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US08205263B1 Systems and methods for identifying an executable file obfuscated by an unknown obfuscator program
A method for analyzing an unverified executable file within an antivirus engine in order to identify the executable file as being obfuscated by an unknown obfuscator program is described. An unverified executable file comprising obfuscated library strings is received. A list of pre-verified library strings is accessed. A determination is made as to whether the unverified executable file comprises one or more of the pre-verified library strings. The unverified executable file is identified as being obfuscated by an unknown obfuscator program if the file does not comprise one or more of the pre-verified library strings.
US08205260B2 Detection of window replacement by a malicious software program
Various embodiments of a system and method for providing protection against malicious software programs are disclosed. The system and method may be operable to detect that a first window of a legitimate software program has been replaced by a second window of a malicious software program, e.g., where the second window includes features to mimic the first window in an effort to fool the user into inputting sensitive information into the second window. The method may operate to alert the user when the window replacement is detected.
US08205257B1 Systems and methods for preventing threats originating from a non-process based component hosted by a trusted process
A computer-implemented method for preventing threats originating from a non-process based component hosted by a trusted process is described. The loading activity of the trusted process is monitored. A trust level associated with the trusted process is altered when an unverified component is loaded into the trusted process. Events performed by the trusted process are monitored. An unverified component that originated the event is identified. The trusted process is terminated based on a security risk associated with the unverified component that originated the event.
US08205252B2 Network accountability among autonomous systems
Accountability among Autonomous Systems (ASs) in a network ensures reliable identification of various customers within the ASs and provides defensibility against malicious customers within the ASs. In one implementation, reliable identification is achieved by implementing ingress filtering on data packets originating within individual ASs and defensibility is provided by filtering data packets on request. To facilitate on-request filtering, individual ASs are equipped with a Filter Request Server (FRS) to filter data packets from certain customers identified in a filter request. Thus, when a requesting customer makes a filter request against an offending customer, the FRS within the AS to which the offending customer belongs conducts on-request filtering and installs an on-request filter on a first-hop network infrastructure device for the offending customer. Consequently, the first-hop network infrastructure device filters any data packet sent from the offending customer to the requesting customer.
US08205250B2 Method of validating a digital certificate and a system therefor
A method of validating a digital certificate comprises retrieving from a first data store a digital certificate, retrieving from a second data store a plurality of certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and selecting one of the plurality of CRLs to validate the digital certificate as of a date which is before the current date.
US08205247B2 Method of authenticating a client, identity and service providers, authentication and authentication assertion request signals and corresponding computer programs
A method is provided of authenticating a client to access a service provided by a service provider, whereby the service provider queries an identity provider to verify identity of the client and authorize access the service. The method includes: verifying using the identity provider to verify that an identity level corresponding to an earlier authentication of the client is stored with the identity provider, and granting service access authorization to the client, which is performed either (i) directly following the verification step when the identity level required is less than the stored identity level, or (ii) after the following steps when the identity level required is greater than the stored identity level or when no client authentication is available, namely requesting authentication of the client having the required identity level and replacing the stored identity level with the required identity level if the client is authenticated by the identity provider.
US08205246B2 User sensitive filtering of network application layer resources
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving authorization data at a local node of a network. The authorization data indicates a particular network address of a different node in the network and an authenticated user ID of a user of the different node. Resource profile data is retrieved based on the user ID. The resource profile data indicates all application layer resources on the network that the user is allowed to access. The particular network address is associated at the local node with the resource profile data for the user. A request from the particular network address for a requested application layer resource on the network is blocked based on the resource profile data associated with the particular network address.
US08205245B2 System and method for creating a secure trusted social network
A system for a plurality of users to share resources with access, control and configuration based on pre-defined relationships of trust between the users of the system. A computer-based authority provides the services of authentication, identification and verification of each user within network. Processes are described that leads to the formation of an electronic community, which facilitates electronic communication and transactions in a defined manner.
US08205243B2 Control of enhanced application features via a conditional access system
A service provider provides conditional access to data that is decrypted by authorized set-top boxes (DHCTs). The encrypted programs include encrypted enhanced programs by adding a field to entitlement management messages and corresponding entitlement control messages.
US08205223B2 Method and video device for accessing information
A method and video device are disclosed for accessing information. In an embodiment of the present invention, part of data included in a title, being played, read from a storage medium or extracted from a broadcast signal is extracted and sent to a server over a network, and information corresponding to the part of the data (i.e., information related to the data and complete data of the data) is received from the server and played. Rather than the part of the data, information related to a position of the data, (e.g. a time point at which the playing of the data starts within the title or a radial position or a physical address at which the data is located in the storage medium) may be sent. The data may be data that forms audio, a frame-shaped video clip or a frame-shaped picture included in the title.
US08205221B2 Slot-in type disk apparatus having link arm with folded piece
A slot-in type disk apparatus in which a base body and a lid constitute a chassis sheath, a disk-insertion opening is formed in a front surface of the chassis sheath, a traverse base is disposed on a front surface side of the base body, a rear base is disposed on a rear surface side of the base body, a printed board is provided between the rear base and the base body, and a link arm is disposed between the rear base and the printed board, wherein an opening is formed in a portion of the rear base, a folded piece which is folded toward the opening is formed on a portion of the link arm, a space is formed on the side of the printed board by the folded piece, and a part to be mounted on the printed board is disposed such as to correspond to the space.
US08205218B1 Data storage system having common software environment
Described are techniques for facilitating communication between code modules. A first code module is provided that makes at least one call using an application programming interface. The application programming interface facilitates communication between the first code module and a target code module and provides support for performing the at least one call from a first execution mode associated with the first code module and a second execution mode associated with the target code module. The application programming interface provides support for user space to user space communication, user space to kernel space communication, kernel space to kernel space communication, and kernel to user space communication. The first execution mode of the first code module and said second execution mode of the target code module are determined. A communication path is established between the code modules in accordance with the first and second execution modes.
US08205188B2 Automatically generating a second graphical program based on a first graphical program
System and method for programmatically generating a second graphical program associated with a second programming development environment based on a first graphical program associated with a first programming development environment. The second graphical program may be generated programmatically, without relying on user input, or may prompt for user input to determine various options to use in generating the second graphical program. The second graphical program may implement the functionality of, or a portion of the functionality of, the first graphical program. The method preferably generates the second graphical program such that the second programming development environment is operable to treat the second graphical program identically to a graphical program interactively developed by a user using the second programming development environment. Thus, once the second graphical program has been generated, the user may use the second programming development environment to edit the second graphical program, execute the second graphical program, etc.
US08205187B1 Generalizing and inferring behaviors of a circuit design
An executable circuit design is used to generate waveforms, from which behaviors of the circuit are captured. The behaviors and various combinations thereof can then be saved in a database, along with descriptions and other metadata about them, thereby generating a behavioral index of the circuit design code. Behavioral indexing of circuit designs allows a user to maintain an indexed behavior database, track changes in behaviors as the circuit design's executable description evolves, and figure out how the executable description can be reused in different projects. When applied to digital design development, it facilities the current design and verification effort, as well as design reuse down the line.
US08205174B2 Integrated circuit modeling method and framework tool
An integrated circuit modeling method 100 implementable on computer, which has an executable software model 145 having modules 140 of reusable functional cores 105 coded in a high level language and a virtual platform of the integrated circuit employable in an architecture exploration step 115. A modeling library of modules coded in high level languages and hardware level languages are provided and instantiated according to user input in a functional verification step 120 having a co-simulation environment, with interface code 170 between modules automatically generated by an interface generator 130 based on a two dimensional data array of hardware specification inputs 205, the interface code 170 further interfacing with wrappers engaged between high and hardware level language modules.
US08205169B1 Multiple editor user interface
An application user interface includes multiple editors, each presenting a data view and controls for operating on data. The application user interface includes a windowed mode and a full-screen mode. The windowed mode displays multiple editors simultaneously, such as in separate windows or panes. The full-screen mode displays a primary editor that substantially covers the application display area. The full-screen mode displays the secondary editors as drawer user interface elements arranged along the edges of the application display area. Secondary editors are displayed and accessed as needed via these drawer user interface elements. The relative arrangement of editors is preserved when switching between windowed mode and full-screen mode. Users can customize the application user interface in either windowed mode or full-screen mode to add, remove, or change primary and secondary editors, with any changes in the application user interface being preserved when switching between windowed mode and full-screen mode.
US08205166B2 Methods for organizing information accessed through a web browser
Methods are provided for assisting in the organization of information accessed through a web browser. At least one item of information accessed through the web browser is captured and visually represented in a defined organizational area of a display. A relevance index is calculated for each item of information that is visually represented to a current web-browsing behavior. The relevance index is conveyed for each item of information to the current web-browsing behavior to a user of the web browser.
US08205165B2 Apparatus to create, save and format text documents using gaze control and method associated based on the optimized positioning of cursor
The method and the apparatus object of present invention refers to a system and A method that create, save and format text documents using a device with gaze control and a system of quick positioning of the cursor. The present invention provides a faster interaction and requires a minimum effort with respect to the state of the art interfaces.
US08205154B2 User definable transition tool
Techniques (methods and devices) that permit a user to define multimedia transitions in terms of user-supplied assets are described. The user supplies the assets necessary to generate the transition such as, for example, an asset movie, an asset matte movie and a background matte movie. (The specific assets required may vary depending upon the transition to be generated.) These assets are then automatically combined (e.g., through compositing) to render a completed multimedia object in which the defined transition is used to visually transition a first image or frame to a second image or frame. The same techniques used in some generic transformation of images or movies are also disclosed.
US08205150B2 Document changes
In various embodiments, a user may be prompted to “view changes” associated with a document after electing to close the document without having saved.
US08205149B2 Enhanced find and replace for electronic documents
An enhanced find and replace feature for a spreadsheet program module is disclosed. The enhanced find and replace feature allows users to search for terms and attributes across multiple sheets of a workbook. The find and replace feature also allows searches to be performed based on the formatting attributes of a cell as well as the textual or numerical contents of a cell. The enhanced find and replace feature also allows users to perform bulk formatting of cells (even cells without text) in a spreadsheet. In another aspect, the enhanced find and replace feature lists all the results of the find operation in a results list so that the user may choose which result(s) to view and edit. In another aspect, the find and replace feature is modeless so that a user can search for terms or attributes, view a results list, exit the find and replace feature, perform editing functions in the document and then return to the find and replace feature. With modelessness, when the user clicks into a worksheet and clicks back into the find and replace dialog, the search resumes on the current selection in the worksheet.
US08205146B2 Persistent error detection in digital memory
A method for detecting a persistent error in a digital memory is provided. Error location information for errors detected in the digital memory is received. A group of the errors that are associated with a same error position is identified from the error location information. A number of the errors of the group that are associated with a same area of the digital memory is identified. A persistent error is determined based upon the number of the errors of the group.
US08205142B2 Error correction coding method and device
An error correction coding method using a low-density parity-check code includes: dividing an information bit sequence to be processed for error correction coding, into (m−r) pieces of first blocks each comprising a bit sequence having a length n and r pieces of second blocks comprising respective bit sequences having lengths k1, k2, . . . , kr; a first arithmetic operation for performing polynomial multiplication on the (m−r) pieces of first blocks, and outputting r pieces of bit sequences having a length n; and a second arithmetic operation for performing a polynomial division and a polynomial multiplication on the r pieces of second blocks and r pieces of operation results of the first arithmetic operation, and outputting a bit sequence including redundant bit sequences having respective lengths n−k1, n−k2, . . . , n−kr.
US08205140B2 Method and apparatus for the use of network coding in a wireless communication network
According to a method and apparatus taught herein, a network node includes a receiver circuit that determines soft values for received packets corresponding to the information bit groups associated with network coding operations, where the soft values are determined for each information bit group based on joint probabilities of the information bits within the information bit group. For example, first soft values are determined for the information bit groups in a first (received) constituent packet and second soft values are likewise determined for the information bit groups in a network-coded (received) packet that depends on the first constituent packet and a second constituent packet. Third soft values are generated for the information bit groups of the second constituent packet based on jointly evaluating the first and second soft values.
US08205139B1 Method for lock-free clustered erasure coding and recovery of data across a plurality of data stores in a network
The present invention provides a distributed clustering method to allow multiple active instances of consistency management processes that apply the same encoding scheme to be cooperative and function collectively. The techniques described herein facilitate an efficient method to apply an erasure encoding and decoding scheme across dispersed data stores that receive constant updates. The technique can be applied on many forms of distributed persistent data stores to provide failure resiliency and to maintain data consistency and correctness.
US08205119B2 Method and apparatus for performing external device's diagnostic functions in host computer
Provided are a method and apparatus for performing diagnostic functions of an external device such as a printer, connected to a host computer. The apparatus and method receive information about diagnostic functions supported by the external device from the external device; receive one or more of the diagnostic functions which are selected by a user; request the external device to perform the selected diagnostic functions; and receive the results of the requested diagnostic functions from the external device.
US08205109B2 Storage subsystem and power supply system
The present invention includes a plurality of disk units for storing data from a host computer, a plurality of power supply apparatuses for supplying DC power to each of the disk units via main power supply wirings, and a redundant power supply apparatus for generating, with any one of the disk units among the plurality of disk units as a load, DC power to the load. As auxiliary power supply wirings for guiding the output of the redundant power supply apparatus to each of the disk units, a common power supply wiring that is common to each of the power supply apparatuses, a plurality of branch power supply wirings branching from the common power supply wiring and connected to each of the disk units, and a redundant power supply wiring for connecting the redundant power supply apparatus and the common power supply wiring are wired to a backboard.
US08205105B2 Electronic device
An electronic device comprising: a wiring substrate having a first power-supply wiring to which a first power-supply potential is applied and a second power-supply wiring to which a second power-supply potential lower than the first power-supply potential is applied; a microcomputer having first and second power-supply terminals in which the first power-supply terminal is connected to the first power-supply wiring and the second power-supply terminal is connected to the second power-supply wiring; and a connector connected to the first and second power-supply wirings, wherein an inductor element for correcting an impedance error of the first and second wirings is connected in series to either one of the first and second power-supply wirings. According to such configuration, unnecessary electromagnetic radiation posed by a common current can be suppressed.
US08205092B2 Time-based method for authorizing access to resources
Upon receiving a request for access to a resource, a current clock value is determined. Based on information including the resource, the identity of the user requesting the access, and the current clock value, the system identifies applicable access controls. If the applicable access controls indicate that the user can be granted access to the resource at the current time, the request is granted. Otherwise, the request is denied.
US08205079B2 Encryption/decryption system and method thereof
An encryption/decryption system includes a displaying unit, an operating unit, a pressure sensing unit and an indicating unit. The displaying unit is configured for displaying files. The operating unit is configured for selecting a desired file to be encrypted or decrypted. The pressure sensing unit is integrated with the operation of sensing a pressure applied on the operating unit and producing a signal corresponding to the sensed pressure. The indicating unit is integrated on the operating unit. The indicating unit is configured for receiving the signal outputted from the pressure sensing unit, emitting a sensible signal according to the signal associated with a sensed pressure, and recording a signal associated to the pressure and the duration of the pressure as a mixed password for use in the operation of encryption or decryption of the selected file.
US08205077B2 Management apparatus
A management apparatus comprising memory to store owner information, dependence relationship information, and authorized user information are associated with file information identifying the secret file, an authorized user determination unit to determine whether a source user of the browse request is registered as the authorized user of the browse request file, a dependent file specifying unit to specify a dependent file having a dependence relationship with the browse request file by referring to the dependence relationship information when the source user is authorized; and a browse permission response transmitting unit to transmit the browse permission response to the source user based on whether or not the source user is registered as the authorized user of the dependent file by referring to the authorized user information.
US08205067B2 Context switching and synchronization
A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for context switching between a first thread and a second thread. The method includes detecting an exception, wherein the exception is generated in response to receiving a packet of information directed to one of the first thread and the second thread, and in response to detecting the exception, invoking an exception handler. The exception handler is configured to execute one or more instructions removing access to at least a portion of a processor cache. The portion of the processor cache contains cached information for the first thread using a first address translation. Removing access to the portion of the processor cache prevents the second thread using a second address translation from accessing the cached information in the processor cache. The exception handler is also configured to branch to at least one of the first thread and the second thread.
US08205060B2 Discardable files
The present application includes methods and system for managing a storage device. In one implementation, a storage allocator that is present in a host or a storage device receives a request to store a file in a storage area of the storage device. The storage allocator marks the file as discardable in a file system structure associated with the storage device and updates a primary file allocation table (“FAT”) to associate a cluster chain that is allocated to the file with the file. The storage allocator additionally updates a discardable FAT or a database to reflect a physical location of the file, or may generate one or more location files that store the physical location of the file. The storage allocator then manages the storage area device based on the FAT and a discardable FAT, database, or one more location files indicating the physical location of the file.
US08205058B2 Resource management for data storage services
Provided are a method, system, and an article of manufacture, wherein resources corresponding to at least one copy pool are acquired, and wherein the at least one copy pool has been defined for a first primary storage pool of a storage hierarchy. The acquired resources are retained, in response to determining that data cannot be written to the first primary storage pool. The data is written to the at least one copy pool, in response to writing the data to a second primary storage pool of the storage hierarchy.
US08205054B2 Hierarchical storage system
Pools of a plurality of types of storage devices are configured and are included in different layers. Based on at least one storage device of the same type, the pools of types corresponding to the type are configured. The controller in the storage system carries out storage location change processing in which the storage location of targeted data that has been stored into the targeted first real page allocated to a virtual page in a virtual volume is changed to the second real page that has not been allocated in a pool of the second type different from a pool of the first type including the targeted first real page in the case in which the controller conforms to the prescribed storage location change conditions. A size of a real page is different depending on a type of a pool.
US08205053B2 Method and system for accessing memory using an auxiliary memory
A method and system for accessing memory using an auxiliary memory is presented. According to the invention store and following load instructions accessing same memory locations are identified and a temporal difference is determined. The store instructions comprise an indication for the time interval lapsing until a data element, which is stored by the store instructions, is loaded by a load operation for the first time. Based on this indication the store instruction is given access directly to the main memory or is routed to main memory through an auxiliary memory.
US08205049B1 Transmitting file system access requests to multiple file systems
Aspects of the invention relate to creating a snapshot of a file system on an OAS system. A snapshot of a file system is an image of a file system at a particular point in time. A snapshot of a file system may be used to restore the file system to its state at the time of creation of the snapshot in, for example, situations where the file system has become corrupted.
US08205045B2 Satisfying memory ordering requirements between partial writes and non-snoop accesses
A method and apparatus for preserving memory ordering in a cache coherent link based interconnect in light of partial and non-coherent memory accesses is herein described. In one embodiment, when a conflict associated with a partial memory access, such as a partial write, is detected, a write-back phase is inserted at the conflict phase to write-back the partial data to a home agent. Examples messages to initiate a write-back phase at a conflict phase include: an Acknowledge Conflict Write-back message to acknowledge a conflict and provide a write-back marker at the beginning of the conflict phase, a write-back marker message before the conflict phase, a write-back marker message within the conflict phase, a write-back marker message after the conflict phase, and a postable message after the conflict phase.
US08205042B2 Communication control apparatus and method
A communication control apparatus in a RAID device including redundant communication paths to storage devices includes a blocking unit. The blocking unit blocks configuration change notifications outputted from the storage devices to a control apparatus, which controls access to the storage devices, when a power of a communication relay device arranged on the redundant paths connecting the storage devices and the control apparatus is turned off.
US08205041B2 Virtual tape apparatus, control method of virtual tape apparatus, and control section of electronic device
A virtual tape apparatus is interposed between a host and a tape device so as to store data transmitted from the host to a logical tape volume. The virtual tape apparatus includes: a data communication unit that receives data transmitted from the host; a RAID device having a logical tape volume for storing the data; a management table that manages attribute information of data stored in the physical tape volume; a position determination section that determines the write starting position of the data stored in the logical tape volume on the physical tape volume based on the management table; and a drive control unit that writes data in the logical tape volume to the physical tape volume based on a result of the determination.
US08205039B2 Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a memory cell array provided to perform programming in page units; and a control circuit provided to control the programming. The control circuit includes: means that performs a first detection for memory cells in a part provided as a unit smaller than a page, concurrently with programming to memory cells to be written in a page; and means that subjects the memory cells in the page to a second detection that takes into consideration a failure relief due to a redundant region, when the number of memory cells of unwritten state in the part as detected by the first detection becomes equal to or less than a first constant, and that ends the program operation when the number of memory cells of unwritten state in the page becomes equal to or less than a second constant.
US08205038B2 Flash memory accessing apparatus and accessing method thereof
A flash memory accessing apparatus is disclosed. The flash memory accessing apparatus includes a memory controller, a first open NAND flash interface (ONFI) and an expanding flash memory module. The first ONFI is used for connecting a main flash memory module. The memory controller obtains a detecting result by, detecting whether the main flash memory module and the expanding flash memory module are single side or double side. The memory controller further configures an accessing method of the main flash memory module and the expanding flash memory module according to the detecting result.
US08205034B2 Flash memory drive having data interface
A storage device realizing an improvement in rewrite endurance of a nonvolatile memory and an improvement in data transfer rate of write and read operations is provided including a nonvolatile memory; a volatile memory for storing file management information of the nonvolatile memory; a controller for controlling the nonvolatile memory and the volatile memory; and a power supply maintaining unit for supplying power to the nonvolatile memory, the volatile memory, or the controller upon power shutdown. The controller reads the file management information in the nonvolatile memory upon power-on and writes the same in the volatile memory, and read and write operations are performed based on the file management information in the volatile memory, and the file management information in the volatile memory is written in the nonvolatile memory upon power shutdown.
US08205032B2 Virtual machine control structure identification decoder
Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems for decoding a virtual machine control structure identification are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a virtual machine control structure to decode a virtual machine control structure identification data. The virtual machine control structure identification data is decoded into an address of a virtual machine control structure field and an offset. The offset is to help identify a micro-operation associated with a virtual machine architecture instruction to be executed.
US08205031B2 Memory management system and method thereof
The invention discloses a memory management system and a memory management method are disclosed. The memory management system includes a first memory, at least one secondary memory, and a memory management device. The first memory includes a normal access memory bank and at least one switching access memory bank. The secondary memory includes at least one secondary access memory bank corresponding to the switching access memory bank. The memory management device reads/writes the normal access memory bank or the secondary access memory bank.
US08205030B2 Composite type recording apparatus, data writing method and data writing program
There is provided a composite type recording apparatus restricting write operations depending on the type of a connected host apparatus, including a recording medium having a first data region, a non-volatile storage medium having a second data region and an identification information table for integrating and managing the first and second data region, an information selection section for selecting positional information having predetermined identification information from the identification information table according to the type of the host apparatus, a conversion section for converting positional information selected by the information selection section into positional information matching the first data region or positional information matching the second data region, a first write section for writing data supplied from the host apparatus in the first data region according to conversion process of the conversion section and a second write section for writing data supplied from the host apparatus in the second data region.
US08205020B2 High-performance digital image memory allocation and control system
Systems and methods are described that facilitate mitigating processor overload and reducing memory waste during image compression. Clients requesting memory allocation are assigned a direct memory access (DMA) channel to which DMA memory blocks are allocated for use during image compression. As each DMA block is used by its channel, the DMA block generates an interrupt message that is counted by a DMA counter and may be optionally processed by the CPU. If the number of interrupts being processed exceeds a first threshold, then memory block size is increased to reduce processor load. If the number of interrupts is below a second, lower threshold, then block size is decreased to reduce and amount of unused but allocated memory in the final block allocated to the channel a compressed image file. Fixed DMA block size may also be used and any DMA block may be programmed to generate an interrupt indicating a memory usage threshold has been crossed and that additional DMA memory blocks should be allocated to continue compression beyond the number of DMA blocks initially allocated.
US08205014B2 Information apparatus and method of generating tuning plan for resource configuration of storage system
A tuning plan for a configuration of a resource of a storage system 5 is generated by acquiring configuration information of the resource of the storage system 5, and acquiring performance data of a reference value exceeding resource that is the resource having a utilization rate exceeding a preset reference value, and performance data of an analysis target resource that is a resource having a certain relationship with a reference value exceeding resource, and obtaining correlation degree between the reference value exceeding resource and the analysis target resources based on the performance data of the reference value exceeding resource and the performance data of the analysis target resources, and selecting a correlated analysis target resource that is the analysis target resource determined to have correlation with the reference value exceeding resource from the obtained correlation degree, and by calculating an average resource utilization rate of a resource group in a predetermined range on the basis of the selected correlated analysis target resource such that the average resource utilization rate becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value.
US08205012B2 Directory server for automatic network information access systems
Systems, apparatus and methods are described for providing information access to network devices. A directory server registers identification information about a first network device coupled to a first network. The first network and the directory server may be coupled to a second network, which may include a wide area network, public network, or the Internet. The identification information may include a network address of the first network device on the first network, or a network address of the first network on the second network. The directory server may receive and process requests for identification information about registered network devices, and may selectively reply to the requests based on status information of the first network device.
US08205004B1 Multi-bit-rate streaming delivery
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, relating to single-file multi-bit-rate streaming delivery are described. Media data can be encoded into a single file (or very small number of files), which can then be placed on an unmodified Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server. Further, the techniques disclosed here can use HTTP for distribution of the encoded media file and may support multi-bit-rate playback at a client without requiring a modification or plug-in to the server software. Furthermore, these techniques use properties of HTTP and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to minimize playback startup time.
US08205003B2 Methods and systems for controlling the admission of media content into a network
Methods and systems for controlling the admission of media content into a network are disclosed. A method includes accessing a request for authorization to transfer media content where the request for authorization includes details of a request for media content made to a server of a plurality of servers. In addition, the method includes determining whether at least one of the plurality of servers will be authorized to accommodate the request for media content. A message is generated that is accessible by the server. An admission of media content by the server is coordinated with admissions of media content by the plurality of servers.
US08205002B2 Communications system providing extensible protocol translation features and related methods
A communications system may include a plurality of data storage devices each using at least one of a plurality of different operating protocols, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices for accessing the plurality of data storage devices. Each mobile wireless communications device may also use at least one of the plurality of different operating protocols. The system may further include a protocol interface device. In particular, the protocol interface device may include a protocol engine module for communicating with the plurality of data storage devices using respective operating protocols, and a front-end proxy module coupled to the protocol engine. The front-end proxy module may include a respective proxy module for communicating with the plurality of mobile wireless communications devices using each different operating protocol, and at least one common core service module connected to the proxy modules.
US08205001B1 Digital rights management integrated service solution
The present disclosure provides a system for accessing content secured according to differing digital rights management protocols. The system comprises a device that presents the content and a client component loaded on the device that uses and requests content according to a first digital rights management protocol. The system includes a first content server that receives a request for and provides content according to the first digital rights management protocol and a second content server that receives a request for and provides content according to a second digital rights management protocol. A mediation component maps requests and responses between the client component and the second content server, mediating between the first and second digital rights management protocols. The disclosure contemplates mediating between open digital rights language (ODRL) and extensible right markup language (XRML) digital rights management protocols as well as other digital rights management protocols.
US08204999B2 Query string processing
A system is disclosed that is used to provide access management for resources on a network. The system makes use of query data from a URL (or another identification or request) to identify the appropriate access rule. Examples of an access rule include an authentication rule, an authorization rule, or an audit rule. The system can be configured to require the query data to match order dependent variables or order independent variables. In one option, the system can include two levels of rules and the query data can be used to identify first level rules, second level rules or both.
US08204988B2 Content-based and time-evolving social network analysis
System and method for modeling a content-based network. The method includes finding single mode clusters from among network (sender and recipient) and content dimensions represented as a tensor data structure. The method allows for derivation of useful cross-mode clusters (interpretable patterns) that reveal key relationships among user communities and keyword concepts for presentation to users in a meaningful and intuitive way. Additionally, the derivation of useful cross-mode clusters is facilitated by constructing a reduced low-dimensional representation of the content-based network. Moreover, the invention may be enhanced for modeling and analyzing the time evolution of social communication networks and the content related to such networks. To this end, a set of non-overlapping or possibly overlapping time-based windows is constructed and the analysis performed at each successive time interval.
US08204985B2 Probabilistic aggregation over distributed data streams
In one embodiment, a method of monitoring a network. The method includes, at each node of a set, constructing a corresponding vector of M components based on a stream of data packets received at the node during a time period, the set including a plurality of nodes of the network, M being greater than 1; and estimating a value of a byte traffic produced by a part of the packets based on the constructed vectors, the part being the packets received by every node of the set. The constructing includes updating a component of the vector corresponding to one of the nodes in response to the one of the nodes receiving a data packet. The updating includes selecting a component of the vector to be updated by hashing a property of the received data packet.
US08204979B2 Adaptive client/server control protocol
In various embodiments of the present invention, tiered command-propagation methods are employed within client computers to ensure that monitoring-and-management-related commands are reliably propagated from server computers to client computers. When possible, command propagation is initiated by server computers through a notification process. When the notification process is inoperable, client computers poll one or more monitoring-and-management server computer for commands. When a failed or interrupted notification process is subsequently restored to operability, client computers automatically discontinue command polling and resume relying on server notification for command propagation.
US08204975B2 Server apparatus, client apparatus and system for securely transmitting stored content
The network system comprises an original device description indicating a control point so as to register an address used for MAC address authentication. The server side acquires information from the device(s) connected to the network, and only the device(s) having the above mentioned description are listed and displayed. By responding to the access from the non-registered device in a predetermined manner, the device is prompted to be registered.
US08204974B1 Identifying significant behaviors within network traffic
A system and a method for identifying significant behaviors from network traffic. A probability value is assigned to each cluster in a set of clusters. An uncertainty value is computed indicating a level of variability among the probability values. One or more clusters are removed from the set of clusters until the uncertainty value exceeds a desired uncertainty threshold, and each of the removed clusters is identified as a significant cluster.
US08204963B2 Download control of information from server connected to network
At a download time, each of multiple printers connecting with a network identifies storage or non-storage of any unsent download request file, which has not yet been sent to a management server. In the case of storage of any unsent download request file, the printer collects from the other printers unsent download request files, which are stored in the other printers and have not yet been sent to the management server, and sends the collected download request files and the unsent download request file stored in the self printer to the management server. The printer receives a download data file sent back from the management server in response to the download request files, creates delivery data from the received download data file, and distributes relevant delivery data to each of the other printers. This arrangement effectively reduces the access frequency from the respective printers to the management server for download of specific information, which is to be used by the respective printers, from the management server.
US08204957B2 Method for facilitating user of a communication device to control multiple concurrent communication sessions
A method of operating a communication device to facilitate a user to control multiple concurrent communication sessions. In operation, the communication device receives a plurality of incoming communications from a plurality of recipients, in which each recipient corresponds to at least one of the multiple concurrent communication sessions. The communication device further detects a user response from a user interface of the communication device in response to receiving the incoming communications. Next, the communication device correlates the user response with at least one of the received incoming communications or previously received communications corresponding to the recipients. Further, the communication device selects at least one of the plurality of recipients based on the correlation and sends the user response to the selected at least one of the plurality of recipients.
US08204949B1 Email enabled project management applications
A web application for managing multiple matters may have an email interface that may be used to update status items as well as upload and categorize documents. The web application may authenticate the source of the information, and may apply the various input received via email to an appropriate matter. The email interface may generate email queries for users, and the queries may include various identifiers that may be used to apply a response to the appropriate matter. The email interface may allow a user to create new matters or activities within matters. An email's subject line, contents, attachments, or other information may be analyzed.
US08204945B2 Hash-based systems and methods for detecting and preventing transmission of unwanted e-mail
A system (120) detects transmission of potentially unwanted e-mail messages. The system (120) may receive e-mail messages and generate hash values based on one or more portions of the e-mail messages. The system (120) may then determine whether the generated hash values match hash values associated with prior e-mail messages. The system (120) may determine that one of the e-mail messages is a potentially unwanted e-mail message when one or more of the generated hash values associated with the e-mail message match one or more of the hash values associated with the prior e-mail messages.
US08204943B2 Large distribution message handling
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for large distribution message handling. Data characterizing an intended distribution load of a message being greater than a threshold indicator may be received, a determination may be made to set a flag in response to the data; and an action may be performed in response to the flag being set. Determining a distribution load may involve determining a number of intended recipients of a distribution list, a size of a message across a number of intended recipients, and the like. Actions to be performed may include suppressing auto-replies, notifying a client, and denying distribution of a message.
US08204939B2 Method and apparatus initiating instant messaging with a party during a telephone call where instant messaging address and telephone number are associated in a database
A mobile telephone terminal provides a user with a selectable option to transfer a telephone call to an instant messaging session and to transfer an instant messaging session to a telephone call. A presence attribute indicator for a first party is displayed, in a mobile telephone application, with an entry associated with the telephone number of the first party. A user, while displaying an entry for a party in a mobile telephone application, has a selectable option for initiating instant messaging with the party. The mobile telephone provides a customised menu of selectable options for initiating communication. The menu is dependent upon received presence attribute information. A calendar application can store the content of an instant messaging dialogue in an appointment record. When an application accesses a stored telephone number of a party the stored instant messaging address of that party is automatically accessed or accessible and when the application accesses a stored instant messaging address of a party, the stored telephone number of that party is automatically accessed or accessible.
