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US08430886B2	Inserter for locating and impacting an acetabular cup An inserter for locating and impacting an acetabular cup which has an inner bearing surface in a prepared acetabulum. The inserter has a handle carrying an anvil, an impaction head adapted to receive the cup and a retention system for attaching the cup to the inserter. The retention system extends between an actuator in the handle and the impaction head. The actuator is operable to free the retention system from the cup by impacting the anvil.
US08430884B2	Femoral guide for ACL repair having selectively deployable femoral surface engagement member A guide for positioning a femoral tunnel during an ACL repair. The device may include a shaft having a distal end and a femoral surface engagement member. The femoral surface engagement member may be selectively deployable relative to the distal end of the shaft. The femoral surface engagement member may have a relatively sharp distal end, that is configured to alter, e.g., pierce, a surface of the femur.
US08430877B2	Apparatus for performing an electrosurgical procedure A surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly operatively connects to the shaft and has a pair of first and second jaw members. A jaw insert is operably associated with the first and second jaw members. The jaw insert includes one or more cam slots defined therein configured to receive a cam pin that upon movement thereof rotates the first and second jaw members from an open position to a clamping position and an opening defined therein configured to securely house a pivot pin that provides a point of pivot for the first and second jaw members. The jaw insert is manufactured from an insulative medium to dielectrically isolate the first and second jaw members.
US08430875B2	Magnetic navigation systems and methods Systems and methods for forming a lesion on an endocardial tissue of a patient's heart involve placing an ablation assembly inside of the heart and adjacent to the endocardial tissue, and placing a guiding assembly outside of the heart. An ablation assembly includes an ablation element and a first attraction element, and a guiding assembly includes a second attraction element. First and second attraction elements can be attracted via magnetism. Techniques involve forming an ablation on the cardiac tissue of a patient's heart with an ablation element of the ablation assembly. Optionally, techniques may include moving the second attraction element of the guiding assembly relative to the patient's heart, so as to effect a corresponding movement of the ablation element of the ablation assembly.
US08430872B2	Systems and/or methods for using coherent electromagnetic waves to treat tumors and/or other growths Certain example embodiments relate to techniques for using coherent electromagnetic (EM) waves to treat tumors and/or other growths. In certain example embodiments, a growth is imaged. Based on this image, a holographic plate is prepared. Coherent electromagnetic waves are then focused on the holographic plate so that a holographic image of the growth is formed on the actual growth. Magnetic particles may be injected at or proximate to the growth and captured in the EM field corresponding to the holographic image such that these injected particles are caused to congregate in and/or on the growth. In certain example embodiments, bombarding of the growth with the injected particles may help damage or destroy the tumor. In certain example embodiments, the particles, once attached to and/or embedded in the actual growth may be irradiated (e.g., using a microwave or other energy source) so as to further damage or destroy the growth.
US08430871B2	System and method for monitoring ablation size A system for monitoring ablation size is provided and includes a power source including a microprocessor for executing at least one control algorithm. A microwave antenna is configured to deliver microwave energy from the power source to tissue to form an ablation zone. A radiation detection device is operably disposed on the microwave antenna. The radiation detection device is configured to generate a voltage corresponding to a radius of the ablation zone, wherein the radiation detection device is in operative communication with at least one module associated with the power source. The at least one module triggers a signal when a predetermined threshold voltage is measured corresponding to the radius of the ablation zone.
US08430870B2	Inductively heated snare An electrical conductor, such as a wire or catheter, which is coated circumferentially with a ferromagnetic material in a selected region, is fed from a high frequency alternating current source. The ferromagnetic material has a quick response in heating and cooling to the controllable power delivery. The ferromagnetic material can be used for separating tissue, coagulation, tissue destruction or achieving other desired tissue effects in numerous surgical procedures.
US08430868B2	Axial-force limiting torque wrench for use with implantable medical devices Embodiments of the invention are related to tools for coupling leads to header assemblies for implantable medical devices, amongst other things. A wrench is configured so that if an axial force exceeding a first threshold is applied to a handle housing, then the housing handle will rotate with respect to a shaft. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US08430864B2	Catheter with multiple deflections A catheter has a control handle with at least an outer thumb control and an inner second thumb control. A longer puller wire has a distal end anchored at or near a distal end of distal deflectable portion. A shorter puller wire has a distal end anchored at or near a distal end of the proximal deflectable portion. For the shorter puller wire, a shorter compression coil has a distal end at or near a proximal end of the intermediate deflectable section. For the longer puller wire, a longer compression coil has a distal end at or near a distal end of the shorter puller wire. The inner and outer thumb controls include engagement members releasable by rotation of one thumb control relative to the other. When disengaged, the thumb controls each can be moved longitudinally relative to each other. When engaged, the thumb controls are coupled together for longitudinal movement as a single unit relative to the control handle.
US08430861B2	Microvascular obstruction detection and therapy A method of detecting and treating a microvascular obstruction is provided. In one embodiment, a catheter is provided for both detecting the microvascular obstruction and treating or removing the obstruction.
US08430859B2	Purge bag for an IV line and methods of addressing the causes of the growth in resistant bacterial infections in hospitals The invention relates to systems and methods for collecting the content of IV lines that otherwise would be spilt in a hospital environment. In one general aspect the system includes an intravenous tubing system to prevent spillage of fluids. The IV tubing system includes intravenous tubing and a purge bag. The intravenous tubing includes a first end configured to attach to a fluid container and a second end having a connector. The purge bag includes at least one port, such as a needle-free valved port, configured to receive fluids from the intravenous tubing. The purge bag optionally contains a second port is configured to let air into or out of the purge bag with a closing means that may be a needle-free valved port. The purge bag can be packaged separately from the IV tubing set and the package can be opened at the time of use.
US08430851B2	Surgical access port A surgical access port or trocar is provided. The trocar has a trocar seal housing and a trocar cannula with an optical obturator insertable through the trocar seal housing and the trocar cannula. The trocar is configured to access a body cavity, to maintain positive pressure and to prevent loss of surgical insufflation gas used in laparoscopic procedures. The trocar seal housing can be releasably attached to the trocar cannula. The trocar seal housing may also have a shield and/or alignment channel that provide protection or assist in operation of instrument and zero seals housed in the trocar seal housing.
US08430849B2	Infusion pumps and plunger pusher position-responsive cartridge lock for infusion pumps Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, insertion tools, and related components as well as combinations thereof and related methods.
US08430847B2	Infusion pump system An infusion pump system is described that increases patient comfort and convenience. The infusion pump system includes an infusion site interface that is releasably connected to an infusion pump body, and has no tubing associated between the infusion site interface and the pump body. The infusion pump body may include a carrier frame that may be adhered to the skin of a user.
US08430846B2	Medical balloon A non-compliant medical balloon, where the non-compliant medical balloon may be changed from a deflated state to an inflated state by increasing pressure within the balloon, is made with a first fiber layer, a second fiber layer over said first fiber layer such that the fibers of the first fiber layer and the fibers of the second fiber layer form an angle and a binding layer coating the first fiber layer and said second fiber layer. The interior surface area of the non-compliant medical balloon remains unchanged when the balloon changes from a deflated state to an inflated state.
US08430838B2	Method of controlling a surgical system based on irrigation flow A surgical system that is able to sense the onset of an occlusion or other surgical event as well as the instant an occlusion breaks. To help avoid overheating of the tip, the system determines a temperature of an eye using irrigation flow rate and reduces the power to the handpiece automatically if an overheating situation is predicted. Alternatively or in addition, the system monitors the power drawn by the handpiece, which is indicative of the cutting load on the tip, and automatically adjusts the power or stroke of the tip to compensate for increased loads on the tip.
US08430822B2	Blood pressure measuring apparatus and method of controlling the same A high-accuracy blood pressure value deriving method that is hardly influenced by individual differences of a person to be measured is provided. A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a cuff member comprising a compression air bladder, a sub air bladder, and a pulse wave detection air bladder, pressure control means for pressurizing or depressurizing each air bladder, a pressure sensor which senses the internal pressure of each air bladder, pulse wave signal extracting means for extracting time-series data of a pulse wave signal superposed on a cuff internal pressure, in the process during which the pressure control means pressurizes or depressurizes each air bladder, and blood pressure value deriving means for deriving a systolic blood pressure value and/or a diastolic blood pressure value based on a change in feature amount of the pulse wave signal and a cuff internal pressure at a point of time of the change.
US08430817B1	System for determining confidence in respiratory rate measurements This disclosure describes, among other features, systems and methods for using multiple physiological parameter inputs to determine multiparameter confidence in respiratory rate measurements. For example, a patient monitoring system can programmatically determine multiparameter confidence in respiratory rate measurements obtained from an acoustic sensor based at least partly on inputs obtained from other non-acoustic sensors or monitors. The patient monitoring system can output a multiparameter confidence indication reflective of the programmatically-determined multiparameter confidence. The multiparameter confidence indication can assist a clinician in determining whether or how to treat a patient based on the patient's respiratory rate.
US08430814B2	Anoscope This invention relates to an anoscope (1) that comprises a back piece (3) to stand on; a handle (6) with a longitudinal axis that faces the front piece (2) of the anoscope (1), particularly the sliding lid (5) and the window (11) when the lid (5) is opened; a broadly piece (7) that is located at the junction of the handle (6) and the front piece (2) and that sits on the front piece (2); a socket (8) on the surface of the atrium (23) of the broadly piece (7); a cylindrical extension (17) inside the broadly piece (7); a sliding lid (5) located on the front piece (2) that can either be separated totally from the front piece (2) or can form a window (11) that opens to the desired extent; a protrusion (12) located at the inner surface of the sliding lid (5) that facilitates the lid (5) being handled and pulled; a tongue (9) distal to the front piece (2) that sits on the socket (8) and manages locking and unlocking processes of the front piece (2) and the back piece (3); and a pillar (21) and a console (22) located on both sides of the tongue (9) that are used to unlock and remove the front piece (2).
US08430808B2	Endoscopic method and device for avoiding cutting of rectal tissue in the treatment of hemorrhoids A surgical instrument includes a hollow member having a sidewall provided with a window and a closure member movably connected to the hollow member for alternately covering and uncovering the window. The hollow member has a first clamping surface along an edge of the window, while the closure member has a second clamping surface opposing the first clamping surface and disposable substantially adjacent thereto in a clamping or closure configuration of the instrument. The instrument additionally comprises a tissue occlusion component mounted to at least one of the hollow member and the closure member for acting on tissues gripped between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface, to couple the tissues to each other.
US08430807B2	Devices and methods for treating pelvic floor dysfunctions In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a support portion disposable within a pelvic region and a strap extending from the support portion. The strap has a length and is configured to be disposed at least partially within a pelvic tissue. A sleeve is releasably disposed over at least a portion of the strap. The sleeve has a length that is longer than the length of the strap. In some embodiments, the length of the sleeve is at least twice as long as the length of the strap. In some embodiments, a suture couples the sleeve to the strap. The apparatus can also include a suture disposed at least partially within an interior of the sleeve and forming two strands of suture within the interior of the sleeve. The two strands are separated by a distance defined by a separator portion of the sleeve.
US08430802B2	Press and method in particular for the pressure forming of paper containers This invention concerns a press and a method in particular for the forming of finished articles, such as containers or trays of paper and starting from a moisturized sheet. The press comprises a bedplate (18) having a fixed die holder plane (19) holding a head (20) with a moving die-holder plane (21) movable with regards to the fixed plane between an opening and a closing position. A lower die (22) is attached to the fixed die holder plane, whereas an upper die (23) is attached to the moving die-holder plane. The moving die-holder plane is powered by an electric actuator (29) for the opening and closing movements and the half-dies are provided with heating means for the drying and hardening of the paper in a set closed position. The moving die-holder plane can be slowed down or stopped during its stroke to allow for the drying of the paper.
US08430799B2	Physical training method and device An exercise device comprising a wrist band that can be secured to a user's wrist and a clearly marked indicator region on the inside portion of the wrist band, wherein the indicator region is approximately between 0.5 and 1.5 inches wide and is generally aligned with the point where the user's thumb and index finger meet. The wrist band may be part of a glove, and may be attached to the palm area of the glove and positioned such that it extends between the thumb and index finger of the user. The resistance band may secured to a point in the center of the user's back between the shoulder blades. A method of performing a resistance exercise wherein a user grasps one end of a resistance band in the palm of the user's hand such that the resistance band extends between the thumb and index finger of the user, across the user's arm below the shoulder, across the user's shoulder blade, and is secured to a point in the center of the user's back between the shoulder blades. The user extends the user's arm such that the user's hand moves from a point near the user's chin or chest to a point directly in front of the user such that the resistance band passes across an indicator region located on the inside portion of the user's wrist generally aligned with the point where the user's thumb and index finger meet.
US08430790B2	Power transmission controlling apparatus A power transmission controlling apparatus of a vehicle includes a clutch capable of connecting/disconnecting power transmission between an engine and a motor/generator, and a torque converter enabling power transmission between the engine or/and the motor/generator and an automatic transmission. When the engine is started by motoring torque with engagement of the clutch during rotation of the motor/generator, the power transmission controlling apparatus sets a torque compensation amount by the motor/generator based on an estimated torque capacity of the clutch, and suppresses torque fluctuations on a power transmission path accompanying engagement of the clutch by power of the motor/generator containing the torque compensation amount. The power transmission controlling apparatus corrects the torque capacity or the torque compensation amount based on input torque of the torque converter.
US08430787B2	Power transmission device for work vehicle A power transmission device includes a first planetary gear reducer, a second planetary gear reducer and a hydraulic clutch mechanism. The first planetary gear reducer includes: a first sun gear receiving torque inputted thereto; a first carrier supporting plural first planet gears; and a first ring gear coupled to a wheel. The second planetary gear reducer includes: a second sun gear coupled to the first carrier; a second carrier, coupled to the hydraulic clutch mechanism while supporting plural second planet gears; and a second ring gear coupled to the first ring gear and the wheel. The hydraulic clutch mechanism includes a rotary part coupled to the second carrier and a stationary part configured to be coupled/decoupled to/from the rotary part.
US08430782B2	Power plant A power plant which is capable of reducing the size and costs thereof and attaining high driving efficiency. In the power plant 1, the ratio between the number of first armature magnetic poles that form a first rotating magnetic field generated by a first stator 23 of a first rotating machine 21, the number of first magnetic poles 24a of a first rotor 24, and the number of first soft magnetic material elements 25a of a second rotor 25 disposed between the two 23 and 24 is set to 1:m:(1+m)/2 (m≠1.0), and the ratio between the number of second armature magnetic poles that form a second rotating magnetic field generated by a second stator 33 of a second rotating machine 31, the number of second magnetic poles 34a of a third rotor 34, and the number of second soft magnetic material elements 35a of a fourth rotor 35 disposed between the two 33 and 34 is set to 1:n:(1+n)/2 (n≠1.0). The two stators 23 and 33 are connected to each other. The first and fourth rotors 24 and 35 are connected to driven parts DW and DW, and the second and third rotors 25 and 34 are connected to an output portion 3a of a heat engine 3.
US08430778B2	Integrated gear constant velocity joint for all wheel drive A drive arrangement connects a drive gear of a vehicle transmission/transfer to a prop shaft that drives a set of wheels, and includes a driven gear journaled for rotation on a housing and having teeth meshing with teeth provided on the drive gear. The driven gear has an axially extending cylindrical central bore. A yoke attached to the prop shaft has a shaft extending into the central bore of the driven gear. An annular inner race has a central bore encircling the yoke and an outer surface. Matching splines provided on the central bore of the inner race and the yoke couple the inner race and the yoke for rotation. A plurality of balls are located between the outer surface of the inner race and the central bore of the driven gear, each of the balls is seated within a longitudinally extending first groove provided on the outer surface of the inner race and a longitudinally extending second groove provided on the central bore of the driven gear. The balls transmit rotary torque between the driven gear and the inner race and roll axially within the first and second grooves to permit movement of the yoke within the central bore during high speed rotation of the driven gear and prop shaft.
US08430775B2	Multiple tension reducing sprockets in a chain and sprocket system In chain and sprocket systems with at least two resonance modes, two or more tension reducing sprockets are oriented to cancel each other at a first resonance mode and have no effect to increase tensions at such first resonance mode. The tension reduction sprockets, however, are oriented with each other so that tensions will be reduced at a second resonance mode. Hence, two or more tension reducing sprockets are used to reduce tensions at a second resonance mode from sources outside the chain and sprocket system while minimizing tension increases at first resonance mode.
US08430767B2	Multi-layer cover golf ball having non-ionomeric intermediate cover layer A golf ball includes a core and a cover disposed about the core. The cover includes a thermoplastic inner cover layer having a hardness between 55 Shore D and 60 Shore D, an outer cover layer having a hardness between 55 Shore D and 60 Shore D, and a non-ionomeric thermoplastic intermediate cover layer disposed between the inner and outer cover layer. The intermediate layer has a hardness greater than the inner cover layer and the outer cover layer. The inner cover is formed from a partially- or fully-neutralized ionomer, the intermediate layer from a non-ionomer, and the cover outer cover layer from a polyurea formed from the reaction product of a prepolymer comprising an isocyanate and an amine-terminated polytetramethylene ether glycol, and an amine-terminated curing agent.
US08430766B2	Golf club head A golf club may include a front surface, a rear surface having a recess, and an insert at least partially disposed in the recess. The insert may comprise a durometer hardness of less than about 95 Shore A and a cavity having a reinforcement member disposed therein. Preferably, the durometer hardness of the reinforcement member is also less than about 95 Shore A. The insert may further comprise an anterior perimetric boundary having a first length and a posterior perimetric boundary having a second length. The ratio of the first length to the second length may be less than 1 and greater than 0.5. In one example, the insert may have a triangular front profile and a triangular side profile.
US08430763B2	Fairway wood center of gravity projection A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. The club head includes a face positioned at the forward portion of the body. The face defines a striking surface having an ideal impact location at a golf club head origin. Embodiments include club heads for a fairway wood that at least one of a high moment of inertia, a low center-of-gravity, a thin crown and a high coefficient of restitution.
US08430762B2	Method and system for shot tracking The present invention relates to a method for conserving power for a shot tracking device for attachment to a golf club. The method involves transmitting a plurality of signals from a shot tracking device attached to a golf club. The shot tracking device is enabled to determine that a threshold number of signals has been transmitted by the shot tracking device and a receipt signal has not been received by the shot tracking device, which in turn deactivates the shot tracking device until a predetermined event occurs.
US08430760B2	Waterslide with angled transition The present disclosure provides a waterslide comprising an upstream flume segment having a first cross-section, the upstream flume segment defining a first slide path, and a downstream flume segment having a second cross-section different than the first cross-section, the downstream flume segment defining a second slide path. The waterslide further comprises an angled transition linking the upstream flume segment to the downstream flume segment, wherein the angled transition defines a discontinuity between the upstream and downstream flume segments, thereby defining an inflection between the first and second slide paths.
US08430756B2	Gaming machine cabinet with edge lighting A gaming machine includes curved panel edges that may be illuminated. The panel edges have compound curves. A tool and method for forming compound curved edge shapes is also disclosed.
US08430754B1	Communication device The video game device comprising a game vibrator, a three-dimensional game space generator, a game object locator, and a game object entering detector, wherein multiple game objects are located in a three-dimensional game space, wherein the game vibrator is activated when the user controlled game object is identified to be located within a certain two-dimensional area, wherein when an incoming call is detected, the game vibrator is activated and generates a specific pattern of vibration, and wherein the multiple game objects are the digital data transferred from a host computer in a wireless fashion.
US08430745B2	Mobile-phone-based wagering game account transactions In some embodiments a method includes receiving, from a mobile phone, a request to transfer a first fund amount from a player account to a wagering game machine. The method can also include determining that the player account does not include the first fund amount; receiving a second fund amount from a secondary funding source, and augmenting the player account by the second fund amount, wherein the augmenting results in the player account including the first fund amount. The method can also include transferring the first fund amount from the player account to the wagering game machine; debiting the player account by the first fund amount.
US08430744B2	System and method for conducting a game including a computer-controlled player A system and method for conducting a game between at least one live player and at least one computer-controlled player includes executing a training program between at least two agents to generate probability weights correlating actions or meta-actions representing a set or sequenced set of actions with a probability that the action or meta-action will produce a game outcome meeting a specified criterion or specified criteria. A game is conducted in which at least one live player plays against at least one computer-controlled player in which the computer-controlled player selects actions at one or more of the decision nodes in the game based, at least in part, on the probability weights.
US08430742B1	Gaming machine and recording medium A gaming machine including a display, an operating unit, and a controller is provided. The display displays a plurality of symbols in a base game to display a bonus game image in a bonus game, and displays an award according to a game result. The operating unit accepts an operation of a player. The controller executes the base game, awards a payout according to a game result of the base game to the player, triggers the bonus game including a plurality of unit games when a combination of the symbols in the base game satisfies a predetermined condition, selects any one mode for each unit game among a plurality of modes including an automatic mode and a technical mode of each unit game, executes each unit game in a corresponding selected mode, and awards a payout according to a game result of the bonus game to the player.
US08430738B2	Multi-player bingo game with multiple cards per player The invention is directed to methods and gaming units for conducting a multi-player wagering game in which at least one of the players may win the occurrence of the wagering game by matching a game-winning pattern, or one of a plurality of game-winning patterns, of game indicia on one or more game arrays having unique combinations of game indicia based on matching the game indicia on the game arrays to game indicia randomly selected for the occurrence of the wagering game. Each player matching a game-winning pattern may receive game-winning award, and may receive a game-winning award for each game array on which a game-winning pattern is matched. The method and gaming unit may further include an alternate outcome display wherein an outcome of a second wagering game may be displayed that corresponds to the outcome for the player on the one or more game arrays for the occurrence of the multi-player wagering game.
US08430736B2	Method and apparatus for gaming machines with a tournament play bonus feature A gaming method and device includes a game, at least one non-qualifying outcome in the game, and at least one qualifying outcome in the game, wherein a player qualifies for a multi-player tournament to be held in the future when the player achieves the at least one qualifying outcome.
US08430735B2	Gaming system and method providing an interactive game with automatic wagers A gaming system including a plurality of gaming machines or devices. The gaming machines include an interactive game and a wager triggering event. Upon the occurrence of the wager triggering event during play of the interactive game, the gaming machine causes the placement of a wager component and randomly determines a wagering outcome. Upon completion of the interactive game, the gaming machine provides the player with an interactive game outcome and provides the player with any awards based on any determined wagering outcomes. The players are ranked in the interactive game. Upon a triggering event, the gaming system provides one or more ranked players of the interactive game an award from funds derived from a marketing or advertising account.
US08430730B2	Mixing apparatus for an aircraft air-conditioning system The invention relates to a mixing apparatus for an aircraft air-conditioning system comprising a plurality of supply lines and a plurality of discharge lines. In accordance with the invention, the mixing apparatus consists of the flow cross-section of pockets which are arranged above one another, which have a free cross-section in part and which have a diagonal partition wall in part.
US08430719B2	Polishing pad To provide a polishing pad (14) useful for polishing semiconductor materials having a high hardness. The polishing pad (14) is used for polishing a workpiece (16) in combination with loose grains and comprises a polishing surface (15) comprising a textile of high-tenacity organic fibers, the fiber has a tenacity of not lower than 15 cN/dtex. In the textile, the high-tenacity organic fiber may have a single fiber fineness within the range between 0.3 dtex and 15 dtex, or a total fineness of within the range between 3 dtex and 3,000 dtex. The fiber may include, for example, a fully-aromatic polyester fiber.
US08430717B2	Dynamic action abrasive lapping workholder A method and apparatus for quickly moving workpieces from having abrading contact with abrasive-surfaced rotatable platens using a dynamic-action workholder apparatus frame moving device that is activated by a sensor. Flat-surfaced workpieces are attached to flat-surfaced workholders to abrade one surface of the workpieces by abrasive coated platens. The force moving device can be a spring, an air cylinder, a screw-jack, an electric solenoid or a piezo-electric device. The sensor can be a vibration, shock, motion, force or sound sensor that can to sense abrading process events that could make it desirable to quickly activate moving of the workpieces away from the abrasive disk. The workpiece abrading event can be quickly interrupted by use of this device to avoid damage to workpieces, the abrasive disks or the platen or to quickly change an abrading process. After the workpieces are moved they can be returned to their original abrading position.
US08430713B2	Three wheeled toy vehicle A motorized toy vehicle comprising a chassis with opposing, top and bottom sides and opposing, first and second longitudinal ends and a central plane extending in a vertical direction and a longitudinal direction through the chassis and at least generally bisecting the sides and ends; first and second wheels coupled with the chassis proximal the first end so as to pivot with respect to the chassis and steer the first end, the first and second wheels being located on opposite sides of the central plane; a third wheel coupled with the chassis proximal the second end so as to span the central plane and pivot with respect to the chassis at least along an axis located in the central plane, the axis being pitched away from the vertical direction and toward the longitudinal direction in the central plane; and a steering coupling operably connecting the first and second wheels with the third wheel to simultaneously pivot the first, second and third wheels with respect to the chassis so as to steer the toy vehicle at the first and second ends of the chassis in a selected direction.
US08430711B2	Infant play gym An infant play gym including a mat, a first arched structure extending over the mat, a second arched structure extending over the mat, and a motion module. The motion module includes a housing couplable to both the first arched structure and the second arched structure, a power source, and a motor positioned within the housing and powered by the power source, the motor operable to cause the first and second arched structures to move with respect to one another.
US08430705B1	Self assembly of field emission tips by capillary bridge formations A first side has a first surface on which is located a material, at least a portion of which is to be formed into at least one tip. A second side has a second surface which is heated. At least one of the first and second surfaces being moved so material located on the first surface comes into physical contact with the second surface. Then at least one of the first side and the second side are moved, wherein the physical contact between the material and the second surface is maintained, causing the material to stretch between the second surface and the first surface, generating at least one capillary bridge. Movement is continued until the physical contact between the material and the second surface is broken resulting in the formation of at least one sharp conductive tip.
US08430701B2	Drive device for a watercraft The invention relates to a drive device (1) for a watercraft (2) comprising a U or Z-shaped drive train. The drive torque is preferably deflected in the operating position at least twice about the angle (b, g)>0 via at least two bevel gears (23, 24, 20) between a motor shaft of a drive machine formed, preferably, by an internal combustion engine and at least one propeller shaft (13a, 13b). In order to control said drive device in a simple manner and to obtain achieve high shifting convenience, the housing (G) of the drive device (1) consists of one first, one second and one third housing part (4, 5, 6). The three housing parts (4, 5, 6) are rotationally connected to one another and the first housing part (4) can be securely connected to the pre-fabricated wall (2a) of the watercraft (2). The second housing part (5) is pivotably connected to the first housing part (4) about a first rotational axis (14a) and the third housing part (6) is rotationally connected to the second housing part (5) about a second rotational axis (14b).
US08430698B2	Electrical terminal with coil spring An electrical terminal is operable to facilitate electrical connectivity between the terminal and an electrical connector. The electrical terminal may include a cap to facilitate positioning a conducting element, such as but not limited to a coil spring, within a receptacle used to connect to an electrically conducting connector. The conducting element may facilitate electrical connectivity between the inserted connector and the terminal.
US08430684B1	Ribbon cable connector A connector assembly for connecting a ribbon cable to a circuit board mount. The circuit board mount has a base that is mounted to a circuit board. A dielectric support is secured to the base. The dielectric support has a convex protrusion. The dielectric support forms part of a ribbon cable receptacle, wherein the convex protrusion faces the ribbon cable receptacle. Conductive elements are arranged in parallel on the dielectric support. The conductive elements extend over the convex protrusion. The end of a ribbon cable is placed in the ribbon cable receptacle so that the traces on the ribbon cable contact the conductive elements. A clip or similar mechanical fastener is then used to bias the dielectric support against the ribbon cable so that the ribbon cable becomes pinched within the receptacle. In the receptacle, the conductive elements contact the ribbon cable at a tangent.
US08430680B2	Connector with a dustproof cover A connector includes a connector body, a cover movably attached to the connector body, and a limiting mechanism retaining the cover to the connector body. The connector has a mating port for receiving a mating connector, a tongue with a number of contacts exposed to the mating port, and an optical module forwardly exposed to a rear side of the mating port. The cover has a base to cover a front end of the mating port, and an insertion portion extending into the mating port to cover the contacts along an up to down direction and the optical module along a front to back direction. The limiting mechanism can prevent the cover from detaching from the connector body when the cover is pulled out of the mating port.
US08430677B2	Electrical connector incorporated with circuit board facilitating interconnection An electrical connector (1) comprises a frame (11) having a supporting base (111) and a flat circuit board (13) laid on the supporting base (111). The flat circuit board (13) has an array of conductive pads (131) on an upper surface thereof for electrically connecting with an electronic package (2) and a plurality of golden fingers (133) aligned on at least one end thereof. An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises the electrical connector (1) and an electronic package (2) assembled to the electrical connector (1).
US08430676B2	Modular space transformer for fine pitch vertical probing applications In an embodiment, a modular space transformer for use in a probe card assembly includes a bottom plate, a guide plate, and a top plate. The guide plate is configured for mounting in a cut-out of the bottom plate. The guide plate has a first surface and a second surface and additionally has a first plurality of spaced electrical connections disposed in a plurality of apertures formed through the guide plate for providing electrical connections between a plurality of test probe contacts and a plurality of guide plate contacts. The top plate has a plurality of spaced electrical contacts disposed through the top plate with at least one of the plurality of guide plate contacts electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of spaced electrical contacts.
US08430674B2	Connector with a blade, tool for actuating said connector, kit and fire detector comprising same The present invention relates to a connector with a blade comprising a housing. The housing comprises a lateral opening designed to receive an electric wire, a flexible blade and an opening opposite a free part of the blade. The flexible blade is designed to make contact with the electric wire and to retain the wire by applying pressure on it towards a wall of the housing. The opening has a shape designed to guide the head of a tool and make the head of the tool follow a helical motion. The opening may be threaded and cylindrical and the opening's thread may comprise only one helical groove formed in the wall of the opening.
US08430672B2	Method for assessing auditory attention and vigilance Provided are methods for assessing the attentional state of a subject by scoring the subject's response to auditory stimuli. The methods can be used to diagnose psychological and behavioral disorders, such as attention deficit disorder or hyperkinetic disorder.
US08430659B2	Corrugator device with a gripper A corrugator device for shaping thermoplastic corrugated pipes out of a molten plastic tube issuing from an extrusion device may include moving molding jaws which circulate in a linear molding section and are arranged in paired successive relationship in the molding section forming a molding passage. The pairs of molding jaws may be formed from left-hand and right-hand molding jaws and between them enclose a cylindrical mold cavity to form the molding passage. The device may include a gripper device for guiding the molding jaws from the end of the molding section back to the start of the molding section, and having grippers respectively for the left-hand and the right-hand molding jaws, each with a separate guide and drive device.
US08430653B2	Motor compressor A motor-compressor includes a compressor, an electric motor directly connected to the compressor, magnetic bearings and one gas support located adjacent to a magnetic bearing to seal and support an end of the compressor's rotor. The compressor and the electric motor are integrated in a single unit, being housed in a single box or casing.
US08430644B2	Synthetic jet ejector for the thermal management of PCI cards A method for constructing a thermal management system is provided herein. In accordance with the method, a fan (405) is provided which is adapted to provide a global flow of fluid through the device. A synthetic jet ejector (409) is also provided which is adapted to augment the global flow of fluid over the surfaces of a heat sink (403). The ratio of the flow per unit time of the synthetic jet ejector to the flow per unit time of the fan is selected so as to achieve a desired level of heat dissipation.
US08430642B2	Controlling apparatus for linear compressor The present invention discloses a controlling apparatus and method for a linear compressor which can provide an efficient control, by selectively performing an operation which is not affected by a capacitor and an operation which does not include a phase control according to a load. The controlling apparatus for the linear compressor includes an LC path (P1) composed of a coil winding portion (L) of the linear compressor and a capacitor (CP)1 a phase control path (P2) composed of the coil winding portion (L) and a phase control unit, and a switch means (62) for selectively applying power to one of the LC path (P1) and the phase control path (P2).
US08430626B1	Turbine vane with mate face seal A stator vane with a mate-face cooling and sealing arrangement, the vane end rails include an upper axial U-shaped seal slot and a lower axial U-shaped seal slot with an upper U-shaped riffle seal and a lower U-shaped riffle seal secured within the two axial U-shaped seal slots. The two U-shaped seals form a box-like arrangement with riffle teeth formed on the top sides of a horizontal plate for each of the U-shaped seals.
US08430624B2	Fan assembly A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The base includes an outer casing, a silencing member housed within the outer casing, an impeller housing located within the outer casing, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing and a motor for driving the impeller about an axis to create an air flow through the impeller housing. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the air outlet of the impeller housing and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly. The silencing member is located beneath the air inlet of the impeller housing and is spaced from the air inlet along said axis by a distance in the range from 5 to 60 mm.
US08430614B2	Post-installed anchor The present invention relates to an anchor bolt and more specifically pertains to a post-installed anchor that is securely anchored to, for example, an existing concrete floor. The post-installed anchor has a sleeve fit on a bolt body and a fixation member arranged on an edge of the bolt body and screwed to a threaded end of the bolt body. The fixation member has an internal threaded end and an expansion end. The expansion end is divided into four expansion pieces by slits. The expansion pieces are arranged to face a head of the bolt body and are slightly widened toward the head of the bolt body. One end of the sleeve forms a tapered face. After insertion of the post-installed anchor into a pilot hole (installation hole) bored in the concrete floor, as the bolt body rotates, the fixation member screwed to the bolt body moves toward the sleeve. This movement causes the expansion end of the fixation member to ride on the tapered face of the sleeve and to be pressed open and extended outward. The expansion pieces of the expansion end are then buckled and bite into an inner circumferential face of the installation hole, so that the post-installed anchor is securely fixed to the installation hole.
