory configuration information for the computer system, and then determining a memory upgrade option based upon the memory configuration information. Next, the system presents an option to purchase the memory upgrade option to a user of the computer system. If the user indicates that the user would like to purchase the memory upgrade option, the system automatically initiates a purchase transaction for the memory upgrade option. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system automatically initiates the purchase transaction through a web site that facilitates purchasing the memory upgrade option. In a variation on this embodiment, the system automatically transfers at least part of the memory configuration information to the web site so that the user does not have to reenter details of the memory configuration information into the web site.
US08190484B2	Electronic commerce system and electronic commerce method A message, including ordering-data receiving process of receiving ordering data including price information representing a price of a target product to be purchased and personal information including ID information which has previously been given to at least one purchaser for sales, via a network a payment determination process of determining whether to pay the price of the target product to a seller, based on the price information included in the received ordering data and purchaser ID Information included in the received personal information a settlement-permission information sending process of sending, in a case where it is determined at said determining step to pay the price of the target product for the at least one purchaser, settlement permission information representing that it is determined to pay the price for the purchaser to the seller through a network, while the ID information is secret from the seller.
US08190482B1	Organic supplier enablement based on a business transaction Enabling a supplier is disclosed. An indication of a transaction associated with a business process between a buyer and a supplier is received. A supplier enablement action is initiated in response to receiving the indication. The supplier enablement action is associated with enabling the supplier to join a supplier network.
US08190477B2	Computing a time-dependent variability value A system that facilitates computation of a time-dependent variability value is described herein. The system includes a receiver component that receives a plurality of items, wherein each item has a timestamp corresponding thereto. The system further includes a value generator component that outputs a time-dependent variability value for an item in the plurality of items, wherein the time-dependent variability value is indicative of a recent frequency of use of the item in comparison to a frequency of use of the item over a defined period of time.
US08190467B2	Methods of identifying environmentally friendly businesses or individuals This disclosure relates to techniques for a computer-implemented method which receives user input that specifies values for predetermined questions provided in an environmental questionnaire, identifies environmentally friendly businesses or individuals by analyzing the user input values and determining those businesses or individuals that meet predetermined minimum requirements, and stores a list of the identified businesses or individuals within a database.
US08190461B2	Logically centralized scrap management using planning operations The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and software for processing or otherwise managing scrap information in a business application. For example, the software can instantiate a planning business object using production model data for production activities. The business object data and scrap information may be used to calculate requirements for a production planning model. The calculations may include adding an activity yield to activity scrap and fixed resource scrap to generate a component quantity. The component quantity can be multiplied by a component scrap ratio to generate additional component requirements. The component quantity may be added to the additional component requirements to determine a total quantity.
US08190457B1	System and method for real-time revenue management A system and method for real-time revenue management is provided. Data is received from a scheduling system pertaining to a network comprising a plurality of legs. A sub-network within the network may be identified, and optimization of the sub-network is triggered. A current inventory information value attributable to the identified sub-network is pro-rated, and an expected traffic value for the identified sub-network is calculated using a forecast of the expected demand, a standard deviation of the demand, a gamma distribution equation, and an unsatisfied demand value. An updated inventory information value for the identified sub-network is generated using the pro-rated inventory information value and an optimization equation, wherein the optimization equation generates a maximum revenue value by adjusting the expected traffic, and the updated inventory information value is transmitted to the scheduling system.
US08190452B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring a patient A remotely or locally programmable and accessible medical device system including an interface unit and a medical device connected to a patient is disclosed. Through a transceiver, such as a telephone or computer, a person may obtain status reports from a remotely located or local medical device in audible, electronic or paper form. In addition, the person may change a protocol associated with the medical device or be alerted at a remote or local location of an alarm associated with the medical device.
US08190445B2	System to detect, administer and/or evaluate configuration data describing the hardware and/or software configuration of different devices A system for detection, administration and/or evaluation of configuration data describing the hardware or software configuration of different (in particular medical technology) devices has a central database (in particular manufacturer-spanning central database) the configuration data stored therein, which is connected to a network (in particular the Internet via at least one software unit (fashioned as a programming interface and/or Internet platform), which enables a role-specific access to the database via role-based interfaces. An operator role and/or an end user role (in particular a referrer and/or patient role) and/or a manufacturer role are provided as roles.
US08190444B2	Online personal appearance advisor Architecture for providing feedback to a viewer and/or contributor on fashion and other personal appearance decisions that the contributor desires. The contributor uploads self images for viewing and rating (or voting) by viewers who choose provide an opinion on different fashion and/or cosmetic looks of the contributor. The contributor takes images show the contributor presented with a number (e.g., two) of different fashion choices. The snapshots can then be processed for upload to a website or other accessible location by one or more viewers. The viewers can cast a vote for one of the images by selecting the desired image, in response to which the viewer and/or contributor will be presented with overall statistics for that set of images as to how other viewers voted, as well as a next set of photos depicting the user in a different fashion and/or cosmetic choice. This process can continue until terminated.
US08190431B2	Method and system for providing speech recognition An approach for providing speech recognition is disclosed. A name is retrieved from a user based on data provided by the user. The user is prompted for a name of the user. A first audio input is received from the user in response to the prompt. Speech recognition is applied to the first audio input using a name grammar database to output a recognized name. A determination is made whether the recognized name matches the retrieved name. If no match is determined, the user is re-prompted for the name of the user for a second audio input. Speech recognition is applied to the second audio input using a confidence database having entries less than the name grammar database.
US08190430B2	Method and system for using input signal quality in speech recognition A method and system for using input signal quality in an automatic speech recognition system. The method includes measuring the quality of an input signal into a speech recognition system and varying a rejection threshold of the speech recognition system at runtime in dependence on the measurement of the input signal quality. If the measurement of the input signal quality is low, the rejection threshold is reduced and, if the measurement of the input signal quality is high, the rejection threshold is increased. The measurement of the input signal quality may be based on one or more of the measurements of signal-to-noise ratio, loudness, including clipping, and speech signal duration.
US08190415B2	Method for the construction of vertical power transistors with differing powers by combination of pre-defined part pieces A method for designing a first vertical MOS power transistor having a specified design power level. The method comprises the steps of composing a layout of the vertical MOS power transistor as a combination of at least partly differing layout part pieces, each of the part pieces having known design data, the part pieces including at least one first layout part piece comprising a given number of single transistor cells, and adjusting the specified design power level of the first vertical MOS power transistor by using the known design data of the part pieces and based on the layout combination of the part pieces.
US08190406B2	Hybrid solver for data-driven analytics A complex solver that is able to solve a diverse variety of model analytics. Upon identifying the various input variable(s) and output variable(s) of the model variables, if a straight forward solve is not to be performed, it is determined whether the model analytics is to be inverted such that a forward solve can be performed. For instance, it might not be known generally, or at least to the solver, how to invert a particular equation of other model analytics. If the model analytics is to be inverted, the model analytics is inverted, and the forward solve is performed. On the other hand, if the inversion of the model analytics is not to be performed, then a numerical analysis solve is performed.
US08190404B2	Computational radiator flow distribution method The present invention provides a method for analyzing airflow through a vehicle radiator and identifying how cooling openings in the vehicle affect airflow through the vehicle radiator. A plurality of pathlines each describing airflow through a vehicle front end and including a position identifier and velocity magnitude are computed. A plurality of intersection points are calculated to identify locations within a vehicle radiator that intersect with a generated pathline to identify pathlines from which air flows through the vehicle radiator. One or more elements are generated from the intersection points using a triangulation method, such as Delauney triangulation, so that the generated elements include intersection points as nodes and are non-overlapping. An airflow rate is calculated for each element based on the velocity magnitudes of the pathlines associated with the intersection points included in the element and the element area.
US08190387B2	Frequency measurement apparatus The invention relates to a frequency measurement apparatus which is arranged in such a way as to obtain an amplitude, chord length and rotation phase angle of a voltage rotation vector by means of an integration method, and furthermore, obtain a change rate of the rotation phase angle, and a rotational acceleration change rate of the rotation vector, and measure a dynamic frequency by determining a frequency change rate for every step.
US08190378B2	Crack growth evaluation apparatus, crack growth evaluation method, and recording medium recording crack growth evaluation program An element damage determination unit calculates a cumulative value of a damage value using a Manson-Coffin law for a plurality of finite elements of a continuum based on a result of a stress/distortion analyzing process, and determines whether or not the cumulative value of the damage value is equal to or exceeds a threshold. A calculation unit obtains first correspondence information indicating the correspondence between the number of cycles of a load and a growth rate of a crack occurring in the continuum based on the determination result. A Manson-Coffin law change unit changes a Manson-Coffin law based on the first correspondence information and second correspondence information indicating the correspondence between an actual measurement value of the number of cycles of a load applied to the continuum and an actual measurement value of the growth rate of a crack occurring in the continuum at that time.
US08190377B2	Enhanced rail inspection Rail inspection is discussed that employs a monitor vehicle running on one or more tracks of a rail system that performs physical rail inspection in combination with monitoring and analysis of other system parameters that accompany the physical rail.
US08190362B2	Displaying road traffic condition information and user controls Techniques are described for displaying or otherwise providing information to users regarding various types of road traffic condition information in various ways. The information may be provided, for example, as part of a user interface (or “UI”), which may in some situations further include one or more types of user-selectable controls to allow a user to manipulate in various ways what road traffic condition information is displayed and/or how the information is displayed. A variety of types of road traffic condition information may be presented to users in various manners, including by presenting information on graphically displayed maps for geographic areas to indicate various information about road conditions in the geographic area. In addition, provided controls may allow users to select particular times, select particular routes, indicate to perform animation of various types of changing traffic conditions over a sequence of multiple successive times, etc.
US08190354B2	Fuel efficiency measurement system and method for fuel cell vehicle A fuel efficiency measurement system includes a fuel supply tank for supplying hydrogen to be used as a fuel to a fuel cell of the vehicle during measurement of fuel efficiency and a precision electronic balance for detecting a weight of the fuel supply tank so as to perform the measurement of fuel efficiency based on a vehicle driving distance and a change in weight of the fuel supply tank measured by the electronic balance during measurement of fuel efficiency. According to the fuel efficiency measurement system, it is possible to more accurately calculate fuel efficiency without using hydrogen of a hydrogen tank installed in the vehicle.
US08190351B2	Diagnostic control apparatus for internal combustion engines Disclosed is a diagnostic control apparatus for internal combustion engines capable of accurately diagnosing the presence and extent of air/fuel ratio variations in engine cylinders, even when the system has no part for detecting the air/fuel ratio in each cylinder. The diagnostic control apparatus measures the time required for the crankshaft to rotate to a specified angle for each cylinder; and based on this measured, required time, derives the 0.5 order component as the rotation fluctuation component for each two rotations of the crankshaft per each cylinder or the 1.0 order component as the rotation fluctuation component for each single rotation of the crankshaft; and also counts the number of times the 0.5 order component or 1.0 order component deviates from the preset range in the period set for each cylinder, and diagnoses an error in the output or in the air/fuel ratio for a particular cylinder when that count value exceeds a specified value.
US08190348B2	System and method for damping vibrations in a motor vehicle An engine damping system is disclosed. The engine damping system includes an actuating device that is hydraulically powered using a power steering system of a motor vehicle. The system also includes a steering position sensor to determine a steering mode of the motor vehicle. The system also includes an acceleration sensor to provide controlled feedback for the actuating device.
US08190333B2	Vehicle control apparatus and control method thereof A vehicle control apparatus includes a drive unit that drives a mechanism provided in a vehicle, an operating portion that is operated by an occupant and instructs the drive unit to drive, a collision predicting portion that predicts a collision, and a control portion that controls the drive unit. The control portion controls the drive unit to place the mechanism in a predetermined state when the collision is predicted by the collision predicting portion, and controls the drive unit to vary a driving speed of the drive unit when the operating portion is operated while the drive unit is being controlled. The invention also relates to a control method of this vehicle control apparatus.
US08190332B2	Intelligent child safety seat An intelligent child safety seat, or ICSS, having an electronic unit loaded with manufacturer's specifications particular to the ICSS, or ICSS-data, configured for communication of at least one item of datum to vehicle systems via a joint interface. The ICSS-data support provision of seat installation instructions, detection of possible incompatibilities, detection of the presence of a child and disposition of the ICSS in the vehicle seat, detection of misuse and of inappropriate reuse after a crash or after the expiration date, a check to detect if the ICSS is included in product recall announcements, and multiple safety applications carried out by vehicle systems. The electronic unit further includes at least one module consisting of an I/O module, a sensors module, and a devices module. A communication interface of the ICSS and of the vehicle may be implemented in top tether arrangements.
US08190314B2	System, method, and computer software code for linking a plurality of powered systems having different linking protocols to operate as a single powered system A method for linking together three or more powered systems to operate as a single distributed power system, the method includes identifying a first linking protocol between at least a first powered system and a second powered system, determining whether at least a third powered system is compatible with the first linking protocol, if not compatible, switching to at least a second linking protocol to find a common linking protocol between the first powered system, the second powered system, and at least the third powered system, and linking the first powered system, the second powered system, and at least the third power system to operate in a distributed power configuration when the common linking protocol is found. A system and a computer software code linking together two or more powered systems to operate as a single distributed power system are also disclosed.
US08190313B2	System and method for reducing a penalty period for a distributed power train A system is provided for reducing a penalty period for a distributed power train. The distributed power train includes a braking system that switches into an application state upon commencement of the penalty period. The braking system includes a fluid carrying brake pipe which connects a first locomotive and a remote locomotive. The system includes a sensor positioned within the distributed power train, which measures a parameter related to the operation of the braking system. A control processor is positioned within the first locomotive, and is coupled to the sensor. Subsequent to the commencement of the penalty period, the control processor monitors the measured parameter and switches the braking system from the application state into a release state to reduce the penalty period, based on the measured parameter falling within a predetermined safety range. Additionally, a method is provided for reducing a penalty period for a distributed power train.
US08190302B2	Load shedding system for an electromechanically controlled oven A system for reducing peak power usage in a cooking appliance having an oven cavity therein is provided. The system includes at least one power consuming unit with at least two separately controllable elements, a user adjustable electromechanical switching device for controlling energization of the at least one power consuming unit, a control configured to receive and process a utility state signal indicative of the current state of an associated utility; and an element switching device responsive to the control and configured to selectively enable and disable energization of one of the elements in response to the utility state signal.
US08190287B2	Tool vector display apparatus for a machine tool with rotational axes Time information t and positional information about each axis are obtained, and the three-dimensional coordinates of tool center point Pe at time t are calculated to display the path of the tool center point Pe at time t. Then, whether a fixed time has elapsed or not is decided. If the fixed time has elapsed, the coordinates of the tool vector start point Ps at time t are calculated to display a line segment connecting between tool vector start point Ps and tool center point Pe, which is the end point of the tool vector. This display enables the orientation of the tool at each tool center point to be grasped at a glance.
US08190286B2	Machine tool monitoring device A machine tool monitoring device of a machine tool for machining a work piece, includes a signal unit (24) provided for an ultra-broad-band operation. The signal unit (24) processes a signal (32, 34), which has a sequence (46) of pulses (48) and includes an arithmetic-logic unit (40) for associating a detected signal (34) with a use situation (52, 58) by means of a fuzzy logic-based and/or neural logic-based signal processing. The signal unit (24) preferably has a programmable data base (44) in which a use situation (52, 58) in a machining process is associated with a procedure (56, 60) for changing the machining process.
US08190275B2	Peer-to-peer home automation management A first home automation control device is configured to control a first electrical appliance and to communicate via a peer-to-peer network with a second home automation control device which is configured to control a second electrical appliance. When the first home automation control device discovers the presence of the second home automation control device, the first home automation control device negotiates with the second home automation control device to determine a goal. The first home automation control device and the second home automation control device then jointly execute a task to achieve the goal. The goal may be an energy savings goal.
US08190264B2	Method of treating depression, mood disorders and anxiety disorders using neuromodulation The present application involves a method and a system for using electrical stimulation and/or chemical stimulation to treat depression. More particularly, the method comprises surgically implanting an electrical stimulation lead and/or catheter that is in communication with a predetermined site which is coupled to a signal generator and/or infusion pump that release either an electrical signal and/or a pharmaceutical resulting in stimulation of the predetermined site thereby treating the mood and/or anxiety.
US08190261B2	Gastrointestinal anchor in optimal surface area A device, system and method for anchoring a device to a stomach is provided. The device may be, among other things, a sensor for sensing various parameters of the stomach or stomach environment, or may be a therapeutic delivery device. The anchor of the device is constructed to resist pull out forces. An anchor has an optimal weight to surface area ratio.
US08190260B2	Lead retention and sealing device This application discusses, among other things, a header assembly for coupling a medical electrical lead to a medical stimulating device including a header having a capture mechanism within a bore of a lead retention device. In an example, when the lead retention device is retracted from the bore, the capture mechanism prevents the device from falling out. In another example, the header assembly has a vent disposed within the bore of the lead retention device that permits unrestricted flow of air when the lead retention device is retracted from an engagement surface.
US08190258B2	Lead condition assessment for an implantable medical device A method, system, and apparatus for performing a lead condition assessment and/or a lead orientation determination associated with an implantable medical device (IMD). A first impedance is determined. The first impedance relates to the impedance relative to a first electrode and a portion of the IMD. A second impedance is determined. The second impedance relates to the impedance relative to a second electrode and the portion of the IMD. The first impedance is compared with the second impedance to determine an impedance difference. A determination is made whether the impedance difference is outside a predetermined tolerance range. Furthermore, artifact measured during impedance measurements or test pulses may be compared to assess lead orientation. An indication of a lead condition error is provided in response to determining that the impedance difference is outside the predetermined tolerance range.
US08190252B2	Iontophoretic system for transdermal delivery of active agents for therapeutic and medicinal purposes An embodiment of a system includes a power source and at least two electrode assembles. The power source that an output current that alternates between a maximum current value and a minimum current value; a pair of electrode assemblies. Each electrode assembly is configured to be held in contact with a skin layer of a user. Additionally, each electrode assembly includes an electrode that is coupled to the power source to receive the output current from the power source. At least one of the electrode assemblies in the pair includes a medium that carries an active agent having a charge, the medium being provided on the at least one electrode assembly to enable the output current to repel the active agent into the skin layer for a duration in which the output current has a polarity that is the same as a polarity of the active agent.
US08190244B2	Gated optical coherence tomography (OCT) environmental chamber Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with gated optical coherence tomography (OCT) are described. One example method includes generating an image control signal to control an OCT apparatus to acquire an image of an embryonic heart at a specified point in time during a cardiac cycle of the embryonic heart. The method may also include controlling the OCT apparatus to acquire the image based on the image control signal. In different examples, the image may be acquired in vivo or from an excised heart that is paced. The OCT apparatus and the embryonic heart may be housed in an environmental chamber having a set of controllable environmental factors. Therefore, the method may include detecting and controlling the set of controllable environmental factors.
US08190239B2	Individual identification device In order to provide an individual identification device for enabling good blood-vessel imaging even in a noncontact way and using an identifying method suitable for noncontact imaging, the device comprises an imaging device for imaging blood vessels of a hand of the user in a noncontact way including a position/direction/shape instructing unit for instructing the user to hold up his hand, one or more irradiating units for irradiating the hand with near infrared radiation, and one or more imaging units for producing an image by near infrared radiation; a blood-vessel image extracting unit for extracting the blood-vessel image from the produced image; a blood-vessel image storage unit for storing the hand blood-vessel image of each user; and an identifying unit for identifying the user by comparing the extracted blood-vessel image with the registered blood-vessel image.