US08204929B2 Hiding sensitive information
An improved methodology and implementing computer system are provided in which sensitive information is selectively masked in order to enable such information to be relatively securely and efficiently transmitted over networks without disclosure of such sensitive information at a transmitting or receiving terminal, or at points along the data transmission network.
US08204928B2 System and method for analyzing internet usage
A computer-implemented method for detecting a repetitive activity pattern is disclosed. The method may include receiving activity data. The activity data may include timing information of a plurality of events. The method may also include determining a series of interval times associated with the plurality of events. The method may further include calculating a series of single standard deviations representing a running standard deviation of the series of interval times. The method may also include calculating a double standard deviation of the series of single standard deviations. The method may yet further include detecting a repetitive activity pattern if the double standard deviation is below a first pre-determined standard deviation threshold for a time period longer than a time threshold.
US08204922B2 Master data management system for centrally managing core reference data associated with an enterprise
A system is disclosed for centrally managing core enterprise reference data associated with an enterprise. A centralized master repository includes the core enterprise reference data. An internal services framework coupled with the centralized master repository provides a business process toolkit for managing models. The business process toolkit includes a model library comprising data models and one or more modeling services for modeling the system. The internal services framework also provides internal services for managing the core enterprise reference data, one or more of the internal services having direct access to the core enterprise reference data for management purposes. An infrastructure services layer coupled with the centralized master repository provides bulk data transfers of core enterprise reference data according to one or more enterprise-level business workflows, the external operational systems permitted indirect access to the core enterprise reference data for operational purposes.
US08204918B2 Image forming apparatus, image forming system and file managing method thereof
An image forming apparatus, an image forming system and a file managing method thereof include displaying a file list, selecting a deletion target file from the displayed file list, and storing the selected deletion target file in a temporary storing unit.
US08204911B2 Software, devices and methods facilitating execution of server-side applications at mobile devices
Software, devices and methods allowing varied mobile devices to interact with server side software applications are disclosed. Data from an application executing at a computing device may be presented at a remote wireless device by providing the device an application definition file, containing definitions for a user interface format for the application at the wireless device; the format of network messages for exchange of data generated by the application; and a format for storing data related to the application at the wireless device. Using these definitions, the wireless device may receive data from said application in accordance with the definition and present an interface for the application. The application definition file may define a table, a message or data package, and an update to be made to the table based on the message or data package.
US08204907B1 Systems and methods for collecting file access history information
A method for managing file access history information is described. An application opening a file is identified. Access rights used to open the file are determined. A time parameter associated with the opening of the file is recorded. An access frequency parameter for the file over a predetermined period of time is calculated. File access history information associated with the file is stored.
US08204906B2 Abstraction based audit and security log model for increased role and security enforcement
Embodiments of the invention store log event records in a secure database log by encrypting information in a query, or in query results, that would otherwise be subject to unwanted disclosure (either from within or without a given organization). For example, an organization (e.g., a research institution) may allow a database administrator to review log event records to diagnose and correct system performance issues, without being forced to trust the administrator with sensitive medical data (e.g., medical records related to participants in a research study). Thus, the security of sensitive information may be maintained, while at the same time, the database administrator may still access the information needed to maintain a working system.
US08204891B2 Method and subsystem for searching media content within a content-search-service system
Various embodiments of the present invention include concept-service components of content-search-service systems which employ ontologies and vocabularies prepared for particular categories of content at particular times in order to score transcripts prepared from content items to enable a search-service component of a content-search-service system to assign estimates of the relatedness of portions of a content item to search criteria in order to render search results to clients of the content-search-service system. The concept-service component processes a search request to generate lists of related terms, and then employs the lists of related terms to process transcripts in order to score transcripts based on information contained in the ontologies.
US08204887B2 System and method for subsequence matching
An embodiment of providing a computer-executed method of subsequence matching is provided. The method comprises receiving a search string. A plurality of subsequences for the search string are stored in a tree structure. The tree structure comprise a plurality of nodes. Each of the plurality of nodes comprises a presence bit map, a sequence bit map, and a list of address pointers. The method further includes traversing the tree structure using the search string, the presence bit map, the sequence bit map, and the list of address pointers. Additionally, the method includes identifying, in linear time, the plurality of subsequences based on the search string, the presence bit map, the sequence bit map, and the list of address pointers.
US08204878B2 System and method for finding unexpected, but relevant content in an information retrieval system
An improved method for information retrieval in web query and recommendation systems, where items that are likely unfamiliar to the users of the system, but potentially relevant, are recommended. In a recommendation system having ratings by a plurality of users for a plurality of items, items are assigned to one or more data regions based on item attributes or user activity. Source regions are identified for each of the data regions. For a given user, data regions with which both the user and the user's social network are unfamiliar are identified. Within a given data region, the relevance of items to the user within such regions is evaluated using ratings provided by other users who have entered ratings similar to the user in source regions for the data region. Items receiving the highest relevance score are recommended to the user.
US08204874B2 Abbreviation handling in web search
A method for handling abbreviations in web queries includes building a dictionary of possible word expansions for potential abbreviations related to query terms received and anticipated to be received by a search engine; accepting a query including an abbreviation from a searching user, where a probability of finding a most probably-correct expansion in the dictionary is a first probability, and a probability that the expansion is the abbreviation itself is a second probability; determining a ratio between the first and second probabilities; expanding the abbreviation in accordance with the most probably-correct expansion when the ratio is above a first threshold value; and highlighting the abbreviation with a suggested expansion of the most probably-correct expansion for the user so that the user may accept the suggested expansion when the ratio is between a second, lower threshold value and the first threshold value.
US08204873B2 System and method for query expression optimization
A method provided for optimizing a query expression on a database engine of a database server. The query expression is sent to the database engine. The query expression contains a plurality of query language elements. The database engine initiates query processing of the query expression. An evaluation counter within the database engine increments an evaluation counter value corresponding to a query language element result. A flag is set within the database engine when the evaluation counter value reaches a threshold value. The database engine can then evaluate the efficiency of the query language elements in the query expression by comparing the evaluation counter value for each query language element against a set of optimization criteria.
US08204870B2 Unwired enterprise platform
Systems, methods and computer program products for inherently integrating mobility with an enterprise are described herein. Enterprise data is accessed from one or more data sources, wherein such data sources may comprise structured and unstructured data sources. The data is transferred from the enterprise to a plurality of mobile devices over a plurality of diverse networks. In an embodiment, such transfer takes into consideration characteristics of the diverse networks. The enterprise receives data generated by mobile devices while performing enterprise-related operations at the wireless edge. The enterprise responds to environmental changes using the received data.
US08204865B2 Logical conflict detection
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with detecting and avoiding logical conflicts between long duration transactions are described. One example method includes generating conflict keys for long transactions using conflict queries that operate on data being manipulated to return a conflict key to be associated with the transaction. The conflict keys may be used to detect or avoid logical conflicts that occur in long duration transactions running concurrently.
US08204859B2 Systems and methods for managing replicated database data
Systems and methods for replicating database data and generating read-only copies of the replicated data in a clean shutdown state. For example, systems can include a tracking module (e.g., a filter driver) that monitors transactions from a database application to a source storage device to generate log entries having at least one marker indicating a known good state of the application. The systems further include a computer coupled to a target storage device comprising a database and log files. The computer processes the transactions, based on the log entries, to replicate data to the target storage device; performs a first snapshot on data stored in the database and log files; replays into the database data stored in the log files; performs another snapshot on the database; and reverts the database back to a state in which the database existed at the time of the first snapshot.
US08204857B2 Table analyzer for solution transition events
Certain implementations provide systems, computer program products, computing devices, and methods to analyze how a preexisting database will be affected during a solution transition event (e.g., upgrading a database to a new version). Analysis can be conducted before the solution transition event has occurred. Analysis can yield a report detailing how upgrading will affect the data and data structures contained within a preexisting database system. The database system being analyzed can be part of a broader system upon which the solution transition event is performed. Analyzing how the solution transition event will affect a database system can be performed in preparation for performing the solution transition event on the broader system.
US08204856B2 Database replication
A new database design is implemented in which everything in the database is modeled with primitives, including the links and nodes for a graph tuple store. A query syntax provides a nested tree of constraints with a single global schema. Various optimization techniques for queries and replication techniques are also described.
US08204853B2 Maintaining client data integrity in a distributed environment using asynchronous data submission
Data processing architecture where submitters can write data and/or metadata changes to a destination through an asynchronous interface. The architecture includes a ticketing system that issues a ticket (a unique identifier) to the submitter in response to receiving a changelist from the submitter. When the changes are successfully completed at the destination, the cached destination data can be re-downloaded to the submitter, and the changes cached in the submitter, discarded. Absent this capability, a user has to manually manage the cached changes and cached data. The architecture can be distributed in that multiple submitters can submit changelists. The destination provides data integrity by managing submissions to assist in ensuring data integrity across multiple submissions. Automatic changelist cleanup is provided on the submitter so that changelists do not impact performance, memory, and storage.
US08204848B2 Detecting and applying database schema changes to reports
A system and method to detect database schema changes are described. In various embodiments, a method of the embodiments detects database schema changes via triggers. In various embodiments, the changes are detected by comparing database schemas and determining modifications to database tables and database columns thereof. In various embodiments, the detected changes are applied to a report by generating a parse tree relevant for the modifications to database tables and columns; and traversing the tree to produce a statement to change the report to be relevant for the modifications to database tables and columns.
US08204847B2 Idea page system and method
Ideas, groups of ideas, projects, documents, and related materials may be depicted, organized, modified, and shared according to Idea Page systems, methods, and user interfaces. Published workflow templates may additionally be copied into a user context, modified, and depicted in a multi-level visual space, including first-level ideas organized and visually arranged in a first-level idea page, and second-level ideas organized and visually arranged in a second-level idea page.
US08204839B2 Apparatus and method for expressing behavior of software robot
Disclosed is a software robot apparatus and a method including detecting environmental information, detecting multiple external events objects, generating a sensor value having an effect on the software robot, changing physical states related to external events and internal events, generating a physical state value, changing a perception state, generating a perception state value corresponding to the changed perception state, changing an emotion state, generating an emotion state value; detecting an episode related to a behavior type, storing a variance related to each state, calculating a representative variance, and when a current perception state or a current emotion state is identified as unstable, detecting an episode capable of changing the unstable state into a normal state, determining a behavior and an object stored in the detected episode as a final behavior object, and expressing an actual behavior of the software robot to the object corresponding to the final behavior object.
US08204838B2 Scalable clustering
A scalable clustering system is described. In an embodiment the clustering system is operable for extremely large scale applications where millions of items having tens of millions of features are clustered. In an embodiment the clustering system uses a probabilistic cluster model which models uncertainty in the data set where the data set may be for example, advertisements which are subscribed to keywords, text documents containing text keywords, images having associated features or other items. In an embodiment the clustering system is used to generate additional features for associating with a given item. For example, additional keywords are suggested which an advertiser may like to subscribe to. The additional features that are generated have associated probability values which may be used to rank those features in some embodiments. User feedback about the generated features is received and used to revise the feature generation process in some examples.
US08204837B2 Information processing apparatus and method, and program for providing information suitable for a predetermined mood of a user
The invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method and a program which can provide an item suitable for a feeling (mood) of a user. A user data acquisition section acquires a result of decision by the user regarding whether or not an item is appropriate to a predetermined mood. An inappropriateness filter production section acquires a characteristic amount of an item decided as not being appropriate to the predetermined mood by all of users from a characteristic amount analysis section. The inappropriateness filter production section analyzes a plurality of characteristic amounts of different acquired items to extract a characteristic amount of an item which is not appropriate to the predetermined mood. An inappropriateness filter produced by the inappropriateness filter production section is used when it is decided whether or not a predetermined item is appropriate to a predetermined mood.
US08204829B2 Systems and methods for money sharing
A system and a method for money sharing are provided. The system includes a processor configured to receive a deposit amount and assign an account value to a stored-value account. The stored-value account is stored in a storage device. The processor then dispenses two or more stored-value cards associated with the stored-value account. The stored-value cards can be distributed among two or more cardholders who may withdraw money from the stored-value account at a remote access unit configured to accept any of the distributed stored-value cards associated with the same account. Additional deposit amounts can be received into the stored-value account from a cardholder of any distributed stored-value cards associated with the same account. The remote access unit can be unattended. The cards can be ATM-enabled.
US08204823B1 Implied market trading system
A computer based trading system implies spread markets from multiple real or implied spread markets. In particular, one aspect of the invention permits implication of a spread market from a combination of inter-commodity and inter-calendar spread orders. Furthermore, another aspect of the invention allows use of nontradeable implied or bridge markets to combine with other implied or real markets to create further tradeable implied markets. The method described herein thereby permits the creation of all implied markets that are inherent in the combination of futures, calendar spread and inter-commodity spread real orders.
US08204815B2 Open end mutual fund securitization process
A computer implemented system is provided for exchanging shares in an exchange traded product. A display is provided for displaying data representing shares of an exchange traded product comprising a leveraged portfolio of securities satisfying capitalization and performance criteria, the securities within the portfolio being weighted and having an expected future performance return greater than securities comprising a benchmark. The leveraged exchange traded product is configured for trading shares of the leveraged exchange traded product at a real time determined price related to the underlying price of each of the selected securities comprising the leveraged exchange traded product and related to the respective weightings of the selected securities. The exchange traded product can be open ended. An exchange computer is also provided for processing the exchange of the shares at a price related to the price of the securities within the leveraged portfolio, the exchange computer being configured to transmit data indicative of trades which occur intra-day over a communication network to an exchange clearing computer.
US08204813B2 System, method and framework for generating scenarios
System, method and framework for generating scenarios used in risk management applications. The present invention is based on a generic framework that provides levels of abstraction, segregates risk factors and models, and structures a scenario generation process. In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a framework for scenario generation for use in a risk management application, where the framework defines a plurality of components associated with a scenario set, where each component is represented by at least one of a set of data structures, and where the set of data structures comprises: at least one first data structure defining a group of risk factors with similar statistical properties; at least one second data structure defining the future distribution or evolutionary process of a risk factor in the group of risk factors; a third data structure defining a calibrated model for generating scenarios, where relationships between risk factors of the group of risk factors are defined therein, and where the calibrated model associates each second data structure with a first data structure; and a fourth data structure specifying how the first, second, and third data structures are to apply to a user-specified risk management problem.
US08204812B2 Method and system for funding a financial account
A system and method of electronically funding a financial account is disclosed. The method includes the acts of providing an electronic funding application, electronically transmitting the electronic funding application to a customer-operated client, and entering financial data into the funding application of the customer-operated client. The financial data includes a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) line, a currency amount, and an account identifier. The method further includes the acts of electronically transmitting the financial data to a server (30), validating that at least a portion of the entered financial data corresponds to the demand deposit account, converting the MICR line to an item compatible with the Automated Clearing House network, submitting the item and the currency to this network and electronically transfering the currency from the demand deposit account to the financial account.
US08204808B2 Computer graphics processing methods and systems for presentation of graphics objects or text in a wagering environment with market chaining
Computer graphics processing systems and methods are provided for the presentation of graphic objects or text in a wagering environment. In at least one embodiment, the systems and methods present graphic objects on a graphic user interface screen that includes at least one of a plurality of betting lines, including a reference betting line, such as a market betting line having a value that corresponds to a value of a reference variable associated with an object, a high line having a value corresponding to an amount above the reference variable value, a low line having a value corresponding to an amount below the reference variable value, etc. The market, high, and low lines may be arranged spatially on the interface screen based at least on the values of each of the lines. The interface screen includes a least one computer generated graphic object associated with each of the betting lines that is selectable for submitting at least one of an up bet request and a down bet request. The at least one graphic object may be rotating or moving based on the tradeable state associated with the graphic object.
US08204795B2 Environment customization based on location
A user's location is automatically transmitted to a network, and the network automatically customizes one or more environments, such as by customizing communication devices, other types of devices, or the like, based on the detected location and on profile information. Customizing an environment may include enabling services, such as setting up a public telephone or hotel telephone with a user's home base telephone settings and/or services, and/or may include disabling functions, such as disabling long-distance service when the user is away from home.
US08204794B1 Processing orders for wireless service
Disclosed are various embodiments for processing orders for wireless service. An order for a wireless device and a wireless service plan is obtained in at least one computing device from a client. The wireless service plan is provided by one of a plurality of wireless carriers. A unique identifier of the wireless device is obtained from a fulfillment system after the wireless device has been pulled from an inventory for fulfillment. A request for activation of the wireless device and the wireless service plan is sent to a system of the one of the wireless carriers. The unique identifier is provided in the request to the system of the one of the wireless carriers.
US08204790B1 System and method for matching buyers and sellers
Utilizing a “demand-side” framework for bringing together prospective buyers and sellers. Buyers can broadcast their needs in the form of a request for proposal (“RFP”) to prospective sellers using the system. Social networking tools can be incorporated into the system to make searches more efficient or targeted. Customized interfaces can be used to launch applications, form work teams, manage RFPs, negotiate deals, and network both generally and with respect to specific projects.
US08204786B2 Physiological and environmental monitoring systems and methods
Systems and methods for monitoring various physiological and environmental factors, as well as systems and methods for using this information for a plurality of useful purposes, are provided. Real-time, noninvasive health and environmental monitors include a plurality of compact sensors integrated within small, low-profile devices. Physiological and environmental data is collected and wirelessly transmitted into a wireless network, where the data is stored and/or processed. This information is then used to support a variety of useful methods, such as clinical trials, marketing studies, biofeedback, entertainment, and others.
US08204785B2 Information processing system, portable information terminal and its control method, information providing device and its control method, and program
A portable information terminal includes: a position detecting section that detects a position of the portable information terminal; a selecting section that selects a guidance target object for which voice guidance is to be provided, and detects a guidance target direction that is a direction in which the guidance target object exists with respect to a reference direction, on the basis of a direction in which the guidance target object exists with respect to the position of the portable information terminal; a voice synthesis section that generates a synthetic voice so that a guidance voice for the guidance target object selected by the selecting section is heard from the guidance target direction; and a voice output section that outputs the synthetic voice generated by the voice synthesis section.
US08204784B2 System and method for predicting card member spending using collaborative filtering
The disclosed method and system allows a credit or charge card issuer to provide its card members with a list of restaurants that might be of interest based on the financial transactions of similar card members. In one instance, this method filters financial transaction data from a plurality of card members that involves a plurality of restaurants to generate a set of candidate restaurant recommendations for a selected card member. This set of candidate restaurant recommendations is processed to yield a list of restaurant recommendations for the selected customer that is prioritized on the basis of the selected card member accepting the recommendation. The list of restaurant recommendations is then reported to the selected card member to enhance card use and marketing.
US08204782B1 System and method for directing and instructing customers to deal with specific merchants using incentives
A buyer-seller matching system that uses incentives to verify commissions from matching the buyer with a seller. An item locator system that comprises a repository of information about items for purchase may be provided over a network for users to access information about items for purchase. Along with each item, the system presents an incentive that may be realized if that item is purchased from a designated third party seller. The user then executes the purchase with the seller, who pays the system the agreed upon fee and also issues a certification of purchase to the buyer. The user may then take the certification of purchase back to the central repository to redeem the incentive. The item locator system then checks to verify that it has received a fee or commission from the seller for bringing the seller a buyer of the item. The fee or commission may be based on the price of the item, such as if the item is a new house for sale and the seller is a new house builder.
US08204779B1 Revenue asset high performance capability assessment
A high performance capability assessment model helps a revenue industry agency meet the challenges of the global marketplace. As a result, the revenue industry can achieve the clarity, consistency, and well-defined execution of core processes that reduce inefficiencies and waste that result from unnecessary process complexity and exceptions. In addition, the high performance capability assessment model helps the revenue industry agency to identify specific areas in which improvements may be made and understand how to make the improvements, and establishes levels of capability along the way to reaching an ultimate capability goal.
US08204776B2 Polling in a geo-spatial environment
A method, apparatus and system of polling in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a community network of user profiles, each user profile associated with a specific geographic location, determining a geographic region associated with a neighborhood, determining a first group of user profiles, the specific geographic location of each user profile associated with the geographic region, generating a first play view to include a three-dimensional map view embodied by the community network and the first group of the user profiles represented at locations in the three-dimensional map view associated with the specific geographic location of each user profile, generating a poll associated with the first group of user profiles and receiving poll results associated with the poll via a communication mode. The method may also include automatically tabulating the poll results and publishing, via the communication mode, the poll results.
US08204745B2 Encoder, decoder, encoding method, and decoding method
An encoding apparatus and method for generating low-frequency-band encoding information and high-frequency-band encoding information from an original signal. The encoding apparatus includes a first spectrum calculator that calculates a first spectrum of a low frequency band from a decoded signal of the low-frequency-band encoding information, a second spectrum calculator that calculates a second spectrum from the original signal, an estimator that divides a high frequency band of the second spectrum into a plurality of bands and estimates the second spectrum included in each band, using the first spectrum, and a first error component encoder that encodes a first error component between the high frequency band of the second spectrum and an estimated spectrum. A corresponding decoding apparatus and method provides decoding.
US08204743B2 Apparatus and method for concealing frame erasure and voice decoding apparatus and method using the same
An apparatus and method for concealing frame erasure and a voice decoding apparatus and method using the same. The frame erasure concealment apparatus includes: a parameter extraction unit determining whether there is an erased frame in a voice packet, and extracting an excitement signal parameter and a line spectrum pair parameter of a previous good frame; and an erasure frame concealment unit, if there is an erased frame, restoring the excitement signal and line spectrum pair parameter of the erased frame by using a regression analysis from the excitement signal and line spectrum pair parameter of the previous good frame. According to the method and apparatus, by predicting and restoring the parameter of the erased frame through the regression analysis, the quality of the restored voice signal can be enhanced and the algorithm can be simplified.
US08204736B2 Access to multilingual textual resources
A mechanism is provided for determining a second document of a set of documents in a second language having the same textual content as a first document in a first language. A first histogram that is indicative of the textual content of the first document is generated. A second histogram is generated for each document of the set of documents. Each second histogram is indicative of the textual content of a document of the set of documents. Each second histogram is compared with the first histogram to determine at least one histogram from the plurality of second histograms which matches the first histogram. The second document is then identified as the document having the at least one histogram.
US08204729B2 Device for predicting and managing blood glucose by analyzing the effect of, and controlling, pharmacodynamic insulin equivalents
Embodiments of the invention are devices for assisting users in the management of blood glucose concentration levels in patients. Devices of the invention provide users with detailed information related to the pharmacodynamic behavior of insulin in a patient. By displaying and accepting information concerning time-dependent rates and amounts of pharmacodynamic insulin unit equivalents, the devices of the invention empower the user to make effective decisions regarding insulin dosing.
US08204728B2 Systems and methods for improved positioning of pads
Systems and methods for the automated positioning of pads and orienting of slot templates for the pads. The systems and methods also include automated adjustment of well path plans from a pad to selected well targets.
US08204722B2 Simulation apparatus, simulation method, and simulation program
A disclosed device includes a simulation apparatus which simulates a shift in signal characteristics occurring in a wiring pattern formed in a printed wiring board including a first database that stores wiring pattern attribute information and wiring pattern positional information, a second database storing solid lack portion size information and solid lack portion positional information, a third database that stores shift amount information relative to positional relationships between the wiring patterns and the solid lack portions, a shift amount processing unit configured to obtain the shift amount of the signal characteristics in the wiring pattern corresponding to the wiring pattern attribute information which is input based on the wiring pattern positional information corresponding to the wiring pattern attribute information which is input, the solid lack portion positional information, the solid lack portion size information, and the shift amount information.
US08204719B2 Methods and systems for model-based management using abstract models
Techniques for constructing and using models in accordance with service level management are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, a technique for constructing a model (e.g., a system model) representative of a resource for use in managing a service associated with the resource, comprises the following steps/operations. A set of resource metrics is obtained in accordance with a resource abstract model (RAM) associated with the resource. Then, a model representative of the resource is constructed based on at least a portion of the set of resource metrics obtained from the resource abstract model.
US08204717B2 Cloud computing as a basis for equipment health monitoring service
A system includes a computing cloud having at least one data storage unit and at least one processing unit. The computing cloud is configured to provide at least one service. The system also includes a plurality of clients each configured to communicate with the computing cloud and at least one industrial automation unit and to transmit information associated with the at least one industrial automation unit to the computing cloud. The at least one processing unit in the computing cloud is configured to determine a status of the at least one industrial automation unit using the information provided the clients.
US08204709B2 System and method for monitoring photovoltaic power generation systems
A system and method for monitoring photovoltaic power generation systems or arrays, both on a local (site) level and from a central location. The system includes panel and string combiner sentries or intelligent devices, in bidirectional communication with a master device on the site to facilitate installation and troubleshooting of faults in the array, including performance monitoring and diagnostic data collection.
US08204707B2 Time delay estimation
A time differential is estimated between a plurality of signals by determining a filter response of a first electrical signal with a first filter array, determining a filter response of a second electrical signal with a second filter array, and determining, based at least on the filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal, a time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal. A first optical signal is converted into the first electrical signal and a second optical signal is converted into the second electrical signal. The filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal are sampled and the time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal is determined based at least on the sampled filter response of the first electrical signal and the sampled filter response of the second electrical signal.
US08204700B2 Failure prediction apparatus and failure prediction method
An optical pickup which has a failure prediction apparatus for predicting a failure of a laser diode has an input inputting a value of a current that flows through the laser diode and is measured at predetermined time intervals, a storage storing the current values inputted by said input, a detector detecting a current value that is a current value at any one of the measurement times of day stored in said storage and that has a change greater than or equal to a predetermined value relative to the current value at the preceding measurement time of day, and a generator generating a prediction curve that indicates a relationship between said elapsed time and the current value applicable at and after the measurement time of day of the current value detected by said detector.
US08204698B2 Method for determining structural parameters of composite building panels
A method of determining face paper properties of wallboard including providing a core strength value of the wallboard, determining a required nail pull value based the wallboard specifications and calculating a face paper stiffness value based on the provided core strength value and the determined nail pull value. The method includes displaying the calculated face paper stiffness value on a display device.
US08204693B2 Method for virtual metering of injection wells and allocation and control of multi-zonal injection wells
A method for virtually metering flow rates in a cluster of injection wells comprises: closing each well in and performing a dynamically disturbed injection test (DDIT) on it, during which the injection rate to the well is varied while the flow rate in the header conduit assembly (HCA) and one or more injection well variables of the test well and the other wells are monitored, and the other wells are controlled so that their tubing head pressures or flow meter readings remain constant; for each tested well deriving a model providing a correlation between variations of the fluid flowrate attributable to the test well and variations of the well variables monitored during each DDIT; injecting fluid into each well while monitoring a flow pattern in the HCA and one or more well variables; calculating an estimated injection rate at each well basis on flow pattern, well variables and the model.
US08204682B2 Arrival monitoring with direct and actual travel path reporting
A system for monitoring progress of at least two parties who have agreed to meet at a predetermined destination substantially at the same time. The system tracks location of each party and estimates remaining time or distance or both of each party to the destination. Querying of each party as to location may be adjusted as to frequency of polling for example based on changing progress towards the destination. Location or remaining time or distance to the destination may be communicated to each of the parties. The system may establish a new predetermined destination based on updated progress of the parties.
US08204677B2 Tracking method
A method for tracking a moving platform (MP) wherein the MP uses an on-board navigation system (NS). Data provided by the navigation system on board the moving platform (MP) is merged with data obtained using a tracking system that tracks the MP from another location. A typical navigation system on board the moving platforms is an inertial navigation system (INS). State data of one or more MP is sent to a processing facility and state data of one or more electromagnetic tracking (EMT) is collected by one or more processing facility. The collected states data from the sources are processed, using the one or more processing facilities for calculating tracking data are used to direct one or more antennas for MP tracking. The state data from one or more MP's are sent using a communications channel.
US08204672B2 Apparatus and method for detecting operational issues based on single input single output system dynamics
Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting an anomaly in fuel demand data and fuel supply data generated by a fuel metering system for an engine, The method comprises collecting the fuel demand data and the fuel supply data during operation of the fuel metering system, generating expected fuel supply data based on the collected fuel demand data and a nominal response model describing the expected behavior of the fuel metering system, and detecting the anomaly if a difference between the expected fuel supply data and the collected fuel supply data exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US08204671B2 System and method of estimating gas turbine engine performance
An example method of estimating gas turbine engine performance deterioration includes monitoring debris in at least a portion of an engine and estimating performance deterioration of at least one component of the engine using information from the monitoring. The method may use gas path parameters, such as pressures, temperatures, and speeds to establish the estimated performance deterioration. An example gas turbine engine performance assessment system includes a debris monitoring system configured to monitor debris moving through a portion of an engine and a controller programmed to estimate performance deterioration of at least one component of the engine based on information from the debris monitoring system.
US08204670B2 Cruise control system using instruction sent from switch
In a cruise control system installed in a vehicle and electrically connected to a plurality of switches installed therein, a detecting unit detects that one of the plurality of switches is operated. A cruise control unit executes cruise control of the vehicle based on an instruction corresponding to the one of the plurality of switches upon detection of the one of the plurality of switches being operated. When the detecting unit detects that, during the first switch being operated, the second switch is operated, and when a combination of first and second instructions sent from the detected first and second switches is matched with at least one predetermined combination of instructions to be sent from the plurality of switches, a cruise control disabling unit disables the cruise control unit to execute cruise control of the vehicle based on the second instruction.
US08204656B2 Control architecture for output torque shaping and motor torque determination for a hybrid powertrain system
A powertrain system includes a transmission device operative to transfer power between an input member and a plurality of torque machines and an output member. The torque machines are connected to an energy storage device and the transmission device is operative in one of a plurality of operating range states. A method for controlling the powertrain system includes monitoring available power from the energy storage device, determining system constraints, determining constraints on an output torque to the output member based upon the system constraints and the available power from the energy storage device, determining an operator torque request, determining an output torque command based upon the constraints on the output torque and the operator torque request, and determining preferred torque commands for each of the torque machines based upon the output torque command.
US08204652B2 Method for compensating steering of motor drive power steering system
Disclosed herein is a method for compensating steering of a motor drive power steering (MDPS) system. In this method, the MDPS system determines a slip of a vehicle, calculates a steering compensation value and controls a gain based on moment input from an electronic stability program (ESP) system under coordinate control between the MDPS system and the ESP system, so that stability of the vehicle can be enhanced by reducing heterogeneous steering and preventing over steering.
US08204629B2 Control device for lubrication systems
The invention relates to a control device for lubrication systems, having a control processor which is arranged in a housing, having connections, which are formed on the housing, for sensor inputs and control outputs, which are connected to the control processor, and having an operator interface which is secured to the outside of the housing and is intended to input control parameters. Provision is made for the control processor to be set up with different control programs for different lubrication systems and for program switches for selecting the different control programs to be arranged inside the housing.
US08204626B2 Control device for mobile body
A control device for a mobile body makes it possible to smoothly correct the deviation of an actual posture of a base body of a mobile body, which travels with the base body thereof moving up and down, from a desired posture of the base body while restraining an overshoot or an undershoot from occurring. To determine a required manipulated variable according to a feedback control law in order to converge a state amount deviation related to the posture of the base body of the mobile body to zero, the feedback gain of the feedback control law is determined by using the time series in a period from current time to predetermined time in the future in the time series of a desired inertial force of the mobile body or the base body. The required manipulated variable is determined by the calculation of the feedback control law on the basis of the determined feedback gain and an observed value of the state amount deviation.
US08204623B1 Planning approach for obstacle avoidance in complex environment using articulated redundant robot arm
A planning approach for obstacle avoidance for a robot arm is disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to a planning approach for obstacle avoidance in complex environments for an articulated redundant robot arm which uses a set of via points surrounding an obstacle as an intermediary point between initial and target arm positions. Via points are generated using visual perception, and possible trajectories through the via points and to the target are rehearsed prior to execution of movement. The disclosed planning method solves the “local minima” problem in obstacle avoidance; a situation in which the obstacle avoidance vectors prevent the arm from making progress toward the target.
US08204611B2 Method for reducing quiescent power draw and machine using same
A machine includes a master electronic control module and at least one secondary electronic control module. A method of operating the machine includes steps of determining whether preconditions are satisfied for changing the master electronic control module from an operating state to a low power state, and determining whether preconditions are satisfied for changing the secondary electronic control module from an operating state to a power off state by opening a power supply circuit. The method also includes steps of changing the secondary electronic control module from the operating state to the power off state, and changing the master electronic control module from the operating state to the low power state.
US08204607B2 Implantable medical lead
The disclosure describes an implantable medical lead for delivering stimulation to a patient. Electrodes may be located on two or more surfaces of the lead to, for example, selectively deliver stimulation to one or more tissue layers within the patient. The lead may be implanted within or between intra-dermal, deep dermal, or subcutaneous tissue layers, and may be used to, for example, deliver peripheral nerve field stimulation to treat pain experienced by the patient at the site at which the lead is implanted. The lead may comprise a paddle lead or a multiple level lead, e.g., a lead having a plurality of flat or paddle shaped lead bodies arranged in substantially parallel planes. Further, the lead may include fixation structures on the distal end, proximal end, or both ends to prevent migration.
