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US08489707B2	System and method for transmission of data A system and method for data communication connecting on-line networks with on-line and off-line computers. The present system provides for broadcast of up to the minute notification centric information thereby providing an instant call to action for users who are provided with the ability to instantaneously retrieve further detailed information. The notification centric portions of information is wirelessly broadcast to wireless receiving devices which are attached to computing devices. Upon receipt of the information at the personal computer, the user is notified through different multimedia alerts that there is an incoming message. Wirelessly broadcasted URL's, associated with the data, are embedded in data packets and provide an automated wired or wireless connection back to the information source for obtaining detailed data.
US08489693B2	System and method for context-based serialization of messages in a parallel execution environment A messaging system and method which allows parallel execution of related requests according their context-based sequence. A serialization processor receives each incoming message request from a messaging client, extracts a transaction identifier (TI), searches a state table for the TI, and, if the TI is found active in the state table, stores the request in a serialization queue and makes an entry for that TI with the state “queued” in the state table. After execution of the active request, its entry in the state table is cleared, and the queued request with the same TI is executed, whereupon its entry is changed from queued to active.
US08489689B1	Apparatus and method for obfuscation detection within a spam filtering model A computer-implemented system and method are described for detecting obfuscated words in email messages and using this information to determine whether each email message is spam or valid email (ham). For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: providing an obfuscation feature set for detecting obfuscation within email messages, the obfuscation feature set build from a group of obfuscation parameters including a similarity metric, the similarity metric using a set using a set of frequently obfuscated words (FOW) selected from a larger set of obfuscated words; analyzing an email message to detect whether the email message contains features within the obfuscation feature set, wherein the analysis includes determining the similarity of one or more words in the email message with each of the FOWs; generating the similarity metric based on the analysis, the similarity metric providing a relative likelihood that each of the one or more words is obfuscated; firing one or more of the obfuscation detection features based, at least in part, on the value of the similarity metric; analyzing the email message to detect whether the email contains one or more additional spam features unrelated to obfuscation; and determining whether the email message is spam based on the combined obfuscation detection features and the additional spam features.
US08489684B2	System and method for image inclusion in e-mail messages While populating an e-mail message with, among other details, an e-mail address for a receiver, an image of the sender is included as part of the e-mail message. Advantageously, at a device in use to execute an e-mail client application on behalf of the receiver, the e-mail client application may automatically add the included image to an address book entry associated with the identity of the sender. Alternatively, the user may be prompted to allow the association of the image with the address book entry of the sender of the message. Later, upon receiving an incoming call from the sender with corresponding CLID information, the call display application may perform a lookup of the CLID information and display the image associated, in the address book, with the sender.
US08489683B2	System, network and method for multi-platform publishing and synchronized content Methods, communications networks and systems for synchronizing content delivery to a plurality of delivery devices of a user. The delivery devices include at least one computer connected to internet and at least one mobile device. The method comprises retrieving profile data concerning the plurality of delivery devices of the user; sending an invitation to deliver content to the plurality of delivery devices of the user; receiving at least two responses to the invitation, for each response received: identifying a responding delivery device of the plurality of delivery devices from which the response is received using the profile data; retrieving a platform type of the responding delivery device accepting the invitation; and retrieving and providing a delivery version of the content in a delivery format acceptable for the platform of the responding delivery device.
US08489677B2	Session pooling for legacy application tasks Methods, systems, and techniques for handling session emulation for running legacy applications/tasks in host environments using session pools are provided. These enhanced session emulation techniques may be used for many applications, including modernizing legacy applications, particularly in mid-range or mainframe host computing. Example embodiments provide a Role-Based Modernization System (“RBMS”), which uses the enhanced emulation techniques to provide role-based modernization of menu-based legacy applications.
US08489668B2	Open platform for managing an agent network Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system for managing software agents. This system enables a user to configure agents and to specify wiring relationships between the agents and other system components. This system also includes a hub component, which is configured to route communications to and from the agents in accordance with user-specified wiring relationships.
US08489665B2	Communication apparatus, method of checking received data size, multiple determining circuit, and multiple determination method A dividing unit sets an actual packet length transferred from a packet receiving section to a variable U, and then sets 2α to a variable V. If a positive number determining section determines that a subtraction result of subtracting a remainder N0 from a quotient M0, both found by dividing U by V, is a positive number, the dividing unit overwrites the subtraction result to U. The dividing unit repeats such operations of dividing the subtraction result by V, until the positive number determining section determines that the subtraction result of subtracting the remainder from the quotient, both found by dividing U by V, is a non-positive number. When the subtraction result becomes a non-positive number and the quotient and the remainder match, a packet length determining section determines that received data has a normal size, and notifies it to a discard determining section.
US08489656B2	Systems and methods for performing data replication Preparing source data to be replicated in a continuous data replication environment. Certain systems and methods populate a file name database with entries having a unique file identifier descriptor (FID), short name and a FID of the parent directory of each directory or file on a source storage device. Such information is advantageously gathered during scanning of a live file system without requiring a snapshot of the source storage device. The database can be further used to generate absolute file names associated with data operations to be replayed on a destination storage device. Based on the obtained FIDs, certain embodiments can further combine write operations to be replayed on the destination storage device and/or avoid replicating temporary files to the destination system.
US08489646B2	Drag and drop importation of content A system allows a user to drag content from one application and drop the content into a separate application. In response to the user interface functions of dragging and dropping the content, an importation system can create a data object. The object can have fields that are defined based on the application or data being dragged. The object fields may be automatically populated using a search function that searches for data in the application that may be highlighted during the drag function. The drop is intercepted the information is formatted for the receiving application. The information is formatted to meet the specifications of the receiving application to optimize the storage and use of the information. Thus, the system can translate the information from its native format into a format understandable by the receiving application.
US08489637B2	User-based DNS server access control Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing access to a Domain Name Service (DNS) database. Embodiments of the present disclosure enable authorization of DNS request messages, such as queries and update requests according to user and network address information. The authorization functionality may be incorporated into existing DNS systems. The invention includes a method including receiving a DNS request message originated from a client by a user, the DNS request message comprising a request and identification information specific to the user; determining if the client is authorized to access a DNS database in dependence upon client address information and the user specific identification information contained in the DNS request message; and executing the request in response to determining the user is authorized. The method may further include extracting user specific identification information from a portion of the ID field of DNS messages.
US08489635B1	Method and system of identifying users based upon free text keystroke patterns A method of identifying a user as an authorized user from free test text typed by that user into an input device. From the received test text, features associated with the typed text are extracted, such as timing data associated with alphanumeric letter pairs. These extracted features are compared to previously stored series of authorized user profiles, where the authorized user profiles were generated from a trial typing sample of alphanumeric data from each associated authorized user. The comparison identifies one of the authorized users with the user, and a score is derived to measure the strength of the comparison. If the score exceeds a threshold level, the user is identified as that authorized user.
US08489625B2	Mobile query suggestions with time-location awareness The techniques describe recommending mobile query suggestions by integrating time and location in response to a query input submitted on a mobile computing device. A process constructs a bipartite graph by extracting users that submitted queries from mobile search logs and associating time and location with the submitted queries. The process determines the users are similar having submitted similar queries at similar times and at similar locations. The process receives a query input associated with a current time and a current location of a mobile computing device. Next, the process computes a relatedness of candidate queries to the query input based on a similarity between the user groups having submitted both the candidate queries and the query input, and distances of times and locations at which the user previously issued the query input and the candidate queries.
US08489624B2	Processing techniques for text capture from a rendered document A facility for initiating a purchase is described. The facility receives a text sequence captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device. The facility identifies in the received text sequence a reference to a distinguished product. In response to identifying the reference, the facility presents to the user an opportunity to place an order for the established product. If the user accepts the presented opportunity to order the distinct product, the facility orders the distinct product on behalf of the user.
US08489616B2	Identifying software Software installed on a computer network is often inconsistently, or even incorrectly, identified. The same software may be identified in different ways. A catalogue of standardized identifiers is provided. The actual identifiers of software installed on the network are accessed and mapped to the standardized identifiers of the catalogue. The standardized identifiers are used to manage the installed software, monitor license compliance and/or, monitor maintenance agreements amongst other uses. Data relating to the use of the software is also be obtained and associated with the identification data. Identified software is uninstalled if it complies with a preset criterion. The usage data together with the standardized identifiers may be used to un-install un-used or under used software and licenses cancelled or reallocated. The standardized identifiers may be used to identify if forbidden software is being used and if so to compulsorily un-install the software.
US08489615B2	System and method for predicting meeting subjects, logistics, and resources Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for predicting the subject, logistics, and resources of associated with a communication event. Predictions and suggestions can occur prior to, during, or in response to communication events. The user can confirm the prediction or suggestion via user input such as a click or a voice command. The system can analyze past behavior patterns with respect to the subject, logistics and resources of communication events, followed by preparing ranked listings of which subjects, logistics, and resources are most likely to be used in a given situation. The predicted logistics may then include people to invite, time and date of the meeting, its duration, location, and anything else useful in helping potential participants gather together. The resources may include files attached, files used, communication event minutes, recordings made, Internet browsers and other programs which may be utilized by the user.
US08489613B1	LSH-based retrieval using sub-sampling A set of reference videos is indexed to a reference index in order to facilitate matching of video content. An indexing module receives a set of reference fingerprints representing a set of reference videos and identifies keys contained in the reference fingerprints. Reference identifiers for the reference videos are stored in bins of the reference index associated with the identified keys. The bins in the reference index are sub-sampled to limit the number of reference identifiers stored in a given bin.
US08489609B1	Indexing multimedia web content A method of indexing multimedia content is disclosed. An element associated with a multimedia content is located in a display page. A potential multimedia content data file is identified through automated processing of data associated with the display page. An index data associated with one or more of the following: the display page, the multimedia content, and the potential multimedia content data file, is generated by processing the potential multimedia content data file.
US08489598B2	Methods and devices employing content identifiers Content identifiers are associated with respective metadata. Through use of the metadata, a user's experience with the content can be enhanced. A variety of other arrangements are also detailed.
US08489597B2	Encoding semi-structured data for efficient search and browsing A method for encoding XML tree data that includes the step of encoding the semi-structured data into strings of arbitrary length in a way that maintains non-structural and structural information about the XML data, and enables indexing the encoded XML data in a way that facilitates efficient search and browsing.
US08489594B2	Playlist override queue In one embodiment, a method for determining files to play is provided. The method includes determining an override file. For example, files may be designated and put into an override queue. A point in the playlist of files currently being played on a device is determined. This is a point in which the override file should be played. The playing of the playlist of files is then interrupted at the determined point and the override file is played. After the override file is played, the playing of the playlist of files is automatically resumed. The play may be resumed substantially at a point where playing of the playlist would have continued had it not been stopped. Accordingly, a playlist may be overridden without completely exiting out of the playlist or changing the playlist.
US08489593B2	Compiling information obtained by combinatorial searching Some embodiments, among others, include a search for sensitive information. Once a result of the search has been obtained, a score is assigned to the obtained result in accordance with a predefined criterion.
US08489587B2	Citation index including citation context A document, which may be referred to as a “citing document,” may include citations to one or more cited documents. An index of such documents may be referred to as a citation index or citator. Information used to present a citation index may be maintained in a computer-readable storage medium, and this information may include text in a citing document that immediately precedes a citation, immediately follows it, or both. Accordingly, one or more entries in a citation index may include display of one or more citations in the context in which the citations originally appeared. Computerized systems and methods for causing such display are also provided.
US08489585B2	Efficient document processing system and method A document processing system and method are disclosed. In the method local scores are incrementally computed for document samples, based on local features extracted from the respective sample. A global score is estimated for the document based on the local scores currently computed, i.e., on fewer than all document samples. A confidence in a decision for the estimated global score is computed. The computed confidence is based on the local scores currently computed and, optionally, the number of samples used in computing the estimated global score. A classification decision, such as a categorization or retrieval decision for the document is output, based on the estimated score when the computed confidence in the decision reaches a threshold value.
US08489577B2	System and method for defined searching and web crawling A computerized search engine for use in association with one or more networked social sites is disclosed. The computerized search engine includes a widgetized avatar representative of a user of at least two of the networked social sites, a crawler that crawls each of the at least two networked social sites for modification of information related to one or more contacts of the user on at least one of the at least two networked social sites, and a display of search results. The display includes the modified information from the at least two networked social sites.
US08489569B2	Digital media retrieval and display Retrieval and display of digital media items is described. For example, the digital media items may be photographs, videos, audio files, emails, text documents or parts of these. In an embodiment a dedicated apparatus having a touch display screen is provided in a form designed to look like a domestic fish tank. In an embodiment graphical animated agents are depicted on the display as fish whose motion varies according to at least one behavior parameter which is pseudo random. In embodiments, the agents have associated search criteria and when a user selects one or more agents the associated search criteria are used in a retrieval operation to retrieve digital media items from a store. In some embodiments media items are communicated between the apparatus and a portable communications device using a communications link established by tapping the portable device against the media retrieval and display apparatus.
US08489563B2	Meta-configuration of profiles Disclosed are methods for creating, applying, using and retrieving profile information that includes attributes that may be stored separately from, or with, the content to which the profiles are being applied. In this manner, profiles can be shared in various environments and across various applications. Attributes that have corresponding attributes in other content can be applied to the other content, as long as each of the attributes is valid. In computer aided design applications, the profile can be stored in a profile repository embedded within the CAD model. In addition, profile controllers are disclosed which control the attributes of a profile that can be used with selected content and other content and send a notification that a profile is available for use by other content.
US08489546B2	Clearinghouse systems and methods for collecting or providing quality, service, or asset information pertaining to wireless communications A computerized system, method and process allows telecommunications carriers to find, evaluate and select locations for equipment through direct access to end users, while providing citizens the opportunity to offer the use of their dwelling or other assets to carriers. The system and method further provides a computerized mechanism for (a) creating an inventory and marketplace for available properties for use in telecommunications networks, (b) providing quality and/or performance monitoring and control for wireless communication systems based on data in the clearinghouse, and (c) providing localized content over wireless networks using the clearinghouse.
US08489537B2	Segmenting sequential data with a finite state machine Described is a technology in which a finite state machine-based method segments original sequential data into high level units. Segments with similar sub-sequences are treated as the same unit. In general, the finite state machine indentifies sub-sequences in the sequential data that have similar tree-like microstructures. One described finite state machine operates by entering a path state when an input is a path command corresponding to a non-leaf node; the state machine remains in the path state until another command comprises an action command corresponding to a leaf node, whereby it outputs an action unit, or until the other command comprises a path command that is not the parent or the sibling of a next command, whereby a browsing unit is output. Also described is aggregating sub-sequences of a same unit to produce an access structure corresponding to the unit.
US08489528B2	Systems and methods for training neural networks based on concurrent use of current and recorded data Various embodiments of the invention are neural network adaptive control systems and methods configured to concurrently consider both recorded and current data, so that persistent excitation is not required. A neural network adaptive control system of the present invention can specifically select and record data that has as many linearly independent elements as the dimension of the basis of the uncertainty. Using this recorded data along with current data, the neural network adaptive control system can guarantee global exponential parameter convergence in adaptive parameter estimation problems. Other embodiments of the neural network adaptive control system are also disclosed.
US08489526B2	Controlling quarantining and biasing in cataclysms for optimization simulations Some embodiments are directed to generating a first probability value that represents a percentage of times that first bit values for a given bit position of a first plurality of candidate solutions equate to a pre-defined number, where the first plurality of candidate solutions has converged on a sub-optimal solution during a simulation of an optimization problem using an optimization algorithm. Some embodiments are further directed to generating a second probability value that is inversely biased from the first probability value; and generating a second plurality of candidate solutions with the second probability value, where the second plurality of candidate solutions are inversely biased from the first bit values for the given bit position.
US08489525B2	Automatic model evolution A system includes a storage medium. The storage medium includes a model generation module that generates a candidate model based on a discrepancy and a model template. The storage medium also includes a model evaluation module that selectively updates a system model based on the candidate model.
US08489523B2	Categorization automation based on category ontology A method for categorization using multiple categories including obtaining multiple uniform resource locators (URLs) associated with the multiple categories, collecting multiple web pages identified by the multiple URLs, generating vocabulary terms based on the multiple web pages, generating an N-gram file including the multiple vocabulary terms, generating multiple classified URLs by labeling the plurality of URLs based on the multiple categories, generating multiple feature vectors by processing the classified URLs and the multiple web pages against the N-gram file, generating a categorization model by applying a machine learning algorithm to the multiple feature vectors, and loading a classifier with the categorization module and the N-gram file.
US08489507B1	Alternative payment method for online transactions using interactive voice response A method for performing payments in remote transactions between buyer and vendor is provided. The method includes receiving buyer information from a vendor's network outlet when the buyer indicates a desire to purchase a selection at a later time through an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) center; providing a token to the buyer; receiving information about the token from the buyer through the IVR center; verifying the information about the token; transferring funds from a buyer account to a vendor account. Also provided is a system for processing payments in remote transactions including an IVR center and a server to: receive a request for token from a buyer to purchase products from a vendor, and to receive information about the product; provide the token to the buyer; access a database, the database including information from vendor's and buyer's accounts; transfer funds from buyer's account to vendor's account upon buyer confirmation.
US08489503B2	Systems, methods and computer program products for offering consumer loans having customized terms for each customer Systems, methods and computer program products take into account the amount, term, and type of consumer loan, as well as data relating to a customer's credit score, debt burden, and collateral, if any. The invention then calculates an expected probability of default for a loan to that customer, and calculate loan terms that will deliver a minimum return on equity (e.g., 18%) given the lender's capital structure and funding rates. These loan terms are then offered to the customer. The customized loan terms include annual percentage rate of the loan, or a yearly fee or loan amount.
US08489502B2	Methods and systems for multi-credit reporting agency data modeling Provided are methods and systems by which a data sample can be generated in order to create a true multi-Credit Reporting Agency model, eliminating the biases and variability in traditional multi-CRA models by allowing the creation of a single multi-CRA method which requires neither alignment nor translation to be applicable on all CRAs.
US08489496B2	Financial data processing system To process financial articles of trade and manage risk, data messages originating from a plurality of sources arranged to trade at least one of securities, commodities, options, futures and derivatives are collected. The collected data including information on submitted transactions and completed transactions of financial articles of trade. The collected data is analyzed against established user criteria to identify select portions of the collected data. If a match is detected a risk alert signal will be transmitted.
US08489482B2	Using commercial share of wallet to rate investments Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio.
US08489479B2	Risk scoring system and method for risk-based data assessment Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for determining risk. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for determining risk. The method may include receiving historical information relating to tax return data of a taxpayer. The method may also include updating one or more profiles associated with the historical information. The method may also include receiving current information relating to tax return data of the taxpayer. The method may also include querying the updated historical information based on the received current information. The method may further include processing historical information, received in response to the querying, together with the current information to generate one or more risk scores.
US08489477B2	Prepaid account product peer scoring Data from transactions conducted on prepaid accounts are accumulated for an issuer and its peers. The accumulated data is used for calculations for both the issuer and its peers to make comparison therebetween. The comparisons between the issuer and its peers are rendered graphically in a report. The issuers are in an open system payment processing network that includes merchants and their acquirers, and a transaction handler for authorizing, clearing and settling the transactions that are conducted on prepaid accounts.
US08489475B1	Method for structuring a debt issue utilizing a closed block business entity A method for structuring a debt that comprises: establishing a holding company as an owner of a closed block business entity, wherein the holding company is a subsidiary of a parent company and further wherein an on-going business is a subsidiary of the parent company; issuing debt from the holding company, wherein: (a) the debt is issued for raising capital for the parent company and the capital is provided to the on-going business; and (b) the debt is serviceable from the cash flow of the closed block business entity and the debt has a limited recourse only from the closed block business entity.
US08489470B2	Inventory location common object Stored inventory location information in a first format for use by a first computerized system is transformed to readily make the stored inventory location information available for use in a second computerized system that utilizes a second format in a cost-efficient and time-efficient manner.
US08489457B2	Systems and methods for dynamic event production and management Apparatus and methods for dynamically producing and managing events are disclosed. In various embodiments, an event sequence generator is used to generate a production schedule or script that includes content elements and event milestones. Methods of generating a production schedule and a promotion schedule are also disclosed. The production schedule and reports based on the event can be produced and accessed remotely.
US08489454B1	System, method, and computer program product for sending information in response to receipt of an alphanumeric code presented with an advertisement A system, method, and computer program product are provided for sending information in response to a receipt of an alphanumeric code presented with an advertisement. In operation, an advertisement is presented with at least one alphanumeric code in an offline media. Additionally, the alphanumeric code is received by an advertiser from a device of a user. Further, additional information is sent in response to the receipt of the alphanumeric code.
US08489448B2	System, method and program to estimate cost of distributing software Estimating the cost of an ESD for software and subsequent updates for the software. First program instructions determine a cost of the ESD associated with packaging together components of the software. Second program instructions receive a selection from an operator whether to push or pull the subsequent updates to a customer, and determine a cost for distributing the subsequent updates based on the selection. Third program instructions estimate a cost of the ESD associated with a type of program used by the customer to create images of the software. Fourth program instructions estimate a cost of the subsequent updates associated with distributing the updates to a remote distribution site.
US08489431B2	System and method of remote reporting of radiation dose usage in image acquisition A system and method to manage direction of an ionizing radiation toward an exposed subject is provided. The system can perform receiving a request from a customer to establish an internet connection to communicate between a remote office and the system directing the ionizing radiation toward the exposed subject; automatically communicating a status information and individual dose data associated with an event where direction of ionizing radiation that exceeds a threshold; automatically creating and communicating a report via the internet connection to the customer. The report can include an indication of the event where direction of ionizing radiation exceeds the threshold and a comparison of the individual radiation dose data and an individual status operation of system at time of the event relative to a benchmark defined by radiation dose data and status information acquired from a population of other systems.
US08489416B2	Computer system and method for generating healthcare risk indices using medication compliance information A healthcare risk index is generated using a patient or individual's pharmacy claims. The index may be used to explain and predict variation in pharmacy-related costs and variation in total healthcare costs or utilization. In particular, the index is generated by first examining the individual's pharmacy claims to identify any chronic conditions possessed by the individual. Similarly, the individual's pharmacy claims are examined to identify any compliance medications prescribed to the individual. The chronic condition information is used to generate a chronic condition score by summing regression coefficients for each chronic condition possessed by the individual. Likewise, the compliance medication information is used to generate a compliance medication score by summing products of regression coefficients for each compliance medication prescribed to the individual with associated medication supply weights. From there, a modified chronic condition score is generated by multiplying the chronic condition score by an overall chronic condition regression coefficient. The modified chronic condition score may then be further modified by subtracting a no-claims weight from the chronic condition score in cases where the individual has no pharmacy claims. Finally, the risk index may be determined by summing the modified chronic condition score and the compliance medication score.
US08489406B2	Stereo encoding method and apparatus A stereo encoding method and apparatus are provided, so as to reduce distortion caused by delay adjustment. The stereo encoding method includes: extracting a current interchannel delay of a stereo signal and a previous delay adjacent to the current interchannel delay; performing adjustment frame judgment according to characteristics of the current stereo signal when the current delay and the previous delay are different; and performing delay adjustment on the stereo signal by using the current interchannel delay if it is judged that a frame where the current delay occurs is an adjustment frame.
US08489392B2	System and method for modeling speech spectra A system and method for modeling speech in such a way that both voiced and unvoiced contributions can co-exist at certain frequencies. In various embodiments, three spectral bands (or bands of up to three different types) are used. In one embodiment, the lowest band or group of bands is completely voiced, the middle band or group of bands contains both voiced and unvoiced contributions, and the highest band or group of bands is completely unvoiced. The embodiments of the present invention may be used for speech coding and other speech processing applications.
US08489380B2	Satisfiability (SAT) based bounded model checkers Systems and methods that use a solver to find bugs in a target model of a computing system having one or more finite computation paths are provided. The bugs on computation paths of less than a predetermined length are detected by translating the target model to include a state variable AF for one or more states of the target model, wherein AF(S) represents value of the state variable AF at state S; and solving the translated version of the target model that satisfies predetermined constrains.
US08489377B2	Method of verifying the performance model of an integrated circuit A method of verifying a performance model of an integrated circuit is provided. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining statistical request numbers and corresponding latency values of memory access requests; developing functions of latency value based on the statistical request numbers and the corresponding latency values; bringing a random value to one of the functions to retrieve a latency value; and verifying the logic of the performance model using the latency value retrieved in the step above.
US08489374B2	Three dimensional well block radius determiner machine and related computer implemented methods and program products Three dimensional well block radius determiner machines, systems, program products, and computer implemented methods are provided to determine a three dimensional equivalent well block radius of a perforated grid block cell, with three dimensional flow, of a three dimensional coordinate grid block constructed over a three dimensional simulated well formation in a finite difference petroleum reservoir simulator. Various embodiments of the invention, for example, can beneficially account for both horizontal and vertical flow of oil through a well perforation without the need for complicated, expensive, and time-consuming numerical or iterative solutions. Embodiments of the present invention, for example, can be used as a part of legacy simulators thereby providing more accurate well block radius calculations, by accounting for both horizontal and vertical perforation flow, without introducing significant implementation hurdles, development costs, or simulation runtime delays.
US08489371B2	Method and device for determining transfer functions of the HRTF type The invention relates to a method for determining transfer functions of the HRTF type for an individual, that includes: measuring, for a first number of directions, the transfer functions of the HRTF type specific to the individual; matching the directivity functions associated with the measured functions of the HRTF type, with reference directivity functions associated with reference transfer functions of the HRTF type, the reference functions of the HRTF type being determined for a second number of directions higher that the first number of directions and reconstructing the measured directivity functions from the reference directivity functions.
US08489369B2	Methods for calculating multimode fiber system bandwidth and manufacturing improved multimode fiber An improved algorithm for calculating multimode fiber system bandwidth which addresses both modal dispersion and chromatic dispersion effects is provided. The radial dependence of a laser transmitter emission spectrum is taken into account to assist in designing more effective optical transmission systems.
US08489368B2	Method for determining the deformability of a body The invention relates to a method for determining the ability of an analysis body to change the shape thereof using mathematical models. The mathematical models are generated for geometric parameters, which are determined based on test experiments in which a reference body is reshaped or originally shaped in a defined manner. By means of the mathematical models, the ability of a test body to change the shape thereof is then calculated, for the geometry of which a finite element structure is available. For the geometry of the test body a shape factor is known, which characterizes said geometry. The ability of the test body to change the shape thereof is likewise calculated by a method based on the finite element method (FEM).
US08489364B2	Variable indication estimator A variable indication estimator which determines an output value representative of a set of input data. For example, the estimator can reduce input data to estimates of a desired signal, select a time, and determine an output value from the estimates and the time. In one embodiment, the time is selected using one or more adjustable signal confidence parameters determine where along the estimates the output value will be computed. By varying the parameters, the characteristics of the output value are variable. For example, when input signal confidence is low, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value is a smoothed representation of the input signal. When input signal confidence is high, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value has a faster and more accurate response to the input signal.
US08489347B2	Battery pack monitoring apparatus The battery pack monitoring apparatus is for monitoring a battery pack constituted of battery blocks connected in series and each including battery cells connected in series. The battery pack monitoring apparatus includes a cell monitoring circuits provided respectively for the battery blocks, and a control circuit. Each of the cell monitoring circuits includes a cell voltage detection circuit to detect cell voltages of the battery cells included in a corresponding one of the battery blocks, and a block voltage detection circuit to detect a block voltage of the corresponding one of the battery blocks. The control circuit is configured to detect states of the battery cells based on the cell voltages and the block voltages transmitted from the respective cell monitoring circuits.
US08489340B2	Method for predicting the amount of accessible carbohydrate in a feedstock sample using a near-infrared model The present invention is directed to a method of using a near-infrared (NIR) model to predict the amount of accessible carbohydrate material in a feedstock sample. The NIR model is generated by subjecting a set of biomass calibration feedstock samples to near infrared spectroscopy which produces NIR spectroscopic data, measuring the chemical compositions of each said calibration feedstock sample by wet chemical techniques, and measuring the total amount of monosaccharides and disaccharides solubilized by each said calibration feedstock sample after processing under a defined pretreatment condition or defined enzyme load condition. The method is then applied to NIR spectral data obtained from a test feedstock sample to predict the amount of accessible carbohydrate material in the test feedstock sample.
US08489318B2	Emergency brake assistant for automatically decelerating a vehicle to prevent a collision or reduce the consequences of a collision The invention relates to an emergency brake assistant for automatically decelerating a vehicle to prevent a collision or reduce the consequences of a collision with a detected collision object, at a determined intervention point in time, a brake system of the vehicle being automatically activated such that a collision with the detected collision object can be prevented or at least the consequences of the collision can be reduced. The invention is characterized in that the intervention point in time can be determined as a function of the end point in time of a determined driver reaction time and of the determined last-possible braking point in time.
US08489315B2	Devices, methods, and programs that provide vehicle guidance for power reception Power reception guidance devices, methods, and programs guide a vehicle having a power receiving unit to a non-contact power supply of a power supply unit installed in a parking area. The devices, methods, and programs calculate a power receiving efficiency of the power receiving unit at a current parking position of the vehicle in the parking area, determine whether the current parking position must be changed based on the calculated power receiving efficiency, and output information based on the determination to an output unit.
US08489313B2	Method and apparatus for identifying through traffic In a method and an apparatus for identifying through traffic, entry into and exit from a predefined area are ascertained and the transit time is used to determine whether unauthorized transit through the area has occurred.
US08489305B2	Car-following controller and car-following control method When a preceding vehicle (Vb) starts during deceleration of a vehicle (Va) which is trying to stop following the stopped preceding vehicle (Vb), if the vehicle (Va) accelerates following the preceding vehicle (Vb), the driver possibly mistakes that the vehicle is equipped with an automatic start function. A virtual preceding vehicle (Vb′) is set at the stop position of the preceding vehicle (Vb), so that the vehicle (Va) is temporarily stopped following the stopping virtual preceding vehicle (Vb′) even if the actual preceding vehicle (Vb) is started. As a result, the vehicle (Va) is not started until the driver indicates the intention to start by operating a start switch, and the driver can be prevented from mistaking that the vehicle is equipped with an automatic start function.
US08489301B2	Closed-loop control of brake pressure using a pressure-limiting valve A device for controlling the brake pressure in a hydraulic brake system with the aid of a pressure-limiting valve that limits the brake pressure to a predefined threshold value, and to that end is driven by an electronic device in accordance with a valve characteristic curve. The setting accuracy can be improved considerably if an estimating unit for estimating the brake pressure, a sensor system for measuring the brake pressure, a unit for determining a pressure difference between the measured brake pressure and the estimated brake pressure, as well as a controller unit which drives the pressure-limiting valve as a function of the pressure difference are provided.
US08489295B2	Up-shift control in an automatic transmission with negative input torque A transmission control module including a shift control module that generates an enable signal when an up-shift is requested and the engine torque is below a threshold torque value. A turbine speed profile determination module that selectively generates a desired turbine speed profile. The shift control module controls a clutch pressure of an off-going clutch based on a measured turbine speed and the desired turbine speed profile when the enable signal is generated.
US08489292B2	Vehicle control apparatus A downshift allowable vehicle speed is variably set according to a torque converter slippage amount. Specifically, a downshift allowable vehicle speed is variably set by, using a reference downshift allowable vehicle speed when the torque converter slippage amount is 0 and a gear ratio of the automatic transmission after a downshift, calculating an allowable vehicle speed correction amount based on the present torque converter slippage amount and the gear ratio after the downshift, and setting a value obtained by subtracting the allowable vehicle speed correction amount from the reference downshift allowable vehicle speed as the downshift allowable vehicle speed. By such setting, it is possible to set a higher downshift allowable vehicle speed as the torque converter slippage amount becomes smaller, so it is possible to expand a downshift allowable region when the manual gearshift mode is selected.
US08489291B2	System and method for collecting soil samples A system and method for collecting soil samples is provided that permits a user to develop or generate one or more paths in an agricultural field to collect soil samples with each soil core collection point along the path being identified. The agricultural field can be divided into management zones having similar productivity and each management zone can have a path with the identified collection points to collect samples for that management zone.
US08489287B2	Vehicle roll over prevention safety driving system and method A vehicle rollover prevention safety driving system, comprising: at least an image sensor, used to fetch road images in front of said vehicle; an image processor, connected to said image sensor, and is used to identify a drive lane in road images, and calculate a drive lane curvature, an inclination angle of said road, and relative positions of said vehicle and a lane marking; a vehicle conditions sensing module, used to sense dynamic information of a vehicle turning angle, a vehicle inclination angle, and a vehicle speed; a microprocessor, connected to said image processor and said vehicle conditions sensing module, and it calculates a rollover prediction point and a rollover threshold speed, and it issues a corresponding warning signal or a control signal; and an accelerator and brake controller, connected to said microprocessor, and it controls deceleration of said vehicle according to said control signal.
US08489286B2	Vehicle operation supporting device and vehicle operation supporting method When an obstacle on either of the two sides of a vehicle is detected, the future position of the vehicle after a prescribed time is predicted. When the future predicted vehicle position reaches a prescribed lateral position in the width direction of the lane, control start is determined such that obstacle avoiding control is carried out to prevent the approach of the vehicle to the obstacle. When an intention of the driver to enter the lane of the obstacle is detected, the start timing for obstacle avoiding control is shortened.