US08430612B1	Vehicle tie-down system A vehicle tie-down system for securing an ATV or similar vehicle to the bed of a truck or trailer includes a pair of spaced apart rails secured to the truck bed. First and second chocks are detachably secured between the rails and are positioned to provide a cradle for receiving the ATV wheel or tire. A flexible strap having a metal hook at one end is attached to a first chock and extended about the periphery of the tire and threaded through a rotatable cross-member in a second chock. The flexible web is wound upon the rotatable cross-member and locked in a tensioned position with a ratchet and pawl locking mechanism.
US08430610B2	Fluttering prevention device for working machine Chattering suppression apparatus (10) comprises multiple bolt members (24a through 24d) for mounting boring bar (20) in the spindle (18). Inside the main body configuring bolt members (24a through 24d), a damper chamber (34) is formed and, inside the damper chamber (34), a friction damper section (36) that suppresses the vibration energy that can cause chatters during machining operation of workpiece W, through sliding friction, is housed in the movable state.
US08430604B2	Shield support assembly for underground mining and supporting surface element therefor A shield support assembly for underground mining includes a shield canopy and at least one floor runner as supporting surface elements. The shield canopy and at least one runner are connected in an articulated manner and can be pressed against rock at least one hydraulic cylinder which is supported in bearing pans on the shield canopy and floor runner. Each surface supporting element includes a welded construction of welded-together components. In order to be able to support higher forces without increasing the overall weight, at least one of the supporting surface elements includes at least one hollow metal box profile filled with a solid as a component of the welded construction.
US08430594B2	Electronic device and assembly structure thereof An electronic device includes a housing having a lens assembly and a feeding device. The lens assembly is movable between a first reference position and a second reference position with respect to the housing. The feeding device is coupled to the lens assembly. When the lens assembly is in the first reference position, the lens assembly is engaged with the housing. When the lens assembly is moved to the second reference position from the first reference position by the feeding device, the lens assembly situated in the second reference position is rotatable and movable.
US08430592B2	Powered painting system A painting system comprises a pressurized paint canister and a pressure fed paint brush or powered paint roller connectable to the pressurized paint canister. The canister includes a paint reservoir, a self-sealing gas pressure fitting in fluid communication with the paint reservoir and configured to be connected to a gas pressure source, a paint outlet in fluid communication with the paint reservoir, and a removable cap for filling the paint reservoir with paint. The brush assembly includes a main body having a handle and a brush stock and a bristle bundle secured in the brush stock. A plurality of fluid distribution members extend into the bristle assembly and are multidirectionally flexible such that the distribution members flex substantially freely with the flex of the bristles in any direction. The fluid distribution members prevent paint flow when in an unflexed state and allow flow onto the bristles only when flexed.
US08430577B2	Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement An electrical connector defining a receiving opening for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and an optical module attached to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a tongue extending into the receiving opening and a cavity behind the receiving opening. Each contact has a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, a contact portion extending to the tongue, a tail portion and a connecting portion connecting the retaining portion and the tail portion. The optical module is forwardly assembled into the cavity from a rear side of the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving opening. The connecting portions are offset relative to the contact portions of the corresponding contacts in a transverse direction so as to leave said cavity open rearward and allow said optical module to be assembled into the cavity from the rear side of the insulative housing.
US08430565B2	X-ray device having head stabilizing member An X-ray device includes a rotating unit that rotates an X-ray emitter and an opposing X-ray receiver about a patient's head. X-rays are emitted by the X-ray emitter and received by the X-ray receiver via the patient's head. An upper shelf supports the rotating unit. A head stabilizing member stabilizes the patient's head. The stabilizing member extends from a location adjacent to the rotating unit and above the X-ray emitter and X-ray receiver to a location wherein the patient's head is stabilized.
US08430561B2	Non-contact thermometer The present invention is drawn to a non-contact thermometer that is operable to emit a first light having a first color to create a spot of a first color at a reference target and to detect the temperature of the reference target. The non-contact thermometer is additionally operable to establish a temperature difference threshold. In use, once a temperature difference threshold is selected and once the temperature of the reference target is detected, the non-contact thermometer may detect a temperature of another target. Further, if the detected temperature of the other target is outside of the temperature difference threshold as compared to the temperature of the reference target, the non-contact thermometer is operable to emit a second light having a second color to create a spot of a second color at the other target.
US08430559B2	Driving member for a timepiece movement A driving member for a timepiece movement includes a shaft, and a drum and a rotating member both mounted on the shaft. The drum and the rotating member are able to rotate with respect to each other and include teeth on their periphery. First and second superposed spiral springs have outer ends fixed to the drum and to the rotating member respectively and inner ends connected to each other to connect the springs in series. The drum and the rotating member fit together at least in the area of the peripheral wall of the drum so as to together form a closed housing containing the springs.
US08430558B1	Microfluidic mixer having channel width variation for enhanced fluid mixing A micromixing apparatus includes a mixing microchannel formed in a top surface of a substrate having a channel length and a variable channel width defined by a first sidewall surface and an opposing second sidewall surface. The channel width varies from a minimum channel width h to a maximum channel width H in a ratio of H:h≧1.1:1.0. A first inlet is for injecting a first fluid into the mixing microchannel and a second inlet for injecting a second fluid into the mixing microchannel. The first and second fluid flow in a flow direction in the mixing microchannel along the channel length. The first sidewall surface includes first curved surface portions and the second sidewall surface includes a second curved surface portions. The plurality of first curved surface portions and plurality of second curved surface portions are non-overlapping to provide the variable channel width.
US08430556B2	Internal heat exchanger/mixer for process heaters A heat exchanger is presented that provides for mixing of a process fluid to prevent localized spikes in temperatures. The heat exchanger includes a mixing chamber within the exchanger, where a first process fluid passes from process tubes after being partially heated. The heat exchanger further includes an intermediate shell for passing a second process fluid into the fired heater and for exchanging heat with the first process fluid. The fluid flows from the mixing chamber to other process tubes for further heating.
US08430553B2	Backlight module and electronic device using the same A backlight module includes a support frame, two light sources, and a light guide film. The support frame includes a support portion and a fixing portion connected to an edge of the support portion, and the support frame defines at least one receiving groove. Each light source includes a light output surface and is received in the support frame. The light guide film includes two light input surfaces at the opposite ends thereof and two light guide portions connected with the light input surfaces. The light input surfaces of the light guide film face the light output surfaces of the light sources.
US08430552B2	Light guiding plate with curved reflecting microstructures The main body of the main unit has a light-receiving surface, a light-reflecting surface, and a light-projecting surface. The reflecting unit includes a plurality of reflecting microstructures formed on the light-reflecting surface. Each reflecting microstructure has a first reflecting curved surface, and the first reflecting curved surface of each reflecting microstructure has a first reflecting curved line shown on the lateral surface thereof. The first reflecting curved line of each first reflecting curved surface is substantially composed of a first base point as an initial point on the first bottom portion of the light-reflecting surface, a second base point as an end point on the second bottom portion of the light-reflecting surface, and a first curve track connected from the first base point to the second base point and passing through a plurality of first trajectory points.
US08430551B2	Display apparatus and method of assembling the same In a display apparatus, a light guide plate includes a chamfered corner portion that defines a light incident surface. A light source unit is arranged adjacent to the light incident surface to provide the light to the light guide plate through the light incident surface. A display panel receives light from the light guide plate to display an image. A receiving container includes sidewalls and a bottom portion to accommodate the light guide plate and the light source unit. At least one sidewall adjacent to the corner portion is divided into a first part and a second part that may be coupled to or separated from each other. Thus, the light guide plate and the light source unit may be easily accommodated in the receiving container, thereby improving an assembling efficiency.
US08430550B2	Backlight module An exemplary backlight module includes a light guiding plate, a light source, and a light guiding bar. The light guiding plate includes a light incident surface and a light emitting surface. The light guiding bar includes a light incident surface and a light emitting surface. The light incident surface of the light guiding bar faces the light source. The light source is configured for emitting light along a lengthwise direction of the light guiding bar. The light emitting surface of the light guiding bar is opposite to the light incident surface of the light guiding plate. The light emitting surface of the light guiding bar has a larger length than that of the light incident surface of the light guiding plate. Thus two opposite end portions of the light emitting surface of the light guiding bar is offset across from the light incident surface of the light guiding plate.
US08430549B2	Extraction of light from a light conducting medium in a preferred emanation pattern An apparatus and method for extraction of light from a light conducting medium in a preferred emanation pattern are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first light conducting sheet including aspherical particles, and a light source placed along the edge of the first sheet. The first sheet diffuses light generated by the light source such that light emanates in a predetermined light emanation pattern.
US08430546B2	Dustproof lens and its module for LED road lamp A dustproof lens for an LED road lamp has an incident surface and an exit surface. The exit surface is flat. The incident surface is saddle-shaped and has a section in a shape of a concave curve along a road direction and in a shape of a convex curve vertically to the road direction. A lens module thereof has the dustproof lenses jointed with each other and has an integrally flat exit plane. The dustproof lens and its module, while meeting requirements in distributing lights for road lighting, adopt a flat surface for emitting lights, in such a manner that the lens is protected from dusts piled up thereon, can be cleaned simply, and is better fit for using. By accomplishing modularization of the lens module in production and assembly, a productive efficiency of lamps is greatly improved.
US08430545B2	Lighting in the exterior mirror A lighting module for a vehicle is suggested, consisting of a housing and at least two light conductors or light conductor sections, which are arranged in the housing and extend along the external contour of the lighting module, with at least two LEDs, which are arranged on at least one circuit board in the housing. The light of at least two LEDs is coupled into the at least two light conductors, and a connection lens, which is adapted to the external contour of the light conductor, is installed between the light conductor sections.
US08430542B2	Lamp with snow removing structure A lamp includes a bracket, a cover and a lamp body pivotably engaged with the shaft. The bracket includes a shaft with a flat top surface. The lamp body includes a first lateral portion and a second lateral portion. The lamp body defines a channel with a flat top surface. The cover is mounted over the second lateral portion. When the lamp body is at a first position, the top surface of the channel engages the top surface of the shaft. When the first lateral portion of the lamp body is subjected to weight of snow/ice accumulated thereon which is beyond a set value, the lamp body rotates around the shaft from the first position to a second position to enable the snow/ice to fall from the first lateral portion.
US08430536B1	LED lighting system including TIR optic Provided is a specially designed high efficiency optic utilizing Total Internal Reflection (TIR) that collimates light from a typical LED or similar light source. In certain example embodiments the light emitted from a single TIR optic is directed into any of a plurality of interchangeable high-efficiency reflectors that further direct and shape the light beam according to the interaction between the TIR optic and the geometries of the various reflectors. These features work together to efficiently provide a high-quality, substantially-collimated, narrow light beam with high luminous intensity, minimal glare and little to no striations, excellent color rendering, and symmetrical, smooth transitions from beam center to outer edge.
US08430534B2	LED lamp and method for producing the same The present invention relates to a method for making a global LED lamp (10) having a transparent globe (14) and a base (12) for connecting to a lamp socket. By wrapping the base (12) in expansive foam tape (38) of Compriband type or similar, prior to inserting it in a neck shaped portion (16) of the globe (14), automatic alignment of the base (12) in the globe neck (16) may be obtained. Further, soft metal strips (36) may be wrapped about the tape (38) prior to wrapping the tape (38) about the base (12). The tape (38) acts as an inflatable cushion, which presses the metal strips (36) towards the base (12) and the globe (14). Improved heat transfer between the globe (14) and the base (12) may thus be obtained.
US08430533B1	Devices and methods for replacing LED light sources for LED-based luminaires A LED holder includes a planar base member to releasably couple the holder to the heat sink of a luminaire. The LED holder also includes a substrate that is coupled to the planar base member and has one or more LEDs disposed on the substrate and electrically coupled to the substrate. The substrate can be a printed circuit board and the LEDs can be discrete LEDs or an LED package. A cover panel is removably coupled to the planar base member and is designed to prevent access to the substrate and the LEDs when the luminaire powered on. The LED holder can also include a LED cover positioned over the LEDs and within the cover panel to limit access to the top side of the LEDs while permitting light emitted by the LEDs to pass through the LED cover.
US08430531B2	Advanced cooling method and device for LED lighting A light emitting diode cooling device and method are disclosed for passively removing heat from the LED using liquid convection to cool the LED. The liquid convection cooling device operates to cool the LED by circulating a liquid cooling medium without consuming external power to move the medium.
US08430530B2	Conformal OLED luminaire with color control A luminaire, such as a lamp assembly or a floor lamp, umbrella, or planar or sheet-like like light emitting surface includes a conforming mechanism for selectively curving the light emitting surface. A convex profile will diffuse light while a concave profile will concentrate light, it being intended that the surface can be conformable up to a five inch (5″) radius of curvature in either direction. The light panel portions may be of the same color, or may be different colors that will result in different mixing of the light when made from different colors.
US08430514B2	Reflective optical element and method for production of such an optical element In order to produce stress-reduced reflective optical elements (1) for an operating wave length in the soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet wavelength range, in particular for use in EUV lithography, it is proposed to apply, between substrate (2) and a multilayer system (4) optimized for high reflectivity at the operating wavelength, a stress-reducing multilayer system (6) with the aid of particle-forming particles having an energy of 40 eV or more, preferably 90 eV or more. Resulting reflective optical elements are distinguished by low surface roughness, a low number of periods in the stress-reducing multilayer system and also high values of the stress-reducing multilayer system.
US08430513B2	Projection system with extending depth of field and image processing method thereof A projection system comprises an image input element and an optical imaging element. The image input element is configured to input an original image or a processed image. The optical imaging element, an optical system with axisymmetrical structure and specific spherical aberration, is configured to generate an image with extended depth of field on an image projection surface in accordance with the original image or the processed image.
US08430503B2	Inkjet dyeing method An inkjet dyeing method for dyeing a belt-shape textile by ejecting ink includes a feeding step of feeding the textile to an inkjet dyeing apparatus, a front surface printing step of dyeing the textile by ejecting the ink onto a front surface of the textile, a front surface drying step of drying the front surface of the textile, an inverting step of inverting the textile, a rear surface printing step of dyeing the textile by ejecting ink onto a rear surface of the textile, and a rear surface drying step of drying the rear surface of the textile.
US08430499B2	Printing apparatus and printing method An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image.
US08430494B2	Ink forming method An ink forming method involves preparing a deagglomerated ink or a modified deagglomerated ink. The deagglomerated ink or the modified deagglomerated ink includes at least deagglomerated colorant particles and a liquid component. The deagglomerated colorant particles are chosen from pigment particles each encapsulated with a dispersant. The colorant particles have a particle size ranging from about 50 nm to about 500 nm. Prior to shipping and/or storing the deagglomerated ink or the modified deagglomerated ink, a portion of the liquid component is removed to form a concentrated ink that has a nonvolatile solids content ranging from about 40 wt % to about 90 wt % of the concentrated ink.
US08430492B2	Inkjet printing fluid An inkjet printing fluid composition including water and a water dispersible polyurethane additive of the general formula of (I) wherein Z is the central portion of a monomer unit that is the polymerization product of a diisocyanate; X1—Y1—X1 represents one or more soft segments wherein Y1 represents the central portion of a unit that is the polymerization product of a diamine or diol prepolymer having a molecular weight of greater than 300 Daltons; W is the central portion of one or more units containing an acid group; X2—Y2—X2 represents one or more hard segments wherein Y2 represents the central portion of a unit that is the polymerization product of a C2-C8 diol or diamine having a molecular weight of less than 250 Daltons; and X1, V and X2 can be the same or different and are an —O— or —N— atom; and further wherein the polyurethane additive has a weight average molecular weight of at least 6,000 Daltons and a sufficient number of acid groups to provide an acid number greater than 35, and the one or more X2—Y2—X2 hard segments are present at from 1 wt % to less than 13 wt % of the polyurethane additive. Also disclosed is a method for printing an inkjet image including I) providing an inkjet printing fluid according to the invention; and II) jetting the inkjet printing fluid in the form of ink drops onto a recording element to form a printed image.
US08430490B2	Ink jet printing apparatus An air pump is driven to supply air via an air supply tube to a sub tank, by which a predetermined quantity of the air is mixed inside the sub tank via a gas-liquid separation membrane. Next, a carriage is swayed to agitate the ink by using the air mixed inside the sub tank. Then, the air pump is driven to discharge the air inside the sub tank via the gas-liquid separation membrane. In the above-described agitating motions, since the air utilized for the agitation is discharged from an ink tank after agitation processing, it is possible to prevent the air from remaining inside the ink tank to inflate, thereby adversely influencing the pressure relationship with a printing head.
US08430489B2	Method and apparatus for melt cessation to limit ink flow and ink stick deformation A system controls application of heat with a melt plate to an ink stick in a solid ink imaging device. The system includes a melt plate, a heater configured to heat the melt plate to a temperature sufficient to melt solid ink, a feed channel configured to direct solid ink sticks towards the melt plate to enable a leading edge of a solid ink stick to be melted by the heated melt plate, and a controller configured to separate the heater and the leading edge of the ink stick by a distance that arrest melting of the ink stick.
US08430480B2	Liquid ejection device The liquid ejection device of the present invention includes a guide shaft; a first guide shaft supporting member and second guide shaft supporting member supporting the guide shaft; a carriage configured to move in reciprocal manner along the guide shaft; and a liquid ejection head mounted to the carriage. The end parts of the first guide shaft supporting member and second guide shaft supporting member on the side of the guide shaft are connected to the guide shaft in the horizontal direction or downward from the horizontal direction orthogonal to the up-down direction with respect to the guide shaft.
US08430478B2	Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus includes a rubber member in an ink flow passage. The rubber member is made of a rubber composition including a rubber base polymer selected from ethylene-propylene diene rubber polymer and isobutylene-isoprene rubber polymer, and at least one trapping agent selected from calcium carbonate, silicon dioxide, talc, and clay. The trapping agent is effective for absorb-trapping various types of additives that may be present in the rubber member. The additives in the rubber are thereby held in the rubber structure and prevented from being eluted into the water-based ink or the preservative solution, which can lead to clogging of ink nozzles and the like.
US08430477B2	Liquid injection head, liquid injection recording apparatus, and method of filling liquid injection head with liquid A liquid injection head has a nozzle body having a row of nozzle holes and a nozzle guard that covers the row of nozzle holes. The nozzle guard has a top portion having formed therein a slit opposed to the row of nozzle holes, a sealing portion that seals an area between a peripheral edge of the top portion and the nozzle body, and a suction flow path having a suction port opening below the row of nozzle holes and communicating with a space on an inner side of the nozzle guard. A suction section connected to the suction flow path of the nozzle guard causes the space on the inner side of the nozzle guard to form a negative pressure chamber such that a liquid overflowing into the negative pressure chamber is sucked from the suction port of the suction flow path.
US08430466B2	Head drive device of inkjet printer and ink jet printer A head drive apparatus of an inkjet printer includes nozzles and corresponding actuators that eject liquid drops. A drive unit applies a drive signal to the actuators. The drive unit includes a drive waveform generator that generates a drive waveform signal as a reference of a signal to control drive of the actuators. A modulator pulse modulates a drive waveform signal generated by the drive waveform generator. A digital power amplifier amplifies power of a modulated signal subjected to the pulse modulation. A low pass filter smoothes an amplified digital signal subjected to the power amplification by the digital power amplifier and supplying the signal as a drive signal to the actuators. An inverse filter provided in a subsequent stage of the drive waveform generator corrects at least the frequency characteristics of the filter to predetermined frequency characteristics, independently of the number of the actuators to drive.
US08430463B2	Image forming apparatus and method of transmitting signal An image forming apparatus and a method of transmitting a signal. The image forming apparatus includes a main controller to convert a plurality of image signals corresponding to printing data into differential signals, and to combine the converted differential signals into a plurality of transmission signals, a printing engine unit to restore the image signal after the plurality of transmission signals are transmitted from the main controller, and a plurality of transfer cables to transmit the plurality of transmission signals between the main controller and the printing engine unit. The number of cables to transmit an image signal is reduced, which is economically efficient, additionally, the size of the image forming apparatus is minimized.
US08430450B2	Work machine with door-mountable fresh air filter A work machine comprises an operator station, a filter door, and a fresh air filter to filter fresh air that flows from outside the operator station into the operator station. The fresh air filter is mounted to the filter door for movement therewith relative to the operator station. An associated method is disclosed.
US08430448B2	Hybrid reinforcement structure A structural reinforcement for insertion into a cavity of a vehicle structure including a base reinforcing portion, an expandable material and a localized reinforcement is disclosed. The localized reinforcement is placed within the structural reinforcement at a location of anticipated increased deformation during vehicle impact in an effort to reduce deformation and control the load distribution post-impact.
US08430445B1	Impact protector for vehicle windshields An impact resistant cover for protecting a vehicle windshield is made up of a plurality of spaced apart rectangular panels, the panels having a flexible, puncture resistant, covering, the covering enclosing a resilient material having a thickness of between 0.5 and 1.5 inches. Flexible webs interconnect the panels while enabling the panels to lie in a common plane in a first selective positioning of the panels, and alternately to lie one panel atop the next panel in a vertically aligned stack of all of the panels, in a second selective positioning of the panels. Handles permit the stack to be carried easily and straps allow the cover to be secured to a vehicle's doors or windows while lying on the vehicles windshield.
US08430444B1	Vehicle covering system A vehicle covering system includes a vehicle that has a front fender, a rear fender, a pair of floor boards and a seat. The seat is positioned between the front and rear fenders and between the floor boards. A covering is removably positioned on the vehicle and is coextensive with the front fender, the rear fender and the floor boards to shield a person seated on the seat. A pair of doors is removably attached to the vehicle and each of the doors is pivotally coupled to one of a pair of side edges of the front fender. Each of a pair of latches is mounted one of the doors and releasably engages the rear fender to retain the doors in a closed position extending between the front and rear fenders.
US08430443B2	Stowable child seat for automotive vehicles A child seat mount assembly, a seat for mounting a child seat, and a passenger vehicle having a stowable child seat are provided. A seat back is connected to the body for closing an access opening to a storage compartment and seating an occupant in an upright position, and for opening the access opening in a collapsed position. A child seat mounting plate is connected to the seat back such that the mounting plate and child seat extend into the storage compartment in the upright position of the seat back, and such that the child seat is in a seating position in the collapsed position of the seat back. A method is provided for converting a vehicle seat for receiving and storing a child seat in the storage compartment, and for deploying a child seat in the collapsed position of the seat back.
US08430438B2	Skimmer basket cleaning rod The Skimmer Basket Cleaning Rod is a dual purpose tool for both removing the skimmer plate of a pool skimmer and removal of the skimmer basket to avoid the dangers of human contact with the contents of the skimmer basket and to alleviate any bending over and kneeling on a cement surface, ending the risk of injury to back and knees. The Skimmer Basket Cleaning Rod consists of a solid aluminum rod with a handle on one end and a universal catch on the other end. The catch is designed for removing the skimmer plate through insertion into the skimmer plate hole located at its center while the opposite end is an ergonomically designed handle for ease of retrieving the skimmer plate and the skimmer basket. The Skimmer Basket Cleaning Rod is a one piece extraction devise designed to accommodate all skimmer plates and skimmer baskets for above-ground and in-ground pool skimmers.
US08430433B2	Shear ring casing coupler device A coupler device is for connecting first and second casings to form a casing assembly with a central axis, each casing having an inner end disposed against the inner end of the other casing such that the casings are spaced along the axis. The coupler device includes at least one generally arcuate connector having a first portion engageable with the first casing and a second portion engageable with the second casing so as to connect the two casings, the connector extending at least partially circumferentially about the casing axis. A retainer is disposeable either generally within or generally about the at least one connector and is configured to prevent radial displacement of the connector with respect to the axis so as to maintain engagement of the connector with the first and second casings.
US08430425B2	Airbag assembly An airbag assembly for a motor vehicle has an airbag 10 that is inflated by an inflator 12 when the airbag 10 is deployed in accordance with a control signal from an electronic controller 6. A portion of the airbag 10 in a region where an expected head impact with the airbag 10 will occur is formed by a soft panel portion 25 which provides a softer or more compliant structure that can expand or stretch to an increased surface area condition to thereby reduce the risk of injury to an occupant. The soft panel portion 25 is constructed so as to provide increased give or stretch relative to the other parts of the fabric bag 9 when a head of an occupant impacts against it.
US08430424B1	Far side impact protection for driver A transportation vehicle has an inflatable restraint mounted proximate to a passenger seating location which is configured to inflate in an appropriate manner to interact with a passenger during an impact. The inflatable restraint is of a type not inflated in response to a frontal impact when the passenger seating location is empty. For enhanced protection of a driver, a restraint controller detects a far side impact that initiates at the side of the vehicle opposite from the driver, detects that the passenger seating location is empty, and causes inflation of the inflatable restraint to interact with the driver in response to the far side impact and the passenger seating location being empty.
US08430422B2	Airbag with external traction element and process for production thereof An airbag has an airbag envelope (10) having two side walls (12, 14) enclosing a gas chamber. The first side wall (12) constitutes herein the impact surface and the second side wall (14) constitutes the support surface. A traction element (20) furthermore extends from a first end to a second end, whose first end is connected to the outer side of the second side wall (14) in order to force the inflated airbag to assume a curved shape. In order to achieve an easy production and assembly, the second end of the traction element (20) is also connected to the outer side of the second side wall (14), wherein the operating length of the traction element (20) is smaller than the length of the section of the second side wall (14) that is spanned thereby.
US08430420B2	Security device and child stroller A security device for preventing unexpected folding and a child stroller therewith are disclosed. The security device uses a seat-plate locking part disposed on a seat plate to allow or constrain the folding of a rear leg assembly and a front leg assembly of the child stroller according to whether a child is sitting on the seat plate. When a child is sitting on the seat plate, the folding of the child stroller cannot be performed even though a frame positioning device is unlocked. Therefore, the invention can prevent a child sitting on the seat plate of the child stroller from getting hurt due to an unexpected folding of the child stroller.
US08430417B1	Bicycle chainstay pivot assembly A bicycle includes a front wheel and a rear wheel. A main frame includes a rear pivot support defining a rear pivot axis. A front fork is pivotally coupled to the main frame and supported by the front wheel. A chainstay is pivotally coupled to the pivot support and supported by the rear wheel. The chainstay includes a left mounting portion and a right mounting portion. A bearing assembly pivotally supports the chainstay relative to the pivot support. The bearing assembly includes a pivot shaft having a left shaft portion and a right shaft portion movable relative to the left shaft portion along the rear pivot axis. The left mounting portion is secured to the left shaft portion and the right mounting portion is secured to the right shaft portion.
US08430409B2	Magnetic fluid seal with precise control of fluid volume at each seal stage A magnetic fluid seal includes a pole ring having an inner diameter, a rotatable shaft having an outer diameter, the rotatable shaft configured to extend along the inner diameter of the pole ring between an atmosphere side and vacuum side, at least one magnet coupled to the pole ring, the at least one magnet configured to emit a magnetic field having a strength and a shape, and grooves formed on either the inner diameter of the pole ring or the outer diameter of the shaft, the grooves capable of containing ferromagnetic fluid. The ferromagnetic fluid contained the grooves varies so as to improve the performance of the magnetic fluid seal.
US08430405B2	Multi-projector gaming table Electronic wagering game tables (a.k.a. e-tables) are described herein. Some embodiments include a wagering game table for presenting a wagering game. The wagering game table can include a projection surface, and a first projector configured to present, at a first resolution, a first background image on the projection surface, wherein the first background image is associated with the wagering game and includes elements of the wagering game that are shared by the plurality of players, and wherein the first background image includes blank areas that are not substantially illuminated with content from the first projector. The wagering game table can also include a plurality other projectors configured to present, at a second resolution, wagering game content in the plurality of blank areas, wherein the wagering game content indicates results of the wagering game.
US08430402B2	Networked light bulb with color wheel for configuration A networked light bulb is disclosed comprising means for controlling a state of the networked light bulb, means for connecting to a network, means for allowing a user to select a color from a plurality of colors, the plurality of colors having at least one locking color and one or more non-locking colors, and means for generating a selected color code corresponding to the color selected by the user, each color of the plurality of colors having a corresponding color code. If the user selects the locking color, the networked light bulb disconnects from the network and turns the light bulb on. If the user selects a non-locking color, the networked light bulb submits the selected color code over the network for use by the network controller in configuring the device and changes the state of the networked light bulb in response to a command from the network. In some embodiments the networked light bulb also responds to requests for status information from the network independent of the color selected by the user. In some embodiments that means for controlling the networked light bulb controls the brightness of the light.
US08430401B1	Paper deskew device for automatic document feeder A paper deskew device for an automatic document feeder includes a transport roller assembly, a deskew roller assembly, and a power transmission mechanism. The transport roller assembly includes a first gear. The deskew roller assembly includes a second gear. Before a front edge of a paper is contacted with the deskew roller assembly, the first gear links the power transmission mechanism and the second gear, so that the transport roller assembly and the deskew roller assembly are respectively rotated in a first direction and a second direction. Once the front edge of the paper is contacted with the deskew roller assembly, the deskew roller assembly is continuously rotated in a second direction for a second direction for correcting the skew phenomenon of the paper. Afterwards, the second gear and the deskew roller assembly are driven by the first gear to be rotated in the first direction to transport the paper.
US08430399B1	Paper tray A paper tray includes a first plate and an extension mechanism. The first plate includes a receiving space and a guiding groove. The extension mechanism includes a second plate, a paper stopper, and an elastic element. When the extension mechanism is moved to a first position in a direction opposite to the first plate and the paper stopper is rotated relative to the second plate in a first direction, the elastic element is pushed by an end of the paper stopper. Consequently, the elastic element generates an elastic potential energy. When the paper stopper is rotated relative to the second plate in a second direction, the elastic potential energy drives movement of the elastic element in a direction facing the first plate, so that the second plate is moved to a second position and the extension mechanism is automatically restored to the receiving space.
US08430397B2	Sheet take-out device A sheet take-out device in which sheets are conveyed in an upright state and sheets having a low height can be stably taken out is provided.A sheet take-out device includes a main floor belt that conveys sheets that are placed in an upright state in a direction intersecting a conveying direction to a take-out portion, and a take-out unit that takes out the sheets conveyed by the main floor belt one by one in order from the frontmost sheet. The device includes a sub-floor belt that is capable of reverse conveyance, in which sheets are conveyed in a direction opposite to the conveying direction of the main floor belt, a tightness detection unit, and a height detection unit that detects the height of the sheets immediately prior to being taking out by the take-out unit, and performs sub-floor control.
US08430388B2	Model airplane work station A work station for securely and temporarily holding a model airplane for the purpose of making adjustments, repairs or performing other maintenance on the plane. The work station is on wheels, contains a tool box with tools and a clamp and cradle to securely hold the airplane or only the fuselage, if desired. The work station can be disassembled and stored away in the back of a small vehicle. The clamp and cradle may be mounted on the tool box, which may be easily removed from the work station. In this way, the tool box acts as smaller portable work station, as well.
US08430387B2	Leverage based cutting board systems A leverage based cutting board system having a rotatable tower and sliding knife holster is disclosed. Control of the height of the sliding knife holster and unique locking system facilitates cutting of foodstuffs of a variety of shapes and consistencies. The system further provides an advantage of using any traditional knife. It allows rapid switching between traditional cutting and leverage cutting. The system decreases the total scale of force required to cut foodstuffs and constrains the number of untoward knife motions. The tower with its unique property of rotating 180 degree makes it apt to use both the surfaces in a single preparation. The unique texture of the board helps it to grip slippery food items. The sleek and compact design helps keeping the tower intact as it lies horizontally adjacent to the board when not in use.
US08430361B2	Method and device enabling a rocket engine pump to be driven by an internal combustion engine The subject of the invention is a device for driving a pump of a rocket engine of a space vehicle that comprises an air-breathing internal combustion engine running on an oxidizer/fuel mixture of the air/hydrocarbon type, wherein the supply of oxidant and fuel is provided by tanks and a circuit that are separate from the propellant tanks of the rocket engine. The invention applies to a device for fueling a rocket engine that includes at least two pumps, each driven by the device of the invention, and means for controlling the internal combustion engines for driving the pumps, adapted for independently varying the operating parameters of these engines so as to independently adjust the rotation speeds of the pumps.
US08430353B2	Helicopter torque counteraction device A torque resisting device for a helicopter, wherein the helicopter includes a body and a main rotor. The device includes a deflector secured to and movable relative to the body, wherein the body includes opposing lateral sides and the deflector is movable to a position to extend away from only one of the lateral sides of the opposing lateral sides. The deflector includes a dimension extending in a plane generally non-parallel to a plane of the main rotor. Further included is a method for counteracting a torque created by the rotation of a main rotor of a helicopter.
US08430352B2	Roll medium feeding apparatus and recording apparatus A roll medium feeding apparatus includes a roll medium accommodating unit including a bearing that supports a shaft member of a roll medium, and a drawer member configured to slide relative to the roll medium accommodating unit. First support surfaces configured to support ends of the shaft member are provided to the roll medium accommodating unit so as to extend in a direction in which the drawer member slides from the bearings, and second support surfaces configured to support the ends of the shaft member are provided to the drawer member so as to intersect with the first support surfaces at an obtuse angle relative to a direction in which the shaft member extends.
US08430347B2	Thickness adjusted motor controller A shredder includes a housing having a throat for receiving at least one article to be shredded, a shredder mechanism received in the housing and including a powered motor and cutter elements used to shred the at least one article, a detector configured to detect a presence of the at least one article being received by the throat, and a controller coupled to the motor and the detector. The controller is configured to allow a running operation of the motor responsive to the detector detecting an article being received by the throat. Also, after a predetermined amount of time, the controller may stop operation of the motor if an article is not inserted into the throat. A thickness detector may also be used in the shredder.
US08430345B2	Swivel spout assembly A faucet assembly is disclosed having internal carrier tubes, where the faucet spout can swivel relative to a faucet base without stressing the tubes. One tube connects a mixing valve to a connector sleeve. Another tube connects a spout outlet to another connector sleeve. The connector sleeves telescope within each other, have a seal there between, and are provided with a clip structure to hold them axially together while permitting relative rotation there between.
