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US08448477B2	Laundry treating appliance with controlled reciprocating movement Reciprocating laundry treating appliances are disclosed. An example laundry treating appliance includes a motor to rotate a drum about the horizontal axis of rotation and an axial drive mechanism to reciprocate the drum relative to the horizontal axis of rotation. The drum may be reciprocated to distribute laundry within the drum. The rotation and reciprocation may be independent and/or simultaneous.
US08448472B2	I. S. machine with pressure control An I. S. Machine includes a blow station having a blow mold which closes to support a parison with the supported parison undergoing reheat and then being blown into a bottle. When reheat takes place air at low pressure is supplied to the blow tube to pressurize the interior of the parison to prevent the formation of a birdswing in a blown bottle. Air at a second pressure is supplied to the blow tube for blowing the parison into a bottle following reheat.
US08448464B2	Set of rings A set consisting of several pairs of rings (1, 2), wherein each ring has a single raised pattern (11, 21) enabling it to fit together with one other ring of the set. The raised pattern is, for example, arranged on the edge (10, 20) of each ring. The ring is mounted on an adaptation ring (3, 4) so that it can be adapted to the diameter of the wearer's finger. The individual ring pairs are manufactured with the aid of a cutting program on a digitally controlled machine.
US08448462B2	System and method for making ice A system and method for making ice is provided. The system for making ice may include a tray for containing water to be used for making ice, and an ice-making pipe positioned so that at least a portion thereof is submerged in the water contained in the tray. A refrigerant of relatively low temperature flows through the ice-making pipe during an ice-making process, while a refrigerant of relatively high temperature flows through the ice-making pipe during an ice-releasing process.
US08448460B2	Vehicular combination chiller bypass system and method A chiller bypass system is provided for deployment onboard a vehicle that includes a battery pack through which a first coolant is circulated. In one embodiment, the chiller bypass system comprises a chiller, a chiller bypass duct fluidly coupled to the battery pack and configured to supply the first coolant thereto, and a chiller bypass valve. The chiller bypass valve includes: (i) a valve inlet fluidly coupled to the battery pack and configured to receive the first coolant therefrom, (ii) a first valve outlet fluidly coupled to the chiller and configured to supply the first coolant thereto, and (iii) a second valve outlet fluidly coupled to the chiller bypass duct and configured to supply the first coolant thereto. The chiller bypass valve selectively directs coolant flow between the first valve outlet and the second valve outlet to adjust the volume of the first coolant cooled by the chiller.
US08448447B2	Gas turbine engine with fuel booster A gas turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustor section including a combustor, a turbine section, a gaseous fuel supply conduit with an upstream section and a downstream section, a fuel booster, and a heat exchanger is provided. The fuel booster is located in the gaseous fuel supply conduit. The fuel booster has a driving expander with a driving fluid inlet and a driving fluid outlet for discharging expanded air and a fuel compressor with a low pressure fuel inlet connected to the upstream section of the gaseous fuel supply conduit and a high pressure fuel outlet connected to the downstream section of the gaseous fuel supply conduit. The heat exchanger is located between the driving fluid on the one side and the gaseous fuel on the other side so that a heat transfer between the air and the gaseous fuel is possible.
US08448446B2	Actuating device, bypass air bleed system equipped therewith, and turbojet engine comprising these An actuating device for opening and closing at least one shutter in a gas turbine engine, such as a turbojet engine, includes at least one actuator made of a two-way shape memory alloy having a first stable state at a first temperature in which state it actuates either the opening or the closing of the shutter, and a second stable state at a second temperature, in which state it actuates either the closing or the opening of the shutter, respectively.
US08448445B2	Method for the start-up of a gas turbine A method is described for the start-up of a gas turbine comprising the phases of effecting a preliminary purging cycle of the discharge duct (28) of the turbine (20), establishing a predetermined minimum value (FSR1) for the flow of gaseous fuel entering the combustor (14) for a period of time which is adequate for effecting a first attempt at ignition and effecting a first attempt at ignition, effecting an intermediate purging cycle of the discharge duct (28), interrupting the flow of gaseous fuel to the combustor (14), and progressively increasing the value (FSRn) of the flow of gaseous fuel entering the combustor (14), effecting further attempts at ignition until the mixture of air/gaseous fuel has been ignited and the consequent start-up of the turbine (20), or until a predetermined maximum value (FSRmax) of the flow of gaseous fuel has been reached.
US08448444B2	Method and apparatus for mounting transition piece in combustor A bracket for a combustor, and a method for mounting a transition piece in a combustor, are disclosed. The combustor has an impingement sleeve at least partially surrounding a transition piece and an outer casing at least partially surrounding the impingement sleeve. The bracket is mounted to the transition piece and connected to the outer casing. The method includes mounting a bracket to the transition piece, extending the bracket through an impingement sleeve, the impingement sleeve at least partially surrounding the transition piece, and connecting the bracket to an outer casing, the outer casing at least partially surrounding the impingement sleeve.
US08448443B2	Combustion liner thimble insert and related method A gas turbine combustor liner has at least one circumferential row of air holes adapted to supply air in a radial direction into a combustion chamber within the liner. One or more of the air holes have a thimble fixed therein, the thimble having a substantially circular body and a pair of lips extending from an interior end of the thimble in diametrically opposed upstream and downstream directions.
US08448439B2	Electric power plant, and method for running electric power plant An electric power plant supplies steam generated to a high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine. The steam discharged from the low-pressure turbine is condensed with a condenser. Water generated with the condenser is heated with a low-pressure feed water heater and a high-pressure feed water heater. The steam extracted from the high-pressure turbine is supplied to the high-pressure feed water heater. The steam extracted from the low-pressure turbine is compressed with a steam compressor, and the steam whose temperature has been increased is then supplied to the high-pressure feed water heater. The feed water is heated in the high-pressure feed water heater by the steam extracted from the high-pressure turbine and the steam compressed with the steam compressor. Because the feed water is heated by the extracted steam and the compressed steam in the high-pressure feed water heater, the amount of power consumed by the steam compressor can be reduced.
US08448427B2	Hydrocarbon retaining and purging system for flex-fuel combustion engine Systems, methods, and computer readable storage media are described in which exhaust gas is routed to a hydrocarbon retaining device during starting, and purged to the engine intake manifold. Various alternative approaches are described for controlling operation and diagnosing degradation. Further, various interrelated configurations are described.
US08448415B2	Horse halter A halter having a continuous headstall strap that fits over the poll of the horse's head and includes a lead attachment ring at the bottom of the headstall strap.
US08448410B2	Building block, building block mold, and method for forming building block The present invention provides an improved building block formed of recycled straw stalks, a mold for forming the block, and a method of forming the block. The improved block provides a moisture and pest resistant building block having high dimensional tolerances and being capable of long term use without structural degradation.
US08448406B2	Hybrid top chord bearing framing system A method and system is provided for constructing a multilevel structure using a hybrid top chord bearing floor framing system. The method and system may include a top chord bearing floor truss positioned on a first frame structure. The top chord of the truss may include a load-bearing interface with a top surface and a bottom surface. The truss may be wholly supported by the load-bearing interface of the top chord. The method and system may further include a second frame structure on the top surface of the truss. The first frame structure may be secured to the second frame structure via a fastener that extends through both the second bottom load bearing member and load-bearing interface of the truss into the first top load bearing member of the first frame structure.
US08448405B2	Roof mount sealing assembly A variety of roof mount sealing assemblies are disclosed. The roof mount sealing assemblies allow a user to mount rails for solar panels, signs, satellite dish or any other desired item on the roof and have the mounting location sealed against water. The roof mount sealing assemblies has a body with a recess for a flexible washer, which is attached to a bolt body (or formed with the bolt body) and threaded either down in a base plate or directly into the roof. The bolt body and body form a double stud assembly, which also holds a flashing onto the roof to provide further water proofing.
US08448403B1	Water catchment building block A housing structure comprising a plurality of hollow blocks having an interlocking opening at the top and bottom; an interlocking handle at the front face; and a receiving cut-out at the rear face, left side, or right side; and wherein the plurality hollow blocks are configured to be vertically stacked to a desirable height and horizontally interconnected to form the base of the housing structure. The housing structure further comprising a plurality of gutter-like sections having an interlocking nozzle at the bottom; and an interlocking system at the left and right ends; and wherein the plurality of gutter-like sections are configured to be interlocked to the top of the housing structure to trap rain water or fill the hollow blocks. A tent-like section can be assembled in the center of the housing structure for forming the roof of the housing structure and aiding in the collecting of rain water.
US08448398B2	Vent with screen or perforated element A vent includes an outer element including an outer perforated area having at least one perforation and an inner element having at least one perforation and a peripheral portion. The outer element and the inner element are separated by a distance to define a plenum between the outer element and the inner element.
US08448397B2	Anchor system for securing a concrete wall panel to a supporting concrete foundation A cast concrete wall panel is secured to a concrete foundation by an anchor system which includes a steel base plate embedded adjacent the bottom surface of the wall panel and welded to a tapered channel projecting upwardly adjacent the inner surface of the wall panel to define a cavity. Reinforcing bars have bottom ends welded to the base plate and project upwardly into the concrete wall panel, and a hole is formed in the base plate at the bottom of the cavity. The hole receives a self-tapping concrete anchor bolt which is driven into a hole drilled within the foundation at an acute angle less than twelve degrees and preferably about six degrees from vertical. The channel has a removable cap to prevent concrete from entering the cavity during casting of the wall panel and to provide a decorative inside cover for the cavity after installing the anchor bolt.
US08448390B1	Catenary cable solar panel suspension system A system of suspended photovoltaic modules relative to a surface wherein modules are suspended generally parallel and spaced apart along the length of dual pairs of catenary cables. A hanger assembly permits initial attachment of a module during installation as the cables are mounted to the rear surfaces of the modules via mid clamp assemblies. End clamp assemblies attach the modules to the cables proximate stanchions having two spaced posts joined by cross beams, a top cross beam angled to define an inclined plane. The respective pairs of cables supporting the modules are joined with cable cross ties to form a catenary shape. The modules may be suspended in a generally consistent inclined plane or a slightly concave curve. The catenary cables and clips are sized and shaped to allow the modules limited sway movement as necessary to reduce stresses and forces during wind or other adverse weather events.
US08448389B2	Sound transmission reducing construction elements According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided an acoustic laminate suitable for use in wall, floor and ceiling assemblies and other dividing structure assemblies, the laminate including: a viscoelastic acoustic barrier being in the form of discrete, spaced apart sections or a continuous layer; and a construction panel, the barrier affixed to one or more panel faces of the construction panel.
US08448377B1	Closed-circuit pest extermination system A method and semi-permanent system for applying various pesticides within an interior space of a building structure includes a pipeline having a plurality of solenoid valves, each valve controlled by a microcontroller so that a predetermined amount of pesticide is distributed according to a predetermined, sequential timed firing sequence. The pipeline is installed external to an interior wall surface and may extend to areas far removed from the wall. A second pipeline supplies air to the solenoid valves and the microcontroller controls the flow of air to the valves so that an effective wet spray-cold aerosol fogging may be achieved. One or more sensors may be used to monitor the interior space of the building for purposes of safety. The entire system may be controlled through a computer interface, a network interface controller, a web-based interface, or a wireless device interface.
US08448375B1	Fishing apparatus The present disclosure is a bobber that has a front hollow cavity, a rear hollow cavity, and a middle hollow cavity separating the front cavity from the rear cavity, the middle hollow cavity having a first opening in a top portion of the middle hollow cavity and a second opening in a bottom portion of the middle hollow cavity. In addition, the bobber has an arm comprising a first end and a second end, the arm extending through the first opening and the second opening and fixedly connected to the middle hollow cavity, the arm attached at a first end to fishing line such that when water pressure is applied to the second end of the arm extending from the second opening the arm moves vertically causing bait attached to the fishing line to move vertically in a body of water.
US08448374B2	Adjustable base for an optic A gun sight base which is designed to allow the user to quickly adjust the elevation of the attached gun sight as a means to affect the trajectory of a projectile discharged from the host firearm. Provided is a removable, pre-calibrated adjustment cam which is in operational contact with the attached gun sight. A distance indicator is visible to the user to allow for rapid elevation adjustments without the need for tools.
US08448372B2	Rangefinders for inclined shooting of projectile weapons A method for shooting a projectile weapon involves determining the inclination of a line of sight from a vantage point to a target and a line-of-sight range to the target, then predicting a trajectory parameter at the line-of-sight range, for a preselected projectile. Using the trajectory parameter, an equivalent horizontal range may then be determined, wherein the equivalent horizontal range is the range at which the trajectory parameter would be expected to occur if the projectile were shot from the vantage point toward a theoretical target located in a horizontal plane intersecting the vantage point. The equivalent horizontal range may be utilized to compensate for ballistic drop when shooting the projectile weapon. The method may be embodied in a handheld laser rangefinder including a memory for storing ballistic data. Systems for automatic hold over adjustment in a weapon aiming device are also disclosed.
US08448370B2	Quick release connector for firearm cleaning kit and method for using the same Embodiments of the application can include a cleaning kit for a firearm and methods for using the same. Embodiments of a cleaning kit can include an elongated (e.g., flexible) shaft and different cleaning tips releasably attachable to and detachable from the shaft. First and second universal couplings can be respectively attached to ends of the shaft and cleaning tips to releasably attach the cleaning tips to the shaft. An adapter can have the first or second universal coupling on a first end and a retrofit coupler (e.g., internal or external threaded bore) on the second opposite end.
US08448368B2	Rifle accessory rail, communication, and power transfer system—rail contacts The present invention is related to weapons systems. In particular, the present invention is directed to accessory attachment systems for rifles and small arms weapons that enable attached accessory devices to draw power from a central power source and communicate with the user and/or other devices.
US08448360B2	Flap sensor activated greeting cards The interactive flap sensor activated greeting card of the present invention contains an audio module and a series of “window flaps” across the inside of the greeting card. When the greeting card is opened, a short audio prompt instructs the user to open a series of flaps inside the card to hear further audio messages or sound clips that correlate with the art work inside the card. When each flap is opened, a different audio file is played. The sound module is programmed to react to the card opening and then to trigger additional individual sounds each time one of the flaps of the card is opened. In another embodiment, the greeting card contains a series of flaps wherein opening one flap reveals another flap, and so on. Once the last flap is opened, a short audio recording is activated.
US08448352B2	Sole of a shoe for triple time walks and walking reform A sole of a shoe for triple time walks and walking reform has a bottom surface which includes a front rolling portion, a middle rolling portion and a rear rolling portion, wherein the front, the middle and the rear rolling portions of the sole are slanted upwards at a predetermined angle of inclination and thereby form a substantially arc shape. The middle rolling portion is made of a rigid material having a rigidity substantially greater than the front and the rear rolling portions and the middle rolling portion protrudes from the bottom surface of the sole beyond the front and the rear rolling portions.
US08448337B2	Device for positioning a piece of car body work on a motor vehicle A device for positioning a motor vehicle bodywork part, the bodywork part intended to be juxtaposed with a door of the vehicle, it being possible for the door to adopt an open position and a closed position on the vehicle. The positioning device includes elastic means capable of defining: a first position for the positioning device when the door is in the open position, and a second position for the positioning device when the door is in the closed position, during which the elastic means are deformed.
US08448336B2	Electrophotographic roller with resistance to nip banding An endless electrophotographic member, such as a developer roller, which indicates an improved resistance to nip banding. The improvement to nip banding may be provided by the use of an organic salt within a roller surface region. The roller may provide, at a nip location, a resistive surface layer having an electrical resistance that avoids the development of nip banding and relatively dark regions on printed media.
US08448332B2	Method and device for transporting electronic modules Electronic modules are transported with respect to equipment for manipulating and testing electronic modules. The transport is formed from a thin support having openings for receiving electronic modules. A locating mechanism associated with the thin support serves to locate the support relative to transport and testing equipment. A mechanism is further provided for holding the received electronic modules within the openings during transport and testing.
US08448326B2	Method of manufacturing an accelerometer An electret accelerometer is provided in which a diaphragm, an electret, a back plate and an electronic circuit are placed in a casing and the casing is sealed to isolate the diaphragm from external acoustic signals.
US08448324B2	Joining magnesium with reinforced polymer composite fasteners A method is disclosed for forming corrosion-resistant joints in a plurality of overlapping thin metal sheet workpieces, at least one of which comprises at least 85% by weight of magnesium sheets. The fastener is a fiber-reinforced polymer rod shaped and sized for insertion into a coaxial opening formed in each sheet and subsequently upset on each end to form a head. The workpiece sheets are deformed to form mechanically-interfering features which cooperatively complement the strength of the fastener, under at least some joint loading patterns. The method may be used for other workpiece and fastener compositions.
US08448316B1	Method and apparatus for single hand attachment of drywall corner beads A tool that can be held and operated with one hand to attach a corner bead to an outside corner of drywall includes a substantially V-shaped member having a pair of interior surfaces disposed at an angle of less than 100° and a frame or handle attached thereto. The handle may be sized and shaped to fit comfortably in the palm of a human hand. A pair of opposed pincers having pointed tips are pivotally mounted relative to the V-shaped member so as to allow the tips to move in a converging direction. A mechanical linkage system translates force applied to the handle into a converging motion of the pincers.
US08448309B2	Aramid nonwoven fabric and preparation method therefor The present invention relates to an aramid nonwoven fabric showing more improved tenacity and superior heat-insulating property, and a method of preparing the same.The aramid nonwoven fabric is what includes 10 to 100 wt % of para-aramid staple fibers and 0 to 90 wt % of meta-aramid staple fibers, and has an air permeability of 40 to 200 cm3/cm2/sec and an average pore size of 20 to 50 μm. Such aramid nonwoven fabric can be prepared by carding aramid fibers including the para-aramid staple fibers and the meta-aramid staple fibers so as to form a web, needle-punching the same, and water-punching the same with a prescribed water pressure.
US08448306B2	Tool accessory for multimeter probes A tool accessory (10) for clamping a pair of multimeter probes allowing the probes to pivot relative to each other or separate from each other to be used separately for testing electrical components. The tool accessory (10) behaves as a pair tweezers. The tool accessory (10) utilizes a lock (16) that adjusts the angle of the probes. The lock (16) also biases the probes via pushing a pair of legs (12, 14) of the tool accessory (10).
US08448295B2	Vacuum cleaner with rotating handle A vacuum cleaner having a base to move on a surface, an intermediate member having a first and second passages, and a first joint connecting the base to the intermediate member to permit relative rotation between the base and the intermediate member about a first axis that is generally parallel to the surface and perpendicular to a direction of movement. An air passage connects a base inlet to the first intermediate member passage. A second joint connects a handle to the intermediate member and permits rotation between the intermediate member and the handle about a second axis that is parallel to a nominal direction of movement of the vacuum. The handle has a grip a dirt collector to receive and separate dirt from air. First and second passages connect the intermediate member passages to the dirt collector inlet and outlet. A vacuum fan draws air into the base air inlet, through the intermediate member, through the dirt collector, through the second handle air passage, and back into the intermediate member. At least one of the first and second passages jointing the intermediate member to the dirt collector is a flexible hose that is offset from the second axis and is adapted to flex to permit the handle to rotate relative to the intermediate member.
US08448293B2	Wet extractor floor brush A wet extraction floor cleaning device having a base assembly adapted for movement on a surface being cleaned, an operating handle pivotally attached to the base assembly, a supply tank having a supply tank outlet, and a recovery tank having a recovery tank inlet and a recovery tank outlet. The base assembly has an inlet nozzle that extends from an inlet slit proximal the surface being cleaned to a nozzle outlet. The device further includes a fluid deposition assembly that can be selectively placed in fluid communication with the supply tank outlet, a vacuum source, and first and second external pockets. The supply and recovery tanks are adapted to be selectively placed in the first and second external pockets, thereby placing the supply tank outlet in fluid communication with the fluid deposition system, the recovery tank inlet in fluid communication with the nozzle outlet, and the recovery tank outlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source inlet.
US08448287B2	Replaceable toothbrush head A toothbrush with a replaceable head formed to permit ready removal and attachment preferably without the use of a tool. The replaceable toothbrush head may advantageously be formed for coupling with a power toothbrush, particularly, a power toothbrush with a power element that protrudes from the toothbrush head. The replaceable toothbrush head thus preferably is formed to accommodate the power element. In a preferred embodiment, the replaceable toothbrush head is rotated about a rotation axis into engagement with the head of the toothbrush main unit. The replaceable toothbrush head may be moved axially along the rotation axis for alignment with an alignment axis. Preferably, the replaceable toothbrush head is moved axially into engagement with the power element for alignment for coupling with the toothbrush main unit.
US08448282B2	Sectioned mouthpiece for oral care The mouthpiece (10) includes receiving portions for receiving teeth from the upper and lower jaws. The teeth receiving portions includes two side portions (26, 28) which are joined by flexible members (32, 34) to a front portion (30). The two side portions move laterally relative to the front portion by the flexible members to accommodate a variety of dental arch configurations.
US08448280B2	Method of providing a parapet wall on a bridge A bridge replacement method is disclosed. The bridge includes a deck supported by a pair of abutments, each abutment having wing walls. The deck is removed, footings are cast in holes dug behind each abutment and a pier is provided on each footing. Substantially parallel and coplanar cambered beams are provided. Each beam spans between and is supported by the piers. A brace assembly reinforces the beam camber. On each adjacent pair of beams, precast deck elements are placed, such that each element of said plurality spans the beam pair, to define at least transverse gaps between the elements and put the upper surfaces of the elements in compression in a transverse direction. The gaps are grouted. After grout curing, the brace is adjusted to reduce the beam camber and cause the upper surface of the elements to also be put into compression in a direction parallel to the beams.
US08448275B1	Pillow assembly with multiple configurations A pillow assembly with multiple configurations. The pillow assembly comprises a first elongate bolster pillow and a second pillow that is either a short cylindrical pillow or a wedge-shaped pillow. The two pillows are connected by an elastic panel, and the bolster pillow can be rolled up inside the elastic panel and snugged up to the side or end of the second pillow in a stowed position.
US08448268B2	Pool cover hanging assembly A pool cover hanging assembly includes a plurality of pool cover hanging devices. Each pool cover hanging device includes a rim engaging element including a pool wall abutting portion, a horizontally adjustable member coupled to the pool wall abutting portion at a first end, and a vertically adjustable connecting member coupled to the horizontally adjustable member. Each device also includes a vertically extending rod having a top end and a bottom end, the rod lying parallel to the exterior surface of the pool sidewall and being coupled at the top end to the vertical member of the rim engaging element. A rack arm is removably coupled to the vertically extending rod, wherein the removable rack arm is adapted to support a pool cover in a stored position.
US08448266B2	Adjustable helmet shell A helmet having a first helmet portion and a second helmet portion disposed adjacent to said first helmet portion, with the portions being slidably connected to one another and slidable relative to each other. The second helmet portion has a restraint defining a passage. The first helmet portion has an opening exposing a portion of the restraint. A securing member is received in the opening of the first helmet portion and slidable between engaged and disengaged positions. A portion of the securing member extends through the opening toward the second helmet portion and is received in the passage when in the disengaged position. The securing member engages the restraint and prevents relative movement of the first and second helmet portions when in the engaged position.
US08453258B2	Protecting an electronic document by embedding an executable script Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for safeguarding information by, for example, controlling access to electronic files. Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method that includes embedding a script in an electronic file, where the script comprises commands that when operated on by a processor allow a recipient device to access the electronic file if either a token associated with the recipient device is detected or the recipient device is determined to be an authorized device.
US08453246B2	Control framework generation for improving a security risk of an environment Apparatus and method for managing risk in an environment where information is received regarding a problem in an environment. A security risk is analyzed associated with the problem. Controls associated with the environment containing the problem are analyzed. A framework is generated defining one or more controls for mitigating the security risk responsive to the analyzed security risk and controls.
US08453237B2	Verification of a segmented program on a parallel processing computing system Embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and program product to verify a program that includes a plurality of sections with a computing system that is configured to process a plurality of threads of execution. The method comprises verifying and executing a first section of the program utilizing a first thread of execution in response to activation of the program and determining a second section of the program to execute subsequent to the first section. The method further comprises verifying the second section utilizing a second thread of execution in parallel with the execution of the first section. Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of compiling program that includes program code by grouping the program code into sections based upon the execution time of the program code and based upon which program code is most commonly executed.
US08453231B2	Certification apparatus, certification system and certification method A certification apparatus displays a telephone number at a predetermined timing in a certification procedure to cause a user to make a telephone call. The certification apparatus acquires the telephone number of a caller from a incoming call signal for a call to the displayed telephone number, and executes certification processing using the acquired telephone number.
US08453226B2	Token validation for advanced authorization A server computer for implementing advanced authorization using token validation is provided. The server computer comprises a processor and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor comprising code executable by the processor for implementing a method. The method comprises receiving verification information that is based on a verification token associated with a client computer. The method further comprises receiving transaction information associated with a first transaction and receiving account information associated with a payment account used in the first transaction. A risk score associated with the first transaction is generated based on at least the verification information, the transaction information, and the account information.
US08453216B2	Authentication for devices located in cable networks An extensible authentication framework is used in cable networks such as Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) cable networks. The authentication scheme allows for centralized authentication of cable modems, as well as authentication of the cable network by cable modems. Additionally, the authentication scheme allows a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) to authenticate devices downstream from cable modems, such as Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) devices.
US08453215B1	Suggesting access permission changes to lock a website Methods of the present inventions allow for suggesting access permission changes to lock a website. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of scanning a website's root file directory, determining whether folders, files, databases, or database tables in the root directory are static, and transmitting a recommendation to change permissions to “read-only” for each folder, file, database, or database table determined to be static.
US08453211B2	Method of obtaining proxy call session control function address while roaming The present invention provides a method for obtaining a proxy call session control function address, comprising when a terminal accesses an IP multi-media subsystem through a world interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) network in roaming scenarios, a visited authentication, authorization, and accounting server (V-AAA) of the terminal retransmitting an access request message sent by an access service network (ASN) or a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) or a home agent (HA) of said terminal to a home authentication, authorization, and accounting server (H-AAA) of said terminal after receiving the access request message, and H-AAA finally deciding whether the P-CSCF is located in a visited network or a home network according to a roaming protocol and visited network capability, and returning the determined P-CSCF address information, included by H-AAA in an access accept message corresponding to said access request message, to the sender of said access request message through V-AAA.
US08453208B2	Network authentication method, method for client to request authentication, client, and device A network authentication method, a method for a client to request authentication, a client, and a device are provided. The method includes: receiving synchronize (SYN) data sent by a client, where the SYN data includes a sequence number SEQ1 and a network parameter; sending synchronize acknowledge (SYN_ACK) data to the client in response to the SYN data, where the SYN_ACK data includes an acknowledgment number ACK2, and the value of ACK2 is a value obtained by carrying out a function transformation according to the network parameter of the SYN data; receiving RESET (RST) data sent by the client in response to the SYN_ACK data, where the RST data includes a sequence number SEQ3 or an acknowledgment number ACK3, and the value of SEQ3 or ACK3 is the same as that of ACK2, and the RST data further includes a network parameter the same as that of the SYN data; carrying out the function transformation according to the network parameter of the RST data to obtain a check value CHK; and passing the authentication of the client if CHK matches SEQ3 or ACK3. Therefore, the occupation of storage resources is reduced.
US08453206B2	Detecting unauthorized tampering of a program A tamper detection device detects tampering with a program loaded to memory, at high speed and without compromising the safety. Prior to loading of a program, a dividing-size determining unit 12 determines a block size based on random number information, a dividing unit 13 divides the program by the block size into data blocks, and a first conversion unit 14 converts, by conducting a logical operation, the data blocks into intermediate authentication data no greater than the block size, and a second conversion unit 15 conducts a second conversion on the intermediate authentication data to generate authentication data. The authentication data and the block size are stored. After the program loading, a program resulting from the loading is divided by the block size, followed by the first and second conversions to generate comparative data. The comparative data is compared with the authentication data to detect tampering of the loaded program.
US08453198B2	Policy based, delegated limited network access management Policy-based, delegated limited network access management places day-to-day control of network access in the hands of authorized users, referred to as resource access administrators, selected for their business knowledge and ability to respond quickly to business events. Resource access administrators have the ability to respond, in the form of access decisions proposed by individuals with knowledge or, or responsibility for business processes and business partner relationships and shaped and pre-approved by network security specialists, referred to as network access administrators. This approach, therefore, reduces the cost, complexity, and delay (latency) associated with managing external network access without compromising network security.
US08453196B2	Policy management in an interoperability network Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating communication among a plurality of entities via an interoperability network. Each entity has policy data corresponding thereto governing interaction with the entity via the interoperability network. A message is transmitted from a first one of the entities to a second one of the entities. The first entity has first policy data corresponding thereto and the second entity has second policy data corresponding thereto. The transmitted message was handled in the network according to combined policy data representing a combination of the first and second policy data.
US08453186B2	Method and system for remote control A method and system for remote control at a client of a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) enables a user to configure a wireless user device as a remote control device (RCD). The RCD may communicate via a wireless network and an MCDN server to execute remote control commands at the MCDN client. The RCD may implement a remote control interface, including control elements configured for touch operation. The control elements may provide specific interactive functionality for channel selection, volume selection, playback of multimedia content, and other remote control features. The RCD may also receive feedback and status information associated with remote control commands.
US08453185B2	Data transmission from a set-top box A method for transmitting data between two devices, such as a set-top box and a mobile device. The user of the mobile device may view the transmitted data as it is received by the mobile device. The data may be transmitted via UMTS. Additionally, the user may be allowed to view data because the user has a subscription to access the data through the set-top box. Furthermore, the set-top box may send a notification to the user to query whether the set-top box should transmit the data to the mobile device. In the case that the user responds and requests the data to be transmitted to the mobile device, the set-top box may transmit the requested data to the mobile device.
US08453184B2	Circuit for transmitting/receiving video signal using power line The present invention is relating to a circuit for transmitting and receiving an image signal using a power line, wherein the transmitting circuit comprises; a bias unit for controlling a bias voltage of an image signal taken by a CCD camera; a differential amplifier, to which a power is supplied through a voltage drop unit, for amplifying the image signal which has passed through the bias unit into the broad-band signal; an oscillator IC, which is driven by using the image signal amplified into the broadband signal by the differential amplifier as an input power, for modulating the image signal while loading the image signal into the carrier frequency of an oscillation frequency; and transformers for inducing an alternating current image signal from the image signal modulated by the oscillator IC and outputting the image signal to the AC power line; and a receiving circuit comprises; a rectifier for supplying the AC power through the AC power line as a power required for operation; a transformer for inducing an alternating current image signal by an LC-tuned frequency with respect to an alternating current image signal received through the AC power line; an amplifier for amplifying the alternating current image signal to correct a receiving sensitivity; and an output amplifier for amplifying the output of the amplified image signal. Thereby, the circuit for transmitting and receiving an image signal using a power line according to the present invention can be characteristically manufactured at a low cost and installed with ease.
US08453178B2	System and method for presenting media services A system and method for presenting media services is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media system having a controller element that contextually associates a plurality of portals with a corresponding plurality of multimedia broadcast channels as an aggregated service offering. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08453175B2	System for presentation of multimedia content The multimedia content presentation system and method includes a preparation component, a deployment component, an interface component and a metrics component. Multimedia content assets and targeted advertising are placed by the preparation component with a hierarchal N×M matrix of display cells. The deployment component uses conventional transmission networks, such as the Internet, broadband cable and wireless phone systems to transmit to the interface component a configuration file defining a matrix of display tiles. The interface component presents and navigates the user through a hierarchy of display palettes, multimedia assets and targeted advertisements on a variety of platforms, such as televisions, personal computers, personal digital assistants and cell phones. The interface component further collects usage data and provides the data to the metrics component for use by the preparation component and the deployment component for targeted content and advertisements.
US08453166B2	Data services framework visibility component A data services framework visibility component is disclosed. A method includes receiving a request for data from a client and selecting, based at least in part on the request, a workflow to process the request. The method also includes selecting, based at least in part on the request, a visibility profile. The method also includes based on the request, generating a plurality of backend calls and based on the selected visibility profile, filtering the plurality of backend calls. Additionally, the method includes transmitting one or more of the plurality of filtered backend calls to one or more data sources and receiving, from each of the selected data sources, a response to the plurality of filtered backend calls. The method also includes transmitting the response to the client.
US08453165B2	Distributing event processing in event relationship networks A computer implemented method, system, and computer usable program code for distributing event processing are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An analysis is performed of the event information flowing from one event relationship network subnet to another event relationship network subnet in an event relationship network. Strength of a relationship between the first and the second event relationship network subnets is determined based on the analysis. A distribution of the event processing in the event relationship network is recommended based on the strength of the relationship.
US08453164B2	Method and apparatus for reduction of event notification within a web service application of a multi-functional peripheral Techniques are provided for reducing the amount of event notifications within a Web Service Application (WSA) of a device such as a multi-functional peripheral (MFP). In one technique, a Subscription ID is linked with a Job ID within a reduced notification table. When an event occurs related to a specific job, an event notification is sent only to the subscriber associated with that job.
US08453160B2	Methods and systems for authorizing an effector command in an integrated modular environment Methods and systems are provided for authorizing a command of an integrated modular environment in which a plurality of partitions control actions of a plurality of effectors is provided. A first identifier, a second identifier, and a third identifier are determined. The first identifier identifies a first partition of the plurality of partitions from which the command originated. The second identifier identifies a first effector of the plurality of effectors for which the command is intended. The third identifier identifies a second partition of the plurality of partitions that is responsible for controlling the first effector. The first identifier and the third identifier are compared to determine whether the first partition is the same as the second partition for authorization of the command.
