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US08600601B2	Positioning system and method A positioning method that calculates a lower accuracy positioning solution and applies an offset to the lower accuracy positioning solution to form a final positioning solution if a higher accuracy positioning solution is unavailable. The offset represents a difference between the lower accuracy positioning solution and the higher accuracy positioning solution at a point in time when the higher accuracy positioning solution was last available.
US08600600B2	System for driving spherical wheel Disclosed is a system for driving a spherical wheel that includes a rotating sphere having a plurality of magnetic modules and a fixed body. The fixed body has coil modules that generate a magnetic field by current and partially enclose the rotating sphere so that a portion of the rotating sphere is exposed. A support wheel disposed between the rotating sphere and the fixed body is configured to maintain a substantially constant distance between the rotating sphere and the fixed body and rotatably support the rotating sphere. A sensor provided in at least one of the rotating sphere and the fixed body is configured to measure a rotational speed and a position of the rotating sphere, and a control device is configured to receive driving signals, the rotational velocity and the position measured by the sensor and to transmit a control signal supplying a current to the coil module.
US08600599B2	Fuel cell vehicle A FC vehicle includes a long distance hill climbing detector for detecting long distance hill climbing and a controller for, in the case where the long distance hill climbing detector detects the long distance hill climbing, controlling the allocation amount of electric power outputted from an FC such that the allocation amount is larger than the allocation amount before the detection of the long distance hill climbing.
US08600595B2	Power module active current management for efficiency improvement A vehicle includes a motor, an alternating current (AC) power bus, a power inverter module (PIM), and a controller. The PIM includes a semiconductor die assembly with semiconductor power switches arranged in electrical parallel for delivering AC power to the motor via the bus. The controller determines an operating mode of the vehicle, selects and activates a designated one of the switches during a threshold low-current state of the PIM, and selects and activates all of the switches during a high-current state of the PIM. A PIM assembly for the vehicle includes the die assembly and controller. A method for optimizing energy efficiency of the vehicle includes providing the die assembly noted above, automatically determining the operating mode, and selecting and activating one of the switches when the operating mode corresponds to the threshold low-current state, and all of the electrical switches during the threshold high-current state of the PIM.
US08600582B2	Apparatus for cutting grass The invention describes an apparatus for cutting grass comprising a lawn mower, predisposed to operate at least within a cutting area (A) delimited by a perimeter cable; a management device, suitable for propagating an electrical signal (S) through the perimeter cable; operative modules, suitable for checking the position of the lawn mower with respect to the perimeter cable; a command unit suitable for commanding a movement of the lawn mower based on the position of the lawn mower with respect to the perimeter cable.
US08600581B2	System and method for vehicle control using human body communication A mobile terminal capable of performing a human body communication is provided. The mobile terminal includes an authentication information storage unit, a control unit, and a human body communication unit. The authentication information storage unit stores authentication information of each authentication level. The control unit transmits authentication information of a preset authentication level to a human body communication unit when a communication path is established between the human body communication unit and a vehicle control apparatus externally located. The human body communication unit transmits the authentication information received from the control unit to the vehicle control apparatus.
US08600575B2	Apparatus and method for collecting and distributing power usage data from rack power distribution units (RPDUs) using a wireless sensor network Various embodiments provide an apparatus and method for collecting and distributing power usage data from Rack Power Distribution Units (RPDUs) using a wireless sensor network. An example embodiment includes: establishing communication with a plurality of Rack Power Distribution Units (RPDUs) deployed at particular points in a facility, each RPDU of the plurality of RPDUs being configured to monitor power consumption of a plurality of electronic devices in the facility; periodically obtaining system data from each of the plurality of RPDUs, the system data including power consumption data corresponding to associated electronic devices, the system data being received from the plurality of RPDUs via a wired data connection; using a wireless bridge device to aggregate the system data from a plurality of associated RPDUs, the wireless bridge device transferring the aggregated system data to a gateway via a wireless sensor network; and using the system data to control operation of the plurality of electronic devices in the facility via the wireless bridge device and the plurality of associated RPDUs.
US08600573B2	System and method for managing cold load pickup using demand response A system and method for simultaneously restoring power to loads in a distribution network that experienced an outage. The pickup load on the feeder in the distribution network is estimated and the load limit on the feeder is determined. The load on the feeder is divided into groups based on the load limit. A restoration load control process is determined, and power is restored to each of the groups simultaneously based on the power restoration control process.
US08600569B2	Irrigation system with ET based seasonal watering adjustment An ET based irrigation system includes a stand alone irrigation controller with a seasonal adjust feature and a stand alone weather station including at least one environmental sensor. The ET based irrigation system further includes a stand alone ET unit operatively connected to the irrigation controller and the weather station. The ET unit includes programming configured to calculate an estimated ET value using a signal from the environmental sensor and to automatically modify a watering schedule of the irrigation controller through the seasonal adjust feature based on the estimated ET value to thereby conserve water while maintaining plant health.
US08600564B2	Method for zone based energy management with web browser interface A method of managing a site includes monitoring an activation of a proximity detection function of a plurality of sites, with each site having a first zone as a home zone and a second zone having a boundary that is away from the first zone. The method proceeds by displaying an indicator within a web-based GUI enabling each user of each site to activate and deactivate use of the proximity detection function. Each site can include multiple users associated with each respective site. The method proceeds by detecting the multiple users as being home or away using the proximity detection function and then altering an operating condition of a network device located at at least one of the plurality of sites in response to a last user of the multiple users leaving the first zone.
US08600563B2	Hybrid heating system A hybrid heating system and method including: (a) a heat pump water heating system; (b) a conventional heating system including a conventional heater having a surface heat exchanger, and a primary circulation arrangement fluidly communicating with the surface exchanger, the primary circulation arrangement adapted to effect an exchange of heat between the surface heat exchanger and a flow of liquid to produce a heated flow of liquid; (c) a plurality of sensors associated with the heat exchange system; (d) an input arrangement adapted to provide cost data pertaining to a first power cost for supplying power to the heat pump system, and to cost information pertaining to a second power cost for operating the conventional system, and (e) a processor including a memory storing criteria specifying when to operate the heat pump water heating system, and when to operate the conventional heating system.
US08600562B2	Household energy management sytem A household energy management system uses measurements of the household electricity supply to identify and to determine the energy consumption of individual household appliances. From these measurements, models can be built of the behavior of the occupants of the house, the thermal properties of the house and the efficiency of the appliances. Using the models, the household appliances—in particular heating and cooling appliances—can be controlled to optimize energy efficiency; and maintenance programs for the appliances and for the house itself can be recommended to the householder or arranged with a service company.
US08600556B2	Smart building manager A building manager includes a communications interface configured to receive information from a smart energy grid. The building manager further includes an integrated control layer configured to receive inputs from and to provide outputs to a plurality of building subsystems. The integrated control layer includes a plurality of control algorithm modules configured to process the inputs and to determine the outputs. The building manager further includes a fault detection and diagnostics layer configured to use statistical analysis on the inputs received from the integrated control layer to detect and diagnose faults. The building manager yet further includes a demand response layer configured to process the information received from the smart energy grid to determine adjustments to the plurality of control algorithms of the integrated control layer.
US08600544B2	Carrying device, control device and program The carrying device comprises a carrying mechanism carrying a fluid vessel containing liquid, a detection device detecting depth information changing with depth of the liquid in the fluid vessel, and a control device controlling the carrying mechanism. The control device comprises: an information acquisition unit acquiring the depth information detected by the detection device; a computing unit calculating a maximum value of an acceleration which can be given to the fluid vessel when carried based on the depth information acquired by the information acquisition unit; and a carry command unit giving the carrying mechanism a command for carrying the fluid vessel at acceleration of the maximum value or smaller. The computing unit calculates a greater value as the maximum value of the acceleration as the depth of the liquid in the fluid vessel increases, and a smaller value as the maximum value of the acceleration as the depth of the liquid in the fluid vessel decreases.
US08600540B2	Methods for non-lot-based manufacturing of articles A method for continuous, non lot-based manufacturing of integrated circuit (IC) devices of the type to each have a unique fuse identification (ID) includes: reading the fuse ID of each of the IC devices; advancing multiple lots of the IC devices through, for example, a test step in the manufacturing process in a substantially continuous manner; generating data, such as test data, related to the advancement of each of the IC devices through the step in the process; and associating the data generated for each of the IC devices with the fuse ID of its associated IC device.
US08600539B2	Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus which can securely show the status of recipe transition is provided. In a substrate processing apparatus 100 including a main control unit 312 which sends a control instruction to process a substrate, and a sub control unit 314 which carries out control of the apparatus in accordance with the control instruction from main control unit 312, the main control unit 312 has a memory unit 317 which stores plural recipes, a display control unit 336 which accepts an execution instruction to cause an arbitrary recipe of the plural recipes to be executed, and a display unit 334 which displays the arbitrary recipe designated by the display control unit 336, on an operation screen 308. When an execution instruction to cause another recipe stored in the recipe storage means to be executed is received during the execution of the arbitrary recipe, the arbitrary recipe and this another recipe are displayed on the operation screen 308 together with a factor which has generated the execution instruction to cause this another recipe to be executed.
US08600533B2	Extraction of a multiple channel time-domain output signal from a multichannel signal A digital signal processing system and method transforms pairs of channels selected from a multichannel signal into the frequency domain. Vector operations are performed upon the frequency-domain data by which signal components unique to one of the input channels are routed to one of the output channels, signal components unique to the other of the input channels are routed to another of the output channels, and signal components common to both channels are routed to a third and optionally to a fourth output channel. The frequency-domain output channels are then transformed back into the time-domain, forming a plurality of time-domain output channels. The vector operations are performed in a manner that preserves the overall information content of the input data.
US08600528B2	Real-time, packet-level quality assurance of electromechanical device control data The present invention relates to a method and system for providing real-time packet-level quality assurance of digital data that controls an electromechanical device transmitted through a network between a transmitting computer and at least one terminal computer. Specifically, all data packets transmitted between the transmitting computer and the at least one terminal computer are passively monitored, and those data packets containing digitized data that controls an electromechanical device of a pre-determined format are selectively recorded to a database. The selectively recorded data packets are then analyzed for determining whether a current set of digitized data that controls an electromechanical device transmitted between the transmitting computer and the at least one terminal computer during a current session would lead to a harmful or undesirable outcome by the electromechanical device being controlled. Finally, the analysis results are displayed in a real-time manner to provide real-time packet-level quality assurance of the digitized data that controls an electromechanical device.
US08600524B2	State machine function block with a user modifiable state transition configuration database A control system, a safety system, etc., within a process plant may each use one or more state machine function blocks that can be easily integrated into a function block diagram programming environment. Such a state machine function block may include one or more inputs, which may cause astute machine implemented by the state machine function block to change states. The state machine function block may determine a next state to which it is to transition based, at least in part, on data indicative of the next state to which to transition, if any. The configuration data may be retrieved from a database based on the current state of the state machine and at least one of the inputs. The state machine function block may also include one or more outputs that are generated based on the state of the state machine.
US08600512B2	Methods and systems for treating seizures caused by brain stimulation Methods for treating seizures caused by brain stimulation include providing a stimulator, programming the stimulator with one or more stimulation parameters configured to treat a medical condition, applying at least one stimulus with the stimulator to a stimulation site within the brain of a patient in accordance with the one or more stimulation parameters, and monitoring the patient for a seizure caused by the at least one stimulus.
US08600507B2	Multi-port modular connector for implantable electrical stimulation systems and methods of making and using A connector for an electrical stimulation system includes an assembly of individual contact modules arranged along a common axis. Each contact module includes a body having a seat and at least two insertion apertures. An aperture contact is associated with each of the insertion apertures and is configured and arranged to electrically couple to a terminal of an elongated member when the elongated member is inserted into the associated insertion aperture. A seal plate is disposed in each seat of an associated one of the contact modules such that the seal plate is sandwiched between adjacent contact modules. Each seal plate is configured and arranged to electrically isolate the aperture contacts of the associated contact module from the aperture contacts of the other contact modules.
US08600481B2	Subcutaneous cavity marking device These are subcutaneous cavity marking devices and methods. More particularly, upon insertion into a body, the cavity marking device and method enable one to determine the center, orientation, and periphery of the cavity by radiographic, mammographic, echogenic, or other non-invasive imaging techniques. Also, the device contains a bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable marker. The device may be combined with various substances enhancing the radiopaque, mammographic, or echogenic characteristics of the marker or the body allowing it to be observed by any non-invasive imaging techniques. This is further a method of marking a subcutaneous cavity using a bioabsorbable material and a bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable marker in conjunction with the material. The method also may combine any of the features as described with the device.
US08600480B2	System and method for assessing interference to a signal caused by a magnetic field The present invention is directed to a system and method for assessing interference to a signal caused by magnetic field. The system includes a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field. The system further includes a first magnetic field sensor configured to detect a magnetic field and to generate a first signal representative of the magnetic field detected thereby. The system still further includes a second magnetic field sensor. The second magnetic field sensor is configured to detect a magnetic field and to generate a second signal representative of the magnetic field detected by the second magnetic field sensor. The system yet still further includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive and process the second signal to determine whether said magnetic field detected by said second magnetic field sensor may cause distortion to said first signal, as well as the magnitude of such distortion.
US08600472B2	Dual-purpose lasso catheter with irrigation using circumferentially arranged ring bump electrodes Cardiac catheters, including a lasso catheter, are provided for use in a system for electrical mapping and ablation of the heart has an array of raised, circumferential ring bump electrodes wherein each circumferential electrode has multiple perforations, which are in fluid communication with a cavity or chamber formed under the surface of the circumferential ring. The cavity is formed 360° around the outer surface or loop lumen of the lasso segment of the catheter which is in fluid communication with a breach hole (or holes) drilled through loop lumen and in fluid communication with an irrigating lumen. Each circumferential ring has a breach hole (or holes) that range from smaller to larger from the proximal end of the loop segment to the distal end of the loop segment in one embodiment.
US08600437B2	Portable computing, communication and entertainment device with central processor carried in a detachable portable device A docking display unit for physically engaging a portable computing unit and a combination of the same. The display unit may include or exclude a central processing unit and includes a housing with a hinged first and second region. The first region includes a display screen and the second region includes a keyboard. A recessed docking port is provided in the second region and is configured to receive the portable device therein. At least one connector is provided in the docking port to operationally link a central processor in the portable device with the display screen and keyboard. A touchscreen on the portable device provides a user interface for controlling the combined display unit and portable device. The portable device preferably is a smartphone.
US08600435B2	Multi-standard transceiver, device and method A multi-standard transceiver includes a first subunit configured to perform signal processing according to a first communication standard and a second subunit configured to perform signal processing according to a second communication standard. Furthermore, the multi-standard transceiver includes an interference cancellation unit configured to drive an estimated interference signal from a first signal generated by the first subunit by performing the signal processing according to the first communication standard, and perform interference cancellation on a second signal generated by the second subunit by performing the signal processing according to the second communication standard based on the estimated interference signal.
US08600422B2	Locating a target unit in a wireless network Communication between a requesting unit and target units in a wireless network is disclosed. Searching is performed to locate target units by comparing identifying information with information received by the requesting unit from a user. Calculating, in real time during a communication, an amount of time left in the communication based on speed, direction and location of the target units and the speed, the direction and the location of the requesting unit may also be performed.
US08600421B2	Method and apparatus for priority monitoring of communication groups over multiple disparate wireless networks A client device performs a method for priority scanning of groups across multiple disparate connected networks which includes the client device creating a scan list having a designated priority group in response to user input that monitors the activity of a plurality of communication groups on a first wireless network that has a one-to-one mapping to a second plurality of logically equivalent communication groups provisioned on the multiple wireless networks. The client device also receives an indication from a communication server that a group on the scan list is active and automatically and preemptively joins the active group using resources on the first wireless network.
US08600417B1	Consumer care system An apparatus, a method, and a computer program are disclosed. According to one example the apparatus may be configured to receive via the receiver a message from a mobile device to connect with an agent. The apparatus may also be configured to determine and select an available agent via the processor in order for the mobile device to communicate with the available agent, and transmit via the transmitter an agent availability message to the mobile device, wherein the agent availability message requires an acknowledgement from the mobile device prior to connecting the mobile device with the available agent.
US08600401B2	Methods and apparatuses for user equipment localization In a method for approximating a location of a user equipment in a wireless network, a mobile location signature is determined based on a measurement report received from the user equipment, and a location of the user equipment is approximated based on the mobile location signature. The mobile location signature being indicative of a region of the wireless network in which the user equipment is located.
US08600399B2	Antenna arrangement An antenna (2-20) for use in a mobile device (1-1) includes elements for receiving (2-5, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-5) a signal from a satellite positioning system; a first layer of dielectric material (2-4a, 2-4b, 3-2, 3-3, 5-2, 4-3, 5-2, 5-3, 6-4, 6-15) and a second layer of dielectric material (2-4a, 2-4b, 3-2, 3-3, 5-2, 4-3, 5-2, 5-3, 6-4, 6-15), wherein the elements for receiving (2-5, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-5, 7-6) the signal is at least partly between the first dielectric layer (2-4a, 2-4b, 3-2, 3-3, 5-2, 4-3, 5-2, 5-3, 6-4, 6-15) and the second dielectric layer (2-4a, 2-4b, 3-2, 3-3, 5-2, 4-3, 5-2, 5-3, 6-4, 6-15).
US08600396B2	Radio scheduling apparatus, radio communication system, and radio scheduling method A radio scheduling apparatus in a radio communication system in which a modulation scheme is selected in accordance with radio quality includes radio quality acquisition means and scheduling means. The radio quality acquisition means acquires radio quality information indicative of radio quality for each mobile station. The scheduling means determines the degree of urgency for assigning a radio channel according to the radio quality, based on the radio quality information acquired by the radio quality acquisition means, and preferentially assigns a radio channel to a mobile station having a high degree of urgency.
US08600386B2	System and method for providing extending femtocell coverage Femtocell coverage can be extended across a coverage area by providing a cluster of femtocell access points (FAPs). Each FAP is independently registered with a core network and provisioned with a location area code common to each FAP. At hand-in from the macrocell network, an association is made between the mobile station and the hand-in FAP, which becomes an anchor FAP for the duration of the mobile station's presence within the cluster. Calls between the mobile station and the core network are routed via a servicing FAP of the cluster and the anchor FAP.
US08600384B1	Optimization of interlayer handovers in multilayer wireless communication networks Technologies are described herein for parameter optimization of at least one interlayer handover in a multilayer wireless cellular communication network. Performance information for the communication network is retrieved. The retrieved performance information for the communication network is then averaged over a predetermined period of time. A determination is made based on the performance information as to whether optimization of the communication network is required. If so, the interlayer handover is optimized by capturing a current set of configuration parameters for the interlayer handover, generating a new set of configuration parameters for the interlayer handover based on the retrieved performance information and the current set of configuration parameters, and applying the new set of configuration parameters to the communication network.
US08600369B2	Remote ring tone control using USSD Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to a USSD assisted remote ring tone control service allowing a first mobile device to remotely add a ring tone and activate the ring tone of a second mobile device. A first mobile device contains a remote ring-tone control logic. The remote ring-tone control logic interacts with a USSD gateway server to send a ring tone to a second mobile device and remotely activates the ring tone. This requires authorization by a policy server which is in communication with the USSD gateway server. Once authorized, the first mobile device can upload a ring tone to a ring tone cache or find a ring tone on a network. The first mobile device then sends a URL to the second mobile device pointing to the ring tone either in the ring tone cache or elsewhere on the network. The second mobile device then downloads the ring tone. Once the download is confirmed the second mobile device activates the ring tone. The next time the first communications device makes a call to the second mobile device, the ring tone sounds through the second mobile device.
US08600368B2	Intelligent text message to speech system and method for visual voicemail A visual voicemail system can convert visual voicemail message content to an alternate format based on the location of the recipient device, whether and how the recipient device is in motion, a priority of the message content, user preferences, or other criteria. Alternately, a recipient wireless device may also convert content to an alternate format based on the similar criteria. Content may be presented automatically to a user on recipient device based on such criteria. Content may be converted from audio to text, text to audio, or from any format to any other format. Location, motion data, user preferences, etc. may be obtained from a location based service system, a recipient wireless device, or any other source.
US08600365B2	Method and apparatus for managing communication history A method and apparatus for managing a communication history data according to a communication mate in a mobile terminal are provided. When a received or transmitted signal is sensed, a communication mate of the received or transmitted signal is detected. Communication history data containing the detected communication mate is generated, and the communication history data is stored in a directory corresponding to the detected communication mate.
US08600363B2	Synchronization in unified messaging systems A unified messaging system, method, apparatus, individual components and the like are disclosed. The unified messaging system comprises a server, a client and a synchronization application for synchronizing voicemail messages and fax messages on both the server and the client is disclosed. The server messages may include received messages and sent messages, each of which is indexed according to their respective indices and read/unread statuses. Similarly, the client messages may include received messages and sent messages, each of which is indexed according to their respective indices and read/unread statuses.
US08600360B1	Method and system for connecting people in a social network A system and method for connecting people in a social network using information from a user's digital address book. A social network member can unilaterally friend any contact in her address book. Optionally, a member can only friend a contact and be friended by a contact if she is in that contact's address book. An central server keeps track of friended members of the social network and contacts.
US08600356B2	Authentication in a roaming environment One embodiment of the invention provides a mobile communication network architecture that includes a first base station (e.g., a first base station controller and/or a first transceiver station), a second base station (e.g., a second base station controller and/or a second transceiver station), a mobile client, and a server coupled to the mobile client via either the first base station controller or the second base station. The first base station is coupled to an authentication center that authenticates an intended user so that the user can communicate a message between the mobile client and the server via the first base station. A credential (or status) of the authentication made at the authentication center is then transmitted from the first base station to the second base station when the mobile client moves to utilize the second base station to communicate with the server.
US08600350B2	Protection setting method and protection releasing method for portable device The present invention provides a protection setting method and a protection releasing method for a portable device. The protection setting method comprises: selecting a lock function having a first unlocking condition, displaying a protection condition list including a plurality of protection conditions, selecting a protecting condition from the plurality of protecting conditions, and further setting the selected protection condition as a second unlocking condition for the lock function. When the portable device is locked, the protection releasing method comprises: displaying a password input window for entering a first unlocking input, detecting a second unlocking input, verifying whether the second unlocking input matches with the second unlocking condition, and verifying whether the first unlocking input matches with the first unlocking condition.
US08600347B2	Idle mode notification A network component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising: detecting a state of a mobile station and sending a state message to a connection service network using an accounting protocol wherein the state message comprises a state data indicating the state of the mobile station is disclosed. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising: receiving a message intended for a mobile station determining whether the mobile station is in an idle state and storing the message until the mobile station exits the idle state.
US08600342B2	Emergency messages and their various aspects This invention provides a means of sending emergency messages. When in the state of emergency, the user activates or initiates a communication device to execute the positioning procedure. The communication device, converts the current location into a text or voice message and delivers the text or voice message to at least one person on the contact list that is preset in the communication device. By using this invention, the amount of electricity consumption is low therefore charges last longer, the cost decreases, and the user does not experience the pressure of being traced.
US08600340B1	Movement detection system for a portable device such as a portable phone An unintentional dialing event is detected by characterizing some action of a portable phone, e.g., its movement or its surroundings. The action can be characterized by a sensor, and that sensor can be for example an accelerometer, a camera in the phone, or a microphone in the phone, or some other way. The movement can be characterized to see if it is synchronous with entries on the keyboard, which would likely represent the unintentional dialing event or “but dialing”. The environment can also be characterized other ways, for example by using a microphone in the phone to text sound profiles or to detect sounds in sync with the entries, or can be characterized using a camera in the phone to detect a light profile.
US08600336B2	Scheduling with reverse direction grant in wireless communication systems Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate increased communication channel bandwidth efficiency in association with scheduled time periods that allocate channel access to particular stations. According to various aspects, systems and methods are described that facilitate providing and/or utilizing reverse direction grants in connection with scheduled channel access. Such systems and/or method can mitigate an amount of unused channel access time after a station completes data transmission prior to an end of the allocated period.
US08600332B2	Electronic devices having interferers aligned with receiver filters Electronic devices contain radio-frequency receivers such as direct conversion receivers. A receiver may receive radio-frequency antenna signals from an antenna in an electronic device. The receiver may include notch filters that attenuate signals in the center of the communications channel that is being received by the receiver. An electronic device may include a clock source. The clock source may be used to clock electrical components in the electronic device. During operation, the clock source may produce radio-frequency interference signals at an associated interferer frequency. The potential for the interference signals to disrupt operation of the receiver can be reduced by configuring the electronic device so that the interferer frequency is aligned with the center of the communications channel. The clock source may be adjusted dynamically to accommodate changes in the communications channel.
US08600330B2	Filter arrangement A filter arrangement for filtering a radio signal comprising at least a first filter stage is presented wherein the at least first filter stage comprises a divide stage for dividing a filter stage input signal into several signal portions. The signal portions are filtered in at least two parallel filter elements. A combine stage combines the separate filter output signals into a single filter stage output signal.
US08600323B2	Method, device, and system for sending reference signals A method, a device, and a system for sending reference signals (RSs) are provided, which are capable of least modifying an original system and controlling the system overhead of the RSs. The method includes: grouping expanded transmitting antennas, wherein each group includes two transmitting antenna ports; and in two adjacent RS periods 2T, the RSs sent through the two transmitting antenna ports of each group are [as1, bs1ejw] respectively in a first period T and [as2, −bs2ejw] respectively in a second period T. The method, the device, and the system for sending RSs are applicable in design of transmitting antennas of an LTE Advanced system.
US08600315B2	Method and system for a configurable front end Methods and systems for a configurable front end are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include a transceiver on a single chip that may comprise a power amplifier (PA) and a low noise amplifier (LNA). The PA may amplify signals to be transmitted over a range of output transmit power. An upper limit for a power range may of substantially 12 dBm. The LNA may be tolerant to PA signals by, for example, being configured to follow signal voltages generated from an output of the power amplifier. For example, each input transistor of the LNA may be isolated from other transistors in the LNA. Accordingly, the input transistors may float since they may not be tied to a voltage level via other transistors. This may allow the input transistors to avoid damage. The transceiver may also be configured for differential RF input, differential RF output, single-ended RF input, and/or single-ended RF output. In some configurations, the transceiver may also support use of a power amplifier external to the transceiver to amplify RF signals communicated by the transceiver.
US08600299B2	Transducer array imaging system The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy. The analog-to-digital converter may convert the electrical energy into digital data, and the transmitter may transmit the digital data.
US08600295B2	Networking method with broadband relay An ultrawideband radio transceiver/repeater provides a low cost infrastructure solution that merges wireless and wired network devices while providing connection to the plant, flexible repeater capabilities, network security, traffic monitoring and provisioning, and traffic flow control for wired and wireless connectivity of devices or networks. The ultrawideband radio transceiver/repeater can be implemented in discrete, integrated, distributed or embedded forms.
US08600291B2	Multiple service management An opportunity can arise while a user is engaging a first multimedia service, commonly when the service is engaged upon a personal electronic device. A trigger can have the first multimedia service changed to an alternative service based upon the opportunity. Upon completion of the opportunity, there can be an automatic return to the first service or a request to the user on how to leave the opportunity. In addition, a notice can transfer to the user that the opportunity is coming to an end and a request can be made for the user to determine how to proceed from the opportunity or that the opportunity is ending.
US08600288B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a first sheet stack portion, a sheet output section, and a post processing unit. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. The first sheet stack portion is provided at an upper face of the image forming unit. The sheet output section outputs the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming unit from one side of the image forming apparatus to the first sheet stack portion. The post processing unit is provided adjacent to a lateral side of the image forming unit at an upstream side of the sheet output section to execute post processing on the sheet. A sheet subjected to post-processing by the post-processing unit is output to the first sheet stack portion from the same direction as a sheet not subjected to post-processing by the post-processing unit.
US08600282B2	Image forming apparatus The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: an intermediate transfer member having an elastic layer, to which a toner image on an image bearing member is transferred at a primary transfer portion; a transfer device configured to transfer the toner image on the intermediate transfer member to a recording material at a secondary transfer portion; a cleaning unit configured to be in contact with the intermediate transfer member and clean the intermediate transfer member; and a detection device configured to detect the position of the recording material stopped in the image forming apparatus due to conveyance failure. In a returning operation including driving control of the intermediate transfer member performed after the stopped recording material has been removed, the driving control of the intermediate transfer member is performed according to the detection result of the detection device.
US08600280B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus including the same A fixing device includes a rotating fixing body fixes a toner image on a recording medium by heating, the rotating fixing body having a cylindrical metal core formed of a magnetic shunt alloy and having a thickness less than a magnetic-field permeation depth at a temperature higher than or equal to a Curie temperature of the metal core, a coil provided along an outer surface of the rotating fixing body so as to generate magnetic flux that subjects the rotating fixing body to induction heating, and an electrically conductive arch-shaped saddle ring member disposed at a position opposing the coil with the metal core being disposed therebetween and in an orientation such that magnetic flux leakage associated with loss of ferromagnetism of the metal core penetrates the ring member.
US08600276B2	Heat conduction unit, fixing device, and image forming apparatus A heat conduction unit includes a flexible endless belt, a heat conductor disposed in proximity to an inner circumferential face of the endless belt and having a cross-section substantially identical to a cross-section of the endless belt, a heat source that heats the heat conductor to heat the endless belt, a pressing roller disposed opposite the heat conductor to rotate the endless belt in accordance with rotation of the pressing roller, a nip formation member disposed opposite the pressing roller and within a loop formed by the endless belt to form a nip between the endless belt and the pressing roller, and a pushing member disposed within the loop to support the nip formation member. The heat conductor has at least two different cross-sectional shapes perpendicular to a long direction of the heat conductor at different positions in the long direction of the heat conductor.
US08600253B2	Image forming apparatus, method of controlling fixing device, and device and method for detecting abnormality of the fixing device An image forming apparatus which is capable of detecting occurrence of an abnormality that a fixing member which is actually in an unpressurized state is detected to be in a pressurized state, and supply of electric power to a heating member is continued. A fixing device includes a fixing belt and a pressure roller. The fixing belt and the pressure roller are pressed against each other such that a nip is formed therebetween, for nipping and conveying a transfer material through the nip while heating and pressing the same. A pressurizing unit selectively switches between a pressurizing state and an unpressurizing state. When the pressurizing unit is in the pressurized state, a heater heats the fixing belt. The heating of the fixing belt is stopped based on a temperature detected by a thermistor after a lapse of a predetermined time period from start of the heating.
US08600252B2	System and method for controlling operation of a fixing device in an image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressing member, and a driving unit. The fixing member and the pressing member define a nip portion where a toner image is fixed on a recording material. The driving unit is provided to the fixing member and the pressing member to individually control linear velocities of outer circumferential surfaces of the fixing member and the pressing member. In feed mode in which the outer circumferential surfaces sandwich the recording material to fix the image on the recording material, the driving unit drives the fixing member and the pressing member such that the outer circumferential surfaces move at individual linear velocities to reduce a feed speed difference between front and rear surfaces of the recording material. In non-feed mode, the driving unit drives either one of the fixing member and the pressing member such that another member is driven by the one member.
US08600251B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus including: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a transfer section, which is pressed against, and is separated from, the image bearing member, for transferring a toner image on the image bearing member onto a recording medium when being pressed against the image bearing member, a transfer section drive section for driving the transfer section to rotate; and a control section configured to control the transfer section drive section to carry out constant speed control and constant torque control, to drive said transfer section to rotate at a constant speed, and at a constant torque, respectively, wherein the control section carries out the constant torque control while the transfer section is pressed against the image bearing member, in accordance with a drive torque detected when the constant speed control is carried out while the transfer section is separated from the image bearing member.
US08600247B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product for causing a computer to execute the method An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a toner image forming unit that forms a toner image on the image carrier; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image on the image carrier to a transfer target having ridges and valleys on a surface thereof; an adjusting unit that adjusts a ratio of A/B, where A is a transfer ratio [%] from the image carrier to a valley portion of the transfer target while B is a transfer ratio [%] from the image carrier to a ridge portion of the transfer target, based on an adjustment input by a user; and a control unit that controls a transfer condition of the transfer unit based on the ratio of A/B adjusted by the adjusting unit.
US08600244B2	New/used cartridge detection A developer cartridge includes a housing and a detection gear having a detection protrusion detectable by detecting device of an image forming apparatus. The detection gear is rotatable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the detection protrusion is detectable by the detecting device and a gear toothed portion opposes an agitator gear. In the second position, the detection protrusion is undetectable by the detecting device and a toothless portion opposes the agitator gear. When the detection gear is in the first position, an urging portion of the housing contacts the detection gear and applies rotational force to urge the gear toothed portion toward the agitator gear. When in the second position, the urging portion contacts the detection gear and regulates the position of the detection gear in the rotational direction to cause the toothless portion and the agitator gear to oppose each other.