US08190234B2	Movable patient support with spatial locating feature A magnetic resonance imaging system having a patient support arranged for pivoting movement about a pivot axis and linear or sliding motion along a support axis transverse to the pivot axis is provided with a device for measuring the location of a patient feature to be imaged. The measured location is used to define coordinates for positioning the patient support. These coordinates desirably are used to automatically move the patient support from a loading position to an imaging position where the feature will be properly aligned with the field axis of the imaging magnet. The system simplifies patient positioning.
US08190222B2	Housing for electronic device A housing for an electronic device includes a main body and an outer cover. The main body is made of rigid materials. The outer cover is made of soft materials. The main body defines a plurality of positioning cutouts. A plurality of engaging hooks are formed on the outer cover. The engaging hooks engage the positioning cutouts of the main body.
US08190221B2	Wirelessly accessing broadband services using intelligent covers The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for wirelessly accessing broadband services using intelligent covers. In some implementations, a cover for a consumer device includes side surfaces, a rear surface, a physical interface, a circuit, and a broadband service card. The side surfaces and a rear surface form an opening that receives at least a portion of a consumer device. A first portion of at least one of the surfaces includes a connector for connecting to a port of the consumer device. The circuit connects the physical interface to the connector. The broadband service card connected to the physical interface and accesses a service foreign through the wireless broadband network independent of the consumer device.
US08190219B2	Sliding-tilt unit and mobile device using the same A mobile device including a first body and a second body slidably and tiltably coupled. The second body can be arranged to a first location, at which the second body overlaps the first body, and a second location, at which the second body is tilted with respect to the first body after having been fully slid from the first location. Accordingly, the mobile device may improve portability and convenience in use.
US08190213B2	Method and apparatus for one-click reminder creation An electronic communication device (100) is configured to automatically create reminders in a reminder application (206) in response to received communications, interruption events, or other occurrences. For example, when an interruption event is detected, a soft key (103,104) is configured with a reminder creation function. Upon actuation of the soft key (103,104) the reminder application (206) automatically creates a reminder by associating a communication type and a device identifier with the reminder. A user is then able to select the reminder from a list. At selection, an actuation application (208) launches an application corresponding to the communication type and initiates a communication with the device identifier.
US08190208B2	Base station The present invention can be achieved by a base station in which a terminal is accommodated and the terminal is communicated with another terminal, and which includes: a data rate operation/management unit which operates and stores a time-averaged data rate Rave of the terminal; a threshold value operation/management unit which obtains a current communication data rate R of the terminal to operate and store R/Rave; and a delay management unit which controls to reduce delay on the basis of the R/Rave.
US08190206B2	Dual channel smart card data storage A SIM card comprising at least a first interface and a second interface different from the first interface is disclosed. In some embodiments, the SIM card is operative to receive data through the first interface, store the received data within the SIM card, and send back the stored data via the second interface. This enables a host operatively coupled with the SIM card to write data to the SIM card via the first interface and to read back the data via the second interface. Furthermore, a technique for extending the SIM EEPROM storage by keeping a portion of the file in flash is provided.
US08190193B2	Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3G quadrature and non-quadrature modulation methods The problem of simpler more efficient multimode wireless communication and of location finding in distinct cellular systems and wireless networks is solved by the current multimode wireless invention, having touch screen operation and touch screen generated control and having parts of Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), third generation (3G) and Global Positioning System (GPS) in a single device, instead of separate devices. A received GPS signal is processed with a Bluetooth signal, or with processed Wi-Fi signal, or with a processed 3G signal and is provided to a transmitter for transmission. Frequency Hopped Spread Spectrum (FH-SS) signal is processed with a frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal and or with time division multiple access (TDMA) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) signals. Filtered and shaped cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase baseband signals are generated. TDMA systems include Global Mobile System (GSM) implementations. Processing and providing processed position finder signal received from at least one satellite transmitter and from at least one land based transmitter. Demodulating and processing of a modulated transmitted signal, with demodulation and post demodulation filtering by a filter which is mis-matched to the corresponding transmit filter.
US08190192B2	Method and mobile device for operating in different data transfer modes Various embodiments are described for data communication between a host device and a mobile communication device having two processors. In a first mode of operation, data communication occurs between the host device and a main processor of the mobile device. In a second mode of operation, data communication occurs between the host device and a communications processor of the mobile device. Some of the embodiments also implement power transfer from the host device to the mobile device.
US08190191B2	Mobility middleware architecture for multiple radio access technology apparatus A multiple radio access technology (RAT) apparatus with mobility middleware provides a user with access to various RAT networks, such as a frequency division duplex (FDD) network and a wireless local area network (WLAN). In one embodiment, the apparatus is a dual mode FDD/WLAN converged wireless communication handset which includes a terminal equipment (TE) module having mobility middleware, an applications and protocols processor and a terminal interface (TI). The dual mode FDD/WLAN converged wireless communication handset further includes a user services identity module (USIM), a mobile termination (MT) module and a protocol stack which interface with the mobility middleware via a plurality of links. In another embodiment, the multi-RAT apparatus is terminal equipment which includes a mobility middleware core module, a mobility middleware communication module, a driver and an insertably removable wireless communication device for providing a multiple radio transport medium to applications running in the terminal equipment.
US08190184B2	Content reproduction system, content reproduction apparatus and content reproduction method In a content reproduction system including a plurality of content reproduction apparatuses, at least one of the plurality of content reproduction apparatuses may include a reproducing unit configured to reproduce content by reading out content data recorded in a recording medium, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the content data representing the content being reproduced by the reproducing unit by way of wireless communication, and each of the other apparatuses of the plurality of content reproduction apparatuses may include a receiving unit configured to receive the transmitted content data, and a reproducing unit configured to decode the content data received by the receiving unit and reproduce the content.
US08190182B2	Instant messaging system and method Methods and apparatuses for processing an instant message from a source wireless communication device to a destination device are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes receiving the instant message from the source wireless communication device, the instant message having a source wireless communication identifier, a destination instant messenger identifier, and data contents; extracting the source wireless communication identifier, the destination instant messenger identifier and the data contents from the instant message; retrieving a source instant messenger identifier corresponding to the source wireless communication identifier; binding the source instant messenger identifier with the source wireless communication identifier; and transmitting the data contents with the source instant messenger identifier to the destination device over a communication network, based on the destination instant messenger identifier. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US08190181B2	Instant messaging system and method Methods and apparatuses for processing an instant message from a source wireless communication device to a destination device are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes receiving the instant message from the source wireless communication device, the instant message having a source wireless communication identifier, a destination instant messenger identifier, and data contents; extracting the source wireless communication identifier, the destination instant messenger identifier and the data contents from the instant message; retrieving a source instant messenger identifier corresponding to the source wireless communication identifier; binding the source instant messenger identifier with the source wireless communication identifier; and transmitting the data contents with the source instant messenger identifier to the destination device over a communication network, based on the destination instant messenger identifier. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US08190175B2	Closest user terminal search method for a telecommunication network and service node applying such a method Service node for a telecommunication network and method for determining a group of n user terminals which are closest to a point of interest. First, a search range with an upper limit is set. Then in an iterative manner, a current search cell of the set of cells is determined and the search cell is queried for user data. The user terminals are added to a set of found user terminals, and if the set of found user terminals comprises n or more user terminals, the upper limit of the search range is adjusted to the nth lowest distance. This is repeated until no further possible cell can be determined. The set of criteria can be set and matched with obtained user data to find a closest user terminal having a specific role.
US08190167B2	Wireless device channel selection using dynamic channel allocation Embodiments of methods and apparatus for dynamic channel allocation are disclosed. In various embodiments, an access point (AP) of an infrastructure based wireless network may allocate one or more wireless channels to wireless devices of a non-infrastructure based wireless network. The allocated channels may be selected to reduce a likelihood of communications among the devices of the non-infrastructure based wireless network interfering with communications among the devices of the infrastructure based wireless network. Additional variants and embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.
US08190166B2	Method for determining paging time slot during base station executing non-trunking service in CDMA trunking system A method for determining a paging time slot during a base station executing non-trunking service in a CDMA trunking system is provided. The method comprises: when a base station can determine that a mobile station operates in a slotted mode and can determine a preferred slot cycle index of the mobile station, the smaller value of the preferred slot cycle index and a max slot cycle index is selected as a first slot cycle index and the base station pages the mobile station with a slot cycle determined by the first slot cycle index; and when the base station can not determine whether the mobile station operates in the slotted mode or not, or can not determine the slot cycle index of the mobile station, the smaller value of the preferred slot cycle index of the mobile station and 1 is selected as a second slot cycle index, and the base station pages the mobile station with the slot cycle determined by the second slot cycle index. The technical scheme provided in the present invention can improve the access speed of the mobile station after power-on.
US08190161B2	Multi-transceiver multi-path communication handoff A system and method for utilizing multiple communication pathways for communication hand-off (e.g., in a MIMO system). Various aspects of the present invention may comprise an access point communicating with a communication system utilizing a first number of transceivers. After determining to perform a hand-off of the communication system to a second access point, simultaneously, a second number of communication system transceivers may be utilized to communicate with the first access point and a third number of communication system transceivers may be utilized to communicate with the second access point. Various aspects of the present invention may also comprise an access point initially communicating with a communication system utilizing a first number of transceivers. After determining to hand-off the communication system, the access point may communicate with the communication system utilizing a second number of transceivers that is different from the first number of transceivers.
US08190156B2	Method and apparatus for selecting network providers An approach is provided for performing network discovery and selection. Information specifying a list of network access providers that may be associated with a home network service provider is received (e.g., the information may be pre-provisioned, or manually configured). The information includes a field that having at least one of the following values: a first value indicating that the network access providers in the list have a higher priority than unlisted network access providers, a second value indicating that the network access providers in the list have equal priority with the unlisted network access providers, or a third value indicating that only the network access providers on the list are to be selected. A network access provider is selected according to the value of the field. This selection process can also be performed for network service providers.
US08190153B2	Apparatus and methods for providing power savings on mobile devices Various embodiments for providing enhanced power savings in mobile computing devices are described. In one or more embodiments, a mobile computing device may include a motion sensor to detect when the device is in motion. The mobile computing device may include a radio processor that may select from among several signal search procedures based on whether the device is in motion, and whether a signal is detectable and adequate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08190152B2	Wireless network roaming timer method and apparatus A mobile station in a wireless network includes a roaming timer. The roaming timer is set based on various criteria, and when the roaming timer expires, an attempt to roam is performed.
US08190148B1	Method and apparatus for VoIP roaming A method and apparatus for transferring a user data profile from a user's home terminal to a visiting terminal is disclosed. User or network configuration settings are transferred from a home telephony adapter to a visiting telephony adapter. In accordance with one embodiment, a computer readable medium, such as a flash drive is inserted into the home telephony adapter and, either with or without authentication, user or network configuration settings are transferred from the home telephony adapter to the medium. In another embodiment, the medium is then inserted into the visiting telephony adapter.
US08190137B2	Enhancing a transferred call A communication system includes logic to detect I/O activity of a first communication device, logic to ascertain whether a second communication device having an active call is in proximity to the first communication device, and logic to provide a substantially uninterrupted transfer of the call from the second communication device to the first communication device in response to detecting the I/O activity of the first communication device if the second communication device is in proximity to the first communication device and has an active call.
US08190135B2	Attribute and location based entity presentation in presence based communication systems Presence information and communication options for contact entities (people and other) of a user are provided to the user based on the user's own location. The user's location information is used as initial criterion to filter contact entities. Further filtering is performed based on presence attributes of nearby contacts such as their expertise, availability, location, and similar attributes. Prioritization and ordering may also be carried out based on the same criteria.
US08190123B2	System for authentication of network usage Apparatus for collecting subscription data for subscribers in a telecommunications system for use in metering usage of network resources includes a data storage device operatively arranged to store subscriber records, and a data processor. The subscriber records include a plurality of fields including a group field for storing data indicative of group membership of a subscriber. The data processor is operatively arranged to request access to a remotely accessible information source on the basis of identification data. Responsive to receipt of a response from the remotely accessible information source, the data processor performs a first storage action in respect of a response of a first type and performs a second storage action in respect of a response of a second type. Responsive to receipt of group membership data from the subscriber, the data processor is operatively arranged to identify a remotely accessible information source corresponding to the group and to request access thereto on the basis of identification data associated with the received group membership data. Also, responsive to a response of the first type received from the remotely accessible information source, the data processor is operatively arranged to update the group field in the subscriber record so as to indicate authenticated membership of the group identified in the received group membership data.
US08190121B2	System and method for authorizing and monetizing collect cellular telephone calls The collect cellular call identifies the cellular telephone carrier and called party cell phone. After determining whether the carrier and phone accept message service charges (SMS), a voice response module seeks positive authorization from the called party with the telephone. If positive, the system facilitates a connection between the calling party and the called party and initiates a predetermined billing charge assigned to the cellular telephone number. If the carrier or the cell phone is not enabled or if no authorization is obtained from the called party, the system facilitates a denial of completion signal. A timer monitors the length a the collect cellular call. Databases are accessed to locate the carrier and called cell phone number approved list of numbers and deny-service list of numbers.
US08190119B2	System and method for direct communication between wireless communication devices A wireless communication device includes conventional components to permit a network communication link to be established with a wireless communication network. In addition, the wireless communication device includes a non-network transceiver that detects the presence of a wireless access point. When two such equipped devices come within proximity of the access point, a non-network wireless communication link is established. The two devices exchange portions of profile data which is analyzed to determine if a match exists. If a match occurs, a contact notification is generated. This permits the wireless communication device to act as an auto-detecting social network device that detects the proximity of other devices whose owners have a profile that matches the stored user preference data. Subsequent communication may occur in a conventional manner using the wireless network communication channels and web applications may also be used to gain additional information.
US08190114B2	Frequency-dependent filtering for wireless communications transmitters A method of transmitting information in a wireless communications system can be provided by selectively applying filtering to transmission of a carrier signal of a first band of frequencies of a wireless communications system based on a frequency separation distance between a frequency content of the carrier signal and a second band of frequencies allocated to a communications system other than the wireless communications system.
US08190101B2	Power management unit for configurable receiver and transmitter and methods for use therewith A configurable transceiver includes an RF receiver that generates a stream of inbound data from at least one received RF signal, wherein the RF receiver is configurable in response to a control signal. An RF transmitter generates at least one RF signal from a stream of outbound data, wherein the RF transmitter section is configurable in response to the control signal. A configuration controller generates the control signal based on channel data. A power management unit generates at least one receiver supply signal and at least on transmitter supply signal in accordance with a plurality of power consumption parameters, and wherein the power management unit adjusts at least one of the plurality of power consumption parameters based on the control signal.
US08190100B2	Radio frequency circuit for a wireless signal transceiver and related wireless signal transceiver A radio-frequency circuit for a wireless signal transceiver is disclosed. The wireless signal transceiver is utilized for receiving a first wireless signal and transforming the first wireless signal into a second wireless signal. The radio-frequency circuit includes a transmission line including a first end and a second end, a reception antenna coupled to the first end of the transmission line for receiving the first wireless signal, a transmission antenna coupled to the first end of the transmission line for emitting the second wireless signal, a first filtering circuit coupled between the second end of the transmission line and the wireless signal transceiver for filtering out the first wireless signal, and a second filtering circuit coupled between the second end of the transmission line and the wireless signal transceiver for filtering out the second wireless signal.
US08190098B2	Packet data multicast communication system, a station, and a method of operating the system A method of operating a packet data multicast communication system which comprises a network or NodeB (BS) and a plurality of mobile stations (MS1, MS2, MS3). The network and the mobile stations have transceiving equipment (14, 34) for the transmission of data packets on a downlink between the network and mobile stations, and feedback signalling (ACK/NACK) on an uplink. The mobile stations have means for receiving a data packet transmitted by the first station, means (46) for measuring the quality of reception, means (30, 48) for determining into which one of at least three predetermined quality ranges the measured quality falls. Each of the at least three predetermined quality ranges represents a respective transmitter behavior of the first station and the transmitter behavior corresponding to at least two non-contiguous ones of the quality ranges is identical.
US08190092B1	Selecting modulation and coding scheme in the presence of interference A wireless device comprises an interference sensing module, a modulation and coding schemes (MCS) selection module, and a transmit module. The interference sensing module selectively receives an interference signal over a channel. The interference signal is modulated using P MCSs, where P is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The MCS selection module selects an MCS based on the P MCSs. The transmit module transmits a transmit signal over the channel using the MCS.
US08190074B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same A fixing device to fix an image to a print medium, including: a pressing roller, which is driven to rotate; a heat transferring unit facing the pressing roller, and contacting the pressing roller at a fixing nip position, to heat to a print medium disposed at the fixing nip position; a heating member that presses an portion of the heat transferring unit against the pressing roller at the fixing nip position; and a heat source that heats a preheating position of the heat transferring unit, and heats the heating member.
US08190067B2	Developing device, toner cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus including a developer guide member A developing device including a developer container configured to store a developer and a developing unit provided below the developer container. The developer container includes a first developer agitation member, and a developer guide member extending along a rotation path of the first developer agitation member, configured to conform to a shape of the rotation path. The developing unit includes a developer bearing member and a restriction member. The developer guide member prevents the developer from being directly supplied to a restriction nip formed between the developer bearing member and the restriction member and guides the developer to the developer bearing member. An edge of the developer guide member is positioned between the restriction nip and a center of rotation of the first developer agitation member.
US08190062B2	Image forming apparatus with an image carrier including a light emitting element layer In an image forming apparatus that includes an image carrier, a charging unit, a latent-image forming unit that forms a latent image for each color by exposing the surface of the image carrier charged by the charging unit, and a plurality of developing units that sequentially develops latent images formed on the image carrier with toners of different colors including at least cyan, yellow, and magenta, to form a color toner image on a single unit of the image carrier, the developing units further develops the latent images with toners of blue, green, and red, such that the toner images of different colors are not superimposed on a same position.
US08190041B2	Image forming apparatus In the image forming apparatus, a control unit, upon detecting that an amount of waste toner reaches a predetermined amount by a waste-toner-amount detecting unit, calculates an amount of used toner after detection through a pixel calculating unit and a printed-sheet calculating unit to accumulate the amount of used toner in a storing unit, and outputs a waste-toner-full warning when it is determined that an accumulated amount of used toner reaches a residual filling amount before a full state.
US08190040B2	Developing cartridge including shutter maintained in a closed state by an electrically-releasing adhesive and image forming apparatus using the same A developing cartridge includes: a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductor with a toner; and a developing tank for storing the toner to be supplied to the developing roller, the developing tank including: a toner receiving port for receiving the toner to be stored; a shutter having a function for sliding to open and close the toner receiving port, the shutter being adapted to be maintained in a closed state by an electrically-releasing adhesive; and a pair of conductive member for supplying an electric current to the electrically-releasing adhesive to open the shutter.
US08190024B2	Systems and methods for wavelength scanning of in-service wavelength division multiplexing systems A testing input module for testing an in-service WDM system is provided. The testing input module includes a first light source configured to emit a first light signal to one or more empty channels of the in-service WDM system; and a tunable second light source configured to emit a second light signal to test the one or more empty channels. The testing input module also includes a first switch module configured to: receive from the first light source and output the first light signal during a first time interval; and receive from the second light source and output the second light signal during a second time interval. The second time interval is a duration wherein a channel power monitoring function of the in-service WDM system is not triggered.
