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US08583847B2	System and method for dynamically detecting storage drive type An information handling system includes a cable, a backplane, and a processor. The cable is connected to a storage controller of the information handling system. The backplane is configured to connect a drive to the information handling system. The processor is in communication with the cable and with the backplane. The processor is configured to detect a presence of the drive, to output a pulse in response to the detection of the presence of the drive, to determine a first storage technology of the drive in response to the output pulse, to determine a second storage technology of the storage controller, to determine whether there is a misconfiguration between the first storage technology and the second storage technology, and to generate a notification when the misconfiguration is determined.
US08583843B2	Communications control bus and apparatus for controlling multiple electronic hardware devices Disclosed is a communications control bus. The bus comprises an IMB slave CPU, at least two registers, and a three bit data connector, which connects the two registers. The connector permits transmission of a three bit data signal between the two registers. A network interconnects the two registers and the IMB slave CPU.
US08583839B2	Context processing for multiple active write commands in a media controller architecture Described embodiments provide a method of transferring data from host devices to a media controller. The media controller generates a transfer context for each write request received from a host device. Receive-data threads corresponding to data transfer contexts for each transfer context are generated, each receive-data thread corresponding to a data transfer between a host device and the media controller. Buffer threads corresponding to data transfer contexts for each transfer context are generated, each buffer thread corresponding to a data transfer between the receive data path and a buffer subsystem. The receive-data and buffer threads are tracked for each transfer context. For each tracked transfer context, data from the receive datapath is iteratively transferred to the buffer subsystem for a previous data transfer context of the buffer thread while data from the host device is transferred to the receive datapath for a subsequent data transfer context of the receive-data thread.
US08583837B2	Systems and methods for input/output isolation Systems and methods for providing virtual stacks are described. A kernel driver is installed and loaded. Then, a virtual stack is created, the virtual stack having a virtual file system, a virtual physical disk, and one or more virtual mounted volume devices. The virtual file system is configured to mimic characteristics of a host file system. The virtual physical disk is configured for providing an interface of a memory storage device to which the virtual file system device binds. The one or more virtual mounted volume devices are configured for allowing the one or more virtual processes to access data in stored memory through the virtual stack.
US08583832B2	Network interface device management using management transport channel A master network interface device (M-NID) receives, from a network management system (NMS) via a first peer-to-peer (P2P) transport channel, first data destined for a first client network interface device (C-NID), where the first data is associated with network management functions. The M-NID further receives, from the NMS via the first P2P transport channel, second data destined for a second C-NID, where the second data is associated with network management functions. The M-NID forwards the first data from the M-NID to the destination first C-NID via a second P2P transport channel that is different than the first P2P transport channel. The M-NID also forwards the second data from the M-NID to the destination second C-NID via a third P2P transport channel that is different than the first P2P transport channel.
US08583828B2	Method and device for transcoding Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for transcoding, which belongs to the computer media processing field. The method includes: receiving multiple multimedia source files selected by a user and a transcoding target parameter inputted by the user; separating each of the multiple multimedia source files into an audio stream and a video stream; according to the transcoding target parameter, transcoding each audio stream and each video stream obtained from the separation; merging transcoded audio streams and transcoded video streams of the multiple multimedia source files into at least one multimedia target file. The device includes: a receiving unit, a separating unit, a transcoding unit and a merging unit. The present invention extends transcoding modes, improves user experience, and has high practicability.
US08583827B2	Dynamic data optimization in data network A system including a client device communicatively coupled to a first wireless network, wherein the client device has the ability to request a web page from a content server, and an optimization server is configured to receive network data associated with the characteristics of the first wireless network, to provide tuning settings based on the network data, to receive response data from the content server, and to transmit optimized response data to the client device, wherein the response data corresponds to a request for a web page from a client device and the optimized response data corresponds to the response data being altered based on the provided tuning settings.
US08583822B2	Method and system for minimum frame size support for a communication protocol encapsulated over Ethernet Certain aspects of a method and system for minimum frame size support for a communication protocol encapsulated over Ethernet may include an encapsulated protocol over Ethernet (EPoE) frame comprising a start of padding (SP) field. In the EPoE frame, a size of an encapsulated protocol frame that is less than a size of an Ethernet frame may be adjusted by insertion of one or more padding bits so that the size of the encapsulated protocol frame is equal to the size of the Ethernet frame. The SP field may indicate a starting location of the insertion of one or more padding bits within the EPoE frame. The SP field comprises an offset value that may be relative to a location of a word in which the SP field is located or is relative to a location of a word corresponding to a fixed offset from a start of the encapsulated protocol frame.
US08583817B2	Minimizing bandwidth usage in multimedia streaming A system and associated method for minimizing network traffic in playing a media stream with a media module running in a client computer system. The media stream is stored in a media content server. A video file of the media stream is processed to generate an audio file corresponding to the video file, such that the media module downloads and plays the audio file when the media module is invisible on a computer screen of the client computer system. When the media module becomes visible, the media module switches back to downloading and playing the video file. A current location is tracked by a location sync file stored in the media content server to synchronize the video file and the audio file.
US08583815B2	Method of generating a file describing a bitstream, corresponding device and computer program product A method, corresponding device and computer program product are provided for generating a file describing a bit stream, from a description scheme describing a structure and a content that are compliant with a predetermined format and comprising a set of attributes and elements. The bit stream includes a plurality of fields. The method includes: assigning at least one value of at least one identified filed of the stream to at least one variable defined by an attribute of the description scheme, called assignment attribute; storing the variable; determining at least one characteristic of at least one element of the description file, from and evaluation of a conditional expression relating to the value; generating a portion of the description file according to the characteristics determined in the determination step.
US08583813B2	Enabling peer-to-peer content retrieval in HTTP Described are embodiments directed to enabling the retrieval of content from a peer-to-peer network. In embodiments, a client requesting content from a server can indicate in an HTTP request that it is capable of retrieving content from a peer-to-peer network. When the server receives the HTTP request it will recognize the indication that the client is capable of retrieving content from a peer-to-peer network and may send content information instead of sending the requested content. The content information allows the client to retrieve the content from the peer-to-peer network.
US08583807B2	Apparatus and methods for providing enhanced mobile messaging services Various embodiments for providing enhanced mobile messaging services are described. In one or more embodiments, a mobile computing device may send messages of different types. The mobile computing device may allow a sender to compose a message independently of message type. The mobile computing device may automatically determine both a message type for the message and the transfer medium by which to send the message. The mobile computing device may consider factors including message contents, network availability and reliability, historical data, cost, sender preferences, recipient preferences, etc. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08583804B2	Identifying user role in IP multimedia subsystem A Session Initiation Protocol Application Server for use within an IP Multimedia Subsystem. The Application Server comprises a receiving unit for receiving a Session Initiation Protocol message from a Serving Call Session Control Function, the Serving Call Session Control Function serving an IP Multimedia Subsystem user and the message containing within a message header an explicit identification of said user. A processing unit determines an action to be applied to said message and includes within a header of the message a role value defining a role of said user in respect of the action. A transmitter unit returns the message including the role value to said Serving Call Session Control Function.
US08583801B2	DNS outage avoidance method for recursive DNS servers This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus to protect users of the Internet from DNS outages. In particular, an outage avoidance system is provided that includes query processing, outage avoidance processing, and a local cache, all configured to extend the TTL of expired answers to DNS queries or to ignore the expiration of an answer's TTL value, and thereby provide the expired answer in response to a client request when a DNS server is unable to obtain an answer from a remote DNS server.
US08583799B2	Dynamic cost model based resource scheduling in distributed compute farms Systems, methods and apparatuses (i.e., utilities) for use in performing dynamic cost model (DCM)-based scheduling of resources of a distributed computing system (e.g., server farms, computing clouds, and the like). In one arrangement, cost for consumption of a resource or type of resource of the system may be dynamically determined as a function of both a demand for and an availability of the resource. In this regard, changing demand for and/or availability of the resource over time can also adjust a cost for consumption of the resource. For instance, assigning a lower consumption cost to utilizing of a resource in low demand can benefit system operators by realizing increased use on little-used resources as well as users by allowing the users to take advantage of lower usage costs.
US08583798B2	Unidirectional resource and type dependencies in oracle clusterware A clusterware manager configures a resource according to resource attributes values specified by a resource profile. The resource profile conforms to a resource profile syntax that the clusterware manager is configured to interpret pursuant to clusterware manager software. The resource profile syntax prescribes a start dependency syntax defining a dependency between a first resource and a second resource in which the second resource must be in an online state before the first resource is started. The resource profile syntax further prescribes a stop dependency syntax defining a dependency between a first resource and a second resource in which the first resource is brought in an off-line state when the second resource leaves an online state.
US08583797B2	Interdependent capacity levels of resources in a distributed computing system In general, this disclosure describes techniques of managing resources in a service-oriented distributed computing system. As described in this disclosure, a control node automatically manages the system such that the system has sufficient capacity to satisfy an agreement to provide a given level of a service. In order to automatically manage the system, the control node evaluates the current capacity levels of resources in the system. The current capacity levels are indicative the capacity of resources to perform certain acts. The capacity of the resources to perform these acts may be indicative of whether the system is able to provide the given level of the service. Because resources may be deployed in chains, the capacities of resources to perform the certain acts may be defined to be dependent on the capacities of other resources to perform other acts.
US08583786B2	Systems and methods for rating a content based on trends A system for and method of rating a content is presented. The method may include receiving first user data associated with one or more contents for a first predetermined time period and second user data associated with the one or more contents for a second predetermined time period. The method may also include determining a first average of the first user data associated with the one or more contents for the first predetermined time period and a second average of the second user data associated with the one or more contents for the second predetermined time period. The method may further include determining a variance between the first average of the first user data associated with the one or more contents for the first predetermined time period and the second average of the second user data associated with the one or more contents for the second predetermined time period. The method may additionally include determining trend value of the one or more contents based at least in part on the variance between the first average of the first user data associated with the one or more contents for the first predetermined time period and the second average of the second user data associated with the one or more contents for the second predetermined time period.
US08583784B2	Dynamic communication integration with calendar A system and a method are disclosed for dynamically generating a contextually desirable message ready for a user to send out to other participants of a scheduled event. A user context is determined for a scheduled calendar event and then logic rules applicable to the user context are identified and used to identify contextually desirable messages. Options for dynamically generating the contextually desirable messages are provided to the user along with information about the scheduled event. Upon a user selection of one of the options, the corresponding contextually desirable message is generated and its content is pre-populated according to the applicable logic rule.
US08583783B1	Method and system for adaptive recovery of heap memory A method is provided for garbage collection in a heap of an application server that uses automated garbage collection. The method comprises gathering information about a plurality of garbage collection events. The method further comprises identifying a correlation between garbage collection activity and a volume of applications transactions in the application server. The method further comprises, based on the correlation, forecasting at least one of a future utilization of heap memory and a future garbage collection activity based on a projected future transaction volume. The method further comprises tuning the heap based on the forecast.
US08583773B2	Autonomous primary node election within a virtual input/output server cluster In a data processing system having a plurality of virtual input/output servers (VIOSes) configured within a VIOS cluster, a method, data processing system and computer program product provide for autonomous election of a primary node within a virtual input/output server (VIOS) cluster. A first VIOS performs the functions of: detecting that a primary node is required for the VIOS cluster; and autonomously initiating an election process to elect a next primary node from among the VIOSes within the VIOS cluster. When the first VIOS meets the pre-established requirements for becoming a primary node, the first VIOS obtains a lock on a primary node ID field within a VIOS database (DB) and then initiates a primary node commit process to assign the first VIOS as the primary node. The first VIOS issues a notification to the VIOS cluster to notify the other VIOSes that a primary node has been elected.
US08583767B2	Virtual service delivery platform A system, computer-implemented method and a computer-readable medium for accessing content on a plurality of computing devices from a plurality of independent frameworks. The system includes a virtual backend service (VBS) platform. A plurality of independent frameworks hosted on the VBS platform, where each independent framework is configured to provide access to an independent set of applications that provide a service over a network. The system also includes a configuration module for configuring each computing device in the plurality of computing devices to access the set of applications particular to the independent framework, wherein the configuring dynamically switches access of each computing device between the independent frameworks, and access the service from each framework by the configured computing device.
US08583763B1	Sandboxing content optimization at the network edge Some embodiments provide systems and methods for sandboxing content optimization to occur entirely within a network edge or PoP of a CDN. Some embodiments pass a first request for a first URL to a first back-end at the network edge that is configured to cache an optimized instance of the particular object. When the optimized instance of the particular object is not cached at the first back-end, a second request is issued for a second URL identifying a non-optimized instance of the particular object. The second request resolves internally within the network edge to a second back-end that is configured to cache the non-optimized object. The non-optimized object from the second back-end is optimized and passed to the first back-end. The first back-end caches the optimized instance of the non-optimized object and serves the optimized instance to a requesting end user.
US08583758B2	Network based format conversion Various embodiments of the invention provide solutions for converting content, such as audio files and/or streams, video files and/or streams, other data files and/or the like. In an aspect, embodiments of the invention thus provide novel solutions to facilitate the provision of media services to one or more subscribers. In a set of embodiments, for example, media conversion services might be performed according to a subscriber's profile, such that the conversion services can be provided, in some cases, on the fly while providing the media to the subscriber, allowing the subscriber to obtain content in the necessary format without having to specify in each instance the formats in which various content should be provided.
US08583755B2	Method and system for communicating between memory regions A method and system are provided for transferring data in a networked system between a local memory in a local system and a remote memory in a remote system. A RDMA request is received and a first buffer region is associated with a first transfer operation. The system determines whether a size of the first buffer region exceeds a maximum transfer size of the networked system. Portions of the second buffer region may be associated with the first transfer operation based on the determination of the size of the first buffer region. The system subsequently performs the first transfer operation.
US08583746B1	Methods and systems for web and call processing Communication systems and methods are described. In an illustrative embodiment, embeddable code is provided to a user to embed on a user web page. A communication request is received from a visitor via a user interface displayed on the user web page, the user interface including an address field configured to receive from the visitor an address associated with the visitor, and a text entry field configured to receive a text message from the visitor, wherein the user interface is generated at least in part by the code. If the visitor enters a phone address into the address field, a determination is made as to whether the phone address is valid at least partly in response to a first action by the visitor. If the visitor enters text into the text entry field, the text is transmitted to the user at least partly in response to a second action by the visitor.
US08583745B2	Application platform A method and system for mapping logical identifiers to physical identifiers is provided. In one embodiment, a logical routing system allows each application, or more generally entity (e.g., user of an application), to register its logical identifier to physical identifier mapping when the application starts executing on a computer. To send a message to an application identified by a logical identifier, a client program uses the registered mapping to identify the physical identifier of the computer. If an application later starts executing on a different computer, then the application can register a different mapping.
US08583738B2	Personalizing a web page outside of a social networking system with content from the social networking system that includes user actions A user device requests a web page from a web server of a third-party website, which is separate from a social networking system. The web server from the third-party website sends a markup language document for the requested web page to the user device which includes an instruction for a browser application running on the user device to incorporate information obtained from the social networking system within the web page. Based on the instruction in the received markup language document, the user device requests personalized content from the social networking system, which generates the requested personalized content based on social information about the user. The user device then renders the web page with the personalized content contained in a frame and displays the rendered web page and the frame to the user.
US08583735B2	Delivery in session initiated protocol (SIP) conferencing A method includes determining conference data associated with a conference and determining an optimum congestion control technique for a call leg of the conference based on the conference data. The determining the conference data includes obtaining or receiving the conference data from at least one of: a Home Subscriber Service (HSS), a presence server, and a conference object. The conference is a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) conference.
US08583734B2	Heterogeneous evolutionary self-formatting internet protocols A system, method and computer program product for virtual communities that enables the establishment of rules created by members of the society in accordance with the existing rule creation restrictions and, that provides a mechanism for validating and accepting of the rules established inside the society. The system, method and computer program product further provides a mechanism that enables the establishment of rules created by members of the virtual society themselves, that allows for the self-evolution of the virtual societies.
US08583726B2	Event-processing method and system for a home network supporting a remote user interface An event-processing method and system are provided for efficiently re-delivering notification events stored by a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS), from the RUIS to remote user interface clients (RUICs), in a home network supporting an RUI. An RUIC transmits an information request to the remote user interface server, receives, from the RUIS, notification event information corresponding to the information request, transmits a notification event request based on the received notification event information to the RUIS, and receives, from the RUIS, at least one notification event corresponding to the notification event request.
US08583724B2	Scalable, multi-user server and methods for rendering images from interactively customizable scene information A server for use in connection with a network including at least one client and a communication link interconnecting the client and server. The server comprises a user interaction control module, an image rendering module and an interface. The image rendering module is configured to render, from three-dimensional scene data representing a scene, a two-dimensional image. The interface configured to transmit the two-dimensional image over the communication link to the client. The user interaction control module is configured to regulate interactions between the server, in particular the image rendering module, and respective clients who may be using the server concurrently to control images in which customizations requested by, for example, respective clients are rendered.
US08583714B2	ROM-based direct digital synthesizer with pipeline delay circuit A DDS system is disclosed that is configured to provide a variable clock delay that allows timing of data coming out of the ROM to be adjusted. In one example case, a DDS system is provided that includes a ROM for storing phase-to-amplitude conversion data and generating digital amplitude values corresponding to respective digital phase values, and delay circuitry for adjusting timing of data output by the ROM to compensate for propagation delay of the DDS system. The delay circuitry may include, for instance, delay elements that can be selected alone or in combination to adjust the timing. The timing can be adjusted, for example, by adjusting delay of a clock signal that clocks one or more ROM pipeline registers. The system may include a phase accumulator and DAC, and adjusting the timing may include adjusting delay of a clock signal that clocks one or more DAC pipeline registers.
US08583707B2	Method, computer program, and system-model converter for converting system model A method, computer program, and system-model converter for converting system model. The method includes the steps of: receiving input of a conversion processing description about a structure of a multi-dimensional data model and extraction queries, where the multi-dimensional data model and the extraction queries extract at least one element from a plurality of model elements; and generating a hierarchical multi-dimensional data model from a graph model stored in a graph model storage unit on the basis of the inputted conversion processing description, where the hierarchical multi-dimensional data model includes dimensions having a hierarchical relationship.
US08583701B2	Uniform data model and API for representation and processing of semantic data In some implementations, a method includes receiving a first data set that is stored using a first format, generating an info item based on the first data set, the info item representing an entity extracted from the first data set, generating a delta item based on the first data set, the delta item including a reference to the into item and defining a context-based modification of the info item, generating a second data set in a second format comprising the into item and the delta item, and storing the second data set to the computer-readable storage medium.
US08583695B2	Method and apparatus for evaluating statistical significance over time Method and apparatus for evaluating statistical significance over time are described. A graphical display helps to establish if an improvement produces effective results over a period of time relative to similar results from a control group. This graphical display can be achieved in part by calculating and plotting the control group's “area of common performance” representing confidence intervals around the mean of the metric being analyzed. Subject group data can be represented by either a run chart or a box plot, depending on whether the subject group data is discrete or continuous. In some embodiments a hypothesis test can be performed on the data to verify the representation.
US08583693B2	System and method for creating and marketing authentic virtual memorabilia An advertising engine, system and method of using is described. The engine includes at least one vault including a plurality of media assets, a recommendation engine that matches at least one media asset from the vault with at least one requested creative, a delivery engine that integrates the requested creative with the matched media assets from the vault, and a management engine that regulates and/or tracks ones of the at least one media asset.
US08583692B2	DDL and DML support for hybrid columnar compressed tables Techniques for storing and manipulating tabular data are provided. According to one embodiment, a user may control whether tabular data is stored in row-level or column-major format. Furthermore, the user may control the level of data compression to achieve an optimal balance between query performance and compression ratios. Tabular data from within the same table may be stored in both column-major and row-major format and compressed at different levels. In addition, tabular data can migrate between column-major format and row-major format in response to various events. For example, in response to a request to update or lock a row stored in column-major format, the row may be migrated and subsequently stored into row-major format. In one embodiment, table partitions are used to enhance data compression techniques. For example, compression tests are performed on a representative table partition, and a compression map is generated and applied to other table partitions.
US08583685B2	Determination of category information using multiple stages Providing category information includes: receiving a plurality of search key word sets that were previously input by a plurality of users; obtaining category information corresponding to the plurality of search key word sets; segmenting each of the plurality of search key word sets into search key word units; combining the search key word units into a plurality of search key word unit groups that correspond to a plurality of stages; based at least in part on the category information, determining category information that specifically corresponds to the plurality of search key word unit groups; and based at least in part on category information, establishing a plurality of search key word tables corresponding to the plurality of stages.
US08583684B1	Providing aggregated starting point information Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for providing aggregated starting point information. One example method includes identifying a location associated with an entity, identifying, from navigation information query logs, starting points for navigation information that includes an ending point in a predefined vicinity of the location associated with the entity, aggregating information associated with the starting points, and providing aggregated starting point information to the entity.
US08583683B2	System and method for publishing, sharing and accessing selective content in a social network A system for transmission, reception and accumulation of the knowledge packets to plurality of channel nodes in the network operating distributedly in a peer to peer environment via installable one or more role active Human Operating System (HOS) applications in a digital devise of each of channel node, a network controller registering and providing desired HOS applications and multiple developers developing advance communication and knowledge management applications and each of subscribers exploiting the said network resources by leveraging and augmenting taxonomically and ontologically classified knowledge classes expressed via plurality search macros and UKID structures facilitating said expert human agents for knowledge invocation and support services and service providers providing information services in the preidentified taxonomical classes, wherein each of channel nodes communicating with the unknown via domain specific supernodes each facilitating social networking and relationships development leading to human grid which is searchable via Universal Desktop Search by black box search module.
US08583681B2	Keyword filter A system and method for filtering keywords. The method may include receiving a first set of keywords. The method may include determining a first set of numbers associated with a first metric relating to the first set of keywords and a second set of numbers associated with a second metric relating to the first set of keywords. The method may include receiving at least one metric rule relating to the first and the second metric. The method may include determining a respective combination number for each keyword in the first set of keywords based on the first set of numbers, the second set of numbers, and the metric rule. The method may include filtering the first set of keywords based on the respective combination numbers to produce a second set of keywords.
US08583676B2	Navigation system A navigation system is provided with setting screen displaying means for displaying a setting screen for setting information related to a plurality of search condition parameters; parameter obtaining means for collectively obtaining the information related to the plurality of search condition parameters based on a single input operation that is made via an input portion; and information searching means for searching for preferred information based on the information related to the plurality of search condition parameters obtained by the parameter obtaining means.
US08583675B1	Providing result-based query suggestions In general, one aspect of the subject matter described can be embodied in a method that includes, for a first document that is included in first search results responsive to a first user-submitted query, selecting a plurality of previously submitted queries for which the first document was a responsive search result. The method can further include determining whether second documents that are relevant to the previously submitted query have at least a threshold level of diversity in comparison to the first search results, wherein second documents are determined to be relevant to the previously submitted query based on data that is indicative of user behavior. The method can additionally include identifying one or more queries from the selected previously submitted queries to provide as first suggested queries, and providing the one or more identified queries as first suggested queries with the first search results for the first user-submitted query.
US08583665B2	Information processing device, client device, server device, list generation method, list acquisition method, list providing method and program There is provided an information processing device including a plurality of specifying devices used to respectively specify a plurality of types of parameter values representing music features; a music extraction portion that extracts, from a first database in which a plurality of pieces of music and the parameter values are associated with each other, pieces of music that match the parameter values specified using the specifying devices; and a list generation portion that generates a list of the pieces of music extracted by the music extraction portion.
US08583664B2	Exposing metadata relationships through filter interplay Embodiments are disclosed that relate to exposing metadata relationships through filter interplay. One embodiment provides a method comprising filtering a collection of items according to a first and a second metadata category to form an original subset of items that comprise metadata values for each of the categories. The method further comprises displaying a first and a second interactive filter view illustrating the original subset arranged according to their respective metadata values. The method further comprises receiving user input modifying an original range of metadata values of the first metadata category to form a modified range, determining a modified subset of items that comprise metadata values of the first metadata category falling within the modified range and that also comprise metadata values of the second metadata category, and modifying the second interactive filter view to illustrate the modified subset.
US08583659B1	Labeling samples in a similarity graph In one embodiment, one or more computing devices determine a confidence score between a user node and a concept node of a social graph based on similarity numbers associated with edges between the user node and the concept node in one or more hops between them on the social graph.
US08583657B2	Method and apparatus for using a hash-partitioned index to access a table that is not partitioned or partitioned independently of the hash partitioned index One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses an index that is hash-partitioned to access a table that is not hash-partitioned. During system operation, the database receives a request to perform an operation involving a table in the database. If performing the operation involves looking up a key in the hash-partitioned index, the database applies a hash function to the key to identify a unique partition within the hash-partitioned index for the key, and uses the key to perform a lookup in the identified partition to identify zero or more rows of the table that match the key.
US08583654B2	Indexing quoted text in messages in conversations to support advanced conversation-based searching A conversation server system having one or more processors and memory stores a plurality of index components in an index. The server receives a first message, associates the first message with a conversation having one or more other messages and identifies quoted text in the message based on text that occurs in one or more of the other messages. The server stores, in the index, a plurality of first-message index components including one or more index components that correspond to terms in original text of the first message and one or more index components that correspond to terms that occur in the quoted text, where the first-message index components for original text of the first message are distinguished from the first-message index components for quoted text of the first message in the index.
US08583648B1	Merging semantically similar clusters based on cluster labels A server device may receive first label information regarding a first cluster that includes information identifying a first set of documents, where the first label information regarding the first cluster includes a first set of labels that are associated with the first cluster, and second label information regarding a second cluster that includes information identifying a second set of documents, where the second label information regarding the second cluster includes a second set of labels that are associated with the second cluster, where the second set of documents is different from the first set of documents. The server device may also form a merged cluster by merging the first and second clusters. The server device may further determine one or more labels for the merged cluster. Furthermore, the server device may assign the one or more labels to the merged cluster.
US08583646B2	Information searching apparatus, information searching method, and computer product An information searching apparatus retrieves a sub graph matching an inquiry graph from a graph to be searched. The apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts, from among clusters of nodes in the graph to be searched, plural cluster pairs that each include a first cluster and a second cluster including a node linked by a link to a node in the first cluster and a calculating unit that calculates a bonding strength for each of the cluster pairs. The apparatus further includes a determining unit that determines, among the cluster pairs and based on the bonding strength of each of the cluster pairs, a cluster pair to be merged; a merging unit that merges the cluster pair; and a searching unit that searches the merged clusters for a sub graph matching the inquiry graph. An output unit outputs a search result of the searching unit.
US08583643B2	Caching electronic document resources in a client device having an electronic resource database An electronic document references one or more electronic document resources stored on a host device. The host device may indicate in the electronic document that an electronic document is cacheable by a client device. When an electronic document resource is identified as cacheable by the client device, the client device caches the electronic document resource in a database stored in a computer-readable medium of the client device. The client device may also generate an electronic document resource catalog that identifies those electronic document resources that are cached in the database. When the client device next requests the electronic document from the host device, the client device may transmit the electronic document resource catalog to the host device. Upon receiving the electronic document resource catalog, the host device may modify the electronic document so that the electronic document references the electronic document resources cached in the database of the client device.
US08583631B1	Metadata tracking for a pipelined search language (data modeling for fields) Embodiments are directed towards determining and tracking metadata for the generation of visualizations of requested data. A user may request data by providing a query that may be employed to search for the requested data. The query may include a plurality of commands, which may be employed in a pipeline to perform the search and to generate a table of the requested data. In some embodiments, each command may be executed to perform an action on a set of data. The execution of a command may generate one or more columns to append and/or insert into the table of requested data. Metadata for each generated column may be determined based on the actions performed by executing the commands. The table of requested data and the column metadata may be employed to generate and display a visualization of at least a portion of the requested data to a user.
US08583630B2	Multimedia portal A system receives, from a first user, a communication request for a second user and determines, in response to receiving the communication request, whether a trigger is satisfied. The system may aggregate, in response to determining that the trigger is satisfied, content of different types to form multimedia content and provide the multimedia content to the first user.
US08583626B2	Method to detect reference data tables in ETL processes A method, system and computer program product for identifying reference data tables in an Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) process, by identifying, by operation of one or more computer processors, at least a first reference data operator in the process, wherein the first reference data operator references one or more tables and evaluating at least a first table referenced by the reference data operator to determine whether the first table is a reference data table by assigning a score to the first table, wherein the score is indicative of the likelihood that the first table is a reference data table and wherein a reference data table contains a set of values that describes other data.
US08583624B2	Research rapidity and efficiency improvement by analysis of research artifact similarity Methods for comparing query-related objects are provided. In one embodiment, a first plurality of query-related objects for a first user is compared to a second plurality of query-related objects for a second user to determine a degree of similarity between the first and second plurality of query-related objects. A notification of the degree of similarity is issued.
US08583613B2	On demand data conversion Novel tools for updating data structures in a database are presented. In an aspect, the tools are used to update a database's structures in response to the update of an application (such as an enterprise application) that uses the database. In another aspect, the tools may convert a data set to a new format when the updated application attempts to access the data set; in some cases, other data sets within the database might remain unconverted until their use. Advantageously, this allows for a database (and/or a table within a database) to be updated incrementally and/or on demand. This feature can mitigate the impact of the update on users, for example, by avoiding the need to take the database (and/or application) offline to perform a batch process to update the database.
US08583611B2	File server for migration of file and method for migrating file A file server stores the storage management information and migration policy information. The storage management information includes the information that indicates a storage attribute for each storage apparatus. The migration policy information includes a plurality of information sets. Each of the information sets includes the information that indicates a condition of a file attribute and the information that indicates a condition of a storage attribute of a storage apparatus that is a migration destination. The file server specifies a migration target file, specifies a storage apparatus that conforms to the storage attribute condition that is indicated by the information set that includes the information that indicates a condition of a file attribute that conforms to of a file attribute of a target file based on the storage management information, and migrates a target file from a storage apparatus that has stored the target file to the storage apparatus that has been specified.
US08583609B2	Method and system for creating an industry-specific computer dictionary and metadata apparatus for computer management applications using a multi-level database of terms and definitions A method and system for generating and storing definitions from a multi-level database of unique industry-specific terms, organizing the words, phrases and their exhaustive numerical definitions in a digital dictionary, and providing the architecture to create new files and label existing files with metadata from the dictionary so as to provide a common, secure platform to better manage elements in and related to the industry. An example of an industry in which the method and system may be used is the healthcare industry. The system addresses every facet of the industry including quality control, performance, reimbursement, licensing and credentials, managing organizations and patient's health records. The unique digital language, deep definitions and consistent terminology also form the basis for many novel product concepts designed to improve efficiency and quality. A practice management product for radiology is also described.
US08583608B2	Maximum allowable runtime query governor Techniques for managing query execution using memory compression based on maximum allowable runtimes. Embodiments may receive a query from a requesting entity and calculate an estimated execution time for executing the query. Embodiments may further determine a maximum allowable runtime for the query. An amount of memory compression for use in processing the query may then be adjusted, based on the estimated execution time and the maximum allowable runtime. The query may then be executed using the adjusted memory compression rate to produce a set of query results, which may then be returned to the requesting entity.
US08583603B2	Employing user-context in connection with backup or restore of data The claimed subject matter relates to architectures for facilitating network-accessible or local backup or restore features in a manner that leverages event-oriented contextual information associated with one or more users of the data to be backed up or restored. In particular, a first restore-based architecture can interface with an associated second backup-based architecture that hosts or maintains a backup data store in order to retrieve a version of the data file that is desired by a user. Additionally, the first architecture can obtain a log of contextual event descriptions that can be aggregated by the second architecture or obtained independently from, e.g. a social networking service or a calendar application associated with the user. Thus, in addition to displaying time and date information associated with the desired version, the first architecture can provide the user with a social context of event from the social services feeds to aid the user in distinguishing between multiple versions of the data file.
US08583596B2	Multi-master referential integrity A method and apparatus for maintaining referential integrity in a plurality of directory servers is described. In one embodiment, a first directory server receives a request to operate on an entry in the first directory server. The request is serially repeated in at least one other directory server if the operation on the entry in the first directory server is not valid. The at least one other directory server communicates indirectly with the first directly server.
US08583592B2	System and methods of searching data sources In a particular embodiment, a system is disclosed to search one or more data sources. The system includes an interface to a network, a visualization system to provide a search interface to a destination device via the network, and a search system. The search system communicates with the interface to receive a query from the destination device. The search system proxies the query to search multiple data sources, receives search results from the multiple data sources, and extracts data from the search results. The system also includes a personalization system to personalize the search results from the multiple data sources to a particular user.
US08583590B2	Parallel window algorithm One embodiment accesses a binary decision diagram (BDD) representing a function having n variables, where n≧2, wherein the BDD comprises n layers corresponding to the n variables, respectively; and reorders the n variables of the BDD by iteratively and alternating reordering a plurality of disjoint sets of k consecutive layers in parallel, where 1
US08583588B2	Method for judging risk of cancer recurrence, computer program, and computer system A method for judging a risk of cancer recurrence comprising: acquiring an activity value and expression level of a first cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) of a cell contained in tissues extracted from cancer patients, an activity value and expression level of a second CDK, and a number of Ki67-expressing cells or an expression level of Ki67; and judging a risk of cancer recurrence based on the acquired activity value and expression level of the first CDK, the activity value and expression level of the second CDK, and a percentage of Ki67-expressing cells or the expression level of Ki67. A computer program product and a computer system are also disclosed.