US08453157B2	Thread synchronization in simultaneous multi-threaded processor machines Provided are a method, system and article of manufacture, wherein a first application executes at least two threads corresponding to a simultaneous multi-threaded processor whose resources have been acquired by the first application. The at least two threads are synchronized before releasing the simultaneous multi-threaded processor to a second application.
US08453155B2	Method for scheduling updates in a streaming data warehouse A method for scheduling atomic update jobs to a streaming data warehouse includes allocating execution tracks for executing the update jobs. The tracks may be assigned a portion of available processor utilization and memory. A database table may be associated with a given track. An update job directed to the database table may be dispatched to the given track for the database table, when the track is available. When the track is not available, the update job may be executed on a different track. Furthermore, pending update jobs directed to common database tables may be combined and separated in certain transient conditions.
US08453145B1	Systems and methods for instant provisioning of virtual machine files Embodiments of systems and methods are described for instant provisioning (e.g., cloning, copying, replicating, migrating, backing up, restoring, etc.) of virtual machines, virtual machine files, or other types of files (e.g., database files). In some implementations, a cloned virtual machine file can present an illusion to multiple applications accessing the cloned file that the cloned file contains all the appropriate data (e.g., a file system volume), even while the clone file is still being filled with relevant data. In some embodiments, the systems and methods use a file system filter driver to intercept and redirect certain input/output (I/O) requests to the cloned file. The file system filter driver may use a data structure (e.g., a bitmap) to determine which logical units of the clone file have already been filled with data. In some embodiments, the systems and methods use the operating system to handle cached I/O requests, which may improve efficiency.
US08453127B2	Systems and methods providing a token synchronization gateway for a graph-based business process model According to some embodiments, a token synchronization gateway may be recognized in a graph-based business process model, such as a business process modeling notation model. A number of upstream artifacts located upstream from the token synchronization gateway may then be identified in the business process modeling notation model. In addition, a final artifact may be identified directly in front of the token synchronization gateway. The token synchronization gateway may then be compiled into code that will be executed at runtime to perform a synchronization process. The synchronization process may, for example, include handling tokens T1 through Tn to synchronize the upstream artifacts, with each token being associated with one of the n upstream artifacts.
US08453124B2	Collecting computer processor instrumentation data A system and method for collecting instrumentation data in a processor with a pipelined instruction execution stages arranged in an out-of-order execution architecture. One instruction group in a Global Completion Table is marked as a tagged group. Instrumentation data is stored for processing stages processing instructions associated with the tagged group. Sample signal pulses trigger a determination of whether the tagged group is the next-to-complete instruction group. When the sample pulse occurs at a time when the tagged group is the next-to-complete group, the instrumentation data is written as an output. Instrumentation data present during sample pulses that occur when the tagged group is not the next-to-complete group is optionally discarded. Sample pulses are generated at a rate equal to the desired sample rate times the number of groups in the global completion table to better ensure occurrence of a next-to-complete tagged group.
US08453122B2	Symmetric multi-processor lock tracing A symmetric multi-processor SMP system includes an SMP processor and operating system OS software that performs automatic SMP lock tracing analysis on an executing application program. System administrators, users or other entities initiate an automatic SMP lock tracing analysis. A particular thread of the executing application program requests and obtains a lock for a memory address pointer. A subsequent thread requests the same memory address pointer lock prior to the particular thread release of that lock. The subsequent thread begins to spin waiting for the release of that address pointer lock. When the subsequent thread reaches a predetermined maximum amount of wait time, MAXSPIN, a lock testing tool in the kernel of the OS detects the MAXSPIN condition. The OS performs a test to determine if the subsequent thread and address pointer lock meet the list of criteria set during initiation of the automatic lock trace method. The OS initiates an SMP lock trace capture automatically if all criteria or the arguments of the lock trace method are met. System administrators, software programmers, users or other entities interpret the results of the SMP lock tracing method that the OS stores in a trace table to determine performance improvements for the executing application program.
US08453114B2	Implicit iteration of keyed array symbol The use of a data structure that is a symbolic representation of a keyed array that has an array variable and an associated key variable. There is a correlation maintained between the variable type of the array variable and the corresponding keying set that is to be bound to the associated key variable. The keyed array may remain unbound thereby being simply symbolically represented, or the keying set may be bound to the key variable more immediately. In one embodiment, once the keying set is bound to the key variable, data may be bound to the array variable itself. This may be repeated for multiple keyed arrays. The data from multiple keyed arrays may be operated upon to about another array of values, which may then be aggregated in some way.
US08453112B1	Systems and methods for collaboratively creating applications using a multiple source file project that can be accessed and edited like a single file Certain embodiments facilitate collaboration between designers and developers in the creation of software applications. Designers and developers can work on the same multi-file-based software development project, without the designer having to address or even be aware of the multi-file structure of the project or the management of different versions of the project. Instead the designer can receive and send the project as a single file and work with it as if it were a single document. A developer or another user can address conflicts and other versioning issues that may result from collaborators making changes concurrently.
US08453111B2	Generating a hardware description for a programmable hardware element based on a graphical program including multiple models of computation Generating a hardware description for a programmable hardware element based on a graphical program including multiple models of computation. A graphical program may be received which includes a first portion having a first computational model and a second portion having a second computational model. A hardware description may be generated based on the graphical program. The hardware description may describe a hardware implementation of the graphical program. The hardware description may be configured to configure a programmable hardware element to implement functionality of the graphical program.
US08453103B2	Real time DRC assistance for manual layout editing Roughly described, while manually dragging shapes during IC layout editing, editing operations determine which edges of which shapes are moving at what speed ratios. Based on the edge information and the DRC rules, the system calculates and keeps track of the minimum of the maximum distance the edges are allowed to move with the cursor without violating DRC rules, in four linear directions and all corner directions. Once a next cursor destination point is known, a DRC clean destination point is calculated based on the linear and corner bounds. If the next cursor position is beyond a the push-through distance ahead of the new DRC clean point, the editing objects are moved to the user's destination point. Otherwise, the editing objects are moved to the new DRC clean destination point, thereby stopping movement at that point.
US08453096B2	Non-linear common coarse delay system and method for delaying data strobe A non-linear common coarse delay system and method for delaying a data strobe in order to preserve fine delay accuracy and compensate PVT (Process, Voltage, and Temperature) variation effects. A common coarse delay and a fine delay can be initialized to a quarter-cycle delay for shifting a read output DQS (Data Queue Strobe) associated with a memory device in order to sample a read output DQ (Data Queue) within a physical layer. The fine delay can be programmed from minimum to maximum delay with fixed linear increments at each delay step in order to determine the resolution and accuracy of the delay. An optimum delay size of both the coarse and the fine delay can be determined based on an application slowest frequency of operation. A spare coarse delay and a functional coarse delay can be trained in association with a spare fine delay and the functional fine delay can be updated in order to monitor the process, voltage, and temperature variation effects.
US08453094B2	Enforcement of semiconductor structure regularity for localized transistors and interconnect A global placement grating (GPG) is defined for a chip level to include a set of parallel and evenly spaced virtual lines. At least one virtual line of the GPG is positioned to intersect each contact that interfaces with the chip level. A number of subgratings are defined. Each subgrating is a set of equally spaced virtual lines of the GPG that supports a common layout shape run length thereon. The layout for the chip level is partitioned into subgrating regions. Each subgrating region has any one of the defined subgratings allocated thereto. Layout shapes placed within a given subgrating region in the chip level are placed in accordance with the subgrating allocated to the given subgrating region. Non-standard layout shape spacings at subgrating region boundaries can be mitigated by layout shape stretching, layout shape insertion, and/or subresolution shape insertion, or can be allowed to exist in the final layout.
US08453092B2	T-coil network design for improved bandwidth and electrostatic discharge immunity An embodiment of a circuit is described that includes a first inductor comprising a first end and a second end, where the first end of the first inductor forms an input node of the circuit. The embodiment of the circuit further includes a second inductor comprising a first end and a second end, where the second end of the first inductor is coupled to the first end of the second inductor forming an output node of the circuit; a resistor coupled to the second end of the second inductor; and an electrostatic discharge structure coupled to the output node and configured to provide an amount of electrostatic discharge protection, where the amount of electrostatic discharge protection is based on a parasitic bridge capacitance and a load capacitance metric.
US08453078B2	Integrated circuit transformer devices for on-chip millimeter-wave applications Methods are provided for building integrated circuit transformer devices having compact and optimized architectures for use in MMW (millimeter-wave) applications. The integrated circuit transformer devices have universal and scalable architectures that can be used as templates or building blocks for constructing various types of on-chip devices for millimeter-wave applications.
US08453077B2	Circuit designing method and circuit designing system A circuit designing method designs a circuit by client computers designing blocks forming the circuit in parallel, and a server exchanging information in real-time with each client computer. The method may notify information related to blocks corresponding to a request from each client computer to the server, analyze each block by an analyzing tool based on the acquired information, and when an analysis result includes an error, compute by a modification ease computing tool, a modification ease of an arbitrary block that includes the error, to notify each client computer of an analysis result taking into consideration the modification ease.
US08453074B2	Gradient based search mechanism for optimizing photolithograph masks A mechanism is provided for optimizing a photolithograph mask. A given target pattern is received. An initial fictitious mask is generated from the given target pattern and an initial value of α2 is selected where the initial value of α2 is used to determine a light intensity and a wafer image. The light intensity for each pixel in the initial fictitious mask and the wafer image for each pixel in the initial fictitious mask are then determined. A determination is then made as to whether a convergence has been achieved by comparing the wafer image generated from the fictitious mask to the given target pattern. Responsive to a convergence of the wafer image generated from the fictitious mask to the given target pattern, a final mask is generated to use to transfer an image to a wafer.
US08453073B1	Method of mask generation for integrated circuit fabrication A method of generating a mask for fabrication of a physical layer of an integrated circuit is provided. Multiple design layers are provided which comprise a programmable subcomponent configuration layer defining logical configurations of programmable subcomponents. A mask generation procedure transforms a selected design layer into a mask for fabrication of a physical layer. A mask modification procedure amends the mask to ensure that the physical layer will be reliably fabricated when using the mask. A non-functional design layer which does not represent one of said multiple physical layers represents further possible positions for said set of physical structures in said selected physical layer, which are not represented in said programmable subcomponent configuration layer. The mask modification procedure treats the non-functional design layer as a programmable subcomponent configuration layer. This enables the programmable subcomponent configuration layer to be modified without affecting the masks previously generated for other physical layers.
US08453071B2	Method of providing phone service menus A method and system for facilitating the navigation of menu trees offered by service providers is provided. The method of facilitating menu tree options at a menu tree facilitator includes the steps of receiving a customer request from a customer at a menu tree service center, the request including a customer identification, and determining one menu tree from a plurality of menu trees based on the customer request, wherein each of the plurality of menu trees is associated with a service provider. The method also includes determining at least a portion of the determined menu tree based on the customer request; and sending the portion of the determined menu tree to the customer based on the determination. The menu tree facilitator is a separate entity from the service provider.
US08453063B1	Display manager that dynamically adjusts for dependencies in a video display system A display manager determines if a change to one configuration parameter of the display system will affect any of the other configuration parameters of the display system, i.e., whether there is a dependency. If such a dependency exists, the display manager evaluates each of the modes of operation of the display component whose settings will be affected, to identify whether it has any modes that are compatible with the changed configuration of the display system. If so, the display manager selects the configuration mode that is closest to the current mode of the affected component and provides compatibility with the changed configuration. By means of such an approach, the user continues to have access to all components, rather than having to reconfigure and/or restart the computer system due to a change which occurs in the display configuration.
US08453061B2	Suggestion of user actions in a virtual environment based on actions of other users Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for suggesting actions to users of an immersive virtual environment based on previous user actions within the virtual environment. Generally, characteristics of actions performed by various users of the virtual environment may be stored in a searchable actions index. Subsequently, the actions index may be used to suggest actions based on similarity of the stored characteristics to those of a current user and/or actions. The suggested actions may be presented to the user as graphical indications visible within the user's view of the virtual environment.
US08453058B1	Crowd-sourced audio shortcuts An audio shortcut may involve an audio command being used to represent a sequence of one or more inputs on a client device. When the client device receives the audio command, the client device may automatically perform the sequence of one or more inputs, as if this sequence were entered manually. If a threshold number of client devices share the same or a similar audio shortcut with a server device, the server device may make this audio shortcut available to additional client devices.
US08453057B2	Stage interaction for mobile device A device displays, on a screen, a graphical window from a sequence of graphical windows, where the graphical window includes a group of display elements. The device also receives a user input to the graphical window and identifies a type of the user input, where the type of the user input includes a horizontal input or a vertical input. The device displays, on the screen, another graphical window from the sequence of graphical windows when the type of user input is a horizontal input and scrolls through a stack of the display elements within the graphical window when the type of user input is a vertical input.
US08453056B2	Switching of media presentation A system and method for switching presentation of media between two or more processes without interruption is described. This system and method can enable a user to enjoy media presented in a process and then switch the presentation of that media to another process without interruption in the media. Further, this system and method can enable a user to switch back and forth between media presentation within one application and another application without interruption.
US08453054B2	Data processing apparatus, image display method, and recording medium for preview display of document data An apparatus and method for generating image data for preview images and displaying the preview images based on the generated image data. Each preview image corresponding to a respective page of document data having a plurality of pages. The displaying of the preview image based on the generated image data is started before the generation of the image data for the preview image for all the pages is completed. Then, an instruction of a process regarding at least one of the displayed preview images is accepted and the process is executed, before the displaying of all of the preview images is completed.
US08453042B2	Modulator and modulation method A transmitter apparatus wherein a relatively simple structure is used to suppress burst errors without changing the block sizes of encoded blocks even when the number of modulation multi-values is increased. An encoding part subjects transport data to a block encoding process to form block encoded data. A modulating part modulates the block encoded data to form data symbols; and an arranging (interleaving) part arranges (interleaves) the block encoded data in such a manner that the intra-block encoded data of the encoded blocks, which include their respective single different data symbol, get together, and then supplies the arranged (interleaved) block encoded data to the modulating part. In this way, there can be provided a transmitter apparatus wherein a relatively simple structure is used to suppress burst errors without changing the block sizes of encoded blocks even when the number of modulation multi-values is increased.
US08453034B2	Error detection/correction circuit, memory controller and semiconductor memory apparatus An LDPC error detection/correction circuit according to an embodiment includes a selector that divides data into p groups based on a check matrix H including blocks made up of unit matrixes having a size p and shift blocks, a selector that divides a group into Y subgroups, a bit node storage section that stores LMEM variables to calculate a probability β in association with each first address, a check node storage section that stores TMEM variables to calculate an external value α in association with each second address, a rotator that performs rotation processing on the TMEM with a rotation value based on a shift value, and an operation circuit made up of (p/Y) operation units that perform parallel processing in subgroup units.
US08453029B2	Method and system for improving performance of broadcast/multicast transmissions Methods and systems for performing hybrid automatic repeat request (ARQ) in conjunction with broadcast/multicast channels are presented. In particular, an access node may transmit a series of hybrid ARQ subpackets to one or more client nodes using a broadcast/multicast channel. Each of the subpackets may be derived from the same full packet. Upon receiving a subpacket, a client node may attempt to decode the full packet from the subpacket(s) derived from the full packet. If the client node fails to do so, the client node may transmit a negative acknowledgement to the access node. If the access node receives more than a threshold extent of negative acknowledgements, the access node may transmit a subsequent subpacket in the series on the broadcast/multicast channel.
US08453021B2	Wear leveling in solid-state device A flash storage device performs wear-leveling by tracking data errors that occur when dynamic data is read from a storage block of the flash storage device and moving the dynamic data to an available storage block of the flash storage device. Additionally, the flash storage device identifies a storage block containing static data and moves the static data to the storage block previously containing the dynamic data.
US08453020B2	Method for detecting the validity of downlink control information in telecommunication user equipment, decoder and baseband receiver for performing same A method for detecting validity of downlink control information in telecommunication user equipment and a decoder and baseband receiver to perform the method are provided. The object of avoiding falsely detecting payload data and misinterpreting them is achieved by reverse encoding a bit output sequence of a Viterbi decoder; determining hard bits from a soft-bit input sequence of the decoder; determining a bit count of real received bits; comparing the reverse encoded bit stream to the determined hard bit stream and counting the number of mismatches to obtain an error count; comparing a bit error rate which is defined as a quotient of the error count and the bit count against a predefined threshold value; and rejecting the payload as invalid if said bit error rate is above said threshold value, even if a cyclic redundancy check of the payload gives a correct result.
US08453011B2	Storage system and data restoration method thereof This storage system includes a first storage sub system having a first logical volume where a first data area is dynamically allocated to each prescribed area, and which stores data transmitted from a host computer in the first data area, and a second storage sub system having a second data area for backing up the first logical volume; wherein the first storage sub system includes: a first management unit for managing the status of the first data area allocated to each of the areas of the first logical volume; a transfer unit for transferring the data stored in the first data area allocated to each of the areas of the first logical volume to the second storage sub system; and a restoration unit for restoring the first logical volume based on the status of the first data area managed by the first management unit and/or the data transferred from the second storage sub system.
US08453004B2	Microcomputer with reset pin and electronic control unit with the same In a microcomputer for executing at least one task in normal operation mode, a reset pin is provided. The microcomputer is configured to be reset upon a reset signal with an active level being inputted to the reset pin. A first clock generator is configured to generate a first clock with a first frequency. The microcomputer operates on the first clock as its operation clock. A disabling unit is electrically connected to the reset pin and configured to, upon the reset signal with the active level being input to the reset pin, disable the first clock generator.
US08452995B1	Universal serial bus low power idle mode An idle universal serial bus (“USB”) is placed into a low power mode. During low power mode, peripherals attached to the USB bus may also enter a low power mode. While in this low power mode, USB attached peripherals may retain some functionality. For example, a USB attached modem may remain connected, allowing rapid resumption of communications upon awakening.
US08452994B2	Power supply unit and electronic apparatus using the same An electronic apparatus capable of saving power is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a buffer, a central processing unit (CPU), and a power supply unit. The power supply unit includes a mechanical switch circuit, a first switch circuit, and a second switch circuit. The first switch circuit is capable of being turned on by the mechanical switch circuit to receive power from a power input port and providing power to the buffer. The second switch circuit is capable of being turned on by the mechanical switch circuit to receive power from the power input port through the first switch circuit and providing power to the CPU, and the CPU being operable to generate a control signal to turn off the second switch circuit to interrupt the power provided to the CPU.
US08452993B2	Circuits, systems, and methods for dynamically controlling a power supply configuration in response to load requirements from a digital circuit Circuits, systems, and methods for dynamically controlling a power supply configuration in response to load requirements from a digital circuit are disclosed. To increase efficiency, the power supply is configurable to be switched into a lower capacity mode. To prevent the digital circuit from demanding capacity beyond the lower capacity mode of the power supply before the power supply can be switched into a higher capacity mode, at least one hardware interlock is employed. The hardware interlock(s) governs the power demand of the digital circuit from extending beyond the lower capacity mode of the power supply. If it is detected that the hardware interlock(s) limits power demand in the digital circuit beyond a power demand threshold, the power supply can be switched to the higher capacity mode. The hardware interlock(s) can then be disabled. In this manner, the power supply can dynamically provide increased capacity as demanded by the dynamic performance of the digital circuit.
US08452989B1	Providing security to an electronic device A technique provides security to an electronic device. The technique involves disposing a microprocessor between a printed circuit board and a circuit element to restrict physical access to the microprocessor, the microprocessor having (i) a bottom which faces the printed circuit board in a first direction and (ii) a top which faces the circuit element in a second direction which is opposite the first direction. The technique further involves delivering power to the microprocessor from a power source while the microprocessor is disposed between the printed circuit board and the circuit element, the microprocessor performing electronic operations in response to the power delivered from the power source. The technique further involves electronically altering or preventing the microprocessor from further performing the electronic operations in response to tampering activity on the circuit element. Such detection of the tampering activity may involve monitoring a covert signal for tamper evidence detection.
US08452988B2	Secure data storage for protecting digital content A non-copyable data storage disk (NCDisk) that may be used in a secure data storage system. Stored data items on the NCDisk may only be used through the data storage system, and cannot be copied to and used by any other devices. Digital data written to the NCDisk is automatically converted to a new format by the NCDisk itself before being stored on it. Similarly, when reading a data item out from the NCDisk, the NCDisk itself automatically converts the stored data item to a new data format that a reading device can recognize. Data conversion does not involve the computer operating system. The data conversion unit may include a chipset level 2 secure key management module that generates and manages the keys used for the data conversion.
US08452986B2	Security unit and protection system comprising such security unit as well as method for protecting data In order to provide a protection system (100; 100′) for protecting data (D1+D2), for instance at least one data processing program and/or at least one software application, the protection system (100; 100′) comprising at least one data storage unit (10) for storing the data (D1+D2), at least one main processing unit (20) which is designed for processing at least part (D1) of the data (D1+D2), in particular for processing the first data (D1) and optionally the encrypted second data (D2), the main processing unit (20) being connected with the data storage unit (10), at least one security unit (30), and at least one presentation processing unit (42) being connected with the main processing unit (20), wherein it is possible to prevent the use of illegal copies of the data (D1+D2) and wherein neither an authorization nor a registration is required for running the data (D1+D2), it is proposed that the security unit (30) and the presentation processing unit (42) exchange at least one key, in particular at least one up-front agreed session key, for decrypting the encrypted second data (D2) and/or for re-encrypting the originally encrypted and then decrypted second data (D2).
US08452980B1	Defeating real-time trojan login attack with delayed interaction with fraudster A method of detecting a fraudulent login attempt across a network is provided. The method includes (a) receiving, at some time, a login request from a client, the login request including (1) a username associated with a user account, (2) a static password associated with the user account, and (3) a one-time password provided by a token, (b) calculating whether the time is more than a predetermined amount of time after a most-recent login to the account, (c) when the time is more than the predetermined time since the most-recent login, accepting the login request according to a first mode, and (d) when the first time is not more than the predetermined time since the most-recent login, accepting the login request according to a second mode, the second mode rejecting a greater proportion of login attempts than the first mode rejects. An apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US08452978B2	System and method for user authentication and dynamic usability of touch-screen devices A system and related method are provided for user authentication and dynamic usability of touch-screen devices. The system utilizes probability distribution representations including an authorized user probability distribution representation and a global or wide population probability distribution representation, to associate the purported authorized user to the authorized user. Touch dynamics or data, or other data from similar measurable characteristics, can be utilized to associate the purported authorized user and the authorized user and to determine optimal positions and sizes for user interface components.
US08452968B2	Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer readable media for intercepting and modifying HMAC signed messages Systems, methods, apparatus and computer-executable instructions stored on computer-readable media for communicating a modified hash message authentication code (HMAC) signed message between two endpoints are provided. The HMAC signature of the message may include a plurality of components. In some cases, the HMAC signature is a Server Message Block (SMB) signature. The first and/or second endpoint may be a client, server, or host. Some embodiments of the present application utilize a proxy, such as a CIFS proxy. In one embodiment, HMAC signature information sent from the first endpoint to the second endpoint may be intercepted. A value for a component of the HMAC signature may be determined by, for example, using the intercepted HMAC signature information. The intercepted message may be modified, resigned using the intercepted HMAC signature information, and transmitted to a receiving endpoint.
US08452965B1	Self-identification of tokens A technique of protecting a datum within a set of sensitive data is presented. In this technique, the datum includes a first set of bits satisfying a first set of constraints, and a computer receives the set of sensitive data from an authorized client. The technique involves producing a token corresponding to the datum, the token including a second set of bits distinct from the first set of bits, the second set of bits satisfying a second set of constraints, the second set of constraints being a superset of the first set of constraints. The technique further involves storing the datum and the corresponding token. The technique further involves sending the token to the authorized client, the authorized client enabled to perform, using the second set of bits, a verification that the token satisfies the second set of constraints, the verification being performed apart from the database.
US08452964B2	Method for providing confidentiality protection of control signaling using certificate A method of enabling a mobile station (MS) to perform initial ranging in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a first message to a base station (BS), the first message comprising an identifier which is digitally signed by using a private key corresponding to a public key included in a certificate of the MS and receiving a second message including a temporary session key that is digitally signed by using a private key corresponding to a public key included in a certificate of the BS. A security threat due to exposure of control signaling can be prevented by securely exchanging session keys between the BS and the MS.
US08452962B2	Method and apparatus for simulating a workflow and analyzing the behavior of information assurance attributes through a data providence architecture A method and apparatus that simulates a workflow and analyzes the behavior of information assurance attributes through a data providence architecture is disclosed. The method may include injecting one or more faults into a simulated workflow, receiving a message in the simulated workflow having a data provenance wrapper, examining each data provenance record of the message and any attachments for discrepancies, identifying any discrepancies in the examination of each data provenance record of the message and any attachments; calculating a degree of trust based on any discrepancies identified in the examination of each data provenance record of the message and any attachments, analyzing the calculated degree of trust with respect to the one or more injected faults and the information assurance attributes, and outputting the analysis to a user.
US08452950B2	Component firmware integration in distributed systems A plurality of platforms may be defined in a distributed system. Each of the platforms may include a processor and a chipset from a common source on a single motherboard. Extensible firmware interface drivers are provided for the processors and the chipsets. Each of the platforms may be defined pursuant to a system definition model where the system definition model defines the firmware for each of the platforms. As a result, any of the platforms can be updateable from a common source, such as an Internet web site.
US08452946B2	Methods and apparatuses for efficient load processing using buffers Various embodiments of the invention concern methods and apparatuses for power and time efficient load handling. A compiler may identify producer loads, consumer reuse loads, consumer forwarded loads, and producer/consumer hybrid loads. Based on this identification, performance of the load may be efficiently directed to a load value buffer, store buffer, data cache, or elsewhere. Consequently, accesses to cache are reduced, through direct loading from load value buffers and store buffers, thereby efficiently processing the loads.
US08452943B2	Apparatus and method for address generation for array processor and array processor In address generation processors, the start and the end of the processing for address generation need to be controlled in addition to controlling the processing for base address generation. A timing control unit manages control for address conversion on a clock cycle basis. The difference between the processing speed in the address generation processors and the processing speed in the address conversion circuit is absorbed by buffers.
US08452919B2	Advanced memory device having improved performance, reduced power and increased reliability An advanced memory having improved performance, reduced power and increased reliability. A memory device includes a memory array, a receiver for receiving a command and associated data, error control coding circuitry for performing error control checking on the received command, and data masking circuitry for preventing the associated data from being written to the memory array in response to the error control coding circuitry detecting an error in the received command. Another memory device includes a programmable preamble. Another memory device includes a fast exit self-refresh mode. Another memory device includes auto refresh function that is controlled by the characteristic device. Another memory device includes an auto refresh function that is controlled by a characteristic of the memory device.
US08452909B2	USB transaction translator and a micro-frame synchronization method adaptable to an USB in isochronous transaction The present invention is directed to a universal serial bus (USB) transaction translator and a micro-frame synchronization method. A device interface is coupled to a device via a device bus, and a host interface is coupled to a host via a host bus, wherein the host USB version is higher than the device USB version. At least two buffers configured to store data are disposed between the device interface and the host interface. A controller stores the data in the buffers alternately. A start-of-frame (SOF) counter is used to count the SOF packets, wherein the counting value of the SOF counter is compared to a predefined value. Specifically, the controller resets a SOF timer for sending the SOF packet when the counting value achieves the predefined value or is greater than the predefined value, such that the SOF packet and an isochronous timestamp packet (ITP) from the host are sent at the same time. Further, the controller delays the sending of the SOF packet for a period of time according to the ITP from the host.
US08452904B2	Client system, client control method, and computer-readable recording medium configured to store client control program using virtual machine for control by client device A client system using a virtual machine includes: a physical server that includes a CPU, a memory, a bus, and a plurality of bus adapters, manages a plurality of guest OS by a host OS, and operates as a virtual machine. A plurality of input and output units are coupled to the plurality of bus adapters of the physical server respectively. A host OS of the physical server includes a configuration definition table that stores identification numbers of the input and output units in correspondence to guest OSs used by the input and output units. The host OS notifies a guest OS corresponding to an input unit of input instruction information from the input units with reference to the configuration definition table and outputs a processing result of a guest OS to an output unit corresponding to the guest OS.
US08452902B2	Methods for transmitting buffer size information A method of transmitting information about a buffer size includes transmitting a bit string comprising a first bit string and a second bit string when the buffer size is greater than or equal to a first value, the first bit string indicating a quotient which is acquired by dividing the buffer size by a second value, and the second bit string indicating a value corresponding to a remainder which is acquired by dividing the buffer size by the second value.
US08452899B2	Data allocation in a distributed storage system A method for data distribution, including distributing logical addresses among an initial set of devices so as provide balanced access, and transferring the data to the devices in accordance with the logical addresses. If a device is added to the initial set, forming an extended set, the logical addresses are redistributed among the extended set so as to cause some logical addresses to be transferred from the devices in the initial set to the additional device. There is substantially no transfer of the logical addresses among the initial set. If a surplus device is removed from the initial set, forming a depleted set, the logical addresses of the surplus device are redistributed among the depleted set. There is substantially no transfer of the logical addresses among the depleted set. In both cases the balanced access is maintained.
US08452898B2	Information processing apparatus, method therefor, and computer-readable storage medium An information processing apparatus connected with a peripheral apparatus via a communication line includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a destination of the peripheral apparatus, and a provision unit configured to provide functions for at least one of managing and controlling the peripheral apparatus according to the destination information acquired by the acquisition unit. The provision unit is configured to refer to information indicating a function to be provided according to the destination of the peripheral apparatus and to provide a function for at least one of managing and controlling the peripheral apparatus.
US08452896B2	Arrangement for application message decompression A transport layer stream with application messages, including application messages compressed according to a signalling compression method, is received and transferred to an application client, which transfers unidentified application messages to a decompression entity configured to identify and decompress application messages compressed according to the signalling compression method. The application messages compressed according to the signalling compression method are decompressed and transferred back to the application client.
US08452894B2	User data convergence (UDC) notification management A method and arrangement in a User Data Repository, UDR, (30) for selecting an Application Front End (34a-34e) in a communication network to receive an event notification. An associated Application Type and Group Identifier, identifying an accessible portion of the network, are stored in a database (88) for each of a plurality of Application Front Ends. The Group Identifiers may be updated in the database if predefined conditions (87) are met, for example when a UDR operation requests modifying user data. When a subsequent event notification procedure is initiated, the UDR (30) selects an Application FE to receive the event notification based on the Application Type and Group Identifier of the selected Application FE. Load-distribution weights may also be assigned to each of the Application FEs, and may be considered in the selection process.
US08452893B2	Method and member device for traffic forwarding in a stacking apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for traffic forwarding in a stacking apparatus which includes multiple member devices. The method includes: obtaining, by a member device, a forwarding table size of each member device in the stacking apparatus; choosing a member device having the largest forwarding table as a proxy device when a forwarding table of another member device in the stacking apparatus is larger than that of the member device; transmitting all or part of to-be-forwarded traffic to the proxy device which performs traffic forwarding. According to the present invention, forwarding capability of member devices having larger forwarding tables is utilized for providing proxy forwarding for member device having smaller forwarding tables, so that forwarding sizes of the member devices having different forwarding table sizes in the stacking apparatus are unified and forwarding capabilities of the member devices in the stacking apparatus are fully used.
US08452891B2	Routing in a communications network using contextual information A generic address resolution system facilitates communications among multiple network applications with heterogeneous addressing mechanisms, thereby allowing the network applications to interoperate with each other and/or with modules for providing enhanced functionalities. The address resolution system includes a resource mapping module that modularizes the components needed for address resolution and abstracts content from the underlying address types and content used by the network applications. The address resolution system includes a context engine that analyzes the addressing data to be resolved, selects one or more appropriate destination network applications based on contextual rules, and creates the application mapping template for the end-end routing of the communications among the network applications.
US08452884B2	Classified media quality of experience A method for reporting a streaming quality is shown, wherein at least one continuous media stream is streamed to a client (601), and wherein said streaming is controlled by a protocol (109) that is operated between said client (601) and a server (600), the method including selecting at least one quality metric and a quality metrics class from a pre-defined set of at least two quality metrics classes, and reporting to said server (600) the quality of said streaming based on said at least one selected quality metric and said selected quality metrics class. The protocol (109) is preferably a Real-time Streaming Protocol in combination with a Session Description Protocol in the context of the 3GPP Packet-Switched Streaming Service. Also shown is a computer program, a computer program product, a system, a client, a server and a protocol.
US08452879B1	Allocation of connection persistence to mobile browsers A method, system, and medium are provided for determining whether a persistent or non-persistent connection should be given to a device that requested a web page. In one embodiment, upon receiving a request for the web page, the characteristics of the web page are evaluated to determine whether a persistent connection will be efficiently used when accessing with the web page. In another embodiment, the requesting user's behavior may be evaluated to determine whether, based on past behavior, the user will effectively use a persistent connection to the requested web site. A persistent connection is granted to requesting browsers most likely to make efficient use of the persistent connection based on the characteristics of the requested web site and/or the requesting user's browsing habits.