US08430344B2	Swayable and retractable shower A swayable and retractable shower, includes a retractable assembly and a shower head. The retractable assembly includes a fixed portion, a retractable portion and a reset portion. The fixed portion has a through sliding hole. The retractable portion with a through water entry is hermetically and slidably connected in the through sliding hole. The reset portion is disposed between the fixed portion and the retractable portion. The water entry communicates with the through sliding hole. The shower head is swayably connected to the lower end of the retractable portion and can communicate with the water entry, so the shower head can swing left or right in optional directions when it is stretched out.
US08430342B2	Outlet nozzle An outlet nozzle is configured to be attached to a sanitary water line outlet end, and includes a valve unit movable between a blocking position, closing the water line, and an open position, releasing the water line. The outlet nozzle includes a two-part construction with a connection part configured to be attached to the outlet end of the water line and an adjacent holder part. The holder part is configured to receive at least one jet regulator unit, which includes at least one of: a jet divider, homogenizing device, or flow rectifier, a shower unit, or a jet former.
US08430333B2	Prefabricated module for the track of a self-guided urban transport vehicle on tyres A prefabricated module (1) to be used in constructing a track for an urban transport vehicle. The module comprises an integral carrier structure (2) made of concrete and comprising two side sills (4) having an upper surface (5), used as a driving pathway for the vehicle wheels, and connecting crossbars (8) which connect and retain the sills substantially parallel to each other. The lower surfaces (6, 39) of the sills and crossbars are ground-bearing surfaces. A guiding rail section (3), mounted on the carrier structure, is preferably symmetrical, has an I section and a lower portion coated with a liner material (13). The modules, whether rectilinear or curved, are to be placed on an existing road layout or in a trench with a compacted bottom, and are connected one after the other to form the driving track.
US08430326B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device which may be used as an ID chip and data may be rewritten only one time. In addition, a semiconductor device may be used as an ID chip and data may be written except when manufacturing the chip. The invention has a modulating circuit, a demodulating circuit, a logic circuit, a memory circuit, and an antenna circuit over an insulating substrate. The modulating circuit and the demodulating circuit are electrically connected to an antenna circuit, the demodulating circuit is connected to the logic circuit, the memory circuit stores an output signal of the logic circuit, and the memory circuit is a fuse memory circuit using a fuse element.
US08430324B2	RFID tag manufacturing method and RFID tag A method of manufacturing RFID tags. A base sheet member is formed by fixedly attaching unit base substrates to a belt-like first sheet member at predetermined space intervals. Each unit base substrate is formed with an antenna pattern and has a non-contact communication-type IC chip mounted thereon. An upper-layer sheet member is formed by arranging reinforcing members between elastic, belt-like second and third sheet members, and is laminated on a surface of the first sheet member toward the unit base substrates such that each IC chip and each reinforcing member overlap each other in plan view. Regions each containing one unit base substrate are sequentially cut out from a laminate of the upper-layer sheet member and the base sheet member, thereby making RFID units.
US08430321B2	Sample analyzer and reagent information writing method The present invention is a sample analyzer for analyzing a sample by using a reagent contained in a reagent container, which includes: a reagent container holder configured to hold a reagent container to which an information storage medium is attached; an actuator configured to actuate the reagent container holder to move the reagent container held by the reagent container holder to a first position and a second position different from the first position; a reagent aspirator configured to aspirate a reagent from the reagent container when the reagent container is located at the first position; an information communication section configured to write reagent amount information regarding an amount of the reagent in the reagent container, into the information storage medium attached to the reagent container when the reagent container is located at the second position; and a controller configured to control at least the actuator and the information communication section.
US08430320B2	Sterile implant tracking device and method An assembly and method for tracking implant devices within a sterile field, the assembly comprising a reader that includes a housing structure with a base and a cover, a scanner having a scanner housing, where the scanner housing is at least partially positioned in a cavity provided in the base; and an aperture provided in the cover, where the cover is configured to receive a transparent sterile sheath to at least partially encase the cover.
US08430318B2	System and method for data reading with low profile arrangement A data reader, such as an optical code reader, including one or more imagers, the data reader having a generally horizontal central section with an upward extension on a first end and a depression on a second end opposite the upward extension, the depression being configured to provide a better angle of view of an object in the view volume above the central section from the second end from a position below the surface of the horizontal central section. In one configuration, an image from the view volume along and over the depression is directed by one or more fold mirrors and focused by a lens system onto an imager or sensor array, these optics components, along with the window through which they view, are all disposed below the surface of the central section. Preferably, where the horizontal central section is a weigh platter for a scanner-scale, the optics of the data reader such as the fold mirror(s), lens system and imager are unsupported by the weigh platter and thus are off the scale.
US08430317B2	Barcode rendering device In one embodiment, a barcode rendering device includes a communication interface, a reflective display, and a detector. The communication interface is configured to receive barcode data corresponding to a barcode in one of a plurality of barcode symbologies. The reflective display is configured to legitimately display barcodes in any of the plurality of barcode symbologies. The detector is configured to detect illumination emitted by a barcode scanner and incident on the reflective display.
US08430302B2	Enabling interactive activities for content utilizing matrix codes An electronic device may generate a matrix code that includes information for performing an interactive activity related to content, combine the matrix code with the content, and transmit the combination of the matrix code and the content to a display device. Subsequently, the displayed matrix code may be captured by a matrix code reader in order to initiate performance of the interactive activity. In some implementations, the content may be a sporting event and capture of the matrix code may initiate performance of an activity corresponding to a fantasy sporting event league associated with the sporting event. In various implementations, the matrix code reader's initiation of performance of the interactive activity related to the content may utilize one or more other electronic devices located in a user location.
US08430298B2	Presentation instrument package arrangement A presentation instrument package is constructed of a carrier having a package identifier. The package defines an enclosure into which is held a presentation instrument having a human readable presentation instrument identifier such that the human readable information is hidden from view.
US08430296B2	One-piece blank, display case, and method and device for producing such a case from said blank The present invention relates to a one-piece blank (14) made of corrugated cardboard for the production of a display case (1), the case, the method and the machine for producing said case. The blank comprises a band (2) of panels (15, 16, 17, 18) connected together in pairs by parallel fold lines (24, 25, 26, 27). The band (2) comprises a precut transverse line (20) making it possible to divide the blank into two half-blanks (21, 22), said transverse line determining on either side and for each parallel fold line (24, 25, 26, 27) two separate portions of fold line (24′, 24″; 25′, 25″; 26′, 26″; 27′, 27″) offset relative to one another in order to make it possible to at least partly compensate for the thicknesses of cardboard when the second half-blank is wrapped over the first half-blank around a mandrel.
US08430288B2	Methods and apparatus for storing and dispensing flexible sheet materials Methods and apparatus may permit the storage of flexible sheet materials in a space-efficient manner and may provide a continuous point-of-use dispensing capability of such sheet materials at such stored location. Serially joined sheet materials may be separated from one another at sheet materials separation zones utilizing interference tabs having yieldable configurations, intra-planar configurations, trans-axial configurations, movement resistive configurations, and projective configurations. Such interference tab configurations may permit the simplified design and construction of a sheet materials dispensation apparatus, and multiple flexible sheet materials may be serially joined for use with such configurations. A substantially rigid enclosure for storing such serially joined sheet materials and incorporating an interference tab having one or more of such configurations may be dimensioned to dispense sheet materials from within an open-ended receptacle, for example a refuse container.
US08430287B2	Tablet cutter The invention is directed to a pill cutter that has a protected cutting edge. The pill cutter includes a guard, a base, and a cover. The components are arranged such that the guard slides over the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in an open position and the guard exposes the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in a closed position. The invention is also directed at a method for assembling the pill cutter and a method of using the pill cutter to cut a pill or tablet.
US08430282B2	Decorative bow construction apparatus and method An apparatus and method for constructing bows includes a horizontal layout board holding vertical dowels and a method for winding ribbon around the dowels to form a bow. A center dowel, left dowels, and right dowels are positioned at progressively increasing spacing from a base dowel. The spacing of the dowels on the layout board facilitates efficient use of material. The apparatus facilitates construction of bows without extensive training or experience.
US08430277B2	System for dispensing a fluid product A system for dispensing a fluid product, including a device for taking the product off under pressure that is equipped with an outlet tube, the system also including a push button actuating the device in which a chamber is formed for dispensing the product that is in communication with a well for mounting the push button, the well being arranged to be associated sealingly around an area for mounting the outlet tube so as to allow supply to the chamber dispensing product under pressure emerging from the tube, the outlet tube including a vent recess having at least one opening that is formed in the mounting area and that emerges inside the tube, the opening being located on the mounting area so as to be covered sealingly by the mounting well and to open the inside of the outlet tube to open air when it is not covered.
US08430273B2	Dispenser unit with improved air supply The invention relates to a dispenser unit particularly suitable for a liquid container, including an air pump with an air cylinder and an air piston axially displaceable in the air cylinder, an air space defined between the air cylinder and the air piston, supply-closing structure for closing the air supply to the air pump, discharge-closing structure for closing the air discharge from the air pump, an axially displaceable activating element for activating the air pump, and an air inlet opening in the activating element, wherein the air inlet opening debouches in the air space, and at least a part of the air piston forms the supply-closing structure.
US08430272B2	Trigger mechanism for discharging aerosol containers An apparatus and trigger mechanism enables a user to ergonomically discharge aerosol container contents. The apparatus comprises a trigger unit, a handle assembly, a tension member, a tubular member, an operative end housing assembly, and an actuator assembly. The trigger unit interfaces the tension member to the handle assembly. The tension member transmits force from the trigger unit to the actuator assembly via the tubular structure, which structure interconnects the handle assembly and operative end housing. The operative end housing houses or receives the actuator assembly and an aerosol container. The transmitted force actuates the aerosol container via the actuator assembly. A method of assembling the apparatus is further described.
US08430267B2	Waste container with snap-in grab bar A waste cart includes a container having first and second wall portions, and first and second openings defined by the wall portions to receive and support a grab bar. The container includes at least one positioning element to constrain the lateral movement of the grab bar. During assembly, the first end of the grab bar is inserted through the opening in the first sidewall, and the grab bar is pivoted to align the grab bar with the opening in the second sidewall. During the pivoting of the grab bar, the first positioning element is deformed. The second end of the grab bar is inserted into the opening in the second sidewall, allowing the first positioning element to snap back to its original, non-deformed orientation. When the grab bar is installed, the positioning elements are positioned at the outer ends of the grab bar.
US08430266B2	Flexible container with integral dispensing tube A package for containing a viscous substance in a transport configuration and for dispensing the viscous substance in a dispensing configuration is disclosed. The package includes first and second sheets disposed in opposing relation that are sealed together around a perimeter. The package has a compartment that defines a space for holding the viscous substance. The package further includes an integral tube having a first end in fluid communication with the compartment, and a second end that is closed in the transport configuration. The second end can be opened such that the viscous substance contained in the package can flow from the container, through the integral tube, and exit the package via the opening. The second end of the integral tube is positionable independent of the compartment for depositing the substance at multiple, spaced apart target locations without moving the compartment.
US08430264B2	Method for packaging thermal interface materials A package for delivery of a tacky product includes a carrier with a plurality of cavities separately disposed along a length and width thereof. Each of the cavities in the carrier tape includes a base that is sized to operably receive and support the product within the cavity. The base of each cavity includes a surface profile which defines a contact surface area that is sufficiently low so as to facilitate removal of the product from the cavity without damage to the product. In some cases, the contact surface area is less than about 50% of a base surface area of the base. The carrier may be configured to stack with other carriers without risk of damage to the tacky product.
US08430256B2	Extruded housing for hand-held device with a cap for covering two or more adjacent sides A housing for a hand-held electronic device is provided. The housing includes an extruded element having a length and a profile, the length corresponding to a distance that the extruded element extends in the direction of extrusion, and the profile corresponding to a cross-section of the element, which is perpendicular to the direction of extrusion. The housing further includes a cap, coupled to the extruded element, wherein the cap extends to cover substantial portions of two or more adjacent sides.
US08430253B1	Attachable, adjustable retainer for shelves An attachable, adjustable railing device for shelves comprises a plurality of horizontal rails, a plurality of vertical braces, and a structure to fasten to a shelf. The rails are “L”-shaped being joined along a front edge portion by a telescoping insertable connection for adjusting an overall width of the device. The rails further comprise fasteners affixed to side portions which attach to corresponding fasteners attached to adjacent surfaces of cabinets, cupboards, walls, or other adjacent structures.
US08430248B2	Vibrating screen device having modular screening media A vibrating screen device for fractionizing stones and gravel includes a support structure, a plurality of carriers mounted on the support structure, and a plurality of screening mats removably mounted on the carriers in side-by-side relationship. Each carrier includes two upright beams forming a slot therebetween. Each screening mat has opposite end parts, wherein respective end parts of two adjacent screening mats are received in each slot. The beams and end parts include protrusions and grooves which are interconnected, and maintained in connection, by a wedge inserted into the slot between the end parts.
US08430240B2	Case for bar type mobile electronic device A case for a bar type mobile electronic device is provided. The case includes a main body and an auxiliary body. The main body includes a periphery part and guide parts. The periphery part wraps the sides of the mobile electronic device. The guide parts cover parts of the front and back of the mobile electronic device. The guide parts are extended in the direction where the mobile electronic device is located at both opposite edges of the periphery part. The auxiliary body wraps the outer surface of the periphery part. The auxiliary body applies pressure to the main body in the direction of the mobile electronic device. The auxiliary body assists the main body to couple to the mobile electronic device, so that the case cannot be easily removed from the mobile electronic device and can protect the mobile electronic device from scratches and external impact.
US08430239B2	Protective carrying case for photographic equipment A carrying case for camera equipment comprising a base portion having a hard outer surface, the outer surface having a convex contour, and an inner surface, the inner surface being lined with a shock-absorbing material, and a cavity defined within the base portion, terminating in an opening, for receiving a camera and at least one camera lens; a lid portion having a hard outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface being lined with a shock-absorbing material, the lid portion hingedly attached to the base portion; and a sealing member framing the opening to form a seal when the lid portion and the base portion are mated.
US08430234B2	Solar cell transport A transport system for substrates, the transport system having at least one belt for receiving the substrates thereon, retainers disposed at spaced distances on the belt, the spaced distances being at least as wide as a width of the substrates, the retainers rising to an elevation above the belt that is sufficient to stop the substrates from sliding when the substrates bump against the retainers, a motor for moving the belt, and a motion controller for providing acceleration and deceleration of the belt, thereby aligning the substrates against the retainers through successive acceleration and deceleration cycles.
US08430233B2	Method for transporting workpiece carriers on an assembly line, workpiece carrier and assembly unit The transport of work carriers on an assembly line is performed by the use of novel linear motors in which the primary part has both solenoids and permanent magnets and in which the secondary part has no permanent magnets of its own. By the provision of a magnetically soft plate, a work carrier has uniformly spaced clearances with respect to the secondary part and can be moved by the suitably arranged primary part. On an assembly line, it can be provided that the primary parts supplement the unction of an existing transporting bet. It may also be provided that a transporting belt is completely replaced by such primary parts.
US08430225B2	Portable low profile drive-over truck dump conveyor system A portable truck dump comprises a conveyor system mounted on an elongate frame to transport material from a first end of the frame to a second, opposite end of the frame. A grate is positioned over the conveyor system and is supported by first and second sides of the frame. A ramp extends generally perpendicular to the frame on each side of the frame next to the grate to provide a drive-over access for a material transport vehicle to deposit its load over the grate and onto the conveyor system and a portion of each ramp. A first end of each ramp immediately adjacent to the frame is pivotally connected to the frame to allow the ramp to be articulated towards the grate to move excess material off of the ramp and into the grate.
US08430221B2	Mechanically energized mechanical power coupling system A system for communicating a mechanical power service between mechanical power service communicating devices. A service switch is provided for selectively transferring the mechanical power service from a first mechanical power service communicating device, such as a host or other mechanical power service provider or source, to a second mechanical power service communicating device, such as an accessory device or other mechanical power service consumer. The service switch is activated to communicate the mechanical power service between the first mechanical power service communicating device and the second mechanical power service communicating device in response to movement of a component associated with one of the mechanical power service communicating devices.
US08430205B2	Pool ladder safety system A safety system for a swimming pool ladder is described for use in above-ground swimming pools. The safety system can comprise a frame covered with fabric or other enclosure permanently or temporarily affixed to the ladder and/or the sidewall of an above-ground swimming pool. The fabric can comprise a plurality of vent holes to prevent excessive side loads caused by water currents. The safety system can be detachably coupled to the ladder using a tab and slot configuration. The safety system can prevent objects from entering and becoming trapped between the pool sidewall and the pool ladder.
US08430202B1	Compact high-pressure exhaust muffling devices Compact, high-pressure exhaust muffling devices are disclosed. Some example muffling devices may include an inner flow conditioner including an inlet configured to convey a pressurized fluid flow into an inner flow conditioner interior. The inner flow conditioner may include a plurality of inner flow conditioner holes. The muffling device may include an exhaust can disposed substantially around the inner flow conditioner and arranged to receive the pressurized fluid flow via the inner flow conditioner holes into an exhaust can interior. The exhaust can may include a plurality of exhaust screen holes arranged to discharge the pressurized fluid flow from the exhaust can interior. The exhaust can interior may be substantially devoid of flow obstructions between the plurality of inner flow conditioner holes and the exhaust screen holes.
US08430197B2	Snow vehicle A snow vehicle includes a track belt unit having an endless track belt, an engine arranged to drive the track belt unit, a steering mechanism to which a pair of steerable skis positioned in a forward direction of the track belt unit and being steerable to the left and right are attached, and a handlebar section coupled to the steerable skis via the steering mechanism and adapted to be gripped by a rider. The handlebar section and the rear end of the cylinder head are in generally the same position in a longitudinal direction of the snow vehicle.
US08430191B2	Control apparatus for electric automobile A clutch mechanism is provided between a drive wheel and an electric motor. In a high vehicle speed region, the electric motor is decoupled from the drive wheel to prevent the electric motor from over-speeding. In the high vehicle speed region, in which the clutch mechanism is switched to a disengaged condition, rotation speed control is executed on the electric motor when a state of charge falls below a predetermined lower limit value, and a motor rotation speed is maintained at a target rotation speed on a lower rotation side than an upper limit rotation speed. Further, the clutch mechanism is switched from the disengaged condition to a slip condition. Hence, a limited power generation torque is supplied to the electric motor, and thus the electric motor can be controlled to a regeneration condition while suppressing the motor rotation speed to or below the upper limit rotation speed.
US08430190B2	Driving apparatus for hybrid vehicle A driving apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine shaft, a generator shaft and an idler shaft, which are arranged in parallel. The generator shaft includes at least an inner shaft and a hollow outer shaft which is attached rotatably relative to the inner shaft. The engine shaft connected to the crank shaft of an engine is engaged, through a generator driving gear, to the inner shaft which is coaxially provided with a generator. The outer shaft of the generator shaft which is coaxially provided with a motor is engaged to the idler shaft through a motor driving force transmission gear. The engine shaft and idler shaft are engaged to each other through an engine driving force transmission gear. The idler shaft and a differential device are engaged each other through a final gear. The differential device is connected to driving wheels, through a differential axles. The engine shaft has a clutch which serves to engage or disengage the power between the engine shaft and idler shaft through the engine driving force transmission gear.
US08430189B2	Power add-on device for manual wheelchair A power add-on device for powering a manual wheelchair includes a motorized component including dual electric motors and a power source electrically coupled to the electric motors, wherein each of the motors is configured to turn a respective one of a set of drive wheels. The power add-on device includes a latching mechanism adapted to attach the power add-on device to the camber tube of the manual wheelchair; and a controller, reachable by a person sitting in the manual wheelchair, that controls the latching mechanism, the motors, and a swing arm that allows the rear wheels of the manual wheelchair to be lifted off the ground. The front wheels of the manual wheelchair are allowed to be lifted several inches off the ground to avoid obstacles, or can be lifted by the user leaning back. Advantageously, the power add-on device can be detached from the manual wheelchair and loaded into the trunk of a car when travelling or may be checked in as baggage when flying.
US08430187B2	Directional sidetrack well drilling system Drilling a sidetrack wellbore out of the side of an existing wellbore utilizing a drillable billet having a path formed in the billet to lead a bi-centered drillbit to kick-out from the wellbore and form a sidetrack wellbore. The bi-centered bit is arranged for the lands of the pilot section to follow the path of the billet while the wings of the ream out a portion of the billet and also ream out the earth to form the full dimension sidetrack wellbore. The bi-centered bit is used to drill the sidetrack wellbore to the target zone so that the entire drilling process extends from the existing wellbore to the target zone without a mandatory withdrawal of the drillstring from the wellbore.
US08430185B2	Impact torque adjusting device of hydraulic torque wrench An impact torque adjusting device is constructed by forming an operating fluid channel 11b communicating through the inside of a liner 7 which becomes a high-pressure chamber H and a low-pressure chamber L at the time impact torque is generated. In the operating fluid channel 11b, a valve disc 11d is urged in the direction opening the operating fluid channel 11b. Behind the valve disc 11d, an oil chamber 11e communicates with the inside of the liner 7 which becomes a high-pressure chamber H at the time impact torque is generated, so that the operating fluid channel 11b may be narrowed in proportion to the increase of the operating fluid.
US08430180B2	Control mechanism for a power tool A speed adjustment mechanism for a power tool is disclosed. The mechanism includes a support, a first toothed gear for rotation by means of an adjustment dial, and a second toothed gear rotatable by means of the first toothed gear and connected to a potentiometer which is connected to a speed control circuit. Limited movement of the first and second toothed gears relative to each other is possible to reduce transmission of impacts from the adjustment dial to the speed control circuit.
US08430176B2	Zero backlash downhole setting tool and method A zero backlash downhole setting tool includes a mandrel having a number of recesses therein. A subassembly having a number of fingers is at least partially receivable in the recesses. The subassembly is in force transmissive communication with a device to be set. A lock wedge is in radially deflecting communication with the fingers and a setting sleeve is in operable communication with the device to be set and the lock wedge. Also included is a method for setting a device with zero backlash.
US08430174B2	Anhydrous boron-based timed delay plugs A well tool for use with a subterranean well can include an elongated passageway and a plug which prevents fluid communication through the passageway for a predetermined period of time. The plug can including an anhydrous boron compound, whereby the predetermined period of time is determined by a length of the anhydrous boron compound. A method of operating a well tool in conjunction with a subterranean well can include exposing an anhydrous boron compound to an aqueous fluid, with the anhydrous boron compound being included in a plug which prevents fluid communication through a passageway of the well tool. The well tool can be operated in response to fluid communication being permitted through the passageway a predetermined period of time after the exposing step.
US08430172B1	Buoyant ball assisted hydrocarbon lift system and method As disclosed, a buoyant ball assisted hydrostatic lift system and method for lifting fluid(s) from an enclosed subterranean reservoir to the earth's surface, comprises a pipe string configured at a steady state gas pressure with any quiescent gas escape offset by an equal gas input. The system also includes a plurality of buoyant balls in the pipe string; the balls configured to at least one of displace a fluid mass and have a surface friction moving in fluid(s) therein. The system additionally includes a column of the buoyant balls in the pipe string, an aggregate weight of the balls configured to entrain the balls into a fluid in an annulus formed with an outer bore pipe. The system further includes a hydrostatic pressure differential in the annulus with respect to the reservoir via the buoyant balls, the pressure configured to lift fluid(s) in the annulus to the surface.
US08430169B2	Method for managing hydrates in subsea production line A method for managing hydrates in a subsea production system is provided. The production system includes a host production facility, a control umbilical, at least one subsea production well, and a single production line. The method generally comprises producing hydrocarbon fluids from the at least one subsea production well and through the production line, and then shutting in the production line. In addition, the method includes the steps of depressurizing the production line to substantially reduce a solution gas concentration in the produced hydrocarbon fluids, and then repressurizing the production line to urge any remaining gas in the free gas phase within the production line back into solution. The method also includes displacing production fluids within the production line by moving displacement fluids from a service line within the umbilical line and into the production line. The displacement fluids preferably comprise a hydrocarbon-based fluid having a low dosage hydrate inhibitor (LDHI).
US08430165B2	Increasing the viscosity of viscoelastic fluids In hydrocarbon recovery applications, viscoelastic surfactant (VES) gelled fluids may be preheated to a temperature that will increase viscosity of the VES gelled fluid. The preheated VES gelled fluid retains at least a portion of its preheated viscosity when cooled such as by introduction into a low temperature condition. In an embodiment, the VES gelled fluid may be a drilling fluid, completion fluid, or fracturing fluid, and the low temperature condition may be an offshore operation, an operation in a locality having a cold climate, and/or a shallow oil, gas, or both land-based operation where the formation temperature is 120° F. or less. The surfactant in the VES gelled fluid may be one or more of an amine, amine salt, quaternary ammonium salt, betaine, amidoamine oxide, amine oxide, and combinations thereof.
US08430162B2	Continuous downhole scale monitoring and inhibition system A technique facilitates monitoring of conditions which are prone to cause scale precipitation around downhole equipment. The technique also enables a local, downhole reaction to the potential for precipitation of scale. A downhole scale monitoring and inhibition system may be provided with a measurement module and injection module. The measurement module monitors at least one downhole parameter indicative of the potential for scale formation. In response to data output from the measurement module, the injection module is operated to provide downhole, local injections of an inhibitor chemical.
US08430158B2	Sand control screen assembly having integral connector rings and method for making same A screen jacket assembly for positioning around a base pipe (102) to form a sand control screen (100). The screen jacket assembly includes a screen jacket (112) formed from a plurality of circumferentially distributed axially extending ribs (114) and a screen wire (116) wrapped therearound. A pair of oppositely disposed connector rings (118, 126) is at least partially positionable around the first and second ends, respectively, of the screen jacket (112). The connector rings (118, 126) each have a plurality of openings (120, 128) in a sidewall portion thereof that are circumferentially alignable with at least a portion of the ribs (114) such that the connector rings (118, 126) are integrally connectable with the aligned ribs (114) via the openings (120, 128).
US08430153B2	Heat dissipation device having heat sink enclosing conductive member therein A heat dissipation device includes a base, a first heat sink mounted over the base and connected to the base via two first heat pipes, and a second heat sink located at a lateral side of the first heat sink and thermally connected to the base via a second heat pipe. The first heat sink includes two fin groups. One of the fin groups is stacked on the other fin group. Each of the fin groups includes a plurality of fins spreading radially from a center of the fin group to a periphery of the fin group along horizontal directions.
US08430146B2	Method of placing inserts into a web press product using a synchronized web-press insert placing unit An apparatus provides for a method of placing inserts onto a web press product comprising the steps of: Supplying a continuous web of inserts in the form of a roll mounted on the core receiving structure of insert storage mechanism; Pulling the continuous web of inserts from the roll 8 with the delivery mechanism; Shearing the continuous web of inserts of the roll 8 into individual inserts with the knife assembly; and Placing the individual inserts onto the web press product prior to the end of the web press product line via the delivery conveyor. Synchronizing the placement of the individual sheets onto the web press product with the speed of the web press is also performed.
US08430132B2	Air hose delivery assemblies A preconditioned air hose includes an abrasion-resistant external layer made of robust nylon, an insulating layer, and an inner layer. The robust external layer protects the air hose from wear and degradation due to abrasion. The external layer may be made of a fabric with an abrasion resistance of at least 22,000 cycles to failure as measured using the ASTM D 3884 standard. This external layer fabric may be composed of filaments having a linear density of about 1,000 denier. The external layer fabric may weigh about 10.8 ounces per square yard.
US08430114B2	Hydrophobic vent assembly A vent assembly connectable to a transmission housing includes a stem, a membrane and a cap. The stem has an annular flange, a first end, a second end, and a through bore extending between the first end and the second end. The first end is connectable to the transmission housing and the second end has at least one flange and an annular rim. The membrane is located on the second end of the stem over the bore. The cap has a base and an annular wall extending from the base. The annular wall of the cap is deformed at a terminal end against the annular flange of the stem at discrete locations, where an undeformed portion of the annular wall of the cap creates at least one channel axially extending along the stem. The at least one channel creates a path between the cap and the flange of the stem.
US08430109B2	Unit of washing for machine of cleaning of ophthalmic glasses or other substrates A washing unit for machines that clean ophthalmic glass (1) or other substrates. It includes, on one hand, two washing lines (22, 23), each able to issue a high-pressure jet of washing liquid in a flared shape of a width substantially equal to or greater than the diameter of the glass to be cleaned, said lines (22, 23) being parallel and mounted opposite each other on each side of the glass (1) to be cleaned so that the two streams of liquid (30) are located at the same level and come into contact on the concave (10) and convex (11) surfaces respectively of said glass (1); and, on the other hand, supports (4) intended to hold the glass (1) in a stable position during the washing operation and the means (2′) to allow movement of said lines (22, 23) or the glass (1) in order to perform simultaneous bathing of the concave (10) and convex (11) surfaces of the glass by the respective streams of washing liquid (30).
US08430106B2	Volatilization device A device for delivering volatilized material to a user comprises a heat delivery component (11), which includes a heat sink (14) in heat transfer relationship with a heat transfer device such a s a heat pipe (36), and a volatilization component (20), which includes a source (22) of volatilizable material, such as tobacco, a flavour material or a therapeutic substance. The volatilization component (20) is detachably mounted on the heat delivery component (11) with the source of volatilizable material (22) in heat transfer communication with the heat transfer device (36) of the heat delivery component. The heat delivery component (11) may therefore be reused with a series of disposable volatilization components (20).
US08430098B1	Strapless nasal interface device A strapless nasal interface device is disclosed. The device is used in conjunction with CPAP, BIPAP, ventilators, or any other suitable device. The device includes a body with a passageway to a ventilating tube, exhalation holes, and a passageway to nostril interface tubes. The nostril interface tubes include a nasal interface element which is an expandable, compressible material such that the user can compress the element, insert it into the end of the nostril and allow it to expand to hold the tube in place. Alternatively, the nasal interface elements are held against the outer edge of the nostrils. Optionally, a skirt is included at the outer side of the nostril to aid in sealing against air leaks. Optionally, flaps are included to assist in holding the device in place, such as side flaps, a front flap, or both. The front flap may be adherable to the exterior of the nose and optionally includes resilient strips to open the nasal passageway. Alternatively, a nose cover is adhered to the nose and side attachment flaps secure the device to the nose cover. Thus, the device requires no additional straps or headgear in order to maintain the device in operable position during sleep.
US08430097B2	Medicinal inhalation devices and components thereof A medicinal inhalation device having a non-metal coating coated on at least a portion thereof, and onto which non-metal coating an at least partially fluorinated compound is then covalently bonded.
US08430096B2	Self rescuer including self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and breathing air monitor (BAM) A self-rescuer comprising a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA); and a smart light; wherein the smart light comprises a battery; a light bulb; circuitry connecting the battery to the light bulb; a detector for detecting the presence of a hazardous atmospheric condition; and alert apparatus connected to the detector for alerting a user when a hazardous atmospheric condition is detected by the detector, and further wherein the alert apparatus is connected to the circuitry and configured so as to flash the light bulb when a hazardous atmospheric condition is detected.
US08430088B1	Rotating grill top accessory The rotating grill top accessory involves a circular grill grate that is rotatably mounted atop a base that is placed atop an existing grill grate of an existing grill. The circular grill grate has a lip along a periphery of said grill grate so as to prevent items from rolling off of the circular grill grate either from rotating of said circular grill or otherwise. The circular grill grate rotates atop the base, which includes securing means to secure the accessory onto an existing grill grate. At least one handle extends vertically and is provided to aid in rotation of the circular grill grate.
US08430079B2	Throttle valve A throttle valve for controlling a fluid flow includes a throttle housing (4), a gas passage (18) in the throttle housing (4), a throttle shaft (8) which is pivotably supported in the throttle housing (4), and a throttle (6) which is connected to the throttle shaft (8). The throttle shaft (8) extends through a jacket (12) which is provided on the throttle (6) and at least partially encompasses the throttle shaft (8). After the throttle (6) is installed on the throttle shaft (8), a hardening filler material (10) creates a form-fit connection between the throttle (6) and the throttle shaft (8).
US08430073B2	Intake manifold for multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine An intake manifold for a multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine has a collective part forming an intake gas distribution chamber, and a branch part forming branch intake passages. The collective part includes a first section defining a first space joined to a second section defining a second space. The first and second spaces define the intake gas distribution chamber. The first and second sections have corner parts, the second section being provided with a guide wall covering the inside surfaces of the corner parts. The guide wall has a guide surface and opposes the intake gas inlet, the intake gas distribution chamber being defined between the intake gas inlet and the guide wall. The guide wall and the corner parts define a back space communicating with the intake gas distribution chamber.
US08430070B2	Piston with crown cooling nozzle A piston (10, 10′) includes a piston body (12, 12′) having an upper crown portion (16, 16′) with an upper combustion dome (18, 18′) against which combustion forces act. The underside of the upper combustion dome (18, 18′) comprises an under-crown region (60, 60′). The piston body (12, 12′) also includes a lower crown portion (26, 26′) with a pair of pin bosses (36, 38) spaced apart for pivotally adjoining a connecting rod. An outer oil gallery (31, 31′) is formed as an inclusion between the upper (16, 16′) and lower (26, 26′) crown portions. The outer oil gallery (31, 31′) has an oil inlet (50, 50′) and an oil outlet (52, 52′). A tubular cooling nozzle (54, 54′) is affixed in fluid communication with the oil outlet (52, 52′) and extends toward the under-crown region (60, 60′) where oil is discharged during reciprocation of the piston (16, 16′). Cooling oil from the outer oil gallery (33) is channeled by the cooling nozzle (54, 54′) to the under-crown region (60, 60′) providing supplemental cooling in a passively actuated system.
US08430067B2	Engine starting for engine having adjustable valve operation A method is provided for controlling an engine having two cylinders, one of which having an adjustable valve. The method comprising performing a combustion in two cylinders having pistons, the combustions for said cylinders occurring during a common stroke of the pistons; increasing a number of strokes in a cycle of one of the two cylinders; and returning operation of the one of the two cylinders to four strokes, so that combustion of the one of the two cylinders occurs sequentially from the other of the two cylinders.
US08430044B2	Vehicle A vehicle for use in arctic environments, the vehicle comprising a hull for accommodating people, and a pair of rotatable propulsion screws connected to the hull for propelling the vehicle on water, ice, snow and land. Each propulsion screw comprises a shaft having at least one blade helically disposed therearound.