US08489283B2	Parallel parking assistant system and method thereof A parallel parking assistant system integrated with a vehicle and method thereof are provided, the parking assistant system including a first sensor configured to determine a first distance, a second sensor configured to determine a second distance, and a controller configured to provide commands as a function of the first and second determined distances. The commands include a first command configured to command a steering system to be in a clockwise position while the vehicle is moving in a reverse direction for a first reversing distance, a second command configured to command the steering system to be in a substantially straight position while the vehicle is moving in a reverse direction for a second reversing distance, and a third command configured to command the steering system to be in a counter-clockwise position while the vehicle is a moving in a reverse direction for a third reversing distance.
US08489281B2	Method for operating an automobile and an automobile with an environmental detection device A method for operating an automobile includes the steps of a) detecting an object in an environment of the automobile with an environmental detection device; b) evaluating a collision risk of the automobile with the object; and c) depending on the evaluation, adjusting the steering angle of the automobile with a steering angle actuating device. The steering wheel is decoupled with the decoupling device depending on the adjustment performed in step c), so that the rotation of the steering wheel caused by the adjustment of the steering angle is smaller than if the same adjustment were made when the steering wheel is not decoupled.
US08489278B2	Bicycle user interface system and method of operation thereof A bicycle is disclosed having a control system with a user interface and an active suspension system. The control system includes a one or more sensors arranged to measure and transmit a signal indicative of the terrain over which the bicycle is being ridden. The active suspension system includes a valve box that is fluidly coupled to each chamber of the lower cylinder. An orifice in the valve box is changed in size in response to a signal from a sensor associated with the front wheel that changes the response of the suspension system due to changing terrain conditions. The user interface includes a selection device mounted to the handlebars that allows the user to change parameters of the active suspension system during operation of the bicycle.
US08489271B2	Systems and methods for virtual ignition detection Systems and methods for determining vehicle ignition state using a device added to the vehicle after the manufacture of the vehicle without a direct connection to the vehicle ignition line are disclosed. In a number of embodiments, a system includes a processor, a motion detector configured to detect vehicle motion and to enable the processor to obtain motion data, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver configured to determine location and to enable the processor to obtain at least speed data, and a radio transceiver configured to communicate with the processor. Additionally, the processor is configured to estimate the ignition state of a vehicle using at least the motion data and the speed data.
US08489267B1	Method and system for adapting engine coolant temperature (ECT) warm-up trajectory based on heater core loading to adjust cabin temperature In a hybrid-electric vehicle that includes a cabin, methods and systems are provided for modifying a first curve for engine coolant temperature (ECT) warm-up trajectory. The system includes a processor configured to execute software instructions, and a memory configured to store software instructions accessible by the processor. In one embodiment, the software instructions comprise an offset lookup table that is configured to generate, based on a calculated thermal power loss across a heater core and an ambient air temperature, an offset value for modifying the first curve for ECT warm-up trajectory to produce a desired curve for ECT warm-up trajectory that is offset from the first curve. The desired curve for ECT warm up trajectory is used to adjust temperature in the cabin so that fuel consumption can be reduced.
US08489264B2	Battery measuring device, battery control system and vehicle A battery measuring device includes a temperature measuring unit which measures temperature T1 of a secondary battery, a resistance measuring unit which measures an AC resistance value and a DC pulse resistance value of a first discharging period of the secondary battery at the temperature T1, and an estimating unit in which an electric resistance Re1 and a reaction resistance Rc1 of the secondary battery at the temperature T1 are considered as, Re1=AC resistance value Rc1=DC pulse resistance value of the first discharging period−AC resistance value, and which estimates at least an internal resistance of the secondary battery using the temperature T1, electric resistance Re1 and reaction resistance Rc1.
US08489262B2	Electric vehicle controller An object is to obtain an electric vehicle controller capable of reducing a total sum of losses of an AD motor and losses of a main circuit. In a vector-control-command-value calculating unit, according to a torque command T*, a DC-voltage command value EFCR and a magnetic-flux command value F2R for which a total sum of losses of an AD motor and losses of a second main circuit is minimized is calculated and selected. The vector-control-command-value calculating unit outputs the magnetic-flux command value F2R to a vector control unit, and outputs the DC-voltage command value EFCR to a converter control unit.
US08489257B2	Method and device for moveable tail trimming in an aircraft The invention relates to a method for actuating an adjusting drive for adjusting an elevator (12) and an adjusting drive for adjusting a moveable tail (23) provided with the steps: Generation of an elevator command to actuate the elevator adjusting drive; Calculating a moveable tail command (IHC1) for actuating the moveable tail adjusting drive in such a manner that the moveable tail (23) is tracked to the elevator input signal (10); Depending on the adjusting states of the elevator (12) and/or the moveable tail (23) or flight states, retaining the adjusting state of the moveable tail adjusting drive or actuating the moveable tail adjusting drive with a moveable tail command (IHCMD) for changing the adjusting state of the moveable tail (23), during actuation of the elevator adjusting drive with an elevator command for changing the adjusting state of the elevator (23) and in the event of a deviation from the calculated moveable tail command (IHC1) and the commanded moveable tail command (IHCMD), acting upon the elevator command to compensate for retention of the adjusting state of the moveable tail adjusting drive and a control device for carrying out the method.
US08489254B2	Control system for equipment on a vehicle with a hybrid-electric powertrain A vehicle equipped for power take off operation using direct application of power from a hybrid electric powertrain. A body computer connects to the controller area network to receive chassis input signals. A controller area network has an electronic control module, a transmission control module, and a hybrid control module. The electronic control module electrically connects to the transmission control module and the hybrid control module. A data link based remote power module is installed on the vehicle for generating body demand signals for initiating operation of the vehicle hybrid electric powertrain for a power take off operation. A plurality of PTO request switches are electrically connected to the controller area network. The body computer is programmable to accept a signal from at least one of the PTO request switches to change an operating state of the power take off operation.
US08489253B2	Driver state assessment device A driver state assessment device is provided in which when driver model identification means (M2) identifies a driver model showing a driver's input/output relationship using a difference between a target azimuth and an actual azimuth as a driver's input and an actual steering angle as a driver's output, driver model amount of operation acquisition means (M3) acquires a driver model steering angle by inputting a current azimuth deviation into the driver model, and driver state assessment means (M4) calculates a difference between a current actual steering angle and a driver model steering angle as a residual error and assesses the driver's state based on the residual error. Therefore, since the residual error is an index that represents a fluctuation component, a noise component, a non-linear component, etc. obtained from the driver model, it is possible to assess, with high precision, the driver's state, in particular a low wakefulness state of the driver, based on this residual error.
US08489243B2	Thermostat user interface A thermostat for controlling an HVAC system is described, the thermostat having a user interface that is visually pleasing, approachable, and easy to use while also providing ready access to, and intuitive navigation within, a menuing system capable of receiving a variety of different types of user settings and/or control parameters. For some embodiments, the thermostat comprises a housing, a ring-shaped user-interface component configured to track a rotational input motion of a user, a processing system configured to identify a setpoint temperature value based on the tracked rotational input motion, and an electronic display coupled to the processing system. An interactive thermostat menuing system is accessible to the user by an inward pressing of the ring-shaped user interface component. User navigation within the interactive thermostat menuing system is achievable by virtue of respective rotational input motions and inward pressings of the ring-shaped user interface component.
US08489225B2	Wafer alignment system with optical coherence tomography A system for performing alignment of two wafers is disclosed. The system comprises an optical coherence tomography system and a wafer alignment system. The wafer alignment system is configured and disposed to control the relative position of a first wafer and a second wafer. The optical coherence tomography system is configured and disposed to compute coordinate data for a plurality of alignment marks on the first wafer and second wafer, and send that coordinate data to the wafer alignment system.
US08489224B2	Computerized tool path generation An automated computer-implemented method for generating commands for controlling a computer numerically controlled machine to fabricate an object from a workpiece, the method including the steps of selecting a maximum permitted engagement angle between a rotating cutting tool and the workpiece, selecting a minimum permitted engagement angle between the rotating cutting tool and the workpiece, and configuring a tool path for the tool relative to the workpiece in which the engagement angle gradually varies between the maximum permitted engagement angle and the minimum permitted engagement angle.
US08489218B2	Chamber match using important variables filtered by dynamic multivariate analysis The present disclosure provides a method of chamber match. The method includes identifying a golden chamber designed operable to implement a semiconductor process; identifying a reference chamber designed operable for the semiconductor process; and extracting a matching index of a processing chamber relative to the golden chamber and the reference chamber using a dynamic variable analysis.
US08489217B2	Thermal cycling and gradient management in three-dimensional stacked architectures A mechanism is provided for minimizing reliability problems in a three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit. A set of sensors are interrogated for current data. A direction of force and a magnitude of the force are determined based on the current data for each sensor in the set of sensors for each of one or more directions between the sensor and at least one neighboring sensor thereby forming a set of forces. Each of the set of forces is used to identify one or more points of stress that are at or above the predetermined force threshold. Responsive to identifying at least one point of stress that is at or above the predetermined force threshold, one or more temperature actuation actions are initiated in order to reduce at least one point of stress in the region where the at least one point of stress is identified.
US08489210B2	Electronic operator interface based controller and device automatic downloads The invention relates to systems and/or methodologies for electronic operator interface based controller and device automatic downloads. More particularly, an electronic operator interface can determine if control logic or content used by an industrial controller has been updated, changed, or otherwise modified. If the content has been modified, then the electronic operator interface can automatically obtain the content and store a back-up copy in memory. Additionally or alternatively, the electronic operator interface can periodically update a backup copy of the content. Furthermore, the electronic operator interface can determine if the controller has lost its content, and restore the content from the most recent version saved in memory.
US08489205B2	System for temporary fixation of an implantable medical device A medical fixation system for temporary fixation of an implantable medical device such as a short lead pacemaker outside of the heart in a larger blood vessel such as the superior or inferior vena cava. The fixation mechanism or element is temporary in nature in that the fixation holds the implantable medical device in place until the implantable medical device is grown in to the wall of the vessel and the short lead attached to the implantable medical device and implanted in the heart is grown in. The cell tissue surrounding the implantable medical device and the short lead then keeps the implantable medical device in place without the temporary fixation element.
US08489193B2	Visual prosthesis including a flexible circuit electrode array A flexible circuit electrode array, which comprises: a polymer base layer; metal traces deposited on said polymer base layer, including electrodes suitable to stimulate neural tissue; a polymer top layer deposited on said polymer base layer and said metal traces; and a partial or entire coating of the base and top layer by a soft polymer.
US08489189B2	Expandable fixation mechanism In general, the invention is directed to a medical device implantable in a body of a patient. The device includes a housing with a plurality of collapsible fixation structures coupled to the housing, and can be in a collapsed configuration or an expanded configuration. The device assumes a collapsed configuration when in the bore of an insertion device, and assumes the expanded configuration when expelled from the insertion device into the body of the patient. The extended fixation structures engage the tissues in the body and restrict migration. One exemplary application of the invention is in the context of a microstimulator, with a pulse generator housed in the housing and one or more electrodes coupled to the housing. The fixation structures help keep the electrodes proximate to the tissues that are to receive the stimulation.
US08489183B2	Biometric apparatus The invention provides a biometric apparatus which is able to determine the orientation of a measured person irrespective of the orientation of the measured person on the biometric apparatus or irrespective of the orientation of arrangement of the biometric apparatus and hence flow an electric current constantly through the same route and measure the voltage generated in the route, thereby providing accurate and reliable biometric data. The invention provides a biometric apparatus includes a plurality of weight measuring units provided on a casing for allowing a measured person to get on the upper surface thereof; a comparative determination unit for comparing measured values measured by the weight measuring units respectively and determining the orientation of the body of the measured person on the casing on the basis of the result of comparison; and a biometric data acquiring unit for acquiring a biometric data of the measured person on the basis of the result of determination by the comparative determination unit.
US08489176B1	Radioactive emission detector equipped with a position tracking system and utilization thereof with medical systems and in medical procedures A system for calculating a position of a radioactivity emitting source in a system-of-coordinates, the system comprising (a) a radioactive emission detector; (b) a position tracking system being connected to and/or communicating with the radioactive emission detector; and (c) a data processor being designed and configured for receiving data inputs from the position tracking system and from the radioactive emission detector and for calculating the position of the radioactivity emitting source in the system-of-coordinates.
US08489174B2	Method to detect a breathing movement of an examination subject corresponding to signal data by magnetic resonance In a method for the detection of signal data corresponding to a breathing movement of an examination subject by magnetic resonance (MR) first and second data sets are loaded, that each include complex k-space data acquired with a navigator sequence from a common excitation volume of the examination subject. The first and second data sets are processed to identify breathing movement at the acquisition time of at least one of the data sets, by comprising a transformation of the data sets in Cartesian space and calculating a phase difference between respective complex data pointes of the data sets having the same spatial position. The processing result is stored together with a time value that depends on a point in time of the acquisition of the first data set and/or the second data set. The data acquisition, processing and storage are repeated until a series of results has been stored that maps a breathing movement of interest, and in repetition at least one of the two data sets is acquired at a different point in time than the last two data sets.
US08489171B2	Cardiac navigation system including electrode array for use therewith A cardiac navigation system including a mapping catheter, a control system coupled to the mapping catheter, an electrode array, and means for driving an electrical current across the electrode array. The mapping catheter includes means for sensing an electrical field. The control system includes means for receiving sensed signals from the mapping catheter. The cardiac navigation system includes at least one electrode array including means for providing an electrical field across three axes. The three axes are approximately orthogonal with respect to one another. The means for driving an electrical current across the three axes includes means for providing a plurality of individual current sources to the electrode array. As such, the cardiac navigation system presented provides a more uniform sheet of current across an area of interest, the mapping catheter senses the electrical field across the area of interest, and the control system determines a three-dimensional location of the mapping catheter based on the sensed electrical field.
US08489170B2	Surgical access and nerve surveillance An expandable tip cannula system, comprising: a hollow cannula shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; and an expandable tip mounted at the distal end of the hollow cannula shaft, the expandable tip comprising a plurality of generally-triangular shaped petals held together in a radially-inwardly tapered arrangement between adjacent petals, each petal comprising a nerve sensing electrode disposed therein.
US08489166B2	Soft gum fingerstall oximeter without pivot structure The present invention discloses a soft gum fingerstall oximeter without pivot structure, the soft gum fingerstall oximeter comprises a soft gum fingerstall which can wraps around a finger closely with variations of the profile of the finger and causes a clamping force distributed on the clamped portion of the finger uniformly. An emission circuit board and a reception circuit board are provided in the soft gum fingerstall. The soft gum fingerstall of the oximeter is enclosed, which can shield light entering from a side.
US08489162B1	Slot antenna within existing device component A user device having a slot antenna formed in metallic material of a structural member is described.
US08489160B2	Slide-type mobile terminal and signal processing method thereof A slide type mobile terminal and a method for processing signals thereof are disclosed in the present invention, wherein, a built-in auxiliary antenna is installed in an upper slide portion (10) of the slide type mobile terminal, meanwhile corresponding signal conversion modules (122, 312) are added to the upper slide portion (10) and a lower slide portion (30) respectively, which is used for converting an external high-frequency signal received by the built-in auxiliary antenna or an internal high-frequency signal generated by a main printed circuit board (PCB) from a single-ended signal to a differential signal, which are transmitted between the upper slide portion (10) and the lower slide portion (30) by a flexible printed circuit board (FPC) (20), so that the high-frequency signal is transmitted between the upper slide portion (10) and the lower slide portion (30) in form of differential signal.
US08489159B2	Mobile communication device A mobile communication device having a first side and an opposite second side, comprising a lower housing, an upper housing, a bracket, a biasing assembly and a slide enabling member. The upper housing stacked on the lower housing, the upper housing comprising a first edge located at the first side and a second edge located at the second side. The bracket is pivotably connected between the lower housing and the upper housing, to tilt the first edge of the upper housing away from the lower housing. The biasing assembly is connected directly between the lower housing and the upper housing, to exert a force between the lower housing and the upper housing so that the bracket rotates to tilt the first edge of the upper housing away from the lower housing. The slide enabling member slidably coupling the biasing assembly to the lower housing.
US08489145B2	Radio base station and base station control apparatus A base station control apparatus for controlling a radio base station which carries out radio communications with a mobile communication terminal is characterized in that it includes a control unit for performing a control process of making the radio base station selectively perform either of two or more processes with different throughputs according to the scale of the radio base station. With this structure, the radio base station can have only a function based on to the scale thereof. For this reason, by omitting unnecessary functions, the radio base station can be miniaturized and the manufacturing cost of the radio base station can be reduced.
US08489133B2	Communication system, transmission device, reception device, and synchronization method Receiver (2) sequentially switches a preset frequency change amount in stages from a large value to a small value. According to the reception side frequency change amount, the reception side frequency candidate for detecting a synchronization signal is calculated. Synchronization signal detection unit (5) detects a synchronization signal transmitted from a transmission device by using the calculated reception side frequency candidate. Moreover, transmitter (1) calculates a transmission side frequency candidate as a frequency candidate for transmitting the synchronization signal according to the largest possible frequency change amount calculated according to the bandwidth of the synchronization signal. When the calculated transmission side frequency candidate exists in the system frequency band, the calculated transmission side frequency candidate is determined to be a synchronization signal frequency for transmission of the synchronization signal, and the synchronization signal is transmitted from synchronization signal transmission unit (4) to receiver (2).
US08489130B2	System and method for messaging content delivery An integrated system for messaging content delivery for use in a wireless network that incorporates a messaging application broker that interfaces with messaging applications; management applications, a plurality of user devices, and external networks. The interfaces use the appropriate protocols to interact with the messaging applications, management applications, user devices and external networks.
US08489125B2	Mobile apparatus, and location notification system and location notification method for mobile apparatus A mobile apparatus, that has a calling function, includes: a location-information acquisition unit to acquire location information indicative of a location of the mobile apparatus, and a location-information notification unit to send the location information to a receiving-side apparatus when a call is made to the receiving-side apparatus, the location-information notification unit being further operable to provide, when the call is being made to a receiving-side apparatus, the location information in a manner such that, before a communication connection is established therewith, the receiving-side apparatus can recognize a physical location where the call is being originated based upon the location data.
US08489113B2	Method and system for tracking, monitoring and/or charging tracking devices including wireless energy transfer features A method and system for monitoring individuals or objects including tracking devices having wireless powering/charging features. In one embodiment, an exemplary tracking device may comprise a power receiving device that generates power from wireless energy received from a power transmitter configured to transmit the wireless energy, circuitry configured for processing tracking device location information, and communication circuitry configured to process data related to the wireless tracking device for transmission to an administrative hub that is configured to monitor locations of the individuals or objects based upon the data. Output power from the power receiving device may be used to operate the tracking device. Alternately or in addition, the tracking device may include a battery that provides power to the tracking device and is recharged by the power receiving device.
US08489107B2	Method and apparatus for allocating downlink resources in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system Techniques to schedule downlink data transmission to a number of terminals in a wireless communication system. In one method, one or more sets of terminals are formed for possible data transmission, with each set including a unique combination of one or more terminals and corresponding to a hypothesis to be evaluated. One or more sub-hypotheses may further be formed for each hypothesis, with each sub-hypothesis corresponding to specific assignments of a number of transmit antennas to the one or more terminals in the hypothesis. The performance of each sub-hypothesis is then evaluated, and one of the evaluated sub-hypotheses is selected based on their performance. The terminal(s) in the selected sub-hypothesis are then scheduled for data transmission, and data is thereafter coded, modulated, and transmitted to each scheduled terminal from one or more transmit antennas assigned to the terminal.
US08489104B2	Combined base transceiver station and base station controller data call A system, method, and computer readable medium for a data call setup comprises receiving an origination message by a radio call control (RCC) and by a main call control (MCC), receiving an assignment request message by the MCC and by the RCC, and receiving a traffic channel assignment message by a channel element control (CEC) and by the MCC.
US08489096B2	Inter-access handover with access specific policy control functions A system and method are provided to exchange information relating to mobility management during an inter-access handover. The system and method exchange information when an inter-access handover occurs during an ongoing policy and/or charging controlled session. The system and method offer a seamless inter-access handover without any interruptions or delays. Signaling trafficking is minimized that may be required to update the new control element with the required session information.
US08489094B2	System and method for providing location information to a mobile calling unit A system for providing location information to a mobile calling unit operating within or among a plurality of communication networks includes at least one communication access unit for each respective network of the plurality of communication networks. The calling unit effects communications with a respective communication network of the plurality of communicate networks via a respective communication access unit of the at least one communication access unit. The respective communication network and the respective communication access unit cooperate to automatically effect providing at least one almanac entry to the calling unit substantially on occurrence of a predetermined event. The at least one almanac entry relates to geographic location of the calling unit while the calling unit effects the communications.
US08489093B2	Systems and methods for facilitating efficient vertical handoffs in a wireless communication system Systems and methods are provided for performing efficient vertical handoffs in a wireless user device are provided. The user device can comprise a mobile phone, computer table, handheld computer, or other computer system capable of connecting to more than one mobile wireless network that use different wireless communication protocols. Various efficient scanning methods are disclosed that are efficient in terms of battery usage, thermal performance, processing power, throughput performance, or a combination thereof.
US08489085B2	Remote vehicle start system with advance dynamic scheduling system A system and method is described for a vehicle remote starter with an advanced dynamic scheduling system. The system and method utilizes a cellular telephone, interfacing with standard scheduling software, and capable of communicating with the Internet to gather real time data and communicating through a wireless telecommunication network with a vehicle to send vehicle remote start and other commands; an electronic scheduling system utilized within or accessible by the cellular telephone; a cellular telephone based and/or vehicle based GPS location module for determining the location of the vehicle and the cellular telephone at any particular point in time; a set of coded instructions that actively queries the Internet for real time data and that queries the electronic scheduling system to determine the time and location of a scheduled meeting, evaluating various vehicle operational parameters, the distance of the cellular phone from a vehicle, various environmental parameters, the distance from a vehicle to meeting location, the travel time required to timely travel and attend the scheduled meeting, and either prompting the user to actively send a remote start command signal to the vehicle or automatically sending the remote start command signal.
US08489082B2	Wireless connection setting program A computer program product comprises computer readable instructions that cause a computer configured wirelessly connectable with at least one device to execute a wireless connection setting process. The wireless connection setting process comprises establishing a wireless connection with the at least one device, transmitting externally inputted settings of the wireless connection to the at least one device, and configuring the same settings as the settings transmitted to the at least one device for the computer.
US08489081B2	Measuring end user activity of software on a mobile or disconnected device A hardware and/or software facility measures end user activity associated with a software application or service on a mobile phone or other mobile device. The facility tracks and stores usage data associated with a mobile user's use of the application or service. When the mobile user initiates transmission of the usage data, the facility retrieves from the mobile phone or other mobile device a usage code representing the usage data. The facility relies on user transcription, text input-buffer insertion, or other indirect means of data transport to deliver the usage code from the mobile phone or other mobile device to an application developer, service provider, or another entity. The recipient extracts the usage data contained in the usage code, and may perform various data mining and analysis techniques on the usage data in order to evaluate how the application or service is used.
US08489078B2	Apparatus and method for providing an emergency service in a broadband wireless communication system Disclosed is a method of allowing a terminal to provide an emergency service in a broadband wireless communication system, and the method may include receiving a first map message including an emergency service indicator; checking whether information indicating that emergency service information is transmitted is included in the received first map message; and receiving a first message including the emergency service information when the information indicating that emergency service information is transmitted is included therein as a result of the check, wherein the emergency service indicator is information indicating at least one of whether to transmit emergency service information and a transmission timing of the emergency service information.
US08489075B2	System and method for augmenting features of visual voice mail A method for delivery of a voice mail message to a recipient. The method includes determining content of the voice mail message, identifying a recipient of the voice mail message based on the determining step, converting the voice mail message to a format for delivery based on the identifying step, and delivering the converted voice mail message to the recipient. The method further includes identifying a voice mail box of the recipient and caching voice mail box information at a voice mail server.
US08489074B2	Systems and methods for providing enhanced voicemail services A method for operating a mobile device to set a voicemail greeting includes providing the mobile device with a memory for storing a visual voicemail (VVM) application, an I/O interface, and a microphone for receiving an audio input. The method further includes: receiving a selection for an option to record the voicemail greeting, receiving the audio input, recording the audio input as the voicemail greeting for a voicemail account associated with the mobile device, storing the recorded voicemail greeting in the memory, and generating a request that includes the recorded voicemail greeting, a network address for a VVM system, and instructions to set the voicemail greeting as an active voicemail greeting for the voicemail account. The method further includes transmitting the request to the VVM system and receiving a response from the VVM system that includes an indication of whether the voicemail greeting was set as the active voicemail greeting.
US08489065B2	Mobile device controller application for any security system A method for using any mobile device to manage a security system in retail environments is disclosed in which an application or applet is installed on the mobile device providing a GUI for users to easily perform functions allowable by the security system. This method can be added to any legacy security system providing remote control and monitoring of the system via two-way communication links. Methods for processing touch inputs on mobile devices for security management are disclosed, including reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touchscreen, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on data from the multipoint sensing device. These functions provide vast improvements in retail security by providing store personnel earliest possible theft detection, higher level theft prevention than previously possible, communication between mobile devices in security systems, and evidence provided to law enforcement faster than ever possible.
US08489058B2	Receiver, system, and memory with memory protection during power supply transitions A receiver includes a memory, processing circuitry, and a memory protection unit. The processing circuitry is coupled to the memory, and has an input for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal, and an output for providing an output signal at another frequency. The processing circuitry includes one or more independently powered components adapted to write data to the memory. The memory protection unit is coupled to the memory, and monitors a power supply voltage level corresponding to each independently powered component and, if the power supply voltage level changes during a power supply transition of an independently powered component in which the power supply voltage remains sufficiently large to power the independently powered component, to prevent write operations received from a corresponding one of the one or more independently powered components from occurring at least while the power supply voltage level is changing.
US08489057B2	Method of controlling RF transmissions to mitigate interference with critical care medical equipment Various methods of mitigating RF inference with one or more critical care medical devices is provided, wherein a predetermined threshold energy acceleration value is associated with the one or more critical care medical devices that, if exceeded, will cause RF inference with the one or more critical care medical devices. The methods includes generating and transmitting RF energy, wherein at least a portion of said RF energy follows an RF power profile of power versus time having a particular format designed to mitigate interference.
US08489052B2	Variable gain amplifier for low voltage applications An integrated communications system. Comprising a substrate having a receiver disposed on the substrate for converting a received signal to an IF signal. Coupled to a VGA for low voltage applications and coupled to the receiver for processing the IF signal. The VGA includes a bank pair having a first bank of differential pairs of transistors and a second bank of differential pairs of transistors. The bank pair is cross-coupled in parallel, the IF signal is applied to the bank pair decoupled from a control signal used to control transconductance output gain of the bank pair over a range of input voltages. A digital IF demodulator is disposed on the substrate and coupled to the VGA for low voltage applications, for converting the IF signal to a demodulated baseband signal. And a transmitter is disposed on the substrate operating in cooperation with the receiver to establish a two way communications path.
US08489051B2	Low-power and noise-cancelling wideband receiver front-end One embodiment of the present invention provides a receiver for wireless communication. The receiver includes a group of band-pass filters (BPFs), a wideband amplifier coupled to the BPFs, and a tunable demodulator coupled to the wideband amplifier. A particular BPF is configured to filter RF signals at a particular frequency band. The wideband amplifier is configured to amplify the filtered RF signals. The tunable demodulator is configured to demodulate the amplified RF signals.
US08489048B2	Selecting PA bias levels of RF PA circuitry during a multislot burst Power amplifier (PA) control circuitry and PA bias circuitry are disclosed. During one slot of a multislot transmit burst from radio frequency (RF) PA circuitry, the PA control circuitry selects one PA bias level of the RF PA circuitry and the RF PA circuitry has one output power level. The RF PA circuitry has a next output power level during an adjacent next slot of the multislot transmit burst. If the one output power level exceeds the next output power level by more than a power drop limit, then the PA control circuitry maintains the one PA bias level during the adjacent next slot. If the one output power level significantly exceeds the next output power level, but by less than the power drop limit, then the PA control circuitry selects a next PA bias level, which is less than the one PA bias level, during the adjacent next slot.
US08489043B2	Distortion compensation apparatus and apparatus and method for transmitting signal A distortion compensation apparatus and an apparatus and method for transmitting a signal are provided. The distortion compensation apparatus can extract precise distortion information by adding an additional signal to an input signal during the compensation of distortion in a nonlinear apparatus, and can linearize the nonlinear properties of the nonlinear apparatus using the distortion information. The apparatus for transmitting a signal can output a signal linearized by the same method as that used by the distortion compensation apparatus.
US08489037B2	Power amplifying apparatus with bandwidth limitation processing on variable power supply A power amplifying apparatus has a bandwidth limitation process circuit to which an envelope signal included in a transmission signal is inputted, and which performs a bandwidth limitation process on the envelope signal, a variable power supply circuit for generating a power amplifier supply voltage based on a voltage control signal generated by the bandwidth limitation process circuit, and a power amplifier which is fed an input signal, and which is driven in accordance with the supply voltage from the variable power supply circuit.
US08489030B2	Radio apparatus having first and second amplifiers and which performs direct current offset correction of the first and second amplifiers A radio apparatus capable of correcting a direct current offset with high accuracy in a short time is provided. A radio apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first amplifier amplifying a signal inputted to an input terminal with amplification gain determined by a variable resistor to generate a first amplified signal, and a second amplifier amplifying the first amplified signal to generate a second amplified signal. Further, the radio apparatus includes a first correcting unit correcting a direct current offset of the first amplifier, and a second correcting unit correcting a direct current offset of the second amplifier. The radio apparatus also includes a reference voltage source or reference current source supplying a reference voltage or reference current for referring a direct current offset to the first amplifier and the second amplifier, a gain controller controlling the amplification gain of the first amplifier; and a correction controller controlling the gain controller to set the amplification gain to maximum and controlling the first and second correcting units to perform correction of the second correcting unit based on the second amplified signal obtained by inputting the reference voltage or the reference current to an input terminal of the second amplifier, and thereafter perform correction of the first correcting unit based on the second amplified signal obtained by inputting the reference voltage or the reference current to an input terminal of the first amplifier.
US08489004B2	Developer device and image forming apparatus A developer device includes two developer rollers arranged opposite to an image carrier. A first developer bias voltage (waveform Z) of a rectangular waveform obtained by superimposing an AC voltage on a DC voltage is applied to one of the developer rollers. A second developer bias voltage (waveform A) obtained by superimposing an AC voltage on a DC voltage is applied to the other developer roller. The waveform A is a waveform obtained by deforming the rectangular wave in the first developer bias voltage such that toner adhered to the image carrier is prevented from being dislodged by toner being subsequently scattered. According to the developer device, an optimal image density can be obtained at a low-density potential.
US08488998B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus including the same A developing device comprising: a developer vessel that accommodates a developer containing a toner and a carrier; a toner supply port; a developing roller; a developer conveying passage; a developer conveying helical member; and a developer scooping member, wherein the developer conveying passage includes a first developer conveying passage and the a second developer conveying passage being defined by a partitioning plate, and a first communicating path and a second communicating path that establish a communication between the first and second developer conveying passage, the developer conveying helical member includes a first developer conveying helical member disposed in the first developer conveying passage, and a second developer conveying helical member disposed in the second developer conveying passage, the developer scooping member includes a first developer scooping member disposed near the first communicating path to send the developer in the first developer conveying passage into the second developer conveying passage, and a second developer scooping member disposed near the second communicating path to send the developer in the second developer conveying passage into the first developer conveying passage.
US08488988B2	Printers and apparatus to reduce emissions from a print substrate exit port Printers and apparatus to reduce emissions from a print substrate exit port are disclosed. An example apparatus to reduce emissions from a print substrate exit port includes a first member coupled to a hinge adjacent a printer substrate exit port, the first member to substantially cover a travel path of a print substrate in a first position and to pivot from the exit travel path of the print substrate in response to air pressure associated with the print substrate when the print substrate travels through the print substrate exit port.
US08488986B2	Controlling speed to reduce image quality artifacts A method for reducing artifacts on a toned sheet caused by buckling during fusing includes providing two compliant rollers that form a fusing nip for fusing the toned sheet. A control drives at least one of the rollers at a nominal speed to cause the rollers to rotate and there after increasing the roller speed to high speed prior to the sheet arriving at the fusing nip and after the sheet is in the nip decreasing the drive speed back to the nominal speed.
US08488985B2	Image forming apparatus and method for applying transfer voltage in the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is configured such that a developer image is transferred by a transfer section from an image bearing body onto a recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes a memory, an apparatus usage information obtaining section, and a transfer voltage correcting section. The memory stores correction values for a transfer voltage, the correction values corresponding to changes in an operation status of the image forming apparatus. The apparatus usage information obtaining section obtains information on the operation status. The transfer voltage correcting section corrects the transfer voltage based on the correction values and the information on the operation status.
US08488984B2	Toner concentration controller and image forming apparatus including the toner concentration controller An image forming apparatus includes: a developing device; a toner supply device; and a toner supply detecting sensor; and a toner concentration controller that directs toner supply. The toner concentration controller includes: a memory that stores the difference between the outputs from toner supply detecting sensor before and after toner supply; a toner supply quantity determinater that determines that the amount of toner remaining in the toner supply device is low and the amount of toner supply is low when the output difference or output ratio of the sensor is lower than a supply reference value; and an image quality adjustment controller that shortens the interval of time between adjustment of electrical potential on toner concentration correction in the above case.