US08190017B2	Electro-mechanical shutter control A method in a camera device having an image sensor and an electro-mechanical shutter mechanism is as follows. A constant drive current is applied to the shutter mechanism to close shutter at the end of a first exposure. Then, a decaying drive current is applied to the shutter mechanism during a readout interval for the first exposure. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US08190014B2	Focus control circuit for adjusting the focus by moving a lens A focus control circuit is installed in an image pickup apparatus including a lens, a driver element for adjusting the position of the lens, and a position detecting element for detecting the position of the lens. A feedback equalizer included in the focus control circuit generates a drive signal used to adjust the position of the lens to a target position, based on a difference between the position of the lens identified by the output signal of the position detecting element and the target position of the lens set externally, and controls the driver element.
US08190011B2	Zoom lens system, interchangeable lens apparatus and camera system Provided is a zoom lens system including a compact focusing lens unit and having a suppressed change in image magnification at the time of movement of the focusing lens unit. The zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first lens unit G1 having positive optical power, a second lens unit G2 having negative optical power, a third lens unit G3 having negative optical power and including an aspherical surface, and a fourth lens unit G4. The second lens unit G2 includes at least a lens element having a negative optical power and a lens element having a positive optical power. At the time of zooming, the third lens unit G3 moves in a direction along the optical axis such that an interval between the second lens unit G2 and the third lens unit G3 is made longer at a telephoto limit than the interval at a wide-angle limit. Further, at the time of focusing, the third lens unit G3 moves in the direction along the optical axis such that the interval between the second lens unit G2 and the third lens unit G3 varies.
US08190009B2	Optical apparatus and control method thereof, and image pickup apparatus An optical apparatus capable of detecting an attitude of the apparatus in a state where no interference occurs between apparatus components, thereby preventing an error in the attitude detection. A shift lens drive controller of the optical apparatus detects a shake applied to the apparatus, calculates a movement target position of the shift lens based on a result of the detection, detects an actual position of the shift lens, and performs feedback control such that the actual position of the shift lens is converged to the movement target position. An attitude detector detects the attitude of the optical apparatus by using feedback control information, and an interference prevention controller prevents interference between the shift lens and other members.
US08190007B2	Calibration camera with spectral depth An imaging device (300), a lighting control system (400) including the imaging device (300), and a method for aligning with a reference image lighting of a site (220) illuminated by least one light source (240) are provided. The imaging device (300) and/or the lighting control system (400) include at least one processor (410) configured to control the imaging device (300) and the light source (240). The imaging device (300) has an array of reflectors (320) including selectable reflectors; a lens configured to receive image rays (330) for forming an image including pixels and provide the image rays (330) to the array of reflectors (320) for reflection as reflected rays (355); and a detector (310) configured to receive the reflected rays (355) and detect characteristics of each pixel of the image for form a resolved image. The processor (410) is further configured to sequentially select each reflector (350) of the array of reflectors (320) for reflecting the reflected rays (355) towards the detector (310).
US08190006B2	Nozzle-based, vapor-phase, plume delivery structure for use in production of thin-film deposition layer A vapor deposition source including a crucible configured to hold a quantity of molten constituent material and at least one nozzle to pass vapor evaporated from the molten constituent material out of the crucible.
US08190000B2	Recording apparatus, recording method, and recording program A recording apparatus capable of multiplexing video data and audio data and recording the video data and audio data in multiple record units as one file on a recording medium includes a data receiving unit, a recording instruction receiving unit, a packet generating unit, a recording unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls the packet generating unit and the recording unit so as to record data embedded with padding data in a section from the trailing end of valid data to the trailing end of the block including the trailing end of the valid data at stop of the recording and to record data embedded with the padding data in a section from the trailing end of the block to the trailing end of the packet including the trailing end of the block at restart of the recording after the recording is stopped.
US08189989B2	Playback device for optical recording medium, optical recording medium playback method, and playback program for optical recording medium To play back an optical disk requiring network connection, a playback device is provided, which has a function by which the network condition is evaluated before playing back a title.The playback device plays back the optical disk including programs connecting through the network to data-supplying sources; the playback device determines whether or not the network circuit is available; and when the network connection is not available depending on a network connection status or its memory amount, the playback device plays back with a non-network-ready mode.
US08189988B2	Digital video recorder having hierarchical memories and method for implementing hierarchical memories A digital video recorder having hierarchical memories and a method for implementing the hierarchical memories are disclosed. The digital video recorder in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes i) a storage unit, which includes a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, and a hard disk drive and ii) a memory controller, which controls audio and video streams successively outputted from a demultiplexer to be moved to and stored in the volatile memory, the non-volatile memory, and the hard disk drive in the order of the volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and hard disk drive.
US08189987B2	Digital multimedia reproducing apparatus and method of providing digital multimedia broadcasting in the digital multimedia reproducing apparatus A digital multimedia reproducing apparatus capable of receiving and providing digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) in addition to reproducing moving pictures and music, and a DMB providing method performed in the digital multimedia reproducing apparatus, the digital multimedia reproducing apparatus including: a tuner unit to receive a digital broadcasting signal via a predetermined channel; a channel decoding unit to convert the digital broadcasting signal received from the tuner unit into a digital signal and to produce an MPEG-2 transmission stream therefrom; a decoding unit to demultiplex the MPEG-2 transmission stream to extract video data and audio data and H.264-decode the video data; and a control unit to decode the extracted audio data using bit-sliced arithmetic coding (BSAC) software and to control the decoded audio data and the video data to be output.
US08189983B2	Fiber circuit management system with splice tray A fiber management system (100) comprises a fiber circuit platform (110) and a splice tray (150) to hold a fiber splice, the splice tray (150) being rotatably coupled to the fiber circuit platform (110). The splice tray includes at least one latching mechanism (152) rotatably engageable with the fiber circuit platform (110) and disposed on an outer portion of the splice tray. The fiber management system (100), in particular, the fiber circuit platform (110) allows a user to provide straightforward fiber circuit management at a premise or location.
US08189977B2	Optical fibers and optical fiber devices with total dispersion greater than material dispersion Disclosed are optical fiber devices incorporating optical fibers with total dispersion greater than material dispersion, and with preferred dispersion values less than +50 ps/nm-km. The desired dispersion values are obtained when light resides substantially in a single higher order mode (HOM) of the fiber, typically the LP02 mode. The optical fibers also preferably have substantial separation between the effective indices of the HOM and any other mode.
US08189975B2	Fiber spectroscopic probe mountable on a microscope A fiber spectroscopic probe that can be mounted directly above the objective lens of a standard microscope to add a spectroscopic function to the microscope. The fiber spectroscopic probe only consists of a minimum number of optical components and is compact enough to induce minimum alteration to the optical path of the microscope.
US08189973B2	Efficient collimation of light with optical wedge Embodiments of optical collimators are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises an optical waveguide having a first end, a second end opposing the first end, a viewing surface extending at least partially between the first end and the second end, and a back surface opposing the viewing surface. The viewing surface comprises a first critical angle of internal reflection, and the back surface is configured to be reflective at the first critical angle of internal reflection. Further, a collimating end reflector comprising a faceted lens structure having a plurality of facets is disposed at the second end of the optical waveguide.
US08189961B2	Techniques in optical character recognition An image deskew system and techniques are used in the context of optical character recognition. An image is obtained of an original set of characters in an original linear (horizontal) orientation. An acquired set of characters, which is skewed relative to the original linear orientation by a rotation angle, is represented by pixels of the image. The rotation angle is estimated, and a confidence value may be associated with the estimation, to determine whether to deskew the image. In connection with rotation angle estimation, an edge detection filter is applied to the acquired set of characters to produce an edge map, which is input to a linear hough transform filter to produce a set of output lines in parametric form. The output lines are assigned scores, and based on the scores, at least one output line is determined to be a dominant line with a slope approximating the rotation angle.
US08189945B2	Digital video content fingerprinting based on scale invariant interest region detection with an array of anisotropic filters Video sequence processing is described with various filtering rules applied to extract dominant features for content based video sequence identification. Active regions are determined in video frames of a video sequence. Video frames are selected in response to temporal statistical characteristics of the determined active regions. A two pass analysis is used to detect a set of initial interest points and interest regions in the selected video frames to reduce the effective area of images that are refined by complex filters that provide accurate region characterizations resistant to image distortion for identification of the video frames in the video sequence. Extracted features and descriptors are robust with respect to image scaling, aspect ratio change, rotation, camera viewpoint change, illumination and contrast change, video compression/decompression artifacts and noise. Compact, representative signatures are generated for video sequences to provide effective query video matching and retrieval in a large video database.
US08189940B2	Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a parameter setting unit which sets a noise reduction processing parameter for use in noise reduction processing for applying onto an original image signal including a plurality of color components; a correlation arithmetic processing unit which calculates coefficients of correlation between each of the color components in the original image signal; a parameter correcting unit which corrects the noise reduction processing parameter based on the coefficient of correlation; and a noise reducing unit which reduces noise in the original image signal using the corrected noise reduction processing parameter.
US08189932B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a horizontal analysis filtering unit that receives image data in units of lines and generates a low-frequency component and a high-frequency component by performing horizontal low-pass analysis filtering and horizontal high-pass analysis filtering every time the number of samples in a horizontal direction reaches a predetermined value; and a vertical analysis filtering unit that generates coefficient data of a plurality of subbands by performing vertical low-pass analysis filtering and vertical high-pass analysis filtering every time the number of lines in a vertical direction of low-frequency and high-frequency components generated by the horizontal analysis filtering unit reaches a predetermined value.
US08189922B2	Techniques for adjusting a drying time of digital ink A technique that facilitates modifying (e.g., erasing or smudging) digital ink includes selecting a digital ink drying time based on a selected digital ink type. An ink stroke associated with the selected digital ink type is then tracked. The ink stroke may then be modified, prior to an end of the digital ink drying time, without using a dedicated tool.
US08189915B2	Method for segmentation in an n-dimensional feature space and method for classifying objects in an n-dimensional data space which are segmented on the basis of geometric characteristics A segmentation method includes several steps wherein a single data space is selected by the user in an n-dimensional feature space in a first step. This selected data space is basically interpreted by the system as containing at least two classes of objects to be segmented. In the following steps, the system first determines a separation function in the n-dimensional feature space for differentiating the at least two classes and then applies this separation function to the entire data space or a large part of the data space. The segmentation result is then visually presented to the user in real time. The invention also relates to a method for classifying objects on the basis of geometric characteristics of objects previously segmented according to any method in an n-dimensional data space. In a first step, at least two objects are selected as representatives of two different categories, then a number (m) of geometric characteristics per object is determined by calculating various whole-number wave functions. Then, the objects are classified on the basis of the defined number of geometric characteristics or partial quantities. The previously required segmentation of the objects can be carried out according to the inventive method.
US08189914B2	Image forming apparatus and control method thereof An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof include an adaptive threshold, which can be adapted for every block dividing an entire scanned region of a document, is set. A brightness value of original brightness data of the document is disregarded, and is substituted by a brightness value of background color data corresponding to the block, by use of a brightness threshold and a color difference threshold set as the adaptive threshold based on difference between brightness of the blocks and difference between color differences of the blocks. Accordingly, there is no problem of back surface noise such that an undesired object of a back surface of the duplex-printed document appears on a scan image in scanning a front surface of the document.
US08189910B2	Color interpolation method for digital image A color interpolation method for a digital image is described, includes the following steps. Edge information is generated according to the Bayer pattern. A Bayer pattern image is processed by a horizontal band-pass filter and a vertical band-pass filter to generate a horizontal edge signal and a vertical edge signal. A weight process implements a weight adjustment on the horizontal edge signal and the vertical edge signal to generate a luminance signal and outputs the luminance signal to a subtraction unit. The subtraction unit carries out an operation according to the Bayer pattern image and an output result of the weight process to generate a chrominance pattern. The chrominance pattern is compensated through a chrominance interpolation process, so as to generate image signal patterns of different colors. The image signal patterns of different colors are output to an adder for an add operation, thereby outputting a complete color image.
US08189905B2	Cognitive model for a machine-learning engine in a video analysis system A machine-learning engine is disclosed that is configured to recognize and learn behaviors, as well as to identify and distinguish between normal and abnormal behavior within a scene, by analyzing movements and/or activities (or absence of such) over time. The machine-learning engine may be configured to evaluate a sequence of primitive events and associated kinematic data generated for an object depicted in a sequence of video frames and a related vector representation. The vector representation is generated from a primitive event symbol stream and a phase space symbol stream, and the streams describe actions of the objects depicted in the sequence of video frames.
US08189899B2	Methods and algorithms for cell enumeration in a low-cost cytometer The enumeration of cells in fluids by flow cytometry is widely used across many disciplines such as assessment of leukocyte subsets in different bodily fluids or of bacterial contamination in environmental samples, food products and bodily fluids. For many applications the cost, size and complexity of the instruments prevents wider use, for example, CD4 analysis in HIV monitoring in resource-poor countries. The novel device, methods and algorithms disclosed herein largely overcome these limitations. Briefly, all cells in a biological sample are fluorescently labeled, but only the target cells are also magnetically labeled. In addition, non-magnetically labeled cells are imaged for viability in a modified slide configuration. The labeled sample, in a chamber or cuvet, is placed between two wedge-shaped magnets to selectively move the magnetically labeled cells to the observation surface of the cuvet. An LED illuminates the cells and a CCD camera captures the images of the fluorescent light emitted by the target cells. Image analysis performed with a novel algorithm provides a count of the cells on the surface that can be related to the target cell concentration of the original sample. The compact cytometer system provides a rugged, affordable and easy-to-use technique, which can be used in remote locations.
US08189896B2	Alignment apparatus for aligning radiation images by evaluating an amount of positional shift, and recording medium storing a program for aligning radiation images An alignment apparatus and a program that improve the accuracy of alignment between two radiation images are provided. For each of portions of the two radiation images, evaluation means calculates an evaluation value that evaluates an amount of positional shift regarding a tissue radiographed in the radiation images, and search condition setting means sets for each of the portions a condition of search for corresponding positions between the two radiation images based on the evaluation value. According to the search condition having been set, alignment means searches for the corresponding positions between the two radiation images, and aligns the two images by warping at least one of the radiation images.
US08189891B2	Viewing three dimensional digital slides Systems and methods for retrieving, manipulating, and viewing 3D image objects from 3D virtual microscope slide images (“3D digital slides”) are provided. An image library module provides access to the imagery data in a 3D digital slide and constructs 3D image objects that are coextensive with the 3D digital slide or a 3D sub-portion thereof. From within the 3D image object, cross layer planar views spanning various depths of the 3D digital slide are constructed as well as 3D prisms and other shaped image areas. The image library module allows a 3D image object to be sliced into horizontal and vertical views, skewed cross layer views and regular and irregular shaped 3D image areas for viewing by a user.
US08189889B2	Systems and methods for characterizing spatial distortion in 3D imaging systems Systems and methods for characterizing spatial distortions in location data determined by an imaging system, for example as employed in imaged guided therapy. A three dimensional phantom is custom formed for a desired imaging space of a given imaging system. The phantom includes a large plurality of control points fixed rigidly in space to a high degree of known accuracy. The phantom is fixed to a stereotactic frame defining a known calibrated reference or zero and imaged. An algorithm customized for the phantom determines the spatial locations of the control points. A comparison is made between the known and the determined spatial locations for at least a subset of the control points. The comparison results in indicia for any determined spatial distortions observed. The raw image data can be manipulated to compensate for any spatial distortion. The control points can have fixed locations known to an accuracy of 100μ or better. The algorithm can determine an initial estimate for the detected location of a control point accurate to ±0.5 pixel or better.
US08189861B1	Watermarking digital documents A watermark is embedded in a document having a plurality of pages. The pages of the document are analyzed to produce watermark information, which indicates whether the page is suitable for use with one or more of a plurality of watermarking schemes. The plurality of watermarking schemes may include page element shifting, flyspecking and text warping. An identifier (ID) is established, the ID associating the document with a user receiving the document. The ID is embedded in the pages of the document using the plurality of watermark schemes according to the watermark information. To recover an ID from a document, the pages of the document are analyzed to identify watermark information associated with the document. Embedded watermarks are recovered from the pages using the watermark information.
US08189857B2	Methods and processes for detecting a mark on a playing surface and for tracking an object Systems and methods for detecting a mark left by an object on a playing surface are provided. A system for detecting a mark left by an impact of an object on a playing surface, the system including at least one processor coupled to a memory arrangement. The system may further include at least one camera for collecting a sequence of images of the playing surface before and after impact of an object. Additionally, the system may include an image processing system adapted to process at least a portion of the sequence of images to identify the mark left by the object on the playing surface. The system may also include a judgment processing system operative to determine the position of the mark relative to the feature of the playing surface.
US08189845B2	Earbud coupling An earbud coupling has a rear portion forming an earbud mount (14) that easily attaches to a hemispherical earbud (12), and has a front portion forming an in-ear mount (16) that can be pressed into a person's ear canal to hold the coupling to the person while blocking environmental noise. The earbud mount includes a tapered elastomeric sleeve (50) with an internal groove (62) at its rear end. The earbud mount rear end can be expanded to fit around the periphery of the earbud front end to securely attach to the earbud. A plurality of different in-ear mounts or tips can be provided that each can be attached to the front end of the earbud mount, including an in-ear mount (100) that consists of a single integral elastomeric member with at least one flange (205). The earbud mount and in-ear mount can be connected by a shaft (130) with pair of projections (132) on one of the mounts that is inserted into a hole (136) with slots (140) of the other one and turned.
US08189843B2	System and method for securing headphone transducers A system for securing headphone transducers is provided. In one aspect of the present invention, the system comprises a first transducer device having a first mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A first coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the first mechanical housing of the first transducer device. A second transducer device has a second mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A second coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the second mechanical housing of the second transducer device. The first coupling device is coupled to the second coupling device when in close proximity to each other, such that the inner surfaces of the first and second mechanical devices are opposed to each other.
US08189841B2	Acoustic passive radiating Acoustic devices that include passive radiators. The passive radiator may include an acoustic driver. The acoustic device may be hand-held or pocket sized.
US08189837B2	Hearing system with enhanced noise cancelling and method for operating a hearing system The hearing system (1) comprises a filtering unit (6) for improving a signal-to-noise ratio of an S+N-audio signal (S+N) composed of a desired audio signal (S) and a unwanted audio signal (N), which filtering unit (6) comprises an adaptive filter; an S+N-input for receiving said S+N-audio signal (S+N); an N-input for receiving an N-audio signal (N), which is used as an estimate for said unwanted audio signal (N); and an S-output for outputting an S-audio signal (S) obtained in dependence of said S+N-audio signal (S+N) and said N-audio signal (N), which is an approximation towards said desired signal (S); wherein the hearing system (1) comprises a selecting unit (2) operationally connected to said filtering unit (6) for selecting a first input audio signal (In1; In2; . . . ) from at least two input audio signals (In1, In2) and feeding said first input audio signal (In1; In2) either to said S+N-input or to said N-input. Preferably, said selecting unit (2) is adapted to selecting also a second input audio signal (In2) from said at least two input audio signals (In1, In2), which is different from said first input audio signal (In1), and said first input audio signal (In1) is fed to said S+N-input, and said second input audio signal (In2) is fed to said N-input.