US08583583B1	Cyber auto tactics techniques and procedures multiple hypothesis engine Disclosed is an exemplary multiple hypothesis engine that provides situation assessment capabilities regarding cyber auto tactics techniques and procedures. Dynamic cyber adversarial operations are evaluated via a combination of techniques using a Bayesian multiple hypothesis tree, or graph, as a framework. A top-down probability propagation mechanism solves different aspects of the problem in a round-robin fashion. The top-down probability propagation mechanism comprises the Hypothesis Refinement Engine. A model-based abductive reasoner comprising The Hypothesis Validator is used to confirm or refute the refined hypothesis. A model-based learning engine comprising Behavior Model Trainer is used to incrementally augment the knowledge base of behavior models as new adversarial TTPs are discovered. These three techniques behave in a cooperative manner by operating upon the Bayesian multiple hypothesis tree framework.
US08583577B2	Method and apparatus for unsupervised training of input synapses of primary visual cortex simple cells and other neural circuits Certain aspects of the present disclosure present a technique for unsupervised training of input synapses of primary visual cortex (V1) simple cells and other neural circuits. The proposed unsupervised training method utilizes simple neuron models for both Retinal Ganglion Cell (RGC) and V1 layers. The model simply adds the weighted inputs of each cell, wherein the inputs can have positive or negative values. The resulting weighted sums of inputs represent activations that can also be positive or negative. In an aspect of the present disclosure, the weights of each V1 cell can be adjusted depending on a sign of corresponding RGC output and a sign of activation of that V1 cell in the direction of increasing the absolute value of the activation. The RGC-to-V1 weights can be positive and negative for modeling ON and OFF RGCs, respectively.
US08583573B1	Nonparametric mine line detection using spatial analysis A mine line detection method to identify mine-like contacts (MLCs) that fit into mine line patterns dictated by standard mine laying protocol. In general, MLCs define a minefield where the minefield has both mines and false alarms. The method classifies every MLC into one of three classes: fixed—a mine line pattern with fixed mine spacing; random—a mine line pattern with random mine spacing; or false alarm—the MLC does not fit into a mine line pattern and is not considered a mine. The method requires no knowledge of either the sensor probability of detection (Pd) or probability of false alarm (Pfa); nonetheless, it significantly improves both. A nonparametric anomaly detector identifies regions with unusually high MLC density for more detailed analysis. Suspected regions are analyzed for unusually regular patterns of MLCs. Probabilities that the observed target densities and target patterns could occur by chance are estimated.
US08583566B2	Methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on learned periodicity of user content selection A method of selecting and presenting content based on learned user preferences is provided. The method includes receiving search input from the user for identifying desired content items and receiving content selection actions from the user. The method further includes analyzing the date, day, and time of content selection actions by the user and analyzing descriptive terms associated with the selected content items to learn a periodicity of user selections of similar content items. In response to subsequent searches by the user, the method calls for selecting and ordering a collection of content items for presentation to the user based on comparing the user's search input to descriptive terms associated with content items and based on the learned periodicities of the user.
US08583564B2	Differential pricing based on social network standing A system and/or method that effectuates and facilitates the generation and provision of differential pricing policies based at least in part on the relative social network standing that a seller might have with a potential purchaser are provided. The system includes a component that receives data associated with a seller, a good, or a service that the seller lists for sale or barter in an online market place. The component determines, based at least in part on the particular good or service, a differential pricing policy that can be associated therewith. The differential pricing policy can then be utilized to selectively provide differentiated prices to a purchaser based on a relative social network standing that can be established between the purchaser and the seller.
US08583563B1	System and method for providing enhanced matching based on personality analysis In one example embodiment, a method is provided that includes interfacing with one or more end users via a central website and managing information related to one or more of the end users. The method also includes determining a personality type for one or more end users and matching end users based on relationship rules of the personality types that outline compatibilities between the personality types. In more specific embodiments, the determining of the personality type includes an evaluation of a hand of a selected end user. The personality types can be based on inferred levels of testosterone, serotonin, or estrogen. The personality type determination can also be made based on a set of questions. The personality type determination can also be based on evaluating a selected end user's word choice and/or the frequency in their word choice in their writing.
US08583560B1	Method and apparatus for third party control of a device A method and apparatus for third party control of a device have been disclosed. By utilizing a third party to control a device, view and control of a device may be separated.
US08583559B2	Information processing apparatus, method of controlling thereof, and computer-readable storage medium storing program therefor An application program or an extended application program is installed that extends the functionality of this application program. If the application program is installed, a license file used in this application program is stored in a storage unit. If the extended application is installed, then control is executed so as to install the extended application using the license file stored in the storage unit and used in installing the application program corresponding to the extended application program.
US08583557B2	Methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-media content storage and management services Methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-media content storage and management services are provided. A method includes, from a single user interface: creating a library of content items, creating at least one other content item that includes an electronic greeting, and associating at least one component of the library with the electronic greeting to form an arrangement. The electronic greeting includes an electronic greeting card and a personalized message. The electronic greeting also includes a gift associated with a unique code. The gift includes one or more of a: music selection, movie, computer game, and video game. The gift is retrievable via electronic download upon entry of the unique code.
US08583556B2	Method of providing a digital asset for distribution Digital assets are provided for distribution within an electronic network. The digital asset includes digital content that is associated with a digital rights holder. A serial number is provided for (embedded within) the asset; this number uniquely identifies a first introduction of digital asset for distribution within the electronic network. The asset is then posted in a number of locations so that it can be distributed to users. A transaction database is updated to reflect occurrences of different instantiations of the asset.
US08583552B2	Processing payment transactions between enterprise resource planning systems In some embodiments, a method for processing a payment transaction comprises receiving, by a payor an invoice generated from a first enterprise resource planning (ERP) system operated by a payee. The first ERP system formatted the invoice in a first format. The invoice is stored in a second format compatible with a second ERP system. The invoice has been converted from the first format to the second format, which is different from the first format. Approval of the invoice is received through the second ERP system. Authorization instructing a financial institution to transmit a payment to the payee is generated and transmitted to the financial institution. Confirmation of the payment to the payee is generated and transmitted to the payee.
US08583550B1	Financial account related trigger feature for detecting changes in financial ratios Systems and methods for producing and maintaining account related triggers are provided herein. The systems and methods may be utilized for monitoring of one or more accounts of a financial institution. Triggers may be executed to monitor financial account ratios. Offers may be triggered based on the account ratios or changes in the account ratios.
US08583547B2	Precious metal financial instrument In accordance with the principles of the present invention, a computer-implemented precious metals investment product and process for pricing a precious metals composite product are provided. A measured unit of trade is established. The measured unit of trade comprises a plurality of precious metal components. The measured unit of trade is quoted and traded as a unit, thus allowing for uniformity in the ongoing offers to buy and sell a fixed quantity, or multiples of this fixed quantity, and pricing consistency for the metals. The precious metals components are backed by physical precious metals. The precious metals components are electronically tracked and priced in live market prices. Live pricing of the precious metals composite product is provided utilizing the live pricing of the precious metal components. An investor retains the option to take delivery of their precious metals or to liquidate by a plurality of methods.
US08583543B2	System and method for quick quote configuration A method and system are described for providing a trader with the ability to quickly configure the quoting side of a trading tool, without experiencing the normal delays associated with conventional methods of quoting. In spread trading, an automated spread trading tool may automatically work an order to buy or sell a tradeable object. A user may configure the trading tool to work an order in a certain tradeable object first. The system allows the user to essentially on-the-fly configure the trading tool to work a second order in another tradeable object, and in response to the change, the system can take specific actions such as deleting the order in the first tradeable object and automatically entering the second order in the other tradeable object. This allows the trader to trade quickly and efficiently.
US08583542B2	Financial products based on a serialized index A method for trading financial instruments includes listing, by an electronic financial exchange, financial instruments that specify which version of a serialized index the financial instrument tracks; receiving, by the electronic financial exchange, an electronic indication to buy or sell the financial instrument; executing, by the electronic financial exchange, a trade involving the financial instrument; and settling the financial instrument according to the version of the serialized index specified by the financial instrument.
US08583541B2	System and method for providing market updates in an electronic trading environment A system and method are provided for modifying how market updates are provided in an electronic trading environment upon detecting one or more triggering events. One example method includes defining an event to be used to trigger modification of how market updates are provided to a client entity, receiving a market update from an electronic exchange, and, when the event is detected, modifying how the market update is provided to the client entity. As an example, the modification of how the market update is provided to the client entity may include providing less data in relation to market updates, and sending the market updates less frequently.
US08583529B2	Method of purchasing a product to avoid adverse selection A method for providing automatic purchase of products, such as insurance products, by one or more third parties acting on behalf of a purchaser and for automatic deductions from an income source to pay for the product utilizes stored data regarding the products, information provided to a purchaser from the stored data based upon inquiries from the purchaser and concluding a purchase or not along with payment for the purchaser.
US08583525B1	Business method for creating collaterized debt instruments with two negotiable payment plans A business method for creating, from a mortgage note, two negotiable collaterized debt instruments, each having a separate payment plan. The original mortgagee, or its assigns, use the method to alleviate the mortgagor's monthly payment burden thereby avoiding costly foreclosure proceedings that will result in an increase of inventory of non-performing assets. Additionally, the property values are preserved resulting in more stability. One of the resulting debt instruments with a first payment plan (non-toxic) maintains, or attempts to maintain, the original terms of the mortgage note, depending on market conditions, but reduces the monthly payments in proportion to the non-toxic to property value ratio. The toxic portion of the debt is deferred for a number of years at which time the principal and accrued interest is due. This secured payment plan is deferred. By that time the value of the property is expected to have increased. The original mortgagee, or its assigns, can then pool the debt instruments to issue binds secured by the pools.
US08583520B1	System, method, and apparatus for settlement for participation in an electric power grid Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of physical and financial settlement for participation of active grid elements in supply and/or curtailment of power. Settlement is provided for grid elements that participate in the electric power grid following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. A multiplicity of active grid elements function in the grid for supply capacity, supply and/or load curtailment as supply or capacity, and are compensated through settlement for their functional participation in the electric power grid. Also, messaging related to settlement is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.
US08583516B1	Importing accounting application data into a tax preparation application Automatically mapping and importing accounting application data into to a tax preparation application. Account data including an account name is received from an accounting application. A tax category corresponding to the account name is determined automatically, and a tax line assignment or line of a form of the tax preparation application is automatically assigned to the account name such that the corresponding account data can be mapped to and imported into the appropriate section of a tax return. For this purpose, a table or spreadsheet of search terms may be used to correlate an account name selected by a user to a tax category, which is used to determine the appropriate tax line assignment or line of a tax form for that particular account.
US08583515B2	Transfer account systems, computer program products, and associated computer-implemented methods Embodiments of the present invention include transfer account systems, computer program products, and associated computer-implemented methods of providing prioritized payments from the proceeds of automatic or direct deposits. Embodiments of the present invention include routing automatic deposit information to a financial institution computer managing a prioritized payment program and formulating an outgoing ACH file with both an entry for an automatic deposit destined for a customer account and an entry for a pre-authorized prioritized payment to a select creditor, so that the automatic deposit is credited to the customer account and relatively instantaneously any prioritized payment is debited from the customer account. According to embodiments of the present invention, the customer account can be a checking, deposit, savings, money market, or other account as understood by those skilled in the art, so that a customer has effective access through the customer account only to a net value of funds.
US08583499B2	System for secured transactions over a wireless network A system for implementing a method that books and pays a retailer having a POS connected to a transaction server storing confidential user information including a retailer identification, a user code, and a user wireless device phone number. The method includes: receiving at the transaction server, from the user wireless device which can be a cell phone, an SMS containing a retailer identification; reading at the transaction server the phone number of the wireless device communicated by the carrier transporting the SMS; authentifying the phone number and retailer identification with the stored confidential user information; sending the user confidential information to the retailer POS. The user enters on the POS the user code. The POS reads and authentifies the user code with the user confidential information received from the transaction server. The retailer enters the payment information on the POS and sends it with user information to the transaction server.
US08583497B2	System for eliminating coins from cash transactions A method and system for eliminating a need for coins in cash transactions in most currencies includes a comparison of a sum of a fractional dollar amount of an original transaction amount of a cash transaction between a merchant and a consumer plus a beginning value of a consumer storage device to a value of either 1.00 or 2.00. The amount of the value depends on whether a sum of credits and debits incurred by the merchant is greater or less than or equal to a sum of per transaction fees. The original transaction amount is decreased or increased to the next whole dollar amount, thereby providing a new transaction amount, if it is determined that the sum of the fractional dollar amount of the original transaction amount plus the beginning value of the consumer storage device is greater or less than, respectively, the value assigned.
US08583492B2	Check processing and funds verification A system and method of verifying sufficient funds in an account associated with a negotiable instrument, such as a check, money order, traveler's check, and the like, received for payment is provided. The verification of funds may be provided prior to accepting the check as payment. In some examples, the check may be scanned into a funds verification system at a back office or front end system, such as a check out lane, point of sale system, and the like, of a merchant, vendor, service provider, and the like receiving the check for payment. The scanned image of the check may be transmitted to a financial institution associated with the merchant, vendor, service provider, and the like and the financial institution may verify that sufficient funds exist. If sufficient funds exist, the check may be deposited into an account of the vendor, merchant, service provider, and the like at the financial institution.
US08583486B2	Advertising and web site feedback systems and methods This disclosure relates to systems for aggregating and communicating media data, which may include advertising-related data and web site data. In various embodiments, the system includes a display showing the respective bounce rates associated with web site traffic received from multiple different traffic sources. The system may also indicate how many users (for example, from one or more particular traffic sources) execute one or more desired actions during their visit to the web site. This may allow an advertiser to quickly assess the performance of each component of an advertising campaign, and to modify the campaign to increase its effectiveness and to reduce the overall cost of the advertising campaign by discontinuing or modifying ineffective components of the campaign.
US08583477B2	Methods and apparatus to determine effects of promotional activity on sales Example systems, methods, processes, and apparatus for determining expected base sales for a product include obtaining sales data for a product sold at a point of sale location. The sales data can be organized in a time series according to a predetermined time period. The method further includes identifying a promotional event for at least one of the product and the point of sale location and excluding sales data corresponding to the promotional event. The remaining sales data is processed using a smoothed moving average model involving a plurality of passes through the remaining sales data. Expected base data for the product is generated based on the smoothed moving average model and output to a user.
US08583471B1	Inferring household income for users of a social networking system Information about a set of users of a social networking system is obtained to develop a predictive model of income distribution for all users of the social networking system. This predictive model is based on selected attributes about the users (e.g., declared/profile information, user historical information, and/or social information). Users of the social networking system are mapped to a specific income bracket based on statistical correlations derived from the predictive model. Advertisements are targeted to users based on income bracket. The system may use a machine learning algorithm to analyze conversion rates of targeted advertising to retrain the predictive model.
US08583470B1	Participant utility extraction for prediction market based on region of difference between probability functions The present disclosure provides a system that implements a prediction market, used for making forecasts and, more particularly, for extracting participant utility. One or more forecasts of a specific participant or subset of participants are taken, and a measure of divergence of these forecasts from a group as a whole (or for that matter, any group) is calculated. This divergence may then later be employed in the prediction market (e.g., for present or future forecasting). For example, if it is known that “sales managers” are consistently too liberal in forecasting product release dates than others within a company, this tendency may be compensated for or used in a variety of manners, such as automatically correcting predictions or forecasts for perceived error, automatically discarding or modifying predictions, or automatically generating “virtual” predictions for future events. Other actions may also be taken.
US08583469B2	Facilitating growth investment decisions A technique for performing securable market analysis involves establishing an empirically-derived structure and evaluating market size using analytical techniques within that structure. Inputs to a system that incorporates the technique can include a functional job and related emotional and consumption jobs, if any; importance levels; satisfaction levels; job executors; and willingness-to-pay.
US08583468B2	Method, system and computer program product for analyzing maintenance operations and assessing the readiness of repairable systems An automated method, system and computer program product for assessing the readiness of a plurality of repairable systems, such as a fleet of aircraft, are provided. In addition to identifying the repairable systems that will be operational, the relative state of readiness of the repairable systems is determined such that the repairable systems that are most likely to successfully complete the designated task can be selected. Additionally, an automated method of analyzing the maintenance operations performed upon a plurality of repairable systems, such as a fleet of aircraft, is provided. In this regard, the relative states of readiness of the repairable systems are determined and maintenance resources are allocated based upon the respective measures of the relative states of readiness of the repairable systems. As such, maintenance operations scheduled for the aircraft that will have the greatest state of readiness upon completion of the maintenance operations can be prioritized.
US08583452B2	Health check system, health check apparatus and method thereof Various types of health checks are realized using optimal sensors. The health check apparatus according to the present application is configured such that optimal sensors 160 corresponding to an environment or the like in which an information service is realized out of a plurality of available sensors 160 or sensors 160 available to realize a health check to be delivered are selected. The health check apparatus according to the present application selects appropriate parameters for the sensors 160 and processing programs 286, 300 and 310 so that a health check is appropriately delivered and sets the parameters in the sensors and processing programs. Thus, the health check apparatus according to the present application is configured to be able to deliver various health checks by only receiving specification of a desired information service by the user and thereby appropriately combining various types of sensors and a plurality of processing programs.
US08583451B2	Context information processing system used for accessing medical data A context information processing system used for accessing medical data includes an acquisition processor for acquiring configuration information indicating a type of a particular patient identification tag reader device of a plurality of different types of tag reader device and a format of patient identification data used by the particular patient identification tag reader device. An interpreter processes patient identification data received from the particular patient identification tag reader device using the received configuration information to provide a particular patient identifier. A context processor updates a record indicating that a current patient context, including a patient identifier, is compatible with the particular patient identifier.
US08583449B2	Method and apparatus for providing network based load balancing of medical image data A method and apparatus for providing network based load balancing of medical image data among two or more image archive systems is disclosed. A network element is employed to interface to a network carrying medical image data that may include tasks to be performed on the data. A network service associated with the network element monitors the current load or the available capacity of each of the image archive systems. When a task is received the network service determines the level of complexity of the task and compares the level of complexity to the current load or available capacity of each of the image archive systems. The network service selects the one of the image archive systems to perform the task that has the lowest current load or highest available capacity relative to the level of complexity of the received task.
US08583446B2	System and method for automated training and certification for radio frequency safety and regulatory compliance at wireless transmission sites Computer based system which provides wireless site specific RF safety information and promotes protection of all concerned individuals from RF radiation. The System further informs contractors, workers, site owners, and FCC licensees bow to comply with federal, state and local RF safety standards and regulations. The system provides a method for managing and accommodating RF safety training and certification relating to the radio transmission sites. The system includes a database of transmission sites with corresponding antenna systems including maps of maximum permissible exposure limits, site physical layouts and camera images. The system provides a site specific RF safety summary sheet only to users having a predetermined training certification status. The system further includes recordation of training process, testing results, certification status, and delivery of RF safety summary sheets to users.
US08583443B2	Recording and reproducing apparatus Disclosed is a recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body; and a remote controller to perform remote control of the apparatus main body, wherein the remote controller comprises: a key operating section to receive a key operation by a user; a sound information inputting section to input sound information; and a transmitting section to transmit sound data based on the sound information to the apparatus main body, and the apparatus main body comprises: a recording section to record input content data on a recording medium; a reproducing section to reproduce the content data; a receiving section to receive the sound data; a sound information recording section to record the sound data so as to be associated with a piece of the content data; and a sound information outputting section to reproduce the sound data to output the reproduced sound data.
US08583441B2	Method and system for providing speech dialogue applications A server for producing at least one speech dialogue application stores a formal description of a speech dialogue programmed into the description language and speech models for dialogue steps of the speech dialogue. A broadcasting transmitter digitally transmits produced speech dialogue applications to a radio set of mobile end terminals which are arranged in the transmission area thereof.
US08583422B2	System and method for automatic semantic labeling of natural language texts Systems and methods for automatic semantic labeling of natural language documents provided in electronic or digital form include a semantic processor that performs a basic linguistic analysis of text, including recognizing in the text semantic relationships of the type objects and/or classes of objects, facts and cause-effect relationships; matching linguistically analyzed text against target semantic relationship patterns, created by generalization of particular cases of target semantic relationships; and generating semantic relationship labels based on linguistically analyzed text and a result of the matching.
US08583414B1	Mapping between code coverage and model coverage for a design Coverage data may be collected for a model. The coverage data may include model coverage data and code coverage data for test cases input to the model. The coverage data may be presented to a user as data indicating a correspondence between coverage outcomes for the model and coverage outcomes for the code used to implement the model.
US08583413B2	Computer method and apparatus for chaining of model-to-model transformations Computer method, apparatus and system chains model-to-model transformations. In a series of model transformations, there are respective bridges before and after each model transformation. For each pair of consecutive model transformations in the series, the respective bridge (i) receives a model output from a first model transformation of the pair, the received model being in the respective output model format of the first model transformation of the pair, (ii) prepares the received model as input to a second model transformation of the pair, including preparing the received model to be in the respective input model format of the second model transformation of the pair, and (iii) inputs the prepared model to the second model transformation of the pair. The series of model transformations and respective bridges provide chaining of the model-to-model transformations. Each model transformation in the series is able to be separately configured.
US08583408B2	Standardized modeling suite An enhanced modeling tool associated with an entity may facilitate end-to-end modeling of problems in any application space. The enhanced modeling tool may collect modeling data from a variety of sources, check the collected data, find the best predictor variables for a given target variable, estimate the model, implement the model, and validate the model. The output of each of these steps may be in a standardized format to allow other steps to directly incorporate the output. An additional feature of the system may include a reporting capability that generates supporting documents related to model governance and risk compliance.
US08583405B2	Contingency analysis information for utility service network A system and computer-implemented method of providing contingency analysis information for a utility service network that includes obtaining contingency analysis information from a plurality of external sources, integrally combining the contingency analysis information obtained from each of the plurality of external sources into a single application and prioritizing the contingency analysis information in a predetermined order, dynamically updating, the contingency analysis information obtained from each of the plurality of external sources and the prioritization of the contingency analysis information based on status information, and displaying the contingency analysis information to a user via a graphical user interface.
US08583394B2	Method, apparatus, and article to facilitate distributed evaluation of objects using electromagnetic energy Objects such as manufactured goods or articles, works of art, media such as identity documents, legal documents, financial instruments, transaction cards, other documents, and/or biological tissue are sampled via sequential illumination in various bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, a test response to the illumination is analyzed with respect to reference responses of reference objects. The sequence may be varied. The sequence may define an activation order, a drive level and/or temperature for operating one or more sources. Illumination may be in visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Elements of the evaluation system may be remote from one another, for example coupled by a network.
US08583388B2	Power integrity analyzer, power integrity analysis method, and program A power integrity analyzer according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes a parameter inputting unit that inputs parameters to a power-supply current waveform which indicates a variation of a power-supply current value on a time axis of an element, a conversion unit that converts the power-supply current waveform which indicates a variation on the time axis determined by the parameter to a power-supply current spectrum which indicates a variation of the power-supply current value on a frequency axis, an allowable value information storage unit that stores an allowable power-supply voltage fluctuation value of the element, and an impedance calculating unit that calculates a target impedance spectrum on the device indicating the variation of impedance value on the frequency axis based on the power-supply current spectrum and the allowable power-supply voltage fluctuation value.
US08583377B2	Methods and systems of formation density measurements in the presence of invasion of drilling fluids Formation density measurements in the presence of invasion of drilling fluids. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: irradiating a formation with gammas from a source of gammas, wherein drilling fluid has invaded the formation, and wherein Pe of the drilling fluid that has invaded the formation is greater than Pe of the formation; determining a first value indicative of a parameter of the formation; determining a second value indicative of a parameter of the formation; determining a third value, the third value determined based on gammas in an energy range different than used in determining the first value; and calculating, using the first, second, and third values, information such as a standoff, a formation porosity, a formation density prior to invasion by the drilling fluid, and radial depth of invasion of the drilling fluid into the formation.
US08583376B2	Resonance calculation program and analyzing apparatus [Problem to be Solved] To provide a resonance calculation program capable of evaluating a physical quantity such as an effective cross section in a radial direction of a circular region of a fuel rod by making a resonance calculation based on the equivalence principle.[Solution] A resonance calculation program for calculating an effective cross section by performing a resonance calculation based on an equivalence principle includes a radial-distribution calculation step S8 of calculating a distribution of the effective cross section in a radial direction of a circular region by calculating the effective cross section defined by a predetermined calculation expression including a geographical coefficient for each of a plurality of annular regions while a neutron escape probability in a resonance region is expressed by a polynomial rational expression including the geographical coefficient serving as a factor representing geographical shapes of a plurality of annular regions that are circumferentially annular and that are obtained by radially dividing the circular region that is an axial cross section of a fuel rod at predetermined intervals.
US08583375B2	Box-based architectural design A computer system automates the creation, modification, and rendering of digital designs of architectural structures. The system uses the mathematical cuboid—a three-dimensional object defined by its width, depth, and height—as its primitive element (fundamental building block). The term “box” is used herein to refer to cuboids. A box, once defined in terms of its width, depth, and height, may be rendered automatically in two or three dimensions. Multiple boxes, and the relationships among them, may be defined, and such multiple boxes may be rendered automatically in accordance with their defined relationships. The user may change any feature in any box—such as the width of one box—and, in response, the entire design may be re-rendered automatically to reflect not only the specific change made by the user to a particular box, but also changes to other boxes necessitated by the user's change.
US08583374B1	Systems and methods for route summarization Methods and systems for route summarization are described herein. The method includes generating a route from an origin to a destination, the route including a plurality of maneuvers. One or more maneuvers are removed from the plurality of maneuvers. A summarized route is generated that reflects the removal of the one or more maneuvers from the plurality of maneuvers such that the summarized route has fewer maneuvers than the route.
US08583362B2	Apparatus, method, and program for generating road information History information for the history of vehicle travel on a road is obtained. Traffic-volume information indicating a traffic volume on the road is obtained based on the history information that has been stored in at least a predetermined amount. When the traffic volume on the road during a predetermined period is smaller than a predetermined reference value indicating a difficulty of passage, road-selection information for avoiding that road is generated.
US08583346B2	Closed loop control of fuel viscosity in multi-fuel engine A system and method for controlling the viscosity of liquid fuel delivered from a fuel tank to the fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine. A viscosity sensor is placed in the fuel line, or in a bypass fuel line, in close proximity downstream the fuel injectors. A heat exchanger is placed on the fuel line downstream the sensor. The sensor is a rotating cylinder having a nominal rotation velocity, and is configured to rotate such that the nominal rotation velocity increases or decreases in response to fuel viscosity. The sensor delivers a measurement signal to a control unit, which performs a closed loop algorithm to adjust the heat provided by the heat exchanger until the measured rotation matches a target rotation.
US08583340B2	Model based method to assess road curvature effect on travel time and comfort for route planning Methods and systems for assessing the effect of road curvature on the travel time and the comfort level of a path determined by a ground based route planning system. The methods and systems identify a path and determine an allowable speed profile of the path, wherein the allowable speed profile satisfies a cross track acceleration constraint. Thereafter, the methods and systems determine an optimal speed profile of the path, wherein the optimal speed profile satisfies both an along track acceleration constraint and a speed constraint. Using the optimal speed profile, the road curvature of a path may be factored into a determination of the traversal time of the path. Additionally, using the optimal speed profile, the road curvature of a path may be used to derive a comfort level of the path. The optimal speed profile may be further used to provide driver assistance.
US08583317B2	In-vehicle device, vehicle authentication system and data communication method An in-vehicle device includes a storage unit storing a PIN code and an in-vehicle device ID kept confidential for a user and registered one for each vehicle; a first authentication unit determining whether the in-vehicle device is allowed to be connected to a mobile terminal on the basis of a comparison of the PIN code; a second authentication unit requesting an in-vehicle device ID from the mobile terminal that has been connected through authentication performed by the first authentication unit and authenticating the mobile terminal by comparing the in-vehicle device ID transmitted from the mobile terminal in response to the request with the in-vehicle device ID registered in the in-vehicle device; and a data transmission unit transmitting predetermined vehicle data, obtained from a vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle device and indicating a vehicle state, to the mobile terminal that has been authenticated by the second authentication unit.
US08583312B2	Guidance system automatic wheel angle sensor calibration In one embodiment, a wheel angle sensor calibration method, comprising, while a vehicle is moving, automatically causing movement of the vehicle to a first full steering position followed by automatic movement to a second full steering position; recording wheel angle sensor values at the first and second full steering positions, respectively; determining an average of the wheel angle sensor values, the average corresponding to a target center wheel position; automatically causing movement of the vehicle to the target center wheel position; and responsive to the wheel angle sensor having a value equal to the average, recording the wheel angle sensor value as the target center wheel position.
US08583307B2	Power supply system for electrically powered vehicle and method for controlling the same A power supply system includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices. A converter is connected to a selected one of the sub power storage devices to convert voltage between the selected sub power storage device and an electric power feeding line bidirectionally. Connection of the sub power storage device is switched and, when the last sub power storage is used, a request to disconnect the sub power storage device is generated based on the SOC of the sub power storage device and the vehicle state. Specifically, where the SOC is included in a disconnection forced region in which the SOC is smaller than a reference lower limit, the sub power storage device is forced to be disconnected regardless of the vehicle state. Where the SOC is included in a disconnection permitted region in which the SOC is higher than that in the disconnection forced region, the disconnection request is generated on condition that the vehicle is in such a state that will not affect vehicle's drivability.
US08583297B2	Method and device for optimization of the mass of a satellite A method and a device are provided for the optimization of the mass of a satellite. The method includes: a step of calculation of an elliptical second orbit obtained by rotation of a first orbit about an axis connecting the periapsis and the apoapsis, the elliptical second orbit being associated with a second maximum eclipse duration less than a first maximum eclipse duration; a step of determination of a maneuver enabling the satellite to move to the second orbit; and a step of calculation of a second battery mass making it possible to maintain the satellite in operation during the second maximum eclipse duration and of calculation of a mass of fuel necessary to effect the maneuver.
US08583296B2	Low-altitude altimeter and method A low-altitude altimeter (10) and a method of determining low altitudes for unmanned aerial vehicles (24). The altimeter includes at least two illuminators (12,14), at least one sensor (16), and a computing device (18). The illuminators (12,14) emit signals which are received by the sensor (16) in such a way that an angle at which they are received is determinable by the computing device (18). The computing device (18) processes each signal received by the sensor (16), determines the angle at which the sensor (16) received the signal, and, based thereon, determines the altitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle (24). When a first pair of illuminators are arranged along a fuselage axis, and a second pair of illuminators are arranged orthogonally to that axis, the computing device can combine first and second altitude, pitch angle, and roll angle measurements to provide a more refined altitude determination.
US08583293B2	Flight control surface actuation force fight mitigation system and method A system and method of mitigating a force fight between hydraulically-operated actuators that are coupled to a single flight control surface is provided. The differential fluid pressure across each hydraulically-operated actuator is sensed. The position of a user interface is sensed using a plurality of user interface position sensors. Flight control surface position is sensed using one or more position sensors. The sensed differential pressures, the sensed user interface positions, and the sensed flight control surface position are used to generate a plurality of substantially equal actuator commands.
US08583289B2	Climate control system for data centers A climate control system or a data center includes a computer room air conditioner (CRAC) and an air economizer. A control module determines whether outside air is suitable for use in cooling the data. If the outside air is suitable for use, outside air and not the CRAC is used to cool the data center when the dry bulb temperature of the outside air is below a minimum set point. The outside air is conditioned before it is introduced as supply air so that it is above a minimum temperature. If the outside air is suitable for use and the dry bulb temperature of the outside air is above the set point, the control module determines a cooling percentage of cooling of the data center to be provided by the CRAC and a cooling percentage to be provided by the outside air.
US08583287B2	Robotic system, robot control method and robot control program A robotic system includes: a detection unit that detects at least one of a voice, light and an image of a content outputted by a content output device; a decision unit that assesses information detected by the detection unit on the basis of reference data so as to assess the content outputted by the content output device; and a control unit that controls a behavior or a state of the robotic system on the basis of the assessment made by the decision unit.
US08583282B2	Companion robot for personal interaction A mobile robot guest for interacting with a human resident performs a room-traversing search procedure prior to interacting with the resident, and may verbally query whether the resident being sought is present. Upon finding the resident, the mobile robot may facilitate a teleconferencing session with a remote third party, or interact with the resident in a number of ways. For example, the robot may carry on a dialogue with the resident, reinforce compliance with medication or other schedules, etc. In addition, the robot incorporates safety features for preventing collisions with the resident; and the robot may audibly announce and/or visibly indicate its presence in order to avoid becoming a dangerous obstacle. Furthermore, the mobile robot behaves in accordance with an integral privacy policy, such that any sensor recording or transmission must be approved by the resident.
US08583272B2	Orthopods and equipment to generate orthopedic supports from computerized data inputs Systems and methods for measuring feet and designing and creating orthopedic inserts are described. The method can include measuring a pressure the foot exerts during a stride at a plurality of points over a period of time, analyzing a pressure at the plurality of points over the period of time and designing the orthopedic insert based on the analysis. The system can include a device that measures a pressure exerted by a foot at a plurality of times at each of a plurality of points and a computer connected to the device, the computer having memory that stores the measured pressures and a program operable to analyze the measured pressures to create a design of an orthopedic insert.