US08488976B2	Apparatus and method for supporting mobility of a mobile terminal that performs visible light communication A method and apparatus for supporting mobility of a mobile terminal in a Visible Light Communication (VLC) system. The method includes activating only necessary light sources for VLC considering the mobility of the mobile terminal, instead of using total light sources for VLC. Consequently, power consumption can be significantly reduced.
US08488974B2	Enhanced SMF passive optical networks using polarization beamforming The new invention relates to a novel high-performance Passive Optical Network (PON) upgrade architecture, based on adapting Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) beamforming techniques to polarization multiplexing.
US08488973B2	Signal processing within an optical microphone Method for performing signal processing for an optical microphone. First and second signals corresponding to at least two beams may be generated or received. The first and second signals may be complementary, and may be based on signals provided by one or more photo detectors that receive the at least two beams after the beams return from a sensing structure. The first signal and the second signal may be subtracted to produce a third signal. A position of the sensing structure may be adjusted to cause the third signal to reach a first value, where the adjusting may be performed based on the third signal, and an audio output signal may be provided based on the third signal.
US08488971B2	Method, system and device for transmitting lighting device data It is presented a method for transmitting lighting device data. The method comprises the steps of obtaining, in a lighting device, a subset of lighting device data, the lighting device data containing information of the lighting device, transmitting, from the lighting device, using light, the subset of lighting device data, and repeating the above steps until all subsets jointly corresponding to the complete lighting device data have been transmitted. A corresponding lighting device and lighting system are also presented.
US08488970B2	Microwave transmission apparatus, signal processing method and device in microwave transmission apparatus In the field of signal processing technologies, a microwave transmission apparatus, a signal processing method and device in a microwave transmission apparatus are provided, which are capable of improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the service signal and the reliability of the communication signal, and increasing the distance between an indoor unit (IDU) and an outdoor unit (ODU). In the technical solutions, a signal processing method in a microwave transmission apparatus includes: directly multiplexing at least a service signal and a non-service signal, and converting the multiplexed electric signal into a multiplexed optical signal; and sending the multiplexed optical signal to an ODU.
US08488966B2	Data transmission method of optical access network, and system and device thereof An optical access network (OAN) system is provided. In the system, a remote radio unit (RRU) receives and sends a wireless signal and implement conversion between the wireless signal and a first frequency signal; an optical network device receives and sends the wireless signal, and implement conversion between the wireless signal and the first frequency signal and conversion between the first frequency signal and a fiber transmission signal; an optical distribution network (ODN) connected to the optical network device transmits the fiber transmission signal; an optical line terminal (OLT) device receives and sends the fiber transmission signal, and implements conversion between the fiber transmission signal and a second frequency signal, conversion between the second frequency signal and a base band signal, and conversion between the base band signal and a signal of another standard protocol.
US08488963B2	Link diversity and load balancing across digital and optical express-thru nodes The present invention provides a system, apparatus and method to compute a route through a network having both digital nodes and optical express-thru nodes. According to various embodiments of the invention, a network topology is generated in which both digital nodes, optical express-thru nodes, and optical nodes are identified, and both physical and virtual links between these nodes are mapped. The network connectivity is identified, at least in part, by broadcasting a local link state advertisement and optical carrier group binding information to neighboring nodes, which enables both physical and virtual neighboring nodes to be identified. Once a topology is generated, both physical and virtual link characteristics are analyzed to ensure link diversity for traffic through the network and load balancing functionality across the network.
US08488962B2	Bit error generation system for optical networks A system may include an optical bit error generator comprising a high instantaneous power light source. An optical coupler may couple an output of the optical bit error generator to a traffic fiber. A device under test receives a traffic signal via the traffic fiber. A performance monitor is coupled to the device under test to determine responsiveness of the device under test to a bit error condition simulated by the optical bit error generator, wherein the high instantaneous power light source in the optical bit error generator is configured based on a protocol of a traffic signal in the traffic fiber and the bit error condition.
US08488959B2	Method and system for monitoring optical channels In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for optical signal dispersion and parameter monitoring comprises a tunable filter configured to filter a portion of one channel of an optical signal. The system comprises a polarization beam splitter configured to split the portion into first and second polarization beams and further comprises first and second photodetectors configured to respectively convert the first and second polarization beams into first and second electrical signals. Also, the system comprises a control unit configured to determine optical dispersion in the portion based on the first and second electrical signals when the portion includes a test signal. The control unit is configured to determine optical signal parameters of the portion such as channel power, channel wavelength, optical spectrum analysis (OSA) and optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) based on the first and second electrical signals when the portion does not include the test signal.
US08488953B2	Filament lamp A filament lamp is provided. The filament lamp includes: a long light emitting section including a plurality of filaments aligned with one another in an axial direction of the light emitting section, wherein electric power is independently supplied to each of the filaments; a sealing section that seals the light emitting section, including: a first sealing section provided at one end of the light emitting section; and a second sealing section provided at the other end of the light emitting section; a plurality of metal foils embedded in the sealing section; a plurality of external leads each connected to a corresponding one of the metal foils and extending from the sealing section to the outside; and a plurality of glass pipes each provided on the sealing section so as to cover a corresponding one of the external leads.
US08488952B2	Aromatic vaporizer The embodiments described are directed to a vaporizer having a housing with a vaporizing chamber formed therein. A fine mesh conductive screen is disposed inside the vaporizing chamber for generation of heat through electrical resistance. The housing includes an aperture to the vaporizing chamber and an exhaust aperture for evacuating vapors by a user.
US08488946B2	Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method and reproducing computer program product An apparatus, computer program product and method provide a mechanism for independently allow a user to pause the display of a video stream from a given source, while also enabling the user to operate a menu function from a data stream from the same source.
US08488939B2	Recording apparatus, software update data acquisition method, program, and data delivery system A recording apparatus includes a delivery schedule information acquisition section, an update reservation section, and an update data acquisition section. The delivery schedule information acquisition section acquires information on a delivery schedule of update data for updating control software, the update data being delivered from an update delivery server by an IP multicast system. The update reservation section generates, based on the information on the delivery schedule acquired by the delivery schedule information acquisition section, acquisition reservation information of the update data. The update data acquisition section acquires the update data based on the acquisition reservation information generated by the update reservation section.
US08488934B2	High density fiber distribution hub The present invention relates to a fiber distribution hub. The fiber distribution hub comprises a base case comprising at least one port portion for introducing an optical cable, wherein the optical cable includes a first fiber; a splitter case releasably attached to the base case; a splice tray rotatably hinged to the splitter case; and a cover engagable with the base case to enclose the splitter case and the splice tray. The first fiber is connected to a second fiber in the splice tray, and the second fiber is connected with a splitter in the splitter case to separate the second fiber into a plurality of separate third fibers. Thus, the invention provides a compact and modular fiber distribution hub. In addition, the fiber distribution hub can join optical fibers by mechanical splices, fusion splices and fiber optic connectors in a single unit.
US08488926B2	Photoelectric connector assembly with a lens member having lenses at opposite faces thereof A photoelectric connector assembly includes a first lens member connecting with fiber cables and defining convex lenses opposite to fiber cables, a connector and a substrate embedded with waveguides. The connector defines a mating cavity running through a front face thereof and inserted with said first lens member. The connector includes terminals with contacting sections exposing to the mating cavity, a second lens members. The second lens member is located at back of the first lens member and defines first convex lenses at a front face thereof and second convex lenses at a rear face thereof. The first convex lenses are coupled with the convex lens of the first lens member. The substrate defines light ports at free ends of the waveguides. The substrate is seated with the connector and the light ports are coupled with the second convex lenses of the second lens member.
US08488925B2	Adiabatic coupler for coiled optical fiber devices An optical fiber coupler is formed of a section of optical fiber that is positioned between a conventional input fiber (for example, a single mode fiber) or waveguide and a coiled optical fiber device. The adiabatic coupler is coiled (or, at least, curved) to assist in transforming a conventional fundamental mode optical signal propagating along the longitudinal axis of the input fiber to an optical signal that is shifted into a peripheral region of the coiled optical fiber. Moreover, the pitch of an inventive coiled optical fiber coupler can be controlled to assist in the adiabatic transformation process.
US08488924B2	Optical waveguide and bi-directional optical transceiver An optical waveguide and a bi-directional transceiver are provided. A single mode optical fiber has one end coupled to one end of a hollow optical fiber and an opposite end having a slope plane, thereby separating optical signals travelling in opposite directions from each other. Manual alignment for an optical system is easily realized without the need for additional optical elements, so that the light transmission/reception performance of the optical waveguide is improved and the structure of the optical waveguide is smaller.
US08488922B2	Multi-channel dispersion compensator A multi-channel dispersion compensator comprising an optical signal waveguide that forms an input end for receiving an optical signal and an output end for providing a filtered optical signal. The multi-channel dispersion compensator also includes a series of closed-loop resonators providing frequency delay to at least one channel of the optical signal. The optical signal waveguide and each closed-loop resonator form a tunable coupler having a coupling value. The coupling value for each tunable coupler is selected to minimize constant dispersion and linear slope dispersion of the optical signal. Methods of fabrication and use are also described.
US08488914B2	Electronic apparatus and image processing method According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an indexing module, a select module, a first image extraction module and a playback module. The indexing module is configured to generate index information indicative of attributes of a plurality of still images. The select module is configured to select a style. The first image extraction module is configured to extract a first still image group from the plurality of still images corresponding to the style, based on the index information. The playback module is configured to play back a moving picture by using the first still image group.
US08488913B2	Method and system for example-based face hallucination A method for example-based face hallucination uses manifold learning to project a plurality of training images in a training database and an input low resolution (LR) face image into a same manifold domain, then iteratively refines the reconstruction basis by selecting a training set having k projected training images which best match the parts of the projected LR face image, where k≦N and N is the number of projected training images. Through the best-match training set, a set of prototype faces are learned, and the set of prototype faces are used as the reconstruction basis to reconstruct a high resolution face image for the input LR face image.
US08488908B2	System and method for capturing adjacent images by utilizing a panorama mode A system and method for capturing adjacent images includes an imaging device with a panorama manager that performs various procedures to manipulate one or more image parameters that correspond to adjacent frames of captured image data. An image-stitching software program may then produce a cohesive combined panorama image from the adjacent frames of image data by utilizing the manipulated image parameters.
US08488907B1	Hybrid images for maps combining low frequency map data and high frequency satellite image data Hybrid images merge the benefits of map views and satellite images. A geographic information system includes a geographic information server and at least one database containing a plurality of map views and satellite images. A decomposition module of the geographic information server decomposes the map views and the satellite images into at least high frequency components and low frequency components. A map view and satellite image hybridization module blends the high frequency components from the map view and the high frequency components from the satellite image. Then, the hybridization module combines the low frequency components of the map view with the blended high frequency components from both the map view and the satellite image to form a hybrid image. The hybrid image can subsequently be stored in a database of the geographic information system and/or served to a client device via a network.
US08488891B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding and multi-view image A Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a multi-view image are provided. The method of encoding a multi-view image includes determining whether each of pictures included in multi-view image sequences is a reference picture referred to by other pictures included in the multi-view image sequences for inter-view prediction, and encoding the pictures using at least one of inter-view prediction and temporal prediction based on the determination result, thereby efficiently encoding and decoding the multi-view image at high speed.
US08488879B2	Image processing device and image processing method An image processing device includes a hue calculation unit configured to calculate a hue of a pixel included in a target image; an extraction unit configured to extract a first group including a pixel, a hue of which is close to a hue of the target pixel; a chromaticity calculation unit configured to calculate a chromaticity of the pixel included in the first group and that of the target pixel; a diffuse reflection factor calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated diffuse reflection factor by using the chromaticity of the pixel included in the first group and that of the target pixel; and a separation unit configured to separate a diffuse reflection component from a pixel value of the target pixel by using the diffuse reflection factor, the diffuse reflection component representing a component in the pixel value that varies as the diffuse reflection factor varies.
US08488874B2	Variable rate sprayer system and method of variably applying agrochemicals Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for controlling a variable-rate sprayer for precision agriculture. Highly efficient digital image processing enables rapid and reliable control of the variable rate sprayer. In one embodiment, image processing uses only a subset of luminance, hue, saturation and intensity textural features to provide rapid image recognition. In another embodiment, an image is decomposed into RGB components and a G is ratio determined. For example, the textural method is useful in growing season where color differentiation is difficult. The G ratio method is useful in early spring and late fall where color differentiation is possible. These rapid computationally light methods enable a mobile sprayer system to identify crop or field conditions in real-time and to dispense an appropriate amount of agrochemical in a specific section of the sprayer boom where the target has been detected as the mobile sprayer advances.
US08488867B2	Inspection device for disk-shaped substrate An inspection apparatus to precisely quantitatively inspect positions of formation of film layers formed on the surface of a disk-shaped substrate. It generates captured image data expressing a captured image corresponding to a field of vie based on image signals successively output from an image capturing unit capturing an image of a predetermined surface at an outer circumference part of the disk-shaped substrate and generates film layer edge position information expressing longitudinal direction positions at corresponding positions along the circumferential direction of an edge line of a film layer image pan corresponding to the film layer on the surface image with reference to, from the captured image data, longitudinal direction positions at the different positions along the circumferential direction of a boundary line between a surface image part corresponding to the predetermined surface on the captured image and its outer image part.
US08488862B2	Characterization of source trajectory for radiotherapy Some embodiments include obtaining a projection image of a plurality of fiducials associated with a coordinate system irradiated by a radiotherapy radiation source at a plurality of discrete locations on a trajectory path model, determination of a projection matrix from projection images of the fiducials irradiated by the radiotherapy radiation source at each of the discrete locations, determination of the actual coordinate of the radiotherapy radiation source in the coordinate system associated with the fiducials at the plurality of discrete locations based on the determined projection matrices, and correlating the trajectory path model of the radiotherapy radiation source to the determined actual position of the radiotherapy radiation source at the discrete locations.
US08488846B2	Expedient encoding system An encoding system for an iris recognition system. In particular, it presents a robust encoding method of the iris textures to compress the iris pixel information into few bits that constitute the iris barcode to be stored or matched against database templates of same form. The iris encoding system is relied on to extract key bits of information under various conditions of capture, such as illumination, obscuration or eye illuminations variations.
US08488845B1	Semi-automatic extraction of linear features from image data Method for editing a vector set associated with an extracted linear feature in a remotely sensed image, the vector set defining a path and being tied to a geographical location. The method includes displaying the path in a graphical display. Once the user activates a smart editing tool, the user establishes a region of influence centered around a cursor. The region of influence is configured to respond to cursor movements. The user specifies a point near the path and moves the cursor to it, bringing the region of influence along. Any error in the vector set of the path is automatically corrected in real time using image-based logic. The user then previews the correction on the graphical display and implements it, updating the path. The updated path is displayed in real time in the graphical display.
US08488842B2	Systems and methods for tracking and authenticating goods Systems and methods for identifying, tracking, tracing and determining the authenticity of a good include an imaging system, a database, and an authentication center. The imaging system is configured to capture an image of a unique signature associated with a good. The unique signature can be, for example, a random structure or pattern unique to the particular good. The imaging system is configured to process the image to identify at least one metric that distinguishes the unique signature from unique signatures of other goods. The database is configured to receive information related to the good and its unique signature from the imaging system, and to store the information therein. The authentication center is configured to analyze the field image with respect to the information stored in the database to determine whether the unique signature in the field image is a match to the captured image stored in the database.
US08488837B2	Apparatus and method for generating constructively multi-patterned watermark, and apparatus and method for inserting and detecting the watermark using the same An apparatus and a method for generating a constructively multi-patterned watermark, an apparatus and a method for inserting and detecting the watermark using the same. The method includes dividing user's hidden data into plural partial data and outputs the plural partial data, performing a message-encoding of the plural partial data, modulating the plural message-encoded data into image signal format and outputting plural message signals, generating a synchronization signal for synchronizing the constructively multi-patterned watermark with a two-dimensional translation of an image, generating, plural sub-base patterns using the plurality of message signals modulated into the image signal format, and the synchronization signal, and generating a base watermark that is the constructively multi-patterned watermark, using the plural sub-base patterns. Therefore, the invention increases the payload of the watermark, withstands robustly the two-dimensional translation of an image and general geometric transform of the image through the constructive characteristics of the watermark.
US08488835B2	System for extracting a fingerprint data from video/audio signals A system for extracting a fingerprint data from video/audio signals, comprising a frame buffer for storing the video frame images, which accepts a new video frame image and discards the oldest video frame image in a first in first out (FIFO) fashion; a sub-sampler for sampling the video images, which operates on one video frame image at a time, so that the output of the sub-sampler contains data samples obtained from multiple video frame images while the video image content itself is discarded, and after each video frame image is sampled at the head of the frame buffer, it is discarded after the sampling; a divider through which the data samples go, in order to divide the data samples into groups of video frames so as to be organized as one fingerprint segment after another one; a formatter which incorporates optional information to the fingerprint segment so as to form the fingerprint data, and at the output of the formatter, the video image content is discarded, only the fingerprint data and the associated optional information remain; and a transfer buffer which transfers the fingerprint data and the associated optional information by to the fingerprint database. According to the present invention, the system for extracting a fingerprint data from video/audio signals facilitates the automatic identification, archiving and search of video content without the need for human visual inspections.
US08488833B2	Electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing including a top wall, a keyboard supported on the top wall, and a speaker contained in the housing. A region of the top wall positioned on the front side of the keyboard comprises a palm-rest surface on which a user's hand is to be placed, and a speaker exposure surface including an opening part exposing the speaker to an outside of the housing. The speaker exposure surface is depressed and lower than the palm-rest surface.
US08488832B2	Docking station for media player A docking station for an iPad or the like, has a base, a support connected to the base and holding an iPad, a signal connector, an operating circuit for amplifying an audio signal received from the iPad via the connector, and speakers for reproducing sound based on an audio signal amplified by the operating circuit. The support is movable relative to the base between an erected position for operation of the docking station and a collapsed position when the docking station is not in use and is, in the erected position, movable between two angular positions, supporting the iPad in portrait and landscape orientations. The base has a recess for receiving at least part of the support in the collapsed position, and providing an unobtrusive profile to the docking station in the collapsed position of the support.
US08488829B2	Paired gradient and pressure microphones for rejecting wind and ambient noise A device includes a windscreen in a first surface, a gradient microphone housed in a capsule having first and second outlets coupled to openings in a second surface displaced from the first surface, a pressure microphone mounted between the first and second surfaces, and circuitry coupled to the gradient microphone and the pressure microphone and operable to combine the signals of the microphones and provide a combined microphone signal.
US08488828B2	Unidirectional condenser microphone unit A unidirectional condenser microphone unit includes a unit casing formed of a metallic cylindrical body and having a front acoustic terminal on a front surface thereof and a rear acoustic terminal on a side surface thereof, an electrostatic acousto-electric converter disposed inside the unit casing, and a shield member put on the rear acoustic terminal from an inside of the unit casing in a cylindrical shape. The shield member has a length approximately equal to an inner periphery length of the unit casing and a width covering the rear acoustic terminal. Also, the shield member is formed of a metal plate having spring elasticity, and includes a large number of holes for electromagnetic shield substantially throughout the entire surface thereof.
US08488827B2	Condenser microphone A condenser microphone includes a cylindrical microphone case having a condenser microphone unit therein; a microphone connector having an insulating base, one ground pin and two signal pins are embedded in the microphone connector; and a cylindrical connector sleeve fitted in the microphone case and accommodating the microphone connector therein, in which the connector sleeve has a concave-convex part on the outer peripheral surface thereof, the concave-convex part is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the microphone case at a plurality of points after the connector sleeve is fixed into the end of the microphone case by fixing means, and thereby the connector sleeve is electrically conducted with the microphone case.
US08488826B2	Horn enclosure for combining sound output A horn enclosure combines sound output emanating from a plurality of acoustic drivers. The horn enclosure includes a plurality of sound input plenums, a plurality of flow passageways, and a common sound output chamber. Each of the input plenums is coupled to an acoustic driver for receiving generated sound output from the associated driver. A plurality of partitions defining the plurality of flow passageways provides for a plurality of acoustic paths from each acoustic driver and through the input plenum. The common sound output chamber is in acoustic communication with each plenum through respective flow passageways and has a sound output opening for passage of the combined sound output.
US08488822B2	Assistive listening system adapted for using DECT The invention relates to an assistive listening system comprising an audio transmitting device adapted for transmitting an audio signal and/or a control signal to a multitude of receiving listening devices and at least one receiving listening device adapted for receiving said audio signal and said control signal from said audio transmitting device. The invention further relates to a method of operating an assistive listening system and to its use. The object of the present invention is to provide an assistive listening system suitable for servicing a multitude of body worn listening devices in a wireless environment. The problem is solved in that the system is adapted to establish a digital link according to the DECT-standard from the audio transmitting device to the at least one receiving listening device, wherein the system is adapted to provide that said link is uni-directional. The system has the advantage of providing a reliable channel selection in a wireless assistive listening system comprising low power, body worn listening devices. The invention may e.g. be used for public address systems, e.g. educational listening systems, comprising listening devices adapted for being worn by a user.
US08488812B2	Biasing circuit for a microelectromechanical acoustic transducer and related biasing method A biasing circuit for an acoustic transducer is provided with: a voltage-booster stage, which supplies, on a biasing terminal, a boosted voltage for biasing a first terminal of the acoustic transducer; and filtering elements, set between the biasing terminal and the acoustic transducer, for filtering disturbances on the boosted voltage. The biasing circuit is further provided with switches, which can be actuated so as to connect the first terminal to the biasing terminal of the voltage-booster stage, directly during a start-up step of the biasing circuit, and through the filtering elements at the end of the start-up step.
US08488801B2	Audio compensation unit and compensating method and audio processing device thereof An audio compensation unit includes a detection subunit and a compensation subunit. The detection subunit is for detecting an audio signal to obtain an original frequency. The detection subunit defines a predetermined low frequency band and a predetermined high frequency band. The detection subunit is also for generating a first control signal when the original frequency is within the low frequency band, and a second control signal when the original frequency is within the high frequency band. The compensation subunit includes an electronic switch, a first compensation circuit, and a second compensation circuit. The electronic switch enables the first compensation circuit according to the first control signal, for compensating the audio signal. The electronic switch is further enables the second compensation circuit according to the second control signal, for compensating the audio signal.
US08488794B2	Method for access control to a scrambled content A method for access control to a digital scrambled content distributed to a set of installed reception terminals including one master terminal and at least one slave terminal dependent on the master terminal. In the method the slave terminal systematically or occasionally returns at least one item of information about the access condition to the master terminal through a point-to-point link, to enable the master terminal to control access of the slave terminal to the content.
US08488785B2	Secure storage and retrieval of confidential information A secure information storage management system may securely manage the storage of confidential information. A randomizer module may randomly generate a schema that specifies a random number of pieces, a random size for each piece, a random sequence for the pieces, and/or a random location where each piece is to be stored. The randomizer module may divide the confidential information into pieces that collectively constitute the confidential information in conformance with the schema. A storage management module may cause each piece of confidential information to be stored at a different, non-contiguous storage location. When present, the storage management module may cause each piece to be stored at the location for it that is specified in the schema.
US08488780B2	Finite field calculation apparatus, finite field calculation method and recording medium A calculation Πi=0N−1e(R(i, 0), . . . , R(i, K−1)) where a calculation of K elements R(i, k)εGF(pm) of a finite field GF(pm) over a finite field is expressed as e(R(i, 0), . . . , R(i, K−1)) is efficiently performed. Polynomials poly(R(i, 0), . . . , R(i, K−1)) that express a d-th-order extension field of the finite field GF(pm), which are obtained by the calculations e(R(i, 0), . . . , R(i, K−1)) for different values of i, are multiplied by each other, and a cumulative multiplication of the products is performed, for example. The polynomial poly(R(i, 0), . . . , R(i, K−1)) is a mapping from the input elements of the finite field GF(pm), and the coefficients of at least some of the terms thereof are 0. The same process is performed for different sets of values of i, and the calculation Πi=0N−1e(R(i, 0), . . . , R(i, K−1)) is performed using the result.
US08488776B2	Echo suppressing method and apparatus The coefficient generating section receives a first signal which is the output signal of the microphone of a signal generated by subtracting the output signal of a linear echo canceller from the output signal of the microphone and a second signal which is the output signal of the linear echo canceller. The coefficient generating section detects the minimum value of the variation with time of the ratio of the amplitude of the first signal to that of the second signal and outputs the value of constant times the detected minimum value as a crosstalk coefficient indicating the degree of crosstalk of the echo. The converting section corrects the first signal according to the crosstalk coefficient and the second signal to generate a near-end signal which is the resultant signal of when the echo is removed from the first signal and outputs the near-end signal to an output terminal.
US08488763B2	Method and system for conference call scheduling via e-mail A method and system for conference call scheduling using e-mail. The method and system can receive and parse an e-mail received from a conference moderator, containing scheduling and participant information and schedule a conference call with minimal further user intervention. In essence, the method and system can operate as a virtual administrative assistant to identify and collect telephone contact information for each of the proposed conference call participants, using a customizable hierarchy of internal and external sources of contact information. In this manner, the conference moderator does not need know telephone contact information for each conference call participant.
US08488761B2	Methods and systems for a call log A call log associated with outgoing calls originating from calling devices may be established and maintained. Filter parameters may be set to specify which outgoing calls to log. Outgoing call information associated with calls originating from a user's calling devices may be obtained and transmitted to a service center. A server in the service center may determine whether or not to log the outgoing call information based on the filter settings. The outgoing call information may be stored in the call log, which may reside in a database in the service center. The user may access the call log from a user terminal and/or the calling devices. The call log may be used to add contacts to a contact list and facilitate data analyses.
US08488748B2	Meningitis diagnostic and intervention tool for emergency dispatch Systems and methods to assist an emergency medical dispatcher in responding to emergency calls are disclosed. A computer-implemented emergency dispatch protocol is provided that includes interrogatories for a dispatcher to ask a caller to generate an appropriate response. A diagnostic tool is provided to aid a dispatcher in determining a likelihood that the patient has meningitis. The diagnostic tool determines a likelihood that the patient has meningitis based on caller-relayed information concerning the caller's observations of the patient. The diagnostic tool can be launched automatically by the emergency dispatch protocol, or manually, as desired by a dispatcher. The diagnostic tool presents a user interface that may provide, among other things, questions to guide the caller in identifying signs and symptoms that the patient has meningitis and input components associated with the questions.
US08488743B2	Nanotube based device for guiding X-ray photons and neutrons A nanotube based device for guiding a beam of x-rays, photons, or neutrons, includes a beam source and at least one nanotube. Each nanotube has an optical entrance positioned in a manner that a projection of the direction of the central axis at the optical entrance intersects with the beam source. Each nanotube may have an interior diameter that varies along the length of the nanotube. to point the entrances of a bundle of nanotubes toward a point-shaped beam source, the bundle can be grown as an array of multilayer nanotubes from a spherical growth plate. The clear aperture of the bundle is enhanced by providing a smaller number of wall layers of each nanotube near the growth plate than at a distance from the growth plate.
US08488742B2	X-ray generator, X-ray imaging apparatus, and control methods therefor In an X-ray generator which includes an electron beam generating unit which has a plurality of electron emitters and generates an electron beam corresponding to driven electron emitters, and a target electrode which generates X-rays with the irradiation position of an electron beam generated by the electron beam generating unit being an X-ray focus, the X-ray focus shape formed by a set of X-ray focuses on the target electrode is controlled by individually controlling driving of the plurality of electron emitters.
US08488731B2	Slicing level and sampling phase adaptation circuitry for data recovery systems The invention creates a slicing level and sampling phase adaptation circuitry for data recovery systems. The invention explores the boundary of the eye opening to decide the optimal slicing level and sampling phase with a simple bit error rate estimation technique. Bit error rate estimation is achieved with several collaborating samplers.
US08488729B1	Deskew across high speed data lanes Methods and structures are disclosed for aligning high speed data across a plurality of lanes. In one embodiment, a method and integrated circuit (“IC”) is provided for receiving and aligning scrambled training data across a plurality of data lanes before the data is descrambled. In some implementations, a known scrambled training pattern is different in each lane and alignment includes comparing incoming training data in each lane to different known scrambled training patterns in each lane. In some implementations, after scrambled data is aligned and then descrambled, it is checked against a known unscrambled training pattern to make sure that alignment of the scrambled training data was correct. In an alternative embodiment, data is descrambled before being aligned, but deskew circuitry output is monitored to determine if a training pattern ends at the same time across the plurality of lanes being aligned. If not, then data in a lane for which the training pattern ends earliest is delayed by an amount corresponding to the length of one or more cycles of the training pattern.
US08488727B1	System and method of selecting antennas based on signal-to-noise ratios and signal quality values A system includes a receiver, a processor and a decision device. The receiver receives a first signal via a first antenna, and one of the first signal and a second signal via a second antenna. The processor determines: based on the first signal as received at the first antenna, a first signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a first signal quality value; and based on the one of the first and second signals as received at the second antenna, a second SNR and a second signal quality value. The decision device selects one of the first and second antennas based on (i) a difference between the first SNR and the second SNR if the first SNR is greater than the second SNR, or (ii) the first signal quality value and the second signal quality value if the difference between the first SNR and the second SNR is less than a predetermined threshold.
US08488722B2	Communication signal decoding and soft demapping methods and systems Symbol detection and soft dempapping methods and systems are provided. Individual subset symbol detection according to an embodiment of the invention involves identifying a search subset of a transmission symbol set for a transmission symbol. For each other transmission symbol in communication signals, multiple search subsets of the transmission symbol set are identified. The multiple search subsets include respective search subsets based on each transmission symbol in either the search subset for the first identified one of the transmission symbols or each of the multiple search subsets identified for a different one of the other transmission symbols. Symbol detection errors may be detected by identifying competing symbols and computing competing distances. Soft demapping may be provided by calculating soft decision results based on detected symbols and weighting the soft decision result.
US08488705B2	Apparatus and method for generating symbol for multiple antennas The present invention relates a symbol generation apparatus for multiple antennas having low receiving complexity and having flexibility with respect to an increase in the number of antennas. The symbol generation apparatus includes a plurality of space-time channel encoders respectively corresponding to a plurality of channels, and an inverse fast Fourier transformer group. The respective space-time channel encoders receive a digital-modulated symbol group from the corresponding channel, perform a space-time encoding operation with respect to a plurality of space areas and at least one time area, shift phases by using a plurality of phase values, and generate a plurality of phase-shifted space-time codewords. The inverse fast Fourier transformer group performs an inverse fast Fourier transform operation by using the plurality of phase-shifted space-time codewords in a plurality of subcarriers respectively corresponding to the plurality of channels, and generates a plurality of inverse fast Fourier transformed signals.
US08488700B2	Discrete digital receiver with sample memory A receiver includes a sample and hold module, sample memory, a discrete time filter module, and a conversion module. The sample and hold module is operable to sample and hold an inbound wireless signal to produce a frequency domain sample pulse train. The sample memory is operable to store sample pulses of the frequency domain sample pulse train to produce a stored sample pulse train. The discrete time filter module is operable to filter the stored sample pulse train to produce a filtered sample pulse. The conversion module is operable to convert the filtered sample pulse into an inbound baseband signal.
US08488681B2	Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium This invention makes it possible to reduce power consumption of an encoding device while more appropriately encoding a video image in the first frame. An image capturing apparatus includes a camera unit which photo-electrically converts object light and outputs a video signal, an encoding unit which encodes the video signal, a camera information acquisition unit which acquires information associated with the operation status of the camera unit, and a calculation unit which calculates, on the basis of the information acquired by the camera information acquisition unit, an initial parameter serving as an encoding parameter for an initial encoding operation of the encoding unit before the start of an encoding operation of the encoding unit.
US08488675B2	Interpolation of video compression frames Coding techniques for a video image compression system involve improving an image quality of a sequence of two or more bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames, where each of the frames includes multiple pixels. One method involves determining a brightness value of at least one pixel of each bi-directionally predicted intermediate frame in the sequence as an equal average of brightness values of pixels in non-bidirectionally predicted frames bracketing the sequence of bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames. The brightness values of the pixels in at least one of the non-bidirectionally predicted frames is converted from a non-linear representation.
US08488672B2	Mode uniformity signaling for intra-coding Techniques for efficiently signaling one or more prediction modes for blocks in a macroblock. A mode uniformity indicator is provided for each macroblock to indicate whether all blocks in the macroblock are to be predicted using the same prediction mode. In an embodiment, an encoder signals a mode uniformity indicator and a prediction mode. In another embodiment, a decoder receives a mode uniformity indicator and a prediction mode, and predicts at least two blocks of the macroblock using the prediction mode if the mode uniformity indicator is true.
US08488671B2	Moving picture encoding device, moving picture decoding device, moving picture encoding method, moving picture decoding method, program, and computer readable recording medium storing program A moving picture encoding device for encoding a moving picture constituted of a time sequence of frame pictures by motion compensation, the device including: a reference picture generation section configured to generate a reference picture subjected to predetermined picture processing from a reference frame picture, in accordance with an encoding condition of a predetermined area to be encoded; and a motion compensation section configured to calculate a motion compensation value for the predetermined area to be encoded, by using a generated reference picture subjected to the predetermined picture processing.