US08189833B2	Hearing aid and a method of processing input signals in a hearing aid A hearing aid comprises two microphones, directional processing means for combining the respective audio signals to form a spatial signal, a beamformer for controlling the directional processing means to provide adaptation of the spatial signal, and means for boosting low frequencies of the spatial signal. A feedback estimator generates a feedback compensation signal, which is combined with the boosted spatial signal. By applying feedback compensation only after directional processing and low frequency boosting, the device avoids interference by the feedback estimator with the function of the beamformer. The invention also provides a method of processing signals in a hearing aid.
US08189832B2	Transmission method with dynamic transmission power adjustment and corresponding hearing device system With the date transmission in a hearing device system, overloads are to be avoided and the energy consumption during transmission is to be kept as low as possible. To this end, a transmission method and a corresponding system for the inductive transmission is proposed, in which the receiver returns an item of quality information relating to the received signal back to the transmitter. The transmission power of the transmitter is then dynamically varied as a function of the item of quality information. With unidirectional transmission, the transmitter can obtain an item of distance information relating to the distance of the receiver from the transmitter and thereupon adjust the transmission power accordingly.
US08189831B2	Hearing aid having an audio signal generator and method The invention relates to a hearing aid having an audio signal unit which is operatively connected to a sound generator and generates an audio signal which has at least two audio signal sections immediately succeeding one another in time. The audio signal sections each have an audio signal section duration and the audio signal has at least one frequency that is audible to the human ear. The audio signal sections succeed one another in such a way that an audio signal section succeeding a previous audio signal section in time begins before the previous audio signal section has terminated, with the result that the previous and the succeeding audio signal section overlap one another with an overlapping time period, the overlapping time period being shorter than the audio signal section duration of the previous audio signal section.
US08189823B2	Speaker system An object of the present invention is to provide a speaker system in which a woofer and a group of tweeters are substantially coaxially arranged, and sound waves emitted from the woofer and sound waves emitted from the tweeter are less likely to interfere with each other in at least one direction, and whose sound pressure frequency characteristics easily stabilize. A speaker system according to the present invention includes a woofer and three or more tweeters, and the tweeters are arranged in front of the woofer in a circular-arc formation.
US08189818B2	Electronic apparatus capable of always executing proper noise canceling regardless of display screen state, and voice input method for the apparatus In an electronic apparatus, microphones are arranged parallel to one side of a display screen so as to be spaced apart from each other on the front surface of a display whose display screen is exposed. Together with the microphone, a microphone is arranged parallel to other side different from one side of the display screen. Of the microphones, the microphones are selected when one side of the display screen serves as a bottom, and the microphones are selected when other side of the display screen serves as the bottom. A voice input process is then executed.
US08189806B2	Sound collection apparatus A sound collection apparatus includes a target sound collection unit that collects a sound including a target sound and outputs a collected-sound signal, a non-target sound collection unit, provided at positions different from each other, forms dead zones of sensitivity in a direction of the target sound source so as to collect a sound outside the dead zones and outputs a collected-sound signal. A sensitivity suppression unit generates a sensitivity suppression signal for suppressing a sound collection sensitivity in an overlap region in which dead zones overlap, as compared to a region surrounding the overlap region, by subjecting, to a predetermined signal processing, the collected-sound signal outputted by the non-target sound collection unit. An extraction unit removes, from the collected-sound signal, the sensitivity suppression signal generated, so as to extract a signal of a sound generated in the overlap region in which the dead zones overlap.
US08189804B2	Sound provider adapter to cancel out noise A sound provider for providing sound to a person's ear includes one or more terminals for receiving a first electrical signal and a first sound emitter operatively connected to the one or more terminals for outputting a sound corresponding to the first electrical signal. The sound provider also includes a sound receiver for receiving sound and outputting a corresponding, second, electrical signal, and a second sound emitter operatively connected to the sound receiver for outputting a sound corresponding to the second electrical signal.
US08189800B2	Active silencer and method for controlling active silencer An active silencer includes: a speaker generating control sound which interferes with noise; a microphone detecting noise remaining after the interference as a remaining noise signal; a sound quality evaluation unit evaluating the sound quality of the remaining noise and output a result of the sound quality evaluation; an actuation signal determination unit determining, according to the result of the sound quality evaluation, the detection timing of the frequency component of the remaining noise signal to be used when the control sound is generated for a plurality of bands of the remaining noise, corresponding to the plurality of bands of a reference signal corresponding to the noise; and a control signal generation unit generating and output a control signal for generation of the control sound depending on a plurality of bands of the determined remaining noise signal and a plurality of bands of the reference signal corresponding to the noise.
US08189797B1	Visual representation of audio data Systems, methods, and computer program products for displaying audio data are provided. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving audio data and displaying a composite image representing the audio data. The composite image combines a first representation and a distinct second representation of the audio data. Each representation is visible in the composite image and the representations appear in the composite image as if laid one over the other.
US08189788B2	Hybrid symmetric/asymmetric cryptography with user authentication A device uses a user authentication factor to generate an asymmetric decryption key for use in cryptography. An asymmetric encryption key is generated from the asymmetric decryption key using a one-way function, and the asymmetric encryption key is used to encrypt a symmetric key.
US08189786B2	Encryption system One embodiment involves encrypting an MPEG transport stream by seeding a random number generator with a seed derived from at least a portion of the MPEG transport stream to produce a random number output. At least one program key and at least one modification key are generated from the random number output. At least portions of the MPEG transport stream are encrypted with the program key. At least one stored key is modified according to the modification key to produce a message segment key. The program key and the modification key are encrypted with the message segment key. The encrypted MPEG transport stream, the encrypted program key, and the encrypted modification key are multiplexed to form a multiplexed output.
US08189766B1	System and method for blind subband acoustic echo cancellation postfiltering Systems and methods for blind subband acoustic echo cancellation postfiltering in a communication device are provided. In exemplary embodiments, an acoustic signal is received via a microphone of the communication device. Acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) is applied to the acoustic signal to obtain an AEC masked signal. Because residual echo may still exist in the AEC masked signal, blind subband AEC postfiltering on the AEC masked signal may be performed to obtain an echo-free acoustic signal. The echo-free signal may then be output.
US08189765B2	Multichannel echo canceller A multichannel echo canceller according to the present invention includes an echo cancellation section which receives loudspeaker input signals sp1, sp2 including a second acoustic signal to be respectively inputted to a plurality of loudspeakers 10, 20 provided in a first location and detection signals m1, m2 detected by a plurality of microphones 11, 21 provided in the first location; separates a first acoustic signal and a second acoustic signal, which are included in the detection signals m1, m2, by performing signal processing based on an independent component analysis; cancels as an echo the second acoustic signal, which is included in the detection signals m1, m2, by outputting only the separated first acoustic signal to a plurality of loudspeakers 30, 40 provided in a second location.
US08189759B2	System and method for automatic call back using availability information A system and method are provided for controlling execution of a call back to a called party, comprising determining availability status of the called party, evaluating compatibility of the availability status with initiating call back to the called party, and in the event the availability status is compatible with call back then initiating the call back to said called party.
US08189749B2	Techniques for handling messages in a messaging system A technique for handling messages in a messaging system includes receiving a playback request for a message. A first user control input that is associated with the playback request for the message is then received. The first user control input corresponds to a fast-forward function or a rewind function. It is then determined whether a second user control input, which corresponds to a same function as the first user control input, is received prior to expiration of a first time period. The playback request for the message is then serviced using a first offset when the second user control input is not received prior to expiration of the first time period or using a second offset, which is different than the first offset, when the second user control input is received prior to expiration of the first time period.
US08189747B1	Internet-based telephone call manager A method is provided that allows data access service provider subscribers to manage their telephone service through a data connection. The subscriber is enabled to obtain call data information and is provided real time control. During a data call, a visual incoming call indicator informs the subscriber, through a popup window, connected to the data access service provider that there is a call attempt. A visual message waiting indicator allows a subscriber, connected to the data access service provider to be notified of a pending message on the voice message system. A visual call disposition allows the subscriber, through the data connection, to dispose of calls. The call disposition options include forwarding a call to voice mail, playing an announcement to the calling party, forwarding the call to another line, sending a text message which could be converted to speech using text to speech technology, answering the call using voice over data call or terminating the data connection in order to accept the call.
US08189746B1	Voice rendering of E-mail with tags for improved user experience Tags, such as XML tags, are inserted into email to separate email content from signature blocks, privacy notices and confidentiality notices, and to separate original email messages from replies and replies from further replies. The tags are detected by a system that renders email as speech, such as voice command platform or network-based virtual assistant or message center. For example, the system can detect the signature block or privacy notice tags and not render the signature block or privacy notice as speech. The system can render an original email message in one voice mode and the reply in a different voice mode. The tags can be inserted to identify a voice memo in which a user responds to a particular portion of an email message. Preferably, an email server that receives and stored the email message inserts the tags into the email. Alternatively, the tags could be inserted by an email client application. The tags are detected by an email parser, which can be incorporated into the system rendering email as speech, or, alternatively implemented in a separate logical entity.
US08189742B2	Fast dose modulation using Z-deflection in a rotaring anode or rotaring frame tube A fast dose modulation using a z-deflection in a rotating anode or a rotating frame tube, where the electron beam is deflected from a first focal spot region to a second focal spot region being formed on the anode, wherein only the electromagnetic beam generated in the first focal spot region contributes to the useful electromagnetic exposure beam, wherein the second focal spot region is designed to avoid emission of electromagnetic beams into the direction of a useful electromagnetic beam direction.
US08189741B2	X-ray tube electrical power supply, associated power supply process and imaging system An electrical power supply of an X-ray tube. A high voltage generation device having a primary capacitor is configured to transmit a high voltage to the X-ray tube. At least one voltage source is configured to supply the primary capacitor. An energy storage device has an auxiliary capacitor that is configured to receive from the primary capacitor a quantity of energy and to return said energy to the primary capacitor. A control device arranged in series between the high voltage generation device and the storage device is configured to connect or isolate the storage device from the high voltage generation device so the X-ray tube is powered by a variable high voltage very rapidly between a first high voltage and a second high voltage.
US08189736B2	X-ray CT apparatus Provided is an X-ray CT apparatus which can perform CT scan of multi-energy scanning at a high speed and can obtain an image having an excellent substance distinguishing ability. The X-ray CT apparatus includes: means to continuously perform a first CT scanning using a first X-ray energy and a second CT scanning using a second X-ray energy without interrupting CT scan; means to transit the X-ray energy emitted from the X-ray during a transition period TR including an end of the first CT scanning and a beginning of the second CT scanning from the first X-ray energy to the second X-ray energy; and means to compensate the scan data in the transition period by the opposing data in the residual scan period so as to reconstruct an image.
US08189734B2	Scanning and reconstruction method of a CT system and CT system A method is disclosed for scanning an examination object with a CT system and the generation of at least one computed tomographic sectional view from data obtained from the scanning and a CT system. In at least one embodiment, data used for generating the at least one sectional image is filtered out with different intensities as a function of a predetermined time range and/or projection angle range of the measurement of high local frequencies.
US08189721B2	Channel estimation apparatus and method for the same A channel estimation apparatus and a method for the same are provided. The channel estimation apparatus includes a preamble buffer unit, a gain adjusting unit, a demodulation unit, and an estimation unit. The preamble buffer unit receives and temporarily stores a plurality of symbols in preamble signal. The symbols correspond to a plurality of gain control values. The gain adjusting unit adjusts the symbols to a plurality of gain normalized symbols according to the gain control values. The demodulation unit receives the gain normalized symbols and demodulates the same to obtain a frequency domain demodulation signal. The estimation unit receives the frequency domain demodulation signal and performs a channel estimation about the frequency domain demodulation signal and a frequency domain reference value of a standard preamble signal, so as to obtain a channel frequency response.
US08189720B2	Blind frequency-offset estimation for temporally and/or spatially correlated signal An iterative, blind, frequency-offset estimation process that does not require any training signal or demodulated information symbols is disclosed. Receivers embodying the disclosed processes can produce periodic frequency-offset estimates, without running computationally intensive equalization or demodulation algorithms, by exploiting the temporal correlation of the received signal in the time domain, as well as the received signal's correlation across in-phase and quadrature dimensions, in some embodiments, to find a frequency-offset estimate that best fits the received signal in a maximum-likelihood sense. In an exemplary method of estimating receiver frequency offset, a temporally stacked signal block is formed from multi-branch signal samples corresponding to each of two or more time-separated samples of the received signal. The temporally stacked signal block is used in computing a maximum-likelihood joint estimate of the receiver frequency offset and the spatial covariance of the temporally stacked signal block de-rotated by the receiver frequency offset.
US08189718B2	Adaptive optimization method and apparatus for average length The invention provides an average length adaptive optimization method and apparatus. An adaptive optimization method for the average length used for phase recovery comprising: a residual phase difference calculation step, for receiving a current phase of a digital symbol obtained by phase recovery and a data modulation phase of the digital symbol obtained by data recovery, and calculating a residual phase difference of the digital symbol, which is a difference between the current phase and the data modulation phase of the digital symbol; a residual phase difference auto-correlation value calculation step, for calculating an auto-correlation value of the residual phase difference with displacement m, wherein −10≦m≦10, and m is an integral; an optimization step, for optimizing the average length based on the residual phase difference auto-correlation value.
US08189706B2	Apparatus and method for generating per stream effective signal to noise ratio in a multiple-input multiple-output wireless communication system In the present invention, an apparatus and a method for generating feedback information for a Maximum Likelihood (ML) detection scheme in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless communication system are provided. An apparatus of the invention includes a generator for generating constellation difference points by converting a constellation domain representing values of symbols into a constellation difference domain representing values of distance between symbols, a calculator for calculating per stream Symbol Error Rates (SERs) using the constellation difference points, and a determiner for determining per stream Effective Signal to Noise Ratios (ESNRs) using the per stream SER.
US08189699B2	Method for transmitting ACK/NACK signal and method for establishing the signal transmission A method for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal and a method for establishing the signal transmission are disclosed. A system for the method determines whether the ACK/NACK signal is repeatedly transmitted or not according to channel environments of a user, and transmits the ACK/NACK signal according to the determined result within a single TTI. Areas unused for transmitting the ACK/NACK signal are allocated for data, resulting in an increased reception reliability of the ACK/NACK signal.
US08189694B2	Transmitting and receiving arrangement with a channel-oriented link A transmitting and receiving arrangement as well as a method for transmission of monitoring and/or payload data in a transmitting and receiving arrangement for a wirefree communications system has a device which processes baseband for processing digital signals to form a baseband signal and a device which processes radio frequency for conversion of the baseband signal to a radio frequency signal. Monitoring and/or payload data are/is transmitted in the form of data packets via at least one channel of a channel-oriented link between the device which processes baseband and the device which processes radio frequency.
US08189693B2	Digital signal transfer method and apparatus The invention relates to a digital signal transfer method and apparatus in which a signals are transferred between first and second electrically isolated circuits. An announcement signal is transferred from the first circuit to the second circuit and a data signal is transferred from the first circuit to the second circuit within a data signal time window associated with the announcement signal.
US08189690B2	Data search, parser, and synchronization of video and telemetry data A system to parse both telemetry data and corresponding encoded video data wherein the telemetry and video data are subsequently synchronized based upon temporal information, such as a time stamp. The telemetry data and the video data are originally unsynchronized and the data for each is acquired by a separate device. The acquiring devices may be located within or attached to an aerial vehicle. The system receives the telemetry data and the encoded video data and outputs a series of synchronized video images with telemetry data. Thus, telemetry information is associated with each video image. The telemetry data may be acquired at a different rate than the video data. As a result, telemetry data may be interpolated or extrapolated to correspond to each video image. The present system operates in real-time, thus data acquired from aerial vehicles can be displayed on a map.
US08189678B2	Video and graphics system with an MPEG video decoder for concurrent multi-row decoding A video and graphics system processes video data including both analog video, e.g., NTSC/PAL/SECAM/S-video, and digital video, e.g., MPEG-2 video in SDTV or HDTV format. The video and graphics system includes a video decoder, which is capable of concurrently decoding multiple SLICEs of MPEG-2 video data. The video decoder includes multiple row decoding engines for decoding the MPEG-2 video data. Each row decoding engine concurrently decodes two or more rows of the MPEG-2 video data. The row decoding engines have a pipelined architecture for concurrently decoding multiple rows of MPEG-2 video data. The video decoder may be integrated on an integrated circuit chip with other video and graphics system components such as transport processors for receiving one or more compressed data streams and for extracting video data, and a video compositor for blending processed video data with graphics.
US08189675B2	Method, medium and system storing image data for fast memory access Provided is a method, medium and system for storing image data for fast memory access. The method includes setting a storage range over neighboring macroblocks of a macroblock to allow for storage with the macroblock in a storage region of a memory, and storing first image data of the macroblock and second image data corresponding to the storage range over the neighboring macroblocks in the storage region of the memory, wherein the second image data includes data of portions of the neighboring blocks that fall within the storage range.
US08189674B2	Decoding method, program for decoding method, recording medium with recorded program for decoding method, and decoding device A decoding method and device for decoding a coefficient data row subjected to orthogonal transform processing in a predetermined coding processing unit from an input bit stream in which using a table selected corresponding to the number of unprocessed coefficient data of a specific value in the coefficient data row, at least a specific syntax element indicating the number of continuous coefficient data of the specific value in the coefficient data row is assigned for every coefficient data which is not the specific value.
US08189670B2	Device, method and program for generating interpolation frame An interpolation frame generation device that generates an interpolation frame that interpolates image frames that are obtained by decoding a coded image signal that is coded by motion compensation, includes a motion vector deriving unit and an interpolation frame generating unit. The motion vector deriving unit acquires a motion compensation vector of a coded block that forms the coded image signal. The interpolation frame generating unit generates the interpolation frame in accordance with the motion vector of the image block that forms an image frame by using the motion compensation vector of the coded block as the motion vector of the image block.
US08189669B2	Motion prediction processor with read buffers providing reference motion vectors for direct mode coding A motion prediction processor that enables wider use of direct-mode motion prediction, with a reduced processing load. A motion prediction process makes reference to a reference picture to calculate motion vectors for a current picture. A write controller writes motion vectors of multiple block lines of the reference picture in memory areas corresponding to the block lines. A read controller transfers the stored motion vectors from each memory area to at least one of two buffers. The read controller determines how to transfer those motion vectors according to whether the current picture is a frame picture or a field picture, whether the reference picture is a frame picture or a field picture, and whether block adaptive prediction mode is specified in each picture.
US08189659B2	Cross-layer optimization for scalable video multicast over IEEE 802.11 wireless local area networks A system and method for transmitting video signals to a plurality of receivers in a multicast session, including controlling and adapting coding, transmission and protection schemes of a plurality of layers of a network protocol stack are described.
US08189657B2	System and method for time optimized encoding The present disclosure is directed towards a system and method for time optimized encoding. Time optimized encoding maximizes the usage of the multiple encode nodes or clusters by parallelizing time-intensive encoding with minimal or no sacrifice of encoding quality. Thereby, reducing the time required for accomplishing the time intensive encoding and increasing the efficient throughput of multiple encodes through the system.
US08189636B2	Electrical overstress event indicator on electronic circuitry Detecting electrical overstress events in electronic circuitry such as optical emitters. In one example embodiment, a laser includes an active area and a contact region in electrical communication with the active area. A portion of the contact region is configured to manifest a change in a visual attribute of the portion in response to exposure of the portion to an electrical overstress event.
