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US08428405B2	Electrically traceable and identifiable fiber optic cables and connectors Composite fiber optic cables having exposed, conductive traces external to the cable jacket enable non-invasive, wireless electrical tone tracing of fiber optic cables. The cross sectional geometry of the fiber optic cable prevents conductive traces from short circuiting when abutting other cables or grounded conductive elements. Moreover, the structure allows convenient electrical contact to the conductive traces at any location along the longitudinal extent of the cable without requiring penetration of the cable jacket or removal of fiber optic connectors. Traceable fiber optic cables of various types are disclosed, including simplex, duplex and ribbon cables. Systems of traceable cables utilizing connectors with integrated electrical antenna elements attached to the conductive elements of cable and RFID tags for remote connector port identification are further disclosed.
US08428403B2	Optical sensor module An optical sensor module is provided which reduces variations in optical coupling loss between a core in an optical waveguide unit and an optical element in a substrate unit and which reduces the optical coupling loss. The optical waveguide unit including vertical groove portions for fitting engagement with the substrate unit and the substrate unit including fitting plate portions for fitting engagement with the vertical groove portions are produced individually. The fitting plate portions in the substrate unit are brought into fitting engagement with the vertical groove portions in the optical waveguide unit, so that the substrate unit and the optical waveguide unit are integrated together. The vertical groove portions in the optical waveguide unit are in an appropriate position relative to a light-transmissive surface of the core. The fitting plate portions in the substrate unit are in an appropriate position relative to the optical element.
US08428395B2	Image processing apparatus, image display apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method and storage medium With the use of a vector quantization technique, an index image, which is obtained by replacing an image on a block-by-block basis, each block consisting of a predetermined number of pixels, with any of a plurality of different pixel patterns and representing the pixel patterns by index values of the respective pixel patterns, is decoded by referring to a code book containing the pixel patterns and the index values of the pixel patterns in association with each other. When decoding an index image on the block-by-block basis into pixel patterns corresponding to the index values, the pixel pattern of each block is scaled, and additionally pixels near a contour in the pixel pattern after scaling are redrawn based on contour vector information corresponding to the pixel pattern.
US08428393B2	System and method of non-linear grid fitting and coordinate system mapping A system and method of non-linear grid fitting and coordinate system mapping may employ data processing techniques for fitting a set of measured fiducial data to an ideal set of fiducials; the fiducials may be arranged in a known (e.g., Cartesian grid) pattern on a substrate imaged by an imaging apparatus. Exemplary embodiments may model the non-linear transformation to and from imaged coordinates (i.e., coordinates derived from acquired image data) and artifact coordinates on the fiducial plate (i.e., actual coordinates of the fiducial relative to a reference point on the fiducial plate).
US08428386B2	Using separate coefficients to weight and add separate images together from a spatial filter process A local density calculation section calculates a density of a pixel region with a predetermined size including a current point of an input image disposed at the center on the basis of a pixel value of the pixel region. A mixing ratio calculation section generates a coefficient set of coefficients α and β in accordance with a local density value calculated by the local density calculation section, and outputs the generated coefficients α and β to a weight process section. The weight process section multiplies an operation result obtained from the input image by a first filter operation section by the coefficient α, multiplies an operation result obtained from the input image by a second filter operation section by the coefficient β, adds the multiplied results to each other and outputs the result of addition as a process result of a spatial filter process section.
US08428384B2	Method and apparatus for performing an in-painting process on an image A method and apparatus of in-painting an image using prioritized graph cut optimization is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes examining an image comprising a plurality of pixels that form a source region and a target region, wherein the source region comprises pixel information partitioning the source region into blocks, defining boundary areas comprising a portion of the source region and a portion of the target region, computing a plurality of energy values for the source region and the boundary areas, wherein energy values represent intensity comparisons between the boundary areas and neighboring blocks of the source region and assigning labels to the boundary areas using on a graph-cut technique, wherein each label is associated with a neighboring block and an minimal energy value for each boundary area and storing pixel information based on the pixel information of the neighboring blocks associated with the minimal energy values.
US08428383B2	Method of generating a multiscale contrast enhanced image A digital image signal is decomposed into a multi-scale representation comprising detail images and approximation images. Translation difference images are computed by subtracting an approximation image at scale s and a translated version of that approximation image. The values of the translation difference images are non-linearly modified. An amplification image is computed at least one scale as the ratio of a first image being computed by combining the modified translation difference images at the same or smaller scale and a second image created by combining unenhanced translation difference images at the same or smaller scale. Next, an enhanced multi-scale detail representation is computed by modifying at least one scale the detail image according to the amplification image at that scale. An enhanced image representation is computed by applying a reconstruction algorithm to the enhanced multi-scale detail representation. The non-linear modification of the values of the translation difference image is steered by the values of an orientation map which comprises for each pixel on a specific scale a local direction of interest.
US08428378B2	Post-beamformer ultrasound compression Embodiments of the invention compress ultrasound RF data after the receiver beamformer. An efficient compression algorithm is disclosed that incorporates the use of the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and the Discrete Wavelet Packet (DWP) transform, followed by quantization of the wavelet coefficients. The algorithm first processes ultrasound scanlines from the receiver beamformer using a DCT transform. In a low-power configuration, a Hadamard transform may be used instead of the DCT. The output of the DCT processing is DCT coefficients at different frequencies. An optimized wavelet packet transform is then used for each coefficient line. The wavelet filter kernels and the wavelet packet trees can be jointly optimization using a two-step optimization algorithm.
US08428375B2	System and method for data compression and decompression in a graphics processing system Methods and systems for data compression and decompression in a graphics processing system are provided. For example, in at least one embodiment, a method comprises distributing the graphics data values of a pixel block about zero to minimize redundancy, and the pixel block includes a plurality of quadrants. The method further comprises determining whether to encode the distributed graphics data values, and responsive to a determination to encode the distributed graphics data values, encoding at least one graphics data value of one of the quadrants depending on an encoding indicator. The encoding includes determining an entropy parameter and dividing each positive data value by the entropy parameter yielding an entropy part and a noise part.
US08428370B2	Apparatus for providing digital contents and method thereof The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing digital contents that acquires image data by photographing a user terminal intending to receive digital contents and discriminates a type of user terminal through the acquired image data. The present invention can simply and conveniently perform the process of discriminating a user terminal that is cumbersomely and complexly performed in the apparatus for providing contents according to the related art by the user that is not familiar with the use of the IT devices.
US08428366B2	High performance image identification A method and apparatus for deriving a representation of an image is described. The method involves processing signals corresponding to the image. A two-dimensional function of the image, such as a Trace transform (T (d, θ)), of the image using at least one functional T, is derived and processed using a mask function (β) to derive an intermediate representation of the image, corresponding to a one-dimensional function. In one embodiment, the mask function defines pairs of image bands of the Trace transform in the Trace domain. The representation of the image may be derived by applying existing techniques to the derived one-dimensional function.
US08428365B2	Image processing apparatus, method and computer program product An image processing apparatus includes: an image transformation parameter calculation device which calculates an image transformation parameter for matching an acquired first image and a second image with each other among detected plurality of corresponding points; an image transformation device which transforms the second image using the calculated image transformation parameter and acquires the transformed image as a third image; and a feature point existing region determination device which determines whether or not the feature point extracted from the first image is positioned in an invalid image region at an edge of the image, the invalid image region being generated by execution of a predetermined filtering process on the first image, wherein the corresponding point detection device tracks the feature point determined that the feature point extracted from the first image is positioned in the invalid image region, using the first image and the third image.
US08428358B2	Radical-base classification of East Asian handwriting A system and method for labeling radicals in East Asian characters is described. The identity of the radical and the location of the radical in a character may be stored for future reference.
US08428355B2	Image file processing method An processing method is used for processing an image file of an image, in which the image is divided into a plurality of image blocks, and at least one row of the minimum coded units sequentially define the image as a plurality of bands. The processing method includes the following steps. An image file of an image is supplied, in which the image file includes a bit stream and exchangeable image file (EXIF) data. A band indicator of the EXIF data is read according to an expanded range. A segment in the bit stream corresponding to a band encompassed by the expanded range is decoded according to the read band indicator corresponding to the band of the expanded range, so as to obtain the band.
US08428351B2	Image processing device An image processing device may create corrected image data by correcting object image data by utilizing base image data. The image processing device may determine a first polar coordinate value which represents first pixels in the object image data, calculate a first orthogonal coordinate by executing an orthogonal transformation on the first polar coordinate value, determine a second polar coordinate value which represents second pixels in the base image data, calculate a second orthogonal coordinate value by executing an orthogonal transformation on the second polar coordinate value, and create the corrected image data by correcting the object image data such that a coordinate value of each particular pixel in the object image data approaches the second orthogonal coordinate value. The each particular pixel may be included in a surrounding area of the first orthogonal coordinate value.
US08428345B2	Meta-classifier system for video analytics A system for meta-classification having a training phase mechanism and an operational phase mechanism. The training phase mechanism may have a detection and tracking module, a classifier section connected to the detection and tracking module, a feature synthesis module connected to the classifier section, a labeling module connected to the feature synthesis module and a training data module connected to the labeling module. The operational phase mechanism may have a detection and tracking module, a classifier section connected to the detection and tracking module, a feature synthesis module connected to the classifier section and a meta-classification module connected to the feature synthesis module and the training module. The training phase mechanism may provide parameters and settings to the operational phase mechanism.
US08428343B2	VOXEL map generator and method thereof A volume cell (VOXEL) map generation apparatus includes an inertia measurement unit to calculate inertia information by calculating inertia of a volume cell (VOXEL) map generator, a Time of Flight (TOF) camera to capture an image of an object, thereby generating a depth image of the object and a black-and-white image of the object, an estimation unit to calculate position and posture information of the VOXEL map generator by performing an Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm on the basis of the depth image of the object, and to recursively estimate a position and posture of the VOXEL map generator on the basis of VOXEL map generator inertia information calculated by the inertia measurement unit and VOXEL map generator position and posture information calculated by the ICP algorithm, and a grid map construction unit to configure a grid map based on the recursively estimated VOXEL map generator position and posture.
US08428340B2	Screen space plane identification A method of finding and defining a plane includes screen-space scanning a plurality of rows of a depth image and interpolating a straight depth line through at least two depth values for each row. A pair of straight boundary lines are then fit to the endpoints of the straight depth lines, and a plane is defined to include these straight boundary lines.
US08428337B2	Apparatus for detecting micro-cracks in wafers and method therefor A method and apparatus for wafer inspection is disclosed. The method and apparatus involve directing light substantially along a first axis towards a first surface of a wafer to thereby obtain light emanating along the first axis from a second surface of the wafer, wherein the first and second surfaces of the wafer are substantially outwardly opposing and substantially extending parallel to a plane. The method and apparatus further involve directing light substantially along a second axis towards the first surface of the wafer to thereby obtain light emanating along the second axis from the second surface of the wafer, the first axis being angled away from the second axis about a reference axis extending along the plane. More specifically, the orthographic projection of the first axis on the plane is substantially parallel to the orthographic projection of the second axis on the plane, and each the orthographic projections of the first and second axes on the plane is substantially orthogonal to the reference axis.
US08428332B1	Apparatus and system for imaging currency bills and financial documents and method for using the same A batch of bills is received, transported, and imaged to produce image data. The image data is reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of currency bills. Each currency bill includes a respective serial number. The serial numbers are extracted from the image data for each of the currency bills. Each extracted serial number is compared with a plurality of serial numbers in a currency bill database to determine if a currency bill associated with an extracted serial number is a suspect currency bill. One of the plurality of currency bills is determined to be a suspect currency bill based on the comparing. In response to determining the suspect currency bill, at least a portion of the produced image data is displayed as a visually readable image of the suspect currency bill on a display unit of the document processing system.
US08428324B2	Method and apparatus for processing digital mammographic images with parallel multi-scale decomposition and recombining in an optimized multi-scale reconstruction A method and apparatus for processing digital mammographic images. The method and apparatus providing comparable mammographic images regardless of the imaging device generating the raw mammographic images. The processed mammographic images may be displayed with optimal global and local contrast, enhanced sharpness, and without the need to apply window level settings or data from lookup tables. A second mammographic image is generated out of a processed first mammographic image in such a way that the projected object, the breast, is more perceptible and obvious for a physician or other medical professional reviewing the mammographic image.
US08428321B2	Medical image processing apparatus and method, as well as program An analysis purpose of first and second medical images, which are obtained by carrying out dual energy imaging using two types of radiations having different energies, is determined. A composition ratio of the first and second medical images depending on the determined analysis purpose is determined with referencing a composition ratio table, which indicates different composition ratios of the first and second medical images associated with different analysis purposes. Then, the first and second medical images are combined at the determined composition ratio to generate a composite image.
US08428312B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus includes: a sequence creating section configured to create a plurality of sequences in such a manner that one sequence includes consecutive face images of a same person in video image data; a similarity calculating section configured to calculate a first similarity of each pair in a plurality of face image dictionaries created for each sequence and a second similarity of each pair of each face image dictionary and a predetermined plurality of dictionaries; a similarity correcting section configured to correct the calculated and obtained plurality of first similarities by the second similarities; and a face clustering section configured to compare the plurality of first similarities corrected by the similarity correcting section with a predetermined threshold to cluster the plurality of face image dictionaries.
US08428296B2	Bobbin and loudspeaker using the same A bobbin includes a paper matrix and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in the paper matrix. A loudspeaker includes a magnetic circuit, a bobbin, a voice coil, a damper, and a diaphragm. The magnetic circuit defines a magnetic gap. The bobbin is located in the magnetic gap and includes a paper matrix and a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in the paper matrix. The voice coil is wounded on the bobbin. The damper is fixed to the bobbin. The diaphragm includes an inner rim fixed to the bobbin and held mechanically by the damper.
US08428291B2	Speaker system with subwoofer A speaker system includes an enclosure defining a resonance chamber, a loudspeaker received in the resonance chamber, and a sound wave reflecting member. The enclosure includes a front panel and a base. The loudspeaker is exposed at the front panel. The base includes a back panel facing the front panel, an inner tube, and an outer tube. The back panel defines a back bass port. The inner tube and the outer tube extend from the back panel and are received in the resonance chamber. The inner tube surrounds the back bass port. The outer tube surrounds the inner tube. The sound wave reflecting member is coupled with the outer tube and the inner tube. The sound wave reflecting member, the outer tube, and the inner tube cooperatively form a resonator. The resonator communicates with the resonance chamber and the back bass port.
US08428289B2	Headphone adaptation and positioning device An adaptation device that removably attaches to earbud style headphone/s and provides improved security and retention of the earbud to a wearer's ear yet positions the speaker in substantially the same distance relative to the concha and/or ear canal of a wearer as a wearer would ordinarily wear an earbud.
US08428281B2	Small hearing aid A hearing aid comprises a microelectromechanical systems microphone which receives inputs of external sound signals, converting the sound signals to analog signals, and outputting the analog signals; a hearing aid processor chip which converts the analog signals to digital signals, performs gain correction and digital signal processing to the digital signals, and converts the processed digital signals to analog signals; and a microelectromechanical system receiver which outputs the analog signals converted from the processed digital signals as sound signals, wherein the microelectromechanical system microphone is attached to a first surface of the hearing aid processor chip, and the microelectromechanical system receiver is attached to a second surface of the hearing aid processor chip, so that the microelectromechanical system microphone, the hearing aid processor chip, and the microelectromechanical system receiver are integrated as a single body.
US08428280B2	Hearing aid with an interchangeable earpiece A hearing aid has an interchangeable earpiece, which, on its own and separately from further components, can be replaced in a simple fashion and without great complexity, and without specialist tools. The hearing aid has a housing of a multi-part design and a receiver and a signal processing device within the housing. The receiver is arranged detachably in a first housing part and the signal processing device is disposed in a further housing part and the two housing parts are detachably interconnected. A detachable locking mechanism connects the housing parts. The receiver is connected to the signal processing device by way of a detachable electrical connector with a receiver-side and a signal-processing-device-side electrical contact. At least one of the electrical contacts is elastic. Due to the fact that the housing parts, the electrical connection and the receiver are detachably assembled, this results in the possibility of, when necessary, interchanging the receiver on its own, separately from further components. It is not necessary to use specific components or even an adhesive. In the process, the elastic electrical contact for electrically connecting the receiver and signal processing device makes it easier to close the electrical connection when assembling the housing parts.
US08428279B2	Condenser microphone and output connector therefor The output connector for a condenser microphone has a circuit board mounted with a capacitor element and a shield cover having a first through hole, a second through hole, and a third through hole and covering the whole surface of the circuit board arranged in a state in which a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin are inserted through the first through hole, the second through hole, and the third through hole respectively, and the shield cover has a non-conducting magnetic sheet having a first insertion hole, a second insertion hole, and a third insertion hole through which the first pin, the second pin, and the third pin are also inserted respectively, on at least one of an outer surface and an inner surface of the shield cover.
US08428278B2	Improvements to systems for acoustic diffusion Described is a unit for amplifying and processing audio signals for driving an electro-acoustic transducer (D), comprising: an input for audio signals; a processor for audio signals (107); an output for a signal for driving said electro-acoustic transducer; and an input for at least one operating quantity of the electro-acoustic transducer. The audio-signal processor is programmed for setting a series of parameters defining a transducer to be emulated, the parameters of which define a model of the transducer to be emulated. The input audio signal is processed on the basis of said at least one operating quantity of the electro-acoustic transducer to obtain a behavior of the electro-acoustic transducer that emulates the transducer defined by said series of parameters set.
US08428276B2	Frequency-warped audio equalizer In certain embodiments, an improved audio equalization filter can be generated by frequency warping one or more digital filters having a plurality of frequency bands. Frequency warping can include, for example, transforming at least some of the frequency bands of the one or more digital filters into lower frequency bands. As a result, in various implementations the audio equalization filter may be more accurate than certain currently-available IIR equalization filters. The audio equalization filter may also be more computing-resource efficient than certain currently-available FIR equalization filters.
US08428273B2	Wireless digital transmission system for loudspeakers This invention relates to a wireless digital transmission system for loudspeakers comprising: compression means for the file representing the digital audio signal of the “compact disc” type, a transmission device comprising means of converting this compressed signal into a series signal moving by packets going to a modulator circuit with phase quadrature and means of transmitting the signals exiting the modulator circuit with phase quadrature to the domestic network for feeding electricity; a receiving device comprising means of connecting to this domestic network and of extracting from the feed electrical signal, by a demodulator with phase quadrature, data packets moving the digital audio signal to convert it into a parallelized digital signal sent to a decompression circuit; means of converting the decompressed digital signals into an analog signal intended to feed a loudspeaker after adequate amplification.
US08428263B2	Wireless LAN device, wireless LAN system, and communication method for relaying packet A wireless LAN device which performs wireless communication in a wireless network comprises: a communication section for performing the wireless communication such that a packet can be relayed in the wireless network; and a setting section for obtaining first identification information from another wireless LAN device present in a communicable state within a radio wave arrival range of the wireless LAN device, which first identification information can identify the other wireless LAN device, and setting a role for executing an asymmetric protocol asymmetric between the wireless LAN device and the other wireless LAN device, the role being set based on the first identification information, and second identification information, stored in the wireless LAN device, that can identify the wireless LAN device. The wireless LAN device shares an encryption key, based on the set role, and relays a packet by encrypting the packet by using the encryption key.
US08428261B2	System and method for establishing authenticated wireless connection between mobile unit and host Described is a method and system for establishing an authenticated wireless communication (e.g., using Bluetooth technology) between first and second mobile devices. The first device (e.g., a mobile barcode scanner) sends a signal to establish a wireless communication with the second device. The first device includes a data capturing arrangement (“DCA”) as an only input device interface with a user thereof. The second device initiates an authentication process by requesting the first device to obtain a PIN code from the user. Once the first device obtains the PIN code from the user via the DCA, a pairing process is performed to compare the PIN code to entries in a database of authorized PIN codes. When the pairing process has been successfully completed, a link key is generated to establish the authenticated wireless communication between the first and second devices.
US08428254B2	Distributed generation of mutual secrets Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for determining numbers that correspond to a collection of matching derivative numbers. The matching derivative numbers may be included in both a first plurality of derivative numbers selected by a first computing system, and in a second plurality of derivative numbers selected by a second computing system. The numbers may be used to compute a secret. The secret may be used for secure communication between the first and second computing systems.
US08428242B2	System and method for hold and re-ring A system and method for transferring calls. A voice communication is received. The voice communication is placed on hold in response to receiving user input. Multiple phones are rung simultaneously in response to receiving the user input. The voice communication is connected to one of the multiple phones in response to a user answering the voice communication on one of the multiple phones.
US08428232B2	Centralized communication hub for displaying calls and messages on a display Systems and methods are described that relate to a centralized communication hub at a user location for coordination of receiving/sending phone calls, SMS/MMS messages, and requests for video conferences to/from a display. A user may indicate that she wishes to receive a call/message by selecting an option on a remote control associated with the display. A microphone and/or camera connected to a gateway may provide audiovisual capabilities during a call. In a separate embodiment, the functionality of the communication hub may be split between two devices; one device detects incoming calls and a separate device routes the calls/messages to/from the appropriate gateway.
US08428224B2	Method for transmission line analysis The present invention concerns methods for estimating one or more transmission properties of a telecommunications transmission line. Estimates of the line input impedance, Zin at a frequency ƒ, and the line capacitance Ĉ are made. An estimate is then made in dependence of Ĉ, the frequency ƒ and a value Γ, where Γ satisfies the relationship Γ coth (Γ)=Zin·jωĈ, and ω=2πƒ. Accuracy may be improved by least squares fitting a curve to a set of intermediate values and then generating an estimate from the coefficients of the curve.
US08428223B2	High availability architecture for computer telephony interface driver A method of providing communication services includes configuring a primary computer telephony interface driver to interface a computer telephony interface server with an application for transmitting client information between the application and the computer telephony interface server and configuring a secondary computer telephony interface driver to redundantly interface the same computer telephony interface server with the same application for transmitting the same client information between the same application and the same computer telephony interface server.
US08428212B2	Frequency synthesis using upconversion PLL processes Techniques for frequency synthesis using upconversion PLL processes are described herein.
US08428211B2	Lock detection circuit and method for phase locked loop system A lock detection circuit and method are disclosed for phase locked loop (PLL) systems. The lock detection circuit primarily includes a delay unit and an asserting logic unit. The delay unit receives the phase error signal of the PLL and produces a present phase error signal, and then accordingly generates at least one delayed phase error signal. The asserting logic unit generates an unlock indicating signal (UNLOCK) according to the present phase error signal and the delayed phase error signal. A phase lock indicating signal will be asserted if the unlock indicating signal is not asserted within a predetermined number of counting pulses.
US08428203B1	Integrated tunable RF notch filter Large interfering signals (interferers) with spectra near a desired signal can cause distortion in a wireless receiver due to a non-linear signal path. It is typically a performance advantage to attenuate these interferers earlier in the signal path, rather than later in the signal path, because these interferers can cause saturation of amplifying stages. In certain situations, the frequency offset of an interfering signal, with respect to the desired signal, can be on the order of 10 megahertz (MHz), whereas the center frequencies can be on the order of several gigahertz (GHz). Thus, a filter with “baseband” precision would be needed at radio frequency to notch out the interferer, which is relatively difficult to do. Disclosed is a technique to estimate the relative strength and center frequency of the interferer and to place the center frequency of a notch filter adaptively and precisely at the interferer location.
US08428196B2	Equalizing receiver A signaling system is described. The signaling system comprises a transmit device, a receive device including a partial response receive circuit, and a signaling path coupling the transmit device and the receive device. The receive device observes an equalized signal from the signaling path, and includes circuitry to use feedback from the most recent previously resolved symbol to sample a currently incoming symbol. The transmit device equalizes transmit data to transmit the equalized signal, by applying weighting based on one or more data values not associated with the most recent previously resolved symbol value.
US08428190B2	Radio receiving apparatus and radio receiving method In-phase channels and quadrature-phase channels of carrier waves are calculated from a reception signal obtained by receiving the multi-carrier signal. Transmission channel characteristics of the carrier waves are calculated from a known signal section of the reception signal. Transmission channel equalization processing for compensating for an amplitude change and phase rotation in the in-phase channels and the quadrature-phase channels caused by a transmission channel is performed. A region on a complex plane in which output data after transmission channel equalization is present is determined. An estimation value of a phase rotation angle used in performing the transmission channel equalization processing is corrected based on information concerning the determined region.
US08428184B2	Transmitter, receiver, data transmission method and data reception method A method is provided which improves reliability of channel estimation in a digital communication system by reducing the ambiguity in the recognition of received symbols evaluated for the channel estimation. A data word transmitted according to a first mapping of data word values to modulation states is re-transmitted at least once with a second, re-arranged mapping of data word values to modulation states. The second mapping and possible further mappings are generated from the first mapping in a way that the number of different results which can be obtained from combining the transmitted original data symbol and the re-transmitted counterpart data symbol(s) is lower than the number of original modulation states in the first mapping.
US08428182B2	Communication method and radio communication apparatus A multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) transmission apparatus includes a modulation signal generating section and a MIMO transmitting section. The modulation signal generating section generates: (i) a first OFDM modulation signal, in which a plurality of subcarriers include a subcarrier carrying a pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying a data symbol, in both a first time period and a second time period; and (ii) a second OFDM modulation signal, in which the plurality of subcarriers include a subcarrier carrying a pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying a data symbol in the first time period, while in the second time period an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component of every subcarrier included in the plurality of subcarriers are zero. The MIMO transmitting section transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and transmits the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna.
US08428179B1	Apparatus and method for crest factor reduction Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for crest factor reduction, in which an input time domain signal is clipped to generate a clipped signal and a difference signal, and processing operations are carried out on the difference signal, before the processed difference signal is combined with the clipped signal to generate an output time domain signal.
US08428178B2	Systems and methods for designing a sequence for code modulation of data and channel estimation A method for using a numerical method to design a sequence for code modulating data is described. An input multiple input multiple output signal is determined. A nearest tight frame to one or more given structured vectors is obtained. One or more structured vectors is obtained from the nearest tight frame. The one or more structured vectors is projected onto the space of circulant matrices. One or more classes of matrices that indicates the design of the sequence is outputted. Data is code modulated using the designed sequence.
US08428170B2	Method for transmitting multi-antenna superimposed symbol and apparatus using the same A method for transmitting symbols in a communication system, includes dividing N symbols to be transmitted at one time into 2 groups. A first processing is performed on each of a plurality of symbols in a first group in order to obtain a first group of superimposed symbols. A second processing is performed on each of a plurality of symbols in a second group to obtain a second group of superimposed symbols. Each of the first group of superimposed symbols is transmitted one by one by a first antenna, and corresponding symbols in the second group of superimposed symbols are transmitted by a second antenna. The first processing and the second processing respectively include a conjugate cancellation operation.
US08428166B2	Method for transmitting sounding reference signal in multiple antenna wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal from a user equipment in a MIMO antenna wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving sounding reference signal setup information from a base station, the sounding reference signal setup information including an initial cyclic shift value nSRScs and an initial transmissionComb parameter value kTC; setting an interval between cyclic shift values corresponding to each antenna port based on the initial cyclic shift value, to reach a maximum interval; setting a transmissionComb parameter value corresponding to a specific one of the antenna ports to a value different from the initial transmissionComb parameter value if the initial cyclic shift value is a previously set value and the number of antenna ports is 4; and transmitting the sounding reference signal to the base station through each antenna port by using the set cyclic shift value and transmissionComb parameter value.
US08428165B2	Method and system for decoding OFDM signals subject to narrowband interference A method estimates a wireless channel at a receiver. The signal is transmitted using narrowband orthogonal frequency division demultiplexing (OFDM) and frequency subcarriers, and the signal includes a set of data tones and a set of pilot tones. The channel and pilot tone interference are estimated based on all the pilot tones extracted from the signal and a channel model. The set of data are equalized based on the channel estimate. Data interference is detected according to the pilot interference and the equalized data tones. Subcarrier interference-to-noise ratios are determined based on the data interference. Signal strengths of the data tones are determined based on the equalized data tones, log-likelihood ratios of bits represented by the data tones are determined based on the subcarrier interference-to-noise ratios and the signal strength of the data tones.
US08428162B2	System and method for distributed input distributed output wireless communications A system for compensating for in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) imbalances for multiple antenna systems (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (defined with the acronym MU-MAS), such as distributed-input distributed-output (DIDO) communication systems, comprising multicarrier modulation, such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). For example, one embodiment of the system comprises one or more coding modulation units to encode and modulate information bits for each of a plurality of wireless client devices to produce encoded and modulated information bits; one or more mapping units to map the encoded and modulated information bits to complex symbols; and a MU-MAS or DIDO IQ-aware precoding unit to exploit channel state information obtained through feedback from the wireless client devices to compute MU-MAS or DIDO IQ-aware precoding weights, the MU-MAS or DIDO IQ-aware precoding unit precoding the complex symbols obtained from the mapping units using the weights to pre-cancel interference due to I/Q gain and phase imbalances and/or inter-user interference.
US08428159B2	MIMO receiver using maximum likelihood detector in combination with QR decomposition A MIMO receiver is provided with a preprocessor for performing QR decomposition of a channel matrix H wherein the factored reduced matrix R is used in place of H and Q*y is used in place of the received vector y in a maximum likelihood detector (“MLD”). The maximum likelihood detector might be a hard-decision MLD or a soft-decision MLD. A savings of computational complexity can be used to provide comparable results more quickly, using less circuitry, and/or requiring less consumed energy, or performance can be improved for a fixed amount of time, circuitry and/or energy. Where the MLD uses approximations, such as finite resolution calculations (fixed point or the like) or L1 Norm approximations, the reduced number of operations resulting from using the reduced matrix results in improved approximations as a result of the finite resolution operations. Other methods of reducing the channel matrix might be used for suitable and/or cumulative advantages.
US08428153B2	Signal and devices for wired networks A signal for use on a wired network interconnecting electronic devices, comprising: a base voltage for conveying power to the electronic devices; a pulsed voltage signal bearing coded information for transfer between the electronic devices; and a digital signal superimposed onto selected portions of the pulsed voltage signal, wherein the digital signal comprises a carrier signal modulated by a data signal for transfer between the electronic devices. This is used in fire alarm networks, for example, to convey multimedia or other data such as control signals, whilst maintaining compatibility with existing protocols using the pulsed voltage signal.
US08428148B2	System and method for controlling bit rate of video signal and audio signal A video and audio bit rate control system which controls a bit rate of a video signal and an audio signal input from a plurality of information sources is provided. The system includes a plurality of encoders for encoding the video signal and the audio signal, an encoder controller for controlling an audio bit rate used in each of encoders, and a statistical multiplex controller for controlling a video bit rate used in each of encoders. The encoder outputs a degree of difficulty in encoding the video signal based on an amount of the video signals. The encoder controller outputs a differential bit rate between a reserved audio bit rate and a total audio bit rate currently used when the total audio bit rate currently used is lower than the reserved audio bit rate. The statistical multiplex controller calculates the video bit rate for assigning to each of encoder based on the differential bit rate, an originally assigned video bit rate and the degree of difficulty in encoding.
US08428140B2	Coding and decoding method and device In a method for the video coding of image sequences images in the image sequence are coded in a scaled manner, in such a way that the video data produced contains information which permits the images to be represented in a plurality of differing stages of image resolution, the latter being defined by the number of pixels per image representation. The coding is block-based, in such a way that to describe a displacement of parts of one of the images, said displacement being contained in the image sequence, at least one block structure that describes the displacement is created. Said block structure is configured from one block, which is subdivided into sub-blocks, whereby some of the sub-blocks are further subdivided into successively smaller sub-blocks. A first block structure is temporarily created for at least one first resolution stage and a second block structure is created for a second resolution stage, the first resolution stage having a lower number of pixels than the second resolution stage. In addition, the second block structure is compared with the first block structure to determine the differences in structure, in order to create a modified second block structure on the basis of characteristics of the structural differences, said modified block structure representing part of the second block structure and forming the basis for the coding of the image sequence.
US08428138B2	Motion vector encoding device and decoding device A prediction error generating unit generates a predictive vector from the motion vectors of a plurality of adjacent blocks, and obtains a difference from a target vector. A plurality of variable-length coding units respectively encode the output of the prediction error generating unit with different encoding methods. A determining unit estimates the accuracy of the predictive vector generated by the prediction error generating unit based on the degrees of non-uniformity of the motion vectors of the plurality of adjacent blocks. A selecting unit selects one of the encoding results obtained by the plurality of variable-length coding units.
US08428132B2	Frame or field mode coding method The method comprises the following steps: calculation of the spatial activity of each macroblock and of the temporal activity between the macroblocks constituting a group of macroblocks in field mode, calculation of an activity index relating to the group that is an increasing function of the temporal activity and a decreasing function of the spatial activity of the group, comparison of the activity index relating to the group, to a predefined threshold, to define it as a group having activity, coding of the picture in field or frame mode according to the number of macroblock groups detected having activity with respect to the number of groups of macroblocks in the picture. The application relate to data compression, particularly the H 264 standard.
US08428131B2	Video encoder and decoder using region based coding and decoding techniques with sequential refresh A video encoder that encodes each of a plurality of blocks obtained by dividing an input image, includes: a definition unit configured to define a valid area which is allowed to be used as reference in a reference image in interframe coding; a detection unit configured to detect a reference area in the reference image for a target block; a predicted image generation unit configured to generate a predicted image by outputting an image of the reference area for the reference area belonging to the valid area and outputting a complementary image for the reference area not belonging to the valid area; and a coding unit configured to encode the input image using the predicted image, wherein valid area information indicating the valid area is transmitted to a video decoder, for each group of a plurality of blocks.