US08583260B2	Long travel steerable catheter actuator The present invention is an electrophysiology, RF ablation, or similar catheter (i.e., catheter or sheath) that includes an actuator that significantly increases the length of travel (i.e., steering travel) of the actuation wires, as compared to the length of travel provided by prior art actuators. The catheter includes a hollow flexible tubular body, a pair of actuation wires disposed in a side-by-side relationship in the body, a handle attached to a proximal end of the body, an actuator pivotally mounted to the handle, an arcuate internal gear rack disposed on the actuator, one or more pulleys pivotally mounted on the handle and coaxially coupled to a pinion gear engaged with the gear rack, and a guide block mounted within the handle. The one or more pulleys include a first channel in which the first actuation wire resides and a second channel in which the second actuation wire resides. The actuation wires pass through holes in the guide block, which aligns the wires into their respective channels. The actuation wires enter into their respective channels on opposite sides of the axis of the one or more pulleys. As the actuator is pivoted relative to the handle, the gear rack rotates the pinion gear and the one or more pulleys. This causes one of the actuation wires to be in-hauled (i.e., wound about the one or more pulleys) and the other actuation wire to be paid-out (i.e., unwound from the one or more pulleys).
US08583252B2	Patient interaction with posture-responsive therapy In general, the disclosure relates to the delivery of therapy according to a detected posture state of a patient. The disclosure contemplates a variety of techniques for managing therapy delivered to a patent, including patient and clinician interaction with a medical device configured to deliver therapy according to posture state. In one example, the disclosure relates to a technique including receiving an indication from an external device to resume delivery of therapy to a patient that was previously turned off, wherein the therapy that was previously turned off comprises therapy delivered to the patient according to a detected posture state of the patient; obtaining therapy information defining the therapy; and resuming the delivery of therapy to the patient in response to the receipt of the indication, wherein the delivery of therapy is resumed according to the obtained therapy information.
US08583248B2	Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for configuring hearing prostheses The present application discloses systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for fitting a hearing prosthesis to a hearing prosthesis recipient. Some embodiments include generating a first set of two or more stimulation signals via a corresponding set of two or more channels of a hearing prosthesis, reducing the corresponding stimulation levels of the stimulation signals of the first set of two or more stimulation signals in response to receiving an indication that a sound sensation corresponding to the first set of two or more stimulation signals is uncomfortably loud, and generating a second set of one or more stimulation signals at the reduced stimulation levels via a first subset of one or more channels.
US08583244B1	Methods and systems for selectively performing a quick initialization of a sound processor An exemplary method of initializing a sound processor includes detecting a condition prompting an initialization of a sound processor for a cochlear implant patient, verifying, in response to the detecting, an integrity of program data stored by the sound processor, and performing, in response to the verifying, a quick initialization of the sound processor by selectively rewriting header information stored by the sound processor to associate the sound processor with the patient without rewriting the program data stored by the sound processor. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
US08583235B2	Cardiac rhythm management system and method A system and method for cardiac rhythm management, which includes an electrode system having at least one electrode and control circuitry coupled to the electrode system from which a first cardiac signal is sensed. The control circuitry includes a pulse circuit to produce electrical pulses at a first value to be delivered to the electrode system in a first cardiac region. At least one cardiac signal is sensed from a second cardiac region, where the cardiac signal includes indications of cardiac depolarizations from the second cardiac region which occurs in direct reaction to the electrical pulses delivered to the first cardiac region. The first value of the electrical pulses are then modified by a pulse adjustment circuit when a cardiac depolarization which occurs in direct reaction to the electrical pulse delivered to the first cardiac region is detected from the second cardiac region.
US08583229B2	Methods of treating medical conditions by neuromodulation of the sympathetic nervous system The present invention is directed to systems and methods for treating respiratory or pulmonary medical conditions by neuromodulation of a target site of the sympathetic nervous system and preferably a target site in communication with a sympathetic nerve chain. A system for treating a respiratory or pulmonary medical condition incorporating a closed-loop feedback system is also provided.
US08583206B2	Sensor arrangement and method for monitoring physiological parameters The invention refers to a sensor arrangement with at least one sensor and a method for monitoring physiological parameters of a person, a textile fabric and a use of a textile fabric. An sensor arrangement is described that is suited to improve signal quality and suppress noise, for instance in remote capacitive sensing of body parameters. To achieve this, certain textile fabrics are used, preferably integrated into textile used in a bed, e.g. the blanket, the bed cover, or the mattress. These textile fabrics allow for a suppression of electromagnetic interference from external sources and can be arranged to avoid charge build-up during measurements, in particular those caused by movements of the person.
US08583203B2	Finger type pulse and blood oxygen measuring device The invention discloses a finger type pulse and blood oxygen measuring device, including an upper shell suite and a lower shell suite that are installed with silica gel soft finger pad, and a semi-closed holding. A removable power supply module is installed in the lower shell suite. The beneficial effect of the invention is that because of the adoption of the removable type power supply module which is able to load the battery, it is easier to assemble and disassemble the battery. Additionally, the structure of the device facilitates manufacturing, enhances quality, and also increases the comfort of a person using the device.
US08583201B2	Quench protection circuit for superconducting magnet coils A superconducting magnet includes at least one superconducting coil and a quench protection circuit electrically coupled to said at least one coil in parallel. The circuit includes at least one quench heater assembly thermally coupled to the at least one coil, and at least one superconducting current limiter electrically connected in series with the at least one quench heater assembly. The superconducting current limiter has a superconducting state with zero resistance, and a normal state with a normal resistance to decrease an electric current flowing through the quench heater assembly.
US08583197B2	Method and system for sharing antennas for high frequency and low frequency applications Aspects of a method and system for sharing antennas for high frequency and low frequency applications may include configuring a multi-frequency antenna system by coupling a plurality of antennas together communicatively via one or more frequency-dependent coupling elements. Radio signals may be received and/or transmitted on one or more radio frequencies via said configured multi-frequency antenna system. The one or more frequency-dependent coupling elements may be frequency-tunable, and may comprise microstrips, transmission lines, and/or RLC circuits. The multi-frequency antenna system may be configured for concurrent operation or time-division duplex operation during the transmitting and/or the receiving. The one or more radio frequencies may operate concurrently or in time-division duplex. The radio signals for transmission may be generated in one or more radio frequency front-ends, and the received radio signals may be demodulated in one or more radio frequency front-ends.
US08583184B2	Portable communication terminal A portable communication terminal comprises wireless communication units 1, 2 for transmitting and receiving data by connecting to a communication line by wireless, broadcasting receiving units 3-9 for receiving digital broadcasting including a program image and data broadcasting, a communication service area determining unit 17 for determining whether or not to be in communication service area, a display unit 12 which has an image display region 23, a data broadcasting display region 24, and a soft key display region 25, a display control unit 11 for controlling display of the data broadcasting display region 24 and/or the soft key display region 25 based on at least the determination result by the communication service area determining unit 17, an access request detecting unit 15, and a wireless communication control unit 18 for controlling the wireless communication units 1,2 based on detection result by the access request detecting unit 15.
US08583178B2	Mobile terminal, display device and controlling method thereof The mobile terminal has a memory unit configured to store a software, a first display unit configured to display a first screen image generated by a first version of the software, and an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit. A controller is configured to display the first screen image corresponding to the software of a first version on the first display unit when the software is executed, and to control a second screen image corresponding to the first image, according to the software of a second version to be displayed on the second display unit when the interface unit is connected to the external display device, the second image generated by a second version of the software. Accordingly, a user is able to experience different versions of software simultaneously.
US08583171B2	Communication apparatus, control method of communication apparatus, and program A communication apparatus capable of performing setting processing of a plurality of methods for sharing with other communication apparatuses communication parameters to be used in communication with the other communication apparatuses detects that setting processing is activating in each of a plurality of other communication apparatuses, and if at least one of methods of detected setting processing activated in the plurality of other communication apparatuses is an identification method in which a user identifies another communication apparatus sharing the communication parameters, activates the setting processing of the identification method.
US08583170B2	Multi-band aggregated spectrum receiver employing frequency source reuse Efficient carrier aggregation is enabled in a receiver employing a single frequency source, and dividing the frequency source by different frequency dividing factors to generate two or more RF LO frequencies. Received signals are down-converted to intermediate frequencies by mixing with the respective RF LO frequencies. By utilizing only a single high frequency source, embodiments of the present invention avoid spurious and injection locking issues that arise when integrating two or more frequency sources, and additionally reduce power consumption as compared to a multiple frequency source solution.
US08583163B2	Transport format combination selecting method, wireless communication system, and mobile station A mobile station calculates the transmission power of a first physical channel using each of first TFCs, and determines whether the mobile station is in a transmission capable state or not. Then, the mobile station calculates the sum of the transmission power of first and second physical channels, with respect to each of combinations of the first and second TFCs, and determines whether the mobile station is in the transmission capable state or not. Then, the mobile station selects a first TFC from the first TFCs wherein the mobile station is in the transmission capable state. Then, the mobile station selects a second TFC from the second TFCs which are included in combinations wherein the mobile station is in the transmission capable state among the combinations including the selected first TFC. Thereafter, data is transmitted using the selected first and second TFCs, respectively.
US08583155B2	Method and system for frame timing acquisition in evolved universal terrestrial radio access (EUTRA) Aspects of a method and system for frame timing acquisition in evolved universal terrestrial radio access (EUTRA) may include determining a received secondary synchronization sequence (SSS) based on a selected cyclic prefix length and on synchronization of a primary synchronization sequence (PSS). A first portion of information associated with the received SSS may be processed separately from a second portion of information associated with the received SSS. A frame timing and/or base station identifier may be determined by comparing the processed first portion of information with the processed second portion of information. The cyclic prefix length may be selected from a finite set of possible cyclic prefix lengths. The cyclic prefix length may be, for example, 9 samples or 32 samples. The primary synchronization sequence synchronization may be determined via correlation.
US08583150B2	Personalized channel service providing system, real-time channel service providing method, and personalized channel service providing system method The present invention relates to a technology of maintaining and managing a contents push channel using a smart phone, and more particularly, to a personalized channel service providing system, real-time channel service providing method, and a personalized channel service providing method capable of maintaining and managing a personalized contents channel using a portable smart phone and timely using personalized contents by pushing to devices having a large display such as TV, etc., if necessary.
US08583141B2	Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on signal path impairment A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For example, if a particular radio station is known to be received strongly at a first location and weakly at a second location, and a given wireless terminal at an unknown location is receiving the radio station weakly, it is more likely that the wireless terminal is at the second location than at the first location.
US08583137B2	Dynamic coverage adjustment in a multi-carrier communication system Techniques for dynamically varying coverage in a multi-carrier communication system are described. A sector may operate on multiple carriers. The sector may vary coverage on a given carrier k based on its load, so that less interference may be caused to other sectors when the sector load is light. In one design, the sector may communicate on a first carrier at a first transmit power level and on a second carrier at a second transmit power level equal to or lower than the first transmit power level. The sector may vary the second transmit power level based on its load to vary the coverage of the second carrier. The sector may reduce the second transmit power level to zero or a low level if the sector load is light. The sector may also vary the second transmit power level based on a function of sector load or a switching pattern.
US08583134B2	Method, system and transmitter for adaptive coordinated transmission in wireless communications A method for adaptive coordinated transmission in wireless communications includes: determining more than one transmitter for performing coordinated transmission, configuring one of the more than one transmitter to be a serving transmitter with others of the more than one transmitter being cooperating transmitters, and determining more than one receiver; determining, by a cooperating transmitter, a cooperation mode according to measured signal parameters of the more than one receiver after receiving a cooperation request from the serving transmitter, and providing the cooperation mode to the serving transmitter; generating, by each of the more than one transmitter, a transmit signal corresponding to the more than one receiver according to the cooperation mode determined, and transmitting the transmit signal to each of the more than one receiver.
US08583125B2	Radio routing agent, call processing apparatus, and communication method of terminal When a call is attempted from a terminal that can transmit/receive data by connecting to different plurality of networks, a radio routing agent that is positioned at a core network selects an optimum wireless route from a plurality of wireless routes and provides the optimum wireless route based on an entire radio resource and a route state. Therefore, when a normal response is received by attempting a call to a call receiving terminal through the optimum wireless route that is selected by the radio routing agent, a call processing apparatus transmits the optimum wireless route to a terminal in which a call is attempted through a base station.
US08583120B2	Method for radio access technology change A method for radio access technology, hereafter called RAT, change for a mobile device is disclosed. The method comprises whenever camping on a RAT, collecting cell information for at least one cell, falling back to a first RAT, and performing an offline procedure for moving to the camped RAT from the first RAT according to the collected cell information.
US08583118B2	Mobility management control technique and mobile communications system A mobility management control method and system that can redress the uneven loads on base stations in a mobile communications network are provided. Multiple base stations in a tracking area each have a mobile station mobility management function. A base station positioned at an edge of the tracking area monitors its own load state. Depending on its own load state, the base station relocates to another base station a location management function with respect to a new location management request, or a location management function as a mobility management serving base station with which location management has been already performed for a mobile station.
US08583117B2	Wireless communication device that prioritizes access probe handling using a predetermined transmission delay A wireless communication device that prioritizes the receipt of access probes within the slots of a base station having a slotted access protocol for incoming communications from wireless communication devices, where the slotted access protocol includes a plurality of discrete slots in which communication packets from wireless communication devices are received and communication packets arriving earlier in a slot are handled first by the base station. The wireless communication device can statically or dynamically change a predetermined delay in sending the access probe to insure it arrives earlier or later in a slot so as to cause a priority of handling by the base station.
US08583111B2	Switch circuit and method of switching radio frequency signals An RF switch circuit and method for switching RF signals that may be fabricated using common integrated circuit materials such as silicon, particularly using insulating substrate technologies. The RF switch includes switching and shunting transistor groupings to alternatively couple RF input signals to a common RF node, each controlled by a switching control voltage (SW) or its inverse (SW_), which are approximately symmetrical about ground. The transistor groupings each comprise one or more insulating gate FET transistors connected together in a “stacked” series channel configuration, which increases the breakdown voltage across the series connected transistors and improves RF switch compression. A fully integrated RF switch is described including control logic and a negative voltage generator with the RF switch elements. In one embodiment, the fully integrated RF switch includes an oscillator, a charge pump, CMOS logic circuitry, level-shifting and voltage divider circuits, and an RF buffer circuit.
US08583107B2	System and method for fixed mobile convergence using a residential gateway apparatus A system and method for providing call mobility for a dual-mode phone between a cellular network and a home wireless network for a dual-mode phone having a cellular identity and a home identity, wherein the home identity is active when the dual-mode phone is in communication with the home wireless network. The system comprises a residential gateway to connect the home wireless network to a public network, and a VoIP service provider in communication with a mobile switching center on the cellular network and the public network. After placing or receiving a call, the dual-mode phone sends a signal to the residential gateway to initiate the movement of the call between the cellular network and the home wireless network while the call is ongoing.
US08583096B2	Method, system and apparatus for handling a call received at a mobile communication device A method, apparatus and system for handling a call received at a mobile communication device, in association with an automated number identification (ANI) number are provided. The ANI number is compared with a list of ANI numbers associated with an applications server, the list stored at the mobile communications device. When the ANI number is not in the list, a tone is provided on the call. When a corresponding tone is detected on the call in response to the tone, the call is handled as a call associated with the applications server and otherwise the call handled as a typical mobile communication call.
US08583090B2	Transferring task completion to another device A mobile communication device is adapted to identify a task for postponed transfer to a computing device over a local communication link. A similar transfer task function is established on the computing device for receiving the identified task and any required related data. The user is provided with the ability to initiate a task on the mobile communication device and continue or complete the task on a computer.
US08583070B2	Autonomous electromagnetic emissions reduction for sensitivity improvement Techniques are described to improve the electrical characterization of ICs and PCBs in a manner that ultimately contributes to network optimization by improving sensitivity without increasing power consumption. Knowledge generated by, for example, emissions and susceptibility profiles, is used to dynamically optimize sensitivity for a device, such as a handset, to take into account its operating environment in a network. In an exemplary embodiment, the handset takes advantage of a priori computed and/or measured electromagnetic interference profiles (such as noise profiles) to reduce or minimize interference among components in the device. In one scenario, using the knowledge of which components are interference aggressors, and which are victims of the potential interference scenarios, device operational states are adaptively configured.
US08583069B2	Method and arrangement for reducing interference in a received signal A method and arrangement reduce an interference which is caused in a received signal from a reception antenna by a transmitted signal with transmitted data which are distributed stochastically over time from a transmission antenna which is physically close by. The transmission of the transmitted signal from the transmission antenna is activated and deactivated by a control signal from a control circuit over time such that reception dropouts in the received signal which are caused by the interference are corrected by an error correction unit for the received signal.
US08583068B2	Interference reduction for multiple signals The present invention reduces the degradation in performance of one or more radio signals that are co-transmitted with a first radio signal from the same transmitting antenna in the same frequency channel and received by the same antenna due to multipath or other shared interference, where the one or more radio signals can be separated from the first radio signal. All received signals are coupled to the same adaptive array or adaptive filter to reduce multipath or other shared interference of the first radio signal, which reduces multipath and other shared interference in the other radio signals before they are separated and processed by their respective receivers, or the individual radio signals are separated before the first signal enters the adaptive array or adaptive filter and each of the other signals coupled to an individual associated adaptive array or adaptive filter slave weighting network with weights slaved to the weights of the adaptive array or adaptive filter of the first signal to reduce the multipath and other shared interference in all the signals.
US08583067B2	Apparatus and method for improved wireless communication reliability and performance in process control systems An apparatus includes a transceiver configured to transmit wireless signals to and receive wireless signals from wireless nodes associated with an industrial process. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to initiate transmission of the wireless signals and to process data contained in the received wireless signals. The transceiver includes a diversity receiver configured to process the wireless signals from the wireless nodes. The transceiver may be further configured to perform beam-shaping in order to transmit a directional beam to at least one of the wireless nodes. Also, the controller may be configured to perform spatial routing by identifying a target of a wireless transmission and to initiate transmission of the directional beam towards a known or estimated location associated with the identified target.
US08583057B2	Techniques to control a shared antenna architecture for multiple co-located radio modules Techniques to control a shared antenna architecture for multiple co-located radio modules is disclosed. For example, a method may comprise receiving power state information for a set of transceivers, receiving activity information for the set of transceivers, and generating control signals for simultaneous operations or mutually-exclusive operations for a shared antenna structure connecting the set of transceivers to an antenna based on the power state information and activity information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US08583053B1	Optimizing TCP traffic for mobile devices using TCP backoff thresholds Systems and methods of optimizing communications for a mobile device are provided. The method includes determining a maximum allowable retransmission timeout interval allowed by the mobile device. The method also includes determining that a first communication session used by the mobile device to transmit data has a retransmission timeout interval that exceeds the maximum allowable retransmission timeout interval. The method further includes, in response to determining that the first communication session is using a retransmission timeout interval that exceeds the maximum allowable retransmission timeout interval, terminating the first communication session, and initiating a second communication session.
US08583044B2	Near field communication (NFC) enabled wireless media system and player and method of operation A wireless media player and a related system and methodology are disclosed. One aspect of the wireless media player system pertains to a virtual connector system, apparatus, and method for the automatic establishment of wireless connectivity with other electronic devices. In one embodiment, the media player device employs the use of integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to exchange communication settings, media capability, and other parameters with an external device that also has integrated RFID technology. The automatic exchange of settings and other information via a proximity-based RFID data exchange allows a media player to quickly establish a secure communication link with another device via a commonly supported wireless protocol such as Ultra Wideband (UWB) or Bluetooth. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a method of using the captured media capability of the connecting device to customize certain menu options and software parameters in the media player.
US08583041B2	Operating method and apparatus for user interface in portable terminal An operating method for a user interface in a portable terminal and an apparatus thereof are provided. The operating method for a user interface in a portable terminal includes registering Bluetooth connection information in a phone book of the portable terminal, and displaying peripheral Bluetooth device information and phone book information on a screen indicating a searching result for peripheral Bluetooth devices. The method allows a user to easily and rapidly perform Bluetooth communication connection with another user trying performing Bluetooth communication upon using a Bluetooth communication function of the portable terminal.
US08583036B2	System and method for providing an improved terrestrial subsystem for use in mobile satellite systems A system or method is disclosed which employs filters on a satellite whose bandwidth is varied by ground command to restrict interference experienced by a satellite as an auxiliary terrestrial component (ATC) system is increased to a multiplicity of cities and markets. Thus there is provided a novel method and system which optimizes overall MSS and ATC traffic.
US08583032B2	Communication system, communication relay apparatus, and communication relay method A communication relay method and others are disclosed in which even when the channel quality varies, the communication data from MS can be relayed without degrading the throughput of the communication system. In this method, the channel quality between RS and BS is estimated (ST1010), and a determination criterion, which is used to determine whether to relay communication, is established based on the estimated channel quality (ST1020). More specifically, a severe determination criterion is set for a relay route having a bad channel quality between RS and BS, while a less severe determination criterion is set for a relay route having a good channel quality between RS and BS. On the other hand, the channel quality between MS and RS is also estimated (ST1030). Then, after both ST1020 and ST1030 are completed, the channel quality between MS and RS is compared to the determination criterion established in ST1020 to ultimately determine whether to relay the communication data from MS in ST1040.
US08583031B2	Mobile device and distribution server for review of newly created music by fans An artist or a music company creates multimedia music contents using interactive media creating tools on their computer and upload to a fans club server. The fans club server maintains all fans registration information and client uploaded multimedia music/songs contents. An interactive media description module on the fans club server generates the interactive media using the multimedia contents provided by the client or the artist as its input. The generated interactive media will be distributed among the fans of the respective artist for playing on their mobile phones and review their contents online for a feedback before the songs being released in the market. The interactive media also prompts mobile phone user for purchasing the songs online. The mobile phone user can also purchase trial songs, and download on their mobile phone and make the online payment. The interactive media options also prompt user to make the trial songs as their mobile phone ringtone and also enable other mobile phone user to become a fan by a fresh registration when a fan forwards interactive media screen to him/her. Offline purchasing by sending bank cheque and its details is also facilitated in accordance with the present invention.
US08583026B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a main body of the image forming apparatus; a component of the image forming apparatus attached to the main body of the image forming apparatus; a medium re-feeding path formed in the main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein a medium is turned over while being conveyed through the medium re-feeding path for a double-sided printing; and a guide provided at the component, the guide being adjacent to the medium re-feeding path and configured to guide the medium along the medium re-feeding path.
US08583018B2	Fusing device and image forming apparatus using the same A fusing device includes a fusing roller, a compression roller, and a cam; a first link having an end as a rotation support point, another end with a contact point with the cam, and an intermediate point between the end and another end thereof; a second link having a first end, a second end, and a third end, the first end rotatably connected to the intermediate point of the first link, and the second end configured to rotatably support the compression roller; a third link having an end rotatably supported and another end rotatably connected to the third end of the second link; and an elastic compression member configured to elastically compress the compression roller against the fusing roller via the first link.
US08583017B2	Fixing device including an air separation section A fixing device including: a fixing member that heats toner image and fixes it onto a recording material; a pressure member that forms a nip that presses the recording material against the fixing member; a first air separating section that blows air against the fixing member and separates the recording sheet from the fixing member; and a separation claw that separates the recording material from the pressure member, wherein a tip of the separation claw contacts the pressure member at a position which is downstream, in a direction of movement of a surface of the pressure member, of a peak of an air blast pressure distribution on a surface of the pressure member, and wherein the air blast pressure distribution is formed by air blown against the pressure member which is caused by the air blown by the first air separating section against the fixing member.
US08583008B2	Apparatus for preventing damage to a photoconductor A system for in situ replacement of a cartridge for an electrophotographic printer includes a photoreceptive member in the cartridge; a retractable shield enclosing the photoreceptive member; and a retraction mechanism in the cartridge for retracting the retractable shield when the cartridge is inserted into the printer.
US08582998B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes: a heating rotary member having a heating layer generating heat upon current application; a pressurizing rotary member brought into pressure-contact with an outer circumferential surface of the heating rotary member to form fixing nip, through which a sheet on which unfixed toner image is formed passes for heat fixing; circular electrodes that are circumferentially formed at two respective positions sandwiching a sheet passing region therebetween, on the outer circumferential surface, and feed electrical power to the heating layer, the electrodes are each metallic and formed of at least two electrode layers including a first electrode layer layered directly on the heating layer and a second electrode layer as an outermost layer, linear expansion coefficient difference between the first layer and the heating layer is smaller than that between the second layer and the heating layer, and the second layer is more oxidation-resistant than the first layer.
US08582983B2	Method and system for generation of coherent subcarriers A method and system for generating multi-subcarriers is disclosed. Re-circulating frequency shifters—based on the frequency shifting in two cascading phase modulators—are used to generate 112 subcarriers with stable architecture since there is no direct current bias in phase modulators.
US08582974B2	Inter-transceiver module communication for firmware upgrade An operational optical transceiver configured to update operational firmware using an optical link of the transceiver. The optical transceiver includes at least one processor and a system memory capable of receiving firmware. The optical transceiver receives an optical signal over the optical link containing the update firmware. The optical transceiver then recovers the firmware from the optical signal. Finally, the optical transceiver provides to the system memory the recovered firmware, which when executed by the at least one processor alters the operation of the transceiver.
US08582968B2	Method, apparatus and system for advertising routing protocol message and calculating route A method, apparatus and system for advertising a routing protocol message and calculating a route are provided which solve the problems that the time of connection establishment or rerouting in wavelength routing is too long and that wavelength utilization efficiency is low. The method for advertising the routing protocol message includes: obtaining node information and link information of a node, in which the node information contains port cross-connection capability information of the node, and the link information contains wavelength restriction information and wavelength status information of each link connected to the node; carrying the obtained node information and link information in a Type-Length-Value object of a routing protocol message, and advertising the routing protocol message in the network.
US08582967B2	Device for multicast of optical signals in the internet and other networks Device for multicast of optical signals in the Internet and other networks is formed by an electronic part and an optical part. The electronic part consists of a control module, an interface module formed by a power supply block, a block for measuring basic operational parameters of the whole device and an interface, and by a power supply part. The power supply block of the interface module is connected to the power supply part, to the optical part and to the control module. The interface is connected to the optical part and to the control module, and the block for measuring basic operational parameters of the whole device is connected to the power supply part and to the control module. Input/output interfaces involving a standard interface for communication with a user and/or an interface for communication in an Ethernet network and/or an interface via RS 232 and/or an interface for communication via a serial USB bus are connected to the control module. The optical part of the device is designed as a double-stage with a first stage formed by M passive wide-spectrum optical splitters, each of which is equipped with N outputs and a second stage is realized by N wide-spectrum optical switches, each of which is equipped with M inputs.
US08582964B2	Imaging device and control method thereof An imaging device moves a zoom lens, so as to change the magnification of an image of a subject, and obtains a near limit position of a focusing lens to the subject at a zoom lens position. When a target position of the focusing lens, which is required to keep the image in focus after the zoom lens is moved, is located on a near side, i.e., on an imaging plane side, of a threshold position determined based on the obtained near limit position, focus control is performed to move the focusing lens and thereby focus. When the target position of the focusing lens is not located on the near side but is located on a subject side of the threshold position, on the other hand, focus control is performed to move the zoom lens to a wider position and subsequently move the focusing lens to focus the image.
US08582960B2	Storage medium storing moving-image data that includes mode information, and reproducing apparatus and method A method of reproducing moving-image information recorded on a storage medium, including: reading mode information from the storage medium including an object of a first type for reproducing the moving-image information, an object of a second type for providing additional functions related to the moving-image information, and system data for controlling the reproduction of the object of the first and second types, including: information indicating an object to be automatically reproduced when the storage medium is loaded, menu information for displaying a menu, and title information for each object of the first type and the object of the second type, the title information including identification information of the corresponding object, the mode information indicating the type of the corresponding object, determining the type of an object to be reproduced based on the read mode information, and reproducing the object based on the result of the determination.
US08582944B2	Optical cable exit trough A cable exit trough is mountable to a lateral trough section either during initial assembly of the cable routing system, or at a later date. The exit trough includes a bracket portion mountable to the top edge of one of the sides of the lateral trough section. Two lead-ins are provided to lead the cable in an upward direction from the lateral trough section to the exit trough. The exit trough includes an exit trough portion extending from the bracket portion upwardly away from the lateral trough section. The exit trough portion includes a convexly curved bottom trough surface, and two convexly curved upstanding sides. The exit trough portion and the lead-ins define a cable pathway from the lateral trough section to an exit point of the exit trough portion which can either lead downwardly relative to the lateral trough section, or horizontally.
US08582939B2	Fiber optic cables with access features Cables are constructed with discontinuities in the cable jacket that allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of material in the cable jacket. The discontinuities allow a section of the cable jacket to be pulled away from a remainder of the jacket using a relatively low peel force.
US08582937B2	Dual-ring silicon electro-optic modulator A device, system, and method for the electro-optic modulation of light. The device includes a substrate having a first ring waveguide and a second ring waveguide on the surface. The device includes a first p-doped region inside the first ring waveguide and a second p-doped region inside the second ring waveguide. The device includes a first n-doped region interposed between the first ring waveguide and the second ring waveguide, a second n-doped region outside the first ring waveguide, and a third n-doped region out the second ring waveguide. The device includes a first linear waveguide located on the surface adjacent to the first ring waveguide and the second ring waveguide. The device includes a fourth n-doped region on the surface located adjacent to the first linear waveguide. The device includes a control circuit configured to modulate light in the first linear waveguide using a voltage source and electrical connections.
US08582930B2	Fiber sensing systems and fiber sensing methods A fiber sensing system is provided, including a plurality of ring structures, an optical coupler and a switching unit. Each of the ring structures has at least one fiber sensor to receive and reflect a light source signal. The optical coupler is directly connected to the ring structures thereby injecting the light source signal into the ring structures to form a plurality of loops. The switching unit is disposed in a central office having two output terminals coupled to the ring structure respectively by the optical coupler, thereby forming a first path and a second path in the loops, such that the light source signal is injected into the first path and the second path sequentially by the switching unit.
US08582928B2	Optical waveguide device, manufacturing method therefor, optical modulator, polarization mode dispersion compensator, and optical switch An optical waveguide device includes: a substrate which has an electro-optical effect; an optical waveguide which is formed on the substrate and/or inside the substrate; and an in-substrate electrode which is formed of a metal and provided inside the substrate.
US08582915B2	Image enhancement for challenging lighting conditions An image and video enhancement technique is described that allows a core enhancement algorithm to be applied to images captured in various challenging lighting conditions. The technique detects a lighting impairment and inverts the image if it is a low-light impairment. The inverted low-light image is similar to haze impairment images, allowing both haze images and low-light images to be enhanced using the same enhancement algorithm.
US08582896B2	Separating directional lighting variability in statistical face modelling based on texture space decomposition A technique for determining a characteristic of a face or certain other object within a scene captured in a digital image including acquiring an image and applying a linear texture model that is constructed based on a training data set and that includes a class of objects including a first subset of model components that exhibit a dependency on directional lighting variations and a second subset of model components which are independent of directional lighting variations. A fit of the model to the face or certain other object is obtained including adjusting one or more individual values of one or more of the model components of the linear texture model. Based on the obtained fit of the model to the face or certain other object in the scene, a characteristic of the face or certain other object is determined.
US08582879B2	Image processing device and image processing method that convert color image into monochrome image An image processing device includes: a separating unit configured to separate colors of a plurality of pixels included in an input color image into a plurality of color groups on the basis of similarities between the colors of the pixels; and a conversion unit configured to generate a monochrome image by performing correction on each of the pixels of the color image on the basis of a grayscale representation assigned to each of plurality of the color groups.
US08582878B1	Purple fringing automatic detection and correction A system, method, and computer program product for automatically detecting and correcting the “purple fringing” effect, typically due to axial chromatic aberration in imaging devices, are disclosed and claimed. A chromaticity score is computed, denoting the amount of false color related to a purple fringing artifact. A locality score is computed, denoting the similarity of the purple fringing region to a shape of a narrow ridge, which is typical for purple fringing artifacts. A saturation score is also computed, denoting the proximity of a pixel to saturated pixels. These scores are then combined into a detection score, denoting pixels having strong indications they share properties common to pixels of purple fringing artifacts. The detected pixels are then correspondingly corrected, e.g. by chroma suppression. The scoring and correction may be performed over combinations of image resolutions, e.g. an original version and potentially numerous downscaled versions.
US08582863B2	Winding device and assembly comprising a winding device A string emanating from a packaging machine is arranged in a slot by means of a feed inlet and placed in a winding shaft (12). This placement is assisted by the use of positioning brushes (4). After the initial introduction, winding up takes place upon rotation of the winding shaft and upon further engagement of the string in the slot (14) in the winding shaft. The winding shaft is provided on a carrying disc (5) and said carrying disc is also arranged so as to be rotatable. During the first stage, the section of the string emanating from the supply path is pulled with constant force. After the string has been separated from the remaining material, the winding is carried out. Subsequently, the rotating shaft with the string, through rotation of the carrying disc, reaches a next position in which pressing the reel and thus adhesion of the reel end moves the winding shaft out of the reel. The reel has already been checked prior to entering the winding device to determine whether it has to be inspected.
US08582861B2	Method and apparatus for segmenting biological cells in a picture A method of segmenting biological cells in a picture so that the biological cells represent a foreground of the picture includes a step of applying a first fast marching algorithm to the picture or to a pre-processed version of same in order to obtain a first fast marching image. In addition, the method includes a step of segmenting the first fast marching image or a further-processed version of same into a plurality of homogeneous regions. Furthermore, the method includes a step of mapping each of the homogeneous regions to one node of a graph, respectively. In addition, the method includes a step of classifying each homogeneous region either as background or foreground on the basis of the graph. Moreover, the method includes a step of applying a second fast marching algorithm within the homogeneous regions classified as foreground so as to segment the foreground into individual biological cells.