US08189633B2	Polycrystalline transparent ceramic articles and method of making same A polycrystalline transparent ceramic article including lutetium is presented. The article includes an oxide with a formula of ABO3, having type A lattice sites and type B lattice sites. The lattice site A may further comprise a plurality of elements, in addition to lutetium. Type B lattice site includes aluminum. An imaging device, a laser assembly, and a scintillator including the lutetium-based article is provided. A method of making the above article is also provided.
US08189624B2	Communication system, management apparatus, communication apparatus and computer program In a ring type network, a master node sends a measurement packet to a slave node; receives the measurement packet which has been circulated among a plurality of slave nodes; according to time-keeping of an internal clock; stores a sending time and a received time of the measurement packet; sends a measurement result notifying packet showing the sending time and the received time of the measurement packet to the slave node, and each slave node receives the measurement packet; sends the measurement packet received to the next node; according to time-keeping of the internal clock, stores a received time of the measurement packet; further receives a measurement result notifying packet; calculates a time correction value using the sending time and the received time of the measurement packet shown in the measurement result notifying packet received, the received time of the measurement packet stored, a total number of node apparatuses, and a difference between an order of the slave node and an order of the master node according to the packet transferring order, and corrects a time of the internal clock using the time correction value calculated.
US08189623B2	Digital framer architecture with a framing marker Embodiments of the present invention provide for diverse routing of a plurality of data streams, representative of a client signal of an unknown format, across multiple communication paths of a digital optical network through the use of a marker embedded in the client signal which is then inserted into the client payload portion of a transport frame. The multiple communication paths include different signal and path attributes related to the optical signals which transport the data streams across the digital optical network, as well as the physical structure of the digital optical network itself, all leading to timing variations in the multiple communication paths. The digital optical network transports the plurality of data streams in the form of wavelength division multiplexed signals, or banded wavelength division multiplexed signals.
US08189619B2	Systems and methods facilitating high throughput control in wireless communications Embodiments include systems and methods for frame tunneling in a wireless communications system comprising digital beam forming. Embodiments comprise a first and second frame control field with the second frame control field comprising a High Throughput Control (HTC) enabling field. If the HTC enabling field is enabled, then an HTC field is sent.
US08189614B2	Cable modem and method of establishing quality of service thereof A cable modem for establishing quality of service (QoS) for a real-time transport protocol (RTP) voice stream. The cable modem receives different packet types from a network, and establishes a BPU for each packet type. After reading one BPU periodically, the cable modem determines whether the BPU has QoS. Accordingly, the cable modem distributes a fixed bandwidth to establish QoS.
US08189613B2	High-frequency component A high-frequency component includes a diplexer in which a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter are connected in parallel with an antenna port, a high-frequency circuit cascade-connected to the high-pass filter, and a low-frequency circuit cascade-connected to the low-pass filter. A filter which causes an impedance mismatch to occur is connected to the low-frequency circuit. The low-pass filter includes a line. The low-pass filter is defined by a parallel resonant circuit including the line and a series circuit including the line. A resonant frequency of the parallel resonant circuit is a trap frequency of a high-frequency transmission/reception signal. A resonant frequency of all elements of the low-pass filter is a trap frequency of undesired resonance that occurs at high frequencies.
US08189612B2	System on chip with interface and processing unit configurations provided by a configuration server This invention relates to a system on chip for data flow type application. The system comprises a network on chip, a central controller and processing units connected to said network via associated network interfaces. A processing unit and/or its associated network interface can be configured on command from the central controller or on a command incorporated in a data packet to be processed. The network interface comprises a client module that can request a configuration server to transmit the parameters of a configuration that is unavailable in the interface. The invention also relates to a mobile terminal/ a base station comprising a base band modem implemented by such a system on chip.
US08189611B2	System and method for resolving contention among applications requiring data connections between a mobile communications device and a wireless network A mobile communications device (30) includes a wireless transceiver (34) operable to conduct at least two data connections between the mobile communications device (30) and a wireless network (12) wherein each of the data connections is associated with a connected application operating on the mobile communications device. A processor (32) is coupled to the wireless transceiver (34). The processor (32) is operable to process a request for a data connection for an unconnected application operable on the mobile communications device (30), to release one of the data connections associated with one of the connected applications and to establish a data connection between the mobile communications device (30) and the wireless network (12) for the unconnected application. A contention manager (86) is operable to select the connected application to be released based upon a comparison of a contention parameter associated with each of the connected applications.
US08189607B2	Interface selection in a moving network Method for establishing a traffic route for a mobile network node attached to a mobile router, wherein the mobile router has a plurality of upstream interfaces, by sending, from the mobile router to the mobile network node, identifiers of the interfaces and their properties; the identifiers are mapped to IPv6 traffic classes or IPv4 type of service. At the mobile network node, an interface is chosen based upon the identified interface properties. The traffic class or type of service field of at least certain outgoing packets includes the identifier of the chosen interface. At the mobile router, packets are routed across the interface corresponding to the identifier contained in the traffic class or type of service fields.
US08189603B2	PCI express to PCI express based low latency interconnect scheme for clustering systems PCI Express is a Bus or I/O interconnect standard for use inside the computer or embedded system enabling faster data transfers to and from peripheral devices. The standard is still evolving but has achieved a degree of stability such that other applications can be implemented using PCIE as basis. A PCIE based interconnect scheme to enable switching and inter-connection between external systems, such that the scalability can be applied to enable data transport between connected systems to form a cluster of systems is proposed. These connected systems can be any computing or embedded system. The scalability of the interconnect will allow the cluster to grow the bandwidth between the systems as they become necessary without changing to a different connection architecture.
US08189595B2	Systems and methods for order preserving data A data processing system includes an input circuit, a plurality of processing paths and an output circuit. The input circuit receives blocks of data on a plurality of data streams and distributes the blocks of data to the plurality of processing paths. The plurality of processing paths receive and process the distributed blocks of data. The output circuit selectively queues and dequeues the processed blocks of data based on a determined maximum differential delay among each of the processing paths and transmits the processed blocks of data.
US08189594B2	Method of controlling header compression in wireless communication, wireless base station, and transmitter The wireless base station notifies the missing to the transmitter upon detection of missing of a data segment received from the transmitter, and the transmitter controls the header compression state of the data segment addressed to the wireless terminal upon the reception of the notification of the missing.
US08189591B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for packet ordering for parallel packet transform processing Packets are processed while maintaining a sequence of the packets. Packets are received and a sequence identifier assigned to the packets. The sequence identifier specifies a serial order associated with the packet. The packets are provided to a plurality of parallel packet transform processors and the packets are processed utilizing the packet transform processors. The processed packets are ordered based on the sequence identifier of the packets. The packets may be evaluated to classify the packets so as to identify related packets. A sequence identifier is assigned to the packets such that the sequence identifier identifies an ordering of the related packets. The processed packets are ordered based on the classification of the packets and the sequence identifier of the packets. Parallel packet transform processing may be particularly well suite to parallel cryptographic processing.
US08189585B2	Techniques for virtual private network fast convergence An apparatus for VPN fast convergence in MPLS networks is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first memory portion, a second memory portion, and a first logic for programming the memory portions. The first memory portion comprises a plurality of first data structures, where each of the plurality of first data structures includes an IGP label and an adjacency identifier that identifies one of a plurality of outgoing interfaces associated with the apparatus, where each IGP label indicates a Label Switched Path (LSP) through a network. The second memory portion comprises a plurality of second data structures, where each of the plurality of second data structures includes a network address identifier, a VPN label associated with the network address identifier, and a pointer that indicates one of the plurality of first data structures in the first memory portion, where each VPN label identifies a VPN that is reachable over the network.
US08189584B2	Multicast traffic management in a network interface A method for filtering in a network interface of a computer system multicast packets in a manner that reduces or obviates altogether the processing of unwanted multicast packets by the processing unit of the computer system. Filtering in the network interface is accomplished by the network interface accessing multicast traffic request information originating in the computer system and comparing the accessed information with the multicast destination address and IP source address of packets received in the network interface.
US08189583B2	System and method for peer-to-peer wide area network communication A method of operating a peer to facilitate fast group communication between subscribers in a peer-to-peer wide area network is disclosed. In the peer-to-peer wide area network, each of the subscribers are affiliated to a talkgroup, and further registered to at least one peer within the peer-to-peer wide area network. In operation, the peer exchanges messages with other peers to determine that one or more peers listed in a talkgroup topology is still active. When the peer receives a media for a talkgroup from a subscriber affiliated to the talkgroup, the peer duplicates the media for the talkgroup, and unicasts the duplicate media to the one or more peers that are listed as active in the talkgroup topology to enable the one or more peers to deliver the media to the respectively registered subscribers affiliated to the talkgroup.
US08189577B2	Network utilities in wireless mesh communications networks Methods and systems for providing a network and routing protocol for utility services are disclosed. A method includes discovering a utility network. Neighboring nodes are discovered and the node listens for advertised routes for networks from the neighbors. The node is then registered with one or more utility networks, receiving a unique address for each network registration. Each upstream node can independently make forwarding decisions on both upstream and downstream packets, i.e., choose the next hop according to the best information available to it. The node can sense transient link problems, outage problems and traffic characteristics. Information is used to find the best route out of and within each network. Each network node maintains multi-egress, multi-ingress network routing options both for itself and the node(s) associated with it. The node is capable of several route maintenance functions utilizing the basic routing protocol and algorithms.
US08189572B2	Systems and methods for resetting a network device A network device includes a data store with first and second parameters, the first parameter affecting a communication operation of the network device and the second parameter affecting a security operation of the network device. A device reset function enables a user to selectively and independently refresh the first and second parameters. For example, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) device user can restore a default communications configuration of the SIP device while preserving the device decryption key.
US08189558B2	Method and apparatus for creating common physical channel The present invention relates to a common channel generating method and device in a downlink. Receiving performance by the mobile station is improved by efficiently allocating the resource and generating the common channel in the downlink. Also, transmission diversity applied to the number of transmit antennas of the base station and the common channel can be easily detected, thereby acquiring the mobile station's initial process.
US08189557B2	Secondary synchronization channel design for OFDMA systems Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmitter, a receiver and methods of operating a transmitter and a receiver. In one embodiment, the transmitter for use in a base station of an OFDMA system and includes a primary module configured to provide a primary synchronization signal that furnishes a partial cell identity. Additionally, the transmitter also includes a secondary module configured to provide a secondary synchronization signal that furnishes a cell identity group and one or more cell-specific parameters based on using a two-segment secondary synchronization sequence. The transmitter further includes a transmit module configured to transmit the primary and secondary synchronization signals.
US08189551B2	Mobile station traffic routing Devices, networks and methods relating to routing gateway traffic in a mesh network for wireless access. A mesh network has multiple nodes in at least one gateway node through which all incoming and outgoing data traffic pass through. The nodes provide wireless access to wireless and user devices, each of which is associated with a node in the mesh network. Each gateway node contains a record detailing which nodes are providing wireless access to which wireless end user device and which nodes are associated with which end user devices. This record of each end user device's location is periodically updated as the gateway node periodically receives data from the nodes which detail the device is being serviced by which node. Any incoming data traffic destined for an end user device is encapsulated and routed to the proper node servicing that end user device.
US08189550B2	Radio communication device, radio communication method and radio recording medium A radio communication method for a radio communication device having a first communication unit and a second communication unit includes determining whether a connection between the radio communication device and a local-area radio network is in a difficult state while the radio communication device is connected to the local-area radio network by the second communication unit, obtaining position information through the started first communication unit, reading out communication set information recorded with the obtained position information that records communication set information, and the position information obtained from the base station at a position connectable to the local-area radio network associated with the communication set information relating with each other, and detecting a connectable local-area radio network based on the read communication set information when the communication determination unit determines that a connection between the radio communication device and a local-area radio network is in the difficult state.
US08189543B2	Media exchange network supporting remote peripheral access Systems and methods that provide remote access are described. In one embodiment, a system may include, for example, a plurality of communication devices and a media device. The plurality of communication devices may be operatively coupled to a network and may include, for example, a native communication device. The media device may be operatively coupled to the native communication device and the network. The media device may be associated with the native communication device and the network and may be capable of exchanging media content with the plurality of communication devices and the network. A profile of the media device may be stored in at least one of the media device and the native communication device. The profile may include, for example, information related to managing the media content when the media device is roaming.
US08189542B2	Voice and data wireless communications network and method A wireless local area network that carries mixed traffic of voice and data communications may be provided. The wireless local area network may include an access point and a plurality of remote terminals that are associated with the access point. The access point may be operably coupled to a wireline network. The access point may receive voice and other communications packets from the remote terminals and the wireline network. Some of the packets may be for transmission to the remote terminals. The access point manages which packets to transmit and when to transmit packets. The access point may manage traffic to maintain a fair distribution of packets and to give priority to voice communications over other communications.
US08189540B2	Method and apparatus for high rate packet data transmission Methods and apparatus used in a wireless communication system. A data request message may be periodically transmitting by a mobile station to a base station. The data request message may provide information about orthogonal codes to be used by the base station to communicate with the mobile station. The mobile station may receive data transmitted by the base station, the data being transmitted by the base station based on the information about the orthogonal codes provided in the data request message. The information about the orthogonal codes may be based on a quality measure made by the mobile station on a forward link pilot channel from the base station to the mobile station.
US08189524B2	Method for cell selection in a radio access network A method for cell selection in a radio access network covering a geographical area divided into a plurality of cells, the method comprising: searching for a cell on a frequency; checking to see if the cell is a barred cell; and conditional on identifying the cell as a barred cell performing a search for a cell on another frequency.
US08189523B2	Method and apparatus for managing the assignment of radio resources of a radio communications network A method of managing radio resources of a radio communications network, includes: upon receiving a new service request for a service to be provided, assessing whether there are radio resources of a first set, adapted to and available for satisfying the request, and: in the affirmative case, exploiting the available radio resources for satisfying the new service request; in the negative case: calculating an amount of the adapted radio resources to be set free for satisfying the service request; assessing whether there is at least one first already served service request that, at the time the new service request is received, is being served using the calculated amount of radio resources of the first set, and that can continue to be served by assigning thereto radio resources of a second set, different from the first set, not adapted to serving the new serving request; in the affirmative case: calculating an amount of the radio resources of the second set necessary for serving the at least one already served service request; assessing whether the calculated amount of radio resources of the second set is available; if the calculated amount of radio resources of the second set is available, re-assigning to the at least one first already served service request the radio resources of the second set, and assigning to the new service request the radio resources of the first set previously assigned to the already served service request; in the negative case, refusing the new service request.
US08189522B2	Communicating system information in a wireless communication network An apparatus and method for communicating system information in a wireless communication network. A first step 200 includes defining unicast threshold parameter(s). A next step 201 includes receiving a request for system information. A next step 202, 204 includes determining if the system information exceeds the threshold parameter(s). A next step 206-216 includes scheduling an ad-hoc broadcast of the system information if the system information exceeds the threshold parameter(s). A next step 218 includes sending a pointer to the scheduled ad-hoc broadcast. A next step 220 includes broadcasting the network service provider information per the schedule.
US08189520B2	Apparatus and method for preamble pseudo noise code allocation in broadband wireless communication system An apparatus and a method for preamble pseudo noise code allocation in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes defining an inherent index for each FA, allocating a preamble PN index to base stations using a reference FA index, defining an inherent offset by each FA for remaining FA indexes, and shifting the preamble PN index allocated to the base stations using the reference FA index by the defined offset, and allocating the preamble PN index to base stations using the remaining FA indexes. The price of a system can thus be lowered by reducing a Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of a preamble, increase the number of FAs that a specific amplifier can amplify, and immediately allocate a preamble PN index when adding a new FA during an operation of a system.
US08189509B2	Method of controlling packet data traffic The application relates to a method of controlling packet data traffic of a packet service in a communication network 10, where in accordance with the packet service a communication with a terminal 12 involves a terminal serving entity 101 and a gateway entity 102. Furthermore, a decision entity 103 is provided for performing a decision procedure for deciding whether to process packet data traffic from the terminal 12 in the gateway entity 102 of the network 10, or to tunnel the traffic on to a home communication network 13 of the visiting terminal 12.
US08189505B2	Transmission power control method and mobile station The present invention avoids deterioration in the radio quality caused by a transmission interruption of uplink user data, by periodically controlling an outer loop transmission power. A transmission power control method according to the present invention includes: determining, at a radio network controller RNC, a transmission period and notifying the determined transmission period to a mobile station UE; transmitting, at the mobile station UE, an outer loop control signal in the determined transmission period through a data channel, even when uplink user data to be transmitted through the data channel does not exist; measuring, at a radio base station Node B, a reception quality of the data channel and determining the measurement result to the radio network controller RNC; determining, at the radio network controller RNC, the transmission offset of the data channel based on the measurement result and notifying the determined transmission power offset to the mobile station UE; and controlling, at the mobile station UE, the transmission power of the uplink user data to be transmitted through the data channel by using the transmission power offset.
US08189504B2	Physical layer header structure for decoding and synchronization Systems, devices, processors, and methods are described which may be used for the reception of a wireless broadband signal at a user terminal from a gateway via a satellite. A wireless signal may include a series of physical layer frames, each frame including a physical layer header and payload. The received signal is digitized and processed using various novel physical layer headers and related techniques to synchronize the physical layer frames and recover data from physical layer headers for purposes of demodulation and decoding.
US08189496B2	Surface-space managed network fabric A managed surface-space network fabric is presented. The surface-space network fabric can include a spaced-based network fabric and a surface-based network fabric integrated together to form a single fabric managed by a global fabric manager. The global fabric manager cooperates with other fabric managers local to each fabric to establish a communication topology among all the nodes of the fabric. Preferred topologies include paths from any port on a node to any other port on another node in the fabric. The surface-space fabric, and each individual fabric, can function as a distributed core fabric operating as a single, coherent device.
US08189489B2	Characterization of network path quality for network applications and services A service for facilitating a determination of path quality between a first endpoint node and a second endpoint node in a network of nodes is provided. Path quality information is aggregated from across network internet service providers (ISPs), giving authorized endpoints access to path quality information for specified path segments of a path to another endpoint. Path quality information includes one or more metrics that measure available bandwidth, loss rate and/or latency.
US08189486B2	Method and system for providing holistic, iterative, rule-based traffic management An approach is provided for monitoring traffic over a network link that is used to provide one or more services to one or more customers. A determination is made regarding whether a failure mode of the network link has occurred by comparing the monitored traffic to predetermined bandwidth criteria. A corrective action to be taken in response to the failure mode is selected, where selection of the corrective action to be taken is determined based on the failure mode. Further corrective actions selected iteratively from a predetermined list of successive actions are applied until the failure modes are addressed.
US08189480B2	Communication apparatus and communication method In a communication apparatus performing data communication through a network having a relay apparatus which relays data, a data-path establishment unit establishes a data-communication path between the communication apparatus and an opposite end of the data-communication path, and a control-path establishment unit establishes a control-information path between the communication apparatus and an opposite end of the control-information path, where the control-information path is arranged for transmitting control information for controlling the data communication through the control-information path. In addition, an instruction transmission unit transmits an address-set instruction instructing the relay apparatus to search for a next-hop node in the data-communication path and store a MAC address of the next-hop node before the control-information path is established by the control-path establishment unit.
US08189479B1	Congestion control for wireless sensor networks A system for congestion control for a wireless sensor network comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to determine a level of congestion at one or more nodes and indicate an adjustment to network traffic in response to the level of congestion. The adjustment to the network traffic reduces the level of congestion at the one or more nodes. The memory is coupled to the processor and configured to provide instructions to the processor.