US08488667B2	DTV transmitter and method of coding data in DTV transmitter A digital television (DTV) transmitter includes a first randomizer randomizing enhanced data; a Reed-Solomon (RS) frame encoder generating an RS frame; a block processor encoding data in the RS frame, outputting data symbols, interleaving the data symbols, and converting the interleaved data symbols into data bytes; a group formatting unit mapping the data bytes into data groups; a deinterleaver deinterleaving data of the data groups; a packet formatter outputting enhanced data packets; a multiplexer multiplexing the enhanced data packets with main data packets; a second randomizer randomizing the multiplexed main data packets and MPEG header data in the multiplexed enhanced data packets; a Reed-Solomon (RS) encoder RS encoding the multiplexed enhanced data packets; an interleaver interleaving data of the RS-encoded data packets; and a trellis encoding unit trellis encoding the interleaved data.
US08488665B2	Delta frame buffers Presented herein is a system and method for reducing the total size of the frame buffer portion of a decoding circuit. The reduction in size is possible because first portions of B-pictures are displayed while second portions occurring later in the raster order are decoded. The foregoing allows the second portions occurring later in the raster order to overwrite third portions of the picture that have already been displayed. As a result, the frame buffer for providing the frame from a decoder to the display engine need only store the portion that is being displayed and the portion that is being decoded.
US08488663B2	Impulse noise mitigation under out-of-band interference conditions A noise abatement method and system for impulse noise in an RF receiver where the RF analog signal is converted to a digital signal prior to being connected to a demodulator. Two filters are used to detect impulse noise signals even under out-of-band interferer conditions, and prevent the impulse noise from reaching the input to the demodulator. A first of the two filters detects impulse noise using signals lower than the frequency bandwidth of the desired signal, and a second of the two filters detects impulse noise using signals higher the frequency bandwidth of the desired signal. A mean magnitude of the signal is detected over a predetermined time T and is used to select which filter to use for noise abatement.
US08488660B2	Signal analyzing apparatus for LTE system A signal analysis apparatus of an LTE system includes a radio frequency reception unit for receiving a radio frequency signal of the LTE system and converting it into a signal of an intermediate frequency, a digital signal conversion unit for converting an analog signal, processed by the radio frequency reception unit, into a digital signal, a baseband conversion unit for converting the signal of the intermediate frequency into a baseband signal, a baseband signal simple analysis unit for decoding the baseband signal in real time in accordance with an LTE standard, a signal depository for storing the baseband signal, a baseband signal precision analysis unit for decoding and analyzing the baseband signal in accordance with the LTE standard and analyzing various items derived in the decoding process, two switching units for alternatively connecting the baseband conversion unit or the signal depository to the baseband signal simple analysis unit or the baseband signal precision analysis unit, and a control unit for controlling the switching units.
US08488656B2	Oversampled synthesizer systems and methods Systems and methods for combining digital input signals in an oversampled synthesizer system are provided. An inverse Fourier transform component is configured to receive a plurality of digital input signals, having a first sampled rate, and produce a corresponding representation of a wideband signal as a plurality of parallel outputs. A plurality of digital filters are each configured to apply a transfer function to an associated one of the parallel outputs to produce a filtered output. A number of filters in the plurality of digital filters is less than a number of parallel outputs of the inverse Fourier transform component, such that at least one of the parallel outputs is not provided to any filter of the plurality of digital filters. An interpolation component combines the plurality of filtered outputs into a wideband digital output signal having a second sampled rate.
US08488648B2	Apparatus and method for symbol error correctable modulation and demodulation using frequency selective baseband Provided are a method and apparatus using a frequency selective baseband. Symbol-error correction modulation and demodulation is performed by generating a plurality of subgroups by dividing 2N spread codes or orthogonal codes used for frequency spreading into 2M (M
US08488645B2	Semiconductor device having a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) and a protection diode integrated therein and having reduced capacitance to allow the VCSEL to achieve high operating speeds A semiconductor device is provided that has a VCSEL and a protection diode integrated therein and that has an additional intrinsic layer. The inclusion of the additional intrinsic layer increases the width of the depletion region of the protection diode, which reduces the amount of capacitance that is introduced by the protection diode. Reducing the amount of capacitance that is introduced by the protection diode allows the VCSEL to operate at higher speeds.
US08488643B2	Photonic-crystal surface emitting laser, laser array using the laser, and image forming apparatus using the laser array A laser structure is provided in which an influence caused by a concave-convex structure on laser characteristics is reduced when the Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth (ELO) technique is applied to a photonic-crystal surface emitting laser. A height of the mask structure is set such that a reflection peak wavelength of 0-th order diffracted light and a reflection peak wavelength of first-order diffracted light differ from each other for light that enters a concave-convex periodic structure, which is constituted by a first layer and a mask structure, from a photonic crystal. Further, reflection intensity of the 0-th order diffracted light from the concave-convex periodic structure is larger than reflection intensity of the first-order diffracted light from the concave-convex periodic structure at an oscillation wavelength λ.
US08488628B2	Apparatus, and associated method, for selecting and negotiating frame size of communication data communicated in a radio communication system Apparatus, and an associated method, for negotiating an LLC frame size for a UMA/GAN network. A calculator, embodied at a mobile station, calculates an optimal frame size, i.e., an N201-U value. A negotiation initiator initiates a frame size negotiation with a network entity. The frame size negotiation utilizes the calculated optimal frame size. And, a frame size is allocated responsive to the negotiation. The allocated frame size is used in the formation of user data packets that are constrained to be of sizes that are close to the allocated N201-U value, defined at the LLC layer.
US08488623B2	Scalable interconnect modules with flexible channel bonding The present application discloses apparatus and methods for increasing channel utilization for a high-speed serial interface of an integrated circuit (IC). A new circuit architecture is disclosed which provides circuitry that may be programmed flexibly to support a multitude of different channel bonding schemes. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the new architecture decouples the granularity of control-signal channel bonding from the granularity of data-aggregation channel bonding. This advantageously allows optimization of configurations for both types of channel bonding. In another aspect of the invention, the logical boundaries of bonded user channels are decoupled from the physical boundaries of the PCS modules. This decoupling advantageously eliminates a rigid constraint of previous architectures.
US08488619B2	Allocating interlace multiplex pairs for multicast services The present invention provides a method implemented in a control entity within a wireless communication system. The method includes selecting, at the control entity, a plurality of sectors in response to receiving requests for a multicast service from mobile units located within the plurality of sectors. The method also includes allocating, at the control entity, one or more interlace-multiplex pairs for providing the multicast service to the mobile units within the plurality of sectors. One or more of the interlace-multiplex pairs are allocated based on a priority list that ranks priorities of the plurality of interlace-multiplex pairs according to how many of the plurality of sectors provide the multicast service using the corresponding interlace-multiplex pair. The method also includes establishing a call flow over an air interface to the mobile units using the allocated interlace-multiplex pair(s).
US08488617B2	Railway-train communication apparatus A railway-train communication apparatus transmits a first transmission signal flowing through an inter-car network between cars of a railway train and a second transmission signal flowing through an in-car network in each of the cars. A node device includes a first signal converter and a second signal converter that perform a signal conversion between the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal and a layer 2 switch arranged between the first signal converter and the second signal converter for connecting the first signal converter and the second signal converter. A first controller is connected to the layer 2 switch.
US08488616B2	Building multipoint-to-multipoint label switch paths Creating, maintaining, and using multipoint-to-multipoint label switch paths (LSP) in a provider network using a protocol such as multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) are presented. A multipoint-to-multipoint LSP, allowing bi-directional multicast-type transmission between routers in a core provider network, is provided, in part, by configuring routers within the core network to associate not only an upstream data interface with an upstream label, but also each downstream interface with an upstream label in an upstream state.
US08488615B2	Contention groups for hidden nodes Communicating among stations in a network includes, from each of multiple stations in the network, transmitting information indicating which other stations from which that station is able to reliably receive transmissions. A schedule for communicating among the stations is determined based on the information from the stations and transmitting the schedule over the network. The schedule includes a plurality of time slots during which respective sets of stations are assigned to communicate using a contention-based protocol.
US08488608B2	System and method for traffic distribution in a multi-chassis link aggregation A pair of aggregation switches is connected to an edge node by a multi-chassis link aggregation group, wherein the aggregation switches are connected by a virtual fabric link (VFL) for exchange of information between the Aggregation Switches. The VFL includes a plurality of subsets of VFL physical links, wherein each subset is connected to a different pair of network interface modules on the Aggregation Switches. Traffic distribution across the plurality of subsets of VFL physical links is based on destination hardware device information in a pre-pended header of packets and/or based on a load balancing identifier in the pre-pended header.
US08488605B2	Point-to-multipoint connections for data delivery A method, device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium transferring information using a network. The information transferred by connecting a destination device operatively to a storage device using the network. The storage device storing information to be transmitted to the destination device. The network providing a point-to-multipoint connection between an origin device and a plurality of destination devices. The plurality of destination devices including the destination device. Also, the information being transferred by receiving the information stored in the storage device by the destination device in response to the destination device being operatively connected to the storage device. The information received by the destination device having been transmitted from the origin device to the network prior to the destination device being operatively connected to the storage device.
US08488603B2	Method, apparatus, and system for implementing multicast services A method, device and system for implementing the multicast service are provided, and the method comprises: at the ingress node and exit node of the multicast path, establishing the mapping relationship information between the original multicast address identifier of the multicast service data and the multicast address identifier inside the bearer network; when the multicast source sends the multicast service data, the ingress node maps the original multicast address identifier of the multicast service data to the multicast address identifier inside the bearer network according to the mapping relationship information, and sends the multicast service data to the exit node along the multicast path; and the exit node maps the multicast identifier of the multicast service data inside the bearer network to the original multicast address identifier according to the mapping relationship information, and sends it to the receiving side of the multicast service data.
US08488602B2	Methods and apparatus for transmitting group communication signals Group communications methods and apparatus are described. Multiple modes of group communications signaling are supported. In a first mode, copies of packets are separately transmitted to each group member in a sector or cell. In a second mode a copy of a packet is directed to multiple group members at the same time. Transitions between the two modes may be determined as a function of the cost of operating in each of the modes in terms of system cost and/or the number of group members in a cell or sector being serviced by a transmitter.
US08488598B2	Call flow system and method for use in a VoIP telecommunication system A method of establishing a communication link between a mobile terminal of a wireless network and a subscriber of a network, such as an enterprise network, and/or a residential network.
US08488597B2	Apparatus for collecting charging information of a data service and charging method thereof The present invention discloses an apparatus for collecting charging information of data service and charging method thereof. The apparatus comprises: a protocol distribution processing module, for classifying service data received from a gateway service node in the wireless network by the protocol type, and sending the classified service data to a protocol processing module of the corresponding protocol type; receiving service data from said one or more than one protocol processing module and sending the service data to the gateway service node; at least one protocol processing module, for receiving the classified service data from the protocol distribution processing module, obtaining charging information of the service data and sending the charging information to a charging system, and transparently transmitting the service data to a packet switched domain network; receiving the service data from a packet switched domain network, obtaining the charging information of the service data and sending the charging information to the charging system, and transparently transmitting the service data to the protocol distribution processing module. This invention can accurately collect the charging information of service data of various classes.
US08488593B2	Apparatus and system for controlling signal filtering According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus and system for controlling signal filtering. According to some non-limiting embodiments, a selective filtering apparatus is provided. The selective filtering apparatus comprises an input interface connectable to a source of a composite signal within a first frequency range and a filtering device, coupled to the input interface. The filtering device comprises a filter and an output interface, the filter being operable to filter the composite signal and output an output signal within a second frequency range, the second frequency range being a subset of the first frequency range; the output interface being connectable to at least a portion of an in-premises telephone wiring. The selective filtering apparatus further comprises a triggering module being operable to cause the output interface to selectively output one of the output signal and the composite signal responsive to detection of a triggering event.
US08488590B2	Method and device using data objects and their replications for carrying out communications in a distributed system A method and device are provided for conducting a real-time, voice over IP media type of communication session between at least two peer users, each associated with a platform comprised in a distributed communication network. The method and device comprise providing at least one replication of at least one data object to all other platforms associated with that distributed communication network.
US08488589B2	System and method for communicating over mesh networks waveform-enhanced, link-state routing A communication system includes a plurality of mobile nodes forming a mesh network. A plurality of wireless communication links connect the mobile nodes together. Each mobile node is formed as a communications device and operative for transmitting data packets wirelessly to other mobile nodes via the wireless communications link from a source mobile node through intermediate neighboring mobile nodes to a destination mobile node using a link state routing protocol and multiple waveforms.
US08488586B2	Methods of selecting target cells using neighbor cell information and related network controllers A method of operating a radio access network may include providing neighbor cell information identifying neighbor cells of a source cell and respective neighbor scrambling codes of the neighbor cells. A report may be received from a wireless terminal through the source cell with the report identifying a reported scrambling code of a reported cell and at least one detected scrambling code of at least one detected cell other than the reported cell. One of the neighbor cells may be selected as a target cell based on the reported scrambling code, the at least one detected scrambling code, and the neighbor cell information.
US08488583B2	Method and apparatus for relocating a header compression context in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for relocating a header compression text, wherein the context updating properties of each individual header during the relocation process is disabled.
US08488580B2	Closed loop precoding over a set of parallel channels Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying successive multi-rank beamforming strategies (e.g., successive precoding strategies) for the design of precoders over a set of parallel channels. Successive beamforming is applied to a narrow band channel model and is also applied for finer quantization of a single beamforming vector (e.g., recursive beamforming). A first embodiment provides the optimal approach with high complexity. An alternative embodiment provides successive beamforming for near optimal precoding selection with medium complexity. A low complexity method for precoder selection is also provided wherein a channel representative matrix for the set of parallel channels is determined and successive beamforming on the calculated channel representative is applied.
US08488577B1	Apparatus for controlling the availability of internet access to applications Embodiments relate to systems and methods for controlling network access that includes receiving, at a network layer of a protocol stack of a mobile computing device comprising two or more communications interfaces, one or more data packets from an application executing on the mobile computing device, wherein the two or more communication interfaces comprise a cellular communication interface and a wireless network interface; identifying, at the network layer upon receiving the data packet, one or more rules that specify at least one of a plurality of networks to utilize to transmit the data packet, based on the one or more rules, selecting, in the network layer, a communication interface from the two or more communications interfaces associated with the at least one of the plurality of networks for transmitting the one or more data packets.
US08488576B2	Methods and apparatus for establishing WLAN communications using an ESSID created based on a predetermined algorithm and a domain name One method in a mobile communication device for use in establishing communications between the mobile communication device and a wireless local communication network (WLAN) involves identifying a domain name of the WLAN; performing, in the mobile communication device, a predetermined algorithm with use of the domain name, for creating an extended service set identifier (ESSID) which includes at least a portion of the domain name of the WLAN; and associating with an wireless access point of the WLAN with use of the ESSID for accessing communication services in the WLAN.
US08488575B2	Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing a plurality of application services via a customized private network connection A plurality of application services are provided to subscriber devices in a cloud computing network. A plurality of requests for application services are received from a subscriber device via a customized private network connection assigned to the subscriber device, and the requests for application services are aggregated with requests for application services from other subscriber devices. The requests are transmitted to application servers within the cloud computing network hosting applications for performing the application services. The subscriber device is provided with the requested plurality of application services via the customized private network connection.
US08488574B2	Wireless network system and association control method thereof Provided is an association control method for maximizing a message in message (MIM) function in a WLAN environment. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when all SINR values of transmission links to two or more first clients associated with the first access point are equal to or more than a predetermined capture threshold, SINR value of a transmission link to a second client associated with the second access point is less than the capture threshold, and at least one of the first clients, referred to as a third client group, can be associated with the second access point, associations are modified so that the third client group is associated with the second access point to enable concurrent transmission.
US08488570B2	Communication method, communication apparatus, and computer program A method and apparatus for communicating between devices by selectively using a plurality of communication methods including a centralized control method, in which each communication apparatus sends and receives data under control of a control apparatus, and a distributed control method, in which each communication apparatus sends and receives data in an autonomous and distributing manner. The method and apparatus include detecting radio frequency interference, and switching between the centralized control method and the distributed control method according to a result of detecting the radio frequency interference.
US08488568B2	Method and system of interferer signal detection A method for detecting an interferer signal in a duplex communication channel. The method comprises establishing a duplex communication channel for transmitting and receiving a signal having a plurality of frames each comprising an uplink (UL) and a downlink (DL) sub frames, allocating a plurality of silent slots in at least on of the UL and DL sub frames of at least some of the plurality of frames, intercepting at least one transmission signal during the plurality of silent slots, and detecting at least one interferer signal according to the at least one transmission signal.
US08488553B2	Method for providing seamless transition between networks following different protocols Example embodiments provide methods for handling the transition of a mobile device from a first network to a second network, the second network operating according to a different communications protocol from the first network. One example embodiment includes terminating forwarding of the data packets from the first network to the mobile device; rebuilding headers of unforwarded data packets at the first network; and sending the rebuilt data packets from the first network to the second network. Another example embodiment includes resetting a header compression state at the second network; receiving unforwarded data packets from the first network at the second network, the unforwarded data packets being data packets the first network had not yet forwarded to the mobile device; and sending the unforwarded data packets from the second network to the mobile device.
US08488542B2	Data transmission method, network system and corresponding device A data transmission method in an enhanced CELL_FACH state, a network system, and a corresponding device are provided. The method includes the following steps. A radio transceiver receives information indicating a capability category of a UE. The radio transceiver acquires the capability category of the UE according to the information indicating the capability category of the UE. The radio transceiver performs data transmission to or from the UE according to the capability category of the UE. Since the information indicating the capability category of the UE is sent to the radio transceiver during the enhanced CELL_FACH data transmission, the radio transceiver performs the data transmission based on the capability category of a target UE, instead of the lowest capability category of the UE, thereby increasing the data transmission rate in the enhanced CELL_FACH state.
US08488541B2	Portable transceiver device that operates as a gateway to a proprietary wireless network A portable gateway device facilitating shared access to a proprietary wireless network. The portable gateway device acts as an external modem for one or more auxiliary personal computing devices, and the device includes: a local power supply, one or more processors, one or more memories, an identification module associated with a proprietary wireless network, a first wireless communications component, and a second wireless communications component having longer range communications capability than the first wireless communications component. The portable gateway device is configured to facilitate one or more external computing device accessing the proprietary wireless network by: establishing communications with a first external computing device using the first wireless communications component, authenticating access with the proprietary wireless network using the second wireless communications component, and subsequently relaying communications between the first external computing device and the proprietary wireless network using both the first and the second wireless communications components.
US08488537B2	Method of transmitting channel information in multiple antenna system A method of transmitting channel information in a multiple antenna system includes receiving the channel information comprising rank information, and transmitting a confirm message through a downlink control channel as a confirmation for the channel information, wherein the confirm message comprises overriding rank information which overrides the received rank information in an open loop scheme and also comprises information indicating whether the received channel information is used without alteration in a closed loop scheme. A rank indicator (RI) and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) can be carried on a dedicated control channel (DCCH) and be specified through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
US08488530B2	Method and apparatus of dynamic channel assignment for a wireless network Disclosed is a method and apparatus for dynamic channel assignment (DCA) in a wireless network, which describes the complex channel assignment problem with a decoding problem. The invention describes the decoding problem with a normal graph and specifies all the local rules enforced by all the nodes at access point sides and subscriber sides. Then, the invention carries out the sum-product algorithm to solve the DCA. It is not only a fully-distributed low-complexity DCA technology, but also significantly increases the network throughput. The invention further adopts the concept of subscriber exclusive region to guarantee the link quality between a subscriber and an access point.
US08488520B2	Adaptive modulation and coding A base station, for use in a wireless communication system, includes a report receiving unit operable to receive from a user equipment of the system a report of a downlink received signal quality produced by the user equipment. The report receiving unit includes a unit operable to receive a report of a measuring received signal quality or a report of a selected modulation and coding scheme to the transmitter.
US08488503B2	Magnetic field communication method for managing node with low power consumption A magnetic field communication method is provided for managing node with low power consumption which enhances performance and efficiency of a magnetic field area network in the low frequency region. The magnetic field communication method for managing node with low power consumption of the present invention is accomplished in a low-frequency wireless network that is comprised of a MFAN-C and at least one MFAN-N wherein a physical layer is comprised of a preamble, a header, and a payload, and the preamble is comprised of a wake-up sequence and a synchronization sequence. The wake-up sequence is only added to the preamble of the frame that is transmitted from the MFAN-C when the MFAN-N is being activated from the hibernation mode. The wake-up sequence is modulated using ASK modulation, and the synchronization sequence is modulated using BPSK modulation.
US08488502B2	Frame generation device, reception device, data transmission/reception system, frame generation method, and reception method A distribution data presence/absence information generation section generates distribution data presence/absence information indicating whether or not data is included in a frame. A synchronization information generation section generates synchronization information including the distribution data presence/absence information.
US08488494B2	Rules system versions A rules systems version coordination method is disclosed for the initiation of a rules system version and the coordination of the rules system version with other rules system versions which may be available. Particularly, the rules system versions are coordinated so that one-and-only-one is in the Active State i.e. the state in which the Policy and Charging Rules Node (PCRN) is deriving its set of policies; rules system versions may only be promoted to the Active State from a Release State; and rules system versions may only be modified when in a Draft State, from which they may be promoted to the Release State. The rules systems version coordination method is particularly useful for providing a buffer state between rules system versions undergoing modification and the rules system version currently in service.
US08488492B2	Anycast-based internet protocol redirection to alleviate partial routing tables Systems and methods are described that instruct routers having constrained hardware/memory to redirect all outbound traffic to a helper router. The helper router contains a full routing table that can forward any packet to its destination. In a large service provider network, helper routers may be distributed at multiple locations across the network. Since packets must detour through the helper router, the distributed helper routers minimize latency.
US08488489B2	Scalable packet-switch A scalable packet switch possessing a multiport memory, a multiport memory manager, two or more input/output (I/O) ports, and two or more switch engines. Each switch engine is associated with one or more I/O ports, and is adapted to receive inbound packets and transmit outbound packets via the associated I/O ports. Inbound packets are stored in a shared packet buffer. Each switch engine is further adapted to (i) determine (i.e., bridge) the outbound I/O port(s) for received inbound packets by consulting a shared bridging table and (ii) schedule outbound packets for transmission, independently and in parallel with other switch engines. The shared packet buffer and shared bridging table are stored in the multiport memory and shared by all switch engines. The multiport memory manager allocates/de-allocates memory blocks within the multiport memory.
US08488482B2	Downlink routing mechanism The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various international standards, while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field. The present subject matter supports meters within an ANSI standard C12.22/C12.19 system while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field, all to permit cell-based adaptive insertion of C12.22 meters within an open framework. Cell isolation is provided through quasi-orthogonal sequences in a frequency hopping network. Additional features relate to apparatus and methodology subject matters relating to Downlink routing mechanisms.
US08488474B2	Feed line monitor apparatus A power reception apparatus receives feed information from a predetermined line of a communication cable and judges a state of the power reception apparatus. If the state is normal, it transmits the feed information by returning it to a line which is a pair with the predetermined line.
US08488470B2	Withdrawing multiple advertised routes based on a single tag which may be of particular use in border gateway protocol Advertised routes are associated with a particular tag in a routing database in a second router. A first router subsequently sends one or more messages associated with a route withdraw operation that specifies the particular tag, such that second router can identify, based on the particular tag, a set including multiple routes, and remove those multiple routes from its routing database. For example, the tag may be a Border Gateway Protocol attribute, a Border Gateway Protocol communities attribute, or some other indication, numeric quantity, or opaque value.
US08488468B2	Group conference system, conference server, session switching control method and session switching control program In switching of a conference server in a group conference system, switching of a session of each terminal device is completed smoothly in as a short time period as possible without imposing loads on a call control server. A conference server 121 connected to a call control server 110 which relays a request for call control of a group conference system and a plurality of terminal devices 130, including a session shift control unit 223 which determines an order of a request for call control of each terminal device which request is related to cut-off from a target from which a session is to be shifted and connection to a session shifting destination according to information related to session generation of each terminal device and a conference condition and determines timing of call control based on a load condition of the call control server, and a session shift instructing unit 224 which transmits a request for call control to the call control server according to the determined order and timing.
US08488467B2	Method and system for a gigabit ethernet IP telephone chip with 802.1p and 802.1Q quality of service (QoS) functionalities A method for processing data may include receiving packetized data via at least one of a plurality of input ports in an Ethernet switch. Each of the plurality of input ports may be partitioned into a plurality of virtual local area network (VLAN) port domains with an assigned port domain identification (ID) for processing 802.1 Class of Service (CoS) priority and Quality of Service (QoS) packetized data. The Ethernet switch may be integrated within a single gigabit Ethernet IP telephone chip, the received packetized data having assigned at least one priority class. One or more bits in at least one of a plurality of registers in the Ethernet switch may be used to filter at least one ingress frame in the packetized data, based on at least one packet header attribute of the at least one ingress frame.
US08488457B2	Wireless communication method and apparatus for transferring buffered enhanced uplink data from a mobile station to a node-B A wireless communication method and apparatus for transferring buffered enhanced uplink (EU) data from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), i.e., a mobile station, to a Node-B. The EU data is generated and stored in a buffer of the WTRU. The WTRU transmits a message to the Node-B including a request for a desired transport format combination (TFC) or data traffic indicator. The Node-B schedules one or more allowed EU data transmissions between the WTRU and the Node-B by transmitting an EU data scheduling message to the WTRU. The WTRU transmits all of the EU data stored in the buffer to the Node-B if the allowed EU data transmissions are sufficient to support transmission of all of the EU data stored in the buffer. Otherwise, the WTRU transmits a portion of the EU data along with the desired TFC or detailed traffic volume measurement (TVM) information to the Node-B.
US08488443B2	Method for handling radio line failure in multiple carrier system A method of handling a radio link failure in a multiple-carrier system performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a base station (BS), a first message indicating a first radio link problem (RLP) in a first carrier when the first RLP is detected, transmitting, to the BS, a second message indicating a second RLP in a second carrier when the second RLP is detected, and transmitting, to the BS, a final message requesting a connection re-establishment with the BS. By using a plurality of different timers on CCs configured for one UE, the meaning of RLF in a multiple-carrier system for triggering radio connection re-establishment procedure is clarified and defined in detail.
US08488442B1	Compensation for residual frequency offset, phase noise and I/Q imbalance in OFDM modulated communications A method including downconverting an analog radio frequency signal into an analog baseband signal; recovering an analog in-phase signal and an analog quadrature signal from the analog baseband signal; converting the analog in-phase signal into a corresponding digital in-phase signal; converting the analog quadrature signal into a corresponding digital quadrature signal; compensating the digital in-phase signal and the digital quadrature signal; converting the compensated digital in-phase signal and the compensated digital quadrature signal into a frequency domain digital Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol; generating a plurality of channel estimates, wherein each channel estimate corresponds to an estimate of the channel for a corresponding sub-carrier of the frequency domain digital OFDM symbol; and generating (i) a most likely estimate of the imbalance between the digital in-phase signal and the digital quadrature signal and (ii) a most likely estimate of a common phase error in the plurality of channel estimates.
US08488441B2	Coordinated linear beamforming in downlink multi-cell wireless networks System and methods are disclosed for optimizing wireless communication for a plurality of mobile wireless devices. The system uses beamforming vectors or precoders having a structure optimal with respect to the weighted sum rate in a multi-cell orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) downlink. A plurality of base stations communicate with the mobile devices and all base stations perform a distributed non-convex optimization exploiting the determined structure.
US08488439B2	Blind carrier frequency offset estimator based on single-OFDM-symbol PN ranging code in multi-user OFDMA uplink A blind carrier frequency offset estimator is based on a single-OFDM-symbol training sequence in multi-user OFDMA uplink. Through multiple access interference modeling and analysis, a virtual user is employed that occupies the all null sub-carriers. By minimizing the energy leakage on the virtual user in term of tentative frequency offsets, the estimator can approach the real frequency offset. The estimator performs only on frequency-domain, simplifies interference calculations, and lowers the rank of the matrix. An iterative computation method is used to approach the real frequency offset.
US08488438B2	Combined echo and crosstalk cancellation Combined echo and crosstalk cancellation is provided. Frequency domain adaptive filters are used to remove or reduce the effects of echo and crosstalk for a multi-channel and full-duplex communications system. Data from each transmit channel is buffered and converted to the frequency domain. The frequency domain data is multiplied by crosstalk coefficients to obtain a frequency domain correction signal for each channel. Adaptation of the crosstalk coefficients is based on correlations between the error signals and the data from each of the transmit channels. A single frequency domain transform engine, such as a Fast Fourier Transform engine, is employed for all calculations to save power and area.
US08488434B2	Objective lens, optical pickup apparatus using the same, and method for manufacturing objective lens Provided is an objective lens manufactured well by using a mold and an optical pickup apparatus including the same. The objective lens of the present invention includes a first region that focuses laser beams of a BD, DVD, and CD standards, a second region that focuses the laser beams of the DVD and CD standards, and a third region that focuses the laser beams of the BD and the DVD standards are provided in this order from a center portion of the objective lens. A first annular zone step provided in the first region has a step amount larger than step amounts of annular zone steps provided in other regions.
US08488428B2	Enhanced security of optical article An optical article comprising a first file encoded on the optical article comprising data structure information; a second file encoded on the optical article comprising a backup of the first file; wherein at least one of the first file or the second file must be fully readable for the player to read the data on the optical article; and a mark disposed on at least a portion of the optical article where the first file is encoded and at least a portion of the optical article where the second file is encoded; wherein the mark comprises an optical state change material; wherein the optical state change material undergoes a change in its optical state when exposed to an activation signal selected from one or more of a laser, thermal energy, infrared rays, X-rays, gamma rays, microwaves, visible light, ultraviolet light, ultrasound waves, radio frequency waves, electrical energy, chemical energy, magnetic energy, and mechanical energy; wherein the optical article is transformed from a pre-activated state to an activated state when an authorized activation method is used; and wherein the optical article is transformed from a pre-activated state to an incorrectly activated state when an unauthorized activation method is used.
US08488419B1	Hybrid plasmon generator structure and process A TAMR head is disclosed with a hybrid plasmon generator (hPG) formed between a waveguide and write pole at an ABS. The hPG has a planar bottom surface facing the waveguide and is comprised of a first non-noble metal layer with a peg portion adjoining the ABS. The peg tip has a thickness in a down track direction and a width in a cross track direction that may be reduced to about 10 nm to shrink the size of the optical spot that provides localized heating to a track and facilitates the write process. A second metal layer made of a noble metal is formed on and alongside the first metal layer and is recessed from the ABS to expose the peg, and has a top surface adjoining the write pole that may have side and top heat sinks.
US08488418B2	Timepiece with special aesthetic effects A timepiece which, in addition to a crystal, includes the following external elements: a back cover, a middle part, a dial, a bezel, and two wristband strands. At least one of these external elements is at least partially transparent or translucent. The back cover, the middle part, and the bezel define an internal volume of the watch case that houses a timepiece movement. At least one light source is housed within the internal volume and produces a light that passes through the transparent or translucent part of the external element.
US08488410B2	Underwater detection device An underwater detection device for detecting underwater by transmission and reception of an ultrasonic signal is provided. The device includes a transmission module for transmitting the ultrasonic signal underwater, a reception module for receiving an echo signal of the transmitted ultrasonic signal, a bottom detection module for detecting a bottom based on the echo signal from the bottom, a bottom-sediment determination module for calculating probabilities of the bottom sediment on how much the bottom sediment contains each of predetermined bottom sediment types based on the echo signal and a bottom-sediment display module for displaying a texture representing each of the bottom sediment types below the bottom being displayed based on the probabilities.
US08488395B2	Keepers, integrated circuits, and systems thereof A keeper of an integrated circuit includes a first transistor having a first gate being coupled with an output end of an inverter. A second transistor is coupled with the first transistor in series. The second transistor has a second gate being coupled with an input end of the inverter.
US08488382B1	Erase inhibit for 3D non-volatile memory An erase process for a 3D stacked memory device performs a two-sided erase of NAND strings until one of more of the NAND strings passes an erase-verify test, then a one-sided erase of the remaining NAND strings is performed. The two-sided erase charges up the body of a NAND string from the source-side and drain-side ends, while the one-sided erase charges up the body of the NAND string from the drain-side end. The NAND strings associated with one bit line form a set. The switch to the one-sided erase can occur when the set meets a set erase-verify condition, such as one, all, or some specified portion of the NAND strings of the set passing the erase-verify test. The erase operation can end when no more than a specified number of NAND strings have not met the erase-verify test. As a result, erase degradation of the memory cells is reduced.
US08488373B2	Spin injection layer robustness for microwave assisted magnetic recording A spin transfer (torque) oscillator (STO) with a non-magnetic spacer formed between a spin injection layer (SIL) and a field generation layer (FGL), and with an interfacial layer comprised of Fe(100-V)CoV where v is from 5 to 100 atomic % formed between the SIL and non-magnetic spacer is disclosed. A composite seed layer made of Ta and a metal layer having a fcc(111) or hcp(001) texture is used to enhance perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in the STO device. The interfacial layer quenches SIL oscillations and thereby stabilizes the SIL against FGL oscillations. The interfacial layer preferably has a thickness from 5 to 50 Angstroms and enhances amplitude (dR/R) in the STO device. The STO device may have a top SIL or bottom SIL configuration. The SIL is typically a laminated structure such as (Co/Ni)X where x is between 5 and 50.