US08582847B2	System for verifying data integrity in an X-ray imaging system An error detection system is used by an image processing subsystem for detecting error in processing medical image data by multiple sequential subsystems using an image data processor. The image data processor in the image processing subsystem analyzes data representing a medical image to identify a sequence identifier associated with a subsystem preceding the image processing subsystem of the multiple sequential subsystems and identifies a position of the image relative to other images in an image sequence comprising multiple consecutive images. The image data processor uses the identified sequence identifier to detect an error in response to identifying at least one of, an unreadable sequence identifier and a missing sequence identifier. The image data processor incorporates a sequence identifier, in image data representing an area of the image associated with the image processing subsystem and initiates generation of an alert message in response to a detected error.
US08582846B2	Method and system for validating image registration A method for validating non-rigid image registration includes acquiring a source image and a target image. Registration is performed from source image to target image using a non-rigid registration technique to produce forward transformation map. Registration is performed from the target image back to the source image using the non-rigid registration technique to produce a backward transformation map. Consistency registration error is measured as an indication of a change in local volume of the source with respect to the target image using the produced forward transformation map and the produced backward transformation map. The non-rigid registration technique is validated based on the measured consistency registration error.
US08582845B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method of compensation for readout gradient magnetic field error In nonlinear measurement in which a dephasing readout gradient magnetic field is not used, a positional shift of the k space data, which is caused by a difference between a readout gradient magnetic field actually applied and the calculated value, and a deterioration in the image quality resulting therefrom are reduced. In order to do so, in the invention, when executing an imaging pulse sequence including a nonlinear measurement which does not use a dephasing gradient magnetic field, a prescan sequence is executed and a correction value for correcting the shift of the readout gradient magnetic field from the set value is calculated from the data acquired in the prescan. When gridding the data acquired in the imaging pulse sequence, a parameter value of the gridding is corrected using the correction value to perform the gridding.
US08582843B2	Morphometry of the human knee joint and prediction for osteoarthritis Apparatus and method for analyzing the morphometry of a human knee joint. The apparatus comprises: image receiving means for receiving a digital image of a knee joint; image analysis means comprising an Active Shape Model (ASM) configured to identify a set of landmark points on said image, wherein said set of landmark points includes points which define regions of the knee formed by the femur and the tibia, the ASM being further configured to generate an image data-set from the co-ordinates of said landmark points; and data comparison means for comparing said image data-set with one or more comparative data-sets to thereby obtain value(s) for one or more output modes which characterize the variation of the image data-set from the comparative data-set(s), to thereby provide an indication of the presence and/or severity of osteoarthritis in the knee and/or the risk of the knee joint developing osteoarthritis.
US08582838B1	Fingerprint check to reduce check fraud A digital image of a surface of a check is received. A check scanning device captures the digital image as the check moves through the check scanning device. A fingerprint is impressed on the surface of the check. A computing system uses the digital image to determine a match score. The match score represents an approximate probability that the fingerprint on the check matches a reference fingerprint. An alert is presented based on the match score.
US08582833B2	Method and apparatus for detecting forged face using infrared image A method for detecting a forged face using an infrared image includes: acquiring an infrared image and a photorealistic image captured by one or two cameras; extracting a face region from the photorealistic image; determining, based on analysis of quality characteristics of the infrared image, whether a current face is a forged face or not; and performing face recognition on the extracted face region if it is determined that the current face is a non-forged face. The method further includes capturing an infrared image and a photorealistic image again through the camera without performing face recognition if it is determined that the current face is a forged face.
US08582829B2	Online identity verification A method for verifying an identity attribute of a remote user includes providing pose instructions to a remote client from a host during an authentication session. The pose instructions may reference a specific physical token associated with the user, for example a government ID card, credit card, household object or printed or displayed image provided from an authentication host. The host receives an image from the client and may analyze the image to determine if the pose instructions were followed and if the physical token appears in the image. Based on this determination, and optionally using other factors, the host verifies an identity attribute of the user.
US08582828B2	Using photographs to manage groups In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, an electronic photograph; and identifying, by the computer system, a plurality of users of depicted in the electronic photograph. The computer-implemented method can also include designating a group of users based on the identified plurality of users; and providing information regarding the designated group of users to one or more computing devices associated with one or more of the plurality of users.
US08582827B2	Image mapping to provide visual geographic path Provided is a computer system and method for mapping a visual path. The method includes receiving one or more images included in a predefined area; receiving one or more parameters associated with the image; and integrating the images and parameters into a map of the predefined area to enable mapping the visual path through the predefined area in response to one or more input path parameters.
US08582826B2	Method of processing seismic images of the subsurface The processing comprises an analysis of a seismic image to estimate seismic horizons in an area of the subsurface and the calculation of an accumulation value associated with each pixel of the seismic image by accumulation along a set of estimated seismic horizons to form a synthesized image composed of accumulation values. This synthesized image is transformed to obtain a seismic representation in which signed amplitudes are allocated to the pixels of the synthesized image. The transformation may comprise a combination with the original seismic image or else a convolution with a wavelet or another convolution kernel.
US08582824B2	Cell feature extraction and labeling thereof Embodiments of the present invention determine the surface profile of certain classes of work surface. More specifically, embodiments of the invention measure the three-dimensional locus of points that define the “virtual” continuous surface fitted to the ends of the walls of a cellular core.
US08582823B2	Image processing apparatus, method, and program An image processing apparatus includes: a motion detection unit detecting a motion of a subject to be evaluated by using an image of the subject to be evaluated; a correlation calculation unit calculating a temporal change correlation between motion amounts of a plurality of portions of the subject to be evaluated, by using a motion vector indicating the motion of the subject to be evaluated, which is detected by the motion detection unit; and an evaluation value calculation unit calculating an evaluation value to evaluate cooperativity of the motion of the subject to be evaluated, by using the correlation calculated by the correlation calculation unit.
US08582822B2	Moving object detection apparatus and moving object detection method A moving object detection apparatus includes: an image input unit which receives a plurality of pictures included in video; a trajectory calculating unit which calculates a plurality of trajectories from the pictures; a subclass classification unit which classifies the trajectories into a plurality of subclasses; an inter-subclass approximate geodetic distance calculating unit which calculates, for each of the subclasses, an inter-subclass approximate geodetic distance representing similarity between the subclass and another subclass, using an inter-subclass distance that is a distance including a minimum value of a linear distance between each of trajectories belonging to the subclass and one of trajectories belonging to the other subclass; and a segmentation unit which performs segmentation by determining, based on the calculated inter-subclass approximate geodetic distance, a set of subclasses including similar trajectories as one class.
US08582818B2	Method and system of automatically detecting objects in front of a motor vehicle A method of automatically detecting objects in front of a motor vehicle comprises the steps of pre-storing template objects representing possible objects in front of the motor vehicle, detecting images from a region in front of the vehicle by a vehicle mounted imaging means, generating a processed image containing disparity or vehicle-to-scene distance information from the detected images, comparing the pre-stored template objects with corresponding regions-of-interest of the processed image, and generating a match result relating to the match between the processed image and the template objects. Each of the pre-stored template objects is a flat two-dimensional multi-pixel area of predetermined shape.
US08582814B2	Image processing method and system In an image processing method a sequence of at least two image frames is provided and a motion vector representing relative movement of at least a part of said image frames is calculated. At least said part in the image frames is repositioned in accordance with the calculated motion vector, and the image frames are combined to form a combined image frame. The image frames are divided into blocks and a block motion vector representing relative movement of each block is calculated. Each block is repositioned in accordance with the calculated block motion vector and the blocks are combined to form combined blocks in order to obtain the combined image frame.
US08582809B2	Method and device for detecting an interfering object in a camera image A method for detecting an interfering object in a camera image of a camera image sequence includes: reading in a first pixel data value of a predetermined position in a first camera image obtained at a first point in time, a second pixel data value of the predetermined position in a second camera image obtained at a second point in time after the first point in time, and a third pixel data value of the predetermined position in a third camera image obtained at a third point in time after the second point in time; ascertaining a reference value on the basis of the second pixel data value and a comparison value on the basis of the first pixel data value and/or the third pixel data value; and detecting the interfering object at the predetermined position when the reference value is in a predefined relationship with the comparison value.
US08582806B2	Device, method, and computer-readable storage medium for compositing images An image processing apparatus includes a detector, a setting unit, and an image generator. The detector detects a target object image region from a first image. When one or more predetermined parameters are applicable to a target object within the region detected by the detector, the setting unit sets the relevant target object image region as a first region. The image generator then generates a second image by applying predetermined processing to either the image portion within the first region, or to the image portions in a second region containing image portions within the first image that are not contained in the first region.
US08582797B2	Portable electronic device with a magnetic-locking speaker A portable electronic device includes a housing. An opening is formed on the housing and a containing space is formed inside the housing. The portable electronic device further includes a speaker installed inside the containing space in a rotatable manner, a first magnetic component installed on a side of the speaker, a second magnetic component installed inside the housing and disposed on a side of the containing space for attracting the first magnetic component so as to position the first magnetic component on a first location, and a restoring component connected to the speaker for driving the speaker to rotate to a second location so as to expose the speaker outside the opening on the housing when magnetic attractive force between the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component disappears.
US08582792B2	Method and hearing aid for enhancing the accuracy of sounds heard by a hearing-impaired listener A method for enhancing the accuracy of sounds heard by a hearing-impaired listener is disclosed. The method for enhancing the accuracy of sounds heard by a hearing-impaired listener includes receiving an input sound, determining if it is necessary to modify the frequency of the input sound, and modifying the input sound into a modified input sound if necessary. The determination relies on the frequency and energy of the input sound. The ratio of the energy of lower frequencies of the modified input sound will be increased.
US08582788B2	MEMS microphone A microphone includes a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm coupled to the first diaphragm by a closed air volume. The first diaphragm and the second diaphragm each constitutes a piezoelectric diaphragm. The first diaphragm and the second diaphragm are electrically coupled so that movement of the first diaphragm causes movement of the second diaphragm.
US08582776B2	Electronic monitoring system and method An electronic monitoring system located in a second service area when an electronic monitoring target has moved from a first service area having a first authority to the second service area having a second authority starts electronic monitoring for the electronic monitoring target that has moved into the second service area, configures a temporary electronic monitoring authority based on the first authority and the second authority, and executes the electronic monitoring on the electronic monitoring target in the second service area according to the configured temporary electronic monitoring authority.
US08582770B2	Cryptographic communication system Communications having high security against information leakage can be established in a current optical fiber network in the following manner. (1) A sender and a receiver share a seed key in advance, and then transmit and receive random numbers superimposed on carrier light accompanied with fluctuations, where transmission basis is determined by a random number. The sender and the receiver check a shared basis determined by the seed key with a random basis and employ only a random number signal superimposed on a slot for the shared basis that coincides with the random basis, and share the random numbers between the sender and the receiver. Here, since the carrier light has fluctuations, a bit error exists in the received signals. However, because of the seed key, a legitimate receiver can receive a signal with a bit error rate smaller than an eavesdropper. (2) The information amount of the random numbers shared between the sender and the receiver is reduced to secret capacity through privacy amplification, and then the reduced random numbers are set to be a secret key. (3) An actual signal is encrypted with the obtained secret key, and is transmitted and received.
US08582767B1	Cryptographic device sharing among a plurality of communication links A self-synchronizing cryptographic device can be shared among a plurality of communications links. Blocks of data can be transferred to the cryptographic device, wherein each block of data includes a head portion which is the tail portion of a previous block of data for the same communication link. The head/tail portion is sufficient to reestablish cryptographic synchronization of the cryptographic device.
US08582763B2	Method and apparatus for decoding broadband data The invention relates to a method for decrypting encrypted broadband data by one or more authorized users comprising the following steps: provision of the encrypted broadband data (10) for a plurality of users; provision of encrypted or non-encrypted key data (30), which is of a comparatively narrower band than the broadband data (10) and which is personalized for one or more authorized users, exclusively in a decryption unit (40), said narrow-band key data (30) being held in the decryption unit (40) in a form that is not accessible to the authorized user; at least partial decryption of the encrypted broadband data (10) in the decryption unit (40) in order to output a broadband data stream (70) that is at least partially decrypted; or generation of broadband key information (30′) from the narrow-band key information (30) in the decryption unit (40) for the subsequent decryption of the encrypted broadband data (10).
US08582756B2	Reduction of side-channel information by interacting crypto blocks A cryptography device which reduces side channel information including a first computing block adapted to either encrypt or decrypt received first input data and to output the encrypted or decrypted first input data as first output data at a first data output, a second computing block adapted to either encrypt or decrypt received second input data and to output the encrypted or decrypted second input data as second output data at a second data output, and a control unit connected to the first and second computing blocks and adapted in a first operating condition on the one hand to partially or completely assign the first output data to the first computing block as the first input data and on the other hand to completely or partially assign the first output data to the second computing block as part of the second input data.
US08582752B1	System and method for optimal outbound dialing in virtual contact center A method for determining a number of calls to generate in an automated contact center based upon a prediction of agent occupancy in a future time period. The automated contact center comprises a dialer for dialing generated calls, a queue where successfully connected dialed calls await agent handling, and an agent pool where calls are handled by agents. The method estimates a number of calls presently in the dialer, the queue, and the agent pool that would be in the agent pool in the future time period. Based upon the estimations, the method predicts a future agent occupancy in the future time period, which is used to determine the number of calls to generate in the automated contact center. Calls are generated based upon the number of calls to generate.
US08582749B2	Method and apparatus for connecting packet telephony calls between secure and non-secure networks Described herein is a method and apparatus for connecting packet telephony calls between secure networks and non-secure networks. A first telephony stream having information content for delivery to a first address may be received wherein the first telephony stream is formatted according to a first communication protocol used by a first network. The first telephony stream may be terminated at a secure boundary between the first network and a second network. A second address associated with the first address may be identified. A second telephony stream having the information content and formatted according to the second communication protocol may be delivered to the second address.
US08582743B2	Method, apparatus and system for initiating conference call using calendar events An email client method and server that allow a conference organizer to schedule a conference (e.g., conference call) using a calendar feature found in today's email applications. When the email client is installed to work with the user's email application, an option becomes available to allow access to a conferencing scheduling feature. The server is adapted to receive an incoming conference request via a data message (e.g., email message) and coordinate acceptances to the request. At the time of the conference, the server retrieves a list of conference participants/attendees and their contact information. The server determines whether or not each participant/attendee is a server participant. If the participant/attendee is a server participant, the server will initiate the conference by calling the multiple contact numbers associated with the participant/attendee. Otherwise, the server will call one contact number associated with the participant/attendee.
US08582735B2	System and method for monitoring and handling telecommunication activity via a computer network A configurable PSTN call-handling (CPC) service enables monitoring and custom responses to calls received over multiple subscriber lines. A CPC Client Program runs on a computer and presents a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows the user to associate call-handling options with call characteristics. The GUI also allows the user to customize the notification signals provided and to provide custom responses to certain callers, by associating call characteristics with various GUI appearances, sound files, or images. The CPC relieves the communications network of performing certain call-handling functions, such as call forwarding, by moving decision-making processes to the user's PC. The user can remotely monitor any subscriber line associated with the user from any browser, because the communications network sends notifications directly to an IP address specified by the user. The IP address associated with a computer connected to the subscriber line need not be the IP address specified by the user.
US08582731B2	Method for recording telephone conversations In a method for recording telephone conversations between a subscriber to a service provider and a telephone conversation partner, the subscriber dials the number of the service provider and interacts with a menu-driven IVR user interface, entering his subscriber number as well as a corresponding PIN-number to authenticate himself. After the verification, the subscriber can chose one or more of the following options: (a) listen to one or more of his previously recorded telephone conversations, (b) delete one or more of his previously recorded telephone conversations, (c) arrange that all incoming and outgoing calls are to be automatically recorded, (d) deactivate the setting that all incoming and outgoing calls are automatically recorded, and/or (e) record the next telephone conversation. At the beginning of each conversation to be recorded, the service provider informs the telephone conversation partner, via a warning voice message, that the telephone conversation will be recorded.
US08582726B2	Method and an apparatus for handling multimedia calls The present invention relates to a system and method for setting up communication between a first and a second user equipment in a mobile radio communications system, wherein said first user equipment is attempting a multimedia call to said second user equipment. The method is characterized by the steps of: receiving a multimedia call request in a video gateway relating to said multimedia call; sending a voice call request from said video gateway towards said second user equipment in order to set up a voice connection between the video gateway and said second user equipment; setting up a multimedia connection between the video gateway and said first user equipment; and forwarding audio, received over said multimedia connection, onto said voice connection and forwarding audio, received over said voice connection, onto said multimedia connection.
US08582725B2	Testing and quality assurance of interactive voice response (IVR) applications A system receives a condition for an interactive voice response (IVR) application, automatically tests the IVR application based on the received condition, and generates a test result based on the automatic testing of the IVR application.
US08582723B2	Rotatable anode and X-ray tube comprising a liquid heat link In a rotatable anode (4) of an X-ray tube, a heat transfer between the rotating disc of the anode (4a) and the second bearing element (11) is achieved by providing a contact material (14) within a gap (16a, b) between the anode disc (4a) and the second bearing element (11). Contact elements (15) protrude from the second bearing element (11) into the contact material (14), thus allowing a heat transfer from anode disc (4a) to second bearing element (11) via contact material (14) and contact element (15).
US08582719B2	System and method for tomosynthesis A system and method for tomosynthesis, the method including emitting a respective imaging x-ray from each of a plurality of imaging x-ray sources disposed in a fixed relation with respect to one another, acquiring x-ray absorption projections of an object, each of the x-ray absorption projections associated with an imaging x-ray emitted by a respective one of the plurality of imaging x-ray sources, and performing digital tomosynthesis using the x-ray absorption projections to generate a cross-sectional image of the object.
US08582718B2	Method and system for deriving molecular interference functions from XRD profiles A method for identifying a substance includes determining a first molecular interference function (MIF) for a first substance. The method also includes determining a second MIF for a second substance. The method further includes generating a residual MIF at least partially based on a comparison of the second MIF to the first MIF. The method also includes identifying the type of substance based on the residual MIF.
US08582715B2	Stage circuit and scan driver using the same A stage circuit is capable of concurrently or progressively supplying scan signals. The stage circuit includes a progressive driver including a first transistor and a second transistor, and a concurrent driver including an 11th transistor and a 12th transistor. When the first transistor, the second transistor, the 11th transistor, and the 12th transistor are turned off, lower voltages than voltages applied to source electrodes are applied to gate electrodes such that the transistors can be stably turned off.
US08582714B2	Fixed cluster having a spider-like support, corresponding pressurized water nuclear reactor core and assembly comprising a nuclear fuel assembly and such a fixed cluster A fixed cluster for the core of pressurized-water nuclear reactor including rods and a holder for rods. The holder includes: an upper head; fins extending radially towards the outside from the upper head; systems for mounting the rods and distributed on the fins; and at least two abutment elements on the upper plate of the core, each of the abutment elements protruding longitudinally from a respective fin beyond the mounting systems so as to be vertically oriented towards the top when the fixed cluster is provided on a nuclear fuel assembly.
US08582706B2	Training a data path for parallel data transfer A system and method for training a data path for parallel data transfer are presented. A first part of the method includes determining a delay setting for each coupling of a plurality of parallel couplings between a first device and a second device. The delay setting for each coupling may substantially align reception of signals transmitted from the first device to the second device on each coupling with a system clock. A second part of the method includes determining the alignment of the plurality of parallel couplings relative to each other. A timing adjustment for one or more of the plurality of parallel couplings may then be determined, whereby after the timing adjustment, signals transmitted from the first device to the second device on the plurality of couplings are received by the second device in alignment with each other.
US08582704B2	Communications unit and method for detecting pulse interference A communication method for use in a first cellular communications system is proposed for minimizing the interference caused by strong interfering pulses in the same frequency band as the system or an adjacent frequency band. The method comprises the steps of Receiving an incoming signal Bandpass filtering the incoming signal to filter out a first frequency band (B1) used by the communications system and forwarding the bandpass filtered signal to a receiver unit (35) for processing and forwarding the processed signal to a signal detector (37) arranged to detect the wanted signal. Redirecting a fraction of the received signal and detecting the power of the redirected fraction. Using the detected power to modify the function of the signal detector (37).
US08582703B2	Estimation of signal and interference power Wireless receiver and method of operating a wireless receiver in a wireless communication network for: receiving a signal, the received signal comprising data containing at least one symbol from a symbol alphabet, the symbol alphabet consisting of complex values that define a direction in the complex plane, the received signal further comprising interference; measuring the variance of a first component of the received signal that is perpendicular to the defined direction in the complex plane; estimating the interference power of the received signal using the measured variance of the first component of the received signal; estimating a total power of the received signal; estimating the power of the at least one symbol of the received signal by subtracting the estimated interference power from the estimated total power of the received signal; and based on the estimated interference power and the estimated power of the at least one symbol of the received signal, performing at least one of the steps of: processing the received signal, and generating control information related to the transmission of a further signal from the wireless receiver.
US08582700B2	Reducing switching noise The present solution relates to a method in a first communication node (501) for suppressing noise in a communication system (500) utilizing an automatic gain control. The first communication node (501) receives (1301) a signal from a second communication node (503). Then, the first communication node (501) determines (1302) if a gain level is changed. The signal gain is changed (1303). The next step is for the first communication node (501) to determine (1305) if an inband interferer is present, and then to suppress (1306) transient noise in the signal.
US08582697B2	Method and system for decoding single antenna interference cancellation (SAIC) and redundancy processing adaptation using burst process Aspects of a method and system for decoding single antenna interference cancellation (SAIC) and redundancy processing adaptation using burst process are provided. A wireless receiver may decode bit sequences based on a first decoding algorithm that may utilize redundancy in the data and that may impose physical constraints. The receiver may also decode a received bit sequence based on a second decoding algorithm that utilizes SAIC. Received data may be processed in a burst process portion in either decoding algorithm. Burst processed data from one of the decoding algorithms may be selected based on signal-to-noise ratio and/or received signal level measurements. The selected burst processed data may be communicated to a frame processing portion of the corresponding decoding algorithm.
US08582691B2	Receiving apparatus and receiving method A receiving apparatus for receiving a downlink signal in which pilot symbols are mapped discontinuously, includes: a unit configured to extract reference signals from the downlink signal that is Fourier transformed by a Fourier transform unit; a unit configured to generate a first signal having a first window size by arranging the extracted reference signals on the frequency axis and by performing inverse Fourier transform on the reference signals; a unit configured to divide the first signal into a plurality of signals to extract a signal included in a second window; a unit configured to generate a second signal that includes the signal included in the second window and that has a window size similar to the first window size; a Fourier transform unit configured to generate a third signal from the second signal; and a unit configured to calculate received power based on the third signal.
US08582687B2	System and method for controlling combined radio signals A method for controlling a combined waveform, representing a combination of at least two signals having orthogonal frequency multiplexed signal components, comprising: receiving information defining the at least two signals; transforming the information defining each signal to a representation having orthogonal frequency multiplexed signal components, such that at least one signal has at least two alternate representations of the same information, and combining the transformed information using the at least two alternate representations, in at least two different ways, to define respectively different combinations; analyzing the respectively different combinations with respect to at least one criterion; and outputting a respective combined waveform or information defining the waveform, representing a selected combination of the transformed information from each of the at least two signals selected based on the analysis.
US08582678B2	Communication system using multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) communication scheme A multi-user Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) communication scheme is provided for a terminal to select a precoding vector from column vectors included in a precoding matrix, and to feed back information associated with the selected precoding vector to a base station. The base station may transmit data to the terminal using the precoding vector.
US08582676B1	Low complexity general sampling recovery method and apparatus Method and apparatus for achieving high precision sampling recovery at a relatively low sampling rate. The apparatus includes: a sampling rate conversion module for converting the sampling rate of a received signal to an required sampling rate; a time domain impulse response estimation module for estimating a time domain impulse response of a transmission channel according to data output by the sampling rate conversion module; a high order interpolation module for performing high order interpolation to one or more selected transmission paths after obtaining the time domain impulse response; and a sampling error information extraction module for extracting sampling phase offset information and sampling frequency offset information based on interpolation results and drifts in two consecutive interpolation results of the high order interpolation step. The apparatus is capable of realizing fast high precision locking of sampling phase and correction of sampling frequency offset at a relatively low sampling rate.
US08582671B2	Multicarrier communication apparatus A multicarrier communication apparatus includes: a scheduler operable to schedule transmission opportunities of the plurality of series of transmission data in accordance with predetermined scheduling information; a peak evaluator to evaluate whether or not the peak of the multicarrier signal exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and a peak suppressing unit operable to halt transmission of at least some of the plurality of series of transmission data based on the scheduling information upon decision by said peak evaluator that the result of the evaluation exceeds the threshold value. This construction makes it possible to accomplish peak suppression with ease without increasing the arithmetic scale, like in the previous art, while maintaining communication of users high in scheduling precedence.
US08582658B2	Methods for adaptive video quality enhancement A method for improving video quality of a video stream. The method decodes the video stream and generates subblocks of video data from the video stream. The method then removes effects of subblock boundaries from previous deblocking. Each subblock is then smoothed to create pixel values and optionally, subblocks are merged if a predetermined quality is not achieved from the smoothing analysis. The pixels values are filled into each pixel position in the subblock. The subblocks are deblocked and then at least one subblock is outputted to a rendering device.
US08582649B2	Encoding device and encoding method and decoding device and decoding method An encoding device including a calculation result storage unit adapted to store information based on a result of a difference calculation of the differential encoding along with information on a referenced picture used for the differential calculation a determination unit determining from the information on the referenced picture stored in the calculation result storage unit whether the difference calculation has been performed on the picture to be referred used for the difference calculation of a picture which undergoes the image compression, as a reference target of the difference calculation and a differential encoding unit reading from the calculation result storage unit the information on the result of the difference calculation corresponding to the picture to be referred and performs the differential encoding based on a determination by the determination unit that the difference calculation has been performed, as the reference target, on the picture to be referred.
US08582640B2	Adaptive joint source channel coding Adaptive joint source channel coding associates multiple predictors with a reference data unit, such as a macroblock or frame of video data. An encoder determines a sub-codebook in which each of the selected multiple predictors decodes to the reference data unit. An identifier for the sub-codebook is transmitted through a channel to a decoder for subsequent decoding of the reference data unit. The reference data unit itself does not need to be sent. The multiple predictors are contained within a decoding region and the identifier for the sub-codebook specifies the decoding region. The decoder uses the identified sub-codebook and one of the predictors to decode the reference data unit. If none of the original predictors are correctly received, different types of error handling are employed based on the type of channel.
US08582639B2	Methods and devices for data compression using adaptive reconstruction levels Encoding and decoding methods that perform quantization using adaptive reconstruction levels are presented. The reconstruction levels for a given partitioning of the data space may be selected based upon the distribution of data points within each sub-part defined by the partitioning. In some cases, the adaptive reconstruction levels may be based upon an average of the data points within each sub-part. In some cases, the adaptive reconstruction levels may be selected using a rate-distortion analysis including the quantization distortion associated with the levels versus the data points and the rate associated with transmitting the encoded adaptive reconstruction levels. The methods relate to data compression in a range of applications including audio, images and video.
US08582635B2	Sparse and reconfigurable floating tap feed forward equalization In described embodiments, a Floating Tap, Feed Forward Equalizer (FT-FFE) achieves performance comparable to a full size, long FFE when equalizing wire line channels in, for example, SerDes receivers. A FT-FFE might be employed as a standalone datapath equalizer, or might be employed in conjunction with other equalization techniques.
US08582633B2	Confirmation of presence of narrowband interference by harmonic analysis One or more processing units confirm existence of narrow band interference in a signal by using an estimate f of the frequency, to check for one or more harmonics. In illustrative embodiments, the estimate f is automatically identified as a second harmonic if a predetermined criterion is satisfied by the signal (in the frequency domain) at either of two frequencies namely (A) frequency f/2 and (B) frequency (M−f)/2 and whichever of these two frequencies is stronger is identified as the fundamental frequency. In several such embodiments, the estimate f is automatically identified as a third harmonic if a predetermined criterion is satisfied by the signal (in the frequency domain) at any of three frequencies namely (C) frequency f/3 and (D) frequency (M−t)/3 and (E) frequency (M+f)/3. If the predetermined criteria are not met at all five frequencies (A)-(E) then f is identified as the fundamental frequency.
US08582621B2	Synchronized broadcast/multicast communication Synchronized broadcast transmits a same broadcast content using a same waveform from multiple transmitters. Transmitters each apply a same spreading code for broadcast transmissions. In a spread-spectrum communication system having a time division multiplexed forward link, a synchronized broadcast transmission is inserted into a broadcast slot. One embodiment employs an Orthogonal Frequency Divisional Multiplex (OFDM) waveform for the synchronized broadcast. An OFDM receiver is then used to process the received synchronized broadcast transmission. An alternate embodiment implements a broadcast Pseudo-random Noise (PN) code for use by multiple transmitters. An equalizer is then employed to estimate the synchronized broadcast transmission.
US08582616B2	Edge-emitting semiconductor laser with photonic-bandgap structure formed by intermixing A separate-confinement heterostructure, edge-emitting semiconductor laser having a wide emitter width has elongated spaced apart intermixed and disordered zones extending through and alongside the emitter parallel to the emission direction of the emitter. The intermixed zones inhibit lasing of high order modes. This limits the slow axis divergence of a beam emitted by the laser.
US08582611B2	Frequency-tripled fiber-MOPA In a frequency-tripled fiber-MOPA, a pre-amplified plane-polarized seed-pulse having a fundamental frequency is divided into two pulse-components, plane-polarized in polarization-orientations at 90-degrees to each other. The fundamental-wavelength pulse-components are amplified in a common amplifier-fiber. The amplified components are separately propagated on different optical paths. One of the amplified components is frequency-doubled. The frequency-doubled component on one path and fundamental-frequency component on the other path are then combined on a common-path and sum-frequency mixed to provide a frequency-tripled pulse.
US08582605B2	Method and device for mapping the initial location of downlink pilot A mapping method for the initial location of the downlink pilot comprises the following steps: acquiring a cell sequence number; mapping the cell sequence number to k; and setting an initial location of a downlink pilot on a first antenna as the Kth sub-carrier. A mapping device for the initial location of the downlink pilot comprising: an acquiring module for acquiring a cell sequence number, a mapping module for mapping the cell sequence number to k and a setting module for setting an initial location of a downlink pilot on a first antenna as the Kth sub-carrier. The mapping method and the mapping device make each cell acquire the specific location of pilot, so that all functions of the system can be realized conveniently.
US08582600B2	Method and device for delineating a data stream and communication system comprising said device A method for delineating a data stream transmitted by a communication system using a protocol stack includes: analyzing the redundancy of sequences, the content of which is set on one or more layers in a protocol stack to delineate packets, errored or not, in a continuous data stream; the method to this end including searching in the receiver for sequences corresponding to a known sequence SP present in the received stream, and doing so by detecting sequences similar to this known sequence, the non-similar sequences not being retained; the method further including, in the presence of similar sequences, storing their position to determine the start of the packets.
US08582591B2	Method and system for establishing a queuing system inside a mesh network Wireless mobile communication (WMC) devices located in operating proximity of each other may be enabled to form a mesh (ad hoc wireless) network. WMC devices in a mesh network may form a queuing system wherein each WMC device may store data forwarded to and/or from other WMC devices in the mesh network. Each WMC device in the mesh network may have different queuing capability based on a plurality of factors that may comprise internal factors such as processing, storage, power, and/or connectivity. The mesh network may comprise an internal addressing scheme that may enable utilization of the queuing system whether or not WMC devices in the mesh network are communicatively coupled to external networks.
US08582588B2	Use of wireless circuit-switched connections for transferring information requiring real-time operation of packet-switched multimedia services A system includes a terminal, a wireless access network, a multimedia core network and a network device, which connects the wireless access network to the multimedia core network, expanded location updating to the registration procedure of the multimedia core network, and performs double registration of the user to the multimedia core network. The terminal performs expanded location updating relaying the registration point identity of the multimedia core network, the user's phone number and the private user identity to the network device in connection with normal location updating signaling. In the double registration performed by the network device, two addresses are registered for the user of the terminal, one of which is associated with the domain name of the terminal in question or a numeric IP address, and the other to a domain name of the network device or a numeric IP address.
US08582585B2	Distribution device in a subscriber connection area The invention relates to a distribution device in the subscriber access area, comprising two changeover devices two switching matrices a DSLAM having associated splitter modules and at least one controller. The first changeover device includes m inputs, m first outputs and m second outputs, with a first and a second output having one associated changeover element by means of which an associated input can be selectively connected to the first or to the second output. The second changeover device includes m first inputs, m second inputs and m outputs, with a first input and a second input having one associated changeover element by means of which an associated output can be selectively connected to the first or to the second input. The controller switches the first and second changeover devices and switching matrices.
US08582574B2	Access device for preventing transmission of copyrighted content to external network and method for the same An access device and method for preventing transmission of copyrighted contents to an external network and a method for the same. The access device includes a packet-header analyzer analyzing a header of a packet received from a home network device, a copyrighted-content sensor detecting whether the packet includes copyrighted content as a result of the analysis, an address converter for converting a packet source IP address into an IP address supported by the external network if a packet destination address is an external network address as a result of the analysis, a mapping-table generator generating a mapping table for managing a mapping a relationship between the packet source IP address and the converted IP address, and a packet transmitter transmitting the packet to the IP address supported by the external network and discarding the packet to block transmission of the copyrighted content to the external network if the copyrighted-content sensor detects that the packet includes the copyrighted content.
US08582573B2	Radio communication base station apparatus and radio communication method Provided are a wireless communication base station device and a wireless communication method by which overhead is reduced in MBMS of LTE. An MBMS SIB creating section (106) creates an MCCH as an MBMS SIB of notification information, and an MBMS SB creating section (104) creates an MBMS SB, including scheduling information of the MBMS SIB. An MIB creating section (103) creates an MIB, including scheduling information of the MBMS SB, and a transmitting section (107) transmits the created MBMS SIB, MBMS SB AND MIB to a terminal by following the scheduling made by a scheduling section (101).