US08600240B2	Optical network element, optical network, and method of operating an optical network The invention relates to an optical network element (100; 300′), particularly optical line terminal, OLT, or remote node, RN, for transmitting and/or receiving data via an optical network (200) that comprises at least one optical fiber link (210), wherein said optical network element (100; 300′) has a primary optical interface (110; 310) configured to be connected with said optical fiber link (210) to transmit and/or receive data to/from said optical network (200).The inventive optical network element (100) is characterized by at least one secondary optical interface (120a, 120b; 320a, 320b) configured to provide optical pump power (PPa, PPb) to at least one further network element (RN5, RN10; RNa, RNr) via a further optical fiber link (220a, 220b; 220g, 220h), preferably a dedicated pump fiber link, thus enabling true scalability of the optical network (200) regarding network size, particularly link length and the number of remote nodes.
US08600236B2	Optical communication module for optical wavelength division multiplexing An optical communication module for optical wavelength division multiplexing includes a plurality of light devices emitting or receiving light beams having different wavelengths, a single optical fiber, and an optical elements arranged between the plurality of light devices and the single optical fiber and having a plurality of lens areas to converge a light beam starting from a single point at a plurality of points or light beams starting from a plurality of points at a single point. In the optical communication module, the plurality of lens areas are arranged such that the center points of the plurality of lens areas are located at the same distance from a point, and the single point and the plurality of points are located at the opposite sides with respect to the optical element.
US08600233B2	Arbitration of optical communication bus A method, bus controller, and computer program product for arbitrating use of a communication bus for a certain one of a plurality of interconnected nodes that share the bus. The method includes the steps of: presenting a data frame on the transmitter and receiver side of the bus, where the certain node presents at the transmitter side, where the data frame has a embedded clock of a predetermined timing and a header field, synchronizing, by the certain node, with the embedded clock in the data frame at the receiving side of the bus, successively presenting, by the certain node, an idle pattern on the bus determined by a preassigned node ID, emitting light, by the certain node, on the bus at a predetermined timing preassigned to the certain node, and monitoring light emission on the bus that indicates a bus access request from another one of the nodes.
US08600232B2	Method and device for data processing in an optical network and communication system A method and a device process data in an optical network. At least one dedicated time slot is used for transmitting time critical information from an optical network unit towards an optical line terminal. Due to the dedicated time slot, previous long delays in channel switching are decreased or substantially avoided.
US08600228B2	Optical communication A protected passive optical communications system includes terminals, a main head end, and a back up head end allowing communication with the terminals when a fault occurs. The main and back up head ends transmit frames that include header and payload portions to the terminals. The main head end normally transmits control instructions in the header and user data in the payload. The back up head end, in response to a fault, transmits control instructions in the payload, and a control message in the header. The control message indicates control instructions in the payload. If a control message is in the header, each terminal interprets the payload as control instructions for changing operational attribute(s) of a terminal. If a control message is not in the header, each terminal interprets the payload as user data that it forwards to external user(s) external based on an address from the user data.
US08600225B2	Electronic device, connection detection method and connection detection system Disclosed herein is an electronic device connected to a camera main body and having an actuator, the electronic device including: a detection terminal adapted to come into contact with a terminal used by the camera main body to detect the connection to the electronic device when the electronic device is connected to the camera main body; a detection section adapted to detect the voltage of the detection terminal; a connection detection section adapted to detect the connection status to the camera main body based on the change in the voltage detected by the detection section; and a control section adapted to control the operation of the actuator based on the connection or disconnection to or from the camera main body detected by the connection detection section.
US08600223B2	Integrated heater for a beverage preparation device An integrated in-line heater for a liquid food or beverage preparation machine, in which liquid is circulated through the heater and then guided into a brewing chamber for brewing a food or beverage ingredient, for instance within a pod or capsule, supplied into the brewing chamber. An upstream part of the brewing chamber may be formed by the heater. One or more electric components may be incorporated into the heater and rigidly connected to a printed circuit board. The heater may have a tubular inner core that is eccentric with respect to a tubular or prismatic outer member which form together a helicoidal heating chamber of variable cross-section.
US08600221B2	Writing/reading control method of HD stream The present invention provides a writing/reading control method of HD stream in a DVD recorder, by which HD broadcast signals are write in a DVD medium. The present invention includes the steps of storing a plurality of HD streams in the HDD by demodulating HD broadcast signals received from a tuner/demodulator, creating a stream file in a DVD medium to record a specific one of a plurality of the HD streams stored in the HDD, recording the specific HD stream in the stream file, opening to read the HD steam file recorded in the DVD medium, buffering the read HD stream file in the HDD, and reading the buffered HD stream file using a video decoder.
US08600220B2	Systems and methods for loading more than one video content at a time A system for loading videos includes an interactive video player is with a loader. A product configuration file in operation configures files for a user in creation of a custom video. External assets are configured for a design of an interactive layer of the video. The interactive video player in operation creates in real-time a custom video that includes a plurality of video segments.
US08600219B2	Video-signal recording and playback apparatus, video-signal recording and playback method, and recording medium Disclosed is a video-signal recording and playback apparatus for recording or playing back a video signal, the video-signal recording and playback apparatus comprising: extracting means for extracting a static picture from a sequence of video signals with a predetermined timing; judgment means for forming a judgment as to whether or not a static picture extracted by the extracting means can be used as a representative picture; and setting means for setting the static picture as a representative picture in accordance with an outcome of a judgment formed by the judgment means.
US08600217B2	System and method for improving quality of displayed picture during trick modes A video decompression system and method are disclosed. In one preferred embodiment, the video decompression system comprises a memory with logic, and a processor configured with the logic to receive a compressed video stream that includes frame pictures and detect a scan mode indicator in the compressed video stream, wherein the scan mode indicator indicates whether a progressive scan format was used during the creation of the frame pictures.
US08600213B2	Filtering source video data via independent component selection What is disclosed is a system and method for reconstructing a video signal such that selected signal components have been emphasized. Methods are disclosed for reducing the source video data to its independent signal components for selection. The source video is reconstructed, in a manner more fully disclosed herein, such that the selected component(s) are emphasized in the reconstructed video during video playback. The methods disclosed herein provide a solution for filtering an original video such that technicians can use the reconstructed video to visually examine, for instance, a dominant region of a patient's vital signals. The teachings hereof find their uses in a wide array of remote sensing applications and, in particular, the telemedicine arts.
US08600212B2	Recording medium on which 3D video is recorded, playback apparatus for playing back 3D video, and system LSI A left view graphics stream and a right view graphics stream recorded on a recording medium each include one or more display sets, and the display sets are data groups used for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects. The one or more display sets included in the left view graphics stream are in one-to-one correspondence with the one or more display sets included in the right view graphics stream, and an identical playback time for the video stream on the playback time axis is set in each of the corresponding display sets. Each display set includes state information indicating whether the data is all data necessary for displaying one screen worth of one or more graphics objects, or is a difference from the immediately previous display set, and the state information included in corresponding display sets indicate identical content.
US08600203B2	Cylindrical resonators for optical signal routing A system for routing optical signals includes a waveguide array and a cylindrical resonator lying across the waveguide array, the cylindrical resonator having independently controllable tangential interfaces with each of the waveguides within the waveguide array. A method of selectively routing an optical signal between waveguides includes selecting a optical signal to route; determining the desired path the optical signal; tuning a first controllable interface between a cylindrical resonator and a source waveguide to extract the optical signal from the source waveguide; and tuning a second independently controllable interface between the cylindrical resonator and a destination waveguide to deposit the optical signal into the destination waveguide.
US08600202B2	Process for enhanced 3D integration and structures generated using the same An enhanced 3D integration structure comprises a logic microprocessor chip bonded to a collection of vertically stacked memory slices and an optional set of outer vertical slices comprising optoelectronic devices. Such a device enables both high memory content in close proximity to the logic circuits and a high bandwidth for logic to memory communication. Additionally, the provision of optoelectronic devices in the outer slices of the vertical slice stack enables high bandwidth direct communication between logic processor chips on adjacent enhanced 3D modules mounted next to each other or on adjacent packaging substrates. A method to fabricate such structures comprises using a template assembly which enables wafer format processing of vertical slice stacks.
US08600201B2	Optical device with enhanced mechanical strength An optical device implemented on a substrate (such as silicon) is described. This optical device includes a wavelength-sensitive optical component with a high thermal resistance to a surrounding external environment and a low thermal resistance to a localized thermal-tuning mechanism (such as a heater), which modifies a temperature of the wavelength-sensitive optical component, thereby specifying an operating wavelength of the wavelength-sensitive optical component. In particular, the thermal resistance associated with a thermal dissipation path from the thermal-tuning mechanism to the external environment via the substrate is increased by removing a portion of the substrate to create a gap that is proximate to the thermal-tuning mechanism and the wavelength-sensitive optical component. Furthermore, the optical device includes a binder material mechanically coupled to the substrate and proximate to the gap, thereby maintaining a mechanical strength of the optical device.
US08600191B2	Composite imaging method and system In a first aspect of the invention, a method is provided for forming a group image. In accordance with the method, a set of imaging information is obtained depicting a scene over a period of time. Elements in the set of imaging information are distinguished and attributes of the elements in the set of image information are examined. Imaging information is selected from the set of imaging information depicting each element with the selection being made according to the attributes for that element. A group image is formed based upon the set of imaging information with the archival image incorporating the selected image information.
US08600186B2	Well focused catadioptric image acquisition The subject innovation provides for systems and methods to facilitate obtaining an overall well focused catadioptric image by combining portions of multifocal images in a fast and reliable manner. The resulting images benefit applications where high image resolutions are desirable over a large field of view. In an aspect, shallow depth of field imaging with respect to the caustic volume boundary can be correlated to annular shaped best focal regions for multifocal image sets. These annular regions are generally independent of scene composition and generally dependant on optical system parameters allowing fast computation of overall well focused output images comprising concentric best focused annulus areas from a multifocal image set.
US08600185B1	Systems and methods for restoring color and non-color related integrity in an image Methods and systems for restoring image integrity in an image are described. The described methods and systems are particularly applied against an image after determining whether the image has undergone at least one of a color mutation, a non-color mutation, or a combination of a color mutation and a non-color mutation.
US08600184B2	System and method for reducing artifacts in images A system and method of the present disclosure provides a block, or region, based error diffusion process for reducing artifacts in images. The system and method allows for the generation and the control of the spatial frequency of a masking signal, e.g., noise, in a way that it can be easily passed through the compression process. The system and method provides for selecting a block size of pixels of the image, adding a masking signal to the image, determining a quantization error for at least one block in the image, and distributing the quantization error to neighboring blocks in the image to mask artifacts in the image. An output image is then encoded with a compression function.
US08600182B2	Method and apparatus for compression of image data based on display parameters An information processing apparatus includes a display time acquiring unit that acquires a display time for each predetermined unit region of an image and a compression control unit that controls compression of the image for each unit region based on the display time.
US08600181B2	Method for compressing images and a format for compressed images There is provided a method for compressing images and an image format. The method comprises performing a transform on pixel portions of image data and evaluating resulting coefficients from each transform in terms of a flatness condition. If the transform is found to be flat then the result from the transform is quantized according to a first quantizing scheme. If the transform is found not to be flat then the result from the transform is quantized according to a second quantizing scheme being different from the first quantizing scheme. Different block arranging schemes are proposed for the quantizing schemes. An indicator is stored in the block indicating that the image block is flat or not flat. The resulting bits are written into a compression data structure.
US08600180B2	Compression method selection for digital images Disclosed is a method of compressing an image (1301) using one of a plurality of candidate compression methods (1120, 1130), said method comprising the steps of (a) processing a portion of the image to determine, for at least some of the candidate compression methods, associated compressibility scores (220) and corresponding pairs of thresholds (230), the compressibility scores and the pairs of thresholds being dependent upon the proportion of the image that has been processed, (b) comparing (240, 260) the compressibility scores to the corresponding pairs of thresholds, (c) selecting (250), if a compressibility score satisfies the corresponding pair of thresholds, the associated candidate compression method, and (d) compressing the image (1301) using the selected candidate compression method.
US08600167B2	System for capturing a document in an image signal Devices, methods, and software are disclosed for capturing a frame of image data having a representation of a feature. In an illustrative embodiment, a device includes an imaging subsystem, one or more memory components, and a processor. The imaging subsystem is capable of providing image data representative of light incident on said imaging subsystem. The one or more memory components include at least a first memory component operatively capable of storing an input frame of the image data. The processor is in communicative connection with executable instructions for enabling the processor for various steps. One step includes receiving the input frame from the first memory component. Another step includes generating a reduced resolution frame based on the input frame, the reduced resolution frame comprising fewer pixels than the input frame, in which a pixel in the reduced resolution frame combines information from two or more pixels in the input frame. Another step includes attempting to identify transition pairs comprising pairs of adjacent pixels in the reduced resolution frame having differences between the pixels that exceed a pixel transition threshold. Another step includes attempting to identify one or more linear features between two or more identified transition pairs in the reduced resolution frame. Another step includes providing an indication of one or more identified linear features in the reduced resolution frame.
US08600165B2	Optical mark classification system and method A system, method, and apparatus for mark recognition in an image of an original document are provided. The method/system takes as input an image of an original document in which at least one designated field is provided for accepting a mark applied by a user (which may or may not have been marked). A region of interest (RoI) is extracted from the image, roughly corresponding to the designated field. A center of gravity (CoG) of the RoI is determined, based on a distribution of black pixels in the RoI. Thereafter, for one or more iterations, the RoI is partitioned into sub-RoIs, based on the determined CoG, where at a subsequent iteration, sub-RoIs generated at the prior iteration serve as the RoI partitioned. Data is extracted from the RoI and sub-RoIs at one or more of the iterations, which allows a representation of the entire RoI to be generated which is useful in classifying the designated field, e.g., as positive (marked) or negative (not marked).
US08600162B2	Image identification device, image identification method and recording medium The invention provides an image identification device uses a separating plane to classify block images into the categories. The image identification device includes a target image input unit inputting a target image, a block image generation unit generates block images, a feature quantity computing unit computes feature quantities of the block images, and a category determination unit determines whether the block images are classified into the categories or not. The feature quantity computing unit uses local feature quantities of the block images and a global feature quantity of the target image as a whole, and also in a feature quantity space using features of the block images as coordinate axes, uses coordinate positions of feature quantity vectors optional areas in the feature quantity space to count the block images and causes the global feature quantity to include the number of the block images thus counted.
US08600159B2	Color converting images Some embodiments of the invention provide novel methods for converting the color region of images. For instance, the method of some embodiments converts the color of an image from one color region (e.g., from a Rec. 601 color region) to another color region (e.g., to a Rec. 709 color region). In some embodiments, the method receives the image in a first color format that is non-linearly encoded within a first color region. Without performing a linearization operation to linearize the color component values of the image, the method then converts the image into a second color format that is defined with respect to a second color region. In some embodiments, the color-converted image is non-linearly encoded in the second color region.
US08600151B2	Producing stereoscopic image A method of producing a digital stereoscopic image using a processor is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of digital image files which include digital images and the time of capture of each image and using time of capture to identify candidate pairs of images. The method further includes using the processor to analyze the image content of the candidate pairs of images to identify at least one image pair that can be used to produce a stereoscopic image; and using an identified image pair to produce the digital stereoscopic image.
US08600147B2	System and method for remote measurement of displacement and strain fields A computer-implemented method for measuring full field deformation characteristics of a deformable body. The method includes determining optical setup design parameters for measuring displacement and strain fields, and generating and applying a dot pattern on a planar side of a deformable body. A sequence of images of the dot pattern is acquired before and after deformation of the body. Irregular objects are eliminated from the images based on dot light intensity threshold and the object area or another geometrical cutoff criterion. The characteristic points of the dots are determined, and the characteristic points are matched between two or more of the sequential images. The displacement vector of the characteristic points is found, and mesh free or other techniques are used to estimate the full field displacement based on the displacement vector of the characteristic points. Strain tensor or other displacement-derived quantities can also be estimated using mesh-free or other analysis techniques.
US08600145B2	Method for processing banknotes The method may be used in the devices for banknote detecting, counting or sorting; it may be used to determine the banknote main characteristics: its currency type and denomination. The method is based on a computational processing of the banknote digital image formed in the device during scanning. Increase in the banknote processing speed is the technical result. The first variant of the method envisages a preliminary classification and further checking of correspondence to selected possible classes according to several criteria typical for each particular class. For checking of correspondence, an admissibility of the value of interrelation characteristic for two areas is validated. According to the second variant, there is made classification on the base of a banknote digital image and for each possible class the measure of the banknote correspondence to the image is calculated and used for ranking, the banknote is referred to the class closest to it by the measure of correspondence.
US08600144B2	Methods and apparatus for image analysis using profile weighted intensity features A new morphological feature referred to herein as profile weighted intensity feature is provided, useful for automated classification of objects, such as cells, that are depicted in digital images. In certain embodiments, the profile weighted intensity feature is determined by automatically identifying a border of a cell in an input image, determining a distance image for the cell, computing a profile function for the cell, and computing a mean intensity of at least a portion of the input image weighted by the profile function for the cell.
US08600142B2	Method and apparatus for automated staining of biological materials Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for optimally staining biological samples for analysis. In one embodiment, images of a sample are recorded before and after the application of a staining reagent and a decolorization reagent. A difference image is then generated based at least in part on a comparison of the images of the sample recorded before and after the application of the staining and decolorization reagents. Application parameters of the staining and decolorization reagents are then corrected based at least in part on the difference image such that the reagents may be optimally reapplied to generate a final image of the sample that may enable a user to better differentiate at least one target of interest in the sample. In one example, embodiments of the present invention allow for the generation of images that show only Gram-positive bacteria or only Gram-negative bacteria.
US08600141B2	Method and device for the segmentation of a lesion In a method and a device for the segmentation of a lesion, a quantity of candidate regions for the lesion is determined proceeding from a starting region by means of a candidate unit. The candidate regions are arranged substantially concentrically to the starting region. A candidate region closest to the lesion is selected automatically by means of a selection unit or manually by means of a correction unit from the quantity of candidate regions. The selected candidate region is a reliable and robust basis for a classification of the lesion.
US08600139B2	Time-of-flight positron emission tomography reconstruction using image content generated event-by-event based on time-of-flight information A method of processing a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging data set (30) acquired of a subject includes independently localizing each positron-electron annihilation event of the PET imaging data set based on time of flight (TOF) localization of the positron-electron annihilation event to form a generated image (34). The generated image may be displayed. The generated image is suitably used as the basis for an initial image of an iterative reconstruction (40) of the PET imaging data set (30) to produce a reconstructed image (42). A spatial contour (56) of an image of the subject in the PET imaging data set (30) is suitably delineated based on the generated image (34). A subject attenuation map (62) for use in PET image reconstruction (40) is suitably constructed based in part on the spatial contour (56).
US08600138B2	Method for processing radiological images to determine a 3D position of a needle A method to process images for interventional imaging, wherein a 3D image of an object is visualized with a medical imaging system, the medical imaging system comprising an X-ray source and a detector, is provided. The method comprises acquiring a plurality of 2D-projected images of the object along a plurality of orientations of the imaging chain, wherein a rectilinear instrument has been inserted into the object. The method also comprises determining a 3D reconstruction of the instrument such that a plurality of 2D projections of the 3D image of the instrument, along the respective orientations in the 2D-projected images of the object were acquired, are closest to the acquired 2D-projected images of the object. The method further comprises superimposing the 3D reconstruction of the instrument over the 3D image of the object so as to obtain a 3D image comprising the object and the instrument.
US08600135B2	System and method for automatically generating sample points from a series of medical images and identifying a significant region A system and method for automatically generating sample points from a series of medical images and identifying a significant region are presented. An image acquisition system acquires the medical images of a region of interest (ROI) and an automated mask generator reviews the images to generate a parenchyma mask. Using the parenchyma mask, an automated sample point generator then detects portions of the medical images indicative of a material expected to be in a ROI and designates sample points therefrom. A target-tissue identification system uses the sample points to create a mathematical description of a target tissue and an enhanced target-tissue. A target-tissue change detection system then detects changes in the mathematical descriptions from those created using prior images. Finally, a significant region detector, which includes a training process to generate a quantitative definition of significance, automatically identifies a significant object in the series of medical images.
US08600130B2	3D medical image segmentation A treatment planning apparatus comprises a means for receiving a three dimensional representation of a patient, a means for displaying at least a part of the representation, a means for user-designation of sub-regions of the representation, and a computing means adapted to segment the representation into a region within an anatomical structure and a region outside the anatomical structure on the basis of the locations of the sub-regions, the degree of similarity of voxels to neighboring voxels in the representation, and a dataset representing an a priori assumption of the correct segmentation. •The dataset preferably comprises a probability distribution of each pixel being within the segmentation, e.g. obtained from a segmentation of a previous image of the patient, for example by smoothing the previous segmentation. The at least part of the representation comprises one or more sections through the representation, such as axial, sagittal and/or coronal views of the patient. The computing means can segment the representation by minimizing a function.
US08600121B2	Face recognition system and method Apparatus for face recognition, the apparatus comprising: a face symmetry verifier, configured to verify symmetry of a face in at least one image, according to a predefined symmetry criterion, and a face identifier, associated with the face symmetry verifier, and configured to identify the face, provided the symmetry of the face is successfully verified.
US08600118B2	System for predicting game animal movement and managing game animal images A system for managing scouting images, including a scouting camera configured to record and store images of subjects at a particular location and an image management device which has a processor that creates a predictive statement based on image content of the images stored on the scouting camera or copies thereof and a display conveying the predictive statement to a user, wherein the predictive statement indicates a portion of a future time period that subjects are most likely to be at the particular location as compared to remaining portions of the future time period.
US08600116B2	Video speed detection system Multiple-object speed tracking apparatuses are disclosed, including a camera configured to capture a set of images of a monitored area (e.g., a roadway). The camera's longitudinal axis may be positioned at any viewing angle relative to a longitudinal axis of a roadway such that at least two moving objects moving on the roadway are included in a set of high or low resolution images. A computer system is configured to analyze the set of images to detect the two moving objects and substantially simultaneously determine a calculated rate of speed of at least one of the two moving objects. The computer system also provides an on-site speed calibration process for transforming locations of an image among the set of images into real-world coordinates by considering both perspective and scale of the image. An apparatus mount for at least one of either the camera or the computer system is also disclosed.
US08600105B2	Combining multiple cues in a visual object detection system Systems and methods for detecting visual objects by employing multiple cues include statistically combining information from multiple sources into a saliency map, wherein the information may include color, texture and/or motion in an image where an object is to be detected or background determined. The statistically combined information is thresholded to make decisions with respect to foreground/background pixels.
US08600102B1	System and method of identifying advertisement in images A system and method is provided wherein, in one aspect, a processor determines whether multiple street level images have captured a nearly-identical face. If so, the images are processed to determine whether the face appears to be part of an advertisement. Once it is determined that the face is displayed on an advertisement, the boundaries of the advertisement may be determined and the location of the advertisement is stored for future use, e.g., potentially replacing the advertisement in the image with a different advertisement.
US08600094B2	Mounting panel with elongated tongue A device for mounting a communication headset to a helmet includes a mounting panel having a seat in a front surface thereof that includes a set of electrical contacts and a guide, a printed circuit board 110 in electrical connection with the electrical contacts, and an elongated tongue affixed to the mounting panel. The tongue is configured for insertion between an inner shell and an outer shell of a protective helmet. Also, a wireless communication device can have such a tongue affixed to it. The tongue can be forked or otherwise arranged to have plural broad surfaces extending to a free end.
US08600091B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a main body, a speaker, and a supporting component. The speaker is disposed in the main body. The supporting component supports the main body. The supporting component combines with the main body, and a flat surface connected between the main body and the supporting component to form a triangular resonant space for the speaker.
US08600088B2	Hearing device, hearing device system and method of controlling the hearing device system The present invention refers to a hearing device system which comprises: at least a first hearing device (10) including a first control unit (14) and a second hearing device (30) including a second control unit (37) for processing acoustic signals. Each of the hearing devices includes a transceiver (20, 34) for establishing a data communications link (40) between the first and the second hearing devices. At least one of the hearing devices including a sensing means (18, 33) for detecting, whether a telephone handset (19) is placed close to the hearing device. Each of the control units includes at least a first and a second control mode. Both hearing devices are adapted for outputting the processed acoustic signals in the first control mode. Upon detection of the telephone handset the first hearing device is shifted to the second control mode for inhibiting the output of the processed acoustic signals and establishing the data communications link for transmitting the processed acoustic signals to the second hearing device. The second hearing device is also shifted to the second control mode for receiving the processed acoustic signals transmitted from the first hearing device and outputting the transmitted acoustic signals.
US08600087B2	Hearing apparatus and method for reducing an interference noise for a hearing apparatus A noise reduction is provided for a hearing apparatus, with which both stationary and also non-stationary interference noises can be attenuated in an input signal. An output signal is in this way to convey a quite sound impression. A signal processing is provided, which effects a noise reduction on the basis of two different methods. Provision is made on the one hand for a noise reduction for stationary interference noises and on the other hand for a noise reduction for spatially oriented interference noises. A selection facility selects between the two noise reductions.
US08600080B2	Methods for communicating with electronic device accessories Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons and other user interfaces may be included in the accessories. An accessory may have an audio plug that connects to a mating audio jack in an electronic device, thereby establishing a wired communications link between the accessory and the electronic device. The electronic device may include power supply circuitry for applying bias voltages to the accessory. The bias voltages may bias a microphone and may adjust settings in the accessory such as settings related to operating modes. User input information may be conveyed between the accessory and the electronic device using ultrasonic tone transmission. The electronic device may also gather input from the accessory using a voltage detector coupled to lines in the communications path.
US08600070B2	Signal processing apparatus and imaging apparatus A signal processing apparatus includes a signal transforming unit transforming a first sound signal obtained by dividing a sound signal represented by a time function and by the predetermined time width into a second sound signal represented by a frequency function; a calculating unit determining a third sound signal which has a reduced influence of the operation sound by using the second sound signal and a sound signal representing the operation sound; a correcting unit performing a correction, by setting a sound signal representing the target sound as a reference signal, on the third sound signal based on the reference signal; and a signal inverse transforming unit inverse-transforming a sound signal on which the correction is performed from the sound signal represented by the frequency function into the sound signal represented by the time function.
US08600068B2	Systems and methods for inducing effects in a signal A system for inducing an effect in a raw audio signal comprises a computing device for receiving a first audio signal and a second audio signal from a signal source, and the second audio signal comprises the first audio signal induced with an effect. The system further comprises logic that parameterizes the effect in the second audio signal into an artificial neural network (ANN).
US08600067B2	Acoustic sealing analysis system A test signal emitted by an earpiece is compared against the acoustic signal to determine if a sealing section of the earpiece is sealed properly. The degree of acoustic sealing is used to adjust the attenuation level of a sealing section of the earpiece or alert the user of the seal status of the sealing section.
US08600064B2	Apparatus, method, and computer program product for processing information An information processing apparatus transmits, to another information processing apparatus, designation information that is used to specify at least one of an encrypted secret keys that can be decrypted using a first apparatus secret key, out of an encrypted secret key set contained in a first key management information, receives from the another information processing apparatus, the encrypted secret key specified by the designation information out of the encrypted secret key set contained in a second key management information, obtains a second secret key contained in the second key management information in a secret manner by decrypting the encrypted secret key received by the receiving unit using the first apparatus secret key, and performs the authentication process with the another information processing apparatus using the second secret key.
US08600063B2	Key distribution system The key distribution system comprises a terminal and a server which establish encrypted communication with each other by use of a common key cryptography using a communication secret key. To issue a new communication secret key, the terminal generates a secret value and encrypts it with a public key and sends the encrypted secret value to the server. The server decrypts the encrypted secret value with a private key paired with the public key. The server issues the new communication secret key, and encrypts it with a common key cryptography using the secret value, and sends the encrypted new communication secret key to the terminal. The terminal decrypts the encrypted new communication secret key with the secret value, thereby obtaining the new communication secret key. Thereafter, the terminal and the server use the new communication secret key.
US08600057B2	Protecting optical transports from consecutive identical digits in optical computer networks An example method includes encapsulating, by an optical network device, at least a portion of a data packet to form a passive optical network (PON) frame. The method further includes applying, by the optical network device, a scrambling polynomial to at least a portion of the PON frame to generate a scrambled PON frame. The method further includes determining, by the optical network device, that the scrambled PON frame comprises a consecutive identical digit (CID) sequence greater than a threshold length. The method further includes replacing, by the optical network device the determined CID sequence with a correction pattern to generate a modified scrambled PON frame. The method further includes transmitting, by the optical network device, the modified scrambled PON frame.
US08600054B2	Method, apparatus, and system for preventing abuse of authentication vector A method for preventing abuse of an Authentication Vector (AV) and a system and apparatus for implementing the method are provided. Access network information of a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access network where a user resides is bound to an AV of the user, so that when the user accesses an Evolved Packet System (EPS) through the non-3GPP access network, even if an entity in the non-3GPP access network is breached, or an Evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) connected to an untrusted non-3GPP access network is breached, the stolen AV cannot be applied to other non-3GPP access networks by an attacker.
US08600051B2	System and method for quantum cryptography Provided are a system and a method for quantum cryptography. The method includes generating the same quantum cryptography key in a transmitter and a receiver by measuring a composite-quantum-system made of a plurality of sub-quantum-systems in each of the transmitter and the receiver connected to each other through a quantum channel, wherein a part of the sub-quantum-systems is confined within the transmitter in order not to expose the entire composite-quantum-system to an outside of the transmitter and the composite-quantum-system cannot be determined without disturbing the composite-quantum-system at the outside of the transmitter.
US08600039B2	System for low complexity adaptive ECHO and NEXT cancellers The present invention relates to design and implementation of low complexity adaptive echo and NEXT cancellers in multi-channel data transmission systems. In this invention, a highly efficient weight update scheme is proposed to reduce the computational cost of the weight update part in adaptive echo and NEXT cancellers. Based on the proposed scheme, the hardware complexity of the weight update part can be further reduced by applying the word-length reduction technique. The proposed scheme is general and suitable for real applications such as design of a low complexity transceiver in 10GBase-T. Different with prior work, this invention considers the complexity reduction in weight update part of the adaptive filters such that the overall complexity of these adaptive cancellers can be significantly reduced.
US08600034B2	System and method for real-time customized agent training A system, device and method is provided for handling customer-agent interactions. An unsuccessful interaction may be detected between a customer and a first agent unable to resolve a problem. A successful interaction may be detected between the customer and a second agent that resolves the problem. The first agent may be sent a report summarizing the successful interaction by the second agent.
US08600027B1	System and method for conference calling A system for conference calling having a memory having at least one user record associated with a system user, the user record having telephone number and an electronic address. A conference call request receiving function is executable by the processor to receive a conference call request email, the conference call request email has calendar information and an electronic address of one or more participants. A scheduling function is executable by the processor to schedule a conference call on the system server between the one or more participants that are system users at the time of the conference call according to the calendar information in the conference call request email. Also provided is a method for conference calling whereby a conference call request is received via email.
US08600025B2	System and method for merging voice calls based on topics A system and method for merging a first voice call and a second voice call. A first topic discussed during the first voice call is compared to a second topic discussed during the second voice call. If the first topic matches the second topic, the first voice call may be merged with the second voice call. A semantic analysis may be performed on the first topic and the second topic to determine if the first topic and the second topic match one another. Filter criteria may be defined by participants of the first voice call and the second voice call that identify criteria that may preclude merger of the first voice call and the second voice call.
US08600020B2	System and method for facilitating a telephony carrier to make transactions In a system and method for facilitating an telephony carrier to make transactions with carrier customers and/or carrier suppliers, one or more parameters are monitored and the telephony carrier is automatically to be triggered to send an offer to at least one of the carriers when at least of the parameters reaches a predetermined threshold. Preferably, the parameters are related to telephone capacity handled by the telephony carrier, and the offer is an offer to buy capacity from existing or new carrier suppliers or an offer to sell capacity to carrier customers. Thus, the efficiency of transactions is substantially increased.
US08600019B1	Intelligent interactive voice response system for processing customer communications A method and apparatus of extracting and sharing user preference information is disclosed. One example method may include receiving a call from a user device, retrieving user information from a user account stored in a user databank in response to receiving the call, and transmitting a targeted offer to the user device based on the user information retrieved from the user account. The method may also include receiving feedback from the user device regarding the offer, updating the user information in the user account, and determining a next offer to transmit to the user device.
US08599998B2	Display device, semiconductor device, and driving method thereof An object is to provide a semiconductor device with improved operation. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, and a second transistor electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first line. A second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a second line. The gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal or a second terminal of the second transistor.