US08488359B2	Circuit and system of using junction diode as program selector for one-time programmable devices Junction diodes fabricated in standard CMOS logic processes can be used as program selectors for One-Time Programmable (OTP) devices, such as electrical fuse, contact/via fuse, contact/via anti-fuse, or gate-oxide breakdown anti-fuse, etc. The OTP device has at least one OTP element coupled to at least one diode in a memory cell. The diode can be constructed by P+ and N+ active regions in a CMOS N well, or on an isolated active region as the P and N terminals of the diode. The isolation between P+ and the N+ active regions of the diode in a cell or between cells can be provided by dummy MOS gate, SBL, or STI/LOCOS isolations. The OTP element can be polysilicon, silicided polysilicon, silicide, metal, metal alloy, local interconnect, thermally isolated active region, CMOS gate, or combination thereof.
US08488357B2	Reference cell architectures for small memory array block activation Systems and methods for realizing reference currents to improve reliability of sensing operations of segmented semiconductor memory arrays have been achieved. Preferred embodiments of the invention comprise MRAM arrays but the invention could be applied to any other memories requiring access on small, segmented arrays. All embodiments of the invention comprise a folded bit lines scheme, either in adjacent bit lines or in segment-to-segment folded bit lines. In two embodiments alternate strapping of Poly-Si Word Lines in every second segment is achieved by metal layer of Read Word Line and Write Select Line. An embodiment has stored 1 and 0 cells on both sides of a selected segment to be read.
US08488352B1	Method for varying power factor A method for varying power factor is applied to a power factor correction circuit and a rectified voltage. The rectified voltage is transmitted to the power factor correction circuit. The method for varying power factor is to change the conduction pulses of the power factor correction circuit to change the conduction current and the power factor.
US08488331B2	Electrical connection interfaces and methods for adjacently positioned circuit components Electrical components, such as packaged integrated circuit devices that are mountable on a substrate surface, are provided with at least one exposed electrical contact on a side surface of the component that will be substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface when the component is mounted. Two such components can be mounted side-by-side on the substrate surface with the above-mentioned contacts close to one another between the above-mentioned side surfaces. An electrical connection between the contacts can be made (or perfected) by depositing an electrically conductive connector material in contact with both of the contacts between the above-mentioned side surfaces.
US08488329B2	Power and ground vias for power distribution systems A system for providing power and ground vias for power distributions systems includes first and second conductive layers on a microelectronic package. The conductive layers may include one or more conductive components such as, but not limited to, power planes, ground planes, pads, traces, and the like for electrically connecting to electronic components. A via may electrically connect the first and second conductive layers. The via may have a cross-section of at least three partially-overlapping shapes. Each of the shapes partially overlaps at least two of the other shapes. The shapes may be, for example, circular, triangular, rectangular, square, polygonal, rhomboidal shape, or any other shape.
US08488318B2	Cooling system for computer, cooling apparatus and cooling method A cooling system for computer, a cooling apparatus and a cooling method are described. The cooling system includes a computer casing, a fan and the fan-less cooling apparatus. The fan-less cooling apparatus has an air passage with two open ends and a closed circumference. The air passage passes a heat dissipating part of the apparatus, one end of the air passage communicates with air outside the computer casing and the other end communicates with air inside the computer casing. a plurality of blowholes for the fan and the air passage are formed in the computer casing. There is at least one fan. Air is blown inside or outside through the blowholes, which causes a pressure difference between the interior and the exterior of the computer casing. The pressure difference leads an air flow to flow through the blowholes to dissipate heat.
US08488317B2	Image pickup apparatus and electronic device An image pickup apparatus that does not give a user, who grips an apparatus body with his/her hand when he/she uses the imaging apparatus or the electronic device, a sense of discomfort due to a heat, and that can efficiently diffuse heat generated from a heat source inside the apparatus body to suppress a local temperature rise inside the apparatus body. An image pickup apparatus comprises an outer cover that forms an exterior of a device body, the device body having a grip at one end thereof and having a heat source therein. A first thermal conductive path from a first circuit unit to a first heat storage member via a first heat conductive member and a second thermal conductive path from a second circuit unit to a second heat storage member via the second heat conductive member are separated from each other.
US08488314B1	Vacuum latch assembly An example of an electronic device is disclosed herein that includes a housing and a lid joined to the housing and movable between a closed position adjacent the housing to define an enclosed space and an open position. The electronic device additionally includes a vacuum latch assembly to exhaust air in the enclosed space to create a substantially fluid-tight environment within the enclosed space and to help retain the lid in the closed position. Additional features and components of the electronic device and vacuum latch assembly are disclosed herein, as are other examples thereof.
US08488312B2	Systems and methods for thermal management for telecommunications enclosures using heat pipes Systems and methods for thermal management for telecommunications enclosures are provided. In one embodiment, a method for thermal management for modular radio frequency (RF) electronics housed within an electronics enclosure comprises: distributing heat generated from an RF electronics component installed on a first thermal region of an electronics module base plate across the first thermal region using at least one primary heat pipe that laterally traverses the first thermal region; distributing heat generated from the RF electronics component to a second thermal region using at least one secondary heat pipe not parallel with the at least one primary heat pipe; conductively transferring heat across a thermal interface between the electronics module back-plate and a backplane of an electronics enclosure that houses the electronics module, wherein the backplane comprises a plurality heat sink fins aligned with the at least one primary heat pipe and the at least one secondary heat pipe.
US08488310B2	Thin data storage device The present invention is to provide a thin data storage device with a support pad's length positioned at a USB port's height in a way for a supporting segment securely supported and a USB metal contact effectively and electrically connected to a female connector of the USB port without problems such as invalid electrical connection or poor contact between a USB metal contact and a female connector of a computer's USB port affected by the integrated circuit module's thinned thickness. Relying on the lowered thickness of the integrated circuit module, the present invention is effective in extensive applications to other products.
US08488305B2	Electronic device and cap An electronic device has a cap protecting an opening disposed in a case. The cap includes a base portion covering the opening, a leg portion extended from a part of the base portion; an attachment portion having a large diameter surface that has a diameter larger than the diameter of the leg portion and includes a connecting region that connects with the leg portion at the end of the leg portion opposite to the base portion, and a protruding portion protruding from a region other than the connecting region of the large diameter surface of the attachment portion.
US08488294B2	Ionic fluid flow accelerator An electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator apparatus includes a corona electrode having an axial shape and configured to receive a first voltage. The electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator apparatus includes a collector electrode disposed coaxially around the at least one corona electrode and configured to receive a second voltage. Application of the first and second voltages on the corona electrode and the collector electrode, respectively, causes fluid proximate to the corona electrode to ionize and travel in a first direction between the corona electrode and the collector electrode, thereby causing other fluid molecules to travel in a second direction to generate a fluid stream. In at least one embodiment of the invention, the ionized fluid proximate to the emitter electrode travels in a radial direction from the corona electrode to the collector electrode, causing the other fluid molecules to travel in an axial direction to thereby generate the fluid stream.
US08488290B2	Protective device A device for protecting a radio frequency transmission line from transient voltages includes an inner conductor for transmitting communication signals of a desired frequency band and a grounded, coaxial outer conductor electrically insulated from the inner conductor by a pair of annular insulators. As one feature of the invention, a tap conductor for discharging transient voltages carried by the inner conductor that fall outside the desired frequency band is coupled at one end to the inner conductor through a press-fit connection. As another feature of the invention, a pair of high-quality contacts are mounted onto opposite ends of the outer conductor and serve, together with the inner conductor, as the only electrical contact surfaces for the protective device that transmit the desired communication signals. As another feature of the invention, each insulator has a constant outer diameter along the entirety of its length and a variable inner diameter.
US08488288B2	Input protection method with variable tripping threshold and low parasitic elements Various embodiments of an input protection circuitry may be configured with a variable tripping threshold and low parasitic elements, which may prevent a signal from propagating into the protected equipment/device if the voltage of the input signal exceeds a certain limit. The input protection circuit may operate to protect a measurement instrument, which may be an oscilloscope, early in the signal path leading into to the instrument, to avoid exposing sensitive circuitry to damaging voltage levels, and without introducing significant parasitic elements that would degrade the performance of the instrument. The protection circuit may be configured to include clamping to provide protection during the circuit response delay time. The input protection threshold of the protection circuit may be adaptive to a selected voltage range on the instrument without trading-off instrument performance and features.
US08488286B2	Apparatus for electric power tool and recording medium An apparatus for an electric power tool includes a detection unit, a determination unit, a protection unit, a calculation unit, and a notification unit. The calculation unit calculates a time-equivalent value representing a remaining time until a load condition of a battery reaches an overload state, in which the protection unit interrupts a discharge path, based on the result of the detection by the detection unit. The notification unit notifies a user of the electric power tool of a remaining time until the protection unit interrupts the discharge path based on the time-equivalent value calculated by the calculation unit.
US08488284B2	Transformer failure analysis system A transformer failure analysis system using a programmable chip in conjunction with a shock response spectrum analysis method to distinguish inrush current and fault current of a transformer and to monitor the phase of an AC power source inputting to the transformer by a phase detector. When an inrush current occurs, the programmable chip provides a control signal to delay the phase of the AC power source being inputted into the transformer, thereby suppressing the occurrence of the inrush current. When a fault current occurs, the control signal cuts off the AC power source from the transformer until the operator has tested the whole circuit architecture to debug and correct circuit application and eliminated the internal fault.
US08488275B2	High areal density tape format and head A magnetic recording tape according to one embodiment includes a plurality of servo tracks, each servo track comprising a series of magnetically defined bars, wherein an angle between at least some of the bars is greater than about 10 degrees, wherein an average height of the bars is less than 190 microns, wherein one of the servo tracks has data encoded therein, the data being selected from a group consisting of data for encryption and data for ascertaining a longitudinal position along the tape. A magnetic recording tape according to another embodiment includes at least about eight data bands, wherein each data band is defined between a pair of adjacent servo tracks, each pair of adjacent servo tracks defining only a single data band therebetween, wherein about eight to about twenty six data bands are present on the tape.
US08488274B2	Sliding member for recording media A sliding member comprising a slidable substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on one side thereof, wherein the slidable substrate is a porous form comprising a plastic, and a barrier layer is provided between the slidable substrate and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The sliding member has good sliding property and even when a load is applied thereto over a long period of time, can suppress exudation of the pressure-sensitive adhesive.
US08488273B2	Magnetic recording/reproduction device for metal-thin-film magnetic tape There is provided a magnetic recording/reproduction device which can appropriately supply lubricant to a metal-thin-film magnetic tape (1) containing no binder in a recording/reproduction surface even when the magnetic recording/reproduction device needs to be continuously performing recording/reproduction by using the magnetic tape (1) for a long time. The magnetic recording/reproduction device includes a lubricant supplier (10) which can supply lubricant to the magnetic tape (1) while the magnetic head (2) performing recording/reproduction on the magnetic tape (1). With this configuration, the lubricant supplier (10) can appropriately supply lubricant during recording/reproduction even to the magnetic tape (1) used in a magnetic recording/reproduction device that needs to keep continuously operating for a long time.
US08488271B2	Adhesion structure and method using electrically conductive adhesive, disk drive device using the adhesion structure and method, and method for manufacturing the disk drive device A base plate containing aluminum as a main component and an electrically conductive counter plate are bonded together through the medium of an electrically conductive adhesive. Even when an oxide film is formed on the surface of the base plate, electrical continuity between the base plate and the counter plate, which are connected together through the medium of the electrically conductive adhesive, is improved by a process of applying a resistance lowering voltage, which reduces the resistance component due to the oxide film by causing a dielectric breakdown.
US08488270B2	Disk drive having a sheet metal clamp with a stamped annular protruding disk contact feature A disk drive includes a spindle motor attached to a disk drive base. The spindle motor includes a hub that rotates about a spindle rotation axis. An annular disk is mounted on the hub. A clamp is attached to the hub. The clamp has a body portion that is stamped from a metal sheet. The clamp also includes an annular rib that protrudes from the stamped sheet metal body portion towards the annular disk. The annular rib includes an annular contact surface that may be lapped to enhance flatness and that contacts the annular disk. The annular rib also includes inner and outer side walls that are each normal to the annular contact surface.
US08488269B2	Library apparatus A library apparatus includes a drive unit for writing data into or reading data from a cartridge, a cell unit having a plurality of cells to store the cartridges and a bottom plate in which a guide groove is formed, a movement unit for moving the cartridge along the guide groove between the cell and the drive unit, the movement unit being arranged under the cell unit, and a control unit for controlling the movement unit to move up through the guide groove, to engage the cartridge, and to move the engaged cartridge.
US08488266B2	Adjustment of tape reel height One embodiment is tape drive that includes a take-tip reel onto which tape is wound. A height adjustment assembly adjusts a height of the take-up reel while the tape is being unwound from the take-up reel.
US08488263B2	Soft mirror structure The soft mirror structure comprises a reflective material layer and a soft transparent material, wherein the reflective material layer is a coating material able to be plated and reflect light and the soft transparent material is disposed on the surface of the reflective material layer, the soft transparent material has the feature of bending to make the soft mirror structure be bendable, so that the soft mirror structure is convenient to be rolled up and cut. Further, a user is able to see reflected outside images through to the soft transparent material, therefore the soft mirror structure has the function of mirror. The soft mirror structure can be cut to different demand dimensions and rolled up for easily taking along. Hence, the soft mirror structure is then convenient to be used and processed.
US08488262B2	Lens driving device In a lens driving device, magnetic attraction plates that are magnetic bodies are disposed on a fixed frame at both ends of a movement region of a movable unit. Therefore, when the movable unit moves in the fixed frame to one side or to the other side in the fixed frame and reaches a position at either end of the fixed frame, magnets on the movable unit are magnetically attracted to the magnetic attraction plates on the fixed frame continuously. As a result, the movable unit can be retained at the position even when the coil becomes de-energized.
US08488261B2	Replacement apparatus for an optical element A replacement apparatus for an optical element mounted between two adjacent optical elements in a lithography objective has a holder for the optical element to be replaced, which holder can be moved into the lithography objective through a lateral opening in a housing of the same.
US08488260B2	Planar flexure system with high pitch stiffness A flexure system for miniature camera and the like is disclosed. The flexure system can include a frame and a stage that is configured to move with respect to the frame. One or more flexures can interconnect the frame and the stage. Each flexure can have one or more film hinges formed thereon. The film hinges can be widely spaced and/or extended in length so as to substantially mitigate undesirable pitching of the stage.
US08488253B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same A zoom lens includes, in order from object side: a positive first lens unit which does not move for zooming; a zoom lens unit including at least two lens units which move for zooming; a stop; and a positive imaging lens unit which does not move for zooming, in which: the first lens unit includes, in order from object side, a positive first sub-lens unit, a negative second sub-lens unit, and a positive third sub-lens unit; the third sub-lens unit includes a movable positive sub-third sub-lens unit; the second sub-lens unit and sub-third sub-lens unit are driven to object side for focusing to a close object; and focal length f12 of the second sub-lens unit, focal length f13f of the sub-third sub-lens unit, drive amount δ×12 of the second sub-lens unit in focusing, and drive amount δ×13f of the sub-third sub-lens unit in focusing satisfy −2.5
US08488242B2	Optically variable device with diffraction-based micro-optics, method of creating the same, and article employing the same A security device includes an optically variable device (OVD) having diffraction-based micro-optics including at least one moiré magnified visual representation of a micro-object. A diffractive structure provides micro-objects with unique optical effects when the OVD is viewed through the micro-object structure from a predetermined relative observation point. In addition to magnifying the micro-objects, the diffractive structure can impart optical effects such as change in observed color, enhanced contrast, animation of the observed visual representation, and change in size or shape of the observed visual representation. The micro-objects and the diffractive structure can be disposed on the same or different portions of a substrate. A method of making OVDs, and an article employing such OVDs are also disclosed.
US08488238B2	Microscope cube A microscope cube includes a housing including a first opening on a first wall of the housing and a second opening on a second wall of the housing, the first wall adjacent to the second wall; an excitation filter disposed within the first opening; an emission filter disposed within the second opening; and a dichroic mirror positioned within the housing. In one aspect, the dichroic mirror has a thickness greater than or equal to 1.5 mm. In another aspect, the excitation filter is positioned at an angle relative to the first wall of the housing.
US08488226B2	Optical apparatus The optical apparatus includes plural stop blades, an opening/closing mechanism moving the stop blades in opening and closing directions, an actuator driving the opening/closing mechanism, and a controller controlling drive of the actuator. The controller calculates, when moving the stop blades from a first position to a second position in video capturing, a control driving amount of the actuator that is a sum of a target driving amount corresponding to a moving amount of the stop blades from the first position to the second position and a driving correction amount that varies depending on a position and a moving direction of the aperture blades, the position being at least one of the first and second positions. The controller controls the drive of the actuator based on the control driving amount.
US08488225B2	Optical scanning apparatus An optical scanning apparatus includes a laser source configured to irradiate a laser beam, a prism configured to reflect the laser beam irradiated from the laser source, a mirror configured to move the laser beam reflected from the prism by oscillating with respect to a predetermined axis and reflecting the laser beam reflected from the prism, the laser beam reflected from the prism being substantially perpendicular to a plane of the mirror in a case where the mirror is in a non-oscillating state, a waveplate positioned between the prism and the mirror and configured to polarize the laser beam reflected from the prism and the laser beam reflected from the mirror. The waveplate includes an end plane inclined with respect to the laser beam reflected from the prism to the mirror.
US08488222B2	Image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program An image processing apparatus is provided which performs a correction process in such a manner that a geometrical arrangement of images of a plurality of pages of image data is approximated to a predetermined appropriate geometrical arrangement. The image processing apparatus causes a display to display a list of information indicating degrees of correction on the individual pages to be performed by an image processing portion.
US08488206B2	Communication device When a facsimile device detects an audio signal via a CNG signal detection unit while detecting an OFF signal in a CNG signal during a telephone conversation, the facsimile device does not detect the audio signal as an OFF signal if the level of the detected audio signal is greater than a threshold and the frequency of the audio signal is within a predetermined audio frequency range. Accordingly, the facsimile device can reliably prevent a false detection of a noise that has a similar signal component to a CNG signal as a CNG signal. It is possible to prevent the facsimile machine from being automatically shifted to a facsimile receiving mode by the false detection of the noise.
US08488203B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product that performs skew correction An image forming apparatus includes a skew correcting unit that performs skew correction by dividing an input image that has undergone a halftone process into image data in a predetermined skew correction area in a main scanning direction and by shifting the image data in the skew correction area in a sub-scanning direction; an edge detecting unit that detects whether a pixel at a division position is an edge pixel based on concentrations of a set of pixels including the pixel at the division position; a correction area determining unit that, if detected that the pixel at the division position is the edge pixel, determines a correction area that is an area of pixels including the edge pixel to be subjected to concentration correction within the skew correction area; and an edge correcting unit that corrects concentrations of the pixels within the correction area.
US08488202B2	Computer readable medium including digital image print support program, digital image print support apparatus, and digital image print system A computer readable medium including a digital image print support program that is executable in a computer is used for determining which one of plural printers is suitable for printing an image to be printed. The program has: a first step of dividing an area of the image to be printed into a first image area where a defect is conspicuous, and a second image area where a defect is inconspicuous, and obtaining an area rate of the first image area or the second image area; and a second step of outputting a result of comparison of the area rate with a threshold. A printer is selected in accordance with an output result, and then a less-defective print image can be obtained.
US08488200B2	System and method for reproducing images onto surfaces Systems and methods of reproducing images onto surfaces are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes an image file that digitally produces a planar surface normal to a surface of a master model. The planar surfaces are referenced to a coordinate system of the master model through a series of points. A tracker surfacing system, comprising a tracking instrument, generates and emits a signal as the tracking instrument crosses the planar surface. An output device is actuated by the tracking device as it crosses the planar surface, reproducing the series of points as an image onto a surface, including a flat, curved or compound surface. Both the spatial position and orientation of the output device are detected and adjustments are made so that the image is precisely applied to intended locations on the surface being imaged.
US08488199B2	Image output inspection system, image inspection apparatus, and computer program product An image-output inspection system includes a printer controller that generates output image data subjected to halftone processing in accordance with an input image forming condition specified in a printer language, an image output device that forms an image on an image output medium on the basis of the output image data, and transmits the output image data, an image reader that reads the image output medium, and generates read image data, and an image inspection apparatus that is connected to the image output device, and generates correct image data by restoring image data before subjected to the halftone processing from the output image data, and determines whether a print state of the image output medium is good or not by comparing the correct image data with the read image data.
US08488198B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method When dividing multi-valued data and generating data for two-pass multi-pass printing, in addition to divided multi-valued data that are divided for each of the two passes, divided multi-valued data that is common to both of the two passes is generated. Moreover, quantized data of that common multi-valued data is reflected onto the quantized data for each pass. Furthermore, when generating quantized data, division ratios that are used when generating the common data by the multi-valued data division described above are set according to the image characteristics (whether or not the area is flesh color) of the multi-valued data. Thereby, it is possible to perform high-quality printing regardless of the image characteristics by taking a suitable balance between suppressing density unevenness and suppressing graininess.
US08488189B2	Method for the creation of a template In a method or system to generate a template, the template is defined by content and layout information. Job chaperone data are associated with the template to control subsequent document processing processes.
US08488186B2	Gradual charge pump technique for optimizing phase locked loop (PLL) function in sub-pixel generation for high speed laser printers switching between different speeds Methods and apparatus for optimizing the phase lock loop circuitry of sub-pixel clock generators for situations where frequent switching between different system printing speeds, and hence clock frequencies are required. A timing control logic circuitry is associated with the sub-pixel clock generator for a graduated change in charge pump current. The timing control logic circuitry comprises a plurality of current generators serially connected with the charge pump current via associated switches for the selective adjustment of charge pump current in a graduated manner.
US08488171B2	Rendering system, method for optimizing data, and storage medium A rendering system includes a determination unit and a generation unit. The determination unit determines whether a processing object is a common object capable of being used a plurality of times and rendering of which is time-consuming when deformation thereof is performed. If the determination unit determines that the processing object is not a common object capable of being used a plurality of times and rendering of which is time-consuming when deformation thereof is performed, then the generation unit does not generate a deformed new object. If the determination unit determines that the processing object is a common object capable of being used a plurality of times and rendering of which is time-consuming when deformation thereof is performed, then the generation unit generates a deformed new object.
US08488167B2	Computerized chart recorder A computerized chart recorder is revealed, comprises a signal conversion unit, an operation control unit, a printing control unit, and a database. A signal conversion unit receives measurement signals of a measurement instrument, and converts the measurement signals to signal conversion data. A operation control unit receives the signal conversion data required for printing, produces corresponding chart data, and prints the curve of signal variations, which can be also displayed on a human-machine interface unit. Whether to store the data or to print can be determined. Besides, the data can be also transmitted to a printing control unit. When the printing control unit is activated, it can receive the chart data and the quality assurance data, and control a printing unit to emulate the chart recorder for executing chart recording. In addition, the quality assurance data can be printed as well for complying with the requirements of the quality-assurance operations.
US08488163B2	Printing variable data on a variety of different pre-printed stocks A printing apparatus for variable pre-printed stock comprises storage for customer data, a variety of different pre-printed stocks, printer trays for holding the pre-printed stocks, a scanner for scanning the printed area of each of the pre-printed stocks and for producing tray stock information identifying each of the pre-printed stocks, storage for electronic customer orders, each electronic customer order including one or more of the customer data and selection data for one or more of the pre-printed stocks, a controller for receiving the tray stock information and the electronic customer orders, for matching the tray stock information to the electronic customer orders to produce a match between each pre-printed stock and corresponding tray stock information and for producing print instructions for the match, and a printer for receiving the print instructions and for printing the customer data corresponding to the match onto the matched pre-printed stock.
US08488154B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image processing controller suspends an operation of hardware when receiving instructions of an interrupt of an event that should be executed with higher priority than rendering, such as a copy job, during execution of rendering by the hardware. Then, an information processing controller executes the rendering, which was being executed by the hardware, by software. Accordingly, even if an interrupt to suspend the operation of the hardware occurs during rendering by the hardware, the rendering can be completed as quickly as possible without waiting for restart of the operation of the hardware.
US08488151B2	Image input-output apparatus and method, and job event-recording system An image input-output apparatus capable of recording information enabling events of image data items output by output jobs to be tracked, while suppressing load on a network and a server. If an executed job is an output job, a job event of the output job is recorded in association with a job event of an input job in which image data used in the output job is input. If the job event is of an output job, the job event of the input job associated with the job event of the output job is transmitted to a server together with the job event of the output job, whereas if the job event is of an input job, and image data input by the input job is not used in any other job, the job event of the input job is not transmitted to the server.
US08488147B2	Monitoring apparatus, image forming apparatus, monitoring system, method of changing network setting, and program To quickly repair a communication breakdown, a monitoring apparatus receives a notification of change of a network setting from an image forming apparatus. After receiving the notification of the change of the network setting, the monitoring apparatus determines whether a notification of completion of the change of the network setting is received within a predetermined period of time. In the case where it is determined that no notification of the completion of the change of the network setting is received within the predetermined period of time after receipt of the notification of the change of the network setting, the monitoring apparatus sends a notification of a failure in the network setting.
US08488136B2	Printing system and method, and recording medium A printing system and method and recording medium are provided. In the printing system that directly prints file data described in PDL (Page-Description Language), a client generates an additional pattern, selects a print pattern, analyzes a PDL file to be processed and appends the additional pattern to the print layout to re-make a PDL file, and sends the generated PDL file to a printer that directly prints file data described in PDL in the PDL file including the additional pattern sent from the client along with the additional pattern adjusted to the print layout.
US08488122B2	Turbidity sensors and probes Turbidity heads for a turbidity sensor or probe and the resulting sensor are disclosed that include a light source providing an outgoing light ray, a photodetector capable of detecting an incoming light ray; an isolator separating the light source from the detector portion; and a first reflector in the path of either the outgoing light ray or the incoming light ray. The first reflector is positioned to reflect either the outgoing light ray or the incoming light ray to achieve a measurement angle defined between the outgoing light ray and the incoming light ray of ninety degrees plus-or-minus two and a half degrees to comply with the standard ISO 7027 for turbidity measurement.
US08488121B2	Device for quantitative analysis of micro-volume solution Provided herein is a device for quantitative analysis of a micro-volume solution. The device comprises a base portion provided with a light-emitting fiber, a movable arm provided with a light-receiving fiber, and at least one positioning block disposed between the movable arm and the base portion so that an optical path with a constant length is formed between the light-emitting fiber and the light-receiving fiber when the positioning block is clamped by the movable arm and the base portion. The solution concentration related to the absorbance with respect to the standard optical path length may be evaluated based on the built-in database and the optical intensity of light having passed through the solution as detected by a light sensor.
US08488120B2	Polarization based interferometric detector A sensor and method for determining the optical properties of a sample material is disclosed. The sensor comprises a light source that generates a linearly polarized light beam having a predetermined polarization orientation with respect to the plane of incidence. The linearly polarized light beam is reflected off the sample and is split into second and third light beams where the second and third light beam consist of the combined projections of mutually orthogonal components of the first light beam. A signal processor measures the intensity difference between the second and third light beams to calculate the phase difference induced by the sample material.
US08488118B2	Apparatus and method for multi-modal imaging in nonlinear raman microscopy An apparatus for the microscopic examination of an object has an illumination system which generates a first illumination light beam and a second illumination light beam. A first polarization filter (28) circularly polarizes the first illumination light beam. A second polarization filter (32) linearly polarizes the second illumination light beam. A modulator (34) allows a modulation of the polarized second illumination light beam. An excitation optical system directs the two illumination light beams onto an object. A detection optical system directs detection light beams emanating from the object onto at least two detector units, a first detector unit detecting a first nonlinear Raman effect and a second detector unit detecting a second nonlinear Raman effect.
US08488115B2	Method and metric for selecting and designing multimode fiber for improved performance A new metric applicable to the characterization and design of multimode fiber (MMF) is described. The metric is derived from a Differential Mode Delay (DMD) measurement and when used in combination with industry-standard metrics such as Effective Modal Bandwidth (EMB) and DMD, yields a more accurate prediction of MMF channel link performance as measured by Bit Error Rate (BER) testing. The metric can also be used in the design of MMF for improved bandwidth performance. When implemented as a test algorithm in production, it can be used to select, sort, or verify fiber performance. This process can yield a multimode fiber design with a greater performance margin for a given length, and/or a greater length for a given performance margin.
US08488112B2	Method for contactless measurement of the density of a porous material, using a measurement of the refractive index of the material by optical coherence tomography A method for contactless measurement of the density of a porous material, using a measurement of the refractive index of the material by optical coherence tomography.In the optical coherence tomography technique, the optical path corresponding to the crossing of an object made of the material by a light beam used in the technique, is determined, the thickness of the object is determined, the refractive index of the material is determined from the optical path and from the thickness, and the density of the material is determined from the refractive index.
US08488094B2	Electro-optical device substrate, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device substrate includes, upon a substrate: multiple pixel units; multiple first electrodes, provided in a peripheral region located in the periphery of a pixel region in which the multiple pixel units are arranged, that are configured containing a first conductive material; multiple second electrodes, provided in the peripheral region, that are configured containing a second conductive material that differs from the first conductive material; multiple first lines that are formed in the peripheral region, are configured containing the first conductive material, and that electrically connect first electrodes that are adjacent to each other of the multiple first electrodes; and a second line that is formed in the peripheral region and that electrically connects at least one of the multiple first electrodes and at least one of the multiple second electrodes. The electrical resistance of the second line is higher than the electrical resistance of the multiple first lines.
US08488085B2	Display device A display device which has a wide color gamut and is able to display bright red, includes a plurality of pixels each defined by a plurality of subpixels. The plurality of subpixels include first and second red subpixels for displaying red, a green subpixel for displaying green, a blue subpixel for displaying blue, and a yellow subpixel for displaying yellow. The blue subpixel and the yellow subpixel are contiguous with each other.
US08488081B2	Plane light source and LCD backlight unit having the same There are provided a plane light source and an LCD backlight unit having the same. A plane light source including light emitting device matrixes each having a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in rows and columns on a substrate according to an aspect of the invention includes: a first matrix having a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in rows and columns; and a second matrix having a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in rows and columns, the light emitting devices each located within a rectangle formed by four adjacent light emitting devices included in the first matrix, and forming angles θ satisfying the condition of 45°≦θ≦55° therebetween on the basis of a horizontal direction, wherein among pitches between one light emitting devices included in the light emitting device matrixes and another lighting light emitting device adjacent to the light emitting device, a pitch P1 between the light emitting device and the light emitting device diagonally across from the light emitting device satisfies the condition of 25 mm≦P1≦29 mm, and a pitch P2 between the light emitting device and another light emitting device located in a horizontal direction satisfies the condition of 34 mm≦P2≦38 mm.
US08488080B2	Illumination system, liquid crystal device, and electronic device An illumination system includes: a light source that emits light; and a light guide that introduces the light through a light-incident end face facing the light source and that lets out the light from a light-exiting surface adjacent to the light-incident end face. The light source is disposed adjacent to the light-incident end face and in the position shifted from the center of the width of the light guide intersecting the direction in which the light source emits light. The light-incident end face of the light guide has at least one projection or recess in the direction intersecting the light-exiting direction of the light source. The projection or recess has an asymmetrical shape inclined in the direction intersecting the light-exiting direction of the light source. The projection or recess is inclined in one of directions intersecting the light-exiting direction of the light source.
US08488077B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the same An object is to provide a display device with excellent display characteristics, where a pixel circuit and a driver circuit provided over one substrate are formed using transistors which have different structures corresponding to characteristics of the respective circuits. The driver circuit portion includes a driver circuit transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using a metal film, and a channel layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel portion includes a pixel transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer are formed using an oxide conductor, and a semiconductor layer is formed using an oxide semiconductor. The pixel transistor is formed using a light-transmitting material, and thus, a display device with higher aperture ratio can be manufactured.
US08488070B2	Polarizing element and method for manufacturing the same, projection type display, liquid crystal device, and electronic apparatus A polarizing element includes a substrate with protruded threads, and metal thin wires provided on the protruded threads. Each metal thin wire includes a first thin wire provided to a first side surface of the protruded thread and a second thin wire provided to a second side surface of the protruded thread. Each first thin wire has a first volume. Each second thin wire has a second volume. Each metal thin wire has a third volume which is the sum of the first and second volumes. As a distance from one end of the substrate increases, the volume of each first thin wire decreases and the volume of each second thin wire increases so that the third volume is maintained within a predetermined range.
US08488061B2	Deriving video signatures that are insensitive to picture modification and frame-rate conversion A signature that can be used to identify video content in a series of video frames is generated by first calculating the average and variance of picture elements in a low-resolution composite image that represents a temporal and spatial composite of the video content in the series of frames. The signature is generated by applying a hash function to values derived from the average and variance composite representations. The video content of a signal can be represented by a set of signatures that are generated for multiple series of frames within the signal. A set of signatures can provide reliable identifications despite intentional and unintentional modifications to the content.