US08582572B2	Methods and apparatus for managing multicast traffic A device, system and method for controlling the flow of multicast data packets from sources sending data to hosts requesting the data. In one implementation, a router is situated in a data network between sources that send multicast data packets directed to a multicast group and hosts requesting to receive the multicast data packets. The router has one or more network interfaces in the direction of the hosts and stores for each network interface, each multicast group address and each host at least one data record arising from one or more data requests made by the hosts which includes multicast group and source information. The router stores executable instructions to receive messages originating from a host, update the status of the data sources for that host and implement the actions according to one or a combination of Tables 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 disclosed herein.
US08582564B2	Method for providing a roaming service between heterogeneous networks and system therefor A roaming service providing method and a system thereof are provided. The communication network system providing an inter-network roaming service, includes: a packet service network providing a packet based service; a circuit service network providing a circuit based service; and a roaming gateway acquiring and authenticating a service profile of a first terminal in the packet service network when the first terminal requests registration to the circuit switching network, and converting and providing the service profile into a protocol of the circuit service network such that the circuit service network registers the first terminal.
US08582555B2	SIP routing customization Systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for providing customization to routing of messages in a system where routing is based on stored addresses, such as, for example, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) system. In one embodiment, a method of providing customized routing of messages can comprise receiving a message to a target endpoint at a system for signaling between endpoints. The system can have one or more stored addresses (Target SIP URIs) for each of a plurality of endpoints. One or more target Sip URIs for the target endpoint can be determined from the stored target SIP URIs. One or more policies can be applied to the one or more target SIP URIs for the target endpoint. The one or more policies can comprise a set of one or more conditions and one or more actions associated with each condition.
US08582554B2	Similarity searching in large disk-based networks Techniques for determining a shortest path in a disk-based network are provided. The techniques include creating a compressed representation of an underlying disk resident network graph, wherein creating a compressed representation of an underlying disk resident network graph comprises determining one or more dense regions in the disk resident graph and compacting the one or more dense regions into one or more compressed nodes, associating one or more node penalties with the one or more compressed nodes, wherein the one or more node penalties reflect a distance of a sub-path within a compressed node, and performing a query on the underlying disk resident network graph using the compressed representation and one or more node penalties to determine a shortest path in the disk-based network to reduce the number of accesses to a physical disk.
US08582546B2	Method and system for inter-PCB communications with wireline control Aspects of a method and system for inter-PCB communications with wireline control may include setting up a microwave communication link between a first PCB and a second PCB via a wireline communication bus. The initialization may comprise adjusting beamforming parameters of a first antenna array communicatively coupled to the first PCB, and of a second antenna array communicatively coupled to the second PCB. The first PCB and the second PCB may communicate data via the microwave communication link. The microwave communication link may be routed via one or more relay PCBs, when the first PCB and the second PCB cannot directly communicate satisfactorily. Control data may be transferred between the first PCB, the second PCB, and/or the one or more relay PCBs, which may comprise one or more antennas. The relay PCBs may be dedicated relay PCBs or multi-purpose transmitter/receivers.
US08582544B2	Communication device for configuring failover communication services A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Home Subscriber Server having a processor adapted to receive from a Serving CSCF (S-CSCF) device a request for a subscription profile of a communication device to register the communication device, to detect from the request that the communication device is registered with a primary communication resource and that the communication device is to be registered with the S-CSCF device as a secondary communication resource, and to provide the S-CSCF device the subscription profile without de-registering the communication device from the primary communication resource and without directing the S-CSCF device to the primary communication resource. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08582540B2	Power management in a wireless ad hoc network In a wireless ad hoc network (20) of nodes (22), a method (64) of power management entails monitoring (82) a current traffic load of the network (20), and in response to the current traffic load, selecting (106, 132) a subset (102) of epochs (80) within cyclically repeating time windows (78) for network communication. A message (122) is communicated (120) between the nodes (22) in the network (20). The message (122) identifies the subset (102) of epochs (80) for using in communicating network traffic (32). Following receipt of the message, each of the nodes (22) modifies (124) a transmit capability mode by entering a run state (40) during the epochs (80) within the subset (102) to enable communication of network traffic (32) and by entering a low power consumption idle state (42) during the remaining epochs (80) within the time window (78).
US08582539B2	System and method to implement synchronous channel timing in a wireless communications network A system and method to implement synchronous channel timing are disclosed. The method comprises establishing a session time interval. In addition, the method comprises establishing a first time interval within the session time interval for transmitting a first data packet.
US08582538B2	Scheduling grant information signaling in wireless communication system A wireless user terminal includes a controller communicably coupled to a transceiver. The controller is configured to determine scheduling grant information and additional scheduling grant information from a channel encoded scheduling grant received at the transceiver, wherein the channel encoded scheduling grant includes encoded parity bits combined with the scheduling grant information and the encoded parity bits include the additional scheduling grant information exclusive OR-ed with parity bits obtained from the scheduling grant information.
US08582534B2	Support for multi-homing protocols The present invention solves the problems with a new proxy binding update request and proxy binding acknowledgement messages having new indicators and identification information. Namely, the home agent/local mobility anchor will exchange proxy binding update messages and proxy binding acknowledge messages that include information such as mobile node identification (MN-ID), home network prefix (HNP), but can also include selective information fields such as, access type, handover indicator (HO), and interface identification (interface ID). By including new access type, indicator, and identification information, the local mobility anchor can respond to a binding update request message with a better understanding of the new connectivity request from the mobile node.
US08582525B2	Dynamic multicarrier OFDM transmission A wireless device transmits a message to a server via a base station over a first plurality of subcarriers of a first uplink carrier. There is no guard band between any two subcarriers in the first plurality of subcarriers. The wireless device receives an activation command from a base station. The wireless device transmits data packets to the server via the base station over the first uplink carrier and at least one additional uplink carrier over a third plurality of subcarriers. There is at least one guard band between at least two subcarriers in the third plurality of subcarriers.
US08582523B2	Method for transmitting a downlink signal in a wireless communication system and apparatus for same The present invention discloses a method in which a base station transmits a downlink signal in a wireless communication system. In detail, the method comprises the following steps: allocating a transmitting resource to data symbols for transmitting downlink signals, in the direction of increasing a frequency index; and transmitting the downlink signal to a terminal, using the allocated resource. The frequency band of preset orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, from among the transmitting resource, contains a control domain and a segment band. The step of allocating the transmitting resource comprises the step of puncturing the data symbol using a control channel, to which the control domain contained in the preset OFDM symbols is allocated.
US08582521B2	System and method for mobile communications Systems and methods for mobile communications are disclosed herein. An example method for a mobile station includes sending to a network a mobile station capability information element, the mobile station capability information element including a first reduction of timeslots field for a downlink dual carrier non-enhanced flexible timeslot assignment operation mode and a second reduction of timeslots field for a downlink dual carrier enhanced flexible timeslot assignment operation mode.
US08582518B2	Power control for ACK/NACK formats with carrier aggregation A system and method for determining a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) power control parameter h(nCQI,nHARQ) for two Carrier Aggregated (CA) PUCCH formats—PUCCH format 3 and channel selection. The value of h(nCQI,nHARQ) may be based on only a linear function of nHARQ for both of the CA PUCCH formats. Based on the CA PUCCH format configured for the User Equipment (UE), the e-Node B (eNB) may instruct the UE to select or apply a specific linear function of nHARQ as a value for the power control parameter h(nCQI,nHARQ), so as to enable the UE to more accurately establish transmit power of its PUCCH signal. Values for another PUCCH power control parameter—ΔF—PUCCH(F)—are also provided for use with PUCCH format 3. A new offset parameter may be signaled for each PUCCH format that has transmit diversity configured.
US08582502B2	Robust multipath routing Implementations related to robust multipath routing are disclosed.
US08582499B2	Method for controlling the timing of wireless communications involving telematics-equipped vehicles A timing control method for use with wireless communications involving telematics-equipped vehicles. The timing control method generally determines a temporally-distributed sequence of message response times for a group of telematics-equipped vehicles, and then includes these different response times in wireless messages that are sent to the vehicles. In reply, the vehicles use the various message response times to respond in an apportioned or distributed fashion that generally correlates with the temporally-distributed sequence; instead of all at once. In another disclosed method, the response times are determined at each vehicle itself. The methods can be used for requesting data from vehicles via SMS messages.
US08582495B2	Relay station and radio communication relay method A relay station 130 includes a terminal communication unit 354 which performs radio communication with a base station 120, a base station communication unit which performs radio communication with one or more radio communication terminals, and a data rearrangement unit which rearranges communication data included in a communication band allocated to the radio communication terminal to a communication band allocated to the base station, and rearranges communication data included in a communication band allocated to the base station to a communication band allocated to the radio communication terminal (FIG. 5).
US08582494B2	Data relay device and frame processing method by the same A data relay device relays data between a base station device and a base station control device. The data relay device includes a data transmission time acquiring unit that acquires a data transmission time from when data is transmitted from the data relay device to when the data is received by the data relay device via the base station device, a frame value detecting unit that detects a predetermined frame value from a frame transmitted from the base station control device and stores the data, and a frame transmitting unit that, when the predetermined frame value is detected, after a predetermined time elapses in addition to the data transmission time acquired by the data transmission time acquiring unit after detection, transmits a frame having the same frame value as the detected one to a transmission source of the frame from which the predetermined frame value is detected.
US08582491B2	Method and apparatus for routing communications using active and passive end-to-end quality-of-service reservations based on node mobility profiles A method and apparatus for routing communications using end-to-end QoS reservations based on node mobility profiles is disclosed. The method may include setting up active quality of service reservations along a first path to a destination edge node, receiving a mobility profile from the destination edge node, setting up passive quality of service reservations based on the received mobility profile, switching communications from active quality of service reservations to passive quality of service reservations, and tearing down the active quality of service reservations based on the received mobility profile.
US08582487B2	Method and system for transmitting a multimedia broadcast multicast service control signaling The present invention discloses a method for transmitting a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) control signaling, comprising: a network side sends the indication information of a radio frame and/or a sub-frame carrying an MBMS control channel to a terminal via a high-level signaling and sends an MBMS control signaling to the terminal via the radio frame and/or the sub-frame carrying an MBMS control channel; and the terminal acquires the radio frame and/or the sub-frame carrying an MBMS control channel through analysis according to the acquired indication information of the radio frame and/or the sub-frame and reads the MBMS control signaling from the radio frame and/or the sub-frame. The present invention further discloses a system for transmitting an MBMS control signaling, which realizes the configuration of an MBMS control channel at a system side, provides a method for the transmission of an MBMS control signaling, and eliminates the randomness in the transmission of an MBMS control signaling at a system side signaling and the reception of an MBMS control signaling at a terminal at a low signaling overhead.
US08582482B2	Method of avoiding monitoring useless dynamic scheduling information of multimedia broadcast multicast service in a wireless communication system and related communication device A method of avoiding monitoring useless dynamic scheduling information (DSI) of multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) for a user equipment of a wireless communication system includes identifying a service type of an ongoing MBMS service, detecting whether the MBMS service is received when the MBMS service is identified as a short session service, and informing a lower layer to stop monitoring DSI when the MBMS service is received.
US08582481B2	LoWMob and DLoWMob system A LoWMob (LoWPAN Mobility: Low power Wireless Personal Area Network) system comprises a mobile node, at least one sensor node, a border node and a gateway. The mobile node configured transmits at least one data packet within an MST (Maximum Sleep Time). The mobile node corresponds to an FFD (Full Function Device) or an RFD (Reduced Function Device). The at least one sensor node is configured to be densely to a degree that a transmission range overlaps and configured to be able to measure a moving direction of the mobile node. The boarder node is configured to be arranged at a periphery of the PAN and configured to turn off a transceiver in a quasi-sleep state. The gateway is directly connected with a first least part of the at least one sensor node.
US08582472B2	Arrangement for an enhanced communication network tap port aggregator and methods thereof An arrangement in a network device for facilitating multiple connection speeds with a network is provided. The arrangement includes a set of network ports that includes a set of input network ports for receiving data traffic and a set of output network ports for outputting the data traffic from the network device. The arrangement also includes a logic component configured for managing the data traffic and for aggregating the data traffic. The arrangement further includes a monitoring port that is configured to receive the aggregated data traffic. The arrangement also includes a plurality of physical layer interfaces, wherein each physical layer interface is configured to support the multiple connection speeds. The arrangement moreover includes a media access controller that is configured to support at least a single connection speed of the multiple connection speeds.
US08582466B2	Flow statistics aggregation There are disclosed apparatus and methods for testing a network. An apparatus for testing a network may include first and second memory banks configured to alternate between being active and inactive in a complementary manner. A traffic receiver may receive traffic comprising a plurality of packets from the network, accumulate traffic statistics, store the accumulated traffic statistics in the active memory bank of the first and second memory banks, and copy contents of the first memory bank, when inactive, to a third memory bank, and copy contents of the second memory bank, when inactive, to a fourth memory bank. A port processor may aggregate at least selected traffic statistics stored in the third memory bank and the fourth memory bank.
US08582465B2	System and method for facilitating network performance analysis A system for facilitating network performance analysis. In an illustrative embodiment, the system includes a first module capable of quantifying network performance associated with a first portion of the network and providing a signal in response thereto. A second module is capable of ascertaining performance degradations in a communications link traversing plural portions of the network that are attributable to the first portion based on the signal. In a more specific embodiment, the second module further includes a third module adapted to ascertain degradations in network performance associated with a second portion of the network based on the signal and based on a performance parameter associated with both the first portion and the second portion of the network. In this embodiment, the first portion includes a wireless portion, and the second portion includes a wired portion. The performance parameter incorporates a Frame Loss Vector (FLV) associated with a communications link that traverses the wireless and wired portions of the network.
US08582461B2	Analytical computation of cubic metric A method includes determining attributes of multiple Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) signals, which are to be superimposed to form a composite CDMA signal for transmission by a wireless transmitter. A predefined analytical formula, which computes a Cubic Metric of the composite CDMA signal as a function of the attributes, is evaluated. Transmission of the composite CDMA signal by the wireless transmitter is controlled based on the computed Cubic Metric.
US08582458B2	Femtocell automatic speed test A system and methodology that facilitates automatically determining performance parameters of a broadband network connected to a femto access point (FAP) is provided. In particular, the system automatically performs a broadband test, in the background, to detect the current speed, performance, throughput, etc. of the broadband network. The results of the speed test are then provided to the customer and/or to the femtocell carrier's Customer Care team, to facilitate diagnosing and correcting problems with the femtocell's performance. Specifically, the system notifies the customer of the broadband test results via short message service (SMS) message(s), email and/or posts the results on a femtocell management web page accessed by the customer. In addition, the femtocell automatic broadband test results can also be posted to an online tool that is accessed by authorized entities within the femtocell carrier's Customer Care team to facilitate easy and accurate diagnosis of femtocell performance issues.
US08582457B2	Determining usage predictions and detecting anomalous user activity through traffic patterns The present invention concerns a system for selecting and monitoring data plans for telecommunications systems, and methods of determining, learning and estimating usage patterns in-order to predict usage and tie this to cost and the overlaying of plan selection for cost optimization. Further, additional methods are applied to determine anomalous user behaviors and raise security and data leakage related events.
US08582453B2	System for measuring the transmission bandwidth for multimedia streaming and method for same A method and system for measuring a transmission bandwidth which includes: a server for transmitting packets of multimedia data to a receiving apparatus, receiving a time stamp from the receiving apparatus, calculating a transmission bandwidth in real time from the received time stamp, and streaming the multimedia data to the receiving apparatus in accordance with the calculated transmission bandwidth; with the receiving apparatus receiving packets of the multimedia data from the server, recording received time stamp for each of received packets, and transmitting the received time stamp to the server by a predetermined cycle. According to the present invention, transmission bandwidth is measured using data actually transmitted and that streaming of media is suited to a transmission bandwidth to meet QoS (Quality of Service) requirements.
US08582449B2	Apparatus and method for setting a default gateway address in a mobile communication system An apparatus and method for setting a default gateway address of a mobile terminal (MT). In the method, address configuration information is received from a network device. An address different from a Packet Data Protocol (PDP) included in the address configuration information is configured as a network address of the default gateway. Filtering is performed on a packet received by the mobile terminal.
US08582442B2	Systems and methods for reducing audio latency Provided are systems and methods for providing reduced audio latency in wireless communications. One electronic system providing reduced audio latency includes a host unit for converting audio data, a digital interface coupling the host unit and a wireless transceiver, where the wireless transceiver has a controller including a rate adapter, and where the controller is configured to monitor a rate mismatch between the host unit and the wireless transceiver and to compensate for the rate mismatch using the rate adapter, thereby reducing the audio latency. One controller includes an audio codec for encoding and decoding the audio data, where the controller is further configured to align a frame of encoded audio data and a transmission packet of the wireless transceiver, thereby further reducing the audio latency.
US08582437B2	System and method for increasing input/output speeds in a network switch A system and method for increasing input/output speeds in a network switch. A physical layer device is provided that includes a physical coding sublayer that insert data flow identifiers to data flows that are provided to a gearbox. In one embodiment, the gearbox is a 5 to 2 gearbox that can transport various combinations of 10 G/40 G data flows over a narrower interface to a second physical layer device having an inverse gearbox.
US08582435B2	Wireless node A module transmits a request for line connection to a module at a communication time notified from a module. The module proceeds to line connection processing in response to the request for line connection and notifies the module of success or failure of line connection. The module notifies a log database of the notified success or failure of line connection. The log database records success or failure of line connection in a database as log data and notifies the module of the log data at predetermined time intervals. The module revises a communication time based on the log data and notifies the module of the revised communication time.
US08582433B2	Wireless communication network and adaptive routing communication method thereof A wireless communication network includes a central node and a plurality of sub-nodes including relay nodes and terminal nodes. A method for adaptively selecting a route for communications in the network includes: generating a global routing table of the network based on a predetermined criterion, by the central node independently or in cooperation with a part of the relay nodes; generating a local routing table of each of the sub-nodes based on the global routing table, and informing the local routing tables to the respective sub-nodes to store the local routing tables in the respective sub-nodes, by the central node independently or in cooperation with a part of the relay nodes, the local routing table including paths from the corresponding sub-node to adjacent nodes; and adaptively selecting, by the sub-node, a path from the local routing table thereof for communications according to a predetermined rule.
US08582432B2	Method and apparatus for determining bandwidth-consuming frame flows in a network A port monitor monitors network traffic that passes through a port of a switch. Frame flows routed through the switch are counted by hardware frame counting logic, which includes a content-addressable memory (CAM) and counters corresponding to various frame flows. Port monitor software includes logical containers (“buckets”), which are used to record and sort counts of the frame flows from hardware based on activity of the frame flows. Frame flow sorting is based on confidence building algorithms such that the thrashing of frame flows between buckets is reduced. Storage and sorting of the frame flows in software allows the activity level of any number of frame flows associated with the switch to be counted, regardless of hardware limitations on how many frame flows can be counted. This allows a real-time analysis of frame flows and a determination of frame flows that are major users of Fiber Channel bandwidth.
US08582415B2	Multilayer optical recording medium An object of the present invention is to increase the number of stacked layers in a multilayer optical recording medium while simplifying the design of the multilayer optical recording medium is provided a multilayer optical recording medium including at least four recording and reading layers from which information can be reproduced by light irradiation, the layers stacked through intermediate layers. The multilayer optical recording medium includes a plurality of recording and reading layers that are continuous in order of stacking and includes at least one recording and reading layer group in which reflectance in a stacked state decreases from a near side of a light incident surface to a far side. A single-layer reflectance of the nearest recording and reading layer is set to 0.2% or more and less than 2.0%, and a light transmittance improvement process is applied to the light incident surface.
US08582408B2	Optical read/write apparatus Disclosed is an improved DRAW technique for writing data on an optical storage medium and reading the data in parallel. In obtaining the optical power of a first light source 1, writing user data is temporarily suspended to write non-user data with a second light source 2 turned OFF.
US08582401B2	Library device including a tapered shape insertion release part, method of taking out data cartridge, and method of receiving the data cartridge A cell (300) includes a cartridge lock (306) at its opening for securing a data cartridge (100) in the cell by locking. A picker mechanism (500) includes a picker arm (521) and an ejection release part (522) for releasing locking realized by the cartridge lock (306). When the data cartridge (100) is to be inserted into the cell (300), the cartridge lock (306) is caused to retract as far as a position at which locking is released by a tapered surface (101) that is provided on the data cartridge (100); and when the data cartridge (100) is to be ejected from the cell (300), cartridge lock (306) is released by the ejection release part (522) at the same time that picker arm (521) engages engagement hole (102).
US08582395B2	Marine vibroseis motion correction A method for processing seismic data. The method includes receiving the seismic data acquired at one or more receivers due to one or more marine vibroseis sources that emit one or more vibroseis sweeps. The method then applies a receiver motion correction algorithm to the received seismic data to generate receiver motion corrected seismic data. After generating the receiver motion corrected seismic data, the method transforms the receiver motion corrected seismic data into a temporal Fourier domain to generate seismic data as a function of frequency. The method then reconstructs the transformed seismic data as a function of frequency to correct for one or more motions of the one or more marine vibroseis sources. After reconstructing the transformed seismic data, the method transforms the reconstructed seismic data to the time domain. The method then generates a seismic image of a subsurface of the Earth based on the transformed reconstructed seismic data.
US08582388B1	Serial advanced technology attachment dual in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) capable of preventing data loss A serial advanced technology attachment dual in-line memory module device includes a power circuit, a storage chip, a control chip connected to the storage chip, and a detecting chip storing a preset voltage. The detecting chip includes a detecting pin connected to a power circuit through a first resistor and grounded through a second resistor, a ground pin grounded, a voltage pin connected to the power circuit, the control chip, and the storage chip, and an output pin connected to the storage chip. The detecting chip compares an output voltage of the power circuit detected by the detecting pin with the preset voltage, to output a control signal through the output pin to the control chip in response to the detected voltage being less than the preset voltage, to signal the control chip to control the storage chip to store data.
US08582387B1	Method and apparatus for supplying power to a static random access memory (SRAM) cell Described herein are methods and apparatuses for write-assist voltage generation and power-down voltage scaling for static random access memory (SRAM) cells. According to various embodiments, an SRAM cell may include a local power supply voltage node for receiving a power supply voltage generated by a power supply voltage generator circuit, the generated power supply voltage being substantially equal to or less than a global power supply voltage provided to one or more transistors of the SRAM cell during a write-enable or power-down mode.
US08582383B2	Semiconductor memory device with hidden refresh and method for controlling the same A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having plural memory cells that require a refresh operation when retaining data; a read/write control unit that performs read-access or write-access of memory cell address specified for the memory cell array based on instructions from the outside; a refresh control unit that performs hidden-refresh of memory cells without control from the outside; and a schedule control unit that makes the refresh control unit perform hidden-refresh after the read/write control unit read-accesses the memory cell array, and that also makes the refresh control unit perform hidden-refresh before the read/write access control unit performs write-access.
US08582374B2	Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting voltage reference to optimize an I/O system Described herein is an apparatus for dynamically adjusting a voltage reference level for optimizing an I/O system to achieve a certain performance metric. The apparatus comprises: a voltage reference generator to generate a voltage reference; and a dynamic voltage reference control unit, coupled with the voltage reference generator, to dynamically adjust a level of the voltage reference in response to an event. The apparatus is used to perform the method comprising: generating a voltage reference for an input/output (I/O) system; determining a worst case voltage level of the voltage reference; dynamically adjusting, via a dynamic voltage reference control unit, the voltage reference level based on determining the worst case voltage level; and computing a center of an asymmetrical eye based on the dynamically adjusted voltage reference level.
US08582373B2	Buffer die in stacks of memory dies and methods Memory devices and methods of making and operating them are shown. Memory devices shown include stacked memory dies with one or more buffer dies included. In one such memory device, a command die communicates with one or more downstream memory dies through the one or more buffer dies. The one or more buffer dies function to repeat signals, and can potentially improve performance for higher numbers of memory dies in the stack.
US08582372B2	NAND flash memory having multiple cell substrates A NAND flash memory bank having a plurality of bitlines of a memory array connected to a page buffer, where NAND cell strings connected to the same bitline are formed in at least two well sectors. At least one well sector can be selectively coupled to an erase voltage during an erase operation, such that unselected well sectors are inhibited from receiving the erase voltage. When the area of the well sectors decrease, a corresponding decrease in the capacitance of each well sector results. Accordingly, higher speed erasing of the NAND flash memory cells relative to a single well memory bank is obtained when the charge pump circuit drive capacity remains unchanged. Alternately, a constant erase speed corresponding to a single well memory bank is obtained by matching a well segment having a specific area to a charge pump with reduced drive capacity. A reduced drive capacity charge pump will occupy less semiconductor chip area, thereby reducing cost.
US08582371B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same A semiconductor memory device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first page buffer coupled to a first even bit line and a first odd bit line, a second page buffer coupled to a second even bit line and a second odd bit line, and a controller configured to control the first and the second page buffers so that the second page buffer sets the second even bit line in a floating state such that the voltage of the second even bit line is changed according to a shift in the voltage of the first odd bit line, when a read operation for memory cells coupled to the first odd bit line is performed, and the second page buffer stores data corresponding to the level of threshold voltages of the memory cells by detecting a shift in the voltage of the second even bit line.
US08582370B2	Storage unit for occupant detection system A storage unit for an occupant detection system detecting an occupant based on a magnitude correlation between a detection load value obtained by a load sensor and a threshold value, the storage unit includes a first ROM storing either one of the threshold value and a threshold value specific information for identifying the threshold value, the first ROM being rewritable and a second ROM storing information except for either one of the threshold value and the threshold value specific information, a rewriting of the second ROM being more difficult than a rewriting of the first ROM.
US08582367B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array comprising a plurality of cell strings and a page buffer group comprising a plurality of page buffers coupled to the respective cell string through bit lines. Each of the page buffers includes a latch unit for storing data to be programmed into memory cells included in the cell string or for storing data read from the memory cells. Each of the page buffers is coupled to a pad for the test operation of the memory cells according to data stored in the latch unit in the test operation.
US08582353B2	Nonvolatile memory device A nonvolatile memory device comprises a memory cell configured to store or output data in a magneto-resistance device in response to a write current applied to a bit line and a source line. A voltage detector is configured to sense potentials loaded in the bit line and the source line. A write current controller configured to control activation of a write control signal in response to an output of the voltage detector, and a write driver configured to control amounts of write current applied to the memory cell according to the activation of the write control signal.
US08582342B2	Non-volatile one-time-programmable and multiple-time programmable memory configuration circuit A programmable non-volatile configuration circuit uses a pair of non-volatile memory devices arranged in a pull-up and pull-down arrangement. The non-volatile memory devices have floating gates that overlaps a variable portion of a source/drain region. This allows a programming voltage for the device to be imparted to the floating gate through variable capacitive coupling, thus changing the state of the device. The invention can be used in environments to store configuration data for programmable logic devices, field programmable arrays, and many other applications.
US08582340B2	Word line and power conductor within a metal layer of a memory cell A memory cell 6 includes a M3 metal layer which incorporate continuous word lines 12 and power conductors formed of a plurality of separate power line sections 14 running parallel to the word lines. Interstitial gaps between the separate power line sections are larger in size than the power line sections themselves. The power line sections are disposed in a staggered arrangement either side of the word lines.
US08582337B2	Semiconductor memory device, method of controlling read preamble signal thereof, and data transmission system A system, includes a controller including a plurality of first external terminals configured to supply a command, a clock signal and an address, and communicate a data, and communicate a strobe signal related to the data, and a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of second external terminals corresponding to the plurality of first external terminals, one of the plurality of first external terminals and one of the plurality of second external terminals transferring an information specifying a length of a preamble of the strobe signal before the semiconductor memory device communicates the data.
US08582336B2	Power supply circuit capable of handling direct current and alternating current and power supply control method According to one embodiment, a power supply circuit includes an input terminal, a rectifier circuit, a power factor improvement circuit, a DC/DC converter, and a control module. The DC/DC converter converts the level of a DC voltage output from the power factor improvement circuit. The control module determines on the basis of the output voltage of the rectifier circuit whether an input power supply supplied to the input terminal is AC or DC. The control module generates a DC power supply by use of the power factor improvement circuit and DC/DC converter when the input power supply is AC and generates a DC power supply by controlling the operation of the power factor improvement circuit and DC/DC converter according to the voltage of input DC power supply when the input power supply is DC.
US08582331B2	Inverter topologies usable with reactive power The present invention generally relates to power electronic switching circuits and in particular to inverter modules employing two or more controlled switches that can be used with reactive loads. An inverter circuit is provided which includes first and second input terminals for being connected to a DC power source; first and second output terminals for outputting an AC voltage; at least one metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, MOSFET, having a parasitic body diode. The inverter circuit further includes at least one disabling element for disabling said body diode. This may result in an improved efficiency of the inverter circuit in combination with a reactive power capability. Further, a semiconductor switching device is disclosed, comprising at least one metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor, MOSFET, and at least one insulated gate bipolar transistor, IGBT, wherein said MOSFET and said IGBT are connected in parallel.
US08582329B2	Adaptively controlled soft start-up scheme for switching power converters A switching power converter provides regulated voltage to a load according to a desired regulation voltage. The switching power converter includes a transformer coupled to a switch and a switch controller for generating a control signal to control switching. The switch controller monitors a sensed voltage representing the output voltage of the switching power converter. The switch controller controls switching of the switch to operate the switching power converter in a continuous conduction mode while the sensed output voltage indicates that the output voltage is less than a first threshold voltage. The switch controller controls switching of the switch to operate the switching power converter in a discontinuous conduction mode while the sensed output voltage is above the first threshold voltage.
US08582328B2	Power supply circuit and method thereof In a normal mode, the power supply is fed back in a close loop, but in a power saving mode, the power supply is fed back in an open loop. When it is detected that the power supply is continuously fed back in the open loop and in a substantially zero output status, the power supply circuit enters a power down status. If the back-stage circuit needs power supply again, then the feedback is switched to the close loop and the power supply circuit enters the normal mode.
US08582325B2	Flyback converter with forward converter reset clamp A power supply includes a forward converter having a first transformer coupled to an input of the power supply and to a first voltage output. The power supply also includes a separate flyback converter having a second transformer that is coupled to the input and to a second voltage output. A clamp reset circuit is coupled to the first transformer and to the second transformer. The clamp reset circuit includes a capacitor and a voltage limiting element. The voltage limiting element is coupled to prevent energy received at the capacitor from both the power converters from exceeding a threshold. The voltage limiting element limits a voltage on the capacitor.
US08582324B2	Pulse width modulation controller and method for output ripple reduction of a jittering frequency switching power supply A pulse width modulation controller and method for output ripple reduction of a jittering frequency switching power supply detect the current of a power switch of the switching power supply to generate a current sense signal, and adjust the gain or the level of the current sense signal according to the switching frequency of the power switch to adjust the on time of the power switch, to reduce the output ripple of the switching power supply caused by the jittering frequency of the switching power supply.
US08582322B2	Power reduction of a power supply unit at light loading or no loading A power supply unit includes a switching power converter responsive to a control signal to switch a power switch thereof to provide an output voltage and an output current for a load. To reduce light-load or no-load power consumption of the power supply unit, the power supply unit repeats a process of stopping switching the power switch and recovering switching the power switch for a period of time once the output voltage decreases to be lower than a reference voltage.
US08582318B2	Circuit and method for potential-isolated energy transfer with two output DC voltages A circuit for potential-isolated power transfer from a primary side to a secondary side with two secondary-side output DC voltages, wherein the absolute value of the first output DC voltage is higher than the absolute value of the second output DC voltage. The circuit comprises a transformer, which has first and second windings with a common center tap on the primary side and a third winding on the secondary side. The ratio of the number of turns of the first and second windings is a function of the ratio of the two secondary-side output DC voltages. The center tap is connected to a DC voltage source, the first winding is connected to a first transistor and the second winding is connected to a second transistor. The transistors are connected to the primary-side reference potential. The output voltages are present at two diodes connected to the secondary-side third winding.
US08582310B2	Electronic apparatus having circuit board An electronic apparatus includes: a circuit board that is disposed inside a case that is formed by coupling first and second case halves, the circuit board being interposed between first and second boss portions; first and second conductive members that are disposed between a gap formed between the first boss portion and the circuit board; a third conductive member that is disposed between the first boss portion and the first conductive member and between the first boss portion and the second conductive member to electrically connect the first conductive member to the second conductive member; and a measurement circuit that is electrically connected to a first wiring and a second wiring, which are respectively connected to the first conductive member and the second conductive member, and measures an electrical characteristic value of at least one of the first conductive member and the second conductive member.
US08582309B2	Panel fixing structure and information processor A panel fixing structure, which removably fixes a panel to a square opening provided in a housing, so as to cover a circumference of one or a plurality of interface terminal portions provided inside the housing, includes a square panel surface having a terminal opening in accordance with a shape and a position of the interface terminal portion and four engagement protrusions each having a spring property, each of the four engagement protrusions protruding in an insertion direction of the opening along an edge portion of each of four sides of the panel surface, the engagement protrusions being formed to have a space in each of four corner portions of the panel surface.
US08582304B2	Fixing apparatus for storage device A fixing apparatus includes a board presenting a number of engaging portions and a post, and a casing for containing a data storage device. The casing includes a bottom wall defining a number of engaging holes, an end wall perpendicularly connected to the bottom wall, and a fixing member pivotably mounted to the end wall. Each engaging hole may engage and lock an engaging portion. The fixing member forms a sliding portion having a slanted outer surface, and a protrusion connected to the sliding portion and is pivoted to move the casing away from the post, until the second holes engage with the corresponding engaging portions, and the protrusion resists against the post.