US08452877B2	Establishing a remote desktop A method includes receiving an IP address via a non-IP protocol communication interface, the IP address associated with an operating system environment established on a computing device; storing the received IP address in memory; responsive to a cessation of communication via the non-IP protocol communication interface, accessing the IP address stored in memory and transmitting the accessed IP address via an IP protocol network interface; and receiving information via the IP protocol network interface, the information issued by the operating system environment established on the computing device associated with the IP address. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US08452873B2	Provisioning of resources in a computer network A method, apparatus, and computer program product for selectively and programmatically provisioning resources on a computer network. A role-based access manager discovers one or more network resources. A provisioning manager then provisions the discovered network resources.
US08452866B2	Network resource management The invention provides real time dynamic resource management to improve end-to-end QoS by mobile devices regularly updating a resource availability server (RAS) with resource update information. Examples of resource update information are device battery status, available memory, session bandwidth, delay, packet loss, and jitter, network element storage capacity, network element processing power. This information is made available by the RAS. In addition, the RAS generates and maintains predictive models and makes available predictive data from these models. Network elements and devices retrieve this information in the form of notifications from the RAS or by way of querying the RAS. The network elements and devices, based on these predictions, act to negotiate sessions to optimise QoS. In one embodiment the RAS is updated by only mobile devices subscribed to the operator which hosts the RAS. The update information is addressed to the RAS as a stand-alone entity. However, it is envisaged that the server may be hosted by multiple operators and may receive updates from devices subscribed to different operators. Also, it is envisaged that not only mobile devices but also network elements such as MMSCs may send update information.
US08452865B1	System and method for reporting website activity based on inferred attribution methodology A method and system for reporting website activity. According to an example embodiment, the system receives event-level data representing visitor activity on a client website, infers attribution of one or more metrics to at least one navigation entity based on the visitor activity, and provides reports based on the inferred attribution.
US08452863B2	Server system and operation method thereof An operation method for a server system includes: (A) under control of a hardware abstraction layer (HAL), a plurality of node management units sharing a hardware resource; (B) if one of the node management units needs to use the hardware resource, the node management unit sending an instruction or a data to the HAL and accordingly the HAL using the hardware resource in represent of the node management unit; and (C) if an external instruction is received, the HAL identifying which transmission port of the hardware resource receives the external instruction, so to send the external instruction to a corresponding node management unit, and after the external instruction is executed, the corresponding node management unit sending back an information to the HAL so that the HAL sends back the information to an external system administrator.
US08452861B2	Broadcast design for provisioning reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer circuits A method includes receiving an order for services to be provided by an optical network, the order identifying bandwidth requirements for the optical network and multiple broadcast locations; creating an optical network identifier, the optical network identifier including an aggregation of dense wavelength data multiplexers that may define one or more paths; prompting a user to select a path for a broadcast circuit through the dense wavelength data multiplexers using a graphical user interface; querying an operations support service for available bandwidth to support bandwidth requirements over the selected path; and assigning the circuit path based on the available bandwidth.
US08452859B2	Method and system for managing operations on resources of a distributed network, in particular of a communication network, and corresponding computer-program product A system for generating instruction signals arranged in workflows or rules for performing interventions on equipment, such as equipment of a communication network, wherein the equipment may be associated with resource proxy agents, each responsible for managing a single equipment. The system includes a distributed architecture of intervention management proxy agents provided with respective workflow-based or rule-based engines to generate the instruction signals, each agent being associated with a terminal device. The intervention management proxy agents may be interactively coupled with the resource proxy agents or with a manager resource associated with the equipment, whereby the instruction signals are a function of the status of the equipment on which the interventions are performed.
US08452857B2	Audio/visual server with disc changer emulation An audio/visual server is described that can be used to store and play audio/visual data. A removable hard disk (or other media) is connected to a dock that is in communication with a computer. While the removable hard disk is connected to the dock, audio/visual data can be transferred from the computer to the hard disk. After the hard disk is removed from the dock and connected to the audio/visual server, the server can access and play the audio/visual data. In one embodiment, the audio/visual server stores and plays music, emulates a disc changer, and communicates with an automobile stereo head unit. The interface with the head unit is programmable so that multiple head units can be supported.
US08452856B1	Non-disruptive storage server migration The techniques introduced here provide a storage server migration that is non-disruptive to client applications. The techniques described here allow the migration of data from a source storage server to a destination storage server without the need for planned downtime typically associated with storage server migration. Using the techniques described here, data migration operations are performed while client applications continue to run and access data from the source storage server. Once data migration operations are complete, all applications and clients are transitioned to the destination storage server without disruption to the client applications.
US08452849B2	Host-based intelligent results related to a character stream Information may be presented to a user by using a first application to receive a character stream of one or more noncompletion characters. The noncompletion characters indicate that additional characters may be received. The character stream is exchanged with a host that analyzes the character stream to generate results that are responsive to the user's predicted interest. Results are received and displayed so that the user may select one of the results to launch a code segment related to the selected result.
US08452848B1	Facilitating secure 24x7 on-demand service availability while minimizing power consumption and power load spikes Secure, continuous, on-demand access to services provided by servers internal to a network is facilitated, while minimizing power consumption and power load spikes. Information concerning operation of the network is monitored, and a profile of the network is maintained. Internal network servers being in reduced power consumption states is tracked. Service requests from clients to internal network servers that are in reduced power consumption states are detected. In response, packets are generated to wake servers in reduced power consumption states, without requiring registration or installation of any components on the servers or clients. Frequencies are controlled at which packets are generated to wake servers, thereby minimizing sudden increases in power consumption associated with waking multiple servers. This can comprise waiting for a specific duration of time prior to generating packets, based on server profiles.
US08452844B2	Deletion in data file forwarding framework Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for deletion in data file forwarding framework. A framework includes a network of interconnected computer system nodes in which data files are continuously forwarded from computer memory to computer memory without storing on any physical storage device in the network, a central server coupled to the network, and a deletion server coupled to the network.
US08452837B2	Data delivery Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for support dependent post delivery. In one aspect, a method included generating transmission data for a web page served by a first server and rendered on the client device, the first sever belonging to a first domain; determining if the client device supports cross origin resource sharing; in response to a determination that the client device does not support cross origin resource sharing: defining an iFrame for the web page, the iFrame belonging to a second domain of a receiving server, and having a name value derived from the transmission data, receiving iFrame instructions from the receiving server and executing the iFrame instructions in the iFrame, the iFrame instruction causing the client device to: generate an HTTP POST request to the receiving server from the iFrame name value, the first HTTP POST request including the transmission data.
US08452835B2	Systems and methods for object rate limiting in multi-core system The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for managing a rate of request for an object transmitted between a server and one or more clients via a multi-core intermediary device. A first core of the intermediary device can receive a request for an object and assume ownership of the object. The first core can store the object in shared memory along with a rate-related counter for the object and generate a hash to the object and counter. Other cores can obtain the hash from the first core and access the object and counter in shared memory. Policy engines and throttlers in operation on each core can control the rate of access to the stored object.
US08452830B2	Programmable CORDIC processor with stage re-use A CORDIC processor has a plurality of stages, each of the stages having a X input, Y input, a sign input, a sign output, an X output, a Y output, a mode control input having a ROTATE or VECTOR value, and a stage number k input, each CORDIC stage having a first shift generating an output by shifting the Y input k times, a second shift generating an output by shifting X input k times, a multiplexer having an output coupled to the sign input when the mode control input is ROTATE and to the sign of the Y input when the mode input is VECTOR, a first multiplier forming the product of the first shift output and the multiplexer output, a second multiplier forming the product of the second shift output and an inverted the multiplexer output, a first adder forming the X output from the sum of the first multiplier output and the X input, and a second adder forming the Y output from the sum of the second multiplier output and the Y input.
US08452822B2	Universal file naming for personal media over content delivery networks A device receives, from a content provider device, a personal media file with a custom name and generates a universal file name for the file based on a digital fingerprint extracted from the file. The device associates the universal file name with the custom name and determines that the universal file name is associated with a previously-stored file, where the previously-stored file and the file with the custom name have an identical digital fingerprint. The device discards the file with the custom name, and associates the custom name with the universal file name for later retrieval.
US08452816B1	Managing database access A method is used in managing database access. A framework is provided for translating versioned data between memory and persistent storage. Based on the framework, read and write requests that access records in a database are translated. Based on the framework, it is made to appear that the database is a different version of the database.
US08452815B2	System and methods for management of risk data and analytics Managing and analyzing occurrences of certain types of adverse events associated with a distribution of a prescription drug into the commercial marketplace, such as a drug having an associated abuse liability potential. Data concerning an occurrence of an adverse event associated with such distribution is received and selectively logged as an event if the data satisfies one or more predetermined criteria which can be used to filter the received data. If the received data are logged as an event, a score is computed and assigned to the event. If the score meets or exceeds a pre-established threshold, a field researcher is assigned to investigate the logged event. Further data from the field researcher are stored in association with the logged event. Automated review of further data from field researchers can be performed to update the status of a logged event to closed.
US08452798B2	Query and document topic category transition analysis system and method and query expansion-based information retrieval system and method An information retrieval system and method, and more particularly, a query and document topic category transition analysis system and method in which a query topic category of a query input from a user as an information retrieval keyword and a document topic category of a document which a user regards as relevant and selects from information retrieval results are classified to analyze transition between the query topic category and the document topic category, and a query expansion-based information retrieval system and method using query and document topic category transition analysis in which a query input from a user is expanded using a topic category transition analysis result, and corresponding information or documents are retrieved using the expanded query are provided.
US08452795B1	Generating query suggestions using class-instance relationships Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating query suggestions. In one aspect, a method includes receiving candidate text queries and class instance pairs and generating one or more query specializations from the candidate text queries and the class instance pairs. In another aspect, a method includes receiving a partial query entered by a user, identifying one or more query specializations for query completions for the partial query, and presenting query suggestions to the user, including presenting the identified query specializations.
US08452794B2	Visual and textual query suggestion Techniques described herein enable better understanding of the intent of a user that submits a particular search query. These techniques receive a search request for images associated with a particular query. In response, the techniques determine images that are associated with the query, as well as other keywords that are associated with these images. The techniques then cluster, for each set of images associated with one of these keywords, the set of images into multiple groups. The techniques then rank the images and determine a representative image of each cluster. Finally, the tools suggest, to the user that submitted the query, to refine the search based on user selection of a keyword and a representative image. Thus, the techniques better understand the user's intent by allowing the user to refine the search based on another keyword and based on an image on which the user wishes to focus the search.
US08452793B2	Query refinement based on user selections To adapt search results to a user's needs, the search results display is modified based on the user's selections within the search results. Based on the user selections within the search results, the original search results may be ranked and/or ordered based on relevance to the selected search results. Based on the user selections within the search results, a new search criteria may be generated and presented to the user as a suggested search criteria. Based on the user selections within the search results, a new search may be performed to obtain new search results.
US08452788B2	Information retrieval system, registration apparatus for indexes for information retrieval, information retrieval method and program An information retrieval system comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires information as a subject of retrieval; a time information specifying unit that specifies time information owned by said information as the subject of retrieval; and an index updating unit that updates said index using the time information specified by said time information specifying unit; wherein said information retrieval system provides an information retrieving function of reproducing retrieved results at any time point by providing index for information retrieval with the time information and by using data of said index relevant to a reference point of retrieval identified at the time of retrieval.
US08452785B1	Item search using normalized item attributes Disclosed are various embodiments for searching for items in a catalog using normalized item attributes. A range of values on a normalized scale is determined for an option for an attribute associated with a representative item. The range of values of the representative item is correlated with a first unit on a first scale of item classification. Multiple items are identified based at least in part on the option for the attribute. Each of the items is associated with a respective option for the attribute that has a respective range of values on the normalized scale that overlaps the range of values of the representative item. The respective range of values of one or more of the items is correlated with a second unit on a second scale of item classification.
US08452770B2	Constrained nonnegative tensor factorization for clustering Methods and systems for clustering information items using nonnegative tensor factorization are disclosed. A processing device receives one or more class labels, each corresponding to an information item, a selection for a nonnegative tensor factorization model having an associated objective function and one or more parameter values, each corresponding to one of one or more penalty constraints. The processing device determines a constrained objective function based on the objective function associated with the selected nonnegative tensor factorization model, the one or more parameter values and the one or more class labels and including the one or more penalty constraints. The processing device determines clusters for the plurality of information items by evaluating the constrained objective function. Pairwise constraints may be received in addition to or instead of the class labels.
US08452769B2	Context aware search document While creating a document in a document editing application, a user may wish to locate more information on a particular topic to add more detail to the document. For example, a user begins creating an outline of topics for a research paper. Functionality can be implemented in a document editing application to dynamically perform searches on determined keywords, and to automatically associate search results with those keywords. In addition, searches are refined based on document context, and results can be categorized based on prior consumption of the information contained in each result. This allows a user to locate results best pertaining to topics in the document while being able to retrieve resources that have been useful in the past. Automatically performing searches and associating search results with text in a document gives a user instant access to relevant information which allows the user to spend less time researching.
US08452758B2	Methods and systems for improving a search ranking using related queries Systems and methods that improve search rankings for a search query by using data associated with queries related to the search query are described. In one aspect, a search query is received, a related query related to the search query is determined, an article (such as a web page) associated with the search query is determined, and a ranking score for the article based at least in part on data associated with the related query is determined. Several algorithms and types of data associated with related queries useful in carrying out such systems and methods are described.
US08452756B2	Database execution detail repository A database query optimizer includes an access plan storage mechanism that stores execution detail corresponding to a query statement in an access plan cache. By storing execution detail in the access plan cache along with the query statement, the execution detail is available when needed to debug database problems, even after a problem occurs. The execution detail stored in the access plan cache may be mined and analyzed after-the-fact, producing a very powerful tool for debugging database problems. Snapshots of the execution detail may also be created by a user. In addition, the user may setup autonomic snapshots and comparisons so that a user may be alerted from a degradation in database performance between two snapshots.
US08452755B1	Database query analysis technology Database query analysis technology, in which an input query is received that relates to multiple attribute classes of data records. An index that is descriptive of the data records in data storage is accessed and relative positions in the accessed index for the multiple attribute classes are identified. The accessed index is processed based on more than one of the multiple attribute classes and the identified relative positions, and the processed index is used to identify groups of data records that are included in the data records in the data storage and that share common values for the multiple attribute classes in the input query. Metrics corresponding to the data records included in each of the identified groups of data records are accessed, computations are performed on the accessed metrics, and a report is generated that reflects results of the computations.
US08452750B2	System and method for the creation and access of dynamic course content A computer based system and method for the creation and access of dynamic course content and associated media products is disclosed. The present invention utilizes dynamic current content sources such as news, web sources, blogs, podcasts, user generated content, and other sources to create media products such as slides, videos, audio and the like. The media products of the present invention are keyed to the static framework of the textbook or textbooks, and are searchable by textbook structure, media structure, key terms, date range, and the like.
US08452746B2	Detecting spam search results for context processed search queries A programmable search engine system is programmable by a variety of different entities, such as client devices and vertical content sites to customize search results for users. Context files store instructions for controlling the operations of the programmable search engine. The context files are processed by various context processors, which use the instructions therein to provide various pre-processing, post-processing, and search engine control operations. Spam related and biased contexts and search results are identified using offline and query time processing stages, and the context files from vertical content providers associated with such spam and biased contexts and results are excluded from processing on direct user queries.
US08452741B1	Reconciling data retention requirements Data retention requirement rules may be created to have an area association, a minimum retention period specification, and a maximum retention period specification associated with one or more rules. Users may be assigned to one or more areas of at least one rule. Data objects may associated with one or more areas that may be associated with a rule. As the rules are updated and/or changed, the minimum and maximum periods in different rules may be compared in real time to implement a data retention policy that automatically deletes, preserves, and/or prevents access to data objects according to the each of the rules.
US08452739B2	Highly scalable and distributed data de-duplication This disclosure relates to systems and methods for both maintaining referential integrity within a data storage system, and freeing unused storage in the system, without the need to maintain reference counts to the blocks of storage used to represent and store the data.
US08452738B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus is capable of recording a first image file and a second image file which differs from the first image file in a recording format and which needs to be managed by a management file. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that converts a subject optical image into an image signal, a signal processor that creates based on the image signal the first image file, or image data including the second image file and a management file associated with the second image file, and a controller that controls the signal processor. The controller checks consistency between the management file and the second image file, and controls the signal processor such that, when the management file is not consistent with the second image file, creation of the image data is inhibited but creation of the first image file is allowed.
US08452737B2	Efficient column based data encoding for large-scale data storage The subject disclosure relates to column based data encoding where raw data to be compressed is organized by columns, and then, as first and second layers of reduction of the data size, dictionary encoding and/or value encoding are applied to the data as organized by columns, to create integer sequences that correspond to the columns. Next, a hybrid greedy run length encoding and bit packing compression algorithm further compacts the data according to an analysis of bit savings. Synergy of the hybrid data reduction techniques in concert with the column-based organization, coupled with gains in scanning and querying efficiency owing to the representation of the compact data, results in substantially improved data compression at a fraction of the cost of conventional systems.
US08452736B2	File change detection A system and method include selecting a file for potential backing up. A metadata signature is calculated on the selected file. The metadata signature of the selected file is compared to a metadata signature of a corresponding file already backed up. The file is only backed up the file if the signatures do not match.
US08452729B2	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.
US08452722B2	Method and system for searching multiple data sources In a method and system for searching multiple data sources for objects with certain attributes, wherein the data sources potentially have different data formats, the searching is done by first reading the data in the data sources, storing the data, and then searching the stored data. The method and system preferably includes a user interface with a template for displaying data from data sources, for manually supplementing the data, and for defining search criteria.
US08452721B2	Region of interest tracking for fluid simulation A method of simulation comprises controlling an avatar in an environment. Movement of graphical elements is simulated in a fluid coordinate frame surrounding said avatar, wherein said graphical elements in said fluid coordinate frame obey a first rule set. Said graphical elements and a first region surrounding said fluid coordinate frame are animated, wherein said graphical elements in said first region obey a second rule set. Said fluid coordinate frame moves in response to said controlling of said avatar. In an embodiment, a blending region blends the movement of graphical elements inside the fluid coordinate frame and outside the fluid coordinate frame.
US08452715B2	Secure transfer of value via electronic stamp A method of providing for a money transfer over a network includes the steps of: providing a stamp having a face value and a lifespan both indicated on the stamp, the stamp being a string that is a concatenation of two or more fields including the face value and the lifespan, with at least one of the fields calculated according to a prescription involving a hashing or encryption of a concatenation of others of the fields or of some other field not part of the stamp; affixing the stamp to an e-mail; and allowing the recipient of the e-mail to obtain value for the stamp if the stamp is presented to a predetermined entity (such as a stamp issuer) for the stamp value within the lifespan indicated on the stamp. The stamp may comprise a concatenation of a set of fields, including a lifespan, a stamp value; and hash/encryption.
US08452712B2	Method and apparatus for enforcing software licenses A method and apparatus for enforcing software licenses for resource libraries such as an application program interface (API), a toolkit, a framework, a runtime library, a dynamic link library (DLL), an applet (e.g., a Java or ActiveX applet), or any other reusable resource. The resource library can be used by authorized end user software programs. A “per-program” licensing scheme for a resource library can allow a resource library to be licensed only for use with particular software programs.
US08452707B2	Credit card, credit card systems and method A credit card and credit card payment system includes a zero-LOC card account having an associated zero-LOC card with a unique identification number and a zero line of credit. The issuer of the zero-LOC card assumes no credit risk. This zero-LOC card account is independent of a funding card account, such that the zero-LOC card is funded, at some point before use, by at least one funds transfer from the funding card account to provide a positive credit balance in the zero-LOC card account. At the point of use, zero-LOC card functions just like a regular credit card except for the fact that a debit/payment transaction on the zero-LOC card is authorized using the available credit balance on the zero-LOC card account instead of the available line-of-credit as in the case of a regular credit card.
US08452706B1	Methods and apparatuses for presenting offers for financial products Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatuses and methods for presenting offers for financial products, and more particularly, for presenting offers for financial products in graphical user interfaces. For example, in one embodiment, a method is provided for: (1) providing a graphical user interface to the display device of a computerized apparatus, wherein the graphical user interface comprises information associated with a financial account; (2) determining an offer for a financial product based at least partially on a comparison of the financial account to the financial product; and (3) presenting the offer for the financial product in the graphical user interface.
US08452703B2	Method and system for processing internet payments using the electronic funds transfer network Embodiments of the invention include a method and system for conducting financial transactions over a payment network. The method may include associating a payment address of an account with an account holder name, the account residing at a financial institution and the associated payment address of the account configured to allow withdrawals by the account holder only and to allow a plurality of deposits to be made at different times. The method further includes freely publishing the payment address and making it available to users of an internet portal or search engine. The method further includes receiving data over a network identifying a deposit to be made to the account, assigning the deposit to the account using the payment address, and notifying the payer of the assignment on a real time basis. At least one directory is used for associating the account holder with the payment address.
US08452695B2	System and method for providing security to a game controller device for electronic trading A system for managing electronic trading, comprises an interface application including a mapping module that defines a plurality of controller signal relationships. Each controller signal relationship associates one or more of a plurality of game controller signals with one of a plurality of trading system commands associated with the electronic trading of financial instruments. The interface application receives a plurality of game controller signals generated by a game controller, and determines, based on the controller signal relationships, that one or more of the plurality of received game controller signals are erroneous. The interface application causes the communication of a command to lock the game controller based on the determination of the one or more erroneous game controller signals.
US08452692B2	Method and system for managing exchange traded funds using an intraday indicative value A computer implemented method, system, and software for calculating and using an intraday indicative value of a leveraged Bullish or Bearish exchange traded fund (“ETF”) for arbitrage purposes, includes calculating an intraday current value of all the equity securities in the ETF (applicable only to Bullish ETFs), calculating mark to market gains or losses of at least one derivative product, and retrieving an accumulated loss or gain of the at least one derivative product and other cash equivalent amounts. The intraday indicative value of the ETF is determined by combining the calculated intraday current value of all the equity securities (applicable only to Bullish ETFs), the accumulated loss or gain, the mark to market gains of the at least one derivative product and other cash equivalent amounts. The determined intraday value of the ETF is used, by a party, for arbitrage purposes.
US08452687B2	Method and apparatus for facilitating and monitoring monetary transactions and rewards in a gaming environment Methods and apparatus for facilitating and monitoring player financial and player tracking/reward transactions, including the tracking of player losses, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes at least one server and a plurality of gaming machines and/or a game generator for transmitting game information to a remote game play location. The server has a memory containing data files corresponding to players. The data files contain information such as credits or monies in an account which belong to the player and which may be used by the player to play games. The data files also contain player tracking information, such as points awarded to a player based upon their game play and/or information regarding player expenditures or deductions, such as amounts wagered by a player. In one embodiment, a player and a casino may manage the player's accounts, such as by placing criteria upon the account(s), tracking a player's gain or loss while playing games, awarding awards such as prizes and credits for free game play or redeemable awards.
US08452683B2	System and method for making a synthetic cash advance using a purchase payment exchange System and method provide for making a synthetic cash advance to a credit cardholder via a purchase-payment exchange. A second person selects an item to be purchased by a cardholder for the second person, and in exchange for the cardholder's credit card purchase, the second person pays the cardholder an amount of money that is less than the amount charged to the cardholder's credit card. Using this invention, the second person receives the selected item (or has a payment made) at a discount, and the cardholder is able to transform a credit card purchase into a synthetic cash advance at the credit card's purchase interest rate. Two or more cardholders may bid in an online auction to complete the second person's financial transaction in exchange for the second person's money. A cardholder who submits a conforming bid, that is willing to accept the least amount of money, may be selected as the auction winner.
US08452676B1	Method and system for filing a tax form using quick return A method for filing a tax form, comprising generating a basic return form, receiving a plurality of basic return answers to a plurality of basic return questions from a user, obtaining aggregate tax data from a plurality of filed tax returns based on the plurality of basic return answers, determining a plurality of aggregate tax questions based on the aggregate tax data, determining a plurality of utilization levels for the plurality of aggregate tax questions, generating a summary input form comprising a first plurality of tax questions and a second plurality of tax questions, receiving a plurality of summary input answers to the first plurality of tax questions and the second plurality of tax questions from the user, completing the tax form based on the plurality of summary input answers to obtain a completed tax form, and filing the completed tax form with a tax authority.
US08452667B1	System and method for online management of restaurant orders A system and method for online management of restaurant orders may comprise of a server computer for storing data related to a plurality of vendors; a client computer for sending a request for vendor product to the server computer; and a vendor point of sale system, at a specific location, for interfacing with the server computer and for processing the request.
US08452653B1	Method for providing information and recommendations based on user activity A method for providing recommendations to a user based on user activity. A plurality of activity data tracking a plurality of activities of a user is obtained. The activity data may be obtained over a wide area network such as the internet or downloaded from a data card which stores activity data whenever the user participates in an activity. The activity data is either stored on the data card or transmitted over the network whenever the user uses a card when participating in any activity such as when making a purchase of goods, paying for services, watching television, etc. The activity data is processed to identify a plurality of user patterns. The user patterns are used to form a user profile and may include user habit data. Recommendations specific to the user based on the user patterns are then created for and provided to the user. The recommendations are provided to a user when the user logs onto a computer network such as the internet. The recommendations may also be provided by electronic mail, electronic pager or other methods. The recommendations are provided by various data analysis techniques including rule based inference engines and other forms of artificial intelligence.
US08452652B2	Electronic coupons decision support and recommendation system A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for determining a combination of electronic coupons (e-coupons) for redemption by a retailer in a networked environment are disclosed. In the method, a check is made to determine if a selection of e-coupons complies with redeeming conditions for a purchase. If so, a further check is made to determine if two or more of the selected e-coupons are mutually exclusive. The selection of e-coupons complying with the redeeming conditions and being non-mutually exclusive is displayed. Preferably, the method includes suggesting to a user of an optimal or near optimal selection of e-coupons. The e-coupons may reside at a user's site, a third party's site, or a site of the retailer in the networked environment. The networked environment may be the Internet, an Intranet, an Extranet, a local area network, an ATM network, a wide area network and a wireless network.
US08452649B1	Computer-based methods and arrangements for consumer-directed marketing program Computer-based methods and arrangements are implemented using a variety of embodiments. According to one embodiment, a method is implemented for use with a financial institution's computer-managed marketing program. The method provides participation incentives to associations enrolled in the program based upon the program involvement of the enrolled associations. The financial institution enrolls associations in the program by assigning codes to the associations. The financial institution also enrolls a plurality of individuals having accounts with the financial institution in the program by associating each of the account numbers with one of the assigned codes. The assigned codes identify each of the plurality of individuals as a member of one of the enrolled associations. The financial institution determines a rating for each of the enrolled associations based upon the involvement of the enrolled associations in the program and then provides participation incentives to the enrolled associations based upon the ratings.
US08452646B2	System and method for providing endorsed electronic offers between communication devices A system and method are disclosed for distribution of advertisements and electronic offers between communication devices. The system and method provides for accounting and distribution of incentives related to distribution of the advertisements and offers. A bi-directional selection between subscribers and advertisers using the system is created whereby both advertisers and subscribers agree to participate in the distribution of advertisements and offers. The system further provides for a means of redeeming offers utilizing points of sale and analytics associated to the redemption of electronic offers.
US08452641B1	System and method for providing a regularized adjusted weighted repeat sale index Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are described for estimating real estate property values based on an adjusted repeat sales model using a regularized estimator. In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method calculates data for estimating the adjustments from an aggregated level to a first disaggregated level by marking a first transaction to a second transaction using a repeat sales house price index function at the aggregated level. The method also determines, using the calculated data, a regularized estimate of the deviation between the repeat sales house price index at the aggregated level and a repeat sales house price index at the first disaggregated level. The method further calculates the repeat sales house price index at the first disaggregated level based on the determined regularized estimate of the deviation from the aggregated level.
US08452638B2	Systems and methods for estimating demand for attractions Certain embodiments disclosed herein provide devices, systems, and methods of using location-based virtual audience feedback to estimate interest in an attraction at one or more venues. Certain embodiments provide devices, systems, and methods of using location-based virtual audience feedback and/or other audience data to estimate interest in a plurality of attractions or other items of interest at a particular venue.
US08452629B2	Work packet enabled active project schedule maintenance A method, system, and computer-readable medium for maintaining a project schedule of projects being executed within a software factory are presented. A project management tool receives alerts from the software factory as completion statuses, of software packets being used within the software factory, change. These alerts enable a consolidated and coordinated updating of the project schedule.
US08452627B2	Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain includes calculating a demand stock for satisfying a demand over supply lead time at the node of the supply chain, and calculating a demand variability stock for satisfying a demand variability of the demand over supply lead time at the node. A demand bias of the demand at the node is established. An inventory target for the node is determined based on the demand stock and the demand variability stock in accordance with the demand bias.
US08452617B2	Gathering, storing, and retrieving summary electronic healthcare record information from healthcare providers The system and method of the invention describes a unique approach to gathering patient treatment information in summary form from a universe of health care providers, each using any form of patient information management; converting that information to pointers that can be searched by a healthcare provider before or during treatment to determine if further information needs to be acquired from the original provider; and a variety of methods to provide access to detailed healthcare treatment and diagnosis information from the original healthcare provider through an access and display method provided by the healthcare provider housing the records, if available. The system and method envisages one or more providers of repository services, each offering various ways for healthcare providers to update and maintain summary information, and each providing for continual exchange of information among them to ensure complete access to all available information.
US08452614B2	Data arrangement, method, dental-care-related device and software product for dental-care quality assurance The invention relates to a data arrangement in connection with dental care, which arrangement includes at least one dental-care device (U, T) and a data system (S). In the arrangement, information related to a predetermined dental treatment event performed by the dental care device (U, T) is transmitted and stored in the data system (S), such as data of device parameters, instruments (X) or filling material (Y) or time used in the procedure. In the arrangement, the treatment event may be identified, for example, via the control system of the dental-care device (U, T) or by reading an identifier by means of an electronic reader device (L1, L2). The information related to the dental procedure is stored in the data system (S) patient-, instrument- or material-specifically so that it may be utilised afterwards, in case required.
US08452613B2	Multiple modality computer aided diagnostic system and method A diagnostic system having an image loader including a processor for processing multiple modality images, at least one of the multiple modality images being a mammogram image, the processing including generating diagnostic information based on a computer aided diagnostic tool and an image viewer simultaneously displaying the multiple modality images.
US08452612B2	Method for evaluating and prognosticating the daily emotive behavior states and psychophysiological activity of a person according to the measures of night hypersympathicotonia syndrome The invention relates to the field of identifying the results of medical measurements. The use thereof ensures the technical result in the form of a possibility for estimating confidently and prognosticating reliably the emotional-behavioral states and psychophysiological functioning of a human by means of data obtained as a result of studying the cardiac rhythm thereof. This result is achieved owing to the method including step of: a) performing an intraday monitoring of the patient's ECG; b) storing the data of this monitoring in the computer memory; c) carrying out a computer processing of the data stored in the step b) for constructing, in accordance with those data, an intervalogram of the patient's cardiac rhythm variability per 24-hour period; d) determining, in accordance with the intervalogram constructed in the step c), those spans corresponding to the nighttime and having at least the predetermined length, where the cardiac rhythm variability is reduced in comparison with the average daily characteristics at the intervalogram spans having the same length and corresponding to the daytime, herewith said reduction of the cardiac rhythm variability shows that the given patient has a night hypersympathicotonia syndrome; e) comparing the differences determined in the step d) with the values from the preformed correspondence set stored in the computer memory, thus defining a degree of manifestation of the predefined indices of the night hypersympathicotonia syndrome; and f) performing, on the basis of the comparison made in the step e), predictive estimations of the human day emotional-behavioral states and psychophysiological functioning.
US08452606B2	Speech encoding using multiple bit rates A method system and program for encoding and decoding a speech signal including error correction data. The method comprises: receiving a speech signal comprising successive frames, for each of a plurality of frames of the speech signal, analysing the speech signal to determine side information and a residual signal, encoding the residual signal at a first bit rate, and generating an output bitstream based on the residual signal encoded at the first bit rate, and for at least one of the plurality of frames of the speech signal, encoding the residual signal at a second bit rate that is lower than the first bit rate; and generating error correction data based on the residual signal encoded at the second bit rate.
US08452590B2	Fixed codebook searching apparatus and fixed codebook searching method A fixed codebook searching apparatus, includes a convolution operator, implemented by at least one processor, that convolves an impulse response of a perceptually weighted synthesis filter with an impulse response vector that has values at negative times, to generate a second impulse response vector that has values at negative times. A matrix generator, implemented by at least one processor, generates a Toeplitz-type convolution matrix using the second impulse response vector generated by the convolution operator. A searcher, implemented by at least one processor, performs a codebook search by maximizing a term using the Toeplitz-type convolution matrix.
US08452588B2	Encoding device, decoding device, and method thereof It is possible to improve quality of a decoding signal in a band spread for estimating a high band from a low band of a decoding signal. A first layer encoder encodes a lower band portion below a predetermined frequency of an input signal so as to generate first layer encoded information. A first layer decoder decodes the first layer encoded information so as to generate a first layer demodulated signal. A second layer encoder divides a high band portion higher, than a predetermined frequency, of an input signal into a plurality of sub-bands and estimates each of the sub-bands from the input signal or the first layer decoded signal by using the estimation result of the sub-band adjacent to the lower band side so as to generate second encoded information including the estimation results of the sub-bands.