US08430042B2	Tufting knife with a nominal bending point An improved tufting knife (20) has, at a distance from its cutting edge (36), a bending joint (27) from which extends one leg (26) to the cutting edge (36) and another leg (25) to a knife bar (21). The bending joint (27) ensures that the tufting knife (20) is highly flexible and that a desired contact pressure between the tufting knife (20) and the gripper (18) is maintained largely independently of the degree of lateral flexion and/or bending of the tufting knife (20). This has a strongly wear-reducing effect.
US08430037B2	Magnetic levitation train The invention relates to a magnetic levitation train, comprising a track system formed of track system carriers (2) and a vehicle (1) having at least one first magnetic system (7), which together with stator packs (4) mounted on the track system forms a long stator linear motor and during operation is disposed at a distance from the stator packs (4) by a small carrying gap. According to the invention, first sound damping bodies (14) are disposed on the carriers (2) in a space which is located between the carrier (2) and the magnetic system (7) and the carrying gap when a vehicle (1) passes. In addition, second sound damping bodies (15) are provided on the vehicle (1) on the side of the magnetic system (7) facing away from the carrier (2).
US08430030B2	Arrangement for supporting shell into breech-loading weapon barrel The invention relates to an arrangement for supporting a shell into the barrel of a breech-loading weapon. The arrangement comprises a support piece (6) that is provided with an edge flange (7) and is to be fastened to a tail of the shell. The support piece further comprises a firing mechanism for firing the actual primer of the shell. The arrangement further comprises a connecting means (8) between the support piece (6) and the shell tail (4), the connecting means being arranged to fasten to the shell and to the support piece (6) and thus to fasten the support piece with a mechanical connection to the shell tail (4). The connecting means (8) comprises at least one shank part (9) having a first end and a second end, the first end of the shank part being arranged to fasten to the connecting means (8) and the second end to the shell tail (4). The fastening between the first end of the shank part and the shell is arranged to yield in a firing situation, thus enabling the detachment of the shell from the support piece. The second end of the shank part (9) is arranged to fasten to the shell tail tube (3) and to bend or turn away from the shell tail tube (3) in a firing situation.
US08430028B2	Shock dampened explosive initiator assembly and method for dampening shock within a delivery vehicle Some embodiments pertain to an initiator support assembly that includes a casing and one or more initiator leads extending from the casing. The transmission of current through the initiator leads detonates an explosive charge within the casing. The casing includes a flange and a dampening member attached to the flange. The dampening member is between the flange and a structure where the initiator support assembly is mounted. The dampening member dampens shock that would otherwise be transferred from the structure to the initiator support assembly. In another example embodiment, at least a portion of the casing is formed of an interior wall, a dampening layer covering at least a portion of the interior wall and an exterior wall. The dampening layer dampens shock to the initiator support assembly that would otherwise be transferred from a structure to the initiator support assembly when the exterior wall is mounted to the structure.
US08430027B2	Frame unit for tensioning a printing screen and a jig for fitting a printing screen to or removing a printing screen from a frame unit A frame unit for tensioning a printing screen, the frame unit comprising a frame including at least one frame member, the at least one frame member comprising: a supporting frame element; at least one engagement element for engaging a fitted printing screen to tension the same, wherein the at least one engagement element comprises a body which is pivotally coupled to the supporting frame element such that the at least one engagement element is pivotable in one, tensioning sense to tension a fitted printing screen and the other, opposite sense to adopt a configuration in which a printing screen can be fitted to or removed from the frame unit, a first, engagement arm extending from the body for engaging a fitted printing screen, and a second, biasing arm extending from the body to which a biasing force is applied to bias the at least one engagement element to pivot in the tensioning sense; and at least one biasing element operative to apply a biasing force to the biasing arm of the at least one engagement element to bias the at least one engagement element to pivot in the tensioning sense and tension a fitted printing screen.
US08430017B2	Control device for a hydraulic motor A control device for controlling a speed of a hydraulic motor includes a housing defining a first void. A speed valve is disposed within the first void and is moveable between a first speed valve position and a second speed valve position. The first void includes a speed valve pressure chamber disposed at one end of the speed valve. A speed valve spring is disposed at another end of the speed valve. The housing further defines a speed change port and a speed change passage interconnecting the speed change port and the speed change pressure chamber for directing a pressurized fluid directly into the speed valve pressure chamber to exert a pressure force on the speed valve and bias against the speed valve spring to move the speed valve between the first speed valve position and the second speed valve position.
US08429998B2	Parallel mechanism and moveable linkage thereof A moveable linkage for a parallel mechanism includes a swing arm, a four-link structure rotatably connected to the swing arm, and a plurality of pivotal shafts. The four-link structure includes a first connection shaft, a second connection shaft, a first link bracket and a second link bracket. Each of the first and second link brackets includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portions of the first and second link brackets overlap and rotatably connect two ends of the first connection shaft by the pivotal shafts. The second end portions of the first and second link brackets overlap and rotatably connect two ends of the second connection shaft by the pivotal shafts.
US08429996B2	Robot arm assembly A robot arm assembly includes a first robot arm and a second robot arm rotatably connected to the first robot arm. The first robot arm includes a first sleeve, a first input shaft, and a second input shaft. The first input shaft and the second input shaft are seated in the first sleeve. The second robot arm includes a second sleeve and an output shaft received in the second sleeve. The first input shaft is connected to the second sleeve via a pair of bevel gears, and drives the second sleeve to rotate relative to the first sleeve. The second input shaft is connected to the output shaft via at least two pairs of bevel gears, and drives the output shaft to rotate relative to the second sleeve.
US08429988B2	Soil-cement sampling device A soil-cement sampling device and method of sampling soil-cement is provided. The soil-cement sampling device may include an inner tube arranged within an outer tube. The inner tube may be removably connected to the outer tube and may be split into two longitudinal sections removably connected to each other. The inner and outer tubes may be inserted into a recently mixed soil-cement mixture before it hardens and a sample of the soil-cement mixture may be collected in the inner tube after it hardens. Once the sample hardens, the inner tube may be removed from the outer tube and the longitudinal sections may be separated to expose the soil-cement sample for inspection and testing.
US08429987B1	Screening portal, system and method of using same A portal, system and method for screening an object for a target substance is provided. The portal includes an inflatable bladder expandable to form a test space for receiving the object and a plurality of nozzles positioned about the inflatable bladder. The nozzles are in fluid communication with a fluid source for directing air over the object whereby samples are removed from the object for examination. A collector is operatively connected to the inflatable bladder for collecting the samples removed from the object. A detector is operatively connected to the collector for examining the removed samples for the presence of the target substance. At least one preconcentrator may be operatively connected to the collector for concentrating the samples collected thereby.
US08429982B2	Displacement measurement method and apparatus, strain measurement method and apparatus, elasticity and visco-elasticity constants measurement apparatus, and the elasticity and visco-elasticity constants measurement apparatus-based treatment apparatus The present invention provides elastic constant and visco elastic constant measurement apparatus etc. for measuring in the ROI in living tissues elastic constants such as shear modulus, Poisson's ratio, Lame constants, etc., visco elastic constants such as visco shear modulus, visco Poisson's ratio, visco Lame constants, etc. and density even if there exist another mechanical sources and uncontrollable mechanical sources in the object. The elastic constant and visco elastic constant measurement apparatus is equipped with storage of deformation data measured in the ROI, a calculation of elastic and visco elastic constants by calculating the shear modulus etc. at arbitrary point in the ROI from measured strain tensor data etc., wherein the calculation of the elastic and visco elastic constants numerically determines elastic constants etc. from the first order partial differential equations relating elastic constants etc. and strain tensor etc.
US08429981B2	Method of measuring a physical parameter and electronic interface circuit for a capacitive sensor for implementing the same The measuring method is for measuring a physical parameter using an electronic interface circuit (1) for a capacitive sensor (2) with at least two capacitors (C1X, C2X) whose common electrode (CM) is mobile between the fixed electrodes. The electronic circuit includes an amplifier (4) connected to the common electrode (CM) by a switching unit (3), a logic unit (5) connected to the amplifier for supplying first and second digital measuring signals, and a digital-analogue converter (7) for supplying a measurement voltage (VDAC) to the electrodes on the basis of a conversion of one of the digital signals. The method consists in polarizing firstly the electrodes of the capacitors by the measurement voltage (VDAC) on the basis of the first digital signals, then polarizing the fixed electrode of the first capacitor (C1X) at a regulated voltage (VREG) and the fixed electrode of the second capacitor (C2X) at a low voltage (VSS), then polarizing the electrodes of the capacitors (C1X, C2X, CM) by the measurement voltage (VDAC) on the basis of the second digital measuring signal, and finally polarizing the fixed electrode of the first capacitor (C1X) at a low voltage (VSS) and the fixed electrode of the second capacitor (C2X) at a regulated voltage (VREG). At the end of the measuring cycles, the logic unit is able, on the basis of the first and second obtained digital measuring signals, to remove any voltage offset linked to the electronic components.
US08429973B2	Ultrasonic inspection device and ultrasonic inspection method An ultrasonic transducer is provided with a distance measuring ultrasonic sensor for detecting a distance between the ultrasonic transducer and a surface of an inspection object and an inclination of the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the surface of the inspection object, to control the distance and the inclination of the ultrasonic transducer with respect to the inspection object based on information detected by the distance measuring ultrasonic sensor, and at least part of ultrasonic wave transmission/reception by the distance measuring ultrasonic sensor is performed during execution of aperture synthesis processing during which transmission/reception by the ultrasonic transducer is not performed.
US08429970B2	Microgyroscope A microgryroscope for determining rotational movements about an x, y or z axis. At least one anchor is fastened to a substrate. A plurality of, in particular four, masses that oscillate radially with respect to the anchor are fastened to the anchor by springs. Drive elements are used to vibrate at least individual ones of the masses in an oscillatory manner in the x or y direction in order to produce Coriolis forces when the substrate is deflected. Sensor elements are used to detect deflections of the masses on account of the Coriolis forces produced. The oscillating masses are connected to at least one additional, non-oscillating mass which can, however, rotate together with the oscillating masses on the substrate about the at least one anchor. A further sensor element is associated with this additional mass.
US08429966B2	Capacitive fill level sensor and method for estimating a fill level A capacitive fill level sensor for determining a fill level of a liquid is described. Two electrodes are provided having a plastic sheathing and a capacitance measuring device for detecting the electrical capacitance between the electrodes. An estimator device is used for estimating a fill level of a liquid between the electrodes based on the detected electrical capacitance, taking into account different dielectric constants for sections of the plastic sheathing in the liquid and outside of the liquid.
US08429964B2	Thermal fluid flow sensor having stacked insulating films above and below heater and temperature-measuring resistive elements A thermal fluid flow sensor having a diaphragm structure body configured by an insulating film formed by stacking a film having compressive stress and a film having tensile stress on the top and bottom of a temperature-measuring resistive element and a heater resistive element which are processed by microprocessing is provided. The insulating film at a lower layer of the heater resistive element, a temperature-measuring resistive element for heater resistive element, upstream temperature-measuring resistive elements, and downstream temperature-measuring resistive elements, has films having compressive stress (a first insulating film, a third insulating film, and a fifth insulating film) and films having tensile stress (a second insulating film and a fourth insulating film) being alternately arranged, and two layers or more of the films having tensile stress are arranged.
US08429962B2	Methods and apparatus to control a formation testing operation based on a mudcake leakage Methods and apparatus to control a formation testing operation based on a mudcake leakage are disclosed. A disclosed example method for use with a downhole tool disposed in a wellbore comprises measuring a property of a mudcake layer at a first location in a wellbore, determining a value representative of an estimated leakage through the mudcake layer based on the property, and determining, based on the value, whether to continue a formation testing operation.
US08429960B2	Process for measuring an adhesion energy, and associated substrates The invention relates to a structure and a process for measuring an energy of adhesion between two substrates bonded in a transverse direction. The method involves providing for at least one of the two substrates to have a plurality of elementary test cells within a test layer each being capable of locally applying, in the transverse direction, a preset mechanical stress (σ), dependent on the temperature (T), to a bond interface between the substrates in a direction tending to separate them, applying a test temperature to the substrates and identifying debonded regions of the bond interface so that the local adhesion energy at the test temperature in the regions may be deduced therefrom, the local adhesion energy in a region of the bond interface being deduced from the stress applied by the test cells that caused debonding in the region.
US08429959B2	Apparatus and method for testing braking performance Disclosed are an apparatus and method for testing braking performance. The apparatus of the disclosed invention comprises: a driving unit which generates power; a test unit driven by the driving unit; and a control unit which controls the operation of a braking apparatus to generate a brake force on the test unit and to check braking performance. The present invention uses a rope unit moving at a speed for inducing a braking operation by the rotation of driving sheaves spaced apart from each other, rather than testing braking performance in an expensive elevator test tower, thereby preventing the possible dangers of tests conducted in said test tower. Further, the present invention controls loading capacity simply by controlling the loads of the driving unit to enable easy testing.
US08429958B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring sliding state of piston The present invention is an apparatus and a method for monitoring a sliding state of a piston ring. The present invention detects a cycle of rotation of a piston ring based on a temperature at a predetermined site of a cylinder liner, and determines a sign of burning of a piston based on a state of the rotation. As a result, it is possible to detect a sign of burning of a piston by an apparatus less expensive than apparatuses using a conventional technique of detecting a capacitance.
US08429956B2	Pressure-measuring plug for a combustion engine A piezoresistive pressure-measuring plug for a combustion engine. The pressure-measuring plug includes a plug body having a threaded plug body part with an external thread for screwing the plug body into a cylinder of the combustion engine, and a sealing plug body part forming a tip of the plug for providing a seal between the plug body and the combustion engine. The plug body further includes a sensing body part positioned between the threaded plug body part and the sealing plug body part. The sensing body part includes a cylindrical body part, a moving part, and a sensing structure that form a single integral piece. The sensing structure forms a connection between the cylindrical body part and the moving part, and allows the moving part to move relatively to the cylindrical body part along a cylinder axis of the cylindrical body part.
US08429948B1	Twisting device for a plurality of electrical wires and method of use thereof A specialty tool to aid in twisting of up to six (6) individual wires for a cable assembly is herein disclosed, comprising a series of six (6) parallel channels perpendicular to the fulcrum line of the pliers. Each channel is sized to hold one (1) individual wire, facilitated by a one-way fixture that slightly penetrates the wires insulation thus holding it securely. Once the wires are in the tool, the jaws can be locked together and can be rotated in either direction to twist the wires. This procedure would be used with cable assembly during manufacturing processes.
US08429943B2	Process and device for intentionally influencing the geometry of roughed-down strips in a roughing-down stand When rolling hot-rolled strips, different draughts per pass might occur during the rolling operation over the length of the roll gap, due to changes in the hardness of the rolling stock, to the roll gap itself or to the geometry of the incoming rolling stock. These different draughts per pass lead to lateral deviations and shifts of the rolling stock in the roll stand and to a lateral bending of the outgoing hot-rolled strip. In order to avoid these defects by intentionally influencing the geometry of the rough-rolled strip, it is proposed to interconnect in at least one roughing-down stand a dynamic positioning in the roughing-down stock (1) with fast and powerful lateral guides (8,9) arranged before and after the roughing-down stand (1), by corresponding regulation operations, in such a way that a grainy or tapering bloom (4) is shaped into a straight and taper-free roughed-down strip (5) in one or more passes, in continuous or reciprocating operation.
US08429938B2	Drum-type washing machine and bearing housing structure thereof A drum type washing machine including a tub installed in a cabinet is disclosed. The drum type washing machine includes a drum performing washing, a motor rotating the drum, bearing housings having bearings to support a rotation shaft, a suspension connected to the bearing housings and the cabinet to mitigate vibration generated during rotation of the drum, a bracket installed to the bearing housings to form the rear side of the tub, and a gasket installed between the bracket and the tub to seal the tub and to prevent vibration from being transmitted from the bracket to the tub. Volumes of the tub and the drum can be easily increased without increasing the volume of the cabinet. Even when the volume of the washing machine is changed, only one of the tub and the bearing housings, which is not applicable to the drum type washing machine having the changed washing capacity, is selectively replaced. Thus parts can commonly used in various drum type washing machine having different volume.
US08429934B2	Jewelry and method for its use A jewelry piece comprising a ring shank, at least one first connector, at least one second connector, at least one first linkage, at least one second linkage, and at least one charm.
US08429915B1	Injector having multiple fuel pegs A fuel injector is provided, including a fuel injector body, a plurality of fuel vanes, and a plurality of fuel pegs. The injector body includes a manifold and an inlet. The manifold is configured for receiving fuel, and the inlet is configured for receiving air. The fuel vanes are located within the injector body and are positioned in a direction that is generally parallel with a longitudinal axis of the injector body to orient the air flowing from the inlet. The plurality of fuel pegs are fluidly connected to the manifold and are arranged within the plurality of fuel vanes. The plurality of fuel pegs are each spaced at a distance that is about equal between each of the plurality of fuel pegs.
US08429909B2	Control system and method for controlling at least two hydraulic consumers A control system actuates at least two hydraulic consumers that may be supplied with pressure medium via a pump, in the case of which an electrically or electrohydraulically adjustable metering orifice (8) is situated in the pressure medium flow path to each of the consumers. The pressure medium flow to the consumer may be adjusted by the metering orifice. A device may adjust the pump pressure or the pumped quantity once a maximum load pressure in the supply line (22, 24) of a consumer has been reached, depending on the demand for pressure medium by one consumer or the other consumer.
US08429897B2	Method for operating an internal combustion engine In a method for operating an air-compressing fuel-injection internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas post-treatment system with a particle filter and a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter, a plurality of internal combustion engine operating settings are provided, each having respective predefined values for predefined internal combustion engine operating parameters. A heating operating setting is set when the internal combustion engine is warming up, while a basic operating setting is set in the warmed-up state. When the temperature in the exhaust gas system exceeds a predefinable first value, the heating operating setting is changed over to the basic operating setting. In the warmed-up state, at least one further (third) operating setting, with an exhaust gas recirculation rate that is reduced compared to the basic operating setting, is provided in addition to the basic operating setting.
US08429894B2	Nano-grained aluminum alloy bellows A bellows includes a flexible section including a series of convolutions extending between a first end and a second end. The convolutions are formed of a nano-grained aluminum alloy.
US08429892B2	Combustion apparatus having a fuel controlled valve that temporarily flows purging air A fuel valve for a turbine engine, the valve has a fuel inlet connected to a supply of fuel and a purge inlet connected to a supply of purge air. Opening and closing apparatus within the valve selectively supplies air or fuel to a valve outlet. The opening and closing apparatus are movable in sequence from a first position where both the purge air and fuel to the outlet is disabled to a second position where the purge air is enabled and the fuel is disabled to a third position where the purge air is disabled and the fuel is enabled.
US08429891B2	Anti-icing system using radiant infrared energy from turbine exhaust flues An exhaust flue is provided for use with a gas turbine engine. The exhaust flue is oriented to channel exhaust gases from a core engine of the gas turbine engine. The exhaust flue includes a radiating portion positioned within an air inlet of the gas turbine engine. The radiating portion is oriented to emit infrared radiation towards an air filter assembly within the air inlet.
US08429885B2	Cordless mower including cooling air flow arrangement A cordless mower includes a deck, a rechargeable battery, a blade for cutting grass, a blade motor and a drive motor. The deck is supported by front and rear wheels and has a top side, a bottom side, a front end and a rear end. The rechargeable battery is supported on the deck. The blade is on the bottom side of the deck and is coupled with a blade motor. The drive motor is connected to the rear wheels for driving said rear wheels to move the mower. The drive motor is located in a chamber at the rear of the mower adjacent the rear wheels. The chamber has an opening therein to allow air to flow through.
US08429880B2	System for filling, capping, cooling and handling containers Method and system for handling a plurality of hot-filled and capped containers having temporary deformations or distortions caused by vacuums induced therein. The deformations are confined or directed to a particular portion of the container. Annular hoop rings can be provided to confine the temporary deformations to a smooth sidewall portion of the container between the annular hoop rings. Alternatively, one or more supplemental vacuum panels can be provided to confine or direct the temporary deformation thereto. The annular hoop rings and the one or more supplemental vacuum panels can provide for substantially stable touch points for the container. The containers are conveyed with temporary deformations such that substantially stable contact points of each container are in contact with corresponding substantially stable contact points of other containers. After the conveying, a moveable element it a bottom end of each container is activated substantially permanently to remove the vacuum.
US08429879B1	Mechanical edge setting system and method for setting tiles and tuning lippage A tile aligning and lippage tuning system that uses an under tile base reusable upright connecting tab, which is detachably connected to said under tile base, a reusable flexible edge slotted cap configured to slip over the connecting tab and latch thereto as the cap is slid further down the connecting tab. The cap has an edge slot so that the connecting tab can be separated from the cap, by merely sliding the cap, so that the connecting tab passes through the slot. A flexible spring-like portion of the cap provides increased force on the tile even if undesired elongation of the connecting tab occurs.
US08429877B2	Method for reinforcement of concreted plates in the region of support elements A method is provided for reinforcing concreted plates in the region of support elements with reinforcement elements, which are each composed of a longitudinally stable, bendable, strap-like base body with two loops. A bore is made in the concreted plate for each reinforcement element. The end region of the bore remote from the pressure-side surface of the concreted plate is drilled out and the one loop of the reinforcement element is pressed together and is led through the bore until this loop has reached the drilled-out hole and expands. The bore is filled with a mortar-type mass. The other loop of the reinforcement element is fixed with an anchor head, which supports itself on the pressure-side surface of the concreted plate.
US08429864B2	Drywall corner or a transition corner A transition corner or drywall corner which transitions from a rounded exterior corner to a right angle corner at the trim. The transition corner has an exterior side with depressions which receive mud, an elevated longitudinal bead along an apex of an acute angle of the exterior side which facilitates the receipt of mud. The interior side is shaped to be received by the shape of an exterior corner, which is generally rounded, and is coated with an adhesive means to allow fixing and adjustment of the transition corner at the trim to be in vertical alignment with the exterior corner.
US08429851B2	Modular interlocking pre-vegetated roof system A modular unit, system and method include a base layer having a plurality of reservoirs configured to prevent water flow through a lower portion, the lower portion for contacting a support surface, and having interlocking portions configured to interlock adjacent base layers when installed. A water permeable layer is disposed over the base layer. A detachable wall is mountable on the base layer to contain planting media. The water permeable layer may include a water-holding capillary fabric mat layer with entangled filaments.
US08429840B2	Medallion display apparatus for motorcycles A display apparatus for a medallion in the form of a motorcycle engine timing cover with an integral recess for receiving and retaining the medallion for display on the motorcycle includes a plurality of screw holes arrayed around the periphery of the timing cover to correspond to the original screw holes in the engine. A center aperture in the timing cover member enables access to a medallion retained in the cover from the back side of the cover, when the cover is not installed on the motorcycle. The integral recess in the cover preferably comprises a shallow counterbore in the center of the front surface of the timing cover, coaxial with the center aperture. The recess may be defined by a circumferential ridge on the front surface of the cover, or as a counterbore into the front surface of the cover.
US08429831B2	Drug-eluting coatings applied to medical devices by spraying and drying to remove solvent A coating device for coating a medical device with a drug-eluting material uses an in-process drying station between coats to improve a drug release profile. The drying station includes a heat nozzle configured for applying a uniform drying gas. A coating process using the dryer includes a closed-loop control for the gas between drying steps and an improved nozzle for producing more consistent spray patterns.
US08429829B2	Measuring device A measuring device includes a base body, and a measuring head which is movable between a rest position and a measuring position. The measuring device also includes an apparatus for moving the measuring head from the rest position into the measuring position, and a stop for limiting the motion of the measuring head from the rest position into the measuring position. A motorized drive unit for adjusting the position of the stop is operatively associated with the stop in such a way that the measuring position is adjustable, and a control unit is provided for activating the drive unit.
US08429826B2	Shaving razors and cartridges A shaving cartridge has a housing with at least one blade having a blade edge. A first guard is in front of the blade. The first guard has a plurality of projections defining a plurality of open slots extending generally transverse to the blade edge. Each slot has a leading end portion for receiving hairs and a trailing end portion for feeding the hairs to the blade. The projections are stepped with a height of the projections that define the leading end portion of the slots that is less than a height of the projections that define the trailing end portion of the slots.
US08429815B2	Manufacturing method of substrate, manufacturing method of wiring board, wiring board, electronic device, electron source, and image display apparatus A method for manufacturing an electronic substrate structure comprising a substrate, a glass layer, and a conductive layer. This method may include the steps of arranging the glass layer on the substrate, arranging the conductive layer that includes a precious metal particle on the glass layer while directly contacting the glass layer, and heating the glass layer together with the conductive layer at a temperature that is lower than a softening point of the glass layer so that the particle is put into the glass layer. The particle has a diameter of not less than 1 μm and not more than 10 μm.
US08429807B2	Aluminum-plastic composite structure An aluminum-plastic composite structure includes an aluminum portion and a plastic portion. The aluminum portion defines a plurality of micro grooves by ultraviolet lithography. The plastic portion is integrally formed on the aluminum portion and substantially filling in the micro grooves. A width of each micro groove is in a range from 0.02 millimeters to 0.05 millimeters. A depth of each micro groove is in a range from 0.2 millimeters to 0.25 millimeters.
US08429801B2	Mobile extendable boom refurbishment trailer A trailer and method for servicing an extendable boom loading apparatus. The trailer includes an end, a support structure, and a plurality of tools. The end opens and receives the extendable boom loading apparatus when extended. The support structure is coupled to the trailer and supports at least a part of the extendable boom loading apparatus at a convenient working height for a technician in the trailer. The tools are coupled to the trailer and are operable to service the extendable boom loading apparatus.
US08429798B1	Fastening device Fastening devices for fastening at least two strap portions. The fastening device may be, for example, a buckle, and the device may fasten respective ends of a single strap, such as a belt. The fastening device contains no moving parts, and may comprise a unitary, one-piece structure. In embodiments, the fastening device is configured to enable either the first strap portion and the second strap portion to be removed from the fastening device without requiring the other strap portion to be removed.
US08429786B2	Connection device for the articulated connection of a wiper blade to a wiper arm The invention relates to a connection device (10) for the articulated connection of a wiper blade (28, 30) to a wiper arm, wherein a connection element (12, 120, 126) is tightly connected to the free end of the wiper arm, and the connection element is connected in an articulated manner via mounting means (88, 122, 124) to an adapter (22, 24), and the adapter is tightly seated on a support element (28) of the wiper blade (28, 30). It is suggested that a base cover (18), which surrounds the adapter (22, 24) and which can be attached to the adapter or to the support element (28), has a guide rail (66) running in the longitudinal direction (136), and that a push-spring (16) is mounted thereon and is adjustable in the longitudinal direction (136), and that the push-spring can be attached to a guide block (112) of the base cover (18) in different positions with different offset distances (114, 116, 118) in the longitudinal direction (136) of the guide rail (66) by means of locking means (68, 70, 72), wherein the guide block is connected to the end of the guide rail (66) on the wiper arm side.
US08429784B2	Compact fiber optic component cleaning device and method A fiber optic component cleaning device includes a folder having a base, a cover and a separator. The cover and the separator are opposite one another relative to the base. The folder has a width. The base and cover have a fold therebetween such that the cover folds onto the base and the base and separator have a fold therebetween such that the separator folds onto the base. The base and cover have about an equal length and the separator has a length less than the length of the base and cover. A plurality of cleaner sheets are disposed in the folder. The cleaner sheets have a width that is about equal to or less than the width of the folder and have a length that is about equal to or less than the length of the base and cover. A top-most fresh cleaner sheet is separated from the plurality of cleaner sheets and is positioned on the separator sheet for cleaning the connector. When soiled, the soiled cleaner sheet is removed and discarded. A method for cleaning a fiber optic connector is also disclosed.
US08429780B2	Coupling module as interface between an air passenger bridge and an aircraft A coupling module is an interface between the cabin of an air passenger bridge and an aircraft, wherein the coupling module has a canopy roof and a floor spanned over by the canopy roof, wherein the coupling module is held by the cabin of the air passenger bridge to be pivotable about the center axis.
US08429777B2	Mattress encasement An improved encasement for a mattress which thwarts the escapement of bed bugs from a mattress through the encasement and which thwarts the encroachment of beg bugs through the encasement into the mattress. An elongated opening is provided in the encasement which is selectively closed by a zipper associated therewith. The encasement includes a flap secured to the lower side wall portion of a side of the encasement which is positioned inwardly of the zipper for retarding or preventing the escapement of bed bugs through the zipper. Hook and loop fasteners are also provided at the end location for further preventing the escapement of bed bugs from the mattress through the encasement and preventing the encroachment of beg bugs into the mattress through the encasement.
US08429775B2	Suspended back pillow for sustaining a side sleeping position A device and method for enabling an individual located on a bed to sustain a side-sleeping orientation on either a left or right side. The device comprises a light weight, elongate pillow having a longitudinal axis and being configured to rest at a back side of the individual when reclined in a side-sleeping orientation on the bed. The pillow includes attachment structure which is positioned along a longitudinal edge of the pillow to secure the pillow to the individual. The attachment structure provides sufficient flexibility to allow the pillow to rotate with respect to and rest against the individual's back to a laterally offset and suspended configuration in general alignment with the individual's spine. The method includes the steps of attaching the light weight, elongate pillow at the back side of the individual positioned in the side sleeping orientation on the bed and with pillow contact laterally offset from the spine between the back side of the trunk portion and the pillow, thereby capturing the pillow between the bed and back side of the individual upon attempted rotation of the body to a supine sleeping position.
US08429773B2	Sheet suspenders Suspender-type strap members for securing sheets and bedding to mattress and the like. The ends of the strap members have fasteners for securing the strap members to the sheet or bedding. The strap members can also be adjustable.
US08429765B2	Breatheable padding for cycling gloves An athletic glove having at least one padded insert is provided. The padded insert comprises reticulated or open cell form, or a rubber formed into a matrix that allows ventilation paths.
US08434159B2	AFM measuring method and system thereof Provided are an AFM measuring method and a system thereof. The tip of a cantilever is provided to a plurality of points on a substrate, to which incident light is radiated from a light source. Scattered light is generated between the tip of the cantilever and the substrate by the incident light and the intensity of the scattered light is measured. The measured intensity of the scattered light is input to a data processing unit so as to find a point where the intensity of the incident is highest. The tip of the cantilever is moved to the point where the intensity of the incident light is highest.
US08434158B2	Systems and methods for detecting and thwarting unauthorized access and hostile attacks on secured systems Various embodiments of the present invention relates to systems, devices and methods of detecting tampering and preventing unauthorized access by incorporating programmability and randomness into a process of coupling, driving and sensing conductive wires that are arranged above sensitive areas in a secured system. Such a tampering detection system comprises a security mesh network, a random number generator, a security controller and a security monitor. The security mesh network includes a plurality of security elements made from the conductive wires. The security controller selects a subset of security elements, forms a security array, and generates a driving stimulus. The security monitor selects a SENSE node, monitors an output at the SENSE node, and generates a flag signal indicating the presence of a tampering attempt. Programmability and randomness are introduced to at least one of the system parameters including array configuration, driving stimulus, SENSE node, and detection mode via random numbers.
US08434147B2	Method, system and program product for remotely verifying integrity of a system The present invention provides a computer-implemented method system and program product for remotely verifying (e.g., analytic) integrity of a system. Specifically, at startup of the system an access control policy that sets forth information flows within the system is read and a set of trusted subjects that interact with a target application in the system is determined. Based on the access information flows and the set of trusted subjects, an information flow graph of the system is constructed. At runtime of the target application, runtime information and program code loaded into the set of trusted subjects are measured. Measuring the program code that is loaded allows the remote party to verify that the program code is “expected” program code for the set of trusted subjects.
US08434146B2	Access control based on development profiles Systems and methods for selectively providing access to a media device based on a profile associated with the media device. In certain embodiments, the profile of the media device can be user-defined as a development profile or a personal profile. When the device is connected to a host computer system, the profile of the media device is accessed. If the profile of the media device is a development profile, an integrated development environment on the host computer system can access the media device. If the profile of the media device is a personal profile, the integrated development environment is prevented from accessing the device.
US08434141B2	System for preventing normal user being blocked in network address translation (NAT) based web service and method for controlling the same A system for preventing normal user from being in network address translation(nat)-based web service and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The system discriminates between an attacker PC and a normal user PC that use the same public IP address in the NAT network, blocks a Web-page request generated from the attacker PC, processes a Web-page request of a normal user PC, and makes an Internet service of the normal user PC possible.
US08434138B2	One time password A token calculates a one time password by generating a HMAC-SHA-1 value based upon a key K and a counter value C, truncating the generated HMAC-SHA-1 value modulo 10^Digit, where Digit is the number of digits in the one time password. The one time password can be validated by a validation server that calculates its own version of the password using K and its own counter value C′. If there is an initial mismatch, the validation server compensate for a lack of synchronization between counters C and C′ within a look-ahead window, whose size can be set by a parameter s.
US08434135B2	Creating and launching a web application with credentials Various embodiments provide a mechanism to allow end users to install web applications and websites onto their desktop. In accordance with one or more embodiments, client-side code can be utilized to allow developers associated with a website to define boundaries associated with user interaction, and have those boundaries enforced by a run-time engine. In at least some embodiments, developers can provide, through JavaScript code and/or HTML markup, various configurations for the creation of a start menu shortcut, navigation, and so-called jumplist integration.
US08434122B2	Device for broadcasting audio and video data The invention relates to a device for delivering audio and video data. In such a device, the audio/video data travel together and are compressed along with the signaling data for the delivery of these audio/video data. Under current compression standards, these data are being increasingly compressed. This maximum compression proportionally complexifies the encoding and decoding of audio/video data. The appearance of network cables comprising six twisted pairs of wires makes it possible to produce networks having higher speed capacities. The object of the invention is not to increase speeds by using additional twisted pairs but to simplify the data traveling through the network.