US08582297B2	Customized thermal interface to optimize mechanical loading and thermal conductivity characteristics A method, system, and apparatus for cooling one or more devices through use of a cooling plate. An example system includes multiple heat generating devices coupled to a cooling plate, each through an individual thermal interface unit. The thermal interface unit includes a compressible solid pad with at least one surface having a plurality of projections carrying a flowable material. The thermal interface units are pressed between the heat generating devices and the cooling plate so that the flowable material is completely enclosed.
US08582290B2	High density computer equipment storage system This relates to the manner in which computers are configured in a given area in order to conserve space and to deal with cooling issues associated with the close housing of a large number of computers. Efficient arrangements for efficiently increasing the density of computer configurations are shown, particularly when used in a network server or host environment.
US08582279B2	Side accessible circuit breaker to bus connections A load center assembly comprising a main circuit breaker configured to be connected with bus plates through side openings in the main circuit breaker is described. The openings in the main circuit breaker comprise plug-on clips by which the bus plates connect. The plug-on clips are configured to use friction to grasp the bus plates as the bus plates are slidably inserted between the jaws of the plug-on clips.
US08582267B2	System and method to limit in-rush current An in-rush current limiting system has a fast response time so that it can be used with power supplies that turn on and off rapidly. The system dissipates very little power during the normal mode of operation. This is achieved, in various embodiments, by connecting a regulator in series with a load capacitance and in parallel with the system load.
US08582265B2	Protection circuit and method for electronic devices A circuit for protecting an electronic device from excessive voltages applied to an input or output terminal includes a solid state relay coupling the electronic device to the terminal. The solid state relay may include an opto-transistor coupled between the electronic device and the terminal and a light-emitting diode optically coupled to the opto-transistor. The solid state relay is coupled in series with a current limiting device, such as one or more enhancement mode field effect transistors, and an electromechanical relay. A voltage detector coupled to the terminal detects a voltage larger than a specific value and causes current to flow thorough the light-emitting diode, thereby interrupting the coupling between the terminal and the electronic device. The voltage detector may be coupled between two spaced-apart connections to the coupling path between the terminal to the electronic device so that the voltage detector avoids diverting current from the coupling path.
US08582264B2	Overvoltage protection element An overvoltage protection element with a housing, with at least one overvoltage limiting component which is located in the housing, with terminal elements for electrical connection of the overvoltage protection element to the current or signal path which is to be protected, and with a state display which has a display element for display of the state of the overvoltage protection element. A conclusion about the state of the overvoltage protection element is easily possible as a result of a thermally activatable, endothermic material being both in thermal contact with the overvoltage limiting component and also in mechanical contact with the display element of the state display. When the overvoltage limiting component is heated above a certain minimum temperature, expansion of the thermally activatable, endothermic material produces a change in position of the display element whose magnitude is a measure of the heating of the overvoltage limiting component.
US08582261B2	Apparatus and method for electronic circuit protection Apparatus and methods for electronic circuit protection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an actively-controlled protection circuit includes a detector, a timer, a current source and a latch. The detector is configured to generate a detection signal when the detector determines that a transient signal satisfies a first signaling condition. The timer is configured to receive the detection signal, and to generate a current control signal. The current control signal is provided to a current source, which produces a trigger current at least partly in response to the control signal. The trigger current is provided to a node of the latch, thereby enhancing the conductivity modulation of the latch and selectively controlling the activation voltage of the latch.
US08582259B2	Semiconductor device and switching regulator using the device The semiconductor device according to the present invention has an n-channel output transistor wherein an input voltage is impressed on a drain, and a pulsed switching voltage that corresponds to a switching drive of the transistor is brought out from a source; a bootstrap circuit for generating a boost voltage enhanced by a predetermined electric potential above the switching voltage; an internal circuit for receiving a supply of the boost voltage to generate a switching drive signal, and supplying the signal to a gate of the output transistor; an overvoltage protection circuit for monitoring an electric potential difference between the switching voltage and the boost voltage, and generating an overvoltage detection signal; and a switching element for establishing/blocking electrical conduction between the internal circuit and the end impressed with the boost voltage, in accordance with the overvoltage detection signal.
US08582249B2	Magnetic element with reduced shield-to-shield spacing A magnetic element has a magnetically responsive lamination with a ferromagnetic free layer separated from a synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) layer by a spacer layer and from a sensed data bit stored in an adjacent medium by an air bearing surface (ABS). The lamination is coupled to at least one antiferromagnetic (AFM) tab a predetermined offset distance from the ABS.
US08582242B2	Magnetic transducer including basecoat and overcoat A magnetic head that includes: a slider having a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a transducer, the transducer formed on the trailing edge of the slider and the transducer including: a substrate; a basecoat positioned adjacent the substrate, wherein the basecoat includes a material having a Young's modulus that is less than that of alumina and a coefficient of thermal expansion that is less than that of alumina; a reader; a writer; a heater; and an overcoat encasing at least a portion of the transducer, wherein the overcoat includes a material having a Young's modulus that is less than that of alumina and a coefficient of thermal expansion that is less than that of alumina.
US08582241B1	Method and system for providing a magnetic transducer having a high moment bilayer magnetic seed layer for a trailing shield A method and system for providing a magnetic read transducer is described. The magnetic recording transducer includes a write pole, a nonmagnetic gap, a magnetic seed layer, a trailing shield and coil(s) that energize the write pole. The write pole is configured to write to a media. The nonmagnetic gap is between the write pole and the magnetic seed layer. The magnetic seed layer includes a high moment layer and a magnetic buffer layer. The high moment layer is between the nonmagnetic gap and the magnetic buffer layer. The high moment layer has a saturation magnetization greater than 2.3 T and a first corrosion potential. The magnetic buffer layer has a second corrosion potential less than the first corrosion potential. The magnetic seed layer is between the trailing shield and the nonmagnetic gap layer. The magnetic buffer layer is between the trailing shield and the high moment layer.
US08582240B1	Magnetic recording assisted by spin torque oscillator with a radio frequency current bias A design is disclosed for a microwave assisted magnetic recording device wherein direct current and rf current are simultaneously injected from a bias tee into a spin transfer oscillator (STO) between a main pole and write shield to improve the assist process. The STO oscillation layer (OL) has a large angle magnetization oscillation frequency that is locked to a magnetic medium bit resonance frequency f0 when the rf current has a frequency f=f0 and a threshold current density is applied. Alternatively, the OL magnetization oscillation frequency may be adjusted closer to f0 to improve the assist process. A third advantage is lowering the threshold current density when both direct current and rf current are injected into the STO during a write process. The main pole is grounded when direct current and rf current are injected into a write shield.
US08582232B2	Heat assisted spindle motor A hard disk drive with a spindle motor that rotates a disk. When the disk drive is exposed to low temperatures a current can be provided to the spindle motor to heat the motor. For example, a DC current can be provided to the spindle motor. The current flowing through the spindle motor coil generates heat. The current can be provided for a predetermined time interval to sufficiently heat the spindle motor so that the fluid bearings of the motor can operate. The current is terminated and then an AC current is provided to the spindle motor to cause motor rotation.
US08582219B2	Optical lens assembly for image capture An optical lens assembly for image capture, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side, comprises: the first lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, the second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surfaces and a convex image-side surface, the third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. Additionally, the optical lens assembly for image capture can satisfy several conditions. By such arrangements, the optical assembly for image capture can effectively correct the aberration and be applied to a compact image pickup device for image capturing.
US08582217B2	Optical system for endoscope An optical system for an endoscope includes a negative lens-group, an aperture diaphragm and a positive lens-group in this order from an object side, wherein the negative lens-group includes a negative first-lens and a negative second-lens in this order from the object side; and wherein the optical system meets conditional expressions (1) and (2): 0.05
US08582216B2	Wide-angle image lens module having long flange back distance An image lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and an image plane and satisfies: FB/TTL>0.16, G1R1/F1>1.04, and D1/D2<4.47. FB is a distance between an apex of an image-side surface of the third lens and the image plane. TTL is a distance between an object-side surface of the first lens and the image plane. G1R2 is a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the first lens. F1 is focal length of the first lens. D1 is a distance between the end of the effective diameter of an image-side surface of the second lens and an optical axis of the image lens module in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. D2 is a distance between the end of the effective diameter of the image-side surface of the second lens and an apex of the image-side surface of the second lens along the optical axis.
US08582213B2	Zoom lens structure and camera lens This invention discloses a zoom lens structure and a camera lens. The zoom lens structure comprises a shifting barrel, a zoom-driving ring, a fixed barrel and a focus-driving ring. The shifting barrel has a first guiding protrusion. The zoom-driving ring is arranged at a periphery of the shifting barrel, and having a groove-hole and a first-driving part. The fixed barrel is arranged at a periphery of the zoom-driving ring, and having a first groove. The first guiding protrusion is passed through the groove-hole and inserted into the first groove. The focus-driving ring is coupled to an end of the zoom-driving ring and having a second-driving part at the outer edge thereof. By a driving module driving the first-driving part and the second-driving part at the same time, the zoom-driving ring and the focus-driving ring are rotated forwardly or reversely for zooming or focusing.
US08582204B2	Optical film and method for manufacturing the same, antiglare film, polarizer with optical layer, and display apparatus An antiglare film includes a base member and an optical layer provided on the base member, and the optical layer has an irregular shape on a surface thereof. The irregular shape is obtained by applying a coating material containing fine particles and a resin onto the base member, distributing the fine particles densely in some portions and sparsely in other portions by convection that occurs in the coating material, and curing the coating material. The resin contains 3% by weight or more and 20% by weight or less of a polymer, the average particle diameter of the fine particles is 2 μm or more and 8 μm or less, and the average film thickness of the optical layer is 8 μm or more and 18 μm or less.
US08582197B2	Process for preparing a display panel This application is directed to processes for preparing electrophoretic displays and semi-finished display panels comprising display cells prepared from the microcup and top-sealing technologies. The semi-finished display panel comprises an array of display cells sandwiched between two temporary substrate layers, between a temporary substrate layer and a conductor layer or between a temporary substrate layer and a permanent substrate layer, wherein said display cells are filled with an electrophoretic fluid and top-sealed with a polymeric sealing layer formed from a top-sealing composition which is being hardened while on top of the electrophoretic fluid.
US08582191B2	Positioning sensing and position servo control Implementations of actuators and capacitor-based position sensors for monitoring and controlling positioning of the actuators are provided, including implementations of actuators that use flexures to provide support to actuators and pivoting mechanisms to the actuators. Such actuators can be electromagnetically activated actuators that include a magnet stator and a coil rotor mounted on a flexure. A positioning sensor, such as a capacitor sensor, is provided to measure and monitor positioning of the actuator and is coupled to a feedback circuit which uses the measured positioning of the actuator to control the actuator.
US08582186B2	Device for inputting one or several value documents Described is an apparatus for inserting one or more value documents and to a device for accepting or processing value documents having such an apparatus. The solution of the problem is based on an apparatus for inserting one or more value documents, including an insertion apparatus for inserting the individual value document or several value documents and a separator connected to the insertion apparatus for detecting one value document at a time. The insertion apparatus includes at least two parts connected to each other in a movable manner, wherein the first part in a first position forms a continuous supporting surface together with the second part for inserting several securities, and wherein the first part in a second position for inserting an individual security is removed from the area of the supporting surface.
US08582184B2	Image reader and document conveying method An image reader and document conveying method shorten times necessary for a discharge process that discharges a document in being conveyed and for an idle feeding process of a document that is left on a paper feed tray.If during double-sided reading, a stop key is operated to issue an instruction to cancel reading, a conveyance controller outputs a path specifying signal to select a single-sided path, and thereby a conveyance route is switched from a double-sided path to the single-sided path. For this reason, the discharge process that discharges a document being conveyed at the time of the reading cancellation to a paper discharge tray, and the idle feeding process that discharges a document left on a paper feed tray to the paper discharge tray are performed with use of the single-sided path that is shorter than the double-sided path, and therefore the times necessary for the discharge and idle feeding processes can be shortened.
US08582183B2	Forward facing scanner A scanning apparatus comprising a sheet fed scanner and a flatbed scanner. An input tray and an output tray for the sheet fed scanner as well as the platen for the flatbed scanner all face one side of the scanning apparatus resulting in a compact ergonomic scanning system.
US08582174B2	Multifunction apparatus with a print preparation operation A multifunction apparatus includes: an execution request acceptance section that accepts a request for executing a function; a determination section that determines whether or not the execution request is a function involving printing operation when the execution request acceptance section receives the execution request; and an execution section that performs print preparation operation when the determination section determines that the execution request does not correspond to the function involving printing operation.
US08582172B2	Image scanning apparatus and method to control a light source that an intensity of light irradiated to any one of a plurality of lines of the document from the light source equal to an intensity of light irradiated to another line The image scanning apparatus includes a light source including at least one light emitting diode (LED) to irradiate light to a document which is a scan target, a light source control unit to control a lighting-up point of time of the light source, an image sensor to transform an image formed by light reflected from the document into an electric signal according to a result of controlling the lighting-up point of time, and an output unit to output image data corresponding to the transformed electric signal.
US08582154B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and server An image forming apparatus includes a first image data storage unit that (i) stores user identification information and image data in association with each other, (ii) acquires, upon reception of a leaving signal regarding a specific user from an entering/leaving information management device that manages entering/leaving of a user with respect to an area in which the image forming apparatus is installed, the image data having a security level equal to or higher than a first predetermined level associated with the user identification information of the specific user stored in the first image data storage unit, (iii) saves the acquired image data to a server, and (iv) erases the original image data from the first image data storage unit.
US08582153B2	Image forming apparatus and method Provided is an image forming apparatus including a plurality of resources (for example, circuits) for implementing a plurality of functions and executing jobs in order of priority by using these resources. A conflict judging section determines whether any one of the resources required for a particular one of pending jobs is the same as any one of the resources required for pending jobs having a priority higher than that of the particular job. When it has been determined by the conflict judging section that any one or more of the resources required for the particular job is not the same as any of the resources required for pending jobs having a priority higher than that of the job, a job managing section provides the particular job a right of execution.
US08582151B2	Mutualistic engine controller having customer replaceable unit communication A printing device includes at least one printing engine that comprises customer replaceable units. At least one engine controller is operatively connected to the printing engine, and the engine controller uses software to control operations of the printing engine. At least one non-volatile memory is operatively connected to the engine controller. The non-volatile memory stores values used by the engine controller to control operations of the printing engine. Additionally, at least one adapter card is operatively connected to the non-volatile memory and to the customer replaceable units. The customer replaceable units each comprise a memory unit. The adapter card reads incoming print jobs before the print jobs are delivered to the controller and the adapter card accumulates and stores statistics relating to print jobs within the memory unit of the customer replaceable units. The adapter card passes the incoming print jobs to the controller in an unaltered manner.
US08582148B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method In a conventional image processing apparatus configured to display a preview image of a representative page of an image file including a plurality of pages and including a plurality of pieces of image data, it is difficult for a user to easily recognize, from the preview image, the content of the image file stored in a storage medium. In a technique according to the present invention, a page having a high evaluation value is detected, and a reduced image of the detected page is produced. The resultant reduced image is displayed as the preview image thereby allowing a user to easily recognize the content of the file.
US08582147B2	Information processing apparatus, control method for image forming apparatus and post-processing apparatus, and computer program An information processing apparatus configured to control an image forming apparatus and a post-processing apparatus configured to execute post-processing on a product output by the image forming apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register a job ticket, a searching unit configured to search for a job ticket that can be used for issuing an instruction to the post-processing apparatus from among the job tickets registered by the registration unit, and an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction to the post-processing apparatus by utilizing the job ticket extracted as a result of the search by the searching unit.
US08582146B2	Image forming method and apparatus An image forming method and apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus is wirelessly connectable to one or more mobile devices and the image forming method comprises connecting the image forming apparatus to the one or more mobile devices, determining whether the image forming apparatus has been previously connected to the one or more mobile devices, obtaining a first photo list stored in the one or more mobile device, if determined that the image forming apparatus has been previously connected to the one or more mobile devices, comparing the obtained first photo list with a second photo list stored in the image forming apparatus, updating the second photo list in consideration of the obtained first photo list if determined that the obtained first photo list is different from the second photo list, and displaying the updated second photo list. Thus, the image forming apparatus performing a plurality of printing operations can complete the plurality of printing operations very rapidly.
US08582145B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus includes a switching unit to switch images output to the display apparatus, a storage unit to store image specifying information to specify the multiple images to be printed and the number of copies information specifying the number of copies to be printed, and an output unit to sequentially output the images specified with the image specifying information to the display apparatus, are provided, and if a switching operation is performed when the number of copies information is set as two or more copies of an image displayed, output of the next image specified with the image specifying information is performed without following the number of copies information.
US08582142B2	Image processing system After a print request is made from a personal computer to a multifunction peripheral, when a user who logs into the multifunction peripheral instructs an execution of the print request in the multifunction peripheral, the multifunction peripheral requests the personal computer to transmit image data. Then, the personal computer transmits the requested image data to the multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral executes the printing using the received image data. When the printing is completed, the multifunction peripheral transmits a completion notification indicating that the printing is completed to the personal computer. When receiving the completion notification, the personal computer transmits a completion notification having the same content as the received completion notification to the multifunction peripheral.
US08582127B2	Updating old media with configurable entities The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can provide configurable entities in connection with electronic archival of print-based media. In accordance therewith, print-based media can be archived electronically (e.g., by imaging or scanning the print-based media) in a remastered form that provides for displaying the original work with readily modifiable entities, such as advertisements. Media or entities can be selected based upon the original advertiser, the original product, or another element or feature of the print-based media, and can also be selected based upon a profile associated with the media consumer.
US08582124B2	Optical characteristic measuring apparatus and optical characteristic measuring method An optical characteristic measuring apparatus includes a light source, a detector and a data processing unit. Data processing unit includes a modeling unit, an analyzing unit and a fitting unit. The plurality of film model equations are solved, and prescribed calculation is performed on the assumption that the optical constants included in the plurality of film model equations is identical. Fitting is performed between a waveform obtained by substituting the obtained film thickness and the obtained optical constants of the film into the film model equations and a waveform of the wavelength distribution characteristic obtained by detector, thereby determining that the optical constants included in the plurality of film model equations is identical and that the film thickness and the optical constants obtained by the analyzing unit are correct values.
US08582120B2	Measurement device and method A measurement device for determining an installation position for a fire sprinkler head is provided. The measurement device includes a body adapted for positioning across and proximate to the center of a tile grid cell. The measurement device also includes a light source mounted to the body. The light source is adapted to project a beam of light onto a surface positioned above the tile grid cell. When the measurement device is positioned across the tile grid cell, the light source is proximate to the center of the tile grid cell.
US08582116B2	Recording sheet surface detection apparatus and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for detecting surface conditions of a recording sheet on which an image is formed, includes a light source configured to emit a first light beam and a second light beam, an image capture device configured to capture a first image of a surface of the recording sheet illuminated with the first light beam and a second image of the surface of the recording sheet illuminated with the second light beam. A first straight line including a ray in a center of the first light beam and a second straight line including a ray in a center of the second light beam intersect with each other, when each straight line is projected onto the surface of the recording sheet, and a detection device configured to detect information about the unevenness on the surface of the recording sheet based on the first image and the second image.
US08582115B2	Tunable and switchable multilayer optical devices A multilayer optical device includes an arrangement, on a substrate, of a first layer, a second layer, and a space therebetween. The second layer is a thin-film. The arrangement of the first and second layers and the space therebetween produces transmitted, reflected, or dispersed spectrally modified electromagnetic energy from electromagnetic energy incident upon the arrangement. An optical function of the device is dependent at least in part on interference effects. An optical detector system includes a similar multilayer optical device. The space within the device is in fluid communication with structures for receiving a fluid such that the device operates in a first or second mode depending on absence or presence of the fluid within the space. The system includes a detector for receiving the modified electromagnetic energy, and a controller in fluid communication with the space that establishes the absence or presence of the fluid in the space.
US08582113B2	Device for determining the position of at least one structure on an object, use of an illumination apparatus with the device and use of protective gas with the device A device for determining the position of a structure on an object in relation to a coordinate system is disclosed. The object is placed on a measuring table which is movable in one plane, wherein a block defines the plane. At least one optical arrangement is provided for transmitted light illumination and/or reflected light illumination. The optical arrangement comprises an illumination apparatus for reflected light illumination and/or transmitted light illumination and at least one first or second optical element, wherein at least part of the at least one optical element extends into the space between the block and an optical system support. At least one encapsulation is provided, encapsulating at least one optical component of at least one optical arrangement and/or at least one optical element.
US08582111B2	Optical coherence tomography apparatus and operating method thereof An optical coherence tomography apparatus includes a light source, a light coupling module, and an optical path difference generating module. The light source emits a coherent light. The light coupling module divides the coherent light into a first incident light and a second incident light. The first incident light is emitted to an item to be inspected and a first reflected light is generated. The second incident light is emitted to the optical path difference generating module, a second reflected light is generated according to the second incident light by the optical path difference generating module through changing the transparent/reflection properties of at least one optical devices of the optical path difference generating module, so that there is a optical path difference between the first reflected light and the second reflected light.
US08582105B1	Method and apparatus for leak detection in H2Se furnace A method for detecting leaks during high temperature selenization of Cu—In—Ga metal precursor films comprises positioning a light source on one side of a transparent reaction chamber or aligned with a window in an opaque reaction chamber. The method further comprises positioning a detector opposite the light source and detecting an intensity of light from the light source. Leaks in the seals of the reaction chamber will result in the formation of an opaque film on the walls of the reaction chamber. A decrease in the intensity of light incident on the detector will indicate the presence of the leak. A second method comprises measuring the reflection of the light source off of the reaction chamber wall or a window in the reaction chamber. An change in the reflected light will indicate a leak in the seals of the reaction chamber.
US08582100B1	Remote multisensor optical particle monitor for flowing fluid systems An optical fluid monitoring system for imaging debris and other particles in a flowing fluid. The system can have multiple sensors (camera and viewing port) connected to a single, remotely located, laser and computer. The system can also include multiple lasers, viewing ports and cameras to be located at different locations in a flow, with each sensor being configured to image a different particle size range. The system can simultaneously image fluid flows on different pieces of equipment.
US08582083B2	Effective light source shape database generation method, optical image calculation method, recording medium, exposure method, and device fabrication method The present invention provides a method of generating a database of effective light source shapes including a generation step of generating an initial database representing an effective light source shapes corresponding to a plurality of conditions settable for an illumination optical system, a measurement step of setting an arbitrary condition for the illumination optical system, and measuring an effective light source shape, a calculation step of calculating a difference amount between an effective light source shape when each of the plurality of conditions is set for the illumination optical system and the effective light source shape included in the initial database, and a correction step of correcting the effective light source shapes included in the initial database using the difference amounts and compiling the corrected effective light source shapes into an actual database.
US08582082B2	Method and lithographic apparatus for measuring and acquiring height data relating to a substrate surface A lithographic apparatus includes a level sensor for use in positioning a target portion of the substrate with respect to a focal plane of the projection system, a pair of actuators, configured to move a substrate table of the lithographic apparatus, and a controller for moving the substrate relative to the level sensor by controlling the actuators. The controller combines motions of the first and second actuators to produce a combined movement having a speed higher than a maximum speed of at least one of the actuators individually.
US08582081B2	Device for the low-deformation replaceable mounting of an optical element The invention relates to a device for the low-deformation replaceable mounting of an optical element, in particular a closure plate of an objective of a projection exposure system for microlithography for the production of semiconductor components, in a mount (12). The optical element is connected to the mount (12) at least partly via an adhesive connection. This is located between the adjacent circumferential walls of mount (12) and optical element. The mount (12) is provided with at least three support feet (14) distributed over the circumference, by means of which the optical element is mounted laterally and axially. The mount (12) is connected to the housing of the objective in an at least approximately deformation-decoupled manner via three mount bearing points (15).
US08582080B2	Stage assembly with measurement system initialization, vibration compensation, low transmissibility, and lightweight fine stage A stage assembly (220) that moves a work piece (200) about a first axis and along a first axis includes a first stage (238), a second stage (240) that retains the work piece (200), a second mover assembly (244), a measurement system, and an initialization system (1081A). The second mover assembly (244) moves the second stage (240) relative to the first stage (238) about the first axis. The measurement system (22) monitors the position of the second stage (240) about the first axis when the second stage (240) is positioned within a working range about the first axis. The initialization system (1081A) facilitates movement of the second stage (240) about the first axis when the second stage (240) is rotated about the first axis outside the working range. The second mover assembly (244) can include a mover (255) and a dampener (410) that reduces the transmission of vibration from the first stage (238) to the second stage (240). In addition, the stage assembly (220) can include a control system (24) that directs power to the mover (255) to position the second stage (240) and to compensate for vibration of the first stage (238).
US08582079B2	Using phase difference of interference lithography for resolution enhancement Interference lithography (IL) system and methods are disclosed according to embodiments of the invention. Two beams of coherent light with a first phase difference expose a first interference pattern on a nonlinear photoresist. A second interference pattern may be exposed on the nonlinear photoresist using the same coherent light beams with a second phase difference. The difference between the first and second phase differences is between 70° and 270°. The ensuing pattern is a composite of the first and second interference patterns. The IL may employ a third and fourth light beam.
US08582073B2	Method of manufacturing liquid crystal panel, glass substrate for liquid crystal panel, and liquid crystal panel including the same A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal panel includes the steps of simultaneously forming a gate electrode of a TFT and a lower layer of a marking pad, simultaneously forming a gate insulating film of the TFT and a protective insulating film covering the lower layer, performing various film deposition processes and patterning processes while the lower layer is covered with the protective insulating film, exposing a main surface of the lower layer except for its periphery by removing at least a part of the protective insulating film, simultaneously forming a pixel electrode and an upper layer of the marking pad covering the main surface of the lower layer in a portion not covered with the protective insulating film, and providing marking by providing a through hole by irradiating the marking pad with laser beams.
US08582070B2	Array substrate for multi-vision and liquid crystal display device including the same An array substrate for a multi-vision liquid crystal display device includes a display region; and first to fourth non-display regions surrounding the display region, wherein the first and second non-display regions are opposite to each other and each include a data pad portion connected to a data line, and the third and fourth non-display regions are opposite to each other and each include a gate pad portion connected to a gate line, and wherein the display region is divided into two or four active regions with a seam region between the adjacent active regions, and the seam region has a first width.
US08582063B2	Optical toy Disclosed is a toy comprising polarizing filters and birefringent film cut into shapes used to make temporary colorful birefringent designs. The birefringent film (or, alternatively, the polarizing filter) is coated with non-water soluble, non-hygroscopic low-tack or ultra-low-tack adhesive so that changeable designs can be assembled on the polarizing filter and viewed through polarized spectacles or a polarizing filter. The polarizing filters are retained in rings that can be nested and rotated in relation to each other, or movably attached to each other with magnetic attachments. An embodiment is also disclosed which makes use of the polarized light emitted from certain LCD display devices so that they can be used as a work surface to make changeable birefringent designs. Such an implementation may also use applications executed by or stored on the device to provide design outlines.
US08582059B2	Display panel A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixels, each having at least one gray scale expression unit to express at least two gray scales. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and second substrates and subject to a phase transition depending on a voltage generated in relation to the gray scale expression unit. The gray scale expression unit includes a data line, a gate line crossing the data line and insulated from the data line, a switching device connected to the data line and the gate line, a first pixel electrode connected to the switching device, at least one coupling capacitor connected to the first pixel electrode in parallel, and at least one second pixel electrode connected to the first pixel electrode in parallel through the coupling capacitor.
US08582056B2	Liquid crystal display device and lightguide having local-area and wide-area line-shaped protrusions on the lightguide emission face A lightguide to be used in a liquid crystal display device includes a light exit surface, a reflection surface opposed to the light exit surface, and a light entrance surface, which is one side surface. In a region of the light exit surface or the reflection surface, which is on a front side of an intermediate portion between two light sources when viewed from the light entrance surface, a plurality of local-area line-shaped protrusions are arranged, which are extending in a first direction. Each of the local-area line-shaped protrusions reflects the entered light so that a component of the entered light which is orthogonal to the first direction is weakened. A length of a local-area line-shaped protrusion farthest from the two adjacent light sources, is larger than a length of a local-area line-shaped protrusion closest to any one of the two adjacent light sources.
US08582048B2	LED backlight module and liquid crystal display device using the same The present invention discloses a LED backlight module and a LCD device using the same, and the backlight module comprises a backplane and a light guide plate, wherein the edge of said light guide plate is fixed on the backplane by elastic part(s). Because the present invention uses the elastic parts to connect the light guide plate with the backplane, uses the elasticity of the elastic parts to fix the light guide plate in the backlight cavity and align the light guide plate with the LED. Thus, the thinner rubber frame designed for thinning is not used for compressing the light guide plate any longer, the backlight module is thinner, and the positioning of the light guide plate is more reliable.
US08582041B2	Liquid crystal display device having a lens array being arranged the extending direction of the longitudinal axis of the lens Moirés due to interference between two liquid crystal display panels in a display device which achieves three-dimensional displaying by using two liquid crystal display panels is to be prevented. By disposing a lenticular lens array between an upper liquid crystal display panel and a lower liquid crystal display panel, moirés and image blurs are prevented. This configuration can prevent the luminance levels and contrast of images from dropping.
US08582040B2	Functional device array with self-aligned electrode structures and fabrication methods thereof A functional device array with self-aligned electrode structures and fabrication methods thereof are presented. The functional device array includes a transparent substrate. A patterned lower electrode array is disposed on the transparent substrate. A spacer structure is disposed overlying the transparent substrate and located between the patterned lower electrodes self-aligned therewith. A functional structure layer is disposed in an array of pixel regions defined by the spacer structure. A patterned upper substrate is disposed on the functional structure layer corresponding to each of the pixel regions, and a passivation layer is disposed on the patterned upper electrode covering the functional device array.
US08582039B2	Naked-eye type stereoscopic display A naked-eye type stereoscopic display including a display panel, a polarization switching panel, and a lens array is provided. The display panel provides an image having a first polarization state. The polarization switching panel and the lens array are disposed on a propagation path of the image, and the polarization switching panel is located between the lens array and the display panel. In addition, the polarization switching panel has at least one rescue line so as to lower the scrap rate of the polarization switching panel.
US08582035B2	Apparatus, systems and methods utilizing adjacent-channel power dependent automatic gain control for digital television demodulation An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for digital television demodulation, comprising using adjacent-channel power dependent automatic gain control (AGC) for the digital television demodulation, wherein an AGC technique takes into account a total power as well as power of adjacent channels to control gain of a gain control amplifier.
US08582020B2	Imaging apparatus with a camera body whereon an interchangeable lens can be removably mounted Providing an imaging apparatus wherein dust does not easily adhere to the imaging portion. The apparatus comprising an imaging portion provided with an image pickup device, a first housing holding the imaging portion, a protective cover disposed a photographic object side, a second housing holding the cover and provided with a mount structure, to attachably and removably mount interchangeable lenses at the photographic object side, and wherein an airtight space is formed by at least one of the first and the second housings, the imaging portion, and the cover.
US08582019B2	Image pickup element and image pickup device A technology of a phase-difference detecting image pickup element that can precisely detect a focus by a phase difference detection method and that can be properly produced even if pixels are becoming finer is provided. An image pickup element of an image pickup device includes an AF pixel pair 11f performing a pupil division function by receiving an object light beam transmitted through a pair of portions Qa, Qb in an exit pupil; and ordinary pixels that are not provided with the pupil division function. The AF pixel pair 11f includes a pair of photoelectric converters PD having the same size as photoelectric converters of the ordinary pixels and being disposed adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction. A light-intercepting section LS and one microlens ML are provided above the pair of photoelectric converters PD. The light-intercepting section LS has two light-intercepting areas Ea, Eb that intercept the light beam transmitted through the exit pupil. The one microlens ML is interposed between the two light-intercepting areas Ea, Eb. This makes it possible to realize an image pickup element that can precisely detect a focus by the phase difference detection method and that can be properly produced even if pixels are becoming finer.
US08582016B2	Photographing apparatus and focus detecting method using the same A photographing apparatus capable of automatic detection of a focus of a subject and a method thereof are disclosed. The photographing apparatus includes a control unit for detecting the focus of the subject using images of the subject acquired with a moveable lens being in different positions so as to allow the detection of the focus of the subject automatically and nearly simultaneously with the photographing the subject without using a separate AF module that requires light separation and/or separate dedicated focus image sensor.
US08582013B2	Refractive index distributed optical element and image sensor including the refractive index distributed optical element A refractive index distributed optical element having a refractive index varying within a plane, including a positive refractive index distributed portion having a positive refractive index varying within the plane and a negative refractive index distributed portion having a negative refractive index varying within the plane. The absolute values of the refractive indexes of the positive refractive index distributed portion and the negative refractive index distributed portion decrease toward a region between the positive refractive index distributed portion and the negative refractive index distributed portion.
US08582008B2	Fast-settling line driver design for high resolution video IR and visible images A fast-settling line driver circuit capable of high-speed operation. The line driver is particularly well-suited for operation in a high-resolution imaging system. The line driver circuit comprises a signal amplifier that is configured in a negative feedback loop and connected to a bus line through a switch network. The switch network is disposed inside the feedback loop while the line driver is transmitting a signal onto the bus line. This configuration reduces the settling time of the line driver by substantially eliminating the effect of the switch resistance on the RC time constant. The line driver also comprises offset cancellation and presettle circuits that improve the integrity of the output signal and reduce the power consumption of the system.