US08599997B2	Multiple-modulus divider and associated control method A multiple-modulus divider and an associated control method are provided. The multiple-modulus divider includes a divisor loader, a multiple-modulus dividing circuit and a modulus controller. The divisor loader downloads a divisor when a download signal indicates a start of a division period. The multiple-modulus circuit includes a plurality of cascaded divisors, and provides an output frequency according to an input frequency and the divisor. The dividers respectively output a plurality of modulus output signals, and each is operable under either a close-loop state or an open-loop state. The modulus controller selects and controls one of the dividers according to the divisor, and ensures the selected divider is maintained at the open-loop state when the division period ends. The download signal corresponds to one of the modulus output signals.
US08599992B2	Method and apparatus for a jet pump inlet mixer integral slip joint clamp A method and apparatus for providing a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) jet pump inlet-mixer integral slip joint clamp to constrain the inlet mixer and diffuser to mitigate inlet mixer flow induced vibration of a BWR jet pump assembly. The slip joint clamp includes horizontally projecting flanges with vertical sidewalls that protrude toward a lowest distal end of the inlet mixer. Fasteners penetrating the flanges provide a biasing load on the diffusers by being tightened to press against an upper crown on the diffuser. One or more flanges may be used. Laterally disposed gaps between the flanges may provide a clearance for guide ears of the diffuser to fit between the flanges.
US08599982B2	Interface system, and corresponding integrated circuit and method An interface system is used for interfacing a synchronous circuit with an asynchronous circuit, wherein the synchronous circuit generates, in response to a clock signal, a first control signal for indicating that a first data signal contains valid data, and wherein the asynchronous circuit generates, according to an asynchronous communication protocol, a second control signal indicating the state of transmission of a second data signal.
US08599977B2	Device and method for estimating doppler spread in a mobile communications terminal The invention is suitable for use in an OFDM system, such as the 3GPP-LTE mobile phone system. A method of estimating Doppler spread in a mobile communications device includes: (a) selecting a channel estimate from each of a sequence of time slots at each of a series of selected sub-carrier frequencies; (b) performing a Digital Fourier Transform (DFT) on the selected channel estimates at each selected sub-carrier frequency to thereby compute DFT components at different frequency bins; (c) summing the DFT components at all selected sub-carrier frequencies for each different frequency bin; (d) detecting the frequency bin at which the summed DFT components first falls below a predetermined threshold; and (e) converting the detected frequency bin into a Doppler spread estimate.
US08599976B2	Multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) receiver Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method within a wireless communication network, the method comprising, receiving by a user equipment (UE), a signal and interference component, wherein the interference component was transmitted in an unknown direction; and decoding, by the UE, the signal based at least in part on the interference component. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US08599974B2	Method and apparatus of determining a set of zero correlation zone lengths A method of determining a set of Zero Correlation Zone (ZCZ) lengths, comprises: determining the length of a root sequence, and selecting such a set of ZCZ lengths that, for any cell radius, the maximum number of preambles obtained from a ZCZ length which is selected from the selected set of ZCZ lengths is closest to the maximum number of preambles determined from a ZCZ length which is selected from the set of all integers, wherein the maximum number of preambles is determined from the length of the root sequence and a ZCZ length selected. This disclosure provides a technical solution for selecting a better limited set of ZCZ lengths by which signaling overload is reduced.
US08599973B2	Detection of synchronization mark from output of matched filter upstream of Viterbi detector Embodiments of the present invention relate to the detection of synchronization marks in data storage and retrieval. According to one embodiment, synchronization marks are detected from the output of a matched filter, upstream of the Viterbi detector. This approach avoids the delay associated with the latency of the Viterbi output, thereby allowing time to align parity framing and to properly start the time-varying trellis. Certain embodiments disclose 34- and 20-bit primary synchronization marks located at the beginning of a data region. Other embodiments disclose 16-, 20-, and 24-bit embedded synchronization marks located within a data region.
US08599970B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for detecting digital television (DTV) communications signals A received RF signal is down-converted to a baseband or low-IF digitized signal in order to search for a pilot signal that indicates a presence of a DTV signal such as an ATSC DTV signal. The pilot signal characteristically resides in a fixed frequency range for all valid DTV signals and is extracted by processing the baseband or low-IF signal in multiple stages. The first stage reduces signal information to that pertaining to the frequency band covering all valid pilot frequencies, thereby reducing the sampling rate and computational complexity of subsequent operations. A second stage operates on this reduced rate signal to focus on a series of particular pilot frequencies for interrogation. For each such candidate frequency, the cyclostationarity of the signal is measured and tested for statistical significance relative to the background energy to yield an effective test that is invariant with respect to background noise level.
US08599967B2	Method and apparatus for training the reference voltage level and data sample timing in a receiver Methods and apparatuses for calculating the location of an optimal sampling point for a receiver system are disclosed. In brief, a first method comprises determining a maximum voltage margin and a maximum timing margin of a received signal, and from these margins, determining an optimal sampling point, which includes a reference voltage level (Vref) and a relative sample phase. The location of the optimal sampling point is based on the locations of the sampling point of the maximum voltage margin and the sampling point of the maximum timing margin. A second method comprises establishing an initial sampling point, and then successively refining each of the voltage and timing components of the sampling point until an optimal sampling point is reached.
US08599966B2	Coupling system for data receivers A data receiver, a method of operating a data receiver, and an integrated coupling system in a data receiver are disclosed. In one embodiment, the data receiver comprises an input terminal for receiving an input data signal, an input amplifier for amplifying selected components of the input data signal, and an input signal path for transmitting specified high-frequency components and a baseline component of the input data signal from the input terminal to the input amplifier. The data receiver further comprises a feed-forward resistive network connected to the input terminal and to the input amplifier. This feed forward resistive network is used to forward a low-frequency drift compensation signal from the input terminal to the input amplifier, using a passive resistive network, to compensate for low frequency variations in the input data signal, and to develop a desired bias voltage at the input amplifier.
US08599961B2	Crest factor reduction method and circuit for a multi-carrier signal A method for crest factor reduction of a multi-carrier signal is disclosed. The method comprises determining a plurality of signal values of a plurality of single-carrier signals prior to combining the plurality of single-carrier signals to form the multi-carrier signal. The method further comprises performing a joint potential peak detection on the plurality of signal values, producing a temporal position of a possible peak in the multi-carrier signal, generating a plurality of cancellation pulses, and injecting the plurality of cancellation pulses to the plurality of single-carrier signals at temporal injection positions which correspond to the temporal position of the possible peak in the multi-carrier signal. The single-carrier signals are then combined to form a crest factor reduced multi-carrier signal. A corresponding circuit and corresponding computer program product useable during manufacture and operation are also disclosed.
US08599954B2	Transmission methods for downlink ACK/NACK channels A method from transmitting data via multiple antennas. In this method, four information bits to be transmitted are multiplexed by using either one of a code division multiplexing scheme or a second code division multiplexing scheme combined with a real and imaginary multiplexing scheme, to generate a code division multiplexed symbol including four vectors. Then, the code division multiplexed symbol is repeatedly transmitted by alternatively applying two transmit diversity schemes via four transmission antennas.
US08599948B2	Method and arrangement for symbol mapping in communication systems utilizing OFDM-techniques The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for symbol mapping in wireless communication systems utilizing OFDM transmission technology in combination with advanced coding schemes. In the method according to the present invention, adapted for use in a wireless communication system utilizing OFDM transmission technology, an OFDM grid is defined by at least a first dimension and a second dimensions from the dimensions time, frequency or space. The advanced coding scheme, for example Alamouti coding, outputs symbols that are related via the coding. At least some of the symbols, defining a code related symbol group should experience identical, or at least very similar, radio channels. According to one embodiment of the present invention, symbols from the same code related symbol group is placed as close together in the OFDM grid as possible.
US08599946B2	Method of transmitting feedback information for precoding and precoding method Precoding methods and method for performing precoding and methods of transmitting feedback information for precoding or transmitting a signal using a multi-codebook and method of transceiving precoding information in a multi-antenna system, where a signal transmitting method in a multi-antenna system, and more particularly, a method of transceiving precoding matrix information for a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system is disclosed. The present invention proposes a method of performing communications using an expanded unitary matrix generated from shifting a phase of a base unitary matrix. The present invention is applicable to single user MIMO, multi-user MIMO, beam forming, etc.
US08599932B2	Carriage systems encoding or decoding JPEG 2000 video A system configured to decode video data in a packetized elementary stream (PES) including frames of image data. The system includes a processor configured to receive a transport stream including control information associated with the image data including video metadata parameters associated with application specific functions applicable to the image data. The processor is also configured to receive the PES including the frames of image data in video access units. The processor is configured to retrieve and decode the retrieved video access units using the control information to form a signal including the frames of image data. The system also includes a storage device configured to store the frames of image data and the control information.
US08599929B2	Distributed video decoder and distributed video decoding method A distributed video decoder and a distributed video decoding method are provided. The distributed video decoder includes a key picture decoding unit which reconstructs a key picture received from an encoder, a hash information selecting unit which determines necessary hash information using the reconstructed key picture and/or generated previous side information, and a side information generating unit which generates side information using the reconstructed key picture and/or hash information selected based on information determined by the hash information selecting unit. The distributed video decoder further includes a channel code decoding unit which estimates a quantized value by using a parity bit received from the encoder and the generated side information, and a video reconstructing unit which reconstructs a current picture as a decoding target by using the quantized value estimated by the channel code decoding unit and the generated side information.
US08599921B2	Adaptive partition subset selection module and method for use therewith A partition subset selection module selects a subset of available partitions for a macroblock pair of the plurality of macroblock pairs, based on motion search motion vectors generated by a motion search section, and further based on a macroblock adaptive frame and field indicator. A motion refinement module generates refined motion vectors for the macroblock pair, based on the subset of available partitions for a macroblock pair.
US08599896B2	Laser amplifier system A laser amplifier system is provided which comprises a resonator with optical resonator elements which determine a course of a resonator radiation field which propagates along an optical axis and at least one laser-active medium (LM). The resonator is designed as a split resonator and has a first resonator section which extends from a first virtual plane of separation and a second resonator section which extends from a second virtual plane of separation. The resonator sections are dimensioned optically such that the resonator radiation field has radiation field states corresponding to the same resonator modes in each of the virtual planes of separation. An amplifying unit optically independent of the resonator is arranged between the first and the second virtual planes of separation. The amplifying unit comprises the at least one laser-active medium and couples the radiation field states in a neutral manner with respect to the resonator modes.
US08599893B2	Terahertz wave generator Disclosed is a terahertz wave generator which includes a dual mode semiconductor laser device configured to generate at least two laser lights having different wavelengths and to beat the generated laser lights; and a photo mixer formed on the same chip as the dual mode semiconductor laser device and to generate a continuous terahertz wave when excited by the beat laser light.
US08599892B2	Laser oscillator controller Provided is a method for controlling a laser oscillator. Such a laser oscillator is applicable to a laser processing machine and includes a plurality of oscillator modules each adapted to be driven to oscillate a laser beam. Also, such a laser oscillator is configured to collect laser beams oscillated by driven modules for output. The method includes determining the number of modules to be driven, of the plurality of oscillator modules.
US08599891B2	Laser diode driver Embodiments of the invention provide a laser light source comprising: a plurality of lasers connected in series; and a laser driver controllable to simultaneously drive a substantially same current through a combination of the lasers selectable from different combinations of lasers in the plurality of lasers and not through lasers in the plurality of lasers that are not in the combination.
US08599880B1	Utilizing the mobile-station simultaneous hybrid dual receive (SHDR) capability to improve femtocell performance Methods and systems are provided for utilizing the mobile-station simultaneous hybrid dual receive (SHDR) capability to improve femtocell performance. A femtocell provides service to one or more SHDR mobile stations, each having (1) a transmit and primary receive chain (T×R×0) for communicating with and via the femtocell and (2) a secondary receive chain (R×1) for monitoring a macro network, including monitoring a detected signal strength of one or more pilot channels of one or more macro-network coverage areas. The femtocell receives reports from at least the SHDR mobile stations to which the femtocell is providing service, the reports reflecting at least the detected signal strengths of the respective macro-network pilot channels. The femtocell uses the received reports for making and carrying out decisions as to whether or not to instruct one or more SHDR mobile stations to handoff to the macro network.
US08599877B1	Packet preclassification search tree algorithms An information packet preclassification system and method are provided. The method receives a packet of information and differentiates the packet into segments. Using a decision tree with multiple levels, segments in the packet are compared to a node at a tree level, where each node includes a plurality of node reference segments and corresponding node comparison operators. The reference segment may be a different segment from the packet, or a predetermined segment value stored in memory. One, or more classification attributes are accessed in response to comparing segments, and the classification attributes are assigned to the packet. Then, the packet is processed in response to the classification attributes.
US08599875B2	Transmission stream generating device for generating transmission stream which additional data is stuffed in a payload area of a packet, digital broadcast transmitting/receiving device for transmitting/receiving the transmission stream, and methods thereof A transmission stream (TS) generating apparatus includes an adaptor which receives general data and generates a stream having a plurality of packets, and which provides adaptive field in some of the plurality of packets, and an inserter which inserts additional data into all the payload areas of some of the plurality of packets that are not provided with the adaptive fields. Because additional data is transmitted, without requiring adaptive field header in certain packet, a data transmission rate is increased.
US08599874B2	Apparatus and method for handling cell update during reconfiguration in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment The details of an apparatus and method for handling cell update during reconfiguration in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. When a UE receives a Reconfiguration request from a UTRAN, it sets an activation time for execution of the reconfiguration. Where a cell update is required when the reconfiguration has not yet been applied, the UE delays the execution of the cell update procedure until after the reconfiguration has been applied. If the trigger which initiated the cell update procedure is no longer relevant, the cell update is unnecessary and may be cancelled.
US08599873B2	Method and apparatus for routing a call to a dual mode wireless device Disclosed is a system and method for routing a call to a dual mode wireless device. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a network node receives a call. The network node determines that the call is associated with a dual mode wireless device. Once this determination is made, the network node then selects one of a plurality of networks (e.g., cellular network or packet-based network, such as a VoIP network) for use in connecting the call to the dual mode wireless device. The network node then routes the call to the dual mode wireless device via the selected network. During the call, the network node re-routes the call to another network if the network node determines that this other network is now better suited for the call.
US08599870B2	Channel service manager with priority queuing A system and method are provided for prioritizing network processor information flow in a channel service manager (CSM). The method receives a plurality of information streams on a plurality of input channels, and selectively links input channels to CSM channels. The information streams are stored, and the stored the information streams are mapped to a processor queue in a group of processor queues. Information streams are supplied from the group of processor queues to a network processor in an order responsive to a ranking of the processor queues inside the group. More explicitly, selectively linking input channels to CSM channels includes creating a fixed linkage between each input port and an arbiter in a group of arbiters, and scheduling information streams in response to the ranking of the arbiter inside the group. Finally, a CSM channel is selected for each information stream scheduled by an arbiter.
US08599869B2	System and method for adaptive removal of delay jitter effect and low end-to-end delay Systems, modules, methods and computer readable mediums for adaptive removal of delay jitter and low end-to-end delay are provided. The method may include the following operations at a delay buffer: calculating a holding time for a plurality of packets input into a network; buffering each of the plurality of packets for the duration of the holding time; and arranging the buffered packets in a sequence indicative of an order in which the buffered packets were input into the network. The holding time may be based on a difference between a current maximum delay of the plurality of packets in a current time window and a delay of a first packet of the plurality of packets in the current time window. The method may also include playing back the buffered packets at a selected playback time. Playing back the buffered packets may be performed at a reception mechanism.
US08599865B2	System and method for provisioning flows in a mobile network environment An example method is provided and includes receiving a request from a mobile node for an Internet protocol (IP) address and establishing a point-to-point (PPP) link for the mobile node. The method also includes provisioning a first tunnel associated with a first communication flow for the mobile node, and provisioning a sub-tunnel with the first tunnel for a second communication flow. The second communication flow is associated with a high priority type of data to be transported on the sub-tunnel. In more specific embodiments, a call admission control (CAC) mechanism is used to establish the sub-tunnel with the first tunnel for the second communication flow. Additionally, an inner label is installed in a header of a packet associated with the second communication flow in order to identify the sub-tunnel.
US08599858B1	System and method for keep alive message aging A packet processor is described that performs keep alive message processing using a bifurcated aging table approach. The packet processor includes an aging table, a binding module and an aging daemon. The aging table includes a plurality of records corresponding to a plurality of network links supported by the packet processor. Each record in the aging table is used to track an aging status of a corresponding network link. The binding module associates a received message with a record in the aging table based on information in the received message. The aging daemon scans the aging table, updates the aging status of each network link, and determines that a network link has failed when the updated status for the respective network link exceeds a predetermined threshold. In an embodiment, the aging table includes a base aging table that uses a first number of bits to track the aging status of each network link and an extended aging table that uses a second number of bits that is larger than the first number of bits to track an aging status of a network link on which a number of not received keep alive messages exceeds a threshold.
US08599855B2	Network protocol header alignment Techniques for routing a payload of a first network protocol, which includes header information for a second network protocol, include communicating a packet. In a circuit block, a first type for the first network protocol and a second type for the second network protocol are determined. The circuit block stores a classification that indicates a unique combination of the first type and the second type. A general purpose processor routes the packet based on the classification. Processor clock cycles are saved that would be consumed in determining the types. Furthermore, based on the classification, the processor can store an offset value for aligning the header relative to a cache line. The circuit block can store the packet shifted by the offset value. The processor can then retrieve from memory a single cache line to receive the header, thereby saving excess loading and ejecting of cache.
US08599854B2	Method of identifying destination in a virtual environment Techniques are described for identifying destinations in a virtual network by defining virtual entities such as a port profile as the destination for network policies, such as redirect or span to be a logical set of ports (i.e., ports belonging to a port-profile or a port group) where the members of the set of ports may be added/removed dynamically without requiring any changes to the network policy. Further, a network administrator (or other user) may predefine the destinations for a network policy even before some or all of the destinations are active on a given virtualized system. In such cases, the network policies may go into effect when the required entities become available.
US08599852B2	Open service discovery and routing mechanism for configuring cross-domain telecommunication services Apparatus and method are provided for distributing service domain reachability information across domain boundaries, thereby allowing domain management systems to determine routing for cross-domain services even when the domains have different technologies or administrators. A Service Domain Manager within each domain advertises to neighbouring domains which services it supports. A domain which receives such advertisements forwards the advertisement on to other domains. Each SDM builds a routing information table which specifies the service, the domain, the next hop, and optionally user defined metrics. The routing information table does not include end-point addresses, in order to keep the size of the table manageable. In this way, the NMS of each domain obtains an end-to-end view of service routes.
US08599851B2	System and method that routes flows via multicast flow transport for groups A routing system and method for flows within a network provides multicast flow transport for one or more groups. Transit routers comprising processing units that run overlay processes route one or more flows based on overlay group identifiers. Access nodes issue requests for overlay groups in order to receive flows from the transit routers. The overlay processes utilize a mapping service that maps overlay group identifiers to native multicast group identifiers. A control channel between the access nodes and transit routers is used for communicating access nodes requests, overlay group identifiers, and native multicast group identifiers.
US08599850B2	Provisioning single or multistage networks using ethernet service instances (ESIs) Techniques for provisioning single or multistage networks using Ethernet Service Instances (ESIs). In one embodiment, an ESI is a logical entity or object that stores information that may be used to provision a network. An ESI may represent a logical entity that identifies a grouping of elements of a network or network device and associated attributes. Hierarchical relationships may be created between ESIs. The hierarchical relationships are used to perform packet-level processing including performing network packet encapsulations.
US08599843B2	Apparatus and method for route optimization for proxy mobile internet protocol version six local routing Disclosed herein is a route optimization that allows packets flowing between a mobile node (MN) and a correspondent node (CN) to bypass local mobility anchors (LMAs), thereby improving flow efficiency and/or reducing network traffic. Specifically, the MN's mobile access gateway (MAG) and the CN's MAG may participate in a proxy binding update (PBU)/proxy binding acknowledgement (PBA) exchange with each other to establish the MN's and CN's state in the opposing MAG. After doing so, the two MAGs may send MN-CN packets directly to each other, e.g. without sending such packets to the LMAs. In one embodiment, the route optimization is applied to a situation where the MN's MAG and the CN's MAG are associated with the same LMA. In another embodiment, the route optimization is applied to a situation where the MN's MAG and the CN's MAG are associated with different LMAs.
US08599840B2	Mobile network device battery conservation system and methods The battery life of a mobile device operating in a wireless network environment is extended by terminating network communication activities after a specified period of time. Network communication activities may be restored when any one of a specified number of user actions are detected.
US08599829B2	System and method for hardware acceleration in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network Aspects of the invention may be found in a system and method for hardware acceleration in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network. In according with various embodiments of the invention, hardware acceleration may comprise creating at least one policy to be distributed among one or more of a plurality of access point groups. At least one policy may be associated with a particular one of the access point groups. The associated policy may be identified and distributed to one or more access points in an access point group. The distribution of the policy may be conditioned on the occurrence of an event. An identified policy may be distributed to a particular access point group upon occurrence of the event.
US08599828B2	Non-coherent secondary synchronization signal detecting method, device and corresponding computer program A method and apparatus are provided for identifying a cell and a sub-frame by detecting a part of a secondary synchronization signal including a sequence of N OFDM symbols. For each OFDM symbol, the method obtains a set of metrics, each metric being associated with a predetermined combination of a cell identifier and a sub-frame alignment (CID/SF). For each metric, the method counts the number of times a metric exceeds a first predetermined threshold, delivering a summed value, and applies an M of N criterion to the summed value, delivering a ratio value. The ratios values are analyzed in order to identify the cell and the sub-frame, corresponding to a cell identifier and a sub-frame alignment, associated to a particular ratio value among the ratios values, which exceeds a second predetermined threshold.
US08599827B2	Methods and apparatuses for maintaining synchronization between a radio equipment controller and an item of radio equipment The present invention comprises methods and apparatuses for maintaining radio network timing synchronization across an asynchronous communication link between a Radio Equipment Controller (REC) and an item of Radio Equipment (RE). An REC-side adaptor sends first and second asynchronous packet flows over the asynchronous communication link, including a downlink packet flow comprising CPRI basic frames and overhead information encapsulated in asynchronous communication link packets, and a synchronization packet flow comprising CPRI clock data. An RE-side adaptor recovers the CPRI clock from the synchronization packet flow, and uses the recovered clock to re-synchronize the downlink data recovered from the downlink packet flow. For the uplink, the RE outputs uplink traffic in a synchronous, CPRI-compliant stream that is then encapsulated for asynchronous transport by the RE-side adaptor. The REC-side adaptor reconstitutes the asynchronously received uplink data as a synchronous, CPRI-compliant stream for input to the REC.
US08599816B2	Method apparatus and network node for applying conditional CQI reporting A method for limiting Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) reporting from a User Equipment to a network node is provided where a User Equipment can transmit CQI reports to a network node, such as e.g. a base station, when the User Equipment is operating in low transmission and/or low reception activity mode. A limited CQI reporting is obtained by triggering the reporting according to one or more predefined rules, which to at least some extent depend on CQI specific information provided to the User Equipment from the network node. A User Equipment and a network node adapted to operate in accordance with the suggested method are also provided.
US08599808B2	Information transmission method and apparatus Embodiments of the present invention provide an information transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: encoding an information bit sequence corresponding to data stream control information and Precoding Control Indication (PCI) information to obtain a code sequence; and sending the code sequence to a NodeB by carrying the code sequence on a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH). With the present invention, a User Equipment (UE) in a macro diversity state feeds back PCI information to the NodeB of the non-serving cell in time.
US08599801B2	Collecting implicit information for determining context of event actions A device, system, and method are directed towards determining a start and/or an end time for a spontaneous event. A mobile device user creates a group for the spontaneous event, and sends the members an invite. During the event, members share media content and/or text messages with other members. Based, in part, on a flow of media content and/or text messages between the members, a determination of a start time and/or end time of the spontaneous event is automatically performed. The start time may be based on when the group is created and/or revised when a flow rate of the media content and/or messages exceed a threshold. The end time may be based on the flow rate being less than another threshold. The location of the spontaneous event may also be determined based on a location of the member's mobile devices during the event.
US08599787B2	Routing packet flows along an optimized path in an IMS network Routing a packet flow in a communication session includes facilitating a communication session between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. A permanent anchor of a home network receives path offers sent by the first endpoint. An optimized path offer corresponds to an optimized path passing through a transient anchor of a visited network and bypassing the permanent anchor. A default path offer corresponds to a default path passing through the permanent anchor. The permanent anchor determines whether packet flows between the first endpoint and the second endpoint are to be routed along the optimized path. The default path offer is removed if the packet flows are to be routed along the optimized path. The optimized path offer is removed if not. The remaining path offer is forwarded to the second endpoint.
US08599785B1	Transmission power in a multicarrier wireless device A wireless device receives a command for transmission of a random access preamble on a first cell. The wireless device transmits the random access preamble in parallel with a first packet and/or at least one second packet. If a total calculated transmission power exceeds a predefined value, the wireless device adjusts transmission power of one or more of the at least one parallel uplink transmission considering a higher priority for the transmission power of the random access preamble.
US08599782B2	Method for performing a HARQ operation in a radio communications system, and method and apparatus for allocation of subframes There is provided a method for allocating subframes in a radio communications system that performs communication by using a radio frame including a plurality of subframes, the method including: selecting a backhaul downlink subframe in which a base station is to transmit a signal to a relay station; and allocating the backhaul downlink subframe to a substitution subframe which is not limitation subframes, when the selected backhaul downlink subframe corresponds to one of the limitation subframes, wherein the limitation subframes are subframes in which the relay station is to transmit essential information to a relay user equipment. Therefore, it is possible to overcome a limitation that is present in a link between the base station and the relay station, perform an HARQ operation, and improve the efficiency of radio resource allocation.
US08599778B2	Apparatus and method for signaling in a wireless communication system A method of signaling in a wireless communication system (300) comprising a first network element (310) serving a wireless communication unit (325) with at least one packet data network (PDN) connection. The method comprises transmitting, by the first network element (310) to the wireless communication unit (325), a signaling message relating to a wireless communication unit (325) uplink (UL) PDN transmission, where the signaling message comprises a parameter indicative of at least one aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) value.
US08599775B2	Method for scheduling distributed virtual resource blocks A method for efficiently scheduling virtual resource blocks to physical resource blocks is disclosed. In a wireless mobile communication system, for distributed mapping of consecutively allocated virtual resource blocks to physical resource blocks, when nulls are inserted into a block interleaver used for the mapping, they are uniformly distributed to ND divided groups of the block interleaver, which are equal in number to the number (ND) of physical resource blocks to which one virtual resource block is mapped.
US08599766B2	Transmission device, reception device and random access control method A transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a random access channel generation portion that generates a random access channel; an assignment portion that performs one of a continuous frequency assignment and a discontinuous comb-shaped frequency assignment for each user; and a transmission portion that transmits the random access channel with variable multi-bandwidth in accordance with the assignment, in a frequency band assigned to a contention-based channel.
US08599762B2	Method for receiving a signal at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system A method of receiving a signal at a user equipment (UE) from at least two cells in wireless communication system is disclosed. Receiving module may receive data and at least one reference signal from a CoMP (Coordinated Multi-Point) set including at least two cells. Decoding module may decode the received data and the received at least one reference signal. In this case, a power level of the data is same as a power level of the at least one reference signal, or a power ratio between the data and the at least one reference signal is a scaled value. Also, the power level of the data and the at least one reference signal are same for each of the at least two cells. A power ratio between the data and the at least one reference signal is a same scaled value for each of the at least two cells.
US08599760B2	Error propagation protection in non-binary multiple ACK/NACKS A scheme of error decoupling for carrier aggregation techniques to support a communication system is provided. The communication system operates with up to 2 codewords for up to 5 carriers, each codeword of each carrier having one acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) or discontinuous transmission (DTX) to enable Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) to operate in each carrier. The scheme involves the steps of: performing separation of bits related to ACK, NACK, DTX for each carrier using up to 2 codewords; determining a maximum number of bits related to ACK, NACK, DTX when decoupling is not performed after a maximum number of carriers are used; and grouping the carriers such that separation between ACK, NACK, DTX of each carrier is optimized as long as the maximum number of bits is not exceeded.
US08599748B2	Adapting decision parameter for reacting to resource utilization messages An adaptable decision parameter is used to determine whether to react to resource utilization messages. The decision parameter may comprise a decision threshold that is adapted based on received resource utilization messages. The decision parameter may comprise a probability that is used to determine whether to react to a received resource utilization message. Such a probability may be based on, for example, one or more channel conditions, the number of interferers seen by a node, the number of received resource utilization messages, or some other form of resource utilization message-related information.
US08599747B1	Lawful interception of real time packet data A method of conducting a lawful intercept of real time media packet traffic involves redirecting real time media packet streams between a caller and callee through a media server; replicating the media packet streams within the media server; modifying packet headers of the replicated packet streams; and directing the modified packet streams to at least one monitoring port.
US08599746B2	Dynamic power usage management based on historical traffic pattern data for network devices Particular embodiments provide power usage management for network devices according to historical traffic pattern data. Network traffic statistics for traffic flowing through a network device may be determined. Traffic pattern for a time period based on the traffic flowing through the network device is then determined. The network device may then manage power based on the pattern. For example, when a pattern indicates that traffic flowing through the network device is light during a time period, then the network device may operate in a lower power mode, such as a standby mode and when it indicates that there is higher usage, the network device may operate in a normal power mode. A power usage policy may be determined based on the historical traffic patterns and is automatically enforced by the network device. The power usage policy also may be dynamically adjusted over time based on network traffic statistics.
US08599736B2	Method and apparatus for transmission mode selection in cooperative relay In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: select at least two relay stations from a plurality of relay stations; determine a transmission mode for cooperatively forwarding a data packet by the selected relay stations; schedule a resource allocation for the selected relay stations based at least in part on the transmission mode; and notify the selected relay stations of the resource allocation, is disclosed.
US08599734B1	TCP proxy acknowledgements A system and method enable the transmission of messages between a source device and a wireless station. A first message is received at an access point from the source device. The access point transmits the first message to the wireless station and stores a copy of the first message in a memory. The access point receives an acknowledgement message from the wireless station and transmits a proxy acknowledgement message to the source device. The access point transmits a control message to the source device to limit the number or size of additional messages sent from the source device based on a number or size of messages currently stored in the memory and a maximum number or size of messages that can be stored in the memory.
US08599728B2	Recovery schemes for group switching procedures for multi-group frequency division duplex wireless networks Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to an example embodiment, a method may include receiving at a mobile station from a base station in a wireless network, a message including a group switch instruction instructing the mobile station to switch from a current group to a new group, attempting, by the mobile station, to switch to the new group in response to receiving the group switch instruction, and sending, from the mobile station, an acknowledgement message that acknowledges either the success or failure of the attempting to switch to the new group.
US08599727B2	Method for transmitting control information in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for transmitting information data by using a Reed-Muller coding scheme in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of configuring a number of resource elements for transmitting the information data; dividing the information data to first information data and second information data if a bit size O of the information data is equal to or larger than a predetermined number; applying RM coding on each of the first information data and the second information data; concatenating the coded first information data and the coded second information data, and transmitting the concatenated data by using the predetermined number of resource elements, wherein a minimum value Q′min for the number of resource elements is defined by a sum of a minimum value Q′min—1 for the number of resource elements corresponding to the first information data and a minimum value Q′min—2 for the number of resource elements corresponding to the second information data.
US08599725B2	Representing and searching network multicast trees Methods and systems are disclosed for receiving data from each of a plurality of components in a network, the components being arranged as a plurality of multicast trees, the data from each of the components indicating a structure of a portion of the network and at least one attribute associated with the respective component. The disclosure further provides for determining, based on the data, a structure of at least some of the multicast trees, receiving search criteria, and determining which of the multicast trees meet the search criteria.
US08599724B2	Paging system The present invention relates to a distributed paging system. The distributed paging system includes a combined data and digital audio network and a plurality of paging system consoles. Each paging system console includes an operator interface to select one or more paging destinations and is arranged to transmit data packets including paging destination data across the network. A number of addressable amplifier modules are provided in communication with the network and are responsive to the data packets. Each of the amplifier modules has an associated address and is arranged to operate according to whether paging destination data contained within the data packets relates to the associated address.
US08599720B2	Optimized resource usage with network initiated QoS A Quality of Service (QoS) interface maps virtual-to-real QoS instances and vice versa in order to make transparent to a network and to user equipment when network-initiated QoS is not supported by both.
US08599714B2	Method and system for implementing local switching A method and a system for implementing local switching are disclosed. The method includes: after receiving the uplink data sent by a sending MS, determining, according to information carried in the uplink data, information about location of a receiving Mobile Station (MS) that is to receive uplink data; and implementing, according to local switching rules that specify a local switching control mode, local switching for data transmitted between the sending MS and the receiving MS if determining, according to the information about location of the receiving MS and information about location of the sending MS, that the data transmitted between the sending MS and the receiving MS meets local switching conditions. In this way, network transmission resources are saved in the process of transmitting data, transmission delay is shortened, and data transmission efficiency is improved.