US08428126B2	Image decoding device with parallel processors A video decoding device that performs decoding processing on blocks of a compressed video, the decoding processing including motion compensation processing for any blocks compressed based on one or more reference pictures, the device comprising: a memory that stores reference pictures; a compensation unit including an input buffer for storing one or more of the reference pictures and sequentially motion compensates block by block with reference to the stored reference pictures; a reference picture transfer unit reads, for one block in each time slot, all of the reference pictures corresponding to the one block, and write the read reference pictures to the input buffer; a judgment unit judges whether a total amount of the reference pictures read in each time slot is more than a predetermined amount; and a suppression unit suppresses, in a time slot for which the judgment unit judges affirmatively, access to the memory except read access.
US08428124B2	Moving picture encoding apparatus and distribution system A moving picture encoding apparatus divides a moving picture signal into key frames and non-key frames, encodes the key frames, predicts the non-key frames from the encoded key frames, determines an encoding rate for each non-key frame, encodes each non-key frame, and outputs an error-correcting code at the encoding rate as encoded data of the non-key frame. To determine the encoding rate, parameters related to the likelihood of prediction errors are calculated by at least two different methods for each non-key frame, the parameters are compared, one of the parameters is selected, and the encoding rate is calculated from the selected parameter. The selective use of differently calculated parameters enables an efficient encoding rate to be calculated for each non-key frame and reduces the transmission of encoded data that the decoder does not need or cannot decode.
US08428115B2	Adaptive equalization system and method An adaptive equalization system includes an equalizer, a common-mode extraction buffer unit, a low-pass filter unit, a first and second energy compare units, a current comparator, and a digital control unit. The common-mode extraction buffer unit transmits a full spectral energy of an input signal received by the equalizer to the first energy compare unit and the low-pass filter unit, and extracts a common-mode signal of the input signal to the second energy compare unit. The first and second energy compare units respectively output a current signal characterized by the high-frequency energy and a current signal characterized by the low-frequency energy to the current comparator. Based on the compare result outputted by the current comparator, the digital control unit outputs an equalization control signal to the equalizer. The adaptive equalization system has the simple structure, and reduces the power consumption, the area and the manufacturing cost of the chip.
US08428108B2	Signal processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, signal processing method, data display method, and program In a signal processing apparatus a synchronizer acquires synchronization with the spreading code of an intermediate frequency signal converted from a signal received from a satellite in a global positioning system. A demodulator then demodulates a message contained in the intermediate frequency signal. A measuring unit outputs a primary signal to a predetermined signal line, the primary signal expressing positioning results for the apparatus as measured on the basis of the demodulated message. A secondary signal output unit attaches a predetermined header to a secondary signal and outputs the result to the predetermined signal line, the secondary signal containing at least the intermediate frequency signal, or a signal generated from the intermediate frequency signal.
US08428104B2	Permission-based multiple access communications systems Systems (100) and methods (400) for selectively controlling access to multiple data streams which are communicated using a shared frequency spectrum and shared spreading codes. The methods involve generating a first product signal (FPS) by spreading first symbols of a first amplitude modulated (AM) signal using a first spreading code (SC). The methods also involve generating a second product signal (SPS) by spreading second symbols of a complimentary AM signal using a second SC. The FPS (124) and SPS 126 are combined to form a protected data communication signal (PDCS) including first data recoverable by a receiver (106). A global data communication signal (GDCS) is combined with PDCS (128) to form an output signal (140) having a spread spectrum format. The GDCS is generated using a digital modulation process and includes second data recoverable by a plurality of receivers (106, 108).
US08428099B2	Wireless communication system and frequency hopping method therefor, and base station and mobile station In a wireless communication system, a control unit (17) of a base station (1) sets a frequency hopping cycle longer than a predetermined value during a certain measurement interval in which an measurement of a frequency drift is conducted, allowing reception of a plurality of reference signals of the same frequency in receiving an uplink signal from a mobile station (2). The control unit (17) controls a reference signal extraction unit (15) and a reference signal phase difference calculation unit (16) so as to measure, based on the plurality of reference signals, the phase shift amount of a received signal at the same frequency. Thus, the wireless communication system can measure the phase shift amount by controlling the frequency hopping.
US08428097B2	Power efficient software receiver for spread spectrum signals The present invention relates to reception and processing of spread spectrum signals to produce position/time related data. A proposed receiver includes a radio signal processing unit, which is at least partly implemented in software running on a microprocessor. The processor is also adapted to effect at least one separate software-controlled function. The receiver is adapted to operate the radio signal processing unit on at least two processing intensity levels each with different processing times. Thereby, when the radio signal processing unit operates on a low processing intensity level, a first amount of processing capacity is available for the at least one separate software-controlled function; and when the radio processing unit operates on a high processing intensity level, a second amount of processing capacity is available for the at least one separate software-controlled function. When the processor's over-all processing capacity is constant, the second amount is smaller than the first amount.
US08428091B2	Tunable laser module Provided is a tunable laser module emitting an optical signal having high speed, high power and wideband wavelength tuning. The tunable laser module includes a laser array configured to emit an optical signal having a plurality of different lasing wavelengths, a temperature controller configured to change a temperature of the laser array, and an optical integration device configured to modulate or amplify the optical signal at a side of the laser array opposing the temperature controller.
US08428084B2	Cellular communication system and method for broadcast communication A cellular communication system (100) is arranged to support a single cell identifier reuse pattern using a first communication. Management logic (146) comprises broadcast mode logic (150) arranged to support a common cell identifier reuse pattern for broadcast transmissions amongst a cluster of communication cells using a second communication. A plurality of wireless serving communication units are operably coupled to the management logic. At least one wireless communication unit comprises logic arranged to support a unicast communication using a first communication cell identifier and logic arranged to support broadcast communication using a common cell identifier (215) to be used by the wireless communication unit in receiving broadcast communication across the cluster of communication cells.
US08428083B2	Cellular communication system and method for broadcast communication A time division duplex (TDD) cellular communication system (100) is arranged to support both uplink and downlink communication allocated for unicast time division duplex (TDD) communication that uses a single cell identifier reuse pattern. The TDD cellular communication system (100) comprises a plurality of wireless serving communication units operably coupled to management logic. The TDD cellular communication system (100) further comprises management logic (146) arranged to partition time domain physical resources such that unicast communication using the single cell identifier reuse pattern is supported in a first portion of the time domain physical resource and a broadcast communication using a common cell identifier (215) reuse pattern for broadcast communications is supported in a second portion of the time domain physical resource.
US08428081B2	Method and system for connector and/or cable with configurable antenna for ethernet and wireless applications A configurable Ethernet connector comprises a first interface comprising wired and wireless interfaces and a second interface comprising wired and optical interfaces. The configurable Ethernet connector receives signals via one interface and converts the signals for transmission via the other interface and vice versa. Signal conversion in both directions may occur simultaneously. The configurable Ethernet connector comprises an antenna and/or a wireless access point. A cable attached to the configurable Ethernet connector may comprise an antenna. The configurable Ethernet connector may provide at least of subset of antenna functionality to a communication device. The configurable Ethernet connector and/or a corresponding attached connector may comprise one or more of PHY devices. A corresponding connector that is coupled to the configurable Ethernet connector may sense communication protocols and/or capabilities of the configurable Ethernet connector and may be configured accordingly. Wireless maintenance of a switch may be performed via the configurable Ethernet connector.
US08428075B1	System and method for efficient shared buffer management A method for managing a shared buffer between a data processing system and a network. The method provides a communication interface unit for managing bandwidth of data between the data processing system and an external communicating interface connecting to the network. The method performs, by the communication interface unit, a combined de-queue and head drop operation on at least one data packet queue within a predefined number of clock cycles. The method also performs, by the communication interface unit, an en-queue operation on the at least one data packet queue in parallel with the combined de-queue operation and head drop operation within the predefined number of clock cycles.
US08428069B2	Stealth packet switching Systems, methods, devices, and network architectures are disclosed for creating and implementing secure wireless, wired, and/or optical stealth-enabled networks using specially modified packets, cells, frames, and/or other “stealth” information structures. This enables stealth packets to have a low probability of detection, a low probability of interception, and a low probability of interpretation. Stealth packets are only detected, intercepted, and correctly interpreted by stealth-enabled network equipment. In its simplest form, stealth packet switching modifies the packet structure, protocols, timing, synchronization, and other elements through various rule-violations. This creates stealth packets, which normal equipment cannot receive correctly, and hence normal equipment discards the stealth packets.Stealth packets may be further enhanced with encryption techniques which focus on encrypting the packet structure itself, as opposed to merely encrypting the data. Using encryption to modify the packet structure itself adds an entirely new level of encryption complexity, thus making the stealth communications orders of magnitude more difficult to decrypt than standard decryption techniques.Combining stealth packets with time-based reservation packet switching enables total encryption of the packet (including header and preamble encryption) capable of routing through multiple hops without decryption of headers and preamble at each hop. Time-based reservation packet switching can also guarantee real-time stealth packet delivery through a network that is totally congested from data storms, virus caused congestion, and/or denial of service attacks.
US08428064B2	Wireless communication device, mac address management system, wireless communication method, and program A MAC address management system acquires code data obtained by encoding a temporary MAC address that can be temporarily used and decodes the acquired code data to perform wireless communication. The MAC address management system includes a MAC distributing server device in which a temporary MAC address which can be temporarily used is stored and a wireless communication device that acquires the temporary MAC address from the MAC distributing server device and performs wireless communication by using the acquired temporary MAC address, the wireless communication device acquires code data obtained by encoding the temporary MAC address from the MAC distributing server device, decodes the acquired code data, and performs wireless communication by using the decoded temporary MAC address.
US08428060B2	Determining the group address for an Ethernet-based multicast communication A communication system, comprising a multicast group address allocator in communication with a plurality of nodes configured as at least one multicast group, wherein, upon creation of a new multicast group from among the nodes, the multicast group address allocator is configured to assign a multicast address to the new multicast group based on the assigned multicast address falling into a hash-bin for each group member of the new multicast group. A multicast group address allocator, comprising a network interface in communication with a plurality of nodes, a controller coupled to the network interface, and a storage medium coupled to the controller, wherein, upon request, the controller assigns a multicast address to a new multicast group from among the nodes, wherein the controller accesses hash-bin information for the nodes and selects the multicast address based on the hash-bin information, and wherein the hash-bin information is stored in the storage medium.
US08428057B2	Optimizing return traffic paths using network address translation In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises logic for optimizing return traffic paths using network address translation (NAT). The logic is operable to receive outbound data from a source node in a source network, and to replace a source address in a source address field in the outbound data with a first address from a first address pool associated with a first connection. The logic is operable to determine that return traffic on the first connection needs to be switched over to a second connection, where a second address pool is associated with the second connection. The logic is operable to generate a mapping that associates the first address with a second address from the second address pool and, based on the mapping, to replace the first address in the source address field in the outbound data with the second address. The logic is also operable to send the outbound data to the destination node over the second connection.
US08428055B2	Scalable central memory switching fabric A system receives a set of datagrams and forms frames based on the datagrams, where at least one of the frames includes data associated with multiple ones of the datagrams. The system writes the frames to memory to form superframes in the memory, where each of the superframes includes multiple ones of frames. The system reads the superframes from the memory, recreates the datagrams based on the superframes, and outputs the datagrams.
US08428052B1	System and method for enhanced domain availability notification A method for providing IP network information to a network service provider receives at a voice call continuity application server an indication that a call to a mobile device has been dropped by the IP network and transmits information relating to the dropped call from the voice call continuity application server to a monitoring system of the network service provider.
US08428049B2	Method for setting up an emergency call in a computer local area network, terminal and server for implementing the method If a given terminal (IPP1) requests the setting up of an emergency call, the method consists in: assigning that terminal to a first virtual network (VLAN1) having a priority higher than that of any virtual network to which a terminal requesting the setting up of a non-urgent call is assigned, the given terminal then using the first virtual network to send in broadcast mode a message addressed in particular to an emergency call server (EMSR); assigning this terminal to a second virtual network (VLAN2) having a priority higher than that of any virtual network to which a terminal that is requesting the setting up of a non-urgent call is assigned, the emergency call server (EMSR) then using the second virtual network to respond to the given terminal in unicast mode.
US08428047B2	Enterprise contact server with enhanced routing features A server may include logic configured to receive a call-back request from a customer, where the call-back request includes an identifier associated with the customer. The server may further include logic configured to identify, based on the identifier, a call center from a group of call centers having a group of agents qualified to handle the call-back request; and logic configured to forward the call-back request to the identified call center, where the call-back request causes the identified call center to select one of the group of agents to handle the call-back request.
US08428026B2	Scheduling data transmissions in a wireless network An apparatus and method for scheduling data transmissions in a wireless network is disclosed. A first value related to a buffer is transmitted to a user equipment (UE) by a network. The network also transmits an allocation message for an uplink transmission and receives data in response. The data is selected from the plurality of buffers of the UE in response to the transmitted first value and based on a second value.
US08428025B2	Apparatus and method for controlling user equipment state changes The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for triggering change of a Radio Resource Control (RRC) state for a user equipment operating in a cellular network. According to the method a Radio Link Control (RLC) buffer threshold associated with a Radio Link Control buffer is set to an initial value upon the user equipment entering a CELL_FACH RRC state. The RLC buffer threshold is decreased as a function of time. A RRC state change for the user equipment between the CELL_FACH RRC state and a CELL_DCH RRC state is triggered according to a predetermined rule based on a current size of the RLC buffer and the RLC buffer threshold. The method facilitates achieving a desired RRC state transition behavior for some types of users.
US08428019B2	Base station A base station communicates with a user device transmitting an uplink signal based on a single-carrier transmission scheme. The base station includes a frequency hopping determining unit configured to determine whether to apply frequency hopping to the user device based on radio-wave propagation information from the user device and a traffic type of data to be transmitted by the user device; a scheduler configured to allocate frequencies to the user device based on uplink channel reception conditions of the user device; and a reporting unit configured to report allocation information indicating resource units allocated by the scheduler to the user device. When the frequency hopping determining unit determines to apply the frequency hopping to the user device, the scheduler allocates, to the user device, resource units with different frequency bands in different slots.
US08428016B2	Method and apparatus for communicating in a dominant interference scenario Techniques for supporting communication in a dominant interference scenario are described. A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a first base station and may observe high interference from and/or may cause high interference to a second base station. In one design, the first base station may use a first frequency band, which may overlap at least partially with a second frequency band for the second base station and may further extend beyond the second frequency band. The first base station may send at least one synchronization signal and a broadcast channel in a center portion of the first frequency band for use by UEs to detect the first base station. The second frequency band may be non-overlapping with the center portion of the first frequency band. The first base station may also communicate with at least one UE on the first frequency band.
US08428010B2	Location-based network detection A mobile device establishes communication with a number of wireless cellular networks at particular locations and records the locations and network information associated with the wireless cellular networks. The network information can be used to narrow a search for an available wireless cellular network from a plurality of potentially available wireless cellular networks when the mobile device is operating at a stored location. In one aspect, a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver on a mobile device can receive a broadcast radio signal from a transmitter and use the signal to determine an approximate location of the device based on a known location of the transmitter. A match between the approximate device location and wireless cellular network transmitters in communication range of the mobile device can be used to narrow a search for wireless cellular networks.
US08428007B2	Resource allocation size dependent transport block size signaling The invention relates to a method for providing control signalling associated to a transport block in a mobile communication system. Furthermore, the invention also provides a receiving apparatus and a transmitting apparatus that performs the methods proposed herein. In order to obtain a control signaling mechanism that is increasing the number of available transport block sizes that can be used for transmissions of a transport block, without increasing the control signaling overhead, the invention suggests to apply a partitioning to the transport block size indices defined over the entire range of applicable resource allocation sizes and modulation and coding scheme levels, wherein the transport blocks size indicator is selecting the transport block size index from a respective partition depending on the resource allocation size.
US08428005B2	Routing in a network A network comprises a plurality of Access Routers arranged in one or more NetLMM domains. A domain comprises distributed routing information in the form of one or more Bloom filters or Bloom filter equivalents. In one embodiment, each Access Router may have an associated Local Bloom filter or Bloom filter equivalent that provides information as to which mobile nodes are currently behind the respective Access Router. Each Access Router sends its associated Local Bloom filter or Bloom filter equivalent to every other Access Router of the domain. An Access Router uses the Bloom filters or Bloom filter equivalents received from every other Access Router of the domain to determine to which Access Router to send a packet destined to a specified Mobile Node. Another embodiment uses partly-distributed routing information.
US08428004B2	Wireless network facilitator and monitor Techniques are presented for facilitating and monitoring wireless network connections. Clients and intermediate nodes are configured to interact with one another via network connections. Initially, the clients wirelessly connect to a select one of the intermediate nodes. Tests may be periodically issued to the clients and to the intermediate nodes to measure and track performance and quality of the network connections. Billing records may also be recorded and billing policies verified for client activities occurring during the network connections.
US08427994B2	Burn-in system for multicast data transmission A system for improving the reliability of transmission of multibroadcast data between a source of data and a plurality of customer receivers of the data via a telecommunications network. The system includes a supervision server adapted to provide each customer receiver with a list of at least one other receiver, said customer receiver being adapted to receive missing data from said the other customer receiver via a reliable peer-to-peer connection.
US08427991B2	Handling wrong WEP key and related battery drain and communication exchange failures A power reduction mechanism in a mobile communications device detects the use of a wrong WEP encryption key in the establishment of a WLAN connection between the mobile device and an access point for both static and dynamic IP WLAN profiles. The power reduction mechanism detects an incorrect WEP key; authentication failure; failure to acquire an IP address for dynamic IP WLAN profiles; decryption errors; and broadcast/multicast frames from the handset not being redirected back to the BSS by the AP. Upon such detection, the mobile device takes one or more power conserving actions, e.g., adding the AP/profile to a ban list; attempting WLAN association for a banned AP/profile at longer intervals than for a non-banned AP/profile; skipping an AP/profile on the ban list for a time duration defined by a timer to conserve power; and flagging the banned AP/profile with a special mark to indicate it is banned.
US08427990B2	Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and program A wireless communication apparatus according to the invention includes a first wireless communication apparatus (STA1) which transmits search data to a second wireless communication apparatus (STA2) connected through an access point in a wireless communication network and determines whether a direct link setup to the second wireless communication apparatus (STA2) is possible based on search response data returned from the second wireless communication apparatus (STA2), and the second wireless communication apparatus (STA2) which receives the search data and transmits the search response data to the first wireless communication apparatus (STA1) when the second wireless communication apparatus (STA2) is compliant with the direct link setup.
US08427988B2	Method and apparatus to reduce radio resource overhead associated with intermittent traffic A method and apparatus for No-TX mode for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and Node B that suspends the transmission of power control updates and associated signaling over dedicated uplink and downlink channels. Triggers and signals between the WTRU and Node B to activate and disable No-TX mode. A radio link is re-established to resume data transmission when No-TX mode is disabled, and data may also be transmitted during defined transmission opportunities while in No-TX mode.
US08427981B2	System and method for recording and monitoring communications using a media server A communication system including a media server through which communication packets are exchanged for recording and monitoring purposes is disclosed. A tap is associated with each communication endpoint allowing for cradle to grave recording of communications despite their subsequent routing or branching. An incoming communication is routed to a first tap and upon selection of a receiving party; the first tap is routed to a second tap which forwards communication packets on to the receiving party. The taps may be used to forward communication packets to any number of other taps or destinations, such as a recording device, monitoring user, or other user in the form of a conference.
US08427965B2	Method to optimize the data stream between a router and a multimedia unit Even if high speed are available between the router and the multimedia unit through the IP line (up to 24 Mbits/sec), this is still the bottleneck in term of data transfer. Indeed in practice the vast majority of IP users have access speed between 2 to 5 Mbits/sec and the development of other services (telephony, videoconference, push VOD, game) are bandwidth consuming. It is now an object of the invention to propose a solution to reduce the data flow between the router and the multimedia unit over IP line.This is achieved by a method to optimize the data stream between a router and a multimedia unit, the router receiving at least one data stream forming a service and comprising several sub-streams from which part of them are alternatively used by the multimedia unit, the method comprising the steps of: defining a set of data representing the multimedia unit's profile, transmitting this set of data to the router, filtering by the router the unnecessary sub-stream according the given profile, sending the remaining sub-streams to the multimedia unit.
US08427964B2	Method and apparatus for documenting network paths Methods and apparatus for documenting network path connectivity are described that allow a network management system/revision management system (NMS/RMS) to determine what equipment and ports support a network path by interrupting and restoring Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) service on the network path. Upon detecting a loss of PoE service, communication active jacks that support network path connectivity may activate an internal switch that interrupts downstream connectivity. Each communication active jack along the network path may then begin broadcasting a unique message in the upstream direction that is addressed to the NMS/RMS. Upon receiving a unique active jack message, the NMS/RMS may record the information contained within and instruct the communication active jack to reestablish connectivity to the next downstream device. In this manner, as each device along a network path regains connectivity the network path information stored within the NMS/RMS is updated until a complete view of the network path is documented.
US08427961B2	Information encoding on a codeword in wireless communication networks A wireless communication network entity 400 and a method therein wherein data is encoded using an error correcting code to form a first codeword, for example, a cyclic redundancy code, including redundancy. A second codeword is generated by encoding additional data on a portion of the first codeword, wherein the portion of the first codeword on which the additional data is encoded being within an error correction capability of the first codeword.
US08427955B2	Method and apparatus for transferring data A method for transferring plural pieces of packet data from a plurality of terminal devices to a host device with an IEEE 1394 serial bus. The method includes transferring the plural pieces of packet data from the terminal devices to a transfer controller, storing the plural pieces of packet data in a buffer memory of the transfer controller, and sequentially transferring the packet data stored in the buffer memory to the host device. This method substantially increases data transfer speed without increasing the transfer speed at nodes and cables when transferring data with the IEEE 1394 serial bus.
US08427935B2	Reduction of out-of-band emitted power OFDM signal transmission of reduced power emission outside a designated transmission bandwidth is disclosed. At least one subcarrier is allocated for an OFDM symbol for non-data. A weighting signal representation is determined based on an initial error signal representation, which is determined from at least part of a first OFDM symbol and part of a second OFDM symbol, the first and second OFDM symbols being consecutive in time.
US08427930B1	Memory device A memory device according to one embodiment includes: a recording array including recording regions, a first positioning region and a second positioning region; a probe array including a plurality of first probes provided oppositely to the recording regions, and a plurality of second probes provided oppositely to the first and second positioning region; an actuator; and a control circuit configured to control an operation of the actuator by using a positioning signal. The first positioning region includes a first positioning pattern. The first positioning pattern has a plurality of first line portions. The second positioning region includes a second positioning pattern. The second positioning pattern has a plurality of second line portions. The control circuit is configured to generate the positioning signal based on whether or not the second probes are in contact with the line portions of the first and second positioning patterns.
US08427928B2	Optical head and optical information device An optical head 200 comprises: a light source 101 that emits a light beam; an objective lens 105 that condenses, in the form of converging light, the light beam emitted by the light source 101, onto an information recording medium; a cylindrical lens 115 onto which a reflected light beam that is reflected by the information recording medium is incident, and which generates astigmatism for forming a focus error signal; a light detector 120 that receives the reflected light beam passing through the cylindrical lens 115; and a holder 130 that holds the cylindrical lens 115 and the light detector 120. The holder 130 has a first main face and a second main face that extend in directions that intersect the optical axis of the reflected light beam. The cylindrical lens 115 is bonded to the first main face and the light detector 120 is bonded to the second main face.
US08427919B2	Pattern writing system and method and abnormality diagnosing method Reflected and scattered electrons generated by emitting an electron beam onto a substrate are detected by a detecting unit. The product of the area (SN) and the irradiation time (tN) of the Nth shot in a predetermined measurement unit obtained from writing data is computed by a computing unit. The value obtained by accumulating an instructed equivalent value in the predetermined measurement unit and the value obtained by integrating the signal (DN) from the detecting unit in the predetermined measurement unit are compared and determined by a comparing unit to determine whether or not abnormality occurs in the irradiation amount of the electron beam.
US08427914B2	Lens pull-in method for near-field optical accessing system A lens pull-in method is used in a near-field optical accessing system. When a lens is in a far-field range, the lens is driven to approach a surface of an optical disc in an open loop control state. If the lens enters a near-field range, a first GES level is inputted as a set value and the lens is driven in a close loop control state. When the gap error signal decreases to the first GES level, the set value is changed to a second GES level, which is higher than the first GES level. When the gap error signal increases to the first GES level, the set value is changed to a target GES level, so that the gap error signal is maintained at the target gap error signal.
US08427911B2	Optical pickup An optical pickup includes a light source, an objective lens, a diffraction grating that divides an optical beam reflected from a predetermined information layer, into a plurality of optical beams, and a detector having a plurality of photo-receivers to receive a plurality of optical beams. The diffraction grating has a predetermined region for dividing from a signal light beam a region including a central portion of a spot which the signal light beam will form on the diffraction grating. A distance from a central section of the detector to that of a spot center photo-receiver on the detector, the spot center photo-receiver being provided to receive the optical beams formed by division in a predetermined region of the diffraction grating, is equal to or greater than a spot radius of the unwanted light beams entering the predetermined region of the diffraction grating, on the detector.
US08427910B2	Storing audio-centered information with a multi-level table-of-contents (TOC) mechanism having redundant sub-TOCs Audio-centered information is stored on a unitary medium by using a Table-of-Contents (TOC) mechanism that specifies an actual configuration of various audio items on the medium. In particular, each one of a set of one or more Track Areas gets at least two mutually logically conforming Sub-TOCs assigned. This allows to retrieve any constituent Sub-TOC part from at least any correct copy of the Sub-TOCs. Furthermore, one or more Master-TOCs are provided for specifically pointing to each of the Sub-TOCs.
US08427890B2	Program cycle skip A non-volatile storage system includes technology for skipping programming cycles while programming a page (or other unit) of data. While programming a current subset of the page (or other unit) of data, the system will evaluate whether the next subsets of the page (or other unit) of data should be programmed into non-volatile storage elements or skipped. Subsets of the page (or other unit) of data that should not be skipped are programmed into non-volatile storage elements. Some embodiments include transferring the appropriate data to temporary latches/registers, in preparation for programming, concurrently with the evaluation of whether to program or skip the programming.
US08427878B2	Non-volatile memory devices, operating methods thereof and memory systems including the same Nonvolatile memory devices, operating methods thereof, and memory systems including the same. A nonvolatile memory device may include a memory cell array and a word line driver. The memory cell array may include a plurality of memory cells. The word line driver may be configured to apply word line voltages to a plurality of word lines connected to the plurality of memory cells, respectively. Magnitudes of the word line voltages may be determined according to locations of the plurality of word lines.
US08427877B2	Digital method to obtain the I-V curves of NVM bitcells A calibration table (160) of reference current (Iref) values and associated digital register settings is used during user test/diagnostics mode by varying the Iref values by changing the digital register settings and searching the transitioning gate voltage (Vg) of each bitcell at each Iref value to obtain the bitcell I-V curve using a digitally tunable gate voltage control (117) and reference current circuit (123) under control of a test module or circuit (110).
US08427874B2	Non-volatile memory and method with even/odd combined block decoding A nonvolatile memory array is organized into a plurality of interleaving even and odd blocks. When a block is selected for operation, a set of word line voltages are delivered to the block of word lines by space-efficient decoding circuits and scheme. The plurality of blocks is organized into an array of pairs of adjacent odd and even blocks. A first voltage bus allows all even blocks access to the set of word line voltages. A second voltage bus allows all odd blocks access to the set of word line voltages. A decoder for selection is provided for each pair of adjacent even and odd blocks. Selecting a block is effected by selecting the pair of adjacent even and odd blocks containing the selected block, and supplying the set of word line voltages only to the selected block, which is one of the even or odd block in the selected pair.
US08427870B2	Nonvolatile memory device, method, system including the same, and operating method thereof Provided is a method for operating a nonvolatile memory device. In the method, read data is read by means of a read level and logic values for erasure-decoding the read data are set. The bits of the read data corresponding to the range of the set logic values is set as erasure bits, and an erasure decoding operation is performed.
US08427868B2	Circuits and techniques to compensate memory access signals for variations of parameters in multiple layers of memory Embodiments of the invention relate generally to semiconductors and memory technology, and more particularly, to systems, integrated circuits, and methods to implement circuits configured to compensate for parameter variations in layers of memory by adjusting access signals during memory operations. In some embodiments, memory cells are based on third dimensional memory technology. In at least some embodiments, an integrated circuit includes multiple layers of memory, a layer including sub-layers of semiconductor material. The integrated circuit also includes an access signal generator configured to generate an access signal to facilitate an access operation, and a characteristic adjuster configured to adjust the access signal for each layer in the multiple layers of memory.
US08427865B2	Semiconductor storage device There is provided a semiconductor storage device which is capable of further reducing a size of a memory cell, and increasing a storage capacity. Plural memory cells each including a transistor formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a variable resistive device having a resistance value changed by voltage supply and connected between source and drain terminals of the transistor are arranged longitudinally and in an array to configure a three-dimensional memory cell array. A memory cell structure has a double channel structure in which an inside of a switching transistor is filled with a variable resistance element, particularly, a phase change material. The switching transistor is turned off by application of a voltage to increase a channel resistance so that a current flows in the internal phase change material to operate the memory.
US08427862B2	Reading a phase change memory A phase change memory cell may be read by driving a current through the cell higher than its threshold current. A voltage derived from the selected column may be utilized to read a selected bit of a phase change memory. The read window or margin may be improved in some embodiments. A refresh cycle may be included at periodic intervals.
US08427861B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a cell array having a plurality of first wirings and a plurality of second wirings intersecting each other and memory cells disposed at intersections between the plurality of first wirings and the plurality of second wirings. The semiconductor memory device further includes a control circuit for selectively driving the plurality of first wirings and the plurality of second wirings. The control circuit applies a first voltage for a first operation to a first select wiring and applies a second voltage for a second operation different from the first operation to a second select wiring and applies a third voltage for the first and second operation to a third select wiring. The first operation is completed before the second operation is completed. The control circuit applies a fourth voltage for a third operation to a forth select wiring before the second operation is completed.
US08427859B2	Arrays of vertically stacked tiers of non-volatile cross point memory cells, methods of forming arrays of vertically stacked tiers of non-volatile cross point memory cells, and methods of reading a data value stored by an array of vertically stacked tiers of non-volatile cross point memory cells An array of vertically stacked tiers of non-volatile cross point memory cells includes a plurality of horizontally oriented word lines within individual tiers of memory cells. A plurality of horizontally oriented global bit lines having local vertical bit line extensions extend through multiple of the tiers. Individual of the memory cells comprise multi-resistive state material received between one of the horizontally oriented word lines and one of the local vertical bit line extensions where such cross, with such ones comprising opposing conductive electrodes of individual memory cells where such cross. A plurality of bit line select circuits individually electrically and physically connects to individual of the local vertical bit line extensions and are configured to supply a voltage potential to an individual of the global horizontal bit lines. Other embodiments and aspects are disclosed.
US08427855B2	Semiconductor nanocrystal composite A nanocrystal composite that includes a matrix including semiconductor nanocrystals, and a barrier layer disposed on at least a portion of the surface of the matrix and including a polymer with low oxygen permeability, low moisture permeability, or both.
US08427854B2	Utilization of memory refresh cycles for pattern matching Searching for patterns stored on a hardware storage device. A method includes, as part of a memory refresh operation, performing a read to read contents of a portion of a memory. The method further includes writing the read contents of the portion of memory back to the portion of memory. The read contents are provided to data comparison logic. Using the data comparison logic; the read contents are compared to predetermined data patterns. A determination is made as to whether or not the contents match at least one of the predetermined data patterns. When the read contents match at least one of the predetermined data patterns, a software readable indicator is provided indicating that the read contents match at least one of the predetermined data patterns. Similar embodiments may be implemented using hard drive head wear leveling operations.
US08427852B2	Signal transmission arrangement with a transformer A signal transmission arrangement includes a transformer with a first and a second winding. A damping circuit has an input terminal for receiving an input signal. The damping circuit is coupled to the first winding and is configured to have an electrical resistance that is dependent on the input signal. An oscillator circuit includes the second winding and is configured to provide an oscillating signal. An evaluation circuit is configured to receive the oscillating signal and to provide an output signal that is dependent on an amplitude of the oscillating signal.
US08427844B2	Widebody coil isolators Disclosed herein are various embodiments of widebody coil isolators containing multiple coil transducers, where integrated circuits are not stacked vertically over the coil transducers. The disclosed coil isolators provide high voltage isolation and high voltage breakdown performance characteristics in small packages that provide a high degree of functionality at a low price.
US08427843B2	Mounting apparatus for expansion cards A mounting apparatus is adjusted to selectively mount a first expansion card or a second expansion card. The mounting apparatus includes a bracket, a retaining member fixed to the bracket, and a pivoting member pivotably attached to the retaining member. The pivoting member defines a first locking slot and a second locking slot. The pivoting member is pivotable along a first direction to limit the first expansion card. The pivoting member is pivotable along a direction opposing to the first direction to limit the second expansion card.
US08427842B2	Communication module An electromagnetic wave suppression material is fixed to a case of a communication module. The electromagnetic wave suppression material suppresses radiation of electromagnetic waves by coming into contact with a cage that is a module insertion portion of a chassis when the communication module is inserted into the cage. A piezoelectric element is provided on the case, and located between the case and the electromagnetic wave suppression material. When the communication module is inserted into the cage, the controller applies a voltage to the piezoelectric element to stretch it by the applied voltage, thereby increasing contact pressure between the cage and the electromagnetic wave suppression material.