US08582007B2	Image sensor for outputting RGB Bayer signal through internal conversion and image processing apparatus including the same The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a non-red-green-blue (RGB) Bayer pattern, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog pixel signal output from each of the pixels into a digital pixel signal, and an RGB converter configured to convert the digital pixel signal into an RGB Bayer signal. Accordingly, the image sensor is compatible with a universal image signal processor (ISP), which receives and processes RGB Bayer signals, without an additional compatible device or module.
US08582002B2	Imaging method and imaging apparatus An imaging method includes a step of setting, when a digital zoom operation mode for enlarging an image imaged by a imaging part of an X-Y address type is selected, a zoom magnification and enlarging the image at the zoom magnification set. The imaging method includes the steps of: setting an imaging range in a vertical direction of the imaging part according to the zoom magnification set in the digital zoom step; outputting a driving signal for scanning the shutter signal and the readout signal to perform exposure in the imaging range set in the imaging range setting step and driving the imaging part; and discarding, when the zoom magnification is changed in the digital zoom step, images imaged by the imaging part before and after the change of the zoom magnification to prevent the images from being used.
US08581995B2	Method and apparatus for parallax correction in fused array imaging systems Electronic devices may include camera modules. A camera module may include an array camera having an array of lenses and an array of corresponding image sensors. Parallax correction and depth mapping methods may be provided for array cameras. A parallax correction method may include a global and a local parallax correction. A global parallax correction may be determined based on one-dimensional horizontal and vertical projections of edge images. Local parallax corrections may be determined using a block matching procedure. Further improvements to local parallax corrections may be generated using a relative block color saturation test, a smoothing of parallax correction vectors and, if desired, using a cross-check between parallax correction vectors determined for multiple image sensors. Three dimensional depth maps may be generated based on parallax correction vectors.
US08581994B2	Photographing apparatus Controlling a photographing apparatus that can play back an image on an external display device, to achieve energy savings when playing back the image on the external display device is provided. After a photographed image is transmitted to the external display device, if a control signal is sourced by a remote control power to a back-surface LCD 102a and/or the touch panel 102b is turned off.
US08581986B2	Method and apparatus for measuring the focus performance of a camera and lens combination In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for measuring the focus performance of a camera and lens combination. One embodiment of a test target for measuring a focus performance of a camera and lens combination includes a target body, the target body displaying a pattern including: a primary pattern covering a portion of the target body and a secondary pattern superimposed over a portion of the primary pattern, the secondary pattern being aligned along an edge of the target body. The test target also includes a ruler positioned adjacent to the edge of the target body, a ruler positioned adjacent to the edge of the target body, such that the secondary pattern directly abuts a zero line of the ruler.
US08581982B1	Infrared camera vehicle integration systems and methods Systems and methods are disclosed in accordance with some embodiments for integrating an infrared camera system into a vehicle's lighting component. For example in accordance with an embodiment, a lighting component for a vehicle includes a housing; an infrared camera disposed within the housing; a light source disposed within the housing and disposed at least partially around the infrared camera; and a lens coupled to the housing and adapted to allow infrared radiation to pass through and be received by the infrared camera and to allow light provided by the light source to be transmitted through the lens. Furthermore, one or more infrared cameras may be integrated into a vehicle to provide various capabilities, such as for example stereoscopic infrared imaging, multi-spectral stereoscopic imaging (e.g., using infrared and visible wavelengths or various infrared wavelengths for multi-color infrared imaging), and/or provide various fields of view (e.g., foveal imaging).
US08581977B2	Apparatus and method for inspecting labeled containers An apparatus and a method for inspecting labeled containers, allowing a detection of holes in the label, with a high hit rate, even in cases where the color of the label is similar to that of the filled product, wherein the label is irradiated with visible light and invisible light and/or is imaged in incident light and transmitted light.
US08581972B2	Endoscopic apparatus and control method for endoscopic apparatus According to the invention, a processor CPU includes a scope information extracting section, a light source information extracting section, a main white balance searching section, a sub-white-balance extracting section, a main white balance update section, a sub-white-balance update section, and an image processing control section.
US08581963B2	Video mode hidden autofocus A method and system for hiding objectionable frames during autofocusing are disclosed. A personal electronic device such as a cameral telephone can have two cameras that have overlapping fields of view. One camera can provide imaging. The other camera can facilitate autofocusing in a manner wherein images produced thereby are not viewed by a user. Because the autofocus frames are hidden, the user is not distracted or annoying thereby.
US08581955B2	Apparatus and method for remote control between mobile communication terminals An apparatus and method in a mobile terminal support remote control with other mobile terminals. A video call is connected between the mobile terminal with a corresponding terminal. A remote control request message is transmitted through a control channel to the corresponding terminal. A remote control acceptance message is received through the control channel from the corresponding terminal. And a control message including control data that corresponds to a user input is transmitted through the control channel to the corresponding terminal.
US08581953B2	Method and apparatus for providing animation effect on video telephony call Provided is a method and apparatus that can obtain face state information of corresponding video data through the face recognition processing for at least one video data among a user video data and another party's video data during a video telephony call, and extract various event data corresponding to a face state information to be output in conjunction with the video data. The face state information is provided using a face recognition process.
US08581940B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, a drive circuit inputting a drive voltage to the plurality of pixels, and a display control device controlling and driving the drive circuit and to which display data is input from an external apparatus, in which a temperature detecting sensor is included. The display control device has a display bit reduction circuit. In a high-temperature operation mode when a temperature equal to or more than a predetermined temperature is detected at the temperature detecting sensor, the display bit reduction circuit ignores bits other than the highest-order bit of the display data input from the external apparatus and sends only the data of the highest-order bit of the display data input from the external apparatus to the drive circuit.
US08581937B2	Seam-based reduction and expansion of images using partial solution matrix dependent on dynamic programming access pattern Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for resizing images using seam carving techniques may include generation of a partial solution matrix by at least partially isolating dependencies between sub-problems of a dynamic programming problem corresponding to its solution within different regions of an input image. The number and/or shape of the isolated (or partially isolated) sub-problems may be dependent on the access pattern used by a dynamic programming operation to identify seams in the input image. Multiple sub-problems may be processed independently and in parallel on respective processor core(s) or threads thereof to generate the partial solution matrix. The partial solution matrix may then be processed to identify one or more low-cost seams of the input image. The methods may be implemented as stand-alone applications or as program instructions implementing components of a graphics application, executable by a CPU and/or GPU configured for parallel processing.
US08581934B2	Rendering apparatus and method A rendering apparatus and method are provided. A plurality of nodes of interface data are described using the plurality of nodes connected hierarchically and indicate a plurality of selectable items that are analyzed, and the interface data is rendered based on a result of the analysis. Consequently, a creator of interface data to be rendered can expect a time-to-market reduction when creating interface data described in a standardized format.
US08581910B2	Input display apparatus, input display method, and recording medium In an input display apparatus comprising: a display section; a voice accepting section; and a position specification accepting section for accepting position specification on a display screen of the display section, a display attribute for display of a character corresponding to text data of a voice accepted by the voice accepting section is determined based on position specification accepted by the position specification accepting section, and the character is displayed based on the display attribute.
US08581908B2	Graphics-rendering apparatus A graphic object is rendered by means of managing a processing sequence and data, both of which pertain to a vector to be processed included in a vector data group to become inputs; extracting data pertaining to data to be processed from the vector data group which are to become inputs, in accordance with management information; computing sequence of processing of the extracted vector data; notifying management of a target point to be processed and completion of processing of a target vector, through use of the computed processing sequence information; determining whether or not fill-in of the target point to be processed is enabled, on the basis of management information about the target point to be processed, to thus compute fill-in information; and rendering a graphic object through use of the computed fill-in information.
US08581903B2	Method and system for converting engineering data into 3D modeling data A system and method for converting data generated in an computer engineering design software component to an alternate format usable by a variety of alternate software components is provided. Engineering data from a project having a plurality of objects is provided. Objects are selected from the project for conversion and transportation to one of the alternate software components. The selected objects are converted to an alternate format, transported to the alternate software component and regenerated by the alternate software component in its own environment.
US08581902B2	Reducing the size of a model using visibility factors A computer-implemented method and system reduces size of a data structure of a computer-aided design (CAD) model. Given a CAD model formed of a plurality of modeling elements, the method and system provide one or more geometric entities defining modeling elements of the CAD model. The geometric entities have corresponding graphical entities configured to display the CAD model. For each modeling element, the method and system determine visibility of the modeling element and produce a reduced data structure by storing in the structure graphic data representing the graphical entities and geometric data of only certain ones of the geometric entities determined as a function of visibility of the corresponding modeling elements.
US08581889B2	Display unit A display unit with which diffraction reflection is able to be decreased is provided. The display unit includes a display section having an organic EL device and a pixel circuit for every pixel. The pixel circuit has a first transistor for writing a video signal and a second transistor for driving the organic EL device based on the video signal written by the first transistor. The second transistor has a gate, a source and a drain. The organic EL device has an anode, an organic layer, and a cathode. An upper face of the source or the drain is formed at least in a region opposed to the anode or the cathode.
US08581887B2	Color-sequential display method A display method for driving a color-sequential display of an electronic device is provided. When the electronic device is not at low power mode, a first image is displayed first by using a second color data and a first color data of the first image sequentially to drive the display. Next, a second image is displayed by using a second color data and a third color data of the second image sequentially to drive the display. When the electronic device is at low power mode, the respective luminance of the first and the second images are obtained. Then, the respective luminance of the first image and the second image are sequentially used to drive the display.
US08581886B2	Tuning algorithm for noise reduction in an active stylus In one embodiment, a stylus receives a signal, the stylus being able to wirelessly transmit signals to and receive signals from a device, and the stylus having a plurality of electrodes disposed in a tip of the stylus. The stylus compares a first value of the signal to a first threshold and determines whether to start a timing period based at least in part on this comparison. If the timing period is started, the stylus compares a second value of the signal to a second threshold and determines whether to stop the timing period based at least in part on this second comparison. If the timing period is stopped, the stylus determines whether the duration of the timing period is within a pre-determined range of timing period values. If so, the stylus processes the signal.
US08581883B2	Sensor scan drivers, flat panel displays with built-in touch screen including such a sensor scan driver, and methods of driving such flat panel displays A sensor scan driver may include a shift register unit for driving photodiodes, a transmission gate unit for changing a voltage range of sensor scan signals generated by the shift register unit, and a buffer unit for supplying the sensor scan signals supplied from the transmission gate unit to the photodiodes, wherein the transmission gate unit includes first and second transmission gates, each including an electrode adapted to receive an output signal of the shift register unit, another electrode adapted to receive the inverted output signal of the shift register unit, an input terminal coupled to first and second power sources, respectively, and an output terminal coupled to an output terminal of the transmission gate unit.
US08581875B2	Touch panel, display, and manufacturing method of touch panel A touch panel including a substrate, at least one first sensing series and at least one second sensing series is provided. The first sensing series is disposed on the substrate and extends along a first direction. The first sensing series includes several first sensing pads and at least one first bridge line. The first bridge line connects two adjacent first sensing pads, and a material of the first bridge line differs from a material of the first sensing pads. The second sensing series is disposed on the substrate and extends along a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction. The second sensing series includes several second sensing pads and at least one second bridge line. The second bridge line connects two adjacent second sensing pads.
US08581872B2	Method and apparatus for finding local maxima in a two-dimensional array A method for finding local maxima in a two-dimensional array includes generating a row array for each row in the array and a column array for each column in the array. The values in a given generated row array are indicative of local maxima of values in the corresponding row, and values in a given generated column array are indicative of local maxima of values in the corresponding column. The method may also include the computer multiplying values in the generated row and column arrays to determine local maxima of the array.
US08581868B2	Mobile information terminal To prevent a function assigned to a selection item from being performed by an erroneous operation at the time when both housings are expanded or housed.A mobile information terminal that includes: an operation housing 3 having an operation panel 3a on which a plurality of operation keys 3b are arrayed; a display housing 2 having a display panel 2a on which a plurality of selection items are displayed and a touch operation on any of the selection items is performed; and a connecting mechanism connecting the operation housing 3 and the display housing 2 to each other, and can make the transition between an open state where the operation panel 3a is exposed and a close state where the operation panel 3a is housed is configured to include: a touch panel 11 that detects the operation start and end of the touch operation; a selection item selecting part 12 that, on the basis of a result of the detection of the operation start, selects the selection item; a state transition detecting part 17 that detects a state transition between the open state and the close state; and a function performing part 14 that performs a function preliminarily assigned to the currently selected selection item on the basis of a result of the detection of the operation end and a result of the detection of the state transition.
US08581865B2	Touch panel, display device with the same, and method for manufacturing the display device A display device is provided with a touch panel includes: a base substrate; a first transparent electrode layer located on the base substrate; an ultrasonic wave guiding layer located on the first transparent electrode layer; a second transparent electrode layer located on the ultrasonic wave guiding layer; an ultrasonic wave transmitting unit and an ultrasonic wave receiving unit located on the second transparent electrode layer; and a protecting layer located on the second transparent electrode layer.
US08581859B2	Display device There is provided a device with a part or a whole of a housing thereof having flexibility. The device includes a display unit; a detection unit that detects a bent portion of the display device; and a display switching unit that switches display content of the display unit according to a position and a bent level of the bent portion of the display device detected by the detection unit.
US08581852B2	Fingertip detection for camera based multi-touch systems Touch detection systems and methods are described. The system comprises a light guiding sheet, a light source, a reflective layer and a detector. When a fingertip or other suitable object is pressed against the light guiding sheet, light which is undergoing total internal reflection within the sheet is scattered. The scattered light is reflected by the reflective layer and detected by the detector. In an embodiment, the light is infra-red light. The touch detection system may, in some embodiments, be placed on a display and the touch events used to control the display.
US08581842B2	Detection of a rolling motion or sliding motion of a body part on a surface An optical scanner scans a first portion of a print of a body part such as a finger in a first area of an optical surface. The optical scanner detects a motion of the body part to a second area of the optical surface. This can be done in various ways. One way is for the optical scanner to detect a sliding motion of the body part to determine if most of the first portion of the print is in the second area. Another way is for the optical scanner to determine a rolling motion of the print based on a continuity of the print from the first area to the second area. A similar system and method is disclosed which detects a rolling motion of a body part by using a sleeve with multiple properties.
US08581836B2	Processing method for a device having a bi-stable display and apparatus A processing method for a device having a bi-stable display includes transforming a target page to be turned to; calculating overlap between the transformed target page and a current page; and determining whether the overlap of the transformed page complies with a predetermined criterion.
US08581831B2	Scanning backlight for flat-panel display An illuminator for a flat-panel display comprises a tapered slab waveguide 1 co-extensive with the display, a light source 2-4 arranged to inject light into an edge of the waveguide so that it emerges over the face of the waveguide, and means for scanning the light injected into the wedge so that different areas of the panel are illuminated in turn. Preferably the light source is a set of rows of LEDs, each row injecting light at a different range of angles so that it emerges over different areas of the waveguide 1.
US08581824B2	Hybrid digital to analog converter, source driver, and liquid crystal display device A hybrid digital to analog converter (DAC) includes a first digital to analog converting unit (DACU) and a second DAC unit. The first DAC unit provides an analog voltage corresponding to Q-bit upper data of P-bit gray data, in response to a plurality of gamma voltages, where P is a natural number equal to or greater than 10 and Q is a natural number less than 10. The second DAC unit provides an analog current having a magnitude according to each bit level of R-bit lower data of the P-bit gray data, based on a rated current generated from a reference voltage, where R is a natural number corresponding to P-Q.
US08581821B2	Liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal display method, display control device, and display control method An LCD device includes a display unit including pixels having a multi-pixel structure; first and second driving units that drive scanning and signal lines, respectively; an image acquisition unit, and a control unit. Each of the pixels includes first and second pixels, and first and second pixels of pixels are connected to two corresponding signal lines in a checkerboard manner. The first driving unit is controlled to repeatedly scan a first sub-frame of odd lines and a second sub-frame of even lines, and the second driving unit is controlled in such a manner that the polarity of the first pixel of a pixel differs from that of the second pixel of the pixel, the polarities of the adjacent first pixels differ from each other and those of the adjacent second pixels differ from each other, and a polarity signal is inverted when switching is performed between first and second sub-frames.
US08581817B2	Liquid crystal display and method for controlling same An LCD includes an OSD system and a gamma correction circuit. The OSD system includes an input system for setting gamma values. The gamma correction circuit includes a look-up table. The look-up table includes a plurality of sub-look-up tables, each corresponding to a gamma value. Each sub-look-up table stores a plurality of original gray level values and a plurality of corrected gray level values corresponding to the original gray level values. The gamma correction-circuit receives an original gray level value corresponding to a video signal, and searches a sub-look-up table corresponding to a set gamma value for a corresponding corrected gray level value. A method for controlling the LCD is also provided.
US08581809B2	OLED luminance degradation compensation A system and method are disclosed for determining a pixel capacitance. The pixel capacitance is correlated to a pixel age to determine a current correction factor used for compensating the pixel drive current to account for luminance degradation of the pixel that results from the pixel aging.
US08581804B2	User programmable graphics in non-volatile memory for EPD driver IC Systems and methods are disclosed for a display driver having an internal non-volatile memory in order to save memory storage and computation effort of a host processor. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the display driver is applied for an electronic paper display. Contained within the display driver are user-definable display graphics bitmaps, multiple stored bitmaps used to assemble complex display images, and multiple phase tables, each table of arbitrary length. The invention removes the requirement for a host processor to store display images and/or display image decodes of numerical data and simplifies the process required to construct a display image from stored bitmaps. Furthermore the invention provides pre-programmed multiple phase tables (phase/delay waveform definitions), allowing a simple mechanism to alter the waveform generation, required for example to accommodate temperature variations, blanking the display before updating an image, etc.
US08581796B2	Antenna using complex structure having periodic, vertical spacing between dielectric and magnetic substances The present invention relates to an antenna using a complex structure in which dielectric substances having a low dielectric constant and magnetic substances having a high magnetic permeability are arranged vertically and periodically in order to improve the gain, efficiency, and bandwidth of the antenna while maintaining a small size which is an advantage of a conventional antenna using dielectric substances having a high dielectric constant. The present invention provides the antenna using a complex structure having a vertical and periodic structure of dielectric substances and magnetic substances, comprising a substrate and a radiation patch formed on the substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of layers. Each of the layers has the dielectric substances and the magnetic substances of a bar shape alternately arranged therein and has the dielectric substances and the magnetic substances alternately laminated thereon even in a height direction.
US08581791B2	Communication device and control method A first adjustment circuit adjusts an impedance of a first antenna, and a second adjustment circuit adjusts an impedance of a second antenna. A coupling reduction circuit reduces an amount of coupling of the first and second antennas. A first reception power measurement unit measures first reception power received from the first antenna, and a second reception power measurement unit measures second reception power received from the second antenna. A selection unit selects a circuit from among the first adjustment circuit, the second adjustment circuit, and the coupling reduction circuit. A circuit control unit controls the impedance of the selected circuit so that the value of the evaluation function proportional to the product of the first reception power and the second reception power becomes larger.
US08581790B2	Tuned directional antennas A technique for improving radio coverage involves using interdependently tuned directional antennas. An example according to the technique is a substrate including two antennas, a transceiver, and a connector. Another example system according to the technique is a wireless access point (AP) including a processor, memory, a communication port, and a PCB comprising a plurality of directional antennas and a radio. An example method according to the technique involves determining a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) and interdependently tuning a first and second directional antenna to reach an expected radiation pattern.
US08581788B2	Antennas for electronic devices A removable antenna and a resilient antenna are provided for an electronic device such as a laptop computer. An antenna resonating element is mounted within the antenna. Flexible coupling structures are used to physically and removably attach the antenna to the electronic device. The flexible coupling structures couple the antenna resonating element to circuitry in the electronic device. The coupling structures may allow the antenna to break away from the electronic device without causing damage. A user may extend the antenna by rotating the removable antenna to its extended position. The electronic device may have an antenna receptacle that holds the resilient antenna in a stowed position and that allows the resilient antenna to flex to an extended position. A user may extend the resilient antenna by removing the resilient antenna from the antenna receptacle and flexing the antenna into its extended position.
US08581787B2	Portable electronic device with antenna module A portable electronic device includes a main body, and an antenna module. The main body includes an upper surface and a lower surface. A recessed portion is formed in the upper surface and a receiving portion is formed in the lower surface. The antenna module includes an antenna and a holder. The antenna is attached to the holder. The holder includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion are respectively engaged in the recessed portion and the receiving portion. A connector electronically connects the antenna.
US08581786B2	Antenna connector of mobile communication terminal A mobile communication terminal includes a main member and a moving member movably joined to the main member. An antenna connector connects and disconnects an antenna to a PCB according to a movement of the moving member. The antenna connector includes: a rail provided in one of the second member and the first member; a connection member moveable along the rail, the connection member being electrically conductive; and a holder to support the connection member on the rail and to which a first cable extending from one of the antenna and the PCB is connected; and a terminal, disposed adjacent to the rail, of a second cable extending from the other of the antenna and the PCB.
US08581785B2	Multilevel and space-filling ground-planes for miniature and multiband antennas An antenna system includes one or more conductive elements acting as radiating elements, and a multilevel or space-filling ground-plane, wherein said ground-plane has a particular geometry which affects the operating characteristics of the antenna. The return loss, bandwidth, gain, radiation efficiency, and frequency performance can be controlled through multilevel and space-filling ground-plane design. Also, said ground-plane can be reduced compared to those of antennas with solid ground-planes.
US08581769B2	Multiplying digital-to-analog converter configured to maintain impedance balancing A multiplying digital-to-analog converter suited to maintain impedance balancing during phases. In an embodiment, an input signal may be sampled onto nodes of impedance elements during an initial phase. In a second phase the impedance elements are directly coupled either to a non-inverting reference input or the inverting reference input of an amplifier depending on an output of a related flash ADC output. The determination as to which capacitor is to be coupled to inverting or non-inverting input nodes may be directly programmed into the MDAC using switches, such that a thermometric to binary converter is not required in an example embodiment. Thus, the number of impedance elements coupled to the non-inverting reference input or inverting reference input REFM remains constant in each cycle such that there is no need to settle the non-inverting reference input or inverting reference input to full accuracy.
US08581760B2	Digital to analog converter A digital-to-analog converter is disclosed. The converter includes a gradient correction module that generates a correction term based on a model of gradient error. The correction term is then applied to the signal path in the digital domain or applied to the output of the digital-to-analog converter in the analog domain. The model used to generate the correction term is based on a vertical gradient error in the array of current source elements, which may be modelled and calibrated using a second-order polynomial. Further, a digital-to-analog converter having a Nyquist DAC and an oversampled DAC is disclosed. When the oversampled DAC is enabled, the resolution of the Nyquist DAC may be increased while slowing the conversion rate.
US08581741B2	Communication system for a hydrocarbon extraction plant A method of enabling communication between components of a hydrocarbon extraction plant, the plant having an underwater hydrocarbon extraction installation including at least one hydrocarbon extraction well with an associated tree, comprises providing a plurality of RF communication means at respective components of the installation.
US08581738B2	Assembling method, monitoring method, and augmented reality system used for indicating correct connection of parts An augmented reality system and an assembling method are provided for assembling a first set-up component to a second set-up component under the assistance of an augmented reality system. The augmented realty system may capture a first part of a marker and a second part of the marker associated with the respective component. The augmented realty system may capture a variable marker associated with one of the components. The augmented realty system may capture a first marker and a second marker associated with the respective component. The augmented reality system can recognize the location and/or status of the markers and thus decide whether the connection between the first and second set-up component is established correctly or not.
US08581730B2	Radio frequency identification device with visual indicator An RFID device includes a chip, an antenna operatively coupled to the chip, and a visual indicator operatively coupled to the chip. The visual indicator provides a visual indication of an operative state of the device. The visual indication may be human readable and/or machine readable, and may provide visual indication that is dependent on a change in an operative state of the device. The operative state that triggers the visual indication may include a state in which the chip has temporarily or permanently been rendered inoperative or disabled, that is, in which the chip no longer responds to, or otherwise interacts with, ordinary incoming RF signals such as from a device reader. The visual indicator may be included in a display that functions by any of a variety of suitable mechanisms, such as by use of electrochromic materials, thermochromic materials, liquid crystals, or chemically-reactive materials.
US08581728B2	Inventory devices and methods In one implementation, a method includes determining first component data by a first aggregation device at a first time, the first aggregation device being associated with a first one of a plurality of device components of a device, the first component data comprising identification data regarding at least a second one of the plurality of device components of the device. The first component data may be stored. A component request may be received storing the first component data; receiving a component request; and providing the first component data via the wireless interface in response to the component request; wherein the determining, storing, receiving, and providing steps are performed when the device is powered off.
US08581721B2	Game access device with privileges Systems and methods for verifying the eligibility of players attempting to participate in gaming events are disclosed. Communication objects having RFID tags and closed electrical circuits are individually assigned to and worn by players within a gaming player verification system, which can be administered by a casino desk, hotel concierge, or other operating entity. These RFID tags are adapted to communicate with associated player tracking units attached to gaming machines and other devices via radio frequency waves, and each communication object is adapted to alter its communication pattern in response to any break of its closed electrical circuit. In some embodiments, a communications object may emit a signal that conveys a privilege of the player wearing the communications object. Such a privilege may include a privilege to bypass a line at a restaurant or to otherwise receive priority seating. Bracelets, wristwatches or collars can be used as communication objects, such that the removal of such an object from a player cannot be accomplished without breaking the closed electrical circuit contained therein, thereby disabling or de-authenticating the device. A computer server having a player verification program and database may also be used.
US08581714B2	Method and apparatus for generating vehicle vibration to alert vehicle user of warning A drive torque modulation is generated in response to an unintentional lane departure or traffic/obstacle intervention in an electric vehicle or a hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV). At least one of propulsion and braking of the vehicle is controlled via a motor of the vehicle in accordance with the torque modulation. Vehicle oscillation is generated through the torque modulation to let the driver be aware of the impending dangerous driving situation.
US08581706B2	Data storage medium and method for contactless communication between the data storage medium and a reader A method and a data carrier for contactless, in particular parallel, communication of a reading device with at least two communication-ready applications located on a portable data carrier. A first communication-readiness signal is generated for a first application and sent to the reading device, the signal having a first identification number that is assigned to the first application and indicates to the reading device the communication readiness of said first application, and a second communication-readiness signal is generated and sent for a second application, the second signal having a second identification number different from the first identification number, which is assigned to said second application and indicates to the reading device the communication readiness of said second application. The identification numbers simulate for the reading device the communication readiness of a data carrier in each case. The reading device thus has the impression of communicating with applications of two separate data carriers.
US08581699B2	Portable equipment detecting system A portable equipment detecting system includes an antenna having a first element of which a longitudinal direction is defined as a running direction of the vehicle, a second element of which longitudinal direction is defined as a direction perpendicular to the running direction of the vehicle and the vertical direction of the vehicle, and a bypass wiring of which one end is connected to a connection point between the first and second elements; and detecting circuit adapted to switch between three power-supplied states of the antenna including a first supplied state, a second supplied state and a third supplied state, and to detect a location of the portable equipment based on an acknowledge signal from the portable equipment when the power-supplied state is switched.
US08581698B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for facilitating location discovery A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to permit location discovery, including location discovery in indoor settings. The method may identify a wireless signature present at a geographical location and determine whether the wireless signature corresponds to a previously observed wireless signature associated with the predefined geographical location. In instances in which the wireless signature fails to correspond to a previously observed wireless signature, the method may also receive an identification of a geographical location and associate, such as by means of a processor, the wireless signature with the identification of the geographical location. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided.
US08581694B2	RFID interrogator configured for protection against electromagnetic interference of a remote device having an RFID tag An RFID tag interrogator is described. The interrogator comprises a time-out circuit and an actuatable RF signal generator for transmitting an electromagnetic signal. Upon first actuation, the RF signal generator transmits a first electromagnetic signal having a first limited total continuous transmit time that is no longer than a predetermined transmit-time. That transmission is followed by an interim period of a defined length where the time-out circuit renders the interrogator incapable of transmitting the electromagnetic signal. The interim period is followed by the RF signal generator transmitting a second electromagnetic signal having a second limited total continuous transmit time that is no longer than the predetermined transmit time. The time-out circuit prevents the first, second and subsequent transmissions of the electromagnetic signal that are each no longer than the predetermined transmit time after a prior electromagnetic signal has been transmitted until the interim period has expired.
US08581682B2	Magnet aided solenoid for an electrical switch A solenoid is provided for an electrical switch. The solenoid includes a coil having a passageway extending therethrough along a central longitudinal axis. The solenoid also includes a movable core having a coil segment and a magnet segment. The coil segment is received within the passageway of the coil such that the coil extends around the coil segment. The magnet segment includes a radially outer surface relative to the central longitudinal axis of the passageway of the coil. The movable core is movable relative to the coil along the central longitudinal axis such that the coil segment is movable within the passageway of the coil along the central longitudinal axis. A permanent magnet extends around at least a portion of the radially outer surface of the magnet segment of the movable core. The movable core is movable along the central longitudinal axis relative to the permanent magnet.
US08581671B2	Oscillation device An oscillation device capable of highly accurate temperature compensation of an output frequency is provided. The oscillation device includes: first and second oscillator circuits oscillating first and second quartz-crystal resonators with overtones respectively; a frequency difference detecting part finding a value corresponding to a difference value between values corresponding to differences between f1 and f1r and between f2 and f2r, where f1 and f2 are oscillation frequencies of the first and second oscillator circuits, and f1r and f2r are oscillation frequencies of the first and second oscillator circuits at a reference temperature; and a correction value obtaining part which, based on the value corresponding to the difference value and a relation between the value corresponding to the difference value and a frequency correction value of the oscillation frequency f1, obtains the frequency correction value of f1, wherein the output frequency is corrected based on the found frequency correction value.
US08581668B2	Oscillator regeneration device A negative resistance device for a multiphase oscillator is disclosed. The negative resistance device is coupled to taps of the multiphase oscillator so that it injects no energy into the oscillator when the oscillator is most sensitive to noise, thereby decreasing the phase noise of the oscillator. The negative resistance device also guarantees the direction of movement of a traveling wave past the taps of the multiphase oscillator.
US08581663B2	Multi-port amplification device that self-compensates in the presence of traffic A system for multi-distributed amplification of a communication signal including at least one plurality N of input pathways connected to an input Butler matrix which delivers as output N distributed signals, a plurality N of tube amplifiers which receive as input said distributed signals and produce as output N amplified and phase-shifted signals each of a complex gain Gi and an output Butler matrix which receives as input said amplified signals and produces as output N output signals, wherein the phase error and amplitude error are self-compensated in the presence of traffic.
US08581662B2	Amplifying system A system for amplifying an input signal can comprise a main amplifier to amplify a delayed version of the input signal. The system can also comprise a peak amplifier to amplify the input signal upon the input signal reaching a threshold level and disable amplification upon the input signal falling below the threshold level. The system can further comprise a voltage combiner to electromagnetically couple the output of the main amplifier and the peak amplifier, such that an output impedance at an output node of the voltage combiner is a high impedance if the input signal is below the threshold level.
US08581661B2	Audio programmable gain amplifier with automatic reconfiguration A reconfigurable amplifier comprising a first operational amplifier having two inputs and an output. A second operational amplifier having two inputs and an output. A plurality of switches coupled to the two inputs and the output of the first operational amplifier and the two inputs and the output of the second operational amplifier, wherein a first configuration of the plurality of switches causes the first operational amplifier and the second operational amplifier to operate as an inverting differential input amplifier, and wherein a second configuration of the plurality of switches causes the first operational amplifier and the second operational amplifier to operate as a non-inverting differential input instrumentation amplifier.
US08581660B1	Power transistor partial current sensing for high precision applications A power transistor module including a power transistor with a first common power node, and a split control node. A first clip is connected to a portion of a second power node so that current through a first control segment of the control node is directed through a first transistor portion and through the first clip. A second clip is connected to another portion of the second power node so that current through a second control segment is directed through a second transistor portion and through the second clip. A ratio of an area of the first transistor portion to a combined area of the first and second portions is 5 percent to 75 percent. A shunt is coupled in series to the first clip. The shunt may be directly electrically connected to the first portion of the power transistor.
US08581657B2	Voltage divider, constant voltage circuit using same, and trimming method in the voltage divider circuit A voltage divider circuit generating a divided voltage by dividing an input voltage with a predetermined voltage division ratio, and outputting the divided voltage is disclosed. The voltage divider circuit includes a first resistor circuit including multiple resistors connected in series, the resistors being connected in parallel to corresponding fuses; and a second resistor circuit including multiple resistors connected in series, the resistors being connected in parallel to corresponding fuses, the second resistor circuit being connected in series to the first resistor circuit. The divided voltage is output from the connection of the first resistor circuit and the second resistor circuit, and the fuses of the first resistor circuit and the second resistor circuit are subjected to trimming so that the combined resistance of the first resistor circuit and the second resistor circuit is constant.
US08581656B2	Transmission gate and control circuit for transmission gate inputs A transmission gate includes first and second transmission path terminals, a series connection of first and second field effect transistors (FETs), and a control circuit. The channels of the first and second FETs are coupled in series between the first transmission path terminal and the second transmission path terminal, such that a channel contact of the first FET is coupled to the second transmission path terminal and a channel contact of the second FET is coupled to the first transmission path terminal. The control circuit is configured to provide a control voltage for a gate contact of the first FET and a control voltage for a gate contact of the second FET, such that the control voltage for the gate contact of the first FET is, in a switch-off state of the transmission gate, based on a voltage present at the first transmission path terminal, and such that the control voltage for the gate contact of the second FET is, in the switch-off state of the transmission gate, based on a voltage present at the second transmission path terminal.