US08599709B2	Methods and apparatus for wireless coexistence based on transceiver chain emphasis Methods and apparatus for reduction of interference between a plurality of wireless interfaces. In one exemplary embodiment, a device having a first (e.g., Wi-Fi) interface and a second (e.g., Bluetooth) interface monitors interference between its interfaces. A reduction in transmit power of the Wi-Fi module causes a disproportionately larger reduction in undesirable interference experienced at the Bluetooth antennas. For example, when the Bluetooth interface detects interference levels above acceptable thresholds, the Wi-Fi interface adjusts operation of one or more of its transmit chains based on various conditions such as duty cycle, Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), etc. Various embodiments of the present invention provide simultaneous operation of WLAN and PAN interfaces, without requiring time division coexistence, by reducing power on a subset of interfering antennas.
US08599707B2	Power based content modification, transmission, and caching Methods and apparatus for operating a mobile device based upon a power capability of the mobile device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the mobile device includes a network selection component configured to select a particular transceiver for communication based upon the power capability of the mobile device and a quality of service associated with available networks. In addition, a cache management component is configured to increase, based upon an indication of the power capability of the mobile device, a size of the cache that is available for requested content so as to increase the likelihood that subsequent requests for the content will be loaded from the mobile device. Moreover, some variations of the mobile device are capable of providing an indication of a power capability of the mobile device to a remote server so the remote server may modify the requested content based upon the power capability.
US08599691B2	Manageability tools for lossless networks Manageability tools are provided for allowing an administrator to have better control over switches in a lossless network of switches. These tools provide the ability to detect slow drain and congestion bottlenecks, detect stuck virtual channels and loss of credits, while hold times on edge ASICs to be different from hold times on core ASICs, and mitigate severe latency bottlenecks.
US08599690B2	Method and apparatus for fairly allocating resource to network users A method and an apparatus for fairly allocating resources to network users are provided. The method for fair resource allocation to network users allows the resource allocation apparatus to collect flow information between a user terminal and a service server and aggregates the flow information based on at least one of a user terminal address, a service server address, a user terminal, a service server address, and a service. The allocation resource of the user is controlled to the predetermined recommended bandwidth by using the ratio of the aggregated flow information.
US08599687B1	Scalable architecture for deep-packet processing A system as described herein offers flexible and high-performance packet processing, and a unique scaling technology that matches the resource requirements with the demands of the individual application and operating environment. According to one aspect, the architecture enables wire-speed execution of any Packet Handling application, at any packet size. According to another aspect, the invention provides a general-purpose computing platform that enables Packet Handling applications to be dynamically developed and put into service, for a configurable set of traffic and with configurable amounts of processing power. According to a further aspect, the dynamically scalable architecture of the invention enables the processing power of the appliance to be freely adjusted to the performance requirements of a given application, without requiring any special configuration changes. According to another aspect, the present invention provides an internal traffic management scheme that ensures fair allocation of system resources from network traffic loads and guarantees proper load distribution among the various application processors. According to another aspect, arbitrary numbers of network interfaces and network processors to scale the amount network processing throughput in accordance with the needs of the device and/or managed network(s).
US08599685B2	Snooping of on-path IP reservation protocols for layer 2 nodes Methods and apparatus for enabling a layer 2 node associated with an open systems interconnection (OSI) reference model to perform resource reservation protocol (RSVP) processing are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention a layer 2 device associated with an OSI reference model includes a first interface, a processing arrangement, and a second interface. The first interface intercepts a message associated with a on-path signaling protocol for at least one selected from a group including resource reservation and admission control at a layer above layer 2. The processing arrangement processes the message, and the second interface sends the message.
US08599683B2	System and method for changing a delivery path of multicast traffic Multicast traffic is transferred, via routers, from a sender to receivers through a delivery tree that is determined based on a multicast routing protocol and includes delivery paths each communicably coupling the sender and one receiver. A router includes a multicast routing table used for transferring the multicast traffic through the delivery tree. The router generates delivery path information on first and second delivery paths each communicably coupling the sender and the router. Upon detecting a link failure on the first delivery path, the router performs delivery-path change processing that switches a first pair of interfaces along the first delivery path to a second pair of interfaces along the second delivery path without waiting for the multicast routing table being updated using the multicast protocol, and transmits a delivery-path change message to routers along the second delivery path so that the routers perform the delivery-path change processing.
US08599681B2	Techniques for determining local repair paths using CSPF Techniques for computing a path for a local repair connection to be used to protect a connection traversing an original path from an ingress node to an egress node. The computed path originates at a node (start node) in the original path and terminates at another node (end node) in the original path that is downstream from the start node. A Constraint Shortest Path First (CSPF) algorithm may be used to compute the path. The computed path is such that it satisfies one or more constraints and does not traverse a path from a first node in the original path to a second node in the original path, wherein the first and second nodes are upstream from the start node in the original path and the second node is downstream from the first node in the original path. A local repair connection may then be signaled using the computed path.
US08599677B2	Method and system for multi-user detection using two-stage processing Systems and methods for multi-user detection in a multiple access system are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to process received chips into received symbols for a plurality of users and a computation unit configured to compute a multi-user matrix using a Hadamard matrix, wherein the multi-user matrix relates user symbols for the plurality of users to the received symbols. The apparatus further comprises a detection unit configured to detect the user symbols for the plurality of users using the received symbols and the computed multi-user matrix.
US08599676B2	Optical disc with improved sensitivity for super-resolution pits and lands The optical disc comprises a substrate layer, a read-only data layer having a pit/land data structure with an average pit width, arranged in tracks on the substrate layer, and a nonlinear layer with a super-resolution structure disposed on the data layer, wherein a super-resolution pit following a super-resolution land and a preceding diffractive pit is enlarged in width with regard to the average pit width, and a diffractive pit preceding a super-resolution land and a subsequent super-resolution pit is reduced in pit width with regard to the average pit width.
US08599672B2	Objective lens, optical pickup device, and optical disc device Provided is an objective lens including a diffraction portion provided on a laser beam incident plane or output plane. The diffraction portion includes first second, and third diffraction regions, wherein first laser beams corresponding to a first optical disc having a first transmissive layer are condensed on a data recording portion of the first optical disc, second laser beams corresponding to a second optical disc having a second transmissive layer thicker than the first transmissive layer are condensed on a data recording portion of the second optical disc, and third laser beams corresponding to a third optical disc having a third transmissive layer thicker than the second transmissive layer are condensed on a data recording portion of the third optical disc. An evaluation parameter calculated on the basis of an in-plane efficiency distribution function has a value corresponding to a symbol error rate that is less than a predetermined value.
US08599670B2	Viterbi detector and information reproducing apparatus A Viterbi detector includes an ACS circuit that performs addition of a path metric and branch metrics, comparison of the path metric values and path selection based on the result of comparison. The ACS circuit performs a path decision based on the path metric values and the reproduced signal supplied to the Viterbi detector at the time instant that is a specified number of channel clocks earlier during the path selection. The ACS circuit selects a mark-continuing path if the reproduced signal at the time instant that is the specified number of channel clocks earlier has an amplitude corresponding to any mark, and performs path decision based on the path metric values if the reproduced signal does not have the amplitude corresponding to any mark.
US08599666B2	Method and apparatus for determining a location of a feature on a storage medium A change in a property of a signal is detected, the signal having been sensed from a storage medium by a disk drive. A count is determined, the count corresponding to a first location on the storage medium at which the change in the property of the signal sensed from the storage medium is detected. The count is used to predict a second location on the storage medium corresponding to the change in the property of the signal sensed from the storage medium. Relative to the first location on the storage medium, the second location on the storage medium is closer to an actual location of a feature on the storage medium that causes the change in the property of the signal sensed from the storage medium.
US08599664B2	Method and apparatus for determining unbalanced disc and optical information storage medium system using the same An unbalanced disc determining apparatus is provided. The unbalanced disc determining apparatus includes a noise reduction unit configured to reduce noise components of a center error signal obtained from a signal configured to detect light reflected by a disc revolved by a spindle motor, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the revolving disc is unbalanced by determining whether the center error signal of which noise is reduced exceeds a reference value.
US08599661B2	Optical disk device, optical pickup, and optical recording medium The present invention can properly correct spherical aberration.An optical disk device (10) displaces an objective lens (18) so that the objective lens is displaced to a reference lens position as a reference. The optical disk device (10) controls an information light condensing point changing mechanism (55) so as to adjust the focus (FM) of an information light beam (LM) to a recording depth (X) at which the information light beam (LM) is to be applied in a state of the objective lens (18) being placed at a reference lens position (SL). The optical disk device (10) controls a servo light condensing point changing mechanism (35) so as to adjust the focus (FS) of a servo light beam (LS) to a servo layer (104) in the state of the objective lens (18) being placed at the reference lens position (SL).
US08599656B2	Planar plasmon generator with a scalable feature for TAMR A TAMR (Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording) write head uses the energy of optical-laser excited surface plasmons in a scalable planar plasmon generator to locally heat a magnetic recording medium and reduce its coercivity and magnetic anisotropy. The planar plasmon generator is formed as a multi-layered structure in which one planar layer supports a propagating surface plasmon mode that is excited by evanescent coupling to an optical mode in an adjacent waveguide. A peg, which can be a free-standing element or an integral projection from one of the layers, is positioned between the ABS end of the generator and the surface of the recording medium, confines and concentrates the near field of the plasmon mode immediately around and beneath it.
US08599653B1	Systems and methods for reducing condensation along a slider air bearing surface in energy assisted magnetic recording Systems and methods for reducing condensation along an air bearing surface of a slider in an energy assisted magnetic recording system are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a slider configured to reduce condensation along an air bearing surface in an energy assisted magnetic recording system, the slider including an air bearing surface (ABS), a write transducer including a portion disposed at the ABS, a hot spot region disposed along the ABS, where the hot spot region includes the portion of the write transducer at the ABS, and a trench surrounding the hot spot region.
US08599646B2	Method of ultrasound telemetry for drones, with discrimination of spurious echoes emanating from another drone The method comprises: a) the emission of an ultrasound burst repeated at a predetermined recurrence frequency; and b) after each emission and for the duration of a time frame (n−1, n, n+1, . . . ) separating two consecutive emissions, the reception of a plurality of successive signal spikes appearing in the course of the same frame. These spikes include spurious spikes (E′n−1, E′n, E′n+1, . . . ) originating from the emitter of another drone, and a useful spike (En−1, En, En+1, . . . ) corresponding to the distance to be estimated. To discriminate these spikes, the following steps are executed: c) for two consecutive frames, comparison of the instants of arrival of the p spikes of the current frame with the instants of arrival of the q spikes of the previous frame and determination, for each of the p.q pairs of spikes, of a corresponding relative time gap; d) application to the p.q gaps determined in step c) of a selection criterion making it possible to retain just a single spike of the current frame; and e) estimation of the distance as a function of the instant of arrival of the spike thus retained.
US08599642B2	Port enable signal generation for gating a memory array device output A method of generating a dynamic port enable signal for gating memory array data to an output node includes generating a programmable leading edge clock signal derivation of an input dynamic clock signal; generating a programmable trailing edge clock signal derivation of the input dynamic clock signal, wherein the leading edge clock signal derivation and the trailing edge clock signal derivation are independently programmable with respect to one another; and gating the generated programmable leading and trailing edge clock signal derivations with a static input enable signal so as to generate the port enable signal such that, when inactive, the port enable signal prevents early memory array data from being coupled to the output node.
US08599640B2	Method and apparatus of addressing a memory integrated circuit A memory integrated circuit has control circuitry that accesses memory cells of the memory integrated circuit. The control circuitry is responsive to commands including a first command and a second command. The first command specifies a high order set of address bits. The second command specifies a low order set of address bits. The high order set of address bits and the low order set of address bits constitute a complete access address of the memory integrated circuit. The first command and the second command have different in command codes.
US08599639B2	Semiconductor device including internal voltage generation circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit device has a negative voltage generation circuit provided at each power supply circuit unit for six memory macros. Therefore, the response with respect to variation in a negative voltage is increased. In a standby mode, a negative voltage supply line for the six memory macros is connected by a switch circuit, and only a negative voltage generation circuit of one power supply circuit unit among six negative voltage generation circuits of the six power supply circuit units is rendered active. Thus, increase in standby current can be prevented.
US08599635B2	Fuse circuit and semiconductor memory device including the same A fuse circuit includes a program unit, a sensing unit and a control unit. The program unit is programmed in response to a program signal, and outputs a program output signal in response to a sensing enable signal. The sensing unit includes a variable resistor unit that has a resistance that varies based on a control signal, and generates a sensing output signal based on the resistance of the variable resistor unit and the program output signal. The control unit generates the control signal having a value changed depending on operation modes, and performs a verification operation with respect to the program unit based on the sensing output signal to generate a verification result. The program unit may be re-programmed based on the verification result.
US08599634B1	Circuit and method for refreshing a memory module A circuit is configured to be operatively coupled to a plurality of memory devices arranged into one or more logical ranks. Each logical rank may correspond to a set of at least two physical ranks. The circuit is configured to be operatively coupled to a memory controller of a computer system to receive a logical rank refresh command. In response, the circuit can initiate a first refresh operation for one or more first physical ranks and then initiate a second refresh operation for one or more second physical ranks. The circuit can further include a memory location storing a refresh time (tRFC) value accessible by the memory controller and based at least in part on a calculated maximum amount of time for refreshing the logical rank.
US08599630B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit including column redundancy fuse block A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a column redundancy fuse block having a fuse set array having a plurality of fuse sets including a plurality of column address fuses, and a fuse blowing information block configured to output a fuse blowing determination signal of a corresponding column based on a cutting state of the column address fuses, wherein the column redundancy fuse is disposed in the edge area, wherein the fuse blowing determination signal is inputted to a column control block through upper portion of a memory cell array of a corresponding bank.
US08599619B2	Memory system A memory system includes a controller and a memory part including a memory cell array including memory cells, word lines, bit lines including bit line pairs each composed of an even bit line and an odd bit line adjacent to each other, and sense amplifiers provided to the bit line pairs and configured to detect data in selected memory cells connected to a selected word line. When reading data is performed from first memory cells to which writing data is performed first in memory cell pairs each including two adjacent memory cells respectively connected to one of the even bit lines and one of the odd bit lines, the controller controls the memory part so as to change a read level voltage applied to the selected word line depending on a data write state of second memory cells in the memory cell pairs to which writing data is performed later.
US08599618B2	High voltage tolerant row driver A circuit is configured to supply a first gate voltage (PG1) at a first voltage bias (VP1) to a source of a first transistor providing an output (WLS), providing the first voltage bias (VP1) to a second transistor and supplying a second voltage bias (VN1) and a second gate voltage (NG1) to a third transistor, the second transistor coupled in series to the third transistor and in parallel with the first transistor, to supply a third voltage bias (VP2) and a third gate voltage (PG2) to a fourth transistor, and a fourth voltage bias (VN2) and a fourth gate voltage (NG2) to a fifth transistor, the fourth transistor coupled in series to the fifth transistor, and the fourth and fifth transistors coupled to a gate of the second transistor, and to provide a fifth voltage bias (VN3) to a line connecting the third transistor to the fifth transistor.
US08599615B2	Memory device in particular extra array configured therein for configuration and redundancy information Disclosed herein is a device that includes a plurality of first word lines each extending from an associated one of the first terminals in a second direction toward to the second terminals and terminating between the first and second terminals, the second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of second word lines each extending from an associated one of the second terminals in a third direction toward to the first terminals and terminating near to an end of an associated one of the first word lines, the third direction being opposite to the second direction, each of the second word lines being substantially aligned with an associated one of the first word lines.
US08599611B2	Distortion estimation and cancellation in memory devices A method for operating a memory (28) includes storing data in a group of analog memory cells (32) of the memory as respective first voltage levels. After storing the data, second voltage levels are read from the respective analog memory cells. The second voltage levels are affected by cross-coupling interference causing the second voltage levels to differ from the respective first voltage levels. Cross-coupling coefficients, which quantify the cross-coupling interference among the analog memory cells, are estimated by processing the second voltage levels. The data stored in the group of analog memory cells is reconstructed from the read second voltage levels using the estimated cross-coupling coefficients.
US08599610B2	Non-volatile semiconductor storage device having a control circuit configured to execute a read operation A non-volatile semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a memory cell array and a control circuit configured to execute a read operation. The control circuit refers to data of a reference memory cell which is adjacent to a selected memory cell and in which data is written after a data write operation on the selected memory cell. The control circuit applies a first read pass voltage to a non-selected word line adjacent to the selected word line, when the data of the reference memory cell is data causing the shift of the threshold voltage of the selected memory cell. The control circuit applies a second read pass voltage lower than the first read pass voltage to the non-selected word line, when the data of the reference memory cell is data not causing the shift of the threshold voltage of the selected memory cell.
US08599609B2	Data management in flash memory using probability of charge disturbances A Flash memory system and a method for data management using the system's sensitivity to charge-disturbing operations and the history of charge-disturbing operations executed by the system are described. In an embodiment of the invention, the sensitivity to charge-disturbing operations is embodied in a disturb-strength matrix in which selected operations have an associated numerical value that is an estimate of the relative strength of that operation to cause disturbances in charge that result in data errors. The disturb-strength matrix should also include the direction of the error which indicates either a gain or loss of charge. The disturb-strength matrix can be determined by the device conducting a self-test in which changes in the measured dispersion value are provoked by executing a selected operation until a detectable change occurs. In alternative embodiments the disturb-strength matrix is determined by testing selected units from a homogeneous population.
US08599601B2	Interface control for improved switching in RRAM A memory device has a crossbar array including a first array of first electrodes extending along a first direction. A second array of second electrodes extends along a second direction. A non-crystalline silicon structure provided between the first electrode and the second electrode at an intersection defined by the first array and the second array. The non-crystalline silicon structure has a first layer having a first defect density and a second layer having a second defect density different from the first defect density. Each intersection of the first array and the second array defines a two-terminal memory cell.
US08599596B2	Semiconductor device In a semiconductor device of a stacked structure type having a control chip and a plurality of controlled chips, wherein the control chip allocates different I/O sets to the respective controlled chips and processes the I/O sets within the same access cycle, the controlled chip close to the control chip and positioned to a lower position in the stacked structure has I/O penetrating through substrate vias connected to penetrating through interconnections. The penetrating through interconnections are extended to an upper one of the controlled chips that not use the penetrating through interconnections and, as a result, all of the penetrating through interconnections have the same lengths as each other.
US08599594B2	Nonvolatile memory device and operation method thereof A nonvolatile memory device includes at least a memory cell block including memory cells that are coupled to a plurality of word lines, respectively, and store data; a content addressable memory (CAM) block including CAM cells that are coupled to the word lines, respectively, and store chip information for operations of the nonvolatile memory device; and a block switching circuit configured to couple the word lines with global word lines; and a voltage supply circuit coupled to the global word lines, for supplying a first read voltage to a selected global word line while supplying a first pass voltage to unselected global word lines in reading the memory cell block, and supplying a second read voltage to a selected global word line while supplying a second pass voltage to unselected global word lines in reading the CAM block, wherein the second pass voltage is lower than the first pass voltage.
US08599588B2	Parallel connected inverters A distributed power system wherein a plurality of power converters are connected in parallel and share the power conversion load according to a prescribed function, but each power converter autonomously determines its share of power conversion. Each power converter operates according to its own power conversion formula/function, such that overall the parallel-connected converters share the power conversion load in a predetermined manner.
US08599584B2	Device for feeding back power The present invention relates to a power feedback device, including: an AC input power source, which is three-phase or multi-phase AC, or three-phase or multi-phase AC in which the output terminal is connected in series with an inductor, for generating power; a plurality of power converting units, the input terminals of which are respectively connected with two phases of the AC input power source, for power converting the two phases of AC generated by the AC input power source respectively; an isolating transformer, the primary side of which is a three-phase winding and connected with a power network, the secondary side of which is multi-path of three-phase windings and connected with the output terminals of the plurality of power converting units, for feeding the AC converted by the plurality of power converting units back to the power network. The power feedback device according to the present invention can improve the waveform coefficients of the current of the power generation device, and increase the power factors and the utilization rate of the device, and also, the device matches power networks of different voltage levels, thereby improving the waveform coefficients of the current fed back to the power networks and lowering harmonic component.
US08599573B2	Wall box dimmer A dual function air-gap switch actuator (26) is incorporated into the generally planar face of a wall box dimmer. The switch actuator is finger operated and provides both a main power disconnect via air-gap contacts (211) and the means (212) to activate a secondary function. The dual function air-gap switch actuator is optionally fitted with an indicator lamp (265).
US08599572B2	Printed circuit board with integrated thin film battery The present invention relates to, for example, printed circuit boards having a thin film battery or other electrochemical cell between or within its layer or layers. The present invention also relates to, for example, electrochemical cells within a layer stack of a printed circuit board.
US08599559B1	Cage with a heat sink mounted on its mounting side and an EMI gasket with its fingers electrically connected to the mounting side A cage assembly is provided for receiving a pluggable module. The cage assembly includes a cage having a front end, a mounting side, and an internal compartment. The front end is open to the internal compartment of the cage. The internal compartment is configured to receive the pluggable module therein through the front end. A heat sink is mounted to the mounting side of the cage. The heat sink has a module side that is configured to thermally communicate with the pluggable module. An electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket extends along at least a portion of an interface between the mounting side of the cage and the module side of the heat sink. The EMI gasket includes electrically conductive spring fingers that are engaged with and electrically connected to the mounting side of the cage.
US08599557B2	Printed circuit board cooling assembly A cooling apparatus for a printed circuit board assembly is disclosed. The cooling apparatus comprises a main printed circuit (PC) board 202. The main PC board 202 has a plurality of connectors 210 mounted, in a parallel row, onto the top side of the main PC board 202. A first liquid cooling manifold 204 is positioned along one end of the parallel row of connectors 210 and a second liquid cooling manifold 206 is positioned along the other end of the parallel row of connectors 210. A plurality of heat sink devices 208, each having an elongated shape, run parallel to, and on each side of, the plurality of connectors 210. The plurality of heat sink devices 208 are coupled to the first and second liquid cooling manifolds.
US08599553B2	Handheld electronic device A handheld electronic device including a first body, a second body, a third body, a gear set and a pivot member pivoted on the first body is provided. The second body having a first rack is slidably coupled with the first body. The third body having a second rack is slidably coupled with the pivot member. The gear set is disposed on the first body and coupled with the first rack and the second rack. When the third body shifts a first distance relative to the first body along a first operating direction and drives the gear set, the second body is driven to shift with respect to the first body along a second operating direction opposite to the first operating direction and exposed by the third body. After the second body is exposed by the third body, the third body is tilted with respect to the first body.
US08599551B1	Thermal management and control using an inverted heat-pipe with a common vapor chamber base A cooling system includes a heat sink to absorb heat that is generated by a component of a device, where the heat sink includes a base to dissipate the heat, and a group of fins via which the heat, that is dissipated by the base, is transferred; and an inverted heat sink to receive the heat via the fins. The inverted heat sink includes another base to prevent a portion of the heat, transferred into an environment where another component is located, from causing a temperature, of the environment, to increase above a threshold; a heat pipe to transfer another portion of the heat, not transferred into the environment, to a portion of the other base; and another group of fins to receive the other portion of the heat via the portion of the other base. The inverted heat sink is also to transfer the other portion of the heat to another environment to prevent a temperature, of the component, from increasing above another threshold.
US08599548B2	Mounting apparatus for PCI card bracket A mounting apparatus includes a chassis, a first fastener, a bracket, and a second fastener. The chassis includes a bottom plate. The first fastener is secured to the bottom plate and defines a through hole and a positioning slot in the inner wall of the through hole. The bracket configured for securing PCI cards. A securing piece is located on the bracket and placed on the first fastener. A securing hole is defined in the securing piece and aligned with the through hole. The second fastener includes a base portion and a blocking portion. The base portion is engaged in the securing hole and the through hole. The securing piece is positioned between the blocking portion and the first fastener. A positioning portion is located on the base portion and engaged in the positioning slot.
US08599545B2	Portable folding electronic device A portable folding electronic device has a base with a longer length dimension and a shorter width dimension and a user interface on one surface. The user interface may be oriented for use when the base has a portrait orientation. The device also has a screen unit with a longer length dimension and a shorter width dimension and a screen on one surface. A linkage connects the base to the screen unit. The linkage provides at least two degrees of freedom between the base and the screen unit such that the screen unit may be moved to a first position folded onto the base, with the length dimension of said screen unit aligned with the length dimension of the base, and to a second position tilted with respect to the base, with the length dimension of the screen unit aligned with the width dimension of the base.
US08599526B2	Protection lockout in substation automation Exemplary embodiments are directed to engineering of protection lockout functionality in a Substation Automation (SA) system. The system includes a breaker IED having protection-zone related intelligence in a lockout function block lockout function instances are assigned to respective protection zones, and are specified for each protection function which protection-zone(s) it shall trip and reset after lockout. Hence for switch yard configurations and power networks where a protection function trips multiple breakers by using several bay control or protection devices a more efficient implementation of lockout functionality is possible.
US08599524B2	Surface mount spark gap A spark gap device includes an optional insulating layer formed on a substrate, a metal layer formed on a surface of the insulating layer, a solder resist layer formed on a surface of the metal layer, and first and second contacts. The metal layer includes a central portion and a peripheral portion separated by an air gap that surrounds the central portion of the metal layer and exposes the insulating layer. The solder resist layer includes a central portion disposed on the central portion of the metal layer having a first opening exposing a central region of the central portion of the metal layer, and a peripheral portion disposed on the peripheral portion of the metal layer having a second opening exposing a peripheral region of the peripheral portion of the metal layer. The first contact is formed in the first opening and the second contact is formed in the second opening.
US08599519B2	Head rotator assembly for tape drive A head rotator assembly (22) for positioning a head (20) of a tape drive (10) relative to a storage tape includes a head supporter (230) and a supporter mover assembly (232). The head supporter (230) is coupled to and supports the head (20). The supporter mover assembly (232) rotates a portion of the head supporter (230) about an axis (241) to move the head (20) in an azimuth direction relative to the storage tape as the storage tape moves over the head (20). The head rotator assembly (22) includes a controller (16) that controls movement of the supporter mover assembly (232) based on a positioning signal. The supporter mover assembly (232) can include a first actuator (234A) that moves a first lever (236A) to rotate the head supporter (230) to move the head (20) in the azimuth direction. The first actuator (234A) biases the first lever (236A) to rotate part of the head supporter (230) to move the head in the azimuth direction.
US08599517B1	Spindle motor and disk drive apparatus A spindle motor of a disk drive apparatus includes a base unit, a stator, a covered cylindrical rotor hub, a rotor magnet, and a bearing mechanism. The rotor magnet is an Nd—Fe—B bond magnet. The thickness of the rotor magnet in the radial direction is about 0.7 mm or more and about 1.0 mm or less. The distance between the rotor magnet and the stator core in the radial direction is about 0.15 mm or more and about 0.20 mm or less. A torque constant Kt of torque generated between the stator and the rotor magnet is about 4 mN·m/A or more and about 6 mN·m/A or less. A motor constant Km is about 2 mN·m/(A·√Ω) or more and about 4 mN·m/(A·√Ω) or less.
US08599516B2	Disk drive device in which reduction in unbalanced amount can be adjusted A disk drive device includes: a hub on which a recording disk is to be mounted; a base member; a bearing unit configured to support the hub in a manner in which the hub can be relatively rotated with respect to the base member; an extended annular groove portion provided in part of the hub around the rotational axis of the hub; and a weight member that is installed in the extended annular groove portion to adjust a rotational balance when the recording disk is being rotated with the hub. The weight member has a fixing mechanism that is slidable, when installed, in the direction of the extended annular groove portion and that can substantially maintain a stopped state at a fixing position.
US08599511B2	Apparatus for controlling writing data and method for the same In a controller of a tape drive, when a command processor receives a command for moving to the end of data (“EOD”) or the like, an operation signal output unit suspends the moving of a tape and a cartridge memory (“CM”) input/output unit stores therein a state of the tape in which the moving has been omitted. Then, when the command processor receives a command for writing data in this state, the CM input/output unit writes the data to a cartridge memory. Subsequently, for example, when a head passes a proper position at which the data should be actually written to the tape, the CM input/output unit reads the data from the cartridge memory, and the channel input/output unit writes the data to the tape at the proper position.
US08599490B2	Liquid lens A variable-focus liquid lens is provided. The liquid lens includes a membrane and a fluid. The membrane is made of a transparent elastomer, and the fluid fills a predetermined space to contact at least a lens surface of the membrane. The membrane and the fluid are respectively made of materials repulsive to each other, for example, hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials or oleophilic and oleophobic materials. Accordingly, a repulsive force between the fluid and the membrane can prevent the absorption or leaking of the fluid into/through the membrane.
US08599489B2	Near field raman imaging A tunable super-lens (TSL) for nanoscale optical sensing and imaging of bio-molecules and nano-manufacturing utilizes negative-index materials (NIMs) that operate in the visible or near infrared light. The NIMs can create a lens that will perform sub-wavelength imaging, enhanced resolution imaging, or flat lens imaging. This new TSL covers two different operation scales. For short distances between the object and its image, a near-field super-lens (NFSL) can create or enhance images of objects located at distances much less than the wavelength of light. For the far-zone, negative values are necessary for both the permittivity ∈ a permeability μ. While well-structured periodic meta-materials, which require delicate design and precise fabrication, can be used, metal-dielectric composites are also candidates for NIMs in the optical range. The negative-refraction in the composite films can be made by using frequency-selective photomodification.
US08599488B2	Optical arrangement of autofocus elements for use with immersion lithography A lithographic projection apparatus includes a projection system having a spherical lens element from which an exposure light is projected through liquid in a space under the spherical lens element, a member disposed adjacent to a surface of the spherical lens element through which the exposure light does not pass, and a gap formed between the member and the surface of the spherical lens element. The gap communicates with the space and includes lower and upper portions. A wafer is moved below and relative to the spherical lens element and the member, and the liquid is retained between the spherical lens element and the member on one side and an upper surface of the wafer on the other side. The liquid locally covers a portion of the upper surface of the wafer to expose the wafer by projecting the exposure light onto the wafer through the liquid in the space.
US08599485B1	Single-emitter etendue aspect ratio scaler An apparatus emits a laser light beam with a first aspect ratio of etendue R1, wherein the optical invariant with respect to a first direction is less than half the optical invariant with respect to a second orthogonal direction. A first cylindrical lens collimates the beam in the first direction. A second cylindrical lens collimates the light beam in the second direction. A bisecting reflective surface has an edge that splits the collimated beam into undeviated and first deviated beam paths. A folding reflective surface redirects the first deviated beam path back toward the bisecting reflective surface, optically parallel with and displaced from the undeviated beam path with respect to the first direction. At least a portion of the redirected first deviated beam path passes the edge and combines with the undeviated path to form an output beam having a second aspect ratio of etendue R2 not equal to R1.
US08599464B2	Optical image shutter An optical image shutter is disclosed. The optical image shutter includes an optical filter having a fixed refractive index and an optical filter having a variable refractive index. The optical filter having a fixed refractive index may include two layers having different refractive indexes and stacked alternately at least once. Alternatively, the optical filter having a variable refractive index may include at least one refractive index variable layer, and two layers having different refractive indexes and stacked alternately at least once. The optical image shutter may further include a transparent electrode for applying an electric field to the at least one refractive index variable layer.
US08599463B2	MEMS anchors The invention relates to an improved apparatus and method for the design and manufacture of MEMS anchoring structures for light modulators in order to address the stresses of beams mounted on them.
US08599461B2	Layered dimmer system A dimmer wheel which is formed to absorb large amounts of light and to disperse the light that is absorbed. The dimmer wheel has a bottom surface that is irregular, and a reflective material in that bottom surface to scatter the light. A light absorbing material also receives some of the light.
US08599454B2	Image reading apparatus and ground color correction method An image reading apparatus includes: a reading device; and a control unit, wherein the control unit configured to perform: an image reading process of controlling the reading device; a line ground-color-density detection process of detecting a ground-color-density of respective lines; a line count process of counting the number of adjacent lines, which is the number of lines that are adjacent to each other and a difference of the ground-color-densities of the lines falls within a reference range; a document ground-color-density extraction process of extracting a ground-color-density of a line in an area having the largest number of adjacent lines from a read image of the document image; and a density determination process of determining whether the ground-color-density of the document image is a reference density or lower, and a ground color correction process of performing.