US08452578B2	Simulation method of noise performance of tire and method of producing tire A method for simulating tire noise performance using a computer includes a step S1 of setting, using a finite number of elements, a tire model having a tread model portion provided with a tread groove, a step S2 of setting a road surface model using a finite number of elements, a step S4 of carrying out a rolling simulation to roll the tire model on the road surface model at least over a groove-grounded rolling distance between which the tread groove is brought into and out of contact with the road surface model; a step S5 of acquiring a surface coordinate value of the tread model portion in a time-series manner, and a step S7 of setting a sound space region around the tread model portion using the surface coordinate value of the tread model portion and of carrying out an aerodynamic simulation using the sound space region.
US08452574B2	System and method of generating atmospheric turbulence for testing adaptive optical systems A system and method for simulating atmospheric turbulence for testing optical components. A time varying phase screen representing atmospheric turbulence is generated using Karhunen-Loeve polynomials and a splining technique for generating temporal functions of the noise factor for each Zernike mode. The phase screen is input to a liquid crystal spatial light modulator. A computer display allows the user to set geometric characteristics, and select between methods for generating atmospheric turbulence including Karhunen-Loeve polynomials, Zernike polynomials, and Frozen Seeing.
US08452568B2	Method for calibrating cameras installed on vehicle A method for calibrating vehicle cameras is simplified by providing painted patterns on a road surface and by capturing those patterns by the cameras to be calibrated. According to a predefined positional relationship of the cameras with the painted patterns, captured images of the painted patterns are bird's-eye converted and matched with reference to calculate camera positions in a vehicle, thereby enabling an automatic calibration of camera directions and the like.
US08452566B2	Warranty monitoring and enforcement for integrated circuit and related design structure An integrated circuit (IC) including a warranty and enforcement system, and a related design structure and HDL design structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, an IC includes a parameter obtainer for obtaining a value of a parameter of the IC; a warranty data storage system for storing warranty limit data regarding the IC; a comparator for determining whether a warranty limit has been exceeded by comparing the value of the parameter to a corresponding warranty limit; and an action taker for taking a prescribed action in response to the warranty limit being exceeded.
US08452561B2	Time delay estimation A time differential is estimated between a plurality of signals by determining a filter response of a first electrical signal with a first filter array, determining a filter response of a second electrical signal with a second filter array, and determining, based at least on the filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal, a time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal. A first optical signal is converted into the first electrical signal and a second optical signal is converted into the second electrical signal. The filter response of the first electrical signal and the filter response of the second electrical signal are sampled and the time differential between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal is determined based at least on the sampled filter response of the first electrical signal and the sampled filter response of the second electrical signal.
US08452560B2	Identifying periodic jitter in a signal Identifying periodic jitter in a signal includes identifying transition regions of the signal, where the transition regions correspond to regions of the signal where the signal changes between different levels, determining lengths of the transition regions; and performing a statistical analysis that is based on the lengths of the transition regions in order to obtain a value indicative of a level of periodic jitter in the signal.
US08452556B2	Method and apparatus for estimating SOC of a battery A method of determining a state-of-charge for a battery is provided. A startup state-of-charge of the battery is determined as a function of a present open circuit voltage measurement for a present ignition startup, at least one open circuit voltage observation of a previous ignition startup, and a current draw integration over a time period from a previous ignition startup event to a present ignition startup event. A run state-of-charge change of the battery is determined for an ignition key-on operation. The run state-of-charge change comprises a difference between the present open circuit voltage measurement and the at least one previous open circuit voltage observation, and is determined in response to of a current draw integration over a respective period of time. The state-of-charge of the battery is calculated based on a function of the startup state-of-charge and the run state-of-charge change of the battery.
US08452552B2	Method for testing a vibration damper of a motor vehicle in the installed state, and vibration damper-test system for a motor vehicle A method for checking a vibration damper of a motor vehicle in the installed state includes setting start values of the damping constant kA, the spring rate cA, and the body mass mA for a wheel of a motor vehicle; inducing a vertical vibration of the motor vehicle with the aid of a defined excitation sRreal; determining the theoretical body vibration excursion sAmodel; optically detecting the positions of the wheel and the body shell of the motor vehicle at a plurality of detection instants during the vibration; minimizing the error function formed from the deviations between the theoretical body vibration excursion sAmodel and the observed body vibration excursion sAreal at the detection instants, and determining the damping constant kA, the spring rate cA, and the body mass mA therefrom; and determining the damping measure θ of the vibration damper.
US08452548B2	Base oil low temperature property classification model In one embodiment a method to determine at least one low temperature property of the lubricant oil is disclosed. This method comprises obtaining a base stock, generating a DSC curve of wax versus temperature using a heating curve for the base stock, correlating the heating curve of the base stock with a MRV for a formulated oil, and determining the MRV of the lubricant oil from the correlation of the base stock to the MRV of the corresponding desired base oil.
US08452537B2	System and method for predicting tornado activity A system that predicts current tornado activity has been developed. The system includes a processor that receives model data from a meteorological data source that indicates tornadic activity and generates a model data tornado potential index. The processor also receives radar data indicative of tornadic activity and generates a radar data tornado potential index using weighted values assigned to different components of the radar data, where the components of the radar data comprise, a tornado vortex signature (TVS) data value, a mesocyclonic activity (MESO) data value, a precipitation and intensity (dBz) data value, a vertically integrated liquid (VIL) data value, and hail size data value. The processor further generates a composite tornado potential index using weighted values of the model data tornado potential index and the radar data tornado potential index and stores the index in an electronic, data storage media.
US08452531B2	Route guiding system and method thereof The present invention discloses a route guiding system and a method thereof. The route guiding system in accordance with the present invention determines whether a user is approaching a crossway point based on the user's current position. In case the user is determined to approach a crossway point, other crossway points having a road connecting to this crossway point and scenic spots along such crossway points are searched from the electronic map. Finally, such roads connecting to these crossway points and relevant information concerning these scenic spots are displayed. In this fashion, the user can move randomly for promenade along the streets according to the scenic spot information displayed on the route guiding system without specifically setting any destination.
US08452525B2	Weighing system and methods of operating such weighing system A weighing system for detecting total weight, including optional external loads, and monitoring of center of gravity of a helicopter (2), comprising a fuselage (1), a landing gear (4), mounted to the fuselage (1) by flanges (10-13) and weighing cells (41-44). The weighing cells (41-44) are integral with the flanges (10-13) between the fuselage (1) and the landing gear (4). Attachment means are provided at the landing gear (4) for external loads (39, 40).
US08452519B2	Valve timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine A valve timing control apparatus includes a phase varying mechanism arranged to vary a relative rotational phase of a cam shaft with respect to a crank shaft; a driving mechanism arranged to provide a driving force to the phase varying mechanism by energization; a control mechanism configured to control a current applied to the driving mechanism; and a phase angle sensing mechanism arranged to sense the relative rotational phase of the cam shaft with respect to the crank shaft, and to have a detection period longer than a control period of the control mechanism in accordance with an engine operating state. The control mechanism is configured to repeat increasing and decreasing of the current applied to the driving mechanism when the phase varying mechanism continuously varies the relative rotational phase of the cam shaft with respect to the crank shaft by a predetermined angle or more.
US08452509B2	System and method of vehicle speed-based operational cost optimization A vehicle speed-based operational cost optimization module provides an optimized velocity profile over a given route while also considering imposed constraints such as deviation from time targets, deviation from maximum governed speed limits, etc. Given current vehicle speed, engine state and transmission state, the present disclosure optimally manages the engine map to provide a recommended vehicle speed that optimizes fuel consumption. Exemplary embodiments provide for offline and online optimizations relative to fuel consumption. The benefit is increased freight efficiency in transporting cargo from source to destination by minimizing fuel consumption and maintaining drivability.
US08452502B2	Driving recorder This invention intends to provide a vehicle-mounted driving recorder that can facilitate an after-the-fact analysis on not only situation data at a time of an accident but also situation data at a time of a hiyari-hatto and that can contribute accident prevention. The vehicle-mounted driving recorder comprises a data receiving section that receives situation data indicating behavior, a surrounding situation, and an operating situation of a vehicle and a data administration section that classifies the situation data into one of predetermined multiple categories based on contents of the received situation data and stores the classified situation data in a situation data storage section specified in a predetermined area of a memory.
US08452493B2	Methods and systems involving return torque A method of controlling a motor of a power steering system is provided. The method includes: estimating a scale factor based on a vehicle speed and a hand wheel torque; applying the scale factor to a return command; and generating a motor command signal based on the applying the scale factor.
US08452492B2	Driver assistance device and method for controlling it A driver assistance device for a vehicle having a plurality of safety functions, such as in particular an LDW function and an LKS function, in which system-related boundary values are provided for the safety functions such that when they are undershot the safety function is activated and when they are exceeded the safety function is deactivated. The boundary values are developed to be variable.
US08452490B2	Electronic circuit for charging and heating a battery An electronic circuit configured to operate in any of a plurality of charging and heating modes for two batteries, a primary battery and a secondary battery. The electronic circuit includes a plurality of switch and diode pairs in a stacked configuration. The stacks of switch and diode pairs are connected to an inductor, to a plurality of mode control switches, and the two batteries. The mode control switches are used to set the modes, which include a charging mode, a self-heating, a power exchange-heating mode, and a direct power transfer mode.
US08452482B2	Self testing systems and methods A diagnostic system for a vehicle comprises a diagnostic module, a control module, and a hardware interface module. The diagnostic module selectively diagnoses a fault in one or more of components that are integrated within a housing. The control module receives a request for testing of the diagnostic module and retrieves predetermined fault data corresponding to the fault. The hardware interface module receives component data for the diagnosis and the predetermined fault data, disables provision of the component data to the diagnostic module, and provides the predetermined fault data to the diagnostic module for the diagnosis.
US08452481B2	Vehicle information recording apparatus, vehicle information communication system and vehicle information communication method A GW device for relaying data sent and received between a plurality of ECUs mounted in a vehicle stores data sent from the respective ECUs in a database and then timely sends the data. The database is stored in a time series in association with time information, and copies of database at a plurality of time points are sent to a central device at predetermined time intervals, or at the time of detection of occurrence of a problem.
US08452477B2	Method and system for managing data transmission from a plurality of sensor devices included in a tyre Wireless transmission from sensor devices included in tires is coordinated by a receiving unit associated with the tire, or transmission coordinator. In more detail, every sensor device is made aware of an overall time window available for transmission, and based on at least this information, it calculates a dedicated timeslot for the transmission of its data within such time window. This coordinated transmission makes possible a strong reduction of the probability of collisions and transmission errors, and reduces the number of transmissions, so as to comply with the limited power resources available at each sensor device.
US08452474B2	Control device for hybrid vehicle and control method therefor In a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine in conjunction with an electric motor, when one of a process of regenerating the purification capacity of an exhaust gas purifying device and a process of charging a battery is performed, the presence or absence of a request to perform the other process is determined so that the two processes may be performed as simultaneously as possible to reduce deterioration in driveability and in the fuel efficiency as much as possible.
US08452465B1	Systems and methods for ECU task reconfiguration Systems and methods for reconfiguring ECU tasks for ensuring that a vehicle is operational upon failure of a task or an ECU. A first on-board reconfiguration strategy is generated and executed by an on-board unit of the vehicle to bring the vehicle to a safe state and a second off-line reconfiguration strategy is generated by a remote center unit and then executed by the on-board unit.
US08452461B2	Control system for photovoltaic power plant A control system for a photovoltaic (“PV”) power plant that includes a plant-level control system for implementing plant-level control functions at power generation sites of the plant, a supervisory system for supervisory control and data acquisition of the plant, and a communications network connecting the plant-level control system, the supervisory system, and plant devices is described. Methods of controlling a PV plant using the plant-level control system and the supervisory system and methods of regulating power characteristics in power generation sites are also described.
US08452450B2	Application of localization, positioning and navigation systems for robotic enabled mobile products A robotic cleaner includes a cleaning assembly for cleaning a surface and a main robot body. The main robot body houses a drive system to cause movement of the robotic cleaner and a microcontroller to control the movement of the robotic cleaner. The cleaning assembly is located in front of the drive system and a width of the cleaning assembly is greater than a width of the main robot body. A robotic cleaning system includes a main robot body and a plurality of cleaning assemblies for cleaning a surface. The main robot body houses a drive system to cause movement of the robotic cleaner and a microcontroller to control the movement of the robotic cleaner. The cleaning assembly is located in front of the drive system and each of the cleaning assemblies is detachable from the main robot body and each of the cleaning assemblies has a unique cleaning function.
US08452441B2	Process quality predicting system and method thereof The invention discloses a process quality prediction system and a method thereof. When a processing apparatus performs a process on a target, the process is measured by a measurement apparatus to receive a process value. The process value and several previous quality data collected from the measurement apparatus are used to predict the quality of the product which is processing inline. The method is composed of a moving window, a stepwise regression scheme and an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The drift and shift of process are overcome by the moving window. A key variable set is selected by the stepwise regression scheme and a virtual model is identified by the analysis of covariance.
US08452440B2	Method of forming an article A method of forming an article in a layer wise manufacturing process from a computer software file representing the article includes dividing the file into sub files in dependence of the size or other characteristics of features of the article to be created, applying a process characteristic selected independence on a characteristic feature to each sub file and manufacturing the article in accordance with the subfiles.
US08452439B2	Device performance parmeter tuning method and system A method comprises computing respective regression models for each of a plurality of failure bins based on a plurality of failures identified during wafer electrical tests. Each regression model outputs a wafer yield measure as a function of a plurality of device performance variables. For each failure bin, sensitivity of the wafer yield measure to each of the plurality of device performance variables is determined, and the device performance variables are ranked with respect to sensitivity of the wafer yield measure. A subset of the device performance variables which have highest rankings and which have less than a threshold correlation with each other are selected. The wafer yield measures for each failure bin corresponding to one of the selected subset of device performance variables are combined, to provide a combined wafer yield measure. At least one new process parameter value is selected to effect a change in the one device performance variable, based on the combined wafer yield measure. The at least one new process parameter value is to be used to process at least one additional wafer.
US08452433B2	Path setting method and apparatus for audio system, and audio system In a mixing system where a console, engine and I/O devices, each possessing a plurality of supply sources and destinations, are connected to a network, a plurality of transmission channels of the network are allocated to the individual devices. In response to human operator's connection instruction given via the console for instructing a connection between a supply source possessed by one of the devices and a supply destination possessed by another of the devices, the device possessing the supply source transmits an audio signal of the supply source to the network using one of the transmission channels allocated to the device. The device possessing the signal supply destination, for which the connection instruction has been given, receives the audio signal transmitted via the transmission channel and supplies the received audio signal to the supply destination.
US08452431B2	Effective deployment of temporal noise shaping (TNS) filters The MPEG2 Advanced Audio Coder (AAC) standard limits the number of filters used to either one filter for a “short” block or three filters for a “long” block. In cases where the need for additional filters is present but the limit of permissible filters has been reached, the remaining frequency spectra are simply not covered by TNS. Two solutions are proposed to deploy TNS filters in order to get the entire spectrum of the signal into TNS. The first method involves a filter bridging technique and complies with the current AAC standard. The second method involves a filter clustering technique. Although the second method is both more efficient and accurate in capturing the temporal structure of the time signal, it is not AAC standard compliant. Thus, a new syntax for packing filter information derived using the second method for transmission to a receiver is also outlined.
US08452429B2	Audio processor with internal oscillator-generated audio intermediate frequency reference An integrated circuit audio processor having an internal-oscillator generated intermediate frequency reference provides for operation of an audio processor without requiring an external master clock. Input audio streams are sample-rate converted to an intermediate sample rate derived from the internal oscillator, which may be an LC oscillator. One or more output audio streams are generated from the one or more input audio streams at the intermediate sample rate and are converted from the intermediate sample rate to corresponding output sample rates. A divider generates the intermediate sample rate from the oscillator output, and is programmed to control the intermediate sample rate to ensure that the intermediate sample rate is in the proper range for operation of the integrated circuit. The divider can be programmed to accommodate changes in process, voltage and/or temperature of the IC, so that the intermediate sample rate is maintained near an expected frequency.
US08452427B2	Signal path using general-purpose computer for audio processing and audio-driven graphics An audio system includes a general-purpose computer in the audio signal path to provide, or to enhance, pre-amplification functions. In one embodiment, in response to audio signals from a pre-amplifier, a programmable multimedia controller including the general-purpose computer generates control commands and passes these control commands via a signal path back to the pre-amplifier. In a second embodiment, rather than control a separate pre-amplifier, the programmable multimedia controller itself implements the pre-amplification functions. In yet another embodiment, a power amplifier includes the general-purpose computer and pre-amplification functions are implemented there. Also, a display screen shows a virtual control panel that is used to control the pre-amplification of audio signals. The virtual control panel provides a graphical user interface that simulates, replicates, or replaces with an alternate arrangement, the physical controls and readouts found on the control panel of a physical device. Audio-interactive graphics, images and/or artwork may also be shown on the display screen.
US08452426B2	Lighting control console for controlling a lighting system A lighting control console for controlling a lighting system, wherein digital adjustment commands are generated in the lighting control console and can be transmitted to the lighting devices of the lighting system via data connections includes at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the adjustment commands, and at least one display unit. Graphical elements can be displayed graphically for the operator at the display unit on a display surface. The display unit is made of an at least partially transparent material in the region of the display surface, wherein the display unit can be switched between a transparency mode and a display mode, and wherein the display unit (06) is partially transparent upon activation of the transparency mode in the region of the display surface and enables the operator to look through the display surface. The display unit enables the graphical representation of graphical elements on the display surface for the operator upon activation of the display mode in the region of the display surface.
US08452425B2	Position control device A position control device for suppressing occurrence of stick-slip during a feed operation performed in a very low speed region is provided. Adders add an output obtained by multiplying actual speed deviation by a proportional gain, an integral component of actual speed deviation obtained by inputting actual speed deviation to an integral compensator, an output obtained by multiplying motor speed deviation by a proportional gain, and an integral component of the motor speed deviation obtained by inputting motor speed deviation to an integral compensator. The result is output as a torque feedback command. Each integral compensator has a coefficient changer capable of changing a coefficient from 0 to 1 to adjust integral gains in accordance with a speed feedforward command or a speed command. Large integral gain increases the response speed of switching from static to kinetic friction torque in a very low speed region thereby suppressing occurrence of stick-slip.
US08452422B2	Flexible application device for the high-frequency treatment of biological tissue The invention concerns a flexible application device (1) for the high-frequency therapy of biological tissue or hollow organs, including a tubular high-frequency catheter (5) with a flexible shaft tube (6) having at least one lumen passing therethrough, a head electrode (2) arranged at the distal end of the high-frequency catheter (5), an electric line (9) with a connection (20) for a high-frequency generator (11), and a connecting element (8) arranged at the proximal end of the shaft tube (6) between the shaft tube and the line (9). An electrically conducting traction element (12) extends in the lumen between the head electrode (2) and the connecting element (8) and is fixedly connected to the head electrode (2) on the one hand and the connecting element (8) on the other hand in such a way and which is of such a tensile strength that all external forces which occur during a treatment and which act on the high-frequency catheter (5) can be transmitted to the connecting element (8) by way of the head electrode (2) and the traction element (12).
US08452420B2	Implantable catheter lead or electrode lead An implantable catheter lead or electrode lead includes an elongated flexible lead body with the fixation means attached to the lead body, for the purpose of effecting fixation of the catheter lead or electrode lead in a predetermined position within a vessel or a bodily cavity of a patient. A releasable attachment is provided between the lead body and the fixation means such that an explantation of the catheter lead or electrode lead is possible after the attachment is released while the fixation means remains in place within the body of the patient.
US08452419B2	Cardiac rhythm management system with intramural myocardial pacing leads and electrodes Medical devices and therapeutic methods for use in the field of cardiology, cardiac rhythm management and interventional cardiology, and more specifically to catheter-based systems for implantation of pacing leads and electrodes, or intramural myocardial reinforcement devices, within the myocardial wall of the heart, such as the ventricles, to provide improved cardiac function.
US08452414B2	Steering stimulation current by employing steering current Stimulation current is steered further outward and/or inward from a plane of the stimulating electrodes by using one or more steering currents. The steering current may be used to occupy space in the tissue where stimulation is not desired and to force the stimulation current to pass through target tissue. The steering current may be present in various locations such as in tissue that is immediately adjacent the plane of the electrodes to force the stimulation current away from the immediately adjacent area and deeper into surrounding target tissue. The steering current may be present in tissue that is beyond the target tissue to confine the outward reach of the stimulation current to that target tissue. The stimulation current may be produced by one power source while the steering current may be produced by one or more other power sources, each of the power sources being unreferenced to each other.
US08452411B2	Electrode assembly for a stimulating medical device An electrode assembly comprising a low-profile, low-volume elongate electrode carrier and a corresponding guide tube for introducing the carrier into the cochlea to place electrodes disposed at the distal end of the carrier at desired locations along the tonotopically-mapped cochlea. The electrode assembly facilitates intra- and extra-cochlea atraumatic implantation of the unobtrusive electrode carrier of the present invention thereby minimizing adverse impact to natural auditory functioning. For example, the electrode assembly may be utilized to implant the low-profile, low-volume elongate electrode carrier into the scala tympani without damaging the delicate structures of the cochlea and without interfering with the natural hydrodynamic nature of the cochlea such as the natural flow of perilymph in the cochlea canals. In one particular embodiment, the carrier is pre-curved to attain a perimodiolar position in the scala tympani to facilitate accurate delivery of electrical stimulation with a minimum stimulation current and power consumption.
US08452404B1	Ischemia detection systems for paced-patients having three different detection modes A device for detecting cardiac ischemia is disclosed. The device includes a processor that is configured to operate in three different modes according to relative frequency of different beat types. If beats of a first beat type, such as ventricularly paced beats, are predominant, the processor ignores other beat types and performs ischemia detection only on ventricularly paced beats. Conversely, if beats of a second beat type, such as sinus or atrially paced beats, are predominant, the processor ignores ventricularly paced beats and performs ischemia detection only on sinus or atrially paced beats. If there is a mixture of beat types such that neither predominates, the processor performs ischemia detection on both beat types.
US08452398B2	Method and apparatus for synchronizing neural stimulation to cardiac cycles A neural stimulator senses a reference signal indicative of cardiac cycles each including a predetermined type timing reference event using a sensor external to the heart and blood vessels. The delivery of the neural stimulation pulses are synchronized to that timing reference event. Examples of the timing reference event include a predetermined cardiac event such as a P-wave or an R-wave detected from a subcutaneous ECG signal, a predetermined type heart sound detected from an acoustic signal, and a peak detected from a hemodynamic signal related to blood flow or pressure.
US08452395B2	Battery longevity estimator that accounts for episodes of high current drain System and method for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery of an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device has a battery producing a current and having a remaining battery capacity, the implantable medical device being configured to utilize a relatively low amount of the current and, in specific instances, a relatively large pulse of the current. The processor is coupled to the battery and configured to calculate an estimate of the remaining battery capacity based, at least in part, on a measured battery parameter and occurrences of the specific instances of delivery of the relatively large pulse of the current.
US08452388B2	Apparatus and method for assessing vascular health Apparatus and methods for utilizing conductivity measurements to assess vascular health or to diagnose vascular conditions are disclosed. An exemplary method includes performing a first conductivity measurement of an extremity at a first elevation; elevating the extremity to a second elevation; performing a second conductivity measurement at the second elevation; and comparing the first conductivity measurement and the second conductivity measurement to determine a conductivity displacement Δσ. Another exemplary method includes maintaining a conductivity sensor adjacent to an individual for a period of time; performing a series of conductivity measurements; using the series of conductivity measurements to determine the transient behavior of the conductivity over the period of time; and using the transient behavior of the conductivity to assess the vascular health of the individual. A conductivity sensor and platform unit for performing conductivity measurements are also disclosed.
US08452387B2	Detecting or validating a detection of a state change from a template of heart rate derivative shape or heart beat wave complex Methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting and/or validating a detection of a state change by matching the shape of one or more of a cardiac data series, a heart rate variability data series, or at least a portion of a heart beat complex, derived from cardiac data, to an appropriate template.
US08452379B2	X-ray mammography with tomosynthesis A method and system for producing tomosynthetic images of a patient's breast. An x-ray source that delivers x-rays through a breast immobilized and compressed between a compression paddle and a breast platform and form an image at a digital x-ray receptor panel. Multiple x-ray images are taken as the x-ray source and the receptor move relative to the immobilized breast. In one preferred embodiment, the x-ray source travels from −15° to +15°. The source can travel in an arc around the breast while the receptor travels linearly while remaining parallel and at the same distance from the breast platform. The sets of x-ray image data taken at different angles are combined to form tomosynthetic images that can be viewed in different formats, alone or as an adjunct to conventional mammograms.
US08452372B2	System for laser coagulation of the retina from a remote location An integral laser imaging and coagulation apparatus, and associated systems and methods that allow an ophthalmologist to perform laser retinal surgical procedures with an integral laser imaging and coagulation apparatus disposed at a first (i.e. local) location from a control system disposed at a second (i.e. remote) location, e.g., a physician's office. In some embodiments, communication between the integral laser imaging and coagulation apparatus and control system is achieved via the Internet®.
US08452363B2	Device for measuring an analyte in an eye fluid The invention proposes a manual measuring appliance (112) and an analytical measuring system (110) which can be used to measure at least one analyte in an eye fluid of an eye (114). The handheld measuring appliance (112) comprises a measuring system (120) and a positioning system (122). The measuring system (120) can measure at least one property of the at least one analyte and/or at least one analyte-dependent change of property of at least one ocular sensor (116) in the eye fluid, and this can be used to infer a concentration of the analyte in the eye fluid. The positioning system (122) is set up to measure a spatial positioning, wherein the spatial positioning comprises a distance between at least one measurement location in the eye (114) and the handheld measuring appliance (112) and also furthermore at least one further positioning co-ordinate. Furthermore, the handheld measuring appliance comprises a calibration system (128), wherein the calibration system (128) is set up to perform a comparison measurement of at least one analyte concentration in a body fluid and/or to adopt measurement data from a comparison measurement performed using a separate measuring appliance and to take them into account when determining the concentration of the at least one analyte.
US08452360B2	System and method for non-invasive photothermal radiometric measurement There is provided a glucose monitoring method and apparatus based on the principle of Wavelength-Modulated Differential Laser Photothermal Radiometry (WM-DPTR). Two intensity modulated laser beams operating in tandem at specific mid-infrared (IR) wavelengths and current-modulated synchronously by two electrical waveforms 180 degrees out-of-phase, are used to interrogate the tissue surface. The laser wavelengths are selected to absorb in the mid infrared range (8.5-10.5 μm) where the glucose spectrum exhibits a discrete absorption band. The differential thermal-wave signal generated by the tissue sample through modulated absorption between two specific wavelengths within the band (for example, the peak at 9.6 and the nearest baseline at 10.5 μm) lead to minute changes in sample temperature and to non-equilibrium blackbody radiation emission. This modulated emission is measured with a broadband infrared detector. The detector is coupled to a lock-in amplifier for signal demodulation. Any glucose concentration increases will be registered as differential photothermal signals above the fully suppressed signal baseline due to increased absorption at the probed peak or near-peak of the band at 9.6 μm at the selected wavelength modulation frequency. The emphasis is on the ability to monitor blood glucose levels in diabetic patients in a non-invasive, non-contacting manner with differential signal generation methods for real-time baseline corrections, a crucial feature toward precise and universal calibration (independent of person-to-person contact, skin, temperature or IR-emission variations) in order to offer accurate absolute glucose concentration readings.
US08452354B2	Mobile communication terminal A mobile communication terminal including a first body, a second body slidably connected to the first body and moveable between a first position and a second position, and a slide module connecting the first body to the second body. The slide module is configured to guide the second body along a curved path between the first position and the second position such that the second body moves in both a lateral and longitudinal direction with respect to the first body.
US08452353B2	Apparatus and methods for providing intelligent battery management Various embodiments for providing enhanced battery conservation in mobile devices are described. In one or more embodiments, a mobile computing device may include a processor and a battery to supply power to the processor. The device may store user pattern data and/or user preference data. The device may further include a power management module coupled to the processor. The power management module may monitor a location of the device, wireless signal strength, and date/time. The power management module may also monitor and analyze user operation of the device to identify scenarios in which wireless communications can be suspended. The power management module may suspend wireless communication according to these monitored conditions, and analyzed user operations, to reduce battery consumption. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08452348B2	Hands-free apparatus A hands-free apparatus in a vehicle has two cellular phones connected through simultaneous HFP connections, with one of the two cellular phones having a private call and the other of the two cellular phones receiving a voice call. The hands-free apparatus displays on a touch screen a call transfer switch for switching the private call to the hands-free call regarding the call of the first cellular phone and a response switch for responding to the voice call to the second cellular phone. In this manner, both of the private call and the voice call are appropriately handled by a user without any restriction even when the voice call is received by the second cellular phone during the hands-free call of the first cellular phone.
US08452314B2	Terminal client and a client device for managing messages in a network infrastructure of a telecommunications system The present invention relates to a terminal client (101), a client device (100, 200, 300, 400) and a network infrastructure for enabling management of messages in a telecommunications network. According to the invention, the terminal client (101) comprises a distributed inbox client component (103) that is configured to synchronize all incoming and outgoing messages with at least one other client device (200, 300) that is associated with a user of a first client device (100). The terminal client (101) further comprises a connector component (104) configured at least as an interface between the distributed client component (103) and a network infrastructure (20) suitable for forwarding and receiving messages. With the terminal client (101) incorporating in client devices associated with a user, the user is able to experience synchronized chat in real-time and can further utilize a device independent synchronous messaging service anywhere and anytime.
US08452312B1	Dynamic paging for hybrid mobile stations Methods and systems are disclosed herein that may help to improve the paging success rate for hybrid mobile stations, which in turn may help to prevent dropped calls. An exemplary method for paging an access terminal involves an access network: (a) before transmission of a page to an access terminal, determining whether or not the access terminal is a hybrid access terminal; (b) if the access terminal is not a hybrid access terminal, then selecting standard page settings for the page; (c) if the access terminal is a hybrid access terminal, then selecting adjusted page settings for the page, wherein the adjusted page settings increase the probability that the access terminal will successfully receive the page; and (d) applying the selected page settings and transmitting the page. To help increase the probability that the access terminal will successfully receive the page, the adjusted page settings for the page may involve setting that reduces or disables concatenation of the page and/or an increased page-transmission power.
US08452311B1	Sleep estimator for cellular telephones A method for waking up user equipment in a cellular network includes waking up a receiver module at a predetermined wakeup time to receive a transmitted paging signal, when awake, determining prevailing conditions for receiving paging signals, and skipping at least a next possible wakeup time if at least one of the prevailing conditions exceeds an associated threshold level. A user equipment for use on a mobile communications network includes a reception quality determiner to determine at least one of a reception quality of a received signal and a radio frequency (RF) level of the signal, a paging indication processor to process received paging signals, a system message handler to determine a level of activity for a cellular network, and a conditional wakeup mechanism that is configured to set a next wakeup for the user equipment time responsively to an input from at least one of the reception quality determiner and the system message handler.
US08452302B2	Dynamic bandwidth and access management In one or more embodiments, one or more methods and/or systems described can perform determining that a first demand by a group of mobile devices for a first bandwidth of a first data communication path exceeds the first bandwidth; wirelessly coupling to a second data communication path; receiving, via the first data communication path, first data at or below the first bandwidth of the first data communication path; transmitting the first data to the mobile devices; receiving, via the second data communication path, second data at or below a second bandwidth of the second data communication path; and transmitting the second data to the mobile devices. In one or more embodiments, wirelessly coupling to the second data communication path can include wirelessly coupling to a wireless access point. In one or more embodiments, the wireless access point can be included in a satellite that orbits a planet.
US08452296B2	Method and apparatus to facilitate use of default transmitter-receiver configurations A wireless communications system base station (101), upon receiving (202) from a mobile station (102) a wireless transmission that comprises a suggested transmitter-receiver configuration, can respond (in appropriate instances) by automatically transmitting (203) to the mobile station a wireless transmission comprising an indication to use instead a default transmitter-receiver configuration. By one approach, the latter action can be based, at least in part, upon a determination regarding reliability (301) of that suggested transmitter-receiver configuration (which might comprise, for example, a direct or indirect measure of quality of the channel by the default transmitter-receiver configuration was received) to provide a corresponding reliability assessment. The latter can then be used (302) to determine whether to use this suggested transmitter-receiver configuration for a subsequent communication with the mobile station.
US08452292B2	Communication system and method A method for communicating between an operator at an operator device and a user recipient includes enabling an operator of the operator device to enter a device-independent unique identifier for a user recipient by requiring interaction between the operator and the operator device without requiring interaction between the operator and software on the operator device that is designed for communication over an IP-based network. The method includes identifying an IP network address associated with the user recipient based on the device-independent unique identifier and routing a message entered by the operator to the determined IP network address.
US08452291B2	System and method for alternating between in-band and out-of-band communication path Systems, methods and devices are disclosed useful for enabling wireless signals representing control messages to be sent between a wireless handheld telephony device and a call control server during an ongoing communication session when an out-of-band path becomes unavailable, the communication session being controlled by the call control server.
US08452285B2	Method for handover in wireless communications network comprising a number of sub-networks The present invention discloses a method for carrying out a handover process in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises at least a first and a second base stations belonging each to a different subnet associated of that wireless network and communicating through a first and a second gateways or foreign agents, respectively, and wherein the first base station is used as a serving base station currently in communication with at least one mobile subscriber station (MS). The method provided comprises a step of determining a traffic conveying entity as an intermediate anchoring point, and when the MS moves to a second subnet which comprises the second base station, a path is established for conveying traffic to/from that MS from/to a remote destination. The path comprises the intermediate anchoring point and the first gateway (or the first foreign agent).