US08434121B2	System and method for monitoring whole home digital video recorder usage for internet protocol television A method for monitoring a bandwidth configuration for a plurality of customer premises connected to a video head-end office in an Internet Protocol television network is disclosed. The bandwidth configuration is received for each of the plurality of customer premises. The bandwidth configuration is stored for each of the plurality of customer premises in a memory of a first server. A data file is received from the video head-end office. The data file indicates that a set-top box device located at one of the customer premises has requested a video stream that would exceed a first number of video streams available to the one of the customer premises and that would exceed a first bandwidth currently available between the video head-end office and the one of the customer premises. The data file is stored in the memory of the first server.
US08434116B2	Device, system, and method for managing television tuners A device for detecting when a television is in a standby mode is provided. The device includes a housing and a plug receptacle is formed within a surface of the housing. Also, a plug extends from the housing. The device further includes a power detection circuit that detects when a television coupled to the device is in a standby mode. In a particular embodiment, the standby mode is a low power mode in which the television is not fully operational. Further, the device includes a cable that extends from the housing. A signal can be sent from the power detection circuit to a set top box via the cable. The signal indicates that the television is in the standby mode. An electrical cord from a television can be plugged into the plug receptacle and the plug that extends from the housing can be plugged into to a wall outlet.
US08434105B2	Television scripting language Provided is a method and system for television channel selection, including a television controller operatively connected to an electronic memory and configured to process a video selection script. The television controller is also operatively connected to the television and to a television network comprising a plurality of channels. Also provided is a script authoring tool for authoring a video selection script in a Web-based scripting language by a viewer. The television controller is further configured to select a channel to display on the television based on the video selection script and to dynamically update the video selection script based on the occurrence of an event.
US08434101B2	Processing applications with multiple privilege levels The invention provides a method and apparatus that addresses and resolves the issues currently affecting the ability to offer Enhanced TV, in particular, those issues concerning timing and synchronization, interaction with other modules in the STB, and distribution.
US08434100B2	Source detection apparatus and method for audience measurement Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for determining an operating mode of a recording/playing device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an extractor to extract signatures associated with a first signal associated with a tuner that is to tune to a program signal, a second signal associated with a recording/playing device that is to at least one of record and play a program, and a third signal associated with a receiver coupled to the recording/playing device. The example apparatus also includes a recording detector to detect a recording signal generated by the recording/playing device during recording of the program to form a recorded program. Also included is a correlator to correlate the first, second, and third signals and a processor to identify the operating mode of the recording/playing device based on detection of the recording signal and correlation of two or more of the first, second, and third signals.
US08434095B2	Microblogging based dynamic transaction tracking for composite application flow Using microblogging to dynamically track event flow of a composite enterprise application by reporting an enterprise application event. A client server detects an event of the complex enterprise application, and encodes the event data in a microblog compatible format. The client computer creates an event post message containing the event data and uploads the event post to a microblog server via the Internet. The microblog server then displays the post message in a user readable format.
US08434094B2	Method and apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management A method for implementing a predetermined operation in device management, being based on a DM system defined by OMA, includes: sending by the device management system a second predetermined operation based on a trigger condition to a terminal device and storing by the terminal device the received predetermined operation; and obtaining by the terminal device from itself the second predetermined operation and executing the second predetermined operation when the trigger condition is satisfied. The present invention also discloses an apparatus for implementing a predetermined operation in device management.
US08434088B2	Optimized capacity planning A computer implemented method, system and/or program product determine capacity planning of resources allocation for an application scheduled to execute on a virtual machine from a set of multiple applications by computing a mean associated with a pool of pre-defined resources utilization over a time interval; computing a variance associated with the pool of pre-defined resources utilization over the same time interval; identifying a set of resource to execute the scheduled application from the pool of pre-defined resources, wherein the pool of pre-defined resources is created from a pre-defined Service Level Agreement (SLA); and allocating a set of fixed resources from the pool of pre-defined resources to execute the application based on the mean resource utilization.
US08434085B2	Scalable scheduling of tasks in heterogeneous systems Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, a data processing system and a computer program product for scalable scheduling of tasks in heterogeneous systems is provided. According to one embodiment, the computer implemented method comprises fetching a set of tasks to form a received input, estimating run times of tasks, calculating average estimated completion times of tasks, producing a set of ordered tasks from the received input to form a task list, identifying a machine to be assigned, and assigning an identified task from the task list to an identified machine.
US08434081B2	Storage manager for virtual machines with virtual storage A storage manager connects containers of virtual machine (VM) images and virtual storage device data within hosts. The storage management provides a set of northbound application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow configuration of images associated with VM images and virtual storage devices provided to the operating systems and applications within virtual machine images. The northbound APIs, include methods for creating a virtual storage container that contains storage for the VM instance and also at least one virtual storage device to be provided to an operating system executed by the VM, a method for causing an attach of the virtual storage container to the host and a method for causing a deployment of the virtual storage device within the host. A set of southbound APIs are provided by the host, including at least a method that creates virtual storage devices and a method that attaches virtual storage devices to the host.
US08434079B2	Preparation for software on demand system A method prepares a computer program for operation in a computer supply system that supplies portions, or program units, of program code or program data of the computer program as the program needs the portions. The method includes defining a program unit of the program and removing the program unit from the program, thereby producing a program skeleton that is missing the program unit. The method further includes inserting instructions in place of the program unit in the program skeleton. The instructions are operative to request the program unit when the program skeleton encounters the instructions. An information structure includes a program skeleton of a program. The program skeleton is missing a funclet of the program, but includes a placeholder in place of the funclet. The program skeleton additionally includes instructions in place of the funclet. The instructions are operative to request the funclet when the program skeleton encounters the instructions.
US08434077B2	Upgrading virtual resources Upgrading a multi-tiered application is provided. In response to receiving a request to upgrade a multi-tiered application, wherein components of the multi-tiered application are deployed across a plurality of virtual machines, an appropriate integrated patch is selected for the upgrade. The selected integrated patch includes an integrated set of patches for the components of the multi-tiered application, state update data, and order constraints. The components of the multi-tiered application specified in the selected integrated patch are upgraded by using the integrated set of patches and order constraints. In addition, the state of the components of the multi-tiered application are updated by using the state update data. Then, the updated state of the multi-tiered application is saved to storage.
US08434075B1	Branching optimization in a multi-database system Execution of a query is optimized. A plurality of plans for executing the query on a multi-database system are analyzed. A first plan having a first step and a second step is selected. The first step of the first plan is executed. The plan selection is re-evaluated before executing the second step of the first plan. A second plan of the plurality of plans for executing the query is executed to produce a result. The result is stored.
US08434072B2	Automatic retrieval of translated messages for interacting with legacy systems A translation system and method is described that may automatically translate strings of a legacy application for use in creating an interfacing application that can interface with the legacy application. The translation system and method receive a plurality of input strings from a string list and use an initial language library to associate an identifier with the input strings. The identifier is used to determine the translated version of the input string from additional language libraries. The determined translated strings are associated with the input strings.
US08434067B2	Method and system for whitelisting software components A method and system for whitelisting software components is disclosed. In a first operating environment, runtime information may be collected about a first loaded and executing software component. The collected information may be communicated to a second software component operating in a second operating environment that is isolated from the first operating environment. The collect runtime information may be compared with a validated set of information about the first software component. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08434059B2	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for fertilizing machine-executable code Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for obfuscating code, such as instructions and data structures. Also disclosed are non-transitory computer-readable media containing obfuscated code. In one aspect, a preprocessing tool (i.e. before compilation) identifies in a source program code a routine for replacement. The tool can be a software program running on a computer or an embedded device. The tool then selects a function equivalent to the identified routine from a pool of functions to replace the identified routine. A compiler can then compile computer instructions based on the source program code utilizing the selected function in place of the identified routine. In another aspect, the tool replaces data structures with fertilized data structures. These approaches can be applied to various portions of source program code based on various factors. A software developer can flexibly configure how and where to fertilize the source code.
US08434054B2	System and method for managing cross project dependencies at development time A method for responding to a change in source code, said method comprising: interconnecting a plurality of nodes to form a graph data structure wherein the graph embodies at least one dependency between a plurality of software projects; traversing the graph to identify dependent code affected by the change; evaluating the identified dependent code; and wherein the changed source code is from a first software project and the identified dependent code is from a second software project.
US08434050B2	Printed circuit board layout system and method A computing system includes a drawing unit and a layout unit. The computing system sets components parameters to components of a circuit diagram of a printed circuit board (PCB). The drawing unit draws the circuit diagram by using the components with the components parameters. If the drawing unit wants to use a component more than once, the computing system copies the component and the corresponding components parameters. The drawing unit uses the copied components and the corresponding parameters. If the circuit diagram has been drawn, the layout unit loads the circuit diagram and wires the PCB according to the components and the components parameters in the circuit diagram.
US08434030B1	Integrated circuit design and fabrication method by way of detecting and scoring hotspots An integrated circuit design and fabrication method includes the following steps. Firstly, an integrated circuit design layout is provided. Then, a first hotspot group and a second hotpot group are searched from the integrated circuit design layout. Then, a hotspot score is acquired according to the first hotspot group, the second hotpot group and a product functionality. If the hotspot score is higher than a criterion, the integrated circuit design layout is corrected according to the first hotspot group and the second hotpot group.
US08434027B2	System and method for multi-dimensional organization, management, and manipulation of remote data The Quantum Matrix system is a multi-dimensional, multi-threaded exchange environment for data organization, management, and manipulation. Data is organized into a multi-dimensional structure of nodes. Nodes may represent data, absence of data, or another set of nodes. The multi-dimensional structure or portions of it can be automatically created from a file system. One or more associations are also defined for the multi-dimensional structure. An association indicates a relationship between a node and another node, data, or a set of nodes. The multi-dimensional structure is then displayed three-dimensionally and navigated. Relational logic, Boolean algebra, or a scripting language can be applied to the nodes, data, and associations to produce a resultant set of nodes. Furthermore, portions of the multi-dimensional structure can be isolated with the use of planes to ease navigation. Furthermore, the Quantum Matrix system may have a client-server architecture, with the client running on a mobile device.
US08434016B2	Virtual file system A virtual file system is described that enables both real data resources, such as a content file, and virtual data resources, such as a field within a database or a state determined by a mark-up language element, to be accessed through a single root.
US08434000B2	System and method for archiving portions of an output of a web application A system and method is provided for archiving only pertinent portions of a web application. In implementation, the system and method of the invention allows web applications to easily save important areas of a web page that are displayed to the user. The important areas may include, for example, confirmation of a transaction or other sales information. The important areas, also referred to as pertinent portions, are saved as a file on a server, database or other computing device for future reference. The method comprises placing a first scripting tag at a first location in an HTTP document and placing a second scripting tag in a second location in the HTTP document. The text between the first scripting tag and the second scripting tag is rendered and saved into a file upon execution of the HTTP document.
US08433998B2	Tool and method for annotating an event map, and collaborating using the annotated event map A tool for mapping an event includes a map generator for generating an event map, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the event map, and in another aspect, a tool for annotating an event map includes a map generator for generating an event map, an annotating unit for annotating the event map based on a user input, a view generator for generating a zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map, and a display device for displaying the zoomable and pannable view of the annotated event map.
US08433997B1	Efficient portable document A computer-implemented method for formatting electronic documents involves obtaining, at a computer system, an electronic document in a source format. The process also involves processing the electronic document by optimizing sizes of one or more images embedded in the electronic document, optimizing sizes of one or more Type 1 fonts in the electronic document, and removing object duplicates in the electronic document. In addition, the process involves generating the document in a target format based on the processing.
US08433994B2	Instruction set to instantiate an effect on a time container A method (800) is disclosed of producing an instruction set for rendering on a graphic display (114). The instruction set includes a plurality of time containers (502, 503, 504) to be rendered, with each time container (502, 503, 504) containing at least one timed element to be displayed on the display (114). However, the instruction set must obey a rule forbidding a time container (502, 503, 504) from referencing the content of a different time container (502, 503, 504). The method (800) starts by adding (802) an attribute (505, 506, 507, 508) to a particular time container (502, 503, 504), the attribute (505, 506, 507, 508) being associated with an event, the event being associated with a target element contained within the particular time container (502, 503, 504). Correspondence between the event and an effect on the display of a further time container (502, 503, 504) is then provided (803), in a manner consistent with the rule.
US08433991B2	Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) data bit edge detection An apparatus and method for detecting data bit edge in a meander encoded information bit from a GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System). The method includes receiving meander encoded data samples from a meander encoded information bit, and computing a set of accumulated values corresponding to a hypothesized bit edge phase. The process of computing an accumulated value of the set of accumulated values includes providing a toggled subset of the meander encoded data samples, and integrating the toggled subset of the meander encoded data samples with an un-toggled subset of the meander encoded data samples to produce the accumulated value. The method also includes selecting a best hypothesis from the set of hypotheses corresponding to a maximum value of the set of accumulated values, where the best hypothesis represents the data bit edge.
US08433987B2	Method for high-efficient implementation of de-rate matching including HARQ combining for LTE Embodiments of the invention provide a method of de-rate matching without NULL bits skipping. Date is received without NULLs and inputted into a LLR combining block. The history data without NULLs is buffered. Log-likelihood ratio (LLR) combining is called before de-rate matching. The output of LLR combining is de-interleaved. The reading pointer is offset to forge NULLs. Finally, de-interleaving output without NULLs is sent to a turbo decoder.
US08433979B2	Nested multiple erasure correcting codes for storage arrays Embodiments of the invention relate to storing data in a storage array. An aspect of the invention includes receiving write data. The write data is arranged into “r” rows and “n” columns of pages, with each page including a plurality of sectors. The write data is encoded using a plurality of horizontal and vertical erasure correcting codes on the pages. The encoding allows recovery from up to tr erasures in any one of the r rows, up to tr−1 erasures in any one of the remaining r−1 rows, up to tr−2 erasures in any one of the remaining r−2 rows, and so on, such that the encoding allows recovery from up to t1 erasures in the last remaining row. Encoded write data is output from the encoding. The encoded write data is written as a write stripe across n storage devices in a storage array.
US08433974B2	Cyclic redundancy check code generating circuit and cyclic redundancy check code generating method A cyclic redundancy check code generating circuit successively receives one or more parallel data as input, and repetitively performs a prescribed operation for calculating a cyclic redundancy check code for each parallel data, based on the parallel data and on an initial value or an earlier calculated cyclic redundancy check code. The cyclic redundancy check code generating circuit includes: a plurality of sub-operation units which, based on the initial value and the parallel data, perform sub-operations in different pipeline stages, respectively, by dividing the prescribed operation in a bit length direction of the parallel data; and a correction unit which, based on the initial value and the earlier calculated cyclic redundancy check code, corrects the cyclic redundancy check code calculated by the sub-operation units.
US08433973B2	Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data A digital receiving system, and a method of processing data are disclosed. The digital receiving system includes a receiving unit, a known sequence detector, and a channel equalizer. The receiving unit receives a broadcast signal including mobile service data and main service data. The known sequence detector detects known data linearly inserted in a data group. The channel equalizer performs channel-equalizing on the received mobile service data using the detected known data.
US08433967B2	Method and system for detecting retransmission threshold condition in selective repeat ARQ communication system A method for determining a retransmission threshold condition in a selective repeat type, automatic repeat request (ARQ) wireless communication system. A set of negative acknowledgement (NACK) sequence numbers (SNs) corresponding to non-received data packets is received. First and second variables and an array representing a maximum number of retransmissions associated with each non-received data packet are determined. An index value is generated based on the array data and then compared with a threshold value to determine the retransmission threshold condition.
US08433962B2	Master reset and synchronizer circuit with data and clock inputs An optimized JTAG interface is used to access JTAG Tap Domains within an integrated circuit. The interface requires fewer pins than the conventional JTAG interface and is thus more applicable than conventional JTAG interfaces on an integrated circuit where the availability of pins is limited. The interface may be used for a variety of serial communication operations such as, but not limited to, serial communication related integrated circuit test, emulation, debug, and/or trace operations.
US08433960B2	Semiconductor memory and method for testing the same A semiconductor memory in which arbitrary operation mode information is set in a plurality of CRs at test time. When a CR (configuration register) control circuit detects write commands to write to an address or read commands to read from the address in a predetermined order, the CR control circuit updates the operation mode information for each of the plurality of CRs on a time division basis. A command generation section generates the write commands, the read commands, or a test start command in response to a control signal from the outside. A data pad compression circuit changes the operation mode information to be written to the plurality of CRs by using test data inputted to part of data pads, after inverting the test data or in its original condition according to a code, as data for a rest of the data pads.
US08433952B2	Memory access control device, memory access control method and memory access control program A memory access control device has a memory control unit and a software execution unit executing software. The memory control unit has: a data transmission unit configured to perform multicast transfer that reads a data from the memory and transmits the data to data transfer destinations through a network; a data reception unit configured to receive multicast transfer data from the network; and a reception data counter configured to indicate a number of multicast transfer data received by the data reception unit. The software execution unit instructs the memory control unit to perform a plurality of multicast transfers and then reads respective reception data counters of the data transfer destinations for each checkpoint in sequence of the software to determine completion of the plurality of multicast transfers.
US08433947B2	Computer program, method, and apparatus for controlling data allocation A computer executes a data allocation control program to control allocation of data in a plurality of disk nodes. A redundancy restoration module executes a redundancy restoration procedure by commanding disk nodes to create a new copy of redundancy-lost data. An error message reception module receives a write error message indicating a write error in a storage device during the redundancy restoration procedure and records an identifier of the faulty storage device in an error record memory. A copy command module identifies accessed data in the faulty storage device and commands a relevant disk node to create a copy of the identified data in the faulty storage device in the case where there is no redundant copy of the data.
US08433946B2	Fault detection and correction for single and multiple media players connected to electronic displays, and related devices, methods and systems Systems, devices, software, hardware and networks adapted and arranged for monitoring and correcting faults in networked media player systems that include electronic displays are provided. After detection or notification of a fault in at least one networked media player in a network of at least two, or N, media players operationally connected to electronic displays, the invention provides an alternate source of signal to the affected display. In some preferred embodiments, the invention utilizes at least one additional, or N+1, media player as a backup to substitute for the failed media player. Reconfiguration of the faulted media player by means of the N+1 backup networked media player advantageously increases the reliability and efficiency of ongoing maintenance of digital visual systems operating in commercial and other environments.
US08433945B2	Match server for a financial exchange having fault tolerant operation Fault tolerant operation is disclosed for a primary match server of a financial exchange using an active copy-cat instance that mirrors operations in the primary match server, but only after those operations have successfully completed in the primary match server. Fault tolerant logic monitors inputs and outputs of the primary match server and gates those inputs to the backup match server once a given input has been processed. The outputs of the backup match server are then compared with the outputs of the primary match server to ensure correct operation. The disclosed embodiments further relate to fault tolerant failover mechanism allowing the backup match server to take over for the primary match server in a fault situation wherein the primary and backup match servers are loosely coupled. As such, the primary match server need not be specifically designed or programmed to interact with the fault tolerant mechanisms.
US08433944B2	Clock divider system and method with incremental adjustment steps while controlling tolerance in clock duty cycle In a particular embodiment, a single step increment calculation module is responsive to a first ramp control value and a second ramp control value. The single step increment calculation module generates a single step frequency adjustment as an output. The generated single step frequency adjustment is applied to a system clock signal having a first frequency to change the system clock signal to a second clock signal having a second frequency. The first frequency is different from the second frequency and the system clock signal has a first duty cycle that is within a tolerance range of a second duty cycle of the second clock signal.
US08433929B2	Data management device, stored data management method and computer program Provided is a data management device for managing data recorded onto a readable and writable recording medium by an application that is verified based on a digital certificate. The recording medium has a plurality of areas and access to each area is restricted to a different application. The data management device includes an application authentication module, a mapping module, and a local storage display module. The application authentication module verifies that an application is an authentic application based on a digital certificate attached to the application. The mapping module associates, if the application is verified, an area accessible by the application with a subject name described in the digital certificate used for the verification. The local storage display module displays information regarding the area accessible by the application, with the use of the subject name associated with the area.
US08433928B2	Personalization of portable data storage media In a method for the personalization of portable data carriers into a non-volatile memory of the data carrier there are written personalization data, wherein the personalization at first is carried out as a virtual personalization in a virtual data carrier, then a memory image is generated as a bit-true image of a memory of the virtual data carrier and finally the memory image with the aid of its physical memory addresses is directly introduced into the memory of the real data carrier. Here the personalization data in addition to the initialization data also comprise individualization data. Preferably, the introduction of the personalization data into the data carrier can be carried out after the production of the data carrier at an authority issuing the data carrier or at the end user.
US08433925B2	Cryptographic system for performing secure computations and signal processing directly on encrypted data in untrusted environments Disclosed embodiments include a cryptographic system implemented in at least one digital computer with one or more processors or hardware such as FPGAs for performing secure computations, analysis, and signal processing directly on encrypted data in untrusted environments. According to a basic embodiment, the proposed cryptographic system comprises: (a) at least one secure protocol for performing matrix multiplications in the encrypted domain, and (b) at least one secure protocol for solving systems of linear equations in the encrypted domain. According to a particular embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of privacy-preserving protocols for solving systems of linear equations (SLE) directly based on homomorphic computation and secret sharing. More specifically, according to a particular embodiment, the system uses a protocol whereby systems of linear equations are solved securely by direct Gaussian elimination using a secure protocol without imposing any restrictions on the matrix coefficients.
US08433924B2	Apparatus, system, and method for authentication of a core root of trust measurement chain An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for authentication of a core root of trust measurement chain. The apparatus for authentication of a CRTM chain is provided with a plurality of modules configured to carry out the steps of retrieving a decryption key from a predetermined location on the device selected for authentication, decrypting an authentication signal using the decryption key, and communicating the decrypted authentication signal to a user. In the described embodiments, these modules include a retrieval module, a decryption module, and a communication module. Beneficially, such an apparatus, system, and method would reliably verify that a link in the CRTM chain has not been corrupted, modified, or infected with a computer virus. Specifically, such an apparatus, system, and method would enable verification that the hypervisor has not been corrupted, modified, or infected with a computer virus.
US08433923B2	Information processing device having activation verification function An information processing device having an activation verification function comprises: a module recording portion which stores plural system programs, a security chip having the function of checking the validity of the system programs and a verification portion which inspects the activation states of the system programs. The security chip executes validity checking processing using verification data provided by the system programs. If the security chip cannot confirm the validity of the system programs, the verification portion acquires activation-state information about activated system programs from the activated system programs. If pre-stored verification-information initial values for valid system programs and the acquired activation-state information match with each other, the verification portion determines that the current activation states of the system programs are valid, and the subsequent activation processing for the system programs is advanced.
US08433921B2	Object authentication system A system employing enrollment information and the quality of the enrollment information. The enrollment information includes data unique to the identification of a person. The system also stores biometric sensor quality information. When a person seeks to authenticate his/her identity, the sensor transmits the sensor quality data along with the biometric attribute data to the system. The transmitted data is correlated with the enrollment data, and quality of the enrollment data, to produce a score indicative of the probability of a correct identification.
US08433920B2	Method and system for authenticating reliable biometric data A method for authenticating biometric data. Comprising of a processor that measures the reliability of each bit in enrollment biometric data; by arranging the bits; encoding the enrollment biometric data in the decreasing order to produce an enrollment syndrome; arranging the bits in the authentication biometric; decoding the authentication enrollment syndrome to produce an estimate of the enrollment biometric data; generating an output signal indicating that the estimate of the authentication biometric data is substantially the same as the enrollment biometric data.
US08433919B2	Two-level authentication for secure transactions A system and method provide efficient, secure, and highly reliable authentication for transaction processing and/or access control applications. A Personal Digital Key stores one or more profiles (e.g., a biometric profile) in a tamper-proof memory that is acquired in a secure trusted process. Biometric profiles comprise a representation of physical or behavioral characteristics that are uniquely associated with an individual that owns and carries the PDK. The PDK wirelessly transmits the biometric profile over a secure wireless transaction to a Reader for use in a biometric authentication process. The Reader compares the received biometric profile to a biometric input acquired at the point of transaction in order to determine if the transaction should be authorized.
US08433916B2	Active hip Computing services that unwanted entities may wish to access for improper, and potentially illegal, use can be more effectively protected by using Active HIP systems and methodologies. An Active HIP involves dynamically swapping one random HIP challenge, e.g., but not limited to, image, for a second random HIP challenge, e.g., but not limited to, image. An Active HIP can also, or otherwise, involve stitching together, or otherwise collecting and including, within Active HIP software, i.e., a HIP web page, to be executed by a computing device of a user seeking access to a HIP-protected computing service x number of software executables randomly selected from a pool of y number of software executables. The x number of software executables, when run, generates a random Active HIP key. If the generated Active HIP key accompanies a correct user response to the valid HIP challenge the system and/or methodology can assume with a degree of certainty that the current user is a legitimate human user and allow the current user access to the requested computing service.
US08433909B1	One-to-many electronic signature process Aspects of the invention include methods and systems for electronically signing a plurality of documents, such as an insurance application, a loan application, a set of mortgage papers, a bank application, or the like. A customer, or multiple customers, electronically submits the signature once and the customer's one signature is applied to all of the areas where the customer signature is required. The electronic signature may include initials and/or a graphical representation of the customer's handwritten signature. Aspects of the invention include an apparatus comprising a display, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and programmed with computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method for electronically signing a plurality of documents.
US08433902B2	Computer system with dual operating modes A system switches between non-secure and secure modes by making processes, applications, and data for the non-secure mode unavailable to the secure mode and vice versa. The process thread run queue is modified to include a state flag for each process that indicates whether the process is a secure or non-secure process. A process scheduler traverses the queue and only allocates time to processes that have a state flag that matches the current mode. Running processes are marked to be idled and are flagged as unrunnable, depending on the security mode, when the process reaches an intercept point. The scheduler is switched to allow only threads that have a flag that corresponding to the active security mode to be run.
US08433900B2	Secure transport of multicast traffic A request to receive multicast data, associated with a multicast group, may be transmitted. The request may be transmitted via a tunnel. Group keys may be received in response to the request. The group keys may be based on the multicast group. An encapsulated packet may be received via another tunnel. The encapsulated packet may be processed, using the group keys, to obtain a multicast packet associated with the multicast data. The multicast packet may be forwarded to at least one multicast recipient.
US08433899B2	System and method for authenticating data using incompatible digest functions A system for authenticating data of interest includes a digest locator engine capable to locate a first and a second digest result in a data file, including a set of data; a first digest creator capable to create, using a first digest function, a first digest of the set of data, the first digest function being identical to a digest function used to create the first digest result; a second digest creator capable to create, using a second digest function that is incompatible with the first digest function, a second digest of the set of data, the second digest function being identical to a second digest function used to create the second digest result; and a digest comparator engine, communicatively coupled to the digest locator, first digest creator and the second digest creator, capable to compare the first and second created digests with the first and second located digest results respectively.
US08433896B2	Simplifying addition of web servers when authentication server requires registration An aspect of the present invention simplifies addition of new server systems which serve web pages to client systems, when an authentication server requires registration before providing authentication services. In an embodiment, a backend server is provided, which is registered with an authentication server. The server systems are implemented to redirect unauthorized access requests to the backend server, and the configurations performed during registration of the backend server system are used for authenticating a user and receiving an authentication result. The backend server communicates the authentication result and other information received from the authentication server to the server system. According to another aspect, such simplification is performed in a single sign-on (SSO) environment.
US08433892B2	Privacy-preserving probabilistic inference based on hidden Markov models A probability of an observation sequence stored at a client is evaluated securely with respect to a hidden Markov model (HMM) stored at a server. The server determines, for each state of the HMM, an encryption of a log-probability of a current element of the observation sequence. Determines, for each state of the HMM, an encryption of a log-summation of a product of a likelihood of the observation sequence based on a previous element of the observation sequence and a transition probability to the state of the HMM. Determines an encryption of a log-likelihood of the observation sequence for each state as a product of the encryption of a log-summation and an encryption of a corresponding log-probability of the current element of the observation sequence; and determines an encryption of the log-probability of the observation sequence based on the log-likelihood of the observation sequence for each state.
US08433888B2	Network boot system To minimize network access to a server in a network boot system. A server which stores an OS operating on a client terminal and a client terminal which includes a physical storage device are connected to each other over a network. The client terminal includes a physical memory and a network interface, and the OS includes a network driver for driving the network interface, a filter driver for converting access to a local bus of the client terminal into access to the network, and a read cache driver for driving the storage device. The read cache driver caches data which is read out from the server by the filter driver in the storage device.
US08433884B2	Multiprocessor A multiprocessor executes a plurality of threads without decreasing execution efficiency. The multiprocessor includes a first processor allocating a different register file to each of a predetermined number of threads to be executed from among plural threads, and executing the predetermined number of threads in parallel; and a second processor performing processing according to a processing request made by the first processor. The first processor has areas allocated to the plurality of threads in one-to-one correspondence, makes the processing request to the second processor according to an instruction included in one of the predetermined number of threads, upon receiving a request for writing a value resulting from the processing from the second processor, judges whether the one thread is being executed, and when judging negatively, performs control such that the obtained value is written into one of the areas allocated to the one thread.
US08433879B1	RFID tag semiconductor chip with memory management unit (MMU) to make only one time programmable (OTP) memory appear multiple times programmable (MTP) Memory management units (MMUs) are disclosed. In one aspect, an MMU may have a first interface to a component. The first interface may receive one of a read of updated data from, and a write of updated data to, a virtual memory address. The virtual memory address may initially correspond to a first physical memory location in an only one time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memory (NVM). The MMU may have a remapping unit to remap a correspondence of the virtual memory address from the first physical memory location to a spare physical memory location. The MMU may also have a second interface to the OTP NVM. The second interface may allow the updated data to be read from or written to the spare physical memory location of the OTP NVM. Methods performed by the MMUs, and methods and articles useful for manufacturing MMUs, are also disclosed.
US08433875B2	Asynchronous scheme for clock domain crossing Apparatus and methods for clock domain crossing between a first clock domain and a second clock domain. The apparatus comprises a first control logic element for processing a handshake signal and producing a first arbiter input signal. Concurrently a second control logic element processes a second handshake signal and produces a second arbiter input signal. Exemplary embodiments include exactly one arbiter element inputting the first arbiter input signal, inputting the second arbiter input signal, outputting a first clocking signal to the first sequential element and outputting a second clocking signal to the second sequential element. For managing metastability by controlling the timing of the clocking inputs of the sequential devices, the apparatus includes a first controllable lock delay element selected to satisfy the setup constraint of the second sequential element, and a second controllable lock delay element selected to satisfy the hold constraint of the second sequential element.
US08433872B2	Snapshot storage and management system with indexing and user interface A system and method of managing stored data in a storage management system. The storage management system includes a storage manager, a media agent connected to the storage manager, and a primary volume connected to the media agent. Multiple snapshots are taken of the primary volume. The snapshots are indexed by associating respective information with the snapshot. The indexed snapshots are copied to a recovery volume. In this way, browsing features are enabled for the user. The user may view the snapshots in a hierarchical format, and may even view snapshot data in association with the corresponding application. The resultant recovery volume may be used to replace a primary volume.
US08433870B2	Multiple incremental virtual copies Provided are techniques for, in response to establishing each incremental virtual copy from a source to a target, creating a target change recording structure for the target. While performing destage to a source data block at the source, it is determined that there is at least one incremental virtual copy target for this source data block. For each incremental virtual copy relationship where the source data block is newer than the incremental virtual copy relationship and an indicator is set in a target inheritance structure on the target for a corresponding target data block, the source data block is copied to each corresponding target data block, and an indicator is set in each target change recording structure on each target for the target data block corresponding to the source data block being destaged.
US08433868B2	Concurrent copy of system configuration global metadata Method, system, and computer program product embodiments for concurrent copy of system configuration global metadata in a data storage system are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a global data rank is quiesced, followed by an unquiesce of the global data rank except for a global metadata area. The global metadata area is updated in memory, and then unquiesced. A current range of the global metadata area to be copied is quiesced. The current range of the global metadata area is copied from a source area to a target area. The current range is unquiesced. The steps of quiescing an additional current range, copying the range from a source area to a target area, and unquiescing the current range continue until the entire global metadata area has been copied.
US08433865B2	Consistency without ordering dependency Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to maintaining consistency in a storage system. In aspects, one or more objects may be updated in the context of a transaction. In conjunction with updating the objects, logical copies of the objects may be obtained and modified. A request to write the updated logical copies is sent to a storage controller. The logical copies do not overwrite the original copies. In conjunction with sending the request, a data structure is provided for the storage controller to store on the disk. The data structure indicates the one or more objects that were supposed to be written to disk and may include verification data to indicate the content that was supposed to be written to disk. During recovery, this data structure may be used to determine whether all of the object(s) were correctly written to disk.
US08433857B2	Interruptible write block and method for using same A disclosed embodiment is an interruptible write block comprising a primary register having an input coupled to an input of the interruptible write block, a secondary register having an input selectably coupled to an output of the primary register and to an output of the secondary register through an interrupt circuit. The interrupt circuit is utilized to interrupt flow of new data from the primary register to the secondary register during an interrupt of a write operation, such that upon resumption of the write operation the secondary register contains valid data. A method of utilizing an interruptible write block during a write operation comprises loading data into a primary register, interrupting the write operation to perform one or more other operations, loading the data into a secondary register while loading new data into the primary register, and resuming the write operation using valid data from the secondary register.
US08433840B2	Storage card having selectable contact elements and method of its operation The present invention relates to a storage card having selectable contact elements, a terminal capable of receiving said storage card, and method of its operation. The storage card with selectable contact elements, comprises an interface having a plurality of contact elements, a storage card controller, being connected to at least a subset of said contact elements, a storage memory device, being connected to said storage card controller, a switching unit, that is connected to said storage card controller and to at least one of said contact elements of said interface, wherein said storage card controller is connected to said switching unit to controllably select said at least one contact element.
US08433837B2	System for connecting electronic devices A system includes a master device and a number of slave devices connected to the master device via a bus. Each slave device includes a control unit, a switch unit, and a lock unit. When a new slave device is connected to the system, the control unit of the new slave device transmits a request signal to the master device. The master device detects whether the master device is communicating with the already connected slave devices after receiving the request signal, and outputs an enable signal to the new slave device according to the detected result. The control unit of the new slave device controls the lock unit of the new slave device to turn on and turn off the switch unit of the new slave device according to the enable signal.