US08189475B2	Transmission of digital information in a frame switched data network The invention relates to transmitting digital information between the network elements of a frame switched data network. In the present invention, it has surprisingly been discovered that the padding bits of the data field of a minimum sized Ethernet frame can be used for transmitting digital information between the elements of a data network. In that case the frame data field (109) of a minimum sized Ethernet frame contains an information unit (DIU), the size of which in bytes is smaller than the minimum size of a frame data field, as well as other digital information (DI) that is written in an area (107) of the frame data field that corresponds to the padding bits. The invention makes it possible to also utilize the data transmission capacity needed for transmitting the padding bits.
US08189473B1	Dynamic overflow pool allocation Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for dynamic overflow pool allocation are described. In embodiments, a new session registration request is monitored for and, upon receiving the new session registration request, it is determined whether an existing pool associated with a home agent has crossed below a minimal threshold. In various embodiments, if it is determined that the existing pool has crossed below a minimal threshold, an overflow is obtained. In various other embodiments, it is determined whether an existing home agent pool has crossed a maximum threshold and, if so, it is determined whether at least one session remains using the overflow pool. In various other embodiments, if no sessions remain using the overflow pool, the overflow pool is returned.
US08189467B2	Network resource control method and apparatus for guaranteeing admission rate of high-priority service Provided are a network resource control method and apparatus for guaranteeing an admission rate of a high-priority service. In the method and apparatus, the admission rate of the high-priority service is increased by differentiating between the high-priority service and a low-priority service by either rejecting the low-priority service or reducing a bandwidth allocated to the low-priority service when the low-priority service has already been accepted.
US08189466B2	Messaging interchange system Machine-readable codes are read, decoded and resolved by a messaging system in order to perform a desired function. If the code is not native to that (home) messaging system, then a resolution request is made to a central messaging interchange system to determine which other (destination) messaging system is native to and can resolve that code. The messaging interchange system then either returns the appropriate routing information back to the home messaging system (in which case the home messaging system sends the resolution request directly to the destination messaging system) or forwards the resolution request to the destination messaging system itself. The destination messaging system transmits a resolution response message to the home messaging system, either directly or via the messaging interchange system.
US08189461B2	Cluster bring-up in a distributed topology liveness system A method is provided for establishing clusters in a distributed data processing environment having a plurality of nodes. The frequency of messages sent for the purpose of cluster formation is selected based on ranking of the nodes. Higher ranking nodes transmit such messages more frequently than lower ranking nodes. Lower ranked nodes thus are provided with an opportunity to join a cluster without first having to transmit their own messages to effectuate the joining.
US08189459B2	Method and system for guiding packet data protocol activation The invention discloses a method and system for guiding a packet data protocol activation. The method includes determining whether a packet data protocol is activated and if the determination result indicates that the packet data protocol is not activated because of including a wrong service access point name, analyzing service access point name information causing the packet data protocol not activated; introducing in an associating database for associating service access point name reason information causing the packet data protocol not activated and a guide information for properly setting the service access point name; inquiring the associating database based on the service access point name reason information obtained by the analyzing and obtaining the guide information for guiding a user to properly set the service access point name; and transmitting the guide information for guiding the user to properly set the service access point name to the user side. According to the method and system of the invention, the guide information may be generated automatically before the activation of the protocol to thereby reduce the maintenance workload for these functions and to thereby properly guide the user to have the related services provisioned and accessed.
US08189457B2	Method and apparatus for data transmission in home networks A multi-tone modem with components forming a transmit path and a receive path configured to couple to a wired communication medium for at least intermittent communication of frequency division multiplexed multi-tone modulated communication channels thereon. A Fourier transform component transforms received communication channels between a time domain and a frequency domain and vice-versa. Selected components on the receive path determine alignments between the received multiplexed communication channels in the time domain using alignment determinations made in both a time domain and frequency domain portions of the receive path. The Fourier transform component transforms a stream of digitized samples of the received multiplexed communication channels from the time to the frequency domain using the alignment determinations made by the selected components on the receive path. In another embodiment of the invention the multi-tone modem includes a scheduler which optimizes bandwidth allocation on the wired communication medium.
US08189456B2	Apparatus for and method of minimizing backoff for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission A novel and useful mechanism for reducing the required backoff and the peak to average power ratio (PAPR) needed for an OFDM transmitter whiles still meeting spectral mask and EVM specifications. The mechanism searches, for each packet to be transmitted, for several possible scrambler and encryption sequences that would yield the best spectral mask and EVM with lowest PAPR. The search can be performed using the existing transmitter and receiver PHY circuit chain to modulate and demodulate the candidate hypotheses. Once the scrambler sequence and/or encryption sequence is selected, the packet is transmitted using the selected scrambler and encryption sequences. In addition, the invention exploits the fact that even for very low backoff margins, a reduced number of candidate hypotheses may be tested while still yielding a high probability of meet the spectral mask and EVM specifications.
US08189453B2	Method of OFDM communication using superposition coding Improvements are provided in an OFDM network that uses superposition coding. A broadcast signal and e.g. a unicast signal are each subjected to OFDM modulation including processing by an IDFT, combined, and transmitted using non-orthogonal transmission resources. In one approach, the respective signals are combined after instead of before the IDFT processing. In specific examples, a respective cyclic prefix is appended to each signal after the IDFT processing but before the respective signals are combined. In another approach, a broadcast pilot signal and e.g. a unicast pilot signal are transmitted concurrently with the broadcast and unicast information signals. The pilot signals are transmitted using the same time and subcarrier resources, but are made more distinguishable by combining each with a respective scrambling or spreading code. In specific examples, embodiments, the unicast pilot signal is used for estimating the data rate for transmission of further unicast information signals.
US08189452B2	Manufacturing method for optical recording medium, optical recording medium, optical information device, and information reproducing method Shape-wise thicknesses of a cover layer and first through (N−1)th intermediate layers of an optical recording medium having refractive indexes nr1, nr2 are converted into thicknesses t1, t2 of the respective layers having a predetermined refractive index which makes a divergent amount equal to a divergent amount of a light beam resulting from the thicknesses tr1, tr2, a difference DFF between the sum of a thickness “ti” through a thickness “tj”, and the sum of a thickness “tk” through a thickness “tm” is set to 1 μm or more (where i, j, k, and m are each any positive integer satisfying i≦j≦k≦m≦N), and the thicknesses t1, t2 are calculated by products of a function f(n) expressed by the following formula (1), and the thicknesses tr1, tr2: f(n)=−1.088n3+6.1027n2−12.042n+9.1007 (1) in the formula (1), n=nr1, nr2, . . . , and nrN.
US08189450B2	Method and apparatus providing high density chalcogenide-based data storage A data storage device and methods for storing and reading data are provided. The data storage device includes a data storage medium and second device. The data storage medium has an insulating layer, a first electrode layer over the insulating layer and at least one layer of resistance variable material over the first electrode layer. The second device includes a substrate and at least one conductive point configured to electrically contact the data storage medium.
US08189446B2	Optical record carrier as well as an apparatus and method for reading/writing image data from/at a visually detectable pattern at an optical record carrier A method is disclosed of reading an image data from an optical record carrier with a visually detectable pattern comprising a visually detectable pattern of pixels comprising at least one pattern element comprising an area of size s1 with a relatively low value v1 for an optical property and an area with size s2 with a relatively high value v2 for said optical property, wherein the data representative for a structure of the visually detectable pattern is embedded by variations in one or more of the parameters s1, v1, s2, v2 of the pattern elements. The method comprising the steps of scanning the visually detectable pattern and generating a detection signal representative for a visual property of the pattern as a function of position, retrieving the image data from the signal, retrieving an embedded data from the signal, generating an address data using said embedded data, storing image data values at addresses indicated by said address data.
US08189439B2	Data recording method and apparatus for re-verifying correctness of recorded data on optical storage medium An exemplary data recording method of an optical storage medium includes following steps: during a current recording operation for recording first data onto the optical storage medium, detecting if a fatal recording error occurs; and when the fatal recording error is detected, activating a current verifying operation to verify correctness of a recorded data section on the optical storage medium. The recorded data section is recorded onto the optical storage medium according to second data during a previous recording operation, and data recording of the second data has been verified during a previous verifying operation prior to the current recording operation.
US08189434B2	Optical pickup unit and optical pickup device having same and information writing/reading device having same An optical pickup device includes: a splitting section for splitting a beam; a light-receiving section for receiving the split beams. The light-receiving section includes: a tracking-use main light-receiving region and tracking-use sub light-receiving regions, and auxiliary light-receiving regions. Each of the auxiliary light-receiving regions receives only a light beam reflected off a recording layer other than a recording layer subjected to an information writing/reading process. A light-receiving area of each of the auxiliary light-receiving area is smaller than a light-receiving area of each tracking-use light-receiving region. Further, an optical pickup device includes: a splitting section for splitting a beam; and a light-receiving section for receiving the split beams. The light-receiving section includes a sub light-receiving regions for receiving tracking-use sub beams. The tracking-use sub beams are arranged so as not to allow entering of a focusing-use main beam reflected off a non-targeted recording layer.
US08189427B2	Clutter signal filtering for doppler signal Embodiments for filtering clutter signal from Doppler signal in an ultrasound system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a Doppler signal acquiring unit may transmit and receive ultrasound signals to and from a target object to acquire Doppler signal. A signal processing unit performs filtering upon the Doppler signal by using a first clutter filter having a first cutoff frequency and compute an input signal power to filtered input signal power rate (IFR) for the Doppler signal. The signal processing unit is further configured to be responsive to the IFR to modulate the Doppler signal and perform filtering upon the modulated Doppler signal by using the first clutter filter or to perform filtering the Doppler signal by using a second clutter filter having a second cutoff frequency.
US08189423B2	256 Meg dynamic random access memory A 256 Meg dynamic random access memory is comprised of a plurality of cells organized into individual arrays, with the arrays being organized into 32 Meg array blocks, which are organized into 64 Meg quadrants. In certain of the gap cells, multiplexers are provided to transfer signals from I/O lines to datalines. A power bus is provided which minimizes routing of externally supplied voltages, completely rings each of the array blocks, and provides gridded power distribution within each of the array blocks. A plurality of power supplies are organized to match their power output to the power demand and to maintain a desired ratio of power production capability and decoupling capacitance. A powerup sequence circuit is provided to control the powerup of the chip.
US08189406B2	Device and method generating internal voltage in semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device and a method of generating an internal voltage in the semiconductor memory device are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a controller configured to activate a sensing enable signal when an active command is applied from outside, inactivate the sensing enable signal when a precharge command is applied, and output the sensing enable signal, and an array internal voltage generator configured to output an active array power supply voltage as an array power supply voltage when the sensing enable signal is activated, output an external array power supply voltage and a standby array power supply voltage as the array power supply voltage when the sensing enable signal is inactivated, and output the standby array power supply voltage alone as the array power supply voltage when the sensing enable signal is inactivated for at least a specific period.
US08189395B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory and data reading method A nonvolatile semiconductor memory that includes a memory cell array including a plurality of electrically writable memory cells; a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines connected to the plurality of memory cells; and a data reading and programming control section. The data reading and programming control section includes: an adjacent memory cell data reading section; an adjacent memory cell data memory section; a reading voltage level control section; a data reading section for reading the data from a first memory cell at a plurality of reading voltages corresponding to a plurality of predetermined reading voltage verify levels controlled using the reading voltage level control section; and a data determining section for determining which data of 4-value data is programmed in the first memory cell based on the data which is read by the data reading section.
US08189394B2	Page buffer circuit of nonvolatile memory device and method of operating the same The page buffer of a nonvolatile memory device utilizing a double verification method using first and second verification voltages when performing a program verification operation includes a first latch unit including a first latch configured to store input data and results of a program operation and a first verification operation using the first verification voltage, and a second latch unit including a second latch configured to have a higher latch trip point than the first latch and to store a result of a second verification operation using the second verification voltage, which is less than the first verification voltage, when the first verification operation is performed.
US08189391B2	Non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a control circuit A non-volatile semiconductor storage device includes: a memory string including a plurality of memory cells connected in series; a first selection transistor having one end connected to one end of the memory string; a first wiring having one end connected to the other end of the first selection transistor; a second wiring connected to a gate of the first selection transistor. A control circuit is configured to boost voltages of the second wiring and the first wiring in the erase operation, while keeping the voltage of the first wiring greater than the voltage of the second wiring by a certain potential difference. The certain potential difference is a potential difference that causes a GIDL current.
US08189376B2	Integrated circuit having memory cells including gate material having high work function, and method of manufacturing same An integrated circuit device (e.g., a logic or memory device) having a memory section including a plurality of memory cells, wherein each memory cell thereof includes at least one n-channel transistor having a gate, gate dielectric and first, second and body regions, wherein the gate of the at least one n-channel transistor of each memory cell includes one or more gate materials, disposed on or over the gate dielectric material. The one or more gate materials may include a semiconductor material having one or more acceptor-type doping species disposed therein. The integrated circuit device may further include a logic section including at least one n-channel transistor having a gate, gate dielectric and first, second and body regions, wherein the gate of the n-channel transistor of the logic section may include a gate semiconductor material disposed on or over the gate dielectric material.
US08189375B2	Methods of forming memory cells and methods of forming programmed memory cells In some embodiments, a memory cell includes a transistor gate spaced from a channel region by gate dielectric; a source region on one side of the channel region; and a drain region on an opposing side of the channel region from the source region. The channel region has phase change material adjacent the drain region. In some embodiments, the phase change material may be adjacent both the source region and the drain region. Some embodiments include methods of programming a memory cell that has phase change material adjacent a drain region. An inversion layer is formed within the channel region adjacent the gate dielectric, with the inversion layer having a pinch-off region within the phase change material adjacent the drain region. Hot carriers (for instance, electrons) within the pinch-off region are utilized to change a phase within the phase change material.
US08189374B2	Memory device including an electrode having an outer portion with greater resistivity A memory cell includes a first electrode having a first region and a second region, a second electrode and a phase change material. The phase change material is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode with the first region of the first electrode arranged closer to the phase change material than the second region. The first region of the first electrode includes an inner portion laterally surrounded by an outer portion. The outer portion has a greater resistivity than the inner portion. The second region of the first electrode has the same resistivity as the inner portion of the first region.
US08189370B2	Magnetic recording element, magnetic memory cell, and magnetic random access memory A low-power consumption non-volatile memory employing an electric field write magnetic recording element is provided. A multiferroic layer 301 is provided adjacent to a magnetic recording layer 2002, and by applying an electric field to the multiferroic layer to control the dielectric state of the multiferroic, the magnetization direction of the magnetic recording layer is controlled and information is written. Reading is performed by electrically detecting the magnetization direction of the magnetic recording layer by way of a magnetoresistive effect.
US08189369B2	Semiconductor device There is provided a semiconductor device that enables high-speed data read and reduces the area of a drive circuit for activating a word line. By signal transmission through a common word line having a low resistance and coupled at a plurality of points to a word line, it is possible to read data at high speed. Further, since the common word line is provided common to a plurality of memory blocks, a word line driver can be provided common to the memory blocks. Further, by disposing a latch circuit, corresponding to a sub-digit line, for holding the active state of the common word line, it is possible to transmit a row selection signal during data write through the common word line and thereby reduce a metal wiring layer.
US08189360B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes first and second element regions having a rectangular bent portion and a pair of straight line portions connected to both ends of the bent portions, respectively. The pair of straight line portions extends in an opposite direction each other along a first direction. A first element region is arranged in parallel with the second element region so that the first and second element regions are isolated by an element isolation region, and the first and second bent portions are arranged along a second direction in which the first direction intersects with the second direction at an acute angle. A select gate line connected to select transistors extends in the second direction. A plurality of word lines connected to the memory cells are arranged in parallel with the select gate line in an opposite side of the bent portions with respect to the select gate line.
US08189351B2	Multi-input DC/DC converters with zero-current switching A modular-based, zero-current-switched (ZCS), isolated full-bridge boost converter with multiple inputs is disclosed. Each converter module is used to match the connected input source and control the amount of power drawn from the source. The power from various sources are combined together and delivered to the load through a multiphase transformer. The input inductor of each boost-derived converter module keeps the input current constant and acts as a current source to drive the multiphase transformer through a phase-shifted-controlled full bridge converter. By connecting an auxiliary circuit across the full-bridge input in each module, the transformer leakage inductance and output capacitance of the switching devices are used to create resonant paths for facilitating zero-current-switching of all switching devices.
US08189345B2	Electronics module, enclosure assembly housing same, and related systems and methods Various embodiments of the invention relate to electronics modules, enclosure assemblies housing at least one such electronics module, and systems (e.g., missiles or unmanned vehicles) that may employ such enclosure assemblies. In one embodiment, an electronics module includes a first plate extending generally in a first plane, and a second plate spaced from the first plate and extending generally in a second plane. The electronics module further includes a plurality of electronic board assemblies each of which extends generally in a respective plane and is in thermal communication with at least one of the first and second plates. Each electronic board assembly may be positioned between the first and second plates and oriented so that the respective plane thereof is non-parallel relative to the first and second planes.
US08189339B2	Flexible circuit assembly for a capacitive-sensing device A flexible circuit assembly is provided which includes a flexible circuit, a substrate of a capacitive-sensing device and an electronic component that are coupled to the flexible circuit. The flexible circuit includes a first portion having a first conductive contact pad, a second portion having a second conductive contact pad, and a third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The flexible circuit is configured to fold at the third portion between the first portion and the second portion so that the first conductive contact pad couples to a first conductor disposed along a first edge of the substrate and the second conductive contact pad couples to a second conductor disposed along a second edge of the substrate of the capacitive-sensing device. The first edge of the substrate of the capacitive-sensing device is non-parallel to the second edge of the substrate of the capacitive-sensing device.
US08189338B2	Power amplifier system A modular power amplifier system includes power amplifier modules removably mounted within a cabinet. Each of the power amplifier modules includes an embedded controller and a power amplifier. An RF distribution panel includes an input port for receiving an RF input signal, and a signal splitter for dividing the RF input signal for input to the plurality of power amplifier modules. Coaxial dividers are configured to divide the RF input signal substantially equally between the plurality of power amplifier modules. Passive waveguide combiners are configured to combine the amplified RF output signals from the plurality of power amplifier modules at an output port to provide an RF output signal. A designated master controller monitors operating parameters associated with each power amplifier module. The combined power rating of the power amplifier modules exceeds a rated power of the system by at least one power amplifier module.
US08189329B2	Storage control apparatus A storage unit is provided with a plurality of sub storage units configured to include a plurality of hard disk drives, an enclosure, a printed wiring board, a power supply device, and a cable holder. The sub storage units each operate separately. The enclosure is provided in the array of hard disk drives so that the distance can be shorter between the enclosure and each of the hard disk drives. With the provision cable holder, communications cables can be both brought closer to the printed wiring board. With such a configuration, the coupling point among the communications cables and the printed wiring board, and the enclosure can be favorably reduced. The resulting storage control apparatus of the invention can be mounted with a larger number of storage devices, thereby being able to keep the signal quality.
US08189324B2	Power electronic assembly with slotted heatsink A power electronic assembly includes a pair of thermally and electrically conductive plates, and semiconductor switching elements positioned between contact surfaces of the pair of conductive plates. A first of the semiconductor switching elements is positioned at a first region of the conductive plates, and a second of the semiconductor switching elements positioned at a second region of the conductive plates. At least one of the conductive plates includes an aperture positioned between the first region and the second region of the conductive plates, such that in a compressed state, a contact surface of the conductive plate associated with the first region is substantially parallel to and offset from that of the second region in a direction parallel to the direction of compression.