US08452268B2	System and method for gathering information related to a geographical location of a callee in a public switched telephone network In a telecommunication system having at least two communicants (i.e., a caller and a callee), a system and method are presented for collecting information associated with the geographical location of either of the communicants. In one embodiment, the approach entails receiving a geographical location corresponding to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) telephone number, and collecting geographical location information associated with the received geographical location.
US08452261B2	Apparatus, systems and methods to communicate authorized programming between a receiving device and a mobile device A mobile device embodiment communicates program distribution account information to a program distributor. The mobile device embodiment receives from the program distributor, authorization to use programming that is conditioned on the communicated program distribution account information. The mobile device embodiment communicates the authorization to a receiving device.
US08452252B2	Low noise, low power subsampling receiver Techniques for a receiver includes a low noise amplifier, a Q-enhanced bandpass filter on a chip, and an analog to digital converter (ADC) at a sub-sampling speed suitable for an intermediate frequency (IF) signal. In some embodiments, a temperature compensation circuit is included. The receiver has an effective noise level less than 7 dB. In some embodiments a 1-bit ADC is used. In some of these embodiments, one or more switches in the ADC are inverted to cancel charge injection.
US08452250B2	DC offset compensation method and DC offset compensation device A DC offset component that occurs in a quadrature modulation system, and that is contained in a modulated transmit signal, is compensated for with good accuracy. In a DC offset compensation method according to the present invention, a DC offset correction value obtained from the transmit signal is weighted in accordance with the signal level of an input signal which is transmit data input to the quadrature modulation system, and the DC offset component contained in the transmit signal is compensated for by using the thus weighted DC offset correction value.
US08452239B2	Radio communication device, program and radio communication method Provided is a radio communication device for operating in an autonomous distributed manner which includes a compression unit that compresses streaming data, a control unit that controls a compression rate of streaming data of the compression unit according to a distance from other radio communication device, a transmission unit that transmits the streaming data compressed by the compression unit to the other radio communication device.
US08452236B2	Electronic device and a method for transfer of data A first electronic device includes a radio transceiver for receiving a name request message from a second electronic device and for responding with a name reply message including data in addition to or as an alternative to a name. The second electronic device includes a radio transceiver for transmitting the name request message and for receiving in reply the name reply message; and extraction means for extracting from the received name reply message the data that is included in the name reply message as an addition to or as an alternative to a name. The data may be a URI and the first device may be an advertiser device.
US08452232B2	Automatic on-off switching repeater for MIMO networks Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a MIMO repeater turns off one or more transmitters of the MIMO repeater if there is no mobile station in the coverage area of the MIMO repeater to reduce noise enhancement on a MIMO network. If there is a repeater in the coverage of the MIMO repeater, the MIMO repeater turns off or keeps off its transmitters that do not have a sufficient channel quality in a respective antenna path, and turns on its transmitters having a sufficient channel quality in the respective antenna path transmits uplink signals from the mobile station via the turned on transmitters to further reduce noise enhancement by not using transmitters that do not significantly contribute to signal quality.
US08452227B2	Methods and systems for selecting internet radio program break content using mobile device location Methods and systems for selecting content for outputting on a mobile device during a program break in an Internet radio stream using mobile device location information. In one aspect, the methods and systems seamlessly select content for outputting on a mobile device during a program break in an Internet radio stream using mobile device location information and program break markers. In another aspect, the methods and systems select content for outputting on a mobile device during a program break in an Internet radio stream using mobile device trajectory information.
US08452224B2	Sheet conveyance apparatus having movable guide ribs and image forming apparatus A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first roller and a second roller. The second roller is urged to the first roller by an elastic member. In the sheet conveyance apparatus, sheet guide rib is provided which can project into a sheet conveyance path formed by a sheet guide plate. The sheet conveyance apparatus further includes an interlock portion which is mechanically interlocking with a changing position of the second roller, and changes the projecting amount of the sheet guide rib into the sheet conveyance path such that the more the thickness of a sheet increases, the smaller the projecting amount becomes.
US08452220B2	Laser fixing device A laser fixing device, which is for use in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, including: a carrying device for carrying a sheet; and a laser array section which is made up of a plurality of laser sources arrayed in a line, the plurality of laser sources irradiating a non-fixed toner image, which is attached to the sheet that is being carried by the carrying device, with a laser beam so that the non-fixed toner image is fused and fixed to the sheet. In the laser fixing device, an irradiation region length and a sheet carrying speed are set so that tn≧0.259·mt1.5139, where mt is a maximum level of an attached-toner amount per unit area of the sheet (mg/cm2) in the image forming apparatus, and tn is an irradiation region crossing time (msec), which is found by dividing the irradiation region length by the sheet carrying speed, the irradiation region length being a length, in the direction in which the sheet is carried, of a region on the sheet which region is irradiated with the laser beam. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent a void from occurring in the laser fixing device.
US08452219B2	Electrophotographic printer An electrophotographic printer is configured such that an infrared heater is installed at a position between a plurality of electrophotographic print units installed in of the flow direction of a recording material, and a part (an inter-unit extension part) situated between print units of the recording material is irradiated with infrared light from the infrared heater to perform a partial evaporative removal of a carrier liquid of the recording material and a partial fixing of a toner.
US08452217B2	Toner supply and cleaning roller comprising electroconductive elastic layer supported by means of adhesive layer and image forming apparatus using the same The invention provides a toner supply and cleaning roller that secures sufficient density especially at an initial stage of printing, and an image forming apparatus using the same.The toner supply and cleaning roller has a shaft (1) and an electroconductive elastic layer (3) made of a urethane foam and supported on the circumference of the shaft (1) by means of an adhesive layer (2) in between. The resistance of the roller at an applied voltage of 100 V is 105Ω or lower, preferably 104.5Ω or lower, and the resistance of the roller at an applied voltage of 5 V is 106 to 108Ω. The adhesive layer (2) contains a hot-melting polymeric adhesive and is formed preferably at a temperature not exceeding the melting point of the hot-melting polymeric adhesive.
US08452216B2	Image forming apparatus which mixes new unused toner with used old toner An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier on which a latent image is formed, a charging device that charges the image carrier, an exposing device that irradiates the image carrier, thereby forming a latent image on the image carrier, a developing device that develops the latent image into a visible image by using a monocomponent developer that is carried and transferred by a developer carrier and that is charged to a predetermined polarity, and a toner supply container that is installed in the developing device for toner supply. Used old toner is conveyed from the developing device to the toner supply container and mixed with unused new toner within the toner supply container and thus a mixed toner is produced, and the mixed toner is supplied to the developing device.
US08452210B2	Rotational force transmitting part A device for transmitting a rotational force to an electrophotographic photosensitive drum. The device includes a flange connectable with the drum. A coupling member is provided with a rotational force transmitting portion engageable with the flange.
US08452197B2	Image forming device having sheet reverse running mechanism An image forming device includes a changeover flap, a cover, a flap displacement mechanism, an inlet end, an outlet end, and a first conveyer passage extending from the outlet end. A second conveyer passage is bifurcated from the first conveyer passage at a bifurcated portion. The changeover flap is provided at the bifurcated portion and is pivotally movable. The flap displacement mechanism includes a pivot arm pivotally movable. The pivot arm includes a free end portion provided with a linking portion to which the changeover flap is pivotally movably connected. The pivot arm and the changeover flap is configured to change an angle therebetween in accordance with a pivotal movement of the changeover flap and the pivot arm in interlocking relation to the pivotal movement of the cover from its closed position to its open position to displace the linking portion toward the cover.
US08452185B2	Polarization insensitive optical circuit The present invention, in one embodiment contemplates a polarization insensitive optical circuit constructed of an input/output signal separator, such as an optical circulator or a 1×2 or 2×2 coupler or N×M coupler, a polarization sensitive operator, and a polarization rotator reflector. In an alternate embodiment, the invention contemplates a polarization insensitive optical circuit comprising a polarization rotator reflector, and a polarization sensitive operator which may comprise for example a first polarization rotator, an operator/coupler, and a polarization beam combiner. Preferably at least one of the components in the optical circuit is constructed integrally from the substrate upon which the optical circuit is based. For example the polarization rotator and/or polarization sensitive operator of the present invention may be monolithic.
US08452181B2	Combined optical and electrical transmission assembly and module A combined optical and electrical transmission assembly includes a combined optical, electrical and power cable having an optical fiber, electrical wiring and a power line combined therein or a combined optical and electrical cable having an optical fiber and electrical wiring combined therein, and a combined optical and electrical transmission module that includes an electrical-to-optical conversion unit having a laser for converting electrical signals to optical signals and a driving IC for driving the laser, and/or an optical-to-electrical conversion unit having a photodiode for converting optical signals to electrical signals and an amplification IC for amplifying electrical signals from the photodiode. The combined optical and electrical transmission module is connected to both ends of the combined optical, electrical and power cable or the combined optical and electrical cable.
US08452177B2	Method and apparatus for fast optical signal impairment evaluation Having a fast method to perform impairment evaluation is useful for many networks. A method or corresponding apparatus according to an example embodiment of the present invention maintains a traffic engineering database of values representing characteristics of links in the network through storage of integer values representing advertised optical signal capabilities of links between the multiple optical nodes. The example embodiment determines a path through the network for optical wavelengths to be supported by the links represented in the database as a function of evaluating optical signal characteristics at each link along a possible path using the advertised optical signal capabilities and provides a selected path meeting an acceptable integrity of the optical wavelengths to a path establishment module to establish the path through the optical network. Example embodiments significantly reduce computational complexity associated with impairment evaluation and path selection in an optical network.
US08452170B2	Digital single lens reflex camera To simplify and miniaturize an interface structure for power supply and signal transmission and reception between a camera body and a lens unit and reduce operation restrictions of the interface structure, a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera includes a camera body and a lens unit which is attached to or detached from the camera body, in which the camera body includes interface pins formed contactable with the lens unit, the interface pins including power pins and signal pins, a pin housing that receives therein the interface pins, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including a first pattern portion electrically connected with the power pins and a second pattern portion electrically connected with the signal pins, and a lead wire electrically connected with the first pattern portion.
US08452167B2	Line equipped with a coupling having an integrated heating element A urea feed or return line (2) that comprises a hollow coupling (1) enabling it to be connected to a urea tank and that comprises a passage for the urea, this coupling being, in addition, equipped with a heating filament (9), at least one part of which extends freely inside the passage provided for the urea, this part having the shape of a loop or a spiral capable of also extending at least partly into the tank and/or into a tube attached thereto.
US08452163B2	Method of storing a real time stream of information signals on a disc like record carrier A method of storing a substantially real time stream of information signals arranged in separate, consecutive data packets of digital format on a disc like record carrier. A new stream pack (S_PCK) is defined comprising a pack header and a multiple of source packets containing said data packets with corresponding added time stamps related to a time of arrival of said data packets. The pack header comprises data packet retrieval information, such as the number of new source packets in the stream pack and the effect of the start location of the first source packet in the stream pack. Preferably private stream 2 of the MPEG-format is employed for this new stream.
US08452155B2	Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an information storage medium. This realizes a data structure that causes the recording and deleting places on the information storage medium to correspond spuriously to places on a single tape, such as a VTR tape. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface.
US08452151B2	Cable retainer assembly and method for positioning the same A cable retainer assembly comprising a cable retainer and a cable retainer bracket for retaining a cable to a fixed location. The cable retainer is positioned on an arbitrary portion of the cable and then secured to a cable retainer assembly such that one or more cables can be secured and organized.
US08452150B2	Fiber clamp mechanism for an optical fiber preparation tool An optical fiber holder assembly for holding an optical fiber having any one of several different fiber constructions comprises a base and a fiber clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism includes a clamping portion configured to clamp the optical fiber, the clamping portion including a first clamping plate hingedly coupled to a portion of the base. A first fiber entrance guide is formed in an entrance end of the fiber clamping mechanism to receive and guide the optical fiber to a first fiber channel formed in the base. A second fiber entrance guide is formed in the entrance end of the fiber clamping mechanism to receive and guide the optical fiber to a second fiber channel formed in the base. The first clamping portion includes first and second compliant gripping pads, the first gripping pad disposed on the base and the second gripping pad disposed in the first clamping plate such that the gripping pads overlap each other when the first clamping plate is placed in a closed position.
US08452147B2	Assembly for measuring optical signal power in fiber lasers A fiber laser system is configured with a power measuring assembly surrounding a splice between two fibers. The power measuring assembly is operative to maintain the splice at a substantially constant splice temperature and shield the spliced fibers from external bending stresses so as to provide for power readings of the laser system at the splice independently from the influence of multiple variable external factors.
US08452145B2	Triple-clad optical fibers and devices with triple-clad optical fibers According to some embodiments the triple-clad optical fiber comprises a core, a first inner cladding, a second inner cladding, and an outer cladding wherein: (i) the core comprises a radius r0 a first index of refraction n0; (ii) the first inner cladding surrounds the core and has a numerical aperture of at least about 0.12, and a second index of refraction n1 such that n1n1, wherein a relative refractive index percent (Δ%) of the second cladding relative to the outer cladding is greater 1%; and (iv) the outer cladding surrounds the second inner cladding and has a third index of refraction n3 such that n3
US08452142B1	Railway deployable composite communication cable A communication cable can comprise twisted pairs of electrical conductors for transmitting electrical signals and bundles of optical fibers for transmitting optical signals. The electrical signals and/or the optical signals can support voice and digital communication or data transmission. The twisted pairs can be encased in a gelatinous material and disposed along a central axis of the communication cable. Each bundle of optical fibers can be disposed in a respective buffer tube. The buffer tubes can be arranged in a ring around the twisted pairs. The communication cable can be configured to manage strain on the optical fibers without subjecting the twisted pairs to deleterious tensile stress. The communication cable can include strength rods embedded in an outer jacket, with the outer jacket sized for insertion in a conduit running along a railway or other transportation line.
US08452141B2	Optical waveguide coupling device and associated methods The present disclosure provides optical waveguide coupling devices and associated methods. In one example, an optical waveguide coupling device can comprise a dielectric grating coupler, a first optical waveguide attached to a first surface of the dielectric grating coupler, and a second optical waveguide attached to a second surface of the dielectric grating coupler. The second optical waveguide can be oriented opposed to the first optical waveguide allowing for communication therebetween via the sub-wavelength grating. Additionally, the dielectric grating coupler can comprise a first dielectric material; a sub-wavelength grating attached to the first dielectric material, the sub-wavelength grating having a higher refractive index than the first dielectric material; and a second dielectric material optically coupled to the sub-wavelength grating.
US08452138B2	Optical sensor module An optical sensor module is provided in which an engagement portion of a board unit is fitted in a groove of an optical waveguide unit and, even with the single engagement portion, the board unit is stably supported. An optical sensor module includes an optical waveguide unit, and a board unit mounted with an optical element and coupled to the optical waveguide unit. The optical waveguide unit includes a single edge extension portion axially extending along one side edge of an over-cladding layer, a board unit engagement groove provided in the single edge extension portion, and a projection provided on a side wall of the vertical groove and kept in abutment against an engagement portion of the board unit. The board unit includes an engagement portion fitted in the vertical groove, which abuts against the projection within the vertical groove.
US08452132B2	Automatic file name generation in OCR systems Methods and system for processing document images in OCR systems, particularly for selecting a proper file name for a recognized document. The method comprises generating at least one document type hypothesis for the document; verifying each document type hypothesis; selecting a best document type hypothesis and saving the document with a proper name based on the best type hypothesis and unique features. The method further includes determining a logical structure of a document and selecting a best document model hypothesis that has the best degree of correspondence with the selected best block hypotheses for the document. On the basis of the best document model hypothesis the text document reflecting the logical structure of the source document in extended computer-editable format is formed and saved with a proper file name.
US08452130B2	Information storage medium storing graphic data and apparatus and method of processing the graphic data An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved.
US08452129B2	Information storage medium storing graphic data and apparatus and method of processing the graphic data An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved.
US08452126B2	Method for automatic mismatch correction of image volumes A method for automatic mismatch correction is presented. The method includes identifying a feature of interest in a reference image volume and a target image volume. Furthermore, the method includes computing a cost matrix based on one or more pairs of image slices in the reference image volume and the target image volume. The method also includes identifying one or more longest common matching regions in the reference image volume and the target image volume based on the computed cost matrix. In addition, the method includes aligning the reference image volume and the target image volume based on the identified one or more longest common matching regions. A non-transitory computer readable medium including one or more tangible media, where the one or more tangible media include code adapted to perform the method for automatic mismatch correction is also presented. Systems and non-transitory computer readable medium configured to perform the method for automatic mismatch correction of image volumes are also presented.
US08452123B2	Distortion calibration for optical sensors A method for calibrating an imaging instrument, possibly located on an aircraft or satellite, is described. According to the method, an image acquired by the instrument is ortho-rectified, and then co-registered and correlated with a reference image. In this way, ground disparities between the acquired image and the reference image are measured. Updated instrument pointing directions that correct for the disparities measured are then determined and adopted as corrective calibrations for the distortions of the instrument.
US08452121B2	Image processor, image display device, and image processing method An image processor that corrects an image signal, includes: a frequency analysis section that analyzes a spatial frequency of a luminance component of the image signal; a luminance component correction amount calculating section that calculates an amount of correction of the luminance component of the image signal according to the analysis result of the frequency analysis section only for an image signal in a predetermined luminance level range of a predetermined spatial frequency band; and a luminance component correcting section that corrects the luminance component of the image signal by using the amount of correction calculated by the luminance component correction amount calculating section.
US08452115B2	Method and apparatus for designing restoration filter, and method and apparatus for restoring image using the restoration filter A method and an apparatus for designing an image restoration filter and a method and an apparatus for restoring an image by using the image restoration filter are provided. A test image is captured by an imaging system to obtain image information of the test image. The image restoration filter is then calculated according to original image information of the test image and the image information obtained by the imaging system through a numerical method, such that the obtained image information after being processed by the image restoration filter has a better similarity to the original image information. Thereafter, an image captured by the imaging system is processed by using the image restoration filter as a kernel, so as to resolve the problems of image blur and distortion caused by the optical path and the imaging system.
US08452108B2	Systems and methods for image recognition using graph-based pattern matching A method for creating a modeling structure for classifying objects in an image comprises converting an image into digital image data; using a processor, simplifying the digital image data; using the processor, isolating objects in the simplified digital image data; using the processor, creating graphs of the isolated objects, the graphs comprising vertices and edges; using the processor, converting the graphs into representative graph data structures, the graph data structures comprising a database key based on the vertices and edges.
US08452087B2	Image selection techniques Tools disclosed herein comprise progressive, paint stroke based region recognition and selection tools. Using these tools, a user may partially paint a region of interest directly on an image (by using a paint brush or other similar tool). Unlike conventional selection tools, a user is not required to paint the entire region pixel-by-pixel. Rather the desired region is automatically and intelligently recognized based on the partial selection. This is accomplished via a progressive selection algorithm. In addition, these tools provide the ability to quickly execute such region selections on multi-megapixel images.
US08452080B2	Camera pose estimation apparatus and method for augmented reality imaging An apparatus for providing an estimate for a 3D camera pose relative to a scene from 2D image data of 2D image frame provided by said camera. A candidate 2D key points detector determines candidate 2D key points from the 2D image frame. A detected 3D observations detector determines detected 3D observations from pre-recorded scene data and the candidate 2D key points. A detected 3D camera pose estimator determines a detected 3D camera pose estimate from the camera data, the detected 3D observations and the candidate 2D key points. A first storage stores the detected 2D candidate key points and the 2D image data, and outputs in response to a 3D camera pose estimate output previous 2D image data and candidate 2D key points related to a previous 3D camera pose estimate output. A second storage stores and outputs a previous 3D camera pose estimate. A tracked 3D observations detector determines tracked 3D observations from the 2D image data, the candidate 2D key points, the camera data, the previous 2D image data and candidate 2D key points, the previous 3D camera pose estimate and 3D scene model data. A pose estimate selector outputs a selected one of the detected camera pose estimate and the previous 3D camera pose estimate. A 3D camera pose estimator computes and outputs the 3D camera pose estimate from the camera data, the detected 3D observations, the tracked 3D observations and the selected 3D camera pose estimate.
US08452078B2	System and method for object recognition and classification using a three-dimensional system with adaptive feature detectors A method including imaging an object in three-dimensions; binning data of the imaged object into three-dimensional regions having a predetermined size; determining a density value p of the data in each bin; inputting the p density values of the bins into a first layer of a computational system including a corresponding processing element for each of the bins; calculating an output O of the processing elements of the computational system while restricting the processing elements to have weights Wc1 connecting the processing elements to the corresponding p density values; and communicating an estimated class of the scanned object based on the calculated system outputs.
US08452075B2	Range pattern matching for hotspots containing vias and incompletely specified range patterns One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that identifies hotspot areas in a layout. The system receives the layout and a via range pattern which indicates one or more vias and performs range-pattern matching (RPM) on the layout based on a via-free range pattern derived from the via range pattern. The system further identifies at least one candidate area and determines whether via(s) in the candidate area matches the via(s) in the via range pattern. The system can also receives a range pattern with don't care regions. The system determines a core pattern from the range pattern, performs RPM based on the core pattern, and identifies a candidate area. The system then determines whether areas surrounding the candidate area match a non-core effective pattern of the range pattern. The system further determines if the areas surrounding the candidate area satisfy the constraints associated with any vias and the don't care regions.
US08452068B2	Hybrid registration method A registration method whereby a sensor-based approach is used to establish initial registration and whereby upon the commencement of navigating an endoscope, image-based registration methods are used in order to more accurately maintain the registration between the endoscope location and previously-acquired images. A six-degree-of-freedom location sensor is placed on the probe in order to reduce the number of previously-acquired images that must be compared to a real-time image obtained from the endoscope.
US08452058B2	Method and apparatus for repeatable facial distortion In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for repeatable facial distortion. One embodiment of a method for generating a secure facial image from an original facial image includes receiving the original facial image and a key, the key being associated with a subject depicted in the original facial image, and distorting the original facial image, in accordance with the key, to produce the secure facial image, where the distorting includes transforming at least one of: the albedo of the original facial image or the shape of the original facial image.
US08452054B2	Obstacle detection procedure for motor vehicle An obstacle detection procedure within the area surrounding a motor vehicle comprising the following stages: carrying out a first obstacle detection by image processing resulting in a definition of at least one region of interest, classifying the detected obstacle with an index of confidence applied to the region of interest in relation to given characteristics, carrying out a second obstacle detection by sensor/s with detection range below a first threshold resulting in a determined position, projecting the determined position into a reference marker, projecting the region of interest into this reference marker and aligning the two projections obtained and attributing a determined position to the obstacle classified in accordance with the alignment.
US08452051B1	Hand-location post-process refinement in a tracking system A tracking system having a depth camera tracks a user's body in a physical space and derives a model of the body, including an initial estimate of a hand position. Temporal smoothing is performed in which some latency is imposed when the initial estimate moves by less than a threshold level from frame to frame, while little or no latency is imposed when the movement is more than the threshold. The smoothed estimate is used to define a local volume for searching for a hand extremity to define a new hand position. Another process generates stabilized upper body points that can be used as reliable reference positions, such as by detecting and accounting for occlusions. The upper body points and a prior estimated hand position are used to define an arm vector. A search is made along the vector to detect a hand extremity to define a new hand position.
US08452045B2	Image processing method for generating easily readable image A character area is detected in a reduced layout and a character is detected in the character area, and a character size is compared to a predetermined size readable by a user when characters are printed. A detected character size determined to be smaller than the predetermined size is enlarged. An object adjacent to the detected character in an original document is detected and a content of the objects is determined. A layout position in which a relationship between the enlarged detected characters and the objects is kept is determined according to the determined content and the enlarged characters are arranged. The whole document can be output automatically in an easily viewable state while keeping a meaningful layout relationship between the objects.
US08452044B2	Printed matter, image processing apparatus, printed matter authenticity determination apparatus, image processing method, printed matter authenticity determination method, and program A printed matter, wherein a line latent image and a digital watermark are printed in a predetermined region in an overlapping manner, the line latent image becoming visible when a line filter provided with a line pattern formed on a transparent film is superimposed thereon.
US08452039B2	Wearable personal sound delivery apparatus A personal sound delivery apparatus which can be worn by a person has speakers held close to the ears and does not include any insert into the auditory canal or any ear muff that could muffle or suppress other ambient sounds. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a wireless speaker is anchored by an arcuate hanger shaped and dimensioned to rest behind the ear. The speaker is positioned within a range from 0 to 20 centimeters (0 to 8 inches) from the auditory canal and may be surrounded by baffles that focus the incoming sound toward the entrance of the auditory canal. In other embodiments, a pair of speakers are embedded into the collar of a garment, a scapulary that rests upon the shoulders, a clamp that is bridging the nape of the neck, in pendants suspended from the neck, or hidden in a pair of earrings.
US08452037B2	Speaker clip Certain embodiments may take the form of an electronic device having a main housing encapsulating operative circuitry for the device. The electronic device includes an attachment member moveably coupled to the metal housing. The attachment member has an acoustical device located therein that is communicatively coupled to the operative circuitry in the main housing. The attachment member includes a recessed portion for positioning the acoustical device within the attachment member.
US08452029B2	Audio system, electronic device and car audio system An audio system including an inverter, a first amplifier, a first mixer, a main speaker, and a first audio output port is provided. The inverter receives a first audio signal and inverts the first audio signal into an inverted audio signal. The first amplifier receives the inverted audio signal from the inverter and multiplies the inverted audio signal by a first gain to generate a first compensating audio signal. The first mixer receives a second audio signal and mixes the first compensating audio signal with the second audio signal to generate a first low-interference audio signal. The main speaker receives and plays the first audio signal. The first audio output port receives the first low-interference audio signal from the first mixer and transmits the first low-interference audio signal to a first external speaker. An electronic device and a car audio system capable of generating the low-interference audio signal are provided.
US08452026B2	Mobile microphone system and method A method centrally controls communication at a single venue. A central communications point with a moderator is provided. User information, at least at the venue, is provided to users for transmitting electronic signals to the central communication point. The moderator enables at least one electronic communication transmission from a user who has access to the central communication point to have at least part of the transmission broadcast at the venue or allow open communication from the user to be broadcast at the venue.
US08452025B2	Power supply circuit including voltage regulator and headphone driving circuit employing the same A power supply circuit including a voltage regulator and a headphone driving circuit employing the same are disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, the power supply circuit may provide stable power supply to the amplifier since the power supply circuit generates the constant voltage +Vreg and the constant voltage −Vreg from +VDD robust to stronger than a power noise, and the balanced signal path for isolating the noise of the input signal to be amplified is not required, thereby simplifying the constitution of the circuit.
US08452005B2	Unicode-compatible encipherment Unicode character data is received for transcoding. The Unicode character data is transcoded to an intermediate value. The intermediate value is enciphered. The enciphered intermediate value is transcoded back to Unicode-compatible character data. The transcoding includes assembling character values from the Unicode character data into one or more blocks and representing the assembled character values in a compact form.
US08452002B2	Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to cancel echo for communication paths having long bulk delays Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to cancel echo for communication paths having long bulk delays are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes determining a first location of a first largest magnitude of a first plurality of coefficients of an echo canceller, the first plurality of coefficients separated by two or more sample intervals, and cancelling an echo contained in a received signal using a second plurality of coefficients of the echo canceller and a first offset selected based on the first location, the second plurality of coefficients separated by one sample interval.
US08451997B2	Safe conversation park and retrieval Safe parking and retrieval of multimodal conversations is enabled through a park server generating a token and encoding it in an address identifier associated with a parking slot. A client application can display the address identifier with the token as a link in a text-based message or in conversation history items. The identifier encoded link may ensure that the intended call can be retrieved from a given parking slot without being confused with another parked call. If another call is parked at the same orbit, the encoded token does not match, and the park server may reject the retrieval attempt with an error message.
US08451994B2	Switching cameras during a video conference of a multi-camera mobile device Some embodiments provide a method for conducting a video conference between a first mobile device and a second device. The first mobile device includes first and second cameras. The method selects the first camera for capturing images. The method transmits images captured by the first camera to the second device. The method receives selections of the second camera for capturing images during the video conference. The method terminates the transmission of images captured by the first camera and transmits images captured by the second camera of the first mobile device to the second device during the video conference.
US08451990B2	Method, system and apparatus for storing voicemail A method and apparatus, and system for storing voicemail data are provided. Voicemail data is generated at a telephony device engaged in a communication session with a calling telephony device, the voicemail data comprising a voice message. E-mail data is then automatically generating after the voicemail data is generated, the e-mail data comprising data identifying the voicemail data, the e-mail data further comprising the voicemail data. The e-mail data is then transmitted to a network address associated with a remote e-mail server, such that the e-mail data, including the voicemail data, is stored at the remote e-mail server.
US08451985B2	Method and apparatus for distributing alerts A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a cordless phone operating in an establishment with a plurality of cordless phone handsets having a controller adapted to monitor a source for weather alerts, detect a weather alert, determine from the weather alert a weather alert type, retrieve a user profile, identify from the user profile and the weather alert type one or more of the plurality of cordless phone handsets to be notified of the weather alert, select from the user profile a ringtone type for each of the identified cordless phone handsets, wherein the ringtone type identifies the weather alert type, and transmit a message to cause each of the identified cordless phone handsets to assert the ringtone type identified therefor. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08451979B2	System for correlating a subscriber unit with a particular subscriber in a passive optical network A system for correlating a subscriber unit to a physical port in a point to multipoint wire line network is disclosed. An installer is prompted to manually input a location code associated with the subscriber. The location code in the subscriber unit is received, and is transmitted via the network to a central repository. The location code is stored in the central repository toward associating the location code with the physical port.
US08451977B2	Collimator module, X-ray detector, X-ray CT device, and assembling method of collimator module A collimator module (10A) comprises a plurality of collimator single plates (11) having a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides and a pair of blocks (12) including a plurality of first grooves (125) extending along an irradiation direction of the X-rays. The short sides are inserted into the first grooves to support the collimator single plates. A supporting member is configured to cover the long sides from an incident side and an emission side of the X-rays. The supporting member includes an incident side fixing sheet (13) and an emission side fixing sheet (15) each having a plurality of second grooves into which the long sides are inserted to support the plurality of collimator single plates. The fixing sheets cover the first grooves and at least a portion of each of the long sides.
US08451976B2	Cathode assembly for an X-ray tube A cathode assembly for an x-ray tube. In one example embodiment, a cathode assembly includes a cathode head, a filament, and first and second focusing tabs. The cathode head defines a recess having first and second open ends, a slot within the recess, and first and second tab stops within the recess. The filament is positioned within the slot. The first focusing tab is positioned in the first open end of the recess abutting the first tab stop. The second focusing tab is positioned in the second open end of the recess abutting the second tab stop.
US08451975B2	Radiographic system, radiographic method and computer readable medium A radiographic system which detects a radiation image transmitted through a subject with a radiation image detector and generates a phase contrast image of the subject, includes: a calculation section that calculates a distribution of refraction angles of radiation incident on the radiation image detector and generates the phase contrast image on the basis of the distribution of refraction angles; and a storage section that stores a correction coefficient of each pixel for making sensitivities of pixels equal. The calculation section performs sensitivity correction on a refraction angle of radiation incident on each pixel of the radiation image detector, which is calculated by imaging the subject, using the correction coefficient of the pixel stored in the storage section and generates the phase contrast image of the subject on the basis of the distribution of corrected refraction angles.
US08451972B2	Methods, circuits, devices, apparatus, assemblies and systems for computer tomography Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, assemblies and systems for performing Computer Tomography (CT)—for example of a periodically moving object such as a heart. According to some embodiments, there is provided a Computer Tomography scanner which includes an x-ray source adapted to generate an x-ray scan beam and a electromechanical assembly to which the x-ray source is mounted. The assembly may be adapted to move one or more electromechanical elements such that the scan beam is moved around the periodically moving object with a velocity profile having both constant and cyclically alternating rotational velocity components, and wherein the cyclically alternating velocity components are synchronized with the periodic motion of the object.
US08451952B2	Iterative decoding and demodulation with feedback attenuation An iterative demodulator and decoder uses feedback attenuation to maintain proper balance between the demodulator and decoder. Balance is maintained by attenuating the influence of extrinsic information fed back from the decoder to the demodulator to prevent strong decisions by the decoder from overwhelming the demodulator.
US08451949B2	Clock-data recovery and method for binary signaling using low resolution ADC A binary signal detection based on low resolution ADC includes: a variable-gain amplifier for amplifying an input signal with a gain factor controlled by a gain setting to generate an amplified signal; an ADC for converting the amplified signal into a converter output in accordance with a timing provided by a recovered clock, wherein the converter output has N levels; a timing detection circuit for generating a timing error signal based on the converter output; a filter for filtering the timing error signal to generate a control signal; a controllable oscillator for generating the recovered clock under a control of the control voltage; an automatic gain control for processing the converter data to set the gain setting to control the gain factor; and a data recovery circuit for generate a recovered data based on the converter output.
US08451941B2	Communications device with separate I and Q phase power amplification having selective phase and magnitude adjustment and related methods A communications device may include an In-phase (I) circuit having an In-phase modulator and mixer circuit, and an I power amplifier circuit coupled thereto, the I circuit configured to modulate and amplify a digital baseband I signal to generate an amplified I signal, and a Quadrature (Q) circuit having a Q modulator and mixer circuit, and a Q power amplifier circuit coupled thereto, the Q circuit configured to modulate and amplify a digital baseband Q signal to generate an amplified Q signal separate from the amplified I signal. The communications device may include a processor configured, for example, to selectively switch the digital baseband signal and the digital baseband Q signal between the I and Q signal inputs to provide selective phase shifting for the digital baseband I and Q signals. For example, the controller may selectively phase shift the digital baseband I and Q signals, and control the I and Q power amplifier circuits to vary an amplitude of the amplified I and Q signals.