US08433830B2	Systems and methods for using a shared buffer construct in performance of concurrent data-driven tasks Disclosed herein are techniques to execute tasks with a computing device. A first task is initiated to perform an operation of the first task. A buffer construct that represents a region of memory accessible to the operation of the first task is created. A second task is initiated to perform of an operation of the second task that is configured to be timed to initiate in response to the buffer construct being communicated to the second task from the first task.
US08433829B2	Direct memory access controller and method of operating the same Provided is a Direct Memory Access (DMA) controller which provides a function of searching for a specific pattern from data being transmitted during DMA transmission. The DMA controller stores at least one pattern value. The DMA controller compares data being transmitted to a pattern value while transmitting the data using a DMA method, and generates, in response to data matching the pattern value being detected, a signal indicating that the data matching the pattern value has been detected. The DMA controller stores an address of the data matching the pattern value in response to the generated signal.
US08433827B2	Method for configuring fieldbus stations A method for configuring fieldbus stations, wherein station names and addresses for the fieldbus stations are executed by reading in a parameter over a first network port of a coupling element, which acts as a topology anchor so as to assign a unique addressing in a subnetwork, i.e., a unique name and a unique IP address, in a PROFINET-IO, such as a fieldbus based on Ethernet.
US08433826B2	Proxy caching in a photosharing peer-to-peer network to improve guest image viewing performance The present invention provides a method and system for serving an image stored in the peer computer to a requesting computer in a network photosharing system in which the peer computer is coupled to a photosharing system server. Aspects of the invention include caching copy of the image in the photosharing server; and in response to the photosharing server receiving a request from the requesting computer to view the image stored in the peer computer, transmitting the cached image from the photosharing server to the requesting computer, thereby avoiding the need to transfer the image from the peer computer to the photosharing server for each request to view the image.
US08433813B2	Audio processing optimization in a multi-participant conference A first computing device distributes audio streams to several computing devices of participants in a communication session. Some embodiments establishes a star network with the first computing device as a central network hub for receiving audio streams from other computing devices, compositing the audio streams and distributing the composited audio streams to the other computing devices. Through the star network, the first computing device receives audio streams from the other computing devices. The first computing device generates at least two different composite audio streams for at least two different computing devices by (i) identifying a set of silent participants in the communication session, and (ii) eliminating redundant audio processing operations that produce the same composite audio streams for different computing devices because of the identified set of silent participants. The first computing device sends each computing device the composited audio stream for the device.
US08433792B2	System and method for optimization of execution of security tasks in local network A system and method for dynamic configuration of the security modules for optimization of execution of security tasks are provided. The system includes: a client detection unit that finds the clients on the network; a client data collection unit that determines hardware/software configurations of each detected client; a security module selection and installation unit that selects required modules for each client from a modules database; a statistics collection unit that collects the security tasks execution statistics from user modules and from client modules; and a re-configuration unit that reconfigures the client and server modules based on the collected statistics in order to optimize execution of the security tasks.
US08433790B2	System and method for assigning network blocks to sensors A system includes a processor device. The processor device is configured to detect a physical topology of a network comprising hosts and sensors in the network. The processor device is also configured to generate a sensor policy for assignment of the sensors to network blocks of the hosts, that balances a processing load and accuracy of the sensors in the network based on physical closeness of the sensors to different divisions of hosts within a same network block.
US08433770B2	Combined local and network storage interface A method, system and computer program product for a generic data storage interface for local and remote networked storage is provided. It comprises providing a data storage interface accessible by an operating system, transmitting data from an application running on the operating system to the data storage interface and selectively storing the data using the same data storage interface in either a local or a remote networked storage location.Firmware for the common data storage interface assigns a unique identifier that classifies an I/O request as a local or remote networked I/O request and adds the I/O request to a common stack for local and remote networked data storage elements. When an I/O request is removed from the stack, the unique identifier is used to identify the I/O request as a local or remote networked I/O request. Local I/O requests are executed via a local bus such as PCI, or SCSI. Remote networked I/O requests require a connection to one or more remote networked storage elements via a network. Memory space in a cache may be allocated for both local or remote networked I/O requests. DMA transfer may be employed for both local and remote networked I/O requests. Both local and remote networked I/O requests are executed using the same firmware and the same data interface.
US08433763B2	Fault tolerant distributed messaging architecture for computer-aided dispatch system In one embodiment, a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system includes a database for storing data originated at a plurality of CAD stations; a manager that manages access to the data stored in the database; and the plurality of CAD stations communicatively connected to the manager and to each other. While the manager is available, each CAD station transmits the critical data and the non-critical data originated at the CAD station to the manager and receives the critical data and the non-critical data originated at one or more other CAD stations from the manager. While the manager is unavailable, each CAD station transmits the critical data originated at the CAD station directly to all other CAD stations and receives the critical data originated at the one or more other CAD stations directly from the one or more other CAD stations.
US08433761B2	Method for receiving and displaying segments of a message before the message is complete A method for messaging based communication includes enabling a first message to be entered into a message entry area of a first messaging application, receiving at least one segment of a second message from at least one remote messaging application before the message is completed, displaying the received segment of the at least one second message in an in process message display area of the first messaging application, receiving the second message completely from the at least one remote messaging application, and displaying the completed message in a designated completed message display area of the first messaging application.
US08433755B2	Dynamic designation of a central distributor in a multi-participant conference Some embodiments dynamically designate one of several network nodes as a network hub of a star network, at the start of a network communication session among the several network nodes that is facilitated by a mesh network and the star network. Some embodiments dynamically designate a new network hub when the previously designated network hub leaves the communication session, which continues among the other network nodes. Different embodiments use different techniques to dynamically designate the network hub of the star network. For instance, some embodiments use communications transmitted along the mesh network to dynamically identify the network hub at the start of the network communication session or after the departure of a previously designated network hub.
US08433751B2	System and method for sharing notes Systems, methods and techniques are provided in which pens capable of capturing and transmitting information representative marks made by them, e.g., wireless-enabled digital pens, are used. In one representative implementation, notes taken during a meeting automatically are wirelessly transferred (i.e., copied and/or moved) among devices used by the participants, thereby providing for automatic sharing of notes among the meeting participants.
US08433750B1	Collecting client-side performance metrics and latencies Technologies are described herein for collecting client-side performance metrics and latencies. A web page received by a web browser application executing on a user computing device includes markup or scripting code that instructs the browser to collect performance measures during the rendering of the content of the web page. The performance measures may include operation timings that measure the time it takes for a particular operation to complete during the rendering of the content and/or event counters that count the number of times that a specific event occurs during the rendering of the content. The web browser application sends an event report containing the collected performance measures to a reporting module executing on a server computer. The reporting module receives the event report, validates the content of the event report, and adds the event report to a database or other data storage system.
US08433745B2	Scalable cost function generator and method thereof A cost function generator circuit includes memory terms each receiving one or more input signals, and each providing inphase and quadrature output current signals. The inphase and quadrature output currents of the memory terms are summed to provide combined inphase and quadrature output currents, respectively. Transimpedance amplifiers are provided to transform the combined inphase and quadrature output currents into an inphase output voltage and a quadrature output voltage.
US08433738B2	Filtering apparatus, filtering method, program, and surround processor A filtering apparatus for obtaining an output in a case where a discrete-time signal having a length of N (N is an integer) is input to an FIR filter with a filter coefficient having a length of M (M is an integer, N≧M−1), including: a division unit for dividing the discrete-time signal; a first zero padding unit for padding zero after the discrete-time signals; a first fast Fourier transform unit for performing FFT on the zero padded data; a second zero padding unit for padding zero after the filter coefficient; a second fast Fourier transform unit for performing FFT on the zero padded data; a multiplication unit for multiplying the frequency domain data by the frequency domain data; an inverse fast Fourier transform unit for performing IFFT on the multiplication results; and an adder unit for adding the discrete-time signals.
US08433736B2	Scalable Montgomery multiplication architecture A Montgomery multiplication device calculates a Montgomery product of an operand X and an operand Y with respect to a modulus M and includes a plurality of processing elements. In a first clock cycle, two intermediate partial sums are created by obtaining an input of length w−1 from a preceding processing element as w−1 least significant bits. The most significant bit is configured as either zero or one. Then, two partial sums are calculated using a word of the operand Y, a word of the modulus M, a bit of the operand X, and the two intermediate partial sums. In a second clock cycle, a selection bit is obtained from a subsequent processing element and one of the two partial sums is selected based on the value of the selection bit. Then, the selected partial sum is used for calculation of a word of the Montgomery product.
US08433719B1	Accelerating find in page queries within a web browser Techniques for extending the functionality of a search field within a web browser to include a user-selectable accelerator option to invoke a find in page feature of the web browser are provided. A search query option for the find in page functionality of the browser may be displayed in association with the search field of the web browser. The search query option may include a user-selectable graphical component enabling the user to invoke find in page based on a search term entered into the search field of the browser. The user may select the graphical component to initiate a search for the term within a web page that is either displayed or will be displayed to the user via the web browser. The displayed web page may include a visual indication of each occurrence of the search term within the web page.
US08433716B2	Runtime query modification in data stream management A query may execute on stored original stream data obtained from stream data received from at least one data source. The original stream data may be deleted in association with new stream data being received. At least one operator of the query may be duplicated to obtain at least one duplicated operator, and the stored original stream data may be duplicated to obtain duplicated stream data. The at least one duplicated operator may be modified to obtain at least one modified operator and, thereby, a modified query. Original results may be determined based on execution of the at least one operator, and modified results may be determined based on execution of the at least one modified operator. The at least one operator and the original stream data may be replaced with the at least one duplicated operator and the duplicated stream data, to thereby obtain an integrated query for execution.
US08433708B2	Methods and data structures for improved searchable formatted documents including citation and corpus generation Computer searchable annotated formatted documents are produced by correlating documents stored as a photographic or scanned graphic representations of an actual document (evidence, report, court order, etc.) with textual version of the same documents. A produced document will provide additional details in a computer data structure that supports citation annotation as well as other types of analysis of a document. The computer data structure also supports generation of citation reports and corpus reports. A computer method of creating searchable annotated formatted documents including citation and corpus reports by correlating and correcting text files with photographic or scanned graphic of the original documents. Data structures for correlating and correcting text files with graphic images. Generation of citation reports, concordance reports, and corpus reports. Data structures for citation reports, concordance reports, and corpus reports generation.
US08433696B2	Method and system for processing ambiguous, multiterm search queries In accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention, a method and system are provided of processing a search query entered by a user of a device having a text input interface with overloaded keys. The search query is directed at identifying an item from a set of items. Each of the items has one or more associated descriptors. The system receives from the user an ambiguous search query directed at identifying a desired item. The search query is a prefix substring of each of at least two words relating to the desired item. The system dynamically identifies a group of one or more items from the set of items having one or more descriptors matching the search query as the user enters each character of the search query. The system outputs identification of the one or more items of the identified group to be displayed on the device operated by the user.
US08433694B1	File cache optimization using element de-prioritization A medium, system, and method are disclosed for implementing an in-memory inode cache. The cache stores inodes that include respective file metadata. The system includes a replacement module that prioritizes the inodes for replacement according to retention priorities for the inodes. The system also includes a prioritization module that is configured to respond to a file close operation by determining whether the file is unlikely to be reopened. If so, the prioritization module responds by decreasing the respective retention priority of one of the inodes, where the one inode stores file metadata for the closed file.
US08433688B2	Method and apparatus for performing a near-instantaneous restore of a database Some embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for performing a near-instantaneous restore of a database. During operation, the system intercepts a database management system restore request to restore a database from a backup file to a data file, wherein the backup file comprises a first number (e.g., N1) of data pages. Next, in response to intercepting the database management system restore request, the system sends information to the database management system indicating that the backup file comprises a second number (e.g., N2) of data pages, wherein the second number of data pages is less than the first number of data pages (e.g., N2
US08433686B2	Storage control system and method A storage system having a plurality of storage devices including a first type storage device and a second type storage device, a reliability attribute and/or a performance attribute of the first type storage device being different from a reliability attribute and/or a performance attribute of the second type storage device. The storage system also has a control unit and managing a plurality of virtual volumes. If necessary, a storage area allocated to a first portion of a virtual volume of the plurality of virtual volumes is changed from a first type storage area of the plurality of first type storage areas to a second type storage area of the plurality of second type storage areas while another first type storage area of the plurality of first type storage areas is allocated to a second portion of the virtual volume.
US08433684B2	Managing data backup of an in-memory database in a database management system System, method, computer program product embodiments and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for backing up an in-memory database. In an embodiment, a backup server is provided to perform backup operations of a database on behalf of a database server. A determination is made as to whether the database is an in-memory database. Database server connections are utilized during data accesses for the backup operations when the database is an in-memory database.
US08433677B2	Extending cluster allocations in an extensible file system An extensible file system format for portable storage media is provided. The extensible file system format includes the specification of primary and secondary directory entry types that may be custom defined. The primary and secondary directory entry types can be further classified as critical and benign directory entries. The directory entry types can define whether a cluster chain corresponding to a file can be contiguously allocated.
US08433668B2	Context-based failure reporting for a constraint satisfaction problem A method for solving a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) comprises identifying a first illegal combination associated with at least one variable, wherein the first illegal combination contradicts at least one constraint; grouping the first illegal combination with a second illegal combination, in response to determining that the first and second illegal combinations contradict the same constraint; identifying at least one failure explanation for each group of illegal combinations, wherein the failure explanation is associated with at least one illegal combination in said group to provide a reason for a contradicted constraint associated with the illegal combination; assigning a value to each variable in the given domain to solve the CSP within the limitations defined by the constraints in a solution path; and generating a result, in response to determining that at least one assigned value to a variable contradicts a constraint.
US08433660B2	Managing a portfolio of experts Managing a portfolio of experts is described where the experts may be for example, automated experts or human experts. In an embodiment a selection engine selects an expert from a portfolio of experts and assigns the expert to a specified task. For example, the selection engine has a Bayesian machine learning system which is iteratively updated each time an experts performance on a task is observed. For example, sparsely active binary task and expert feature vectors are input to the selection engine which maps those feature vectors to a multi-dimensional trait space using a mapping learnt by the machine learning system. In examples, an inner product of the mapped vectors gives an estimate of a probability distribution over expert performance. In an embodiment the experts are automated problem solvers and the task is a hard combinatorial problem such as a constraint satisfaction problem or combinatorial auction.
US08433659B2	Systems and methods for determining estimated lead times Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for determining estimated lead times based on delivery history information to a same or similar geographical area. According to one example embodiment, a method is provided. The method can include identifying a payee and determining that the payee is associated with a geographical area for mailpiece delivery. The method can further include identifying multiple delivery methods for mailpiece delivery to the geographical area, wherein each of delivery methods is associated with (a) a distribution center, (b) a delivery agent, and (c) an estimated lead time determined at least in part by analyzing the delivery history information associated with multiple mailpieces mailed from the respective distribution center to the geographical area via the respective delivery agent. The method can further include selecting one of the delivery methods for mailpiece delivery to the payee and associating the selected delivery method with the payee.
US08433658B2	Methods and apparatus for conducting electronic transactions A system and method for facilitating electronic transactions using an intelligent instrument is disclosed. An authorization server enables users to obtain authorization credentials through the use of the intelligent instrument by issuing a challenge to an intelligent token of the intelligent instrument. The intelligent token generates a challenge response and transmits the challenge response to the authorization server, which assembles credentials including a key for the electronic transaction upon validating the response. The authorization server sends the assembled credentials to the intelligent instrument and the intelligent instrument transmits the assembled credentials to the authorization server during a subsequent transaction. The authorization server validates the assembled credentials and provides authorization for the transaction in response to the validating the assembled credentials.
US08433652B2	Method and system for processing internet payments using the electronic funds transfer network A computer implemented payment processing method and system are provided for facilitating electronic purchase transactions by a purchaser from a merchant. The method implements a payment processing system including at least one computer processor and at least one computer memory and includes multiple steps. The steps include receiving, at the at least one computer processor of the payment processing system, a payment request associated with the electronic purchase transaction, the request including information, but not including confidential financial account numbers. The method further includes performing authentication to authenticate the purchaser and verification procedures to verify funds available at the payment processing system based on the order information and non-confidential information and determining whether the cash payment can be completed based on the authentication and verification procedures. The method also includes causing, with the at least one computer processor, the cash payment to be released to the merchant in response to a determination that the cash payment can be completed.
US08433648B2	Method and system for engaging in a transaction between a consumer and a merchant Disclosed is a method for engaging in a transaction between a consumer and a merchant. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method and system for providing instant credit by a credit issuer to the consumer at a point-of-sale of the merchant. In addition, the present invention is directed to a method and system for identifying at least one optimal credit product from a plurality of credit products of at least one credit issuer to a consumer.
US08433647B1	Method and system for processing electronic checks In one embodiment, software is operable to identify checking account information from a repository, with the checking account information associated with a transaction. The software automatically generates an electronic check image based, at least in part, on the transaction and the identified checking account information. The software is then operable to communicate the electronic check image to a bank of first deposit for deposit.
US08433646B2	Distribution of electronic market data A system and method are provided that, among other things, can reduce the burden on receiving computers, increase data throughput, reduce system failure, and provide components of a scalable and flexible network architecture. Specifically, the system and method provide a multichannel-multicast network environment for use in dynamically assigning data to channels. This configuration is particularly useful in a trading network environment, as it effectively performs channel reassignments in a way not to disturb the receipt of the underlying data. While the example embodiments described herein pertain to electronic trading, the principles of the present invention may be equally applied in other environments where the advantages presented herein are beneficial.
US08433643B2	Auction with interest rate bidding A method, apparatus, system and non-transitory machine-readable medium are provided for declining auctions with interest bidding. According to one embodiment, offers are received from respective bidders in a bid receiving process to transact a financial instrument, the offers being expressed as offered interest rates at which the corresponding respective bidders are willing to transact the financial instrument. The bid receiving process is utilized in a declining auction characterized by a reducing a published interest rate at which the financial instrument is offered for sale. The reducing of the published interest rate is performed automatically and responsive to a lack of bidding activity. Further there is a determining whether at least one of the offers satisfies transaction criterion.
US08433637B2	System and method for improved order entry using market depth Market depth information pertaining to the hedging side is utilized to intelligently break a non-hedging order into multiple orders, such that the orders rest at cascading price levels. This way, the trader can benefit from sweeps in the book and still properly account for the market depth on the hedging side. Further, there is a greater probability of receiving “partials” on the spread order. In addition, hedge orders may be sent at multiple price levels, or sent to the market in pieces over time. By applying a more intelligent process to hedge orders (as opposed to “fire and forget”) an alternative beyond limit orders that can be logged or market orders is provided.
US08433633B1	System for real time continuous data processing for investment portfolios A real time continuous data inputting, processing, scanning and displaying system for financial data and inputting variable boundaries of data for a variety of desired data characteristics. The process displays when the data characteristics fall outside their respective variable boundaries. Real time financial markets data and conventional data inputs are input into the system which is comprised of conventional and new computer processor enabled processes, clusters of central processing units, a report writer, terminal device, data disk, and interface. The data disks and real time financial market data and conventional data inputs and outputs are continuously referenced during the scanning process for exceptions to the boundaries of desired data characteristics.
US08433630B2	Private entity profile network In private equity and debt funding operations, resource providers define electronic data collection templates to be filled in by prospective resource consumers to form semi-homogeneous profiles. Providers and/or consumers can assign themselves and/or third parties various individualized levels of permissions to access and to perform activities on the profiles. Providers can organize profiles into portfolios to further manage the data. All accesses and activities, such as changes to the data, are tracked and recorded in logs useful for audit purposes.
US08433626B1	Method, medium, and system for flipping a list Disclosed is a system for transitioning between views in a network page. An application that is executed in at least one computing device encodes a network page for rendering in a client, the network page including a region, and the region being configured for the rendering of at least two views. The network page is encoded to depict a transition between the two views. A first one of the views depicts at least one mechanism to add a depicted item in the network page to a list, and a second one of the views depicts at least a portion of the list. Once encoded, the network page is sent to the client.
US08433625B1	Geographical preferences Disclosed are various embodiments for using geographic areas to filter items in an electronic commerce system. A catalog of items is stored in a data store accessible by one or more computing devices. A geographical filtering process is provided that is executable in the one or more computing devices. The geographical filtering process comprises logic that obtains a specification of at least one geographical area, and logic that identifies a subset of the items based at least in part upon a plurality of past commercial transactions associated with the items occurring within the at least one geographical area.
US08433600B2	Configurable system and method for managing facilities A system allowing a user to answer a series of questions to generate survey data, associating system data with the survey data to generate a highly accurate report. The user may, customize the survey by selecting categories corresponding to certain series of questions and be presented with a running total of costs associated with each selected action, a total cost for all selected actions, and an impact on the property FCI corresponding to the selected action. The report allows, for example, for targeted assessment of select facilities systems including a time frame within which work to be performed on select facilities systems and/or a cost associated with work to be performed.
US08433596B2	System and method for service parts planning Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In an embodiment, the calculations are based, at least in part on machine-specific information. In one embodiment, inventory position is determined based, at least in part, on a unique identifier associated with a service part.
US08433594B2	System, method and computer-accessible medium for making worker distribution plan on the basis of updated skill assessment data According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, system, method and computer accessible medium can be provided for making a worker distribution plan on the basis of updated skill assessment data. For example, a computer can be configured, programmed and/or structured to obtain a record data table collected and stored by a server. Further, such computer can update skill assessment data of each worker by updating work efficiency data determined from the average working hours per work according to the work record data included in the acquired record data table. In addition, the computer can select the workers to be assigned to projects for each predetermined period according to preferable and/or necessary worker data calculated from the predicted value of the workload for each predetermined period and the updated skill assessment data.
US08433584B2	Multi-channel audio decoding method and apparatus therefor Provided is a multi-channel audio decoding method and apparatus therefor, the method involving decoding filter bank coefficients of a plurality of bands from a bitstream having a predetermined format; performing frequency transformation on the decoded filter bank coefficients of the plurality of bands, with respect to each of the plurality of bands; compensating for a phase of each of the plurality of bands according to a predetermined phase compensation value, and serially band-synthesizing the frequency-transformed coefficients of each of the plurality of phase-compensated bands on a frequency domain; and decoding a multi-channel audio signal from the band-synthesized frequency-transformed coefficients.
US08433578B2	System and method for automatically generating a dialog manager Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for automatically generating a dialog manager for use in a spoken dialog system. A system practicing the method receives a set of user interactions having features, identifies an initial policy, evaluates all of the features in a linear evaluation step of the algorithm to identify a set of most important features, performs a cubic policy improvement step on the identified set of most important features, repeats the previous two steps one or more times, and generates a dialog manager for use in a spoken dialog system based on the resulting policy and/or set of most important features. Evaluating all of the features can include estimating a weight for each feature which indicates how much each feature contributes to at least one of the identified policies. The system can ignore features not in the set of most important features.
US08433571B2	User speech interfaces for interactive media guidance applications A user speech interface for interactive media guidance applications, such as television program guides, guides for audio services, guides for video-on-demand (VOD) Services, guides for personal video recorders (PVRs), or other suitable guidance applications is provided. Voice commands may be received from a user and guidance activities may be performed in response to the voice commands.
US08433569B2	Method of accessing a dial-up service A method of accessing a dial-up service is disclosed. An example method of providing access to a service includes receiving a first speech signal from a user to form a first utterance; recognizing the first utterance using speaker independent speaker recognition; requesting the user to enter a personal identification number; and when the personal identification number is valid, receiving a second speech signal to form a second utterance and providing access to the service.
US08433566B2	Method and system for annotating video material Video material is dividing into temporal segments. Each segment is examined to determine whether the soundtrack of the segment contains speech sufficient for analysis and if so, metadata are generated based on analysis of the speech. If not, the segment is analysed by comparing frames thereof with those of stored segments that already have metadata assigned to them. One then assigns to the segment under consideration stored metadata associated with one or more stored segments that are similar.
US08433562B2	Speech coder that determines pulsed parameters Methods for estimating speech model parameters are disclosed. For pulsed parameter estimation, a speech signal is divided into multiple frequency bands or channels using bandpass filters. Channel processing reduces sensitivity to pole magnitudes and frequencies and reduces impulse response time duration to improve pulse location and strength estimation performance. These methods are useful for high quality speech coding and reproduction at various bit rates for applications such as satellite and cellular voice communication.
US08433560B2	Rule based apparatus for modifying word annotations A rule based apparatus and method for modifying word annotations in an annotated text base is described. The apparatus includes an index creator component for creating an index of word annotations. An annotations modifying component for modifying word annotations, and a retriggering component, responsive to said annotations modifying component, for retriggering a rules engine to modify all occurrences of a matching word annotation in said annotated text base and updating the index of word annotations with the modified occurrences of a matching word annotation in said annotated text base.
US08433554B2	Predicting system performance and capacity using software module performance statistics An approach for predicting performance and capacity of an information technology (IT) system before the IT system is built is described, where the predicting uses a database of performance statistics measured for reusable software modules. A performance simulation modeling tool receives a set of performance statistics of a test computer. The set of performance statistics is associated with a set of software modules included in a library of reusable software modules. The set of software modules is required to build a target IT system. The set of performance statistics is received from a database of performance statistics resulting from individual executions on the test computer of each reusable software module in the library. The performance simulation modeling tool predicts computing resources required by the target IT system. The computing resources prediction follows the receipt of the set of performance statistics and precedes the target IT system being built.
US08433553B2	Method and apparatus for designing a processor A programmed computer and method are described for generating a processor design. The method carried out by the programmed computer comprises providing an initial model for the processor, specifying a plurality of resources in terms of resource parameters and their mutual relations. Furthermore, statistics are provided indicative of the required use of the resources by a selected application. Thereafter, a reduced resource design is generated by the programmed computer by relaxing at least one resource parameter and/or limiting an amount of resources specified in the initial specification on the basis of the statistics.
US08433541B2	Method and system for monitoring a wind energy installation A method and system for monitoring the operation of a wind energy installation. State data relating to the wind energy installation is recorded and discrepancies are found between the state data and an associated comparison value. A failure probability of the wind energy installation is determined based on any found discrepancy. An availability value for the wind energy installation is determined from the ratio of the actually produced amount of electrical energy to the total amount of energy which can potentially be produced. The availability value and the failure probability are then combined to form a repair priority, which is associated with the wind energy installation. Accordingly, more uniform operation of wind energy installations can be achieved.
US08433522B2	Information processing system using nucleotide sequence-related information This invention constructs a highly safe system for processing information for providing semantic information and/or information associated with the semantic information useful for each individual organism through effective utilization of differences in nucleotide sequence-related information among individual organisms. This system comprises steps of: (a) obtaining positional information representing a position in a nucleotide sequence in accordance with a request for an object and/or service; and (b) evaluating adequacy of transmission of nucleotide sequence-related information corresponding to the positional information obtained in step (a), based on the flag information associated with the positional information for evaluating adequacy of transmission of nucleotide sequence-related information associated with the positional information representing a position in a nucleotide sequence.
US08433513B2	System and method for storing and providing routes In one aspect, a system and method is provided whereby map-related requests from mobile devices are used to store and aggregate routes. The routes are then used to determine optimum directions in response to subsequent requests.
US08433506B2	Weather data selection relative to an aircraft trajectory A method of providing weather information for an aircraft trajectory to a flight management system (FMS) includes selecting a unique subset of temperature data points from weather data points along an aircraft trajectory and sending corresponding weather data points to the FMS.
US08433500B2	System and method for improved transitions between engine combustion modes A control system for a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine includes a timing adjustment module and a combustion control module. The timing adjustment module, per combustion event, advances timings of N fuel injections and retards timings of M fuel injections and spark during a transition from HCCI combustion to mixed-mode combustion. The combustion control module subsequently retards the timings of the N fuel injections and advances the timings of the M fuel injections and the spark to desired timings, respectively, wherein the N fuel injections and the M fuel injections occur sequentially during each combustion event of the HCCI engine, and wherein N and M are integers greater than or equal to zero.
US08433499B2	Apparatus for detecting imbalance abnormality in air-fuel ratio between cylinders An apparatus for detecting imbalance abnormality in an air-fuel ratio between cylinders in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine comprises a turbocharger, a bypass passage, a waist gate valve, an air-fuel ratio sensor, and a stepless transmission. The imbalance abnormality is detected based upon a variation degree in output of the air-fuel ratio sensor. The internal combustion engine and the stepless transmission are controlled in such a manner that an actual operating point of the internal combustion engine moves on a predetermined operating line in a coordinate system defined by an engine rotational speed and engine torque. The operating line is changed in such a manner that, when the actual operating point is outside of a waist gate valve opening region at the time of detecting the imbalance abnormality, the actual operating point moves into the waist gate valve opening region.
US08433498B2	Method and system for controlling fuel pressure Methods, a fuel supply system, and a computer readable medium embodying a computer program product are provided for controlling rail pressure in a fuel supply system comprising a fuel pump, an injector and a rail connecting the injector to the pump. At least one of the methods includes, but is not limited to establishing a relationship between said rail pressure and a leak rate of the injector, estimating a fuel drain rate from said rail based on a fuel injection rate, the rail pressure and said rail pressure/leak rate relationship, estimating a desired intake flow rate of said pump based on said fuel drain rate, and controlling the pump to operate at said desired intake flow rate.
US08433491B2	Electromechanical deceleration system and method for operating the same A deceleration system may be used for decreasing a speed of a vehicle having a plurality of wheels. The deceleration system may include a brake command receiving device configured to receive a brake command for decelerating the vehicle, a brake command sensor configured to determine a brake magnitude and a brake rate based on the brake command, a control device configured to generate a plurality of electronic brake signals based on the brake magnitude and the brake rate, and a plurality of braking devices, each of which is configured to receive one of the plurality of electronic brake signals, convert the respective electronic brake signal to a mechanical brake force, and impart the mechanical brake force to at least one of a rotor or a drum of the respective wheel, thereby causing a deceleration of the vehicle.
US08433475B2	Maintenance computer system for an aircraft A maintenance computer system for an aircraft, including a network partitioned into a secured avionics zone and an open zone. The system includes a first software module accommodated in the avionics zone and a second software module accommodated in the open zone, the first module configured to follow a fault-finding logic tree, and the second module configured to present an electronic maintenance document, with the path along the fault-finding logic tree followed by the first module automatically and synchronously generating a presentation by the second module of pages of the maintenance document associated respectively with nodes of the tree.
US08433473B2	System and method for indicating an efficiency level of energy usage by an automotive vehicle A system and method is provided for indicating an efficiency level of energy usage by an automotive vehicle to a passenger in the vehicle. The system includes a computer-readable storage medium, a controller, an interior-lighting system, and a display unit. The controller processes energy usage signals to obtain the given operating mode of the vehicle as well as indications of energy usage amounts that the passenger can control. The controller determines the efficiency level of energy usage by the vehicle based on the energy usage amounts and the given operating mode. The interior-lighting system illuminates at least a portion of the passenger compartment with ambient light having defined characteristics including a luminance and a color, the ambient light indicating the efficiency level. The display unit displays a graphical representation of the efficiency level.
US08433469B2	Communication technique by which an autonomous guidance system controls an industrial vehicle A propulsion drive system is operated by a controller to propel an industrial vehicle along a path in an unmanned mode. An autonomous processor module sends commands to the vehicle controller in response to messages received via a communication network from a guidance and navigation system. The guidance and navigation system transmits a message over the communication network, wherein that message contains a first numerical value specifying the velocity and a second numerical value specifying an amount that the propulsion drive system is to turn a wheel of the industrial vehicle. The message also specifies a maximum speed limit and indicators commanding that a load carried by the industrial vehicle be raised and lowered. The autonomous processor module transmits a feedback message indicate actual vehicle operating parameters to the guidance and navigation system.
US08433468B2	Robotic mower home finding system A robotic mower home finding system includes a charging station connected to an outer boundary wire loop, and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower that directs a traction drive system to drive the robotic mower along a path offset a specified distance from an outer boundary wire loop toward the charging station. The vehicle control unit changes the specified distance randomly or incrementally so that the robotic mower does not take the same path to the charging station each time.
US08433463B1	Vehicular dual mode master/slave interface A vehicular interface may include an electromechanical interface between a handheld electronic device and subsystems on a vehicular bus or network. In selected embodiments the interface may operate in a “master mode” when a handheld device, such as a tablet computer or smart-phone, is not inserted therein. In this mode the interface may serve as a master controller and accesses and controls various subsystems on a vehicle (such as engine control subsystems, media controllers, navigation systems, sensors and transducers) as a master controller. In one embodiment, when a tablet device is inserted into the interface, the interface may automatically switch to “slave mode” in which it acts as an adapter or interface between the tablet device and the vehicular subsystems. In this mode of operation the user's exclusive interface is through the tablet computer and the tablet computer serves as the master controller for the system.
US08433459B2	Aircraft guidance system for assisting in airport navigation An aircraft guidance system for assisting in airport navigation includes: at least one airport database comprising topology data of an airport, called airport DB; at least one configuration database comprising aircraft configuration data and the position of a guidance point; a positioning system delivering aircraft kinematic and attitude parameters; at least one computer generating a 2D view of the representation of the airport notably comprising navigation indications and a representation of the aircraft; and at least one display for displaying the representation of the airport. In the system, a first symbol is generated on the display indicating the position of an early guidance point, corresponding to the position of the guidance point at a future time.
US08433456B2	System and method for controlling power windows of a vehicle A system and method for controlling power windows of a vehicle includes a receiver mounted on the vehicle for receiving an open window request signal wirelessly from a portable device, at least one exterior condition sensor mounted on the vehicle for detecting an adverse exterior condition relative to the vehicle, and a controller mounted on the vehicle for communicating with the receiver and the at least one exterior condition sensor. The controller commands opening of the one or more power windows when the receiver receives the open window request signal provided the at least one exterior condition sensor does not detect an adverse exterior condition relative to the vehicle.