US08427834B2	Rotatable latch for compressing thermal interface material between a heat generating electrical component and a cooling electrical component Apparatuses are provided for compressing a thermal interface material between a heat generating electrical component and a cooling electrical component. Embodiments include a draw rod coupled at one end to the cooling electrical component, the draw rod passing through the heat generating electrical component; wherein the draw rod includes a pin on the end opposite the end coupled to the cooling electrical component; and a rotatable latch coupled to the heat generating electrical component, the rotatable latch including a hook at one end; wherein when the rotatable latch is in an engaged position, the hook of the rotatable latch engages the pin of the draw rod such that the thermal interface material adhered to the heat generating component is coupled to the cooling electrical component; wherein when the rotatable latch is in an unengaged position, the hook of the rotatable latch is not engaged with the pin of the draw rod.
US08427833B2	Thermal power plane for integrated circuits A mechanism is provided for a thermal power plane that delivers power and constitutes minimal thermal resistance. The mechanism comprises a processor layer coupled, via a first set of coupling devices, to a signaling and input/output (I/O) layer and a power delivery layer coupled, via a second set of coupling devices, to the processor layer. In the mechanism, the power delivery layer is dedicated to only delivering power and does not provide data communication signals to the elements of the mechanism. In the mechanism, the power delivery layer comprises a plurality of conductors, a plurality of insulating materials, one or more ground planes, and a plurality of through laminate vias. In the mechanism, the signaling and input/output (I/O) layer is dedicated to only transmitting the data communication signals to and receiving the data communications signals from the processor layer and does not provide power to the elements of the processor layer.
US08427832B2	Cold plate assemblies and power electronics modules A cold plate assembly includes an inlet manifold layer, a target heat transfer layer, a second-pass heat transfer layer, and an outlet manifold layer. The inlet manifold layer includes a coolant fluid outlet and an inlet channel. The inlet channel includes a plurality of fluid inlet holes fluidly coupled to a plurality of impingement jet nozzles. The target heat transfer layer includes a plurality of target heat transfer cells having a plurality of target heat transfer layer microchannels extending in a radial direction from a central impingement region. The second-pass heat transfer layer includes a plurality of second-pass heat transfer cells having a plurality of second-pass heat transfer layer microchannels extending in a radial direction toward a central fluid outlet region, and one or more transition channels. The impingement jet nozzles are positioned through the central fluid outlet region. The outlet manifold layer includes an outlet channel having a plurality of fluid outlet holes.
US08427830B2	Cooling system A system for cooling an environment housing a plurality of electronic equipment in one or more cabinets is disclosed, the system comprising a remote cooling unit(s) adapted to provide relatively cool air into the environment, an exhaust associated with each cabinet, the exhaust being provided with variable airflow means; the remote unit being adapted to receive exhausted air, and; sensor means adapted to determine cooling demand and alter the output of the remote cooling unit(s) accordingly. Schemes for using the system are described.
US08427829B2	Dual directional sliding hinge and portable device A dual directional sliding hinge is mounted in a portable device with a cover, a first base and a second base and has a main panel, a first sliding unit, a second sliding unit. The main panel is attached to the cover. The first sliding unit is attached to the first base. The second sliding unit is attached to the second base. When the first and second sliding units slide at the closing position, the cover and the first and second bases are folded to have a smallest volume. Since the first and second sliding units have different sliding distances when sliding to different directions, the functioning units on the first and second bases are revealed alternatively. Therefore, the user can decide to use different functioning units as desired.
US08427825B2	External electrical connection for a portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes: a housing, a processor provided in the housing, a rechargeable power pack provided in the housing in communication with the processor, apertures extending through the housing, insulating portions of the housing being provided between the apertures, a location of the apertures being selected to map out a graphical element, electrical contacts in communication with the battery for charging the battery, the electrical contacts being sized to be received in the apertures and wherein the insulating portions are provided for insulating the electrical contacts from one another.
US08427822B2	Storage device The hard disk drive device includes a casing, a hard disk drive unit, and cushioning members interposed between the hard disk drive unit and the inside wall of the casing and adapted to receive stress and absorb impact stress through strain. The cushioning members include a first layer situated towards the inside wall of the hard disk drive unit, a second layer situated towards the hard disk drive unit, and a third layer situated between the first layer and the second layer. The individual materials of the cushioning members are established such that the third layer has lower hardness than the first layer and the second layer, based on JIS K6253 standard.
US08427817B2	Handheld diabetes manager with touch screen display A handheld diabetes manager having a blood glucose measurement engine comprises a housing having a blood glucose measuring engine and a printed circuit board disposed in the housing. A touch screen can be coupled to the housing. The touch screen can have a transparent portion surrounded by a non-transparent portion. The non-transparent portion can have adhesive thereon that seals the touch screen to the housing. A flexible connector can electrically connect at least two independent electrical leads between the touch screen and the printed circuit board. An antenna assembly can be disposed in the housing and comprise a molded carrier, a conductive portion on the molded carrier and a speaker. The conductive portion can be electrically connected to the printed circuit board and be configured to receive a radio signal. The carrier can include a recess that receives the speaker and is configured to project sound from the speaker.
US08427811B2	Electrode for electric double layer capacitor and method for producing the same An electrical double-layer capacitor electrode with excellent capacitance characteristics is obtained together with a manufacturing method therefor. Paper-molded sheet 2 of carbon nanotubes is integrated with etched foil 1 constituting a collector, by means of bumps and indentations 1a formed on the surface of etched foil 1 to prepare an electrical double-layer capacitor electrode. Alternatively, carbon nanotubes 4 grown around core catalyst particles on substrate 3 are integrated with etched foil 1 by means of bumps and indentations 1a formed on the surface of etched foil 1 to prepare an electrical double-layer capacitor electrode. To manufacture these electrodes, this carbon nanotube sheet 2 or substrate 3 with carbon nanotubes grown thereon is laid over bumps and indentations 1a on the surface of etched foil 1, and the sheet or substrate and the foil are pressed under 0.01 to 100 t/cm2 of pressure to integrate the carbon nanotubes with the etched foil.
US08427809B1	Thermally switchable dielectrics Precursor polymers to conjugated polymers, such as poly(phenylene vinylene), poly(poly(thiophene vinylene), poly(aniline vinylene), and poly(pyrrole vinylene), can be used as thermally switchable capacitor dielectrics that fail at a specific temperature due to the non-conjugated precursor polymer irreversibly switching from an insulator to the conjugated polymer, which serves as a bleed resistor. The precursor polymer is a good dielectric until it reaches a specific temperature determined by the stability of the leaving groups. Conjugation of the polymer backbone at high temperature effectively disables the capacitor, providing a ‘built-in’ safety mechanism for electronic devices.
US08427803B2	Current transformer with integrated actuator A system comprising a magnetic actuator, a current transformer and operational electronics in a dual-coil circuit breaker. The system includes an inline implementation of the primary and secondary coils to maintain a narrow width suitable for retrofitting in currently designed industrial rack mounted enclosures. The system further comprises network connectivity allowing interrogation of the components for operational data associated with the component.
US08427801B2	Rectifier circuit Rectifier circuits which are usable, instead of diodes, for rectifying alternating voltages, and which, like diodes, form two-terminal networks having a cathode terminal and an anode terminal. The power loss of these rectifier circuits is clearly less that the power loss of silicon p-n diodes. These rectifier circuits also include voltage clamping functions.
US08427799B2	ESD clamp for multi-bonded pins A circuit comprises a plurality of segments and a clamp circuit. Each of the plurality of segments comprises a bond pad coupled to a multi-bonded pin via a respective bond wire and a conductor coupling the bond pad to a respective internal connection. The bond pad from each of the plurality of segments is coupled to the same multi-bonded pin. The clamp circuit comprises a plurality of input pins and a plurality of clamp transistors. Each input pin is coupled to the bond pad of a respective one of the plurality of segments via the respective conductor. Each clamp transistor is coupled to a respective one of the input pins, wherein each of the plurality of clamp transistors is configured to prevent a voltage on the respective conductor from exceeding a respective voltage limit.
US08427791B2	Magnetic tunnel junction having a magnetic insertion layer and methods of producing the same According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a barrier layer having a crystalline structure, a first magnetic layer above the barrier layer, a magnetic insertion layer above the first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer above the magnetic insertion layer, the second magnetic layer having a textured face-centered cubic (fcc) structure. The first magnetic layer comprises a high spin polarization magnetic material having a crystalline structure and a characteristic of crystallization being more similar to the crystalline structure of the barrier layer than a crystalline structure of the second magnetic layer and the magnetic insertion layer comprises a magnetic material having a crystalline structure and a characteristic of crystallization being more similar to the crystalline structure of the second magnetic layer than the crystalline structure of the barrier layer. Additional magnetic head structures and methods of producing magnetic heads are described according to more embodiments.
US08427790B2	Thin film magnetic head having similarly structured resistive film pattern and magnetic bias layer A thin film magnetic head includes a magnetoresistive element having a recording-medium-facing-surface which is to be faced with a magnetic recording medium; a magnetic bias layer located on a side opposite to the recording-medium-facing-surface of the magnetoresistive element, and applying a bias magnetic field to the magnetoresistive element in a direction orthogonal to the recording-medium-facing-surface; and a resistive film pattern having the recording-medium-facing-surface, the resistive film pattern being located side by side with the magnetoresistive element in a track-width direction.
US08427785B2	Head-slider including a low-surface-energy film that prevents lubricant accumulation, head-arm assembly including the head-slider, and hard-disk drive including the head-arm assembly The head-slider is configured to receive an air-stream produced by rotation of a magnetic-recording disk and is configured to fly in proximity with a recording surface of the magnetic-recording disk. The head-slider includes a trailing edge on an outflow side of the air-stream, and a disk-facing surface that is configured to face the recording surface of the magnetic-recording disk. A low-surface-energy film is disposed on a portion of a trailing-edge side of the head-slider that is in contact with a boundary between the trailing edge and the disk-facing surface. The low-surface-energy film has a lower surface energy than other portions of the trailing-edge side where the low-surface-energy film is not disposed.
US08427783B2	Head-gimbal assembly, microactuator, and manufacturing method of the microactuator A head-gimbal assembly. The head-gimbal assembly includes a suspension, a microactuator disposed on the suspension, and a head-slider bonded to the microactuator. The head-gimbal assembly further includes a connection pad disposed on the suspension, a connection pad disposed on the microactuator and formed over an edge between a side surface and a top surface of the microactuator to have a bend portion with an obtuse angle, and a metallic interconnection joint for interconnecting the connection pad of the suspension with the connection pad of the microactuator.
US08427778B2	Disk drive device provided with fluid dynamic bearing A sleeve supports a shaft. A housing member is arranged so as to surround the sleeve and make the end of the sleeve protrude. A base member holds the housing member and fixes a stator core so as to surround the housing member. A hub drives a recording disk by being rotated integrally with the shaft, with a magnet being fixed to an annular portion concentric with the shaft so as to face the stator core fixed to the base member. A thrust member is rotated integrally with the hub, and a descender portion and a ring portion.
US08427772B2	Patterned-media magnetic recording disk drive with data island misplacement information in the servo sectors A disk drive with patterned-media disks has information recorded in the servo sectors that identifies misplacement of the data islands in the data regions between the servo sectors. This misplacement information is read from the servo sectors prior to writing to correct either or both the radial position of the write head and the timing of the write pulses to the data islands. The misplacement information may include radial deviation of the data tracks, circumferential or along-the-track misplacement of the data islands, or the location of defective data islands.
US08427770B1	Discriminating between protrusion defects and recess defects on a disk recording medium An apparatus is disclosed comprising a thermal sensor operable to detect at least one protrusion defect and at least one recess defect on a disk, the thermal sensor operable to generate a sensor signal. An attack time of the sensor signal is measured when the thermal sensor passes over one of the protrusion defect and the recess defect, and the protrusion defect is discriminated from the recess defect based on the attack time.
US08427765B2	Large caliber standard lens A large caliber standard lens having a first lens of a positive refractive power; a second lens of a negative refractive power; a diaphragm; a third lens of a negative refractive power; a fourth lens of a positive refractive power; and a fifth lens of a positive refractive power, wherein the lenses are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side, and the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are meniscus lenses having concave surfaces facing the diaphragm and satisfy the following inequality, 0.6 ≤  R 6 R 4  ≤ 1.0 where R4 represents the radius of curvature of the surface of the second lens facing the image, and R6 represents the radius of curvature of the surface of the third lens facing the object.
US08427762B2	Optical system and optical apparatus including the optical system An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a rear lens group. In the optical system, the rear lens group includes a second lens unit configured to move during focusing. The first lens unit includes n positive lenses (n is an integer greater than 1) and one or more negative lenses. With an order of an optical member counted from the object side towards the image side being indicated by i (i is an integer equal to or greater than 1), a refractive index and an Abbe number of a material of an i-th positive lens of the first lens unit with respect to d-line light (Ndi, νdi), maximum and minimum values of the Abbe number νdi (max(νdi), min(νdi)), a minimum value of the refractive index Ndi (min(Ndi)), a focal length of the first lens unit (fp), and a focal length of the entire optical system (f) are appropriately set.
US08427758B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same A zoom lens comprises in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power. The second lens unit comprises in order from the object side, a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens. At the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit moves toward the object side, and the fourth lens unit moves, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit decreases monotonically, a distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit increases monotonically, and a distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit increases monotonically.
US08427753B2	Use of a fluid mixture for electrowetting a device The invention relates to the use of a fluid mixture for electrowetting in a device that is suitable for this.According to the invention, the fluid mixture consists of at least two components, namely an electrically inducible liquid and an electrically inert fluid. These two components form a bi- or multiphasic mixture. The electrically inducible liquid responds to a change of an electric field that surrounds it or completely or partly permeates it, in such way that it changes its surface tension so that its form is changed too, particularly if only parts of its surface are permeated by the electric field, or if the field strength is distributed not homogenously.According to a particularly preferred embodiment, the electrically inducible liquid consists of propylene carbonate. As a result of using this liquid, the temperature range, in which a device being based on the electrowetting effect may be operated, is expanded in such way, that application areas are made possible which so far have not been usable using conventional, particularly aqueous, liquids.
US08427748B2	Wafer-level lens array, method of manufacturing wafer-level lens array, lens module and imaging unit Disclosed are a wafer-level lens array, a method of manufacturing a wafer-level lens array, a lens module, and an imaging unit capable of preventing the permeation of air into a substrate unit or a lens unit to be molded when a wafer-level lens array having the substrate unit and the lens units integrated with each other is molded. There is provided a method of integrally manufacturing a wafer-level lens array including a substrate unit and a plurality of lens units arranged on the substrate unit using a transfer mold having a plurality of concave portions corresponding to at least the plurality of lens units provided in a surface thereof. The method includes: supplying a resin to each concave portion, the amount of resin supplied being more than the volume of the concave portion; and performing molding to integrate the resin overflowing from the concave portions, thereby forming the substrate unit.
US08427740B1	Modulation of terahertz radiation at room temperatures An apparatus and method for generating modulated terahertz radiation are provided. The apparatus comprises: (A) a means for generating Terahertz radiation by pumping nonequilibrium electrons into Magnon Gain Medium (MGM); wherein the nonequilibrium electrons emit nonequilibrium magnons, and wherein interaction between nonequilibrium magnons in the Magnon Gain Medium (MGM) causes generation of Terahertz radiation; and (B) a means for modulating the generated Terahertz radiation. The Magnon Gain Medium (MGM) is selected from a magnetic material that supports generation of non-equilibrium magnons at room temperatures. The modulating means further comprises: an AC magnetic field generator, or an AC electric field generator.
US08427737B2	Electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged opposite to each other at a predetermined interval; a plurality of pixel electrodes which are aligned on the first substrate; a wiring which is arranged between adjacent pixel electrodes among the pixel electrodes; an opposite electrode which is provided on the second substrate; a partition wall which is provided above the wiring of the first substrate to stand toward the second substrate so as to surround the pixel electrodes; and a solvent which fills up a space surrounded by the partition wall and in which a plurality of particles are dispersed. The partition wall has a rectangular shape including four sides, at least one of which partially has an expanded-width portion wider than other portion of the at least one of the four sides.
US08427735B2	Electrophoretic display sheet, electrophoretic display, method for producing electrophoretic display, and electronic apparatus An electrophoretic display sheet includes: a substrate; at least one kind of electrophoretic particles; an electrophoretic dispersion liquid containing the at least one kind of electrophoretic particles; a microcapsule having a shell for enclosing the electrophoretic dispersion liquid therein; a microcapsule-containing layer provided on a surface side of the substrate to contain the microcapsule; and a binder having a function of retaining the microcapsule and having viscosity under room temperature, the microcapsule-containing layer including the microcapsule and the binder; and the electrophoretic particles being contained in the electrophoretic dispersion liquid in a ratio of 30% to 60% wt. with respect to a weight of the electrophoretic dispersion liquid.
US08427723B2	Method of sequencing image data inside memory of optical scanning device An image data sequencing method for a memory unit inside an optical scanning device. The image data sequencing method is particularly suitable for scanning a line of pixels with each pixel comprising a plurality of primary colors. The image data sequencing method involves scanning a line of pixels to obtain the data for a primary or secondary color. The pixels within the scan line are subdivided into groups. A storage space is reserved both before and after the address space inside the memory unit for holding the scanned primary or secondary color data so that all the primary or secondary color data constituting a pixel are in a fixed sequence next to each other inside the memory unit. When all the primary or secondary color data of pixels within a group are secured, the group of data is released from the memory unit.
US08427721B2	Device and method for dynamically changing color A lighting system (900) has a light source (920) configured to provide a light, and a controller (930) configured to control hue and saturation of the light to change a color of the light from an initial color to a final color during at least two phases.
US08427706B1	Error diffusion halftoning techniques and configurations Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques and configurations for error diffusion halftoning of an image including receiving a signal that indicates selection of a first implementation or a second implementation of determining a threshold perturbation value for error diffusion halftoning of an image, and determining the threshold perturbation value using a table of programmable values according to the selected one of the first implementation or the second implementation, wherein the second implementation provides fewer threshold perturbation values for a larger region of the image than the first implementation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US08427700B2	Printing system, data processing method, and program for the data processing method A printing system stores image data obtained by scanning a document with scanning setting information set up at the time of the scan of the document, generates print settings for printing the stored image data by changing the default printing setting information set up for every user stored in the user information storing unit with the stored scanning setting information and transmits stored information for specifying the image data and the generated print settings to a browser device.
US08427695B2	Setting of imaging parameters A method for adjusting an imaging parameter includes operating a recording head (16) to form a first set of image features (60A) on a media (17). Image features in the first set are formed while the imaging parameter is set to a first predetermined value. The recording head forms a second set of image features (60B) on the media. Features in the second set are formed while the imaging parameter is set to a second predetermined value different from the first predetermined value. Image features of the first set are interleaved with image features of the second set to form an interleaved pattern of image features on the media. Data (47) from the interleaved pattern is generated and analyzed to determine a quantified value representative of banding in the interleaved pattern. The imaging parameters are adjusted based on the quantified value.
US08427693B2	Image processing apparatus and method Provided is an image processing apparatus configured as follows. A mode specification table in a storage device contains mode specification information obtained by associating a job designated by a user. The mode specification information indicates which of a page mode and a band mode is to be selected when the job is performed. An operation panel detects a first user operation for inputting the job and a second user operation for starting the job. A main controller, using the mode specification information, specifies the mode corresponding to the job designated by the first user operation. A main controller causes a data acquisition circuit to acquire image data upon detection of the second user operation and causes an image processing circuit to perform a data processing according to the specified mode.
US08427685B2	Fax accounts A fax account is described and creates an association between users and documents that are faxed. A fax account allows a user to secure their faxed documents and organize and streamline fax communication via different transports. In at least some embodiments, security is enhanced through the use of an authentication model that authenticates individual users before giving them access to the fax functionality or, more accurately, their fax account. In at least some embodiments, fax accounts also provide users with an infrastructure through which they can manage their documents. In addition, in at least some embodiments, fax accounts can be used to manage and direct received faxes to the intended recipient, thus reducing the possibility of an unintended recipient gaining access to the fax.
US08427674B2	Information processing apparatus with template control of process flow in a print device An information processing apparatus that reflects edited content in a process flow when the process flow has been created based on a template and the template forming the basis of the process flow has been edited. To accomplish this, the information processing apparatus, which executes processes in accordance with process flows, creates a process flow that describes the process content of tasks, based on a process flow template. At this time, the information processing apparatus edits the template used by the process flow when editing of the template is instructed, and changes a portion corresponding to the template of the created process flow into the changed content of the edited template.
US08427673B2	System, device, method and recording medium for transmitting data under transmission conditions Personal address books of users are stored in an address server. Each user registers, with the personal address book of his/her own, conditions (transmission conditions) that should be satisfied when other users transmit image data to the user. The conditions are registered in correspondence with addresses of the other users. When one of the other users transmits (as a transmission source) to the user (as a transmission destination) who has set the transmission conditions, from an MFP, the transmission conditions, which were set by the transmission destination user with respect to the transmitter, are downloaded from the address server to the transmission source MFP. And then the MFP transmits the image data to the transmission destination user under the downloaded transmission conditions. This enables the transmission destination user to cause the image data to be transmitted thereto under such conditions that match the needs of the transmission destination user.
US08427672B2	Image processing device An image processing device includes a document storing unit which stores document information containing scanned images and fax transmission/reception images sent from a plurality of users. A metadata outputting unit generates a metadata of the document information stored by the document storing unit and distributes the metadata. A display format file supplying unit supplies a display conversion file linked to the metadata. A zooming process file supplying unit supplies a zooming process file linked to the metadata. A document information supplying unit reads a document information item, requested at a time of displaying, from the document storing unit and supplies the document information item.
US08427671B2	Image processing apparatus capable of timely notifying user of change in state, control method thereof, and image processing system When a user (4201) requests display of a list of documents in a box, an embedded RSS reader (4210) receives the information. The RSS reader (4210) establishes communication with an HTTP server (212), and transmits an RSS feed acquisition request. The HTTP server (212) sends back an update information feed file stored in an image processing apparatus to the RSS reader (4210) as a response to the HTTP request. The RSS reader (4210) analyzes the acquired feed file, formats an entry which has not been read by the user (4202), and displays the entry on the operation unit of the image processing apparatus. If the user selects the anchor of a link contained in the entry displayed by the RSS reader (4210), the RSS reader (4210) causes an embedded Web browser (211) to format and display a resource specified by a URI.
US08427668B2	Grid job submission using shared network filesystem A method for executing a job using a remote file system that includes obtaining a plurality of job data files by the remote file system, wherein the plurality of job data files are created on the remote file system, detecting a job request for the job in an input directory to obtain a detected job request, wherein the job request is generated by a client, and executing the job based on the job data files and the detected job request, wherein executing the job generates an output file, wherein the remote file system is accessible using a local file system of the client.
US08427657B2	Device for optical imaging, tracking, and position measurement with a scanning MEMS mirror An optical tracking system can include at least one scanning detector having a scanning mirror and one or more fixed photo-detectors located near the scanning mirror. The scanning mirror can be configured to deflect a light beam from a source towards a retroreflective target and the photodetectors are configured to collect a portion of the light beam that is retroreflected from the target. A scanning optical detector apparatus may optionally comprise a substrate, a scanning mirror having at least one portion monolithically integrated into the substrate, and one or more photodetectors monolithically incorporated into the substrate. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the claims' scope or meaning.
US08427650B2	Reconstruction of nonlinear wave propagation Disclosed are systems and methods for characterizing a nonlinear propagation environment by numerically propagating a measured output waveform resulting from a known input waveform. The numerical propagation reconstructs the input waveform, and in the process, the nonlinear environment is characterized. In certain embodiments, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment facilitates determination of an unknown input based on a measured output. Similarly, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment also facilitates formation of a desired output based on a configurable input. In both situations, the input thus characterized and the output thus obtained include features that would normally be lost in linear propagations. Such features can include evanescent waves and peripheral waves, such that an image thus obtained are inherently wide-angle, farfield form of microscopy.
US08427649B2	Range imaging lidar Light scattered by a portion of a fluid medium illuminated by a beam of substantially monochromatic light is received within a field-of-view nominally along an axis oriented in a different direction relative to the beam and processed by an interferometer to generate a corresponding fringe pattern that is detected and processed to generate at least one measure of the fluid medium at a plurality of different ranges.
US08427645B2	Mueller matrix spectroscopy using chiroptic An optical metrology device produces a broadband beam of light that is incident on and reflected by a sample and introduces multiple variations in the polarization state of the beam of light induced by an optical chiral element. Using the detected light, the Muller matrix or partial Mueller matrix for the sample is determined, which is then used to determine a characteristic of the sample. For example, simulated spectra for a Mueller matrix for a model is fit to the measured spectra for the Mueller matrix of the sample by adjusting the parameters of the model until an acceptable fit between the simulated spectra and measured spectra from the Mueller matrices is produced. The varied parameters are then used as the sample parameters of interested, which can be reported, such as by storing in memory or displaying.
US08427644B2	Optical displacement meter An optical displacement meter includes: a spatial filter configured to extract light under measurement of a wavelength focused on a measurement target and to specify the wavelength of the light under measurement; a polarizer configured to divide the light collimated and caused to propagate in one direction into linearly polarized beams in two directions orthogonal to a propagating direction; a wavelength plate that allows passage of the linearly polarized beams to produce elliptically polarized light having a phase difference commensurate with a light wavelength; a polarized light separator configured to divide the elliptically polarized light into polarized light components in the two directions; and a computing circuit configured to perform computation of (A−B)/(A+B) by use of light quantity signals A and B, which respectively correspond to the two polarized light components.
US08427639B2	Surfaced enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates Manufacturing a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) active structure includes exposing a substrate to produce an exposure pattern then etching the substrate based on the exposure pattern to produce a plurality of nanostructure cores having a plurality of sides extending from the substrate. Adjacent nanostructure cores are separated by core gaps. SERS active material is deposited onto the plurality of nanostructure cores producing a structure having gaps suitable for use in a SERS process.
US08427631B2	Exposure apparatus, method of forming patterned layer, method of forming patterned photoresist layer, active device array substrate and patterned layer An exposure apparatus is provided and adapted for exposing a photoresist layer on a layer to form a plurality of strip exposed patterns. The exposure apparatus includes a light source, a lens group and a mask. The lens group is disposed between the photoresist layer and the light source and includes a plurality of strip lens parallel to each other, wherein an overlapping region between any two neighboring strip lens is defined as a lens connecting region, and the other regions excluding the lens connecting regions are defined as lens regions. The mask is disposed between the photoresist layer and the lens group and includes a plurality of shielding patterns, wherein an outline of the shielding patterns corresponds to the strip exposed patterns, each shielding pattern has a strip opening, and an extension direction of the strip openings is substantially parallel to an extension direction of the shielding patterns.
US08427629B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method An immersion lithographic projection apparatus has a liquid confinement structure configured to at least partly confine liquid to a space between a projection system and a substrate, the confinement structure having a buffer surface, when in use, positioned in close proximity to a plane substantially comprising the upper surface of the substrate and of a substrate table holding the substrate, to define a passage having a flow resistance. A recess is provided in the buffer surface, the recess, when in use, being normally full of immersion liquid to enable rapid filling of a gap between the substrate and substrate table as the gap moves under the buffer surface. The recess may be annular or radial and a plurality of recesses may be provided.
US08427628B2	Exposure apparatus, exposure method and device fabricating method An exposure method for exposing a plate with an image of a pattern of a mask comprises: reciprocating the mask along X direction, synchronizing a movement of the mask and a movement of the plate to +X direction, projecting an image of a first pattern of the mask onto the plate as an erected image with respect to +X direction during a first period in which the mask that is reciprocating is moved in +X direction, and projecting an image of a second pattern of the mask onto the plate as an inverted image with respect to +X direction during a second period in which the mask that is reciprocating is moved in −X direction.
US08427625B2	Optical display device manufacturing system and method for manufacturing optical display device Provided are an optical display device manufacturing system and a method for manufacturing an optical display device which can bond optical films to both surfaces of a liquid crystal cell in good condition with a simpler constitution. A first optical film F11 is fed in an orthogonal direction with respect to the width direction from a first material roll R1 formed by winding the first optical film F11 in such a manner that an absorption axis B1 extends in the orthogonal direction, and then the first optical film F11 is cut and bonded to one surface of a liquid crystal cell. A second optical film F21 is fed in an orthogonal direction with respect to the width direction from a second material roll R2 formed by winding the second optical film F21 in such a manner that an absorption axis B2 extends in the width direction, and then the second optical film F21 is cut and bonded to the other surface of the liquid crystal cell. Accordingly, it is possible to bond the first optical film F11 and the second optical film F21 in the crossed nicols relation, without the provision of the mechanism for rotating the liquid crystal cell W or the like.
US08427617B2	Transverse electric field mode liquid crystal display panel capable of preventing bright regions of the circumferences of slit-shaped openings of an upper electrode A liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates which are opposed to each other, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the pair of substrates. One of the pair of substrates is provided with a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines which are arranged in a matrix shape in a display area. Lower electrodes are each formed in each of sub-pixel areas partitioned by the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of signal lines. An insulating film is formed in the display area so as to cover the lower electrodes. Upper electrodes are formed in the display area through the insulating film, and each have a plurality of slits in each of the sub-pixel area, and an alignment film which is formed on the upper electrodes and slit-shaped openings close to the liquid crystal layer.
US08427614B2	Reflective liquid-crystal display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing a reflective liquid-crystal display apparatus is provided. The method includes: forming, over a substrate, a first metal layer and a first insulating layer having an opening and a first through-hole in order; forming a metal portion filled in the opening and a first plug filled in the first through-hole, by forming a metal film over the first insulating layer and planarizing the metal film until the first insulating layer is exposed; forming, over the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a second metal layer having an opening, and a third insulating layer in order; forming, in the second and third insulating layer, a second through-hole that passes through the opening of the second metal layer and exposes an upper face of the first plug; and forming a second plug filled in the second through-hole, and a reflective electrode connected to the second plug.
US08427610B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates provided opposite to each other, a common electrode provided on one of the pair of substrates, and a pixel electrode provided on the other of the pair of substrates. A vertical alignment type liquid crystal is sealed between the pair of substrates. An alignment film is polymerizable upon irradiation of UV, and is obtained by polymerizing substantially the entire alignment film with a voltage applied between the electrodes after the liquid crystal is sealed between the substrates. A pixel region has areas whose electro-optical characteristics are different from each other because of a difference between applied voltages at the time of polymerization.
US08427608B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display is furnished with: a liquid crystal display element having a pair of substrates, to which alignment members are provided to their respective opposing surfaces, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the pair of substrates; an alignment mechanism for providing at least two different director configurations simultaneously on different arbitrary regions used for display in the liquid crystal layer; and a reflection film provided to at least one of the different arbitrary regions showing different director configurations; wherein the different arbitrary regions showing different director configurations are used for a reflection display section for showing reflection display and a transmission display section for showing transmission display, respectively. Examples of the alignment mechanism include an alignment film to which the alignment treatment is applied in different orientations in the reflection display section and transmission display section, respectively, an insulation film having different film thicknesses in the reflection display section and transmission display section, and so forth.
US08427606B2	Liquid crystal display comprising a reflective polarizing layer including a plurality of microfibers each having an anisotropic refractive index and longitudinally extending in the same direction A liquid crystal display includes a light source, a liquid crystal display panel including a pixel having a plurality of a color sub-pixel, and a reflective polarizer disposed between the light source and the liquid crystal display panel to transmit or reflect a light according to a direction in which the light vibrates. The reflective polarizer includes a reflective polarizing layer including a plurality of microfibers which each extend in a same direction with respect to each other, and a protective layer overlapping the reflective polarizing layer. A thickness of the reflective polarizing layer is a function of a pixel size.
US08427599B2	Backlighting system including a specular partial reflector and a circular-mode reflective polarizer In a display backlight (120, 220, 420) a specular partial reflector (250, 450) is placed between a circular-mode reflective polarizer (242, 442) and an illumination device (230, 430). The specular partial reflector (450) recycles otherwise unused polarized light (468L) reflected from the circular-mode reflective polarizer (442) which results in an optimized backlight brightness. The main application of the backlight (120) is in liquid crystal displays (100).
US08427590B2	Laser based display method and system The present invention is directed to display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as light source for illustrating images. In one set of embodiments, the present invention provides projector systems that utilize blue and/or green laser fabricated using gallium nitride containing material. In another set of embodiments, the present invention provides projection systems having digital lighting processing engines illuminated by blue and/or green laser devices. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a 3D display system. There are other embodiments as well.
US08427587B2	Tracking filter and associated calibration device A tracking filter includes a first buffer, an impedance transformer, an inductor, a first capacitive unit, a second capacitive unit and a second buffer. The first buffer has an input terminal for receiving an input signal. The impedance transformer is connected with an output terminal of the first buffer. The inductor is connected with a second terminal of the impedance transformer. The first capacitive unit is interconnected between the impedance transformer and a ground terminal. The second capacitive unit is interconnected between the inductor and the ground terminal. The second buffer is connected with the inductor for generating an output signal. When specified values of the impedance transformer, the first capacitive unit and the second capacitive unit are simultaneously increased, an operating frequency of the output signal is decreased, so that a gain value of the output signal to the input signal is maintained constant.