US08204605B2 Multi-site atrial electrostimulation
An apparatus and method can receive wireless energy using a wireless electrostimulation electrode assembly. In certain examples, at least some of the received wireless energy can be delivered as an electrostimulation to a heart. In certain examples, the wireless electrostimulation electrode can be mechanically supported at least partially using a ring formed by an annulus of a mitral valve of the heart. In certain examples, the wireless electrostimulation electrode assembly can be configured to be intravascularly delivered to an implant location within a chamber of the heart at the annulus of the mitral valve of the heart, and can fit entirely within the heart.
US08204596B2 Isolation connector for an intravascular implantable medical device
Devices and methods providing for a isolation connector for a generally cylindrical or frustro-cylindrical housing of an implantable intravascular medical device are described herein. The isolation connector has a generally annular exterior surface, a proximal end, and a distal end. The isolation connector includes a housing interface portion at the proximal end which is secured to a first end of the housing. The proximal end of the housing interface portion is constructed to be obverse to the first end of the housing and presents a perimeter of substantially similar size and shape to the perimeter of the first end of the housing. The isolation connector further includes a first insulator portion disposed adjacent to a distal end of the housing interface portion. The isolation connector may further include a feed-through channel constructed to traverse the proximal and distal ends of the isolation connector and is defined through the housing interface portion and the first insulator portion. In an optional embodiment, an electrical conductor is disposed within the feed-through channel to electrically coupled at least one component disposed within the housing to at least one component disposed beyond the insulator portion.
US08204591B2 Techniques for prevention of atrial fibrillation
A method is provided, including identifying that a subject is at risk of suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF). Responsively to the identifying, a risk of an occurrence of an episode of the AF is reduced by applying an electrical current to a site of the subject selected from the group consisting of: a vagus nerve, a sinoatrial (SA) node fat pad, a pulmonary vein, a carotid artery, a carotid sinus, a coronary sinus, a vena cava vein, a jugular vein, an azygos vein, an innominate vein, and a subclavian vein, and configuring the current to stimulate autonomic nervous tissue in the site. Other embodiments are also described.
US08204569B2 Implantable medical electrical stimulation lead fixation method and apparatus
The invention includes an implantable medical electrical lead for electrical stimulation of body tissue that includes at least one electrode; a lead body; and at least one modifiable portion that is coaxial with the lead body, wherein the at least one modifiable portion can exist in both a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the second configuration exhibits a greater resistance to movement of the lead within the body tissue than does the first configuration, and wherein the first configuration is exhibited when an external force is applied to the outer surface of the modifiable portion. Kits, systems and methods of implanting are also included in the invention.
US08204564B2 High temperature interfacial superconductivity
High-temperature superconductivity confined to nanometer-scale interfaces has been a long standing goal because of potential applications in electronic devices. The spontaneous formation of a superconducting interface in bilayers consisting of an insulator (La2CuO4) and a metal (La1−xSrxCuO4), neither of which is superconducting per se, is described. Depending upon the layering sequence of the bilayers, Tc may be either ˜15 K or ˜30 K. This highly robust phenomenon is confined to within 2-3 nm around the interface. After exposing the bilayer to ozone, Tc exceeds 50 K and this enhanced superconductivity is also shown to originate from a 1 to 2 unit cell thick interfacial layer. The results demonstrate that engineering artificial heterostructures provides a novel, unconventional way to fabricate stable, quasi two-dimensional high Tc phases and to significantly enhance superconducting properties in other superconductors. The superconducting interface may be implemented, for example, in SIS tunnel junctions or a SuFET.
US08204562B2 Superconducting synchronous machine
Disclosed herein is a superconducting field coil of a homopolar type superconducting synchronous machine. The superconducting synchronous machine includes a superconducting field coil which comprises a single or double pancake coil formed by winding a superconducting wire, a core-type rotor which is made of a magnetic material, and an armature winding excited to three phases on a surface of a core of a stator. The field coil of the homopolar type superconducting synchronous machine is not rotated when the machine is in operation. Thus, there is no part for coupling the rotating field coil to a stationary cryo-cooler for cooling a refrigerant, so that the structure is simple, reliability is high, and various cooling methods are available.
US08204559B2 Foldable mobile device and method for manufacturing case for the same
In the present invention, a rear cover 1 of a display part is made of at least a resin material, and a rear cover 4 of an operation part is made of a metal material. Respective plane portions of a front case 2 of the display part and a front case 3 of the operation part are made mainly of a metal material, and at least hinge parts 2c and 3c, which are formed on the front case 2 of the display part and the front case 3 of the operation part, are made of a resin material.
US08204551B2 Attachable battery pack for intelligent cell phone
An attachable battery pack having a battery body with a pivoted clamp for detachably fastening to one end of an intelligent cell phone (iPhone or Google phone) as a spare battery. The battery body is configured to overlay the display screen of the intelligent cell phone to provide protection for the display screen and includes a charging circuit and connector for charging the built-in battery of the intelligent cell phone.
US08204545B2 Coupler and electronic apparatus
According to one embodiment, a coupler which transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave to and from another coupler includes a substrate, a coupling element, a ground plane, and a feed terminal. The coupling element is positioned at a first surface of the substrate and includes a feed point. The ground plane is positioned at a second surface of the substrate. The ground plane includes a base portion and a protrusion. A first surface of an end of the protrusion is in contact with the second surface of the substrate. The base portion faces the second surface of the substrate with a gap therebetween. The feed terminal is positioned at a second surface of the end of the protrusion and connected to the feed point of the coupling element via a first through-hole in the substrate.
US08204544B2 Agile remote radio head
A system for providing wireless communication is provided. The system comprises a radio transceiver comprising a plurality of configurable receivers and transmitters and a programmable processor, wherein the programmable processor is operable to configure at least some of the plurality of receivers and transmitters to operate using an operational mode associated with at least one of a designated coverage area and capacity.
US08204535B1 Uniform reverse-link power control for an active set of a mobile station
Exemplary methods and systems are described that may be employed in a radio access network in order to aggregate the power-control messages from the sectors in a mobile station's active set, and provide an aggregate reverse-link power-control indication, in all active sectors. To do so, an exemplary base station may periodically determine an appropriate reverse-link power adjustment for a mobile station. However, rather than immediately send power-adjustment indications to the mobile station, each base station serving an active sector is preferably configured to send the power-adjustment indication to mobile switching center. The mobile switching center then determines an aggregate power-control indication for the mobile station. The aggregate power-control indication may then be transmitted to the mobile station in each of the mobile station's active sectors.
US08204529B2 Device and method for frequency scanning using two radios
A device (100) and method for frequency scanning uses two radios. The device (100) includes a processor (515), a scan radio (130) including a receiver (135) coupled to the processor (515), and a data radio (105) including a transmitter (115) that is also coupled to the processor (515). The processor (515) determines a transmission schedule for the transmitter (115) of the data radio (105) in response to a capability to receive a frequency scanning signal at the receiver (135) of the scan radio (130).
US08204519B2 Methods and apparatus for updating a communications device using SMS messages
Method and apparatus for using text messages, e.g., SMS messages, to trigger a device update and/or to update a communications device, e.g., cell phone, are described. The cell phone can be updated/programmed from a remote device. The updating can use SMS messages to accomplish the update. An SMS message may include a command and, optionally, other update information in the message body. Received SMS messages are checked to determine if they include an update command. If an update command is present the command is performed after a security check is satisfied. In some but not necessarily all embodiments, a simplified user interface is supported in addition to SMS update features.
US08204514B2 System for providing alert-based services to mobile stations in a wireless communications network
System for providing alert-based communication services for which corresponding alert conditions to be met by mobile stations are defined. The system includes an alert engine capable of firing alerts associated with the alert-based communication services if location data regarding the mobile stations is indicative of the mobile stations meeting the alert conditions corresponding to the alert-based communication services. A requirements engine is provided for determining an expected earliest future time at which at least one alert condition is capable of being met by a particular mobile station and outputting a data element indicative of a requirement to obtain updated location data about the particular mobile station in advance of the expected earliest future time. Also provided is a scheduler for receiving expiry times data indicative of a plurality of expiry times relating to respective location requests, processing the expiry times data for determining an order for servicing the location requests by positioning determining equipment (PDE) at least in part on a basis on the expiry times of the location requests and an output for interfacing with the PDE, allowing it to service the location requests according to the order determined.
US08204513B2 Location-based social software for mobile devices
A method of establishing connection between users of mobile devices includes receiving at a computer a location of a first user from a first mobile device, receiving from a second mobile device a location of a second user having an acquaintance relationship to the first user, and sending a message to the first mobile device based on the proximity of the first user to the second user.
US08204511B2 Mid-call synchronization for U-TDOA and AOA location in UMTS
In a wireless location system, a method for determining frame and slot timing information for use in receiving an uplink signal from a user equipment (UE) device assigned to an uplink Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) includes receiving signals in the uplink DPCCH at a location measurement unit (LMU) of the WLS. The method also includes detecting a predefined bit pattern known to be present in a plurality of predefined slots of the uplink DPCCH. Next, the frame and slot timing information are determined for the uplink DPCCH based on the detected bit pattern. Finally, the frame and slot timing information is used for collecting uplink signals from the UE for use in location processing.
US08204509B2 Method of and device for air time management in multi-access channel networks
An air time management method and apparatus for multi-access channel networks is provided, suitable for use when terminal stations operate with adaptive modulation. A specific modulation (default modulation) is defined for each terminal station (in a planning phase. During operation, when bandwidth is to be allotted to an uplink or downlink communication, a base station checks whether the concerned terminal station is operating with a modulation more robust (e.g. less efficient) than the default modulation. In so, the base station allocates a time slot to the communication that has a duration sufficient for transmitting less than all of a particular set of data with the default modulation. If not, the base station allocates a time slot to the communication that has a duration sufficient for transmitting all of a particular set of data with the current modulation.
US08204508B2 Uplink scheduling and resource allocation with fast indication
Systems and methods for signalling transitions between talk-spurt state and silence state for wireless terminals having semi-persistently allocated uplink resources are employed. A layer 1/2 indication of the state transitions may be transmitted using a resource that is specifically allocated for that purpose. Alternatively, ACK/NACK signalling may be employed. Layer 1 indications may be employed for both state transition types. Alternatively, in-band MAC layer signalling may be used to signal state transition from talk-spurt state to silence, or the network may deduce this state transition on its own. A different uplink wireless transition resource is allocated for the talk-spurt state vs. the silence state.
US08204507B2 Supplemental node transmission assistance in a wireless communications network
Supplemental node transmission assistance in a wireless network provides for transmissions between a wireless network and wireless user equipment in a first direction using a serving node of the wireless network while providing for transmissions between the wireless network and wireless user equipment in a second direction using a supplemental node of the wireless network. The supplemental node is selected based on providing better channel conditions between the network and the user equipment in the second direction than the serving node. The supplemental node thus provides transmission assistance for the serving node in order to provide the best available downlink and uplink communications between the user equipment and the network.
US08204506B2 Method and apparatuses for allocating service area identifiers in a wireless system
The present invention relates to a method for allocating service area identifiers (SAI) for a femto cell (200A) upon the femto cell (200A) being created. According to the method, information is received about detected cells obtained by scanning performed by a femto radio base station (210A) that is serving the femto cell (200A) in addition to information identifying the femto base station (210A) or the femto cell (200A); a request for SAIs, is transmitted to a SAI selection entity (250, 400) based on the received information, and SAIs selected by a selection entity (250) are received together with an associated user type. The identifiers are further allocated for the created femto cell (200A). The present invention also relates to an apparatus (100, 300) and to the selection entity (250, 400).
US08204502B2 Method and apparatus for user equipment registration
Some embodiments are implemented in a communication system that includes a first wireless communication system and a second wireless communication system that includes a Femtocell access point (FAP) and a network controller that can communicatively couple the FAP to the first wireless communication system. In some embodiments, the network controller can communicatively couple to the first wireless communication system through a UTRAN Iu interface. In some embodiments, the FAP can communicatively couple to a user equipment using a short-range licensed wireless frequency. Some embodiments provide a method of performing a user equipment (UE) registration. The method establishes a unique connection dedicated to the UE between the FAP and the network controller. The method receives a register request message at the network controller from the FAP through the dedicated connection.
US08204494B2 Controlling the use of a wireless mobile communication device
A controlling party can set limitations on a controlled party's access to applications operating on the controlled party's wireless mobile communication device. The controlling party can effectuate these limitations via various different mechanisms. In one instance, the controlling party uses another wireless communication device to effectuate the limitations. In another instance, the limitations are effectuated by the controlling party's operation of a data processing apparatus connected by a wired data communication bus to the controlled party's wireless mobile communication device. In a still further instance, the controlling party effectuates the limitations by accessing a website supported by a web server.
US08204488B2 Web content distribution to personal cellular telecommunications devices
The present invention is directed toward distribution of web content to personal cellular telecommunications devices. The present invention proposes compiling syndicated items compilation files containing the entire contents of one or more syndicated information files and/or status notification compilation files containing a list of one or more syndication feeds and status information regarding same. Both types of compilation files can be Point-To-MultiPoint (P2MP) pushed to all available personal cellular telecommunications devices in one or more cells selected by a cellular operator using standardized P2MP push technology. Alternatively, status notification compilation files can be P2P pulled by or P2P pushed to particular personal cellular telecommunications devices. The present invention also proposes offering accessing full stories in formats other than conventional web page formats. Such non web page formats include inter alia SMS, MMS, email, and the like.
US08204485B2 System and method for enabling a mobile content player to interface with multiple content servers
A system and method is provided for a wireless device for adding a content server as a content source for the wireless device in a push content delivery system having a plurality of content servers configurable for delivering push content to the wireless device. The process operable on the wireless device comprises receiving an invitation from the content server at the wireless device; determining if a mobile content player is to be installed on the wireless device; determining if the invitation is accepted; sending wireless device data to the content server from the wireless device if the invitation is accepted, where the wireless device data is for configuring the content server to push content to the wireless device; and retrieving and installing the mobile content player on the wireless device if the mobile content server is to be installed.
US08204480B1 Method and apparatus for secured access
A commercial off-the-shelf smartphone is adapted, through software modifications only, to provide multiple operating domains or domains that provide differing levels of security and reliability. Each operating domain is isolated from the others. Detection of unauthorized modification is provided. Cross domain activity notification is provided.
US08204476B2 Portable telephone and electronic device
A portable telephone and electronic device are provided. The portable telephone includes a casing having a first surface: a finger guide section that is provided in the first surface and guides a finger of a user to allow the finger to be placed so that a side portion of the finger faces the first surface; an illuminating section provided in the first surface so as to be adjacent to the finger guide section, the illuminating section being capable of radiating light of a predetermined wavelength that transmits through the placed finger; an imaging section provided in the casing so as to be spaced at a predetermined distance from the first surface with respect to a perpendicular direction, the imaging section being capable of imaging the light that has transmitted through the finger; and a control section that performs authentication of the user on the basis of an image obtained by the imaging.
US08204458B2 Transmitting device and method of tuning the transmitting device
A transmitting device comprising a transmitter, an antenna and a tuning means comprising a matching network connectable between the transmitter and the antenna, the matching network comprising a plurality of capacitors; characterized in that the tuning means further comprises a means of selectively individually adjusting the capacitors to increase the output power of the transmitting device.
US08204457B2 Mobile transmitter and transmitting method thereof
Provided is a mobile transmitter and a transmitting method thereof. The mobile transmitter includes a transmission circuit and a control circuit. The transmission circuit selectively operates as a polar transmitter or a direct-conversion transmitter. The control circuit controls an operation of the transmission circuit based on the level of an output signal. The mobile transmitter operates as a direct-conversion transmitter using a linear power amplifier with a high dynamic range when it transmits a low-power signal. Also, the mobile transmitter operates as a polar transmitter using a switching power amplifier with a high power efficiency when it transmits a medium-power or high-power signal. Thus, the mobile transmitter according to the present invention can provide both the high power efficiency (i.e., the advantage of the switching power amplifier) and the high dynamic range (i.e., the advantage of the linear power amplifier). Consequently, it possible to increase the battery lifetime of a personal portable communication terminal and also to implement to a compound terminal that can satisfy a variety of communication standards with a high dynamic range.
US08204450B2 Reliability detection of channel quality indicator (CQI) and application to outer loop power control
A method for determining a channel quality in wireless communications includes receiving a high speed shared control channel (HS-SICH) transmission. An expected number of HS-SICH transmissions and a number of unsuccessful HS-SICH transmissions are counted. The number of unsuccessful HS-SICH transmissions includes a number of failed HS-SICH transmissions and a number of missed HS-SICH transmissions. The expected number of HS-SICH transmissions and the number of unsuccessful HS-SICH transmissions over a fixed time period are periodically reported, whereby the reporting is an indication of the channel quality.
US08204445B2 Detecting signals
A receiver device comprising: a frequency hopping radio receiver for operation according to a frequency hopping radio protocol and arranged to detect the presence of interference characteristic of a predetermined other radio protocol; and a user-alerting unit responsive to the receiver; the receiver device being configurable to actuate the user-alerting unit for alerting a user in response to the detection of interference characteristic of the other radio protocol.
US08204440B2 Wireless transmitting/receiving device
A wireless transmitting/receiving device includes a wireless emitter, a connector, a digital signal processor, an audio signal connector and an analog signal processor. The wireless transmitting/receiving device is used to be electrically connected to an electronic device and transmit data by sending and receiving wireless signals. The connector is used to be electrically connected to the electronic device. The digital signal processor is electrically connected to the wireless emitter, and the digital signal processor may be connected to the connector. The audio signal connector is used to be electrically connected to the electronic device. The analog signal processor is electrically connected to the wireless emitter, and the analog signal processor may be connected to the audio signal connector.
US08204439B2 Wireless reader tags (WRTs) with sensor components in asset monitoring and tracking systems
A wireless transceiver includes: (a) a low power radio frequency (LPRF) communications component capable of powering down to conserve energy and capable of powering up in response to an electronic signal, the LPRF communications component including a transmitter and a first receiver; and (b) a second receiver that is configured to screen a radio frequency broadcast and provide, on the basis of specific data identified therein, the electronic signal to the LPRF communications component in order to power up the LPRF communications component. The second receiver is adapted to draw less current than the LPRF communications component while awaiting receipt of and listening for a radio frequency broadcast.
US08204434B2 Data transmission system for transmitting data via relay having multiple antennas
Disclosed is a data transmission system that transmits data using a relay. During a first time slot, a base station may transmit base station data to the relay, and a mobile station may transmit mobile station data to the relay. During a second time slot, the relay may transmit the mobile station data to the base station, and transmit the base station data to the mobile station.
US08204433B2 Wireless communication system facilitating communications through local networks
A wireless communication system (20) includes a base station (22) that is capable of communicating with a plurality of intermediate cells (24, 60). Each intermediate cell (24, 60) directly communicates with a plurality of end users (26, 64). Communications from an end user (26, 64) may be routed through the intermediate cell to a wireless network (30) associated with the base station (22) or directly to another intermediate cell in a disclosed example. The intermediate cells communicate with the base station on behalf of the end users such that the wireless network recognizes the intermediate cell as a single user and, in one example, assigns temporary listed directory numbers to each of the end users associated with each intermediate cell so that communications from each end user may be handled individually.
US08204430B2 Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a printer body having a developing portion and a fixing portion therein; a plurality of sheet feeding rollers successively disposed along a sheet discharge path of the printer body and driven to discharge a sheet from fixing portion to an upper portion of the printer body; and a rear cover portion having a rear cover provided on a side of the printer body to open and close, a guide rib member to guide the sheet from the fixing portion, an idle roller to rotate in contact with one of the sheet feeding rollers to feed the sheet, and a supplementary guide member to change a position thereof when the rear cover is open to prevent the sheet being discharged to the guide rib member from running into the idle roller.
US08204428B2 Image forming device capable of preventing detection error of test pattern on conveyor belt
A color laser printer includes a belt conveying device having a conveyor belt for conveying a recording medium, an image forming unit that forms an image on the recording medium and a test pattern in a test-pattern area on a conveying surface of the conveyor belt, and a pressing member having a pressing surface that grows wider toward a downstream side with respect to a conveying direction in which the recording medium is conveyed and that presses the recording medium toward the conveying surface of the conveyor belt. The pressing member is disposed so that a prescribed gap is formed between the pressing surface of the pressing member and the test-pattern area on the conveying surface of the conveyor belt.
US08204427B2 Image forming apparatus with multiple lateral alignment positions
An image forming apparatus capable of reducing damage in a fixing section and printing a high-quality image on a sheet at low cost without reducing productivity. A sheet shifting mechanism is arranged upstream of a transfer roller and moves the sheet in a sheet lateral direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction. In order to change a position at which a sheet passes through a fixing roller, the sheet shifting mechanism is controlled for every conveyance of a predetermined number of sheets, whereby sheet movement in the sheet lateral direction is controlled. A correction amount for an error due to sheet shifting by the sheet shifting mechanism is stored for each of sheet shift positions. An image forming position in the sheet lateral direction of a photosensitive drum is shifted on the basis of the sheet shift position and the stored correction amount.
US08204423B2 Cleaning device with accumulation prevention, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus including same
Described embodiments include apparatuses and processes for cleaning a surface of a rotatable image carrier including a cleaning unit configured to prevent material from accumulating on a cleaning blade.
US08204419B2 Fixing device containing extended soaking member and image forming apparatus containing fixing apparatus
A portion 421 on each inner surface of both end sections 42c, 42d of an exciting coil 42, which is positioned on an outermost side in a width direction of a fixing roller 1, is positioned within an edge of a maximum paper feed area Z in the width direction of the fixing roller 1. A heat pipe 3 extends to farther outside of the maximum paper feed area Z in the width direction of the fixing roller 1.
US08204416B2 Method and apparatus for measuring color-to-color registration
In one embodiment, a method of measuring color-to-color registration includes: a) marking test pattern images on an image receiving member using a reference color separation station and a first color separation station over a process direction span in relation to selected target media and a cyclic characteristic of a multicolor marking platform, b) detecting each test pattern image, c) determining a registration measurement associated with the first color separation in relation to the reference color separation for each test pattern image, and d) determining a repeatable registration error pattern associated with the first color separation and the selected target media in relation to the cyclic characteristic based at least in part on the registration measurements determined in c). In one embodiment, the multicolor marking platform includes a marking engine, a controller, an image receiving member, a sensor, color registration measurement logic, and repeatable registration error determining logic.
US08204414B2 Fastening structure, blade structure, develop unit, and image formation apparatus
A fastening structure which fixes a doctor blade to a holder is provided, which includes a cylindrical portion provided on one surface of the holder with which a doctor blade is overlapped, a through hole having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the cylindrical portion and penetrating through the doctor blade. In the fastening structure, while the cylindrical portion is inserted through the through hole with a gap between an outer circumference of the cylindrical portion and an inner circumference of the through hole, an end portion of the cylindrical portion is pressed to be expanded in an outer circumferential direction and then bent towards the doctor blade, to thereby fix the doctor blade to the holder by supporting it between the end portion and the one surface of the holder.
US08204410B2 Developer cartridge, developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
A developer cartridge includes a housing attachable to and detachable from a developing device and accommodating developer and an agitator agitating the developer in the housing and supplying the developer to the developing device through a supply opening of the housing. The agitator includes a rotation shaft, a support plate, a delivery agitation blade supported by the support plate and passing through a position opposing the supply opening along an inner surface of the housing by rotation of the rotation shaft, an entire width of a first end portion of the delivery agitation blade being supported by a distal end portion of the support plate, and an oblique agitation blade erected from a surface of the support plate and oblique to the rotation shaft in order to move the developer in an axial direction of the rotation shaft toward the supply opening.
US08204409B2 Image forming apparatus including bottle driving unit for toner bottle
In an image forming apparatus, a driving force transmitting member includes a protruding portion that can be removably attached to a concave portion of a toner bottle in a shaft line direction of a rotation shaft. The concave portion and the protruding portion can transmit a rotation driving force of the rotation shaft to the toner bottle by being connected with each other such that the concave portion and the protruding portion cannot be rotated relative to each other. A phase detection member includes a pin inserting hole that can select an attachment phase relative to the rotation shaft and can be fixed such that the phase detection member cannot be rotated relative to the rotation shaft.
US08204408B2 Development apparatus and image forming apparatus
In one embodiment, in a development apparatus in which at least a first screw conveyor has been provided in a case, a developer affixing prevention member that prevents a developer from affixing to the first screw conveyor is disposed in the vicinity of a toner resupply port provided in the case. More specifically, the developer affixing prevention member is formed with a torsion coil spring formed from the wire rod whose middle has been wound in a coil-like shape, and in a state with the wound portion of this torsion coil spring supported by a support plate of the case, one arm portion is fixed to the support plate, and another arm portion is extended so as to contact a fin and a rotating shaft of the first screw conveyor.
US08204405B2 Image-forming device that separates developing units from photosensitive members
A plurality of developing units is disposed beneath photosensitive drums for supplying toner to the photosensitive drums. A mounting member detachably mounts the developing units and is configured to be pulled out from the main casing. A supporting member has an upstream end portion in a pulling direction that the mounting member is pulled outward from the main casing and is pivotably supported on the main casing about the upstream end portion. The mounting member is slidably supported on the supporting member in the pulling direction. The supporting member is configured to pivot with the mounting member between a first position where the developing units are capable of supplying toner to the photosensitive drums and a second position where the developing units separate from the photosensitive drums. The mounting member is configured to be pulled out from the main casing if the support member is in the second position.
US08204403B2 Two-color IOI drum module enabling N-color monochrome, highlight, full color, phototone color and extended color architectures
A xerographic marking device includes a media transport path and at least one two-color image-on-image (IOI) drum module. Each two-color IOI drum module includes in a process order around a photoreceptor: a) a first charging unit; b) a first exposure unit; c) a first development unit; d) a second charging unit; e) a second exposure unit; and f) a second development unit, wherein the intermediate transfer unit receives a first toned image and a second toned image from the photoreceptor in a single transfer and transfers those toner images to print media to produce a toned image on print media. In various embodiments, the xerographic marking device is modular and includes a common paper transport module having a cavity and a marking engine sized to fit within the cavity.
US08204398B2 Image forming apparatus with controller for automatically switching displays of operation procedure in rotation
An image forming apparatus is provided with a display device for displaying an operation guide to an operator, and a display controller for causing the display device to display an operation procedure comprised of a plurality of operations as the operation guide while automatically switching the respective operations in rotation.
US08204382B2 Radio frequency-based optical transport network systems and methods
The present disclosure provides radio frequency (RF)-based OTN systems and methods. This includes a framework to carry services over RF-based links without using SONET/SDH or asynchronous radio. In an exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure utilizes an OTN framework over RF. Additionally, the present disclosure can also apply to other non-OTN frameworks such as an extended Ethernet frame with forward error correction (FEC) over RF-based links. The present disclosure combines existing OTN FEC with a radio FEC or with an over-the-air FEC to reduce the OTN FEC. Additionally, the present disclosure utilizes unused overhead to communicate RF data rates between radios.
US08204380B2 Bandwidth allocation method, optical line terminator, subscriber station, communication system, and recording medium recording program of device
An exemplary object of the present invention is to accurately reflect allocation requests and increase the bandwidth use efficiency without requiring expensive and fast integrated circuits or CPUs in the control unit even in a large-scale system with a large number of terminal devices. A subscriber station comprises allocating means for determining bandwidth allocation based on a predetermined allocation condition and bandwidth transmitting means for transmitting bandwidth allocation information determined by the allocating means to an optical line terminator. The optical line terminator comprises pipeline transmitting means for transmitting bandwidth allocation information transmitted from the subscriber stations to all subscriber stations to be allocated with bandwidth.
US08204375B1 Method and systems for testing automatic protection switching protocol in optical interfaces for synchronous optical networks
A standard test device is used to test the interoperability of a Synchronized Optical Network (SONET) optical interface, e.g., a 1+1 protected SONET interface. In one embodiment, two test sets, under the common control of a master controller, can be connected respectively to the working and protect lines of an optical interface. The controller then operates the test sets to test the operation of the interface under the Automatic Protection Switching (APS) protocol to verify interoperability based on the standards incorporated in the test sets while requiring minimal operator intervention. Alternatively, a single test set can include two connections that are connected, respectively, to the working and protection lines of the interface being tested. The test set can then test the operation of the interface under the APS protocol to verify interoperability based on the standards incorporated in the test set.
US08204374B2 Reconfigurable multichannel (WDM) optical ring network with optical shared protection
A reconfigurable multi-channel (WDM) optical ring network with optical shared protection. Preferably, the shared protection is based on a channel optical shared protection ring. The reconfigurable multi-channel (WDM) ring network connects signals between add/drop nodes with reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM). The ring architecture is used to provide redundant paths between any transmitter and receiver so that failure on one side of the ring does not cut the service. The optical shared protection ring supports full redundancy. The shared protection supports wavelength reuse and availability of protection bandwidth for low-priority traffic. The shared protection implementation can also provide full equipment redundancy including transponders if desired. The ROADM components allow for reconfiguration of the multiplexer from a remote site and can be used in a network having both shared and dedicated protection.
US08204365B2 Computer-readable storage medium having moving image generation program stored therein, computer-readable storage medium having moving image reproduction program stored therein, moving image generation apparatus, and moving image reproduction apparatus
For lower load in image encoding, the present invention causes the CPU core to function as the following sections: an editing execution section for an editing process, including shifting process, of an unprocessed image which may undergo previous editing process, under user's input; a shift amount calculation section for calculating the shift amount of the resultant edited image; a difference data calculation section for obtaining difference data between the processed image and an image obtained through shifting of the unprocessed image by the calculated shift amount; and an image addition section for storing, in the image storage section, the calculated shift amount, and the obtained difference data, so as to be associated with each other.
US08204361B2 Information storage medium storing text-based subtitle, and apparatus and method for processing text-based subtitle
An information storage medium storing subtitle text-based information, and a method and apparatus utilizing same, process a subtitle The information storage medium includes: dialog information which contains script text information of the subtitle and information specifying an output type of the script text; and presentation information which contains style information used to convert the script text into a bitmap format through rendering. With this structure, the amount of data required for a subtitle and the amount of data that should be processed when a subtitle is output may be greatly reduced.
US08204352B2 Optical apparatus, sealing substrate, and method of manufacturing optical apparatus
An optical apparatus includes an element substrate on whose surface an optical element is provided; a wiring board disposed so as to face the optical element; a sealing member and a conductive member provided between the element substrate and the wiring board. The sealing member surrounds and hermetically seals the optical element. The conductive member electrically connects the optical element and the wiring board. The wiring board has a light-transmitting area transmitting light to the optical element.
US08204350B2 Optical fiber structure with filtering thin film
An optical fiber with filtering thin film includes a first ferrule having a first through hole and a first contact surface. A first fiber is disposed into the first through hole, extending to the first contact surface. A first interface coupling material is between the first ferrule and the first fiber. A second ferrule has a second through hole and a second contact surface. A second fiber is disposed into the second through hole, extending to the second contact surface. A second interface coupling material is between the second ferrule and the second fiber. The first contact surface and the second contact surface are parallel and have an included tilt angle from a perpendicular transverse plane of first fiber. An optical filtering film is disposed between the first contact surface and the second contact surface. The first fiber and the second fiber are aligned.
US08204348B2 Composite, optical fiber, power and signal tactical cable
A composite cable includes at least two optical fiber components and at least one additional component. An irradiated crosslinked jacket surrounds the optical fiber component and the at least one additional component. A shield encloses at least the two optical fiber components within the jacket, where the shield protects the optical fibers from irradiation of the crosslinked jacket.
US08204338B2 Factoring repeated content within and among images
Systems and/or methods that factor large-scale repeated content within and/or among images can include devices and components that factor received or acquired images into epitomes that include all the content of the received or acquired images and transform maps that encode how to construct a facsimile or a close approximation of the image by selecting transformed regions from the epitomes. Through use of both the epitomes and the transform maps in conjunction, a facsimile or a close approximation of the input image can be reconstructed and displayed.
US08204336B2 Removing noise by adding the input image to a reference image
An image processing device (10) removes noise from an input image by adding the input image to a reference image, and includes: a motion estimation unit (1) which generates motion information for each of blocks of the input image; a motion compensation unit (3) which generates a motion-compensated reference image; a block distortion amount calculation unit (5) which calculates a block distortion amount for each of blocks of the motion-compensated reference image; an addition ratio calculation unit (6) which calculates an addition ratio of a block of the motion-compensated reference image so that the addition ratio decreases as the block distortion increases; and an addition unit (4) which perform weighted sum on a pixel value of the block of the motion-compensated reference image and a pixel value of a block of the input image, using the addition ratio.
US08204326B2 Data processing apparatus, data processing method and data processing program, encoding apparatus, encoding method and encoding program, and decoding apparatus, decoding method and decoding program
A data processing apparatus includes a motion vector storage unit, an index value generating unit, a storage control unit, and a motion vector reading unit. The motion vector storage unit stores a motion vector in a unit block area. The index value generating unit generates the index value corresponding to a position of the unit block at upper left and upper right corners of an object block for which a prediction motion vector is to be acquired, on the basis of a size of the object block. The storage control unit copies a motion vector of an adjacent block by each of the unit block area and stores the copied motion vector. The motion vector reading unit obtains the index value indicating the unit block area on the basis of the index value. The prediction motion vector is obtained on the basis of the motion vector.