US08189320B2	Capacitative element Disclosed herein is a capacitative element, including: a first electrode formed on a substrate; and a second electrode provided so as to sandwich a dielectric between the first electrode and the second electrode and so as to surround the first electrode on four sides along a surface of the substrate.
US08189318B2	Electrostatic discharging overshoe An electrostatic discharging, detachable, overshoe, includes an electrically conductive flexible skeleton with oversized heel and toe regions for placing over footwear, and a conductive element situated to facilitate conducting static electricity between a body of a wearer of the footwear and the overshoe. The overshoe can be worn over a wide variety of street, work, office, and specialty footwear and may support reduction of electro-static discharge buildup on the body of the wearer by safely conducting any electrical charge generated or transferred to the body of the wearer to a grounded surface such as an electrically conductive floor.
US08189312B2	Circuit arrangement for detecting undervoltage in an energy source A circuit arrangement (10) for detecting undervoltage in an energy source (12) includes a transistor switch (48) and at least one further switch element (30). The transistor switch (48) and the further switch element (30) are of low impedance in an operating state of the circuit arrangement (10). The transistor switch (48) blocks the further switch element (30) for interrupting the voltage supply if a supply voltage (U) of the energy source (12) is below a defined voltage value (Us).
US08189308B2	Integrated circuit An integrated circuit includes an input/output pad for signal exchange with an external circuit, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection unit coupled to the input/output pad and configured to form an ESD path between a first voltage line and a second voltage line, a first drive transistor coupled between the first voltage line and the input/output pad, a first driving control unit coupled to a gate of the first drive transistor and configured to control the first drive transistor, a first dummy drive transistor coupled between the first voltage line and the input/output pad, and a first auxiliary driving control unit configured to supply the first voltage to a gate of the first dummy drive transistor in a normal operation mode, and float the gate of the first dummy drive transistor in a non-operation mode in which no power is supplied.
US08189304B2	Magnetoresistive magnetic head having a cpp element using a heusler alloy layer and a high saturation magnetization layer A magnetoresistive magnetic head according to one embodiment uses a current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistive element having a laminate of a free layer, an intermediate layer, and a pinned layer, the pinned layer being substantially fixed to a magnetic field to be detected, wherein either the pinned layer or the free layer includes a Heusler alloy layer represented by a composition of X—Y—Z, wherein X is between about 45 at. % and about 55 at. % and is Co or Fe, Y accounts for between about 20 at. % and about 30 at. % and is one or more elements selected from V, Cr, Mn, and Fe, and Z is between about 20 at. % and about 35 at. % and is one or more elements selected from Al, Si, Ga, Ge, Sn, and Sb, the other layer including a high saturation magnetization material layer having higher saturation magnetization than that of the Heusler alloy, and where the direction of the current flowing perpendicular to plane being a direction in which an electron flows from the Heusler alloy layer into the high saturation magnetization material layer. Additional embodiments are also presented.
US08189294B2	Apparatus including modified write pole tip An apparatus that includes a write element including a write element tip having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and first and second side edges connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge, wherein the trailing edge is non-planar; a trailing shield proximate the trailing edge of the write element; a first side shield proximate the first side edge; and a second edge proximate the second side edge.
US08189290B2	Spindle motor and disk drive apparatus using the same A spindle motor includes a shaft arranged concentric with as a central axis and extending in a vertical direction, a rotor unit arranged to rotate about the central axis, a stator including a base member and a magnetic member fixed to the base member and axially opposed to the magnet. The magnetic member includes an opposing portion axially opposed to the magnet so that a magnetic attracting force is generated between the opposing portion and the magnet and a protrusion portion protruding downwards from the opposing portion. The base member includes a recess portion, and the protrusion portion of the magnetic member is fixed within the recess portion.
US08189283B2	Disk drive with state-information data buffer A hard-disk drive (HDD) is described. During operation of the HDD, measured internal temperatures in the HDD may be stored in a first table, and state information specifying operational states of the HDD associated with ranges of internal temperatures may be stored in a second table. Note that a given operational state in the second table may be associated with a corresponding internal temperature in the first table. Furthermore, during operation of the HDD, the first table and/or the second table may be stored on: a rotatable medium in the HDD, a semiconductor memory in the HDD, or both. This stored table information may facilitate error detection and diagnosis.
US08189278B2	Optical system A device for cooling optical components based on optical fibers for transmitting high optical power. The device includes one or more cavities with a flowing coolant to take care of optical power loss. The device includes a transmitting construction material having a low heat expansion coefficient arranged in direct connection with the optical components and arranged to transmit power loss radiation into the cavity which is flushed with the flowing coolant. The transmitting construction material is made as a transparent tube and surrounded by a tubular casing of a non-transparent material having a good absorption capacity so that the cavity is formed between the two materials.
US08189270B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus Disclosed are a zoom lens and an imaging apparatus having a high zoom ratio, a small total length, and a small overall size.A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power which are arranged in this order from an object side. A gap between the lens groups is changed to change power. The zoom lens satisfies the following Condition expression 1: 0.05<\|f4\|/ft<0.25 [Condition expression 1] (where ft indicates the focal length of the entire system at a telephoto end and f4 indicates the focal length of the fourth lens group).
US08189269B2	Zoom optical system, optical apparatus equipped therewith and method for manufacturing the zoom optical system Composing a zoom optical system ZL, in order from an object side, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group G5 having negative refractive power; and disposing each lens group with satisfying a given conditional expression (1); thereby providing a zoom optical system ZL capable of suppressing variation in aberrations upon zooming and carrying out excellent vibration reduction, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the zoom optical system.
US08189266B2	Optical element An optical element includes a container including first and second end face walls, a side face wall, and an accommodating chamber inside the walls; first and second liquids enclosed in the chamber; a first electrode provided on a surface of the first end face wall; a second electrode provided on a surface of the second end face wall; an insulating film provided on a surface of the second electrode; and a unit configured to apply a voltage. The shape of an interface between the liquids is changed by a voltage application, and a light transmission path, the center of which is a virtual axis passing through the end face walls in the thickness direction of the container, is formed in a portion of the second liquid. An opening having a diameter the same as or larger than the maximum diameter of the transmission path is provided in the first electrode.
US08189254B2	RF interference reduction for functional glazings An automotive vehicle having an aperture in the vehicle body in which a glazing, comprising a switchable film laminated between at least two plies of an interlayer material is fitted is disclosed. The plies of interlayer material are laminated between a first ply of glazing material, preferably glass, facing out of the vehicle and a second ply of glazing material, preferably glass, facing into the vehicle. The switchable film comprises first and second electrodes, both in electrical connection with a power supply. The first electrode is capacitively connected to electrical ground on the vehicle body.
US08189251B2	Optical scanner and image forming apparatus including the same An optical scanner provided with at least one optical path through which an optical beam emitted from a light source is directed onto a surface of an object for forming an image thereon includes a deflector configured to deflect the optical beam and a curvature adjustment unit. The curvature adjustment unit includes a reflecting mirror configured to reflect the optical beam in a predetermined direction, a holder unit configured to hold the reflecting mirror and including at least one supporter that engages the reflecting mirror, a pressure unit configured to flexibly deform the reflecting mirror in a normal direction relative to a reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror, and a fixing member fixed to at least a portion of the reflecting mirror, configured to fix a position of the holder unit relative to the reflecting mirror in a main scanning direction by contacting at least a portion of the holder unit including the supporter.
US08189248B2	Computer generated hologram, exposure apparatus and device fabrication method A computer generated hologram includes a plurality of cells which form a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane. The plurality of cells includes a plurality of first cells including isotropic media and anisotropic media, and a plurality of second cells including anisotropic media alone. The plurality of cells change a phase of incident light which impinges on each of the plurality of cells to form a phase distribution including N phases (N is the number of phases, N≧2) for each of a wavefront of a linearly polarized light component in a first direction and a wavefront of a linearly polarized light component in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US08189241B2	Image reading apparatus and light source An image reading apparatus for reading an original document including: a light source including a sheet-shaped light-emitting section which includes an electroluminescence element, the light emitting section being configured to have a folded plane folded inward or a concave curved surface, and a light emitting surface being arranged inside the folded plane or the concave curved surface; and a reading element which receives light from the original document to read images while the light source illuminates a reading position of the original document along a main-scanning direction of the original document.
US08189239B2	Media output option lighting system An electrophotographic device includes a scanning unit, at least one media output option for receiving a media sheet, and at least one light source for emitting a light beam to at least partially illuminate a media sheet receiving portion of the at least one media output tray. The media output tray is vertically stacked below the scanning unit. Still further, a user alert display is provided to alert a user to the presence of a media sheet in the output tray. A sensor detects a media sheet received in the output tray, and activates the light source and optionally the user alert display. The media output option may include a plurality of output trays, each output tray having a dedicated light source, user alert display, and sensor.
US08189238B2	Integrated and centralized method and system for managing delivered fax data A method and system for managing facsimile (fax) data in an integrated manner. The system includes an integrated fax server, and a fax terminal configured to transmit and receive fax data via a first communication network and to transmit both the transmitted and received fax data to the integrated fax server via a second communication network. The integrated fax server stores fax data received from the fax terminal in a database. The fax terminal includes a fax machine connector configured to receive fax data from a fax machine, a first communication network connector configured to transmit and receive fax data via a first communication network, and a server interface unit configured to transmit fax data to the integrated fax server. Accordingly, the integrated fax server manages transmitted and received fax documents with increased efficiency and security. Thus, the difficulty of managing fax documents due to spacial restriction is diminished.
US08189237B2	Distributing a SRE codes in halftone pixels pattern in supercell A method is employed that represents patterns using a super resolution encoding method that distributes the code value among adjacent pixels. One or more blocks are created, wherein each block is comprised of a plurality of bits, the height of the block is equal to the width of the block. One or more supercells are created by merging at least two adjacent blocks. One or more patterns are defined, wherein each pattern is defined by selecting one or more bits to be one of filled or unfilled within each supercell. Each of the one or more patterns is associated with an SRE code, the SRE code is related to the number and location of bits that are filled within the pattern. A pattern is defined with a plurality of patterns, each pattern is included in the one or more supercells.
US08189234B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium storing image processing program An image processing apparatus is disclosed. In the image processing apparatus, a vector converting section converts image data output from a color scanner into vector coefficients, and a color mapping section converts the image data, which are converted into the vector coefficients, into L kinds of record image data corresponding to color materials which are used by a color printer, by referring to an M-dimensional LUT (lookup table). In the M-dimensional LUT, record image data optimal under plural observing light sources have been stored corresponding to the image data converted into the vector coefficients.
US08189231B1	Automated mechanical approval of advertisement copy Methods, systems, and apparatus for evaluating an advertisement. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an electronic file comprising an advertisement; receiving one or more ad space parameters associated with a publication; comparing one or more attributes of the advertisement with the one or more ad space parameters; generating results based on the comparison of the one or more attributes of the advertisement with the one or more ad space parameters; determining whether to accept the advertisement for publication based on the generated results; and altering at least one of the one or more attributes of an unaccepted advertisement such that it conforms with a corresponding ad space parameter.
US08189228B2	Image forming apparatus, print control method and control program An image forming apparatus is equipped with at least a first analyzing section to analyze first print setting information included in the print data and described outside the main body of the document data, a second analyzing section to analyze second print setting information included in the main body of the document data, a memory section having a memory area to memorize print setting information, a print setting control section to update print setting information stored in advance as default data in the memory area for each setting item on the basis of the first print setting information and thereafter to allow print setting information of setting items in the predetermined memory area to be updated further on the basis of the second print setting information except the setting items in which the print setting information has been updated on the basis of the first print setting information.
US08189227B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer-readable recording medium storing image forming program An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes plural image output units, plural output image data converting units disposed for the corresponding image output units for converting image data of a predetermined format into image data of a format for the corresponding image output units, a first memory unit which is used in common for storing image data in processes by the image output units and the output image data converting units, and a memory area adjusting unit which adjusts a memory area in the first memory unit for memory area obtaining requests from the image output units and the output image data converting units.
US08189224B2	Printing apparatus and print managing method Each time printing is performed by an MFP, a controller control unit counts up a billing counter value stored in a billing-counter recording unit. Additionally, each time a print job is completed, the controller control unit stores a job history of the print job in a job-history storage unit. A job history of a print job that is in progress at a predetermined counting time is divided into a plurality of job histories and managed by a job-history managing application.
US08189213B2	Image forming apparatus capable of using security code for communication On receiving FAX image data, an image forming apparatus determines whether or not a security code is superimposed on the image data. If superimposed, the image forming apparatus stored the content of the security code and erases the superimposed security code from the image. Thereafter, the image forming apparatus creates a higher-resolution security code including the same information as that of the stored security code. The FAX image is converted into a higher-resolution image. The higher-resolution security code is superimposed on the FAX image with a higher resolution resulted from the conversion, and the resultant FAX image is printed.
US08189204B2	Surface wave enabled darkfield aperture Embodiments of the present invention relate to a surface wave enabled darkfield aperture structure comprising an aperture layer, a aperture in the aperture layer and a plurality of grooves around the aperture. The aperture layer has a first and second surface. The plurality of grooves is in the first surface. A surface wave propagates along at least the first surface. The plurality of grooves is configured to generate a darkfield at the aperture by modifying the surface wave to cancel out direct transmission of a uniform incident light field received by the aperture.
US08189203B2	Reticle inspection systems and method A method and systems for reticle inspection. The method includes coherently illuminating surfaces of an inspection reticle and a reference reticle, applying a Fourier transform to scattered light from the illuminated surfaces, shifting the phase of the transformed light from the reference reticle such that a phase difference between the transformed light from the inspection reticle and the transformed light from the reference reticle is 180 degrees, combining the transformed light as an image subtraction, applying an inverse Fourier transform to the combined light, and detecting the combined light at a detector. An optical path length difference between two optical paths from the illumination source to the detector is less than a coherence length of the illumination source. The image detected by the detector represents a difference in amplitude and phase distributions of the reticles allowing foreign particles, defects, or the like, to be easily distinguished.
US08189199B2	Dual sample mode spectrophotometer A dual-mode method and apparatus of selectively measuring samples in either a vessel or as a surface tension retained sample held between two opposing pedestals is introduced. In either configuration, such modes further contain optical paths from a source system through a small-volume or large-volume sample to a spectrometer based system. Such a system enables a user to measure samples with absorbances ranging from about 0.005 up to about 2.0 Absorbance Units for any given wavelength.
US08189190B2	Remote chemical and elemental analysis by ultra fast spectroscopy Systems and methods are provided for monitoring materials using ultra fast laser pulses. Ultra fast laser pulses, such as femtosecond or attosecond laser pulses, are applied to the materials and laser pulses that result from interactions between the ultra fast laser pulses and the materials are collected. Spectral content of the resulting pulses is generated and presented. The elemental composition of the materials is determined using the spectral content.
US08189185B2	Optical inspection method and optical inspection system An optical semiconductor wafer inspection system and a method thereof are provided for voids and particles produced in a flattening process by classifying and inspecting defects such as scratches, a polishing or grinding technique used for semiconductor manufacturing. The present invention is an optical semiconductor wafer inspection system and a method thereof characterized by obliquely illuminating a scratch, void or particle produced on the surface of a polished or ground insulating film at substantially the same velocity of light, detecting scattered light at the time of oblique illumination from the surface of an inspection target at different angles and thereby classifying the scratch, void or particle.
US08189183B2	Optical inspection apparatus An optical inspection apparatus capable of adjusting an incident angle of a detected light beam and adjusting a detecting angle for detecting the detected light beam. A driving mechanism is used to actuate two arms having a light source and a detector disposed thereon respectively to conduct a relative movement between the two arms so as to control the incident angle and the detecting angle. By means of the embodiments, mechanism for adjusting the angle is simplified so that the apparatus is capable of being adapted to combine with the application of micro sensors such that practicality of modularization design and microminiaturization and convenience of operation are capable of being greatly improved and that the cost can be reduced.
US08189176B2	Velocity detector A method of detecting the velocity of a moving object comprising the steps of: passing a beam of coherent light through an optical mask having a pattern of alternating opaque and non-opaque regions formed thereon, whereby an image of alternating light and dark fringes is projected along the length of the light beam; causing the moving object to pass through the projected image such that a portion of the light beam is reflected from the moving object as a series of pulses; detecting the reflected light pulses and the frequency of the pulses; and calculating the velocity of the object as a function of the pulse frequency and the known separation of the fringes of the image.
US08189175B2	Immersion lithography apparatus and tank thereof A tank for an immersion lithography apparatus provided. The tank has a container with a bottom plate and side plates connected to each, wherein the side plates surround and connect all edges of the bottom plate. The container is filled in at least a liquid having a refractive index thereof from about 1.4 to about 1.8. A platform is located in the container and immersed in the liquid. The platform has an axle fastened on a side thereof parallel to the bottom plate, wherein the axle passes through a bearing hole penetrated through one of the side plates. A roller disposed outside the container connects to the axle to rotate the axle, and furthermore, to incline the platform accordingly.
US08189166B2	Apparatus for transferring liquid crystal display panel A liquid crystal display panel transferring apparatus capable of transferring a liquid crystal display (LCD) panels with various models, the apparatus including a first main body to affix a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel formed on a substrate; and at least one second main body extendable from the first main body to adjust an area to affix the LCD panel; a third main body extendable from the second main body. The transferring apparatus may include an impact applying unit formed at the third main body to apply an impact to the substrate at an outer periphery of the LCD panel.
US08189165B2	Liquid-crystalline coating fluid and polarizing film A liquid-crystalline coating fluid comprises: a lyotropic liquid crystal compound; a vinyl alcohol-based polymer; and a solvent, wherein 0.05 to 1.5 weight parts of vinyl alcohol-based polymer is contained with respect to 100 weight parts of the lyotropic liquid-crystal compound.
US08189163B2	Display device Disclosed is a display device including a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate. The first substrate includes a first surface and a second surface, on which a columnar spacer is formed. The second substrate includes a third surface, on which a columnar spacer facing portion is formed, and a fourth surface. The second surface is opposed to the third surface, and at least one of a top portion of the columnar spacer and the columnar spacer facing portion has an inclined surface, which is inclined relative to the second surface or the third surface. An inclination direction of the inclined surface, when viewed from a normal direction of the first surface or the fourth surface, is parallel to or perpendicular to a first direction, which is parallel to the first surface or the fourth surface.
US08189162B2	Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof Disclosed is a thin film transistor substrate for a fringe filed switching type liquid crystal display device, and a fabrication method thereof, that reduces the number of required mask processes, and thus improves fabrication efficiency. The fabrication method involves three mask processes, wherein the masks are partial transmitting masks, and the resulting photo-resist patterns have varying thicknesses. By having photo-resist layers of varying thicknesses, structures can be formed in multiple etching steps using the same photo-resist pattern by incrementally removing the photo-resist according to its thickness. The thin film transistor substrate has a common line, a common electrode, a gate line and a gate electrode formed directly on the substrate. The common electrode overlaps the pixel electrode in the pixel area.
US08189160B2	Display substrate and liquid crystal display panel having the same A display substrate comprises gate lines, data lines intersecting the gate lines, and a pixel electrode connected to at least one of the gate lines and at least one of the data lines. The pixel electrode comprises one or more micro-slit patterns each of which comprises a plurality of micro-electrodes separated by slits. The pixel electrode comprises a first shielding pattern interconnecting end portions of two or more of the micro-electrodes of one of the one or more micro-slit patterns, the end portions overlapping with one of the gate lines.