US08427578B2	Method and system for frame rate adaptation Described herein are a method and system for frame rate adaptation. There may be conditions that require the rate of a video sequence to be dynamically controlled, and a frame interval may be adaptively selected every frame. A frame within the video sequence may contain, for example, a time stamp that is transmitted to a decoder to indicate the change in temporal spacing between frames.
US08427575B2	Image sensing apparatus with exposure controller An image sensing apparatus includes: an image sensor which generates an electrical signal commensurate with an amount of incident light, and has a photoelectric conversion characteristic comprised of a linear characteristic area where the electrical signal is outputted after being linearly converted in relation to the amount of incident light, and a logarithmic characteristic area where the electrical signal is outputted after being logarithmically converted in relation to the amount of incident light; an exposure evaluation value detector which detects an exposure evaluation value based on luminance information acquired from a subject in sensing an image of the subject; and an exposure controller which acquires a setting value for exposure based on the exposure evaluation value detected by the exposure evaluation value detector to control exposure of the image sensing apparatus, wherein the exposure controller determines a subject luminance for exposure setting based on the exposure evaluation value, and controls the exposure in such a manner that an output of the image sensor corresponding to the subject luminance for exposure setting is obtained from the linear characteristic area of the image sensor.
US08427574B2	Camera body and imaging device controlling display based on detected mounting state of lens A camera body (3) comprises a housing (3a), a body mount (4), an imaging sensor (11), a display section (20), a mounting detector (10d), and an image display controller (21). The display section (20) is capable of displaying an image on the basis of an image signal acquired by the imaging sensor (11). The mounting detector (10d) is capable of detecting the mounting state of an interchangeable lens unit (2) with respect to the body mount (4). The image display controller (21) controls the display section (20) so that the mounting state of the display section (20) is switched on the basis of the detection result of the mounting detector (10d).
US08427572B2	Camera head and camera device Provided is a camera head capable of further size reduction. A camera head of a camera device is provided with an imaging unit having three image sensors, a flexible substrate connected to the three image sensors, and a chassis in which the imaging unit is accommodated and on which the flexible substrate is mounted. The three image sensors are provided on the upper face side, the rear face side, and the lower face side of the imaging unit, respectively, and the flexible substrate is arranged on the transverse face side of the imaging unit on which the image sensors are not provided in the chassis.
US08427570B2	Focus position control apparatus and camera A focus position control apparatus includes a lens for forming an image from light from a subject, an imaging element and an imaging controller for performing photoelectric conversion on the subject image, lights having at least two different wavelengths or wavelength bands, on an imaging plane to generate at least a visible-region image signal and an infrared-region image signal, a focus-position movement mechanism for moving the lens in a direction along an optical axis relative to the imaging plane, a focusing state evaluator for evaluating a focusing state in each wavelength or wavelength band based on the generated visible-region image signal and infrared-region image signal, and a movement controller for driving the focus-position movement mechanism based on the evaluation result from the focusing state evaluator.
US08427567B2	Image sensing apparatus and image capturing system An image sensing apparatus comprises a pixel and a driving unit, wherein the driving unit includes a buffer circuit including a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor, and letting V3 be a voltage supplied to a gate of the first NMOS transistor to supply a transfer signal for turning off the transfer MOS transistor to the transfer control line, V4 be a voltage supplied to a gate of the first PMOS transistor to supply a transfer signal for turning on the transfer MOS transistor to the transfer control line, Vthp1 be a threshold voltage of the first PMOS transistor, and Vthn1 be a threshold voltage of the first NMOS transistor, (V2+Vthn1)
US08427552B2	Extending the operational lifetime of a hard-disk drive used in video data storage applications A storage buffer and a hard-disk drive are provided in a video data storage application. The hard-disk drive operates normally in a powered-down state, and video data are stored in the storage buffer during a first time interval. The hard-disk drive is operated in a powered-up state. A portion of the video data stored in the storage buffer is transferred to and stored in the hard-disk drive in the powered-up state during a second time interval that is substantially shorter than the first time interval. The hard-disk drive is returned to the powered-down state. A total hard-disk drive storage time, representing a sum of the second time intervals, spent transferring to and storing a portion of the video data in the hard-disk drive is substantially less than a total buffer storage time, representing a sum of the first time intervals, spent storing the video data in the storage buffer.
US08427547B1	Camera with high-quality still capture during continuous video capture A method for processing a source frame is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating an intermediate frame by digitally processing the source frame, wherein the intermediate frame has an intermediate resolution and has an intermediate color space, (B) generating a video frame by down-sampling the intermediate frame, wherein the video frame has a video resolution lower than the intermediate resolution and has a video color space different than the intermediate color space, (C) generating a video stream by compressing the video frame with a video encoding technique and (D) generating a still picture by formatting the intermediate frame with a picture formatting technique, wherein (i) the still picture has the intermediate resolution and (ii) generating the still picture occurs substantially simultaneously with generating the video stream.
US08427545B2	Method and an apparatus for generating image content A method and a system for generating image content. The method and system allow segments of a panoramic scene, to be generated with reduced distortion. The method and system reduce the amount of distortion by mapping pixel data onto a pseudo camera focal plane which is provided substantially perpendicularly to the focal location of the camera that captured the image. A camera arrangement can implement the method and system.
US08427544B2	Control apparatus, control system, command transmission method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A control apparatus that is connected to at least one image capturing apparatus by wireless communication transmits, by multicast or broadcast via the wireless communication, a command for instructing to start a prescribed operation to each image capturing apparatus, in response to detection of an operation for instructing to start the prescribed operation, and transmits, by unicast via the wireless communication, a command for instructing to end the prescribed operation to each image capturing apparatus, in response to detection of the operation for instructing to end the prescribed operation. Then, the control apparatus confirms a response to transmission of the command for instructing to end the prescribed operation, and retransmits, by unicast, the command to end the prescribed operation to each image capturing apparatus whose response is not confirmed.
US08427538B2	Multiple view and multiple object processing in wide-angle video camera Methods and systems of transmitting a plurality of views from a video camera are disclosed. A multi object processing camera captures a wide-angle field of view in high resolution and a processing circuit executes a plurality of software tasks on a plurality of regions extracted from the wide-angle view. Multiple objects can be processed by the camera to detect various events, and the results of the processing transmitted to a base station. The camera removes the need for mechanical pan, tilt, and zoom apparatus by correcting distortions in the electronic image introduced by the wide-angle optical system and image sensor to electronically emulate the pan, tilt, and zoom movement.
US08427537B2	Optical method and device for detecting the movements of a solid in space The optical method for detecting the orientation of an object in space, the object including a triple of notable and aligned points tied to the said object, whose relative positions are known, the three points defining a first straight line in space, optical detection means making it possible to determine the relative positions in its image plane of the projections of notable points in space, a computer making it possible, by means of the relative positions of the projections in the image plane of the three notable points, and of an identifiable characteristic of an external one of the points of the triples of points, to determine a direction vector of the straight line and of its orientation.
US08427536B2	Orientation determination of a mobile station using side and top view images A mobile station determines its orientation using an image of an object produced by the mobile station and a top view of that object obtained from an online server. The mobile station image is analyzed to identify lines on the object and to determine the direction of the lines with respect to the mobile station. The top view image, which may be a satellite image, is also analyzed to identify lines on the object that correspond to the lines identified in the mobile station image. The direction of the lines in the top view image are compared to the direction of lines in the mobile station image and based on their relative orientation the orientation of the mobile station may be determined. For example, the difference between the preliminary and corrected orientations may be stored as a calibration factor and used to correct subsequent orientation measurements from orientation sensors.
US08427535B2	Personal grooming visual display system A personal grooming apparatus includes a high definition monitor, an overhead bracket providing a canopy above the monitor, one or more cameras supported on the overhead bracket for viewing a user's face, as well as the sides and back of the user's head, and possibly other areas of the user's body. An arrangement of lights supported on the bracket illuminate the various camera views. Controls are provided for independent control of the several lights (e.g., ON/OFF, dimming) the cameras (e.g., camera activation, zoom function, camera view selection), and the monitor. A docking station accommodates a handheld unit. The docking station is provided with a wireless receiver port for communicating with the handheld unit. The handheld unit includes a camera and LED lighting for close-up views that are displayed on the monitor. The handheld unit is adapted for receiving various attachment tools and grooming devices.
US08427532B2	Apparatus and method of displaying the three-dimensional image A three-dimensional image display apparatus displays element images each composed of a set of parallax component images. An exit pupil array is located opposite the display surface. Exit pupils of the array correspond to the respective element images. The horizontal pitch of the exit pupils or an integral multiple of the horizontal pitch is set equal or slightly smaller than an integral multiple of the horizontal pitch of pixels. The parallax component images are oriented in different directions via the exit pupil. Principal beams from the parallax component images via the exit pupils are emitted substantially parallel to one another. The element image contains substantially the same parallax image component in two pixel areas in which two adjacent parallax image components are otherwise displayed. The same parallax image component is oriented in different directions via the corresponding exit pupil.
US08427531B2	Stereoscopic image display apparatus A stereoscopic image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a display device including a display panel including pixels, and an optical plate controlling light rays emitted from pixels; a camera provided in the display device; a face tracking unit making a decision whether a viewer exists in front of the display device based on an image picked up by the camera, and if the viewer exists, sampling and detecting a distance from the display device to the viewer and a position of the viewer; a memory storing the position of the viewer sampled and detected by the face tracking unit; and an image display control unit estimating the position of the viewer based on the position of the viewer stored in the memory and driving and controlling the display panel on based on the estimated position, when the face tracking unit does not recognize that the viewer exists.
US08427528B2	Three-dimensional image display device and three-dimensional image display method It is made possible to provide a three-dimensional image display device by which a viewing zone can be readily adjusted in the parallel-ray one-dimensional IP system, without a decrease in processing speed. A three-dimensional image display device includes: an elemental image display unit that has pixels arranged in a matrix form in a display plane, and displays an elemental image; an optical plate that is placed to face the elemental image display unit, extends straightly in a vertical direction, and controls a light ray from the elemental image display unit, the optical plate having optical apertures arranged at intervals in a horizontal direction; and an image data converting unit that converts image data so as to replace missing image data with a neighboring parallax component in same the elemental image, based on the average width of elemental images in an input image data and the optimum average width of elemental images in a three-dimensional video image to be output.
US08427513B2	Display device, display device drive method, and computer program A display device is provided which includes: a still image detection unit (122) which inputs video signals having linear characteristic and calculates an average value of signal levels of the video signals having linear characteristic per pixel; a storage unit (150) which successively stores the average values calculated by the still image detection unit (122); a still image judging unit (162) which judges whether a still image is displayed on a present screen based on a difference between the average value stored in the storage unit (150) and the last average value; a coefficient calculation unit (164) which calculates coefficients for reducing luminance of an image to be displayed when the still image judging unit (162) has judged that a still image is displayed on the present screen; and a signal level correction unit (128) which multiplies the video signals by the coefficients calculated by the coefficient calculation unit (164).
US08427510B1	Digitizing venue maps A system and methods provide for the automatic and computer-assisted generation of vectorized venue maps for event venues, including the outline, location, and label of each section in the venue, each row within each section, and in some cases, each individual seats in each row.
US08427506B2	Image processing system, storage medium storing image processing program, image processing apparatus and image processing method A first image processing apparatus displays markers on a monitor to thereby make a second image processing apparatus perform a display control of a second object on an imaged image of an LCD while the second image processing apparatus transmits a marker recognizing signal when the display control is performed based on the markers to thereby make the first image processing apparatus perform a display control of a first object on the monitor.
US08427505B2	Geospatial modeling system for images and related methods A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database for storing images of a geographical area and a reference digital surface model (DSM) of the geographical area. The images each have associated with them respective first geolocation data with a first accuracy. The reference DSM may include second geolocation data with a second accuracy being greater than the first accuracy. The geospatial modeling system may further include a processor cooperating with the geospatial model database for generating an initial DSM based upon overlapping portions of the images, and aligning the initial DSM based upon the reference DSM to generate a georeferenced DSM having a third accuracy greater than the first accuracy.
US08427503B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for creating graphical objects with desired physical features for usage in animation An apparatus for modifying one or more physical attributes and properties of a graphical element and transferring these physical attributes and properties to a graphical object for usage in an animation may include a processor and a memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving a selection of a physical attribute(s) among a plurality of physical attributes and adjusting an intensity associated with the selected physical attribute. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to assign the physical attribute to a graphical element(s) and modify one or more physical properties of the graphical element based on the selected physical attribute and the adjusted intensity. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to transfer the modified physical properties of the graphical element to a graphical object. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.
US08427499B2	Display color correcting system A display color-correcting system is provided. Color response values are measured that go into the vertices of polyhedra in a cubic color output space of the display. A set of corresponding values for the display is built from intermediate values determined between the measured color response values. The intermediate values are determined by decomposition and interpolation of interpolation volumes in the cubic color output space. Each of the interpolation volumes is the combined volume of a selected polyhedron within the cubic color output space and a predetermined volume of space between the selected polyhedron and the next polyhedron within the cubic color output space. The set of corresponding values is converted into decoupled RGB adjustment values that specify the RGB signals independently for the display to produce corrected colors. The RGB adjustment values are saved into one or more look-up tables.
US08427487B1	Multiple tile output using interface compression in a raster stage A method and system for interface compression in a raster stage of a graphics processor. The method includes receiving a graphics primitive for rasterization in a raster stage of a graphics processor and rasterizing the graphics primitive at a first level in a coarse raster component to generate a plurality of tiles related to the graphics primitive. The method determines whether a window ID operation is required for the plurality of tiles. If the operation is required, a respective plurality of uncompressed coverage masks for the tiles are output from the coarse raster component to a fine raster component on a one coverage mask per clock cycle basis. If the operation is not required, a compressed coverage mask for the tiles is output in a single clock cycle. The tiles are subsequently rasterized at a second-level in the fine raster component to generate pixels related to the graphics primitive.
US08427481B1	Virtual tour on electronic maps Techniques for providing interactive maps are disclosed. According one aspect, a method for navigating an electronic map comprises: displaying an electronic map in accordance with an inquiry from a user, the electronic map including routes from one point to another point, wherein each of the routes includes one or more hotspots; displaying a navigation of the map with a selected route by the user; alerting the user when a hotspot is being approached; accessing auxiliary data associated with the hotspot when the user selects the hotspot, wherein the auxiliary data is not part of the electronic map being displayed but is obtained from an external source; and subsequently displaying from the auxiliary data an visual effect about the hotspot so that the user understands more about the selected hotspot.
US08427479B2	Systems and methods for determining a location of stations in a print shop A system for determining a location of stations in a cell of a job shop may include a computing device and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for receiving information corresponding to a workflow of a cell in a job shop. The information may include a plurality of print-related functions performable by the cell and an amount of work associated with one or more pairs of print-related functions. The computer-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions for identifying a plurality of stations in the cell, determining a target distance between one or more pairs of stations, generating a visual depiction of the identified stations, automatically applying the visual depiction to a floor plan, and displaying the visual depiction as applied to the floor plan to a user.
US08427477B2	Method and a system for graphic representation of dynamic information The present invention relates to a method and system for graphic representation of dynamic information from a dynamic 2D or 3D object. In particular, the invention relates to a novel method of interpolating dynamic information having values of different signs. The method of the present invention is particularly useful for the graphic representation of dynamic information, in particular flow data which has been acquired with a color-Doppler-method. The method of the invention can be used for representing the flow of liquids, such as blood and is therefore useful for human and animal diagnostics.
US08427457B2	Display driver and built-in-phase-calibration circuit thereof A phase-calibration circuit including a pattern generator, a phase adjuster, a rotate register unit, a detector unit, and an optimization unit is disclosed. The pattern generator generates a clock pattern and a data pattern for a target circuit. The phase adjuster adjusts a phase between a first clock and a first data output from the target circuit according to a control data for outputting a second clock and a second data. The rotate register unit provides the control data to the phase adjuster. The detector unit detects phase relationship between the second clock and the second data for outputting a detection result. The optimization unit records the control data output from the rotate register unit in accordance with the detection result, and selects one of the control data as a calibration control data, and controls the rotate register unit to output the calibration control data to the phase adjuster.
US08427448B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a pixel array and touch sensors, a transparent conductive layer on one substrate of the liquid crystal display panel transmitting display light, a polarizing plate on the transparent conductive layer, a driving voltage supply circuit, and a signal transmitting unit electrically connecting the transparent conductive layer to the driving voltage supply circuit. A portion of the transparent conductive layer is connected to a ground level voltage source. The driving voltage supply circuit generates a driving voltage required to perform light sensing operations of the touch sensors during a touch period based on changes in an amount of surface charge of the transparent conductive layer depending on whether or not the polarizing plate is touched.
US08427447B2	Multi-user input systems and processing techniques for serving multiple users Techniques for providing a common input for multiple users are disclosed. Two separate input detection systems can be provided. One input detection system detects the identity of user while the other detects the location of input for processing. The information provided by the two detection systems is effectively reconciled to determine whether a particular user identified by the first system has provided input in a particular location indicated by the second system. Information can be reconciled, for example, at least partially based on the timing information provided by the two systems (e.g., whether the times indicated by the two systems are within an acceptable range). It will also be appreciated that both input system can be integrated into a single device which can be presented, for example, as multi-user touchscreen. The multi-user touch screen can provide a common input surface to serve numerous applications.
US08427436B2	Touch sensor using capacitance detection and liquid crystal display having the same A touch sensor configured to be disposed in a liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of x-axis read-out lines crossing and insulated from a plurality of y-axis read-out lines and a plurality of sensor units. Each sensor unit includes a reset unit, a capacitance detector, a first output unit, and a second output unit. The reset unit outputs a first reset signal based on a first control signal. The capacitance detector changes the first reset signal based on a variation of a cell gap of the liquid crystal display panel caused by a touch event. The first output unit changes an electric potential of a corresponding x-axis read-out line in response to the first reset signal changed in the capacitance detector. The second output unit changes an electric potential of a corresponding y-axis read-out line in response to the first reset signal changed in the capacitance detector.
US08427434B1	Electronic linear perspective drawing aid An electronic linear perspective drawing tool and system particularly designed to draw and paint linear perspective, utilizing a graphic computer system with a transparent organic light-emitting diode (TOLED) display and a drawing input device, which may preferably be a haptic device or a stylus used in combination with a pressure sensitive touch screen, whereby the TOLED serves as an electronic window and drawing canvas that is interposed between the scene to be drawn and the eye of the artist so that the drawing input device can be used to create an artistic rendering on the electronic canvas or screen overlay.
US08427433B2	Tactile-feedback touch screen A system and method for providing tactile feedback on a touch screen display unit is provided. The tactile feedback unit has a gel layer for deforming discrete surface areas of a touch-screen display; and a tactile feedback controller for controlling the deformation by the gel layer. The tactile feedback unit is overlaid onto a liquid crystal display, OLED display, or other types of touch screen displays. Areas of the gel layer are individually controllable by the tactile feedback controller, such that areas of the gel layer that overlay control elements of a graphical user interface displayed on the touch screen display are activated. Additionally, contact with the touch screen display by a user at an area defined as a control element causes the corresponding area of the gel layer to provide a tactile feedback, such as deformation, vibration, etc.
US08427422B2	Input device and method for protecting input information from exposure An input device and method for protecting input information from exposure, in which the time of input of information is determined using a tactile output to protect the input information from being exposed. The input device for protecting input information from exposure includes a user-input module for receiving predetermined input information from a user, a control module for setting the information inputted in association with a tactile signal among the input information as user-input information, and a tactile-output-generation module for generating and providing the tactile signal to the user-input module under the control of the control module.
US08427421B2	Option menu for use with a computer management system The present invention discloses an option menu for use with a computer management system. In operation, the option menu circuit combines or organizes a plurality of video signals generated by various OSD ICs to provide an option menu that is capable of various modes of operation. The option menu circuit is capable of displaying the option menu alone or in place of a portion of the video received from the selected connected computer. The option menu produced by the option menu circuit provides, inter alia, a list of computers that may be accessed by the computer management system. By utilizing a keyboard and/or cursor control device, a user may select the desired computer from the option menu.
US08427420B2	Electronic book An e-book reader in which destruction of a driver circuit at the time when a flexible panel is handled is inhibited. In addition, an e-book reader having a simplified structure. A plurality of flexible display panels each including a display portion in which display control is performed by a scan line driver circuit and a signal line driver circuit, and a binding portion fastening the plurality of display panels together are included. The signal line driver circuit is provided inside the binding portion, and the scan line driver circuit is provided at the edge of the display panel in a direction perpendicular to the binding portion.
US08427418B2	Liquid crystal display and local dimming control control method thereof A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit including a plurality of light sources, the backlight unit providing light to a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, a backlight driving circuit that individually drives a plurality of previously determined blocks each including the light sources based on a dimming value of each of the blocks, and a local dimming control circuit that calculates a pixel gain value compensating for a luminance reduction resulting from the dimming value of each block and corrects the pixel gain value based on a grayscale saturation level of each block.
US08427417B2	Driver circuit, display device including the driver circuit, and electronic device including the display device A driver circuit where malfunctions in the circuit can be suppressed even when a thin film transistor is changed into an enhancement transistor or a depletion transistor is provided. In a pulse output circuit, a circuit for raising potentials of source terminals of first and second transistors from low power supply potentials is provided between the source terminals of the first and second transistors and a wiring for supplying a low power supply potential. Further, a switch for setting the potentials of the source terminals of the first and second transistors to low power supply potentials is provided. The switch is controlled by a judgment circuit for judging whether the first and second transistors are enhancement transistors or depletion transistors.
US08427414B2	Transflective liquid crystal display with gamma harmonization In a transflective liquid crystal display having a transmission area and the reflection area, the transmissive electrode is connected to a switching element to control the liquid crystal layer in the transmission area, and the reflective electrode is connected to the switching element via a separate capacitor to control the liquid crystal layer in the reflection area. The separate capacitor is used to shift the reflectance in the reflection area toward a higher voltage end in order to avoid the reflectance inversion problem. In addition, an adjustment capacitor is connected between the reflective electrode and a different common line. The adjustment capacitor is used to reduce or eliminate the discrepancy between the gamma curve associated with the transmittance and the gamma curve associated with the reflectance.
US08427413B2	Liquid crystal display device, scan signal drive device, liquid crystal display device drive method, scan signal drive method, and television receiver In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device is disclosed in which a gate driver applies a gate-on pulse so that a second period is longer than a first period. The first period and the second period are defined as follows. Among gate-on pulses applied before the moment of polarity inversion of a data signal, the last end of the gate-on pulse nearest to the moment of the polarity inversion is earlier than the end time of the horizontal period during which the gate-on pulse is applied. The first period starts at the last end of the gate-on pulse and ends at the end time of the horizontal period during which the gate-on pulse is applied. The second period starts at the moment of the polarity inversion and ends at the moment of the application start of the gate-on pulse nearest to the moment of the polarity inversion among the gate-on pulses applied after the polarity inversion. Thus, even when a data signal waveform is not sharp upon polarity inversion, it is possible to suppress display unevenness and perform a high-quality display.
US08427406B2	Organic light emitting display and driving method thereof An organic light emitting display and a method for driving the same is disclosed. A pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels, which receive a plurality of scan signals, a plurality of emission control signals, and a plurality of data signals to display images. A data driver for generating and transferring the plurality of data signals to the pixel portion using video data. A scan driver transfers the plurality of scan signals and the plurality of emission control signals to the pixel portion. An optical sensor controls luminance of the pixel portion according to peripheral (or ambient) light. A current controller limits an electric current flowing through the pixel portion according to a sum of the video data input during a frame when the peripheral light sensed by the optical sensor has luminance equal to or greater than a predetermined value in order to control the luminance.
US08427403B2	Demultiplexer, display apparatus using the same, and display panel thereof A display apparatus includes a data driver outputting a data current as image signals, a plurality of data lines for applying the data currents, and a plurality of pixel circuits coupled to the data lines At least one of the plurality of pixel circuits has a driving circuit outputting a current corresponding to the data current, a demultiplexer demultiplexing the output current of the driving circuit and outputting the output current to at least two output terminals, and at least two light emitting elements coupled to the at output terminals of the demultiplexer, and emitting light corresponding to an inputted current.
US08427396B1	Head mounted display and method of outputting a content using the same in which the same identical content is displayed The present invention relates to a method of outputting a content using a head mounted display (HMD), and more particularly, to a method of outputting a currently displayed content of a digital device to an HMD. The present invention includes performing a pairing with a digital device having at least one display unit configured to display the content, detecting a location state of the paired digital device, and outputting the content displayed on the digital device to the HMD, wherein the location state comprises a first state in which a display unit of the digital device is located within a preset view angle region of the HMD and a second state in which the display unit of the digital device is not located within the view angle region.
US08427388B2	Eight-shaped RF balun Symmetrical eight-shaped balun (BALanced-to-UNbalanced converter) comprising a first and second eye, each eye comprising conducting tracks forming turns. The eyes comprise an equal number of primary turns that form a first conducting path from a first terminal to a second terminal, in which in operation electrical current flows in a first direction in a first eye and in a second direction in a second eye. Moreover, the eyes further comprise an equal number of secondary turns that form a second conducting path from a third terminal to a fourth terminal, in which in operation electrical current flows in a first direction in a first eye and in a second direction in a second eye. The geometrical and electrical middle points of primary and secondary turns are all superposed and further are located in the same plane.
US08427381B2	Laminated glass comprising a fixation device introduced in a porthole for objects In a laminated glass sheet with a fixing device introduced into a through-hole for objects, particularly for antennas, the through-hole is made up of holes of different sizes in two rigid sheets of the lamination, and the fixing device includes at least two parts introduced into the through-hole, pressing against surfaces around the edge of the through-hole, which surfaces are situated one facing the other. The two parts of the fixing device press from both sides against the surfaces around the edge surrounding the smaller hole made in the sheet, in that region of the walls of a smaller hole that exhibits an edge compression stress that is increased by heat treatment by comparison with the remainder of the surface of the sheet.
US08427374B2	Planar antenna and method of manufacturing the same To provide an inexpensive planar antenna of stable quality which has a circuit with low resistance and in which electrical continuity between the antenna and the electronic part such as IC chip is secured, a planar antenna is made to have a circuit pattern comprised of an antenna part and a connecting terminal part on a resin film, wherein the circuit pattern has a metal layer, a conductive layer provided on the top surface of the connecting terminal part of the metal layer, and a protective layer provided on the top surface of the antenna part of the metal layer and on the section from the side surface to a portion of the top surface of the conductive layer.
US08427371B2	RF feed network for modular active aperture electronically steered arrays A feed network for an antenna subarray includes a first feed arrangement having an sum output, a second feed arrangement having an delta output, a fixed attenuator having a first port and a second port, the first port connected to the delta output of the second feed arrangement, a first power divider/combiner having a first and second port and a third port; the first port connected to the second port of the fixed attenuator, a variable phase shifter having a first port and a second port, the first port connected to the second port of the power divider/combiner, a variable attenuator having a first port and a second port, the first port connected to the second port of the variable phase shifter, a second power divider/combiner having a first and second port and a third port; the first port connected to the second port of the fixed attenuator, a first circulator having a first port, a second port and a third port, the first port connected to the sum output of the first feed arrangement, and a third power divider/combiner having a first and second port and a third port; the third port connected to the second port of the circulator and the second port connected to the second port of the variable attenuator.
US08427370B2	Methods and apparatus for multiple beam aperture Methods and apparatus for an electrically steered array including a phased array aperture having a plurality of elements at a selected spacing, the aperture to provide up to four simultaneous, independent beam sets, wherein the elements are controlled by a single complex weight.
US08427368B1	Amplitude calibration with pointing correction Gain measurements of one or more calibration signals communicated by one or more calibration stations and retransmitted by one or more satellite elements may be obtained. One or more weights indicating confidence in the gain measurements for the one or more satellite elements may be computed. A geodetic radiation gain pattern of a satellite element that is a function of a roll, a pitch, and a yaw of a satellite may be accessed. Partial derivatives of the geodetic radiation pattern may be computed with respect to roll, pitch and yaw at one or more points in the first geodetic radiation pattern corresponding to one or more geographic locations. A cost function may be generated and one or more unknown variables may be computed by reducing the cost function. A satellite pointing error may be determined using the computed variable values and the pointing error may be stored.
US08427358B1	Mitigating illumination gradients in a SAR image based on the image data and antenna beam pattern Illumination gradients in a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of a target can be mitigated by determining a correction for pixel values associated with the SAR image. This correction is determined based on information indicative of a beam pattern used by a SAR antenna apparatus to illuminate the target, and also based on the pixel values associated with the SAR image. The correction is applied to the pixel values associated with the SAR image to produce corrected pixel values that define a corrected SAR image.
US08427356B1	Automatic determination and retrieval of a favorite channel A remote control device tracks the Likely Current Channel (LCC) to which an associated controlled electronic consumer device is tuned. The remote determines an amount of time that the LCC remains unchanged. Based at least in part on this amount of time, the remote determines whether the LCC should be stored as a Favorite Channel (FC). When the user subsequently presses a favorite key on the remote, the remote uses a codeset and the stored FC information to output a transmitter operational signal. The operation signal carries the FC number such that the electronic consumer device is commanded to tune to the FC. Automatic detection, storage, and ranking of FCs eliminates the need for complex user programming of the remote. Because the ranking of FCs is automatically updated over time, changing user preferences are automatically accommodated without manual intervention, resulting in an effortless user interface.
US08427346B2	Adaptive compression Technology for adaptive compression is described (“the technology”). The technology may identify two or more partitions of a data stream; optionally pre-process data in each partition; create one or more evaluation functions to evaluate a suitability for compression of the data in each partition using a set of potential compression methods; process the created one or more evaluation functions; choose a subset of the set of potential compression methods for each segment at least partly by analyzing the evaluation functions; select a compression method for each segment based on a compression ratio of compressing the sequence of used compression methods and a compression rate of the data; compress the data in each partition using the selected compression method for the partition; compress a subsequence that indicates which compression method is used for each segment.
US08427344B2	System and method for recalling media Paper-based playback of media can be performed by electronically recording handwritten notes including pen strokes using a digital pen on a position-coded paper. A plurality of bounding areas is identified, e.g. by generating bounding areas around the pen strokes as they are developed. Each bounding box is provided with a time stamp which indexes a media file, which was recorded simultaneously with the handwritten notes. By placing the digital pen close to a handwritten note on the paper, the part of the media that was recorded when the specific note was written can be recalled. More specifically, the bounding box corresponding to the position of the digital pen is identified and the associated time stamp is used to find the media to recall. This paper-based playback of media can be performed in e.g. a stand-alone device or by a combination of a digital pen and a mobile phone.
US08427341B2	System and method for providing road information in advance A system for providing a vehicle and/or the driver in advance with road information, the system including at least one message disposed at any point along the road, the message including information of at least one characteristic of an upcoming section of the road, at least one sensor mounted on the vehicle for reading the message, and a device coupled to the sensor for processing the message and providing the information to the vehicle and/or the driver in advance of the vehicle reaching that section of the road.
US08427340B2	Multi-mode safety system for spotter-assisted vehicle maneuvering Apparatus and associated methods involve a handheld illuminated module to communicate safety information from a spotter to a driver during a vehicle maneuver. In an illustrative example, the spotter operates the module at a position from which to monitor a region in the vehicle's path. The spotter communicates to the driver that the path is clear by depressing a switch on the module. When depressed, the module switch indicates a “safe” mode that (1) illuminates the module, for example, with a green color, and (2) communicates to a vehicle safety module (VSM) on-board the vehicle. In response to the message, the VSM may transition from a warning mode to a safe mode and emit corresponding visual and/or audio signals to the driver. If the spotter releases the switch, the module illumination changes, and the VSM reverts to warning mode in which it prompts the driver to stop the vehicle.
US08427336B2	Monitoring of undesirable fluid ingress into subsea control modules A subsea control module has a casing (1) inside which there is at least one pair of electrodes, there being electronic means (26-33) connected with the electrodes of the or each pair for monitoring at least one electrical characteristic between the electrodes as a result of a fluid to which the electrodes are exposed, the or each pair of electrodes comprising an array (19) in which each electrode of the pair has finger portions interleaved with finger portions of the other electrode.
US08427324B2	Method and system for detecting a fallen person using a range imaging device A method and system for detecting a fallen person is described. An initial range image corresponding to a field of view of a DAS is generated. Further, a reference plane disposed in the field of view is identified. Additionally, one or more regions in the initial range image indicative of one or more objects disposed above the reference plane in the field of view are determined. Further, the DAS regenerates a range image corresponding to the field of view after a determined time period. The regenerated range image is compared with the initial range image to determine if the regenerated range image comprises a new object disposed above the reference plane. The new object is determined to be the fallen person if a height of the new object is less than a determined height and a volume and/or a surface area of the new object is greater than a determined value.
US08427311B2	Lighting device and method for producing sequential lighting stimuli The invention provides a lighting device (1) comprising one or more light sources (10) arranged to generate light, an accommodating device (5) having an external boundary (2) which is at least partly translucent and is arranged to accommodate the one or more light sources and a controller (40). The lighting device can generate two types of light. One or more lighting parameters selected from the group consisting of the first luminous intensity of the first type of light, the second luminous intensity of the second type of light, the color point of the first type of light and the color point of the second type of light can be controlled. This allows task lighting and atmosphere lighting. The invention is also directed to a method of providing a wake-up stimulus by means of such a lighting device.
US08427306B2	Article management system The present invention is an article management system using a central management device with an interrogator and an alarm portion. Because the central management device and a central response device worn by a user of the system are provided separately, loss of the central management device can be prevented. The central response device is worn by a user. The central response device communicates with the central management device wirelessly and includes a detector that detects when the communication distance reaches or exceeds a given value and an alarm portion that notifies the user of this. The central management device communicates wirelessly with one or more articles in which a response device is installed.