US08451928B2	Apparatus for calculating weights associated with a first signal and applying the weights to a second signal An apparatus for calculating weights associated with a first signal and applying the weights to a second signal is provided. The apparatus comprises: at least two antennas; a multiple-input and multiple-output capable transceiver in communication with each of the at least two antennas; processing circuitry capable of causing diversity combining, the processing circuitry in communication with the multiple-input and multiple-output capable transceiver, the processing circuitry capable of causing the apparatus to: receive a first signal, calculate weights associated with the first signal, and apply the weights to transmit data. Additionally, the apparatus is configured such that the at least two antennas are capable of transmitting a second signal including the transmit data to a multiple-input capable node.
US08451926B2	Method and device for pre-coding in multiple input multiple output system A signal processing method in an MIMO multi-carrier system is disclosed comprising: receiving by a receiver signals of a plurality of sub-carriers transmitted from a transmitter; dividing the sub-carriers into a plurality of sub-carrier blocks according to the correlation between adjacent sub-carriers, each sub-carrier block containing K sub-carriers; selecting a feedback sub-carrier pre-coding matrix ( ) and a rotation matrix ( ) for each sub-carrier block, and then sending the information on the pre-coding matrix and the rotation matrix back to the transmitting end. The present invention provides the method and device for effectively settling the feedback problem in an MIMO/OFDMA system, thereby greatly reducing the number of pre-coding weight matrices needed to feed back to the transmitting device.
US08451908B2	System, method, and apparatus for decoding flexibly ordered pixel arrays Presented herein is a system and method for decoding flexibly ordered macroblocks. Slice groups are received, wherein the slice groups comprise non-contiguous macroblocks with respect to raster scan order. Each macroblock is associated with a particular context which serially provides each macroblock to a processor for decoding. The decoder selectively decodes the macroblock from the first context or second context, depending on which context includes the next macroblock in raster scan order.
US08451907B2	Methods and apparatus to detect transport faults in media presentation systems Example methods and apparatus to detect transport faults in media presentation systems are disclosed. An example method comprises decoding a media stream to form audio data and pixel data, computing a first value representative of the media stream using pixel data associated with a first set of the video frames, computing a second value representative of the media stream using pixel data associated with a second set of the video frames, computing a third value representative of first speech in a first segment of the audio data, computing a fourth value representative of second speech in a second segment of the audio data, determining a fifth value representative of a likelihood that a transport failure has affected the media stream, the fifth value determined using the first, second, third and fourth values, and comparing the fifth value to a threshold to determine whether to generate a transport failure alert.
US08451904B2	8-point transform for media data coding In general, techniques are described for implementing an 8-point discrete cosine transform (DCT). An apparatus comprising an 8-point discrete cosine transform (DCT) hardware unit may implement these techniques to transform media data from a spatial domain to a frequency domain. The 8-point DCT hardware unit includes an even portion comprising factors A, B that are related to a first scaled factor (μ) in accordance with a first relationship. The 8-point DCT hardware unit also includes an odd portion comprising third, fourth, fifth and sixth internal factors (G, D, E, Z) that are related to a second scaled factor (η) in accordance with a second relationship. The first relationship relates the first scaled factor to the first and second internal factors. The second relationship relates the second scaled factor to the third internal factor and a fourth internal factor, as well as, the fifth internal factor and a sixth internal factor.
US08451901B2	High-speed motion estimation apparatus and method A high-speed motion estimation apparatus includes a current region memory, an integer-times motion estimation unit, and a decimal-times motion estimation unit. The current region memory receives pixel data of a current region from an external frame memory to store the pixel data. The integer-times motion estimation unit stores pixel data of an estimation region which are read from the frame memory, and predicts an integer-times motion vector by using the pixel data of the current region and the pixel data of the estimation region. The decimal-times motion estimation unit reads the pixel data of the estimation region, and predicts a decimal-times motion vector by using the read pixel data and the predicted integer-times motion vector.
US08451898B2	Motion vector estimation apparatus The present invention provides a motion vector estimation apparatus which can decrease circuit size by reducing the amount of computations for detecting a motion vector. The motion vector estimation apparatus in the present invention includes a motion vector estimation unit which estimates a motion vector MV0F for the target block BL0 by searching within a reference picture P1 for a block with an image similar to an image in the target block BL0, which is included in a picture B2; a prediction calculation unit and a prediction range control unit which specify a search range in the reference picture P1 based on the motion vector MV0F and; the motion vector estimation unit estimates the motion vector MV1F for the target block BL1 by searching in the search range for a block with an image similar to an image in the target block BL1, which is included in the picture B3.
US08451892B2	Method and system for linear quantization and dequantization A method including receiving a set of input data in a first matrix format. The method further includes compressing the set of input data to obtain a first set of compressed data in a second matrix format, where compressing the set of input data includes using a quantization equation, the quantization equation including Yq(i,j)=[(Y(i,j)+offset)<
US08451890B2	Coding method, decoding method, coding apparatus, decoding apparatus, program, and integrated circuit A method of decoding includes decoding a coded stream obtained by coding first and second groups for each access unit including a picture of the first group and a corresponding picture of the second group, wherein the first and second groups are captured at different view points. The method includes determining whether the picture of the first group is synchronized with the picture of the second group, within the access unit, and decoding the picture of the first group using a generated predictive picture of the first group. The method also includes decoding the picture of the second group, using one of (i) a predictive picture generated from the second group and (ii) the predictive picture generated from the first group.
US08451886B2	Apparatus method and computer readable medium for a transmitter An apparatus comprising a signal generator for generating a polar representation of a signal. The apparatus comprises further a first filtering unit configured to filter a low frequency part of the amplitude component of said signal and a second filtering unit configured to filter a high frequency-part of the amplitude component of said signal. In addition, the apparatus includes a pulse width modulating unit configured to modulate the filtered high frequency part of the amplitude component of said signal together with the phase component of said signal. Finally the apparatus includes a DC-DC converter configured to convert the filtered low frequency part of the amplitude component of said signal. Said DC-DC converter supplies a switching mode power amplifier for amplifying the pulse width modulated signal.
US08451885B2	Multi-pair gigabit ethernet transceiver having adaptive disabling of circuit elements Various systems and methods providing high speed decoding, enhanced power reduction and clock domain partitioning for a multi-pair gigabit Ethernet transceiver are disclosed. ISI compensation is partitioned into two stages; a first stage compensates ISI components induced by characteristics of a transmitter's partial response pulse shaping filter in a demodulator, a second stage compensates ISI components induced by characteristics of a multi-pair transmission channel in a Viterbi decoder. High speed decoding is accomplished by reducing the DFE depth by providing an input signal from a multiple decision feedback equalizer to the Viterbi based on a tail value and a subset of coefficient values received from a unit depth decision-feedback equalizer. Power reduction is accomplished by adaptively truncating active taps in the NEXT, FEXT and echo cancellation filters, or by disabling decoder circuitry portions, as channel response characteristics allow. A receive clock signal is generated such that it is synchronous in frequency with analog sampling clock signals and has a particular phase offset with respect to one of the sampling clock signals. This phase offset is adjusted such that system performance degradation due to coupling of switching noise from the digital sections to the analog sections is substantially minimized.
US08451879B2	High bandwidth data transport system A device for sending and receiving ultra wideband communications over a guided medium includes a line interface configured for electrical communication to the guided medium and adapted for interfacing with the guided medium, an ultra wideband impulse transmitter electrically connected to the line interface for transmitting amplitude modulated ultra wideband impulses over the guided medium, and an ultra wideband receiver electrically connected to the line interface for receiving amplitude modulated ultra wideband impulses over the guided medium.
US08451877B1	High efficiency III-nitride light-emitting diodes Tailored doping of barrier layers enables balancing of the radiative recombination among the multiple-quantum-wells in III-Nitride light-emitting diodes. This tailored doping enables more symmetric carrier transport and uniform carrier distribution which help to reduce electron leakage and thus reduce the efficiency droop in high-power III-Nitride LEDs. Mitigation of the efficiency droop in III-Nitride LEDs may enable the pervasive market penetration of solid-state-lighting technologies in high-power lighting and illumination.
US08451873B2	Method and apparatus for reliably laser marking articles Disclosed is a method for creating a mark desired properties on an anodized specimen and the mark itself. The method includes providing a laser marking system having a controllable laser pulse parameters, determining the laser pulse parameters associated with the desired properties and directing the laser marking system to mark the article using the selected laser pulse parameters. Laser marks so made have optical density that ranges from transparent to opaque, white color, texture indistinguishable from the surrounding article and durable, substantially intact anodization. The anodization may also be dyed and optionally bleached to create other colors.
US08451871B2	Method of manufacturing a laser diode with improved light-emitting characteristics The method of the invention is intended for manufacturing a laser diode with improved light-emitting characteristics. The method consists of providing certain components of a laser diode such as a wide-aperture lasing medium that has an active emitting layer with a first end and a second end, a DPH-mode reorganizer that contains a core and a plurality of nanogrooves made in the core and arranged in a pattern that accomplishes a given function and locally changes the refractive index of the core. The method further includes the steps of forming a semitransparent mirror on the second end of the active lasing medium and aligning the first end of the active emitting layer with the core of the DPH-mode reorganizer, thus forming a resonator of the laser diode. In the resonator, the light applied from the laser-active medium bounces back and forth between the DPH-mode reorganizer and the partially reflecting mirror, thereby enhancing stimulated emission.
US08451856B2	Using gathered system activity statistics to determine when to schedule a procedure Provided are a method, system, and computer program product for using gathered system activity statistics to determine when to schedule a procedure. Activity information is gathered in a computer system during time slots for recurring time periods. A high activity value is an activity amount of a slot having a maximum amount of activity and a low activity value is an activity amount of a slot having a minimum amount of activity. A threshold point is determined as a function of the high activity, the low activity, and a threshold percent comprising a percentage value. A selection is made of at least one lull window having a plurality of consecutive time slots each having an activity value lower than the threshold point and the procedure in the computer system is scheduled to be performed during the time slots in the lull window in a future time period.
US08451854B1	Method and apparatus for priority-provisioned arbitration scheduling for a switch fabric An apparatus and method for scheduling within a switch is described. A set of input signals is received from input ports. The set of input signals is associated with a set of packets at the input ports. A request for each packet from the set of packets is generated based on the set of input signals. Each request has an input-port indicator, an output-port indicator and a service-level indicator. The packets are scheduled based on the service-level indicator.
US08451853B2	Method and apparatus for selecting a receiver in an electronic device In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises identifying at least one receiver, selecting said at least one receiver by moving an apparatus according to at least one predetermined movement and sending data to said selected at least one receiver.
US08451850B2	Method and system for distribution of media including a gigablock A method and system is provided for efficiently distributing multi-media. A gigablock is disclosed. The gigablock comprises a plurality of memory devices. The plurality of memory devices are coupled in a parallel fashion to receive high and/or secure bandwidth data. The gigablock can include a decoding engine which can communicate with a network center. The gigablock can be media implemented in any of an optical media, magnetic media and electronic media. A system provides for wireless connectivity for providing for high speed wireless data to the gigablock.
US08451846B1	LSP hierarchy for MPLS networks A system may define a first region that includes a first colored link of a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network, and may define a second region that includes a second colored link of the MPLS network. The system may define a boundary between the first and second regions based on the first colored link and the second colored link.
US08451845B2	Method of receiving a data packet in an IPv6 domain, an associated device and an associated home gateway A method of receiving an IPv6 data packet in an IPv6 domain connected to an IPv4 domain, said packet comprising an IPv6 destination address and an IPv6 source address. The method comprises the following steps: identifying an IPv6 destination address constructed by concatenating an operator prefix, an IPv4 destination address, and a destination port number; if necessary, regularizing at least one address of the data packet and modifying the data packet; and routing the modified data packet to its destination.
US08451842B2	Media access control bridging in a mesh network A network comprising a switch configured to learn a source address (SA) for a source node with a source port that receives a frame comprising the SA if the SA is not previously learned on another port and to subsequently forward any frame comprising a destination address (DA) for a destination node that matches the learned SA on the source port associated with the SA. A network comprising a switch configured to flood a frame received on a receiving port if the frame comprises a DA that is not previously learned on a source port and to distinguish the flooded frame from other forwarded frames by labeling the flooded frame, wherein the frame is flooded on a plurality of ports. A method comprising disabling a plurality of filtering database (FDB) entries that correspond to a plurality of addresses that are associated with a port, and sending the addresses in a control frame.
US08451839B2	Method and apparatus for managing route information and forwarding data in access devices The present invention provides a method for creating routes in access devices of the communication network by using access response messages. With the method provided by the present invention, services can be distinguished and forwarded based on destination IP sub-networks, so that different services can be distributed in access devices. In this way, on the premise that services are distinguished based on layer 3, the requirements for access devices are reduced and layer 2 networks on the user side are not required to carry out route protocols, which decreases administrators' maintenance work and is the important condition for the realization of plug&play and reduces the requirements for marginal routers.
US08451837B1	Discovery of MPLS VPN links A method for discovering MPLS VPN links includes receiving a plurality of virtual route forwarding (VRF) identification messages generated by respective VRF entities at a logical parent Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol instance resident within a virtual network element in a network management system, aggregating in the logical parent Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol instance the plurality of VRF identification messages into a single Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol message encapsulating the plurality of VRF identification messages, and sending the single Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol message encapsulating the plurality of VRF identification messages to a neighbor parent Multi-Protocol Border Gateway Protocol instance.
US08451828B2	Registering an internet protocol phone in a dual-link architecture A system and method for registering an internet protocol (IP) phone in a dual-link architecture is disclosed. The method comprises pre-registering the IP phone to establish a client link with a first telephony server and a second telephony server. The pre-registration comprises: identifying the first and second telephony servers designated for the IP phone; sending a registration request to the first and second telephony servers from the IP phone to pre-register the IP phone with the telephony servers; and setting one of the telephony servers as a primary telephony server by sending an in-service request message, with the other server set in a hot-standby mode.
US08451825B2	Systems and methods to confirm initiation of a callback Methods and apparatuses to initiate callback with confirmation. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a reference (e.g., a callback phone number) in a request for a connection to a destination; providing a code via the reference in response to the request; receiving a code to confirm the request; determining whether the received code matches the provided code; and initiating a connection via the reference for the connection to the destination if the received code matches the provided code.
US08451822B2	Method and apparatus for co-socket telephony Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a wireless mobile device comprising first and second wireless air interfaces that enable both circuit-switched and packet-switched wireless communications between the wireless mobile device and one or more remote stations that can be computer telephony integration servers, or peer devices such as smart telephones or wireless smart telephones, or wireless mobile devices.
US08451810B2	Wireless LAN system, a terminal and a recording medium readable by a computer In a wireless LAN system, a terminal that includes a device for wireless LAN connection is capable of simple connection setting for wireless LAN. In said terminal, a simple connection setting recorder records each methods of simple connection setting that easily sets the simple connection setting for the wireless LAN, and an access point identifier identifies connected access point by detecting an information that is output by the access point. And a connection setting selector selects a simple connection setting corresponding to the access point, which the access point identifier identified from the simple connection settings recorded in the simple connection setting recorder. Finally, a connection setting processor processes connection setting, which corresponds to each method of the simple connection settings that the connection setting selector selected.
US08451804B2	Method and protocol for handling access attempts for communications systems An improved access attempt procedure for call establishment is achieved by deriving a probability of access transmission as a function of both a priority level for access attempts and a random access cause, and performing link establishment authentication and security control call establishment based upon the deriving.
US08451801B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication system A wireless communication device configured to perform communication with another wireless communication device which exists outside the wireless communication range by performing communication through a path via a neighboring wireless communication device includes: a communication control unit configured to compute the number of links until a signal from the other wireless communication device is received; a device information holding unit configured to associate the number of computed links with information relating to the other wireless communication device and holding therein; and a display control unit configured to control the information relating to the other wireless communication device associated to the number of links based on the number of links, so as to be displayed.
US08451799B2	Security update procedure for zone switching in mixed-mode WiMAX network A zone switching method is disclosed for use in a mixed-mode WiMAX environment. The zone switching method is useful in a WiMAX network having both 802.16e (legacy) and 802.16e/802.16m (mixed-mode, or advanced) entities, including mobile stations, base stations, and access service network entities. The zone switching method includes anchor authenticator relocation, dual security context maintenance, and security updates for both entry-before-break-capable mobile stations and for those mobile stations with slower switching speeds. The zone switching method enables an advanced mobile station to seamlessly switch from legacy to mixed-mode operation once the mixed-mode entities are available to service the 802.16m operations.
US08451794B2	Heterogeneous access service network (ASN)-gateway in an ASN in a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WIMAX) communication network A heterogeneous Access Service Network-Gateway (ASN-GW) in an ASN in a WiMAX communication network. The heterogeneous ASN-GW includes a radio resource module and a handover module. The radio resource module provides Radio Resource Management (RRM) to a set of BTSs in the ASN. A BTS operates in one of the second-profile and the first-profile. The handover module is operatively coupled with the radio resource module. The handover module provides handover management to at least one BTS.
US08451790B2	Method and system for transmitting downlink control information The present invention discloses a method and a system for transmitting downlink control information, wherein when a base station is not configured with a carrier indicator field, the base station transmits a physical downlink control channel bearing the corresponding downlink control information on each downlink component carrier in a user equipment's physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrier set, and the user equipment detects the corresponding downlink control information on each downlink component carrier in the configured PDSCH carrier set. When a base station is configured with a carrier indicator field, the base station transmits the physical downlink control channel bearing the corresponding downlink control information on each downlink component carrier in the configured physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrier set, and the user equipment detects the corresponding downlink control information on each downlink component carrier in the PDCCH carrier set.
US08451780B2	Method and system for processing bearer under ISR mechanism A method and a system for processing a bearer under an idle mode signaling reduction (ISR) mechanism are provided. The method for processing a bearer under an ISR mechanism includes the following steps. A mobility management network element acquires an access mode of a current network. The mobility management network element notifies a serving gateway (SGW) of the access mode of the current network, so that the SGW processes bearer according to the access mode of the current network. It can be ensured that the access mode of the current network is consistent with the access mode for a policy and charging control (PCC) strategy adopted during a bearing procedure under the ISR mechanism.
US08451776B2	Method and apparatus to facilitate support for multi-radio coexistence A method includes identifying coexistence issues among radios in a User Equipment (UE). The method also includes submitting a message to a base station that requests reconfiguring of a timing schedule of a first one of the supported radios to provide for periods of inactivity of the first one of the supported radios. The inactive periods provide operating periods for at least a second one of the supported radios. The inactive periods may be measurement gaps.
US08451769B2	Method of receiving message in communication system using relay process being limited to wireless interface and apparatus of the same A method of receiving a message by a relay node in a mobile communication system is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving control information including a first group identifier on a backhaul subframe, and receiving the message based on the control information if the received first group identifier indicates the relay node, wherein the message includes a second group identifier, the second group identifier being corresponded to the first group identifier.
US08451761B2	Power management method for station in wireless LAN system and station that supports same A power management method of a station in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system and the station supporting the method are provided. The method includes: transmitting to an access point (AP) a power save configuration (PSC) request frame for reporting that the STA intends to transition to a power save (PS) mode; receiving from the AP a PSC response frame in response to the PSC request frame; and after receiving the PSC response frame, entering the PS mode.
US08451760B2	Power savings in access points Embodiments of the invention are directed to power savings in Access Points (APs). Legacy 802.11 modes such as 802.11a/b/g use one transmitter/receive chain per radio. High Throughput (HT) 802.11n modes use multiple (2, 3, or more) transmit/receive chains per radio. Power consumed by the AP may be reduced by powering off unused transmit and/or receive chains. Multiple transmit chains are only powered up when HT 802.11n transmissions requiring them are made. Using protected mode signaling, the AP powers up multiple receive chains needed for HT 802.11n reception on receiving a Request to Send (RTS) packet indicating that an 802.11n client wishes to send 802.11n HT data. Transmit and/or receive chains may be powered up with minimum on times. Only certain elements of a chain may be powered up and down, with those elements requiring a great deal of settling time left powered on. Transmit chains may be powered up on the reception of RTS-based information indicating arrival of HT 802.11 data.
US08451758B2	Method and device for operating of two wireless services The invention relates to a method and a device for operation of two wireless services whereas a first service is broadcasting signals within burst with known time distances between the bursts and a second service is transmitting signals at least between a first partner and a second partner. The problem to be solved by the invention is to enable a user to use applications of at least to services concurrently at the same time with the same device. The problem is solved by an operation of one and the same device which is receiving bursts in a first mode of the first service and is switched from the first mode into a mode of the second service during the time between the bursts of the service.
US08451756B2	Random linear network coding for time division duplexing Subject matter disclosed herein relates to random linear network coding schemes for reliable communications for time division duplexing channels. In at least one embodiment, a transmitter node transmits M data packets through a half-duplex link using random linear network coding. The transmitter node transmits coded packets back-to-back through the link before stopping to wait for an acknowledgement (ACK) packet. An optimal number of coded packets Ni to be transmitted in a subsequent transmission may then be determined based, at least in part, on a number of degrees of freedom (DOFs) a receiving node needs to decode the M information packets from received coded packets.
US08451755B2	Access control to telecommunications conference hosting resources Telecommunications conference hosting resources are allocated for the management of a conferencing function by generating a validation for each of a plurality of conference hosts to permit access to the telecommunications conference hosting resources for a predetermined duration selectable by the respective conference hosts. Telecommunications conference hosting resources are allocated to each conference host for the predetermined duration so as to allow the conference host to make multiple accessions to the telecommunications conference hosting resources at any time before the expiry of the predetermined duration. The telecommunications conference hosting resources are connected to the conference host in response to such accessions. Different conference hosts may be validated for use of the same resources for different durations. Allocation of resources is prioritized for the conference hosts according to the duration selected by each of the conference hosts.
US08451750B2	Validation of routes advertised by border gateway protocol Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-storage media, mechanisms, and means associated with validation of routes advertised by Border Gateway Protocol. One embodiment validates or invalidates a route received in a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) update message. A route is validated in response to determining that the originating autonomous system specified in the AS_Path attribute for the route in a received BGP update message has authority to advertise the route and/or whether or not multiple autonomous systems identified in the AS_Path attribute of the update message is authorized to advertise the route, possibly in a particular order.
US08451744B2	Partitioning directed acyclic graph (DAG) topologies In one embodiment, network statistics may be monitored for a first directed acyclic graph (DAG) from a first root node, and based on those network statistics, a trigger may be determined to partition the first DAG. As such, a candidate second root node may be selected for each of one or more DAG partitions, and a tunnel may be established between the first root node and the one or more second root nodes. Each second root node may then establish a new DAG partition with itself as the root (and with the same DAG parameters as the first DAG), wherein nodes of the first DAG remain with the first DAG or attach to the new DAG partition based on one or more metrics associated with each respective root (e.g., reachability, cost, DAG rank, etc.).
US08451735B2	Systems and methods for dynamic load balancing in a wireless network The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for dynamic load balancing in a wireless network, such as a wireless local area network (WLAN) and the like. Specifically, the present invention periodically provides dynamic load balancing of mobile devices associated with a plurality of wireless access devices. This may include determining an optimum load and instructing wireless access devices that are overloaded to disassociate some mobile devices based upon predefined criteria. This disassociation is performed in a manner to minimize disruption by disassociating mobile devices with low usage, with close proximity to underutilized wireless access devices, and mobile devices not currently operating critical applications, such as voice.
US08451732B2	Inter-vehicle communication apparatus and method capable of detecting packet collision In inter-vehicle communication, a communication apparatus may not normally receive a packet having a sufficient reception power level. Under such circumstances, a control circuit in the apparatus determines that the received packet has collided with other packet if a condition is met that a time period for a receiver circuit to receive a packet having a reception power level of equal to or more than a set value is longer than a time period required for the receiver circuit to receive a packet having a predetermined packet length.
US08451726B2	Link adaptation in wireless networks An embodiment of a system for physical link adaptation in a wireless communication network such as e.g., a WLAN, selectively varies the physical mode of operation of the transmission channels serving the mobile stations in the network. The system includes an estimation module to evaluate transmission losses due to collisions as well as transmission losses due to channel errors over the transmission channel, and an adaptation module to select the physical mode of operation of the transmission channel as a function of the transmission losses due to collisions and to channel errors as evaluated by the estimation module.
US08451725B1	Method and apparatus for distributed compositional control of end-to-end media in IP networks A method and an apparatus for performing a distributed control of end-to-end media on packet networks such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Service over Internet Protocol (SoIP) networks are disclosed. The method first receives a request from a first media endpoint device for opening at least one media channel to a second media endpoint device wherein said request contains a descriptor of said first media endpoint device. The method then updates one or more slot states and link states in response to said request and records the current state of each slot for supporting said media channel. The method also records the most recently received descriptor of said media endpoint device as a most recent descriptor for said slot supporting said media channel. The method executes one or more link objects in response to said request for controlling said at least one media channel.
US08451722B2	Data transfer apparatus A data transfer apparatus is provided for monitoring the bandwidth of a first and a second flow, comprises flow detecting means for comparing information in a header field of a packet with the first and second detection conditions to detect a flow to which the packet belongs, compliance/violation determining means for measuring the bandwidth of the packet belonging to the detected flow to determine whether the packet complies with or violates a traffic condition which is set corresponding to each flow detection condition, and packet processing determining means for determining processing for a packet which satisfies both the first and second flow conditions based on the compliance/violation determination results corresponding to both traffic conditions, and determining processing for a packet which satisfies one of the first and second flow conditions based on the compliance/violation result corresponding to the flow detection condition satisfied by the packet.
US08451717B2	Method and apparatus for rapid switchover from primary to standby multicast trees A capability is provided for switching between primary and standby multicast trees on a network egress node of a multicast network. The network egress node includes a first MPLS LABEL Record including a first tree identifier of the first multicast tree, a second MPLS LABEL Record including a second tree identifier of the second multicast tree, and a MULTICAST Record including a plurality of primary tree identifiers and a plurality of standby tree identifiers. The MPLS LABEL Records include parameters, respectively, where the values of the parameters are indicative of respective packet processing rules to be applied for determining whether to accept or discard packets. When the parameter of an MPLS LABEL Record is set to a first value, a determination as to whether to accept or discard a packet received via the associated multicast tree is performed by comparing the tree identifier of the MPLS LABEL Record only to primary tree identifiers of the MULTICAST Record. When the parameter of an MPLS LABEL Record is set to a second value, a determination as to whether to accept or discard a packet received via the associated multicast tree is performed by comparing the tree identifier of the MPLS LABEL Record to primary tree identifiers of the MULTICAST Record or standby tree identifiers of the MULTICAST Record.
US08451709B2	Radio communication device The invention provides precise estimation of a channel response and correct demodulation of an information signal even in the circumstance of being likely suffering interference. The invention includes an error correcting code unit 1, an S/P converting unit 2, a mapping unit 3, an IDFT (Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform) unit (IFFT: Inverse Fast Fourier Transform can be used) 4, a P/S converting unit 5, a GI (Guard Interval) inserting unit 6, preamble (A, B0, B1) storage selecting units 11-a and 11-b, switch units 12-a and 12-b, D/A converting units 13-a and 13-b, radio units 14-a and 14-b and antenna units 15-a and 15-b.
US08451706B2	Vertical cavity surface emitting laser, vertical-cavity-surface-emitting-laser device, optical transmission apparatus, and information processing apparatus A vertical cavity surface emitting laser includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor multilayer film reflector of a first conductivity type laminated on the semiconductor substrate, a resonator, and a second semiconductor multilayer film reflector of a second conductivity type laminated on the resonator. In each of the first and second semiconductor multilayer film reflectors, a pair of a high-refractive-index layer and a low-refractive-index layer is stacked. The resonator includes an active layer laminated on the first semiconductor multilayer film reflector. The resonator includes a pair of spacer layers and a resonator extending region. A composition of at least a layer included in the resonator extending region is different from any of compositions of the semiconductor substrate, the first semiconductor multilayer film reflector, and the second semiconductor multilayer film reflector.
US08451698B2	Optical disk reproducing device and optical disk recording and reproducing device An optical disk reproducing device includes: a signal reproducing section configured to read and decode information recorded on an optical disk by an optical pickup unit, and reproduce the information, wherein the signal reproducing section includes a gain controlled amplifier circuit configured to amplify an radio frequency signal generated from a light receiving element, an automatic gain control circuit configured to control a gain of the gain controlled amplifier circuit, and a signal processing section configured to derive a part of an automatic gain control value generated in the automatic gain control circuit, and generate a control signal for adjusting one of an optical system path and a detection system path for controlling the optical pickup unit.
US08451695B2	Vertical cavity surface emitting laser with integrated mirror and waveguide An apparatus includes an extended cavity vertical cavity surface emitting laser producing light and having an active region, a first reflector position adjacent to a first side of the active region, an extended cavity positioned adjacent to a second side of the active region, and a second reflector reflecting a first portion of the light into the extended cavity and transmitting a second portion of the light, a planar waveguide positioned adjacent to the extended cavity vertical cavity surface emitting laser, and a horizontal coupler structured to couple the second portion of light from the extended cavity vertical cavity surface emitting laser into the waveguide.
US08451692B2	Underwater communications An environmental monitoring system including at least one underwater measurement device and a transmitter for transmitting data from the measurement device to an above water station using a magnetically coupled antenna.
US08451691B2	Method and apparatus for detecting a launch position of a projectile A method and apparatus for detecting the launch position of a projectile is described. The apparatus includes at least one wideband microphone array positioned so as to be responsive to acoustic emissions generated by the launch and flight of a projectile. The apparatus includes signal processing means, for processing the signals generated by the microphone array or arrays, the output of which provides an estimate of launch position and kinematic information relating to the projectile.
US08451685B2	Time reverse reservoir localization A method and system for processing synchronous array seismic data includes acquiring synchronous passive seismic data from a plurality of sensors to obtain synchronized array measurements. A reverse-time data process is applied to the synchronized array measurements to obtain a plurality of dynamic particle parameters associated with subsurface locations. These dynamic particle parameters are stored in a form for display. Maximum values of the dynamic particle parameters may be interpreted as reservoir locations. The dynamic particle parameters may be particle displacement values, particle velocity values, particle acceleration values or particle pressure values. The sensors may be three-component sensors. Zero-phase frequency filtering of different ranges of interest may be applied. The data may be resampled to facilitate efficient data processing.
US08451683B2	Method for determining the fluid/pressure distribution of hydrocarbon reservoirs from 4D seismic data A method including analyzing seismic data relating to a producing hydrocarbon reservoir is disclosed. The seismic data includes first and second sets of seismic data obtained at different times. An interval composed substantially of hard rock is identified in the hydrocarbon reservoir. 4D seismic attributes for the region are calculated. Rock physics relationships are applied to seismic data related to the interval according to the permeability associated therewith. A fluid saturation change or a pressure change of the interval is inferred based on outputs of the first or second sets of rock physics relationships and the calculated 4D attributes for the interval. The inferred fluid saturation change or pressure change of the interval is outputted.
US08451682B2	Method and apparatus for deghosting seismic data Apparatus, computer instructions and method for deghosting seismic data related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes inputting data recorded by detectors that are towed by a vessel, the data being associated with waves travelling from the subsurface to the detectors; applying a migration procedure to the data to determine a first image of the subsurface; applying a mirror migration procedure to the data to determine a second image of the subsurface; joint deconvoluting the first image and the second image for deghosting a reflectivity of the subsurface; and generating a final image of the subsurface based on the deghosted reflectivity of the joint deconvoluting step.
US08451677B2	Semiconductor device and method of refreshing the same A semiconductor device according to the present invention has an address scrambling circuit for performing address scrambling operation of an address and a redundancy judging circuit for judging that redundancy judgment is performed about the address scrambled by the address scrambling circuit. This structure makes it possible to completely refresh operation concerned with normal word lines and redundancy word lines.
US08451673B1	RFID IC with tunneling-voltage profile calibration RFID tag ICs employ tunneling-voltage profile calibration during IC manufacturing to determine and store, typically in nonvolatile memory, a tunneling-voltage profile for writing data to the IC's nonvolatile memory. The IC may subsequently read the profile at power-up, prior to writing the memory, or at other times as determined by the IC or by an interrogating reader. By using the stored profile when writing to the nonvolatile memory the IC may reduce nonvolatile memory write time and oxide stress.
US08451671B2	Multiplexing circuit for high-speed, low leakage, column-multiplexing memory devices A multiplexing circuit includes a plurality of first circuits and a second circuit coupled to outputs of the plurality of first circuits. A first circuit of the plurality of first circuits is configured to receive a first data line as a first input and a clock signal as a second input, and provide an output signal to a first circuit output. After the first circuit is selected for use, the clock signal, a first sub-circuit of the first circuit coupled to the second circuit, and the second circuit are configured to provide a first output logic level to the output signal based on a first data logic level of the first data line; and a second sub-circuit of the first circuit coupled to the first circuit output is configured to provide a second output logic level to the output signal based on a second data logic level of the first data line.