US08204324B2 Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing data
A method and an apparatus for compressing and decompressing electronic image data, in particular texture data, are provided. The compressed data includes at least two sets of reduced size data, modulation data and modulation and discontinuity flags. The modulation and discontinuity flags determine how the modulation data is used, in combination with the reduced size data sets, in a decompression process. The apparatus allows for data decompression of textures including large color discontinuities.
US08204319B2 Image compression apparatus and image compression method
An image compression apparatus includes: first and second imaging sections for capturing an image of a subject to generate first and second image signals, respectively; first and second encoding sections for encoding the first and second image signals to generate first and second image data, respectively; first and second distance measuring sections for measuring a distance to the subject for each of image blocks, at the same time as the first and second imaging sections perform image capturing, to generate first and second distance information, respectively; first and second multiplexing sections for generating first and second multiplexed data on the basis of the first and second image data and the distance, respectively, by respectively multiplexing the first and second image data and first and second distance data, which are generated on the basis of the first and second distance information and indicate the distance to the subject for each of predefined pixel blocks in the first and second image data, respectively; and a compression processing section for reducing amounts of the first and second multiplexed data to generate compressed data. The compression processing section generates the compressed data by extracting long-distance blocks in the first and second image data on the basis of the first and second distance data, respectively, calculating a differential between the long-distance blocks in the first and second multiplexed data, and deleting the long-distance blocks in the first or second multiplexed data which are identical to their counterparts in the other multiplexed data.
US08204316B2 Apparatus, method and computer program for classifying pixels in a motion picture as foreground or background
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for classifying pixels in each frame of a motion picture as foreground or background. According to the invention, the apparatus has a decision unit and adjustment unit. The decision unit classifies a pixel as a foreground pixel, a background pixel or an undefined pixel based on a first threshold, a second threshold and a distribution value of the pixel representing an occurrence probability of a pixel value of the pixel. The decision unit sorts each pixel into a foreground pixel or a background pixel based on the classification result of the decision unit.
US08204292B2 Feature based neural network regression for feature suppression
A method of obtaining one or more components from an image may include normalizing and pre-processing the image to obtain a processed image. Features may be extracted from the processed image. Neural-network-based regression may then be performed on the set of extracted features to predict the one or more components. These techniques may be applied, for example, to the problem of extracting and removing bone components from radiographic images, which may be thoracic (lung) images.
US08204287B2 Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image processing program
A hemorrhage edge candidate area extraction section extracts a candidate area for the outline part of a hemorrhage area, based on an image signal of a medical image constituted by multiple color signals obtained by capturing an image of a living body. A feature quantity calculation section calculates a feature quantity of the hemorrhage area based on calculation of the amount of change in the image signal in a small area including the candidate area, among multiple small areas obtained by dividing the medical image. A hemorrhage edge determination section determines whether or not the candidate areas are the outline part of the hemorrhage area based on the feature quantity.
US08204282B2 Image input device and personal authentication device
An image input device is disclosed, including: a lens array in which a plurality of lenses are arrayed; a shielding member configured to prevent a crosstalk on an image surface of light rays passing each of lenses of the lens array; a flat board member configured to regulate a position of a living body in a lens optical axis direction of the lens array when contacting the living body; an image pickup part configured to include an image surface and pick up a compound eye image, which is a set of reduced images of an object inside the living body which position is regulated by the flat board member, the reduced images approximately formed on the image surface by the plurality of lenses of the lens array; and a process part configured to re-compose a single image from the compound eye image picked up by the image pickup part. The image input device inputs the single image re-composed by the process part as an object image.
US08204272B2 Lighting control of a user environment via a display device
A system and method for controlling lighting conditions in a user environment in the context of an image capture device are disclosed. An inner frame area and an outer frame area adjust certain lighting conditions in the user environment in response to certain lighting conditions detected by the image capture device. The frame areas may be dynamically controlled as to affect the brightness and/or color of the particular user environment. Multiple image capture devices may be used to video conference.
US08204271B2 Digital watermark detecting apparatus
A digital watermark embedding apparatus includes: an extractor configured to extract a specific frequency component from each of N kinds of scaled images about an input image signal to generate N kinds of extracted signals; a generator configured to compress the amplitude of the respective extracted signals on the basis of N kinds of to-be-embedded information corresponding to the N kinds of extracted signals to generate watermark image signals by shifting the predetermined phases; and a superimposer configured to add the N kinds of watermark image signals to the input image signal to generate an output image signal.
US08204257B2 System and method for increasing ring tone volume
A method for increasing ring tone volume is provided. The method includes steps of: reading an audio file which is set as a current ring tone; determining whether the ring tone is a MP3 audio file or a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) audio file; adjusting frequencies by using an equalizer technique to increase volume of the ring tone if the ring tone is the MP3 audio file; adjusting a volume level of the ring tone to be the highest volume level, and adjusting timbre of the ring tone to increase the ring tone volume by simulating a musical score of the ring tone by using different instruments if the ring tone is the MIDI audio file. A related system is also provided.
US08204247B2 Position-independent microphone system
An audio system generates position-independent auditory scenes using harmonic expansions based on the audio signals generated by a microphone array. In one embodiment, a plurality of audio sensors are mounted on the surface of a sphere. The number and location of the audio sensors on the sphere are designed to enable the audio signals generated by those sensors to be decomposed into a set of eigenbeam outputs. Compensation data corresponding to at least one of the estimated distance and the estimated orientation of the sound source relative to the array are generated from eigenbeam outputs and used to generate an auditory scene. Compensation based on estimated orientation involves steering a beam formed from the eigenbeam outputs in the estimated direction of the sound source to increase direction independence, while compensation based on estimated distance involves frequency compensation of the steered beam to increase distance independence.
US08204246B2 Sound transducer
A sound transducer, comprising at least one acoustically neutral body with which it is possible to associate two sound conveyance elements which are shaped approximately like a stylized funnel so as to each form an auricle, which protrudes outside the acoustically neutral body and is blended with a duct with which a three-pole microphone cartridge is associated, the cartridge being arranged so that its front end, adapted to acquire the sound, is proximate to the inlet of the duct. The two cold poles of the microphone cartridges are mutually inverted, so that the cold pole of one of the microphone cartridges and the hot pole and the ground of the other of the microphone cartridges are or can be connected to a same connector or socket which is or can be associated with an amplifying and/or recording and/or processing device.
US08204244B2 Spare tire cover-mounted loudspeaker
A spare wheel well cover includes an electro-acoustic transducer coupled to an opening in the spare wheel well cover. The spare wheel well cover and loudspeaker are arranged to cooperate with a spare wheel well to form an acoustic volume when the spare wheel well cover is secured to the spare wheel well.
US08204242B2 Active noise reduction adaptive filter leakage adjusting
An active noise reduction system using adaptive filters. A method of operation the active noise reduction system includes smoothing a stream of leakage factors. The frequency of a noise reduction signal may be related to the engine speed of an engine associated with the system within which the active noise reduction system is operated. The engine speed signal may be a high latency signal and may be obtained by the active noise reduction system over audio entertainment circuitry.
US08204239B2 Audio processing method and audio processing apparatus
Samples of a component having a frequency less than a predetermined frequency in an input audio signal that is a digital signal having a predetermined sampling frequency are written in a memory. A harmonic-overtone signal having a frequency N times a frequency of the input audio signal is generated by repeating an operation N times, where N is an integer more than one, the operation including reading one sample and thinning out (N−1) samples for every N samples from the memory within each cycle period from a first one-direction zero-crossing point to a second one-direction zero-crossing point subsequent to the first one-direction zero-crossing point, each one-direction zero-crossing point being a point at which a level of the input audio signal changes from negative to positive or a point at which the level of the input audio signal changes from positive to negative.
US08204227B2 Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and computer program
An apparatus includes a first storage unit configured to store first data to be backup, an encryption unit configured to generate second data by encrypting the first data by using a cryptographic key, a second storage unit configured to store the second data together with a first identifier of the first data, a third storage unit configured to store the cryptographic key used in the encryption of the first data, in association with the first identifier of the first data, an instruction acceptance unit configured to accept a deletion instruction for the first data stored in the first storage unit, and a deletion unit configured to delete, from the third storage unit in accordance with the deletion instruction, the cryptographic key associated with the first identifier of the first data for which the deletion instruction is accepted.
US08204225B2 Method and apparatus for providing security in a radio frequency identification system
One aspect involves a communication that contains a portion encrypted with a selected key can be wirelessly transmitted by a part for reception and decryption by plural tags. A different aspect involves a tag receiving a first sequence of wireless communications that each contain sequencing information regarding the first sequence, while receiving a second sequence of wireless communications that each include sequencing information regarding the second sequence, and further involves monitoring the sequencing information from received communications of the first sequence while separately monitoring the sequencing information from received communications of the second sequence.
US08204211B2 Systems and methods for selecting tones for far-end cross talk mitigation
Systems and methods are described for selecting tones for far-end crosstalk (FEXT) mitigation. In particular, systems and methods are described for performing far-end crosstalk (FEXT) mitigation within a digital subscriber line (xDSL) system. One embodiment is a method that comprises determining a first set of function values relating to a per-tone signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for a user among a plurality of users for a number of tones, wherein the number of tones is less than or equal to a total number of tones available for transmission. The method further comprises estimating coefficients for performing FEXT mitigation for the number of tones, performing FEXT mitigation on the number of tones based on the estimated coefficients, and performing FEXT mitigation on a selected group of tones from among the number of tones, wherein the selected group of tones is less than or equal to the number tones.
US08204210B2 Method and system for nonlinear acoustic echo cancellation in hands-free telecommunication devices
A method and system for determining and compensating for a non-linearity in a hands-free acoustic telecommunication device is disclosed. The method determines a back electromotive force signal induced in a loudspeaker from at least one of a coil voltage, a current signal and estimates of coil resistance and inductance, estimating at least one of a cone position and a cone velocity from the BEMF integrated with respect to time and determining an estimate of an echo value from a series connection of an estimated inverse of a force factor function primitive and the estimated acoustic impulse response; and outputting the estimated echo value.
US08204205B1 Method for increasing the efficiency of automated telephony systems
The problem of an automated telephony system having only a single way to measure a caller's difficulty in processing a transaction when using the system is solved by selecting from at least two thresholds for measuring the caller's difficulty. Having a choice of alternative thresholds to measure the caller's difficulty, referred to as inefficiency thresholds, allows for a more responsive approach to managing an automated telephony system. This choice of inefficiency thresholds overcomes multiple problems of systems only using one inefficiency threshold, such as: (1) transferring a call to a live agent to quickly, (2) transferring a call to a live agent to slowly, and (3) giving a caller a feeling that the automated telephony system is unresponsive to his or her needs. Having multiple inefficiency thresholds from which to choose allows for a more dynamic response to a diverse audience of callers and to different needs of a single caller during the various parts of a call.
US08204203B1 Method of managing circuit switched and internet protocol telephone lines associated with a digital subscriber line service
A method of managing communications received by a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) terminating at a residence associated with a subscriber is disclosed. The DSL is divided into one baseband line, one or more derived lines and a data connection. A query is received from a Service Control Point (SCP) for subscriber preferences for handling an incoming communication. The query is translated into an Internet Protocol (IP) message and communicated to a web server. A Common Gateway Interface (CGI) application module is invoked that corresponds to the particular type of communication being sent to the residence. The subscriber's preferences for handling the particular type of communication are retrieved from a database. Based on the retrieved preferences and invoked CGI application, call handling instructions are sent to the SCP.
US08204195B2 Multi-conferencing capability
A system and method for providing the capability to simultaneously manage multiple conference calls, move participants in the conference calls from one conference call to another and subdivide or join multiple conference calls together, and the like, wherein a participant seeking to initiate conference calls does so at his or her endpoint by selecting conference call identifiers, where the identifiers identify conference calls to be created. The initiating participant then selects the participants to be associated with the particular calls and confirms the selection. Upon confirmation of the selection, the conference calls among the selected participants are established.
US08204191B2 Apparatus and method for ensuring a real-time connection between users and selected service provider using voice mail
A method and apparatus are described for ensuring a real-time connection between users and selected service providers using voice mail. The system enables seekers of a wide array of services to select, contact, converse, and pay for a service provider using a communications device such as the telephone. A seeker locates a service provider by providing the name of a profession, which is recognized by the system's software. Once a service provider is selected, the system connects the seeker with the service provider for a live conversation. However, during service provider unavailability, the system enables the seeker to leave a voice mail message for the service provider and reconnects the user and service provider once the message is reviewed by the service provider. The system automatically bills the seeker for the time spent conversing with the service provider and compensates the service provider.
US08204187B2 Phone dialing method
A phone dialing method is carried out on a communication device when browsing photos so as to make a phone call. First, a browser is activated to load a picture. Face features of all the existing human faces are detected. The face features of all contacts in a directory are compared to find out the contact matching the characters of human face. Then, the phone number of the contact is dialed. Further, after the picture is loaded, a user may set an identification area to narrow down the scope of identifying human faces. After that, the characters of human face of the selected human face are analyzed, and a search is made in the directory to find the contact matching the characters of human face. Finally, call contact by the number of directory.
US08204180B1 Systems and methods for preventing sensitive information from being communicated into a non-secure environment
A telecommunication system is arranged between a trusted automated interactive system and a non-secure agent. The trusted automated interactive portion is operable for bidirectional communications with a caller. The agent portion is arranged to be bridged onto a communication connection between the caller (or network chat user) and the trusted interactive system under certain conditions. Sensitive data transmitted between the system and a calling user may be blocked from being communicated to the agent even while the agent is bridged onto the connection. In one embodiment, information (such as a verification of authenticity of the caller) pertaining to the sensitive data (but not the sensitive data itself) is communicated to the agent.
US08204179B2 Telecommunication relay service assistance for incoming calls
A method is provided in a telecommunications network for clandestinely providing a transmission relay service (TRS) to a called party (30). The method includes: receiving a first call from a calling party (10), the first call being received at a network node (40) serving a called party (30) for which the first call is intended; detecting the called party (30) answering the first call; and, determining whether or not to invoke a feature (44) supported by the network node (40). If it is determined that the feature (44) is to be invoked, then the method further includes: reserving a bridge; placing a second call to a relay center (50) supporting the TRS; obtaining an acknowledgement from the relay center (50) that an operator (52) at the relay center (50) is ready to participate in the first call; and, in response to obtaining the acknowledgement, completing the reserved bridge between the calling party (10) and the relay center (50), and establishing a TRS link between the relay center (50) and the called party (30).
US08204173B2 System and method for image reconstruction by using multi-sheet surface rebinning
The present application is directed toward the generation of three dimensional images in a tomography system having X-ray sources offset from detectors, in particular in a system where the sources are located on a plane, while detectors are located on multiple parallel planes, parallel to the plane of sources and all the planes of detectors lie on one side of the plane of sources. A controller operates to rebin detected X-rays onto a non-flat surface, perform two dimensional reconstruction on the surface, and generate the three dimensional image from reconstructed images on the plurality of surfaces.
US08204163B2 Process for receiving a broadband electromagnetic signal
In a process for receiving a broadband electromagnetic signal, the receiving spectrum is divided into n partial spectrums (n>1), which are subjected to parallel further processing in n channels. The resulting n partial signals are then demodulated into the base band, digitized by n equal-type analog-to-digital converters, and spectrally transformed by a fast Fourier Transform. Interfering edge effects at the transition to the respectively adjacent channel are compensated by amplitude and phase correction of the n partial signals for compensating. Finally, the partial spectrums of the n partial signals are integrated to form a total spectrum in the frequency domain.
US08204161B2 Configurable all-digital coherent demodulator system for spread spectrum applications
A configurable all-digital coherent demodulator system for spread spectrum digital communications is disclosed herein. The demodulator system includes an extended and long code demodulator (ELCD) coupled to a traffic channel demodulator (TCD) and a parameter estimator (PE). The demodulator also includes a pilot assisted correction device (PACD) that is coupled to the PE and the TCD. The ELCD provides a code-demodulated signal to the TCD and the PE. In turn, the TCD provides a demodulated output data signal to the PE. The PACD corrects the phase error of the demodulated output data based on an error estimate that is fed forward from the PE. Accumulation operations in the ELCD, TCD, and PE are all programmable. Similarly, a phase delay in the PACD is also programmable to provide synchronization with the error estimate from the PE.
US08204157B2 Wireless communications device for signal with selected data symbol mapping and related methods
A wireless communications device may include a wireless receiver for receiving a Gaussian phase shift keyed signal having a selected data symbol mapping, and a demodulator coupled to the wireless receiver for demodulating the Gaussian phase shift keyed signal using memory-less data symbol decisions based upon the selected data symbol mapping.
US08204154B2 DC offset calibration
A mobile communication device comprises a plurality of receivers, a phase detection circuit, and a DC offset calibration circuit. Each receiver comprises a receiver chain and a divide-by-2 circuit that supplies Local Oscillating (LO) signal for the receiver chain. The LO signals leak to each receiver chain and create an undesirable DC offset voltage. The DC offset depends on an LNA gain and a phase relation among the LO leakages. In a first novel aspect, a two-dimensional DC offset calibration (DCOC) table is prepared for each receiver chain. In a second novel aspect, the phase detection circuit detects the phase relation among the LO leakages for each receiver chain. Based on the LNA gain and the detected phase relation of each receiver chain, a DCOC code is selected from a corresponding DCOC table such that the calibration circuit calibrates the DC offset for each receiver effectively and efficiently.
US08204152B2 Digitally synchronized receiving device and associated signal processing method
A digitally synchronized receiving device and an associated signal processing method are provided. The digitally synchronized receiving device can receive data transmitted by a transmitter. The transmitter and the receiving device belong to a first clock domain and a second clock domain respectively. The receiving device performs synchronization in a digital manner, so as to deal with the problem of the analog solution in prior arts and the synchronization for interference cancellation.
US08204151B2 Methods and apparatus to generate multiple antennas transmit precoding codebook
A device and method for generating a codebook. The device includes a generator. The codebook generator is configured to generate a precoding codebook using an 8-PSK alphabet-based 4 bits 4 TX and 8 TX antennas for use in a closed-loop SU-MIMO scheme. According to aspects of the present disclosure, it is possible to generate a precoding codebook for use in 8 Transmission Antenna systems.
US08204149B2 Spatial spreading in a multi-antenna communication system
Spatial spreading is performed in a multi-antenna system to randomize an “effective” channel observed by a receiving entity for each transmitted data symbol block. For a MIMO system, at a transmitting entity, data is processed (e.g., encoded, interleaved, and modulated) to obtain ND data symbol blocks to be transmitted in NM transmission spans, where ND≧1 and NM>1. The ND blocks are partitioned into NM data symbol subblocks, one subblock for each transmission span. A steering matrix is selected (e.g., in a deterministic or pseudo-random manner from among a set of L steering matrices, where L>1) for each subblock. Each data symbol subblock is spatially processed with the steering matrix selected for that subblock to obtain transmit symbols, which are further processed and transmitted via NT transmit antennas in one transmission span. The ND data symbol blocks are thus spatially processed with NM steering matrices and observe an ensemble of channels.
US08204122B2 Compressed non-reference picture reconstruction from post-processed reference pictures
A method of compressed picture reconstruction using a plurality of post-processed reference pictures. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a first of a plurality of reconstructed pictures by decoding a first of a plurality of compressed pictures using at least one of a plurality of non-post-processed reference pictures buffered in a reference memory, wherein the compressed pictures are received in an input bitstream, (B) generating a first of a plurality of processed pictures by artifact processing the first reconstructed picture to remove artifacts, (C) buffering in the reference memory both (i) the first reconstructed picture as one of the non-post-processed reference pictures and (ii) the first processed picture as one of the post-processed reference pictures and (D) generating a second of the reconstructed pictures by decoding a second of the compressed pictures using at least one of the post-processed reference pictures buffered in the reference memory.
US08204117B2 Video frame encoding and decoding
A video frame arithmetical context adaptive encoding and decoding scheme is presented which is based on the finding, that, for sake of a better definition of neighborhood between blocks of picture samples, i.e. the neighboring block which the syntax element to be coded or decoded relates to and the current block based on the attribute of which the assignment of a context model is conducted, and when the neighboring block lies beyond the borders or circumference of the current macroblock containing the current block, it is important to make the determination of the macroblock containing the neighboring block dependent upon as to whether the current macroblock pair region containing the current block is of a first or a second distribution type, i.e., frame or field coded.
US08204116B2 Video frame encoding and decoding
A video frame arithmetical context adaptive encoding and decoding scheme is presented which is based on the finding, that, for sake of a better definition of neighborhood between blocks of picture samples, i.e. the neighboring block which the syntax element to be coded or decoded relates to and the current block based on the attribute of which the assignment of a context model is conducted, and when the neighboring block lies beyond the borders or circumference of the current macroblock containing the current block, it is important to make the determination of the macroblock containing the neighboring block dependent upon as to whether the current macroblock pair region containing the current block is of a first or a second distribution type, i.e., frame or field coded.
US08204115B2 Video frame encoding and decoding
A video frame arithmetical context adaptive encoding and decoding scheme is presented which is based on the finding, that, for sake of a better definition of neighborhood between blocks of picture samples, i.e. the neighboring block which the syntax element to be coded or decoded relates to and the current block based on the attribute of which the assignment of a context model is conducted, and when the neighboring block lies beyond the borders or circumference of the current macroblock containing the current block, it is important to make the determination of the macroblock containing the neighboring block dependent upon as to whether the current macroblock pair region containing the current block is of a first or a second distribution type, i.e., frame or field coded.
US08204110B2 Method of coding and decoding image
A method of simplifying the arithmetic operation in a global motion compensation process approximates the motion vector field of the whole image without using many parameters. Motion vectors in the global motion compensation are found by the interpolation and/or extrapolation of the motion vectors of a plurality of representative points 602, 603 and 604 having particular features in the spatial distance thereof. Since the shift operation can be substituted for the division for synthesizing a predicted image of global motion compensation, the processing using a computer or a dedicated hardware is simplified.
US08204109B2 Overcomplete basis transform-based motion residual frame coding method and apparatus for video compression
The present invention provides a method to compress digital moving pictures or video signals based on an overcomplete basis transform using a modified Matching Pursuit algorithm. More particularly, this invention focuses on the efficient coding of the motion residual image, which is generated by the process of motion estimation and compensation. A residual energy segmentation algorithm (RESA) can be used to obtain an initial estimate of the shape and position of high-energy regions in the residual image. A progressive elimination algorithm (PEA) can be used to reduce the number of matching evaluations in the matching pursuits process. RESA and PEA can speed up the encoder by many times for finding the matched basis from the pre-specified overcomplete basis dictionary. Three parameters of the matched pattern form an atom, which defines the index into the dictionary and the position of the selected basis, as well as the inner product between the chosen basis pattern and the residual signal. The present invention provides a new atom position coding method using quad tree like techniques and a new atom modulus quantization scheme. A simple and efficient adaptive mechanism is provided for the quantization and position coding design to allow a system according to the present invention to operate properly in low, medium and high bit rate situations. These new algorithm components can result in a faster encoding process and improved compression performance over previous matching pursuit based video coders.
US08204104B2 Frame rate conversion system, method of converting frame rate, transmitter, and receiver
A frame rate conversion system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a decoding unit decoding a compressed video signal encoded by an encoding method using a motion vector, and an encoding unit superimposing reference control information being output from the decoding unit and containing at least a motion vector on a blanking period of the video signal decoded by the decoding unit, and outputs the video signal with the reference control information superimposed thereon. The receiver includes a decoding unit separating the reference control information from the blanking period of the video signal input from the transmitter, and a frame rate converting unit generating an interpolated frame between frames of the input video signal using the reference control information separated by the decoding unit, and converting the input video signal into the signal of a higher frame rate.
US08204098B2 Control signaling for multiple carrier high speed uplink packet access in radio frequency communication systems
Systems and methods for providing an efficient mechanism for transmitting information needed to receive a secondary carrier over an existing message protocol on a primary carrier for a multiple carrier capable communications terminal. The receiver terminal may receive, on a primary carrier, a message containing information including a timing offset and a cell identification for a secondary carrier, for example. The communications terminal may then correlate a receiver to receive the secondary carrier without the need for a separate synchronization signal on the secondary carrier. These embodiments result in additional efficiency in a communications system.
US08204095B2 Rapid acquisition method for impulse ultra-wideband signals
A method is provided that determines a delay and phase of an ultra-wide band signal in a communication system using a single correlator. A pulse search is executed that includes correlating a signal template with a UWB signal and sampling a preamble of the UWB signal at various time positions until a pulse in the signal template matches a pulse in the preamble. A chip boundary at which the pulse in the preamble is detected is identified using the signal template. A code search is executed for determining the correct phase of the received signal. The code search utilizes a plurality of phases having a same time-hopping sequence as the received signal. Each pulse of the phases is positioned at the determined chip boundary within each respective chip pulse position. Chips pulse positions of the phases are compared with the chip pulse positions of the UWB signal for determining a phase match.
US08204094B2 Scalable, efficient laser systems
A laser comprises an end pump light source and a gain medium having a first end, a second end, and four sides comprising a first, a second, a third, and a fourth side. The end pump light source is optically coupled to the first end and pumps the gain medium. The first side and the third side are tapered inwardly from the first end to the first end to the second end at a taper angle β relative to a longitudinal lasing axis and have a polished finish capable of reflecting light inside the gain medium. The second side and the fourth side are substantially parallel to the longitudinal lasing axis have a ground blasted finish. The first side is also tilted inwardly at a slant angle α from the fourth side to the second side. A laser beam R0 exits the second end of the gain medium.
US08204087B2 Multi-lane signal transmitting and receiving apparatuses
An optical communication system is provided. In particular, multi-lane signal transmitting and receiving apparatuses capable of transmitting and receiving a multi-lane signal using the same inverse multiplexing scheme even when optic modules having several transport lane numbers are selected according to a purpose of use are provided. Each OTUk capable of containing a client signal in a transport hierarchy signal (OTUk-Xv) is defined as a virtual container, and Y virtual lanes are allocated to respective virtual containers X, in which identification information for the allocated virtual lanes is inserted into an overhead area and a transport hierarchy multi-lane signal is transmitted in the form of OTUk-XvYd. A receiving stage extracts the identification information inserted into the overhead area of the transport hierarchy signal in the form of OTUk-XvYd, compensates for a skew of the received signals, and aligns virtual lane signals for each virtual container to restore an OTUk-Xv signal that is an original transport hierarchy signal.
US08204086B2 Natural network coding for multi-hop wireless network
Described herein is technology for, among other things, natural network coding in a wireless mesh network. The technology involves wireless mesh network systems, methods and devices based on the natural network coding. By encoding signals in their natural forms using their channel strengths, more efficient transmission of signals is possible in the wireless mesh network.
US08204066B2 Method for predicting a port number of a NAT equipment based on results of inquiring the STUN server twice
We propose a method for predicting a port number of a NAT equipment according to results of inquiring a STUN server twice in this invention. A network terminal device A in a private network sends an inquiry packet to the STUN server before and after sending a hole punching request, acquires two endpoint mappings of the NAT equipment used respectively in the two inquiries from the STUN server, and delivers the endpoint mappings to another network terminal device B in another private network through a SIP server. The network terminal device B predicts a range of port numbers of the NAT equipment probably used when the hole punching request was sent, according to the endpoint mappings and a port differential of the NAT equipment, and sends packets to the predicted port numbers sequentially until a response packet is received from the network terminal device A. Hence, a connection channel is established.
US08204064B2 Method and system of session media negotiation
Methods and systems for processing a signaling message are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: determining a first transcoding policy associated with an originator endpoint contained in a received first call offer; determining a second transcoding policy associated with an answerer endpoint contained in the first call offer; applying the first transcoding policy to a first offer codec set in the first call offer to produce a second call offer containing a second offer codec set; applying the second transcoding policy to the second codec set to produce a third call offer containing a third offer codec set; comparing a first answerer codec set in a received first answer and a second answerer codec set contained in the second call offer; and determining whether or not to perform transcoding based on a result of the comparison.
US08204060B2 Method and system for facilitating forwarding a packet in a content-centric network
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates forwarding a packet. During operation, the system receives a packet with a hierarchically structured variable-length identifier (HSVLI). The system then performs a lookup at a forwarding engine based at least on the packets HSVLI. The system further makes a forwarding decision based on the lookup.
US08204058B2 Automatic framing selection
Network traffic is monitored and an optimal framing heuristic is automatically determined and applied. Framing heuristics specify different rules for framing network traffic. While a framing heuristic is applied to the network traffic, alternative framing heuristics are speculatively evaluated for the network traffic. The results of these evaluations are used to rank the framing heuristics. The framing heuristic with the best rank is selected for framing subsequent network traffic. Each client/server traffic flow may have a separate framing heuristic. The framing heuristics may be deterministic based on byte count and/or time or based on traffic characteristics that indicate a plausible point for framing to occur. The choice of available framing heuristics may be determined partly by manual configuration, which specifies which framing heuristics are available, and partly by automatic processes, which determine the best framing heuristic to apply to the current network traffic from the set of available framing heuristics.
US08204057B2 Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing an enriched messaging service in a communications network
Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing an enriched messaging service in a communications network is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a messaging service message addressed to a first destination address. A subscriber identifier in the message is utilized to access subscriber information contained in at least one subscriber information database. The subscriber information facilitates intelligent processing or interpretation of the message. The accessed subscriber information is then incorporated in the message to create an enriched message. The enriched message is transmitted.
US08204047B2 Using PSTN reachability to verify caller ID information in received VoIP calls
A system for verifying caller ID information in received VoIP calls. In particular implementations, a method includes receiving a caller identification (ID) identifying a calling party telephone number in a call initiation message transmitted from a VoIP call agent; determining the identity of the VoIP call agent; verifying that a public switched telephone network (PSTN) call to the calling party telephone number would arrive at a VoIP call agent having the determined identity; and applying, responsive to the call initiation message, one or more rules based at least in part on the verifying step.
US08204035B2 Network node
A computer node comprising a synchronization unit for comparing network timing information for a first network with network timing information for a second network and for communicating to the first network the sign of the difference between the first network timing information and the second network timing information to allow the first network to alter its network timing information using the sign of the difference to allow the network timing difference between the first network and the second network to be reduced.
US08204019B2 Method and system to enable simultaneous reception of plurality of services in DVB systems
A method comprises dividing a time frequency frame into a plurality of slots, the frame having one or more radio-frequency (RF) channels, determining a maximum slot length, and scheduling service data in symbols such that all service data symbols are within the maximum slot length of symbols corresponding to at least one common service part.
US08203998B2 System and methods for cancelling interference in a communication system
Systems and methods for canceling interference in a communication system are described. A signal that comprises current data from a current access point and secondary data from one or more secondary access points is received. The secondary data is demodulated using one or more secondary channel estimates if a signal metric is less than a predetermined threshold. Interference in the received signal is canceled using the demodulated secondary data if the signal metric is less than the predetermined threshold. The received signal with the interference canceled is demodulated using a current channel estimate to obtain the current data. The method for interference cancellation may use the same hardware resources and processing available for receiving data from a single access point.
US08203994B2 Wireless communication systems, methods, and data structure
A method of providing wireless communication is disclosed. The method may include providing a number of stations configured for transmitting signals wirelessly over at least one channel and dividing the stations into at least two clusters. The stations within each cluster may operate cooperatively to transmit or receive signals corresponding to the cluster simultaneously.
US08203991B2 Communication in dual protocol environments
A communication device (1) comprising: a first communication system (4) for transmitting and/or receiving signals according to a first protocol; a second communication system (3) for transmitting and receiving signals according to a second protocol, the second protocol having the facility that a receiver (3) can indicate to a transmitter (2) that it is in an unresponsive state whereby the transmitter can be inhibited from transmitting data to the receiver when it is in the unresponsive state; a signal activity detector (9) for detecting activity in the signals of the first protocol; and a control unit (7) responsive to the signal activity detector for causing the second communication system to indicate that it is in an unresponsive state.
US08203983B2 Multi-domain network with centralized management
One embodiment relates to a method for coordinating signals within a multi-domain network. At least one node within one network domain of the multi-domain network is identified, where the one node is affected by interference due to another node of another network domain of the multi-domain network. Global signals are provided to the one network domain to coordinate domain signals within that network domain to limit the interference from the another node. Other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US08203975B1 Adaptive analog echo/NEXT cancellation
A transceiver includes an analog front end (AFE) device and first, second, third, and fourth transmitters. A digital signal processor (DSP) receives digital receive signal and digital transmit signals and generates a shared error control signal and first, second, third, and fourth individual error control signals. An echo canceller system generates an estimated echo signal. First, second, and third NEXT canceller systems generate first, second, and third estimated NEXT signals, respectively, each based on the second analog receive signal and respective ones of the analog transmit signals from the second, third, and fourth transmitters during the first mode and each based on the shared error control signal, respective ones of the second, third, and fourth individual error control signals, and the respective ones of the analog transmit signals from the second, third, and fourth transmitters during the second mode.