US08427305B2	Global positioning satellite [GPS] based recovery device and risk management system for portable computing devices and data A device and software utilizing Global Positioning Satellite [GPS] technologies for monitoring and recovering portable computing devices and, a method and system for acquiring such devices and for compensating owners of devices. The invention inserts a GPS mechanism into a computing device that is enabled once the device is reported missing. The GPS emits real time tracking of missing devices that may be coordinated with security agencies to intercept and recover missing computing devices. When a stolen device is unrecoverable, the invention may receive a signal to initiate data recovery where a wireless network is available to recover data for the owner. Alternatively, the GPS mechanism instructs the device to destroy stored data files to prevent commercial espionage or privacy violations. The invention discloses a software system and method for computing a purchase price of the GPS mechanism, computing compensation for loss of the device and lost data.
US08427303B1	System and method for providing media content having attributes matching a user's stated preference A location-based and preference-based system and method for matching media content about persons, places and things with the expressed preferences of mobile users to notify users about and provide users with access to media content about persons, places and things that match the user's expressed preferences. The system thus provides information such as stories or articles that match the user's interests and relate to their location. The system may assign ranks to all of the media content that meets that user's preferences wherein, in one embodiment, it will automatically play them in the assigned order. Comparison of the user's preferences with the various profiles of the media content allows the user only to be informed of the media content for those persons, places or things that the user is likely to be interested in. The system and method thus provides for a mobile real-time point of interest exchange network.
US08427298B2	Method and apparatus for providing dynamic multi-stage amplification in a medical device Methods and apparatus for providing multi-stage signal amplification in a medical telemetry system are provided.
US08427296B2	Method and apparatus for determining the relative positions of connectors In an embodiment, a system includes a plurality of ports and a proximity detection circuit to detect the presence of a connector relative to at least one port of the plurality of ports, prior to engagement of the connector with the port. Alternatives include a position sensor to determine the general distance of the connector from the port, and an orientation sensor to determine the orientation of the connector relative to the port. The system further includes a signal generator to provide at least one user-detectable signal representative of one or more of the proximity, position and orientation of the connector relative to the port to assist a user in engaging the connector with the port.
US08427283B2	Remotely controllable receptacle system and managing method for operating the same A remotely controllable receptacle system is disclosed. The remotely controllable receptacle system includes a remote control device for emitting a first request signal and a searching signal, and a plurality of receptacle devices for emitting a first reply signal according to the first request signal. The remote control device determines whether the first reply signal is received and the receptacle device emitting the first reply signal is classified as the vicinity receptacle device and the receptacle device not emitting the first reply signal is classified as the missing receptacle device. The vicinity receptacle device is configured to emit a second request signal according to the searching signal and determine whether the missing receptacle device emits a second reply signal according to the second request signal before a mutual communication between the remote control device and the missing receptacle device via the vicinity receptacle device is established.
US08427280B2	Semiconductor device In a case where an ASK method is used for a communication method between a semiconductor device and a reader/writer, the amplitude of a radio signal is changed by data transmitted from the semiconductor device to the reader/writer when data is not transmitted from the reader/writer to the semiconductor device. Therefore, in some cases, the semiconductor device mistakes data transmitted from the semiconductor device itself for data transmitted from the reader/writer to the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes an antenna circuit, a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, and an arithmetic processing circuit. The antenna circuit transmits and receives a radio signal. The transmission circuit outputs to the reception circuit a signal showing whether or not the antenna circuit is transmitting the radio signal.
US08427277B2	Remote control system configured for use with automobile remote keyless entry A device remote control system configured for use with an automobile remote keyless entry is disclosed herein. The device is specifically configured for use in association with a remote keyless entry key fob. The key fob is operable to transmit at least one automobile instruction signal, such as a door lock signal, door unlock signal, trunk release signal, or other automobile instruction signal. The device comprises a receiver, a processor, and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive the automobile instruction signal transmitted by the key fob and deliver the signal to the processor. The processor analyzes the signal and determines whether it is an appropriate signal indicating that a device such as a garage door should be opened or closed. The transmitter is configured to transmit a device operation signal in response to the processor when the processor indicates that the device should be operated.
US08427276B2	Apparatus for automatically initiating sequence of vehicle functions An apparatus for automatically initiating a plurality of vehicle functions is disclosed. The apparatus includes a mobile unit and a detection device operable to automatically detect whether the mobile unit is within a first zone. The detection device is further operable to automatically detect whether the mobile unit is within a second zone. The first zone and the second zone are outside the vehicle, and the first zone encompasses the second zone. The apparatus further includes a controller that is operable to initiate a first vehicle function when the detection device detects that the mobile unit is within the first zone. The controller is also operable to initiate a second vehicle function when the detection device detects that the mobile unit is within the second zone.
US08427271B2	Reactor part A reactor part includes at least a winding and a magnetic substance core, in which the core includes a pair of winding portions around each the winding is wound, and a non-winding portion around which no winding is wound, wherein a cross-sectional area in a direction orthogonal to a magnetic path of the non-winding portion of the core is made smaller than a cross-sectional area in a direction orthogonal to a magnetic path of the each of winding portions.
US08427253B2	Nonreciprocal device According to one embodiment, a nonreciprocal device includes a first component portion serving a circulator and a second component portion serving a circulator. The first component portion includes: a first carrier; a first Y junction-shaped line including three branch lines; first, second and third lines respectively connected to the three branch lines of the first Y junction-shaped line; and fourth and fifth lines. The second component portion includes: a second carrier plate provided on a back surface of the first carrier plate; a second Y junction-shaped line including three branch lines; sixth, seventh and eighth lines respectively connected to the three branch lines of the second Y junction-shaped line, one of the sixth, seventh and eighth lines being connected to one of the first, second and third lines, the other two of the sixth, seventh and eighth lines being respectively connected to the fourth and fifth lines.
US08427250B2	Piezoelectric vibrator manufacturing method, piezoelectric vibrator, oscillator, electronic device, and radio-controlled timepiece The piezoelectric vibrator includes: a package in which a first substrate and a second substrate are superimposed so as to form a cavity therebetween; outer electrodes which are formed on an outer surface of the first substrate; inner electrodes which are formed on the first substrate so as to be accommodated in the cavity; penetration electrodes which are formed so as to penetrate through the first substrate so that the outer electrodes and the inner electrodes are electrically connected; and a piezoelectric vibrating reed which is sealed in the cavity and electrically connected to the inner electrodes at the inner side of the cavity. The first substrate and the second substrate are bonded by a bonding film that is formed of a low-melting-point glass, and the bonding film is heated to a predetermined bonding temperature when the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together, and is formed by being heated to a temperature higher than the bonding temperature before the bonding is performed.
US08427247B2	Oscillators and methods of operating the same An oscillator includes: a plurality of free layers and a non-magnetic layer disposed between the plurality of free layers. Each of the plurality of free layers has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy or in-plane magnetic anisotropy. Magnetization directions of the free layers are periodically switched such that a signal within a given frequency band oscillates.
US08427243B2	Signal generating circuit and signal generating method A signal generating circuit includes: an operating circuit arranged to generate a first control signal according to a reference clock signal and a feedback oscillating signal; a controllable oscillator arranged to generate an output oscillating signal according to the first control signal and a second control signal; a feedback circuit arranged to generate the feedback oscillating signal according to the output oscillating signal and a third control signal; a control circuit arranged to generate the second control signal and the third control signal according to an input signal; and a calibrating circuit arranged to calibrate the control circuit to adjust the second control signal by detecting a phase difference between the reference clock signal and the feedback oscillating signal.
US08427239B2	Apparatus and method for low noise amplification Embodiments provide an amplifier and a method for using and manufacturing said amplifier that incorporate an impedance matching stage, a feedback circuit, and a gain stage. The impedance matching stage is coupled to the feedback circuit wherein the feedback circuit provides a compensated operating voltage for the impedance matching stage. The output of the impedance matching stage is used to set an input bias voltage for both the impedance matching stage and the gain stage. The output of the impedance matching stage is also used, together with the output of the gain stage, to produce an output of the amplifier.
US08427237B2	Common-mode feedback circuit A differential amplifier circuit with common-mode feedback is disclosed. The amplifier may include a first stage comprising a first differential input configured to drive a first differential pair transistor in a first differential current path, a second differential input configured to drive a second differential pair transistor in a second differential current path, a first differential output, and a second differential output, a second stage comprising a first differential input, a second differential input, a first differential output, and a second differential output, a common-mode feedback circuit, a first conducting element in a first common-mode current path parallel to the first differential current path and comprising a first conducting terminal coupled to the first differential output of the first stage, and a second conducting element in a second common-mode current path parallel to the second differential current path and comprising a first conducting terminal coupled to the second differential output of the first stage.
US08427231B2	Amplifying device and amplifying method An amplifying device includes a signal separating unit that separates a first signal and a second signal from an input signal; a first signal-generating unit that generates, based on the first signal, a first cancelling signal that suppresses ringing caused during processing of the first signal; a first combining unit that combines the first signal and the first cancelling signal; a first amplifying unit that amplifies a signal output from the first combining unit; a second signal-generating unit that generates, based on the second signal, a second cancelling signal that suppresses ringing caused during processing of the second signal; a second combining unit that combines the second signal and the second cancelling signal; a second amplifying unit that amplifies a signal output from the second combining unit; and a third combining unit that combines a signal output from the first amplifying unit and one output from the second amplifying unit.
US08427228B2	System including adaptive power rails and related method According to one disclosed embodiment, an adaptive voltage rail circuit for integrating low voltage devices with high voltage analog circuits is described. This adaptive voltage rail circuit includes a high voltage analog circuit having a common mode voltage. Further included is a first voltage rail having a first rail voltage which is based on and greater than the common mode voltage of the high voltage analog circuit. A second voltage rail having a second rail voltage which is based on and less than the same common mode voltage is also present. By connecting these first and second voltage rails across at least one low voltage device, an adaptive voltage rail circuit is able to safely integrate low voltage devices with high voltage analog circuits in the same system.
US08427224B2	On-chip active decoupling capacitors for regulating voltage of an integrated circuit On-chip active decoupling capacitors for regulating the voltage of an integrated circuit include a reference voltage generator, a latch-based comparator and switched DECAPs. The latched-based comparator is for comparing a reference voltage generated by the reference voltage generator and a supply voltage of the integrated circuit and outputting a comparison result. The switched DECAPs includes at least two capacitors and a plurality of switches, and coupling the at least two capacitors into a parallel configuration to sink current or a series configuration to source current based on the comparison result output by the latch-based comparator. The aforementioned on-chip active decoupling capacitors not only have lower power consumption, but also larger detection range.
US08427215B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit including: a first data hold circuit configured to hold an input signal from a first input terminal; a second data hold circuit configured to hold the input signal from the first input terminal and an input signal from a second input terminal; a gate circuit configured to input an output signal of the first data hold circuit and an output signal of the second data hold circuit and to output a signal corresponding to the output signals of the first and second data hold circuits when the output signals of the first and second data hold circuits are the same as each other; and a third data hold circuit configured to hold the output signal of either the gate circuit or the second data hold circuit, and outputs the output signal to an output terminal.
US08427214B2	Clock state independent retention master-slave flip-flop A master-slave flip-flop circuit is provided with a retention capability to support operation in both a normal mode and a retention mode. During the retention mode the retention circuitry drives the output signal via either a first path 16 or a second path 22, 24, 4, 10 in dependence upon the phase of the clock signal. During both phases of the clock signal the output signal is driven in a well defined state to reflect the signal stored within the retention circuitry. There is thus provided a clock independent retention master-slave flip-flop circuit. Both high density and high speed variants of the flip-flop circuit may use the technique.
US08427213B2	Robust time borrowing pulse latches Configurable time-borrowing flip-flops may be based on configurable pulse generation circuitry and pulse latches. The circuitry may use a self-timed architecture that controls the width of clock pulses that are generated so that the pulse latches that are controlled by the clock pulses exhibit a reduced risk of race through conditions. Latch circuitry may be provided that is based on a pulse latch and an additional latch connected in series with the pulse latch. In situations in which there is a potential for race through conditions on an integrated circuit, the additional latch may be switched into use to convert the latch circuitry into an edge-triggered flip flop. Clock trees may be provide with configurable shorting structures that help to reduce clock skew. Low-contention clock drivers may drive signals onto the clock tree paths.
US08427212B2	Pulse width modulated signal generation method and apparatus Various embodiments associated with methods, apparatuses and systems, digital pulse width modulator (DPWM) comprising a counter logic, including a bitwise negator, and a delay-locked loop (DLL), are disclosed herein. The embodiments may potentially have a shorter processing delay, smaller footprint and/or less power consumption. Other embodiments be also be disclosed or claimed.
US08427208B2	Phase interpolator and semiconductor circuit device A first mixer generates a first and a second clock signal having a phase opposite to that of the first clock signal. A second mixer generates a third clock signal having a phase lead angle of 90 degrees with respect to the first clock signal and a fourth clock signal having a phase opposite to that of the third clock signal. An ADC generates a digital signal from a signal that is generated on the basis of a composite signal of a voltage signal formed on the basis of the exclusive OR of the first and the third clock signal and a voltage signal formed on the basis of the exclusive OR of the second and the fourth clock signal. An adder adds the digital signal to the first control signal to generate the second control signal and supplies the second control signal to the second mixer.
US08427195B1	Digital signal generator and automatic test equipment having the same A digital signal generator includes an input unit configured to receive signal information of a target data signal, a controller configured to calculate at least two delay values and at least two data values, the at least two delay values and the at least two data values being used to generate a data signal corresponding to the signal information input through the input unit, a multi-phase clock generator configured to delay a reference clock signal based on the at least two delay values to generate at least two clock signals having different phases, a signal generator configured to generate at least two data signals by assigning the at least two data values to the at least two clock signals, and a logic gate unit configured to generate the data signal corresponding to the signal information input through the input unit based on the at least two data signals.
US08427186B2	Probe element having a substantially zero stiffness and applications thereof A microelectronic probe element can include a base, a tip, and a spring assembly coupled between the tip and the base. The spring assembly can include a first spring and a second spring, wherein the first spring has a negative stiffness over a predefined displacement range and the second spring has a positive stiffness over the predefined displacement range. The first spring and second spring can be coupled so that the negative stiffness and positive stiffness substantially cancel to produce a net stiffness of the tip relative to the base over the predefined displacement range.
US08427182B2	Test apparatus and power supply apparatus Provided is a test apparatus that tests a device under test, comprising a plurality of capacitors that are each charged to a predetermined voltage; a switching section that switches which of the capacitors charged to a predetermined voltage supplies power to the device under test; and a judging section that judges acceptability of the device under test based on an operational result of the device under test. Also provided is a test apparatus that selects one of a plurality of capacitors and a corresponding one of a plurality of power supply units, according to content of a test performed after a test that uses another of the capacitors to supply power to the device under test.
US08427181B2	Floating front-end amplifier and one-wire measuring devices A follower amplifier with power supply biased by a controlled voltage source such that the power supply potentials are, for the frequencies of interest, as close as possible to the potential of the follower output. There is proposed a front-end electronic circuit for biopotential and impedance measurements with outstanding performances (very high input impedance and gain very close to unity). Preferably, the explicit guard electrode and the explicit electronic unit at the belt are no longer necessary; all electronics is embedded in units placed directly at the measurement sites. Moreover, the proposed front-end electronic circuit allows a drastic simplification of the cabling and connectors since all units are connected to only one wire (the theoretical minimum) for potential reference and current return. Preferably, this wire does not even require an electrical isolation and can be easily embedded in the textile of a shirt, in a garment, mesh, belt, etc.
US08427170B2	Drive circuit array substrate and production and test methods thereof A drive circuit array substrate allowing for tests without mounting any driver ICs and without using expensive panel contact jigs and production and test methods thereof are provided. A data voltage application circuit, data selection circuit, gate selection circuit, and anode driver connected to a display pixel forming zone are formed on a drive circuit array substrate. The data voltage application circuit, data selection circuit, gate selection circuit, and anode driver allows for lighting test and aging test of the light emitting elements in the display pixel forming zone and measurement of transistor characteristics without mounting any driver ICs and without using expensive panel contract jigs.
US08427168B2	Plasma monitoring method A plasma monitoring method measures in-situ a resistance of and a current flowing in a side wall. A monitoring system has two sensors in a plasma chamber, each having upper and lower electrodes. An external resistance element is connected only to one of the two sensors, in parallel to the wires extending from the upper and lower electrodes of the sensor concerned. Consequently, a resistance between the upper and lower electrodes is different in the two sensors, and two different values of potential difference between the upper and lower electrodes are obtained in-situ. Because a resistance value of the external resistance element is known, a resistance value of a side wall of a contact hole per one contact hole is obtained in-situ, and consequently an electric current flowing in the side wall of the contact hole per one contact hole can be obtained.
US08427161B2	Method and apparatus for generating hyperpolarized materials Methods and apparatuses for generating hyperpolarized materials are disclosed. In one embodiment, a flexible fluid path is provided for use in a polarizer system. In a further embodiment, a polarizer system is provided with an electromechanical assembly for controlling the movement of a fluid path, when present, within a sample path of the polarizer system. In a further embodiment, a polarizer system is provided having a sample path entry point at a convenient height for use by a user standing on the ground.
US08427156B2	Systems and methods for image reconstruction of sensitivity encoded MRI data Methods and systems in a parallel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system utilize sensitivity-encoded MRI data acquired from multiple receiver coils together with spatially dependent receiver coil sensitivities to generate MRI images. The acquired MRI data forms a reduced MRI data set that is undersampled in at least a phase-encoding direction in a frequency domain. The acquired MRI data and auto-calibration signal data are used to determine reconstruction coefficients for each receiver coil using a weighted or a robust least squares method. The reconstruction coefficients vary spatially with respect to at least the spatial coordinate that is orthogonal to the undersampled, phase-encoding direction(s) (e.g., a frequency encoding direction). Values for unacquired MRI data are determined by linearly combining the reconstruction coefficients with the acquired MRI data within neighborhoods in the frequency domain that depend on imaging geometry, coil sensitivity characteristics, and the undersampling factor of the acquired MRI data. An MRI image is determined from the reconstructed unacquired data and the acquired MRI data.
US08427155B2	Method and device to control a workflow of an MR measurement in a magnetic resonance system In a method and a device to control a workflow of an MR measurement in a magnetic resonance system, MR signals from multiple slices of a predetermined volume segment of an examination subject are acquired, multiple slices with a continuous table feed. In the MR measurement, one of these multiple slices in the active volume of the magnetic resonance system is repeatedly measured in succession at different measurement positions Pi in an order corresponding to the index of the measurement positions Pi. The measurement positions Pi are determined via the following Equation, starting from a largely arbitrary first measurement position P1 selected in the active volume of the magnetic resonance system: P i = P i - 1 + d × ( ± c - 1 + c c + e × ( 1 - TR - TB TR ) ) , ⁢ ⁢ ⁢ for ⁢ ⁢ i = 2 , … ⁢ , c + e , wherein d is a slice interval, c is a natural number greater than 1 and e is a whole number that is not greater than c and not less than 0. The number of measurement positions Pi in the active volume results from the sum of c and e. TB indicates a time period from the beginning of an excitation at one measurement position to the beginning of a chronologically next excitation at a measurement position nearest the measurement position. TR is a middle time period from the beginning of one excitation of a slice to the beginning of a chronologically next excitation of an additional slice and “±” means “+” if an excitation order follows a direction of the table displacement, and otherwise is “−”.
US08427148B2	System for combining magnetic resonance imaging with particle-based radiation systems for image guided radiation therapy A hybrid MRI-particle-based therapy system can include as components both a particle radiation therapy system configured to apply a charged particle beam to a region of application in a predetermined direction and also a MRI system including a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field in an imaging volume which includes the region of application at the same time that the charged particle beam is applied. The MRI system can be configured with two torroidal magnets or a magnet having apertures to provide access to the region of application for the charged particle beam, and to provide a homogeneous magnetic field in the region of application of the charged particle beam. The particle beam can be positioned to pass through a relatively low-strength portion of the main magnetic B0 field of the MRI system. Related methods of image-guided therapy are also provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.
US08427145B2	System and method for emulating nuclear magnetic resonance well logging tool diffusion editing measurements on a bench-top nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer for laboratory-scale rock core analysis A laboratory NMR methodology (and corresponding laboratory apparatus) defines a sample volume. The method stores downhole tool data corresponding to a hydrocarbon-bearing sample collected from a given subsurface formation. The downhole tool data includes parameters pertaining to magnetic fields used by a downhole tool during a suite of NMR measurements of the given subsurface formation. The sample is positioned in the sample volume of the laboratory apparatus, which applies a static magnetic field in the sample volume. Furthermore, the laboratory apparatus applies a suite of NMR measurements to the sample volume to thereby determine a property of the sample. The NMR measurements of the suite each include a pulse sequence of oscillating magnetic field in conjunction with a pulsed-mode gradient field. The pulsed-mode gradient field is based on the stored downhole tool data corresponding to the sample. A laboratory NMR methodology for optimizing downhole NMR measurements is also described.
US08427140B2	Hall sensor Provided is a highly-sensitive Hall element capable of eliminating an offset voltage without increasing the chip size. The Hall element includes: a Hall sensing portion having a shape of a cross and four convex portions; Hall voltage output terminals which are arranged at the centers of the front edges of the four convex portions, respectively; and control current input terminals which are arranged on side surfaces of each of the convex portions independently of the Hall voltage output terminals. In this case, the Hall voltage output terminal has a small width and the control current input terminal has a large width.
US08427134B2	Current detection printed board, voltage detection printed board, current/voltage detection printed board, current/voltage detector, current detector and voltage detector A current detection printed board includes: a board having a penetration hole that penetrates the board; and at least one wire that is formed in a coiled shape having both ends by penetrating the board along the periphery of the penetration hole and alternately connecting a front surface layer and a rear surface layer of the board, wherein, when a conductor, in which an AC current flows, is disposed to pass through the inside of the penetration hole, a current flowing in the wire is output through electromagnetic induction.
US08427130B2	Methods and apparatuses for combined frequency compensation and soft start processes Soft start circuits for a switching power converter include an amplifier configured to operate from a common bias node and amplify a difference between a positive input and a negative input to generate an amplifier output. A soft start bias circuit supplies a soft start bias current during a soft start process for the switching power converter. An operational bias circuit supplies an operational bias current after the soft start process. In some embodiments, a capacitor is operably coupled to the amplifier output and is configured to provide a frequency compensation for the switching power converter and a charging ramp for the soft start process. In some embodiments, the soft start circuit is configured such that the soft start bias current is at least an order of magnitude smaller than the operational bias current and limits a current that the amplifier can during the soft start process.
US08427125B2	Window comparator with accurate levels for use in DC-DC converters The present invention relates to a improved feedback circuit for generating a quantized control signal representing the relation of a signal to be controlled relative to predetermined limits of at least one error signal window, the circuit comprising signal detecting means, a detected signal connected to error amplifying means for amplifying the error between the detected signal and a first reference signal, the output error signal of the error amplifying means connected to at least a first comparator means and second comparator means each configured to compare the error signal with one of the upper limit and lower limit of the at least one error signal window. The invention provides a circuit and method by which only one accurate comparator is needed and for the error windows only simple, inaccurate comparators can be used. Thus, accuracy of the distance between the defined error window levels is much more fixed because it is primary determined by mismatch of resistors and not by the offset of the used comparators. Further, the capacitive load on the feedback node is smaller, which leads to a better response time. Furthermore, the current consumption is considerably less. Moreover, the circuit will be smaller. Finally, yet importantly, the overall offset of the output voltage is comparable to the offset in the standard solution.
US08427120B1	Coupled inductor output filter The present invention is directed to a coupled inductor output filter to be used with DC/DC switched mode power supply topologies. This new output filter changes the inherent power sharing capability of most DC/DC converter topologies, enabling the overall converter to operate as a truly modular block with no inter-module communication required to accomplish power/current sharing on a multi-module configuration. The coupled-inductor output filter uses a split inductor, Lout1 and Lout2, a main output capacitor, Cout, and a DC blocking capacitor, CDC Block.
US08427113B2	Voltage converter with combined buck converter and capacitive voltage divider A voltage converter including a buck converter and a capacitive voltage divider. The converter includes four capacitors, a switch circuit, an inductor and a controller. A first capacitor is coupled between a reference node and a first output node which develops a first output voltage. A second capacitor is coupled between an input node and either the reference node or the first output node. The switch circuit couples a third capacitor between the reference and first output nodes in a first state of a PWM signal, and couples the third capacitor between the first output and input nodes in a second PWM signal state. The inductor is coupled to the third capacitor and provides a second output node coupled to the fourth capacitor providing a second output voltage. The controller controls the duty cycle of the PWM signal to regulate the second output voltage to a predetermined level.
US08427105B2	System and method for equalizing a battery pack during a battery pack charging process A system and method for equalizing a battery pack during a battery pack charging process in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is provided. The method includes receiving total capacity estimates for all battery cells in the battery pack, and receiving state-of-charge estimates for all battery cells in the battery pack. The method further includes computing an equalization metric for all battery cells in the battery pack. The method further includes determining an equalization action for all battery cells in the battery pack, and initiating that equalization action. The method further includes executing a battery pack charging step.
US08427097B2	Hybrid electrical power source An embodiment of the present invention includes first and second electrical energy sources configured to supply current to an output, and a controller configured to receive a signal indicative of the current being drawn at the output, to compare the output current with a reference current level, and to regulate the voltage provided by the one of the first or second electrical energy sources such that: when the output current is lower than or equal to the reference current level, the first energy source supplies current equal to the output current; and, when the output current exceeds the reference current level, the first energy source supplies current equal to the reference current level and the second energy source supplies the remaining current required by the load.
US08427092B2	High voltage DC electric power generating system with permanent magnet generator protection A permanent magnet generator system provides protection from fault conditions. The system includes a permanent magnet generator having a first, second, and third winding wherein each winding has a first end and a second end. During the normal mode of operation, the first ends of the windings are shorted to a first neutral point and alternating current (AC) voltage developed in the first, second and third windings is provided to a primary output associated with the second ends of the windings. In response to a fault condition on the primary output side of the system, the second ends of the windings are shorted together to a second neutral point and the first ends of the windings are disconnected from the first neutral point. During the backup mode, AC voltage developed in the windings is provided to a secondary output associated with the first ends of the windings.
US08427091B2	Drive with heat dissipation and energy-saving function A drive with heat dissipation and energy-saving function for supplying power to drive a motor. The drive includes a driving circuit having a rectification section. The rectification section serves to receive AC current generated when the motor abruptly accelerates/decelerates and convert the AC current into DC current and output the DC current. The drive further includes a cooling module electrically connected to an output end of the rectification section. The cooling module is drivable by the DC current output from the rectification section to conduct out and dissipate heat.
US08427090B2	Magnetic-drive-pulsation motor To develop a motor which can directly drive a brushless motor using a conventional circuit for an inverter without smoothing circuit and a circuit for a matrix converter that are for a brushed motor that operates on single-phase 100 V. Magnetic cores are attached to a motor shaft to increase inertial force. A magnetic-drive-pulsation motor which modulates torque is realized using force of attraction and repulsion generated by outer magnets and magnetic cores. The magnetic-drive-pulsation motor can be driven using the inverter and the matrix converter on single-phase 100 V power supply.
US08427086B2	Brake resistor control An electric drive system comprises a generator, a traction motor, a brake resistor, a bus, and a control unit. The generator, the traction motor, and the brake resistor are coupled electrically to the bus. The control unit is configured to determine a pulse-width-modulation duty cycle for the brake resistor (“brake duty”) and control operation of the brake resistor according to the brake duty, wherein the brake duty can be a value intermediate of constant OFF and constant ON. A method of operating the electric drive system is also disclosed.
US08427085B2	Speed adjustment circuit for a plurality of fans A speed adjustment circuit for a plurality of fans includes a voltage input terminal, a plurality of speed control modules, and a fan tachometer. Each of the speed control modules includes a fan connector, a speed adjusting unit, and a detector switch unit. The speed adjusting unit includes a switching control unit, a voltage adjusting chip, and a variable resistor. The detector switch unit includes a first switch. The voltage input terminal connects to the input terminal of the voltage adjusting chip through the switching control unit. The output terminal of the voltage adjusting chip connects to the power pin of the fan connector. The adjusting terminal of the voltage adjusting chip connects to ground through the variable resistor, and connects to the output terminal of the voltage adjusting chip through a resistor. The detection pin of the fan connector connects to the fan tachometer through the first switch.
US08427081B2	Driving apparatus of light emitting diode and driving method thereof A driving method of a light-emitting diode (LED) adapted to a driving apparatus is provided. The driving method includes detecting whether the driving apparatus performs dimming, and if the driving apparatus performs dimming, determining whether a predetermined requirement for dimming control is met or not. When the predetermined requirement for dimming control is not met, respective current magnitudes of a plurality of driving currents are regulated, and each of the driving currents is output for a full time of a period. Conversely, when the predetermined requirement for dimming control is met, each of the driving currents is output for a partial time of a period.
US08427077B2	Lighting device with multiple electrical connections Various lighting devices and related methods are provided. In one example, a portable lighting device includes a light source, lighting control circuitry, first and second power terminals adapted to receive a battery power source, first and second electrical connections between the lighting control circuitry and the first and second power terminals, a third electrical connection between the second power terminal and the lighting control circuitry, and a switch adapted to selectively connect and disconnect the third electrical connection. The lighting control circuitry is adapted to operate the light source in response to a signal received over the third electrical connection in response to the switch. The first and second electrical connections are adapted to provide constant power to the lighting control circuitry while the battery power source is connected to the first and second power terminals regardless of operation of the switch.
US08427075B2	Constant current output sink or source A constant current output sink or source eliminates a current limiting series resistor for a light emitting diode (LED) and maintains a constant light intensity from the LED for all operating and manufacturing variables of a digital device since the current through the LED is maintained at a constant value. The constant current output sink or source may be programmable for selection of a constant current value from a plurality of constant current values available.
US08427062B2	Illumination device and method for adapting an emission characteristic of an illumination device An illumination device is specified which includes a radiation source having at least one light-emitting diode, a control unit and a radiation receiving unit. The radiation receiving unit is provided, during operation of the illumination device for receiving both a radiation emitted by the radiation source and a reference radiation and for generating a measurement signal upon receiving the radiation from the radiation source and a reference signal upon receiving the reference radiation. An operating point for the radiation source is tunable by the control unit in a manner dependent on the measurement signal and the reference signal. Furthermore, a method is specified by which an emission characteristic of an illumination device can be adapted to a predetermined emission characteristic in a simplified manner.
US08427060B2	High lumen output cold cathode fluorescent lamp In one embodiment, when the current density at the cathode is less than 0.2 mA/mm2, cathode sputtering is avoided or reduced to such an extent that the life time of the CCFL is not significantly adversely affected. In another embodiment, the internal diameter (ID) of the CCFL tube is within the range of 3 to 16 mm. Preferably, the distance between the anode and cathode is within a range of about 200˜1000 times of the internal diameter of the CCFL tube, and the distances between at least one section of the CCFL tube and two adjacent sections of the CCFL tube is less than about 5 times an outside diameter of the CCFL tube. Preferably, the efficiency of the CCFL is not less than about 55 lm/W.
US08427056B2	High-intensity discharge lamp A lamp having: an arc tube (30) including a main tube portion and a pair of thin tube portions (46) provided at ends of the main tube portion; and an adjacent conductor (78) including a strip-shaped metal plate. In the adjacent conductor (78), a portion of the metal plate in the direction of length thereof, from the middle of the metal plate to just before an edge thereof, is a gripping portion (92) having a shape suitable for gripping the outer circumferential of one of the thin tube portions (46). One end of the gripping portion (92) is a free end. The gripping portion (92) is disposed along an outer circumferential surface of the thin tube portion (46) so as to be in contact with the outer circumferential surface, and is elastically deformable in accordance with expansion in the radial direction of the thin tube portion (46).
US08427035B2	Vibration device and electronic device A vibration device includes: a vibrating reed including a base having a notch, a plurality of vibrating arms extending from the base, and each including an arm section, a weight section, and a groove section, and a support section, wherein a mechanical resonant frequency f of the vibrating reed is higher than a thermal relaxation frequency f0 of the vibrating reed, and assuming that a closest approach distance between the notch and a crotch section formed between the vibrating arms is a base flexion width Wb, and an arm width of the vibrating arm in a case of replacing a cross-sectional shape of the vibrating arm having a thermoelastic loss equivalent to a thermoelastic loss of the cross-sectional shape and a thickness equal to a thickness of the cross-sectional shape is an effective arm width We, a relationship of Wb>We is satisfied.
US08427020B2	Blower assembly with integral injection molded suspension mount A blower assembly comprises a blower housing having a stator assembly integrally formed therewith. The stator assembly includes a stator bore having a rotor magnet rotatable therewithin such that the motor assembly is configured as a brushless D.C. motor. An impeller is mounted on a motor shaft of the motor assembly and has a plurality of vanes extending upwardly therefrom. Each one of the vanes has a vane height which is optimized to minimize the formation of fluid eddy losses during compression of air by the impeller. A bearing assembly rotatably coupling the rotor magnet to the stator assembly is sized and configured to maintain an air gap of approximately 0.0002 inches between the vanes and a housing interior surface of the blower housing during rotation of the impeller.