US08433453B2	Electric power leveling controller An electric power leveling controller includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information of electric energy consumption from a power consuming device consuming electric energy from the power source and electric energy charged into a power storage device, a storage unit that stores a specific threshold value for each power storage device, and a control unit that causes a first power consuming device to be power-supplied by the power source, causing the power storage device corresponding to the first power consuming device to be charged with a difference between the specific threshold value and the electric energy consumption, causing the power source to supply to a second power consuming device electric energy corresponding to the specific threshold, and causing the power storage device corresponding to the second power consuming device to discharge to the second power consuming device the difference between the electric energy consumption and the specific threshold value.
US08433450B2	Optimized control of power plants having air cooled condensers An optimization and control system for a utility plant that uses fan based air cooled condensers controls the operation of the power generation system at the plant in conjunction with the operation of the air cooled condensers so as to run the power plant at an optimum operating point associated with minimizing or reducing the cost energy produced by the plant. The optimization and control system includes an optimizer having a numerical solver that determines values for a set of control variables associated with an optimal operating point of the plant and an expert system that oversees and modifies the control variable settings prior to providing these settings to a plant controller. The numerical solver uses an objective function and one or more models of plant equipment to determine the operating point of the plant that minimizes the cost per unit of useful energy generated by the plant.
US08433440B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a vending machine A solution comprising cost-effective methods and techniques for converting a traditional vending machine into a vending machine with a graphical user interface, multimedia advertising and info kiosk capabilities. A key aspect of this invention is the integration of a consumer DVD player in a vending machine, in which the graphical user interface is implemented as DVD Menu structures stored on a DVD disc that also contains the video clips. Another aspect of this invention, is the changed logic of a traditional vending machine to delay item dispense until a video clip has been played. The present invention provides interfacing methods between a DVD player, a Vending Machine Controller and an optional microcontroller. These methods can be used to implement a communication protocol between a DVD player and a microcontroller. The methods and techniques of the invention can be integrated in an MDB peripheral device of a vending machine.
US08433434B2	Near non-adaptive virtual metrology and chamber control Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for a near non-adaptive virtual metrology for wafer processing control. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for processing control comprises diagnosing a chamber of a processing tool that processes a wafer to identify a key chamber parameter, and controlling the chamber based on the key chamber parameter if the key chamber parameter can be controlled, or compensating a prediction model by changing to a secondary prediction model if the key chamber parameter cannot be sufficiently controlled.
US08433429B2	Method for controlling a device and machine module arrangement as well as an engineering system and runtime system for implementing the method There is described an engineering systems and generating projects. The projects are used by runtime systems for the control of device and machine modular arrangements. The projects are not completely unmodifiable, instead an individualization layer is provided: particular data input possibilities for base data used by the runtime system are provided with an attribute, which gives whether the data entry in the project shall be unmodifiable or whether said entry may be optionally modifiable by the runtime system. A change is correspondingly optionally carried out with the runtime system. The actual core of the project, however does not need to be re-programmed such that a reversion to the engineering system is not necessary.
US08433428B2	Systems and methods for managing machine tools Systems and methods for managing machine tools are provided. When a current abnormality occurs in one of at least one machine tool, a specific failure category is determined according to the current abnormality, and at least one suggested combination of parameters is generated according to the specific failure category and a transaction database, wherein the specific failure category is one of a plurality of predefined failure categories, and each suggested combination of parameters includes a plurality of associated parameters, which are commonly retrieved for the specific failure category. Each transaction data in the transaction database records a plurality of parameters corresponding to a failure category, wherein the parameters are the parameters whose parameter values are retrieved from the at least one machine tool, having the abnormality according to the failure category.
US08433416B2	Method and apparatus for providing complex tissue stimulation patterns The invention relates to a stimulation device for creating complex or multi-purpose tissue stimulation. Many typical stimulation devices suffer from deficiencies in providing complex stimulation patterns. Using a circuitry operable or programmable to repeat and skip stimulation settings, a complex stimulation set may be created. The repeating and skipping functionality may be implemented in hardware or software. In this manner, complex stimulations may be derived from simple circuitries. Furthermore, these stimulations may be used to treat pain, stimulate bone growth, and control motor disorders, among others.
US08433403B2	Systems and methods of powered muscle stimulation using an energy guidance field NMES systems and methods for stimulating muscle tissue, and in some embodiments deep muscle tissue. The impedance near the surface of the skin is controllably increased to increase the percentage of energy delivered to a subject that stimulates muscle tissue.
US08433392B2	System and method for moving table MRI The present invention provides an MRI system for imaging of a subject over extended field-of-view (FOV) that employs both accelerated data acquisition, which is employed while the subject is stationary, and traditional data acquisition, which is employed while the subject is moved through the MRI system. This approach provides improved spatial resolution and time efficiency compared to traditional extended FOV imaging techniques.
US08433384B2	Method and apparatus for cerebral oximetry The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for cerebral oximetry. A modulated optical signal based on a digital code sequence is transmitted to the human brain. A temporal transfer characteristic is derived from the modulated optical signal. Oxygen level in the brain is determined based on the temporal transfer characteristic.
US08433381B2	Arrangement method of superconducting wires of a superconducting cable The arrangement method of superconducting wires of a superconducting cable, includes: in a case where a refrigerator is installed at one of terminal structures provided on both sides of a superconducting cable, and a cooling fluid is passed through the superconducting cable by a pump for cooling, setting the numbers of superconducting wires of sections of the superconducting cable installed between the terminal structures on both the sides to be different depending to temperatures of the sections, wherein the numbers of superconducting wires are increased from the section of the superconducting cable having the lowest temperature to the section thereof having the highest temperature while maintaining a current-carrying capability.
US08433376B2	Small form factor communication device A small form factor communication device. The small form factor communication device incorporates a multi-purpose control allowing the functionality of the small form factor communication device to be accessed. The multi-purpose control provides feedback allowing the user to operate the small form factor communication device by touch.
US08433367B2	Mobile communication terminal including menu that can be constructed by using mobile flash A mobile communication terminal having a menu that can be constructed using a mobile flash includes an input device section for inputting a reproduction request of a flash movie; a Man Machine Interface (MMI) loading a corresponding movie file based on the reproduction request; a bridge module performing a communication with the MMI to monitor navigation events; a memory section for storing a Extendible Markup Language (XML) document having information about a handset configuration and a menu tree configuration of the terminal; an engine section parsing the XML document read from the memory section to map the XML document with the flash movie and analyzing the parsed XML document according to the navigation events; and a play section for outputting the analyzed XML document contents through a display section.
US08433365B2	Mobile devices having fax capabilities Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to incorporating a fax machine function into a mobile device. A camera on the mobile device is used to scan or capture an image of an existing document. Logic on the mobile device converts the image into a fax transmittal that can be transmitted to a fax machine. Once the fax transmittal is ready, a connection is initiated with a traditional fax machine across one or more networks, and the fax transmittal is sent to the fax machine at a speed determined by the slower device. Upon a successful transmission, the connection is terminated, and a report is generated.
US08433358B2	Radio communication system In a radio communication system having a primary station and a plurality of secondary stations, the power of uplink and downlink channels between the primary station and a secondary station is controlled in a closed loop manner by each station transmitting power control commands to the other station. In response to these commands the receiving station adjusts its output power in steps.By combining a plurality of received power control commands before adjusting its output power the receiving station may emulate the ability to use a smaller power control step size than its minimum, thereby improving performance under certain channel conditions. In one embodiment when the required power control step size is less than the minimum step size of a particular station, that station processes a group of power control commands to determine whether to adjust its output power by its minimum step size. In an alternative embodiment the power control step size is fixed when the combining algorithm is used. The invention is applicable to power control in both primary and secondary stations.
US08433356B2	Method for transmitting data packets A method transmits data packets in a radio system between an emitter and a receiver. A nominal energy is defined for each data packet and each transmission according to a quality requirement for the reception by the receiver. An emission power required for each data packet is determined according to the quality requirement for the reception of the data packet. The transmission data packet is formed from a plurality of data packets. A first transmission emission power is defined for a first transmission of the transmission data packet according to the determined emission powers for the individual data packet. The first transmission of the transmission data packet is carried out with the first transmission emission power. A retransmission emission power is calculated according to a nominal transmission power derived from the nominal energy, for the transmission data packet and the emission power for at least one previous transmission of the transmission data packet.
US08433353B2	Method of communication, emitter and receiver stations and associated computer programs Method of communication, on a radio channel in a network comprising a plurality of telecommunications nodes with which are associated respective values of a metric, including emitting, from a first node, a request on the radio channel, and subsequent to the receipt of the request by at least one second node, emitting a response message with a delay determined as a function of the metric value associated with said second node.
US08433352B2	Wireless telecommunication system, access node and method for improving a success rate of a connection setup for an access terminal An access node (e.g., BSC, RNC) and a method are described herein for implementing a traffic allocation technique and improving a success rate of a connection setup for an access terminal. In addition, a wireless telecommunication system is described herein which includes an access node (e.g., BSC, RNC), and one or more radio sites (e.g., BTSs), wherein an access terminal is located within a radio coverage area of one of the radio sites, and wherein the access node is configured to implement a traffic allocation technique and is further configured to improve a success rate of a connection setup for the access terminal.
US08433351B2	Communications systems A method of controlling spectrum use in a first wireless communications system, the first wireless communications system being operable to take part in a spectrum assignment process involving at least the first wireless communications system and one or more other wireless communications systems, the method comprising in a single instance of the spectrum assignment process, exchanging a first portion of spectrum for a second, different portion of spectrum, by assigning the first portion of spectrum from the first wireless communications system to the one or more other wireless communications systems and accepting the assignment of the second portion of spectrum from the one or more other wireless communications systems to the first wireless communications system.
US08433347B2	Method and apparatus for verifying network management short message of wireless public phone The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for verifying a network management short message of a wireless public phone. The method comprises: receiving a network management short message containing a sending party number, a sending party short message center number and a short message content; comparing the sending party number with a pre-stored number; when the sending party number is consistent with the pre-stored number, comparing the sending party short message center number with a pre-stored short message center number; when the sending party short message center number is consistent with the pre-stored short message center number, comparing the short message content in the network management short message with a pre-stored short message content; and when the short message content in the network management short message is consistent with the pre-stored short message content, confirming that the verification of the network management short message succeeds.
US08433344B1	Displaying a tier of risk in a region of a map displayed via a mobile computing device A computer-implement method for displaying a tier of risk in a region of a map displayed via a mobile computing device. The method includes displaying, in real-time on the map, a present location of the mobile computing device. The method also includes retrieving data corresponding to the tier of risk for the region shown on the map. The method further includes marking, according to a predefined marking technique, the region of the map according to the retrieved data.
US08433342B1	Method and system for personalized venue marketing A method and system for personalized venue marketing is disclosed herein. An application that is resident on a mobile communication device of a patron sends personally identifiable information and the identifying device address to a server when the patron enters a venue. The server associates the identifying device address of the mobile device with the patron in a CRM database for the venue. The identifying device address allows for tracking of the patron by WiFi sensors positioned throughout the venue.
US08433333B2	Method and controller for redirection of active users from an umbrella cell to capacity cells A radio network controller of a wireless telecommunications network having an umbrella cell base station for an umbrella cell and capacity cell base stations for capacity cells within the umbrella cell includes a network interface from which a message is sent to the umbrella base station of the umbrella cell to search for capacity cells within the umbrella cell to redirect traffic of an AT from the umbrella cell to at least one of the capacity cells, and at which eligible capacity cells to which traffic of the AT can be redirected is received. The controller includes a processing unit which selects target capacity cells from the eligible capacity cells to which traffic of the AT will be redirected. A method for a radio network controller of a wireless telecommunications network having an umbrella cell base station for an umbrella cell and capacity cell base stations for capacity cells within the umbrella cell.
US08433320B2	Method and a device for determining a wireless telecommunication device to which a hand-over of a mobile terminal has to be conducted The present invention concerns a method for determining a wireless telecommunication device to which a hand-over of a mobile terminal has to be conducted, wherein plural wireless cellular telecommunication devices transfer the same physical cell identity to mobile terminals. The method comprises the steps of: receiving at least one measurement report, determining, from the received measurement report that a hand-over of the mobile terminal has to be conducted to a wireless telecommunication device which transfers the same physical cell identifier as the one transferred by at least another wireless telecommunication device, obtaining a list of wireless telecommunication devices which transfer the same physical cell identifier, reducing, using a fingerprint table, the list of wireless telecommunication devices which transfer the same physical cell identifier, starting the hand-over of the mobile terminal.
US08433315B2	Wired cellular telephone system Telephone apparatus, including a cable television (CATV) network interface, which is adapted to be connected to a CATV network so as to receive downstream cellular telephone communication signals transmitted at a downstream intermediate frequency (IF) via the CATV network from a base-station transceiver system (BTS) operative in a cellular telephone network. The apparatus includes a telephone interface, which is adapted to connect to a cellular telephone operative in the cellular telephone network via a physical connection.The apparatus also includes signal conversion circuitry, which is adapted to convert the downstream communication signals received at the downstream IF via the CATV network interface to downstream radio-frequency (RF) cellular telephone signals compatible with the cellular telephone network, and to convey the downstream RF cellular telephone signals to the cellular telephone via the physical connection.
US08433314B2	Integrated personal digital assistant device An integrated device provides functionality of both a PDA and cellular telephone. Features include a power button offering control of both the computing and telephony functions of the device; a lid that turns the device on and off and controls additional telephony functions; a jog rocker that activates the device and is used to select from a variety of menu options; application buttons that offer direct access to applications stored on the device, and which can be configured to operate in conjunction with secondary keys to offer added functionality; a keyboard that enables data input into the device; an automatic word completion function that verifies and corrects a user's typing in real time; and a simplified keyboard navigation system that allows the navigation of menus using keyboard shortcuts.
US08433313B2	Mobile communication method and mobile communication system A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, from a higher-level node to a macro radio base station, an “INIT(SCTP)”, when the higher-level node detects that no SCTP connection is established with the macro radio base station; and transmitting, from a home radio base station to a higher-level node, an “INIT(SCTP)”, when the home radio base station detects that no SCTP connection is established with the higher-level node. The higher-level node does not transmit “INIT(SCTP)” to the home radio base station, even when detecting that no SCTP connection is established with the home radio base station.
US08433309B2	Determining presence of radio frequency communication device A RF data communication device operates in at least two states. In a first state, the device transmits a response to an RF transmission if specific data therein represents an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices and if specific data therein corresponds to a class maintained by the device. The device does not transmit a response if specific data in the RF transmission is not representative of an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices, or if specific data therein does not correspond to at least one maintained class. In a second state, the device does not transmit a response when specific data is included therein that is representative of an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices and specific data therein corresponds to at least one maintained class.
US08433304B2	System and method for displaying cellular caller ID on TV Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and a method for displaying cellular caller ID on TV. In accordance with one embodiment, the caller ID information of a caller calling a cellular device of a subscriber is received at a mobile switching station. The caller ID information is routed to a cable head end. The cable head end transmits the caller ID information and television content to a home location associated with the subscriber for displaying the caller ID information on a television.
US08433302B2	System and method for downloading and activating themes on a wirelesss device A wireless device receives a list of available themes and premium content from an activation server. The wireless device may select a theme for download and activation. The activation server verifies that the wireless device has access to the theme or premium content and then authorizes the wireless device to activate the theme or premium content. If the theme or premium content is not resident on the wireless device, the activation server may transmit the theme or premium content to the wireless device.
US08433278B2	System and method for selecting a message transport for a multi-mode communication device The present disclosure relates to a system and method for selecting a network for use by a communication device to process a data transmission. In the method, the following actions are conducted: tracking transmission characteristics of networks used by the device; maintaining a set of options for the device relating to the networks, including at least one option based on the transmission characteristics; utilizing a selected option identify a selected network to process the data transmission by the communication device; and processing the data transmission using the selected network.
US08433276B2	Sampling circuit and receiver A sampling circuit and a receiver with which filter characteristics compatible with the reception of wideband signals can be realized with a high degree of freedom in the setting of the filter characteristics. More specifically, the sampling circuit is capable of removing adjacent interfering wave signals while keeping in-band deviation small. The sampling circuit is equipped with a discrete-time analog processing circuit group, wherein multiple discrete-time analog processing circuits are connected in parallel, a synthesizer that synthesizes the output signals from each of the circuit systems and outputs same, and a digital control unit that outputs control signals. Each of the discrete-time analog processing circuits is configured to include multiple rotate capacitor units, which each includes a main rotate capacitor and a sub-rotate capacitor, and only the main rotate capacitors share electric charge with a buffer capacitor included in the synthesizer.
US08433275B2	System and method for DC correction in wireless receivers A system and method for minimizing a DC component of a received signal are disclosed. As one example, a system for minimizing a DC component of a signal in a wireless receiver is disclosed, which includes a programmable filter operable to filter the signal with at least one of a low cutoff frequency and a high cutoff frequency, and a transition unit coupled to the programmable filter, the transition unit operable to transition the programmable filter between the high cutoff frequency and the low cutoff frequency.
US08433266B2	Power supply method, apparatus, and system for a radio frequency power amplifier A power supply apparatus for a radio frequency power amplifier (RFPA) is provided, where the output end of a voltage controlled voltage source (VCVS) and the output ends of N current controlled current sources (CCCSs) are coupled in parallel to supply power to the RFPA. The apparatus further includes an nth sampling unit, configured to sample the sum of the output currents of the first (n−1) CCCSs and the VCVS to obtain an nth sampling signal; and an nth filtering unit, configured to filter the nth sampling signal according to a predefined nth passband and output the filtered nth sampling signal to an nth CCCS, thus controlling the output current of the nth CCCS. The nth passband is lower than an (n−1)th passband. The switching frequency of the nth CCCS is higher than the switching frequency of an (n−1)th CCCS. N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and n is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N.
US08433260B2	Base-station failure predictor A base-station failure predictor comprises an interface to at least one sub-unit of a base-station of a mobile communications network, an alarm memory, and an alarm evaluator. The base-station failure predictor is adapted to receive a plurality of alarms from the at least one sub-unit of the base-station via the interface. The plurality of alarms are stored in the alarm memory, and the alarm evaluator is adapted to analyze the frequency of the plurality of alarms to assess a likelihood of failure of the at least one sub-unit concerned. A base-station failure prediction method is also proposed. Furthermore, a computer program product with instructions for the manufacture and a computer program product enabling a processor to carry out the base-station prediction method are also proposed.
US08433259B2	Gyrator circuit, wide-band amplifier and radio communication apparatus Disclosed herein is a gyrator circuit, including, a first transconductance amplifier, a capacitor, and a second transconductance amplifier, wherein the differential input terminals of the first transconductance amplifier and the differential output terminals of the second transconductance amplifier being separated from each other.
US08433253B2	Voltage tuned variable jammer tolerance Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a mixer circuit at a receiver of an RFID interrogator may operate at a power supply voltage selected based at least in part on a power level of the self-jammer signal. The mixer circuit may operate at a higher power supply voltage if the expected power level of the self-jammer signal is higher, and may operate at a lower power supply voltage if the expected power level of the self-jammer signal is lower.
US08433252B2	Method for controlling communication in wireless terminal and wireless terminal An UE receives a downlink data channel from a BS, calculates a reception quality value related to the downlink data channel, monitors a transmission rate of an uplink data channel to BS, and reduces the calculated reception quality value based on a result of the monitoring.
US08433242B2	Active antenna array for a mobile communications network with multiple amplifiers using separate polarisations for transmission and a combination of polarisations for reception of separate protocol signals The present disclosure teaches an active antenna array for a mobile communications network. The active antenna array comprises a plurality of first polarization antenna elements and a plurality of second polarization antenna elements. The plurality of first polarization antenna elements is connected to a first protocol signal generator. The plurality of first polarization antenna elements are adapted to radiate an individual first protocol transmit signal. An individual one of the plurality of second polarization antenna element is connected to an individual one of a plurality of second protocol signal generators. The plurality of second polarization antenna elements is adapted to radiate an individual second protocol transmit signal. An individual one of the plurality of first polarization antenna elements and the individual one of the plurality of second polarization antenna elements are adapted to receive both, an individual first protocol receive signal and an individual second protocol receive signal.
US08433236B2	Paper processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A paper processing apparatus includes: a discharging unit that discharges the paper onto a staple tray; a paper returning unit that reverses the paper discharged by the discharging unit and performs alignment in a conveying direction by abutting the paper against a rear end reference fence; a supporting unit that supports the discharging unit in a state capable of coming in contact with or separating from the paper; a contact and separation unit by which the discharging unit comes in contact with or separates from the paper; and a pressurizing unit that is moved by the contact and separation unit, does not load the discharging unit in a standby state where the discharging unit is held apart from the paper, and applies contact pressure in a state where the discharging unit is in contact with the paper.
US08433228B2	Method and apparatus for stripping media from a surface in an apparatus useful for printing Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of stripping media from surfaces in apparatuses useful for printing are provided. An exemplary embodiment of an apparatus useful for printing comprises a first roll; a belt including an inner surface and an outer surface, the first roll and the outer surface of the belt forming a nip; and a stripping member located internal to the belt. The stripping member includes at least a first stripping surface and a second stripping surface having a smaller curvature than the first stripping surface. The stripping member is rotatable to selectively position one of the first stripping surface and the second stripping surface in contact with the inner surface of the belt. The one of the first stripping surface and the second stripping surface facilitates stripping of a medium fed to the nip from the outer surface of the belt.
US08433225B2	Belt driving device and image forming apparatus In an intermediate transfer belt unit, elastic bodies are provided on respective inner circumferences of side edge portions of an intermediate transfer belt along with the circumferential direction. Rotating members are attached to respective opposite ends of a follower roller rotatably and concentrically with the follower roller, so as to face respective elastic bodies of the intermediate transfer belt. Each of the rotating members is composed of a tapered section, a bottom receiving section to keep bending of the intermediate transfer belt within a certain amount, a small diameter section forming an escape groove for receiving the elastic body of the intermediate transfer belt, and a large diameter section.
US08433221B2	Image forming apparatus with transfer nip adjustment function A secondary transfer facing roller includes a roller part that has a through-hole penetrating in a rotary shaft line direction at a rotation center position, and a penetrating shaft member penetrating the through-hole of the roller part and spinning the roller part on a surface of the penetrating shaft member. Eccentric cams are fixed to both end regions that are not located in the roller part, so as to rotate integrally with the penetrating shaft member. A position regulating cam and an abutting roller form a gap between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller immediately before a transfer sheet enters a transfer nip part. While the gap is formed, current flows between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller via the position regulating cam and the abutting roller.
US08433217B2	Photoreceptor, cooling mechanism for photoreceptor, and image forming apparatus provided with the same A cooling mechanism for a photoreceptor includes: a photoreceptor of cylindrical shape; a pair of flanges respectively attached to both ends in an axial direction of the photoreceptor; a rotational shaft that is inserted into a shaft center of the photoreceptor; a holder that is disposed to face a first flange and rotatably supports the rotational shaft; and a main body frame that supports the holder. In such a cooling mechanism for a photoreceptor, an air duct is configured by the through hole formed in the flange and the concave portion formed on the holder, and discharges air flow generated inside the photoreceptor to the outside thereof.
US08433213B2	Cleaning device and image forming apparatus A cleaning device includes a normally charged toner cleaning unit, a reversely charged toner cleaning unit, and a pre-cleaning unit. The normally charged toner cleaning unit has a normally charged toner cleaning member, a normally charged toner recovery member, and a normally charged toner scraping member. The reversely charged toner cleaning unit has a reversely charged toner cleaning member, a reversely charged toner recovery member, and a reversely charged toner scraping member. The pre-cleaning unit has a pre-cleaning member, a pre-recovery member, and a pre-scraping member.
US08433211B2	Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A disclosed developing device includes a toner carrying member having electrodes, a toner supply unit supplying the toner to the toner carrying member, and a hopping electric field generator unit generating electric field to cause the toner hopping on the toner carrying member by applying a pulse voltage to the electrodes. The hopping electric field generator unit includes a pulse voltage generator circuit generating the pulse voltage, a first direct-current power source supplying bias to the pulse voltage generator circuit for regulating a peak value of the pulse voltage, and a second direct-current power source having a same polarity with a toner charging polarity, and outputting a variable voltage level. The hopping electric field generator unit controls the peak value of the pulse voltage by changing an output of the first power source and a mean thereof by changing an output of the second power source.
US08433210B2	Image forming apparatus, storage medium and image forming method An image forming apparatus for performing image formation by using an electrophotographic process, the image forming apparatus including: a control section for judging existence of necessity of correction of process conditions in the electrophotographic process based on environment dependence characteristic information of a resistance value of a member that is used for the electrophotographic process and constitutes the image forming apparatus and environment change information in the own apparatus, and performing the correction based on the result of the judgment.
US08433208B2	Image forming apparatus that only prompts an inspection request after a predetermined number of failures of a rotary guide member An image forming apparatus has a rotary guide including a path for a sheet being conveyed. The guide is rotatable so that an exit of the path faces one of at least two conveyance destinations. A motor rotates the guide, and a detector outputs a detection signal when a predetermined posture of the guide is detected. An instructing section outputs instruction signals to the motor to rotate the guide toward the predetermined posture. A judging section judges whether a detection signal has been received in response to the instruction signal, and a notifying section counts a consecutive occurrence number of a judgment result to the effect that no detection signal was received in response to the instruction signal this time and gives a notification prompting an inspection request of the image forming apparatus when the consecutive occurrence number reaches a set number.
US08433195B2	Optical network interface devices and methods A system comprises an optical network terminal (ONT) that terminates an optical fiber link of an optical network to provide an optical network interface. The ONT may include an optical module that receives optical signals via the optical fiber link and converts the optical signals to electrical signals and an optical media access control (MAC) unit that converts at least some of the electrical signals to data units. The optical MAC unit may be selectively configurable to support a plurality of optical network protocols. For example, the optical MAC unit is selectively configurable to support two or more of BPON protocol, a GPON protocol, a GEPON protocol and an active Ethernet protocol. In one instance, the optical MAC unit is selectively configurable to support at least one active optical network protocol and at least one passive optical network protocol.
US08433192B2	Dynamic performance monitoring systems and methods for optical networks The present disclosure provides dynamic performance monitoring systems and methods for optical networks to ascertain optical network health in a flexible and accurate manner. The present invention introduces accurate estimations for optical channel performance characteristics based either on existing channels or with a dynamic optical probe configured to measure characteristics on unequipped wavelengths. Advantageously, the dynamic performance monitoring systems and methods introduce the ability to determine physical layer viability in addition to logical layer viability.
US08433191B2	Optical channel intelligently shared protection ring An optical ring network has one or more working wavelengths and multiple protection wavelengths adapted to support the working wavelength(s). Routing tables may be used in network nodes to assign traffic of a failed working wavelength to a protection wavelength. The protection technique may be applied to networks employing, for example, Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM).
US08433183B2	Recording device and recording method A recording apparatus and a recording method that can record both moving picture data and still picture data in a form reproducible by various reproducing apparatus. The moving picture data is compressed by an MPEG system by an MPEG encoder, formed into data for recording corresponding to a predetermined recording format by a format forming unit, and then recorded on a DVD. The still picture data is compressed by a JPEG system by a JPEG encoder, and recorded on the DVD separately from the moving picture data. In predetermined timing, the still picture data compressed by the JPEG system and recorded on the DVD is read, the still picture data is converted into I-pictures of the MPEG system by a format converting unit, and then the I-pictures of the MPEG system are recorded onto the DVD in the predetermined format via the format forming unit.
US08433178B2	Recording medium, reproduction device, program, reproduction method A BD-ROM stores PlayList information. The PlayList information defines a playback section of each of a plurality of AV clips and includes MainPath information and SubPath information. The MainPath information designates one of the AV clips as a Main Clip and defines a portion of the Main Clip as a primary playback section. The SubPath information designates another one of the AV clips as a SubClip and defines a portion of the SubClip as a secondary playback section that is to be played back in synchronism with the primary playback section. The BD-ROM stores, the one of the AV clips designated as the SubClip along with an EP_map. The EP_map shows a plurality of entry points on the SubClip in a one-to-one correspondence with entry times on the SubClip timeline.
US08433173B2	Portable media player system An object is to provide a content reproduction system in which matching of a content reproduction apparatus and a device is performed flexibly and efficiently. For this purpose, the content reproduction system includes a content reproduction apparatus which reproduces a content including at least one of audio and an image, and a device connected to the content reproduction apparatus, in which the content reproduction apparatus is provided with acknowledging unit which acknowledges a driving condition of the device and a controlling unit which operates according to the acknowledged driving condition.
US08433168B2	Active optical fiber and method for fabricating an active optical fiber A section of active optical fiber (11) which comprises an active core (1), an inner cladding layer (2) and an outer cladding layer (3). The diameter of said core 1) and the thickness of said inner cladding (2) change gradually along the length of said section of active optical fiber (11). This forms tapered longitudinal profile enabling a continuous mode conversion process along the length of the section of fiber (11). The method for fabricating a section of tapered active optical fiber comprises the steps of fabricating a preform for drawing active optical fiber from said preform, installing said preform into a drawing tower, drawing optical fiber in said drawing tower and altering at least one of the two parameters including the take-off preform speed and the take-up fiber speed during drawing of the optical fiber.
US08433166B2	Multi-core optical fibre A multi-core optical fiber 1A in which a plurality of cores can easily be identified even in the case where they are symmetrically arranged in its section has seven cores 10 to 16, a visual recognition marker 20, and a shared cladding 30 enclosing the seven cores 10 to 16 and the visual recognition marker 20. The cores 10 to 16 and the visual recognition marker 20 extend along the fiber-axis direction. The respective refractive index of the cores 10 to 16 is higher than the refractive index of the cladding 30. The refractive index of the visual recognition marker 20 differs from that of the cladding 30. In the cross-section perpendicular to the fiber-axis, the cores 10 to 16 are arranged such that they have 6-fold rotational symmetry and line symmetry. The visual recognition marker 20 is arranged at a position which breaks such symmetry.
US08433160B2	Smart fastener and smart insert for a fastener using fiber Bragg gratings to measure strain and temperature A measurement device including a fastener for use in attaching a first member to a second member, in which the fastener has an aperture extending through a length of the fastener, and a first optical fiber located within the aperture, in which the first optical fiber includes at least one fiber Bragg grating sensor. At least a portion of the first optical fiber can be secured within the aperture. A first end of the first optical fiber can be connected to an associated first optical connector and a second end of the first optical fiber can be connected to an associated second optical connector.
US08433157B2	System and method for three-dimensional object reconstruction from two-dimensional images A system and method for three-dimensional (3D) acquisition and modeling of a scene using two-dimensional (2D) images are provided. The system and method provides for acquiring first and second images of a scene, applying a smoothing function to the first image to make feature points of objects, e.g., corners and edges of the objects, in the scene more visible, applying at least two feature detection functions to the first image to detect feature points of objects in the first image, combining outputs of the at least two feature detection functions to select object feature points to be tracked, applying a smoothing function to the second image, applying a tracking function on the second image to track the selected object feature points, and reconstructing a three-dimensional model of the scene from an output of the tracking function.
US08433151B2	Image coding apparatus, image coding method and computer readable medium storing program An image coding apparatus includes: a transformation unit that transforms spatial domain image data having plural pixels, by a pixel block including plural pixels as a unit, into plural coefficient groups each including plural frequency domain coefficients; a grouping unit that classifies the plural coefficient groups into plural groups for classification of values in these coefficient groups; a quantization coefficient calculation unit that calculates a quantization coefficient used for quantizing plural coefficients included in the respective plural coefficient groups based on the number of coefficient groups classified in the plural groups and the values of the coefficient groups classified in the plural groups; a quantization unit that quantizes the respective plural coefficients included in the respective plural coefficient groups obtained by the transformation by using the calculated quantization coefficient; and a coding unit that encodes the plural coefficients included in the plural quantized coefficient groups to generate codes.
US08433147B2	Encoding apparatus and method, and decoding apparatus and method An encoding apparatus includes: a first processing unit performing predetermined first processing of image data to be encoded before performing encoding; an encoding unit performing the encoding of the image data of which the first processing has been performed by the first processing unit to generate a code stream; a second processing unit performing predetermined second processing of the code stream generated through the encoding of the image data performed by the encoding unit; and a control unit controlling a processing speed of the encoding performed by the encoding unit in accordance with a processing speed of the first processing by the first processing unit and a processing speed of the second processing by the second processing unit.
US08433144B2	Systems and methods for detecting red-eye artifacts Systems and methods for detecting red-eye artifacts in a digital image are provided. In this regard, a representative system, among others, includes a processing device that facilitates execution of programs stored in the image processing device and memory that is electrically coupled to the processing device. The memory is configured to store the programs that include a red-eye detection manager, which is configured to detect a red-eye in the digital image based on the detection of excited state of normal-eye that causes the red-eye.
US08433142B2	Methods and apparatus to detect differences between images Methods and apparatus to detect differences between images are disclosed. An example method to identify image differences disclosed herein comprises electronically determining whether a difference between a first block of pixels of a sample image and a second block of pixels of a reference image is resolvable using a transformation operation, when the difference between the first and second blocks is determined to be unresolvable, but not when the difference between the first and second blocks is determined to be resolvable, including the first block in an unresolved difference region of the sample image, and electronically generating a difference signature representative of the unresolved difference region, the difference signature to identify the unresolved difference region of the sample image.
US08433140B2	Image metadata propagation Methods and computer-readable media for propagating content category information to images stored in a database are described. A seed image that is associated with a known content category is received. A content-based image retrieval is conducted using the seed image as a search query image. A number of search result images are identified. The content category is propagated to the search result images. Metadata associated with the search result images is aggregated and analyzed to identify domains that should also be associated with the content category. Additional images that are associated with the domain are identified and the content category propagated thereto. The process is iterated using the additional images as search query images for the content-based image retrieval.
US08433133B2	Method and apparatus for detecting objects in an image A method of detecting generally rectangular objects in an image comprises determining candidate rectangles in the image based on detected corners in the image, ranking the candidate rectangles on the basis of a set of differentiating factors and detecting objects in the images based on the ranked candidate rectangles.