US08203956B1 Method and apparatus providing a precedence drop quality of service (PDQoS)
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing a precedence drop quality of service is presented. A drop precedence value for a packet is determined and inserted into the packet which is then transmitted having the drop precedence value inserted therein. The packet is received and a determination made regarding whether a sum of queued packet sizes of previously received packets having a higher drop precedence value than the packet is larger than a first threshold value. The packet is dropped when the sum of queued packet sizes of the previously received packets having a higher drop precedence value than the packet is larger than the first threshold value.
US08203955B2 Method and apparatus for scheduling packets in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system
A method and apparatus for scheduling packets in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system is provided. More particularly, the presently described embodiments relate to a scheduling system whereby packets are prioritized based on packet delay information. The system also handles poor geometry users in an improved manner.
US08203953B2 Bi-directional policer for data rate enforcement over half-duplex mediums
A bi-directional policer especially suitable for application in, but not limited to, wireless networks or other shared access or half-duplex communication mediums. In a particular implementation, bi-directional policers measure a flow of frames (L2) or packets (L3) in both directions and apply policing actions accordingly.
US08203950B2 Quality of service in a storage area network
In one embodiment, a solution is provided wherein a minimum and/or maximum bandwidth may be guaranteed for specific flows. These guarantees can be associated to various levels of granularity, such as target (T), target-Logical Unit Number (LUN) coupling (TL), initiator-target-LUN coupling (ITL), and initiator-target coupling (IT). This may be accomplished by rate limiting frames in the storage area network based upon quality of service information provided by a user. As such, the traffic can be shaped in a way that guarantees requested levels of service without dropping frames.
US08203949B1 Obtaining high availability using TCP proxy devices
The present invention relates to increasing performance of Wide Area Network (WAN) communications and in particular to a redundant proxy device associated with one end of a transport layer connection that monitors packet traffic and selectively reroutes packets to a proxy application.
US08203947B1 Interlaced control channel
A method and system is disclosed for interlaced control channel. When a RAN in a wireless communication system operating at least according to IS-856 determines that a delay condition exists in the transmission of control packets to access terminals, it invokes interlacing of time slots bearing control-channel data. By so doing, control packets are transmitted in interlaced fashion, thereby reducing delay in transmission compared with sequential transmission of control packets. A delay condition could correspond to a measured delay exceeding a threshold delay, a predicted delay (e.g., based on queue occupancy) exceeding a threshold number, or the number of access terminals eligible to receive control messages during a particular time interval exceeding a different threshold number. The RAN may monitor transmission delay of control packets on a per-control-channel-cycle basis, and apply interlaced transmission of control packet only during those control-channel cycles for which a delay condition has been determined to exist.
US08203945B2 Method, program, and system for transferring data between a number of terminals that communicate via a common communication channel in a wireless network, and a wireless terminal
According to this method, each terminal is adapted to cover a coverage area. The method includes a step of sending a request-to-send data signal from a first terminal to a second terminal located in its coverage areas to advise the second terminal that the first terminal is requesting to send it data, and a step of sending a clear-to-send data signal to the first terminal to advise the first terminal that the second terminal is available to receive the data. The method further includes a step of a third terminal that has received the clear-to-send data signal and has not received the request-to-send signal sending a request-to-receive data signal to advise that it is available to receive data.
US08203938B2 Multi-router IGP fate sharing
A method for routing communication traffic in a network includes detecting that a link in a parallel link configuration has failed and in response to detecting that the link in the parallel link configuration has failed, adjusting one or more metrics associated with other links in the parallel link configuration to indicate that none of the links in the parallel configuration are available. A router connected to a direct link in a parallel link configuration including one or more other routers connected to one or more indirect links, respectively, includes a memory storing configuration parameters specifying a minimum number of links required to be operational in the parallel link configuration and an artificially high cost, and a link metric adjustment module operable to set a metric of the direct link to the artificially high cost until the minimum number of required links are operational after startup of the router or failure and reactivation of the direct link.
US08203937B2 Global detection of resource leaks in a multi-node computer system
A process is disclosed for identifying and recovering from resource leaks on compute nodes of a parallel computing system. A resource monitor stores information about system resources available on a compute node in a clean state. After the compute node runs a job, the resource monitor compares the current resource availability to the clean state. If a resource leak is found, the resource monitor contacts a global resource manger to remove the resource leak.
US08203932B2 Method and system for protection switching in ethernet ring
A method and system for protection switching in Ethernet rings are disclosed. The method for protection switching in Ethernet rings includes: receiving a server signal fail (SSF), an Ethernet lower layer fault signal, a remote defect indication (RDI) for informing a different port about a fault state when a uni-directional fault is generated, and ring-automatic protection switching (R-APS) information for requesting Ethernet ring protection switching; comparing the SSF, the RDI, and the R-APS information, and setting states of the first and second Ethernet rings; determining a protection switching priority level of each of the first and second Ethernet rings according to the states of the first and second Ethernet rings; and performing protection switching on the first and second Ethernet rings according to their protection switching priority levels.
US08203930B2 Method of processing a signal and apparatus for processing a signal
A method and apparatus for signal processing which enable data compression and recovery with high transmission efficiency are disclosed. Data coding and entropy coding are performed with correlation and grouping is used to increase coding efficiency. A method for signal processing according to this invention, the method includes decapsulating the signal received over an Internet protocol network, obtaining a pilot reference value corresponding to a plurality of data and a pilot difference value corresponding the pilot reference value from the decapsulated signal and obtaining the data using the pilot reference value and the pilot difference value.
US08203929B2 Frame and data pattern structure for multi-carrier systems
The present invention relates to a transmitting apparatus (82) for transmitting signals in a multi carrier system on the basis of a frame structure, each frame comprising at least one signalling pattern and one or more data patterns, said transmitting apparatus (82) comprising frame forming means (59) adapted to arrange first signalling data in said at least one signalling pattern in a frame, and adapted to arrange data in said one or more data patterns in a frame, whereby the data of said one or more data patterns are arranged in data frames, each data frame comprising second signalling data and content data, transforming means (60) adapted to transform said at least one signalling pattern and said one or more data patterns from the frequency domain into the time domain in order to generate a time domain transmission signal, and transmitting means (61) adapted to transmit said time domain transmission signal.The present invention further relates to a corresponding transmitting method and frame structure, as well as a receiving apparatus and method and a system and a method for transmitting and receiving signals.
US08203922B2 Reproduced signal evaluating method, information recording medium, reproducing device, and recording device
A reproduction signal evaluation method according to the present invention relates to adjustment of an edge portion between a shortest mark and a shortest space in a data sequence including marks and spaces in combination that is recordable on an information recording medium. In a pattern including a shortest mark and a shortest space adjacent before or after the shortest mark, a shift amount of an edge of the shortest mark is obtained from a differential metric calculated regarding one of a first pattern in which a space adjacent to the shortest mark and not adjacent to the shortest space is longer than the shortest space; and a second pattern in which a mark adjacent to the shortest space and not adjacent to the shortest mark is longer than the shortest mark.
US08203919B2 Optical disc and optical disc apparatus
The invention provides an optical disc apparatus which prevents that a laser beam whose power is set at a read power level causes erroneous data recording or deletion. The optical disc apparatus includes an emission controller which controls an amount of an electrical current that a current supply portion supplies to a laser diode in order to control a level of emission power at which the laser diode emits the laser beam. The emission controller has a function to set levels of the emission power at the following transition processings: a transition processing after a read processing and before a write processing, a transition processing after a write processing and before a read processing, a transition processing between two read processings for respective areas, and a transition processing between two write processings for respective areas.
US08203913B2 Recording/reproduction apparatus and recording/reproduction system
A recording/reproduction apparatus includes: a light source; and a near-field light production section that includes two conductor sections disposed opposite each other with a predetermined gap therebetween and that produces near-field light between the two conductor sections upon light irradiation from the light source, the two conductor sections being disposed such that when information is recorded on a recording medium using the near-field light, a direction from one of the two conductor sections to the other of the two conductor sections is generally perpendicular to a line direction of the recording medium.
US08203906B2 Seismic data acquisition and source-side derivatives generation and application
The technologies described herein include systems and methods for performing a first seismic survey and performing a second seismic survey after a predetermined amount of time has lapsed between the first seismic survey and the second seismic survey. The shot times and the shot positions of the second seismic survey may be substantially the same as the shot times and the shot positions of the first seismic survey. After performing the seismic surveys, seismic data generated by the first seismic survey may be processed to generate a first image, and seismic data generated by the second seismic survey may be processed to generate a second image. After generating the first and second images, a difference between the first image and the second image may be computed to generate a time lapse difference image.
US08203905B2 Acoustic mount system, method and device for testing mobile telephones
An acoustic mount system, device and method for testing mobile telephones is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes an ear simulator assembly having a plurality of registration mechanisms and an ear simulator, and wherein the plurality of registration mechanisms and the ear simulator have a first spatial relationship. The system includes an alignment device having a plurality of alignment mechanisms and a speaker opening. The plurality of alignment mechanisms and the speaker opening have a second spatial relationship and wherein the alignment device is configured to be attached to the telephone such as via an adhesive. Each of the plurality of alignment mechanisms of the alignment device is configured to engage one of the registration mechanisms of the ear simulator assembly.
US08203904B2 Semiconductor memory device and layout structure of sub-word line control signal generator
A semiconductor memory device and a layout structure of sub-word line control signal generators. The sub-word line control signal generators are configured to supply a sub-word line control signal of a predefined voltage level to a sub-word line driver to enable a sub-word line of a memory cell array. At least two sub-word line control signal generators are disposed, respectively, at edge areas of the memory cell array, to directly supply the sub-word line control signal to one selected sub-word line driver, thereby reducing the power consumption, including for example, VPP voltage. Embodiments of the present invention also reduce the number of VPP power lines, thereby lessening a noise disturbance.
US08203903B2 Main decoding circuit and semiconductor memory apparatus including the same
A main decoding circuit includes a shared column selection signal generating unit and a switching unit. The shared column selection signal generating unit receives a column decoding signal to generate a shared column selection signal. The switching unit selectively provides the shared column selection signal to one of a column selection line of a first memory bank and a column selection line of a second memory bank in response to a bank selection signal.
US08203900B2 Data serializers, output buffers, memory devices and methods of serializing
Data serializers, output buffers, memory devices and methods for serializing are provided, including a data serializer that may convert digits of parallel data to a stream of corresponding digits of serial data digits. One such data serializer may include a logic system receiving the parallel data digits and clock signals having phases that are equally phased apart from each other. Such a data serializer may use the clock signals to generate data sample signals having a value corresponding to the value of a respective one of the parallel data digits and a timing corresponding to a respective one of the clock signals. The data sample signals may be applied to a switching circuit that includes a plurality of switches, such as respective transistors, coupled to each other in parallel between an output node and a first voltage.
US08203892B2 Interleaving charge pumps for programmable memories
Systems and methods, including computer software for performing operations enable interleaving of charging operations in a charging pump. A first charge pump is charged to a predetermined level, and a first operation is performed using a charge stored in the first charge pump after it reaches the predetermined level. A second charge pump is charged during a time that overlaps with performing the first operation. A second operation is performed using a charge stored in the second charge pump as a result of charging the second charge pump.
US08203887B2 Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device
The present invention provides a readout circuit including: a memory cell array that includes a readout target memory cell that is a data readout target; a reference memory cell having the same configuration as this memory cell; a first constant current source and a second constant current source which have the same characteristics; and a reference current source that generates, as a reference current for determining the logic level of the readout target memory cell, a current obtained by adding one constant current, out of a first constant current flowing through the first constant current source or a second constant current flowing through the second constant current source, with a reference memory cell current flowing in the reference memory cell, and by subtracting the other constant current, out of the first constant current or the second constant current, from the added current.
US08203882B2 Non-volatile semiconductor storage device
When a data erase operation is performed in one memory cell block, a first voltage is applied to one source line selected from m source lines in the one memory cell block. A second voltage equal to a voltage of the source lines before the data erase operation begins is applied to the other source lines. Then, after a certain time delay from application of the first voltage, a third voltage smaller than the first voltage is applied to a third conductive layer of a source-side selection transistor connected to a selected source line. Then, a hole current is produced near a third gate insulation layer due to a potential difference between the first and third voltage. A fourth voltage is applied to one of first conductive layers connected to one of the memory transistor to be erased. The other first conductive layers are brought into a floating state.
US08203878B2 Non-volatile memory devices and programming methods for the same
The non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of memory cells. Each of the memory cells is configured to achieve one of a plurality of states, and each of the states represents different multi-bit data. In one embodiment, the method of programming includes simultaneously programming (1) a first memory cell from a first selected state to a second selected state and (2) a second memory cell from a third selected state to a refined third selected state. The refined third selected state has a higher verify voltage than the third selected state.
US08203875B2 Anti-parallel diode structure and method of fabrication
An anti-parallel diode structure and method of fabrication is presently disclosed. In some embodiments, an anti-parallel diode structure has a semiconductor region comprising a first insulator layer disposed between a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer. The semiconductor region can be bound on a first side by a first metal material and bound on a second side by a second metal material so that current below a predetermined value is prevented from passing through the semiconductor region and current above the predetermined value passes through the semiconductor region.
US08203858B2 Power supply with integrated linear high voltage multiplier and capacitors therefor
A high voltage power supply for use in small diameter spaces such as in oil well logging devices includes an AC voltage source which provides an AC voltage to a voltage multiplier circuit that converts the AC voltage to a high DC voltage. A parallel or combination parallel-series multiplication circuit is used, rather than a series multiplication circuit, to reduce the reverse voltage across each semiconductor rectifier in the multiplication circuit. The lower reverse voltage reduces leakage currents allowing such circuits to operate at temperatures over 150 degrees C. A special construction of high voltage capacitors allows the power supply to fit small spaces. A piece of elongate conductive material, such as a metal cylinder, forms a common capacitor electrode and is coated with a high voltage dielectric. Separate individual capacitor electrodes are formed around the common electrode and dielectric.
US08203855B2 Complex inductor and power supply unit
A complex inductor according to the present invention changes its magnetic coupling polarity according to currents flowing its two inductors. The complex inductor includes a first magnetic member, around which first and third windings are formed, and a second magnetic member, around which second and fourth windings are formed. A first inductor is formed by connecting the first winding to the second winding, and a second inductor is formed by connecting the third winding to the fourth winding. The two magnetic members are made of a magnetic material having a magnetic permeability that gradually decreases as its magnetic flux density is increased. When the two windings are interconnected in a direction in which induced voltages generated in these windings by the current flowing in the second inductor weaken each other, the magnetic coupling polarity between the first and second inductors changes according to the current flowing in the inductors. The two inductors are magnetically coupled so that, when one of the two inductors stores energy, the current flowing in the other inductor increases, and when one of the two inductors releases energy, the current flowing in the other inductor decreases.
US08203853B2 Chip filter and the related supplementary tool
A chip filter and supplementary tool combination is disclosed. The chip filter includes a insulative holder base having two arrays of wire grooves arranged along two opposing sidewalls thereof and soldering zones defined in a finished surface on each sidewall corresponding to the wire grooves, connection terminals each having a base portion respectively embedded in the soldering zones in the sidewalls of the insulative holder base and a soldering surface respectively kept in flush with the top edge of the associating sidewall, and filter elements having lead wires thereof respectively extending out of the insulative holder base through the wire grooves and respectively rested on the soldering surfaces of the connection terminals and held down in position by the supplementary tool for soldering by an automatic soldering machine.
US08203845B2 Electronics card comprising a printed circuit board and a piece of equipment carried by the board
The invention relates to an electronics card (1) comprising a printed circuit board (2) and a piece of equipment (3) such as a motor or a loudspeaker fastened to said printed circuit board (2). The piece of equipment (3) is fastened to a face (4) of the printed circuit board (2) by snap-fastening in metal clips (6, 7) that project from said face (4), each clip (6, 7) having a first end (8, 9) fastened to said face (4) of the printed circuit board (2) by soldering, and a second end (11, 12) bearing resiliently on a corresponding portion of the piece of equipment (3) for holding it pressed against said face (4) of the printed circuit board (2). The invention applies in particular to electronics cards for motor vehicles.
US08203842B2 Open flow cold plate for immersion-cooled electronic packages
A method and associated assembly are provided for cooling of a computing embodiment having electronic components. The heat generating components are disposed in the vicinity of at least one cold plate providing direct liquid cooling. Coolant is provided to the cold plate which will eventually exit it through one or more ports or orifices placed on the sides or both side and bottom of the cold plate. The placement, size and number of port(s) or orifice(s) can be selectively adjusted to control amount of coolant flow. Effluent flow from the cold plate flows over the remaining immersion cooled components and then exits the liquid tight enclosure which houses the electronic components.
US08203838B2 Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device
A battery cover assembly for a portable electronic device includes a base body, a battery cover, a pivot member, and a button. The base body forms two support portions. The battery cover forms a clasp. The pivot member is received in the support portions. The button is rotatably connected to the base body by the pivot member. The latch member forms two latch plates. The clasp engages with the latch plates to allow the battery cover to releasably latch to the housing.
US08203833B2 Laptop computer and hinge module with angle detector thereof
A laptop computer includes a main body, a display device, a hinge module and an angle detector. The hinge module is pivotally interconnected between the display device and the main body such that the display device is swiveled relative to the main body to be folded against or unfolded away from the main body. The hinge module includes a first hinge component and a second hinge component. The first hinge component is secured to the main body. The second hinge component is pivotally connected with the first hinge component and includes an end secured to the display device. The angle detector is coupled with an opposite end of the second hinge component for measuring a rotation angle of the second hinge component.
US08203832B2 Dual-screen portable computer
A dual-screen portable computer may include a housing, a central processing unit coupled to the housing, a first video monitor electrically connected to the central processing unit and configured to display a computerized image from a first direction, and a panel. The panel may include a second video monitor electrically connected to the central processing unit and configured to display an identical computerized image from a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction, and an electronic signature capture pad electrically connected to the central processing unit.
US08203825B2 Dielectric ceramics and multilayer ceramic capacitor
To provide a dielectric ceramics achieving a high insulation resistance even at a low applied voltage, and minimizing insulation resistance drop when the voltage is increased, and also provide a multilayer ceramic capacitor including the dielectric ceramics as a dielectric layer, and having excellent life characteristics in a high temperature load test. The dielectric ceramics has crystal grains composed mainly of barium titanate and containing vanadium, and a grain boundary phase existing between the crystal grains. The dielectric ceramics contains 0.0005 to 0.03 moles of vanadium in terms of V2O5, with respect to 1 mole of barium constituting the barium titanate. In the X-ray diffraction chart of the dielectric ceramics, the diffraction intensity of (004) plane indicating the tetragonal system of barium titanate is larger than the diffraction intensity of (400) plane indicating the cubic system of barium titanate.
US08203822B2 Digital squib driver circuit
A driving circuit for generating a required firing current for a safety device comprising an arrangement of a first transistor (M2) connected in series with a second transistor (M3); and a power control transistor (M1) connected in series with the first transistor; characterised in that the first and second transistors operate in fully switched on mode (Rds(on)) and the required firing current (I(squib)) is generated by means of varying the voltage (Vc) across the gate source of power control transistor and the first and second transistors in a predetermined manner.
US08203820B2 Automatic lightning safety valve for water supply system
A method, system and an apparatus to automatic lightning safety valve for water supply system are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment provides an apparatus of lightning protection. A sensor circuit of the apparatus receives a electromagnetic signal of an atmospheric electromagnetic field to generate a modified signal and to communicate the modified signal to a control circuit. A control circuit of the apparatus of the lightening circuit causes the valve to automatically close if the modified signal is greater than a specified value. The valve control device is communicatively coupled with the sensor circuit. The apparatus also includes a solenoid valve to stop the flow of a fluid into the structure by closing a fluid line.
US08203813B2 Distributed power supply system
During single operation of a distributed power supply system that has been disconnected from a commercial electric power system, a frequency increase monitoring circuit is operated and an instruction to output a larger amount of a constant reactive current is given to a reactive current controlling unit. After the output frequency of the distributed power supply exceeds a frequency increase level, the level of an active current is limited in accordance with the level of the outputted reactive current.
US08203809B2 Enhanced hard bias in thin film magnetoresistive sensors with perpendicular easy axis growth of hard bias and strong shield-hard bias coupling
A hard bias (HB) structure for longitudinally biasing a free layer in a MR sensor is disclosed that is based on HB easy axis growth perpendicular to an underlying seed layer which is formed above a substrate and along two sidewalls of the sensor. In one embodiment, a conformal soft magnetic layer that may be a top shield contacts the HB layer to provide direct exchange coupling that compensates HB surface charges. Optionally, a thin capping layer on the HB layer enables magneto-static shield-HB coupling. After HB initialization, HB regions along the sensor sidewalls have magnetizations that are perpendicular to the sidewalls as a result of surface charges near the seed layer. Sidewalls may be extended into the substrate (bottom shield) to give enhanced protection against side reading. The top surface of the seed layer may be amorphous or crystalline to promote HB easy axis perpendicular growth.
US08203804B2 Head gimbal assembly and disk drive with the same
According to one embodiment, a head gimbal assembly includes a magnetic head for perpendicular, a suspension supporting the magnetic head, and a heating module configured to locally heat a recording area of the recording medium. A head section of the magnetic head includes a magnetic core including a main pole and a return pole forming a magnetic circuit in conjunction with the main pole, a coil configured to excite magnetic flux in the magnetic circuit, and a thermal conductor having thermal conductivity higher than thermal conductivity of the recording medium and including a heat absorbing portion configured to remove heat from the recording medium, and a contact portion configured to contact airflow produced, as the recording medium rotates, at a position other than a facing surface of a slider opposed to the recording medium and radiate heat.
US08203796B2 Image pickup optical system and image pickup apparatus using the same
An image pickup optical system made of five lenses, includes in order from an object side, an aperture stop, a first lens L1 having a positive refracting power, a second lens L2 having a negative refracting power, a third lens L3 having a positive refracting power, a fourth lens L4 having a positive refracting power, and a fifth lens L5 having a negative refracting power. Moreover, an image pickup apparatus includes this image pickup optical system.
US08203792B2 Projection lens
A projection lens comprises, from a long conjugate side to a short conjugate side, a first lens unit with positive optical power, a second lens unit with negative optical power, and a third lens unit with negative optical power. The first lens unit is configured for correcting chromatic aberration of the projection lens. The third lens unit comprises a meniscus lens which is convex toward to the short conjugate side of the projection lens.
US08203785B2 Multilayered fluorescent screens for scanning beam display systems
Fluorescent screens and display systems and devices based on such screens using at least one excitation optical beam to excite one or more fluorescent materials on a screen which emit light to form images. The fluorescent materials may include phosphor materials and non-phosphor materials such as quantum dots.
US08203776B2 Planarity of pixel mirrors
A method of forming an electronic device includes providing a patterned lower metal layer over a substrate and a first sacrificial layer there between. A second sacrificial layer is formed over the metal layer, and a portion thereof is removed. A third sacrificial layer is formed over the second sacrificial layer, and an upper metal layer is formed over the third sacrificial layer. A portion of the upper metal layer is removed, and the first, second and third sacrificial layers are removed.
US08203755B2 Adjustment for output image of image data
An image processing method of processing an image data uses an image file. The image file includes the image data and image processing control information being used for processing the image data. The method includes the steps of: (a) determining a degree of auto adjustment for adjusting lightness and contrast of the image data according to lightness of a whole image expressed by the image data, based on the image processing control information; and (b) performing the auto adjustment based on the determination.
US08203754B2 Color conversion device, program, and method
A color conversion device converts an input value to an output value in order to form an image on a recording medium using an achromatic ink and a chromatic ink. The color conversion device include a first color converting unit, a second color converting unit, an adjustment value setting unit, and an output value acquiring unit. The first color converting unit converts the input value to first color data including a first chromatic component value. The second color converting unit converts the input value to second color data including a second chromatic component value and a first achromatic component value. The adjustment value setting unit sets an adjustment value based on a type of the recording medium. The output value acquiring unit acquires the output value by weighting the first color data and the second color data according to the adjustment value.
US08203750B2 Color job reprint set-up for a printing system
A printing system is provided for enabling a consistent color job re-print comprising a plurality of image marking engines. The system includes printing a master test image document printed by at least a first image marking engine. The master test image can have a data glyph and a plurality of reference patches. The data glyph can record distinct job attributes and the plurality of reference patches can record color parameters of a desired output. The system further provides a scanner for scanning the master test image document. The data glyph can provide the job attributes of the master test image document and can generate set-up data therefrom. The reference patches can provide the color parameters of the master test image document and can generate set-up data therefrom.
US08203737B2 Method and system for set-point sharing and purchasing
A method and a system for operating one or more printers, including: a first database for managing and storing first content within the system; a second database for managing and storing second content within the system; and at least one network connection for connecting the first database and the second database for allowing the first content and the second content to be shared between the first database and the second database; wherein at least one of the first content or the second content include at least one or more printer profiles.
US08203734B2 Image formation using a portable storage medium
In an image formation system comprising a data processing device and an image formation device, the data processing device includes: a print data storing unit which stores print data in a portable storage medium; an image data generating unit which generates image data to be displayed by the image formation device in regard to the print data; and an image data storing unit which stores the image data in the portable storage medium while associating the image data with the print data. The image formation device includes an image formation unit which forms an image on a print medium based on print data stored in the portable storage medium while being associated with image data corresponding to the image displayed by a display unit and selected by a selection unit when printing is requested regarding the image.
US08203729B2 Image forming apparatus providing user support in sleep mode
An image forming apparatus that can support the user in sleep mode is provided. When the apparatus enters sleep mode, guidance information is displayed on an electronic paper. The electronic paper maintains displayed contents even when power is not supplied and, therefore, even when power is not supplied to a display panel in the sleep mode, the display for the user is continuously given, thereby supporting the user.
US08203727B2 Image processing apparatus provided with an image memory used by a plurality of boards performing expanded data processings, backup processing method, and storage medium storing program readable by computer
An image processing apparatus for eliminating the necessity of providing a first control board with a power supply unit beforehand for backing up data stored in an image memory, and reducing the cost of the apparatus as a whole. To accomplish this, in an image processing apparatus including a system control board configured to perform image processing, a memory backup function is enabled for an image memory storing data to be processed by the system control board, when a facsimile communication board is connected.
US08203708B2 Spectrally encoded coherent ant-stokes raman scattering endoscope
Disclosed is a spectrally encoded coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) endoscope that is capable of spatially encoding spectral dispersions of two light sources having frequency difference as much as a Raman shift and overlapping two laser beams on a position where a sample to be measured is placed, thereby acquiring a spatial distribution of CARS signals.
US08203707B2 Method and apparatus for distributed sensing utilizing optical scattering in optical waveguides
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for distributed sensing utilizing optical scattering in optical waveguides and reveals two types of the invention. One type of the invention is to characterize optical scattering while actively controlling the temperature of the optical waveguide. The other type of the invention is to characterize optical scattering while strain/stress is induced into the optical waveguide through interaction of the jackets or coatings of the optical waveguide with objects under test. In one embodiment of the invention, the optical scattering based method and apparatus can sense liquid level, liquid distribution, and temperature gradient on ground and in low gravity. Other embodiments of the invention can detect location and concentration of liquid spill and gas leak along pipelines, or measure liquid or gas flow rates. Moreover, the method and apparatus described in the invention have capabilities of sensing multiple physical and chemical parameters using one sensing optical waveguide.
US08203698B2 Control modules for laser systems having auto-ranging and control capability
Control modules for automatically adjusting a laser output based on a range to an object detected within a field of view are disclosed.
US08203697B2 Movable body drive method and system, pattern formation method and apparatus, exposure method and apparatus for driving movable body based on measurement value of encoder and information on flatness of scale, and device manufacturing method
A drive unit drives a wafer stage in a Y-axis direction based on a measurement value of an encoder that measures position information of the wafer stage in the Y-axis direction and based on information on the flatness of a scale that is measured by the encoder. In this case, the drive unit can drive the wafer stage in a predetermined direction based on a measurement value after correction in which a measurement error caused by the flatness of the scale included in the measurement value of the encoder is corrected based on the information on the flatness of the scale. Accordingly, the wafer stage can be driven with high accuracy in a predetermined direction using the encoder, without being affected by the unevenness of the scale.
US08203695B2 Photolithography systems and associated methods of focus correction
Several embodiments of photolithography systems and associated methods of focus correction are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for characterizing focus errors in a photolithography system includes placing a microelectronic substrate onto a substrate support of the photolithography system. The microelectronic substrate is divided into a plurality of fields individually partitioned into a plurality of regions. The method also includes developing a raw focus error map that has a focus error corresponding to the individual regions of the plurality of fields and deriving at least one of an inter-field focus error map and an intra-field focus error map based on the raw focus error map. The inter-field focus error map has an inter-field focus error corresponding to the individual fields, and the intra-field focus error map has an intra-field focus error corresponding to the individual regions.
US08203692B2 Sub-segmented alignment mark arrangement
An alignment mark on a substrate includes a periodic structure of a plurality of first elements and a plurality of second elements. The elements are arranged in an alternating repetitive sequence in a first direction. An overall pitch of the periodic structure is equal to a sum of a width of the first element and a width of the second element in the first direction. Each first element has a first periodic sub-structure with a first sub-pitch and each second element has a second periodic sub-structure with second sub-pitch. An optical property of the first element for interaction with a beam of radiation having a wavelength λ is different from the optical property of the second element. The overall pitch is larger than the wavelength λ, and each of the first and the second sub-pitch is smaller than the wavelength.
US08203691B2 High extinction ratio liquid crystal optical switch
An optical switch for performing high extinction ratio switching of an optical signal includes a beam polarizing element and one or more optical elements. The optical elements are configured to direct an optical signal along a first or second optical path based on the polarization state of the optical signal as it passes through the optical elements. The optical switch performs high extinction ratio switching of the optical signal by preventing unwanted optical energy from entering an output port by using an absorptive or reflective optical element or by directing the unwanted optical energy along a different optical path.
US08203687B2 Display substrate and liquid crystal display panel having the same
One or more embodiments of a display substrate include a base substrate and a pixel electrode. The base substrate has a pixel area defined thereon. The pixel electrode includes a low pixel electrode formed in the pixel area to receive a first voltage, a high pixel electrode spaced apart from the low pixel electrode along a first direction to receive a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage, and a liquid crystal molecule control part formed on at least one of the low and high pixel electrodes so as to control liquid crystal molecules disposed at an area corresponding to a boundary of the low and high pixel electrodes. The liquid crystal molecules disposed at a domain corresponding to a boundary between the low and high pixel electrodes may be controlled, so that the generation of stains or afterimages may be prevented at a boundary of domain areas.
US08203680B2 Liquid crystal display with different twisting directions of liquid crystal molecules
A liquid crystal display includes a first alignment film having a first alignment direction, a second alignment film having a second alignment direction, and a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystal molecules between the first and second alignment films. The liquid crystal layer is doped with a chiral material that tends to induce a first twist in directors of the liquid crystal molecules when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer. The first and second alignment films have orientations that tends to induce a second twist in the directors when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer, in which the direction of the first twist is different from the direction of the second twist.
US08203670B2 Backlight unit and liquid crystal display including diffusion unit and lenticular lens layer
In a backlight unit including fluorescent tubes and a diffusion unit overlapped with each other, optical materials with different transmittances are contained in a holding layer positioned between a diffusion plate and a lenticular lens layers.
US08203666B2 Backlight assembly, display device having the backlight assembly and method of manufacturing the same
In a method of manufacturing a backlight assembly, a light reflective and heat-radiating sheet including a light reflective sheet layer to reflect light and a heat-radiating sheet layer are prepared. The heat-radiating sheet layer includes a coupling layer integrally formed with a surface of the light reflective sheet layer and heat-diffusing particles are dispersed in the coupling layer to diffuse heat provided from the exterior. The light reflective and heat-radiating sheet is disposed so that the coupling layer is adhered to a bottom plate of a receiving container. Thus, impurities may be prevented and/or reduced, and assembling efficiency may be improved.
US08203656B2 Television and electronic apparatus
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a display module, and a reception member. The housing includes a first inner surface and a second inner surface opposed to the first inner surface. The display module includes a unit being stacked on the first inner surface and accommodated in the housing and a panel being stacked on the unit and opposed to the second inner surface. The reception member projects from the first inner surface. The reception member includes a base and an extended portion. The base faces a side of the unit. The extended portion projects from the top of the base and faces a side of the panel. The extended portion includes a first periphery and a second periphery inclined toward the first periphery.
US08203648B2 Motion vector detecting apparatus and motion vector detecting method
In encoding an interlace picture in a field picture, a motion-vector detecting apparatus changes over a reference picture of a P-picture in a field unit, and changes over a reference picture of a B-picture in a frame unit. Moreover, in detecting the motion vector in different predictive directions, the motion-vector detecting apparatus simultaneously carries out a process of the same reference picture by changing over original picture frames.