US08427006B2	Device for disconnecting at least one appliance from the electrical mains, which provides at least one override operating mode, a configurable device, system and configuration method According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a device 1 for saving electric energy providing at least one override operating mode. With the invention it is possible to handle in a particularly optimized way the power supply of appliances such as for example video recorders, decoders, appliances comprising a rechargeable battery, computers, appliances entering the category of large or small electric domestic appliances. According to a second aspect, the invention relates to a configurable device, a system comprising such a device and a configuration method particularly suitable for allowing configuration by the general public of devices comprising at least one microprocessor and a non-volatile memory.
US08427004B2	Electric-vehicle controller and power storage unit shutoff switch There is obtained an electric-vehicle controller that prevents energy stored in a power storage unit from being discharged in the case where a collision, a derailment, or breakage of an overhead line occurs. The electric-vehicle controller is provided with a DC-to-DC converter one terminal pair of which is connected to the DC power source side of the inverter, a power storage unit that is connected to the other terminal pair of the DC-to-DC converter and stores electric power, a switch provided between the power storage unit and the DC-to-DC converter, and a control unit that opens the switch in the case where abnormal circumstances may occur or have occurred.
US08427000B2	Dual-mode roadway turbines for energy generation from artificial pulsed vehicle wind and continuous ambient wind Systems and methods are disclosed for capturing and converting artificial wind, artificial wind and naturally occurring wind and/or artificial wind, naturally occurring wind and solar energy into electrical energy, where the artificial wind is pulsed artificial wind energy generated by passing vehicles. Systems and methods are also disclosed including a plurality of generation apparatuses positioned along a roadway forming a generation grid that may be separate or integrated into other electrical grids.
US08426993B2	Wind power plant A wind power plant, comprising a tower, a rotor mounted on the tower and having at least one rotor blade, and a power conversion unit, is characterized by a swivel bearing, the swiveling plane of which lies between an approximately horizontal rotor axis (x) and a vertical tower axis (y), at least one motor for swiveling the rotor, along with the power conversion unit, from a first position in which the rotor axis (x) extends at least approximately in a horizontal direction into a second position in which the rotor axis (x) extends at least approximately in a vertical direction.
US08426991B2	Power generator converting fluid energy into electrical energy and power generation system of the same A power generator has a magnet rotor rotating upon receiving rotating force from a driving source and a stator coil arranged to face magnetic poles of the magnet rotor. The magnet rotor includes a rotary shaft supported by a housing and a permanent magnet. The stator coil includes coreless winding wires arranged to face the magnetic poles and a three-phase output terminal. The coreless winding wires are formed of effective output winding wires and connected with the three-phase output terminal through a switching device. The switching device is connected to a controlling device. The magnet rotor has a discoid shape including the rotary shaft at the center. The coreless winding wires form a pair of coil bodies arranged to sandwich the magnetic poles. The switching device changes the inductance value to a small value or a large value by connecting the winding wires to the three-phase output terminal.
US08426986B2	Phase separated curable compositions A curable composition, suitable for underfill encapsulant, has two distinct phase domains after cure, a continuous phase and a discontinuous phase, in which one phase has a modulus value of 2 GPa or greater, and the second phase has a modulus value at least 1 Gpa less than the first phase, characterized in that the phases are generated in situ as the composition cures.
US08426975B2	Semiconductor device having wiring layer with a wide wiring and fine wirings Provided is a semiconductor device having a wiring layer formed of damascene wiring. The semiconductor device includes: a first wiring having a width equal to or larger than 0.5 μm; a second wiring adjacent to the first wiring and arranged with a space less than 0.5 μm from the first wiring; and a third wiring adjacent to the second wiring and arranged with a space equal to or smaller than 0.5 μm from the first wiring. In the semiconductor device, the second wiring and the third wiring are structured to have the same electric potential.
US08426969B2	Semiconductor device having active region and dummy wirings There is provided a technique for improving the flatness at the surface of members embedded in a plurality of recesses without resulting in an increase in the time required for the manufacturing processes. According to this technique, the dummy patterns can be placed up to the area near the boundary BL between the element forming region DA and dummy region FA by placing the first dummy pattern DP1 of relatively wider area and the second dummy pattern DP2 of relatively small area in the dummy region FA. Thereby, the flatness of the surface of the silicon oxide film embedded within the isolation groove can be improved over the entire part of the dummy region FA. Moreover, an increase of the mask data can be controlled when the first dummy patterns DP1 occupy a relatively wide region among the dummy region FA.
US08426966B1	Bumped chip package A method of fabricating a bumped chip package includes forming a first seed layer on a dielectric layer, the dielectric layer comprising a dielectric layer opening exposing a substrate terminal of a substrate, the first seed layer being formed within the dielectric layer opening and on the substrate terminal. A circuit pattern is plated on the first seed layer, wherein an exposed portion of the first seed layer is exposed from the circuit pattern. The exposed portion of the first seed layer is removed by laser-ablation. By using a laser-ablation process, a chemical etching process is avoided thus eliminating the need to treat or dispose of chemical etching hazardous waste. Further, circuit pattern width erosion and undercut of the circuit pattern associated with a chemical etching process are avoided.
US08426964B2	Micro bump and method for forming the same A method for forming a micro bump includes forming a first nano-particle layer on a substrate and forming a second nano-particle layer on the first nano-particle layer. The first and second nano-particle layers include a plurality of first nano particles and a plurality of second nano particles, respectively. The method further includes irradiating a laser beam onto the second nano-particle layer, where the laser beam penetrates through the second nano-particle layer and is at least partially absorbed by at least some of the first nano particles to generate heat. The first nano particles and the second nano particles have different absorption rates with respect to the laser beam.
US08426959B2	Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor package includes a substrate having an insulation layer. The insulation layer has a first region having a first surface roughness and a second region having a second surface roughness. A semiconductor chip is mounted in the first region, and an underfill resin solution is filled into the space between the semiconductor chip and the insulation layer. The roughness of the second region prevents the underfill resin from flowing out from the semiconductor chip to thereby reduce a size of the semiconductor package.
US08426954B2	Methods of fabrication of package assemblies for optically interactive electronic devices and package assemblies therefor Packaging assemblies for optically interactive devices and methods of forming the packaging assemblies in an efficient manner that eliminates or reduces the occurrence of process contaminants. In a first embodiment, a transparent cover is attached to a wafer of semiconductor material containing a plurality of optically interactive devices. The wafer is singulated, and the optically interactive devices are mounted on an interposer and electrically connected with wire bonds. In a second embodiment, the optically interactive devices are electrically connected to the interposer with back side conductive elements. In a third embodiment, the optically interactive devices are mounted to the interposer prior to attaching a transparent cover. A layer of encapsulant material is formed over the interposer, and the interposer and encapsulant material are cut to provide individual packaging assemblies. In a fourth embodiment, the optically interactive devices are mounted in a preformed leadless chip carrier.
US08426950B2	Die package including multiple dies and lead orientation A semiconductor die package and method of making the package. The package may have four semiconductor dies with one or more internally connected switch nodes, and may form a dual output or phase synchronous buck converter. The package may have control leads at opposite sides of the package from each other. Furthermore, the package may contain high side semiconductor dies that are oriented perpendicular to low side semiconductor dies.
US08426937B2	Light sensor and display A light sensor includes a control electrode formed on a substrate and having two edges, and a semiconductor film formed opposite the control electrode with an insulating film interposed therebetween, and including a photoactive layer and electrode regions located in a pair on opposite sides of the photoactive layer. The photoactive layer is arranged in an area that overlaps the control electrode. At least one of the paired electrode regions overlaps proximal one of the edges of the control electrode, and on and along the proximal edge, the at least one electrode region has a length shorter than that of the photoactive layer in a direction along the proximal edge of the control electrode.
US08426928B2	Device with microstructure and method of forming such a device Disclosed is a device comprising a substrate carrying a microscopic structure in a cavity capped by a capping layer including a material of formula SiNxHy, wherein x>1.33 and y>0. A method of forming such a device is also disclosed.
US08426908B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first region having a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells disposed therein, and a second region adjacent to the first region. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first conductive layers, a semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer, and an insulating columnar layer. The plurality of first conductive layers are stacked in the first region and the second region, and include a stepped portion in the second region, positions of ends of the plurality of first conductive layers being different in the stepped portion. The semiconductor layer is surrounded by the first conductive layers in the first region, includes a first columnar portion extending in a stacking direction. The charge storage layer is formed between the first conductive layers and a side surface of the first columnar portion. The insulating columnar layer is surrounded by the first conductive layers in the stepped portion, and includes a second columnar portion extending in the stacking direction and comprising an insulator.
US08426902B2	Solid-state imaging device A pixel includes at least first to fourth semiconductor tiers. The first semiconductor tier includes a first semiconductor region that is electrically connected to a first external circuit, a second semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region that is isolated from the first semiconductor region by the second semiconductor region and that is electrically connected to a second external circuit. The second semiconductor tier includes a MOS transistor that has insulating films and gate conductive electrodes that are electrically connected to a third external circuit. The third semiconductor tier includes a photodiode formed of the second and fourth semiconductor regions. A junction transistor is formed in which the fourth semiconductor region serves as a gate and in which one of the first and fifth semiconductor regions serves as a drain and the other serves as a source.
US08426899B2	Methods and apparatus for measuring analytes using large scale FET arrays Methods and apparatus relating to very large scale FET arrays for analyte measurements. ChemFET (e.g., ISFET) arrays may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved FET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense arrays. Improved array control techniques provide for rapid data acquisition from large and dense arrays. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes. In one example, chemFET arrays facilitate DNA sequencing techniques based on monitoring changes in hydrogen ion concentration (pH), changes in other analyte concentration, and/or binding events associated with chemical processes relating to DNA synthesis.
US08426898B2	Methods and apparatus for measuring analytes using large scale FET arrays Methods and apparatus relating to very large scale FET arrays for analyte measurements. ChemFET (e.g., ISFET) arrays may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved FET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense arrays. Improved array control techniques provide for rapid data acquisition from large and dense arrays. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes. In one example, chemFET arrays facilitate DNA sequencing techniques based on monitoring changes in hydrogen ion concentration (pH), changes in other analyte concentration, and/or binding events associated with chemical processes relating to DNA synthesis.
US08426892B2	Compound semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A compound semiconductor device has a buffer layer formed on a conductive SiC substrate, an AlxGa1-xN layer formed on the buffer layer in which an impurity for reducing carrier concentration from an unintentionally doped donor impurity is added and in which the Al composition x is 0
US08426884B2	Light emitting diode with supporting substrate side electrodes and wiring structures A light emitting diode, comprising: a wiring layer; and a semiconductor light emitting element provided on the wiring layer, the semiconductor light emitting element further comprising: a semiconductor light emitting layer; a transparent conductive layer; a metal reflection layer; a transparent insulating film; and a first electrode part and a second electrode part provided on the wiring layer side of the transparent insulating film with an isolating region interposed between them, to be electrically connected to the wiring layer, wherein the first electrode part is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer by a first contact part, and the second electrode part is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer by a second contact part which is provided to pass through the transparent insulating film, the transparent conductive layer, the first semiconductor layer, and the active layer.
US08426863B2	Thin film transistor; method of manufacturing same; and organic light emitting device including the thin film transistor A thin film transistor according to one or more embodiments of the present invention includes: an insulation substrate; a gate electrode formed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode; a semiconductor formed on the gate insulating layer and having a pair of openings facing each other; ohmic contact layers formed in the openings and including a conductive impurity; and a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with their respective ohmic contact layers. An organic light emitting device in accordance with an embodiment includes: a first signal line and a second signal line intersecting each other on an insulation substrate; a switching thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line; a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor; and a light emitting diode (LED) connected to the driving thin film transistor.
US08426860B2	Display device and semiconductor device An object is to provide a display device with a high aperture ratio or a semiconductor device in which the area of an element is large. A channel formation region of a TFT with a multi-gate structure is provided under a wiring that is provided between adjacent pixel electrodes (or electrodes of an element). In addition, a channel width direction of each of a plurality of channel formation regions is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the pixel electrode. In addition, when a channel width is longer than a channel length, the area of the channel formation region can be increased.
US08426856B2	Thermally sensitive material embedded in the substrate A structure and methods for using an integrated circuit structure comprise a substrate and circuitry connected to the substrate. The substrate includes a heat sensitive material that changes color when heated. The heat sensitive material has one of a plurality of colors depending upon a temperature to which the substrate was exposed.
US08426855B2	Pad structure having a metalized region and a non-metalized region An interconnect structure includes: a plurality of dielectric layers having aligned process control monitor (PCM) pads, and a conductive structure above a topmost one of the PCM pads. The conductive structure electrically connects the topmost PCM pad to a device under test above a level of the topmost PCM pad. The conductive structure is sized and shaped so as to leave a majority portion of the topmost PCM pad exposed for access by a test probe.
US08426846B2	Organic electroluminescent element, method of manufacturing organic electroluminescent element, lighting device, and display device An objective in the present invention is to provide an organic EL element exhibiting high emission efficiency and long lifetime, together with a lighting device and a display device thereof. In the present invention, disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element comprising a support substrate provided thereon an anode and a cathode, the organic electroluminescent element comprising an organic layer containing a reactive organic compound between the anode and the cathode, wherein the reactive organic compound contained in the organic layer has nonuniform concentration at any point in time between termination of a process of preparing the organic electroluminescent element and a start of electricity application to the organic electroluminescent element.
US08426841B2	Transparent memory for transparent electronic device The present invention relates to a transparent memory for a transparent electronic device. The transparent memory includes: a lower transparent electrode layer that is sequentially formed on a transparent substrate, and a data storage region and an upper transparent layer which are made of at least one transparent resistance-variable material layer. The transparent resistance-variable material layer has switching characteristics as a result of the resistance variance caused by the application of a certain voltage between the lower and upper transparent electrode layers. An optical band gap of the transparent resistance-variable material layer is 3 eV or more, and transmittivity of the material layer for visible rays is 80% or more. The invention provides transparent and resistance-variable memory that: has very high transparency and switching characteristics depending on resistance variation at a low switching voltage, and can maintain the switching characteristics thereof after a long time elapses.
US08426820B2	Image sensor system An image sensor system includes a detector having a plurality of detector elements and optics having a beam path from an optical element on to the detector. Calibration of the detector can be rapidly effected where the image sensor system has a reference radiating device fixed within the beam path for illuminating the detector elements.
US08426818B2	Post-supported microbolometer pixel A post-supported bolometer pixel and a process for manufacturing it comprising the steps of depositing a sacrificial layer over a substrate with readout integrated circuit pads that connect to the integrated circuit; forming vias through the sacrificial layer to the metal pads connecting to the readout integrated circuit; filling the vias with metal and polishing said metal to the surface of the sacrificial layer; forming microbolometer pixel layers over the filled vias and sacrificial layer; and removing the sacrificial layer to leave a post-supported pixel.
US08426809B2	Apparatus and method for trapping charged particles and performing controlled interactions between them An apparatus and a method for trapping charged particles and performing controlled interactions between them are provided. The apparatus includes a substrate and RF electrodes and dedicated DC electrodes arranged on the substrate and configured to generate a trapping potential for trapping the charged particles above the substrate. The RF and dedicated DC electrodes include at least one RF trapping electrode configured to be driven with an RF voltage for contributing to the trapping potential, an array of two or more trapping site DC electrodes configured to be biased with a DC voltage for contributing to the trapping potential, and a first individually drivable RF control electrode arranged between a first pair out of the two or more trapping site DC electrodes. The first RF control electrode is configured to be individually driven by an adjustable RF voltage such that the trapping potential above and between the first pair of trapping site DC electrodes forms separate charged particle traps adapted for trapping charged particles therein if the adjustable RF voltage takes a first value, and forms a charged particle interaction trap adapted for performing controlled interactions between charged particles if the adjustable RF voltage takes a second value.
US08426805B2	Method and apparatus for response and tune locking of a mass spectrometer A mass spectrometer and a technique for operating it involve setting an operating parameter that influences a rate of flow of electrons from an electron source into an ion volume so that ions produced from a material in the ion volume in response to electrons satisfy an ion production target, performing a plurality of analytical runs using the mass spectrometer with the electron source while monitoring an operational characteristic, and adjusting the operating parameter in response to the monitoring to compensate for a change over time in the operational characteristic in a manner so that the ion production target remains satisfied.
US08426804B2	Multimode cells and methods of using them A mass spectrometer is provided that is configurable for operation in both a Kinetic Energy Discrimination (KED) mode and a dynamic reaction cell (DRC) mode. To operate in the KED mode, a collision cell can be filled with a quantity of the inert gas, and an energy barrier can be formed between the collision cell and a downstream mass analyzer. To operate instead in the DRC mode, the collision cell can be filled with a quantity of gas that is reactive with the interferer ions.
US08426800B2	Integrating optical systems and methods Integrating optical systems and methods of use are described herein. In one embodiment, an integrating optical system comprises: a housing having a first and second portions; and a chamber having a diffuse reflective material and a volume formed within the portions when coupled together. The portions are separable to allow insertion and removal of at least one light treatable object in and out of the chamber. At least one aperture is formed in the chamber to couple to a light source and to direct light from the light source to at least a first portion of the diffuse reflective material. At least one holding structure supports the object within the volume at a location, wherein the diffuse reflective material, the aperture and the location ensure that the light is diffusely reflected to integrate the light and impact the object with substantially uniform light without movement of the object.
US08426799B2	Optical control system with feedback control An optical control system is described which provides for more efficient operation of an optical device. The system is operable to provide an integrated output from the detection system. Accordingly, by controlling the operating time of the detection system of the optical device it is possible to match the dynamic range of the integrated output to the operational input range of an ADC means to provide a digital output value, thereby minimizing the quantization noise of the ADC means.
US08426798B2	Electrical termination circuit for a traveling-wave optoelectronic device An electrical termination circuit for a traveling wave optoelectronic device is disclosed. The electrical termination circuit is constructed to reflect a portion of a radio-frequency signal back into the optoelectronic device. The reflected signal is out of phase with the applied radio-frequency signal at a frequency of a detrimental spectral feature or a bump in an electro-optical transfer characteristic of the optoelectronic device. The amplitude and the phase of the reflected signal are selected so as to suppress the detrimental spectral feature without a significant reduction in the efficiency of electro-optical or optical-electrical transformation of the optoelectronic device.
US08426785B2	Microwave field director structure with vanes having a conductive material thereon A self-supporting field director for use in heating an article in a microwave oven is characterized by a plurality of vanes, each vane extending radially outwardly from a central axis and being angularly adjacent to two other vanes. The vanes are supported by a plurality of bracing members, each bracing member extending between adjacent vanes and being attached thereto. Each vane has a substrate formed from an electrically non-conductive material. A portion of at least one of the first and second major surfaces is covered by an electrically conductive material.
US08426778B1	Tunable-illumination reflector optics for UV cure system The present invention provides improved apparatus for ultraviolet (UV) cure of thin films. A central external reflector (CER) reflects UV light at different angles to compensate for non-uniformity of the deposited film on the substrate. The CER is positioned between the UV light source and the substrate and includes an actuator that can change the angle of reflection before and during UV cure.
US08426775B2	Multi-purpose toy oven The present disclosure provides a toy electric oven including an insulated housing containing a heating chamber, a door that latches to prevent access to the heating chamber while hot, a cooling system with a fan, a timer, and a window for viewing the heating chamber when the door is closed, the window remaining at a safe temperature for touching while the toy electric oven is operating. The window may be a double-paned structure wherein the vapor space between the windows is vented using the cooling fan.
US08426773B2	Dual power pin connector assembly for a MIG welding machine A dual power pin connector assembly for connecting both a MIG welding gun and a spoolgun to a welding machine. The dual power pin connector is comprised of a busbar portion that electrically and mechanically couples the positive output terminal of the welding machine power supply to a wire drive for the MIG welding gun. The connector is further comprised of an integral quick release assembly/clamping portion that electrically and mechanically connects the positive power supply terminal to a power supply cable for the spoolgun. The clamping portion receives and retains a power pin coupled to one end of the spoolgun power cable in a receptacle that is manually tightened and loosened.
US08426764B2	Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method The present invention provides means for controlling the temperature of a semiconductor wafer rapidly and uniformly in plane during etching processing by a large quantity of input heat by use of a refrigerating system by the heat of evaporation. A ring-shaped refrigerant passage is formed in a sample stand. Since the heat transfer rate and pressure loss of a refrigerant increase from a refrigerant supply port to a refrigerant ejection port as dryness degrees increase, these must be restricted. Therefore, constructionally, a supply refrigerant quantity is controlled to prevent the refrigerant from completely evaporating within the refrigerant passage, and the sectional areas of the refrigerant passage increase successively from a first passage to a third passage.
US08426762B2	Method of resistance butt welding using corrugated flux-filled metal inserts A method of resistance butt welding in which a current-conducting insert is placed into a gap between the parts being welded, axial pressure force is applied and electrical current is passed. The current-conducting insert is a shaped metal insert having cavities filled with a welding flux and is placed in the gap between the parts being welded.
US08426760B2	High-voltage circuit breaker having a switch for connection of a closing resistor A high-voltage circuit breaker has an interrupter unit, a closing resistor and a switch which is connected in series with the closing resistor. The interrupter unit has a driven first interrupter contact which can move along an axis and interacts with a second interrupter contact, which is arranged on the axis in order to open and close the high-voltage circuit breaker. The switch has a switching contact which can rotate about a rotation shaft (D) and whose rotary movement is coupled by of a link control to the movement along the axis (A1) of the first interrupter contact.
US08426757B2	Keypad assembly and electronic device using the same A keypad assembly includes a support member, a key switch, a rotation member and a resilient member. The key switch is fixed on the support member, and includes a triggering portion. The keycap is located opposite to the triggering portion. The rotation member is rotatably connected to the keycap. The resilient member includes resilient latching portions latching with the rotation member. The resilient member fixedly interconnects the rotation member and the support member. The rotation member is rotated relative to the resilient member at an angle when the key switch is not triggered, such that the resilient member provides an elastic torque to the rotation member.
US08426753B2	Gravimetric measuring instrument with releasable load receiver A gravimetric measuring instrument that contains a weighing cell having a load-transmitting member. A load receiver can be coupled to the load-transmitting member through a releasable connection. A mechanical stop resides on the load-transmitting member, and a mechanical counter stop resides on the load receiver. By means of an eccentric bolt engaging the load receiver and the load-transmitting member, the mechanical stop can be pressed against the mechanical counter stop, whereby the stop can be clamped tight against the counter stop. With this arrangement, the load receiver can be rigidly but releasably secured to the load-transmitting member.
US08426743B2	Electronic device assemblies including conductive vias having two or more conductive elements Electronic devices include a substrate with first and second pairs of conductive traces extending in or on the substrate. A first conductive interconnecting member extends through a hole in the substrate and communicates electrically with a first trace of each of the first and second pairs, while a second conductive interconnecting member extends through the hole and communicates electrically with the second trace of each of the first and second pairs. The first and second interconnecting members are separated from one another by a distance substantially equal to a distance separating the conductive traces in each pair. Electronic device assemblies include a transmitting device configured to transmit a differential signal through a conductive structure to a receiving device. The conductive structure includes first and second pair of conductive traces with first and second interconnecting members providing electrical communication therebetween.
US08426740B2	Metal base circuit board A metal base circuit board, having an insulating layer with a linear expansion coefficient of 60 ppm per degree C. or higher and 120 ppm per degree C. or lower, a metal foil provided on one side of the insulating layer, comprising a metal material with a linear expansion coefficient of 10 ppm per degree C. or higher and 35 ppm per degree C. or lower, a circuit portion and a non-circuit potion having a linear expansion coefficient of 10 ppm per degree C. or higher and 35 ppm per degree C. or lower, and a white film formed on top of the insulating layer, circuit portion, and non-circuit portion, the total sum of the areas of the non-circuit portion and the circuit portion on top of the insulating layer being 50% or higher and 95% or lower relative to the area of the metal foil and the relation between the linear expansion coefficients of each of the materials being: linear expansion coefficient of insulating layer>linear expansion coefficient of metal foil>linear expansion coefficient of circuit portion and non-circuit portion, such that Lifespan of LEDs can be lengthened, and the workability of the printed circuit board during circuit formation and during LED mounting can be improved.
US08426739B2	Printed circuit board and method for manufacturing the same, and panel for manufacturing the printed circuit board Disclosed is a printed circuit board including an insulation member on which a first region and a second region are defined, a circuit pattern formed on the first region, and a support member formed on the second region.
US08426733B1	Conduit management device A gangable conduit management device includes a body for housing a conduit, the body having an interior portion for receiving the conduit, an exterior portion having a first connection device on a first side thereof and a second connection device on a second side thereof and retention means for retaining the conduit within the body. The first connection device includes a male connector portion and the second connection device includes a female connector portion.
US08426726B2	Solar cell module and method of manufacturing the same A wiring member is arranged to have a protruding portion extending beyond a bonding layer at its end in the extending direction
US08426720B2	Micro thermoelectric device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention discloses a micro thermoelectric device and manufacturing method thereof, and the manufacturing method comprises the steps of providing a substrate and depositing a barrier layer on the substrate, using the barrier layer as a mask to etch a pattern on the barrier layer to form a plurality of openings, adopting a reactive ion etching (RIE) method to remove the barrier layer and smoothing the curvature of the corner of each groove, depositing a metal conductive wire layer, coating an adhesive layer in said each groove by a surface mount technology (SMT), placing a plurality of thermoelectric materials individually into each groove, repeating steps (a) to (f) to produce another substrate, and connecting the two substrates into an aligned position.
US08426716B2	Intelligent keyboard interface for virtual musical instrument A user interface for a virtual musical instrument presents a number of chord touch regions, each corresponding to a chord of a diatonic key. Within each chord region a number of touch zones are provided, including treble clef zones and bass clef zones. Each treble clef touch zone within a region will sound a different chord voicing. Each bass clef touch zone will sound a bass note of the chord. Other user interactions can modify or mute the chords, and vary the bass notes being played together with the chords. A set of related chords and/or a set of rhythmic patterns can be generated based on a selected instrument and a selected style of music.
US08426711B2	Snare strainer A snare strainer adapted to a snare drum is equipped with two strainers, which are attached to the opposite positions on the circumferential exterior of a cylinder of the snare drum and which control a snappy member to be selectively brought into contact with or separated from the backside head opposite to the drumhead. Herein, a moving base vertically moves along a fixed base attached to the circumferential exterior of the cylinder; holding members, which are tightly joined together so as to hold the terminal of the snappy member, are supported by a support member fixed to the moving base. The holding members are engaged with the support member due to a magnetic attraction exerted by permanent magnets. This makes it possible for the person to detachably attach the holding members to the support member without using tools; hence, it is possible to improve the handling of the snare strainer.
US08426707B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH411439 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH411439. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH411439, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH411439 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 CH411439.
US08426696B1	Soybean cultivar S110133 A soybean cultivar designated S110133 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S110133, to the plants of soybean cultivar S110133, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S110133, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S110133. 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. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110133. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110133, 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 cultivar S110133 with another soybean cultivar.
US08426690B2	Soybean cultivar 98164635 A soybean cultivar designated 98164635 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 98164635, to the plants of soybean 98164635, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 98164635, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 98164635 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 98164635, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 98164635, 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 98164635 with another soybean cultivar.
US08426685B2	Yield-related polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant AP2 protein family polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including greater tolerance to freezing, as compared to a reference plant.
US08426664B2	Process for producing ethylene Process for producing ethylene from an ethanol feedstock A by (1) reacting the ethanol feedstock A in a vapor phase reactor wherein the ethanol is converted at a temperature between 160 and 270° C. and at a pressure of above 0.1 MPa but less than 4.5 MPa, into a product stream B containing ethylene, diethyl ethers, water and unconverted ethanol, (2) cooling the product stream B, (3) disengaging the cooled product stream B in a separation unit to give a first stream C containing ethylene and diethyl ethers, and a second product stream D containing water, diethyl ethers and unconverted ethanol, (4) feeding the product stream D to a dewatering unit wherein the water stream F is separated from the diethyl ethers and unconverted ethanol stream E, (5) recycling the stream E into the dehydration reactor of step 1, (6) cooling the product stream C, and (7) feeding the cooled product stream C to a purification unit wherein the diethyl ethers stream G is separated from the ethylene stream H. Optionally, the ethyl ethers stream G is recycled to either the dewatering unit of step (4) or directly to dehydration reactor of step (1).
US08426662B2	Processes for reduction of alkylation catalyst deactivation utilizing stacked catalyst bed Alkylation systems and methods of minimizing alkylation catalyst regeneration are discussed herein. The alkylation systems generally include a preliminary alkylation system adapted to receive an input stream including an alkyl aromatic hydrocarbon and contact the input stream with a first preliminary alkylation catalyst disposed therein to form a first output stream. The first preliminary alkylation catalyst generally includes a Y zeolite. The systems further include a first alkylation system adapted to receive the first output stream and contact the first output stream with a first alkylation catalyst disposed therein and an alkylating agent to form a second output stream.
US08426660B2	Process for purification of ethylene-containing feedstreams A method for purification of ethylene-containing feedstreams from steam crackers or fluid catalytic crackers (FCC), wherein the feedstreams further comprises hydrogen, carbon monoxide, acetylenes, oxygen, nitric oxides, is disclosed. The method comprises contacting an ethylene-comprising gas stream with a Ru-based catalyst at reaction temperatures of at least 120°C. The process results in an ethylene-containing feedstream wherein the ethylene is essentially free of acetylenes, nitric oxides and oxygen. The purifying of the feedstream occurs with minimal loss of ethylene.
US08426659B2	Vinyl terminated higher olefin polymers and methods to produce thereof This invention relates to higher olefin vinyl terminated polymers having an Mn of at least 200 g/mol (measured by 1H NMR) including of one or more C4 to C40 higher olefin derived units, where the higher olefin vinyl terminated polymer comprises substantially no propylene derived units; and wherein the higher olefin polymer has at least 5% allyl chain ends and processes for the production thereof. These vinyl terminated higher olefin polymers may optionally include ethylene derived units.
US08426655B2	Process for the manufacture of hexafluoro-2-butene Hexafluoro-2-butene (HFO-1336) is a low global warming potential blowing agent, refrigerant and solvent. This invention provides methods for making the compound, including the cis-isomer, from the readily available raw materials, carbon tetrachloride and ethylene. The trans-isomer formed in the process can be isomerized into cis-isomer by the use of an isomerization catalyst.
US08426652B2	Processes for producing ethanol from acetaldehyde In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for forming an ethanol mixture by hydrogenating an acetaldehyde feed stream in the presence of a catalyst. The acetaldehyde feed stream comprises acetaldehyde and at least one of acetic acid and ethanol. Preferably the acetaldehyde feed stream is a by-product stream from a vinyl acetate synthesis process.
US08426637B2	Process for preparation of high purity methacrylic acid The present invention relates to a process for preparation of pure methacrylic acid, at least comprising the process steps: a) gas phase oxidation of a C4 compound to obtain a methacrylic acid-comprising gas phase, b) condensation of the methacrylic acid-comprising gas phase to obtain an aqueous methacrylic acid solution, c) separation of at least a part of the methacrylic acid from the aqueous methacrylic acid solution to obtain at least one crude methacrylic acid-comprising product; d) separation of at least a part of the methacrylic acid from the at least one crude methacrylic acid-comprising product by means of a thermal separation process to obtain a pure methacrylic acid.
US08426627B2	Phosphorylcholine group-containing compound and surface modifying agent composed of such compound A phosphorylcholine group-containing chemical compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein, m denotes 2-6 and n denotes 1-4, X1, X2, and X3, are independent of each other, and denote a methoxy group, ethoxy group, or halogen; up to two of X1, X2, and X3 can be any of the following groups: a methyl group, ethyl group, propyl group, isopropyl group, butyl group, or isobutyl group: R is a structure represented by the following formula (2) (the chemical compound of formula (1) in the structure of formula (2) being expressed as A-R—B): A-(CH2)L—B (2) wherein, in formula formulas (2), L is 1-6.
US08426620B2	Production methods of furan fatty acids Disclosed is a method for preparing a furan fatty acid, more particularly a method for preparing a furan fatty acid by heat-treating 7,10-dihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid (DOD) in hexane. The present disclosure provides a simple method for producing 7,10-EODA from a dihydroxyl fatty acid precursor. Considering the difficulties in purifying natural furan fatty acids because of easy attack by peroxyl radicals and small quantity and the complicated multiple steps for chemical synthesis, the present disclosure provides a useful way to produce the biologically activity F-acid cost-effectively in large scale.
US08426618B2	Luminescence quenching compounds The quenching compounds of the invention are weakly luminescent cyanines that are substituted by one or more heteroaromatic quenching moieties. The quenching compounds of the invention exhibit little or no observable luminescence and efficiently quench a broad spectrum of luminescent compounds. The chemically reactive quenching compounds possess utility for labeling a wide variety of substances, including biomolecules. These labeled substances are highly useful for a variety of energy-transfer assays and applications.
US08426611B2	7-azoniabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane derivatives, methods of production, and pharmaceutical uses thereof Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists and methods of using them for the treatment of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated diseases, such as pulmonary diseases, are provided.
US08426604B2	Aminothiazolones as estrogen related receptor-alpha modulators The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), methods for preparing these compounds, compositions, intermediates and derivatives thereof and for treating a condition including but not limited to ankylosing spondylitis, artherosclerosis, arthritis (such as rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis, childhood arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis), bone-related diseases (including those related to bone formation), breast cancer (including those unresponsive to anti-estrogen therapy), cardiovascular disorders, cartilage-related disease (such as cartilage injury/loss, cartilage degeneration, and those related to cartilage formation), chondrodysplasia, chondrosarcoma, chronic back injury, chronic bronchitis, chronic inflammatory airway disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, disorders of energy homeostasis, gout, pseudogout, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, multiple myeloma, obesity, osteoarthritis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteolytic bone metastasis, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, Paget's disease, periodontal disease, polymyalgia rheumatica, Reiter's syndrome, repetitive stress injury, hyperglycemia, elevated blood glucose level, and insulin resistance.