US08451668B1	Implementing column redundancy steering for memories with wordline repowering A method and circuit for implementing column redundancy steering for memories with wordline repowering, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. Each respective data column receives a precharge signal applied to an associated precharge function. An inverting multiplexer is provided in a precharge path after the wordline repowering having inputs coupled to the respective precharge functions before and after the wordline repowering. The inverting multiplexer passes the precharge signal from the precharge function before the wordline repowering or from the precharge function after the wordline repowering. The inverting multiplexer is controlled by the redundancy steering control signal that activates redundancy steering.
US08451667B2	Pair bit line programming to improve boost voltage clamping A non-volatile storage system reduces program disturb in a set of non-volatile storage elements by programming using selected bit line patterns which increase the clamped boosting potential of an inhibited channel to avoid program disturb. Alternate pairs of adjacent bit lines are grouped into first and second sets. Non-volatile storage elements of the first set of pairs are subject to program pulses and verify operations in each of a first number of iterations, after which non-volatile storage elements of the second set of pairs is subject to program pulses and verify operations in each of a second number of iterations.
US08451660B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor memory device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor memory device includes a first conductive type well and a second conductive type well disposed on and/or over a semiconductor substrate; a first gate and a second gate disposed on and/or over the first conductive type well and the second conductive type well, respectively; a second conductive type first ion implantation region disposed in the first conductive type well at one side of the first gate and a second conductive type second ion implantation region disposed in the first conductive type well at the other side of the first gate; a first conductive type first ion implantation region disposed in the second conductive type well at one side of the second gate and a first conductive type second ion implantation region disposed in the second conductive type well at the other side of the second gate; and a line electrically connecting the second conductive type second ion implantation region with the first conductive type first ion implantation region.
US08451654B2	Semiconductor memory device In two inverters included in a latch in a memory cell, the source or drain of a PMOS load transistor connected to a memory node is cut off, and the source or drain of an NMOS drive transistor connected to another memory node is cut off, whereby internal data is fixed or permanently stored in the memory cell while ensuring a resistance to damage to the gate of the transistor and without impairing the regularity of the layout.
US08451650B2	Capacitor-less memory cell, device, system and method of making same A capacitor-less memory cell, memory device, system and process of forming the capacitor-less memory cell includes forming the memory cell in an active area of a substantially physically isolated portion of the bulk semiconductor substrate. A pass transistor is formed on the active area for coupling with a word line. The capacitor-less memory cell further includes a read/write enable transistor vertically configured along at least one vertical side of the active area and operable during a reading of a logic state with the logic state being stored as charge in a floating body area of the active area, causing different determinable threshold voltages for the pass transistor.
US08451646B2	Resistive random access memory and the method of operating the same A resistive random access memory utilizing gate induced drain leakage current as the read operation current and the write operation current and a method of operation the same, wherein the resistive random access memory including a plurality of arrayed memory cells, a plurality of bit-lines and a plurality word-lines, each memory cell including: a switching resistor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the switching resistor being connected to one bit-line; and a MOSFET being connected to the second terminal and having a gate, a source, a drain and a substrate, the gate being connected to one word-line, the read operation current and the write operation current of the memory cell being gate induced drain leakage current of the MOSFET. The RRAM array presented in this invention has superior scalability for resistors as well as transistors, which leads to a memory array with higher density.
US08451642B2	Hybrid MRAM array structure and operation This invention relates to MRAM technology and new variations on MRAM array architecture to incorporate certain advantages from both cross-point and 1T-1MTJ architectures. The fast read-time and higher signal-to-noise ratio of the 1T-1MTJ architecture and the higher packing density of the cross-point architecture are both exploited by combining certain characteristics of these layouts. A single access transistor 16 is used to read the multiple MRAM cells in a segment of a column, which can be stacked vertically above one another in a plurality of MRAM array layers arranged in a “Z” axis direction.
US08451638B2	Power converter with reverse recovery avoidance Reverse recovery avoidance when converting power is provided. A first switch and second switch may be operated to supply an AC load with positive current, respective to the AC load, from a DC power source. A third and fourth switch may be operated to supply the AC load with negative current, respective to the AC load, from the DC power source. Four diodes may be employed with the switches. One diode may conduct the positive current when the first switch is off and the second switch is on. Another diode may conduct the negative current when the third switch is off and the fourth switch is on.
US08451630B2	Reset voltage circuit for a forward power converter A reset voltage circuit for a forward power converter includes a reset capacitor and a memory capacitor. The reset capacitor is to be coupled to recycle energy from a primary winding of a transformer to an input bulk capacitor during a resetting of the transformer. The memory capacitor is to be coupled to store a first voltage equal to an input voltage of the power converter when the input voltage is at a steady-state value. The memory capacitor is further to set a voltage across the primary winding during the resetting of the transformer to a magnitude greater than or equal to the first voltage when the input voltage of the forward power converter drops below the steady-state value.
US08451626B2	Gate driver power and control signal transmission circuits and methods Methods, systems, and devices are described for both power and control signal transmission through a single coupled inductor. A current driver generates a cyclical current signal on a primary winding of a coupled inductor, to induce a voltage signal at the secondary winding corresponding to the cyclical current signal. A rectifier module is coupled with the secondary winding and configured to rectify the signal induced at the secondary winding. A control timing signal module is coupled with the primary winding and configured to induce voltage pulses on the secondary winding, the induced voltage pulses having an insubstantial impact on the output of the rectifier module. A switching module coupled with the secondary winding is configured to receive the voltage pulses and control a switching signal for a power switch coupled with the output of the rectifier and provide power to a load coupled with the output of the rectifier.
US08451619B2	Printed wiring board and method of suppressing power supply noise thereof Disclosed is a printed wiring board having signal layers each interposed between a power supply layer and a ground layer, wherein the signal layer includes at least one of a wiring region for a ground potential and a wiring region for a power supply potential.
US08451610B2	Electrical circuit component carrier An extruded aluminum electrical circuit component carrier on which at least one electrical circuit component is to be mounted. A first side portion and a second side portion include areas for mounting at least one first electrical circuit component part and at least one second electrical circuit component part. An inlet to which an inlet conduit for a cooling liquid can be connected. An outlet to which an outlet conduit for the cooling liquid can be connected. At least one supply passage for the cooling liquid formed through the first side portion. At least one return passage for the cooling liquid formed through the second side portion. The at least one supply passage is connected to the at least one return passage in series. An area of a cross-section of the at least one return passage is smaller than an area of a cross-section of the at least one supply passage, whereby in use a flow velocity of the at least one return passage exceeds a flow velocity of the at least one supply passage so that an essentially uniform cooling capacity for the first and second electrical circuit component parts is achieved.
US08451606B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes: a chassis for housing an electronic unit; and a hold member capable of holding to a fan unit blowing air toward the electronic unit and attachable to and detachable from a plurality of positions of the chassis.
US08451600B1	Heat spreading chassis for rack-mounted computer system A computer system includes a circuit board assembly and a chassis. The circuit board assembly includes a circuit board and one or more heat producing components coupled to the circuit board. At least one of the heat producing components includes an exposed surface. The chassis includes one or more mounting portions that are coupled to the circuit board and support the circuit board. The chassis also includes one or more heat spreading portions. The heat spreading portions couple to exposed surfaces of one or more heat producing components on the circuit board.
US08451587B2	Method for interconnecting anodes and cathodes in a flat capacitor A method includes connecting together one or more anode connection members of one or more anode foils and one or more cathode connection members of one or more cathode foils and electrically isolating the one or more anode foils from the one or more cathode foils. A capacitor stack includes a plurality of cathode layers having cathode connection members and a plurality of anode layers having anode connection members. The anode connection members are connected to the cathode connection members and configured such that the anode layers can be electrically separated from the cathode layers by cutting only the anode connection members or the cathode connection members.
US08451574B2	Method and system for through fault detection in electrical devices The present invention is directed to a method and a system for fault detection analysis in a power device which is operatively associated with a differential protection unit. The power device has one input side and one output side through which an input current and an output current flows into and out from it, respectively. Signals representative of the input and output currents are processed in order to verify if an occurring fault is external to the power device. Under a condition of an external fault, the differential protection unit is disabled for a determined interval of time.
US08451543B2	Magnet holding structure of auto-focus module A magnet holding structure of auto-focus module includes an outer frame for holding four magnets to four inner wall surfaces of the outer frame; a lens holder for holding a lens thereto and being assembled to the outer frame via at least one spring member; and a winding fitted around the lens holder for driving the lens holder to axially move forward or rearward to focus automatically. The outer frame is provided at each of four inner corners with an inverted L-shaped plate extending downward from a top of the outer frame to locate between the lens holder and the winding, so as to face toward four spaces respectively existing between two adjacent magnets outside the winding. With these arrangements, the electromagnetic field produced by the winding can have enhanced magnetic efficiency and increased driving force at the corners of the winding to achieve the purpose of power saving.
US08451539B2	Optical element having transmitting layers with respective blazed surfaces and Abbe numbers An optical element including: a first light transmitting layer having a first sawtooth blazed surface, the first light transmitting layer including a plurality of first light-transmitting slopes defining a first blaze angle α; and a second light transmitting layer having a second sawtooth blazed surface including a plurality of second light-transmitting slopes defining a second blaze angle β, the second light transmitting layer being in contact with the first sawtooth blazed surface of the first light transmitting layer. A tilting direction of the first light-transmitting slope and a tilting direction of the second light-transmitting slope are opposite.
US08451538B2	Diffractive optical element and optical device In a diffractive optical element, a first optical member and a second optical member are stacked, and a diffraction grating is formed at an interface between the first and second optical members. The diffractive optical element is configured so that the followings fall within a predetermined range: an inter-material gradient which is a ratio of an amount of change in reference refractive indexes between the first optical member and the second optical member, to an amount of change in principal dispersions between the first optical member and the second optical member; and a blaze wavelength of the diffraction grating.
US08451528B1	Method and apparatus for generation of coherent frequency combs Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses and methods for phase correlated seeding of parametric mixer and for generating coherent frequency combs. The parametric mixer may use two phase-correlated optical waves with different carrier frequencies to generate new optical waves centered at frequencies differing from the input waves, while retaining the input wave coherent properties. In the case when parametric mixer is used to generate frequency combs with small frequency pitch, the phase correlation of the input (seed) waves can be achieved by electro-optical modulator and a single master laser. In the case when frequency comb possessing a frequency pitch that is larger than frequency modulation that can be affected by electro-optic modulator, the phase correlation of the input (seed) waves is achieved by combined use of an electro-optical modulator and injection locking to a single or multiple slave lasers.
US08451525B2	Optical apparatus and imaging apparatus An optical apparatus includes: a sealing case having chambers partitioned by a partition wall; a polar liquid having polarity and a nonpolar liquid having no polarity which are respectively sealed in a predetermined amount in each of the chambers; and electrodes pulling the polar liquid by an electrowetting phenomenon upon application of a driving voltage. One of the polar liquid and the nonpolar liquid is colored with a color having a light-blocking property, and the other has a light-transmitting property, at least a part of the partition wall is positioned in an optically effective area including the optical axis, and when a driving voltage is applied to a predetermined electrode among the electrodes, the polar liquid is moved in the chamber between closed and open positions where the optically effective area is closed and open, respectively.
US08451520B2	Image forming apparatus for performing calibration via adjustment charts An image forming apparatus includes a chart data generating unit that generates density adjustment chart data; a printing unit that prints a density adjustment chart where the reference patterns and the adjustment patterns of each pattern are juxtaposed, based on the density adjustment chart data; a receiving unit that receives the input of a density adjustment value of an arbitrary pattern; a gradation correcting unit that corrects gradation of the arbitrary pattern based on the density adjustment value of the arbitrary pattern that is received by the receiving unit; and a reconstructing unit that reconstructs density adjustment chart data used to juxtapose and print the reference patterns and density-corrected adjustment patterns for only pattern data of the patterns where the receiving unit receives the density adjustment value.
US08451506B2	Image processing apparatus, control method and storage medium An image processing apparatus which performs processing of applying blur processing to divided image data, and compositing divided images having undergone the blur processing, the apparatus comprises an out of image boundary estimation unit which estimates a pixel out of an image boundary of image data for each of first image data subjected to the blur processing and second image data neighboring the first image data among the divided image data; and a blurring image generation unit which generates blurring image data for the first image data by performing the blur processing using a filter for the first image data while referring to the first image data, the second image data, and an estimation pixel estimated by the out of image boundary estimation unit.
US08451505B2	Image reading device, image reading method, and image forming apparatus for correcting digital image signal using modulated reference signal A reference-signal generating unit generates a reference signal for generating a driving signal to drive other units of the image reading device. A frequency modulating unit modulates frequency of the reference signal, thereby generating a frequency-modulated reference signal. A driving-signal generating unit generates the driving signal from the frequency-modulated reference signal. A photoelectric converting unit converts an incident light into an analog image signal using the driving signal. An AD converting unit converts the analog image signal into a digital image signal. A correcting unit corrects the digital image signal by generating a correction signal for eliminating a noise superimposed on the digital image signal using the frequency-modulated reference signal and adding the correction signal to the digital image signal.
US08451502B2	Method of halftoning an image A method of halftoning an image wherein a source file that represents the image in the form of a first pixel array, in which at least one input color value that is given by a first number of bits is assigned to each pixel, is electronically processed to compute an output file in the form of a second pixel array in which at least one output color value that is given by a second number of bits, said second number being smaller than the first number, is assigned to each pixel of the second pixel array, wherein the processing is performed in a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).
US08451495B2	Color inconstancy guide for spot color print applications What is disclosed is a novel system and method for generating a color inconstancy guide for use in spot color print applications. In a manner more fully disclosed herein, color inconstancy values are calculated for selected spot colors of interest using a color inconstancy metric. A color inconstancy guide is generated from the calculated color inconstancy values and their respective spot colors. Thereafter, when a user desires to render a job in a particular spot color, the associated color inconstancy value for that color can be obtained from the guide. In various embodiments, recommendations in the form of a suggested printer to use, a media type, a halftone screen, and other meaningful assistance can be provided for spot color selection that are less sensitive to varying illuminations for a given print/copy job. The present color inconstancy guide provides meaningful extensions in color quality and color reproduction in print/copy job environments.
US08451494B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a carrier; a forming unit that forms a pattern on the carrier; a correcting unit that executes a plurality of correction processes for image formation by measuring the pattern formed on the carrier by the forming unit; and an issuing unit that has issuing conditions corresponding to the correction processes and issues execution requests indicating execution timings of the correction processes satisfying the issuing conditions, wherein the correcting unit executes only one correction process, of which the execution request is issued, when another correction process is not issued at the execution timing of the one correction process, and wherein the correcting unit executes the one correction process and the another correction process in a prescribed order regardless of the execution timings indicated by the execution requests when the another correction process is issued at the execution timing of the one correction process.
US08451491B2	Apparatus for and method of, forming parenthesized image; apparatus for and method of, forming externally framed image; program; and memory medium Outline font data showing the original outside shape having a single closed curve made up of a parenthesized outside shape portion of the parenthesized image and a connecting line portion to connect both open ends is stored. The height and line width are determined. Based on the above data, a first-size solidly shaded image is formed having the determined height and is entirely filled inside the original outside shape thereof with effective pixels of logic “1.” A second-size solidly shaded image is formed of a second size which is smaller by the line width than the first-size solidly shaded image, along the parenthesized outside shape portion. Non-equivalence operation is performed with corresponding pixels by displacing the first-size solidly shaded image and the second-size solidly shaded image by the line width along the parenthesized outside shape portion.
US08451489B1	Content-aware method for saving paper and ink while printing a PDF document A PDF document is repurposed to save paper and ink. Preprocessing is performed on the PDF document. The PDF document has a first quantity of pages of content and a first quantity of ink. Further, complexity analysis is performed on the PDF document. In addition, a document object model based on the PDF document is created. In addition, content re-layout is performed on the PDF document based on the content repurposing such that a printer prints the PDF document with the content in a transformed format that results in a second quantity of pages being printed without falling below a predetermined readability threshold and a second quantity of ink being utilized. The second quantity of pages is less than the first quantity of pages. The second quantity of ink is less than the first quantity of ink.
US08451479B2	Image forming apparatus and preview display method Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of causing a user to get used to an operation of an apparatus while preventing from executing an unnecessary output by a preview display before outputting, and eliminating trouble of a preview display for a user skilled in the operation of the apparatus. The image forming apparatus (illustrated as a digital multi-functional peripheral) is provided with a setting storage portion (illustrated as a control memory) that stores, for each user, setting information related to a preview display (illustrated as a table) by a display controls portion (illustrated as a panel control portion). The setting information includes forcible execution information showing whether or not the preview image is forcibly displayed by the display control portion. The display control portion performs display control based on the stored setting information.
US08451478B2	Information processing apparatus, method of information processing, and storage medium for performing scaling processing on image data An information processing apparatus transmits a print job including input image data to an image processing apparatus connected thereto, and includes: a determination unit that determines whether a width and/or height of the input image data is smaller than a predetermined threshold, and whether a scaling factor for the image data at a time of output is one or less; a color value determination unit that determines color values of pixels constituting the image data in the case that it has been determined that the width and/or height of the image data is smaller than the predetermined threshold and that the scaling factor for the image data at the time of output is one or less; and a transmission unit that, in the case that it has been determined that the pixels constituting the image data have the same color value, transmits replacement image data having a smaller size.
US08451476B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product An image processing unit includes a first image processing unit that processes image data from a reading unit and a second image processing unit that processes image data from either one of the first image processing unit and a storing unit. A control unit determines a processing to be performed on the image data by the second image processing unit depending on a result of a processing performed on the image data by the first image processing unit, and selects an image processing route depending on a processing to be performed on the image data by the second image processing unit.
US08451470B2	Print control apparatus and printing apparatus A print control apparatus that makes it possible to conduct the print controlling operations in the interruption printing mode, so as to optimize the beneficial balance between the interrupting side and the interrupted side. The apparatus includes a job-status parameter acquiring section to acquire job-status parameters including a residual printing time of the first print job, a printing time of the second print job, a first priority degree representing an implementation priority of the first print job and a second priority degree representing another implementation priority of the second print job and a controlling section to determine whether or not the interruption printing operation should be allowed, namely, an availability of the interruption printing operation, based on the residual printing time of the first print job, the printing time of the second print job, and at least one of the first priority degree and the second priority degree.
US08451467B2	Printing apparatus, method for controlling print job, and computer program for pre-registering condition information relating to conditions for cancelling execution of a print job A printing apparatus has a filter ID, the number of deleted print jobs, and a print job deletion filter including at least one filtering condition registered therein. The filtering condition includes a job attribute, a keyword, and a search method. Upon receiving a print job including print data and job information from a print server system, the printing apparatus determines whether the job information contained in the print job satisfies the filtering condition. If the job information contained in the print job satisfies the filtering condition, the printing apparatus deletes the print job identified by the job information.
US08451466B2	Image forming apparatus A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image transferring unit configured to transfer an image to a recording medium; a fusing unit provided downstream of the image transferring unit and configured to fuse the image transferred by the image transferring unit with the recording medium; a recording medium conveying unit provided between the image transferring unit and the fusing unit and configured to convey the recording medium from the image transferring unit to the fusing unit; a conveyance failure detecting unit configured to detect a conveyance failure of the recording medium; and a recording medium evacuation unit to which the recording medium can be evacuated in the event that the conveyance failure detecting unit detects the conveyance failure. Plural recording medium evacuation units are provided and plural recording media can be evacuated to each of the recording medium evacuation units.
US08451462B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium An apparatus includes a specification unit configured to specify character information included in document data, a generation unit configured to generate image data of the specified character information, a conversion unit configured to convert the generated image data or a parity value of the generated image data into a two-dimensional code, and a printing unit configured to print a printed matter in which the two-dimensional code is combined with the document data, wherein a size of the generated image data is smaller than a size of image data of the document data.
US08451461B2	Information processor, information processing system, and computer readable medium An information processor includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires image information of a plurality of pages formed by reading copies of a plurality of pages with an image reading unit; a second acquiring unit that acquires image information composed of at least one page formed by reading the copy of at least one page selected from the copies of the plurality of pages by the image reading unit; and an outputting unit that outputs the image information composed of the plurality of pages divided in accordance with the page specified on the basis of the image information of at least one page of the image information of the plurality of pages.
US08451450B2	Near real time optical phase conjugation An optical system and associated method enable near real time optical phase conjugation. In the method, a translucent medium is illuminated by a sample illumination beam. Light scattered by the medium is directed to an electronic image sensor while a reference beam is also directed to the electronic image sensor. The scattered light and the reference beam form an interference pattern at the electronic image sensor. A digital representation of the interference pattern is recorded using the electronic image sensor, and the characteristics of a conjugate of the sample beam are computed from the numerical representation. A conjugate beam having the computed characteristics is generated using a configurable optical element and directed back to the translucent medium. The generation of the conjugate beam may be accomplished using a spatial light modulator.
US08451431B2	Control systems and methods applying iterative feedback tuning for feed-forward and synchronization control of microlithography stages and the like Stage assemblies and control methods are disclosed. An exemplary assembly includes a first stage and first and second controllers. The first controller feedback-controls the first stage according to a respective parameter vector. The second controller controls the first stage by feed-forward control, according to a respective parameter vector. The controllers perform iterative feedback tuning IFT, including minimization of a cost-function of the parameter vectors from the first and second controllers. The second controller receives data including first-stage trajectory, and the first controller receives data including first-stage following-error. A suitable application of the assembly is in a microlithography system or other high-precision system.
US08451428B2	Computer generated hologram, exposure apparatus and device fabrication method The present invention provides a computer generated hologram including a plurality of anisotropic cells having different refractive indices with respect to linearly polarized light in a first direction and linearly polarized light in a second direction perpendicular to the linearly polarized light in the first direction, wherein the plurality of anisotropic cells are made of an identical material and includes a first anisotropic cell, a second anisotropic cell, a third anisotropic cell, and a fourth anisotropic cell which have different thicknesses, and the plurality of anisotropic cells change phases of linearly polarized light in the first direction and linearly polarized light in the second direction, thereby making a first light intensity distribution formed on a predetermined plane by the linearly polarized light in the first direction different from a second light intensity distribution formed on the predetermined plane by the linearly polarized light in the second direction.
US08451412B2	Liquid crystal display device of in-plane switching mode An IPS mode LCD device with an improved aperture ratio is disclosed. The IPS mode LCD device includes: gate lines and data lines configured to cross each other and to define first and second pixel regions arranged to alternate with each other; a thin film transistor formed at each intersection of the gate and data lines and configured to include a source electrode extended from the data line, a drain electrode separated from the source electrode, and a gate electrode extended from the gate line; a pixel electrode configured to include a pixel electrode lead portion connected to the drain electrode, a pixel electrode connection bar extended from the pixel electrode lead portion, and a plurality of pixel electrode protrusions extended from the pixel electrode connection bar; common lines arranged to be separated parallel to the gate lines; and a common electrode configured to include a common electrode connection bar connected to the common line, and a plurality of common electrode protrusions extended from the common electrode connection bar and arranged to alternate with the pixel electrode protrusions. At least one of the first and second pixel regions is configured to include upper and lower portions in which the pixel electrode protrusions and the common electrode protrusions are arranged in different numbers.
US08451410B2	Array substrate for wide viewing angle liquid crystal display device and mehod of manufacturing the same An array substrate for a wide viewing angle liquid crystal display device includes a gate line on a substrate, a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate and data lines, a pixel electrode in the pixel region and connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, the pixel electrode including two parts and an opening portion therebetween, a first common electrode in the opening portion, the first common electrode disposed on a same layer as the pixel electrode, a passivation layer on the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, the passivation layer having a common contact hole exposing the first common electrode, and a second common electrode on the passivation layer and connected to the first common electrode through the common contact hole, the second common electrode including first openings corresponding to the pixel electrode and a second opening corresponding to the opening portion.
US08451409B2	Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method for same A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, liquid crystal disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, an electrode formed over the first substrate, and an alignment film disposed between the electrode and the liquid crystal. The electrode has a pad portion that protrudes from at least part of a side of the electrode and electrically leads out onto the first substrate through a conductive material that is located between the second substrate and the first substrate, and a direction in which at least one side of the pad portion which protrudes from the electrode is set to angle of 15° or more and 35° or less relative to a side of the first substrate which crosses the extended line of the at least one side of the pad portion.
US08451408B2	Electrically tunable liquid crystal lens set with central electrode A liquid crystal lens cell set includes a plurality of liquid crystal lenses overlapping to each other. Each of the liquid crystal lenses is supported between a pair of flat layers. One of the layers supports a planar electrode made of ITO. The other electrode, also formed of ITO, is supported in the center of the opposing substrate and projects toward the center of the liquid crystal layer. A power supply creates a potential difference between the electrodes and imposes a non-uniform electric field on the liquid crystal modules which aligns them in which a way as to act as a lens. By varying voltage between the electrodes the focal length of the lens may be controlled. A central electrode may be in the form of a beam or of a pointed tip. An electrode having a central hole may be associated with the central electrode or the planar electrode.
US08451406B2	Color filter array panel, manufacturing method thereof, and liquid crystal display including the same A color filter array panel includes: a substrate; a light blocking member on the substrate; a color filter on the substrate and partially overlapping the light blocking member, and having an opening exposing the substrate; a protective member in the opening; and a common electrode on the light blocking member and the color filter, and having a cut portion at a position corresponding to the opening.
US08451404B2	Display device having polarizing plates with protective films A display device having a pair of substrates provided so as to face each other and sandwich liquid crystal, and polarizing plates which are pasted to surfaces of the above described pair of substrates on the sides opposite to the above described liquid crystal, where the above described polarizing plates are formed of at least an inside protective film, a polarizing film and an outside protective film, which are layered on the above described substrate side in this order, an expansion axis of the above described outside protective films forms an angle of 30° or more and 90° or less with an expansion axis of the above described polarizing films, and an expansion axis of the above described inside protective films forms an angle of 0° or more and 3° or less with an expansion axis of the above described polarizing films.
US08451400B1	Light guide panel and liquid crystal display apparatus having particular light-emitting pattern surface A light guide panel (LGP) for use in a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes a light-emitting pattern surface on which light-emitting patterns are formed, an opposite surface opposite to the light-emitting pattern surface, and four edge surfaces. Lenticular patterns are formed on one of the light-emitting pattern surface and the opposite surface. The light-emitting pattern surface includes a light-emitting part in which the light-emitting patterns are formed; and an edge part which extends along the four edge surfaces to enclose the light-emitting part and in which at least one fixing groove is formed to fix the LGP. The light-emitting part includes a pattern reducing region which faces the fixing groove and has a lower light-emitting pattern density than an other region of the light-emitting part.
US08451395B2	Thin-film transistor array substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and liquid crystal display device A thin-film transistor array substrate includes a source line that is formed above a gate insulating layer covering a gate line, a semiconductor layer that is formed on the gate insulating layer and placed in a substantially whole area below a drain electrode, in a substantially whole area below a source electrode, in a substantially whole area below the source line and in a position opposite to the gate electrode, a pixel electrode that is formed directly on the drain electrode, a transparent conductive pattern that is formed directly on the source electrode and the source line in the same layer as the pixel electrode, and a counter electrode that is formed on an interlayer insulating layer covering the pixel electrode and the transparent conductive pattern and generates a fringe electric field with the pixel electrode.
US08451394B2	Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method therefor The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device with an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a semiconductor layer or a pixel electrode to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes a source electrode and a drain electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has a TFT electrode of a TFT substrate, wherein a source electrode or a drain electrode includes a layer of mainly copper and an oxide covering an outer part of the layer. Further, in the present invention, the semiconductor layer or the pixel electrode and said source electrode or the drain electrode are in ohmic contact in the TFT electrode.
US08451393B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes: a plurality of signal lines disposed on a substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the plurality of signal lines and including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and a step-up capacitor connected between an output terminal of a switching element connected to the second subpixel electrode and the first subpixel electrode. The step-up capacitor is formed by overlapping a first conductor connected to the output terminal of the switching element and a second conductor connected to the first subpixel electrode via an insulating layer, and the second conductor has a cutout at an edge opposite the output terminal of the switching element.
US08451392B2	Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display having particular liquid crystal film A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; an electrode portion formed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and configured to generate an electric field between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal film positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, and at least one liquid crystal and an associated liquid crystal space in the liquid crystal film.
US08451387B2	Display A display is formed such that a control portion reads second channel data corresponding to channels not displayed at start-up from a second storage portion after reading first channel data corresponding to a prescribed channel displayed on a display portion at the start-up from a first storage portion, at the start-up.
US08451379B2	Method and system for toasted video distribution The systems and methods disclosed transmit a composite channel to a receiver. The composite channel may be a static channel that contains different original channels of content in different locations on a displayed page, or may be a dynamic channel that is processed by the receiver to display a multiple different video streams on a single display device.
US08451377B2	Image display device, method of controlling the same and home network system An image display device and a home network system are provided. The image display device transmits a broadcasting signal including at least one of a video data, an audio data, and an additional data according to predetermined transmission conditions. The home network system includes at least one external device connected to the image display unit through a wire or wireless network to output the transmitted broadcasting signal.
US08451364B2	Electronic mirror An Electronic Mirror is described that can capture and display, using a digital/video camera or cameras, the image of a subject as they look when viewing themselves in a mirror. The captured image is displayed on a video monitor or TV set. A widescreen flat panel monitor is utilized, having the ability to physically rotate 90°. In portrait mode the monitor functions as an Electronic Mirror, and in landscape mode is capable of functioning as a conventional TV set or video monitor. Rotation is either manual or motorized. Captured images of a subject may be split such that a portion reflecting one type of outfit may be combined with a portion reflecting a different outfit, thus electronically creating a combination of clothing that may never have been actually worn. Video capture may also be supported enabling a subject to capture and replay a 360 degree view as they turn around.
US08451363B2	Photographing method and system A method and system for photographing in a terminal is provided. The method includes receiving an option for setting a face arrangement location on the viewfinder; detecting a face image on a screen of the viewfinder, determining whether the detected face image is located in the face arrangement location, and if the detected face image is not located in the face arrangement location, informing a user that the detected face image is not located in the face arrangement location. The photographing method and system can allow a user to easily adjust his/her face on the viewfinder and to take a photograph of himself/herself.
US08451359B2	Solid-state image capturing apparatus, driving method thereof and electronic apparatus A solid-state image capturing apparatus includes: a plurality of light sensing units; a plurality of vertical transfer registers including a transfer channel region and a plurality of vertical transfer electrodes; and a first channel stop region provided in parallel to the transfer channel region of the vertical transfer register. Among the vertical transfer electrodes, a vertical transfer electrode serving as a reading electrode is formed without overlapping the first channel stop region.
US08451347B2	Image processing apparatus, image playing method, image pick-up apparatus, and program and storage medium for use in displaying image data Upon continuously displaying a plurality of image data read from a recording medium, printing setting information including trimming information is set for the image data recorded to the recording medium with a corresponding relation to the image data. The displaying of the image data is controlled based on the determination of whether or not the printing setting information is set for each image data read from the recording medium.
US08451340B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method for faithful reconstruction from a tone-converted image It is difficult to reproduce an original tone when reconstructing an HDR image from an image tone-converted into an LDR image. A tone conversion unit generates an adaptation point image XYZL representing an adaptation point corresponding to each pixel of an original image XYZ. The tone conversion unit converts the tone of the original image XYZ by smoothing based on the adaptation point image XYZL, generating a tone-converted image XYZdev. Then, an addition unit adds the adaptation point image XYZL to the tone-converted image XYZdev, generating an adaptation point image-attached tone-converted image XYZdevL. The original image XYZ can be precisely reconstructed from the adaptation point image-attached tone-converted image XYZdevL.
US08451335B2	Imaging device This invention provides an imaging device includes: a mosaic image generation unit which assembles a plurality of still images, and generates a mosaic image; a feature quantity extraction unit which extracts feature quantity from the frame image and the mosaic image; a relative position determination unit which determines a relative position between the frame image and the mosaic image, and a live image display unit which updates a display position of the frame image with respect to the mosaic image, and displays the moving picture image on the mosaic image. The live image display unit changes the display position in response to the relative position when succeeded in positioning of the frame image; and when failed in positioning, the live image display unit does not change the display position and fixes the display position near a position of a final frame image succeeded in positioning.
US08451323B1	Building data models by using light to determine material properties of illuminated objects Disclosed are methods and systems for building data models by using light to determine material properties of illuminated objects. In an embodiment, a system includes a set of device pairs (of lighting-source and image-capture devices) arranged on the perimeter (and directed at a central region of) a 3D shape. The system iterates from an initial state through a plurality of imaging states. The initial state involves (1) an object being situated in a controlled-lighting space and (2) the device pairs being positioned within the controlled-lighting space and around the object, which is situated in the central region of the 3D shape. Each imaging state involves the activation of an imaging-state-specific subset of lighting-source and image-capture devices. The system captures image data indicative of the appearance of the object during the imaging states, and stores that data in a 3D-data model of the object.
US08451303B2	Print media characterization A method is provided for detecting the type of print media provided to a thermal printer. A printer has a heat source disposed adjacent a temperature sensor to transfer heat upon activation across a portion of an introduced print media to the temperature sensor and a controller to receive a signal from the temperature sensor and to obtain a temperature signature generally identifying attributes of the introduced print media and to adjust print head settings in response to the identified attributes. The printer may further comprise a sensor to detect access to a print media storage compartment and to initiate examination of the heat transfer properties of the introduced print media upon detecting that the print storage compartment has been accessed.