US08203644B2 Imaging system with improved image quality and associated methods
An image capturing device may include a detector including a plurality of sensing pixels, and an optical system adapted to project a distorted image of an object within a field of view onto the sensing pixels, wherein the optical system expands the image in a center of the field of view and compresses the image in a periphery of the field of view, wherein a first number of sensing pixels required to realize a maximal zoom magnification {circumflex over (Z)} at a minimum resolution of the image capturing device is less than a square of the maximal zoom magnification times a second number of sensing pixels required for the minimum resolution.
US08203641B2 Display processing apparatus and method, and recording medium
A display processing apparatus which makes it possible to set auto bracketing values while confirming a whole range of shooting conditions configurable for correction in which possible shooting condition corrections are taken into account. An exposure correction value is set based on an instruction from a user for correcting a preset value of exposure. Auto bracketing value auto bracketing shooting are set based on an instruction from the user. A process is carried out for displaying a scale for indicating values of the exposure correction value and the auto bracketing values, indicators indicative of a range of exposure correction values that can be set and are arranged in a manner associated with the scale, and indicators indicative of a range of auto bracketing values that can be set and are arranged in a manner associated with the scale and the first indicators.
US08203635B2 Image sensor with a spectrum sensor
There is provided an image sensor with a spectrum sensor including an image sensor region having a plurality of light-detection parts and a spectrum sensor region located in the image sensor region. The present invention provides an advantage of manufacturing a low-cost image sensor with a spectrum sensor. Thus, the image sensor with a spectrum sensor is commercially available to measure the structure and quantity of an organic material in an object in a simple manner.
US08203633B2 Four-channel color filter array pattern
An image sensor for capturing a color image comprising a two dimensional array of light-sensitive pixels including panchromatic pixels and color pixels having at least two different color responses, the pixels being arranged in a repeating pattern having a square minimal repeating unit having at least three rows and three columns, the color pixels being arranged along one of the diagonals of the minimal repeating unit, and all other pixels being panchromatic pixels.
US08203632B2 Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device operable to convert an optical image input through a focus lens for adjusting focus into electric signals in each of RGB colors, a luminance signal generator operable to generate a luminance signal based on the electric signal output from the imaging device, a low-frequency filter for transmitting low-frequency components of the luminance signal output, which has a frequency lower than a predetermined frequency, a high-frequency filter for transmitting high-frequency components of the luminance signal output, which has a frequency higher than a predetermined frequency, and a processor. The processor determines if focusing is influenced by a subject with high luminance. If determining that focusing is influenced, the unit detects a focal point based on high-frequency components. If determining that focusing is not influenced, the unit detects a focal point based on low-frequency components and then based on high-frequency components.
US08203630B2 Method for correcting image sensor control circuitry having faulty output values and structure therefor
Described herein are methods that may improve yield of an image sensor. In one embodiment, a method that may improve yield of an image sensor includes generating output values of control logic associated with an array of light sensitive elements. The method further may include determining if the control logic has one or more faulty output values. The method further may include automatically correcting the one or more faulty output values. In another embodiment, a method that may improve yield of an image sensor includes providing light to an array of light sensitive elements. The method further may include generating an image based on the light sensitive elements and associated control logic. The method further may include disconnecting control lines from control logic that has one or more faulty output values based on viewing the image. The method further may include generating another image based on the control logic having no faulty output values.
US08203629B2 Image sensing apparatus and correction method
An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensor provided with a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric converter that receives light from an object and converts the received light to a signal, a semiconductor region to which the signal from the photoelectric converter is transferred, a transfer unit that transfers the signal of the photoelectric converter to the semiconductor region, and a readout unit that reads out a signal from the semiconductor region, and a correction unit that corrects a first signal read out from the photoelectric converter, based on a second signal obtained by reading out the signal accumulated in the semiconductor region.
US08203623B2 Image capture device and method thereof
An image capture device to eliminate flicker includes an image detection unit forming consecutive preview images at a predetermined rate, each formed with a group of parameters, and a flicker elimination unit acquiring the exposure count of the preview images, plotting the exposure count to form a waveform, determining whether the exposure count is fluctuating, analyzing the information of the waveform to allow determination of modulation of one of the group of parameters if the exposure count is fluctuating, and modulating one of the group of parameters according to the analysis result.
US08203621B2 Red-eye filter method and apparatus
A digital image acquisition system having no photographic film, such as a digital camera, has a flash unit for providing illumination during image capture and a red-eye filter for detecting a region within a captured image indicative of a red-eye phenomenon, the detection being based upon a comparison of the captured image and a reference image of nominally the same scene taken without flash. In the embodiment the reference image is a preview image of lower pixel resolution than the captured image, the filter matching the pixel resolutions of the captured and reference images by up-sampling the preview image and/or sub-sampling the captured image. The filter also aligns at least portions of the captured image and reference image prior to comparison to allow for, e.g. movement in the subject.
US08203620B2 Method and apparatus for sharpening digital images
Disclosed is a method for sharpening a digital image captured by a digital imaging device, the method comprising, for each pixel Xm,n of the digital image: a) at an edge detector determining an edge parameter E, the edge parameter E providing an indication of whether the pixel Xm,n is at an edge of the digital image; b) at a noose detector determining a noise parameter σ, the noise parameter σ providing an indication of whether the pixel Xm,n is a noise in the digital image; c) at a scaling module determining a scaling factor αm,n based on a combination of the edge parameter E and the noise parameter σ; and d) at an image sharpening module applying the scaling factor αm,n on a pixel by pixel basis to sharpen the digital image to get a sharpened pixel Ym,n.
US08203617B2 Apparatus and method for increasing coding efficiency with an adaptive pre-filter
A method and apparatus for processing a digital image in a Mobile Equipment operating in a telecommunications network. The digital image includes a frame of data having a plurality of pixels with data. The data of each pixel has a luminance value and a chrominance value. The method begins by obtaining chrominance value for a specified pixel of the digital image. Responsive to the obtained chrominance value, a strength to filter the specified pixel of digital image is determined. The specified pixel is then selectively and adaptively filtered at the determined strength of the filter. Preferably, chrominance values and luminance values for the specified pixel and an adjacent pixel is determined. A threshold for a variation in the range between a highest chrominance level and a lowest chrominance level of the specified pixel and the adjacent pixel is then set. The variation for the specified pixel is determined, and responsive to the value of the variation, low-pass filtering of the specified pixel is applied.
US08203615B2 Image deblurring using panchromatic pixels
A method for determining a deblurred image from images captured using an image sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light-sensitive pixels including panchromatic pixels and color pixels, the method comprising: receiving image sensor data from the image sensor for a sharp image of a scene captured with a short exposure time; receiving image sensor data from the image sensor for a blurred image of the scene captured with a longer exposure time than the sharp image; determining an interpolated sharp grayscale image from the sharp image; determining an interpolated blurred color image from the blurred image; determining an interpolated blurred grayscale image from the blurred image; determining a blur kernel responsive to the sharp grayscale image and the blurred grayscale image; determining a deblurred image responsive to the blurred color image and the blur kernel; and storing the deblurred image in a processor-accessible memory system.
US08203613B2 Image acquisition apparatus, image processing apparatus, image acquisition system, and image processing program
In an image acquisition apparatus, RAW data obtained in image acquisition with an imager in which a color filter is disposed in a front face is divided into each identical color by a RAW data dividing unit, a compression coding processing unit produces coded data of each color by compressing the RAW data at a compression rate controlled for each color, and the coded data of each color is recorded in a recording unit. A motion compensation unit compensates a relative positional relationship between frames by estimating a motion of a subject between frames of plural images, using specific color division coded data which is decoded by the compression coding processing unit and a RAW format data reproducing unit, the specific color division coded data being coded data of a color close to a peak of spectral sensitivity of human vision in the coded data of each color.
US08203612B2 Camera and lens device
A taking lens consists of first to third lens groups. The second lens group is held in a lens frame that is coupled through an arm to a supporting shaft, and is able to rotate about the supporting shaft, to move the second lens group in a circular direction in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the taking lens. As a movable lens barrel retreats into a camera body, the lens frame rotates to remove the second lens group from an inserted position inserted in an optical path of the taking lens to a removed position set out of the optical path. The arm is provided with an actuator that causes the lens frame to move in a lengthwise direction of the arm. Because the movement in the circular direction includes a component that is perpendicular to the lengthwise movement of the arm, it is possible to move the lens frame and thus the second lens group in any directions in the perpendicular plane to the optical axis, in order to cancel a deviation of an optical image that result from a camera shake.
US08203609B2 Anonymization pursuant to a broadcasted policy
Embodiments include a system, a device, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product. An embodiment provides a system that includes an imaging device operable to capture an image depicting a member of a class of subjects that may have a temporal presence in an area. The system also includes an anonymization device having a selector circuit operable to select an anonymization policy. The anonymization policy includes obscuring a property of the class of subjects depicted in the captured image. The system further includes a broadcast device operable to display a human-perceivable indication of the selected anonymization policy to at least a portion of the area. The system also includes an anonymization circuit operable to generate an anonymized image by applying the selected anonymization policy to an image captured by the imaging device and depicting a member of the class of subjects.
US08203607B2 Incorporating prior information from pre aligned image pairs into EMST-based image registration
A computer-implemented method for automatic image registration includes providing a previously aligned image pair, extracting a first number of samples of features from the previously aligned image pair, and extracting a second number of samples of features from an observed image pair. The method further includes determining a Euclidean minimum spanning tree of a union set of the samples of features from the previously aligned image pair and the observed image pair, determining a similarity measure of the observed image pair based on the Euclidean minimum spanning tree, estimating a gradient of the similarity measure, wherein a gradient estimate is used to update transformation parameters applied to register the observed image pair, and outputting a registration of the observed image pair, wherein the registration of the observed image pair is one of displayed and stored on a storage media.
US08203592B2 Videoconference recording, post-processing, and playback
Apparatus having corresponding computer-readable media comprises: a recording module adapted to record audio and video streams of a videoconference; a storage module adapted to store a media file associated with the videoconference; and a command module adapted to generate a command file comprising records for events that occur during the videoconference, wherein at least one of the records comprises a time of occurrence in the videoconference of an event associated with the media file, and a reference to the media file.
US08203589B2 System for managing video voicemail
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller adapted to establish communications with a voicemail system over a Public Switched Telephone Network port of the communication device, receive from the voicemail system by way of a broadband port of the communication device an invitation to switch to a video call over the broadband port, transmit a Session Initiation Protocol message to establish video communications with the voicemail system, and transmit to the voicemail system a video message to be recorded by the voicemail system as a video voicemail message. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US08203585B2 Method and apparatus for forming image
An image forming apparatus includes a light source; a separating unit that separates a laser beam emitted from the light source into a first laser beam and a second laser beam; a first photoelectric converting unit that measures a light intensity of the first laser beam and outputs a first voltage depending on the light intensity of the first laser beam; a second photoelectric converting unit that measures a light intensity of the second laser beam, and outputs a second voltage depending on the light intensity of the second laser beam; and a control unit that executes a first light-intensity correction for correcting the light intensity of the second laser beam based on a current correction value and a drive current. The current correction value being a value used for correcting a light intensity of the laser beam based on the first voltage and the second voltage, and the drive current being a current preliminarily-set with respect to the laser beam to cause the light source to emit the laser beam.
US08203576B2 Method for aligning objects
A computer implemented method for aligning objects receives a reference object and a to-be-moved object; determining feature elements of the reference object. A first coordinate system is constructed according to a plurality of feature elements of the reference object. A second coordinate system is constructed according to a plurality of feature elements of the to-be-moved object. A third coordinate system is constructed according to the first coordinate system and the second coordinate system. An operation matrix is computed according to the three coordinate systems. The two objects are aligned using the operation matrix.
US08203574B2 Dynamic softclipping of video levels
A method for improvement of contrast in an image shown on a display having a range of displayable video levels. The method comprises providing input video levels representing the image, said levels being within said displayable range; providing a transfer function (120, 121) having a slope greater than one everywhere in a gain region (130) of said displayable range, and a slope greater than zero and less than one everywhere in a softclip region (131) of said displayable range, said regions (130, 131) meeting at a threshold level (125), the transfer function (120, 121) being adapted to transfer any input video level within said displayable range to an output level within displayable said range; and transforming said input levels into output levels within said range, using the transfer function (120, 121). According to the invention, instead of “hardclipping” there is a “softclipping” of levels. Hence, compared to conventional methods, a higher gain may be used. In practical situations, the gain applied in the gain region typically may be up to 4.
US08203573B1 Systems and methods for assembling image data for transmission across a digital video interface
A method for assembling image data for transport across a digital video interface includes receiving and converting first-formatted pixel data to a second-formatted pixel data. The second-formatted pixel data is readable by a rendering device, the second-formatted pixel data having a bit width that differs from an input bit width standard of the digital video interface. The second-formatted pixel data is assembled into a transport packet having a bit width which is equal to the input bit width standard of the digital video interface. The digital video interface is operable to receive the transport packet comprising the second-formatted pixel data, and thereby communicate the second-formatted pixel data to the rendering device.
US08203567B2 Graphics processing method and apparatus implementing window system
A graphics processing method and apparatus described herein is capable of converting graphics processing of a window system into a vector-based application program interface (API) format usable in the GPU and performing the converted graphics processing in the GPU. For example, the vector-based API may be based on an OpenVG standard or an EGL standard.
US08203566B2 Fixed function pipeline application remoting through a shader pipeline conversion layer
Systems, methods and computer readable media are disclosed for sending a client graphics data across a remote session for an application, where the application makes fixed function pipeline API calls and the client and server support shader pipeline API calls for the remote session. fixed function pipeline graphics calls from sent from the application are intercepted, wrapped, converted into their fixed function pipeline equivalent graphics call or calls and then sent across the communications network to the client according to a protocol of the remote session.
US08203545B2 Display driving circuit
Display data D1 to Dn are latched by a data latch, and are supplied to AND gates which are gate-controlled by a blanking signal/BLK. Output signals from the AND gates are delayed by delay circuits having different time delays of τ1 to τn, and then supplied to drivers. Subsequently, the output signals are supplied to a display device as driving signals Q1 to Qn. The timings of changes of signals S1 to Sn supplied to the drivers are distributed by the delay circuits, so that the timings of currents i1 to in flowing through the drivers are also distributed. Accordingly, a sum Σi of the currents i1 to in changes gradually over time, thereby decreasing the peak current.
US08203539B2 Display panel and method of manufacturing the same
A display panel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, which can prevent the deterioration of input sensitivity to the panel, and maximize the aperture ratio of the panel. The display panel includes a first substrate, a gate line and a data line crossing each other on the first substrate, in a manner that the gate line and the data line are electrically insulated from each other. The display panel further comprises a first sensor wire formed in parallel to the data line, a second sensor wire formed to overlap the data line in parallel to the data line, a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate, and a sensor spacer formed on the second substrate to project toward the first substrate.
US08203537B2 Tactile and visual user interface device and personal digital assistant
A user interface device and a PDA include: a transparent panel unit possessing plural layers, each provided with plural transparent deformation sections deformable to a specified shape by injection or discharge of fluid; a fluid channel unit possessing, in common or separately, two transparent fluid channels to inject and to discharge fluid to and from the deformation sections; a fluid pump unit to discharge or suck fluid to and from the fluid channel unit; a display panel unit provided with the transparent panel unit over an upper surface of the display panel unit and possessing a screen surface to display an image; and a controller to control injection and discharge of the fluid to and from the deformation sections of the transparent panel unit, corresponding to an image to be displayed on the screen of the display panel unit. Information can be conveyed tactilely and visually to a user.
US08203536B2 Display unit
A display unit includes a display panel having a display screen on which images are displayed, and (b) a touch panel covering the display screen therewith and detecting a touch thereto made by a user. The touch panel detects the touch in accordance with touch-panel drive signals input thereto. The display panel displays images in accordance with display-drive signals input thereto. The touch panel is switched between a first condition in which the touch-panel drive signals are input into the touch panel and a second condition in which the touch panel is electrically open.
US08203529B2 Tactile input/output device and system to represent and manipulate computer-generated surfaces
The present invention discloses a tactile input/output device for representing and manipulating computer-generated surfaces. Also disclosed are a novel system and method for implementing the forgoing aspects. In essence, there is provided an intuitive concept of manipulating and editing a computer-generated surface, by employing a combination of traditional input and output devices (keyboard, mouse, display, etc.) and a novel device that enables users to touch, edit and modify a physical representation of the surface. The tactile device includes an array of displaceable pins, which are driven by a control system having a plurality of micro-actuators operating in combination with a rack-and-pinion assembly.
US08203523B2 Method and apparatus for selectively applying input gamma dithering
Display systems that employ input gamma dithering and dynamic backlight control. Embodiments relate to disabling input gamma dithering during periods when there is a change in the scale value by which image data is scaled due to dynamic backlight control. In this manner, input gamma dithering is selectively applied only during those times when data scaling due to dynamic backlight control is constant.
US08203520B2 Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels each of which has a liquid crystal layer and a plurality of electrodes for applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer and which are arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. Each of the plurality of pixels has a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel which can apply mutually different voltages to the liquid crystal layer, where the first sub-pixel has a higher brightness than the second sub-pixel in certain gradations.
US08203516B2 Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a substrate, gate lines that extend in a first direction, data lines that cross the gate lines and extend in a second direction, and unit pixels. Each unit pixel includes a first subpixel electrode connected to an ith gate line by a first switching device, a second subpixel electrode connected to the ith gate line by a second switching device, and a third switching device including a drain electrode capacitively coupled to the second subpixel electrode and a source electrode connected to the first subpixel electrode. The third switching device is connected to an (i+1)th gate line, the first and second subpixel electrodes between the ith gate line and the (i+1)th gate line are arranged in an order opposite that of the first and second subpixel electrodes between the (i+I)th gate line and an (i+2)th gate line.
US08203514B2 Color sequential display device
A color sequential liquid crystal display (LCD) device is disclosed in the present invention. The color sequential LCD device includes an LCD panel, a backlight module, an image processing circuit and a timing control circuit. The image processing circuit is utilized for performing image processing on an image data to generate a frame data with full color information, and sorting the frame data to generate a plurality of frame data based on a predetermined color sequence. The timing controller is utilized for controlling the LCD panel and the backlight module to display the plurality of field data outputted by the image processing circuit, so as to achieve color mixing in time domain.
US08203511B2 Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form, each including a light emitting device, a plurality of information lines, an information line drive circuit, and a plurality of scanning lines. In addition, a scanning line drive circuit sequentially supplies scanning signals to the plurality of scanning lines in one vertical period, a plurality of on-and-off control lines control turning-on and turning-off of the light emitting devices in a row of the matrix form, and an on-and-off control line drive circuit supplies on-and-off control signals to the plurality of on-and-off control lines. In each vertical period, the information line drive circuit and the scanning line drive circuit supply the information signal once to each of the pixel circuits, wherein the pixel circuit supplies a current corresponding to the supplied information signal to the light emitting device, and wherein the on-and-off control line drive circuit supplies composite signals each provided by synthesizing a first signal and a second signal to the respective on-and-off control lines as on-and-off control signals. The first signal has a frequency corresponding to the vertical period, and the second signal has a frequency twice or more as large as that of the first signal.
US08203502B1 Wearable heads-up display with integrated finger-tracking input sensor
Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for interfacing with a wearable heads-up display via a finger-operable input device. The wearable heads-up display may include a display element for receiving and displaying display information received from a processor, and may also include a wearable frame structure supporting the display element and having a projection extending away from the display element. The projection may be configured to secure the heads-up display to a user's body in a manner such that the display element is disposed within a field of view of the user. A finger-operable input device secured to the wearable frame structure is configured to sense at least one of a position and movement of a finger along a planar direction relative to a surface of the input device, and to provide corresponding input information to the processor.
US08203501B2 Antenna device for mobile communication system
An antenna device for a mobile communication system is provided, in which a post has a selected external appearance. An antenna end is formed at an upper portion of the post for installing antenna parts, and a support end is formed at a lower portion of the post for fixing the antenna device to the ground. At least part of an external body of the antenna end is formed of a material that transmits transmission and received radio signals and a ground support member is formed under the support end to make an external body of the support end stand erect on the ground. The external appearance of the antenna device may take the form of a conventional utility, lamp, or sign post or pole.
US08203493B2 Portable wireless device
Provided is a portable communication device, specifically a portable wireless device which is thin while maintaining excellent reception sensitivity even when the device is laid on a metal top panel. As such device (100), a foldable portable cellular phone (100) is provided with a battery box (117) opened on the side of a rear surface (115), and a circuit board (121) having an antenna power feed point (124) is arranged inside a lower case (114). The battery box (117) is covered with a battery cover section (140) removably attached to the lower case (114). The battery cover section (140) is formed of a member having conductivity, and attached to the lower case (114) by having contact point members (151, 152) in between for carrying a current to a reinforcing conductive plate (125) which is to be a GND layer of the circuit board (121). The battery cover section (140) attached to the lower case (114) is electrically connected to the reinforcing conductive plate (125) by making the battery cover section abut to contact point members (151, 152).
US08203490B2 Multi-band antenna apparatus
A multi-band antenna apparatus using a multiple frequency band is provided. The apparatus includes a substrate body formed in a flat plate structure having a preset thickness and in which at least one dielectric plate is stacked, a power supply line, disposed at the substrate body and connected to an external power source, for forming an electromagnetic field when power is supplied from the external power source, a radiation line, separated from the power supply line using the dielectric plate as the boundary in the substrate body, for forming an overlapping area overlapped with the power supply line along one axis through at least a portion, and for resonating in a frequency band determined according to the overlapping area when the electromagnetic field is formed, and a ground plate disposed in at least one an upper ground area and a lower ground area of the substrate body, for grounding the radiation line by contacting with the radiation line.
US08203483B2 Digital beamforming antenna and datalink array
A method and system for beamforming a multi-element array using time delays is provided. The array includes transmit array elements and receive array elements. Each of the array elements includes a processor. Modulation and demodulation functions are performed at the processors of each array element. The modulation and demodulation functions utilize receive time offsets and phase shifts, and transmit time offsets and phase shifts, respectively. The receive time offsets and phase shifts, and the transmit time offsets and phase shifts are determined by a central processing unit in order to beamform received signals and transmitted signals, respectively. The array elements are arranged in a daisy chain fashion in order to facilitate communication of control parameters, communication of bits to be transmitted and distributed combining of demodulated baseband samples from one array element to another and communicating the combined samples to the central processing unit.
US08203481B2 Radar system for detecting the surroundings with compensation of interfering signals
In a frequency-modulated radar system and method for detecting the surroundings, a compensation of interfering effects is achieved by varying one of the following values: a) a time spacing or temporal distance between the transmitted frequency ramps or the time gap between the frequency ramps, b) a time from the start of the respective transmitted frequency ramp to the beginning of the scanning of the received signal, c) a frequency at the start of the transmitted frequency ramp, and d) a sign of the slope of the transmitted frequency ramps.
US08203479B2 Electronic counter measure system
A tactical electronic counter measure system comprising a first retro-directional transceiver sub system, receiving signals at a first frequency band, and first retro-directional transceiver re transmitting a signal at least substantially toward the direction from which the sources signal was received, and first retro directional transceiver sub system including a plurality of blade antennas and a controller, coupled with and first retro-directional transceiver, and controller controlling the activity of and first retro directional transceiver sub system, and controller further managing the missions of and first retro directional transceiver sub system.
US08203471B2 System including feedback circuit with digital chopping circuit
A system including a first circuit, a second circuit, and a feedback circuit. The first circuit is configured to provide input signals. The second circuit is configured to receive the input signals and provide digital output signals that correspond to the input signals. The feedback circuit includes a chopping circuit, an integrator circuit, and a digital to analog converter circuit. The chopping circuit is configured to receive the digital output signals and provide error signals that represent ripple error in the digital output signals. The integrator circuit is configured to accumulate the error signals and provide an accumulated error signal. The digital to analog converter circuit is configured to convert the accumulated error signal into an analog signal that is received by the second circuit to reduce the ripple error.
US08203466B2 Pulsed antenna capacitive touch switch
A capacitive touch switch suitable for use in areas with high environmental and electrical contamination employs a complex excitation signal that is demodulated to better distinguish it from environmental effects. Improved discrimination allows these sensed signals to be offset against a signal developed by a reference electrode to allow the system to operate robustly with contamination on the electrodes that would otherwise trigger or obscure pulses.
US08203459B2 Security systems and methods for continuously monitoring the weight of a container
Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to weight monitoring systems for recovering, processing, monitoring, and managing various commodities or products stored in a container.
US08203458B2 Safety helmet with gas-measuring device
A safety helmet provides toxic gas monitoring in the field of vision of the helmet user. The safety helmet includes a gas-measuring device of modular design. The safety helmet has a sensor module (5) positioned in the field of vision of the helmet user.
US08203457B1 Portable currency reader and process for detection of currency value
A portable currency reader and process for detecting the value of currency comprising the detection and reading of the security stripe in currency swiped through the reader by sensing color intensities in light transmitted or refracted through the swiped bill illuminated with ultraviolet radiation and correlating a local maximum intensity of the fluoresced color associated with the value of the currency with a maximum of a calculated composite value of refracted light associated with a discontinuity indicating the presence of the security stripe.
US08203454B2 Wheelchair alarm system and method
A wheelchair alarm system and method for preventing falls for patients at risk by recognizing the gesture of a patient attempting to stand. The wheelchair alarm system uses an array of proximity sensors and pressure sensors to create a map of the patient's sitting position, and then uses gesture recognition algorithms to determine when a patient is attempting to stand up. The wheelchair alarm system responds with light and voice alarms that can encourage the patient to remain seated and/or to make use of the system's integrated nurse-call function. The wheelchair alarm system can be seamlessly integrated into existing hospital WiFi networks, sending messages to the nurse call system as well as providing the patient's location.
US08203452B2 Intelligent RFID information management system
A system and method are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a repository configured to store information comprising classification components. The information is received from a plurality of locations where the information is captured from one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags at each of the plurality of locations. Each of the one or more RFID tags is associated with at least one item. The repository is also configured to store market data comprising at least one geographic restriction associated with the at least one item.
US08203448B2 Foreign object detecting apparatus in a bill passageway
A foreign object detecting apparatus in bill passageway includes a laser light source, a first light detector and a second light detector. The laser light source is arranged in a first lateral side to emit a coherent laser beam toward a second lateral side. The first light detector is arranged in the second lateral side to receive the coherent laser beam and to measure the intensity of the coherent laser beam. The second light detector is arranged in one of a top side and a bottom side, wherein when a foreign object is presence in the bill passageway, the intensity of the coherent laser beam received by the first light detector is decreased by the blocking of the foreign object, and at least a portion of the coherent laser beam which is reflected, refracted, diffracted or scattered by the foreign object is received by the second light detector.
US08203446B2 Radio communication terminal
A radio communication terminal includes a radio communication unit that performs radio communication with another device, a detector that detects radio waves in a predetermined frequency range emitted from a medical device that is used integrally with a human body, and a prohibition unit that prohibits radio communication by the radio communication unit when radio waves in the predetermined frequency range have been detected.
US08203445B2 Wireless lighting
The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate remotely controlling a wireless lighting module. The wireless lighting module can include a power source such as a battery, a solar cell, and the like as well as an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs can be controlled based upon a received input (e.g., communicated by way of a radio frequency signal, an infrared signal, . . . ). For example, the input can be obtained from a remote control, a sensor, a differing wireless lighting module, an radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, and so forth. The input can be utilized to switch one or more LEDs on or off, change the intensity or color of illumination, modulate illumination, alter the direction of illumination, etc.
US08203444B2 Alerting device with supervision
An alerting system for alerting a user having a transmitter monitoring a predetermined condition (i.e. sound, telephone, door/window access, fire, carbon monoxide, emergency weather alerts, etc.) and outputting an alarm signal in response to detection of the predetermined condition. The transmitter further outputs a supervisory signal indicative of operation of the transmitter (i.e. low battery condition, out of range, etc.). The alerting system further includes an alerting device receiving the alarm signal and the supervisory signal from the transmitter and detecting cessation of the supervisory signal device and outputting a first alert signal to the user indicative of the cessation of the supervisory signal. The alerting device further detecting presence of the alarm signal and outputting a second alert signal to the user indicative of presence of the predetermined condition.
US08203442B2 Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle is provided having a wireless interface to a mobile terminal, a storage unit in which information about vehicle functions is stored, and a control unit, which is set up such that information about terminal functions is transmitted from the terminal to the control unit via the wireless interface. The information about vehicle functions is compared to the information about terminal functions, and information about corresponding vehicle functions and terminal functions is stored in the storage unit.
US08203429B2 Switched capacitance method for the detection of, and subsequent communication with a wireless transponder device using a single antenna
A transponder detector is provided with capabilities for detecting the presence and type of a transponder in its read range while operating at low power and also using a common antenna for detecting and executing data transactions with transponders.
US08203421B2 Substrate device or package using embedded layer of voltage switchable dielectric material in a vertical switching configuration
A substrate device includes an embedded layer of VSD material that overlays a conductive element or layer to provide a ground. An electrode, connected to circuit elements that are to be protected, extends into the thickness of the substrate to make contact with the VSD layer. When the circuit elements are operated under normal voltages, the VSD layer is dielectric and not connected to ground. When a transient electrical event occurs on the circuit elements, the VSD layer switches instantly to a conductive state, so that the first electrode is connected to ground.
US08203417B2 Inductor assembly
An inductor assembly includes a first inductor, a second inductor being magnetically coupled to the first inductor, and a third inductor being magnetically coupled to said first and second inductors. The third inductor may be connected to a variable resistor adapted for adjusting the magnetic coupling between the first and the second inductors by varying a resistance value of said variable resistor.
US08203416B2 Planar inductive structure
A spiral structure having at least one planar winding in at least one first conductive level to form at least one inductive element, wherein the winding is surrounded with a conductive plane and at least one track is formed in a second conductive level and has two ends connected by conductive vias to the plane of the first level, at diametrically opposite positions with respect to the center of the winding.
US08203407B2 Surface mount magnetic device
A surface mount magnetic device includes a magnetic core assembly, a winding coil and an extension region. The magnetic core assembly includes a first magnetic part and a second magnetic part. The second magnetic part has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface of the second magnetic part is connected to second magnetic part such that a receptacle is formed between the first magnetic part and the second magnetic part. The winding coil is partially accommodated within the receptacle and includes at least two pins, wherein the pins are attached on the second surface of the second magnetic part. The extension region is integrally formed on the second surface of the second magnetic part.
US08203405B2 Electromagnetic actuating apparatus
An electromagnetic actuating apparatus with an elongate actuating element (3), which forms an engagement region (11) at the end and is capable of moving owing to the force of a coil device provided in stationary fashion, and sections of the actuating element have permanent magnets (4), which are designed to interact with a stationary core region (7), wherein a stationary bearing element (8) acting as a yoke is provided axially opposite the core region (7) for the actuating element (3), at least sections of which are in the form of a piston, wherein the actuating element (3) has two sections (10, 20; 3a, 3b), wherein a first section (19, 3a), which is arranged in the region of the permanent magnets (4), is optimized in terms of the magnetic conductivity and a second section (20, 3b), which is arranged in the engagement region, is optimized in terms of wear.
US08203395B2 Wave guiding structures for crosstalk reduction
Various apparatus and methods of addressing crosstalk in a circuit board are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing is provided that includes forming a first layer of a circuit board with a first signal trace and forming a second layer of the circuit board with a second signal trace. A first guard trace is formed on the first layer and offset laterally from the first signal trace but at least partially overlapping the second signal trace and a second guard trace is formed on the second layer and offset laterally from the second signal trace but at least partially overlapping the first signal trace.
US08203393B1 Voltage controlled oscillator open loop coarse amplitude control with respect to process and temperature variations
A voltage controlled oscillator having a temperature and process controlled output. A VCO in accordance with the present invention comprises a reference current source, a fixed current source, coupled in series with the reference current source, the fixed current source comprising a temperature independent current source, a third current source, coupled in parallel with the combination of the reference current source and the fixed current source, and an oscillator, coupled in series with the third current source, wherein a current used to control the oscillator is based on operating temperatures and processes of the reference current source and the third current source.
US08203390B2 Local oscillator and phase adjusting method for the same
According to one embodiment, a local oscillator includes a digitally-controlled oscillator that outputs an oscillating signal having a frequency N times as large as an oscillating frequency according to an oscillator tuning word; a frequency divider that performs a 1/N frequency division of the oscillating signal, and outputs a 2N phase clock; a counter that counts the clock and outputs the count value as integer oscillator phase data based upon a reference signal; a first flip-flop that latches the clock with the reference signal, and outputs the resultant as first phase information; a variable delay circuit that delays the reference signal and outputs the resultant as a delay reference signal; a second flip-flop that latches the clock with the delay reference signal, and outputs the resultant as second phase information; a delay control unit that controls a delay amount of the variable delay circuit; a data conversion unit that outputs fractional oscillator phase data based upon the first and second phase information; an adder that adds the integer oscillator phase data and the fractional oscillator phase data, and outputs the added value as third phase information; and a filter that smoothes the difference between a reference phase for setting the oscillating frequency of the digitally-controlled oscillator and the third phase information so as to output the oscillator tuning word.