US08426598B2	N-heterocyclic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) (I) which are M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators and that are useful in the treatment of diseases in which the M1 receptor is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and to the use of the compounds and compositions in the treatment of diseases mediated by the M1 receptor.
US08426597B2	Nitrate derivatives of cilostazol for the treatment of vascular and metabolic diseases Nitrate derivatives of cilostazol are described. They have superior properties and clinical advantages compared to cilostazol in the treatment of vascular and metabolic diseases.
US08426593B2	Method for synthesizing quaternary ammonium systems A method for preparing a spiro quaternary ammonium system and electrolytes containing spiro quaternary ammonium cations, comprising a synthesizing step wherein a spiro ammonium system having a structure of: wherein n is independently an integer from about 0 to about 6; R1 is independently CH2, CHF, CF2, CH, CF; R2 is CH2, CF, CR3, CHF, CF2, CHR3, CR3R3, NH, O, S, 3-8 member cyclic or heterocyclic, or a polycyclic or polyheterocyclic wherein each ring has 3 to 8 members; R3 is independently (a) H; (b) a C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, or C1-C6 alkenyl group; or (c) heteroalkyl groups with a chain length of about 1 to about 6; R4 is CF, CH2, CR3, CHF, CF2, CHR3, CR3R3, NH, O, S, or a quaternary ammonium spiro junction is formed in a medium that can serve as both the reaction solvent and as an electrolyte solvent.
US08426588B2	Phenylalanine derivatives Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to α4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning α4 integrin.
US08426587B2	Haloallylamine inhibitors of SSAO/VAP-1 and uses therefor The present invention is related to the preparation and pharmaceutical use of novel haloallylamine derivatives as SSAO/VAP-1 inhibitors having the structure of Formula I, as defined in the specification: (I). The invention also relates to methods of using invention compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivatives thereof, for the treatment of a variety of indications, e.g., inflammatory diseases.
US08426584B2	Methods and compounds useful in the synthesis of fused aminodihydrothiazine derivatives Provided are compounds and methods useful for the preparation of compounds useful as inhibitors of beta-site amyloid precursor protein (APP)-cleaving enzyme.
US08426575B2	N-linked glycosylation alteration in E1 glycoprotein of classical swine fever virus and novel classical swine fever virus vaccine E1, along with Erns and E2 is one of the three envelope glycoproteins of Classical Swine Fever Virus (CSFV). Our previous studies indicated that glycosylation status of either E2 or Erns strongly influence viral virulence in swine. Here, we have investigated the role of E1 glycosylation of highly virulent CSFV strain Brescia during infection in the natural host. The three putative glycosylation sites in E1 were modified by site directed mutagenesis of a CSFV Brescia infectious clone (BICv). A panel of virus mutants was obtained and used to investigate whether the removal of putative glycosylation sites in the E1 glycoprotein would affect viral virulence/pathogenesis in swine. We observed that rescue of viable virus was completely impaired by removal of all three putative glycosylation sites in E1. Single mutations of each of the E1 glycosylation sites showed that CSFV amino acid N594 (E1.N3 virus), as well the combined mutation of N500 and N513 (E1.N1N2 virus) resulted in BICv attenuation. Infection of either E1.N1N2 or E1.N3 viruses were able to efficiently protected swine from challenge with virulent BICv at 3 and 28 days post-infection. These results, along with those demonstrating the role of glycosylation of Erns and E2, suggest that manipulation of the pattern of glycosylation could be a useful tool for development of CSF live-attenuated vaccines.
US08426570B2	Recombinant expression vector for animal cell The present invention relates to a recombinant expression vector for an animal cell containing a dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) coding nucleotide sequence operatively linked to a DHFR promoter, to an animal cell line transformed by the vector, and to a method for preparing a target protein using the same. As compared with existing animal cell expression vectors, the vector of the present invention enables an effective screening of a cell line clone in which foreign genes are amplified together with DHFR genes even at a much lower methotrexate concentration. The present invention exhibits excellent effects in cell line preparation as high-productivity cell lines can be ensured in a short time through the use of a lower concentration of methotrexate in the process of protein production cell line establishment.
US08426566B2	Basic protein purification tags from thermophilic bacteria The invention is related to a method for purification of recombinant proteins using highly basic proteins from thermophilic bacteria as purification tags for use in a cation-exchange chromatography purification step. The basic proteins may be ribosomal proteins. The recombinant proteins are expressed in eukaryotic or prokaryotic host cells. The purification tag will typically have a pl above about 9 and comprise from about 15 to about 250 amino acid residues.
US08426562B2	Methods and compositions for modulating tumor cell activity Antibodies which target clusterin, a protein involved in the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of carcinoma cells, are identified and characterized. The antibodies may be used to modulate tumor cell activity through binding the clusterin.
US08426561B2	Antibodies against a cancer-associated epitope of variant NFKBIB and uses thereof The present application provides the amino acid and nucleic acid sequences of heavy and light chain complementarity determining regions of a cancer specific antibody directed to an epitope of variant Nuclear Factor Kappa-B inhibitor beta (NFKBIB). In addition, the application provides cancer specific antibodies and immunoconjugates comprising the cancer specific antibody attached to a toxin or a label, and methods of uses thereof. The application also relates to diagnostic methods and kits using the cancer specific antibodies herein. Further, the application provides novel cancer-associated epitopes and antigens of variant NFKBIB, and uses thereof.
US08426558B2	Peptide composition and a method of promoting cartilage formation The present invention is a peptide compound which stimulates the formation of hard tissues such as bone and cartilage. The invention is also related to a method to treat a defect in hard tissues such as bone and cartilage using the peptide. The method of the present invention may be used to treat or prevent the defects in bones and cartilages which are caused by rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis which involves the regeneration of new bone or cartilage in or around the defects.
US08426554B2	In vivo polynucleotide delivery conjugates having enzyme sensitive linkages The present invention is directed compositions for delivery of RNA interference (RNAi) polynucleotides to cells in vivo. The compositions comprise amphipathic membrane active polyamines reversibly modified with enzyme cleavable dipeptide-amidobenzyl-carbonate masking agents. Modification masks membrane activity of the polymer while reversibility provides physiological responsiveness. The reversibly modified polyamines (dynamic polyconjugate or DPC) are further covalently linked to an RNAi polynucleotide or co-administered with a targeted RNAi polynucleotide-targeting molecule conjugate.
US08426549B2	Resin composition for reflector, and reflector A polyamide resin composition for reflectors, which gives a molding having high mechanical strength and excellent heat resistance and which stably exhibits a high reflectance and can provide a reflector that resists a decrease in reflectance caused by heating, particularly in a LED production process and a reflow soldering process. A reflector obtained by molding the resin composition is also provided. The polyamide resin composition is composed of defined amounts of a polyamide resin (A), an inorganic filler (B) and a white pigment (C) (with the proviso that the total of the components (A), (B) and (C) does not exceed 100% by weight). The components of the polyamide resin (A) are defined and the polyamide resin (A) has a terminal amino group concentration of 70 to 230 mmol/kg.
US08426540B2	Tridentate ligand compounds with imino furan units, method for manufacturing said compounds, and their use in the preparation of catalysts for the homopolymerisation and copolymerisation of ethylene and alpha-olefins The present invention relates to new tridentate ligand compounds with imino furan units, to a method for manufacturing said compounds and to their use in the preparation of catalysts for the homopolymerization or copolymerization of ethylene and alpha-olefins.
US08426533B2	Process for controlling reaction stoichiometry during polymerization of thermoplastic resins The present invention provides a process for measuring and controlling chemical reactions that produce thermoplastic polymers by utilizing a stoichiometry correction during a reaction cycle to produce thermoplastic resins with desired properties. The thermoplastic polymer is made from at least one first monomer having a first reactive end group and at least one second monomer having a second reactive end group by reaction of the first reactive end group with the second reactive end group and has a glass transition temperature of greater than 130° C.
US08426526B2	Solid golf ball The present invention provides a solid golf ball that exhibits a high resilience performance and a high flight performance and gives a good shot feeling. The present invention relates to a solid golf ball including: a core including at least one layer; and a cover including at least one layer, the cover being provided to cover the core, wherein the at least one layer of the core is prepared by vulcanization-molding a rubber composition including: (a) a base rubber; (b) a co-crosslinking agent; (c) an organic peroxide; (d) a filler; and (e) a disulfide compound represented by formula (I): R1—S—S—R2 (I) wherein R1 and R2 each represent any one of the following groups: an aromatic hydrocarbon group; an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having two or more carbon atoms; a heterocyclic hydrocarbon group; and an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, each of which is optionally substituted, and R1 is a group different from R2.
US08426523B2	Golf ball An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in fluidity, adhesion of the paint film, and repulsion. Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball which is excellent in durability and low-temperature durability. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising: a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover is formed from a cover composition that contains as a resin component, (A) a specific high melt viscosity ionomer resin being neutralized with at least two metal ions, and (B) a low melt viscosity ionomer resin being neutralized with at least two metal ions, in a ratio of (A) the high melt viscosity ionomer resin/(B) the low melt viscosity ionomer resin being 55 mass % to 99 mass %/45 mass % to 1 mass %.
US08426516B2	Polymer compound having aroylbiphenylene skeleton and thermocurable film forming polymer composition There is provided a polymer compound having excellent transparency and excellent heat resistance, a high refractive index, an excellent solubility in various solvents, and a low viscosity and excellent handling properties when the polymer compound is dissolved in a solvent; and a production method of the polymer compound; and a polymer composition containing the polymer compound. And there is also included an aroylbiphenyl compound of Formula (1): [in Formula (1), X is a halogen atom, and R1 is a hydrogen atom or a group of Formula (2a) or Formula (2b); and in Formula (2a) and Formula (2b), R2 and R3 are independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group]; a polymer compound obtained by using the aroylbiphenyl compound; and a thermocurable film forming polymer composition comprising: as a component (A), the polymer compound, and as a component (B), a crosslinkable compound.
US08426514B2	Acrylic based pressure sensitive adhesive formulation An adhesive formulation is disclosed that includes (a) a pre-polymerized cross-linkable non-water soluble acrylic based pressure sensitive adhesive, (b) a cross-linking agent selected from the group consisting of metal chelates, silanes, epoxy-functional compounds, aziridine compounds, multifunctional amines, alkyl halide compounds, multifunctional acids, multifunctional mercaptans, multifunctional epoxy compounds, polyols in the presence of a catalyst, and combinations thereof and (c) a polyol having a weight average molecular weight in the range from 1,000 g/mol to 10,000 g/mol. When cured, the adhesive formulation is self-wetting and has a peel strength less than 20 oz/in.
US08426509B2	Thermoplastic fluoropolymer composition The invention pertains to a thermoplastic fluoropolymer composition comprising: at least one thermoplastic partially fluorinated fluoropolymer having a melt flow index (MFI) of less than 10 g/10 min, as measured according to ASTM D-1238 under a piston load of 5 kg polymer A; from 0.05 to 5% by weight of A at least one (per)fluoropolyether, polymer B; and from 0 to 10% by weight of A of at least one per(halo)fluoropolymer polymer C. The addition of a (per)fluoropolyether B and, optionally, of a per(halo)fluoropolymer C advantageously enables improvement of rheological behavior of thermoplastic partially fluorinated fluoropolymer A, making possible processing in less severe conditions and yielding final parts with outstanding surface aspect and good homogeneity and coherency. Still objects of the inventions are the process for manufacturing said thermoplastic fluoropolymer composition and the articles thereof.
US08426503B2	Composition for polyimide resin, and polyimide resin made of the composition for polyimide resin A composition for a polyimide resin, comprising a polyamic acid and a perylene black pigment having an isoindole skeleton, wherein a content of the perylene black pigment is 1 to 10% by mass based on 100% by mass of a weight of a solid content of the polyamic acid.
US08426494B2	Lignite urethane based resins for enhanced foundry sand performance Described herein, in a preferred embodiment, is a leonardite-based polyurethane resin binder that may be used, among other applications, as a binder in combination with foundry aggregate, e.g., sand, for molding or casting metal parts. The binders described herein comprise a humic substance, preferably leonardite, first mixed with a foundry aggregate and then the humic-aggregate mixture is combined with a polymerizable polyol, an isocyanate, and a polymerization catalyst to make a polyurethane resin binder in situ in a foundry aggregate, such as sand. The lignite is added as a solid to the foundry aggregate, and improves the binder performance of the lignite-containing part of the binder components.
US08426493B2	Foundry mixes containing sulfate and/or nitrate salts and their uses Disclosed is a foundry mix containing a sulfate and/or nitrate salt and its use to make foundry shapes by the warm-box, hot-box, no-bake, and cold-box process, the use of these foundry shapes to make metal castings, and the metal castings prepared by the process.
US08426480B2	Plastic reclaimed from infectious medical waste and medical devices manufactured therefrom Methods of reclaiming plastic from infectious medical waste and manufacturing medical devices from reclaimed plastic are described. Medical devices made from plastic reclaimed from infectious medical waste are also described.
US08426477B1	Polymeric micelles for drug delivery The present invention relates to the field of polymer chemistry and more particularly to multiblock copolymers and micelles comprising the same.
US08426469B2	Crystalline leukotriene B4 Leukotriene B4, 5S,12R-dihydroxy-6,8,10,14(Z,E,E,Z)-eicosatetraenoic acid, is a twenty carbon tetra-unsaturated fatty acid. No crystal forms of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) are known in the art. The present inventors have discovered a crystal form of LTB4 and the present invention therefore relates to crystal forms of LTB4 in general, and the novel crystal form A of LTB4 in particular.
US08426450B1	Substituted 4-phenyl pyridines having anti-emetic effect Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases which are pathophysiologically mediated by the neurokinin (NK1) receptor. The compounds have the general formula (I):
US08426449B2	Aminoalkylphenyl antagonists of prostaglandin D2 receptors Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of PGD2 receptors. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein that are antagonists of PGD2 receptors. Also described herein are methods of using such antagonists of PGD2 receptors, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating respiratory, cardiovascular, and other PGD2-dependent or PGD2-mediated conditions or diseases.
US08426435B2	Method for inhibiting melanin production and whitening skin with pyrimidlypyrazole compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof The present invention provides a compound having an excellent inhibitory action on melanin production and being useful as a whitening agent, and a skin external preparation containing the compound. The whitening agent of the present invention comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein, R1, R3, R4, and R6 are each independently C1-3 alkyl; and R2 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom or C1-3 alkyl.
US08426433B2	Anticoagulant compounds, pharmaceutical compositions on their basis to treat thrombotic conditions, and plasma-substituting solution to correct hypercoagulation defects of hemodilution This invention relates to new chemical compounds, application of these compounds as anticoagulants, pharmaceutical compositions, and plasma-substituting solutions on their basis, and can be used for treating thromboembolic complications of diseases such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and thrombosis of deep veins or a pulmonary artery; and for preventing hypercoagulation conditions in consequence of injuries, surgeries, sepsis, various obstetric pathologies, in disaster medicine, resuscitation, and so on.
US08426427B2	Fused heterocyclic derivative, pharmaceutical composition comprising the derivative, and use of the composition for medical purposes The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a sex hormone-dependent disease or the like. That is, the present invention provides fused heterocyclic derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) which has a GnRH antagonistic activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, medicinal uses thereof and the like. In the formula (I), rings A is 5-membered cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon or 5-membered heteroaryl; RA is halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, carboxy, alkoxy, carbamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl, etc.; ring B is aryl or heteroaryl; RB is halogen, alkyl, carboxy, alkoxy, carbamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl, etc.; E1 and E2 are oxygen atom, etc.; Q is hydrogen atom, alkyl, alkylsulfonyl, acyl, etc.; X is -(alkylene)-Z, —CO—Y, —SO2—Y, etc. (in which Y is Z or amino, etc.; Z is cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, etc.
US08426423B2	Method of treating Attention Deficit Hyper-Activity Disorder The present invention relates to a method of treating a patient suffering from a disorder of the central nervous system associated with 5-HT1A receptor subtype, comprising as an active ingredient a carbostyril derivative or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1) wherein the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or a double bond.
US08426407B2	Preparation of 1-(substituted aryl)-5-trifluoromethyl-2-(1H)pyridone compounds and salts thereof and their applications A 1-(substituted aryl)-5-trifluoromethyl-2-(1H)pyridone compounds and pharmaceutical acceptable salts, preparation methods and uses for preparing the drugs for treating fibrosis thereof.
US08426403B2	Gamma secretase modulators In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of heterocyclic compounds of the formula: as modulators of gamma secretase, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more diseases associated with the central nervous system using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions.
US08426394B2	Progesterone antagonists such as CDB-4124 in the treatment of endometriosis, uterine fibroids, dysmenorrhea, breast cancer, etc The present invention relates to methods of administering compositions comprising a progesterone receptor antagonist for use in treating estrogen-dependent conditions. The invention is also directed to methods for treating pain associated with endometriosis. The compositions may be administered to females with endometriosis as well as to females undergoing estrogen and/or selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) therapy. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a method for suppressing endometrial proliferation.
US08426390B2	Triazene compounds for the treatment of cancer The present invention relates to novel triazene compounds, to a process for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to the use thereof in the treatment of cancer diseases in humans. The novel triazene compounds are distinguished, as compared with the known triazene compounds, by improved activity while at the same time having reduced toxicity, that is to say by fewer side-effects.
US08426385B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising cyclodextrin paclitaxel inclusion and preparation method thereof A pharmaceutical composition comprising cyclodextrin/paclitaxel inclusion, which consists of paclitaxel, cyclodextrin and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the mass ratio of the paclitaxel to cyclodextrin is 1:10-150, the said cyclodextrin is hydroxylpropyl-sulfobutyl-7-β-cyclodextrin, or sulfobutylether-7-β-cyclodextrin, or their mixture; the stability constant of the cyclodextrin/paclitaxel inclusion is Ka=5396M−1−1412M−1. The preparation method of the pharmaceutical composition is as follow: (a) A solution of cyclodextrin is added dropwise to a solution of paclitaxel in ethanol. (b) The resulting mixture is filtered through microporous membrane of 0.2-0.4 μm after being dissolved. (c) Ethanol is removed under reduced pressure to give a liquid inclusion which has the ethanol level of less than 2%, or alternatively water is also removed under reduced pressure, the resulting product is dried giving a solid inclusion.
US08426378B2	Oligomeric compounds comprising tricyclic nucelosides and methods for their use The present disclosure provides tricyclic nucleosides, oligomeric compounds comprising at least one of the tricyclic nucleosides and methods of using the oligomeric compounds. The methods provided herein include contacting a cell or administering to an animal at least one of the oligomeric compounds. In certain embodiments, the oligomeric compounds hybridize to a portion of a target RNA resulting in loss of normal function of the target RNA.
US08426376B2	Angiogenesis inhibitor Because AK022567 has angiogenesis inhibitory activity, it is useful as an angiogenesis inhibitor. Furthermore, 4 splicing variants obtained from the same gene are also useful as an angiogenesis inhibitor. These 5 polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides and antibodies against the polypeptides are useful for screening of a candidate compound as an angiogenesis inhibitor or promoter. A compound obtained from the screening is useful as a medicine and can be used for a preventive or therapeutic agent for an angiogenesis related disease.
US08426375B2	Immune regulatory oligonucleotide (IRO) compounds to modulate toll-like receptor based immune response The invention provides novel immune regulatory oligonucleotides (IRO) as antagonist of TLRs and methods of use thereof. These IROs have unique sequences that inhibit or suppress TLR-mediated signaling in response to a TLR ligand or TLR agonist. The methods may have use in the prevention and treatment of cancer, an autoimmune disorder, airway inflammation, inflammatory disorders, infectious disease, skin disorders, allergy, asthma or a disease caused by a pathogen.
US08426369B2	Prevention and treatment of colon cancer Stilbene compounds for the prevention and treatment of colon cancer or colon inflammation and methods of using same are provided.
US08426346B2	Polycarboxylic acid gelling agents Scale inhibiting particulates formed from a mixture of fly ash and a phosphonic acid curing agent; wherein the fly ash is cured into a solid material by the contact with the phosphonic acid curing agent. The mixture may also contain a multivalent ion and the particulates may be coated with a coating material in an amount from about 0.1% to about 40% coating material by weight of the scale inhibiting particulate to delay the release of the scale inhibitor.
US08426339B2	Method of minimizing herbicidal injury The present invention provides a method of reducing phytotoxicity or plant injury at a crop plant locus caused by a herbicide application at the locus which method includes applying to the crop plant locus a chloronicotinyl insecticide before the herbicide application.
US08426337B2	Metal salt catalysts for enhancing hydrogen spillover A composition for hydrogen storage includes a receptor, a hydrogen dissociating metal doped on the receptor, and a metal salt doped on the receptor. The hydrogen dissociating metal is configured to spill over hydrogen to the receptor, and the metal salt is configured to increase a rate of the spill over of the hydrogen to the receptor.
US08426328B2	Surface-etched etched alumina/SiC mini-whisker composite material and uses thereof A composition of matter comprising 0.01 to 35% by weight of Al2O3, having a length of 10-20 μm and a surface altered by wet etching, 0.01 to 98% by weight of SiC, having a length of 10-20 μm and a surface altered by dry etching; and 0.01-15% by weight of kaolin, altered by treatment with Na2SiF6, with the above constituents being blended into a SiC/Al2O3 composite. Alternative embodiments are methods of producing the compositions described above. Further embodiments include products made by the process described above.
US08426327B2	Alkali-free glass and alkali-free glass substrate, and method of producing the same A technical object of the present invention is to satisfy various properties required in glass for liquid crystal displays and the like, in particular, fusibility, devitrification resistance, and like properties, and then to design a glass composition in which components harmful to the environment are reduced or substantially not contained, thereby obtaining a glass substrate that takes the environment into consideration. An alkali-free glass of the present invention contains the following glass composition in percent by weight based on oxide: 50 to 70% of SiO2, 10 to 20% of Al2O3, 8 to 12% of B2O3, 0 to 3% of MgO, 4 to 15% of CaO, 0 to 10% of SrO, 0 to 1% of BaO, and 0 to 5% of ZnO, and substantially free of alkali metal oxide and As2O3.
US08426318B2	Method of setting thickness of dielectric and substrate processing apparatus having dielectric disposed in electrode Provided is a method of setting a thickness of a dielectric, which restrains the dielectric formed in an electrode from being consumed when etching a silicon dioxide film on a substrate by using plasma. In a substrate processing apparatus including an upper electrode facing a susceptor and the dielectric formed of silicon dioxide in the upper electrode, a silicon dioxide film formed on a wafer being etched by using plasma, an electric potential of the plasma facing the dielectric in a case where the dielectric is not formed in the upper electrode is estimated based on a bias power applied to the susceptor and an A/C ratio in a chamber, and the thickness of the dielectric is determined so that an electric potential of the plasma, which is obtained by multiplying the estimated electric potential of the plasma by a capacity reduction coefficient calculated when a capacity of the dielectric and a capacity of a sheath generated around a surface of the dielectric are combined, is 100 eV or less.
US08426317B2	Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method An optimum application voltage for reducing deposits on a peripheral portion of a substrate as well as improving a process result in balance is effectively found without changing a height of a focus ring. A plasma processing apparatus includes a focus ring which includes a dielectric ring provided so as to surround a substrate mounting portion of a mounting table and a conductive ring provided on the dielectric ring; a voltage sensor configured to detect a floating voltage of the conductive ring; a DC power supply configured to apply a DC voltage to the conductive ring. An optimum voltage to be applied to the conductive ring is obtained based on a floating voltage actually detected from the conductive ring, and the optimum application voltage is adjusted based on a variation in the actually detected floating voltage for each plasma process.
US08426313B2	Thermal anneal of block copolymer films with top interface constrained to wet both blocks with equal preference Methods for fabricating sublithographic, nanoscale microstructures utilizing self-assembling block copolymers, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided.
US08426310B2	Method of forming a shared contact in a semiconductor device A method for forming a shared contact in a semiconductor device having a gate electrode corresponding to a first transistor and a source/drain region corresponding to a second transistor is provided. The method includes forming a first opening in a dielectric layer overlying the gate electrode and the source/drain region, wherein the first opening extends substantially to the gate electrode corresponding to the first transistor. The method further includes after forming the first opening, forming a second opening, contiguous with the first opening, in the overlying dielectric layer, wherein the second opening extends substantially to the source/drain region corresponding to the second transistor. The method further includes forming the shared contact between the gate electrode corresponding to the first transistor and the source/drain region corresponding to the second transistor by filling the first opening and the second opening with a conductive material.
US08426308B2	Method of forming through silicon via of semiconductor device using low-k dielectric material A method of forming through silicon vias (TSVs) includes forming a primary via hole in a semiconductor substrate, depositing low-k dielectric material in the primary via hole, forming a secondary via hole by etching the low-k dielectric in the primary via hole, in such a manner that a via insulating layer and an inter metal dielectric layer of the low-k dielectric layer are simultaneously formed. The via insulating layer is formed of the low-k dielectric material on sidewalls and a bottom surface of the substrate which delimit the primary via hole and the inter metal dielectric layer is formed on an upper surface of the substrate. Then a metal layer is formed on the substrate including in the secondary via hole, and the metal layer is selectively removed from an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US08426302B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment, includes: forming a stack structure by alternately stacking control gate electrodes and interlayer insulating films; forming a through-hole that penetrates through the stack structure in a stacking direction of the control gate electrodes and the interlayer insulating films; forming a first insulating film that covers an inner surface of the through-hole; forming a charge storage layer that covers an inner surface of the first insulating film; forming a second insulating film that covers an inner surface of the charge storage layer; forming a semiconductor layer that covers an inner surface of the second insulating film; and oxidizing an interface between the semiconductor layer and the second insulating film by performing a heat treatment in an atmosphere containing O2 gas at a temperature of 600° C. or lower.
US08426291B2	Method for isolation formation in manufacturing semiconductor device A method includes forming first insulating films on first and second faces of a substrate, removing the first insulating film on the second face, forming polysilicon films on the first insulating film on the first face and the second face, forming second insulating films on the polysilicon films on the first face and the second face, etching the second insulating film on the first face using a mask including an opening, removing the second insulating films on the first face and the second face, removing the polysilicon film on the side of the first face and forming a passivation film which protects the polysilicon film on the side of the second face so that the polysilicon film on the side of the second face is not removed in the polysilicon film removing step, after the polysilicon film forming step and before the polysilicon film removing step.
US08426290B1	Suspended-membrane/suspended-substrate monolithic microwave integrated circuit modules A device and a method for manufacturing it are disclosed. The device contains a plurality of transistors, a plurality of transmission mediums connected to the transistors; and a substrate having a first portion supporting the transistors and the transmission mediums thereon, and further having a plurality of discrete second portions extending from the first portion. The method disclosed teaches how to manufacture the device.
US08426288B2	Method for improving capacitance uniformity in a MIM device A method for improving capacitance uniformity in a MIM device, mainly for the purpose of improving uniformity of a thin film within the MIM device, includes eight steps in order and step S2-step S6 may be repeated for several times as needed. According to the method for improving capacitance uniformity in a MIM device of the present invention, a certain quantity of defects in the thin film are removed by means of several times of deposition/plasma processes based on the current PECVD, and uniformity of the deposited thin film is increased, thereby improving uniformity in wet etching rate of the thin film and further improving capacitance uniformity in the MIM device.
US08426285B2	Method of fabricating semiconductor device An ion implantation is performed to implant ions into a silicon substrate, and a microwave irradiation is performed to irradiate the silicon substrate with microwaves after the ion implantation. After the microwave irradiation, the silicon substrate is transferred to a heat-treatment apparatus, where the silicon substrate is treated with heat by being irradiated with light having a pulse width ranging from 0.1 milliseconds to 100 milliseconds, both inclusive.
US08426283B1	Method of fabricating a double-gate transistor and a tri-gate transistor on a common substrate A method of fabricating a double-gate transistor and a tri-gate transistor on a common substrate, in which, a substrate includes a first fin structure covered with a first mask layer and a second fin structure covered with a second mask layer, the first mask layer is removed, a gate material layer is formed and covers the first fin structure and the second mask layer, the gate material layer is patterned to result in a tri-gate structure covering the first fin structure and a double-gate structure covering the second fin structure and the second mask layer, and a source and a drain are formed in each of these two fin structures each at two sides of the gates.
US08426281B2	Lateral metal oxide semiconductor drain extension design A semiconductor device 100 comprising source and drain regions 105, 107, and insulating region 115 and a plate structure 140. The source and drain regions are on or in a semiconductor substrate 110. The insulating region is on or in the semiconductor substrate and located between the source and drain regions. The insulating region has a thin layer 120 and a thick layer 122. The thick layer includes a plurality of insulating stripes 132 that are separated from each other and that extend across a length 135 between the source and the drain regions. The plate structure is located between the source and the drain regions, wherein the plate structure is located on the thin layer and portions of the thick layer, the plate structure having one or more conductive bands 143 that are directly over individual ones of the plurality of insulating stripes.
US08426277B2	Semiconductor process A semiconductor process includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. At least a fin-shaped structure is formed on the substrate and an oxide layer is formed on the substrate without the fin-shaped structure forming thereon. A thermal treatment process is performed to form a melting layer on at least a part of the sidewall of the fin-shaped structure.
US08426271B1	Method for manufacturing a gate-control diode semiconductor memory device This invention belongs to semiconductor device manufacturing field and discloses a method for manufacturing a gate-control diode semiconductor storage device. When the floating gate voltage is relatively high, the channel under the floating gate is of n type and the device is of a simple gate-control pn junction structure; by controlling effective n-type concentration of the ZnO film through back-gate control, inverting the n-type ZnO into p-type through the floating gate and using NiO as a p-type semiconductor, an n-p-n-p doping structure is formed. The quantity of charges in the floating gate determines the device threshold voltage, thus realizing the memory functions. This invention features capacity of manufacturing memory devices able to reduce the chip power consumption through advantages of high driving current and small sub threshold swing, is applicable to semiconductor memory devices manufacturing based on flexible substrates and flat panel displays and floating gate memories, etc.
US08426265B2	Method for growing strain-inducing materials in CMOS circuits in a gate first flow A method of manufacturing a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuit, in which the method includes a reactive ion etch (RIE) of a CMOS circuit substrate that forms recesses, the CMOS circuit substrate including: an n-type field effect transistor (n-FET) region; a p-type field effect transistor (p-FET) region; an isolation region disposed between the n-FET and p-FET regions; and a gate wire comprising an n-FET gate, a p-FET gate, and gate material extending transversely from the n-FET gate across the isolation region to the p-FET gate, in which the recesses are formed adjacent to sidewalls of a reduced thickness; growing silicon germanium (SiGe) in the recesses; depositing a thin insulator layer on the CMOS circuit substrate; masking at least the p-FET region; removing the thin insulator layer from an unmasked n-FET region and an unmasked portion of the isolation region; etching the CMOS circuit substrate with hydrogen chloride (HCl) to remove the SiGe from the recesses in the n-FET region; and growing silicon carbon (SiC) in the exposed recesses.
US08426257B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a fuse over a substrate, the fuse having a barrier layer, a metal layer, and an anti-reflective layer stacked, selectively removing the anti-reflective layer, forming an insulation layer over a whole surface of the resultant structure including the fuse, and performing repair-etching such that part of the insulation layer remains above the fuse.
US08426252B2	Wafer level package having a stress relief spacer and manufacturing method thereof In a semiconductor device package having a stress relief spacer, and a manufacturing method thereof, metal interconnect fingers extend from the body of a chip provide for chip interconnection. The metal fingers are isolated from the body of the chip by a stress-relief spacer. In one example, such isolation takes the form of an air gap. In another example, such isolation takes the form of an elastomer material. In either case, mismatch in coefficient of thermal expansion between the metal interconnect fingers and the body of the chip is avoided, alleviating the problems associated with cracking and delamination, and leading to improved device yield and device reliability.
US08426246B2	Vented die and package A die that includes a substrate having a first and second major surface is disclosed. The die has at least one unfilled through via passing through the major surfaces of the substrate. The unfilled through via serves as a vent to release pressure generated during assembly.
US08426245B2	Packaging method involving rearrangement of dice A packaging method is disclosed that comprises attaching a plurality of dice, each having a plurality of bonding pads disposed on an active surface, to an adhesive layer on a substrate. A polymer material is formed over at least a portion of both the substrate and the plurality of dice and a molding apparatus is used on the substrate to force the polymer material to substantially fill around the plurality of dice. The molding apparatus is removed to expose a surface of the polymer material and a plurality of cutting streets is formed on an exposed surface of the polymer material. The substrate is removed to expose the active surface of the plurality of dice.
US08426243B2	Amorphous oxide semiconductor and thin film transistor using the same There is provided an amorphous oxide semiconductor including hydrogen and at least one element of indium (In) and zinc (Zn), the amorphous oxide semiconductor containing one of hydrogen atoms and deuterium atoms of 1×1020 cm−3 or more to 1×1022 cm−3 or less, and a density of bonds between oxygen and hydrogen except bonds between excess oxygen (OEX) and hydrogen in the amorphous oxide semiconductor being 1×1018 cm−3 or less.