US08488058B2	Method for setting frame rate conversion (FRC) and display apparatus using the same A method for setting a frame rate conversion (FRC) and a display apparatus using the same are provided. According to a method for setting FRC, an FRC level is received from a user; and a motion estimation and motion compensation level when performing FRC is set according to the input FRC level. Therefore, a user may set the FRC level according to the user's preference.
US08488056B2	Modular camera system and a method of manufacturing the same A camera module includes a substrate with a cavity therein. A processor is located in the cavity, and wire bonding is for connecting the processor to the substrate. An imaging module is adapted to overlay the processor in the cavity and rest on at least part of the edge of the cavity. Wire bonding is for connecting the imaging module to the substrate and the processor. The cavity includes a longitudinal cutout section adapted to accommodate at least some wire bonding for connecting the processor to the substrate or associated surface mount components.
US08488054B2	Electronic device including a biometric authentication function An electronic device is provided which includes a light emitting unit for emitting light, and a light detection unit which is irradiated with the light emitted by the light emitting unit and which includes an optical sensor for outputting an electric current corresponding to the brightness of the light. The light emitted by the light emitting unit is used for a purpose other than being irradiated to the light detection unit.
US08488052B2	Imaging system and method for detecting target object An imaging system includes an imaging device, a recognition device, a focus detector, a correcting device, and a selecting device. The imaging device is configured to capture an image formed by an imaging optics. The recognition device is configured to recognize a target object candidate in the image captured by the imaging device. The focus detector is configured to detect a focus adjustment state of the imaging optics. The correcting device is configured to obtain a magnification of an image of the target object candidate and configured to correct the magnification based on the focus adjustment state with respect to the target object candidate detected by the focus detector. The selecting device is configured to select a target object from the target object candidate based on the corrected magnification corrected by the correcting device.
US08488051B2	Image pickup apparatus and control method therefor An image pickup apparatus capable of performing favorable focusing operation when image signals are read out from an image pickup device at a high speed while flickers are occurring. Flickers are detected from image signals outputted from the image pickup device, while the image signals outputted from the image pickup device is stored. The image signals outputted from the image pickup device and the image signals stored in a first memory are synthesized depending on the flicker detection result. A position of a focus lens is adjusted by selectively using any one of the image signals outputted from the image pickup device and the synthesized image signal. When the image pickup device performs reading images in a cycle shorter than a flicker cycle, image synthesis is performed depending on the brightness of the image signals outputted from the image pickup device.
US08488045B2	Stereoscopic camera for recording the surroundings A stereoscopic camera for recording the surroundings is provided with a right and a left image sensor having one lens each to display the surroundings on the image sensors, with the image sensors and the lenses being held by a carrier side-by-side and at a distance in reference to each other. The stereoscopic camera is additionally provided with a circuit board arranged on the carrier and comprising at least the signal and the supply lines of both image sensors. The image sensors are each mounted on a carrier substrate, which similar to the lenses, are arranged on the carrier and are distanced in reference to the circuit board, and have a flexible electric connection to the circuit board.
US08488044B2	Single-lens extended depth-of-field imaging systems An extended depth of field (EDOF) imaging system that has a corresponding extended depth of focus (EDOF′). The imaging system has an optical system consisting of a single lens element and an objectwise aperture stop arrange substantially at a zero-coma axial position. The single lens element is configured so that the optical system has a select amount of spherical aberration (SA) in the range 0.2λ≦SA≦2λ, where λ is an imaging wavelength. The single lens element generates an amount of axial chromatic aberration that increases the EDOF while decreasing the average MTF of the optical system relative to the optical system having no chromatic aberration. The imaging system has an image sensor for forming a digitized raw image of an object.
US08488038B2	Image display apparatus, imaging apparatus, image display method, and program This image display apparatus includes a display unit 5 that displays at least an image, an operation input unit 3 that is divided into a plurality of areas, predetermined operations being assigned to the respective areas, and a control unit 1 that displays an operation manual screen 101 on the display unit 5 for a predetermined time when a full-screen display process starts, that presents content of the operations assigned to the respective areas 101a to 101c of the operation input unit 3 by the screen 101, and that performs control to perform, when one of the areas is pressed, the operation assigned to the area.
US08488030B2	Information acquiring method, information acquiring apparatus, semiconductor device comprising array of plurality of unit components for detecting physical quantity distribution, and semiconductor manufacturing method To enable an imaging apparatus to achieve high resolution and sufficient color reproducibility.A diffraction grating 1 is provided on the incident light side of a spectral image sensor 10, the diffraction grating 1 including scatterers such as scatterers 3, slits 5, and scatterers 7 which are disposed in that order. An electromagnetic wave is scattered by the scatterers to produce diffracted waves, and by using the fact that interference patterns between the diffracted waves change with wavelengths, signals are detected for respective wavelengths by photoelectric conversion elements 12B, 12G, and 12R in each photodiode group 12.
US08488020B2	Imaging device, method for controlling the imaging device, and recording medium recording the method An imaging device includes a photographing device configured to photograph an object and generate an image signal, a gain storage register configured to store a gain determined for the photographing device, a gain adjustment unit configured to adjust the image signal using the gain, and a noise reduction unit configured to reduce noise of the image signal using a noise filter selected based on the gain.
US08488019B2	Image-capturing device, image-capturing method and storage medium storing image-capturing program for generating a wide dynamic range image It is determined that a dynamic range of an image is to be widened when a subject lightness value is equal to or lower than a lightness value upper limit which is greater than a predetermined lightness value provided that at least either the subject lightness value is equal to or greater than the predetermined lightness value or that an image-capturing frame rate is equal to or higher than a predetermined frame rate. When a determination to widen the dynamic range is made, synthetic image data is generated by combining image data in a plurality of frames captured over varying exposure times. Then, the synthetic image data is displayed or recorded.
US08488012B2	Automatic image-capturing apparatus, automatic image-capturing control method, image display system, image display method, display control apparatus, and display control method An automatic image-capturing apparatus including an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject so as to obtain captured image data; an automatic captured-image obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain the captured image data obtained by the image-capturing unit without being based on an operation of a user; an inclination detection unit configured to detect an inclination in at least one of a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a control unit configured to control the obtaining operation performed by the automatic captured-image obtaining unit on the basis of information on the inclination in the pan direction or in the tilt direction, the inclination being detected by the inclination detection unit.
US08488007B2	Method to estimate segmented motion A method to estimate segmented motion uses phase correlation to identify local motion candidates and a region-growing algorithm to group small picture units into few distinct regions, each of which has its own motion according to optimal matching and grouping criteria. Phase correlation and region growing are combined which allows sharing of information. Using phase correlation to identify a small number of motion candidates allows the space of possible motions to be narrowed. The region growing uses efficient management of lists of matching criteria to avoid repetitively evaluating matching criteria.
US08488006B2	Imaging apparatus capable of detecting motion amount of an object and control method thereof An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an object to acquire image data; a display unit configured to display the image captured by the imaging unit; a motion detection unit configured to detect information about motion of the object and the background in a display image based on image data acquired by the imaging unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the imaging apparatus is taking a panning shot from a result detected by the motion detection unit; and an exposure control unit configured to execute exposure control to decrease the amount of motion of the object and the background in the display image based on a result detected by the motion detection unit, wherein the exposure control unit executes exposure control based on a result detected by the motion detection unit when the imaging apparatus is determined not to be taking a panning shot by the determination unit and, when the imaging apparatus is determined to be taking a panning shot by the determination unit, executes different exposure control compared to a case when the imaging apparatus is determined not to be taking a panning shot.
US08488002B2	Testing method and testing apparatus for TV system A testing apparatus for a television system is provided. The testing apparatus includes an analysis module, a signal generating module, a transmitting module, a receiving module, and a judging module. The analysis module receives and analyzes a control signal to generate an analysis result. The signal generating module generates a test signal according to the analysis result. The transmitting module transmits the test signal to the television system. The receiving module receives a response signal from the television system. The judging module judges whether the response signal correctly corresponds to the test signal.
US08487995B2	Method of and system for mobile surveillance and event recording A data-encoding system includes a source of unencoded data, and a first encoder interoperably coupled to the source, wherein the first encoder is adapted to receive the unencoded data, encode the unencoded data, and output encoded data at a first data rate. The data encoding system further includes a second encoder interoperably coupled to the source, wherein the second encoder is adapted to receive the unencoded data, encode the unencoded data, and output encoded data at a second data rate in which the second data rate exceeds the first data rate. This Abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an Abstract that allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain subject matter of the technical disclosure. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US08487991B2	Clear path detection using a vanishing point A method for estimating a vanishing point in a roadway using a current image generated by a camera on a vehicle includes defining an exemplary vanishing point for each of a plurality of sample images, identifying features within each of the plurality of sample images, monitoring the current image generated by the camera, identifying features within the current image, matching the current image to at least one of the sample images based upon the identified features within the current image and the identified features within the plurality of sample images, determining a vanishing point based upon the matching and the exemplary vanishing points for each of the matched sample images, and utilizing the vanishing point to navigate the vehicle.
US08487985B2	Imaging apparatus and in-vivo image obtaining apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a noise reduction circuit which eliminates a random noise generated in an analogue signal processing by equalizing, via an averaging processing, image data of correlated multiple images within one frame period which is captured by an image sensor and to which the analogue signal processing is performed in an AFE block, and the imaging apparatus in itself deals with the image data of the correlated multiple images within the one frame period and outputs the data to a wireless module after eliminating the random noise generated in the analogue signal processing.
US08487980B2	Holographic display with communications Holographic display with which voice and holographic image over internet protocol (VHIOIP) services or communications are provided.
US08487977B2	Method and apparatus to virtualize people with 3D effect into a remote room on a telepresence call for true in person experience A video conference system provides “in the room” telepresence to near end participants. The video conference system includes a frameless or bezelless display device placed in front of a front wall for displaying edge-to-edge 3D images of far end participants. Color of the near end front wall is configured to be the same as the color of the far end rear wall. As a result, images displayed on the display device can merge or blend into the near end front wall, giving the near end participants the perception that the far end participants are actually in the near end conference room. Brightness of the faces/bodies of the near end participants can also be adjusted to match the brightness of the face/bodies of the images of the far end participants as they appear on the display device—therefore enhancing the in the room perception of the far end participants.
US08487974B2	Optical scanning apparatus and color image forming apparatus using the same To provide high flexibility in the arrangement of optical paths toward a plurality of photosensitive members and not to cause an increase in size of an image forming apparatus even when a cartridge capacity is increased, provided is an image forming apparatus including: light source units; a deflecting unit for deflecting a plurality of light beams for scanning; a plurality of photosensitive members; an imaging optical system for imaging the light beams deflected for scanning; and a plurality of toner containers, in which the toner containers are different in capacity, and an optical path length from the photosensitive member for the same color as the toner container having a large capacity to the deflecting surface of the deflecting unit is longer than an optical path length from the photosensitive member for the same color as the toner container having a small capacity to the deflecting surface of the deflecting unit.
US08487973B2	Light source control circuit, image forming apparatus, and method of controlling the light source control circuit An optical writing device forms an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive element by a connected light source controlled by a light source control circuit that includes: a pixel data output unit; a pixel data correcting unit that corrects a skew between main scanning line of electrostatic latent image and photosensitive element and a local deviation of the electrostatic latent image on the main scanning line, and outputs pixel data; a pattern generating unit that outputs pixel data for forming a predetermined pattern in an electrostatic latent image; a first light source control unit for causing a first light source, that needs correction of the local deviation, to emit light; a second light source control unit for causing a second light source, that does not need correction of the local deviation, to emit light; and a switch that switches between a first transmission status and a second transmission status.
US08487951B2	Devices and methods of user interfaces to generate a high current drain impact user notification relating to a wallpaper image Disclosed are methods of user interfaces of electronic devices having a displays configured to annunciate wallpaper images wherein a wallpaper image includes image data. Image data can be characterized, for example, by the luminance levels of pixels of the image and/or the power needed to display the image. An image characteristic threshold is related to current drain impact, for example, in terms of luminance and/or power needed to display an image. A disclosed method can include receiving the image data of the wallpaper image and determining whether the image characteristic of the image data (such as luminance level at a given percentile) exceeds the image characteristic threshold. A disclosed method can further provide generating a user interface notification relating to the image characteristic exceeding the image characteristic threshold and relating to the current drain impact of displaying the image as wallpaper.
US08487941B2	Media action script acceleration apparatus Exemplary apparatus, method, and system embodiments provide for accelerated hardware processing of an action script for a graphical image for visual display. An exemplary apparatus comprises: a first memory to store corresponding data; a first processor to separate the action script from other data; and a second processor to convert a plurality of descriptive elements of the action script into a plurality of operational codes, and to perform an operation corresponding to an operational code of the plurality of operational codes using the corresponding data to generate pixel data for the graphical image. In exemplary embodiments the second processor further is to parse the action script into the plurality of descriptive elements and the corresponding data, and to extract data from the action script and to store the extracted data in the first memory as a plurality of control words having the corresponding data in predetermined fields.
US08487922B2	Capacitive load drive circuit and display device including the same A buffer circuit drives a capacitive load based on a voltage Vin. In a setup period, switches are in an ON state, and in a drive period, a switch is in an ON state. A voltage comparison unit compares the voltage Vin in the setup period and a voltage Vout in a drive period to output a comparison result voltage. A push-pull output unit includes a TFT for charge and a TFT for discharge. A drive control unit controls the TFTs to be in an OFF state in the setup period, and in the drive period, selectively controls the TFTs to be in an ON state in accordance with the comparison result voltage. If Vout
US08487918B1	Context sensitive back light Systems and methods for controlling the lighted display of a mobile device are disclosed. The backlight of or active power supplied to a display is reduced or deactivated after a certain period based on the application running on the mobile device, rather than being a uniform deactivation time. The system and method can be used on a variety of mobile devices having a display screen.
US08487917B2	2D/3D image display device, electronic image display device, and driving method thereof A 2-dimensional (2D)/3-dimensional (3D) image display device generates 2D or 3D image data according to an input image signal and displays them on a display unit. The display unit includes a display panel for displaying an image in response to the 2D or 3D image data and an optical element layer operative during first and second driving modes in accordance with the 3D and 2D image data. A controller converts the optical element layer to be in the first driving mode in a first period before a 3D image signal is displayed when the input image signal changes from a 2D image signal to the 3D image signal, and converts the optical element layer to be in the second driving mode in a second period after the 2D image signal is displayed when the input image signal changes from the 3D image signal to the 2D image signal.
US08487915B1	Mobile device incorporating projector and pen-location transcription system A mobile device providing a mobile processing function such as a mobile telephone and/or a personal digital assistant. The mobile device includes a mobile device body, a processing system within the body, the processing system programmed to be part of providing the mobile processing function, a projector coupled to the body to project an image onto a substantially planar surface when the mobile device body is on the surface at a predetermined angle relative to the surface, and a pen-location transcription system coupled to the processing system to record the positions of a writing implement at a plurality of instants of time by transmitting energy between the writing implement and a device mechanically coupled to the mobile device body. In one version, the device mechanically coupled to the mobile device body is a sensor array including at least two sensors of the transmitted energy. The writing implement includes a transmitter of the transmitted energy. In another embodiment, the device mechanically coupled to the mobile device body includes one or more transmitters transmitting the energy, and the writing implement includes at one or more sensors of the transmitted energy.
US08487907B2	Front-end signal detector and method for improving noise immunity of a capacitive touch sensor A front-end signal detector and a method for improving noise immunity of a capacitive touch sensor start counting a preset time to trigger an interrupt signal responsive to a positive or negative edge of a periodic noise, to break the path through which a demodulated signal comes into a low-pass filter, to prevent noise from accumulating in the low-pass filter, and consequently mitigate the influence of the noise on the detection signal generated by the front-end signal detector.
US08487906B2	Method for detecting a touched position on a touch device A method for detecting a touched position on a touch device including a first conductive layer and sensing electrodes disposed on one side of the first conductive layer and separated from each other is disclosed. The method includes providing a first voltage to the first conductive layer; receiving a touch signal in response to a touched position of the touch device to change the first voltage at an area of the first conductive layer; measuring the sensing electrodes detecting the variation of the first voltage to obtain voltage signals; obtaining a first sensing position according to the voltage signals and a position computing mode; obtaining a second sensing position according to the first sensing position and a correction mode. The area corresponds to the touched position, the second sensing position is equal to the touched position, and the correction mode has a first curve relation.
US08487904B2	Dual-substrate capacitive touch panel A capacitive touch panel sequentially has a first glass substrate, a lower touch sensitive layer, a lower insulation ink layer, a lower conductor layer, a lower insulation layer, a lower conductive adhesive layer, a flexible circuit board, a transparent insulation adhesive layer, an upper insulation layer, an upper conductive adhesive layer, an upper conductor layer, an upper insulation ink layer, an upper touch sensitive layer and a second glass substrate. The aforementioned structure allows fabrication of the capacitive touch panel to be separated into a lower panel fabrication process and an upper panel fabrication process. The two independent fabrication processes prevent the capacitive touch panel from being damaged in one of the processes when the process is completed so as to increase the yield in production and further facilitate producing large-size touch panel.
US08487900B2	Touch display panel and liquid crystal display An LCD and a touch display panel that can be integrated in the LCD are provided. The touch display panel comprises an active device matrix substrate that includes multiple sensing lines disposed on multiple data lines correspondingly and arranged parallel thereto, and multiple sensing devices formed on multiple scan lines. When an external pressure is exerted, a current is generated in the sensing lines, and the X and Y coordinates of the touch point is determined from a slight leakage current generated in the scan lines. The conventional external touch screen LCD device is substantially improved in response accuracy of the touch coordinates, material costs, and mechanical thickness.
US08487899B2	Capacitive-type touch panel and touch-point detecting method thereof A capacitive-type touch panel and a touch-point detecting method thereof are provided. The capacitive-type touch panel includes a plurality of first-dimension sensing lines and a plurality of second-dimension sensing lines arranged crossing over one another and in a matrix. When detecting a first touch point and a second touch point existed on the capacitive-type touch panel at the same time by scanning the capacitive-type touch panel, locations of the first touch point and the second touch point are determined according to detected currents in the first-dimension sensing lines and the second-dimension sensing lines. Capacitances of each of the first-dimension sensing lines are gradually decreased along a first direction, and capacitances of each of the second-dimension sensing lines are gradually decreased along a second direction.
US08487892B2	Touch screen panel and display device having the same A touch screen panel includes first and second substrates disposed to face each other, conductive sensing cells in a touch active area on a first surface of the first substrate that faces the second substrate, a black matrix in a non-touch active area on a first surface of the second substrate that faces the first substrate, the non-touch active area being positioned outside the touch active area, an adhesive layer between the first and second substrates, the adhesive layer joining the first and second substrates together, and an insulating layer in the touch active area on the first substrate, the insulating layer covering the conductive sensing cells and overlapping a concave portion formed on the first surface of the second substrate by the black matrix.
US08487884B2	Touch screen detection and diagnostics A method includes driving a current through a touch screen that is based on contact of the touch screen, generating a proportional second current, and detecting contact of the touch screen from the second current. Another method includes providing a touch screen with parallel plates, disabling contact detection when a plate voltage is lower than a threshold voltage, and enabling contact detection when the plate voltage is at least equal to the threshold voltage. A device includes a first node and a second node coupled to a touch screen, a third node, a first current mirror coupled to the second node and the third node configured to generate a current at the third node that is proportional to a second current at the second node, and a detection circuit that provides a signal based on the first current that indicates contact of the touch screen.
US08487883B2	Method for operating user interface and recording medium for storing program applying the same A method for operating a user interface and a recording medium for storing a program applying the same are provided. The method includes following steps. First, a touch generated by touching a touch display using an input tool is detected. Then, whether or not the touch is generated on a specific area of the touch display is determined. Next, whether the position of the touch is changed is determined if the touch is generated on the specific area. The user interface is activated or switched if the position of the touch is changed. Accordingly, a more convenient and intuitive method for operating the user interface is provided and the convenience in using the electronic device is increased.
US08487882B2	Touch-panel display device and portable equipment A touch-panel display device in which a plurality of operation items are displayed in arrangement includes a tilt detector detecting an inclination of a portable equipment, and controls a display ratio of the plurality of operation items according to the direction of an inclination detected by the tilt detector and displays an operation item in large scale.
US08487875B1	Systems and methods for entering data into electronic device with minimally-featured keyboard A user has a computing device with a minimally-featured keyboard and a display and employs such keyboard to enter text characters into the device. The user commands the device to navigate to a text field, and the device actuates a character entry application to assist the user. The character entry application presents in the display one of a strip of characters and a character box of characters that can be scrolled through by the user to select a particular one of the characters. The user scrolls through the characters by way of first predetermined keys on the keyboard, and selects a scrolled-to character by way of a second predetermined key on the keyboard. Thereafter, the user views in the display a representation of the selected character in the text field.
US08487871B2	Virtual desktop coordinate transformation A computing system includes a depth image analysis module to track a world-space pose of a human in a fixed, world-space coordinate system. The computing system further includes an interaction module to establish a virtual interaction zone with a moveable, interface-space coordinate system that tracks the human and moves relative to the fixed, world-space coordinate system. The computing system also includes a transformation module to transform a position defined in the fixed, world-space coordinate system to a position defined in the moveable, interface-space coordinate system.
US08487870B1	Portable device and control method thereof A display device and method for receiving a user input of the display device, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method can include displaying a displayable content which includes at least one input box; receiving a control signal corresponding to a navigating input from a portable device, wherein the portable device is connected with the display device and the navigating input is for navigating the displayable content; transmitting the input box to the portable device, wherein the input box is displayed in the portable device when a user input for mode switching is detected by the portable device and the input box is extracted from the displayable content; and receiving a user input from the portable device wherein the user input is inputted in the transmitted input box.
US08487862B2	Shift register and driving circuit for liquid crystal display A shift register includes first and second shift register units. Two adjacent first shift register units respectively receive a first and second clock signal. Two adjacent second shift register units respectively receive a third and a fourth clock signal. Each first and second shift register unit includes a cascade data input terminal, a cascade data output terminal, an output terminal used to output a shift signal, a feedback terminal, and a reset terminal. The shift signals of the Mth second and Nth first shift register unit are respectively fed back to the feedback terminal of the (N+1)th first and Mth second shift register unit. The reset terminal and the cascade data output terminal of the Nth first and Mth second shift register unit are respectively connected to the output terminal and the cascade data input terminal of (N+1)th first and (M+1)th second shift register unit.
US08487859B2	Data driving apparatus and method for liquid crystal display device The present invention discloses a data driving apparatus and method for a liquid crystal display device having a first multiplexer part performing a time-division on inputted digital pixel data, a digital-analog converter part converting the time-divided digital pixel data from the first multiplexer part to analog pixel signals, a demultiplexer part supplying the analog pixel signals from the digital-analog converter part to a plurality of output channels, and an output part sampling and holding first received analog pixel signals from the demultiplexer part and holding second received analog pixel signals and simultaneously outputting both the first and second received pixel signals to corresponding data lines.
US08487856B2	Addressing method for a bistable nematic liquid crystal matrix screen with regulated average quadratic voltage A method for addressing a bistable nematic matrix LCD having two stable textures without any applied electric field. Pixel addressing is of the passive multiplex type. The method includes selecting the value of the electrical voltage applied between the substrates so that an average value of the voltage, preferably the average quadratic value, since the initial command for image display up to the time immediately preceding switching, has a predetermined value independent of the information to be displayed, which is the same for all the pixels of the image.
US08487853B2	Digital gray scale methods and devices Methods and devices for generating grayscale using digital pulse width modulation between optical states. Grayscale may be generated for each component color using multiple algorithm cycles per display field. Subsets of binary weighted bit values for data values of each component color may be split across algorithm cycles to reduce the number of data comparisons per color per display field. The total number of data comparisons per color per display field may be reduced by half or more.
US08487851B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display device is configured to improve display quality by minimizing flickers and residual images through inversion. The inversion may include changing the polarity of the data voltages. A first liquid crystal cell may be charged with a potential difference between a first data voltage supplied to a first pixel electrode and a second data voltage supplied to an adjacent second pixel.
US08487845B2	Semiconductor device and driving method thereof A semiconductor device in which a signal current can be written quickly in a current source circuit of a current input type. A signal current is written after performing a pre-charge operation, thus the writing is performed quickly. In the pre-charge operation, a current is supplied to a plurality of circuits. The current size is set according to the number of the circuits to be supplied the current, which means the steady state can be obtained quickly. Note that a current may be supplied to a circuit other than the one to be input a signal in the pre-charge operation.
US08487841B2	Semiconductor device and driving method thereof Brightness irregularities that develop in a light emitting device due to is persion among pixels in the threshold values of TFTs used for supplying electric current to light emitting devices become obstacles to improved image quality of the light emitting device. As an image signal input to a pixel from a source signal line, a desired electric potential is applied to a gate electrode of a TFT for supplying electric current to an EL device, through a TFT having its gate and drain connected to each other. A voltage equal to the TFT threshold value is produced between the source and the drain of the TFT 105. An electric potential in which the image signal is offset by the amount of the threshold value is therefore applied to the gate electrode of the TFT. Further, TFTs are disposed in close proximity to each other within the pixel, so that dispersions in the TFT characteristics do not easily develop. A desired drain current can thus be supplied to the EL device even if there is dispersion in the threshold values of the TFTs among pixels, because this is offset by the threshold value of the TFT.
US08487839B2	Plasma display panel and method of manufacturing the same A plasma display panel (PDP) and a method of manufacturing the same, the PDP including scan electrodes extending parallel to one another, sustain electrodes extending parallel to the scan electrodes, and address electrodes extending across the sustain electrodes and the scan electrodes. The address electrodes are divided into a first address electrode group extending from a first side of the panel, and a second address electrode group extending from an opposing second side of the panel, such that the first and second groups are disposed on different sides of the PDP.
US08487838B2	Gaze detection in a see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display The technology provides various embodiments for gaze determination within a see-through, near-eye, mixed reality display device. In some embodiments, the boundaries of a gaze detection coordinate system can be determined from a spatial relationship between a user eye and gaze detection elements such as illuminators and at least one light sensor positioned on a support structure such as an eyeglasses frame. The gaze detection coordinate system allows for determination of a gaze vector from each eye based on data representing glints on the user eye, or a combination of image and glint data. A point of gaze may be determined in a three-dimensional user field of view including real and virtual objects. The spatial relationship between the gaze detection elements and the eye may be checked and may trigger a re-calibration of training data sets if the boundaries of the gaze detection coordinate system have changed.
US08487835B2	Display device A display device is provided. A display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel disposed on the first display. One of the first display panel and the second display panel is monochrome and the other of the first display panel and the second display panel is color.
US08487833B2	Sensor driven automatic display configuration system and method A system that senses the geometric layout of a multi-display system and then automatically configures a graphics adaptor to drive the proper ports to each display in the sensed layout. The present system and method eliminates the interactive configuration step described above by using a sensor (e.g., a camera) to determine the layout of the screens. The graphics adaptor is then automatically programmed with the appropriate display device configuration.
US08487829B2	Antenna unit including a shield cover having a ceiling portion with a mounter vacuumed portion A shield cover is disposed so as to be opposed to a bottom plate and electromagnetic-shields a signal processing circuit mounted on a rear surface of a circuit board. The shied cover has a ceiling portion which includes a mounter vacuumed portion disposed in a center portion of the ceiling portion and vacuumed by a vacuum nozzle of a mounter, a ring-shaped outer edge disposed from an end of the side wall portion inwardly, and a plurality of beam portions joining the mounter vacuumed portion to the outer edge. An electromagnetic shielding of the signal processing unit is carried out using both of the shield cover and the bottom plate.
US08487821B2	Methods and apparatus for a low reflectivity compensated antenna An antenna includes a dipole radiator region forming a series resonant tank having a first quality factor value Q1, and a loop compensator/radiator region integral with the dipole region and forming a parallel resonant tank having a second quality factor value Q2 that is substantially equal to Q2. The antenna may be a conductive sheet antenna (e.g., comprising copper tape) having a generally “A” shaped structure with a discontinuity in a middle segment.
US08487813B2	Antenna alignment method and apparatus A method of automatic alignment of two directional beams having a known path attenuation, and an antenna gain pattern, for mutual transmission, comprises: determining a beam width between two angles of minimal detectable connection on either side of a beam maximum; then mapping points onto a scan field in a regular pattern, the pattern based on the beam width, such that a beam with the determined beam width is detected once if the beam is in the scan field at all; scanning the first antenna over the mapped scan points; and for each point allowing the second antenna to scan over all of its own set of mapped scan points, thereby providing a coarse alignment of the two antennas to achieve at least a minimal mutual connection. The coarse alignment may be followed by a fine alignment to maximize the signal.
US08487809B2	System for response to a signal transmitted by a radar and use of this system notably for testing radars, in particular of the MTI type A system for response to a signal transmitted by a radar includes: a passive antenna capable of receiving and then backscattering a signal transmitted by said radar; a microwave switch connected to said antenna; at least two microwave lines each having a distinct impedance and being connected to the microwave switch; and a generator capable of generating a parametrizable control signal and sending it to the microwave switch so that it switches onto one or other of the microwave lines, so as to modulate the signal backscattered by said antenna.
US08487796B2	Method and apparatus for automatic gain control for nonzero saturation rates A method for automatic gain control comprising the steps of measuring a signal using compressed sensing to produce a sequence of blocks of measurements, applying a gain to one of the blocks of measurements, adjusting the gain based upon a deviation of a saturation rate of the one of the blocks of measurements from a predetermined nonzero saturation rate and applying the adjusted gain to a second of the blocks of measurements. Alternatively, a method for automatic gain control comprising the steps of applying a gain to a signal, computing a saturation rate of the signal and adjusting the gain based upon a difference between the saturation rate of the signal and a predetermined nonzero saturation rate.
US08487783B2	Parking support device To provide a parking support device for easily and quickly moving or rotating a target parking frame to an appropriate position. The parking support device includes a target parking position setting unit configured to set a target parking position at which a vehicle is to be parked with a target parking frame superimposed on an actual image displaying an area surrounding the vehicle. The parking support device guides the vehicle to the target parking position set by the target parking position setting unit. The target parking position setting unit moves the target parking frame initially displayed on a touch display to a position indicated by a coordinate point determined by a touch operation.
US08487771B2	Personal health management device A personal health management device is described. The device is part of a system comprising at least one console, one or more devices in wireless communication with the console wherein the console acts as an intelligent gateway through which the one or more devices may communicate to external data and voice networks, and an alert system wherein an alert is triggered by one or more of a user's action and pre-set alarm criteria and wherein the triggering of an alert causes the console to take an action. The device may be a wearable device or it may be implemented in software and reside on third-party hardware.
US08487765B1	Method and system for a power strip with automatic equipment disconnect A power strip may automatically disconnect a wired connection in response to received weather alert data based on a configuration file including one or more user preference settings. The power strip may include a receiver for a National Weather Service Specific Area Message Encoding system message including an alert type. The power strip may process the message and disconnect a wired connection based on the preference settings. A timer function may also define a time period that the power strip monitors its receiver for weather alert data and automatically disconnects and reconnects the wired connections.
US08487759B2	Self adapting haptic device Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that allow an electronic device to autonomously adapt one or more user alerts of the electronic device. For example, some embodiments may include a method for operating a haptic device including driving a haptic device using a control signal, measuring a frequency related to the operation of the haptic device and comparing the measured frequency with a target frequency. A control signal is adjusted based on the comparison to drive the haptic device to the target frequency.
US08487756B2	Locator inventory system A transmission sequence is broadcast from a locator to a group of transponder devices. Each transponder identified with the group is arranged to receive and capture at least a portion of the transmission, correlate the captured information with an internally stored reference sequence for the identified group, and identify a correlation when the captured information correlates with the internally stored reference sequence. Each transponder that finds a correlation is arranged to broadcast a transmission reply sequence at a precisely determined time interval so that the transponders in a group transmit at different times. A series of locators receive the transmission reply sequence(s), each at a precisely logged time of arrival, and the locators forward the received results to a central processing unit for time synchronization, location tracking, and inventory logging.
US08487753B1	Anti-theft system for vehicles An anti-theft system for a vehicle featuring a first keypad device for controlling an ignition system, and a second keypad device for controlling a door lock system, the keypad devices each comprise a pre-programmed personal identification number (PIN), wherein the first keypad device functions to operatively connect the ignition system to the power system when the correct first PIN is entered and the second keypad device functions to operatively connect the door lock system to the power system when the correct second PIN is entered.
US08487752B2	External status indicator for an electric vehicle An indicator system for a vehicle having an electric motor and a rechargeable battery can include an indicator having a body with a first end and a second opposite end. The body can include an indicator area defining a plurality of contiguous indicator segments therebetween. Each indicator segment can be configured to provide a separate status indication of at least one of a state of charge of the rechargeable battery, a state of a user specified vehicle feature condition, and a fault condition associated with charging of the rechargeable battery. The indicator can be mounted to a vehicle structure about the first end such that the second end extends away from the vehicle structure and the indicator area is externally visible relative to the vehicle from multiple viewpoints beyond a periphery of the vehicle.
US08487744B2	Remotely monitoring field assets Disclosed methods, systems, and apparatuses remotely monitor a plurality of field assets. Device discovery is conducted to find a communication path through a master controller to an operations center. A plurality of states are monitored for individual field assets of the plurality of field assets. In response to trigger events, monitored states are selectively included in data sets that may be parsed, compressed, encrypted, and forwarded through a mesh network to an operations center.