US08203387B2 Circuit providing compensated power for sense amplifier and driving method thereof
The present invention discloses a circuit providing a power for a sense amplifier that stabilizes a power voltage supplied to the sense amplifier by compensating a noise generated in the power voltage when the sense amplifier operates with an selectively generated decoupling noise. The circuit providing a power for a sense amplifier includes a sense amplifying circuit sensing and amplifying data loaded on a bit line with a first power. A power supplying unit provides the first power to the sense amplifying circuit. A decoupling unit generates a decoupling noise with a second power and provides the decoupling noise to the first power voltage. The decoupling noise is maintained for a period including a time point of an operation of the sense amplifying circuit and a predetermined time thereafter.
US08203376B2 Semiconductor device and method for driving the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer stack 13 formed on a substrate 11 and having a channel region, a first electrode 16A and a second electrode 16B formed spaced apart from each other on the semiconductor layer stack 13, a first gate electrode 18A formed between the first electrode 16A and the second electrode 16B, and a second gate electrode 18B formed between the first gate electrode 18A and the second electrode 16B. A first control layer 19A having a p-type conductivity is formed between the semiconductor layer stack 13 and the first gate electrode 18A.
US08203375B2 Frequency conversion
A frequency conversion circuit configured to mix a first input signal (RF+,RF−) at a first frequency with a second input signal (LO+,LO−) at a second frequency to provide an output intermediate frequency signal (IFout), the circuit comprising: first and second mixing modules, each mixing module comprising a voltage to current converter configured to receive the first input signal (RF+,RF−) and connected to a Gilbert mixer configured to receive the second input signal (LO+,LO−); an intermediate frequency output circuit having inputs connected to receive an intermediate frequency current signal (IF+,IF−) from outputs of each of the Gilbert mixers and an output configured to provide the output intermediate frequency voltage signal (IFout), wherein the first and second mixing modules comprise transistors which are complementary to each other.
US08203368B2 DLL for period jitter measurement
A sensor (400) for sensing jitter in a clock signal has a DLL (402, 310, 312) for locking a clock signal and a delayed version of the clock signal. The sensor comprises a delay line (402) having a first number of cascaded controllable delay segments. The DLL uses a second number of the cascaded delay segments for generating a delay of an average clock period of the clock signal. The second number is smaller than the first number. The sensor also has a comparator (408) for supplying a sensor output signal representative of a comparison of the clock signal and a further delayed version of the clock signal. The further delayed version of the clock signal is obtained from an output of a specific one of the delay segments located in the delay line after the second number of cascaded delay segments.
US08203367B2 Frequency divider and method for frequency division
A frequency divider and a method for frequency division are disclosed that can achieve a balanced duty cycle when performing a frequency division with an odd division ratio, independently of an input frequency.
US08203359B2 System and method for open loop modulation to detect narrow PWM pulse
An open loop modulation network for a voltage regulator including a latch network, an output sense network, a timing network, and pulse control logic. The latch network latches assertion of a pulse control signal and provides a corresponding latched control pulse indication. The output sense network detects initiation of an output pulse and provides a corresponding output pulse indication. The timing network initiates a delay period in response to the output pulse indication and resets the latched control pulse indication after expiration of the delay period. The pulse control logic terminates the output pulse after the latched control pulse indication is reset and the pulse control signal is negated, whichever occurs last. Very narrow input pulses are detected and either a minimum output pulse is generated or the output pulse is based on the pulse control signal.
US08203358B2 Image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
An image processing apparatus including a processing unit having a rewritable circuit arrangement, comprises a supply unit which supplies a voltage to the processing unit, a measurement unit which measures a magnitude of the voltage supplied from the supply unit to the processing unit, a control unit which rewrites the circuit arrangement of the processing unit in accordance with the magnitude of the voltage that is measured by the measurement unit.
US08203354B2 System for testing electronic components
An improved efficiency system for testing electronic components in a motherboard/daughterboard assembly in which the daughterboard is mounted in spaced parallel relationship the to motherboard includes one or more device-under-test socket sub-assemblies having a test socket thereon for receiving a device-under-test and a connector component for disengagable connection to a complementary connector component on the daughterboard with the socket sub-assembly effecting interengagement of the complementary connector component on the daughterboard via an opening in the motherboard to allow ready access to the test socket for temporary installation, testing, and removal of a device-under-test.
US08203353B2 Probes with offset arm and suspension structure
A probe having a conductive body and a contacting tip that is terminated by one or more blunt skates for engaging a conductive pad of a device under test (DUT) for performing electrical testing. The contacting tip has a certain width and the blunt skate is narrower than the tip width. The skate is aligned along a scrub direction and also has a certain curvature along the scrub direction such that it may undergo both a scrub motion and a self-cleaning rotation upon application of a contact force between the skate and the conductive pad. While the scrub motion clears oxide from the pad to establish electrical contact, the rotation removes debris from the skate and thus preserves a low contact resistance between the skate and the pad. The use of probes with one or more blunt skates and methods of using such self-cleaning probes are especially advantageous when testing DUTs with low-K conductive pads or other mechanically fragile pads that tend to be damaged by large contact force concentration.
US08203352B2 Single support structure probe group with staggered mounting pattern
A probe group can include multiple probes for testing devices having contact pads. The probes can comprise beams, contact tip structures, and mounting portions. The beams can provide for controlled deflection of the probes. The contact tip structures can be connected to the beams and can include contact portions for contacting with the devices. The mounting portions of the beams can be attached to support structures, which can be arranged in a staggered pattern. The beams located in a first row of the staggered pattern can include narrowing regions that lie substantially in line with the mounting portions of a second row of the beams.
US08203345B2 Storage battery and battery tester
A storage battery is provided which has a first and second post for electrically coupling to an electrical system. A test plug is provided for use in coupling the storage battery to an electronic battery tester. In another aspect, a battery tester is provided having a plug configured to couple to a test plug of a storage battery for use in performing an electronic battery test on the storage battery.
US08203339B2 Apparatus for and method of determining an angle between an element and a magnetic field
An apparatus comprising a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field of a predetermined orientation, an element provided in the apparatus at a location that, in use, is within a region of the magnetic field having the predetermined orientation generated by the generator, and a device for determining an angle between the element and the magnetic field, the device comprising a Hall Effect sensor.
US08203337B2 Elimination of errors due to aging in magneto-resistive devices
The problem of magneto-resistive sensor drift with age has been solved by normalizing the sensor's output relative to its output when it is in a selected reproducible state. Details for the method to accomplish this normalization are disclosed together with several examples of how the method can be utilized.
US08203333B2 Rotation angle detecting device
A rotation angle detecting device includes a housing, a rotating shaft rotatably held by the housing, a driving gear fixed to the rotating shaft, a driven gear engaged with the driving gear, a magnetic field generating part fixed in the driven gear, having a permanent magnet, and configured to generate a magnetic field, a magnetic sensor element configured to detect a change in the magnetic field due to a rotational movement of the magnetic field generating part, and a signal processor configured to process a signal from the magnetic sensor element for detecting a rotation angle of the rotating shaft. Each of teeth of the driving gear has a first circumferential width, each of teeth of the driven gear has a second circumferential width, and the second circumferential width is greater than the first circumferential width.
US08203330B2 Distance measuring device
Distance measuring device comprising an emitter and a receiver, said emitter being arranged to produce a magnetic field by means of a resonant circuit having a resonant frequency, said receiver being arranged to pick up at said resonant frequency the magnetic field emitted by the emitter and convert the strength of the magnetic field picked up into a first signal having an energy value, said emitter being arranged to produce said magnetic field intermittently, each emission having a predetermined energy, said receiver being connected to a detector arranged to determine, by correlation of said first signal with a second predetermined signal having a waveform representative of a signal to be picked up by the receiver, a distance measurement signal representing the distance between the emitter and the receiver. The device finds its application in detectors for sleep disorders or other forms of illness.
US08203323B2 Switched mode power supply with current sensing
An electronic device for switched mode DC-DC conversion is provided that includes a stage for sensing an output current causing a voltage difference between a first and a second node. The current sensing stage includes a comparator being capacitively coupled with a first input to the first node and with a second input to the second node for determining a magnitude of the output current.
US08203311B2 Battery condition detecting apparatus that detect cancellation of a polarization of a battery
There is provided a battery condition detecting apparatus which comprises: means for detecting a discharging and charging current from the battery; means for detecting whether or not a negative acceleration of charging current changes in its sign from negative to zero during charging of the battery based on a result of detecting the discharge current; means for calculating an integrated charged capacity of the battery by integrating an instantaneous charging current during charging of the battery; means for controlling an alternator mounted in an automotive vehicle so as to control an output electric power generated by the alternator such that a discharging current from the battery is kept to be constant; and means for determining that the charge polarization is cancelled, if the integrated discharged capacity becomes to be equal to the integrated charged capacity.
US08203308B1 Method and circuit for providing a balancing current in a charge circuit interrupt device
A charge circuit interrupt device comprises a ground fault interrupt module, a current generation module and a current injection module. The ground fault interrupt module disconnects a load from a charging source when a current imbalance exceeds a threshold. The current generation module generates a balancing current based on the current imbalance. The current injection module inputs the balancing current into the charging source to oppose the current imbalance. The charge circuit interrupt device may further include an input balance disable control module that disables the current generation module from generating the balancing current when the current imbalance exceeds the threshold, and a current isolation module that isolates the charging source and the ground fault interrupt module, the current generation module and the current injection module.
US08203306B2 Battery pack and control method therefor
A battery pack includes one or more cell blocks in which one or more secondary battery cells are connected in series and/or in parallel, and a control section for measuring a voltage of the one or more cell blocks to detect an abnormality of a cell block on the basis of a measurement result. The control section calculates a time differential of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks on the basis of the measured voltage, extracts a first time differential which is maximum and a second time differential which is minimum from the time differentials of the voltage for the one or more cell blocks, and determines that a cell block corresponding to the second time differential is abnormal in a case where a difference between the first time differential and the second time differential is less than a prescribed value.
US08203302B2 System and method for controlling four-quadrant operation of a switched reluctance motor drive through a single controllable switch
A single controllable switch (509) drive system for regulating the speed of a two-phase switched reluctance machine (TPSRM) (700) rotor may include a speed control feedback loop (970) component that uses an established speed control signal and a signal indicative of the rotor's speed to dynamically adjust a first parameter. And a current control feedback loop (976) component that uses an established current control signal and a signal indicative of the current flowing through a stator winding (505,508) of the TPSRM to dynamically adjust a second parameter.
US08203297B2 Motor control apparatus for controlling motor in accordance with rotational position of rotor thereof
The motor control apparatus includes a power supply function of supplying electric power from a power supply to a motor, a rotational position detecting function of performing detection of a rotational position of a rotor of the motor for respective phases of the motor, and outputting first rotational position data indicative of result of the detection, a control function of controlling a power supply operation of the power supply function in accordance with the first rotational position data, and an induced voltage detecting function of performing detection of induced voltages of the respective phases of the motor. The control function controls the power supply operation of the power supply function in accordance with result of the detection performed by the induced voltage detecting function when the first rotational position data are abnormal.
US08203294B2 Electric energy storage integrated within or proximate to electrically driven flight control actuators
An apparatus for use with a flight control actuator and method for assembling the same is provided. The apparatus includes a motor drive system and a control unit. The motor drive system includes a capacitor-based energy storage configured to store and provide energy within or proximate to the actuator. The control unit is coupled to the motor drive system and is configured to facilitate managing power within or proximate to the actuator.
US08203291B2 Generator assembly
A generator assembly including generator means and a first converter member (11), the generator means being arranged to convert mechanical power to electric power and comprising an AC generator (2), a voltage regulator (4) and an AC coupling, the voltage regulator (4) being arranged to regulate magnetization of the AC generator (2) on the basis of data associated with the voltage of the AC coupling of the generator means, the AC coupling being arranged to supply electric power from the AC generator (2) to the first converter member (11), and the first converter member (11) being arranged to rectify the voltage applied through the AC coupling into DC voltage. The first converter member (11) is arranged to adjust the power of the AC generator (2) by changing the component (I q) associated with the torque of the current passing through the AC coupling so as to provide the power of desired magnitude.
US08203288B2 Light emitting diode array driving apparatus
A constant current controlling part of an LED array driving apparatus includes a PWM IC including an RT/T terminal for outputting a sawtooth wave voltage, a COMP terminal for receiving a comparison voltage to be compared with the sawtooth wave voltage, an output terminal for outputting a pulse signal that is turned off during an interval where the sawtooth wave voltage is higher than the comparison voltage and turned on during an interval where the sawtooth wave voltage is lower than the comparison voltage, and a comparison voltage setter setting the comparison voltage inputted to the COMP terminal. When an overvoltage is applied to the LED array or the LED array is to be turned off by an external dimming control signal, the comparison voltage setter sets the comparison voltage to a value lower than a lower limit of the sawtooth wave voltage.
US08203275B2 Variable-effect lighting system
A variable-effect lighting system includes a lamp assembly and a lamp controller coupled to the lamp assembly. The lamp assembly comprises a number of multi-coloured lamps in series with an AC voltage source and in series with each other. Each multi-coloured lamp comprises a first illuminating element for producing a first colour of light, and a second illuminating element for producing a second colour of light. The lamp controller is configured to vary the colour produced by the lamps by varying the conduction interval of each illuminating element according to a predetermined pattern. The controller is also configured to terminate the variation upon activation of a user-operable input to the controller.
US08203274B2 LED and thermal management module for a vehicle headlamp
The LED headlamps for vehicles provide a modular efficient light source for vehicle headlamps. The invention addresses the LED negative temperature coefficient in efficient heat removal system. Beam direction and pattern is controlled by its composite lens beam shaping mechanism. The beam targeting using the LED source is done through beam shaping via lens surface shaping, lens curvature contouring and composite lens component offsetting from the LED source or outgoing beam axis to direct the light beam.
US08203272B2 Plasma lamp with dielectric waveguide integrated with transparent bulb
A dielectric waveguide integrated plasma lamp (DWIPL) with a body comprising at least one dielectric material having a dielectric constant greater than approximately 2, and having a shape and dimensions such that the body resonates in at least one resonant mode when microwave energy of an appropriate frequency is coupled into the body. A dielectric bulb within a lamp chamber in the body contains a fill which when receiving energy from the resonating body forms a light-emitting plasma. The bulb is transparent to visible light and infrared radiation emitted by the plasma. Radiative energy lost from the plasma is recycled by reflecting the radiation from thin-film, multi-layer coatings on bulb exterior surfaces and/or lamp chamber surfaces back into the bulb. The lamp further includes two- or three-microwave probe configurations minimizing power reflected from the body back to the microwave source when the source operates: (a) at a frequency such that the body resonates in a single mode; or (b) at one frequency such that the body resonates in a relatively higher mode before a plasma is formed, and at another frequency such that the body resonates in a relatively lower order mode after the plasma reaches steady state.
US08203271B2 Metal halide lamp including sealed metal foil
A metal halide lamp (MHL) includes: a light-transmitting hermetic vessel made of quartz glass, including: a surrounding portion having a discharge space formed therein; and at least one sealing portion joined to the surrounding portion; electrodes sealed within the discharge space of the light-transmitting hermetic vessel; a discharge medium filled within the discharge space of the light-transmitting hermetic vessel; and at least one sealed metal foil connected to proximal ends of the electrodes and hermetically embedded within the sealing portion, the sealed metal foil being formed with height-differentiating portions comprised of laser traces on at least one of surfaces of the metal foil.
US08203270B2 Light source device
A start assisting light source is configured such that it can be mounted simply and reliably at a position capable of efficiently radiating UV-light for enhancing the starting performance of a high pressure discharge lamp to discharge chamber without being heated to a high temperature during lighting of the lamp and also adopted to a simple constitution of not increasing the manufacturing cost. A start assisting light source includes an airtight vessel filled with a rare gas and a pipe member that penetrates through the vessel is mounted to an electrode lead which protrudes from the end face of an electrode seal portion secured to a bottom hole of the concave reflector by inserting the electrode lead through the pipe member.
US08203269B2 Compact metal halide lamp with salt pool container at its arc tube endparts
A high intensity discharge light source includes an arc tube having a longitudinal axis and a main central discharge chamber formed therein. The arc tube includes first and second electrodes having inner terminal ends spaced from one another along the longitudinal axis. Each electrode extends at least partially into the main central discharge chamber or reaches the end portions of the main central discharge chamber. The arc tube includes first and second sub-chambers located at opposite ends of a main central discharge chamber. The sub-chambers are located entirely axially outward from the inner terminal ends of the electrodes to form cold spot locations for the dose pool outside the main central discharge chamber.
US08203267B2 Method for manufacturing high-pressure discharge lamp, high-pressure discharge lamp, lamp unit and projection-type image display
The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a high-pressure discharge lamp including: a spherical portion forming a light-emitting portion (1a); sealing portions that are connected with both ends of the spherical portion; an electrode (2a) that is sealed to each of the sealing portions; and a metal foil (3a) that is connected with a rear end of each electrode. A vessel provided with a cylindrical glass tube (8) on both ends of the spherical portion is used, a connection structure of the metal foil and the electrode are disposed in the glass tube such that a front end of the electrode is positioned in the spherical portion, and the glass tube is melted by heat and shrunk for sealing the metal foil and the electrode so as to form the sealing portion. An inner diameter φ of the glass tube before the heat-melt processing and a distance L from an edge of the metal foil to the internal space of the spherical portion are set to satisfy a relationship of L/φ≧1.35, a corner of an edge portion of the metal foil on a side of the connection with the electrode is cut so as to form a wedge shape (7a), and subsequently the sealing step is performed. Thereby, it can suppress the generation of the breakage during the lighting life span, which is caused by a gap generated from the metal foil to an axis of the electrode during the sealing processing of the high-pressure discharge lamp having a high brightness property.
US08203265B2 Electro-optical device and electronic device
An object of the present invention is to provide an EL display device, which has a high operating performance and reliability.A third passivation film 45 is disposed under an EL element 203 which comprises a pixel electrode (anode) 46, an EL layer 47 and a cathode 48, to make a structure in which heat generated by the EL element 203 is radiated. Further, the third passivation film 45 prevents alkali metals within the EL element 203 from diffusing into the TFTs side, and prevents moisture and oxygen of the TFTs side from penetrating into the EL element 203. More preferably, heat radiating effect is given to a fourth passivation film 50 to make the EL element 203 to be enclosed by heat radiating layers.
US08203263B2 Light emitting organic component with fuse structure
The invention relates to a light-emitting organic component, in particular a light-emitting organic diode, having an electrode and a counter electrode and an organic region located between the electrode and the counter electrode, the electrode having electrode sections, each of which are implemented at least partially overlapping and in contact with the organic region and which are electrically connected with each other by means of one or more further electrode sections, forming the electrode, and the electrode having an electrical safety structure allocated to the electrode sections. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the production of a light-emitting organic component, an array with several light-emitting organic components and an electrode structure for an electronic component.
US08203257B2 Vehicle headlamp that produces a lower intensity light beam above the light/dark cutoff line
The invention relates to a lamp for motor vehicles that at least comprises a first incandescent filament that is intended to produce a light beam having a light/dark cutoff line, the incandescent filament having associated with it for this purpose a shielding cap to restrict the light emitted to a given angular range. The shielding cap (4) has at least one opening that is intended to produce a light beam above the light/dark cutoff line, with at least part of this light beam, which light beam passes through the said opening, not passing through and/or passing through a color filter.
US08203254B2 Polymer actuator device
A polymer actuator device includes an electrolyte layer, a pair of electrode layers that are provided on both surfaces of the electrolyte layer in a thickness direction of the electrolyte layer, a polymer actuator that is bent when a voltage is applied between the pair of electrode layers, and terminal parts that apply a voltage to the polymer actuator. The polymer actuator includes a deformable portion and a supported portion. A conductive porous member is interposed between a first electrode layer, which is positioned on the side of the supported portion of the polymer actuator corresponding to a negative electrode, and the terminal part.
US08203251B2 Stator with restraints for restraining relative radial movement between turn portions of electric wires
A stator includes a stator core, a stator coil comprised of a plurality of electric wires, and at least one restraint. Each of the electric wires has a plurality of in-slot portions received in slots of the stator core and a plurality of turn portions that are located outside of the slots to connect the in-slot portions. The restraint is mounted to end parts of the turn portions belonging to a turn portion group of the electric wires to restrain relative radial movement between the turn portions of the turn portion group. All the turn portions of the turn portion group protrude from the same slot of the stator core. The end parts of the turn portions respectively adjoin the in-slot portions of the electric wires received in the same slot of the stator core and align with each other in a radial direction of the stator core.
US08203250B2 End coil tie downs
A submersible electric pump motor comprises an unvarnished stator structure having stator windings formed of conductors. The stator windings form end coils at each end of the stator for each phase. The end coils are tied to three arc-shaped, metal segments, each having an opening and positioned circumferentially within a circumferential groove. The metal segments are welded to the interior of the housing to provide a rigid surface. High temperature strings are wound through the openings in each metal segment and around the end coils for each phase to tie each end coil of that phase to that metal segment. This prevents the end coils of each phase from twisting during startup, sliding into the slots, and moving inwards towards a rotating rotor.
US08203249B1 Reducing the core-end heating in large power generators
The invention provides for flux-shields wrapped around the flux-sources at the core-end of large power generators. They prevent overheating of all core-end parts under all abnormal conditions of operation. A first flux-shield is an electrically conductive cylindrical shell concentric with rotating end-windings, held outside the retaining ring. The rotating flux source induces eddy currents in the first flux-shield whose flux repels the source flux. Only a small part of the rotating source flux is hence received by all the core-end parts, thereby greatly reducing their temperatures. A second flux-shield comprises an electrically conductive tape wrapped over the ground-insulation of stator bars protruding from the core. Alternating flux generated by the stator bars induces eddy currents in the second flux-shield whose flux repels the source flux. Only a small fraction of the source flux is hence received by all core-end parts, thereby greatly reducing their temperatures. The present invention replaces multiple devices such as step-iron, flux-shields, flux shunts, short-rotors etc, used in the prior-art with only two devices. As a result, the design of the core-end is simplified and the cost of the generator is reduced.
US08203246B2 Five-phase motor with improved stator structure
A five-phase motor includes a stator and a movable member movable relative to the stator in a preset direction. The stator includes a stator core provided with five slots within 360 electrical degrees thereof. The five slots are arranged in the preset direction at preset first pitches. The stator includes at least one set of five-phase stator windings. The five-phase stator windings are arranged in the five slots relative to each other such that each of the five-phase stator windings is wound at a preset second pitch. The second pitch substantially corresponds to two of the first pitches.
US08203239B2 Method of forming a power tool
An electric motor has a stator in which an armature is disposed. The armature has a lamination stack having slots in which magnet wires are wound. An armature shaft extends coaxially through the lamination stack and a commutator is disposed on the armature shaft to which ends of the magnet wires are electrically coupled. The magnet wires are at least partially encased in thermally conductive plastic. When the thermally conductive plastic is molded, a balancing feature is formed of the thermally conductive plastic. In aspects, the balancing feature can include a layer of the plastic from which plastic can be removed during balancing; one or more balancing rings adjacent axial sides of the lamination stack from which plastic can be removed to balance the armature; or one or more balancing rings having one or more pockets therein in which one or more weights are disposed to balance the armature.
US08203226B2 Wind turbine gear unit with concentric hollow tubes
A gear unit for a wind turbine having an input shaft connected to the rotor hub of the wind turbine and an output shaft for connection to an electrical power generator, characterized in that the gear unit is provided with a hollow tube which is concentric with the main rotation axis and which extends through the gear unit from the input shaft to the output shaft, whereby this hollow tube provides a sealing for the gear unit in storage and transport.
US08203224B2 Power generator
The present invention provides a power generator for generating electricity comprising a core having an interior chamber, the interior chamber having a top portion and a bottom portion. The core is filled with a volume of a gas. A frequency generator is provided for resonating the gas at a high frequency, and means for securing the frequency generator to the core are provided as well. In addition, a pair of electrical conductors is connected to the core to conduct the flow of electricity away from the core.
US08203220B2 Integrated circuit package system with multiple device units and method for manufacturing thereof
A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit package system includes: forming a first device unit, having first external interconnects arranged along a perimeter of the first device unit, and a second device unit, having second external interconnects arranged along a perimeter of the second device unit, in an array configuration; mounting an integrated circuit die over the first device unit; connecting the integrated circuit die and the first external interconnects; encapsulating with an encapsulation covering the integrated circuit die, the first device unit, and the second device unit with both the first external interconnects and the second external interconnects partially exposed; and forming a partial encapsulation cut in the encapsulation electrically isolating the first external interconnects and the second electrical interconnects.
US08203215B2 Layered chip package and method of manufacturing same
A layered chip package includes a main body and wiring, the wiring including a plurality of wires disposed on a side surface of the main body. The main body includes a main part and a plurality of terminals. The main part includes a plurality of layer portions stacked. The terminals are disposed on at least either one of the top and bottom surfaces of the main part and electrically connected to the wires. Each of the layer portions includes a semiconductor chip, and a plurality of electrodes that are electrically connected to the wires. The electrodes include a plurality of first electrodes that are intended to establish electrical connection to the semiconductor chip, and a plurality of second electrodes that are not in contact with the semiconductor chip. In at least one of the layer portions, the first electrodes are in contact with and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip.
US08203211B2 Nonvolatile memory devices having a three dimensional structure
Provided is a nonvolatile memory device having a three dimensional structure. The nonvolatile memory device may include cell arrays having a plurality of conductive patterns having a line shape three dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor substrate, the cell arrays being separated from one another; semiconductor patterns extending from the semiconductor substrate to cross sidewalls of the conductive patterns; common source regions provided in the semiconductor substrate under a lower portion of the semiconductor patterns in a direction in which the conductive patterns extend; a first impurity region provided in the semiconductor substrate so that the first impurity region extends in a direction crossing the conductive patterns to electrically connect the common source regions; and a first contact hole exposing a portion of the first impurity region between the separated cell arrays.
US08203210B2 Semiconductor device having metal contacts formed in an interlayer dielectric film comprising four silicon-containing layers
The reliability of a semiconductor device having an embedded wire in the lowest layer wire is improved. In a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, MISFETs are formed and over the main surface, insulating films 10, 11 are formed. In the insulating films 10, 11 a contact hole is formed and a plug is embedded therein. Over the insulating film 11 in which the plug is embedded, insulating films 14, 15, 16 are formed and an opening is formed in the insulating films 14, 15, 16 and a wire is embedded therein. The insulating film 15 is an etching stopper film when etching the insulating film 16 in order to form the opening, containing silicon and carbon. The insulating film 11 has a high hygroscopicity and the insulating film 15 has a low moisture resistance, however, by interposing the insulating film 14 therebetween and making the insulating film 14 have a higher density of the number of Si (silicon) atoms than that of the insulating film 11, an electrically weak interface is prevented from being formed.
US08203208B2 Three-dimensional stacked substrate arrangements
Three-dimensional stacked substrate arrangements with reliable bonding and inter-substrate protection.
US08203203B1 Stacked redistribution layer (RDL) die assembly package
A stacked redistribution layer (RDL) die assembly package includes a substrate, a first level RDL die assembly mounted to the substrate and a second level RDL die assembly mounted to the first level RDL die assembly. The first level RDL die assembly includes a first die comprising bond pads, a first fan out support extending outwardly from sides of the first die, and first traces electrically connected to the bond pads, the first traces being supported by the first fan out support. Similarly, the second level RDL die assembly includes a second die comprising bond pads, a second fan out support extending outwardly from sides of the second die, and second traces electrically connected to the bond pads of the second die, the second traces being supported by the second fan out support.
US08203180B2 Devices containing permanent charge
An edge termination structure includes a final dielectric trench containing permanent charge. The final dielectric trench is surrounded by first conductivity type semiconductor material (doped by lateral outdiffusion from the trenches), which in turn is laterally surrounded by second conductivity type semiconductor material.
US08203175B2 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes: diffusion layers formed at the front surface of a substrate; low-resistance parts formed at the front surfaces of the diffusion layers so as to have resistance lower than the diffusion layer; and rear contact electrodes passing through the substrate from the rear surface of the substrate to be connected to the low-resistance parts through the diffusion layers.
US08203173B2 Semiconductor integrated circuit
A semiconductor integrated circuit has: a substrate; a basic logic cell placed on the substrate and configured to function as a part of a logic circuit; and a dummy cell placed on the substrate and not configured to function as a part of a logic circuit. The basic logic cell includes a diffusion layer formed in the substrate, and a distance from the diffusion layer to a boundary between the basic logic cell and another cell adjacent to the basic logic cell is equal to a first distance. The dummy cell includes a dummy diffusion layer that is a diffusion layer formed in the substrate, and a distance from the dummy diffusion layer to a boundary between the dummy cell and another cell adjacent to the dummy cell is equal to the first distance.
US08203172B2 Nitride semiconductor device
A nitride semiconductor device includes: a first layer made of a first nitride semiconductor; a second layer provided on the first layer and made of a second nitride semiconductor having a larger band gap than the first nitride semiconductor; a first electrode electrically connected to the second layer; a second electrode provided on the second layer and juxtaposed to the first electrode in a first direction; and a floating electrode provided on the second layer, the floating electrode including: a portion sandwiched by the second electrode in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a portion protruding from the second electrode toward the first electrode.
US08203168B2 Integration of SMD components in an IC housing
The invention relates to an electronic component having a semiconductor component, particularly a semiconductor chip, and at least one SMD component, a chip carrier with a support platform and with connecting leads. Whereby the semiconductor component, which is connected electrically via chip bonds to bond fingers of the connecting leads is mounted on the support platform and the SMD component connects the support platform to a connecting lead via contact surfaces arranged thereon, a housing, which encloses the semiconductor component, the SMD component, and at least partially the chip carrier. The support platform and the connecting lead in the area of the SMD component are profiled to create barriers in such a way that flowing of a free-flowing material from the contact surfaces connected to the SMD component of the chip carrier both onto the support platform and onto the connecting lead is prevented.
US08203167B2 Semiconductor chip assembly with post/base heat spreader and adhesive between base and terminal
A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor device, a heat spreader, a conductive trace and an adhesive. The semiconductor device is electrically connected to the conductive trace and thermally connected to the heat spreader. The heat spreader includes a thermal post and a base. The thermal post extends upwardly from the base into a first opening in the adhesive, and the base extends laterally from the thermal post. The conductive trace includes a pad, a terminal and a signal post. The signal post extends upwardly from the terminal into a second opening in the adhesive. The adhesive extends above the base and between the base and the terminal.
US08203164B2 Light emitting diode package
A light emitting diode (LED) package including: an LED chip; a first lead frame having a heat transfer unit with a top where a groove for stably mounting the LED chip is formed; a second lead frame disposed separately from the first lead frame; a package body having a concave portion encapsulating a portion of the heat transfer unit and the second lead frame but exposing a portion of the top of the heat transfer unit and a portion of the lead frame, and a ring-shaped portion extended in a ring shape along an inner wall of the groove of the heat transfer unit and forming an aperture in a center thereof; and a phosphor layer formed on the aperture of the ring-shaped portion and applied to the LED chip, wherein the LED chip is disposed in the inside of the aperture of the ring-shape portion.
US08203163B2 Lighting emitting device package and method of fabricating the same including a plating layer at an outer circumference of the package body
Provided is a light emitting device package and a method of fabricating the same. The light emitting device package comprises a package body having a cavity, a seed layer on a surface of the package body, a conductive layer on the seed layer, a mirror layer on the conductive layer, and a light emitting device in the cavity.
US08203158B2 Organic EL display panel
An organic EL display panel comprising a substrate and an organic light-emitting element R emitting red light, an organic light-emitting element G emitting green light and an organic light-emitting element B emitting blue light which are arranged on the substrate, wherein each of the organic light-emitting element has a concavely curved pixel electrode which is a reflective electrode, a functional layer formed with coating over the pixel electrode, an organic light emitting layer arranged on the functional layer, a counter electrode which is a transparent electrode arranged over the organic light emitting layer and a bank defining the functional layer formed with coating, the element R, the element G and the element B have different amount of the functional layer and the element R, the element G and the element B have different curvature radius of the concavely curved pixel electrode.
US08203141B2 Organic light-emitting device
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a heterocyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound. The organic light-emitting devices using the heterocyclic compounds have high-efficiency, low driving voltages, high luminance and long lifespans.
US08203140B2 Resistive memory device and method for fabricating the same
A resistive memory device is provided. The resistive memory device includes a bottom electrode, a resistance-variable layer, and a top electrode. The resistance-variable layer is disposed on the bottom electrode. The top electrode is disposed on the resistance-variable layer. The resistance-variable layer includes a conductive polymer layer that reacts with the top electrode to form an oxide layer.
US08203138B2 Organic field-effect transistor, production method and intermediate structure therefor, and organic field-effect device
An organic field-effect transistor normally includes: a source electrode and a drain electrode; an organic semiconductor layer in contact with the source electrode and the drain electrode; a gate insulating layer adjacent to the organic semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode in contact with the gate insulating layer. The gate insulating layer according to the present invention is in a liquid state, constituted with a material containing no glue or thickener, a sole or main component of which is an ionic liquid. Thus the capacitance of the ionic liquid corresponding to a gate voltage modulation frequency of 10 Hz is reduced to 1/10 at a frequency of 10 kHz of higher. As a result, an organic field-effect transistor capable of operating at low voltage and assuring ample current gain and high-speed response (the capacitance of the ionic liquid corresponding to a gate voltage modulation frequency of 10 Hz is reduced to 1/10 at a frequency of 10 kHz of higher) is provided.