US08426231B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device including a photoelectric conversion element An object of an embodiment of the disclosed invention is to provide a semiconductor device including a photoelectric conversion element with excellent characteristics. An object of an embodiment of the disclosed invention is to provide a semiconductor device including a photoelectric conversion device with excellent characteristic through a simple process. A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a light-transmitting substrate; an insulating layer over the light-transmitting substrate; and a photoelectric conversion element over the insulating layer. The photoelectric conversion element includes a single crystal semiconductor layer including a semiconductor region having an effect of photoelectric conversion, a semiconductor region having a first conductivity type, and a semiconductor region having a second conductivity type; a first electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor region having the first conductivity type; and a second electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor region having the second conductivity type.
US08426230B2	Thin film transistor substrate and method for fabricating the same A thin film transistor substrate and a method for fabricating the same are discussed. According to an embodiment, the thin film transistor substrate includes a gate line arranged on a substrate in a first direction; a data line arranged in a second direction crossing the gate line to define adjacent first and second pixel regions, the data line being used in common by the first and second pixel regions; an entire common line arranged in the second direction substantially parallel with the data line; a thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected with the gate line, a source electrode connected with the data line, a drain electrode formed to face the source electrode, and an active layer formed to be overlapped with the gate electrode by interposing a gate insulating film between the active layer and the gate electrode; and a pixel electrode connected with the drain electrode.
US08426225B2	Semiconductor material doping based on target valence band discontinuity A solution for designing and/or fabricating a structure including a quantum well and an adjacent barrier is provided. A target band discontinuity between the quantum well and the adjacent barrier is selected to coincide with an activation energy of a dopant for the quantum well and/or barrier. For example, a target valence band discontinuity can be selected such that a dopant energy level of a dopant in the adjacent barrier coincides with a valence energy band edge for the quantum well and/or a ground state energy for free carriers in a valence energy band for the quantum well. The quantum well and the adjacent barrier can be formed such that the actual band discontinuity corresponds to the target band discontinuity.
US08426218B2	Fixation filter assembly A filter assembly is provided for collecting samples in a fluid environment, the assembly utilizing a laminar convective flow to cause the flow of a preservative/fixative and a filtrate through a filter. A substantially concave dead space around the filter is flushed free of the preservative and the differential in density of the preservative and filtrate causes the more dense fluid to collect in the reservoir and preserve the collected specimen.
US08426213B2	Hydrogen peroxide droplet-based assays The present invention relates to providing improved hydrogen peroxide assays, as well as droplet actuators for conducting such assays. The droplet actuators of the invention may be used to conduct droplet-based hydrogen peroxide assays. They may also be associated with detectors for analyzing the results of the hydrogen peroxide assays of the invention. They may be provided as components of systems which control droplet operations and/or detection for conducting the hydrogen peroxide assays. Measurement by the detector may be used to quantify the presence of an analyte in a sample.
US08426210B2	Antibodies, systems and methods for determining relative hemolytic index Disclosed herein are antibodies, systems and methods for assessing the risk of hemolysis following a blood transfusion with crossmatch incompatible blood. The disclosure provides a method for determining the relative hemolytic index and therefore the risk of post-transfusion hemolysis for said patient.
US08426208B2	Method and apparatus for determining radiation The present invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for determination of ionizing radiation. In some embodiments, the devices comprise nanocomposite materials containing nanostructures (e.g., carbon nanotubes) dispersed in radiation sensitive polymers. In some cases, the device may include a conductive pathway that may be affected upon exposure to ionizing radiation. Embodiments described herein may provide inexpensive, large area, low power, and highly sensitive radiation detection materials/devices.
US08426201B2	Ion channel assay methods A method of characterizing the biological activity of a candidate compound may include exposing cells to the candidate compound, and then exposing the cells to a repetitive application of electric fields so as to set the transmembrane potential to a level corresponding to a pre-selected voltage dependent state of a target ion channel.
US08426200B2	Neuronal differentiation of stem cells The present invention relates to compositions and methods for culturing stem cells, such that neuronal differentiation can be achieved.
US08426192B2	Composite membrane containing a cross-linked enzyme matrix for a biosensor An electrochemical sensor system and membrane and method thereof for increased accuracy and effective life of electrochemical and enzyme sensors.
US08426189B2	Soybean-based fermentation media, methods of making and use Fermentation media containing an isoflavone-depleted soybean meal or isoflavone-depleted soybean meal product and at least one exogenous added ingredient that comprises a substrate for microbial growth are provided. Methods of making a fermentation medium comprising an isoflavone-depleted soybean meal or isoflavone-depleted soybean meal product and methods for obtaining a fermentation product are also provided. The present invention is further directed to fermentation broths obtained by the media and methods. The present invention is also directed to feed additives produced from fermentation broths obtained by the methods.
US08426186B2	Engineered potato virus A nuclear inclusion protein The present invention relates to potato virus NIa protease variants or fragments thereof, polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
US08426178B2	Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of a 3-aryl-3-hydroxypropanamine from a 3-aryl-3-ketopropanamine The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds. The engineered ketoreductase polypeptides are optimized for catalyzing the conversion of N,N-dimethyl-3-keto-3-(2-thienyl)-1-ketopropanamine to (S)—N,N-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-3-(2- thienyl)-1-propanamine.
US08426177B2	Meganuclease variants cleaving a DNA target sequence from the mouse ROSA26 locus and uses thereof An I-CreI variant, wherein one of the two I-CreI monomers has at least two substitutions, one in each of the two functional subdomains of the LAGLIDADG (SEQ ID NO: 150) core domain situated respectively from positions 26 to 40 and 44 to 77 of I-CreI, said variant being able to cleave a DNA target sequence from the mouse ROSA26 locus. Use of said variant and derived products for the engineering of transgenic mice and recombinant mouse cell lines expressing an heterologous protein of interest.
US08426168B2	Process for the preparation of recombinant polypeptides The present invention relates to the preparation of a recombinant polypeptide, which polypeptide upon expression has been secreted into the periplasm of a transformed host cell. In particular, this invention relates to a process to enhance the extraction yield of the recombinant polypeptide from the periplasm before further downstream processing.
US08426167B2	Methods for producing fusion polypeptides or enhancing expression of fusion polypeptides The present invention relates to the cloning and expression of foreign protein or polypeptides in bacteria, such as Escherichia coli. In particular, this invention relates to expression tools comprising a FKBP-type peptidyl prolyl isomerase selected from the group consisting of FkpA, SlyD, and trigger factor; methods of recombinant protein expression, the recombinant polypeptides thus obtained, as well as to the use of such polypeptides.
US08426166B2	Long-acting polypeptides and methods of producing same A polypeptide and polynucleotides encoding same comprising one carboxy-terminal peptide (CTP) of chorionic gonadotrophin attached to an amino terminus of a cytokine and two carboxy-terminal peptides (CTP) of chorionic gonadotrophin attached to a carboxy terminus of a cytokine are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the polypeptide and polynucleotides of the invention and methods of using same are also disclosed.
US08426161B1	Method to produce sugar water and ethanol A method for producing ethanol comprising the steps of providing feedstock, processing the feedstock at a feedstock processing plant adapted to produce sugar water and wet animal feed, separating the sugar water and wet animal feed, transporting the sugar water from the feedstock processing plant to an ethanol producing plant, and producing ethanol from the sugar water. A system for producing ethanol comprising a feedstock provider adapted to provide feedstock, feedstock, a feedstock processing plant adapted to produce sugar water and wet animal feed from the feedstock, a means for transporting the sugar water, and an ethanol producing plant adapted to produce ethanol from the sugar water.
US08426160B2	Processes of producing fermentation products The invention relates to a process of fermenting plant material in a fermentation medium into a fermentation product using a fermenting organism, wherein one or more carbonic anhydrases are present in the fermentation medium.
US08426150B2	Process for differential polypeptides detection and uses thereof Provided herein is an affinity media and the construction and use thereof. The affinity media may be used, for example, for the detection of differential proteins/peptides by depletion of proteins/peptides similar to those in a control sample from a test sample in the search for biologically and pathologically important proteins/peptides. The detected differential proteins/peptides provide vital information for biomarker discovery, drug target discovery, and personalized medicine and treatment.
US08426148B2	Label-free methods using a resonant waveguide grating biosensor to determine GPCR signaling pathways A system and method for GPCR signaling pathway analysis and elucidation using a biosensor, a live-cell, and a pathway active compound, as defined herein.
US08426142B2	IgA nephropathy testing method and test kit There is provided a renal disease testing method comprising a complex detection step of detecting a complex of human uromodulin and human IgA in a sample derived from urine collected from a subject. It is preferred that the renal disease testing method of the invention further comprises a determination step of assessing the whether the renal disease is IgA nephropathy based on the ratio of the amount of the complex detected in the complex detection step to the amount of urinary proteins in the sample. The renal disease testing method of the invention has good detection sensitivity and specificity, and can conveniently and safely assess the existence of a renal disease (preferably, IgA nephropathy).
US08426139B2	Polypeptides for identifying in vitro and preventing staphyloccocal infections on joint prostheses and other implanted foreign materials The invention concerns novel polypeptides, or parts or variants of the novel polypeptides, the use of sequences encoding the polypeptides and the use of antibodies directed against the polypeptides in the field of in vitro diagnosis of a Staphylococcus epidermidis and/or Staphylococcus aureus infection on foreign material implanted in the body.
US08426137B2	Methods and probes for detecting a vancomycin resistance gene Compositions and methods for the detection of vancomycin-resistant pathogens using primers and/or probes to the vanA and vanB genes.
US08426128B2	Methods and compositions for vitamin K epoxide reductase The present invention provides a method of identifying a human subject having increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin, comprising detecting in the subject the presence of a single nucleotide polymorphism in the VKOR gene, wherein the single nucleotide polymorphism is correlated with increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin, thereby identifying the subject having increased or decreased sensitivity to warfarin.
US08426124B2	Two-step temperature profile for the propagation of viruses The present invention provides a method for the production of a virus. The method includes providing a host cell that has been infected by the virus and cultivating the infected host cell at two different temperatures. The virus produced by the cultivation steps is subsequently collected. By using the dual temperature cultivation process, high titer and improved purity can be obtained.
US08426121B2	Self-aligned spatial frequency doubling In accordance with the invention, there are methods for self-aligned spatial frequency doubling in one dimension and also in two dimension. The method for self-aligned spatial frequency doubling in one dimension can include forming a film stack over a substrate, wherein the film stack comprises a photoresist layer and forming a one-dimensional periodic first pattern having a first pitch p on the photoresist layer using an optical exposure, wherein the first pitch p is at least smaller than twice the bandpass limit for optical exposures. The method can also include forming a second pattern using the first pattern by nonlinear processing steps, wherein the second pattern has a second pitch p2=p/2.
US08426120B2	High-throughput imaging of graphene based sheets by fluorescence quenching microscopy and applications of same A method for imaging a graphene-based film. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a graphene-based film on a surface of a medium; forming a fluorescent coating over the graphene-based film to form a sample; illuminating the sample with light of a specific wavelength or wavelengths, which is absorbed by the fluorescent coating to cause the fluorescent coating to emit light of wavelengths longer than that of the absorbed light, which is quenched by the graphene-based film such that a visibility contrast is formed between the graphene-based film and the fluorescent coating; and imaging the graphene-based film from the visibility contrast.
US08426119B2	Dynamic projection method for micro-truss foam fabrication A system for fabricating a radiation-cured component is provided. The system includes a radiation-sensitive material configured to at least one of initiate, polymerize, crosslink and dissociate with exposure to radiation, and at least one radiation source configured to project a radiation beam with a vector that does not intersect the radiation-sensitive material. The system further includes a radiation directing device that is selectively positionable to reflect the radiation beam in a desired direction and exposure the radiation-sensitive material to the radiation beam. A method for fabricating the radiation-cured components is also provided.
US08426116B2	Method for fabricating a semiconductor device An exposure mask for recess gate includes a transparent substrate and a recess gate pattern. The recess gate pattern is disposed over the transparent substrate. The recess gate pattern includes a first portion having a first line width and a second portion having a second line width smaller than the first line width. In the second portion, elements of the recess gate pattern are separated.
US08426108B2	Chemically amplified positive resist composition for EB or EUV lithography and patterning process A chemically amplified positive resist composition for EB or EUV lithography is provided comprising (A) a polymer or a blend of polymers wherein a film of the polymer or polymer blend is insoluble in alkaline developer, but turns soluble under the action of acid, (B) an acid generator, (C) a basic compound, and (D) a solvent. The basic compound (C) is a polymer comprising recurring units bearing a side chain having a secondary or tertiary amine structure as a basic active site and constitutes a part or the entirety of the polymer or polymers as component (A).
US08426102B2	Lithographic printing plate precursor and plate making method A lithographic printing plate precursor includes: an aluminum support; an intermediate layer; and an image-recording layer, in this order, wherein at least one of the intermediate layer and the image-recording layer contains a compound having an amino group and a functional group capable of interacting with the aluminum support in a molecule.
US08426098B2	Image print and image forming method Disclosed is an image print which has a toner-holding layer on an image-supporting substrate in which the toner-holding layer holds a toner image formed by toner particles, wherein the toner-holding layer is composed of a hydrogel having a water content of 10% by mass or more and not more than 90% by mass.
US08426095B2	Toner Disclosed is a decolorable toner containing a binder resin and a coloring agent which contains a color former compound and a color developing agent and has a capsule structure such that it is covered with an outer shell, and having a volume average particle diameter of from 5.0 to 15.0 μm and a number-based particle size distribution CV of 35% or less.
US08426092B2	Poly(imide-carbonate) polytetrafluoroethylene containing photoconductors A photoconductor that includes for example, a supporting substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an optional hole blocking layer, an optional adhesive layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and where the charge transport layer contains a charge transport component, and a mixture of a poly(imide-carbonate) polymer and a fluorinated polymer and optionally a third polymer, like a polycarbonate.
US08426090B2	Intermediate transfer member comprising an inorganic layer, and image forming method and image forming apparatus employing thereof It is an object to provide an intermediate transfer member that maintains a good second transferability and a good cleaning property even when print is repeatedly carried out and continuously obtains a high quality toner image without the occurrence of a non-printing portion of a character image, and an image forming method and a image forming device that use the intermediate transfer member. The intermediate transfer member is used for an image forming device provided with a means which, after the toner image carried on a surface of a photosensitive member is first transferred to the intermediate transfer member, the toner image is second transferred to a transfer member. The intermediate transfer member is characterized in that including an inorganic layer on the most outer surface, wherein the inorganic layer defines a contact angle of 30°-60° with respect to methylene iodide and the hardness of the inorganic layer measured by a nanoindentation method is in the range of 3 GPa-10 GPa.
US08426085B2	Method and apparatus for EUV mask having diffusion barrier A photomask is provide. The photomask includes a substrate having a multi-layer stack disposed over the substrate. The multilayer stack has alternating first second and third layers disposed over each other, wherein the first, second and third layers are composed of first, second and third materials, respectively, and wherein at least the second layer is formed through an atomic layer deposition process. A capping layer is disposed over the multilayer stack; and an absorber layer disposed over the capping layer. A method for evaluating materials, unit processes, and process sequences for manufacturing a photomask is also provided.
US08426080B2	Gas replacement method of fuel cell, fuel cell system and device for fuel cell system A method of replacing a gas in a fuel cell system is provided, which comprises the steps of detecting that a fuel cartridge is connected to the fuel cell system having a fuel cell and supplying a fuel from the fuel cartridge on the basis of the detection to start replacement of gas in the fuel cell system. Thereby, a simple gas replacement method is provided for replacing the gas other than the fuel, which has entered the fuel cell system that is supplied with the fuel from the fuel cartridge, with the fuel. Especially, a user does not have to perform the gas replacement operation manually. The gas replacement can be automatically performed.
US08426078B2	Manufacturing of fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies incorporating photocurable cationic crosslinkable resin gasket A first transport system moves a web comprising a subgasketed CCM layer and an application system applies a crosslinkable resin to at least a subgasketed portion of the subgasketed CCM layer. The crosslinkable resin preferably comprises a photocurable cationic crosslinkable resin. A first curing apparatus subjects an exposed surface of the crosslinkable resin to a photo curing process to initiate curing of the crosslinkable resin. A second transport system moves a GDL into adhering contact with a partially cured exposed surface of the crosslinkable resin of the CCM layer so as to form an MEA layer. A second curing apparatus subjects the GDL, partially cured crosslinkable resin, and CCM layer structure to a thermal curing process to substantially complete curing of the crosslinkable resin. A converting system is configured to receive the MEA layer and produce a plurality of discrete MEAs from the MEA layer.
US08426070B2	Method for removing diluent from an extrudate of a polymer solution The invention relates to a method for removing diluent from a polymer extrudate, especially in connection with a process for producing a microporous membrane. The method involves contacting the extrudate with a second solvent in a first stage; contacting the extrudate from the first stage with a third solvent in a second stage; conducting a first stream away from the first stage and/or conducting a second stream away from the second stage; and cooling at least a portion of the first and/or second stream and separating therefrom at least one of a first phase rich in the second solvent or a second phase rich in the third solvent.
US08426069B2	Battery having a belt-like separator A battery of this invention includes: a separator which is folded in a zigzag manner, thereby forming a layered structure having at least one first-electrode holding part and at least one second-electrode holding part which are alternately aligned; a first electrode accommodated in the first-electrode holding part; and a second electrode accommodated in the second-electrode holding part. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode has at least one protruding part. The first electrode is connected to a first terminal, and the second electrode is connected to second terminal.
US08426066B2	Material for lithium secondary battery of high performance Provided is a lithium mixed transition metal oxide having a composition represented by Formula I of LixMyO2 (M, x and y are as defined in the specification)having mixed transition metal oxide layers (“MO layers”) comprising Ni ions and lithium ions, wherein lithium ions intercalate into and deintercalate from the MO layers and a portion of MO layer-derived Ni ions are inserted into intercalation/deintercalation layers of lithium ions (“reversible lithium layers”) thereby resulting in the interconnection between the MO layers. The lithium mixed transition metal oxide of the present invention has a stable layered structure and therefore exhibits improved stability of the crystal structure upon charge/discharge. In addition, a battery comprising such a cathode active material can exhibit a high capacity and a high cycle stability. Further, such a lithium mixed transition metal oxide is substantially free of water-soluble bases, and thereby can provide excellent storage stability, decreased gas evolution and consequently superior high-temperature stability with the feasibility of low-cost mass production.
US08426062B2	Binder composition for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrode and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery Disclosed is a binder composition for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrode including an antioxidizing agent, able to inhibit the thickening of an electrode slurry. The binder composition enables to form electrode slurry without making the antioxidizing agent adhere to the insides of fine pores of electrode active materials after coating and drying. The binder composition for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrode contains a binder and an emulsified antioxidizing agent, and particularly, it is preferable that the binder is an aqueous binder including a diene-based polymer and that the antioxidizing agent is a polymeric phenol compound.
US08426058B2	Metal-resin composite and method A metal-resin composite comprises a metal substrate with concavities in the surface, a first coating layer on the surface of the metal substrate, a second coating layer on the first coating layer, and a third coating layer on the second coating layer. The first coating layer fills the concavities and covers the surface of the substrate.
US08426057B2	Pouch type case and battery pack including the same The present invention relates to a pouch type case having trimming portions formed on both sides or four corners thereof and a battery pack including the same. The trimming portions are formed on the corners of the pouch type case such that the trimming portions are indented toward an electrode assembly accommodating part to reduce a unit area so as to increase pressure applied to unit cells when a battery pack is assembled, thereby facilitating assembling of the battery pack and increasing cell capacity per unit area. Furthermore, the unit cells can be fixed in the battery pack more stably. The pouch type case reduces the unit area so as to include a relatively large number of cells for pressure applied to the cells when the battery pack is assembled to thereby increase the cell capacity.
US08426056B2	Power supply device A power supply device, which is simply assembled and in which a cell assembly and a measuring section are freely inserted and detached, is provided. A power supply device 1 includes a cell assembly 2, a plurality of first bus bars 51, a plate 3 to which the plurality of bus bars 51 are attached. The plate is overlapped on the cell assembly 2. The cell assembly 2 has a plurality of cells 21 respectively including positive electrodes 23 at one ends and negative electrodes 24 at the other ends. The first bus bars 51 connect the positive electrodes 23 of the one cells 21 to the negative electrodes 24 of the other cells 21 of the cell assembly 2 which are mutually adjacent when the plate 3 is overlapped or overlaid on the cell assembly 2. The power supply device 1 includes a positioning unit 71 that relatively positions the cell assembly 2 to the plate 3 and a guide unit 72 that guides the plurality of first bus bars 51 to positions where the first bus bars 51 connect the respectively corresponding positive electrodes 23 to the negative electrodes 24 when the plate 3 is attached to the cell assembly 2.
US08426055B2	Apparatus for storing energy and method for manufacturing the same An apparatus for storing energy may include: a plurality of nanowire cells electrically connected to each other; and a storage for storing electrical energy generated from the nanowire cells. Each of the plurality of nanowire cells may include: first and second electrodes disposed at an interval; and a nanowire, which is disposed between the first and the second electrodes and made of a piezoelectric material. The plurality of nanowire cells may be electrically connected, so that voltage or current may be increased. Therefore, wireless recharging of the storage connected to the nanowire cells with electrical energy may be enabled.
US08426049B2	Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device A battery cover assembly using for accommodating a battery therein comprises a battery cover and a housing. The battery cover has a plurality of arcuate elements protruding therefrom. Each arcuate element has a latching portion protruding therefrom. The housing has a plurality of guiding grooves corresponding to the arcuate elements of the battery cover. The housing further has a plurality of troughs latching with the latching portions and a plurality of notches corresponding to the troughs. The arcuate elements are rotatably received in the guiding grooves. The notches communicate with the troughs, the latching portions releasably latches into the troughs via the notches. When the latching portions is received into the troughs, the battery cover is rotated relative to the housing to latch the latching portions in the troughs.
US08426045B2	Internal-resistance measuring device for response-delay type fuel cell One object is to provide a measuring device configured to evaluate the power generation characteristics of a response-delay type fuel cell automatically, precisely, and with excellent reproducibility with consideration of the response delay against power load fluctuations, and effectively acclimatize and develop microorganisms that are provided to generate power. A potentio-galvanostat is connected to a microbial fuel cell provided as an exemplary response-delay type fuel cell. Further, an automatic measuring device is connected to the potentio-galvanostat. The automatic measuring device has a program function and measures the internal resistance of the microbial fuel cell at set time. The internal resistance measurement is executed through the automatic measuring device that instructs the potentio-galvanostat to change a current value flowing to the microbial fuel cell and that repeatedly executes the process of measuring and recording a voltage value of the microbial fuel cell and the current value while changing a current control value in stages after the voltage value is stabilized.
US08426027B2	Composition for coating plastic substrate, coating film formed therefrom, and formed body The present invention relates to a composition for coating a plastic substrate, a coating film formed therefrom and a molded body. The composition can form a coating film that exhibits favorable adhesion to plastic substrates, as well as excellent abrasion resistance and weather resistance. The coating film-forming components of the composition include silica particles having (meth)acryloyl groups, a hexafunctional or higher aliphatic urethane(meth)acrylate, and an active energy beam-curable compound having an alicyclic structure, wherein the amount of the silica particles is within a range from 1.0 to 40 mass %, relative to 100 mass % of the coating film-forming components.
US08426023B2	Coated polyoxymethylenes comprising a formaldehyde scavenger comprising a lysine compound The present invention relates to coated polyoxymethylene moldings, comprising at least one polyoxymethylene homo- or copolymer A), and also, if appropriate, further additives B), which has been coated on the surface with at least one binder C) and one formaldehyde scavenger D), wherein the binder C) used comprises a polyalkylene oxide C1 or a polyvinyl ester C2 or a graft polymer C3 composed of C1 and C2 or a mixture of these, and the formaldehyde scavenger D) used comprises at least one lysine compound.
US08426011B2	Marking based on chiral liquid crystal polymers A liquid crystal polymer marking is obtainable by a process that comprises applying a chiral liquid crystal precursor composition onto a substrate, heating the composition to a bring same to a chiral liquid crystal state, locally applying at least one modifying agent to modify the chiral liquid crystal state, and curing and/or polymerization the resultant product. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US08426005B2	Optical information recording medium A super-resolution optical information recording medium comprises a super-resolution layer and a recording layer which are laminated on a support substrate, wherein the super-resolution layer is provided with properties consisting of a first state to maintain a solid phase against irradiation of a laser beams, and a second state to become a liquid layer state against irradiation of a laser beam onto a recording mark on the recording layer to thereby change an optical constant. The optical constant is determined so that a ratio of a super-resolution signal intensity obtained at a second state region against a background light interference intensity obtained at a first state region is at least 1.8, and a ratio of the super-resolution signal intensity obtained at the second state region against a disk noise intensity obtained at first and second state regions is at least 0.16.
US08426002B2	Optical disk and method for manufacturing the same A first substrate is formed to include a surface on which a first record layer is formed, and which includes an inner circumferential portion on which a ring-shaped member is provided. Ultraviolet curing resin is dropped onto part of the surface which is located inward of the ring-shaped member, and the first substrate is then spun to coat the first record layer with the ultraviolet curing resin. Furthermore, a second substrate is formed to include a surface on which a second record layer is formed, and the second substrate is spun to coat the second record layer with ultraviolet curing resin. Then, the first and second record layers are made to face each other, and the first and second substrates are bonded to each other by the ultraviolet curing resin.
US08425993B2	Print media and methods for making the same The present invention is directed to a medium (“substrate”) usable with inkjet printing apparatus (either or both piezoelectric and thermal inkjet, or other forms of inkjet printing), and methods for forming and using the same. In one embodiment, the substrate comprises a base material component and an image enhancing layer including a metallic salt disposed either or both on at least one side of the base medium and mixed within the base medium thereon. The present invention is further directed to printable articles including the same.
US08425992B2	Continuous diorama Diorama having a focal zone and a plurality of inclined panels on which different areas of a two-dimensional image are displayed. The panels are disposed about the focal zone, which can be an area, a line, or a point, and the image flows continuously between the panels with no physical seams between areas of the image displayed on adjacent ones of the panels. The panels are rotated away from a seam line that extends between the focal zone and an outer edge of the image, and outwardly diverging edges of the panels along edges of the image created by the rotation are brought together along the seam line to tilt the panels to their inclined positions and create an enhanced perspective effect.
US08425988B2	Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, polymerizable liquid crystal composition and anisotropic polymer The main aim of the invention is to provide a polymerizable compound that is excellent in the stability of a liquid crystal phase, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition, and an anisotropic polymer in which the optical anisotropy can be adjusted and a uniform orientation is excellent. An anisotropic polymer having a uniform orientation formed by polymerization of a paint film that was prepared by application of a polymerizable liquid crystal composition including a compound represented by formula (1) having a benzyl ester moiety in the minor axis direction of the molecule to a supporting substrate; wherein at least one of Ra is a polymerizable group, A is a divalent cyclic-structure group, B is phenyl that may have a substituent, Y and Z are a single bond or alkylene, and m and n are an integer from 0 to 5.
US08425986B2	Composite nanostructure solid acid fuel cell electrodes via electrospray deposition The present invention provides a method of preparing a nanostructure material on a substrate. The method includes spraying an aqueous solution from a capillary to the substrate, wherein the aqueous solution includes an electrolyte and an alcohol. The method also includes applying an electrical bias between the capillary and the substrate, such that the electrolyte deposits on the substrate forming the nanostructure material. The present invention also provides the nanostructure material prepared by this method.
US08425982B2	Methods of improving long range order in self-assembly of block copolymer films with ionic liquids Methods for fabricating arrays of nanoscaled alternating lamellar or cylinders in a polymer matrix having improved long range order utilizing self-assembling block copolymers, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided.
US08425971B2	Edible oil-and-water emulsion The present invention relates to an edible water-continuous oil-and-water emulsion having a pH in the range of 2.0-5.0, said emulsion comprising: 5-90 wt. % of an oil phase; 10-95 wt. % of an aqueous phase; 0.3-30% by weight of the aqueous phase of one or more egg yolk granule proteins selected from high density lipoprotein (HDL) and phosvitin; and from 0.05% up to 10 wt. % of the aqueous phase of one or more egg yolk plasma proteins selected from low density lipoprotein (LDL) and livetin; wherein the weight ratio of the egg yolk granule proteins to the egg yolk plasma proteins exceeds 1:1. It was discovered that egg yolk granule proteins can advantageously be used to stabilize acidic water-continuous oil-and-water emulsions such as mayonnaise and dressings.
US08425968B2	Beverage preservative system containing pimaricin-cyclodextrin complex The present invention provides a beverage preservative system comprising a pimaricin-cyclodextrin complex for use in beverages products. The present invention is further directed to beverage products comprising the beverage preservative systems. The beverage preservative system prevents spoilage by microorganisms in a beverage within a sealed container for a period of at least 16 weeks.
US08425966B2	Dough compositions having a moisture barrier, and related methods Described are dough products that contain a hydrogel coating, wherein the hydrogel coating contains a hydrophilic colloid, oil, plasticizer, and water, and functions as a moisture barrier.
US08425965B2	Method for heating or sterilizing a liquid stream A method of sterilizing a liquid food product includes flowing a food product to be sterilized through an input channel. The method also includes flowing the liquid food product through a heating channel that is fluidly coupled to the input channel. Further, the method includes flowing the food product through an output channel fluidly coupled to the heating channel. The output channel is adjacent the input channel, and the output channel, the input channel, and the heating channel are all integrated portions of a heat exchanger. Further still, the method includes transferring heat between the output channel and the input channel.
US08425956B2	Mixed amino acid/mineral compounds having improved solubility Mixed amino acid/mineral compounds can include at least two amino acids bound to a central mineral atom. The combination of amino acids can be tailored to provide improved solubility, absorption, and/or bioavailability of the mineral. Optionally, organic acids can be bound to the mineral or combined with the chelate in order to further improve solubility, absorption, and/or bioavailability. Compositions including one or more mixed amino acid/mineral compounds can be included in therapeutic regimens for indications in which the mineral may treat and/or prevent a condition or symptom.
US08425950B1	Liquid mixture and methods for use A method of relieving pain includes topically applying a liquid mixture to an area of human skin. The liquid mixture includes an alcohol including concentrated ethanol, and at least one of a cannabis leaf, a cannabis stem, or a combination thereof. The method also includes absorbing the liquid mixture through the skin, providing reduced inflammation to the area, and providing increased blood flow to the area.
US08425936B2	Antibiotic product, use and formulation thereof An antibiotic product is comprised of at least three dosages forms, each of which has a different release profile, with the Cmax for the antibiotic product being reached in less than about twelve hours. In one embodiment, there is an immediate release dosage form, as well as two or more sustained release dosage forms, with each of the dosage forms having a different release profile, wherein each reaches a Cmax at different times.
US08425934B2	Pharmaceutical compositions The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and, more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound {1S-[1α,2α,3β(1S,2R),5β]}-3-(7-{[2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)cyclopropyl]amino}-5-(propylthio)-3H-1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidin-3-yl)-5-(2-hydroxyethoxy)cyclopentane-1,2-diol.
US08425930B2	Prebiotic oligosaccharides The present invention provides galacto-oligosaccharide compositions that preferentially stimulate growth of specific Bifidobacterium species and subspecies.
US08425929B2	Sustained release intraocular implants and methods for preventing retinal dysfunction Biocompatible intraocular implants include an alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist and a polymer associated with the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist to facilitate release of the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist into an eye for an extended period of time. The alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. The implants may be placed in an eye to prevent the occurrence of one or more ocular conditions, or to reduce one or more symptoms of an ocular condition, such as an ocular neurosensory disorder and the like.
US08425926B2	Antimicrobial medical devices The present invention provides methods for making an antimicrobial medical device, preferably an antimicrobial ophthalmic device, more preferably an antimicrobial extended-wear contact lens, which contains silver nano-particles distributed uniformly therein. The antimicrobial medical device can exhibit antimicrobial activity over an extended period of time.
US08425924B2	Propylene compositions containing a pyrethroid and products made therefrom Provided are compositions comprising (a) a propylene-alpha-olefin copolymer comprising at least about 50%, by weight of the propylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, of propylene-derived units and about 5% to about 35%, by weight of the propylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, of units derived from at least one of ethylene or a C4-10 alpha-olefin, wherein the polypropylene-alpha-olefin copolymer has a heat of fusion of about 75 J/g or less, melting point of about 100° C. or less, and crystallinity of about 2% to about 65% of isotactic polypropylene; and (b) a pesticide, preferably a pyrethroid; films, filaments, fibers, sheets, molded objects, extruded articles, woven or non-woven materials, yarns, or mosquito nets made therefrom; and methods of their manufacture.
US08425920B2	Method for inducing lymphoid tissue and modulating intestinal homeostasis Methods and products for modulating the lymphoid system, especially intestinal homeostasis between intestinal lymphoid tissues and gut flora using ligands for NOD1 and/or CCR6.
US08425912B2	Immunoconjugates with an intracellularly-cleavable linkage The invention relates to therapeutic conjugates with improved ability to target various cancer cells containing a targeting moiety and a therapeutic moiety. The targeting and therapeutic moieties are linked via an acid cleavable linkage that increases therapeutic efficacy of the immunoconjugate.
US08425908B2	Treatment with anti-ErbB2 antibodies The present invention concerns the treatment of disorders characterized by the overexpression of ErbB2. More specifically, the invention concerns the treatment of human patients susceptible to or diagnosed with cancer overexpressing ErbB2 with a combination of an anti-ErbB2 antibody and a chemotherapeutic agent other than an anthracycline, e.g. doxorubicin or epirubicin. The invention further provides a method of treating cancer in a human patient comprising administering effective amounts of an anti-ErbB2 antibody and a cardioprotectant to the patient.

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