US08487741B1	System and method for touchscreen combination lock Systems and methods for touchscreen security gateways are described, wherein a mechanical lock simulation is presented and operated by the user of a touchscreen interface. Comparisons between entered and stored combinations may be processed and/or stored utilizing local or remote processing and/or storage resources. The mechanical lock aspect of the user interface may comprise simulated rotating elements that may be operated by user-induced sliding interactions upon the user interface. Several aspects of the mechanical lock simulation may be customized or programmed by the user, and the presentation of the user interface operation to the user may include audible and/or haptic feedback.
US08487735B2	Varistor ceramic, multilayer component comprising the varistor ceramic, and production method for the varistor ceramic A varistor ceramic includes the following materials: Zn as the main component, Pr in a proportion of 0.1 to 3 atom %, and a metal M selected from Y, Ho, Er, Yb and Lu in a proportion of 0.1 to 5 atom %.
US08487726B2	High security switch assembly Tamper-resistant switch assemblies are provided including a first movement-sensing switch and a second tamper-sensing switch assembly, the latter including a switchable component and an actuating component. Preferably, the switch and switch assembly are housed within an encapsulated switch module, with the actuating component positioned above or to the side of the module. Mounting structure serves to support the module within a mounting opening and is operable to prevent removal of the switchable component and actuating component without significant relative shifting movement between the switchable component and actuating component. Any attempted tampering results in such relative shifting movement, thereby triggering an alarm.
US08487724B2	Fully enclosed electronic trip unit for a molded case circuit breaker A molded case circuit breaker having a trip unit with one or more integrally formed dielectric protrusions that are configured to slidably interconnect with corresponding dielectric members of the base when the trip unit is secured to the base. The dielectric protrusions extend from dielectric walls located between adjacent enclosure chambers that house the current transformers and are configured to remain in contact with the dielectric members of the base as the trip unit is being moved with respect with the base. By remaining in contact to one another while the trip unit is moved with respect to the base, the dielectric protrusions, along with the dielectric members, maintain a strong dielectric barrier within the exterior spaces between the CT enclosure chambers, thereby preventing debris from traveling between and accumulating on the trip unit and the base.
US08487722B2	Thermally managed electromagnetic switching device A thermally managed electromagnetic switching device (2) is provided that includes a current carrying component set (4) switchable between a closed, current carrying state and an open, current interrupting state. A thermally dissipating component set (6) functionally supports and electrically isolates the current carrying component set (4) in the open state. The thermally dissipating component set (6) includes at least in part a thermally conductive polymer and is cooperatively configured to transfer heat away from the current carrying component set (4) in the closed state to dissipate thermal energy.
US08487715B2	Nano electromechanical integrated-circuit bank and switch A bank of nano electromechanical integrated circuit filters. The bank of integrated circuit filters comprising a silicon substrate; a sacrificial layer; a device layer including at least two resonators, wherein the at least two resonators include sub-micro excitable elements and wherein the at least two resonators posses a fundamental mode frequency as well as a collective mode frequency and wherein the collective mode frequency of the at least two resonators is determined by the fundamental frequency of the sub-micron elements. At least one switch connects to the bank of integrated circuit filters.
US08487714B2	Duplexer module A duplexer module prevents a transmission signal and a reception signal in the same band from interfering with each other. The duplexer module includes a transmission line, a reception line, and an antenna common line. In addition, the duplexer module includes a plurality of mounting electrodes arranged along the four sides of an outer edge of a mounting surface of a multilayer substrate. The fourth mounting electrode defining a monitoring port is disposed on a side different from a side on which each of the first mounting electrode defining a transmission port, the second mounting electrode defining a reception port, and the third mounting electrode defining an antenna port is disposed. The fourth mounting electrode defining the monitoring port is a mounting electrode used to output a signal of the monitoring line through which a portion of electrical power is transmitted from the transmission line.
US08487713B2	Multiband matching circuit and multiband power amplifier A multiband matching circuit includes a first matching unit for converting an impedance in a signal path to Z0 in a first frequency band, and a second matching unit formed of a series matching section connected at one end in series with the first matching unit in the signal path, which is a transmission line whose characteristic impedance is equal to the matching impedance Z0 or a circuit equivalent to the transmission line at least in the first frequency band, and a parallel matching section connected at one end to the signal path at the other end of the series matching section and grounded at the other end. The parallel matching section is configured to open in impedance the connection point to the signal path in the first frequency band. The series matching section and the parallel matching section are designed to match an impedance in a second frequency band with Z0.
US08487708B2	Clock oscillator circuit and semiconductor device An object is to provide a method for preventing the occurrence of variations in time resolution by providing a calibration process to a TDC at the time of start up and further preventing the increase in circuit scale by reducing the redundancy of delay elements. A calibration of a multiphase oscillator TDC and a vernier TDC is carried out at the time of power-on. In the calibration, a timing input to be input to the vernier TDC is selected from output signals of DCCO based on a reference clock. Also, data is defined as an output signal which is adjacent to the output signal of DCCO mentioned above and proceeds in phase, and the delay therebetween is derived. By repeating it to all of the output signals, the one cycle of the output signal of DCCO is derived.
US08487699B2	Inductive-element feedback-loop compensator Described is an inductive compensating network coupled between the differential inputs of an operational amplifier circuit. The inductive compensating network includes at least one inductive element having an inductance value selected so as to provide proper compensation of the operational amplifier circuit. Also described is a feedback compensation scheme which adjusts loop characteristics by introducing zeros into a system with the addition of inductive or capacitive elements in a feedback path.
US08487690B2	Dual mode charge pump A dual mode charge pump is operable in a first mode or a second mode for providing positive and negative output voltages that can be stabilized by adjusting the charging time of two terminals of a flying capacitor or by adjusting the charging/discharging time of the positive and negative voltage output terminals. The dual mode charge pump can apply to a much wider input supply voltage range with less numbers of power switches, thus requiring less die area and lower costs. Moreover, the dual mode charge pump can precisely define a common mode voltage, thus making the common voltage drift smaller and less load dependent, especially when the output supply voltages are under different load conditions.
US08487689B2	Load switch system driven by a charge pump A method for operating a load switch, wherein a charge pump drives a gate of the load switch, comprises the steps of: controlling a charge pump frequency as a function of states of the load switch; generating a charge pump output as a function of the charge pump frequency; and providing the charge pump output to the gate of the load switch.
US08487677B1	Phase locked loop with adaptive biasing A phase locked loop including first and second charge pumps, a voltage buffer and a bias generator for adaptive biasing for improved performance. A voltage controlled oscillator, feedback circuit and phase detector portions may be provided to operate similar to conventional configurations. The first charge pump receives an adjust signal, such as from the phase detector, and selectively charges an intermediate node. The second charge pump receives the adjust signal and selectively charges a control node developing the control voltage for the VCO. A loop filter capacitor is referenced to the intermediate node. The voltage buffer, replacing the loop filter resistor, buffers the intermediate node and drives the control node. The bias generator converts the control voltage to a converter bias current based on the control voltage and adjusts the charge pump currents and a bias current of the voltage buffer.
US08487659B2	Comparator with adaptive timing An adaptive delay device that provides a delay to a signal based on circuit conditions such as temperature, supply voltage values and/or fabrication processes. The adaptive delay device may respond to circuit conditions by charging a capacitive device to a threshold voltage. A comparator may incorporate the adaptive delay device to provide adaptive timing for the comparator functions thereby attaining improved noise performance and/or reduce power consumption.
US08487657B1	Dynamic logic circuit A dynamic logic circuit includes an N channel transistor stack between a dynamic node and a first power supply terminal for receiving a plurality of logic signals. A P channel clock transistor is coupled between a second power supply terminal and the dynamic node is for receiving a clock signal. An N channel clock transistor is in series with the N channel stack and is between the dynamic node and the first power supply terminal is for receiving the clock signal. A keeper transistor has a first current electrode coupled to the dynamic node, a second current electrode coupled to a second power supply terminal, and a control electrode. A static logic circuit has an output for providing an output responsive to a state of the logic signals. The output is coupled to the control electrode of the keeper transistor.
US08487656B1	Dynamic logic circuit A dynamic logic circuit includes an N channel transistor stack between a dynamic node and a first power terminal for receiving a plurality of logic signals. A first clock transistor is coupled between a second power terminal and the dynamic node for receiving a clock signal. A second clock transistor is in series with the N channel stack, between the dynamic node and a second power terminal, and for receiving the clock signal. An inverter circuit has an input coupled to the dynamic node and an output. A keeper transistor has a control electrode coupled to the output of the inverter circuit, a first current electrode coupled to the dynamic node, and a second current electrode. A plurality of P channel transistors, which are coupled in parallel, are coupled between the keeper transistor and the second power terminal and are for receiving the plurality of logic signals.
US08487649B2	Output circuit, system including output circuit, and method of controlling output circuit An output circuit includes a first transistor coupled to an external terminal and including a gate terminal that receives a first drive signal. The first transistor drives a potential at the external terminal in accordance with the first drive signal. A first capacitor includes a first end coupled to the gate terminal of the first transistor and a second end coupled to the external terminal. The output circuit also includes a circuit portion coupled to the first transistor. The circuit portion maintains the first transistor in an inactivated state when the gate terminal of the first transistor is in a floating state.
US08487644B2	Method and pattern carrier for optimizing inspection recipe of defect inspection tool A method for optimizing an inspection recipe of a defect inspection tool is described. A substrate having thereon intentional defects and locating patterns beside the intentional defects is provided. The defect inspection tool is used to detect the intentional defects with an inspection recipe and obtain the distribution of undetected or partially detected intentional defects. The locating patterns are utilized to locate the undetected or partially detected intentional defects and thereby determine the type(s) of the undetected or partially detected intentional defects. The inspection recipe is modified according to the type(s) of the undetected or partially detected intentional defects in a manner such that there is a minimal number of undetected or partially detected intentional defects under the inspection of the defect inspection tool.
US08487633B2	Fault detection of electric consumers in motor vehicles Fault detection of electric consumers in motor vehicles including at least one electric consumer switchably arranged between a first electric potential and a second electric potential. The electric consumer is switchably connected both to the first and to the second potential. A first switch is arranged between the first potential and the consumer and a second switch is arranged between the second potential and the consumer. The first and the second switch must be closed at the same time in order to operate the consumer. Fault detection is carried out when the device consuming the electricity is visibly off, in that a third electric potential is tapped at a voltage divider arranged parallel to the second switch. Fault detection is carried out by monitoring the third electric potential and the positions of the first and second switches.
US08487628B2	System for smart management of an electrochemical battery The present invention relates to a system for smart management of an electrochemical battery using a method of estimating the internal state of the battery, by use of mathematical models for management of an electrochemical battery during operation thereof, and notably for estimating the characteristics of the battery that are not directly measurable. For applications relative to hybrid and electric vehicles, the most interesting internal characteristics are the state of charge (SoC), the state of health (SoH) and the thermal state. Reconstruction of the internal characteristics is done using mathematical models of the batter.
US08487624B2	Surface sensor The invention relates to a sensor for measuring structures in a surface, e.g. a fingerprint sensor comprising a chosen number of sensor elements at chosen positions for coupling to a finger surface having a size less or comparable to the size of the structures in the finger surface, and a processing unit including interrogation electrodes coupled to said sensor elements for providing impedance measurements at said finger surface, the processing unit being mounted on one side of a substrate and the sensor elements being positioned on the opposite side of said substrate, the substrate including through going first conducting leads between said sensor elements and said interrogation electrodes. The substrate is made from a semiconductor material such as silicon and said first conducting leads are constituted by through going substrate sections of a chosen size surrounded by an insulating dielectric separating them from the substrate.
US08487623B2	Low field squid MRI devices, components and methods Low field SQUID MRI devices, components and methods are disclosed. They include a portable low field (SQUID)-based MRI instrument and a portable low field SQUID-based MRI system to be operated under a bed where a subject is adapted to be located. Also disclosed is a method of distributing wires on an image encoding coil system adapted to be used with an NMR or MRI device for analyzing a sample or subject and a second order superconducting gradiometer adapted to be used with a low field SQUID-based MRI device as a sensing component for an MRI signal related to a subject or sample.
US08487622B2	MR signal transmission in a local coil arrangement In a magnetic resonance tomography local coil arrangement and a method for processing signals received thereby, at least one local coil is fashioned to receive at least one reception signal and at least one amplifier is provided that amplifies the at least one reception signal. A frequency converter generates at least one intermediate frequency signal from the at least one reception signal the intermediate frequency of the intermediate frequency signal differing from the reception signal frequency of each reception signal. An analog-digital converter converts the analog intermediate frequency signal into a digitized signal. A shielding device shields against at least radio-frequency signals, the shielding device surrounding at least the analog-digital converter. At least one frequency filter is arranged between the at least one local coil and the analog-digital converter, the frequency filter exhibiting a transmission range for signals with the intermediate frequency of an intermediate frequency signal. The digitized signal is transmitted from the local coil arrangement.
US08487609B2	Testing apparatus with read head holder having a gas jet pointing into a channel A test apparatus can test a read head and/or a disk. The test apparatus includes a rotatable spindle adapted to hold the disk, and a holder oriented to hold the read head with its air bearing surface adjacent the major surface of the disk during testing. The holder includes a channel with a first side wall. The channel defines a channel longitudinal axis parallel to the first side wall. The channel also defines a lateral direction that is normal to the first side wall. A first gas jet points into the channel and impinges upon a top face of the read head.
US08487608B2	System for measuring high-frequency signals with standardized power-supply and data interface In a system for measuring at least one high-frequency signal, comprising at least one broadband probe and at least one measuring apparatus, each broadband probe and each measuring apparatus comprise a high-frequency connection for transmitting a high-frequency signal, and each measuring apparatus, or instead of a measuring apparatus each signal processing unit, comprises power supply connections for supplying power to each of the broadband probes, and comprise data signal connections for transmitting communication data between the measuring apparatus or signal processing unit and the broadband probe head. The power supply and data signal connections of each measuring apparatus, each signal processing unit, and each broadband probe are each identical with respect to the signal assignment and signal specification and are designed in accordance with an interface standard, and in each measuring apparatus, each signal processing unit and either directly in the broadband probe or in an adapter unit electrically connected to the broadband probe head are each guided in an identically standardized jack.
US08487605B1	Global severe lightning storm locator A real time Schumann frequency (approximately 6-10 Hz) band-based, lightning strike detector system is described, comprising: first and second sensor systems, each sensor system comprising: first and second magnetic field sensors, each sensor having a preferential directional sensitivity, wherein the sensors are arranged with their preferential directional sensitivity substantially orthogonal to each other; signal lines coupled to the sensors; an amplifier to coupled to the signal lines; an output of the amplifier coupled to a processor; and power source coupled to the amplifier and processor, wherein the first and second sensor systems are separated from each other by at least 400 miles, and wherein each sensor system upon detection of a Schumann frequency from a lightning strike provides a respective orientation angle, wherein an intersection of the angles of orientation following a great circle path indicates a location of the lightning strike.
US08487603B2	Reference voltage generating circuit of semiconductor memory apparatus A voltage generating circuit of semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a voltage controller that detects the level of an external supply voltage and outputs a voltage control signal; a voltage supplier that outputs the external supply voltage or a first internal voltage in response to the voltage control signal; and a first reference voltage generator that is supplied with an output voltage of the voltage supplier and generates a first reference voltage.
US08487598B2	DC-DC converter with unity-gain feedback amplifier driving bias transistor An output stage of a switching DC-DC converter includes a pair of transistors and a bias transistor connected between the transistors. A voltage regulator generates a bias voltage to bias a control terminal of the bias transistor with a fixed bias voltage. The voltage regulator is operable in a full-power mode and a low-power mode. The voltage regulator consumes larger current in the full-power mode than in the low-power mode. At low load currents, the voltage regulator is operated in the low-power mode when both the transistors in the pair of transistors are off, and in the full-power mode otherwise.
US08487597B2	Controlled power supply and method for pulse load A method for supplying bursts of substantially constant voltage to a switched load via a voltage reservoir. Based on a predetermined current that is to be sourced by the load during an active portion of a switching cycle, computing an average current that should be fed to the voltage reservoir during an inactive portion of the switching cycle to ensure that sufficient energy will stored in the voltage reservoir to supply the load without completely draining the voltage reservoir. Supplying continuous energy to the voltage reservoir at a substantially constant current equal in magnitude to said average current.
US08487588B2	Battery pack A battery pack is disclosed that includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of temperature sensors. Each of the temperature sensors is for sensing a temperature of a corresponding one or more of the battery cells to generate a temperature signal, and the temperature sensors are divided into groups of temperature sensors. A plurality of A/D converters is provided, and each of the A/D converters is coupled to a corresponding one of the groups of temperature sensors to convert the temperature signal into a digital signal. An identification signal module is coupled to the A/D converters for applying different identification signals to the plurality of A/D converters, respectively. A controller is coupled to the A/D converters for receiving the identification signals and the temperature signal, and for identifying a temperature of each of the battery cells through the identification signals.
US08487573B2	Starter controller A relay is provided in a power supply line from a battery to a motor of a starter in a vehicle. The relay is selectively switched between a contact side state where contacts short-circuit and a resistor side state where the contacts open and a resistor is inserted into the power supply line in series. When an engine is started, an ECU controlling the starter energizes the motor by driving the relay to the resistor side only for a first predetermined time in order to suppress inrush current and voltage fall due to the inrush current. The ECU detects a contact side state fixation abnormality of the relay based on a battery voltage at the time when the motor is energized by driving the relay to the resistor side.
US08487571B2	Zero-crossing detection circuit and commutation device using the zero-crossing detection circuit A zero-crossing detection circuit and a commutation device using the zero-crossing detection circuit are provided. The zero-crossing detection circuit is adapted into a three-phase brushless DC (direct current) motor with first to third coils. One terminal of each of the first to third coils is electrically coupled together with each other. The detection circuit comprises a first selection circuit, a second selection circuit and a comparator. The first selection circuit and the second selection circuit are both electrically coupled to another terminals of the first to third coils, to obtain first to third terminal voltages, and output one of the first to third terminal voltages according to a selection signal. The comparator is configured for comparing an output of the first selection circuit and an output of the second selection circuit, to output a comparing result.
US08487569B2	Control of an electric machine A method of controlling an electric machine that includes exciting a winding of the electric machine in advance of zero-crossings of back emf by a fixed advance time over a range of speeds. Additionally, a control system for an electric machine, and a product incorporating the control system and electric machine.
US08487568B2	Circuit arrangement for an electric drive A circuit arrangement is provided for supplying an electric drive, to which at least two electric energy sources can be connected. At least one of the at least two electric energy sources supplies at least intermittently the electric drive by way of at least one actuating element. At least one electric energy source can be disconnected from the electric drive by way of a switch. Furthermore, a method for operating the circuit arrangement, as well as a motor vehicle including the circuit arrangement, are provided.
US08487563B2	Drive motor control apparatus for vehicle, motor control system, method for correcting rotation angle of motor, program for performing the same, rotation detecting apparatus A drive motor control apparatus for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has a motor and rotation detecting unit. In the apparatus, the first difference computing unit computes one of multiple first differences every time an actual detected angle of rotation of the motor becomes a corresponding representative angle during the one cycle. The first difference indicates an advancing amount of an estimated angle relative to the actual detected angle. The second difference computing unit computes multiple second differences based on the first differences of the one cycle. The second differences are adjusted in accordance with a degree of acceleration and deceleration of the motor. The adjusted second differences are used for correcting the actual detected angle of rotation of the motor.
US08487561B2	Softstarter device and method to control the softstarting of an electric motor A self-adapting soft-starter device includes an electric current limiter limiting electric current supplied to the motor to a preset maximum current limit, a ramp-up time determiner determining the actual ramp-up time of the electric motor, a storing device storing a preset minimum ramp-up time, a comparator comparing the determined actual ramp-up time with the preset reference ramp-up time, a replacing device replacing the preset maximum current limit with an auto-adapted current limit based upon the outcome of the comparison between the determined actual ramp-up time and the preset reference ramp-up time. The soft-starter automatically optimizes the maximum current limit driven by the motor to match its load requirements which is useful to cater for load variations with time during the lifetime of the product in the application by avoiding the need for human intervention to change the soft-starter settings. Wear and tear is also reduced, extending motor lifetime.
US08487554B2	Illumination device comprising multiple LEDs A light generating device (20) comprises: —an input for receiving a DC input voltage (Vin) of varying magnitude; —a controllable current source (40); —a switch matrix (30) comprising a plurality of controllable switches (S1-SN); —a plurality of n LEDs (D1, D2, . . . Dn) connected to output terminals of the switch matrix (30); —a controller (50) controlling said switches and controlling the current generated by the current source dependent on the momentary value of the DC input voltage (Vin). The controller is capable of operating in at least three different control states. In a first control state all LEDs are connected in parallel. In a second control state all LEDs are connected in series. In a third control state at least two of said LEDs are connected in parallel while also at least two of said LEDs are connected in series.
US08487551B1	Ultra-high efficiency ballast with end of lamp life protection In one embodiment, a self-oscillating electronic ballast for discharge tube type lamps which increases efficiency and has IEC-standard end of lamp life protection. Efficiency is enhanced by placing primary resonant capacitor (351a) in parallel with cathode conduction loop (270) while retaining a minimal secondary resonant capacitor (351b) within the cathode conduction loop (270). IEC-standard end of lamp life protection is achieved by placing the primary winding (323) of the base drive transformer (357) within the cathode conduction loop (270) of the ballast circuit, and employing a dampening capacitor (307) to suppress the erroneous base drive signals generated by coupling in the secondary windings (325, 327) as a lamp nears end of lamp life. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US08487547B2	Lighting assembly, circuits and methods A circuit in accordance with one embodiment of the invention can include an LED drive circuit that may isolate a sense circuit from a supply voltage in a passive mode, and maintain a predetermined voltage difference between the sense circuit and the supply voltage in an operational mode.
US08487536B1	Dense plasma focus device and method A dense plasma focus device is disclosed as having an anode with a non-constant radius and a cathode coupled to the anode, the cathode also having a non-constant radius. The anode and/or the cathode may be tapered. In addition, a ratio of the non-constant radius of the anode and the non-constant radius of the cathode may be held constant along the length of the dense plasma focus device in order to maintain constant inductance. Alternatively, the inductance may be varied by varying the ratio of the anode and cathode radii along the length of the dense plasma focus device.
US08487526B2	Light emitting apparatus, surface light source apparatus and display apparatus A light emitting apparatus has a light emitting element arranged on a substrate and a light flux controlling member. The light flux controlling member has: a light control/emission surface that controls a traveling direction of light; a concavity that allows a main beam to be incident inside; and a back surface that extends in a radial direction from an opening rim part of the concavity and that allows sub-beams to be incident inside. One of a grid convex part which arranges a plurality of strips of convex parts in a grid pattern and a grid concave part which arranges a plurality of strips of concave parts in a grid pattern is formed in the back surface of the light flux controlling member. The substrate and the back surface of the light flux controlling member are placed opposite to one another without intervention of a reflective sheet therebetween.
US08487521B2	Electron emitting element, method for producing electron emitting element, electron emitting device, charging device, image forming apparatus, electron-beam curing device, light emitting device, image display device, air blowing device, and cooling device An electron emitting element of the present invention includes: an electrode substrate; a thin-film electrode; and an electron acceleration layer sandwiched between the electrode substrate and the thin-film electrode, the electron acceleration layer including (i) conductive fine particles, (ii) insulating fine particles having an average particle diameter greater than an average particle diameter of the conductive fine particles, and (iii) a crystalline electron transport agent. The crystalline electron transport agent is crystallized in the acceleration layer.
US08487518B2	Solid state light with optical guide and integrated thermal guide A solid state light having a solid state light source such as LEDs, an optical guide, and a thermal guide. The optical guide is coupled to the light source for receiving and distributing light from the light source, and the thermal guide is integrated with the optical guide for providing thermal conduction from the solid state light source and dissipating heat through convection and radiation for cooling the light. The optical guide can be tapered to enhance the efficiency of light distribution. The thermal guide can have an external shell connected with internal fins, and the external shell can have a reflective coating to provide for a back reflector behind the optical guide.
US08487515B2	Piezoelectric ceramic, process for producing the piezoelectric ceramic, and piezoelectric device As a piezoelectric ceramic having an alkaline-containing niobic acid-perovskite structure contains [K1-xNax]1-yLi[Nb1-z-wTazSbw]O3 (x, y, z, and w each indicate a molar ratio, and 0≦x<1, 0≦y<1, 0≦z<1, and 0≦w<1 hold) as a primary phase and K3Nb3O6Si2O7 as a subphase.
US08487514B2	Apparatus and method for harvesting energy An apparatus for generating electrical energy from mechanical vibrations of an object is provided. The apparatus comprises a case for housing the object. The case comprises: a first case member comprising a first and a second opposing surfaces, said first case member comprising an internal space between the first and the second opposing surfaces; multiple piezoelectric elements for generating electrical energy from the mechanical vibrations, each piezoelectric element comprises a first and a second end, wherein each piezoelectric element being arranged over the first and the second opposing surfaces at the first end; a second case member movably suspended on the first case member, said second case member interfaces with the second end of piezoelectric elements arranged over the first opposing surface; and a third case member movably suspended on the first case member, said third case member interfaces with the second end of piezoelectric element arranged over the second opposing surface.
US08487512B2	Oscillatory wave motor An oscillatory wave motor includes an oscillator having an oscillation body and an electro-mechanical energy-converting element, and a flexible heat-conducting member configured to dissipate heat generated by the oscillatory wave motor. The oscillatory wave motor drives a moving body in contact with a contact portion formed in the oscillation body by an elliptical movement of the oscillator, and the heat-conducting member is provided in addition to a heat-conducting path that conducts heat generated by the oscillatory wave motor through an oscillator supporting member that supports the oscillator or a heat-conducting path that conducts heat through the moving body.
US08487510B2	Driving device Provided is a driving device having an electromechanical transducer, a driving member, a moving member and a driving circuit. The driving circuit outputs a driving voltage at a frequency lower than that where the driving speed of the moving member is at maximum, and changes the drive frequency of the driving voltage so that the drive frequency has a negative correlative relationship with the ambient temperature. The change rate of the drive frequency to a change of the ambient temperature in the negative correlative relationship is larger than a change rate of a frequency where the driving speed of the moving member is at maximum to an increase of the ambient temperature, and the change rate permits the driving speed of the moving member to increase when the ambient temperature increases.
US08487507B1	Tritium direct conversion semiconductor device A multilayer device for producing electricity. The device comprising a betavoltaic source layer for generating beta particles, and at least three semiconductor layers each having a bandgap substantially similar to a band gap of the other layers, the at least three layers comprising a doped top layer, an undoped intermediate layer and a doped bottom layer, wherein the top and the bottom layers are doped with opposite-type dopants, and wherein the top layer is closer to the betavoltaic source layer than the bottom layer.
US08487493B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a bearing through a pressure boundary A rotating apparatus includes a housing, a shaft at least partially disposed within a first pressure environment defined by the housing, a first magnetic bearing supporting the shaft and being at least partially disposed within the first pressure environment, a sensor operable to sense a position of the shaft relative to the first magnetic bearing, a controller disposed in a second pressure environment independent of the first pressure environment and operable to communicate with the sensor and to generate a control signal for the first magnetic bearing based on the sensed position, and a communication device operable to communicate the control signal between the controller and the first magnetic bearing and to communicate the sensed position between the sensor and the controller without penetrating a pressure boundary defined between the first and second pressure environments.
US08487491B2	Insulating retaining element for phase potential bars A stator for an electric motor has phase potential bars and an insulating retaining element. The insulating retaining element includes a first component configured to accommodate the phase potential bars and to insulate the phase potential bars electrically from one another. The insulating retaining element additionally includes a second component which is separate from the first component. The second component, in conjunction with the first component, forms a trough that borders on the phase potential bars.
US08487487B2	Magnetostrictive actuator of a medical ultrasound transducer assembly, and a medical ultrasound handpiece and a medical ultrasound system having such actuator Apparatus includes a magnetostrictive actuator of a medical ultrasound transducer assembly. The actuator comprises a magnetostrictive alloy chosen from a list. A medical ultrasound handpiece includes an ultrasound transducer assembly adapted to attachingly receive an end effector. The transducer assembly includes a magnetostrictive actuator having a magnetostrictive alloy, and includes a first coil surrounding the actuator and adapted to excite the actuator to substantially a desired medical resonant frequency and substantially a desired medical amplitude. A medical ultrasound system includes a handpiece housing, a first medical ultrasound transducer assembly, and a first medical end effector attachable to the first transducer assembly. The first transducer assembly includes a magnetostrictive first actuator having a first magnetostrictive alloy. At least a portion of the first transducer assembly is attachingly insertable in the handpiece housing without the use of tools, without damaging the handpiece housing, and without damaging the first transducer assembly.
US08487484B1	Permanent magnet drive apparatus and operational method A magnetic drive apparatus includes first and second magnet carriers carrying first and second permanent magnet arrangements. An intermediate magnet carrier disposed between the first and second magnet carriers carries a third permanent magnet arrangement. The magnet carriers are arranged for rotation relative to each other such that the magnet arrangements produce magnetic interactions that result in power stroke forces causing the magnet carriers to undergo relative reciprocation in first and second stroke directions during power zone portions of the relative rotation. The magnetic interactions impart substantially no power stroke forces during dead zone portions of the relative rotation. The dead zones include magnet carrier relative rotation positions wherein opposing magnetic poles are mutually coaxially aligned but produce a substantially equal balance of push and pull magnetic forces. The apparatus may be synchronized so that the dead zones coincide with top dead center and bottom dead center relative reciprocation positions.
US08487477B2	Method to properly ramp current sharing A distributed power management system may include a communication bus and a plurality of POL (point-of-load) regulators coupled to the communication bus, and configured in a current sharing arrangement in which each POL regulator of the plurality of POL regulators has a respective output stage coupled to a common load and configured to generate a respective output current. Each POL regulator may have a respective phase in the current sharing configuration, and may transmit and receive information over the bus according to a bus communication protocol corresponding to the bus. The plurality of POL regulators may autonomously synchronize, to each other, a start time of their respective output voltage signal ramps by transmitting monitoring information to each other over the communication bus, while each of the POL regulators is ramping a duty cycle of a gate signal controlling a low-side field effect transistor of the output stage of the POL regulator according to a duty cycle of a gate signal controlling a high-side FET of the output stage of the POL regulator.
US08487472B2	Grip actuated vehicle control system Grip actuated control system to provide operational control of vehicle functions at a gripping surface of handlebar equipped vehicles. The system can be provided as original equipment and as an aftermarket addition or replacement for existent vehicle controls. The system includes one or more grip controls positioned adjacent a user's fingertips in a grip or glove assembly which are in communication with a control module. The control module is connected to existent or provided vehicle wiring and thus to respective operational equipment such that user actuation of a grip control induces the control module to provide a corresponding output to activate/deactivate or regulate the operation of the respective vehicle equipment. Communication between the grip controls and control module can be wireless for increased flexibility in installation and placement of the module on the vehicle. Combinations, sequences, and relative timing of the grip controls can provide numerous distinct control functions.
US08487459B2	Wave energy converter and power take off system A wave energy converter (WEC) includes a float tending to move in phase with the waves, a spar tending to move out of phase with the float and power take off device (PTO) coupled between the float and spar for converting their relative motion into useful energy. The PTO includes a rack and pinion mechanism which drives a high-torque, multi-pole, permanent magnet generator (PMG) to produce electrical signals of relatively high frequency relative to the frequency of the waves and the basic motion of the rack and pinion mechanism. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the rack and pinion mechanism may be located within the spar which may be hermetically sealed by a sealing mechanism which allows a thrust rod coupled between the float and spar to move up and down with little friction to ensure efficient operation. In addition, a braking arrangement is provided for inhibiting relative motion between the float and spar during extreme severe wave conditions. In this way, the pinion gears and generators need only be sized for the operational wave conditions.
US08487440B2	Backside processing of semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a workpiece having a bottom surface opposite the top surface. Metallization layers are disposed over the top surface and a protective layer is disposed over the metallization layers. The semiconductor device further includes a metal silicide layer disposed on the bottom surface. The metal silicide layer is less than about five atomic layers in thickness. A first metal layer is disposed over the metal silicide layer such that a metal of the first metal layer is the same as a metal of the metal silicide layer.
US08487426B2	Semiconductor package with embedded die and manufacturing methods thereof A semiconductor package includes a conductive base, a die disposed adjacent to an upper surface of the conductive base, a patterned conductive layer, and a dielectric layer encapsulating the die. The dielectric layer defines an opening through which the patterned conductive layer is electrically connected to the upper surface of the conductive base. The conductive base has a lateral surface including a first portion adjacent to the upper surface of the conductive base and a second portion adjacent to a lower surface of the conductive base, where the second portion is sloped inwardly with respect to the lower surface of the conductive base.
US08487405B2	Deep trench capacitor with conformally-deposited conductive layers having compressive stress A high density deep trench MIM capacitor structure is provided wherein conductive-compressive-conformally applied layers of a semiconductor material, such as a Poly-SixGe1-x, are interleaved within MIM capacitor layers to counterbalance the tensile stresses created by such MIM capacitor layers. The interleaving of conductive-compressive-conformally applied material layers are adapted to counterbalance convex (upward) bowing of silicon wafers during the manufacturing process of high density deep trench MIM capacitor silicon devices to thereby help maximize production yields of such devices per wafer.