US08203129B2 Methods and apparel for attenuating electromagnetic fields emanating from a person in or on a body of water
Attenuating, while in or on a body of water, one's own emanated electromagnetic field by wearing apparel that includes an electromagnetically shielding fabric. The shielding fabric comprises a substantially continuous system of conductive fibers combined with non-conductive fabric. Or attenuating, while a person is in or on a body of water, the electromagnetic field emanated by the person, by (i) providing to the person apparel that includes the electromagnetically shielding fabric, and (ii) instructing the person to wear it while in or on the water. The attenuation of the emanated electromagnetic field decreases the likelihood of a person being located in the body of water by a water-borne predator detecting that person's emanated electromagnetic field.
US08203122B1 Thermoelectric conversion device, and radiation detector and radiation detection method using the same
A radiation detector including a substrate; a first inclined thin film disposed on a first main surface of the substrate, and having crystal planes serving as a factor in inducing anisotropy; a second inclined thin film disposed on a second main surface of the substrate opposite to the first main surface, and having crystal planes serving as a factor in inducing anisotropy; a first electrode pair of electrodes disposed on the first inclined thin film, the electrodes being opposed to each other in a direction in which the crystal planes of the first inclined thin film are aligned inclined to the first main surface; and a second electrode pair of electrodes disposed on the second inclined thin film, the electrodes being opposed to each other in a direction in which the crystal planes of the second inclined thin film are aligned inclined to the second main surface.
US08203115B2 Method of performing hyperspectral imaging with photonic integrated circuits
According to the invention, an integrated hyperspectral imager includes a planar photonic substrate. A plurality of imaging pixel photonic circuits is disposed in a M×N array on the planar photonic substrate. Each imaging pixel photonic circuit includes an input coupler configured to receive a broadband input electromagnetic radiation. A waveguide is optically coupled to the input coupler. A plurality of wavelength filters is optically coupled to the waveguide. Each wavelength filter has a wavelength filter input and a wavelength filter output. Each detector has a detector input optically coupled respectively to each of the wavelength filter outputs. Each detector has a respective detector output. The integrated hyperspectral imager is configured to provide electrical signals that are representative of a hyperspectral image of the received broadband input electromagnetic radiation. A method for recording an image based on a received electromagnetic radiation is also described.
US08203110B2 Dual axle solar tracker
Solar tracker with a principal substructure comprising a series of posts between which sections of beams are arranged, joined by intermediate axles and which can turn in respect of a longitudinal axle; it is also provided with secondary substructures comprising a frame for attachment of the solar panels which rotate in respect of an axle transversal to the longitudinal and with connection parts between the frames and the beams, and in respect of which they are articulated, with the frames being activated by connecting rods joined to a common slide. The centre of gravity of the structure overall is arranged such that it is very close to the longitudinal axle, which facilitates its actuation, reduces wind sensitivity and facilitates erection in addition to being provided with a certain degree of longitudinal tolerance, which enables better use to be made of land, as it is possible to achieve greater power per square meter.
US08203106B2 Induction heating appliance for cooking
An infrared permeable window 4a, which is surrounded by a light shielding layer 7b and is narrower than an infrared sensor display window 4g, is formed inwardly of the infrared sensor display window 4g, and an infrared incident area 43a for detecting infrared rays of light and a light emitting unit 56a are provided below the infrared permeable window 4a. Also, a light emitting surface 4b is provided inwardly of the infrared permeable window 4a, so that the user can assuredly place a cooking container P on the infrared permeable window 4a.
US08203103B2 Plasma arc coating system and method
In an embodiment an apparatus for coating a substrate comprises: an array of plasma arcs; a first plurality of reagent manifolds located upstream of the array of plasma arcs and a second plurality of reagent manifolds located downstream of the array of plasma arcs, each manifold having at least one orifice through which a reagent is ejected into a plasma jet issuing from a respective plasma arc; and a controller which modulates the flow of reagent to each manifold according to the contours of the substrate and to the substrate position relative to the plasma arcs and the manifolds.
US08203100B2 Pulse arc welding method
A pulse arc welding method is provided for performing welding by causing welding current to flow through a welding wire and a base metal via a power supply tip. The welding current has a pulse cycle made up of a first peak time, a second peak time and a base time. A first peak current is applied during the first peak time, a second peak current, smaller than the first peak current, is applied during the second peak time, and a base current is applied during the base time. When a tip-base distance between an end of the power supply tip and the base metal is smaller or greater than a reference value, the first peak current is increased or decreased in accordance with the difference between the reference value and the tip-base distance.
US08203099B2 Method and device to build-up, clad, or hard-face with minimal admixture
An electric arc device and methods to build up, clad, join, or overlay an alloyed metal onto a parent metal with minimal admixture. The methods employed in the electric arc device provide a high frequency waveform with a high amplitude pulse, a low amplitude background current, and a special shorting routine, to alleviate the problem of generating too much ad-mixture. A fast transition from a peak current level to a background current level along with a shorting response and a plasma boost pulse reduces the droplet size and reduces the heat input required to achieve good welding performance.
US08203098B2 Laser processing machines and methods for providing a gas to the beam guide of a laser processing machine
A laser processing machine having a laser processing head that is open to a workpiece has a device for providing gas to the laser beam guide that introduces a first gas through a first gas inlet into the laser beam guide and introduces a second gas through a second gas inlet into the laser beam guide.
US08203092B2 Keypad structure
A keypad structure with a backlight source includes a base, a light guiding plate, a thin film circuit board, a resilient component, a keycap, and an elevating mechanism. The thin film circuit board includes at least one exhausting notch for increasing exhaust as the resilient component is compressed. A plurality of microstructures is formed on the light guiding plate, and the keypad structure further includes a transparent layer formed on the keycap. Light emitted from the backlight source and refracted by the plurality of microstructures passes through the keycap and the transparent layer as the backlight source lights the lateral side of the light guiding plate, so as to illuminate the transparent layer. Thus, the present invention has advantages of illuminating pattern, regional illumination, and preferable comfort.
US08203091B2 Switch assembly and air conditioner having the same
A switch and a circuit board of the switch assembly are detachably coupled to each other, thus resulting in enhanced maintenance and workability. The switch assembly includes a switch to sense an electrical signal of a human body, a conductive connector to provide the switch with an elastic force, and a circuit board adapted to receive the electrical signal through the connector so as to perform a control operation. The circuit board is detachably coupled with the switch.
US08203089B2 Casing for an electric household appliance switch
An upper part of an electric switch casing is positioned over a lower part of the casing and is form-locked therewith. Between said parts a first chamber, in which voltage carrying connecting pieces are mounted, is formed between peripheral vertical side walls of the lower part and a vertical partition of the lower part. The width and the height of a first gap between the peripheral vertical side wall of the upper part of the casing and the peripheral vertical side wall of the lower part of the casing as well as of a second gap between the vertical partition projection of the upper part of the casing and the vertical partition of the lower part of the casing are such that the capillary elevation of liquids used in household occurring in said gaps is lower than the height of said gaps the width of said first and second gaps being kept as low as possible. The casing of the invention for the electric household appliance switch characterizes itself in that it can be assembled in a simple way, it occupies little space and a household appliance user is reliably protected against coming in contact with high voltage carrying connecting pieces.
US08203083B2 Electromagnetic wave shielding heat-radiation sheet and manufactured method thereof
Disclosed is an electromagnetic wave shielding heat-radiation sheet allowing electricity and heat to be transferred from one side surface to the other side surface of the sheet, in which conductive protrusions formed by partially cutting a conductive layer laminated on an elastic support layer are bent toward the rear surface of the elastic support layer to pass through the elastic support layer and come in contact with the rear surface of the elastic support layer.
US08203081B2 Printed circuit board preform with test facilitating means
An exemplary printed circuit board preform (20) includes at least two printed circuit board units (211), at least one boundary (201, 202) formed on the junction of the at least two printed circuit board units, and at least one conductor (206, 208) configured on a surface of the printed circuit board preform and crossing the at least one boundary of the at least two printed circuit board units.
US08203079B2 Grommet
A grommet that sheathes a wire harness for a motor vehicle comprising a smaller diameter tubular section provided at one end of the grommet and capable of being inserted into a through-hole in the motor vehicle, a tapered tubular section including a slant wall extending from the smaller diameter tubular section and the slant wall includes a pair of opposed longer sides, a pair of opposed shorter sides, and corner slant sides provided between the longer sides and the shorter sides, and a larger diameter tubular section extending through a vehicle body locking recess to a larger end part of the tapered tubular section and the larger diameter tubular section includes a pair of opposed longer sides, a pair of opposed shorter sides, and four round corners, the tapered tubular section is capable of deformation inward such that the vehicle body locking recess is engaged with the through-hole.
US08203073B2 Front electrode for use in photovoltaic device and method of making same
This invention relates to a front electrode/contact for use in an electronic device such as a photovoltaic device. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of a photovoltaic device or the like includes a multilayer coating including at least one transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer (e.g., of or including a material such as tin oxide, ITO, zinc oxide, or the like) and/or at least one conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer (e.g., based on silver, gold, or the like). In certain example instances, the multilayer front electrode coating may include one or more conductive metal(s) oxide layer(s) and one or more conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer(s) in order to provide for reduced visible light reflection, increased conductivity, cheaper manufacturability, and/or increased infrared (IR) reflection capability. At least one of the surfaces of the front glass substrate may be textured in certain example embodiments of this invention.
US08203070B2 Automated solar tracking system
An automated tracking solar power collector is disclosed herein, the tracking solar powered collector includes at least one solar collector such as a solar concentrator and an actuator coupled to the at least one solar collector. The tracking solar power collector further includes a tracking controller configured to aim the at least one solar collector toward the sun with the actuator; and, a power controller configured to supply power to the actuator based on an energy collected by the at least one solar collector.
US08203068B2 Dye compound and photoelectric component using the same
The present invention relates to a dye compound represented by the following formula (I), or a salt thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, D1, D2, B, and n are defined the same as the specification, and also relates to a photoelectric component using the same. The dye compound of the present invention is suitable for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC). Hence, the photoelectric characteristics of the DSSC can be improved by using the dye compound of the present invention.
US08203066B2 Pedal apparatus and electronic keyboard apparatus having the same
An electronic keyboard apparatus capable of changing, with a simple construction, a musical tone control characteristic for each pedal manipulation stroke section. A detection value representing a pedal depression depth is converted into an output value according to a table group, and a musical tone parameter is controlled based on the output value. The table group includes default and alternate tables exhibiting a hysteresis such that the output value converted from the same detection value becomes smaller in a reverse pedal stroke than in a forward pedal stoke. In the forward stroke, the default table is changed to the alternate table when the detection value passes a second threshold value provided on a deeper depression depth side than a first threshold value. In the reverse stroke, the alternate table is changed to the default table when the detection value passes the first threshold value.
US08203063B2 Portable tuning apparatus
A portable tuning apparatus comprising keys and a rotatable tuning plate is provided. Each key comprises two opposing connector arms separated by a cranked section and extending perpendicularly from opposing ends of the cranked section. A first opposing connector arm of each key is configured to engageably rotate a lug of multiple lugs that support a drumhead of a percussion instrument. A second opposing connector arm of each key slidably engages with one of the openings arranged at predetermined locations on the rotatable tuning plate. Rotating the rotatable tuning plate causes the second opposing connector arm along with the cranked section of each key to orbitally revolve about the first opposing connector arm of each key. This orbital revolution causes an axial rotation of the first opposing connector arm of each key engaged on the lug and imparts a uniform tension to the lugs for tensioning and tuning the drumhead.
US08203062B2 Drum with adjustable depth
A drum with an adjustable depth is described. The drum includes a top head, a bottom head, and a shell. The shell is constructed such that the bottom head can be moved away from the top head, creating a drum with a different depth. The shell comprises an inner and outer shell. A handle can be turned, turning a drive sleeve in the interior of the drum. The drive sleeve translates the rotational motion into a vertical motion, changing the distance between the top and bottom heads. There may be an additional drive sleeve directly across from the initial drive sleeve, coupled via a drive shaft, to force the drum heads to move apart from each other in a substantially parallel manner. In a similar manner additional drive sleeves may be present to better keep the heads parallel.
US08203055B2 Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH745929
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH745929. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH745929, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH745929 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH745929.
US08203047B2 Soybean cultivar 91384284
A soybean cultivar designated 91384284 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91384284, to the plants of soybean 91384284, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 91384284, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 91384284 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety 91384284, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91384284, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 91384284 with another soybean cultivar.
US08203045B1 Soybean variety XB41J10
A novel soybean variety, designated XB41J10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB41J10, cells from soybean variety XB41J10, plants of soybean XB41J10, and plant parts of soybean variety XB41J10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB41J10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XB41J10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB41J10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB41J10 are further provided.
US08203042B1 Soybean variety RJS41002
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS41002. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS41002, to the plants of soybean RJS41002 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS41002 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS41002 with another soybean plant, using RJS41002 as either the male or the female parent.
US08203031B2 Transgenic plants exhibiting increased resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and methods for producing the same
The invention relates to plants, especially transgenic plants, plant parts and plant cells overproducing a secretory phospholipase A2 protein (e.g. sPLA2-a or sPLA2-b) and having an enhanced resistance against a wide range of abiotic (e.g., against osmotic stress) and biotic stress (e.g., bacterial, or fungal infections) conditions as well as inducing early flowering. The invention also comprises nucleic acid sequences encoding a secretory phospholipase A2 or functional isoforms thereof and the use of such sequences for rendering plants resistant against abiotic and biotic stress conditions. The invention is useful for mitigating crop damages by a wide variety of pathogen infections and stress conditions and for accelerating flowering time.
US08203030B2 Transgenic mouse models for diseases caused by mtDNA mutations and related methods
Animal models and methods wherein homoplasmic and heteroplasmic mtDNA mutation(s) are induced in an animal (e.g., a mouse) to cause or facilitate the development of a disorder (e.g., disease, malformation, defect, abnormality or other disorder). In at least some embodiments, the mtDNA mutation(s) will cause or facilitate the development of an age-related disorder, such as a cardiac disease, cardiomyopathy, muscle disease, cancer, abnormaly in tissues of high cellular turnover, heart dysfunction, graying of hair, alopecia, auditory function loss, cochlear degeneration, immune cell loss, anemia, male germ cell loss leading to lack of sperm and infertility, skeletal muscle mass loss (sarcopenia), neurodegeneration, increased presence of apoptotic markers, and loss of bone mass.
US08203026B2 Oligomerization of propylene and longer chain alpha olefins to produce base oil products
We provide a process for making a base oil, comprising: mixing one or more longer chain alpha olefins comprising C6+ olefins with an olefin feed comprising propylene to make a mixed olefin feed; and oligomerizing the mixed olefin feed using an acidic chloroaluminate ionic liquid catalyst to form an oligomer; wherein the oligomer is a base oil that has: i. a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. greater than 10 mm2/s; ii. a viscosity index from 50 to 90; iii. a pour point less than −19° C.; and iv. a cloud point less than −50° C.
US08203019B2 Crystalline solid and amorphous forms of (−)- halofenate and methods related thereto
The present invention provides crystalline solid and amorphous forms of (−)-halofenate. The crystalline solid forms may be used in various pharmaceutical compositions, and are particularly effective for the prevention and/or treatment of conditions associated with blood lipid deposition in a mammal, particularly those diseases related to Type 2 diabetes and hyperlipidemia. The invention also relates to a method for preventing or treating Type 2 diabetes and hyperlipidemia in a mammal comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of crystalline solid and amorphous forms of (−)-halofenate.
US08203018B2 Processes for producing hydroxyalkyl (meth) acrylate
Processes for producing a hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylate which comprise reacting (meth)acrylic acid with an alkylene oxide in the presence of a catalyst. A first process is characterized in that the amount of the acid ingredient is kept, on calculation, at 0.010 or more in terms of molar ratio to the catalyst present in the liquid reaction mixture and that the liquid reaction mixture from which the hydroxyalkyl(meth)acrylate has been distilled off is used in the subsequent reaction. A second process is characterized in that a dialkylene glycol mono(meth)acylate is supplied to the reaction system to cause the dialkyleneglycol mono(meth)acylate to coexist in the liquid reaction mixture.
US08203017B2 Hydrogenation of benzene polycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof
A process for hydrogenating benzenepolycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, such as esters and/or anhydrides, is provided.
US08203000B2 Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols as phosphodiesterase inhibitors
Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols are useful as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme.
US08202998B2 Salts of benzimidazolyl pyridyl ethers and formulations thereof
Salts of benzimidazolyl pyridyl ethers are provided, particularly salts of {1-methyl-5-[2-(5-trifluoromethyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-pyridin-4-yloxy]-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl}-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)amine. Compositions and formulations including such salts and surfactants as well as methods of preparing such compositions and formulations are provided.
US08202997B2 Compositions and methods for treating or preventing hypoxic or ischemic injury
A method for treating or preventing injury of a biological material exposed to hypoxic or ischemic conditions comprising contacting the biological material with an effective amount of a compound is disclosed. The compound has the following structure (I): R1—(S)n—R2   (I) or a stereoisomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2, and n are as defined herein. Compounds, methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.
US08202995B2 Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of aporphine derivatives and carboxyl group-containing agents and methods for preparing the same
The present invention discloses novel pharmaceutically acceptable salts of aporphine compounds and carboxyl-group containing agents. Also, the present invention discloses methods for preparing the pharmaceutically acceptable salts. These pharmaceutically acceptable salts are suitable for use in treating and/or preventing hyperglycemic disease and/or several oxidative stress related diseases.
US08202988B2 Degradation of brown alga-derived fucoidan
Disclosed herein are brown algae-derived fucoidan and in particular a method for degrading fucoidan to a low-molecular weight so that fucoidan as sparingly-degradable polysaccharide (M.W. 3,000,000 to 5,000,000) can be more efficiently extracted from brown algae and it can be absorbed in the human body. The method comprises preparing a fucoidan extract containing as much fucoidan as possible from brown algae selected from Hizikia fusiforme, Undaria pinnatifida, Laminaria saccharina, Ecklonia cava, Cladosiphon Okamuranus and Nemacystus decipiens, and low-molecularizating the fucoidan extract using Vibrio halioticoli (Accession No. KCTC 10998BP) and a probiotic mixture containing Streptococcus faecalis, Bacillus mesentericus, Clostridium butyricum, and glycosyltransferase thereof. According to the method, fucoidan can be efficiently degraded to a low molecular weight using microorganisms so that it can be absorbed in the human body. The fucoidan obtained realizes practical utilization of beneficial efficiencies thereof in a variety of fields, in particular, health foods, meals for patients (e.g., cancer patients), medicine, cosmetics, agriculture, fishing and stockbreeding.
US08202987B2 Method of obtaining conformational polymorph of sucrose
A new sucrose is obtained through the present invention. The new sucrose has a lower solubility and a lower melting point. Thus, the new sucrose has a higher stability. The new sucrose obtained through the present invention can be used as an added functionality excipient of drug in pharmaceutical industry. And the new sucrose can also be used in sugar and food industries.
US08202983B2 Thiocarbon-protecting groups for RNA synthesis
Aspects of the invention include 2′ protected nucleoside monomers that are protected at the 2′ site with thiocarbon protecting groups. Thiocarbon protecting groups of interest include thiocarbonate, thionocarbonate, dithiocarbonate groups, as well as thionocarbamate protecting groups. Aspects of the invention further include nucleic acids that include the protecting groups of the invention, as well as methods of synthesizing nucleic acids using the protecting groups of the invention.
US08202980B2 Method and medicament for inhibiting the expression of a given gene
The present invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting gene expression using double stranded RNA molecules that are between 15 and 21 nucleotides in length and are complementary to a target gene sequence.
US08202979B2 RNA interference mediated inhibition of gene expression using chemically modified short interfering nucleic acid
The present invention concerns methods and reagents useful in modulating gene expression in a variety of applications, including use in therapeutic, diagnostic, target validation, and genomic discovery applications. Specifically, the invention relates to synthetic chemically modified small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules capable of mediating RNA interference (RNAi) against target nucleic acid sequences. The small nucleic acid molecules are useful in the treatment of any disease or condition that responds to modulation of gene expression or activity in a cell, tissue, or organism.
US08202975B2 High-risk human papillomavirus detection
This invention provides compositions and methods for detecting HPV in a sample. This invention also provides related kits, systems, and computers.
US08202964B2 Initiator
An initiator for cationic polymerization comprises a salt of a protic acid as well as a protic acid. The molar ratio of protic acid to salt is in the range from 1:0.01 to 1:2000. The initiator is used for example for cationic homo- or copolymerization of trioxane, and permits stable and flexible operation of the polymerization.
US08202961B2 Alkylphenol for adjusting the molecular weight, and polycarbonate compositions having improved properties
The invention relates to the use of alkylphenols for adjusting the molecular weight of polycarbonates and compositions of these polycarbonates with additives chosen from the group of heat stabilizers, mold release agents and light stabilizers, the use thereof for the production of moldings and moldings obtainable therefrom.
US08202958B2 Long chain branched (LCB), block or interconnected copolymers of ethylene in combination with one other polymer
An ethylenic polymer comprising amyl groups from about 0.1 to about 2.0 units per 1000 carbon atoms as determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and both a peak melting temperature, Tm, in ° C., and a heat of fusion, Hf, in J/g, as determined by DSC Crystallinity, where the numerical values of Tm and Hf correspond to the relationship Tm≧(0.2143*Hf)+79.643. An ethylenic polymer comprising at least one preparative TREF fraction that elutes at 95° C. or greater using a Preparative Temperature Rising Elution Fractionation method, where at least one preparative TREF fraction that elutes at 95° C. or greater has a gpcBR value greater than 0.05 and less than 5 as determined by gpcBR Branching Index by 3D-GPC, and where at least 5% of the ethylenic polymer elutes at a temperature of 95° C. or greater based upon the total weight of the ethylenic polymer.
US08202954B2 Metal-ligand complexes and catalysts
The present invention generally relates to metal-ligand complexes, catalysts comprising or prepared from the metal-ligand complexes, processes of catalyzing olefin polymerization reactions with the catalysts to prepare polyolefins, polyolefins prepared thereby, processes of making the metal-ligand complexes and catalysts, and intermediate compounds useful therefor.
US08202948B2 Phosphorus-containing compounds useful for making halogen-free ignition-resistant polymers
Phosphorus-containing compounds are disclosed which are obtainable by reacting: (A) at least one organophosphorus compound having a group selected from the group H—P═O; the group P—H and the group P—OH; and (B) at least one compound having the following Formula (I): [R′(Y)m′]m(X—O—R″)n  Formula (I) wherein R′ is an organic group; Y is a functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, carboxylic acid, and amine; X is a hydrocarbylene group; R″ is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R is alkyl or aryl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; m′, m and n are, independently, numbers equal to or greater than 1; and (C) a thermosetting or thermoplastic composition.
US08202944B2 Modified polymer, rubber composition, and tire
The present invention provides a modified polymer, which is obtained by reacting, with an active metal bonded to a polymer, a modifier represented by the general formula (I) (where X1 to X5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a specific monovalent functional group, and at least one of those is other than a hydrogen atom, R1 to R5 each represent a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and a plurality of aziridine rings may be bonded through any of X1 to X5 and R1 to R5). More particularly, the present invention provides a novel modified polymer which has excellent interaction with carbon black and enables improvement in dispersibility of the carbon black when used in a rubber composition blended with the carbon black, a rubber composition containing the modified polymer and capable of providing a tire excellent in low heat generating property, rupture characteristics, and abrasion resistance, and a tire made of the rubber composition and having the above-mentioned characteristics.
US08202930B2 PTFE graphite coating composition, method and apparatus
A non-stick coating application for high heat welding environments comprised of a fluorinated polymer combined with acidified graphite to which a hardening agent, such as alumina, may be added in some embodiments.
US08202927B2 Near-infrared absorbing composition and near-infrared absorbing filter
A near-infrared absorbing composition which is imparted with a function of absorbing near-infrared rays emitted from a display such as a plasma display, capable of reducing the number of lamination steps resulting in excellent production efficiency, capable of resisting to color non-uniformity of a filter even after a long-term use at high temperature or high humidity, and capable of preventing an increase in haze, and a near-infrared absorbing filter having a near-infrared absorbing layer comprising the composition. The near-infrared absorbing composition has composite tungsten oxide fine particles which are dispersed in a resin including carboxyl groups and has an acid number of 0.6 or more and 30 or less.
US08202922B2 Process for cross-linking bitumen/polymer compositions having reduced emissions of hydrogen sulphide
The disclosure relates to a method of preparing crosslinked bitumen/polymer compositions having reduced emissions of hydrogen sulphide, in which, while operating at temperatures between 100° C. and 230° C. and with stirring, for a duration of at least ten minutes, at least one bitumen or mixture of bitumens is brought into contact with at least one polymer and at least one crosslinking agent, said crosslinking agent being represented by the general formula HS—R—SH where R represents a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, cyclic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon-based group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, optionally comprising one or more heteroatoms, and that does not comprise a C═O carbonyl function and/or a O—C═O carboxylate function.
US08202918B2 Method and system for processing waste materials
Methods and systems for processing waste materials and for manufacturing composite materials are disclosed herein. According to some embodiments, the heterogeneous waste includes a plastic component and a non-plastic component, and the non-plastic component includes a plurality of pieces of waste. The heterogeneous waste is heated to melt at least a portion of said plastic component and reducing a volume of said heterogeneous waste, and then mixed (e.g. by rotating a mixing chamber or by stirring) until at least some said pieces are each encapsulated by the melted plastic component. Upon cooling, the mixture optionally sets into a composite material. The presently disclosed invention does not require pre-sorting of the heterogeneous waste and is operative to process “as is” waste. Optionally, the waste is pre-sorted. Exemplary uses for the composite material include but are not limited to flooring sheets, construction bricks, thermal insulation, acoustic walls, road paving materials, road beds, ballistic shields shock absorbing flooring, artificial islands, artificial reefs, and marine docks.
US08202916B2 Method of and apparatus for producing methanol
An apparatus and method of producing methanol includes reacting a heated hydrocarbon-containing gas and an oxygen-containing gas in a reactor; and adding a relatively cold hydrocarbon-containing gas, to be mixed directly with a mixture of the heated hydrocarbon-containing gas and the oxygen-containing gas, after formaldehyde is formed to inhibit decomposition of formaldehyde in the reactor, to provide a product stream comprising methanol and formaldehyde; and transferring heat from the product stream to the hydrocarbon-containing gas to heat the hydrocarbon containing gas.
US08202907B2 Composition with preventive or improvement effect on symptoms or diseases associated with stress-induced behavior disorders
A composition with a preventive or improvement effect on symptoms or diseases associated with stress-induced behavior disorders, comprising arachidonic acid and/or a compound comprising arachidonic acid as a constituent fatty acid.
US08202904B2 α-cyano-4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzyl meta-halo pyrethrate, a process for preparing the same and the uses thereof
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), stereoisomers thereof or the mixture of these stereoisomers, wherein: X represents a halogen atom, i.e. F, Cl, Br. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing the compound, and to a use of the compound in the preparation of an insecticide for controlling or killing vectors in the public hygiene and disease control, and to a use of the compound in the preparation of an insecticide for controlling or killing insects, nematodes, and mites in agriculture or horticulture.
US08202901B2 Compounds that stimulate glucose utilization and methods of use
The invention provides novel compounds of the Formula (I) that stimulate rates of glucose oxidation in myocardial cells: wherein W, Cyc, p, Y, X, Z, R, R1, R2, R3, R4, I, m and n are as defined for Formula (I) herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds capable of stimulation of glucose oxidation, methods for increasing glucose oxidation rates in myocardial cells, and methods of treatment of myocardial ischemia.
US08202898B1 Pharmaceutical composition
To provide a pharmaceutical composition containing a 2-nitroimidazole derivative, which has high solubility in an aqueous carrier and high stability.The pharmaceutical composition is characterized by containing 1-(1-hydroxymethyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyl)oxymethyl-2-nitroimidazole and creatinine, and containing creatinine of 0.001 to 1 part by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of 1-(1-hydroxymethyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyl)oxymethyl-2-nitroimidazole.
US08202895B2 Substituted 2-acetamido-5-aryl-1,2,4-triazolones and use thereof
The present application relates to new, substituted 2-acetamido-5-aryl-1,2,4-triazolones, to processes for preparing them, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and also to their use for the production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, more particularly for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.
US08202894B2 Microbiocides
Compounds of the formula (I) in which the substituents are as defined in claim 1 are suitable for use as microbiocides.
US08202887B2 2-(substituted-amino)-benzothiazole sulfonamide HIV protease inhibitors
The present invention relates to 2-(substituted-amino)-benzothiazole sulfonamide compounds and derivatives, their use as protease inhibitors, in particular as broad-spectrum HIV protease inhibitors, processes for their preparation as well as pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic kits comprising them. The present invention also concerns combinations of the present 2-(substituted-amino)-benzothiazole sulfonamide compounds and derivatives with another anti-retroviral agent. It further relates to their use in assays as reference compounds or as reagents.
US08202886B2 Small molecule E2F inhibitor
A small molecular inhibitor of E2F (HLM006474) was identified using a computer-based virtual screen and the known crystal structure of the DNA bound E2F4/DP2 heterodimer. Treatment of multiple cell lines resulted in the loss of intracellular E2F4 DNA-binding activity. Overnight exposure to HLM006474 resulted in down regulation of total E2F4 protein as well as several known E2F targets. The effects of treatment on different cell lines included a reduction in cell proliferation and an increase in apoptosis. Apoptosis was induced in a manner distinct from cisplatin and doxorubicin. E2F4-null MEFs (mouse embryo fibroblasts) were less sensitive than wildtype counterparts to the apoptosis-inducing activity of the compound revealing its biological specificity. A375 cells were extremely sensitive to the apoptosis-inducing activity of the compound in two-dimensional culture and HLM006474 was a potent inhibitor of melanocytes proliferation and subsequent invasion in a three-dimensional tissue culture model system.
US08202884B2 Treatment of type 2 diabetes
The invention relates to the use of a monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitor comprising a 2,3-disubstituted tropane moiety, or a tautomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or physiologically functional derivative thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of diabetic patients.
US08202882B2 5-cyanothienopyridines for the treatment of tumours
Novel 5-cyanothienopyridines of the formula (I), in which R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are inhibitors of TGF-beta receptor kinase, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumors.
US08202875B2 Selective insecticides based on substituted cyclic ketoenols and safeners
The present invention relates to the use of selective insecticidal compositions, characterized in that they comprise an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising (a) at least one compound of the formula (I) in which CKE, W, X, Y and Z are as defined in the description, and (b) at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound, from the group of compounds mentioned in the description, for controlling insects and/or arachnids, and to a method for controlling insects and/or arachnids using the compositions.
US08202874B2 Substituted N-oxide pyrazine derivatives
N-oxide pyrazine derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are methods of preparing the compounds of formula (I) and their use in therapeutics.
US08202871B2 Indol-2-one derivatives disubstituted in the 3-position, preparation thereof and therapeutic use thereof
The present application discloses compounds of the formula: and pharmaceutical compositions containing same and their use for treating and preventing various pathologies, including obesity, appetite disorders, excess weight and diabetes.
US08202870B2 Substituted oxindole derivatives, medicaments containing the latter and use thereof
The invention relates to novel oxindole derivatives of general formula (I), in which the substituents R1, R2, R3, Y1, Y2, m, n, W, X, B and Z are defined as cited in claim 1, to medicaments containing said derivatives and to the use of the latter for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of vasopressin-dependent and/or oxytocin-dependent diseases
US08202859B2 Heterocyclic sulfonamides
Certain substituted sulfonamide derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
US08202847B2 Mutant human CD80 and compositions for and methods of making and using the same
Improved vaccines and methods of using the same are disclosed Immunosuppressive compositions for treating individuals who have autoimmune diseases or transplants and methods of using the same are disclosed.
US08202846B2 Methods and compositions for RNA interference
The present invention provides methods for attenuating gene expression in a cell, especially in a mammalian cell, using gene-targeted double stranded RNA (dsRNA), such as a hairpin RNA. The dsRNA contains a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes under physiologic conditions of the cell to the nucleotide sequence of at least a portion of the gene to be inhibited (the “target” gene).
US08202845B2 Means and methods for the specific modulation of target genes in the CNS and the eye and methods for their identification
Provided are methods for the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) and the eye. In particular, use of compositions comprising a compound capable of modulating a target gene or gene product is described for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of disorders of the CNS and/or the eye, wherein the composition is designed to be administered outside the blood-CNS and the blood-retina barriers. Furthermore, methods are provided for identifying and obtaining nucleic acid molecules encoding polypeptides involved in CNS disorders or of the eye, methods for diagnosing said disorders as well as transgenic animal deficient in the expression of target genes identified in accordance with the described method. In addition, methods of identifying and isolating drugs that are particularly useful for the treatment of disorders related to the CNS and/or the eye are disclosed.