US08433132B2	Method for efficient representation and processing of color pixel data in digital pathology images Efficient representation of color digital pathology images (DPI) is described herein, which is accomplished by exploiting properties unique to such images. The method decomposes the data into constituent parts whose relative importance is able to be specified, allowing the data to be accurately represented with less bit precision, less spatial resolution or less spectral resolution. Two specific areas where the method is able to be utilized include: (1) more-efficient image compression; and (2) more efficient processing of the data. Efficient image compression is accomplished by assigning fewer bits to less-important colors. Efficient data processing is accomplished by processing only those colors, or combinations of colors, that are deemed important.
US08433126B2	Check and U.S. bank note processing device and method A check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes. The device comprises an input receptacle configured to receive checks and U.S. bank notes and an output receptacle. The device further comprises a transport mechanism configured to transport the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner. The image scanner is configured to obtain an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner. The device is configured to determine the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner. The device further comprises a memory configured to store the determined serial numbers of U.S. bank notes.
US08433108B2	Video fingerprinting A method for fingerprinting video comprising identifying motion in a video as a function of time; using the identified motion to create a motion fingerprint; identifying peaks and/or troughs in the motion fingerprint, and using these to create a reduced size points of interest motion fingerprint. Reduced size fingerprints for a plurality of known videos can be prepared and stored for later comparison with reduced size fingerprints for unknown videos, thereby providing a mechanism for identifying the unknown videos.
US08433106B2	Increasing face detection speed Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with increasing face detection speed are described. One example method includes determining whether to control a face detection process to selectively perform a face detection in a patch in a digital image. The face detection may be based, at least in part, on determining whether the patch overlaps a face previously identified by the face detection process. The example method may also include providing a signal to control the face detection process to perform the face detection upon determining that a patch overlap does not exceed an overlap factor.
US08433099B2	Vehicle discrimination apparatus, method, and computer readable medium storing program thereof The pixels located at equal intervals in a shot image are converted into intensity components and applied with a differential filter. The number of the obtained variations that have values larger than or equal to a certain value among the obtained variations is counted. Then discrimination of a vehicle shot in the target image is executed on the basis of the counted value. The counted value varies depending on a size of a shot object in a shot image. The counted value is large when an occupied area of the object is large, and the counted value is small when the occupied area of the object is small. By so doing, it is advantageously possible to properly discriminate a vehicle.
US08433086B2	Hearing apparatus with passive input level-dependent noise reduction A hearing apparatus and in particular a hearing device is to be provided, in which interference noises are to be reduced however as natural an acoustic image as possible is consequently retained. To this end, a hearing apparatus with a first signal processing channel, into which a noise reduction device is integrated and a second signal processing channel, which has the same input as the first signal processing channel and into which no noise reduction device, but instead a level limitation device is integrated, is proposed. An adding device adds the output signals of both signal processing channels to form an overall output signal. A passive input level-dependent noise reduction can thus be realized, with which quiet signals can be heard again despite the noise reduction.
US08433082B2	Intraoral appliance for sound transmission via bone conduction An intra-oral appliance for transmitting sound via bone conduction and optimized for comfort, safety, speech intelligibility, eating and drinking and extended wear by the user including an actuator to provide bone conduction sound transmission; a transceiver coupled to the actuator to cause the actuator to generate sound; and a first chamber containing the actuator and the transceiver, said first chamber adapted to be coupled to one or more teeth of the user.
US08433081B2	Bone conduction devices generating tangentially-directed mechanical force using a linearly moving mass A bone conduction device, comprising: a sound input element configured to receive an acoustic sound signal; an electronics module configured generate an electrical signal representing said acoustic sound signal; and a transducer, comprising a mass configured to move in a rotational direction, configured to generate a vibrational force in a tangential direction with respect to a recipient's bone.
US08433069B2	Software defined radio device, and method for renewing software, and software defined radio system A software defined radio device and a download server store a plurality of common keys in common key data. The download server arbitrarily determines a common key from the common key data and conveys information identifying the common key to be used to the software defined radio device. An authenticator of the software defined radio device identifies a common key from the common key data using the information identifying the common key, authenticates using the common key, and performs subsequent communications using the common key. When sending software, a hash value is attached for confirming the security. A device ID of the software defined radio device is also attached to data for confirming which software defined radio device receives the software. The software is securely downloaded by a common key encryption having smaller processing requirements than those of a public key encryption.
US08433067B2	Device, method, and program for image encryption/decryption In order to encrypt a part of an input image in such a manner that the encrypted part can be located for decryption, means for regularly converting pixel values in the area to be encrypted and generating a pattern unique to the pixel value conversion in order to encrypt the area to be encrypted; means for setting a specified positioning marker for locating an encryption position at two or more of the four corners of the area to be encrypted; and means for setting one or more checking marks for verifying appropriateness of a decrypted image in the encrypted area before the decryption are included.
US08433054B2	Housing for telecommunications equipment A telecommunications equipment mounting assembly is disclosed herein. The assembly includes a housing adapted for holding telecommunications equipment such as an optical-to-electrical and electrical-to-optical converter modules. The telecommunications equipment mounting assembly also includes an adapter plate removably connected to the housing. The adapted plate includes structure for managing both fiber optic and copper cable.
US08433053B2	Voice user interfaces based on sample call descriptions A design interface is described for maintaining call information for creating a voice user interface. An initial set of sample call paths is defined for a dialog application. Each sample call path has associated call information including a sequence of system prompts and caller responses that model a user interaction through the dialog application for the sample call path. A call design database stores the call information. A set of subsequent call paths is defined for the dialog application using the call information in the call design database. The call information in the call design database is updated to reflect current versions of the call information for all the call paths.
US08433047B2	Method and system for measuring market-share for an entire telecommunication market A method for collecting data to measure market-share for a defined telecommunication market. A market of interest is defined and a random panel of numbers is created. A call set-up is initiated to the created random panels by generating signaling messages wherein the signaling messages access a Calling Name Services (CNAM) database, a Local Number Portability (LNP) database, an E-911 Automated Location Information (ALI) database and a Line Information Database (LIDB) using signaling system 7 (SS7) protocol. Generated signaling messages access ENUM (Telephone Number Mapping) database and Internet Protocol (IP) Peering database using IP. The response to the generated signaling messages are used to determine assignment status, business ownership, businesses versus residential status and the technology employed for a given number in the created panel. In one embodiment, the process is repeated over a period in order to determine changes to the market-share and derivative metrics for the telecommunication market.
US08433046B2	Line control apparatus, line control method, and computer-readable storage medium A line control apparatus having a first interface for connecting to a telephone line, a second interface for connecting to a facsimile apparatus, and a third interface for connecting to a telephone, includes: a first detecting unit that detects a calling signal transmitted from the telephone line and a second detecting unit configured to detect a signal from the telephone line, such signal having a voltage lower than a voltage that the first detecting unit can detect. In accordance with the second detecting unit having detected a signal from the telephone line, the control unit switches from a state wherein the first interface and the third interface are connected to a state of not being connected.
US08433045B2	Computer telephony system, method and server A computer telephony system allows a user to control different communications terminals at different times via a second system, external to the computer telephony system. The computer telephony system comprises a plurality of communications terminals each of which has an identifier. The computer telephony system further comprises means for generating a key and for recording internally a mapping linking the key and the identifier of a first communications terminal and means for changing the mapping, on a request by the user, so as to link the key with a second communications terminal. In operation, the key is provided to a second system, external to the computer telephony system and accessible by the user. According to one aspect, the computer telephony system further comprises means for issuing a computer telephony message comprising the identifier of the first communications terminal to a communications controller in response to receiving from the second system the key and a computer telephony command provided to the second system from the user.
US08433042B2	Transcoding voice to/from text based on location of a communication device A device, method, and system for routing communications to an output of a communications device, such as a mobile telephone, based on the format of an incoming communication and an output mode of the communications device is disclosed. An incoming speech communication can be delivered to a speaker output or forwarded to a format converter to create a text communication that can be delivered to a display output. An incoming text communication can be delivered to a display output or forwarded to a format converter to create a speech communication for delivery to a speaker output. The output mode of the communication device can be set according to device settings, application settings, or location of the device, or a combination thereof. The invention provides new delivery options for communications which can be inure appropriate for a location or current use of the communication device than those previously available.
US08433041B2	Method and system to enable touch-free incoming call handling and touch-free outgoing call origination A system for enabling a user of a communication device to both handle an incoming call and originate an outgoing call without having to touch the communication device, by way of exchange of voice messages with the communication device. The system is operative for receiving a signal produced by a microphone associated with the communication device and for processing this signal in an attempt to detect at least one of a plurality of spoken commands potentially contained therein. The plurality of spoken commands comprises at least one spoken call handling command and at least one spoken call origination command. In response to detecting a spoken call handling command, the system causes handling of an incoming call destined for the communication device in accordance with the detected spoken call handling command. In response to detecting a spoken call origination command, the system causes an attempt to establish an outgoing call using the communication device in accordance with the detected spoken call origination command.
US08433040B2	Telephone switchboard and electronic device for providing power to load having different resistance values at different operation modes A telephone switchboard provides various operating voltages to a telephone in different operation modes. The telephone switchboard includes a control unit, an output control circuit and a voltage converter. The control unit detects the operation mode of a telephone and generates control signals to the output control unit. The output control unit controls direction of current flowing through the telephone according to the control signal, and generates a feedback signal according to any change in the operation mode of the telephone. The voltage converter receives the feedback signal and converts the received power to a suitable output operation voltage according to the feedback signal. The telephone switchboard is capable of providing various operation voltages to the telephone in the different operation modes.
US08433036B2	Scanning systems The invention provides methods, systems and detector arrangements for scanning an object moving in a first direction that includes the steps of irradiating the object with radiation having a peak energy of at least 900 keV, providing a first detector region having a thickness of at least 2 mm and a second detector region having a thickness of at least 5 mm where the second detector region is arranged to receive radiation that has passed through the first detector region, and detecting the radiation after it has interacted with or passed through the object in order to provide information relating to the object.
US08433028B2	Latency locked loop circuit for driving a buffer circuit In an embodiment, a circuit includes a buffer circuit including a buffer input and an output terminal and a latency locked loop (LLL) circuit. The LLL circuit includes a signal input for receiving an input signal, a feedback input coupled to the output terminal, and a signal output coupled to the buffer input. The LLL circuit is configured to control a propagation delay between the signal input and the signal output to produce a substantially constant total delay from the signal input to the output terminal.
US08433020B2	High-speed serial data transceiver and related methods A high-speed serial data transceiver includes multiple receivers and transmitters for receiving and transmitting multiple analog, serial data signals at multi-gigabit-per-second data rates. Each receiver includes a timing recovery system for tracking a phase and a frequency of the serial data signal associated with the receiver. The timing recovery system includes a phase interpolator responsive to phase control signals and a set of reference signals having different predetermined phases. The phase interpolator derives a sampling signal, having an interpolated phase, to sample the serial data signal. The timing recovery system in each receiver independently phase-aligns and frequency synchronizes the sampling signal to the serial data signal associated with the receiver. A receiver can include multiple paths for sampling a received, serial data signal in accordance with multiple time-staggered sampling signals, each having an interpolated phase.
US08433009B2	Method for determining as to whether a received signal includes a data signal A method of determining as to whether a received signal includes a data signal is provided. The method provided includes determining a first value based on a cyclic auto-correlation of the received signal and determining a second value based on the cyclic auto-correlation of the received signal. The method provided further includes determining as to whether a received signal includes a data signal based on a comparison of the first value and the second value.
US08433008B2	Receiver for detecting signals in the presence of high power interference A RF receiver that comprises: (i) a complex mixer for converting a version of the RF signal to a complex baseband signal comprising an in-phase component and a quadrature component; (ii) one or more analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) connected to the complex mixer for digitizing the in-phase component and the quadrature component of the complex baseband signal; and (iii) a digital signal processor (DSP) connected the one or more ADCs. The DSP is programmed to mitigate interference in the complex baseband signal by a process that comprises the steps of: (i) performing at least one cross correlation operation involving L-length segments of the digitized in-phase and quadrature components of the complex baseband signal; and (ii) concatenating the cross-correlated L-length segments of the digitized in-phase and quadrature components of the complex baseband signal to produce digitized interference mitigated in-phase and quadrature components of the complex baseband signal.
US08433000B2	Method and circuit for receiving data The invention relates to a circuit and method for receiving a signal of which—at the receiver end—the frequency is basically unknown. By sampling the data and deriving the frequency of the signal (or actually: the data rate of the data carried by the signal) and setting a phase locked loop in the receiver to the derived—estimated—circuit, the receiver can very quickly tune in to the frequency of the signal. Hence, no embedded or accompanying clock is required for the signal. Oversampling of the signal by the receiver front end is preferred, though.
US08432999B2	Method and apparatus for channel response calculation in an OFDM receiver An efficient algorithm is described for use with OFDM receivers that characterizes the impulse response of a communication channel using frequency domain techniques that reduce computational and memory requirements, relative to time-domain cross-correlation methods, without sacrificing algorithm performance. An FFT engine is used to transform a time domain input sequence, the transformed sequence is multiplied by the conjugate of the expected sequence, the product of several sequences is averaged, then the FFT engine transforms the average back to a time domain sequence, the magnitude of which is the impulse response of the channel.
US08432985B2	Pilot design for improved channel and interference estimation Techniques for transmitting pilot and for processing received pilot to obtain channel and interference estimates are described. A terminal may generate pilot symbols for a first cluster in a time frequency block based on a first sequence and may generate pilot symbols for a second cluster in the time frequency block based on a second sequence. The first and second sequences may include common elements arranged in different orders and may be considered as different versions of a single sequence. The terminal may transmit the pilot symbols in their respective clusters. A base station may obtain received pilot symbols from multiple clusters in the time frequency block. The base station may form each of multiple basis vectors with multiple versions of the sequence assigned to the terminal and may process the received pilot symbols with the multiple basis vectors to obtain a channel estimate for the terminal.
US08432984B2	Adaptive scheme to determine the sub-carrier spacing for multi-carrier systems Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a typical multi-carrier technique that has been applied by many advanced wireless communication systems, e.g., 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) and WiMAX. In order to support high mobility transmission, the sub-carrier spacing of multi-carrier systems is made large enough to overcome the Doppler frequency offset. However, this large sub-carrier spacing results in lower transmission efficiency since the CP (Cyclic Prefix) consumes a considerable of radio resources. The present invention provides an adaptive scheme to determine the sub-carrier spacing in which the default sub-carrier spacing is set to support lower mobility, while the adaptively adjusted sub-carrier spacing based on User Equipment (UE) mobile velocities is set to support higher mobility.
US08432981B1	High frequency and idle communication signal state detection Various techniques are provided to detect a state of a communication signal. In one example, a method of detecting a state of a signal includes receiving a differential communication signal comprising a positive portion and a complementary negative portion. The method also includes generating a common mode voltage signal from the positive portion and the negative portion of the communication signal. The method also includes rectifying the positive portion and the negative portion of the communication signal to provide a rectified signal. The method also includes comparing the common mode voltage, signal with the rectified signal. The method also includes generating a high frequency detect signal in response to the comparing. The method also includes determining whether the communication signal is in an idle state or a high frequency state based on the high frequency detect signal.
US08432980B2	Method and system of interleaving for a multiple-input multiple-output multi-band OFDM communication system A multiple-input multiple-output multi-band OFDM transmission system (400) employs a data interleaving arrangement that is backwards compatible with specifications for a legacy interleaver. In one embodiment, an input data stream is parsed into two or more separate data streams by a round robin parser (310) and each of the separate data streams is shifted by a corresponding number of symbols and then interleaved by a legacy interleaver (340i). In another embodiment, data for a plurality (N*i) of symbols is split into N sequential groups of data, each group corresponding to one of N MIMO spatial streams, each stream including data for i symbols. Each group is then interleaved by a legacy interleaver (520i). In a third embodiment, an input data stream is interleaved by a scaled version of the legacy interleaver (610), and then parsed by a round-robin parser (620).
US08432979B2	Coordinated cyclic shift and sequence hopping for Zadoff-Chu, modified Zadoff-Chu, and block-wise spreading sequences A cyclic shift of a reference signal is quantized as a combination of a cell specific cyclic shift with an outcome of a pseudo-random hopping, and an indication of the cell specific cyclic shift is broadcast in the cell. In one embodiment the cyclic shift is quantized as a modulo operation on a sum of the cell specific cyclic shift, the outcome of the pseudo-random hopping, and a user specific cyclic shift, in which case an indication of the user specific cyclic shift is sent in an uplink resource allocation and a user sends its cyclically shifted reference signal in the uplink resource allocated by the uplink resource allocation. The cyclic shift may also be quantized according to length of the reference signal as cyclic_shift_symbol=(cyclic_shift_value*length of the reference signal)/12; where cyclic_shift_value is between zero and eleven and cyclic_shift_symbol is the amount of cyclic shift given in reference signal symbols.
US08432978B2	Method and apparatus for arranging pilot tones in a mobile communication system An apparatus and method are provided for arranging tones to isolate signals between base stations (BSs) in a high rate packet data (HRPD) system. Packet data is received from a higher layer and the received packet data is channel-coded and modulated. Guard tones are inserted into symbols of the modulated packet data. Pilot tones are inserted using pilot tone arrangements based on preset pilot tone offsets. The packet data symbols to which the pilot tone arrangements have been applied are spread such that BSs for transmitting different broadcast contents are distinguished from each other. A cyclic prefix (CP) is inserted after performing an inverse Fourier transform on the spread packet data symbols, and the symbols are transmitted.
US08432975B2	Apparatus and method for processing a picture frame Apparatuses and methods for processing a picture frame are provided. The apparatus comprises a decoder, a memory, and an image processing unit. The decoder decodes blocks of the picture frame and deblocks decoded blocks to generate deblocked blocks. The memory stores the decoded blocks and deblocked blocks. The image processing unit acquires decoded or deblocked blocks through different paths, for example, from the decoder or from both the decoder and memory depending on whether a next MB row is required for deblocking.
US08432973B2	Interpolation frame generation apparatus, interpolation frame generation method, and broadcast receiving apparatus According to one embodiment, an interpolation frame generation apparatus generates an interpolation frame image to be inserted between continuous frame images. The interpolation frame generation apparatus includes a motion vector detection module and a generation module. The motion vector detection module is configured to execute block matching processing in each of a plurality of blocks included in the continuous frame images and specify one motion vector on an interpolation frame. The generation module is configured to, for an interpolation block in which the motion vector detection module specifies one motion vector, generate an interpolation frame image based on the motion vector, and for an interpolation block in which the motion vector detection module does not specify one motion vector, generate an interpolation frame image based on the frame image containing no motion vector component.
US08432954B2	Video serializer/deserializer having selectable multi-lane serial interface A video processing system may include a video deserializer, a video serializer and a programmable video processing device. The video deserializer may have an input for receiving a serial data stream containing video data and a serial to pseudo-parallel converter, coupled to the serial data stream, for generating a plurality of serial output lanes from the serial data stream. The video serializer may have a plurality of inputs for receiving serial data streams and a pseudo-parallel to serial converter, coupled to the plurality of input serial data streams, for generating a single serial data stream from the plurality of input serial data streams. The programmable video processing device may be coupled to the video deserializer and the video serializer, and may have a plurality of interface pins for receiving the plurality of serial output lanes from the deserializer and for transmitting the plurality of serial data streams to the serializer.
US08432945B2	Laser diode combiner modules In a laser module (310), single-emitter laser diode chips (110) are positioned at different heights on opposite sides of the module's combined output beam (114). Each laser diode chip (110), and its corresponding fast and slow axis collimators (130, 134), and turning mirror (140) are positioned on a corresponding heat-dissipating surface region (340). High thermal stability and output power are obtained in some embodiments even if the modules are combined to obtain higher-level modules (310-2). Other features and embodiments are also provided.
US08432938B2	Method and system for video stream transmission over wireless channels A method and system for transmitting video information from a sender to a receiver over a wireless channel, is provided. Video information bits are placed into multiple data packets, and transmitted in a burst sequence from a sender to a receiver over a wireless channel in a first time frame. Transmission of each data packet is separated from transmission of the next data packet by an inter-frame time period which is shortened by a channel switching duration. Then, selected video information bits are retransmitted to from the sender to the receiver in a second time frame.
US08432928B2	Handover control between base stations in a multi-hop mobile communication network A handover control method carried out at a mobile station for switching a destination base station in a multi-hop network includes a reception step of receiving a communication signal and information of neighboring base stations used to identify a base station existing in the surrounding area of the base station transmitted from the base station, and a control step of controlling handover on the basis of the signal and information thus received. The control step includes a present destination decision step of deciding the base station currently connected, a switching decision step of using the information of neighboring base stations to decide whether or not the base station to be connected is to be switched over, and a switching step of switching over the base station to be connected on the basis of the decision result of the switching decision step. Thus unnecessary handover operations can be reduced.
US08432926B1	Adjustable time division multiplexing (ATDM) arbitration methods and systems Aspects of the disclosure provide an arbitration system for scheduling access of a plurality of clients to a shared resource. The arbitration system includes a plurality of association circuits corresponding to a plurality of profiles, a plurality of trigger circuits respectively coupled to the plurality of association circuits, and a selection circuitry. Each association circuit is configured to associate clients with the corresponding profile based on client attributes. Each trigger circuit is configured to periodically generate triggers at a rate based on the corresponding profile of the coupled association circuit, and each trigger causes the associated clients of the corresponding profile to be placed on a list of eligible clients. The selection circuitry is configured to select, for a time slice in a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) frame, a client from the list of eligible clients using an arbitration scheme for accessing the shared resource.
US08432920B2	Direct link setup mechanisms for wireless LANs Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer programs comprise a communication circuit to establish an infrastructure mode wireless connection with a wireless client through a wireless access point, and to establish a direct link setup (DLS) mode wireless connection with the wireless client; and a control circuit to select either infrastructure mode or DLS mode for communication with the wireless client based on at least one characteristic of the infrastructure mode and DLS mode wireless connections; wherein the communication circuit exchanges frames of data with the wireless client using the selected mode.
US08432917B2	System and method for concurrent sessions in a peer-to-peer hybrid communications network An improved system and method are disclosed for peer-to-peer communications. In one example, the method provides for concurrent sessions to be maintained by multiple endpoints.
US08432914B2	Method for optimizing a network prefix-list search A packet network device includes a route processor that operates to maintain one or more forwarding tables and it includes one or more line cards that operate to process information received by the packet network device from the network and to forward the information to its correct destination. The route processor also operates to identify which incoming prefixes can be used to update the forwarding tables or to identify prefixes stored in the packet network device that can be redistributed from one network protocol to another network protocol running on the route processor. A table management function running on the route processor operates to identify the best match between an incoming prefix and information included in policy statement associated with both an ordered prefix-list and a radix tree structure.
US08432882B2	Multiple transport receiver Systems and methods for de-combining a single combined data stream into a plurality of original data streams, where each original data stream has its own timing information, and passing respective original data steams to, e.g., one or more DVB-T modulators for broadcast into, e.g., a single frequency network. The original data streams and the single combined data stream may be, e.g., MPEG-compliant data streams.
US08432879B2	Method of transmitting control channel information in an OFDM communication system downlink In a method of transmitting control channel symbols in an OFDM communication system downlink in each sub-frame, the OFDM communication system including one or more transmit antennae, for each transmit antenna, each of the OFDM symbols of a control channel which are to be transmitted over the air is mapped to each of the corresponding non-punctured logical resource elements of one virtual control resource block VCRBp,k. For each transmit antenna, the logical resource elements in each virtual control resource block VCRBp,k are mapped to physical resource elements in each of the first L OFDM symbols so that the physical resource elements are uniformly spaced over the entire transmission bandwidth. For each transmit antenna, the physical resource elements are transmitted to user equipment.
US08432875B2	Method and device for sending information in a physical uplink control channel The present invention discloses a method and device for sending a message in a physical uplink control channel. The present invention overcomes the problem that an index of the physical uplink control channel corresponding to a ACK/NACK message can not be represented implicitly in prior art by using the known downlink information, which includes an index of the control channel element where control signaling associated with downlink data is located and an index of a sub-frame where the downlink data is located. Therefore, the index of the physical uplink control channel where the ACK/NACK message associated with the downlink data is located can be represented and the ACK/NACK message can be sent in an appropriate physical uplink control channel.
US08432871B1	Offloading mobile traffic from a mobile core network In general, the invention is directed to techniques for offloading mobile data traffic from a mobile core network to a broadband network. For example, as described herein, a breakout gateway forwards a service request from a mobile device and addressed to a service node. The service node designates an access point name (APN) for offload such that data traffic associated with service requests specifying the designated APN is to be offloaded to an offload network. The service node receives the service requests from the breakout gateway and, if the service request specifies the designated APN, the service node sends a request to the breakout gateway. The breakout gateway receives the request and assigns a routable PDP address to the mobile device. An offload module on the breakout gateway redirects mobile data traffic to the offload network when the source PDP address of the traffic is the previously assigned PDP address.
US08432859B2	Indicating dynamic allocation of component carriers in multi-component carrier systems The present invention provides a method involving an access network and user equipment that supports communication over an air interface using a plurality of component carriers. The method includes transmitting information indicating that a first component carrier is an anchor carrier for the user equipment. The information is transmitted from the access network in a first field of the first component carrier, which selected from the plurality of component carriers. The method also includes transmitting information indicating that one or more second component carriers is allocated as a non-anchor carrier for the user equipment.
US08432849B2	Wireless system performance modeling An arrangement is provided for modeling the performance of a communication network. One or two sigmoid functions may be used to model the performance of a physical layer versus the SINR of a transmission channel across all of the available modulation and coding schemes. The sigmoid function(s) abstract(s) away all of the available modulation and coding choices to provide an estimate for the PHY throughput. This estimate can then be utilized by higher network layers to obtain the network throughput at the application level, which may then be used to produce a data stream by an application source. Based on the data stream thus produced, the quality of information to be transmitted via a channel, when received, may be estimated.
US08432841B2	Methods and arrangements in a radio communications system The user equipment comprises a radio transmitter arranged to transmit data packets to a receiver on an uplink channel and a receiver arranged to receive data packets transmitted from a transmitter on a downlink channel. The user equipment comprises circuitry that analyzes the received data packets.
US08432834B2	System for disambiguating voice collisions In one embodiment, techniques for processing voice collisions are provided. A voice collision of two or more voice streams associated with two or more speakers is determined. The voice collision of the two or more voice streams is dynamically disambiguated. The two or more voice streams are then rendered such that the voice collision is disambiguated. The voice collision may be disambiguated using spatial relocation, buffering, etc.
US08432833B2	Auto MEP ID assignment within CFM maintenance association A device may include a maintenance association endpoint configured to select a maintenance association endpoint identifier, transmit the maintenance association endpoint identifier to one or more other maintenance association endpoints, and automatically assign the maintenance association endpoint identifier to the maintenance association endpoint if it is determined that the maintenance association endpoint identifier is available based on a conflict message received from one of the one more other maintenance association endpoints.
US08432831B2	Method of routing path in wireless sensor networks based on clusters A routing method for a cluster-based wireless sensor network is provided for improving lifespan of the network and reducing network traffic. A routing method is proposed for a wireless sensor network having a sensor field defined by a plurality of clusters each including a plurality of sensor nodes and a header node, one of the cluster is a head cluster including a sink node. The routing method includes announcing, at least one sensor node which is the sensor node detected an event, the event; requesting, at the sink node, the source node to transmit data required for ubiquitous services; and transmitting, at the at least one source node, data to the sink node. Announcing the event includes relaying, at the at least one source node, a data announcement packet from a source cluster to which the source node belongs to a destination cluster which is arranged along an ith second direction axis through the header nodes of the clusters arranged along a first direction axis of the source cluster. The routing method of the present invention reduces the transmission amounts of data request and data packets, thereby conserving the energy and bandwidth, resulting in improvement of network life time.
US08432829B2	Method and apparatus for allocating the number of code words and power A method for allocating the number of code words and power according to physical channels carrying data includes: determining initial power and an initial number of code words; adjusting the initial power and the initial number of code words in balanced mode according to resource utilization of data transmission physical channels to select a transport block size (TBS) suitable for data transmission, where the power and the number of code words corresponding to the TBS suitable for data transmission are allocated power and number of code words. An apparatus for allocating the number of code words and power according to physical channels carrying data is also provided. With the present application, it is guaranteed that the number of code words and the power may be allocated in balanced mode.
US08432823B2	Wireless communications method and apparatus The invention relates to a method of accessing a channel in a wireless network having a plurality of communication nodes, the method comprising identifying a first channel available for use, forming a cognitive network to manage utilization of said first channel, said cognitive network comprising a leader node and at least one of said plurality of said communication nodes, managing said cognitive network by means of said leader node including identifying a second channel available for use in an event that said first channel being no longer available for use, and switching to said second channel upon said second channel being identified.
US08432820B2	Radio and bandwidth aware routing metric for multi-radio multi-channel multi-hop wireless networks A method and system are described for establishing an end-to-end route for data to traverse a wireless network, including calculating a link cost function, calculating a quantized link cost function using the calculated link cost, function, calculating a quantized cost of each of a plurality, of end-to-end routes for data to traverse the wireless network, wherein the plurality of end-to-end routes include routes between a same set of nodes in the wireless network, wherein, the quantized cost of each of the plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse the wireless network is performed using the quantized link cost function and selecting one of the plurality of end-to-end routes, for data to traverse the wireless network based on the quantized cost of each of the plurality of end-to-end routes. Also described is a node in a wireless network configured to participate in the establishment of a bi-directional end-to-end route for data to traverse the wireless network.
US08432796B2	Method, computer program product, and apparatus for providing automatic gain control via signal sampling and categorization An apparatus for detecting and adjusting volumes levels may include a processor capable of receiving data from a carrier(s). The processor is also capable of receiving trigger control signals from a trigger control and arranging the data into frames that are stored in a buffer. The processor is also capable of determining whether the trigger control signals include data indicating whether a determination regarding adjustment of a volume level of the data is required. The apparatus also includes a packet analyzer capable of calculating an average volume level associated with the frames when a determination reveals that adjustment of the volume level is required and is capable of generating categories, corresponding to intensity levels and categorizing the frames according to the intensity levels based on the average. The packet analyzer is also capable of determining whether to adjust the volume level based on a category assigned to the frames.
US08432794B2	Method and apparatus for selecting multiple transport formats and transmitting multiple transport blocks simultaneously with multiple H-ARQ processes A method and apparatus for selecting multiple transport formats and transmitting multiple transport blocks (TBs) in a transmission time interval simultaneously with multiple hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) processes in a wireless communication system are disclosed. Available physical resources and H-ARQ processes associated with the available physical resources are identified and channel quality of each of the available physical resources is determined. Quality of service (QoS) requirements of higher layer data to be transmitted are determined. The higher layer data is mapped to at least two H-ARQ processes. Physical transmission and H-ARQ configurations to support QoS requirements of the higher layer data mapped to each H-ARQ process are determined. TBs are generated from the mapped higher layer data in accordance with the physical transmission and H-ARQ configurations of each H-ARQ process, respectively. The TBs are transmitted via the H-ARQ processes simultaneously.
US08432790B2	Hierarchical protection switching framework A hierarchical protection switching framework uses detectors and protectors. A protector registers with a detector to receive notifications. A detector identifies a condition and the interested protector, and notifies the interested protector. The protector in response to the notification, typically either performs protection switching or notifies another protector of the condition. This protection switching is an extensible operation, and typically may include, but is not limited to switching traffic to a backup facility from a facility corresponding to the condition and switching traffic to a backup component from a component corresponding to the condition. The decision of a protector whether to notify another protector of the condition can be made based on different factors, such as, but not limited to a failure of the protection switching by the protector, a database lookup operation to identify whether notification of another particular condition has been received or not received, etc.
US08432787B2	Softrouter protocol disaggregation A SoftRouter architecture deconstructs routers by separating the control entities of a router from its forwarding components, enabling dynamic binding between them. In the SoftRouter architecture, control plane functions are aggregated and implemented on a few smart servers which control forwarding elements that are multiple network hops away. A dynamic binding protocol performs network-wide control plane failovers. Network stability is improved by aggregating and remotely hosting routing protocols, such as OSPF and BGP. This results in faster convergence, lower protocol messages processed, and fewer route changes following a failure. The SoftRouter architecture includes a few smart control entities that manage a large number of forwarding elements to provide greater support for network-wide control. In the SoftRouter architecture, routing protocols operate remotely at a control element and control one or more forwarding elements by downloading the forwarding tables, etc. into the forwarding elements. Intra-domain routing and inter-domain routing are also included.
US08432785B2	Flexible SDMA and interference suppression Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for performing interference suppression in spatial division multiple access (SDMA) systems. When the number of receive antennas of a receiver is equal or larger than the number of spatial streams intended for the receiver, the receiver may perform interference suppression on the signals received on all of its antennas. In addition, certain aspects of the present disclosure present a flexible SDMA technique in which a plurality of channel estimates that may be received from an explicit feedback or estimated implicitly, are combined. The combined channel estimate may be used in calculating the SDMA weights.
US08432779B2	Recording medium with restricted playback feature and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or read-only recording medium, such as BD-ROM, capable of preventing unauthorized duplication of data streams, written thereon, onto another medium, such as a BD-RE or BD-R, which includes physical mark information, and to methods and apparatuses for forming, recording, reproducing, and restricting playback of the recording medium to prevent unauthorized duplication.
US08432775B2	Motor driving circuit An SPM driver drives a spindle motor. A VCM driver drives a VCM. A DC/DC converter (switching regulator) receives a power supply voltage from an external circuit, and generates a stabilized voltage. Linear regulators each receive a power supply voltage from an external circuit, and each generates a stabilized voltage. A shock detection circuit detects vibration of a device mounting the driving circuit. A power monitoring circuit monitors the power supply voltage, and generates a power-on reset signal which is switched to a predetermined level whenever the power supply voltage is cut off. An ADC converts the back electromotive voltage that occurs at the VCM into a digital signal. A serial interface receives data from an external host processor, which is used to control the driving circuit. Cutoff circuits are arranged between the capacitors, which are to be charged using the induced current that occurs at the SPM, and the power supply terminal. When the power supply voltage is cut off, each cutoff circuit disconnects the corresponding capacitor from the power supply terminal.

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