US08189154B2	Liquid crystal display device wherein each pixel has first, second, third, and, fourth alignment azimuths that are different from each other A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a plurality of pixels, each including first and second subpixels SP-A and SP-B. The reference alignment azimuths of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer of the first subpixel SP-A include only first and second reference alignment azimuths with no third or fourth one. The reference alignment azimuths of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer of the second subpixel SP-B include only the third and fourth reference alignment azimuths with no first or second one. In one vertical scanning period, the absolute value of an effective voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer of the first subpixel SP-A is greater than that of an effective voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer of the second subpixel SP-B. In another vertical scanning period, the absolute value of an effective voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer of the second subpixel SP-B is greater than that of an effective voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer of the first subpixel SP-A.
US08189153B2	Pixel structure and display panel having the same A pixel structure including a substrate, a scan line, a data line, an active device, a capacitor electrode and a pixel electrode is described. The substrate has a pixel region. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The capacitor electrode is disposed on the substrate. The pixel electrode is disposed in the pixel region and electrically connected to the active device, wherein the pixel electrode includes a first extending part, a second extending part and branches. The first extending part is disposed above the capacitor electrode and electrically coupling with the capacitor electrode, wherein the capacitor electrode is not completely covered by the first extending part. The second extending part has an extending direction different from that of the first extending part. The branches extend from the first extending part and the second extending part to an edge of the pixel region.
US08189143B2	Display device A liquid crystal display panel is divided into a plurality of regions and a plurality of regions extending in respective striped shapes. The plurality of regions and the plurality of regions are arranged so as to alternately align. A plurality of sub-pixels are assigned to a first group and a second group, three sub-pixels of the first group constitute a pixel, and three sub-pixels of the second group constitute a pixel. Each pair of regions adjacent to each other constitutes each set, and parallax barriers are formed in a portion on a black matrix between adjacent sets and portions on the black matrix on outer sides of the regions positioned at ends, respectively.
US08189136B2	Display device having an optical sheet with hardened part and manufacturing method for the same A liquid crystal display contains a light source, a light guide panel that directs light from the light source towards a display panel, and optical sheets containing a diffusion sheet that spreads the light from the light guide panel and at least one prism sheet that redirects light from the diffusion sheet in a direction substantially perpendicular to the display panel. The optical sheets contain a region adjacent to the light source that has a hardened part that substantially prevents heat from being transferred to a display region of the optical sheet corresponding to the display region of the display panel and minimizes the temperature difference across the display region. The hardened part is formed on at least opposing sides of the optical sheets, overlaps a non-display region of the display panel and is bent or contains a convex part that projects towards the display panel.
US08189135B2	LED back-light unit and liquid crystal display device using the same An LED back-light unit and other devices using the LED back-light unit are discussed. According to one embodiment, an LED back-light unit includes a light guide portion that includes a light guide plate and a reflection plate coupled to the light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate has a light input part and a first connection part, and wherein the reflection plate has a second connection part connected to the first connection part, and a light source including at least one light emitting diode, the light source emitting light toward the light guide portion.
US08189133B2	Display module and method for fixing A display module (12) adapted to be received in a module frame (27,34), the display module (12) comprising front and rear substrates (13,14). The rear substrate (14) of the display module (12) is extended in its principal plane to provide a ledge (26), which exposes the inner face (17) of the rear substrate (14) such that the display module (12) may be secured in the module frame (27,34) by a fixing between the inner face (17) of the rear substrate (14) and a face of the module frame (27,34).
US08189130B2	Array substrate, liquid crystal display panel and method for manufacturing the same An active array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a method for manufacturing the active array substrate are provided. The active array substrate includes a base, scan lines, data lines and gate tracking lines disposed on the base. Each of the gate tracking lines has first portions, auxiliary portions and junction portions, wherein the junction portion and the first portion are formed in different layers. One of the junction portions is electrically connected with corresponding one of the first portions.
US08189128B2	Liquid crystal display having first and second diffusion members and a plurality of sensors that can detect a sensing signal reflected from an object A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel; a plurality of first light sources disposed below the liquid crystal panel; a first diffusion member disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the first light sources; a plurality of second light sources disposed below the liquid crystal panel and which emit a sensing signal toward the liquid crystal panel; and a plurality of sensors disposed in or below the liquid crystal panel. The sensing signal emitted from the plurality of second light sources toward the liquid crystal panel is reflected by an object disposed above the liquid crystal panel and is detected by the plurality of sensors before transmitting through the first diffusion member away from the liquid crystal panel such that a shape of the object is determined based on the sensing signal reflected from the object and detected by the plurality of sensors.
US08189127B2	Input device According to the input device of the present invention, phase-difference plate (11) with ¼ wavelength is disposed on the top surface of upper substrate (1) of touch panel (12). As a result of passing through phase-difference plate (11), lamplight 9a that illuminates LCD element (8) goes outside as outgoing-light 9c with a phase-shift of ¼ wavelength. With the structure above, a user wearing polarized sunglasses—even if they have an absorption axis in a direction the same as that of lamplight 9a—can easily recognize the displays shown by LCD element (8) on the back surface of touch panel (12). The structure offers a user-friendly input device with good visibility of LCD element (8).
US08189121B2	Advertising apparatus An advertising apparatus 10 including a generally flat base 12 and a broad face 14 which forms an acute angle 16 with the generally flat base 12. Further, the broad face 14 includes several display portions 20, 22, and 18 which, in one non-limiting embodiment of the invention, are programmable. In one non-limiting embodiment, the apparatus may include a selectively depressible alarm switch 100.
US08189110B2	Equalization of noise characteristics of the components of a composite image without degrading subject image quality A visible mismatch in noise characteristics between a portion of a background scene inserted in composite image by a matte generated from a blue screen and a second portion of the same background inserted by a garbage matte is significantly reduced by adding extracted noise characteristics from the foreground image to the portion of the background scene inserted by the garbage matte. The selective addition of foreground noise characteristics to portions of the background scene significantly enhances the realistic look of a composite image.
US08189107B1	System and method for performing visual data post-processing based on information related to frequency response pre-processing A system, method and computer program product are provided. After receipt of visual data, an aspect of the frequency response associated with the visual data is changed. Thereafter, subsequent processing is performed on the visual data, based on information extracted from and related to the aspect of the frequency response change.
US08189101B2	Data connector for an electronics device One embodiment of the invention sets forth a hand-held electronics device for recording digital video that includes a housing, a processor disposed within the housing, and a data connector coupled to the processor such that data can be transmitted to and from the processor through the data connector. The data connector includes an arm rotationally coupled to the housing, and an adapter portion matable with a corresponding adapter of a computer system. The data connector forms a portion of a top part or a bottom part of the housing when in a retracted position. Among other things, the disclosed hand-held electronics device advantageously enables a user to easily, with one hand, hold the hand-held electronics device and slide the trigger with a thumb or other finger to release the data connector into the extended position.
US08189095B2	Method and apparatus for superresolution imaging An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing superresolution imaging of a target, including remote targets. An apparatus for superresolution imaging may include a receiver having a predefined receiving aperture for capturing an image of the target. The apparatus may also include a plurality of transmitters spaced apart from one another and configured to concurrently emit signals with a phase difference therebetween. The plurality of transmitters may be further configured to emit overlapping beams onto the target to produce a fringe pattern modulated at spatial frequencies beyond the resolution limit of the receiving aperture. The apparatus may further include a processor configured to process the image including at least a portion of the fringe pattern in order to produce a superresolved image including spatial frequency content beyond the resolution limit of the receiving aperture. A corresponding method may also be provided.
US08189086B2	Image sensing apparatus and image capturing system that performs a thinning-out readout An image sensing apparatus comprises: a pixel array; a selection unit which selects a readout region in the pixel array; and a readout unit which reads out a signal from the readout region, wherein in thinning-out readout, the readout unit reads out signals from a first readout region corresponding to the whole pixel array at a first pixel density in a first frame period and reads out signals from a second readout region corresponding to a part of the pixel array at a second pixel density in a second frame period, the second pixel density being higher than the first pixel density, and in thinning-out readout, the selection unit causes pixels in the first readout region to perform a charge accumulation operation for a first accumulation period and causes pixels in the second readout region to perform the charge accumulation operation for a second accumulation period.
US08189078B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes an image pickup device that images a photogenic subject, a drive part that drives the image pickup device in order to read out image signals from the image pickup device, a digital signal processing part in which image signals outputted from the image pickup device are inputted and processed, one image display part connected to the digital signal processing part and configured to display using one display format a processed image, another image display part connected to the digital signal processing part and configured to display using another display format the processed image and which requires more time for display processing than the time required for display processing by the one display format and an image switch-over part for switching over an image display device between the one image display part and the another image display part. The digital signal processing part includes an operation speed shift part for setting the speed of operation of the drive part in correspondence to the switch-over of an image display device from the one image display part to the another image display part and a smear detection part for detecting smears based on image data obtained from the image pickup device. When smears are not detected based on the detection result of the smear detection part, the digital signal processing part maintains the speed of operation when an image is displayed in the another image display part to the speed of operation when an image is displayed in the one image display part.
US08189077B2	Method for reducing smear effect of dynamic image A method for reducing smear effects of a dynamic image is for an image sensor. The image sensor converts a shot image picture into image data, and the image data is divided into an effective region, an upper optical black region (UOB), and a lower optical black region (LOB). The method includes capturing two continuous image data to serve as a first frame image and a second frame image; calculating brightness difference values between individual pixels at corresponding pixel positions of the LOB of the first frame image and the UOB of the second frame image; comparing the brightness difference values with a threshold; obtaining positions to be compensated in the UOB of the second frame image, when the UOB of the second frame image requires brightness compensation; and compensating brightness values of pixels in the effective region of the second frame image corresponding to the positions to be compensated.
US08189075B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method for generating second image data by interpolating color components of pixels in first image data A digital camera first carries out R component and B component interpolation processing on image data. Then, magnification chromatic aberration correction processing is carried out on the image data that has undergone R component and B component interpolation processing. Then, G component interpolation processing is carried out on the image data that has undergone magnification chromatic aberration correction processing. In carrying out G component interpolation processing, a determination is made as to the G components of which pixels to use in the interpolation processing based on R components or B components of the image data that has undergone magnification chromatic aberration correction processing.
US08189071B2	Imaging apparatus and method for searching for classified images An imaging apparatus utilizes management data which includes file identification information identifying an image file recorded on a recording medium and search identification information indicating search information stored in header part of the image file identified by the file identification information. The file identification information is associated with the search identification information, and the search information is classified into predetermined categories and managed. When a category is designated, a controller referring to the management data identifies the image file related to the designated category, in the image files stored in the first or second recording medium, based on the file identification information associated with the search identification information indicating the search information that belongs to the designated category.
US08189067B2	Determining the illuminant in a captured scene A method for determining an illuminant in a scene includes, applying, to sampled outputs of a sensor array used to capture the scene, a plurality of color-correction profiles, wherein each color-correction profile corresponds to a particular illuminant, thereby forming a plurality of color-corrected sampled outputs. The method further includes identifying the illuminant in the scene as corresponding to the color-corrected sampled output having the least color variance.
US08189062B2	Image pick-up module and method for assembling such an image pick-up module An image pick-up module comprises an electronic image sensor, single-piece circuit board electrically bonded to the image sensor, and at least one cable electrically bonded and leading away from the circuit board. The circuit board has at least three sections, first and second section extending in relation to the other and obliquely or crosswise to the image sensor, and third section arranged between first and second section. The image sensor is arranged on the circuit board opposite the third section. In a method for assembling the image pick-up module, the circuit board has the form of a planar board blank comprising at least three sections folded along flexible connecting sections whereby the at least one cable is bonded to the board, and the board folds whereby a third section is located between first and second section, and the image sensor is bonded to the circuit board opposite the third section.
US08189048B2	Vehicle speed monitoring system A vehicle speed monitoring system comprises a plurality of cameras (10, 40) for capturing images of vehicle registration marks of passing vehicles. An electronic processing means produces electronic records for each vehicle recognition mark with an associated time of image capture. When a match is found between a vehicle registration mark stemming from a first camera (10) and from a second camera (40) then a central electronic processing means (20) uses the image capture times to calculate a travel time of the vehicle. This time is compared with a minimum travel time for a journey between the first and second cameras. Each camera (10, 40) is provided with clock means individual thereto which produces the times of image capture and each camera is also provided with timing verification means which accesses a plurality of independent time sources. The independent time sources originate time signals independently of the central electronic processing means, and the verification means is capable of checking whether the clock means is generating a time within a predetermined tolerance of the time signals obtained from the independent sources.
US08189040B2	Recipe generation system and method There is provided a recipe generation apparatus and method for reducing the time required to reflect an optimal value and changed value in an input file by automatically reflecting a value obtained by optimizing an input file for recipe generation in the input file for recipe generation. This invention eliminates the inconvenience of manually reflecting changes in an input file for recipe generation by automatically reflecting changed values in the input file for recipe generation after editing a provisionally generated off-line recipe and achieves a reduction in processing time. This invention also provides a method for automatically generating an off-line recipe and a file for recipe generation from a recipe of a scanning electron microscope (see FIG. 3).
US08189039B2	Autostereoscopic display device A drive method and apparatus is provided for a 2D/3D autostereoscopic display with a switchable lens array having an electrically switchable refractive index, between an array of row electrode lines and an array of column electrode lines to control the switching of the lens elements. The drive signals comprise: a row select voltage waveform (Rsw), —a column select voltage waveform (Csw), —and a common row and column de-select voltage waveform (Vbase). The waveforms each comprise a substantially square wave voltage waveform, each waveform having the same period. The three waveforms are time staggered with respect to each other with a phase shift of 2/3 or 4/3 between each waveform and each other waveform. This arrangement provides polarity inversion voltage waveforms when switching voltages are applied to the lens elements, and with maximized RMS voltage.
US08189026B2	Method and apparatus for correcting print images in an electrophotographic printer A method of correcting print images in an electrophotographic printer wherein an image formed by a print head (3) on a peripheral surface of a photoconductor drum (1) is transferred and printed on a sheet of paper. The method comprises: furnishing the print head with a standard tacho signal in the form of pulses and thereby printing on a sheet of paper a check mark (9) for each given number of pulses of the standard tacho signal while the photoconductor drum makes one rotation; by means of a camera (10), detecting a periodic deviation in each spacing between successive such check marks; in response to the deviation in each spacing between the successive check marks, varying the pulse width of pulses of the standard tacho signal for each spacing between the successive check marks, thereby to provide a modified tacho signal; and effecting printing thereafter based on the modified tacho signal.
US08189024B2	Neutralization apparatus and printer having neutralization apparatus The invention provides a neutralization apparatus which simplifies an apparatus composition, lowers an apparatus cost and removes electrical charge effectively from a ribbon-like substance which is charged by stripping, and provides a printer having the neutralization apparatus. The neutralization apparatus neutralizes an ink ribbon. The neutralization apparatus has a conductive roller which is arranged so as to contact the surface of the ink ribbon and a neutralization brush which counters the back of the ink ribbon. A balance of the electrical charge of the surface and the electrical charge of the back of the ink ribbon is broken by electrical discharge caused by the conductive roller. And thereby, the charged voltage of the electrical charge of the back of the ink ribbon becomes large and the neutralization brush remove the electrical charge charged to the back of the ink ribbon effectively.
US08189023B2	Thermal transfer printing Apparatus for thermal transfer printing of an image from a thermal retransfer sheet onto an article, includes heating means adapted to supply a flow of heated gas for causing dye transfer, and oscillating vane means for directing the heated gas in a direction transverse to the direction of flow, for distributing the heated gas over article(s) during dye transfer. Also disclosed is a method of printing an image, and the resulting printed article.
US08189022B2	Thermal head, thermal printer, and manufacturing method for thermal head To improve print quality, a plurality of heating resistors (14) are arranged with spaces therebetween on a heat storage layer (13) laminated on a surface of a supporting substrate (11) via an adhesive layer (12) made of an elastic material. A cavity portion (19) is formed at a region between the supporting substrate (11) and the heat storage layer (13), the region being opposed to a heat generating portion of each of the plurality of heating resistors (14). The elastic material constituting the adhesive layer (12) is arranged so that the elastic material is in a bonded state with respect to at least a part of a surface of the heat storage layer (13) opposed to the cavity portion (19).
US08189017B2	Apparatus and method for controlling picture quality of flat panel display An apparatus and method for controlling picture quality of a flat panel display. The apparatus for controlling picture quality of the flat panel display includes a position determining unit which determines a display position of digital video data; a gray-level determining unit which determines a gray-level value of the digital video data; and a frame rate control unit that disperses a plurality of dither patterns determined by a compensation value for compensating for brightness in a boundary between the panel defect region and the non-defect region during a plurality of frame periods and controls data, which will be displayed in the boundary, by the compensation value, if the digital video data is determined to the data which will be displayed in the boundary between the panel defect region and the non-defect region according to the determined result of the position determining unit.
US08189013B2	Video signal processing device and method of processing gradation Disclosed is a video signal processing device and a method of processing gradation capable of improving the contrast ratio and the user satisfaction of a plasma display device. The video signal processing device includes a position detecting unit for detecting positions of pixels to be displayed in a frame, a sub region detecting unit for detecting a central region including a reference point formed of at least one pixel in the frame and sub regions surrounding the central region, and a compensating unit for differently compensating brightness of pixels positioned in the sub regions and brightness of pixels positioned in the central unit.
US08189012B2	Digital image composition method A digital image composition method is adapted to eliminate a ghost image produced by a digital image-capturing apparatus due to handshakes in shooting. The method includes the steps. In a pre-shooting process, a base image and a comparison image are respectively captured. A base pixel is selected from the base image, and a core window is set with the base pixel at the center. A comparison pixel is selected from the comparison image, and a search window is set with the comparison pixel at the center. Each area of the search window is compared through the core window, and an absolute error sum value between the base image and the comparison image is calculated. It is determined how to change the brightness of the base pixel according to the normalized region difference value. The above steps are repeated to adjust each pixel in the base image.
US08189008B2	Color control intuitive touchpad A method and apparatus whereby a two-dimensional touchpad control for selecting color is implemented via a touch sensitive surface with a graphical attachment on its surface to select both an intensity and a color. The graphical attachment having two regions, one region being a rectangular shape to select the intensity via a Y-axis and the other being a two dimensional X/Y-axis control surface with color Hue on one axis and color Saturation on the other axis. Software running in a control device monitors touchpad regions for user inputs and converts the raw selected parameters on the touchpad into the Hue, Saturation and Intensity information, used in the preferred embodiment to control light fixture color and intensity.
US08189002B1	Method and apparatus for visualizing three-dimensional and higher-dimensional image data sets In one aspect, the invention provides improvements in a digital data processor of the type that renders a three-dimensional (3D) volume image data into a two-dimensional (2D) image suitable for display. The improvements include a graphics processing unit (GPU) that comprises a plurality of programmable vertex shaders that are coupled to a plurality of programmable pixel shaders, where one or more of the vertex and pixel shaders are adapted to determine intensities of a plurality of pixels in the 2D image as an iterative function of intensities of sample points in the 3D image through which a plurality viewing rays associated with those pixels are passed. The pixel shaders compute, for each ray, multiple iteration steps of the iterative function prior to computing respective steps for a subsequent ray.

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