US08451297B2	Identifying a rectangular area in a multi-projector system Determining a rectangular area with a given aspect ratio within a global boundary formed by multiple projectors. An iterated process is repeated at moved locations along the global boundary, until a stopping condition is met. According to the iterated process, a point at a location of the global boundary is selected, a minimum rectangle with the given aspect ratio is grown from identified directions, and the largest rectangle encountered is delivered when the stopping condition has been met. For each such direction, the minimum rectangle is grown in the direction from the selected point until it intersects with a boundary, the grown rectangle is grown in another direction responsive to a determination that the grown rectangle can grow in another direction. The largest rectangle encountered previously is replaced, responsive to a comparison which indicates that the grown rectangle is larger than the largest rectangle encountered previously.
US08451293B2	Image processing apparatus and control method thereof An image processing apparatus includes: a display which displays an image through at least one screen; a processor which processes the image to be displayed on the display; a pointer adjuster which adjusts a pointer to select at least two points on the image displayed on the display; and a controller which sets a selection area by selecting a partial image displayed within a boundary including the at least two points from the image displayed on the display, and controls the processor to display the selection area on a predetermined region of the display.
US08451287B2	Color conversion apparatus, imaging apparatus, storage medium storing color conversion program, and storage medium storing imaging program A predetermined display image is displayed on a display device, and a hue of the display image corresponding to an input position obtained from a pointing device is obtained. A predetermined range having the obtained hue at a center thereof is set as a conversion target range, and at least one of saturation, brightness, and hue is changed with respect to a pixel of the display image which has a hue within the conversion target range to display a resultant image on the display device.
US08451277B2	Tight inbetweening A tool for inbetweening is provided, wherein inbetween frames are at least partly computer generated by analyzing elements of key frames to identify strokes, determining corresponding stroke pairs, computing a continuous stroke motion for each stroke pair, defined by a carrier defined by endpoints of the two strokes and, for mutual endpoints, adjusting the continuous stroke motion of the meeting strokes such that the adjustment results in the continuous stroke motion coinciding at the mutual endpoint such that the mutual endpoint would follow the same path and deforming the stroke as it is moved by the stroke motion, wherein the deformation is a weighted combination of deformations, each reconstructed using shape descriptors that are interpolated from the shape descriptors of the corresponding samples on the key frames, wherein the shape descriptors are computed from neighboring sample points in the cyclic order of samples along the stroke.
US08451276B2	Program designed master animation and method for producing thereof Disclosed is a PDMA animation production method including the steps of storing animation materials constituting an animation and information separately when a PDMA is produced, the animation materials including texts, graphics, movies, and audios; partitioning frame information as desired, the frame information being construction units of the animation; separating the partitioned frame information into respective information; storing animation information together with information regarding texts, graphics, movies, and audios constituting the animation while interworking with a DB program, the animation information including the frame information; interpreting information stored in the DB program by the PDMA; and retrieving animation sources matching with the interpreted information and combining corresponding data by the PDMA to play the animation.
US08451274B2	Method and device of displaying characters A method of displaying characters is adapted to a displaying device. First, the displaying device receives and analyzes a frame to obtain subtitle data including a first character. Then, the subtitle data is analyzed to obtain at least one first location of the first character on the frame. Finally, the first character is displayed at the at least one first location in a first time period.
US08451272B2	Time expansion for displaying path information Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for displaying sequential information representing a path. The sequential information can include a number of tokens representing a path. A representation of the tokens and path of the sequential information can be displayed. An instruction to adjust the representation of the path of the sequential information can be received. For example, instruction can comprise user instruction, including but not limited to a user manipulation of a slider control of a user interface through which the representation of the sequence is displayed. The displayed representation of the path of the sequential information can be updated based on and corresponding to the instruction. So for example, the user can click and drag or otherwise manipulate the slider control above and the displayed representation of the path can be expanded and/or contracted based on the user's movement of the slider control.
US08451267B2	Pipe installation support apparatus A pipe installation support apparatus includes: a display control device for displaying images of pipes already installed and a pipe to be attached on a display device; an input device for inputting a movement instruction to move or rotate at least one of the image of the pipes; and a moving device for translating or rotating at least one of three-dimensional data of the pipes already installed and the three-dimensional data of the pipe to be attached based on the movement instruction when the movement instruction is input from the input device, wherein when the moving device translates or rotates the three-dimensional data, the display control device moves the images of the pipes already installed and the pipe to be attached displayed on the display device.
US08451260B2	Driver circuit controlling threshold voltage shift of transistor Each shift register includes a first element controlled by a first potential node to supply a first driving voltage to an output terminal, a second element controlled by a second potential node to supply a second driving voltage lower than the first driving voltage to the output terminal, and a third element for controlling the first potential node and the second potential node so as to have opposite potential levels. Voltages are applied to the third element so that a state of A>B and A>C and a state of AB and AC, or a state of AC and a state of A>B and A
US08451254B2	Input to an electronic apparatus An electronic device, comprising a processing system; a sensor for detecting vibrations caused by a user striking the device and outputting a signal indicative of a parameter of those vibrations; wherein the processing system is configured to analyse the signal output from the sensor and determine a parameter related to the location of the strike. Other methods and systems for making inputs to electronic devices are also described.
US08451253B2	Apparatus and method for acquiring object image of a pointer An apparatus and a method for acquiring object image of a pointer are provided. The apparatus is suitable for an optical touch system and is used for acquiring an object image of a pointer when the pointer interacts with a touch surface of the optical touch system. The apparatus includes an image sensor and a processing circuit. The image sensor is used for acquiring an image of the touch surface. When the pointer approaches the touch surface, the processing circuit compares at least a part of the information of a sensed image with a threshold value, so as to determine a comparison range. Then, the processing circuit determines another threshold value according to the image information in the comparison range. Afterwards, the processing circuit compares the image information in the comparison range with the aforementioned another threshold value, so as to acquire an object image of the pointer.
US08451247B2	Morphing touch screen layout A device displays one or more display elements on a touch screen associated with the device, and detects interaction of a finger, associated with a user of the device, with the touch screen. The device also calculates one or more touch areas associated with the finger based on the detected interaction, and resizes, reshapes, and/or relocates the one or more display elements based on the calculated one or more touch areas.
US08451243B2	Information processing device, information processing program, and display control method An information processing device includes a plurality of display screens, a display control unit that controls a display operation with respect to each of the display screens, a touch panel attached to the surface of at least one display screen, and an operation reception unit that receives a depression input externally applied to the touch panel by a predetermined pressing member. When the operation reception unit receives a slide operation sliding the pressing member on the touch panel, the display control unit moves and displays display data of one display screen on another display screen.
US08451241B2	Liquid crystal display device Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device to realize soft touch and sense touch regardless of illumination of external light or reflected light. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, wherein a liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, an infrared sensor arranged on the first substrate, an infrared filter arranged corresponding to the infrared sensor arranged on the second substrate facing the first substrate, a first polarizing plate adhered to the back surface of the first substrate, a second polarizing plate adhered to the back surface of the second substrate, a light guiding plate arranged under the first polarizing plate, a first light source arranged on one side of the light guiding plate to emit white light, and a second light source arranged on the other side of the light guiding plate to emit infrared light to the light guiding plate.
US08451237B2	Sensitivity control as a function of touch shape A method and device receives signals from a plurality of nodes about a first touch of an array of touch screen sensor nodes. It is determined whether the received signals are representative of a finger touch or a stylus touch. A detect mode may be entered as a function of the type of touch determined.
US08451235B2	Optical touch panel An optical touch panel is provided, which may comprise a rectangular position-detecting surface; a plurality of light-emitting element pairs configured for emitting a plurality of light beams; two reflectors configured for reflecting the plurality of light beams emitted by the plurality of light-emitting element pairs; and a plurality of light-receiving element pairs configured for receiving the plurality of light beams emitted by the plurality of light-emitting element pairs. The optical touch panel further may comprise a control circuit configured for causing the light-emitting element pairs to emit the plurality of light beams in a predetermined order to scan the position-detecting surface, and further configured for causing the plurality of light-receiving element pairs to receive the plurality of light beams, thereby forming optical paths on the position-detecting surface in a grid pattern. The control circuit further may be configured for determining the coordinates of an object positioned on the position-detecting surface.
US08451233B2	Sensor pixel and touch panel thereof A sensor pixel and a touch panel using the same are provided herein, wherein the touch panel has m scan lines and n readout lines. The sensor pixel includes a sensing capacitor, a readout transistor, a reset transistor, a base transistor, and a photo transistor. The photo transistor included in the sensor pixel produces a photo leakage current when it is exposed to a light. The light obstruction characteristic of the photo transistor is utilized to detect the locations of the touched sensor pixels. By proper timing control, the present invention not only can be applied to the multi-finger detection, but also is easy to be implemented.
US08451227B2	Image processing method of optical navigator and optical navigator using the same An image processing method of a optical navigator includes the steps of: capturing a first image and calculating an average brightness of the first image; determining whether the average brightness is between a first threshold value and a second threshold value; when the average brightness is between the first and second threshold values, determining whether the first image is attenuated by an attenuation value; when the first image is not attenuated by the attenuation value, updating the attenuation value and a gain; attenuating the first image with the updated attenuation value and amplifying the attenuated first image with the gain; and comparing the attenuated and amplified first image with a reference image to obtain a displacement. The present invention further provides an optical navigator.
US08451226B2	User input device with optical tracking engine that operates through transparent substrate A user input device for use with a computing device is provided. The user input device may include a housing with a bottom portion including a substrate that includes a transparent portion. The user input device may further include an optical tracking engine mounted in the housing proximate the substrate and being configured to transmit and/or detect light for tracking movement of the user input device through the transparent portion of the substrate.
US08451220B2	Method and system for three-dimensional virtual-touch interface A three-dimensional virtual-touch human-machine interface system (20) and a method (100) of operating the system (20) are presented. The system (20) incorporates a three-dimensional time-of-flight sensor (22), a three-dimensional autostereoscopic display (24), and a computer (26) coupled to the sensor (22) and the display (24). The sensor (22) detects a user object (40) within a three-dimensional sensor space (28). The display (24) displays an image (42) within a three-dimensional display space (32). The computer (26) maps a position of the user object (40) within an interactive volumetric field (36) mutually within the sensor space (28) and the display space (32), and determines when the positions of the user object (40) and the image (42) are substantially coincident. Upon detection of coincidence, the computer (26) executes a function programmed for the image (42).
US08451219B2	Dual pointer management method using cooperating input sources and efficient dynamic coordinate remapping The pointer management technology establishes a protocol and method for dual pointer management in both absolute input mode and relative input mode. The method defines a set of properties/constraints for contextual dynamic remapping between input sensor coordinates and target screen coordinates. The remapping of the left pointer (respectively the right pointer) depends on the position of the right pointer (respectively the left pointer) in the target screen space. This inter-dependence enables a more flexible and more powerful interaction as it exploits the contextual layout to re-estimate the remapping transformations at each instant.
US08451210B2	System and method for automatically adjusting luminance of backlight source The present invention relates to a backlight-source-luminance auto-adjusting system including a backlight source, a photosensitive element being mounted on the backlight source for converting a light signal into an electric signal; an amplification/conversion circuit for amplifying a received analog signal and converting the analog signal into a digital signal; a control circuit for receiving a signal sent by the amplification/conversion circuit and adjusting the backlight source; and a device operating board. The present invention also relates to a backlight-source-luminance auto-adjusting method comprising: receiving a light signal of a backlight source and converting the light signal into an electric signal to be amplified and then converted into a digital signal; comparing a current value corresponding to the digital signal with a qualified current value corresponding to a set luminance of the backlight source; and controlling an output voltage of a control circuit and adjusting the backlight source, according to the comparison result. The backlight-source-luminance auto-adjusting system and method of the present invention can change the existing manually adjusting manner, improve the stability of backlight source luminance, realize automatic turning on and off of the backlight source, and slow aging of the device.
US08451208B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of driving the same An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. The device has a drive circuit which generates a reference clock to be used for synchronizing data signals supplied to the pixels. The reference clock is based on the frame frequency. As a result, the display will provide images of consistent quality which do not vary with input data frequency.
US08451207B2	Display drive circuit and drive method A display driving circuit and method is capable of minimizing the residual image of a display panel as well as consumption electric current. The display driving circuit generates driving signals corresponding to valid data and black data and transmits the driving signals to a display panel, and includes N data selection switches (where N is the integer), N buffers, N buffer output selection switches, and multiple charge sharing switches. The N data selection switches select one of the valid data and the black data. The N buffers buffer the signal selected by the respective data selection switches. The N buffer output selection switches switch outputs of the buffers to output the respective driving signals. The multiple charge sharing switches connect the neighboring pairs of the driving signals.
US08451200B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, display apparatus, and projection display apparatus An image processing apparatus is disclosed which carries out correction processing of an image signal made up of a plurality of bits. The apparatus includes: a correction processing unit configured to perform gamma correction of an input image signal; and a fine control processing unit configured to establish as desired a plurality of types of correction data in accordance with a plurality of fixed gray-scale levels of the input signal in order to fine-control a transmittance characteristic, known as a V-T curve, regarding an applied voltage by performing computations on the input image signal gamma-corrected by the correction processing unit using the established correction data.
US08451199B2	Color adjustment method for color sequential liquid crystal display A color adjustment method for a color sequential liquid crystal display (LCD) having at least one white light source is provided. In the color adjustment method, firstly, an original image signal is converted into a target color point located in a chromaticity diagram in a color space. Then, a modified image signal having white data is calculated according to the original image signal. Afterwards, the modified image signal is converted into a main color point located in the chromaticity diagram by using a matrix group. Then, a plurality of subfield data are calculated according to the main color point and the target color point. The subfield data are used for enabling the main color point to fall on the target color point.
US08451196B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and method of aging the same An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method for aging the organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device. The OLED display device is constructed with an organic light emitting diode, a scan line for applying a scan signal, a data line for applying a data signal, a driving unit for applying the data signal in response to the scan signal, a driving transistor having a gate terminal electrically connected to the driving unit to supply a driving current to the organic light emitting diode in response to the data signal, and a first reverse bias transistor electrically connected between the gate terminal of the driving transistor and a first reverse bias voltage source. The method for aging the OLED display device includes: aging an organic light emitting diode, applying the same voltage to both of a first power supply voltage line, which is electrically connected to a first electrode of a driving transistor, and a second power supply voltage line, which is electrically connected to a second electrode of the organic light emitting diode, and applying a third reverse bias voltage to a gate terminal of the driving transistor.
US08451180B2	Integrated antenna and display shade In one embodiment, an integrated antenna and display shade for a wireless portable control unit is provided which includes a stowable display shade having two side panels and a front panel between the two side panels. Each of the two side panels are foldably connected to opposing edges of the front panel so as to be capable of folding into planes generally parallel with a plane of the front panel when stowed and into planes generally orthogonal to the plane of the front panel when deployed to shade a visual display. The front panel includes an active antenna and each of the side panels include a parasitic antenna.
US08451175B2	Advanced active metamaterial antenna systems Techniques, antenna systems and apparatus based on composite right and left handed (CRLH) metamaterial (MTM) structures to couple CRLH MTM circuits to transistors to amplify signals in wireless RF receivers and transmitters.
US08451169B2	Method and apparatus of correcting clock drift error In an apparatus of correcting a clock drift error, a receiver unit receives a first GNSS signal from a satellite. A Doppler correction unit obtains a first predicted frequency. A tracking unit can obtain a first tracked frequency. The satellite-positioning unit determines a clock offset based on a position fix. A computation unit calculates a first difference between the first predicted and tracked frequencies. When the receiver unit is turned off and then on for receiving a second GNSS signal from the satellite, the Doppler correction unit obtains a second predicted frequency, the tracking unit obtains a second tracked frequency, and the computation unit calculates a second difference between the second predicted and tracked frequencies. An error correction unit computes an estimated clock offset according to the clock offset, the first difference, and the second difference.
US08451160B1	Low power high speed pipeline ADC In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for a time-interleaved pipeline analog to digital converter. An example pipeline analog to digital converter may include passive sampling circuits and a multiplying digital to analog converter circuit. A first passive sampling circuit includes an input terminal coupled to an analog input signal, and outputs a first sample voltage that is responsive to the analog input signal. A second passive sampling circuit includes an input terminal coupled to the analog input signal, and outputs a second sample voltage that is responsive to the analog input signal. The first and second passive sampling circuits are clocked such that the first sample voltage and the second sample voltage are time-interleaved. A multiplying analog to digital converter (MDAC) circuit receives the time-interleaved first and second sample voltages from the first and second passive sampling circuits and processes the time-interleaved first and second sample voltages to generate a residue output voltage.
US08451155B2	Transmission circuit, ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic image display apparatus A transmission circuit for use with an ultrasonic probe including an ultrasonic transducer is provided. The transmission circuit includes a high voltage current DAC configured to output a drive current of an ultrasonic transducer to transmit and receive ultrasound, and a waveform generator configured to output a control signal from the high voltage current DAC to the high voltage current DAC with a predetermined timing. The control signal configured to output the drive current with a desired magnitude.
US08451150B2	Transceiver and method for converting signals of the transceiver thereof A transceiver includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having an embedded processing circuit and an embedded digital-to-analog converting (DAC) unit. The ADC is arranged to convert an analog input signal into a digital output signal during a first operational phase of the transceiver. The embedded processing circuit is arranged to generate a digital code according to the analog input signal and an analog signal. The DAC unit is coupled to the embedded processing circuit, wherein the embedded DAC unit is arranged to convert the digital code into the analog signal during the first operational phase, and is arranged to convert a digital input signal into an analog output signal during a second operational phase of the transceiver.
US08451143B2	Vehicle presence notification apparatus A vehicle presence notification apparatus notifies a presence of a vehicle by providing easily-perceivable and less uncomfortable notification sound outside of the vehicle. The vehicle presence notification apparatus includes: a speaker and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the speaker to generate the notification sound that simultaneously has (i) at least one fundamental high frequency, which is easily perceivable, but annoying to human ears; and (ii) at least one auxiliary low frequency, which is less than the at least one fundamental high frequency and has a harmonic relation with the at least one fundamental high frequency.
US08451136B2	Sonde attachment means A sonde for installation in a well including a clamp (2) for engaging with the inner wall of a well casing (3) and securing device for securing the clamp to inner tubing of the well, whereby the securing device includes an attachment device (5, 6) for connection to the inner tubing and a rod (4) connected between the clamp and the attachment device.
US08451131B2	Offender presence warning system Offender presence warning system comprises;a tracking device securely attached to an offender limb, containing a GPS receiver and a wireless modem an RF transceiver designed to transmit at time interval RF signal. And a victim carry on RF transceiver device which receives offender tracking device transmitted signals when the offender is located within near proximity of a victim. The victim device in response to received RF transmitted signals from the tracking device, generates warning signal(s) to alert the victim the presence of an offender, and automatically transmits a RF signal(s) to the offender tracking device, which upon receipt of the RF signal generates alarm signal to warn the offender being too close to the victim, If the offender becomes non responsive, the offender tracking device transmits a signal to a monitoring station containing information to both the offender, and the victim unit ID along with GPS location information.
US08451129B2	Patient monitoring system with unitary structure and method A unitary patient monitoring system (100) includes an alarm, such as a loudspeaker (203) and a weight sensitive switch (201). Each component is encapsulated in a cover member (101), which can be configured as a T-shape. The alarm is actuated when a user removes his weight from the weight sensitive switch (201). Where the alarm is a loudspeaker (203), an audible alarm is emitted by the loudspeaker (203) when a user gets up off the unitary patient monitoring system (100). Optional features of the unitary patient monitoring system (100) include an interrupt switch (212) for temporarily rendering the alarm inactive and a master switch (211) for turning the unitary patient monitoring system (100) ON and OFF. The unitary patient monitoring system (100) can be configured to turn ON automatically when a user sits on the unitary patient monitoring system (100) as well.
US08451114B2	Brand mapping A user uses a portable electronic device to select an image representative of a brand. In response to the user's selection of the image representative of the brand, the device automatically presents the user with an image of a map that indicates a current location of the device and shows one or more images representative of brand purchase sites where the selected brand may be accessed by the user.
US08451113B2	Repeater providing data exchange with a medical device for remote patient care and method thereof A repeater providing data exchange with a medical device for remote patient care and method thereof are provided. The repeater includes a transmission device configured to send the data over a wireless medium to a data repository and a processing device configured to detect conditions in respect of an associated communication medium that could affect data exchange, where the processing device is configured to send the data based at least in part on the conditions. The processing device is further configured to analyze the data from the medical device to detect a problem with the medical device.
US08451111B2	Image display apparatus and method for displaying an image An image display apparatus includes: an image generation unit generating a plurality of images with different figure sizes so that perceived positions of the plurality of images are sequentially located in a direction away from an actual position; a reflection member provided in front of the observer; and a projector projecting a light beam to form, the plurality of images onto a single eye of the observer through the reflection member so that the plurality of images is superimposed on a background observed through the refection member.
US08451110B2	Seat belt warning apparatus and seat belt warning method To provide with a seat belt warning apparatus capable of stopping the operation of a buzzer, for example, when a passenger has moved from a rear seat to another seat, such as a front passenger's seat, and fastens the seat belt, the seat belt warning apparatus outputs a notice when the number of seats where seat belts are fastened except a driver's seat is reduced, and stops the output of the notice when the number of seats where the seat belts are fastened except the driver's seat is equal to or more than that when the notice is output.
US08451096B2	RFID read/write station and a method for operating such An RFID read/write station includes read/write equipment with a transmitter, a receiver, a processor unit, and at least one read/write antenna. A first passive electronic tag is coupled via a first coupling element to an output from the transmitter and an input to the receiver with a pre-set coefficient of coupling, while a second passive electronic tag is coupled to a read/write antenna through a second coupling element with a pre-set coefficient of coupling. For the purpose of periodically or aperiodically monitoring the RFID read/write station, an identification of the first and second tags can be made and/or the data content of which can be read.
US08451089B2	Radio identification with an additional close-range check The invention relates to a method and a system for radio identification with an additional close-range check, which prevent misuse of a radio identification system and increase the security of radio identification. In particular, so-called relay attacks are to be largely prevented in passive entry systems. The method according to the invention firstly provides for activation of a transponder (S1) for reading of its data. After this step, an additional close-range status signal is provided (S2) which indicates the close range of a reader. Once the close-range status signal has been detected by a transponder (S3), data transmission for reading of the data stored in the transponder by the reader is possibly enabled in reaction to the detection of the close-range status signal (S4) and the data can be read by the reader for identification of the transponder (S5). The system according to the invention for radio identification with an additional close-range check consists of a reader for reading the data stored in a transponder and of an evaluation unit which is connected to the reader for identifying the transponder on the basis of the read data.
US08451078B2	CMOS-MEMS switch structure A CMOS-MEMS switch structure is disclosed. The CMOS-MEMS switch structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first cantilever beam, and a second cantilever beam. The first and second substrates are positioned opposite each other. The first cantilever beam is provided on the first substrate, extends from the first substrate toward the second substrate, and bends downward. Likewise, the second cantilever beam is provided on the second substrate, extends from the second substrate toward the first substrate, and bends downward. The first and second substrates are movable toward each other to connect a first top surface of the first cantilever beam and a second top surface of the second cantilever beam, and away from each other so that the first top surface of the first cantilever beam and the second top surface of the second cantilever beam are disconnected, thereby closing or opening the CMOS-MEMS switch structure.
US08451075B2	Protective device having a thin construction The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a housing comprising a front cover member, a back cover member, and an electrically isolating separator member disposed therebetween. The internal components are engineered and arranged such that a distance from the interior ground strap portion and the back major surface is less than or equal to a predetermined distance.
US08451070B2	Self-powered microelectromechanical oscillator Self powered microelectromechanical oscillators are provided for various applications. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a self powered microelectromechanical tagging or sensing system including a microelectromechanical oscillator having a characteristic frequency, the oscillator including a first substrate having a radioactive material configured to emit electrons, and a second substrate, spaced apart from the first substrate by first and second ends supported at spaced locations on the first substrate, where the second substrate includes a flexible material and is configured to collect the electrons emitted from the first substrate, and move toward the first substrate from a default position to an actuated position when a sufficient number of electrons have been collected, where, in the actuated position, collected electrons are transferred from the second substrate to the first substrate, and a circuitry configured to receive, from the oscillator by wireless communication, information indicative of the characteristic frequency of the oscillator.
US08451066B2	PLL circuit and angular velocity sensor using the same A PLL circuit is provided with an AD converter, a DA converter to which output from the AD converter is inputted, a filter circuit filtering an output signal of the DA converter, a voltage control oscillator outputting a signal of a different frequency in accordance with an output signal from the filter circuit and a frequency divider dividing a signal which the voltage control oscillator outputs. The AD converter operates by a timing signal from the voltage control oscillator and the DA converter outputs an analog signal corresponding to a value which the AD converter outputs by the timing signal outputted from the frequency divider.
US08451065B2	Oscillator circuit and electric-current correction method A PLL circuit includes a storage unit for storing a control voltage at a desired frequency obtained when a reference signal is synchronized with a referenced signal; a current generator circuit that includes a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit, each of which outputs an electric current at a predetermined timing; a voltage detecting unit that detects an output voltage corresponding to an electric current output by the current generator circuit; and a current control unit that changes a current value of at least one of the pull-up circuit and the pull-down circuit so that respective current values match each other, and controls the respective current values of the pull-up circuit and the pull-down circuit so that the output voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit matches the control voltage stored in the storage unit.
US08451064B2	Voltage-controlled oscillator module having adjustable oscillator gain and related operating methods Apparatus and methods are provided for oscillators having adjustable gain. An exemplary oscillator module comprises a first node for a first voltage, a control node for a control signal, and oscillator circuitry coupled to the first node and the control node. The oscillator circuitry generates an output signal with a first oscillation frequency based on the first voltage, and in response to the control signal being asserted, the oscillator circuitry generates the output signal with a second oscillation frequency based on the first voltage. The second oscillation frequency is greater than the first oscillation frequency.
US08451062B2	Radiation hardened differential amplifier This disclosure is directed to techniques for preventing or reducing perturbations of an output signal of a differential amplifier caused by ionizing radiation incident upon the amplifier. The amplifier may include an amplification module that includes a plurality of amplification units configured to amplify a difference between a first component and a second component of a differential voltage signal to generate a plurality of amplified difference signals each corresponding to the amplified difference. The amplifier may further include a combination module that combines the plurality of amplified difference signals to generate a common output signal corresponding to the amplified difference.
US08451056B2	Apparatus for outputting symmetrical signal and amplifier circuit A symmetrical signal generator that includes a first signal part configured to produce a first output pulse signal using a first input pulse signal and a second input pulse signal asymmetrical to each other, and a second signal part configured to produce a second output pulse signal using the first input pulse signal and the second input pulse signal. The second output pulse signal is one inverted to be symmetrical to the first output pulse signal.
US08451047B2	Circuit used for indicating process corner and extreme temperature A circuit used for indicating process corner and extreme temperature mainly comprises a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) current source, a negative to absolute temperature (NTAT) current source, a constant to absolute temperature (CTAT) current source, a corner detector, a poly detector, an extreme temperature detector. The circuit can improve more power consumption without trade-off. In debug phase, the circuit can read out a state of a suspect sample and can run simulation check quickly to identify the real problem. In production phase, the circuit can easily read out at a processing station. In the mean time, a large quantity of data can be easily collected and analyzed.
US08451037B2	Duty cycle correction circuit A duty cycle correction circuit includes a duty cycle control unit configured to generate a corrected clock signal by correcting a duty cycle of an input clock signal in response to a control signal, a duty cycle detection unit configured to detect a duty cycle of the corrected clock signal and output a detection signal, and a control signal generation unit configured to generate the control signal in response to the detection signal.
US08451029B2	Frequency synthesizer A frequency synthesizer in which a satisfactory frequency stability can be obtained over the entire long period of service immediately after power activation is disclosed. The reference signal generation circuit includes an OCXO, a TCXO, weight converters which regulate weights with respect to outputs, and an adder which adds up the outputs from the weight converters to output the added output as a reference signal. The CPU controls weight converters B and C so that the weight of the TCXO is set to 100% and the weight of the OCXO is set to 0% at the time of the power activation, so that the weight of the OCXO gradually rises, and so that the weight of the TCXO is set to 0% and the weight of the OCXO is set to 100% after preset time, whereby the frequency can quickly be stabilized after the power activation.
US08451023B2	Semiconductor device having diode-built-in IGBT and semiconductor device having diode-built-in DMOS A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a diode-built-in insulated-gate bipolar transistor having an insulated-gate bipolar transistor and a diode, which are disposed in the substrate, wherein the insulated-gate bipolar transistor includes a gate, and is driven with a driving signal input into the gate; and a feedback unit for detecting current passing through the diode. The driving signal is input from an external unit into the feedback unit. The feedback unit passes the driving signal to the gate of the insulated-gate bipolar transistor when the feedback unit detects no current through the diode, and the feedback unit stops passing the driving signal to the gate of the insulated-gate bipolar transistor when the feedback unit detects the current through the diode.
US08451020B2	System and method for integrated circuit module tamperproof mode personalization A function of an integrated circuit is selectively disabled by mechanical intervention at a module that contains the integrated circuit, such as drilling a hole through the module, cutting a slot in the module or burning a hole with a laser through the laser. Mechanical destruction of the module at a predetermined spot disrupts a function enable signal that is otherwise provide through wires of the module to a connection with the integrated circuit. Without the function enable signal from the module wires to the integrated circuit connector, the function associated with the function enable signal cannot run on the integrated circuit.
US08451015B2	Method for making electrical test probe contacts A method of testing an electrical component includes coupling the electrical component to at least a first probe, a second probe, and a third probe. The probes are in communication with a test control module. Furthermore, the method includes confirming that the probes are in sufficient electrical connection with the electrical component by allowing the test control module to supply a current through the electrical component via the first probe and the third probe, and simultaneously detecting a potential difference across the electrical component by the second probe and the third probe. Furthermore, the method includes testing a performance characteristic of the electrical component by supplying a redundant signal to the electrical component via at least two of the first probe, the second probe, and the third probe.
US08451012B2	Contact resistance test structure and method suitable for three-dimensional integrated circuits A contact resistance test structure, a method for fabricating the contact resistance test structure and a method for measuring a contact resistance while using the contact resistance test structure are all predicated upon two parallel conductor lines (or multiples thereof) that are contacted by one perpendicular conductor line absent a via interposed there between. The test structure and related methods are applicable within the context of three-dimensional integrated circuits.
US08451007B2	Input circuit for inductive measurements of the conductivity of a fluid medium Exemplary embodiments of the invention include an input circuit for electromagnetic (inductive) measurements of the conductivity of liquids. The input circuit and the induction coil are directly coupled, and the arrangement includes a current-voltage converting circuit which accomplishes the transformation from current to voltage in the induction coil, and ensures the terminal voltage to be zero. Also there is an anti-saturation circuit which is composed of an integrating circuit and a voltage dividing circuit and serves to prevent saturation in the operational amplifier which is used for the current-voltage transformation. The circuit further includes features for the detection of an open-circuit failure of the sensor coil or cable.
US08450998B2	Digital quantity gauge for an agricultural aircraft payload hopper using a magnetostrictive linear displacement transducer (MLDT) A system for determining the quantity of a liquid agricultural product available for spraying on a field from a tank in an airplane comprising a payload storage tank for holding the agricultural product, an elongated magnetostrictive linear displacement transducer tube located vertically in the aircraft payload storage tank, a probe float slidably coupled to move up or down on the elongated magnetostrictive linear displacement transducer tube, and a permanent magnet coupled to the probe float. The position of the magnet is sensed by the elongated magnetostrictive linear displacement transducer tube which generates a signal that marks the level of the liquid in the aircraft payload storage tank, and converter means converts the generated signal that marks the level of the liquid in the aircraft payload storage tank to a quantity of liquid in the aircraft payload storage tank which is displayed to the pilot.
US08450995B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring power consumption A power consumption monitor, system, and method for monitoring power consumed by equipment, appliances, devices, buildings, and campuses is accomplished by passive sensors (12, 40) that detect power transmitted by individual conductors (C), and which include a current to voltage transformer with a passive, open-circuit electromagnetic force concentrator (22) positioned near the conductor (C). The sensor (22) generates an amplitude signal proportional to the power passing through the conductor (C). Programmable radios on a chip (32, 62, 72) and systems on a chip (34, 64, 74) are used to transmit the amplitude signal to a monitor (50) that displays the power being consumed along with actual and estimated cost and historical information. Software programs are implemented across the sensors (12, 40) and monitors (50) and a remote computer (80) to enable real-time monitoring power consumption with a resolution that spans from entire campuses down to single devices.
US08450978B2	Monitoring a rechargeable battery with multiple parameter update rates Monitoring a state of a rechargeable battery involves repeatedly obtaining at least one measured value related to the battery during discharge of the battery; repeatedly calculating the state of the battery during discharge of the battery based on a previously calculated state of the battery, the measured value and at least one parameter of the battery; before the state of the battery passes a threshold value, updating the parameter of the battery at a first rate; after the state of the battery passes the threshold value, updating the parameter of the battery at a second rate, faster than the first rate; and correcting the state of the battery in response to each update of the parameter.
US08450974B2	Electric vehicle extended range hybrid battery pack system A power source comprised of a first battery pack (e.g., a non-metal-air battery pack) and a second battery pack (e.g., a metal-air battery pack) is provided, wherein the second battery pack is only used as required by the state-of-charge (SOC) of the first battery pack or as a result of the user selecting an extended range mode of operation. Minimizing use of the second battery pack prevents it from undergoing unnecessary, and potentially lifetime limiting, charge cycles. The second battery pack may be used to charge the first battery pack or used in combination with the first battery pack to supply operational power to the electric vehicle.

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