US08599449B2	Technical documents capturing and patents analysis system and method Disclosed is a system and method for capturing technical documents and reading and commentating captured documents thereof. The system may comprise a capturing system and a reading with commentating system. The capturing system selects related drawings from a group of technical documents. It then provides important information and the related drawings onto an image for the readers' review. The reading with commentating system allows the readers to process technical classification, management and export/import for the group of technical documents. Readers may make comments on an information sharing platform after reviewing the technical documents. Besides, other materials collected or generated from the technical analysis on the technical documents may be attached to the information sharing platform.
US08599439B2	Laser color copy image processing independent of classifications An apparatus and a method are described for processing and reproducing a document including both text and half-tone images without generating undesirable image artifacts. A band-pass FIR filter with a predetermined frequency response is used to transform pixels in an input image to sharpen text edge and smooth pre-half-toned areas, and perform error diffusion and cluster dot screening methods on the transformed pixels. The FIR filter has unity gain at DC to preserve image brightness. An integrated error diffused cluster-dot screening approach is used to suppress moiré and other image artifacts, while providing a robust, crisp output.
US08599433B2	Image processor, image processing method, computer readable medium, and image processing system An image processor includes: a first storage; a rendering unit; a second storage; a creation unit; and a control unit that performs: a first control that makes the creation unit create sequentially variable images corresponding to respective records of variable data, and output the created variable images; and a second control that, in a case where variable image creating format data corresponding to format definition data conforming to the records embedded by the creation unit is not stored in the second storages makes the rendering unit render from the format definition data conforming to the records stored in the first storage to the variable image creating format data, and makes the creation unit output the variable image in which the recodes are embedded in the variable image creating format data rendered by the rendering unit separately from the output of the variable image by the first control.
US08599426B2	Apparatus for storing and maintaining printing-associated information updated during the operation of the printing apparatus in a non-volatile storage unit A writing-back task unit alternately performs writing-back of data of a second storage unit in two storage areas of a non-volatile memory according to a flag value of an updating flag. At this time, a counting process of a counter for obtaining a count value according to written-back data amount is performed. At a power-on time, it is determined whether or not all the counters have writing-back completion values. When all the counters have the writing-back completion values, if the updating flag=1, the data of the first storage area are written in a first storage unit of a RAM. On the other hand, if the updating flag=0, the data of the second storage area are written in the first storage unit of the RAM.
US08599425B2	Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a processing block, a first control block, and a second control block. The first control block issues a write request signal for inputting a first write pulse to a register of the processing block. The second control block issues a second write pulse cliffs differing from the first write pulse with timing independent of the first control block. The processing block includes the register, a write pulse generating circuit which generates the first write pulse according to the write request signal from the first control block, and a switching circuit which selects either the first write pulse or the second write pulse and inputs the selected pulse to the register.
US08599424B2	Printer cartridge microchip Printer cartridge microchips that can be used in conjunction with several different types of printer cartridges and/or printer models or families are described. Several printer cartridge microchips are provided that respond to data or information requests and/or commands from the printer (e.g., the printer processor). If the correct data or information is stored on the microchip, the printer can then function with that particular cartridge. In order to optimize the memory requirements of the microchip, at least one separate read-only memory subunit and at least one writable memory subunit is provided in the memory element. Each of the read-only memory subunits can correspond to a particular printer model or family type. In this manner, several different printer model or family types can function with the use of a single microchip for the printer cartridge.
US08599423B2	Method and apparatus for image processing, and computer program product In an image processing apparatus, an image memory handler (IMH) sets an engine descriptor for an engine unit and a virtual descriptor for a virtual video input driver, thereby controlling moving of image data from a local memory (MEM) to a hard disk drive (HDD). In a process in which the engine unit writes the image data into the MEM in such a manner defined by settings described in the engine descriptor, the virtual video input driver handles occurrence of an interrupt to a PCI direct access in such a manner that the image data is moved from the MEM to the HDD properly.
US08599417B2	System and method for setting network address A network apparatus configured to perform data communication using an address includes a value input unit configured to input a value describing at least one part of the address, a first mark input unit configured to input a mark for separating a plurality of values describing the address in a plurality of parts, and a second mark input unit configured to continuously input a plurality of marks.
US08599416B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer readable information recording medium An image forming apparatus transfers image data stored in a first storing part of a side of a first control part to a side of a writing engine. A second storing part temporarily stores the image data from said first storing part. When data stored in the second storing part reaches a data amount to be previously stored in order that continuous transfer of the image data to the side of the writing engine from the second storing part is available at a predetermined transfer rate, even when a predetermined delay occurs in a transfer operation of the image data from the first storing part to the second storing part, reading of the image data from the second storing part is started for starting image forming operation.
US08599409B2	Printing control apparatus, image forming apparatus, and printing control method of analyzing printing option for pre-processing in an XPS file A printing control apparatus is provided. The printing control apparatus includes a user interface to set a printing option for a document to be printed, an extraction unit to determine whether the set printing option is a printing option for pre-processing, a generation unit to generate a setting file corresponding to the pre-processing printing option if the printing option is the pre-processing printing option, a conversion unit to convert an XPS file into an enhanced XPS file that includes the generated setting file, and a controller to transmit the enhanced XPS file to the image forming apparatus.
US08599405B2	System and method for printing queued print jobs A system for printing queued print jobs includes a user interface and a job submission component. The user interface communicates user input. The job submission component submits print jobs to at least one print queue. The job submission component communicates with the user interface to receive the user input therefrom. The job submission component includes at least one parameter associated with printing an identification sheet with all of the at least one print job in the at least one print queue when a predetermined condition occurs, the predetermined condition includes at least one of a temporal condition, a periodic temporal condition, a threshold number of pages, and a threshold number of print jobs in the at least one print queue.
US08599397B2	Access control system, apparatus, and program According to one embodiment, a deriving operation control device obtains derivation control information and a derivation attribute. A deriving operation propriety determination unit extracts the number of times of previously-performed derivation from the derivation attribute. The deriving operation propriety determination unit extracts the upper limit number of times enabling derivation from the derivation control information and determines that a deriving operation is possible when the number of times of previously-performed derivation is equal to or below the upper limit number of times enabling derivation. A deriving operation execution unit executes the deriving operation.
US08599396B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a reading mechanism having an original placement portion on which an original document is placed for reading an image; a recording mechanism having a medium supply tray on which a recording medium is set, the recording mechanism being disposed in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the medium supply tray is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the original placement portion; an angular casing that houses the reading mechanism and the recording mechanism while stacking the reading mechanism and the recording mechanism vertically; and a cartridge holder that houses an ink cartridge and is disposed in a space located at a corner position of the casing below the reading mechanism and surrounded by a circumferential wall of the casing and a side wall of the medium supply tray.
US08599388B1	Coherent optical mapping of particles Methods and computer program products for super-resolution mapping of nanoprobes having spectrally distinguishable coherent scattering properties. A sample containing a plurality of nanoprobes is illuminated with broadband light, and coherent scattering by the nanoprobes is detected. Scattered light is spectrally associated with respective nanoprobes, allowing a position associated with each nanoprobe to be mapped.
US08599386B2	Optical tomographic imaging apparatus, interference signal processing method, and endoscope apparatus An interference signal processing method includes: dividing, into a measuring light beam and a reference light beam, each of a plurality of luminous fluxes which respectively have predetermined wavelength bands different from each other and which are emitted by sweeping the wavelength in the respective predetermined wavelength bands; detecting, for each of the luminous fluxes, an interference light signal between the reference light beam and a reflected light beam which is reflected from a measuring object at the time when the plurality of measuring light beams are irradiated onto the measuring object; calculating at least phase information of a plurality of detected interference light signals; and using, as a reference, the phase of the interference light signal obtained from the luminous flux of a first wavelength band, and of generating a corrected interference light signal by correcting, based on the phase information, the phase of the interference light signals obtained from the luminous fluxes of the plurality of wavelength bands different from the first wavelength band.
US08599384B2	Handheld interferometer based wavelength meter A handheld wavelength meter that includes a housing that encloses a non-stable reference signal source, an interferometer with rotating retroreflectors, optical-electrical converters, a frequency multiplier, and a controller.
US08599373B1	Microcavity Raman sensor and method of use In accordance with the present invention, an ultra-sensitive Raman chemical sensor is provided that is based on an enhanced spontaneous emission as a result of cavity quantum electrodynamic effects. More specifically, the sensor in accordance with the present invention makes use of a double resonance of a microcavity with both the excitation laser frequency and the Raman frequency. As such, the Raman shift corresponds to an integer times the free spectral range of the microcavity. Because the Raman frequency directly depends on the excitation laser's frequency, the fulfillment of the resonance condition for the excitation laser frequency guarantees that resonance with the Raman frequency is also satisfied.
US08599369B2	Defect inspection device and inspection method A defect inspection method wherein illumination light having a substantially uniform illumination intensity distribution in a certain direction on the surface of a specimen is radiated onto the surface of the specimen; wherein multiple components of those scattered light beams from the surface of the specimen which are emitted mutually different directions are detected, thereby obtaining corresponding multiple scattered light beam detection signals; wherein the multiple scattered light beam detection signals is subjected to processing, thereby determining the presence of defects; wherein the corresponding multiple scattered light detecting signals is processed with respect to all of the spots determined to be defective by the processing, thereby determining the sizes of defects; and wherein the defect locations on the specimen and the defect sizes are displayed with respect to all of the spots determined to be defective by the processing.
US08599365B2	System and method for identifying individual trees in LiDAR data using local view A method and apparatus for identifying individual trees and its canopy shape in LiDAR data determines if the view of each LiDAR data point is blocked by one or more neighboring LiDAR data points. LiDAR data points that do not have neighboring LiDAR data points that block the view are considered to be a central part of a tree canopy. In one embodiment, those LiDAR data points that are central part of a canopy are added to an output file that stores clusters of data points for each canopy detected. The central part of the canopy area can be analyzed to predict one or more characteristics of the tree.
US08599359B2	Exposure apparatus, exposure method, device manufacturing method, and carrier method An exposure apparatus is equipped with a coarse movement stage which can move along an XY plane and includes a first section and a second section that can come close to and separate from each other, a fine movement stage which holds wafer W and is supported relatively movable at least within the XY plane by the coarse movement stage, and a drive system which drives the fine movement stage supported by the coarse movement stage independently or integrally with the coarse movement stage. Further, the exposure apparatus is equipped with a relay stage which can deliver the fine movement stage to/from the coarse movement stage.
US08599355B2	Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is LCD device and a method of manufacturing the same, which increases a margin between the channel width and length (W/L) of a thin film transistor having a multi-gate structure, wherein the device comprises a substrate where a plurality of pixel regions are defined by a data line and a gate line; an active layer formed at each of a plurality of pixel regions of the substrate; a gate electrode comprising a plurality of multi-patterns overlapping with the active layer with an insulation layer therebetween; and a data electrode electrically connected to the active layer, wherein the multi-patterns are formed in straight by compensating pattern distortion of an edge portion of a gate pattern, and formed with the gate pattern which is designed to comprise a plurality of compensation patterns.
US08599352B2	Liquid crystal display device and process of manufacture A liquid crystal display device and method includes a pair of substrates with liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween, a plurality of intersecting scanning signal lines and image signal lines, a thin film transistor formed corresponding to each intersection, a pixel electrode which is formed in a pixel region and connected to the thin film transistor, a gate insulating film, and a protective insulating film. At least one of the scanning signal lines and the image signal lines are each formed of a laminated film including a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is formed of a copper film having a purity of at least 99.5%, and the second layer is formed of an alloy film containing copper as a main component. The first layer and the second layer are collectively subjected to wet etching with an etchant having a predetermined pH.
US08599349B2	Display panel A display panel includes a first substrate, scan lines, data lines, pixel units, a second substrate, a display medium, and a color filter layer. The scan lines and the data lines are disposed on the first substrate. The pixel units are electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines. Each pixel unit includes first, second, third, and fourth pixels. An extension direction of slit patterns of the first and second pixels is different from an extension direction of slit patterns of the third and fourth pixels. The color filter layer includes a first color filter pattern, a second color filter pattern, a third color filter pattern, and a fourth color filter pattern respectively corresponding to the first, second, third, and fourth pixel. The color of the fourth color filter pattern is different from the colors of the first, second, and third color filter patterns.
US08599345B2	Liquid crystal display device VA-mode liquid crystal display device having a high display quality is provided. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer; a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a first electrode provided in the first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side and a second electrode provided in the second substrate on the liquid crystal layer side; and a first alignment film provided between the first electrode and the liquid crystal layer and a second alignment film provided between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel areas located in a matrix. Each of the plurality of pixel areas includes a first liquid crystal domain in which a tilt direction of liquid crystal molecules at the center and in the vicinity thereof in a layer plane and in a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode is a predetermined first direction, a second liquid crystal domain in which such a tilt direction is a predetermined second direction, a third liquid crystal domain in which such a tilt direction is a predetermined third direction and a fourth liquid crystal domain in which such a tilt direction is a predetermined fourth direction; and a difference between any two among the first direction, the second direction, the third direction and the fourth direction is approximately equal to an integral multiple of 90°.
US08599342B2	Method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device comprising a light-transmitting reinforcing plate arranged on a front surface side of a liquid crystal display panel wherein a photocuring resin is irradiated from only a side surface of the photocuring resin A liquid crystal display panel including liquid crystal sandwiched between a pair of substrates is prepared. A light-transmitting reinforcing plate is prepared. A photocuring resin is provided between the liquid crystal display panel and the reinforcing plate. Light is irradiated to a side surface of a laminated body constituted of the liquid crystal display panel, the reinforcing plate and the photocuring resin. The photocuring resin is arranged to face the liquid crystal in an opposed manner. The light is allowed to advance to the inside of the photocuring resin from an edge portion of the photocuring resin. The light is allowed to advance to the inside of the reinforcing plate from an edge portion of the reinforcing plate, is propagated in the inside of the reinforcing plate, and is irradiated to the photocuring resin from the reinforcing plate at a position away from the edge portion of the reinforcing plate.
US08599340B2	Liquid crystal display device having wide viewing angle Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device having a wide viewing angle in which compensation films are provided between a liquid crystal display panel and each polarizer so as to change polarized states of input and output light of the liquid crystal display panel via the polarizers, thereby preventing light leakage in a diagonal direction of the liquid crystal display device in a normally black mode.
US08599329B2	Liquid crystal display module and liquid crystal display device having the same A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display module, including: a bottom chassis having a bottom side on which an open hole is formed, a printed circuit board adjacent to the open hole and supported at an inner face of the bottom side on which a plurality of light emitting diodes are is mounted, and a coupling part which extends from the printed circuit board, passes through the open hole and contacts an outer face of the bottom side of the bottom chassis, so as to maintain coupling between the bottom chassis and the printed circuit board.
US08599322B2	2-dimensional and 3-dimensional image display device and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional image display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The display device includes: an image display panel including first and second substrates with a first liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a switching panel including third and fourth substrates with a second liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; and a backlight unit for supplying light to the image display panel and the switching panel.
US08599305B2	Solid-state imaging device and image capture apparatus with anti-blooming pre-shutter operation A solid-state imaging device having a pixel array section in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are arranged in a matrix form, and sweeping out unnecessary charges by setting a predetermined number, two or more, of adjacent rows or a predetermined number, two or more, of adjacent columns, in the pixel array section, to a single group, and by applying a shutter pulse in units of groups before storing signal charges, and sequentially reading the signal charges in the units of groups. In the solid-state imaging device, a pre-shutter pulse is applied to pixels belonging to at least a single row or a single column within a succeeding group and adjacent to a preceding group, prior to the shutter pulse, before a reading timing for the preceding group, to sweep out unnecessary charges stored in the pixels.
US08599303B2	Dimensioning system The present invention determines the dimensions and volume of an object by using a novel 3-D camera that measures the distance to every reflective point in its field of view with a single pulse of light. The distance is computed by the time of flight of the pulse to each camera pixel. The accuracy of the measurement is augmented by capture of the laser pulse shape in each camera pixel. The camera can be used on an assembly line to develop quality control data for manufactured objects or on a moving or stationary system that weighs as well as dimensions the objects. The device can also ascertain the minimum size of a box required to enclose an object.
US08599301B2	Arrayed imaging systems having improved alignment and associated methods Arrayed imaging systems include an array of detectors formed with a common base and a first array of layered optical elements, each one of the layered optical elements being optically connected with a detector in the array of detectors.
US08599295B2	Imaging element and imaging device with constant current source gate-to-source potential difference Disclosed herein is an imaging element including a pixel array section, a first current source, a first ground line, a first switch, a first capacitive element, a second switch, and a current control circuit.
US08599269B1	Digital camera testing for dark signal non-uniformity The embodiments of the invention here are automated systems and processes for testing a camera device. The processes can detect dark signal non-uniformity (DSNU) within a digital image that has been captured by a solid-state imaging sensor of the camera device under test. Techniques that may be able to detecting localized and global color drifts of various shapes have been described and claimed.
US08599268B2	Image capturing apparatus, method of detecting tracking object, and computer program product An image signal processing unit partitions a frame image into a plurality of partitioned blocks and calculates for each partitioned block luminance information, color information, contrast information, and a motion vector quantity. A grouping unit groups the partitioned blocks into an image area of the same object based on the luminance information and the color information of each partitioned block. A moving amount calculating unit calculates a moving amount of an object contained in a grouped image area based on the motion vector quantity of each partitioned block, a detection value of a motion detection sensor, and a focal length calculated by a focal length calculating unit. A tracking object selecting unit selects an object in the image area of the highest contrast value as a tracking target object out of objects each having a moving amount exceeding a threshold value.
US08599237B2	Multiple video stream capability negotiation Video send and receive capabilities of participants are determined by the respective machines determining available combinations, as well as preferences for the receivers. Receiver capabilities are forwarded to the source for computation of negotiated video capabilities through a logic intersection of the determined capabilities based on desired number of streams and resolutions. If a resolution of a send capability exists within the receive capability, the highest frame and/or bit rate may be selected for transmission.
US08599226B2	Device and method of data conversion for wide gamut displays A method and system for converting color image data (data outputting from element 202) from a, for example, three-dimensional color space format to a format usable by an n-primary display (206), wherein n is greater than or equal to 3. The system (converter 204) may define a two-dimensional sub-space having a plurality of two-dimensional positions, each position representing a set of n primary color values and a third, scaleable coordinate value for generating an n-primary display input signal (signal inputting toi display 206). Furthermore, the system may receive a three-dimensional color space input signal including out-of range pixel data not reproducible by a three-primary additive display, and may convert the data to side gamut color image pixel data suitable for driving the wide gamut color display.
US08599224B2	Organic light emitting display and driving method thereof An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprises: an OLED; a driving transistor for supplying driving current to the OLED; a data line for transmitting a corresponding data signal to the driving transistor; a first transistor having a first electrode connected to one electrode of the OLED and a second electrode connected to the data line; and a second transistor having a first electrode connected to the data line and a second electrode connected a gate electrode of the driving transistor, wherein the first transistor, the second transistor, and the driving transistor are turned on, a first current and a second current are respectively sunk in a path of driving current from the driving transistor to the OLED through the data line, and a threshold voltage and mobility of the driving transistor are calculated by receiving a first voltage and a second voltage applied to the gate electrode of the driving transistor corresponding to sinking of the first current and the second current through the second transistor and the data line, and the data signal transmitted to the data line is compensated.
US08599223B2	Display device, method for correcting luminance degradation, and electronic apparatus A display device includes a first reference pixel section configured to be driven to emit light at a predetermined luminance, a second reference pixel section configured to be driven to emit light when an amount of luminance degradation is to be detected, and a correcting unit configured to correct luminance degradation of effective pixels that contribute to display on the basis of a detection result of luminances of the first reference pixel section and the second reference pixel section.
US08599221B2	Image display devices An image processing device includes a first display section configured to display an image, an input receiving device configured to receive an input associated with the image, and a computer processing unit (CPU). The CPU is configured to determine a selected portion of the image based on the input, to reduce a scaling factor associated with the selected portion of the image as an amount of time that the input device continuously receives the input increases, and to apply the scaling factor to the selected portion of the image to generate a scaled image. The device also includes a second display section configured to display the scaled portion of the image.
US08599215B1	Method, apparatus and system for joining image volume data An apparatus and method for joining two MRI image data sets to form a composite image. The images are joined together at one or more places along the common area by processing the first and second image data using the square of the normalized intensity difference between at least one group of pixels in the first image data and another group of pixels in the second image data.
US08599212B2	Character display method and apparatus The present invention discloses a character display method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a display color value of a character; obtaining a background color value of the character according to a position of the character; obtaining a difference between the display color value and the background color value; obtaining an outline of the character when the difference is smaller than a preset threshold; and displaying the character that has the outline. By adopting the present invention, the character may be clearly displayed in a background without changing a color of the character and a color of the background.
US08599210B2	Surface caching Techniques for surface caching are described in which a cache for surfaces is provided to enable existing surfaces to be reused. Surfaces in the cache can be assigned to one of multiple surface lists used to service requests for surfaces. The multiple lists can include at least a main list and an auxiliary list configured to group existing surfaces according to corresponding surface constraints. When a surface is requested, the multiple lists can be searched to find an existing surface based on constraints including, for example, the type of surface and size requirements for the requested surface. If an existing surface is discovered, the existing surface can be returned to service the request. If a suitable surface is not found in the multiple lists, a new surface is created for the request and the new surface can be added to a corresponding one of the multiple surface lists.
US08599205B2	Method for displaying battery residual quantity in portable terminal having self-luminescence display and apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for displaying a battery residual quantity of a portable terminal having a self-luminescence display are provided. The brightness of an image frame is determined by analyzing a histogram of the image frame output through the self-luminescence display. A power consumption of the self-luminescence display is determined based on the brightness of the image frame output through the self-luminescence display. A battery voltage and a battery voltage variance value are determined. The battery residual quantity is displayed in accordance with the power consumption of the self-luminescence display and the battery voltage variance value.
US08599202B1	Computing tessellation coordinates using dedicated hardware A system and method for performing tessellation of three-dimensional surface patches performs some tessellation operations using programmable processing units and other tessellation operations using fixed function units with limited precision. (u,v) parameter coordinates for each vertex are computed using fixed function units to offload programmable processing engines. The (u,v) computation is a symmetric operation and is based on integer coordinates of the vertex, tessellation level of detail values, and a spacing mode.
US08599198B2	Pseudo 3D image creation apparatus and display system A plurality of basic depth models indicate depth values of a plurality of basic scene structures. Statistical amounts of pixel values in predetermined areas in a non-3D image are calculated to generate first evaluation values. A statistical amount of pixel values in a whole of the non-3D image is calculated to generate a second evaluation value. The basic depth models are combined into a combination result according to a combination ratio depending on the generated first evaluation values. Depth estimation data is generated from the combination result and the non-3D image. A texture of the non-3D image is shifted in response to the generated depth estimation data and the generated second evaluation value to generate a different-viewpoint picture signal. The generated different-viewpoint picture signal and a picture signal representative of the non-3D image make a stereo pair representing a pseudo 3D image.
US08599194B2	System and method for the interactive display of data in a motion capture environment A system includes an analysis system for performing an analysis and a motion capture environment interfaced with the analysis system. The motion capture system includes at least one sensor-tracker for tracking a location of a tracked object within the motion capture environment and one or more computers collectively operable to generate a virtual reality environment corresponding to the analysis.
US08599190B2	Voltage level selection circuit and display driver A decoder includes a first sub-decoder that receives a first level voltage set and outputs voltages selected according to lower L-bits of N-bit data, a second sub-decoder that receives a second level voltage set and outputs voltages selected according to the lower L-bits, a third sub-decoder that selects, according to higher M-bits, one voltage from the voltages selected by the first and second sub-decoders, a fourth sub-decoder that outputs voltages selected according to lower P-bits from among a third level voltage set, a fifth sub-decoder that selects one voltage selected according to higher Q-bits from the voltages output from the fourth sub-decoder, and a sixth sub-decoder that controls conduction and non-conduction based on K-bits, between one output among outputs of the first sub-decoder, and one output among outputs of the fourth sub-decoder; output of the third sub-decoder and output of the fifth sub-decoder are connected to an output terminal; the first, second, and third sub-decoders are configured from transistor switches of said first polarity, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth sub-decoders are configured from transistor switches of said second polarity.
US08599185B2	Driving apparatus of display with precharge mechanism A driving apparatus of a display is disclosed. The driving apparatus mentioned above includes a digital-to-analog converter circuit and an output buffer circuit. The digital-to-analog converting circuit receives a display data with a digital format for generating a gray-level voltage. The output buffer circuit has an output terminal to output an output signal. The output buffer circuit receives the gray-level voltage, a pre-charge enable signal and the output signal and provides a pre-charge output signal to the output terminal of the output buffering circuit according to the pre-charge enable signal and a comparison result of the gray-level voltage and the output signal.
US08599184B2	Charge pump and display driving system including the same Provided is a boosting voltage generating element used in a semiconductor integrated circuit, more particularly, is a charge pump. The charge pump includes a first converting unit and a second converting unit. The first converting unit is configured to receive a first voltage in response to a first clock signal to generate a first pumping voltage. The first converting unit is also configured to alternately output the first pumping voltage to a first terminal and a second terminal. The second converting unit is configured to receive the first pumping voltage through the first terminal or the second terminal in response to a second clock signal and a third clock signal respectively, to generate a second pumping voltage The second converting unit is also configured to provide the second pumping voltage to an output terminal. The second converting unit is configured to provide the second pumping voltage to the output terminal for at least half of a period of the second clock signal or the third clock signal.
US08599181B2	Display panel A photo detector is disclosed. The photo detector includes a substrate, a first patterned semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer, a patterned conductive layer, an inter-layer dielectric, a second patterned semiconductor layer, two first electrodes disposed on the inter-layer dielectric and two second electrodes disposed on portions of the second semiconductor layer. The first patterned semiconductor layer having a first doping region and a second doping region is disposed on a transistor region. The dielectric layer is disposed to cover the substrate and the first semiconductor layer, the patterned conductive layer is disposed on the dielectric layer, and the inter-layer dielectric having at least two openings adapted to expose the first doping region and the second doping region is disposed to cover the dielectric layer. The second patterned semiconductor layer is disposed on a photosensitive region and the first electrodes are electrically connected to the first patterned semiconductor layer.
US08599173B2	Tracking approaching or hovering objects for user interfaces The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can utilize photo-sensors embedded in a substantially transparent layer of a UI display for tracking objects that approach or hover over the UI display. The photo-sensors can be configured to detect light of certain wavelengths (e.g., visible light, infrared light) that are propagated toward the UI display, while ignoring light emanating from the UI display when displaying content. Accordingly, by examining various characteristics of the incoming light such as intensity, the architecture can identify a location of a shadow incident upon the display caused by an approaching or hovering selector object blocking portions of incoming light. Additionally or alternatively, the architecture can identify a location of higher intensity for light emanating from the selector object.
US08599167B2	Method and apparatus for improving dynamic range of a touchscreen controller A touchscreen system for increasing the dynamic range of the system comprising a touchscreen coupled to an offset cancellation element and a capacitance measuring element. The offset cancellation element is configured to be dynamically changed in capacitance such that it offsets parasitic and sensor capacitances of the touchscreen sensors thereby leaving only touch event capacitance to be measured by the measuring element. The offset cancellation element is able to adjust to the initial unwanted capacitances of each sensor as well as dynamically adjust to changes in the unwanted capacitance due to the environment. In some embodiments, the offset cancellation element is a capacitance digital-to-analog converter that is controlled by a controller for offsetting the unwanted capacitance. As a result, the touchscreen system is able to utilize a small integrating capacitor thereby lowering cost and improving the dynamic range of the system.
US08599160B2	External touch keyboard A touch keyboard includes a touch panel, a light guide plate, a keyboard layer, and a controller. The controller is connected to the touch panel. When a user touches the touch panel, the controller determines the touch position by detecting changes in the current of the touch panel, and generates a command signal. The keyboard layer is sandwiched between the touch panel and the light guide plate. The keyboard layer includes a film and a plurality of keyboard signs printed on the film, and the positions of the keyboard signs are recorded in the controller.
US08599156B2	Electronic apparatus and method for processing input signal An electronic apparatus and a method for processing an input signal are provided. In the present invention, a signal conversion module is provided, and the signal conversion module registers into an operating system. A raw data corresponding to an input signal is obtained from the operating system through the signal conversion module, when the input signal is received from a human interface device. And a reference value is obtained from a driver of the human interface device through the signal conversion module. The raw data is converted into a coordinate data according to the reference value through the signal conversion module, and the coordinate data is sent to an application program through the signal conversion module.
US08599153B2	Apparatus and method for executing hot key function of mobile terminal An apparatus and a method for executing a hot key function of a mobile terminal provide that, if a motion of the mobile terminal is detected and a touch of a user is detected, a specific hot key function is executed, so that the user may input commands according to the touch of the user and the motion of the mobile terminal.
US08599151B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a first display unit for displaying book data per page, a second display unit provided so as to be adjacent to the first display unit for displaying the book data per page, an axial part provided between the first and second display units, a first detecting unit for detecting rotational angular displacement of the first display unit around the axial part, a second detecting unit for detecting rotational angular displacement of the second display unit around the axial part, and a display page controller for displaying a page N displayed on the first display unit on the second display unit, or displaying the page N displayed on the second display unit on the first display unit, based on the rotational angular displacement of the first display unit and the rotational angular displacement of the second display unit.
US08599144B2	Grounded button for capacitive sensor A touch-sensing device has a top and a bottom surface. A grounded connector is coupled to the bottom surface of the touch-sensing device and extends through the touch-sensing device to the top surface of the touch-sensing device. The touch-sensing device has a grounded layer. A first dielectric layer is on the grounded layer. A conductive layer of the touch-sensing device has an opening. The conductive layer is on the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is on the conductive layer. The grounded connector is coupled to the grounded layer and extends through the opening of the conductive layer to the top surface of the second dielectric layer.
US08599142B2	Input device An input device, especially for a vehicle, comprises a display to display an operating element, a touchscreen arranged above the display for recognition of the position of touching of an operating surface of the touchscreen, a force sensor connected to the touchscreen for measurement of the force exerted on the operating surface of the touchscreen, and a control to generate a warning during touching of the operating surface of the touchscreen in the region of display of the operating element or during pressing on the operating surface of the touchscreen in the region of display of the operating element, and to generate a control command assigned to the operating element, if, after generation of the warning, a force that exceeds a force limit value is exerted on the operating surface.
US08599141B2	Input device having coordinate-inputting unit and switching unit An input device is provided. The input device contains a face sheet, coordinate-inputting means opposing the lower portion of the face sheet, and switching means opposing the lower portion of the coordinate-inputting means. The face sheet, the coordinate-inputting means, and the switching means are laminated in a thickness direction. The coordinate-inputting means has X- and Y-direction electrodes opposing each other and arranged on both surfaces of a base sheet in a grid manner. The switching means has a substrate with a switch contact portions in a grid arrangement. The switch contact portions are switched by the inversion of invertible plates. Projections are disposed between the coordinate-inputting means and the invertible plates.
US08599137B2	Navigation tool including induction functionality There is provided a handheld electronic device including a support structure, a display, a navigation tool assembly and a coil. The display is located on a front face of the device and upon which graphical user interface information is displayed to the user of the device. The navigation tool assembly is coupled to the support structure and includes a navigation tool that is moveable relative to the support structure. The navigation tool is configured to control motion of a selection or position indicator on the display. The coil is coupled to the support structure. A movement of the navigation tool relative to the support structure effects induction of current through the coil.
US08599135B1	Controller device, information processing system, and communication method A controller device transmits operation data to an information processing device. The controller device wirelessly communicates with the information processing device. The controller device includes an operation unit, a generating unit, and a communication unit. The operation unit includes at least a gyrosensor, an acceleration sensor, a direction input unit, and a touch panel. The generating unit generates operation data based on data obtained from the operation unit. The communication unit wirelessly transmits the operation data to the information processing device for each iteration of a predetermined cycle. The operation data transmitted in a single transmission includes: data representing a value obtained by adding together nine pieces of angular velocity detected by the gyrosensor; data representing one piece of acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor; data representing one piece of direction detected by the direction input unit; and data representing ten pieces of position detected by the touch panel.
US08599133B2	Private screens self distributing along the shop window An interactive method and system include at least one detector (210) configured to detect the position of at least one user (240) in proximity of a panel (205), such as a transparent panel of a shop window (205). A processor (120) is provided which may be configured to activate a portion of the panel to display information. This portion, referred to as a private screen (230), may be substantially near the user's position. The processor (120) may be further be configured to move the private screen (230) so that it follows movement of the user (120). When a second user (245) is detected, then a second private screen (235) is activated substantially near the second user (245). The location of the second private screen (235) relative the location of the first screen (230) is such that interference is reduced between the two users or screens.