US08487404B2	Fuse patterns and method of manufacturing the same The present invention provides fuse patterns and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, an insulating layer and a contact plug are filled between fuse patterns which are formed to have their ends broken and are isolated from each other. In case of a fail cell, the insulating layer is broken owing a difference in an electrical bias (current or voltage) between a metal wire and the fuse patterns, and a short is generated between the fuse patterns. Accordingly, embodiments avoid damage to a semiconductor substrate associated with a conventional fuse repair method employing laser energy, and the area of a fuse box can be reduced.
US08487400B2	High performance system-on-chip using post passivation process The present invention extends the above referenced continuation-in-part application by in addition creating high quality electrical components, such as inductors, capacitors or resistors, on a layer of passivation or on the surface of a thick layer of polymer. In addition, the process of the invention provides a method for mounting discrete electrical components at a significant distance removed from the underlying silicon surface.
US08487399B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same In a semiconductor device and related method of fabricating the same, a hard mask layer is formed over a substrate, portions of the hard mask layer and the substrate are etched to form trenches having protruding portions at sidewalls, and an insulation layer buried in the trenches is formed to form device isolation regions having protruding portions at sidewalls, wherein the device isolation regions decrease a portion of a width of active regions.
US08487393B2	B-sialon phosphor, use thereof and method for producing same An Eu-activated β-sialon phosphor showing a high luminance, the use thereof and the method of producing the same. The β-sialon phosphor includes, as a matrix, a β-sialon crystal represented by a general formula: Si6-zAlzOzN8-z (0
US08487390B2	Memory cell with stress-induced anisotropy A magnetic memory element that has a stress-induced magnetic anisotropy. The memory element has a ferromagnetic free layer having a switchable magnetization orientation switchable, a ferromagnetic reference layer having a pinned magnetization orientation, and a non-magnetic spacer layer therebetween. The free layer may be circular, essentially circular or nearly circular.
US08487388B2	Solid-state image pickup apparatus, method for manufacturing same, and electronic device A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a substrate, a solid-state image pickup device, and a Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) device. The solid-state image pickup device and the MEMS device are configured to be formed on the same substrate.
US08487384B2	Semiconductor device, power-supply unit, amplifier and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device, includes a semiconductor layer formed above a substrate; an insulating film formed on the semiconductor layer; and an electrode formed on the insulating film. The insulating film has a membrane stress at a side of the semiconductor layer lower than a membrane stress at a side of the electrode.
US08487382B2	Device scheme of HKMG gate-last process The present disclosure provides a method for making metal gate stacks of a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a high k dielectric material layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a conductive material layer on the high k dielectric material layer; forming a dummy gate in a n-type field-effect transistor (nFET) region and a second dummy gate in a pFET region employing polysilicon; forming an inter-level dielectric (ILD) material on the semiconductor substrate; applying a first chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process to the semiconductor substrate; removing the polysilicon from the first dummy gate, resulting in a first gate trench; forming a n-type metal to the first gate trench; applying a second CMP process to the semiconductor substrate; removing the polysilicon from the second dummy gate, resulting in a second gate trench; forming a p-type metal to the second gate trench; and applying a third CMP process to the semiconductor substrate.
US08487380B2	Transistor with reduced charge carrier mobility One or more embodiments relate to an apparatus comprising: a first transistor including a fin; and a second transistor including a fin, the fin of the first transistor having a lower charge carrier mobility than the fin of the second transistor.
US08487379B2	Structure and method for buried inductors for ultra-high resistivity wafers for SOI/RF SiGe applications A design structure is embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, or testing a design. The design structure includes a high resistivity substrate and a buried inductor formed directly in the high resistivity substrate and devoid of an insulating layer therebetween.
US08487378B2	Non-uniform channel junction-less transistor The present disclosure discloses a method of forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate. The method includes patterning the semiconductor layer into a fin structure. The method includes forming a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer over the fin structure. The method includes patterning the gate dielectric layer and the gate electrode layer to form a gate structure in a manner so that the gate structure wraps around a portion of the fin structure. The method includes performing a plurality of implantation processes to form source/drain regions in the fin structure. The plurality of implantation processes are carried out in a manner so that a doping profile across the fin structure is non-uniform, and a first region of the portion of the fin structure that is wrapped around by the gate structure has a lower doping concentration level than other regions of the fin structure.
US08487366B2	TFT MONOS or SONOS memory cell structures A device having thin-film transistor (TFT) metal-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (MONOS) or semiconductor-oxide-nitride-oxide-semiconductor (SONOS) memory cell structures includes a substrate, a dielectric layer on the substrate, and one or more source or drain regions being embedded in the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is associated with a first surface. Each of the one or more source or drain regions includes an N+ polysilicon layer on a diffusion barrier layer which is on a conductive layer. The N+ polysilicon layer has a second surface substantially co-planar with the first surface. Additionally, the device includes a P− polysilicon layer overlying the co-planar surface, an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) layer overlying the P− polysilicon layer; and at least one control gate overlying the ONO layer. The control gate may be made of a metal layer or a P+ polysilicon layer.
US08487358B2	Spin field effect logic devices Provided are spin field effect logic devices, the logic devices including: a gate electrode; a channel formed of a magnetic material above the gate electrode to selectively transmit spin-polarized electrons; a source on the channel; and a drain and an output electrode on the channel outputting electrons transmitted from the source. The gate electrode may control a magnetization state of the channel in order to selectively transmit the electrons injected from the source to the channel.
US08487352B2	Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors having a recessed gate electrode A metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) includes an isolation layer disposed in a semiconductor substrate to define an active region. A source region and a drain region are disposed on both sides of the active region such that a first direction is defined from the source region to the drain region. A channel recess is disposed in the active region between the source and drain regions. The channel recess has a convex surface when viewed from a cross-sectional view taken along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A gate electrode fills the channel recess and crosses the active region in the second direction. A gate insulating layer is interposed between the gate electrode and the active region.
US08487350B2	Entrenched transfer gate An image sensor pixel includes a semiconductor layer, a photosensitive region to accumulate photo-generated charge, a floating node, a trench, and an entrenched transfer gate. The photosensitive region and the trench are disposed within the semiconductor layer. The trench extends into the semiconductor layer between the photosensitive region and the floating node and the entrenched transfer gate is disposed within the trench to control transfer of the photo-generated charge from the photosensitive region to the floating node.
US08487349B2	Method and apparatus for improving sensitivity in vertical color CMOS image sensors The invention describes in detail the structure of a CMOS image sensor pixel that senses color of impinging light without having absorbing filters placed on its surface. The color sensing is accomplished by having a vertical stack of three-charge detection nodes placed in the silicon bulk, which collect electrons depending on the depth of their generation. The small charge detection node capacitance and thus high sensitivity with low noise is achieved by using fully depleted, potential well forming, buried layers instead of undepleted junction electrodes. Two embodiments of contacting the buried layers without substantially increasing the node capacitances are presented.
US08487348B2	Methods and apparatus to reduce layout based strain variations in non-planar transistor structures The present disclosure relates to the field of fabricating microelectronic devices. In at least one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to forming isolation structures in strained semiconductor bodies of non-planar transistors while maintaining strain in the semiconductor bodies.
US08487337B2	Side view surface mount LED A light emitting diode is disclosed. The diode includes a package support and a semiconductor chip on the package support, with the chip including an active region that emits light in the visible portion of the spectrum. Metal contacts are in electrical communication with the chip on the package. A substantially transparent encapsulant covers the chip in the package. A phosphor in the encapsulant emits a frequency in the visible spectrum different from the frequency emitted by the chip and in response to the wavelength emitted by the chip. A display element is also disclosed that combines the light emitting diode and a planar display element. The combination includes a substantially planar display element with the light emitting diode positioned on the perimeter of the display element and with the package support directing the output of the diode substantially parallel to the plane of the display element.
US08487335B2	Light emitting device, illumination apparatus and display apparatus Disclosed herein is a light emitting device including: an organic layer sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode to serve as an organic layer including a light emitting layer for emitting monochromatic light at one location; a first light reflection boundary face provided on a side close to the first electrode to serve as a boundary face for reflecting light emitted from the light emitting layer so as to radiate the reflected light from a side close to the second electrode; and a second light reflection boundary face, a third light reflection boundary face and a fourth light reflection boundary face which are sequentially provided at positions separated away from each other in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode on the side close to the second electrode.
US08487329B2	Light-emitting component having a wavelength converter and production method A conversion layer (5) is vapor-deposited onto the light-emitting surface. The conversion layer (5) may comprise a vapor-depositable matrix material and a vapor-depositable converter material, which may in particular both comprise low molecular weight organic compounds. A multilayer structure (3), which contains the layers provided for generating radiation, may likewise be built up from low molecular weight organic compounds, such that all the compounds may be applied in the same vapor deposition installation.
US08487324B2	Light-emitting diode and method for making the same A light-emitting diode includes: an epitaxial substrate including a base member, and a plurality of spaced apart first light-transmissive members; a light-emitting unit including a first-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second-type semiconductor layer; and an electrode unit electrically connected to the light-emitting unit. The first-type semiconductor layer has a bottom film covering the first light-transmissive members, a plurality of spaced apart second light-transmissive members formed on a top face of the bottom film, and a top film formed on the bottom film to cover the second light-transmissive members.
US08487312B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same To provide a semiconductor device with a TFT, capable of reducing the electric resistance of a power supply wiring without increasing the off-current. The semiconductor device includes an insulating film with a surface; a semiconductor layer which is formed over the surface of the insulating film and which includes a channel region and a pair of source/drain regions and sandwiching the channel region; and a power supply wiring for supplying power to the source region. A concave portion is formed in the surface of the insulating film. The power supply wiring includes a layer formed from the same layer as the semiconductor layer, and has a first portion formed over the surface of the insulating film and a second portion formed in the concave portion. The bottom of the second portion is covered with an insulator.
US08487309B2	Thin film transistor with a semiconductor layer that includes a microcrystalline semiconductor layer and display device An exemplary aspect of the present invention is a thin film transistor including: a gate electrode formed on a substrate; a gate insulating film that includes a nitride film and covers the gate electrode; and a semiconductor layer that is disposed to be opposed to the gate electrode with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween, and has a microcrystalline semiconductor layer formed in at least an interface in contact with the nitride film, in which the microcrystalline semiconductor layer contains oxygen at a concentration higher than that of contained nitrogen in at least the vicinity of the interface with the nitride film, the nitrogen being diffused from the nitride film.
US08487306B2	Photoelectric conversion element, display device, electronic device, and method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion element A photoelectric conversion element includes a first conductive layer over a substrate; a first insulating layer covering the first conductive layer; a first semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer; a second conductive layer formed over the first semiconductor layer; an impurity semiconductor layer over the second semiconductor layer; a second conductive layer over the impurity semiconductor layer; a second insulating layer covering the first semiconductor layer and the second conductive layer; and a light-transmitting third conductive layer over the second insulating layer. A first opening and a second opening are formed in the second insulating layer. In the first opening, the first semiconductor layer is connected to the third conductive layer. In the second opening, the first conductive layer is connected to the third conductive layer. In the first opening, a light-receiving portion surrounded by an electrode formed of the second conductive layer is provided.
US08487303B2	Semiconductor memory device In a matrix including a plurality of memory cells, each in which a drain of a writing transistor is connected to a gate of a reading transistor and the drain is connected to one electrode of a capacitor, a gate of the writing transistor is connected to a writing word line, a source of the writing transistor and a source of the reading transistor is connected to a bit line, and a drain of the reading transistor is connected to a reading word line. A conductivity type of the writing transistor is different from a conductivity type of the reading transistor. In order to increase the integration degree, a bias line may be substituted with a reading word line in another row, or memory cells are connected in series so as to have a NAND structure, and a reading word line and a writing word line may be shared.
US08487291B2	Programmable metallization memory cell with layered solid electrolyte structure Programmable metallization memory cells having an active electrode, an opposing inert electrode and a variable resistive element separating the active electrode from the inert electrode. The variable resistive element includes a plurality of alternating solid electrolyte layers and electrically conductive layers. The electrically conductive layers electrically couple the active electrode to the inert electrode in a programmable metallization memory cell. Methods to form the same are also disclosed.
US08487286B2	Radiation therapy equipment Radiation therapy equipment includes a multi-divided irradiation collimator leaf plates for setting irradiation field as approximately close to a target region as possible by avoiding backlashes due to a plurality of gears for driving a plurality of leaf plates. The plurality of leaf plates is respectively connected to a plurality of constant force springs that are coaxially supported by a pair of rotation shafts so as to be constantly forced in a closing direction. Each leaf plate is moved in an opening direction by rolling up a wire connected to the leaf plate.
US08487285B2	Deep-ultraviolet light source capable of stopping leakage of harmful X-rays In a deep-ultraviolet tight source includes sapphire substrate, a wide band gap semiconductor layer having a wavelength smaller than 300 nm, formed on the sapphire substrate, and en electron beam source for irradiating the wide band gap semiconductor layer with an electron beam. The wide band gap semiconductor layer is configured to be irradiated with the electron beam to emit deep-ultraviolet light through the sapphire substrate. A thickness t1 of the sapphire substrate satisfies: t1≧α·E3 is an energy of the electron beam (keV); and α is 1 μm/(keV)3.
US08487284B2	Prohealing endovascular devices The present invention provides endovascular devices and the methods of making and using the same. The endovascular device is a prohealing endovascular device that comprises a super hydrophilic surface. The super hydrophilic surface is generated by a method comprising a step of irradiating a surface of the endovascular device with a high energy radiation for a period of time to cause the surface to become super hydrophilic.
US08487281B2	Electron beam exposure apparatus and electron beam exposure method In a multi-column electron beam exposure apparatus for performing exposure treatment in parallel by arranging a plurality of column cells on a wafer, a relationship between exposure intensity and a line width for each column cell is obtained (Steps S41 and S44). Then, correction parameters are obtained, which allow a relationship between exposure intensity and a line width for a correction target column cell to coincide with a relationship between exposure intensity and a line width for a reference column cell selected from among the plurality of column cells (Steps S43 and S46). Thereafter, exposure time of each column cell is obtained by correcting the exposure time of the reference column cell based on the correction parameters thus obtained.
US08487279B2	Gas contamination sensor, lithographic apparatus, method of determining a level of contaminant gas and device manufacturing method A gas contamination sensor includes an ion source configured to generate a beam of ions from a sample of gas to be tested, and first and second ion detectors, each positioned to receive ions from the beam of ions that are deflected by different extents. The first ion detector is configured to receive ions generated from a primary gas in the gas being tested, and the second ion detector is configured to receive ions that are generated from the contaminant gas within the sample being tested.
US08487274B2	Stroboscopic optical image mapping system The present invention provides a stroboscopic optical image mapping system comprising a control module, an optical module, and an image acquiring unit. The control unit forms a delayed pulse signal by modulating a first pulse signal having a plurality of pulses with a pulse period, wherein a time interval between two adjacent pulses of the delayed pulse signal has a time difference with respect to the pulse period. The optical module provides an incident light to be projected on an organic object, which has a dye therein and is stimulated by a second pulse signal for generating a sequential action potential. The fluorescence generates from the dye inside the organic object, which corresponds to the intensity of the sequential action potential. The image acquiring unit is actuated to acquire the fluorescent light according to the delayed pulse signal, thereby forming a plurality of fluorescent images.
US08487267B2	Ultraviolet irradiation system An ultraviolet irradiation system includes: an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus including a plurality of ultraviolet lamps; a flowmeter configured to measure a flow rate of the water to be treated that passes through the ultraviolet irradiation apparatus; and an ultraviolet-dose monitoring and controlling apparatus configured to monitor an ultraviolet dose of the ultraviolet irradiation apparatus and to control outputs of the ultraviolet lamps. The plurality of ultraviolet lamps include a first ultraviolet lamp and a plurality of second ultraviolet lamps. The ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes: a first measurement head configured to measure an ultraviolet intensity of the first ultraviolet lamp; and a plurality of second measurement heads configured to respectively measure ultraviolet intensities of the plurality of the ultraviolet lamps. A distance between the first ultraviolet lamp and the first measurement head is set to a determined value.
US08487265B2	Imaging detector and method of manufacturing Imaging detectors and methods of manufacturing are provided. One imaging detector includes a first detector layer within a detector module and a second detector layer within the detector module and spaced apart from the first detector layer, wherein the second detector layer has an opening therethrough. The imaging detector also includes a collimator mounted to the detector module, wherein the collimator is one of a single pinhole collimator or a multi-pinhole collimator. Additionally, the second detector layer is mounted within the detector module closer to an opening of the collimator than the first detector layer.
US08487258B2	Pyroelectric infrared detection element and infrared sensor using the same The pyroelectric infrared detection element has a pyroelectric element including opposite first and second electrodes and an infrared absorption part. The first and second electrodes are formed on first and second thickness-direction surfaces of a pyroelectric substrate respectively. The detection element includes an output terminal unit including first and second output terminals on the substrate, and first and second wiring parts connecting the first and second output terminals to the first and second electrodes respectively. The first wiring part includes a connecting line being a conductive layer on the first surface to connect the first output terminal to the first electrode, and a canceling line for canceling charges generated at the connecting line in response to a change in temperature of the substrate. The canceling line is a conductive layer on the second surface to be insulated from the second electrode and to be connected to the connecting line.
US08487247B2	Atmospheric pressure ionization inlet for mass spectrometers Methods and systems for mass spectrometry and more particularly to an interface providing charged particles to a mass spectrometer are described herein.
US08487243B2	Sample component trapping, release, and separation with membrane assemblies interfaced to electrospray mass spectrometry The invention provides a method and apparatus for trapping, releasing and/or separating sample components in solution passing through a channel with or without packing material present by passing ion current through the channel driven by an electric field. A portion of the ion current comprises cation and/or anion species generated from second solution flows separated from the sample solution flow path by semipermeable membranes. Cation and/or Anion ion species generated in the second solution flow regions are transferred into the sample solution flow path through ion selective semipermeable membranes. Ion current moving along the sample solution flow path is controlled by varying the composition of the second solutions and/or changing the voltage between membrane sections for a given sample solution composition. The sample composition may also be varied separately or in parallel to enhance trapping, release and/or separation efficiency and range. The invention when interfaced to an Atmospheric Pressure Ion Source, that may include Electrospray Ionization, with mass spectrometric analysis enables independent control of the on-line sample separation process and the Atmospheric Pressure Ion Source or Electrospray ionization processes.
US08487239B2	Mass spectrometer An ion source, a mass spectrometer and a method of enhancing the performance of an ion source for use with a mass spectrometer. The ion source has a housing incorporating an ion source enclosure defining a chamber and an outer cover remote from the chamber. A fluid flow passageway is provided between the ion source enclosure and the outer cover. The method of the invention comprising supplying to the ion source housing a regulated flow of fluid through the fluid passageways so as to maintain the ion source enclosure within a predetermined temperature range of substantially between 60° c. and 80° c. and preferably at 70° c.
US08487213B2	Arc welding robot control system and method thereof An arc welding robot control system of the present invention includes memory devices, controlling devices, a welding condition changing position calculating device, a weaving operation controlling device that outputs a signal of completion of one weaving cycle every time when a welding torch completes to perform one weaving cycle of a predetermined movement pattern, a welding condition calculating device for calculating to-be-changed welding conditions, and a welding condition changing device that changes welding conditions of an arc welding robot, based on to-be-changed welding conditions, every time when a signal of completion of one weaving cycle is input. With this configuration, it enables a continuous change of welding conditions and a copying arc welding with high accuracy even in the case in which the arc welding robot performs a weaving operation.
US08487210B2	Joined dissimilar materials and method A wire includes a first wire section is of a first material and a second wire section is of a second material different from the first material. A joining section is adjacent both the first and second wire sections, the joining section comprising a first end and a second end. The first end of the joining section is of a material that is compatible with the first material of the first wire section and the second end of the joining section is of a material that is compatible with the second material of the second wire section.
US08487205B2	Welding head rail squaring process An improved method for executing a flash butt weld to join first and second rail segments includes applying a voltage to the first rail segment and the second rail segment to establish a voltage difference between the first and second rail segments. The rail end faces are brought into contact, resulting in an electrical current between the first rail end face and the second rail end face, resistively heating material at the interface. As material burns off at the interface, the power consumed at the rail end interface as a function of rail displacement is periodically sampled. If the comparison indicates that the power per unit of rail displacement is not increasing from sample to sample, the burn-off process is terminated. In a further aspect, if the power per unit of rail displacement exceeds a predetermined threshold, the burn-off process is terminated.
US08487201B2	Contact element and a contact arrangement A contact element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between the contact element and the contact member. The contact element includes a body having at least one contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer to be applied against the contact member. The contact layer includes a nanocomposite film having a matrix and crystallites of nano-size embedded therein. Portions of the matrix separating adjacent the crystallites of the nanocomposite film have a thickness providing the matrix and hence the film with an electrical conductivity determined by a substantially two-dimensional character of the matrix.
US08487198B2	Capacitive touch control device and method thereof Disclosed are a capacitive touch control device and a method thereof. A top face of a substrate is provided with first and second electrode groups, which each include a plurality of strip-like electrodes spaced from each other by a preset distance. The electrodes of the first and second electrode groups are respectively connected by first and second group scanning lines to a scanning circuit. When the first group scanning lines drive the electrodes of the first electrode group, the second group scanning lines carry out scanning operation on the electrodes of the second electrode group, and when the second group scanning lines drive the electrodes of the second electrode group, the first group scanning lines carry out scanning operation on the electrodes of the first electrode group. And, a touch location can thus be determined by using a microprocessor.
US08487189B2	Wired circuit board assembly sheet A wired circuit board assembly sheet has a plurality of wired circuit boards, distinguishing marks for distinguishing defectiveness of the wired circuit boards, and a supporting sheet for supporting the plurality of wired circuit boards and the distinguishing marks. Each of the distinguishing marks has an indication portion for indicating a specified one of the wired circuit boards.
US08487180B1	Pre-fabricated roof-mount sun-track PV carousel A one-axis azimuth sun-tracking carousel where the PV panels are mounted at a fixed tilt in operation can be mounted on a flat roof building without roof penetration and without risk of wind damage. The carousel is prefabricated and sized to carry the maximum power while still fitting in a standard shipping container. Panel support arms fold down for shipping or in the event of a hurricane to make the carousel less than 9 inches high. Because this carousel is prefabricated and compact, it can be easily hoisted up on a roof for rapid low-cost installation. Wind skirts provide low wind resistance in high wind situations during normal operation. In order to survive high winds without roof penetration, wire tether tie points allow several carousels in an array to be tethered together and to the building parapet walls.
US08487176B1	Music and sound that varies from one playback to another playback A method and apparatus for the creation and playback of music and/or sound, so that sound sequences are generated that vary from one playback to another playback. In one embodiment, during composition creation, artist(s) may define how the composition may vary from playback to playback using visually interactive display(s). The artist's definition may be embedded into a composition dataset. During playback, a composition data set may be processed by a playback device and/or a playback program, so that each time the composition is played-back a unique version may be generated. Variability during playback may include: the variable selection of alternative sound segment(s); variable editing of sound segment(s) during playback processing; variable placement of sound segment(s) during playback processing; the spawning of group(s) of alternative sound segments from initiating sound segment(s); and the combining and/or mixing of alternative sound segments in one or more sound channels. MIDI-like variable compositions and the variable use of sound segments comprised of a timed sequence of MIDI-like commands are also disclosed.
US08487163B1	Maize variety inbred PH134R A novel maize variety designated PH134R and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH134R with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH134R through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH134R or a locus conversion of PH134R with another maize variety.
US08487155B2	Removal of light fluoroalkanes from hydrocarbon streams The removal of fluoroalkanes from fluoroalkane-containing hydrocarbon streams, preferably C3 to C5 hydrocarbon streams. The fluoroalkane-containing hydrocarbon stream is contacted with an adsorbent containing a strong acid function, preferably a silica gel or a strong cation ion-exchange resin having sulfonic acid functionality.
US08487154B2	Market driven alkylation or oligomerization process A process comprising adjusting a level of conjunct polymers in an ionic liquid catalyst between a low level that favors production of C5+ products boiling at 137.8° C. or below and a higher level that favors production of both C5+ products boiling at 137.8° C. or below and C5+ products boiling above 137.8° C.; wherein the adjusting is done in response to market demand. A process unit, comprising a reactor that operates with an ionic liquid catalyst comprising a low level or a higher level of conjunct polymers, and the alkylation reactor is switched between operating with the low and the higher levels in response to market demand. A process unit, comprising a reactor that operates in an alkylate mode and a distillate mode, and a catalyst regenerator that operates with varying severity to adjust the level of conjunct polymers in response to demand for gasoline or distillate.
US08487149B2	Renewable compositions The present invention is directed to renewable compositions derived from fermentation of biomass, and integrated methods of preparing such compositions.
US08487127B2	Process for preparing isocyanates in the gas phase The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting the corresponding amines with phosgene in the gas phase, in the presence or absence of an inert medium, which comprises the following steps: (a) vaporization of the amine in a vaporizer, (b) superheating of the amine, (c) mixing of the gaseous amine with the phosgene and introduction into a reaction zone, (d) reaction of amine and phosgene to give isocyanate in the reaction zone, with a reaction mixture comprising isocyanate and hydrogen chloride being formed, (e) cooling of the reaction mixture comprising isocyanate and hydrogen chloride, wherein the vaporizer comprises a vessel in which tubes through which a heating medium flows are comprised, where number and diameter of the tubes are designed so that the tubes have a specific heat transfer area based on the volume through which the amine flows of at least 300 m2/m3.
US08487121B2	Chromane derivatives as TRPV3 modulators The present invention provides transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) modulators. In particular, compounds described herein are useful for treating or preventing diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by TRPV3. Also provided herein are processes for preparing compounds described herein, intermediates used in their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for treating or preventing diseases, conditions and/or disorders modulated by TRPV3.
US08487107B2	Biphenyl compounds useful as muscarinic receptor antagonists The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, m, n, q, r, W, Z1, Ar1, Z2, Y, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
US08487104B2	KAT II inhibitors The present invention relates to compounds 3-amino-1-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2,3, 4-tetrahydroquinoline-7-carbonitrile, 3-amino-1-hydroxy-7-(2-methoxyethoxy)-3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one, and 3-amino-1-hydroxy-7-[(1S)-2-methoxy-1-methylethoxy]-3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one, including racemic mixtures and resolved enantiomers thereof, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to the treatment of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders in mammals, including humans.
US08487091B2	Substituted cyclopentanes having prostaglandin activity Disclosed herein are compounds represented by the formula: Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
US08487072B2	Compounds for stimulating P-glycoprotein function and uses thereof The present invention is directed to polypeptides (e.g., fragments) derived from P-glycoprotein and caveolin-1 which are capable of inhibiting the interaction between these two proteins. Inhibition of this interaction leads to increase of efflux of compounds that are transported by P-gp. The invention further includes methods of treating patients having diseases that benefit from increased P-gp-mediated efflux. Such diseases include neoplasms such as cancer and neurological diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases.
US08487069B2	Liquid crystal photo-alignment agent, liquid crystal photo-alignment layer manufactured using the same, and liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal photo-alignment layer Disclosed is a liquid crystal photo-alignment agent including polyamic acid or a polyimide including a first structural unit derived from a photo-diamine represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a second structural unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 2 or a polymer compound combination thereof, and a solvent. In Chemical Formulae 1 and 2, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
US08487063B2	Methods for making polyurea polymer and products prepared therefrom Methods for making polyurea polymer compositions are provided. The methods involve preparing an amine-terminated first prepolymer by reacting isocyanate compound A with a stoichiometric excess of polyamine. The first prepolymer is reacted with a stoichiometric excess of isocyanate compound B to form an isocyanate-terminated second prepolymer. The second prepolymer is reacted with a chain extender. The polymer compositions can be used in different products and are particularly suitable for making golf balls. For example, the polymer compositions can be used to make golf ball covers.
US08487060B2	Method for producing polychloroprene latex, polychloroprene latex, and adhesive using the same Provided is a polychloroprene latex extremely favorable in adhesive properties.The present invention relates to a method of producing a polychloroprene latex, comprising polymerizing chloroprene or a mixture of chloroprene and a monomer copolymerizable with chloroprene in an aqueous medium containing a surfactant at a concentration of lower than its critical micelle concentration (CMC) and a polymer dispersant of a metal salt of aromatic sulfonic acid formalin condensate added thereto. The polymer dispersant for use is preferably a metal salt of aromatic sulfonic acid formalin condensate. The polychloroprene latex obtained can be used as an adhesive.
US08487059B2	Synthesis of dendritic polyolefins by metathesis insertion polymerization A one step process for making a dendritic hydrocarbon polymer, e.g., dendritic polyolefin, by metathesis insertion polymerization. The process comprises polymerizing an amount of one or more cyclic olefins and one or more multi-functional (meth)acrylates in the presence of a metathesis catalyst and under conditions sufficient to produce the dendritic hydrocarbon polymer. The one or more multi-functional (meth)acrylates have a functionality of 3 or higher. The dendritic hydrocarbon polymer can be hydrogenated to produce a substantially saturated dendritic hydrocarbon polymer. The hydrogenation can take place in the same reaction vessel as the polymerization, i.e., one pot process.
US08487056B2	Positive resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A positive resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits increased solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the base component (A) including a polymeric compound (A1) containing a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-1), a structural unit (a1) derived from an acrylate ester containing an acid dissociable, dissolution inhibiting group, and a structural unit (a3) derived from an acrylate ester containing a hydroxy group-containing aliphatic hydrocarbon group represented by general formula (a3-1), and the amount of the structural unit (a3) based on the combined total of all structural units constituting the polymeric compound (A1) being in the range of 1 to 30 mol %.
US08487054B2	Benzopinacol metalloester polymerization initiator A polymerization initiator based on boroesters of benzopinacol for curing unsaturated polymers is disclosed. Methods of preparing the benzopinacol boroester initiator and using the initiator in polymerization reactions are additionally disclosed.
US08487051B2	Polyurethane based pigment dispersants which contain reactive double bonds Polymeric urethane dispersants with solubilizing polymer chains and with reactive carbon to carbon double bonds are described. The reactive double bonds facilitate molecular weight build-up of the dispersant on dispersed particles (enhancing colloidal stability) or enhance the ability of the dispersants to be crosslinked into a matrix material.
US08487046B2	Polycycloolefin (PCO) thermoset assembly and process for its preparation The present invention relates to a polycycloolefin (PCO) thermoset network assembly and a process for its preparation obtainable by polymerising a first reactive composition comprising a norbornene-type cycloolefin monomer in the presence of a Mo- or W-catalyst to obtain a PCO-Mo/W-network and polymerising a second reactive composition comprising a nor-bornene-type cycloolefin monomer in the presence of a Ru-catalyst on said PCO-Mo/W-network to obtain a PCO thermoset network assembly.
US08487040B2	Flame and smoke spread retardant molding compounds and components molded from these compounds HVAC and building and construction components are molded from novel compositions that meet the flame spread and smoke index, as well as the molding, safety, strength, and aesthetic requirements for this use. These compounds are based on a polyester resin and more specifically can be an polypropylene glycol dicyclopentadiene copolymerized with maleic anhydride, a low profile additive and hydroxy ethyl methacrylate monomer with additional additives including an appropriate catalyst package, a mold release agent, a thickening agent, a loading of aluminum hydroxide which is from about 40 to 65% by weight, and having a loading of glass fibers of from about 10 to about 25%.
US08487037B2	Preparation of organosiloxane polymers A method of making a polysiloxane containing polymer is described. The method comprises the steps of: i) Preparing a polysiloxane containing polymer by the polycondensation of siloxane containing monomers and/or oligomers which comprise at least 2 condensable groups per molecule, in the presence of (a) one or more condensation catalysts and optionally one or both of (b) a diluent (a plasticizer and/or extender) and/or an end-blocking agent; and ii) Where required quenching the polymerization process. The diluent, when present, is substantially retained within the resulting diluted polysiloxane containing polymer and the process takes place at a pressure of at least 75×105 Pa (0.75 MPa).
US08487034B2	Melt molding polymer composite and method of making and using the same The invention relates to a hot melt dispensable polymeric composite and process for making and using the composite. Particulates of adequate particle size are mixed with a polymer that exhibits low viscosities at temperatures typically provided by hot-melt glue guns to form rods that vary significantly in density from the base polymer. Novel articles can be manufactured by dispensing the composite from a glue gun into molds or by placement of the melt molding compound into preformed cavities within an end article.
US08487027B2	Golf ball material and method of preparing the same The invention provides a golf ball material which is a resin mixture composed of (a) an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and/or an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of from 40,000 to 80,000 and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to number-average molecular weight (Mn) ratio of from 5.0 to 8.0, or a metal neutralization product thereof, (b) an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and/or an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of from 120,000 to 200,000 and a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to number-average molecular weight (Mn) ratio of from 6.0 to 9.5, or a metal neutralization product thereof, (c) an organic acid or a metal salt thereof, and (d) a basic inorganic metal compound for neutralizing at least 70 mol % of acid groups in components (a) to (c), which resin mixture has a Shore D hardness of from 30 to 50. The golf ball material of the invention is a low-hardness material. Golf balls in which an injection molding of the golf ball material is used as a cover material have an excellent rebound and durability.

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