US08581652B2	Flip-flop circuit, semiconductor device and electronic apparatus A flip-flop circuit (FF 10) of the present invention includes master latch circuits (LAT 11 and LAT 12), slave latch circuits (LAT 13 and LAT 14), C-element circuits (CE 11, CE 12, CE 13, and CE 14), and inverter circuits (INV 11, INV 12, INV 13, and INV 14). The inverter circuits (INV 11 and INV 12) are interconnected to each other between the C-element circuit (CE 11) and the C-element circuit (CE 12). The inverter circuits (INV 13 and INV 14) are interconnected to each other between the C-element circuit (CE 13) and the C-element circuit (CE 14).
US08581649B2	Semiconductor device and information processing system The semiconductor device includes an output driver and a characteristic switching circuit that switches characteristics of the output driver. The characteristic switching circuit mutually matches a rising time and a falling time of an output signal output from the output driver, when a power voltage supplied to a power line is a first voltage, with a rising time and a falling time of the output signal output from the output driver, when the power voltage supplied to the power line is a second voltage. As a result, an increase in an influence of a harmonic component or a crosstalk when the power voltage is reduced does not occur. Moreover, because a receiving condition on a receiver side does not change even when the power voltage is reduced, signal transmission and reception can be performed correctly irrespective of the power voltage.
US08581640B2	Clock divider with a zero-count counter A clock divider circuit. The clock divider receives m input clock signals each of the same frequency. Each input clock signal after the first has a phase offset of 2π/m from the previous input clock signal. The clock divider divides the frequency of the input clock signals by an integer of division K. The clock divider includes a counter that receives the first input clock signal and provides one or more count signals. The clock divider also includes m flip-flops, of which a first flip-flop receives the first input clock signal at its clock input and provides a first clock output signal. Each flip-flop after the first receives an input clock signal at its clock input and provides a clock output signal, each clock output signal after the first having a 2πK/m phase offset from the previous clock output signal.
US08581635B1	Method and apparatus for sampling Aspects of the disclosure provide a sampling circuit having reduced sampling distortions. The sampling circuit can include a switch having a control terminal, a first channel terminal and a second channel terminal. The first channel terminal can be configured to receive an input signal, and the control terminal can be configured to have a control voltage that varies with regard to the input signal, such that a conducting channel can be formed between the first channel terminal and the second channel terminal to enable an output voltage on the second channel terminal to track the input signal. Further, the sampling circuit can include a bootstrap module coupled to the control terminal of the switch. The bootstrap module can be configured to change the control voltage by a substantially constant value to turn off the conducting channel between the first channel terminal and the second channel terminal in order to hold the output voltage as a sample of the input signal. In addition, the bootstrap module can be configured to couple a voltage increase to the control terminal of the switch to increase a turn-on speed of the switch.
US08581634B2	Source follower input buffer Traditionally, input source follower buffers for analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) lacked sufficiently high linearity. This was due in part to source follower buffers having to drive external capacitive loads by generally providing a signal current to the capacitive load. Here, a buffer is provided that includes a source follower buffer and other biasing circuitry (which provided the signal current). Thus, the overall linearity of the input circuitry (namely, the input buffer) is improved.
US08581626B2	Control system, logic module substrate, and logic FPGA According to an embodiment, a control system has: a logic module substrate that has a logic FPGA on which logic is mounted, a transmission module that transmits an output logic state signal, which is logic state signal representing an interim logic state of a process by the logic FPGA of deriving a logic output signal from the logic input signals, and a logic monitoring device that displays to monitor the logic state signal transmitted from the transmission module. The logic module substrate includes an event detection unit that detects a change in the logic state signal. Only when a change in the logic state signals is detected by the event detection unit, the logic output state signal being transmitted to the transmission module.
US08581625B2	Programmable logic device An object is to provide a programmable logic device having logic blocks connected to each other by a programmable switch, where the programmable switch is characterized by an oxide semiconductor transistor incorporated therein. The extremely low off-state current of the oxide semiconductor transistor provides a function as a non-volatile memory due to its high ability to hold a potential of a gate electrode of a transistor which is connected to the oxide semiconductor transistor. The ability of the oxide semiconductor transistor to function as a non-volatile memory allows the configuration data for controlling the connection of the logic blocks to be maintained even in the absence of a power supply potential. Hence, the rewriting process of the configuration data at starting of the device can be omitted, which contributes to the reduction in power consumption of the device.
US08581610B2	Method of designing an application specific probe card test system A method is provided for design and programming of a probe card with an on-board programmable controller in a wafer test system. Consideration of introduction of the programmable controller is included in a CAD wafer layout and probe card design process. The CAD design is further loaded into the programmable controller, such as an FPGA to program it: (1) to control direction of signals to particular ICs, even during the test process (2) to generate test vector signals to provide to the ICs, and (3) to receive test signals and process test results from the received signals. In some embodiments, burn-in only testing is provided to limit test system circuitry needed so that with a programmable controller on the probe card, text equipment external to the probe card can be eliminated or significantly reduced from conventional test equipment.
US08581605B2	Nanopore platforms for ion channel recordings and single molecule detection and analysis A nanopore device includes a membrane having a nanopore extending there through forming a channel from a first side of the membrane to a second side of the membrane. The surface of the channel and first side of the membrane are modified with a hydrophobic coating. A first lipid monolayer is deposited on the first side of the membrane, and a second lipid monolayer is deposited on the second side of the membrane, wherein the hydrophobic coating causes spontaneous generation of a lipid bilayer across the nanopore orifice. Sensing entities, such as a protein ion channel, can be inserted and removed from the bilayer by adjusting transmembrane pressure, and adapter molecules can be electrostatically trapped in the ion channel by applying high transmembrane voltages, while resistance or current flow through the sensing entity can be measured electrically.
US08581594B2	Microresistivity anisotropy logging tool employing a monopole current injection electrode A microresistivity logging tool includes a monopole current injection electrode and at least first and second pairs of potential electrodes. The tool may further include a controller configured for making microresistivity anisotropy measurements using a single firing of the monopole current injection electrode. The controller may be configured to compute a two-dimensional tensor of the local formation resistivity from a single firing of the monopole current injection electrode. The use of a single firing tends to decrease measurement time, which in turn tends to improved azimuthal sensitivity in microresistivity anisotropy imaging while drilling applications.
US08581591B2	Method and system of determining an electrical property of a formation fluid Determining an electrical property of a formation fluid. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising drawing formation fluids into a tool within a borehole, applying a swept frequency electric field to the formation fluids by way of a first winding, inducing a current flow in a second winding based on the swept frequency electric field, and determining a property of the formation fluids based, at least in part, on the current flow in the second winding.
US08581590B2	Quadrature endorectal coils and interface devices therefor An intracavity probe for use with an MR system allows images and spectra of internal anatomical structures to be obtained. The intracavity probe houses within its balloon-type enclosure a single-element quadrature coil sensitive to both the vertical and horizontal components of the MR signal. The quadrature coil by means of its output line is designed to plug into a dedicated interface device with which to interface the quadrature coil with the MR system. Drive capacitors within the coil in conjunction with the electrical length of the output line and phase shifting networks within the interface device enable complete decoupling of the quadrature coil from the transmit fields generated by the MR system. Preamplifier, power splitting and combining networks within the interface device process voltage signals representative of the horizontal and vertical components of the MR signal and enable them to be conveyed to the input port(s) of the MR system.
US08581583B2	Method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging to create T1 maps In a method and apparatus for MR imaging, a data acquisition sequence is executed wherein at least two slices of an examination subject are imaged in parallel with a gradient echo method for spatially resolved quantification of the T1 relaxation time. At least one first acquisition sequence is implemented to acquire MR data from a first slice of the examination subject and at least one second acquisition sequence is implemented to acquire MR data from a second slice of the examination subject. The acquisition sequences each include an inversion pulse and at least two successive readout steps. The first and second acquisition sequences are temporally offset from one another such that they at least partially overlap.
US08581581B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit and a strain correction unit. The imaging unit is configured to acquire frames of diffusion weighted image data corresponding to different b-values by diffusion weighted imaging with applying MPG pulses corresponding to the different b-values of which application axes are same. The strain correction unit is configured to calculate a strain correction coefficient for diffusion weighted image data to be a target of a strain correction based on diffusion weighted image data corresponding to a b-value different from a b-value corresponding to the diffusion weighted image data to be the target of the strain correction among the frames of the diffusion weighted image data to generate image data after the strain correction by the strain correction of the diffusion weighted image data to be the target of the strain correction using the calculated strain correction coefficient.
US08581578B2	Magnetic pattern detection device A magnetic pattern detection device for use with a medium having at least one magnetic pattern of a plurality of types of magnetic patterns whose residual magnetic flux density and permeability are different on a basis of both of a level of residual magnetic flux density and a level of permeability may include a common sensor part structured to detect presence/absence of each of the plurality of types of magnetic patterns, and a signal processing section structured to extract a first signal corresponding to the level of the residual magnetic flux density and a second signal corresponding to the level of the permeability from a signal outputted from the sensor part.
US08581557B2	Direct-current power source apparatus A direct-current power source apparatus in which a lithium-ion capacitor unit is used as an electric storage system and which can fully utilize the lithium-ion capacitor unit and maintain the supply of electricity to a load is provided. An electric storage system includes a lithium-ion capacitor unit and a lead-acid battery connected in parallel with a load, and a voltage detecting section that detects the voltage of the lithium-ion capacitor unit. When the voltage detecting section detects that the voltage of the lithium-ion capacitor unit has reached a unit lower-limit voltage, a control circuit outputs a conduction signal for causing a switching circuit to get into a conductive state. When the switching circuit gets into a conductive state, the secondary battery supplies an electric power to a motor. At this time, the secondary battery charges the lithium-ion capacitor unit.
US08581554B2	Battery charging method and apparatus Disclosed are methods for charging batteries utilizing a charge balance approach, and charger systems using those methods. In one example, a method for charging a battery includes monitoring an amount of charge released by the battery while in a discharge state, recording the amount of charge released while in the discharge state, applying a voltage which results in current in reverse direction to the battery at a first voltage level for a time sufficient to introduce an amount of charge substantially equal to the recorded amount of charge released by the battery while in the discharge state, and maintaining the battery in a stand-by mode by applying a voltage which results in current in reverse direction to the battery at a second voltage level, the second voltage level being in a range sufficient to prevent self-discharge of the battery and insufficient to induce evaporation of electrolyte in the battery.
US08581551B2	Power storage apparatus A power storage apparatus includes a main power line, a first battery rack connected to an output terminal of the main power line at a first distance from the output terminal, a second battery rack connected to an output terminal of the main power line at a second distance from the output terminal, the second distance being different from the first distance, and a load resistor connected between the second battery rack and the main power line, the load resistor having a resistance that adjusts an impedance difference between the first battery rack and the second battery rack, the impedance difference resulting from a difference between the first distance and the second distance.
US08581550B2	Method and apparatus for identifying types of energy sources used to charge a battery A method and apparatus for identifying different types of energy sources used to charge a battery by receiving energy from at least one of the different types of energy sources at input terminals, identifying the type of energy source, and selecting a mode for charging the battery based on the type of energy source identified. A method and apparatus for protecting against certain energy sources used to charge a battery is also disclosed.
US08581544B2	Charging apparatus for vehicle and controlling method thereof An apparatus for charging a portable device battery with a vehicle battery is provided. The apparatus includes a storage, a voltage monitor for monitoring voltage of the vehicle battery, a portable device connector, and a charging controller. The storage stores a charging table in which charging quantity ratios of the portable device battery to voltage bandwidths of the vehicle battery are written. The charging controller controls the connector so that the portable battery is charged to a desired value of voltage that corresponds to the monitored voltage in the charging table. With this apparatus, it is possible to charge conveniently, among others.
US08581531B2	Power converter device An electric power converting apparatus includes a switching circuit, a PWM controller, conducting PWM all phase shut-off and zero-vector outputting, a unit configured to detect or estimate current flowing through a motor, a unit configured to conduct a DC braking, and a current comparator configured to compare between a DC braking time maximum current setup value, and a current value obtained by the unit configured to detect or estimate current. The PWM all phase shut-off and zero-vector outputting are conducted, repetitively, by the PWM controller, if the current comparator determines that a current value, which is obtained by the unit configured to detect or estimate current, exceeds the DC braking time maximum current setup value, when conducting the DC braking to obtain a braking power by running current through the motor.
US08581529B2	Vibration motor driving apparatus using a serial interface A vibration motor driving apparatus using a serial interface comprises a serial interface part for receiving an effect command (effect digital data or effect generating command digital data) from a main processor upon occurrence of an event, a unit for generating a clock when the effect command is received from the serial interface unit, a vibration motor driving signal generating unit including an effect data generating part for outputting effect data having a resonance frequency of a vibration motor on the basis of the effect command received from the serial interface unit and the clock received from the clock generating unit, and a D/A converting part for converting the effect data into a vibration motor driving signal, and the vibration motor which vibrates in accordance with the vibration motor driving signal to generate a haptic rhythm.
US08581526B1	Unbalanced field RF electron gun A design for an RF electron gun having a gun cavity utilizing an unbalanced electric field arrangement. Essentially, the electric field in the first (partial) cell has higher field strength than the electric field in the second (full) cell of the electron gun. The accompanying method discloses the use of the unbalanced field arrangement in the operation of an RF electron gun in order to accelerate an electron beam.
US08581521B2	Method of configuring an led driver, led driver, led assembly and method of controlling an led assembly A method of configuring an LED driver is disclosed. The LED driver being arranged to provide a supply current to an LED fixture comprising a plurality of LEDs. The method comprises: identifying the LED fixture (LF)1 sending via a communication network (NTW) a configuration request to a configuration database (DB), receiving configuration data from the configuration database; and configuring the LED driver (LPS) according to the configuration data.
US08581511B2	Circuit and method for generating PWM signal for DC-DC converter using dimming signal and LED driving circuit for backlight having the same A pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generating circuit that generates a PWM signal for a DC-DC converter using a dimming signal is provided. The PWM signal generating circuit includes a normal PWM signal generator configured to generate a normal PWM signal based on a clock signal provided to the DC-DC converter, and a compensation PWM signal generator configured to generate a compensation PWM signal based on the clock signal and the dimming signal.
US08581510B2	Discharge lamp lighting apparatus In order to suppress a peak of an excessive current and suppress a variation in a resonance voltage of a resonator, which are likely to occur immediately after a discharge lamp starts lighting, in a case where a high-frequency current continuously flows asymmetrically with respect to a zero current instead of flowing symmetrically on positive and negative sides immediately after the lighting since electrodes of the discharge lamp are not evenly warmed, the resonance voltage and the high-frequency current are finely adjusted in a resonance voltage and high-frequency current setting method including setting a drive frequency of an inverter circuit and varying output from a down-converter.
US08581508B2	LED driving apparatus Provided is an LED driving apparatus capable of improving a power factor through a non-insulation type simplified circuit structure, including: a light emitting unit having at least one LED; a rectifier rectifying an alternate current (AC) voltage applied from external power; a power supply unit supplying driving power to the light emitting unit, and having an inductor connected to an output terminal of the light emitting unit; and a switch controller.
US08581507B2	LED lighting apparatus with adjustable lighting intensity A LED lighting apparatus includes at least one LED lighting element, a control unit and a switching converter, for supplying the LED lighting element. A feedback circuit is connected between the LED lighting element and a ground line and co-operates with the switching converter for determining a LED current through LED lighting element. The feedback circuit has a first impedance in a first state, to which a non-zero first regulation value of the LED current corresponds, and a second impedance in a second state, to which a non-zero second regulation value of the LED current corresponds. The control unit is configured to cyclically switch the feedback circuit between the first state and the second state with a controllable duty-cycle.
US08581505B2	Primary-side based control of secondary-side current for a transformer A power control system includes a transformer and a controller regulates a current on a secondary-side of the transformer based on a primary-side signal value. In at least one embodiment, the secondary-side current is a current out of a filter coupled to a rectifier and the secondary-side of the transformer and into a load. In at least one embodiment, the primary-side signal value is a sample of a current in the primary-side windings of the transformer. In at least one embodiment, the primary-side signal value represents a sample value of a primary-side transformer current. Proper timing of sampling the primary-side signal value substantially eliminates contributions of a transformer magnetizing current from the primary-side transformer current sample. Sampling the primary-side signal value when contributions of the transformer magnetizing current are substantially eliminated allows at least an average of the secondary-side current to be determined from the primary-side signal value.
US08581495B2	Apparatus for producing plasma An apparatus for producing plasma, includes a container provided with at least one discharge electrode and a power supply unit that has at least one coupling electrode that can be capacitively coupled to the discharge electrode. The power supply unit is adapted to be removable from the container. The at least one coupling electrode is disposed beneath an insulating layer. In this way, the user can not come into direct contact with a coupling electrode after removing the power supply unit.
US08581492B2	Electric incandescent lamp for vehicle headlights with new filament geometry A filament coil for an incandescent lamp assembly is provided. The filament coil includes a helical winding extending generally along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. The filament coil further includes a winding having a first pitch ratio at the first and second ends, and a different, second pitch ratio along an intermediate portion located between the first and second ends.
US08581488B2	White light-emitting semiconductor devices A white light-emitting semiconductor device having improved reproducibility of bright red. The device outputs light having a blue component, a green component, and a red component. Each of the light components (blue, green, and red) consists of a light-emitting semiconductor element and/or a phosphor that absorbs light emitted by a light-emitting semiconductor element and emits light through wavelength conversion. The outputted light has a spectrum which has a maximum wavelength in the range of 615-645 nm, and the intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm of the outputted light, which has been normalized with respect to luminous flux, is 80-100% of the intensity at a wavelength of 580 nm of standard light for color rendering evaluation, which has been normalized with respect to luminous flux.
US08581475B2	Generating device using piezoelectric energy harvester Provided is a power generating apparatus using piezoelectric elements, which can increase an amount of electricity generated in the piezoelectric elements and can extend the life of the piezoelectric elements. The power generating apparatus includes: a plurality of piezoelectric elements; a main body in which the piezoelectric elements are received and fixed, with spaced apart from one another, so as to protect the piezoelectric elements; a piezoelectric element support reciprocatingly installed in the main body to support the piezoelectric elements such that the piezoelectric elements are deformed by a reciprocating motion of the piezoelectric element support; a driving unit provided in the main body to operate the piezoelectric element support; and a power transmission unit connecting the driving unit to the piezoelectric element support, such that the piezoelectric element support is reciprocated by a driving force of the driving unit.
US08581473B2	System for using the air pressure acting on a vehicle in motion to produce energy Embodiments of the present invention feature an energy conversion system to be installed on a vehicle, comprising a movably mounted surface resting on at least one deformable piezoelectric element. Air resistance force acting on the movably mounted surface, when the vehicle is moving, causes a mechanical deformation of the at least one deformable piezoelectric element, wherein the mechanical deformation produces electrical energy.
US08581471B2	Piezoelectric fan and cooling device A piezoelectric element is attached to a vibrating plate. By expanding and contracting the piezoelectric element, the vibrating plate is bent. The vibrating plate includes removed regions on both sides of a portion to which the piezoelectric element is attached. The vibrating plate includes a plurality of the blades provided at one end thereof. By bending the vibrating plate, the blades swing. The blades are bent toward grooves between heat dissipating fins of a heat sink. The other end of the vibrating plate is fixed with screws to an upper portion of the heat sink with a supporting plate disposed therebetween such that the each of the blades are located in a groove between the heat dissipating fins of the heat sink and the removed regions are located over the grooves between the heat dissipating fins.
US08581465B2	Generator A generator comprises: a stator plate having a first fixed permanent magnet including a plurality of magnets on one side and a second fixed permanent magnet including a plurality of magnets on the other side; a first armature having a first switching winding, a first output winding, and a first back-electromotive force prevention winding on a fixed first ring core; a second armature having a second switching winding, a second output winding, and a second back-electromotive force prevention winding on a fixed second ring core; a first rotor plate having a first rotary permanent magnet; and a second rotor plate having a second rotary permanent magnet. The first and second rotor plates are coupled to each other by a driving shaft.
US08581463B2	Magnetic bearing element with adjustable stiffness A compact magnetic bearing element is provided which is made of permanent magnet discs configured to be capable of the adjustment of the bearing stiffness and levitation force over a wide range.
US08581456B2	Cooling system for an electrical machine A cooling system for an electrical machine includes a substantially closed housing, a first heat exchanger arranged inside of the housing, a second heat exchanger arranged outside of the housing, a conduit assembly for transferring a heat exchange medium in a closed circuit between the first and the second heat exchangers, a first air circulating means configured to circulate air inside of the housing over the first heat exchanger, and a second air circulating means configured to circulate air outside of the housing over the second heat exchanger, wherein the conduit assembly includes a pump for actively circulating the heat exchange medium between the first and the second heat exchangers.
US08581450B2	Electrical power transfer plug and connection system A system and method that offers the provision too rapidly and safely connect electrical generation sources, including inverters used by solar collecting panels, or wind turbines, and backup hydrocarbon fueled generators or any other supplemental power sources including storage batteries, fuel cells and future electric automobiles. Thus enabling the feeding of power to all circuits in the home or small business, not just isolated circuits in a structure. The system is compliant with electric codes, requires no costly rewiring inside the structure or in the electrical circuit panel and can be accomplished entirely from the outside of the home or small business adjacent to the electric service meter for the home or small business structure. It offers owners, utilities and equipment manufacturers a simple, safe, cost effective method for interconnection of renewable generation and storage devices with the electric grid for participation in smart energy management and net metering initiatives with local utility companies.
US08581446B2	Method and apparatus for removal of harmonic noise An apparatus for removing harmonic noise from a power transmission line transmitting electricity at a primary frequency includes a filter and a controller coupled to the sensor and to an actuator-generator. The filter separates electricity at a harmonic of a primary frequency from the electrical signal transmitted by the power transmission line. The controller is configured to modulate consumption of electricity from the power transmission line. The consumption is controlled by electrical actuation of the actuator-generator, such that the electrical actuation of the actuator-generator causes consumption of electricity from the power transmission line at a harmonic of the primary frequency. The actuator-generator is coupled to an elastically deformable component, such that electrical actuation of the actuator-generator generates tension in the elastically deformable component.
US08581439B1	Automation devices, systems, architectures, and methods including controllable transfer switches An automation system including a plurality of peripheral devices, each configured to perform at least one function relating to energy consumption in a facility and an automation controller in communication with the plurality of peripheral devices and providing for the control of the performance of the function by each device, wherein the system includes a configurable transfer switch that enables the system to control the flow and/or source of electricity provided to circuits in a facility.
US08581429B2	Turbine-generator systems and methods A turbine-generator system includes a power source powered by renewable energy. The power source drives a compressor, which outputs compressed air to pressurized tanks. A turbine is connected to the tanks via one or more nozzles. The turbine includes turbine blade assemblies and a turbine flywheel, each rotatably mounted to a shaft. The nozzles deliver compressed air to the turbine blades. The turbine includes a magnet motor for selectably applying torque to the turbine flywheel. The turbine is coupled to a generator via a magnetic clutch. An external control computer controls the rotational speed of the magnet motor and the amount and timing of the compressed air injected onto the turbine blades. A load sensor is coupled to an output of the generator and is in communication with the external control computer.
US08581417B2	Semiconductor device stack with bonding layer and wire retaining member In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a second semiconductor chip is stacked on a first semiconductor chip having a plurality of bonding pads in its central region, with a bonding layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of wires respectively connected to the plurality of bonding pads of the first semiconductor chip are led out to the outside over a peripheral edge of the first semiconductor chip by passing through a space between the first and second semiconductor chips. A retaining member for retaining at least a subset of the plurality of wires is provided in a region on the first semiconductor chip including a middle point between the bonding pads and the peripheral edge of the first semiconductor chip by using a material different from the bonding layer so that the subset of the wires is positioned generally at a center of the spacing between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip.
US08581416B2	Method of forming a semiconductor device and leadframe therefor In one embodiment, a leadframe for a semiconductor package includes a source connection area for one transistor and a drain connection point for a second transistor, and a common connection for using a connection clip to couple a drain of the first transistor to a source of the second transistor and to the common connection.
US08581410B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Even when a stiffener is omitted, the semiconductor device which can prevent the generation of twist and distortion of a wiring substrate is obtained. As for a semiconductor device which has a wiring substrate, a semiconductor chip by which the flip chip bond was made to the wiring substrate, and a heat spreader adhered to the back surface of the semiconductor chip, and which omitted the stiffener for reinforcing a wiring substrate and maintaining the surface smoothness of a heat spreader, a wiring substrate has a plurality of insulating substrates in which a through hole whose diameter differs, respectively was formed, and each insulating substrate contains a glass cloth.
US08581404B2	Structure of gold bumps and gold conductors on one IC die and methods of manufacturing the structures A method for fabricating multiple metal layers includes the following steps. An electronic component is provided with multiple contact points. A first metal layer is deposited over said electronic component. A first mask layer is deposited over said first metal layer. A second metal layer is deposited over said first metal layer exposed by an opening in said first mask layer. Said first mask layer is removed. A second mask layer is deposited over said second metal layer. A third metal layer is deposited over said second metal layer exposed by an opening in said second mask layer. Said second mask layer is removed. Said first metal layer not covered by said second metal layer is removed.
US08581401B2	Mechanisms for forming copper pillar bumps using patterned anodes This disclosure relates to a bump structure on a substrate including a copper layer, wherein the copper layer fills an opening created in a dielectric layer and a polymer layer. The bump structure further includes an under-bump-metallurgy (UBM) layer lines the opening and the copper layer is deposited over the UBM layer. The bump structure further includes a surface of the copper layer facing away from the substrate is curved. This disclosure also relates to two bump structures with different heights on a substrate where a thickness of the first bump structure is different than a thickness of the second bump structure. This disclosure also relates to a semiconductor device including a bump structure.
US08581397B2	Substrate for semiconductor package with improved bumping of chip bumps and contact pads and semiconductor package having the same The present invention relates to a substrate for a semiconductor package and a semiconductor package having the same. A substrate for a semiconductor package includes a substrate body; a contact pad group including a plurality of contact pads parallely arranged at a determined interval on a surface of the substrate body; dummy contact pads arranged at both sides of the contact pad group, respectively; and solder resist patterns covering the substrate body and having openings exposing the dummy contact pads and the contact pad group. When bumping the semiconductor chip having the bumps to the solders arranged on the contact pads formed on the substrate, the bumping defect caused due to different volumes of each solder can be prevented.
US08581385B2	Semiconductor chip to dissipate heat, semiconductor package including the same, and stack package using the same A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor chip body having a top surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces. The bottom surface may have a groove pattern defined by removing a partial thickness of the semiconductor chip body to extend from one or more edges of the semiconductor chip body toward a center portion of the semiconductor chip body. Through electrodes may be formed to extend from the top surface of the semiconductor chip body and pass through the groove pattern defined on the bottom surface. A heat dissipation pattern may fill in the groove pattern defined on the bottom surface and may be connected with the through electrodes.
US08581384B2	Semiconductor package structure A semiconductor package structure comprises a lead frame, at least one chip, a molding compound and an anti-conduction film. The lead frame comprises a plurality of leads, each of the leads comprises a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion comprises a first upper surface and a first lower surface, and the second end portion comprises a second upper surface and a second lower surface. The chip comprises a plurality of bumps electrically connected with the lead frame. The chip and the leads are covered with the molding compound. The first lower surface of each of the first end portions and the second lower surface of each of the second end portions are exposed by the molding compound. The first lower surface of the first end portion of each of the leads is covered with the anti-conduction film.
US08581372B2	Semiconductor storage device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor storage device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plate and an external connection terminal. The plate is molded in a resin mold section. A semiconductor memory chip is placed on the plate. The external connection terminal is exposed to the outer circumferential surface of the semiconductor storage device. The plate includes a plurality of exposed portions exposed to the outer circumferential surface of the resin mold section. The plurality of exposed portions is electrically insulated from each other inside the resin mold section.
US08581368B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device, semiconductor chip, and semiconductor wafer A semiconductor wafer having a plurality of interconnect layers, includes a plurality of chip-composing portions, a dicing region separating the chip-composing portions from each other, and a plurality of inter-chip interconnects formed in the dicing region and electrically connecting adjacent ones of the chip-composing portions, wherein each of the inter-chip interconnects has a width of an intermediate portion narrower than widths of connection end portions connected to the adjacent ones of the chip-composing portions.
US08581357B2	Package comprising an electrical circuit A package including an electrical circuit may be produced in a more efficient manner when on a substrate including a plurality of electrical circuits the circuits are tested for their functionality and when the functional circuits are connected, by means of a frame enclosing the circuit on the surface of the substrate, to a second substrate whose surface area is smaller than that of the first substrate. The substrates are connected, by means of a second frame, which is adapted to the first frame and is located on the surface of the second substrate, such that the first and second frames lie one on top of the other. Subsequently, the functional packaged circuits may be singulated in a technologically simple manner.
US08581342B2	Semiconductor device with field electrode and method A semiconductor device with a field electrode and method. One embodiment provides a controllable semiconductor device including a control electrode for controlling the semiconductor device and a field electrode. The field electrode includes a number of longish segments which extend in a first lateral direction and which run substantially parallel to one another. The control electrode includes a number of longish segments extending in a second lateral direction and running substantially parallel to one another, wherein the first lateral direction is different from the second lateral direction.
US08581337B2	Semiconductor device for increasing bit line contact area, and module and system including the same A semiconductor device including a buried gate is disclosed. In the semiconductor device, a bit line contact contacts a top surface and lateral surfaces of an active region, such that a contact area between a bit line contact and the active region is increased and a high-resistivity failure is prevented from occurring in a bit line contact.
US08581335B2	Compound semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A first AlGaN layer formed over a substrate, a second AlGaN layer formed over the first AlGaN layer, an electron transit layer formed over the second AlGaN layer, and an electron supply layer formed over the electron transit layer are provided. A relationship of “0≦x1
US08581331B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a charge storage layer on a first insulating film, a second insulating film which is provided on the charge storage layer, formed of layers, and a control gate electrode on the second insulating film. The second insulating film includes a bottom layer (A) provided just above the charge storage layer, a top layer (C) provided just below the control gate electrode, and a middle layer (B) provided between the bottom layer (A) and the top layer (C). The middle layer (B) has higher barrier height and lower dielectric constant than both the bottom layer (A) and the top layer (C). The average coordination number of the middle layer (B) is smaller than both the average coordination number of the top layer (C) and the average coordination number of the bottom layer (A).
US08581317B2	SOI MuGFETs having single gate electrode level A silicon on insulator (SOI) multi-gate field effect transistor electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory (MuFET EPROM) includes a substrate having a dielectric surface. A first semiconducting region is in or on the dielectric surface. A source region, a drain region and a channel region interposed between the source and drain are formed in first semiconducting region. A gate dielectric layer is on the channel region. At least a second semiconducting region in or on the dielectric surface is spaced apart from the first semiconducting region. A first electrode layer comprises a first electrode portion including a transistor gate electrode and a control gate electrode electrically isolated from one another. The transistor gate overlies the channel region to form a transistor. The control gate extends to overlay a portion of the second semiconducting region. The transistor gate and thus the transistor and the control gate are capacitively coupled to one another by at least one MOS coupling capacitor, with one plate of the MOS coupling capacitor ohmically coupled to or including the second semiconducting region.
US08581314B2	Semiconductor devices having spacers disposed on an inner sidewall of a contact hole formed in a layer of the semiconductor devices, and a contact plug disposed therein Provided are semiconductor devices that may include a substrate provided with a transistor, an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, the insulating layer including a contact hole exposing a portion of the transistor, a spacer disposed on an inner sidewall of the contact hole, and a contact plug disposed in the contact hole. Here, a space defined by the spacer may increase in width from a bottom side thereof to a top side thereof.
US08581303B2	Integrated circuit including cross-coupled trasistors having gate electrodes formed within gate level feature layout channels with four inside positioned gate contacts having offset relationships and electrical connection of cross-coupled transistors through same interconnect layer A semiconductor device includes first and second p-type diffusion regions, and first and second n-type diffusion regions that are each electrically connected to a common node. Each of a number of conductive features within a gate electrode level region is fabricated from a respective originating rectangular-shaped layout feature having a centerline aligned parallel to a first direction. The conductive features respectively form gate electrodes of first and second PMOS transistor devices, and first and second NMOS transistor devices. The gate electrodes of the first PMOS and second NMOS transistor devices are electrically connected. The gate electrodes of the second PMOS and first NMOS transistor devices are electrically connected. The electrical connection between the gate electrodes of the first PMOS and second NMOS transistor devices is formed in part by one or more electrical conductors present within at least one interconnect level above the gate electrode level region.
US08581293B2	Semiconductor light emitting device A semiconductor light emitting device includes: a first conductive semiconductor layer including first and second areas; an active layer disposed on the second area; a second conductive semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; first and second electrode branches disposed on the first and second conductive semiconductor layers, respectively; a first electrode pad electrically connected to the first electrode branch and disposed on the first electrode branch; and a second electrode pad electrically connected to the second electrode branch and disposed on the second electrode branch.
US08581282B2	Lighting emitting diode device with directivity and coherency and manufacturing method for providing light with directivity and coherency The present invention discloses a lighting emitting diode device with directivity and coherency and a manufacturing method for providing a light with directivity and coherency. The light emitting diode device comprises a substrate, a light emitting diode module and a masking layer. The light emitting diode module is disposed on the substrate, and is provided for emitting a light, and the masking layer is disposed on the light emitting diode module. The masking layer has an opening, and an aperture of the opening is matching with the wavelength of the light. The light with directivity and coherency is generated by the diffraction effect when the light passes through the opening.

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