US08599126B2	Method of local dimming of light source, light source apparatus for performing the method and display apparatus having the light source apparatus In a method of local dimming of a light source including a plurality of light-emitting blocks, a dimming level of each light-emitting block of the plurality of light-emitting blocks is determined. A compensation dimming level of a predetermined light-emitting block is calculated based on dimming levels of peripheral light-emitting blocks disposed around a periphery of the predetermined light-emitting block. The predetermined light-emitting block is driven based on the compensation dimming level.
US08599123B2	Drive circuit and liquid crystal display using the same A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a drive circuit, and a power circuit. The drive circuit includes a gate driver, a timing control circuit, and a wave signal generation circuit. The timing control circuit sends a timing control signal to the gate driver and the wave signal generation circuit. The wave signal generation circuit generates a control signal according to the timing control signal, and generates a wave signal according to the control signal. The gate driver generates scan signals according to the timing control signal and the wave signal. Before the voltage of the scan signal changes from a maximum voltage to a minimum voltage, the voltage of the scan signal decreases to an invariable middle voltage that is between the minimum voltage and the maximum voltage during a fall time of the scan signal.
US08599115B2	Semiconductor device, display device, and electronic device A pixel includes a load, a transistor which controls a current supplied to the load, a storage capacitor, and first to fourth switches. By inputting a potential in accordance with a video signal into the pixel after the threshold voltage of the transistor is held in the storage capacitor, and holding a voltage of the sum of the threshold voltage and the potential, variations of a current value caused by variations of threshold voltage of a transistor can be suppressed. Consequently, a predetermined current can be supplied to the load such as a light-emitting element. Further, by changing the potential of a power supply line, a display device with a high duty ratio can be provided.
US08599114B2	Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same A display device displays an image having a substantially uniform brightness by compensating for variations of the threshold voltages of driving transistors and compensating for the deterioration of an organic light emitting diode. A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, two transistors, a storage capacitor, and a compensation unit. A driving transistor supplies a current to an OLED corresponding to the voltage in the storage capacitor. The compensation unit controls a voltage of a gate electrode of the driving transistor corresponding to a deterioration of the organic light emitting diode, and couples one electrode of the driving transistor to the data line during a compensation period, during which a threshold voltage of the driving transistor is compensated.
US08599112B2	Display device Any one of a write scanning line, a power source supply line, and a video signal line is structured as a subsidiary wiring disposed in the same layer as that having a lower electrode disposed therein. The subsidiary wiring is used in the power source supply line through which a power source drive pulse to be pulse-driven is transmitted, or other wirings (such as the write scanning line and the video signal line).
US08599106B2	Dual screen application behaviour A multi-screen user device and methods for logically controlling the display behavior of applications and other displayable data are disclosed. Specifically, when a dual-screen application is displayed to the primary and secondary screens of a device the dual-screen application can be minimized to a single screen by closing the device. When the device is reopened, the minimized dual-screen application is maintained in a minimized state on the screen to which it was minimized. Specific rules can be implemented to determine whether the dual-screen application will be maximized to run on the primary and secondary screens of a device upon reopening.
US08599094B2	Loop antenna A loop antenna is provided. The loop antenna includes: a substrate; an outer pattern including at least one loop on a surface of the substrate; and an inner pattern in an inner region of the at least one loop of the outer pattern, an end of the inner pattern being connected to an end of the outer pattern, wherein the inner pattern is configured so that an electric current flows in the inner pattern in a direction opposite to a direction in which the electric current flows in the outer pattern. Accordingly, an H-Field characteristic of the loop antenna can be enhanced, thereby allowing the loop antenna to have a decreased size and an improved performance.
US08599092B2	Antenna, communication device, antenna manufacturing method An antenna includes a coil that is formed such that one end of the coil is short circuited or open to a ground and a current standing wave is generated when a high frequency signal is applied to another end of the coil. The coil generates a magnetic field standing wave having a frequency corresponding to the high frequency signal, and thereby detects or radiates an electromagnetic wave having the frequency.
US08599082B2	Bracket assembly for a wireless telemetry component A bracket assembly is used to mount a wireless telemetry component proximate a rotating component of a combustion turbine engine (10), wherein the wireless telemetry component includes an RF transparent ceramic cover (128). The bracket assembly comprises a first mounting bracket (125) on a surface proximate the rotating component that includes a first (138) and second (139) bracket member spaced apart from one another. The first (138) and second (139) bracket members are disposed generally perpendicular to a direction of centrifugal forces generated by the rotating component. At least one of the first (138) or second bracket (139) members is inclined toward the other bracket member and disposed at an acute angle relative to the surface (141) proximate the rotating component.
US08599081B2	Solar energy collection antennas The subject disclosure relates to solar energy collection and use in communications systems and to enhancements thereof. In an aspect, dual function antennas are disclosed that can simultaneously function as an antenna and as a solar energy collection system. In further aspects, disclosed embodiments can focus incident solar radiation to increase output voltage of conventional solar cells. Measured and simulated results demonstrate various aspects of the subject disclosure.
US08599076B2	Radio wave receiver and method for producing radio wave receiver The radio wave receiver includes the antenna. The device body and the closing member are coupled to each other by making the screw portion of the fixation screw being inserted through the through-hole of the metallic closing member engage with the screw portion of the device body. The coupling resin member having electrically insulating property is coupled to the irregularities of a nanometer size formed on a metal surface of the closing member, a through-hole is formed in the coupling resin member, and thereby electrical insulation between the metallic device body and the metallic closing member which are screwed together with the fixation screw is ensured so as to improve receiving sensitivity of the antenna.
US08599073B2	Mobile terminal device An antenna shaft of an antenna is first inserted through a shaft through-hole created on a lateral plate casing of a stationary-side front case. Then, a flange on the antenna shaft is screw-fixed in a screw hole created at a predetermined position on the lateral plate casing of the stationary-side front case. When the antenna shaft of the antenna is inserted through the shaft through-hole created on the lateral plate casing, an inserted tip of the antenna shaft abuts against a substantially V-shaped connection receiving unit, which is fixed on a circuit board in the stationary-side front case. As a result, an electric connection is established between the antenna and the circuit board.
US08599069B2	Method and system for polar quantization for GNSS data A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver may be operable to quantize two-dimensional GNSS sample data with an in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) pair to two-dimensional quantized data with a magnitude and angle pair using the polar quantization, for example, an unrestricted polar quantization. The GNSS receiver may be operable to reduce a size of the two-dimensional quantized data for storage by representing the two-dimensional quantized data by the one-dimensional symbol data. The one-dimensional symbol data may be stored in a random access memory (RAM) for further processing. The I and Q pair associated with the one-dimensional symbol data stored in the RAM may be retrieved and processed by the GNSS receiver using a correlation such as a fast Fourier transform (FFT) correlation.
US08599068B2	Systems and methods for mobile terminal location verification Methods and systems for using W-code to extend anti-spoof capability to civilian GPS receivers for verifying locations of mobile terminals are disclosed. A system for verifying a reported location of a mobile terminal includes a receiver of the mobile terminal and a verification processor. The receiver processes the radio ranging signals to generate measured quantities related to the W-code to the verification processor. The receiver also provides the reported location of the mobile terminal to the verification processor. The verification processor generates expected quantities related to the W-code based on the reported location of the mobile terminal. The verification processor further compares the measured quantities related to the W-code to the expected quantities related to the W-code to verify the reported location of the mobile terminal.
US08599067B2	Mitigating multipath using state transition detection and measurement A global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver that includes a radio frequency (RF) receiver receiving a first GPS signal from a GPS satellite and a processor. The processor is configured to correlate the first GPS signal with a plurality of reference signals to produce a plurality of correlations, detect a transition between receiving the first GPS signal and receiving a second GPS signal from the GPS satellite based on a phase shift in the correlations, and if the transition is detected, compensate for the phase shift when computing a range to the GPS satellite.
US08599065B2	SBAS receiver Disclosed herein is a Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) receiver. The SBAS receiver is configured to receive SBAS messages containing augmentation data and to provide one or more served GPS receivers with augmentation information based on the augmentation data extracted from the received SBAS messages. The SBAS receiver is designed to implement a Finite State Machine (FSM) intended to be common to all served GPS receivers, and configured to evolve based on the received SBAS messages and to store the augmentation data contained therein. The common FSM is further configured to cooperate with a number of correction modules equal to the number of served GPS receivers, each correction module being configured to receive GPS data from a corresponding served GPS receiver, and to compute an augmented position for the corresponding served GPS receiver based on the corresponding GPS data and on augmentation data retrieved from the common FSM. If the correction modules are implemented in the SBAS receiver, then the augmentation information provided by the SBAS receiver to each served GPS receiver is the augmented position computed by the corresponding correction module. If the correction modules are each implemented in a corresponding served GPS receiver, then the augmentation information provided by the SBAS receiver to the served GPS receiver is the augmentation data stored in the common FSM.
US08599062B2	Object detection with multiple frequency chirps A system and method are disclosed for the generation and processing of waveforms utilized to modulate the carrier frequency of a microwave sensor employed, to determine the range and velocity of an object of interest. The system and method result in improved performance in environments with high levels of interference.
US08599056B2	Digital-to-analog converter An embodiment of the present invention provides a digital-to-analog converter including: a primary modulator; a secondary modulator, connected to the primary modulator; a delay unit, connected to the primary modulator; a subtractor, connected to the delay unit and the secondary modulator separately; a first processing module, configured to perform decoding, dynamic matching, and digital-to-analog conversion in sequence on a B-bit digital signal output by the secondary modulator, so as to obtain a first analog signal; a second processing module, configured to perform decoding, dynamic matching, and digital-to-analog conversion in sequence on an (N−B+1) -bit quantization noise signal output by the subtractor, so as to obtain an analog noise signal; and an adder, connected to the first processing module and the second processing module separately, and configured to add the first analog signal and the analog noise signal, so as to obtain and output a second analog signal.
US08599051B2	Time-interleaved A/D converter apparatus including correction signal part outputting a dispersion compensation control signal A time-interleaved A/D converter apparatus has a primary signal A/D converter circuit group that is time-interleaved with a combination of N A/D converter circuits, a correction signal generation part operable to receive the input analog signal and a 1/m-sampling signal having a speed that is 1/m of a rate of the sampling signal inputted to the primary signal A/D converter circuit group, to extract a dispersion of a transmission line that is immanent in the input analog signal, and to output the dispersion as a dispersion compensation control signal used for digital signal compensation, and a signal processing part operable to convert the N digital signals into one digital signal based upon the dispersion compensation control signal and to compensate a dispersion included in the converted digital signal.
US08599048B2	Systems and methods for compression of logical data objects for storage A compression system configured to compress logical data objects into one or more accommodation blocks with a predefined size, and a method of operating thereof are provided. The compression system includes a compression engine capable of compressing input data with the help of sequential encoding one or more input strings and a counter operatively coupled to the compression engine. The counter is configured to keep its ongoing value indicative of a number of input bytes in one or more strings successfully encoded into a given accommodation block; and, responsive to unsuccessful compression of a string into the given accommodation block, to provide the compression engine with information indicative of starting point in the input stream for encoding into the next accommodation block, thus giving rise to a “start indication.”
US08599045B2	Systems and methods for enhanced awareness of clearance from conflict for surface traffic operations Systems and methods for improving pilot situational awareness in the airport vicinity. An example method determines if at least one of an aircraft or vehicle in a predefined vicinity of the airport is a conflict based on information about an installation aircraft, information received from the at least one aircraft or vehicle, and a predefined conflict envelope, when the installation aircraft is performing one of an approach to landing, a takeoff operation or a taxi operation at an airport. The method generates and outputs a conflict alert if the installation aircraft determines that the at least one aircraft or vehicle is a conflict. The method generates a clear-of-conflict advisory if the at least one aircraft or vehicle previously determined to be conflicting is determined to no longer be conflicting based on updated information received from the at least one aircraft or vehicle.
US08599037B2	Door mirror for an automobile The door mirror for an automobile including a light diffusing section disposed between the side object detection symbols and the first and second LEDs. Relative dispositions between the side object detection symbols and the first and second LEDs are such that the optical axis of the first LED intersects with a host vehicle display section and the optical axis of the second LED intersects with an other vehicle display section. The relative dispositions enable uniform illumination of the side object detection symbols using the two LEDs. Furthermore, the optical axis of the first LED intersects with a light non-transmissive portion of the host vehicle display section and the optical axis of the second LED intersects with a light non-transmissive portion of the other vehicle display section.
US08599031B2	Systems and methods for stray voltage detection A system for detecting stray voltage in a conductive object is disclosed herein. The system includes a pick-up element, electrical circuitry, a housing for enclosing the circuitry, a support for mounting the housing, and an indicator. The pick-up element is separated from the conductive object and capable of detecting an electric field from the conductive object. The support of the housing is such that the pick-up element remains separated from the conductive object. The electrical circuitry determines a voltage level corresponding to the electric field detected by the pick-up element and generates, based on a comparison of the determined voltage level relative to a reference voltage level, an indicator signal representative of whether stray voltage is present in the conductive object. Based on the indicator signal, the indicator indicates to a user of the system whether stray voltage is present in the conductive object.
US08599025B2	System and method to determine an infant weight while minimizing disturbance to the infant A method and system for determining the weight of an infant when the infant is either placed upon a support platform or removed from the support platform, where the support platform may be configured as a bed. A sensor is positioned beneath the support platform that provides a weight measurement to a control unit. The control unit determines a baseline weight for the bed and any object placed on the bed. The control unit calculate a recent weight estimate and determines whether the recent weight estimate is different from the baseline weight by more than a weight threshold. If the difference is greater than the weight threshold, the system generates a weight estimate to a user. Once the weight estimate has been generated, the system adjusts the weight threshold such that the adjusted weight threshold is used in additional processing and calculations of the infant weight.
US08599020B2	Automated transaction apparatus An embodiment of the invention provides an automated transaction apparatus including: an operation unit; a peep preventing cover that is provided in the operation unit; a sensor that detects removal of the peep preventing cover; and a control unit that performs control such that a transaction of the automated transaction apparatus is paused in accordance with a detection result of the sensor.
US08599015B2	Receiving device, information processing method, program, and semiconductor chip A receiving device includes: a receiving section configured to output a detection flag indicating that warning information is transmitted or at least part of the warning information if the warning information is transmitted; and a controlling section configured to start processing for outputting warning if the detection flag or the at least part of the warning information is supplied, wherein the supply of the detection flag or the at least part of the warning information to the controlling section is carried out by input of the detection flag or the at least part of the warning information output from a pin of a first semiconductor chip on which the receiving section is mounted to a pin of a second semiconductor chip on which the controlling section is mounted.
US08599012B2	Remote monitoring system A temperature monitoring service in which remote monitoring units are distributed to customers who then set up monitoring as desired at their facilities. The devices may be registered through a web site using the Internet. Monitoring information may be communicated using a publicly available, wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network. The service may be provided with a system, including a server, which can deliver high levels of monitoring functionality. The server may support streaming monitoring information to a customer for analysis or sending a command activating a device connected to a remote unit. Remote units associated with the same location may be in a pool, comprising one active unit and one or more spare units, in which the server automatically identifies the active unit. The server may support analyzing monitoring information according to an expected cycle pattern of a ventilation system at the monitored facility.
US08599010B2	Wireless transceiver for firefighter safety A firefighter tracking system is provided for use in conjunction with a fire truck to track firefighters at the scene of a fire. The system a plurality of portable wireless transceiver tags each carried by a respective firefighter, an accelerometer within each of the plurality of portable wireless transceiver tags, a motion processor within each of the plurality of portable wireless transceiver tags coupled to the accelerometer, the motion processor processes information from the accelerometer, detects an immobilized state of the respective firefighter and wirelessly transmits information including a notification of the detected immobilized state, a gateway carried by the fire truck that receives the transmitted information from each of the plurality of portable wireless transceivers and a status processor coupled to the gateway within the fire truck programmed to determine and display a status of at least some of the firefighters at the location of the fire via the received information including at least the immobilized state of the at least some of the firefighters.
US08599003B2	Information transmission and processing systems and methods for freight carriers Methods and systems for remotely monitoring trailer or trailers attached to a vehicle is provided. The method includes associating an identification tag or ABS ECU that is configured to broadcast a trailer identification signal with a trailer. The method further includes receiving the trailer identification signal on-board the vehicle, associating the trailer identification signal with the vehicle, transmitting the trailer identification signal to a remote processor and receiving the trailer identification signal at the remote processor. The system comprises a mobile data terminal capable of generating and responding to telematic events comprising at least one processor, a graphical user interface, an input device, a memory and a set of executable instructions which may include a plurality of modules, such as a vehicle location module capable of receiving a GPS signal and transmitting the GPS signal to a remote processor for determining a location of a transportation unit.
US08598998B2	Animal collision avoidance system The present disclosure is grounded in field study of habits of many species of animals, such as birds and bats to provide some examples, as well as their anatomical composition. This study has allowed an understanding of ingrained responses of these animals that can be modified by a biological understanding of physiology, sound and ultrasound technology, laser technology, and intelligent animal recognition. The unique coordination between these specialized technologies provides for animal casualty prevention in a sustainable way that achieves unprecedented success in diverting or deterring animals from their collision course with objects, such as wind turbines or aircraft to provide some examples. Moreover, the present disclosure does not substantially affect the well-being of the animals and does not introduce substantially harmful side-effects to the animals, their environment, and any surrounding human population.
US08598997B2	Vehicular annunciation device and method for notifying proximity of a vehicle having an ultrasonic speaker An electromagnetic alarm device includes a current interrupter to interrupt an electricity supply to a coil on application of a self-excited voltage to oscillate a diaphragm with a moving core to generate a first alarm sound including a fundamental tone at a first predetermined frequency, when a switch is manipulated by an occupant. A proximity notification device includes an ultrasonic speaker to emit an ultrasonic wave, which is generated by implementing ultrasonic modulation on a proximity notification sound, to an outside of the vehicle for notifying a pedestrian of proximity of the vehicle, according to a traveling state of the vehicle and/or when a sensor detects a pedestrian. The ultrasonic speaker emits an ultrasonic wave, which is generated by implementing ultrasonic modulation on a second alarm sound including a fundamental tone at a second frequency, when the switch is manipulated.
US08598995B2	Distributed healthcare communication system A graphical audio station of a nurse call system is operable to permit a user to perform one or more of the following functions: establish a two-way voice communication link with another computer device in another patient and/or with a another computer device located in another staff work area and/or with a wireless communication device carried by caregiver and/or with a telephone of the healthcare facility; broadcast a voice page to a group of other selected computer devices; compose and send a text message to a portable device that is carried by a caregiver and that has wireless communication capability; browse web pages and/or view multimedia content, such as videos, hosted on servers of the healthcare facility and/or that are accessible via the Internet; view and/or acknowledge and/or answer and/or cancel alerts or nurse calls originating in a plurality of patient rooms.
US08598988B2	Systems and methods for controlling serially connected transmitters in RFID tag tracking Systems and methods are provided for monitoring a plurality of RFID tags. A receiver selection signal is sent along a receive path that includes a plurality of serially connected receivers. A receiver relays the receiver selection signal, listens for an RFID response signal, or operates in a standby mode based on the receiver selection signal. A transmitter selection signal is sent along a transmit path that includes a plurality of serially connected transmitters. A transmitter relays the transmitter selection signal, transmits an identification impulses, or operates in a standby mode based on the transmitter selection signal. The identification impulse is transmitted from the selected transmitter and an RFID response signal is received at the selected receiver.
US08598985B2	Communications system and communications apparatus A communications system configured to execute data transmission between a transponder having no radio wave generating source thereof and a reader/writer is provided. The communications system includes, a service permission level notifier configured to tell a service permission level for associated with a received signal level for permitting service acceptance from the reader/writer to the transponder, and an access controller configured to determine in the transponder whether the received signal level from the reader/writer is at the notified service permission level to determine accessibility to the transponder from the reader/writer.
US08598975B2	Thermistor and method for manufacturing the same An NTC thermistor having a metal base material, a thermistor film layer formed on the metal base material, and a pair of split electrodes formed on the thermistor film layer. A ceramic slurry is applied onto a carrier film to form the thermistor film layer, a metal powder containing paste is applied onto the thermistor film layer to form the metal base material, and further an electrode paste is applied onto the metal base material to form the split electrodes. Thereafter, the three substances are integrally fired.
US08598974B1	Coil filter A coil filter includes a core member having two end members extended from two end portions, the left end member includes a front protrusion, a rear protrusion, and a middle protrusion extended upwardly beyond the core member, the front protrusion includes a width (W) greater than that of the rear protrusion and the middle protrusion, the second end member includes a rear projection, a front projection, and a middle projection extended upwardly beyond the core member, the rear projection includes a width (T) greater than the width (t) of the front projection and the middle projection, and a coil member wound onto the core member and disposed between the end members without wasting the spaces of the core member.
US08598964B2	Balun with intermediate non-terminated conductor A balun comprising first and second transmission lines having a shared intermediate conductor. The first transmission line may include first and second conductors. The first conductor may have a first end for conducting an unbalanced signal relative to a circuit ground and a second end for conducting a balanced signal. The second conductor may have first and second ends proximate the respective first and second ends of the first conductor. The first and second ends of the second conductor may be open-circuited. The second transmission line may include the second conductor and a third conductor having a first end connected to circuit ground and a second end for conducting the balanced signal. The second conductor may surround the first and third conductors, and one or more ferrite sleeves may surround the second conductor.
US08598961B2	Waveguide transition for connecting U-shaped surface mounted waveguide parts through a dielectric carrier The present invention relates to a transition arrangement comprising two surface-mountable waveguide parts and a dielectric carrier material with a metallization and a ground plane provided on a respective first main side and second main side Surface-mountable waveguide parts comprise a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall, which second and third walls are arranged to contact a part of the metallization, all the walls together essentially forming a U-shape, the surface-mountable waveguide parts also comprising respective bend parts. The metallization on the first main side is removed such that a first aperture and a second aperture are formed, the apertures being enclosed by a frame of via holes electrically connecting the ground plane with the metallization, the bend parts being fitted such that the apertures permit passage of a microwave signal propagating via the bend parts. Then the dielectric carrier material itself acts as a waveguide transition between the first aperture and the second aperture.
US08598959B2	Modulation apparatus, phase setting method and test apparatus A modulation apparatus comprising a first modulating section that outputs a first modulated signal having a fixed amplitude and a set phase; a second modulating section that outputs a second modulated signal having the fixed amplitude and a set phase; an adding section that outputs the output signal as the sum of the first and second modulated signals; a calculating section that calculates two phases to be set respectively in the first and second modulating sections, based on designated amplitude and phase; an allocating section that allocates, for the first and second modulated signals, the two phases calculated by the calculating section such that the first and second modulated signals are each connected more smoothly; and a setting section that sets the phase allocated for the first modulated signal in the first modulating section and sets the phase allocated for the second modulated signal in the second modulating section.
US08598954B2	Doherty amplifier and semiconductor device A Doherty amplifier includes a carrier amplifier including a first FET, the first FET having a plurality of gate electrodes, and a peaking amplifier including a second FET, the second FET having a plurality of gate electrodes, a gate-to-gate interval of the gate electrodes of the second FET being shorter than a gate-to-gate interval of the first FET.
US08598951B1	Linear multi-mode power amplifier for dynamic supply operation A multi-mode RF power amplifier circuit that operates under dynamic power supply conditions. The power amplifier circuit operates under a high power mode and a low power mode. The multi-mode RF power amplifier includes a low power path and a high power path. Under the high power mode of operation, the high power path becomes active and the low power path becomes inactive. Each of the low power path and the high power path includes impedance matching networks and power amplifiers. Under either mode of operation, an inactive path will present at least five times higher input impedance than that of an active path. An impedance matching network connected between output terminals of the high power path and the low power path provides isolation between the output terminals of the high power path and the low power path.
US08598949B2	Electronic circuit and method for state retention power gating A method and a electronic circuit, the method includes: sending to a switching circuit, to a state retention power gating (SRPG) circuit and to a first power source a control signal indicating that the SRPG circuit should operate in a functional mode; coupling, by the switching circuit, a third power grid to a first power grid; supplying power from the first power source to the SRPG circuit via the first power grid, the switching circuit and the third power grid; supplying power from a second power source to a second circuit via a second power grid; sending to the switching circuit, to the SRPG circuit and to the first power source a control signal indicating that the SRPG circuit should operate in a state retention mode; coupling, by the switching circuit, the third power grid to the second power grid; supplying power from the second power source to the SRPG circuit via the second power grid, the switching circuit and the third power grid; supplying power from the second power source to the second circuit via the second power grid; and storing, by the SRPG state information.
US08598942B2	Current correction circuit for power semiconductor device and current correction method A current-voltage conversion circuit of a current correcting unit having a current detecting terminal connected to a sense terminal of a power semiconductor device converts a sense current into a voltage and detects the voltage. A temperature detecting unit detects the ambient temperature of the power semiconductor device, and a correction unit performs a predetermined operation for correcting a characteristic difference due to the temperature on the basis of the detected temperature and outputs a control signal to a variable voltage source. The variable voltage source changes an output voltage on the basis of the output control signal and adjusts the potential of the sense terminal of the power semiconductor device on the basis of the changed voltage value. In this way, the characteristic difference between a main region and a sense region of the power semiconductor device is corrected.
US08598939B2	Switch circuit and semiconductor circuit A T/R switch applicable to an ultrasonograph and capable of transmitting a signal reflected from a living body over a wide band with low noise without causing erroneous operation of the switch or element destruction even when the potential of a transmission signal or reflected signal changes includes: a common source terminal commonly and serially coupling the source terminals of two MOS transistors; a common gate terminal commonly coupling the gate terminals of the two MOS transistors; a main switch, the drain terminals of which are connected to input/output terminals; and a floating voltage circuit which is connected to the common gate terminal and common source terminal, makes the common gate terminal potential follow, in phase, variation in the common source terminal potential, and sends a signal to turn the switch on or off to the common gate terminal.
US08598938B2	Power switch A power switch includes first and second MOS transistors in series between first and second nodes. Both the first and second transistors have a gate coupled to its substrate. First and second resistive elements are coupled between the gate of the first transistor and the first node, and between the gate of the second transistor and the second node, respectively. A triac is coupled between the first and second nodes. The gate of the triac is coupled to a third node common to the first and second transistors. A third MOS transistor has a first conduction electrode coupled to the gate of the first transistor and a second conduction electrode coupled to the gate of the second transistor.
US08598928B1	Delay-locked loop A semiconductor apparatus includes a DLL clock generation unit configured to compare phases of a clock and a feedback clock, determine a delay time of a delay line, delay the clock by the delay time through the delay line, and generate a DLL clock; a delay detection unit configured to detect the delay time of the delay line and enable a delay detection signal when the delay time is greater than or equal to a predetermined time; and a power-down control unit configured to prevent the DLL clock generation unit from being reset when the delay detection signal is enabled and reset the DLL clock generation unit when the delay detection signal is disabled, in a self-refresh operation under a power-down mode.
US08598914B2	Comparator circuit with current mirror A comparator circuit can achieve a reduction in current consumption with a simple configuration, and can suppress an increase in current consumption accompanying a rise in power source voltage. A current mirror circuit is connected to a power source, and gates of MOSFETs of the circuit are interconnected. An input signal is applied to a gate of an NMOSFET of the circuit. By determining the value of the signal with a constant voltage device, the voltage across a tail resistor is constant, even in the event that the power source voltage and the input signal change.
US08598899B2	Built-in test for an overvoltage protection circuit An overvoltage protection circuit connected to protect electrical components from overvoltage conditions includes a blocking diode connected in series with a transient voltage suppression device (TVS) via a first node and includes a reference voltage for biasing the first node at a voltage sufficient to reverse bias the blocking diode during normal operations. A built-in test circuit associated with the overvoltage protection circuit includes a resistor connected to the first node and a switch connected in series with the resistor that is selectively turned On and Off. The built-in test circuit monitors voltage on a control line associated with the electrical components and at the first node while the switch is Off and while the switch is On, and detects fault conditions based on the monitored voltages.
US08598898B2	Testing of high-speed input-output devices Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to testing of high-speed input-output devices. An embodiment of a high-speed input-output apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver, and a loop-back connection from an output of the transmitter to an input of the receiver, the loop-back connection including a first connector and a second connector for transmission of differential signals. The apparatus further includes a first inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal and second inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the first inductor being connected to the first connector and the first terminal of the second inductor being connected to the second connector, the second terminal of the first inductor and the second terminal of the second inductor providing a test access port for direct current testing of the apparatus.
US08598893B2	Pressure sensor comprising a capacitive cell and support device comprising said sensor A sensor for detecting and measuring a load pressure applied to a support device comprises at least one capacitive cell including a flat condenser comprising at least one layer of a compressible insulating dielectric material interposed between two layers of conductive material. A support device capable of supporting the body of a person comprises at least one top layer composed of a plurality of air-filled inflatable cells communicating with inflation elements, characterized in that it comprises a sensor, of which said condenser is disposed under said top layer and connected to an electronic control and regulation device capable of controlling inflation or deflation elements.
US08598889B2	Impedance calibration circuit Various embodiments of an impedance calibration circuit are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the impedance calibration circuit may include a control unit configured to generate a plurality of first internal commands for defining an impedance calibration operation in response to an external signal, a temperature-adaptive control unit configured to generate a second internal command for defining an impedance calibration operation by detecting a temperature change, a timer counter configured to generate an operation control signal that prescribes a duration of time for an impedance calibration operation in response to the plurality of first internal commands and the second internal command, and an impedance calibration signal generation unit configured to operate for a predetermined time defined by the operation control signal and generate impedance calibration signals.
US08598881B2	Magnetic resonance imaging system with thermal reservoir and method for cooling A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system with a thermal reservoir and method for cooling are provided. A cooling vessel for a magnet system of the MRI system includes a first portion containing a helium cryogen in contact with a plurality of magnet coils of an MRI system. The cooling vessel also includes a second portion separate from and fluidly decoupled from the first portion, with the second portion containing a material different than the helium cryogen and having a volume greater than the first portion.
US08598879B2	Magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus A magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus is configured in such a manner that: a high-frequency transmission coil transmits a high-frequency electromagnetic wave at a magnetic resonance frequency to an examined subject; a heating coil performs a heating process by radiating a high-frequency electromagnetic wave onto the examined subject at a frequency different from the magnetic resonance frequency; based on a magnetic resonance signal, a measuring unit measures the temperature of the examined subject changing due to the high-frequency electromagnetic wave radiated by the heating coil; and a control unit exercises control so that the measuring unit measures the temperature while the heating coil is performing the heating process, by ensuring that the transmission of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the high-frequency transmission coil and the radiation of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the heating coil are performed in parallel.
US08598878B2	Inductor assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system An inductor assembly includes an electrical conductor having a first end and an opposite second end, and a plurality of turns, each turn having a first lobe and a second lobe, the electrical conductor being formed into a lemniscate shape. A Radio Frequency (RF) coil including the lemniscate shaped inductor and a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system including the lemniscate shaped inductor are also described herein.
US08598875B2	MRI apparatus with offset imaging volume An MRI apparatus having a magnet structure which delimits a cavity for receiving a body under examination or a part thereof, which includes a mechanism for generating a magnetic field in the cavity, as well as a mechanism for causing the body under examination or the part thereof to emit nuclear magnetic resonance signals, a region defined in the cavity, known as an imaging volume, and a mechanism for receiving the nuclear magnetic resonance signals. The geometric center of the geometric shape of the cavity delimited by the magnet structure is offset in relation to the geometric center of the imaging volume.
US08598873B2	Magnetic resonance method and apparatus for time-resolved acquisition of magnetic resonance data In a method and apparatus for time-resolved acquisition of magnetic resonance (MR) data, an examination subject is continuously moved through the examination region of an MR scanner, and MR signals are acquired. Prior to the acquisition of MR signals, a phase coding that corresponds to a position for data entry in k-space is carried out. An interruption of the movement of the subject takes place at a predetermined table position, and the acquisition of MR signals is continued over the course of a predetermined time period, while the subject is at rest in the predetermined position. At least while the subject is at rest, the phase coding causes acquisition of a predetermined number of MR signals for filling a first region of k-space to alternate with MR data and a predetermined number of MR signals for filling a second region of k-space.
US08598870B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an electrocardio information acquisition unit which acquires a magnetic resonance signal (e.g., showing a cardiac beat) for estimating an electrocardiogram signal of an object in sync with a biomedical signal other than an electrocardiogram signal. A time difference is determined between the electrocardiogram signal and a synchronous position of the biomedical signal as estimated from the acquired magnetic resonance signal. An image data generation unit acquires a magnetic resonance signal for imaging corresponding to a specific time phase of the cardiac cycle in sync with the biomedical signal based on the time difference, to generate an image data corresponding to the specific time phase of the cardiac cycle.
US08598864B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling detection of stray voltage anomalies Apparatus and methods for detecting stray voltage anomalies in electric fields are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for detecting an electrical field may comprise: at least one sensor probe for generating data corresponding to an electrical field detected by the at least one sensor probe, wherein the at least one sensor probe comprises at least one electrode; a processor, coupled to the at least one sensor probe, for analyzing the data to identify a voltage anomaly in the electric field; and an indicator, coupled to the processor, for alerting a user to a presence of the voltage anomaly in the electric field.
US08598862B2	Startup circuit for low voltage cascode beta multiplier current generator A self-biased reference circuit device (100) includes a first cascode current mirror (116), a second cascode current mirror (118), and a startup circuit (108). The first cascode current mirror (116) is capable to generate a first bias voltage (136) and a second bias voltage (140) in response to a first current and to generate a second current in response to the first and second bias voltages. The second cascode current mirror (118) is capable to generate a third bias voltage (164) in response to the second current, to generate a fourth bias voltage (168) in response to a third current, and to generate the first current in response to the third and fourth bias voltages. The startup circuit includes a first switch (188) and a second switch (196). The first switch (188) is capable to connect the first bias voltage (136) and fourth bias voltage (168) during startup. The second switch (196) is capable to connect the third bias voltage (164) and an inner drain-source connection (130) in the output stage of the first cascode current mirror (116) during startup.
US08598850B2	Devices and methods for optimizing rechargeable battery life Embodiments of the present invention generally comprise devices and methods for optimizing rechargeable battery life. One or more embodiments of the invention comprise a device for interrupting the charging status of a rechargeable battery, comprising: a plug, an outlet, a switch, and a controller for controlling the switch state dependent on at least one of: amount of time the switch is in the open state, and amount of time the switch is in the closed state.
US08598848B2	Battery end of life determination A method for determining an end of life of a battery includes determining a discharge capacity of the battery at a given moment in time, determining a discharge capacity at a functional endpoint of the battery, and determining a fuel remaining in the battery at the given moment in time as a function of both the discharge capacity at the given moment in time and the discharge capacity of the battery at the functional endpoint of the battery. The determined fuel remaining is indicative of an end of life of the battery.
US08598840B2	Fault-tolerant battery management system, circuits and methods A fault tolerant battery management system includes redundancy, with applications including electric vehicles. Portions of its circuitry are constituted in distinct fault domains with control, monitoring, and balancing of cells circuitry fault-effect-isolated from the circuitry associated with built-in real-time testing. Built-in tests are orchestrated in fault domains isolated from the functional circuitry being verified. These built-in tests provide test stimulus unique for each cell measurement. Cell balancing is performed in a fault tolerant manner. It takes at least two independent faults, in two mutually distinct fault domains, to negatively affect balancing capability or to interfere with a redundant circuit's ability to operate. The built-in tests allow operation without the requirement for data cross-compare between redundant measuring electronic elements. Testing and balancing functions are interlocked through encoded enabling methodologies and transmit enables on serial buses. The circuitry is divided into mutually fault-isolated modules, each responsible for a subset of the cells.
US08598829B2	Debris sensor for cleaning apparatus A piezoelectric debris sensor and associated signal processor responsive to debris strikes enable an autonomous or non-autonomous cleaning device to detect the presence of debris and in response, to select a behavioral mode, operational condition or pattern of movement, such as spot coverage or the like. Multiple sensor channels (e.g., left and right) can be used to enable the detection or generation of differential left/right debris signals and thereby enable an autonomous device to steer in the direction of debris.
US08598819B2	Motor control A system includes a power supply output sensor that senses an output level of a power supply during active motor control of a motor using the power supply and generates a signal indicative thereof. The motor regenerates energy and the power supply absorbs energy regenerated by the motor. The system also includes a motor controller that, in response to the signal satisfying a predetermined threshold, controls an electrical current supplied to the motor for active control of the motor based on a set of instructions that mitigate increases in the output level of the power supply from the absorption of the energy regenerated in the motor.
US08598814B2	Linear accelerator A method for pulsed operation of a linear accelerator includes generating pulses of charged particles. The generating includes emitting particles by a particle source and accelerating the particles in an accelerator device that includes a plurality of linked cavity resonators. The accelerator device is supplied with energy by an energy supply unit. Particle energy is changed solely by varying a number of particles emitted by the particle source per pulse.
US08598812B1	System and method for controlling a light emitting diode fixture One embodiment in accordance with the invention can include a circuit for controlling a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture via a power line. The circuit can include a power switch coupled to the power line and is for outputting a firing angle. Additionally, the circuit can include a control circuit coupled to the power switch and is for implementing firing angle control of the power switch. Furthermore, the circuit can include a translator coupled to receive the firing angle and for mapping the firing angle to a function of the LED lighting fixture.
US08598809B2	White light color changing solid state lighting and methods Solid state lighting (SSL) luminaries are disclosed wherein the emission intensity of discrete light sources within the SSL luminaire can be varied to produce luminaire light having different characteristics. The present invention can utilize the unique circuit topology of SSL luminaires to vary the emission intensity of different types of LEDs in the luminaire. In some embodiments, the different types of LEDs are connected in respective serial strings, and the intensity of emission of the LEDs in each of the strings can be varied by changing the electrical signal driving the strings. In some of these embodiments, white light is emitted from the SSL luminaire by combining emission from BSY and red LEDs. For these embodiments the color changing solutions according to the present invention can include, as an example, changing color while dimming the luminaire, changing color between daytime and nighttime modes, and changing between most efficient and points in between.
US08598807B2	Multi-channel constant current source and illumination source A multi-channel circuit having respective channels powered through transformers having primary windings connected in series allows substantially equal constant currents to be provided through all channels by cross-regulation while only a single channel need be monitored and controlled. The variation in current between channels is generally small and largely insensitive to imbalances between voltages on loads due, for example, to different numbers of LEDs in series connected strings in illumination devices and can be further reduced by inverse coupling between inductors in respective channels. Efficiency is improved through reduction in the number of stages of the constant current source since the respective channels provided both DC-to-DC conversion and constant current regulation.
US08598805B2	Light emitting diode bulb A LED bulb comprising a support having at least one LED mounted on a first side, the at least one LED being electrically coupled to a circuit mounted on a second side of the support for driving the LED bulb at a first or a second light intensity level, the circuit comprising input terminals connectable to a power supply for receiving an input voltage; a LED driver component for adjusting the input voltage supplied to the at least one LED; a comparator circuit for detecting the input voltage and if above a threshold voltage closing a switch to drive the LED bulb at the first light intensity level.
US08598803B2	LED driver having a pre-chargeable feedback for maintaining current and the method using the same A driving circuit of a light emitting diode (LED), including a driving unit, a current pre-charging unit and a feedback unit, is provided. The driving unit outputs a driving power to drive the LEDs and outputs at least one first feedback signal according to the current conducted in the LEDs. The current pre-charging unit is coupled to an output of the driving unit to provide a current path to the driving unit and generates a second feedback signal. One of the at least one first feedback signal is selected to adjust the driving power when the enable signal is at a first logic level; the second feedback signal is selected to adjust the driving power when the enable signal is at a second logic level so as to maintain a current to drive the LEDs.
US08598779B2	Optoelectronic film arrangement with a translucent layer An optoelectronic film assembly, has a first flat electrode layer, a second flat electrode layer as a counter electrode to the first flat electrode layer, a dielectric layer between the electrode layers and an active layer provided next to the dielectric layer and arranged between the electrode layers and made of an electroluminescent material. To this end, the first and/or the second electrode layers are implemented to be translucent and TCO-free, particularly ITO-free, by using a woven fabric comprising electrically conductive fibers.
US08598778B2	Light emitting device having a specific dimension of phosphor layer A light emitting device includes a base; a light emitting diode (LED) supported by the base; a layer spaced apart from the LED and including a light emitting material of refraction index n1. An enclosure formed by the layer and the base encloses the LED. A medium inside the enclosure between the LED and the layer has a refraction index n0
US08598776B2	Headlight comprising a plurality of luminescence diode emitters A headlight includes a plurality of luminescence diode emitters. At least one first group of the luminescence diode emitters is arranged in a matrix having at least two columns and at least two rows, wherein in the first group the electrical connections of a first connection type of the luminescence diode emitters of a column and the electrical connections of a second connection type of the luminescence diode emitters of a row are in each case electrically connected to one another. The electrical connections of the first connection type of different columns and the electrical connections of the second connection type of different rows of the matrix are electrically insulated from one another.
US08598775B2	Light emitting device The disclosed light emitting device comprises at least one first light emitting element including at least one light emitting chip for emitting light having a wavelength of 400 to 500 nm and a phosphor; and at least one second light emitting element disposed adjacent to the first light emitting element to emit light having a wavelength of 560 to 880 nm.
US08598774B2	Field emission device and field emission display A field emission device includes an insulating substrate, a number of first electrode down-leads, a number of second electrode down-leads, and a number of electron emission units. The first electrode down-leads are set an angle relative to the second electrode down-leads to define a number of cells. Each electron emission unit is located in each cell and includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of electron emitters. The second electrode extends surrounding the first electrode. The plurality of electron emitters located on and electrically connected to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode. A field emission display is also provided.
US08598764B2	Insulation bobbin of a stator An insulation bobbin unit of a stator includes first and second insulation bobbins. The first insulation bobbin has a first body and a plurality of first extension members. The first body has a first assembly hole. Each extension member has a first wound portion having a first top plate and one first side wall. The first top plate has a smaller thickness than that of the first side wall. The second insulation bobbin has a second body and a plurality of second extension members. Each second extension member includes a second wound portion having a second top plate and one second side wall. The first side wall is aligned with one edge of the second top plate that is not mounted with the second side wall, and the second side wall is aligned with one edge of the first top plate that is not mounted with the first side wall.
US08598763B2	Field element A field element core has a perimeter exposed around a rotation axis and a plurality of field magnet insertion holes circularly disposed around the rotation axis P. A radius between the perimeter and the rotation axis P decreases in a monotonically non-increasing manner from a pole center toward an interpole and then increases in a monotonically non-decreasing manner in a region between the pole center and the interpole in a circumferential direction.
US08598760B2	Permanent magnet module for an electrical machine A permanent magnet module for a rotor of a permanent magnet electrical machine is presented. The permanent magnet module comprises: a stack of ferromagnetic steel sheets (104) having a groove in the direction perpendicular to the ferromagnetic steel sheets, and a permanent magnet (105) located in the groove and arranged to produce magnetic flux that penetrates a surface (106) of the stack of ferromagnetic steel sheets. The surface has a shape suitable for forming a desired magnetic flux density distribution into an air-gap of the permanent magnet electrical machine. The permanent magnet module further comprises a base-plate (102) made of solid ferromagnetic steel. The base plate is located at an opening (116) of the groove and constitutes together with the groove an aperture in which the permanent magnet is located.
US08598753B2	Pump assembly A pump assembly with a motor housing (4) and with a terminal box (6) which includes at least one peripheral section (10) situated on the outer periphery of the motor housing (4). A cover (12) is provided, which in each case at least partly covers the motor housing (4) and the peripheral section (10) of the terminal box (6) on an axial end-side. The cover (12) is designed in a heat-conducting manner and at an inner side thereof is in contact with at least one electronic complement (14).
US08598750B2	Broadband linear vibrator and mobile terminal A broadband linear vibrator that is small sized and yet capable of generating a greater vibrating force and outputting various broadband vibrations, and a mobile terminal capable of outputting various vibrations and sounds, wherein the broadband linear vibrator includes a case; a spring coupled to the case; an oscillator including a magnet for elastically supporting the spring and a stator formed inside the case for vibrating the oscillator, wherein a frequency band to a maximum use frequency that is detectable as a vibration or a sound source based on a resonant frequency is 1.2 times than a frequency band to a minimum use frequency, such that various feelings of vibrations and sounds can be advantageously provided by the broadband linear vibrator.
US08598745B2	Wireless power feeder and wireless power transmission system Power is fed from a feeding coil L2 to a receiving coil L3 by magnetic resonance. An oscillator 202 alternately turns ON/OFF switching transistors Q1 and Q2 to cause AC current IS of drive frequency fo to flow in a transformer T2 primary coil Lb. The AC current IS causes AC current I1 to flow in an exciting coil L1 and causes AC current I2 to flow in the feeding coil L2.
US08598742B2	Server and method for detecting work state of power transformers A server and method detects a power transformer. The server reads power transformer data from a data converter and determines if work state of a power transformer needs to be changed from based on the power transformer data. An alert message is generated by the server and sent to an alarm computer in response to a determination that the work state of the power transformer needs to be changed. The server saves the power transformer data into a database system.
US08598740B2	Intelligent battery system A mobile workstation includes a first battery bracket for releasable attachment of a main battery, a second battery bracket for releasable attachment of a backup battery and a power control circuit. The power control circuit includes a first input for receiving and monitoring power from the main battery, a second input for receiving and monitoring power from the backup battery, and a DC output. The power control circuit selectively routes a first flow of electricity from the main battery to the DC output when the first flow of electricity exceeds a predetermined value, and routes a second flow of electricity from the backup battery to the DC output when the first flow of electricity falls below the predetermined value.
US08598737B2	Synchronous switching power supply A method for powering one or more loads from a varying input voltage comprises controlling a primary switch to selectively apply the input voltage to energize an inductor, controlling a load switch to selectively connect the inductor to the load, monitoring one or more load parameters to determine load conditions, and, when the load conditions meet a load requirement, disconnecting the load from the inductor and directing any remaining current in the inductor to a energy storage element.
US08598731B2	Rimmed turbine A wind power extraction device has a rotor with a hub and a rim coupled to the hub through a plurality of blades. The blades rotate the rotor about an axis of rotation passing through the hub in response to a wind moving generally parallel to the axis of rotation. A mount coupled to the rotor extends and retracts the rotor between a first configuration aligning the rotor axis of rotation substantially horizontally, and a second configuration aligning the rotor axis of rotation substantially vertically. The device may have components of an electric generator mounted in or near the rim.
US08598726B1	Wind turbine generator system and control method therefor An object is to suppress an output power reduction of a wind turbine generator system caused by a drop in the wind speed while the output power is being reduced according to an output-power reduction demand. When the output-power reduction demand to reduce the output power at an interconnection point to a predetermined output-power limit value is notified from a utility grid side, priorities are set such that higher priorities are given to wind turbines whose output powers are larger, and a preset minimum output-power value is set in output power commands for the wind turbines sequentially in descending order of priority, until the output power at the interconnection point reaches the output power limit value.
US08598725B1	Utilizing flux controllable PM electric machines for wind turbine applications A wind turbine includes a tower with a nacelle mounted to the tower. A hub, with a plurality of blades extending therefrom, is rotatably mounted to the nacelle. A main shaft rotates with the hub, and at least one generator system is operatively connected to the main shaft. The generator system of the wind turbine includes a permanent magnet generator. The permanent magnet generator includes a rotor and a stator for generating a high frequency alternating current (HFAC) power output from the rotation of the main shaft, and a magnetic flux diverter circuit for modulating the output of the permanent magnet generator. The generator system may further include a power transformation circuit for transforming the HFAC power output into a low frequency alternating current power output.
US08598706B2	Method for forming interlayer dielectric film, interlayer dielectric film, semiconductor device and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus A method for forming an interlayer dielectric film by a plasma CVD method, including turning off a radio frequency power and purging with an inert gas simultaneously.
US08598704B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first interconnection including a first end, a second interconnection connected to the first interconnection and including a width being gradually wider towards the first end, a third interconnection and a fourth interconnection, the third interconnection and the fourth interconnection being arranged to sandwich the second interconnection. The first interconnection, the second interconnection, the third interconnection, and the fourth interconnection are each formed in a same layer and a width of the first interconnection is wider than a width of the second interconnection.
US08598695B2	Active chip on carrier or laminated chip having microelectronic element embedded therein A structure including a first semiconductor chip with front and rear surfaces and a cavity in the rear surface. A second semiconductor chip is mounted within the cavity. The first chip may have vias extending from the cavity to the front surface and via conductors within these vias serving to connect the additional microelectronic element to the active elements of the first chip. The structure may have a volume comparable to that of the first chip alone and yet provide the functionality of a multi-chip assembly. A composite chip incorporating a body and a layer of semiconductor material mounted on a front surface of the body similarly may have a cavity extending into the body from the rear surface and may have an additional microelectronic element mounted in such cavity.
US08598691B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing and packaging thereof Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing and packaging thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit and a plurality of copper pillars coupled to a surface of the integrated circuit. The plurality of copper pillars has an elongated shape. At least 50% of the plurality of copper pillars is arranged in a substantially centripetal orientation.
US08598689B2	Methods of manufacturing semiconductor structures and devices including nanotubes, and semiconductor structures, devices, and systems fabricated using such methods A method of forming a plurality of nanotubes is disclosed. Particularly, a substrate may be provided and a plurality of recesses may be formed therein. Further, a plurality of nanotubes may be formed generally within each of the plurality of recesses and the plurality of nanotubes may be substantially surrounded with a supporting material. Additionally, at least some of the plurality of nanotubes may be selectively shortened and at least a portion of the at least some of the plurality of nanotubes may be functionalized. Methods for forming semiconductor structures intermediate structures, and semiconductor devices are disclosed. An intermediate structure, intermediate semiconductor structure, and a system including nanotube structures are also disclosed.
US08598685B2	GaN single crystal substrate and method of manufacturing thereof and GaN-based semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof A GaN single crystal substrate has a main surface with an area of not less than 10 cm2, the main surface has a plane orientation inclined by not less than 65° and not more than 85° with respect to one of a (0001) plane and a (000-1) plane, and the substrate has at least one of a substantially uniform distribution of a carrier concentration in the main surface, a substantially uniform distribution of a dislocation density in the main surface, and a photoelasticity distortion value of not more than 5×10−5, the photoelasticity distortion value being measured by photoelasticity at an arbitrary point in the main surface when light is applied perpendicularly to the main surface at an ambient temperature of 25° C. Thus, the GaN single crystal substrate suitable for manufacture of a GaN-based semiconductor device having a small variation of characteristics can be obtained.
US08598683B2	Semiconductor structure having varactor with parallel DC path adjacent thereto A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region of a first polarity and a second region of a second polarity adjacent to the first region; and a first terminal including: a first deep trench located in the first region, a first node dielectric abutting all but an upper portion of sidewalls and a bottom of the first deep trench; a first conductive inner electrode inside the first node dielectric and electrically insulated from the first region by the first node dielectric; and a first electrical contact electrically coupling the first conductive inner electrode to the first region.
US08598681B2	Temperature switch with resistive sensor The present disclosure is directed to a device and a method for forming a precision temperature sensor switch with a Wheatstone bridge configuration of four resistors and a comparator. When the temperature sensor detects a temperature above a threshold, the switch will change states. The four resistors in the Wheatstone bridge have the same resistance, with three of the resistors having a low temperature coefficient of resistance and the fourth resistor having a high temperature coefficient of resistance. As the temperature increases, the resistance of the fourth resistor will change. The change in resistance of the fourth resistor will change a voltage across the bridge. The voltage across the bridge is coupled to the comparator and compares the voltage with the threshold temperature, such that when the threshold temperature is exceeded, the comparator switches the output off.
US08598677B2	Semiconductor device including metal lines Provided are a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. Since an additional space for forming a shield line is unnecessary, the critical dimension of metal lines is reduced, thereby improving data transfer characteristics, signaling characteristics and noise characteristics of the metal lines. The semiconductor device includes: a plurality of metal lines disposed on the semiconductor device; a plurality of insulation layers disposed on the metal lines; and a plurality of shield lines disposed between the insulation layers.
US08598674B2	Range sensor and range image sensor A range image sensor 1 is provided with a semiconductor substrate 1A having a light incident surface 1BK and a surface 1FT opposite to the light incident surface 1BK, a photogate electrode PG, first and second gate electrodes TX1, TX2, first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2, and a third semiconductor region SR1. The photogate electrode PG is provided on the surface 1FT. The first and second gate electrodes TX1, TX2 are provided next to the photogate electrode PG The first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2 accumulate respective charges flowing into regions immediately below the respective gate electrodes TX1, TX2. The third semiconductor region SR1 is located away from the first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2 and on the light incident surface 1BK side and has the conductivity type opposite to that of the first and second semiconductor regions FD1, FD2.
US08598671B2	Storage element, method for manufacturing storage element, and memory Disclosed herein is a storage element, including: a storage layer configured to retain information based on a magnetization state of a magnetic material; and a magnetization pinned layer configured to be provided for the storage layer with intermediary of a tunnel barrier layer, wherein the tunnel barrier layer has a thickness not less than or equal to 0.1 nm to not more than or equal to 0.6 nm and interface roughness less than 0.5 nm, and information is stored in the storage layer through change in direction of magnetization of the storage layer by applying a current in a stacking direction and injecting a spin-polarized electron.
US08598670B2	Semiconductor device with increased breakdown voltage Optimization of the implantation structure of a metal oxide silicon field effect transistor (MOSFET) device fabricated using conventional complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) logic foundry technology to increase the breakdown voltage. The techniques used to optimize the implantation structure involve lightly implanting the gate region, displacing the drain region from the gate region, and implanting P-well and N-well regions adjacent to one another without an isolation region in between.
US08598650B2	Semiconductor device and production method therefor It is intended to provide a semiconductor device comprising a circuit which has a connection between a drain region or a source region of a first MOS transistor and a drain region or a source region of a second MOS transistor. Each surround gate transistor (SGT) has a gate electrode that surrounds a sidewall of a pillar-shaped semiconductor layer.
US08598647B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices Provided are three-dimensional semiconductor devices. The device includes conductive patterns stacked on a substrate, and an active pattern penetrating the conductive patterns to be connected to the substrate. The active pattern includes a first doped region disposed adjacent to at least one of the conductive patterns, and a diffusion-resistant doped region overlapped with at least a portion of the first doped region. The diffusion-resistant doped region may be a region doped with carbon.
US08598639B2	Si photodiode with symmetry layout and deep well bias in CMOS technology A silicon photodiode with symmetry layout and deep well bias in CMOS technology is provided. The silicon photodiode includes a substrate, a deep well, and a PN diode structure. The deep well is disposed on the substrate, where an extra bias is applied to the deep well. The region surrounded by the deep well forms the main body of the silicon photodiode. The PN diode structure is located in the region surrounded by the deep well, where the silicon photodiode has a symmetry layout. The deep well is adopted when fabricating the silicon photodiode, and the extra bias is applied to the deep well to eliminate the interference and effect of the substrate absorbing light, and further greatly improve speed and bandwidth. Furthermore, the silicon photodiode has a symmetry layout, so that uniform electric field distribution is achieved, and the interference of the substrate noise is also reduced.
US08598628B2	Semiconductor device A normally off semiconductor device with a reduced off-state leakage current, which is applicable to a power switching element, includes: a substrate; an undoped GaN layer formed above the substrate; an undoped AlGaN layer formed on the undoped GaN layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode, formed on the undoped GaN layer or the undoped AlGaN layer; a P-type GaN layer formed on the undoped AlGaN layer and disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a gate electrode formed on the P-type GaN layer, wherein the undoped GaN layer includes an active region including a channel and an inactive region not including the channel, and the P-type GaN layer is disposed to surround the source electrode.
US08598623B2	Nanotube semiconductor devices and nanotube termination structures A termination structure for a semiconductor device includes an array of termination cells formed using a thin epitaxial layer (nanotube) formed on sidewalls of dielectric-filled trenches. In other embodiments, semiconductor devices are formed using a thin epitaxial layer (nanotube) formed on sidewalls of dielectric-filled trenches.
US08598619B2	Semiconductor light emitting device having multi-cell array and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting cells arranged on the substrate. Each of the light emitting cells includes a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed therebetween to emit blue light. An interconnection structure electrically connects the first-conductivity-type and the second-conductivity-type semiconductor layers of one light emitting cell to the first-conductivity-type and the second-conductivity-type semiconductor layers of another light emitting cell. A light conversion part is formed in a light emitting region defined by the light emitting cells and includes a red and/or a green light conversion part respectively having a red and/or a green light conversion material.
US08598608B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a first phosphor which emits a light by being excited by a light emitted from the light emitting element and a second phosphor which emits a light by being excited by the light emitted from the light emitting element and/or the light emitted from the first phosphor. The light emitted from the light emitting element, the light emitted from the first phosphor and the light emitted from the second phosphor are mixed to make an inclination angle of a line, on a chromaticity diagram, connecting a chromaticity coordinate of the light emitted from the first phosphor and a chromaticity coordinate of the light emitted from the light emitting element equal to an inclination angle of an isotemperature line of light of a predetermined color temperature.
US08598591B2	Display device including clock wiring and oxide semiconductor transistor By applying an AC pulse to a gate of a transistor which easily deteriorates, a shift in threshold voltage of the transistor is suppressed. However, in a case where amorphous silicon is used for a semiconductor layer of a transistor, the occurrence of a shift in threshold voltage naturally becomes a problem for a transistor which constitutes a part of circuit that generates an AC pulse. A shift in threshold voltage of a transistor which easily deteriorates and a shift in threshold voltage of a turned-on transistor are suppressed by signal input to a gate electrode of the transistor which easily deteriorates through the turned-on transistor. In other words, a structure for applying an AC pulse to a gate electrode of a transistor which easily deteriorates through a transistor to a gate electrode of which a high potential (VDD) is applied, is included.
US08598589B2	Array substrate, method of manufacturing the array substrate, and display apparatus including the array substrate An array substrate is disclosed. In one embodiment, the substrate includes 1) a transistor area in which a transistor is formed, 2) a capacitor area in which a capacitor is formed, wherein the capacitor is electrically connected to the transistor and 3) a light transmittance area adjacent to at least one of the transistor area and the capacitor area. The substrate further includes 1) a first insulating layer formed in at least one of the transistor area and the capacitor area, wherein the first insulating layer is not formed in the light transmittance area and 2) a second insulating layer having i) a first portion arranged to substantially overlap with the first insulating layer in the at least one area, and ii) a second portion formed in the light transmittance area.
US08598586B2	Thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a thin film transistor including: a gate insulating layer covering a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor region over the gate insulating layer; a pair of amorphous semiconductor region over the microcrystalline semiconductor; a pair of impurity semiconductor layers over the amorphous semiconductor regions; and wirings over the impurity semiconductor layers. The microcrystalline semiconductor region has a surface having a projection and depression on the gate insulating layer side. The microcrystalline semiconductor region includes a first microcrystalline semiconductor region which is not covered with the amorphous regions and a second microcrystalline semiconductor region which is in contact with the amorphous semiconductor regions. A thickness d1 of the first microcrystalline semiconductor region is smaller than a thickness d2 of the second microcrystalline semiconductor region and d1 is greater than or equal to 30 nm.
US08598583B2	Thin film transistor panel and fabricating method thereof A thin film transistor panel includes a substrate, a light blocking layer on the substrate, a first protective film on the light blocking layer, a first electrode and a second electrode on the first protective film, an oxide semiconductor layer on a portion of the first protective film exposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, an insulating layer, a third electrode overlapping with the oxide semiconductor layer and on the insulating layer, and a fourth electrode on the insulating layer. The light blocking layer includes first sidewalls, and the first protective film includes second sidewalls. The first and the second sidewalls are disposed along substantially the same line.
US08598579B2	Test structure for ILD void testing and contact resistance measurement in a semiconductor device In complex semiconductor devices, the contact characteristics may be efficiently determined on the basis of a test structure which includes a combination of interconnect chain structures and a comb structure including gate electrode structures. Consequently, an increased amount of measurement information may be obtained on the basis of a reduced overall floor space of the test structure. In this manner, the complex manufacturing sequence for forming a contact level of a semiconductor device may be quantitatively estimated and monitored.
US08598573B1	Infrared pass visible blocker for upconversion devices An IR-to-Visible up-conversion device with a stacked layer structure includes an IR pass visible blocking layer such that the IR entry face of the stacked device allows IR radiation, particularly NIR radiation, to enter the device but visible light generated by a light emitting diode (LED) layer to be blocked from exit at that IR entry face of the device. The device has an IR transparent electrode at the IR entry face and a visible light transparent electrode such that the visible light can exit the device at a visible light detection face opposite the IR entry face.
US08598569B2	Pentacene-carbon nanotube composite, method of forming the composite, and semiconductor device including the composite A composite material includes a carbon nanotube, and plural pentacene molecules bonded to the carbon nanotube. A method of forming the composite layer, includes depositing on a substrate a dispersion of soluble pentacene precursor and carbon nanotubes, heating the dispersion to remove solvent from the dispersion, heating the substrate to convert the pentacene precursor to pentacene and form the carbon nanotube-pentacene composite layer.
US08598565B2	Broadband light emitting device lamps for providing white light output A light emitting device (LED) includes a broadband LED chip having a multi-quantum well active region including alternating active and barrier layers. The active layers respectively include different thicknesses and/or different relative concentrations of at least two elements of a semiconductor compound, and are respectively configured to emit light of different emission wavelengths that define an asymmetric spectral distribution over a wavelength range within a visible spectrum. Related devices are also discussed.
US08598552B1	System and method to optimize extreme ultraviolet light generation Energy output from a laser-produced plasma (LPP) extreme ultraviolet light (EUV) system varies based on how well the laser beam can maintain focus on a target material to generate the plasma that gives off light. The system and method described herein optimize EUV light generation by using a closed-loop gradient process to track and fine-tune in real-time the positioning of optical elements that determine how the laser beam is focused on the target material. When real-time alignment of the drive laser on droplet position is achieved, EUV generation is optimized.
US08598549B2	EUV optics In a first aspect, a method of fabricating an EUV light source mirror is disclosed which may comprise the acts/steps of providing a plurality of discrete substrates; coating each substrate with a respective multilayer coating; securing the coated substrates in an arrangement wherein each coated substrate is oriented to a common focal point; and thereafter polishing at least one of the multilayer coatings. In another aspect, an optic for use with EUV light is disclosed which may comprise a substrate; a smoothing layer selected from the group of materials consisting of Si, C, Si3N4, B4C, SiC and Cr, the smoothing layer material being deposited using highly energetic deposition conditions and a multilayer dielectric coating. In another aspect, a corrosion resistant, multilayer coating for an EUV mirror may comprise alternating layers of Si and a compound material having nitrogen and a 5th period transition metal.
US08598544B2	Method of generating a two-level pattern for lithographic processing and pattern generator using the same The invention relates to a method of generating a two-level pattern for lithographic processing by multiple beamlets. In the method, first a pattern in vector format is provided. The vector format pattern is then converted into a pattern in pixmap format. Finally, a two-level pattern is formed by application of error diffusion on the pixmap format pattern.
US08598542B2	Charged particle beam processing Electron-beam-induced chemical reactions with precursor gases are controlled by adsorbate depletion control. Adsorbate depletion can be controlled by controlling the beam current, preferably by rapidly blanking the beam, and by cooling the substrate. The beam preferably has a low energy to reduce the interaction volume. By controlling the depletion and the interaction volume, a user has the ability to produce precise shapes.
US08598541B2	Fluorescent image obtaining device, fluorescent image obtaining method and fluorescent image obtaining program A fluorescent image obtaining device includes a light source that irradiates light such that a fluorescent material marked on a target in a biological sample lies in a non-excited state and a fluorescent material marked on a control with the target lies in an excited state, and an imaging unit that takes an image including the entire biological sample.
US08598537B2	Particle beam irradiation system and particle beam therapy system The objective is to eliminate the effect of the hysteresis of a scanning electromagnet so that there is obtained a particle beam irradiation system that realizes high-accuracy beam irradiation. There are provided a magnetic-field sensor that measures the magnetic field of a scanning electromagnet and an irradiation control apparatus that controls the scanning electromagnet based on a measurement magnetic field measured by the magnetic-field sensor and target irradiation position coordinates of a charged particle beam. The irradiation control apparatus is provided with an inverse map means that calculates a target magnetic field, based on the target irradiation position coordinates of the charged particle beam; and a compensator that outputs a control input, to the scanning electromagnet, for controlling the magnetic-field error between the target magnetic field and the measurement magnetic field to be the same as or smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
US08598536B2	Apparatus and method for medical imaging The present invention discloses an apparatus for use in medical imaging including a readout circuit having an input for receiving a detection signal corresponding to a photon hitting a radiation detector, wherein the readout circuit is adapted to output, in response to receiving said detection signal, a pulse signal having a leading edge encoding a time-stamp of said photon and a width encoding the energy of said photon. A method of reading out detection signals from a radiation detector of a medical imaging apparatus is also provided.
US08598533B2	Radiation detection system and method of analyzing an electrical pulse output by a radiation detector A radiation detection system can include a photosensor to receive light from a scintillator via an input and to send an electrical pulse at an output in response to receiving the light. The radiation detection system can also include a pulse analyzer that can determine whether the electrical pulse corresponds to a neutron-induced pulse, based on a ratio of an integral of a particular portion of the electrical pulse to an integral of a combination of a decay portion and a rise portion of the electrical pulse. Each of the integrals can be integrated over time. In a particular embodiment, the pulse analyzer can be configured to compare the ratio with a predetermined value and to identify the electrical pulse as a neutron-induced pulse when the ratio is at least the predetermined value.
US08598527B2	Scanning transmission electron microscopy A scanning transmission electron microscope includes an electron beam source to generate an electron beam. Beam optics are provided to converge the electron beam to a probe, such as for example a longitudinally stretched probe. A stage is provided to hold a specimen in the path of the electron beam. The specimen may include one or more elongated objects, such as for example polymers to be sequenced. A beam scanner scans the electron beam across the specimen. A controller may define one or more scanning areas corresponding to the locations of the elongated objects, and control one or more of the beam scanner and stage to selectively scan the electron beam probe in the scanning areas. The controller may also tune the beam optics during imaging. One or more detectors are provided to detect electrons transmitted through the specimen to generate an image for each of the scanning areas. The controller may also analyze the one or more images to determine information regarding the specimen, such as for example to sequence a polymer.
US08598502B2	Motionless focus evaluation test station for electro-optic (EO) sensors A motionless focus evaluation test station is provided for measuring detector position error of EO sensors that do not possess dynamic focus capability. A positionally-fixed source emits EM radiation that diverges along an optical axis of the test station. Collimating optics collimate the EM radiation and direct it along the optical axis to the EO sensor. A positionally-fixed target is placed in the path of the diverging EM radiation nominally at the focal plane of the collimating optics. The target comprises a limiting aperture that exhibits an induced shift in optical focus at different positions along the aperture such that different positions on the target are imaged to different focal planes at the detector. The detector captures an image of the target that is blurred to either side of the spatial position that is optically conjugate to the actual detector position. A processor processes the image to measure the blur as function of spatial position to measure the actual detector position and output detector position error from a desired detector position.
US08598499B2	Roll-out thermal envelope roof de-icing system A flexible roll-out thermal system, including: a layer of insulating material forming a first outer surface; a layer of conductive material forming a second outer surface; at least one electric heating cable disposed between the first and second outer surfaces; and, an electrical connection element for connecting the at least one electric heating cable to a power source. A method of forming a flexible roll-out thermal system, including: disposing at least one electric heating cable between a layer of insulating material forming a first outer surface and a layer of conductive material forming a second outer surface; and connecting an electrical connection element to one end of the at least one electric heating cable, the electrical connection element for connecting the at least one electric heating cable to a power source.
US08598492B2	Method and apparatus for welding with CV control A method and apparatus for welding is disclosed. The output is preferably a cyclical CV MIG output, and each cycle is divided into segments. An output parameter is sampled a plurality of times within one or more of the segments. The CV output is controlled within the at least one segment in response to the sampling. The parameter is output power, a resistance of the load, an output current, an output voltage, or functions thereof in various embodiments. The control loop is preferably a PI or PID loop. The loop may be applied only within a window. The set point may be taught or fixed. The system can be used to weld with a controlled arc length.
US08598487B2	Plasma cutting method for cutting a carbon steel plate and for reducing fine particles [PROBLEMS] To reduce the generation of fume in cutting a material to be cut typified by a steel plate with plasma.[MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A plasma cutting method comprising spraying a plasma arc directed through a material to be cut from a plasma torch nozzle to cut the cutting material, wherein a plasma arc formed by supplying a mixed gas as a plasma gas composed of a single gas or a plurality of gases selected from halogen gases and rare gases belonging to up to the second row elements of the periodic table and a hydrogen gas, and oxygen-, argon- or nitrogen-containing gas to a part around an electrode, and electrifying a part between the electrode and the nozzle or between the electrode and the cutting material is sprayed toward the cutting material to cut the cutting material, or wherein a single gas or a plurality of gases selected from halogen gases or rare gases belonging to up to the second row elements of the periodic table and a hydrogen gas, together with the plasma arc composed mainly of an oxygen, argon or nitrogen gas, is sprayed toward the cutting material to cut the cutting material.
US08598484B2	System and apparatus for circuit protection within an equipment enclosure An enclosure is provided for use with a circuit protection system having at least one exhaust duct configured to route exhaust gases out of the circuit protection system. The enclosure includes a first barrier coupled to the circuit protection system, a second barrier coupled to the circuit protection system, and a top wall coupled to the first barrier and the second barrier. The first barrier and the second barrier define an exhaust plenum coupled in flow communication with the at least one exhaust duct. A vent extends through the top wall and is coupled in flow communication with the exhaust plenum to route the exhaust gases out of the enclosure.
US08598482B2	Intelligent barcode systems Systems and methods using intelligent barcodes for processing mail, packages, or other items in transport are provided. Systems and methods allowing end-to-end visibility of a mail stream by uniquely identifying and tracking mail pieces are also provided. Systems and methods include the use of standardized intelligent barcodes on mail pieces, a seamless process for mail acceptance, continuous mail piece tracking, and feedback on mail quality in real time. In one embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to provide enhanced acceptance, sorting, tracking, address correction, forwarding, and delivery services. In another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow a mailing service to identify a mail piece as undeliverable-as-addressed (UAA) and determine a final disposition for the mail piece. In yet another embodiment, systems and methods using intelligent barcodes allow mailers more visibility into the mail stream and information on the quality of their mailings.
US08598479B2	Electronic device with push button An electronic device includes a switch, a housing, a button, and an elastic element. The housing includes a cover and a sidewall enclosing the cover. The sidewall defines a receiving hole. The button is received in the receiving hole. The elastic element includes a base, a resisting portion, and an angled elastic arm connecting the resisting portion to the base. The resisting portion abuts against the button. The base is fixed to the cover. The elastic arm deflects when the button is pushed by an external force to actuate the switch, and rebounds to cause the button to move back when the external force has ceased.
US08598478B2	Switch The invention relates to a switch for a door, a flap or a door handle of a motor vehicle, having a base body with a receptacle; a first contact area and second contact area, both areas provided in the receptacle; a snap-action plate arranged in the receptacle having a curved region situated above the first contact area, and at least three support elements, with at least one support element contacting the second contact area, the curved region undergoing elastic deformation by operation of the snap-action plate, thereby achieving an electrical connection between the two contact areas and therefore generating a switching signal, with the second contact area, which is at a distance from the first contact area, extending at least in regions around the first contact area such that at least one support element touches the second contact area in every possible position of the snap-action plate within the receptacle.
US08598465B2	Hermetic circuit ring for BCB WSA circuits A wafer-scale assembly circuit including a plurality of metal interconnect layers, where each metal layer includes patterned metal portions and where at least some of the patterned metal portions are RF signal lines. The circuit further includes at least one benzocyclobutene layer provided between two metal interconnect layers that includes at least one trench via formed around a perimeter of the benzocyclobutene layer at a circuit sealing ring, where the trench via provides a hermetic seal at the sealing ring. The benzocyclobutene layer also includes a plurality of stabilizing post vias formed through the benzocyclobutene layer adjacent to the trench via proximate to the sealing ring and extending around the perimeter of the benzocyclobutene layer, where the stabilizing vias operate to prevent the benzocyclobutene layer from shrinking in size.
US08598461B2	Flexible self supporting encased silicone cable system and method The embodiments disclose a silicone encased flexible cable comprising plural individual conduits and at least one junction box configured into a grouped arrangement including at least one of the conduits is a fluid communication conduit for transferring fluid through the cable, wherein the silicone encased flexible cable is coupled between a controller and an electro-mechanical device, and wherein the fluid communication conduit is configured to transfer at least a liquid and pneumatic gas through the silicone encased flexible cable during operation of the electro-mechanical device; and a mixture of silicone and additives, wherein the additives include graphite and conductive materials mixed within the grouped arrangement, wherein the mixture of silicone and additives is used to create a curved “U” shaped self supporting portion surrounding the grouped arrangement during manufacturing as a singular encasement that is capable of sustaining its shape.
US08598439B1	Wheat variety W010476N1 A wheat variety designated W010476N1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W010476N1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W010476N1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W010476N1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W010476N1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W010476N1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
US08598437B1	Maize inbred PH1M49 A novel maize variety designated PH1M49 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1M49 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1M49 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1M49 or a locus conversion of PH1M49 with another maize variety.
US08598430B1	Maize variety hybrid X05B932 A novel maize variety designated X05B932 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X05B932 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05B932 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05B932, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05B932. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05B932.
US08598427B1	Maize variety PHV5W A novel maize variety designated PHV5W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHV5W with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHV5W through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHV5W or a trait conversion of PHV5W with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHV5W, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHV5W and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US08598424B2	Celery cultivar ADS-22 A celery cultivar, designated ADS-22, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-22, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-22 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-22 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar ADS-22, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar ADS-22 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar ADS-22 with another celery cultivar.
US08598416B1	Soybean cultivar OW0913010 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety OW0913010 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety OW0913010 and its progeny, and methods of making OW0913010.
US08598415B1	Soybean cultivar OW0810239 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety OW0810239 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety OW0810239 and its progeny, and methods of making OW0810239.
US08598407B2	Disposable absorbent articles being adaptable to wearer's anatomy Absorbent articles having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet are disclosed. The backsheet has a physical variation along at least one axis, wherein said physical variation defines a first backsheet zone and a second backsheet zone, and at least one elastomeric element having at least one primary direction of stretch, said elastomeric element at least partially overlapping and joined to first and/or second backsheet zone, wherein a relaxed pathlength of said elastomeric element in the primary direction of stretch is less than a total pathlength of said backsheet in the region of overlap. The physical variation is a measurable difference as measured by a physical property selected from the group consisting of basis weight, thickness and density.
US08598406B2	Disposable absorbent article comprising a durable hydrophilic acquisition layer A disposable absorbent article having a durable hydrophilic substantially liquid pervious acquisition layer. The acquisition layer includes an acquisition layer substrate and a hydrophilicity boosting composition coated on the acquisition layer substrate. The hydrophilicity boosting composition includes a hydrophilicity boosting amount of nanoparticles having a particle size of from about 1 nanometer to about 750 nanometers.
US08598405B2	Waste solution solidifying agent, process for preparing the same and use of the same An object of the present invention is to provide a waste solution solidifying agent which can solidify a waste solution, particularly, a waste solution containing blood or body fluid at a low cost, uniformly, and in a short time; in particular, to provide a waste solution solidifying agent which can solidify a waste solution uniformly and in a short time in a vertically oriented waste solution equipment. As a means of achieving this object, a waste solution solidifying agent of the present invention is a particulate treating agent used in a method of treating a waste solution which solidifies a waste solution into a gel by placing a treating agent in a waste solution, and is characterized in that said agent contains, as an essential component, a water-absorbent resin having a crosslinked structure obtained by polymerizing a water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer and, when flowing-placed at once into a 0.90 mass % aqueous sodium chloride solution, 20 to 95 mass % of the agent is floated, and 80 to 5 mass % is settled. And a process for preparing a waste solution solidifying agent of the present invention is a process for preparing a particulate waste solution solidifying agent containing, as an essential component, a water-absorbent resin having a crosslinked structure obtained by polymerizing a water-soluble ethylenic unsaturated monomer, and comprises a step of mixing a hydrophobic substance having a methanol index of 20 or more after polymerization.
US08598399B2	Catalyst composition for direct conversion of ethanol to propylene A process to prepare propylene showing desirably increased selectivity comprises contacting, at an elevated temperature, ethanol and a rhenium oxide-modified ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst, under conditions suitable to form propylene. The rhenium oxide-modified ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst may be prepared by impregnating, in an aqueous or organic medium, a ZSM-5 zeolite with a rhenium source, under conditions suitable to form a catalyst precursor, and calcining the catalyst precursor under conditions suitable to form a rhenium oxide-modified ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst.
US08598398B2	Process for the preparation of an olefin Process for the preparation of ethylene and/or propylene comprising reacting an oxygenate feed and an olefinic co-feed in a reactor in the presence of a zeolite catalyst to prepare an olefinic reaction mixture; wherein the olefinic co-feed is partially obtained from an olefinic refinery stream and partially obtained from a olefinic recycle stream.
US08598395B2	Process for increasing a mole ratio of methyl to phenyl One exemplary embodiment can be a process for increasing a mole ratio of methyl to phenyl of one or more aromatic compounds in a feed. The process can include reacting an effective amount of one or more aromatic compounds and an effective amount of one or more aromatic methylating agents to form a product having a mole ratio of methyl to phenyl of at least about 0.1:1 greater than the feed.
US08598393B2	Process for reducing the oxygen content of high-oxygen feedstocks A process is described for reducing the oxygen content of a high-oxygen feedstock. The process is particularly suitable for biomass-based feedstocks. The process comprises contacting the feedstock with carbon monoxide and/or coke in the presence of a catalyst. Conveniently, the coke may be present in the form of a deposit on the catalyst. Carbon monoxide may be generated in a regeneration step of the catalyst. The process may be carried out in conventional refinery equipment.
US08598392B2	Continuous method for producing substituted cyclohexylmethanols The present invention relates to a continuous process for preparing para-alkyl-substituted cyclohexylmethanols, especially 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol, by catalytically hydrogenating the corresponding aldehydes or ketones in the presence of hydrogen and in the presence of a catalyst which comprises, as an active metal, ruthenium applied to a support, the support comprising Al2O3 and/or SiO2, and the catalyst being used in the form of a fixed bed catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor or in a plurality of hydrogenation reactors connected in series.
US08598384B2	Crystalline teglicar The present invention relates to a new crystalline form of R-4-trimethylammonium-3-(tetradecylcarbamoyl)-amino butyrate (also named crystalline Form I of ST 1326 or teglicar), a process for its preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing same.
US08598381B2	Fluoride-releasing compositions Chelating monomers and fluoride-releasing compositions are disclosed that may be incorporated into dental composite restorative materials, dental bonding agents or other dental materials, to produce materials with high fluoride release rates, and high fluoride recharge capability. Such dental restorative materials may help reduce the level of dental caries in patients, particularly the level of caries occurring on the margins of the restorative materials.
US08598380B2	Method for producing aryloxytitanium composition and aryloxytitanium composition The present invention provides a method for producing an aryloxytitanium composition that can solve the problems of the clogging of the storage tank, the piping, the pump, and the like during storage and transfer, and the like, and a decrease in catalytic activity which occurs during long-term storage, and is extremely preferred as a catalyst for the production of a diaryl carbonate. A method for producing an aryloxytitanium composition, comprising a step (1) of adding a diaryl carbonate to an organic oxytitanium composition having an R—O—Ti linkage, wherein R represents an organic group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and evaporating a component having a lower boiling point than that of the diaryl carbonate, together with the diaryl carbonate, so as to obtain an aryloxytitanium composition.
US08598372B2	Method for producing cyclicised compounds from organic acids having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms The present invention relates to a method for producing a cyclic compound that has high selectivity, high yield, and stability over a long period of time depending on a metal content ratio of a catalyst, specifically a lactone compound or a heterocyclic compound including oxygen, which includes hydrogenating an organic acid, organic acid ester, or a mixture of the organic acid and organic acid ester, which are having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, by using a selective hydrogenated catalyst.
US08598367B2	Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and pest control agent The present invention offers compounds or their salts expressed by formula (I)(in the formula, X indicates an alkyl group, or the like; Y indicates an alkyl group; Z indicates a respectively independent nitro group, or the like; n indicates any integer from 0 to 3; A indicates carbon atom, or the like, and hydrogen atom is bonded thereto in the case where the carbon atom is not substituted with Z; D indicates oxygen atom, or the like; W indicates hydrogen atom, or the like; R1 and R2 indicate respectively independent hydrogen atoms, or the like; R1 and R2 may be bonded, and may form a heterocycle together with the nitrogen atom between R1 and R2).
US08598365B2	Herbicides Bicyclic dione compounds, and derivatives thereof, which are suitable for use as herbicides. formula (I)
US08598361B2	Process for preparing 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolo [3,4-B] pyridin-3-amine and derivatives therof The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-3-amine in high yield and purity. The present invention also relates to processes for the synthesis of 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-3-amine derivatives. These processes are useful for preparing biologically active compounds, particularly certain GSK-3 inhibitors, or derivatives thereof.
US08598355B2	Amide compound [Problems] A compound, which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, for example, a pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy, is provided.[Solving Means] The present inventors have conducted extensive studies on a compound having an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, and confirmed that the amide compound of the present invention has an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, thereby completing the present invention. The amide compound of the present invention has an EP4 receptor antagonistic activity, and can be used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating various EP4-related diseases, for example, chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy, and the like.
US08598353B2	Benzazole derivatives, compositions, and methods of use as β-secretase inhibitors The present invention is directed to benzazole compounds that inhibit β-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme (BACE) and that may be useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which BACE is involved, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which BACE is involved.
US08598349B2	Method for manufacturing conjugated aromatic compound A method for manufacturing a conjugated aromatic compound comprising reacting an aromatic compound (A) substituted with a halogen as a leaving group with an aromatic compound (A) or an aromatic compound (B) substituted with a halogen as a leaving group and is structurally different from the aromatic compound (A), in the presence of (i) a nickel compound, (ii) a metal reducing agent, (iii) at least one ligand (L1) selected from the group consisting of a 2,2′-bipyridine compound having at least one electron-withdrawing group, and a 1,10-phenanthroline compound having at least one electron-withdrawing group, and (iv) at least one ligand (L2) selected from the group consisting of a 2,2′-bipyridine compound having at least one electron-releasing group, and a 1,10-phenanthroline compound having at least one electron-releasing group.
US08598346B2	Synthesis of cyclic amidines The invention relates to an innovative method for synthesis of cyclic amidines. The synthesis starts from a β-, γ- or δ-lactone which is twofold brominated. After esterification of the carboxyl function, the bromine atoms are nucleophilically substituted and the corresponding diamino compound is obtained. The ring closure to the cyclic amidine is accomplished subsequently by reaction with orthoester, imidate or thioimidate. Owing to interposing additional steps for recovery of the diamino compound in enantiomerically pure form, the enantiomers of the cyclic amidines can be stereoselectively synthesized.
US08598345B2	Substituted heteroarylamide analogs as mGluR5 negative allosteric modulators and methods of making and using the same Disclosed are negative allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US08598344B2	CDKI pathway inhibitors and uses thereof The invention relates to compounds for inhibiting the Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor (CDKI) pathway. More particularly, the invention relates to compounds for inhibiting the CDKI pathway for studies of and intervention in senescence-related and other CDKI-related diseases.
US08598335B2	Organic compositions to treat Beta-ENaC-related diseases The present disclosure relates to RNAi agents useful in methods of treating Beta-ENaC-related diseases such as cystic fibrosis, pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1), Liddle's syndrome, hypertension, alkalosis, hypokalemia, and obesity-associated hypertension, using a therapeutically effective amount of a RNAi agent to Beta-ENaC.
US08598324B2	Anti-pathogen treatments Chimeric molecules that contain at least one pathogen-detection domain and at least one effector domain, and their methods of use in preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a cell or organism are described. The pathogen-detection domain and effector domain of the chimeric molecules are domains not typically found in nature to be associated together. Agents are also described herein having at least one pathogen-interacting molecular structure and at least one effector-mediating molecular structure, the agent being one that is non-naturally-occurring in a cell. The methods of prevention and treatment described herein are effective for a broad spectrum of pathogens and exhibit little or no toxic side-effects. Assays for the detection of a pathogen, pathogen component, or product produced or induced by a pathogen, are also provided.
US08598323B2	Galectin-immunoglobulin chimeric molecules Described are Galectin-1/Ig fusion constructs and methods of use thereof, e.g., in diagnostic and biomedical assays, and as therapeutic agents for the treatment of conditions associated with immune dysfunction, e.g., autoimmune diseases, and cancers.
US08598317B2	Muteins of tear lipocalin with affinity for the T-cell coreceptor CD4 The present invention relates to a mutein of human tear lipocalin, wherein the mutein comprises at least one mutated amino acid residue at any two or more of the sequence positions 24-36, 53-66, 79-84, and 102-110 (or 103-110) of the linear polypeptide sequence of the mature human tear lipocalin, and wherein the mutein binds to the extracellular region of the T-cell coreceptor CD4 with detectable affinity. The invention also relates to a method of generating such a mutein as well as to various pharmaceutical uses of such a mutein.
US08598314B2	Peptide-peptidase-inhibitor conjugates and methods of making and using same Peptide-peptidase inhibitor conjugate molecules and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. These conjugate molecules are useful as agents for the treatment and prevention of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such diseases, conditions and disorders include, but are not limited to, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, insulin-resistance, obesity, and diabetes mellitus of any kind, and other diabetes-related disorders.
US08598306B2	Monomer, polymer, and method of making it A monomer having the general formula: in which R1 is any substitution; R2 is any substitution; R1 and R2 may be linked to form a saturated or unsaturated ring; L represents a reactive leaving group; X and Y each independently represent CR2, O, BR, NR, SiR2, S, S═O, SO2, PR or P═O(R) wherein R in each occurrence is independently selected from H or a substituent; Z represents a single bond or a divalent atom or group, wherein X—Z—Y forms an unconjugated ring or chain, with the proviso that at least one of R1 and R2 is an aryl or heteroaryl group if Z is a single bond.
US08598305B2	Conjugated polymers and devices incorporating same Disclosed are conjugated polymers having desirable properties as semiconducting materials. Such polymers can exhibit desirable electronic properties and possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability.
US08598303B2	Process to produce valerolactone from levulinic acid The invention provides a process for the preparation of valerolactone, said process comprising reacting levulinic acid with hydrogen by using a solid Ru catalyst, characterized in that the process is carried out in the presence of at least 0.08% (w/w) water relative to the amount of levulinic acid. Said process may be faster and more selective. This process advantageously allows the production of valerolactone from renewable sources.The valerolactone may be used in the preparation of methylpentenoate, adipic acid dimethylester, adipic acid, hexamethylenediamine, and polyamide 6,6 (all claimed).
US08598289B2	Amphiphilic block copolymer and method for preparing same The invention relates to an amphiphilic block copolymer, to the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in the form of a self-stabilizing latex. The copolymer has the formula R5O—[—CH2CH2—O—]n—C(═O)—CR3R4—[CH2CR6R7]m—S—C(═S)—S—R1 where: R1 is a straight or branched alkyl group, an alkenyl group having one or more —C═C— bonds, or an alkynyl group having one or more —C≡C— bonds, said groups including 8 to 18 carbon atoms; 20≦n≦100; R3 and R4 each are independently H, an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a nitrile group, at least one of R3 and R4 being different than H; R6 is a phenyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group in which the alkoxy group includes 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R7 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl radical; and 20≦m≦1000. The preparation method comprises: preparing an aqueous solution of a compound R1—S—C(═S)—S—CR3R4—C(═O)—OR2 in which R2 is R5—[—O—CH2CH2—]n—, R5 being a hydrophilic group and 20≦n≦100; adding to said solution one or more hydrophobic monomers of the formula (II) R6—CR7═CH2 and a free radical polymerization initiator; and heating said aqueous solution to a temperature of 60-90° C.
US08598286B1	High cis diene/phenylbutadiene copolymers prepared using a Ziegler/Natta neodymium catalyst The present invention is directed to a polymer comprising repeat units derived from 1,3-butadiene and a substituted butadiene of formula I or II wherein R is hydrogen, an alkyl group, aryl group, or a fused cyclic group; and wherein at least 95 percent by weight of the repeat units have a cis-1, 4 microstructure. The invention is further directed to a rubber composition and pneumatic tire comprising the polymer, and a method for making the polymer using a neodymium catalyst system.
US08598281B2	Epoxybenzyl-terminated poly(arylene ether)s, method for preparation thereof, and curable compositions comprising same An epoxybenzyl-terminated poly(arylene ether) has the structure R—W—R wherein W is a divalent poly(arylene ether) residue terminated with phenolic oxygen atoms, and R is an epoxybenzyl group, wherein each occurrence of R is the same or different. The epoxybenzyl-terminated poly(arylene ether) is formed by reacting a peroxide-containing reagent with a vinybenzyl-terminated poly(arylene ether). Also disclosed is a curable composition including the epoxybenzyl-terminated poly(arylene ether)s, a curing promoter, and, optionally, an auxiliary epoxy resin. The curable composition is useful for the preparation of composites, and in particular, composites used in manufacturing printed circuit boards.
US08598275B2	Hydrophobic thermoplastic polyurethane as a compatilizer for polymer blends for golf balls A golf ball has a layer comprising a compatibilized blend of thermoplastic polyurethane, polyolefin, and hydrophobic thermoplastic polyurethane. The layer may be part of the cover, for example an inner layer of a two-layer cover layer. The layer may be an intermediate layer between the core and the cover.
US08598273B2	High ionic conductivity electrolytes from block copolymers of grafted poly(siloxanes-co-ethylene oxide) Polymer electrolytes offer increased safety and stability as compared to liquid electrolytes, yet there are a number of new challenges that polymer electrolytes introduce. A polymer electrolyte, as disclosed herein, is a block copolymer that has a block that provides mechanical strength and a novel, ionically-conductive polymer block with a backbone that is both highly flexible and highly conductive with high conductivity pendant chains attached, thus increasing the concentration of lithium coordination sites and improving ionic conductivity. Previous strategies for comb-type conductive polymers have focused on attaching either conductive pendant chains to a flexible non-conductive backbone or conductive pendant groups to a marginally flexible conductive backbone.
US08598270B2	Multi-arm star ethylene polymers and process for making Provided is a multi-arm (greater than 3 arms) star ethylene polymer (sEP). The multi-arm star ethylene polymer is a polymer of an ethylene/maleic anhydride copolymer (EMAC) grafted with vinyl-terminated polyethylene. There are also provided a process for making the sEP and blend of a matrix ethylene polymer and the sEP.
US08598268B2	Flame retardant cable jacket materials including vanadium phosphate A material is disclosed having improved flame retardant properties and is particularly applicable as a jacket for a fiber optic cable. The material is comprised of a polymeric base compounded with a vanadium phosphate glass composition. The polymeric base may be a flame retardant polyethylene and the vanadium phosphate glass composition contains vanadium oxide, phosphorus oxide and antimony oxide. The material achieves a V-0 rating when tested per Underwriters Laboratory test UL-94 and has a heat release rate value consistent with a self extinguishing material when combusted.
US08598254B2	Binding method of water absorbent resin Aqueous liquid and moisture vapor are added to water absorbent resin powder so that particles of the water absorbent resin powder are bound. Supplying the aqueous liquid and moisture vapor to the water absorbent resin powder reduces the amount of particles that remain unbound (ungranulated) and increases the concentration of the water absorbent resin bound particles to provide improved drying efficiency and to obtain particulate water absorbent resin having excellent properties even when the bound particles are highly concentrated. The present invention provides (i) a method for binding water absorbent resin and (ii) a method for producing particulate water absorbent resin including the step of binding particles of water absorbent resin powder.
US08598249B2	Photoinitiators The present invention is related to novel photoinitiators, in particular to photoinitiators comprising amino groups within the molecule.
US08598227B2	Epoprostenol formulation and method of making thereof This invention relates to a stable epoprostenol composition that can be combined with commercially available IV fluids and can be administered in its reconstituted and/or diluted form under ambient conditions of about 15-30° C. for greater than 24 hours. The composition preferably contains (a) epoprostenol or a salt thereof; (b) a alkalinization agent; and (c) a base, such that when reconstituted or in solution, the solution has a pH>11. Methods for making the lyophilized composition are also disclosed.
US08598226B2	Fused cyclic compounds The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof. The compound or a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof has a GPR40 receptor function modulating action and is useful as an insulin secretagogue or an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes and the like.
US08598221B2	Synergistic combination of analgesic compounds The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising as active substances: at least one compound of the following general formula (I): and at least one inhibitor of type 2 cyclooxygenase (COX-2), notably for use in the prevention or treatment of pain.
US08598215B2	Combination of epothilone analogs and chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of proliferative diseases Compositions and methods are disclosed which are useful of the treatment and prevention of proliferative disorders.
US08598214B2	Insecticidal N-substituted (6-haloalkylpyridin-3-yl)-alkyl sulfoximines N-Substituted (6-haloalkylpyridin-3-yl)alkyl sulfoximines are effective at controlling insects.
US08598212B2	Therapeutic agent and preventative agent for alzheimer's disease A therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for Alzheimer's disease has an effect to inhibit or delay the progress of Alzheimer's disease and exhibits a long-lasting therapeutic effect on Alzheimer's disease even when used for a long period of time. The therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for Alzheimer's disease includes as an effective ingredient a cyclohexane derivative exemplified by the formula below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a prodrug thereof.
US08598208B2	Pyridine derivatives as S1P1/EDG1 receptor modulators The invention relates to novel pyridine derivatives of formula (D, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act as immunomodulating agents. Formula (I) wherein A represents and the other substituents are as defined in the claims.
US08598200B2	KAT II inhibitors Compounds of Formula I: wherein X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are described as useful for the treatment of cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders in mammals, including humans.
US08598199B2	Octahydropentalene compounds as chemokine receptor antagonists The present invention is directed to novel compounds of Formula (I) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pro-drugs thereof, biologically active metabolites thereof, isomers thereof or stereoisomers thereof wherein the variables are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) are useful as chemokine receptor antagonists and as such would be useful in treating certain conditions and diseases, especially inflammatory conditions and diseases and proliferative disorders and conditions, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis and asthma.
US08598185B2	Unitary pharmaceutical dosage form In accordance with this invention a novel pharmaceutical product containing efavirenz, emtricitabine and tenofovir DF are provided as a multicomponent unitary oral dosage form, component 1 comprising tenofovir DF (and, optionally, emtricitabine) and component 2 comprising efavirenz, wherein components 1 and 2 are in a stabilizing configuration. In preferred embodiments component 1 is made by dry granulation.
US08598175B2	Heteroarylamide pyrimidone derivatives The present invention discloses a series of pyrimidone derivatives represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof or a hydrate thereof: Wherein X, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n and m are as defined herein. Also disclosed herein are the methods of preparation of compounds of formula (I), intermediates therefor and their utility in treating a variety of disease conditions.
US08598171B2	Compositions and methods for prevention and treatment of amyloid-β peptide-related disorders The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating levels of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) exhibited by cells or tissues. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of screening for compounds that modulate Aβ levels. The invention also provides modulation of Aβ levels via selective modulation (e.g., inhibition) of ATP-dependent γ-secretase activity. The invention also provides methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating the symptoms of a disorder, including but not limited to an Aβ-related disorder, by administering a modulator of γ-secretase, including, but not limited to, a selective inhibitor of ATP-dependent γ-secretase activity or an agent that decreases the formation of active (or optimally active) γ-secretase. The invention also provides the use of inhibitors of ATP-dependent γ-secretase activity to prevent, treat or ameliorate the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
US08598162B2	Derivatives of 4-piperazin-1-yl-4-benzo[B]thiophene suitable for the treatment of CNS disorders A heterocyclic compound or a salt thereof represented by the formula (1): where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A represents a lower alkylene group or lower alkenylene group; and R1 represents an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group. The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.
US08598156B2	Chemical compounds The invention is directed to substituted indoline derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are defined herein. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of PERK and can be useful in the treatment of cancer, ocular diseases, and diseases associated with activated unfolded protein response pathways, such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, Type 1 diabetes Parkinson disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, and arrhythmias, and more specifically cancers of the breast, colon, pancreatic, and lung. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting PERK activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.
US08598154B2	Pyridyl-amine fused azadecalin modulators The present invention provides a novel class of pyridyl-amine fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
US08598152B2	Co-crystals of tramadol and coxibs The present invention relates to co-crystals of tramadol and co-crystal formers selected from NSAIDs/coxibs, processes for preparation of the same and their uses in pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment of pain.
US08598144B1	Method of administering hyaluronan formulation for the amelioration of osteoarthritis Disclosed is a method for mitigating or ameliorating osteoarthritis in vertebrate subjects including administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous hyaluronan formulation. Also disclosed is an oral or parenteral hyaluronan composition comprising a polydisperse hyaluronan and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of manufacturing the composition.
US08598142B2	Sulfated depolymerized derivatives of expolysaccharides (EPS) from mesophilic marine bacteria, method for preparing the same, and uses thereof in tissue regeneration The invention relates to certain low-molecular weight sulphated polysaccharide derivatives of marine native exopolysaccharides (EPSs) excreted by mesophilic marine bacteria from a deep hydrothermal environment, wherein said derivatives can be obtained by means of a method which comprises a step of free radical depolymerisation of said native EPSs followed by a step of sulphating the resulting depolymerised derivatives. The present invention further relates to the use of said low-molecular weight sulphated polysaccharide derivatives as a wound-healing agent, particularly for preparing pharmaceutical compositions suitable for treating or preventing diseases of the connective tissues and particularly skin and gum tissues. The figure demonstrates how polysaccharide derivative GY 785 DRS according to the invention can stimulate fibroblast proliferation in latticed or reconstructed connective tissues at a concentration of 10 μg (m) g/ml.

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