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US08627996B2	System and method for terminating aluminum conductors A system and method for terminating a wire having an aluminum conductor includes a terminal having a conductor receiving area adapted to receive the aluminum conductor, and a welding buffer sized and shaped to fit within the conductor receiving area of the terminal with the aluminum conductor disposed between the welding buffer and the terminal. The terminal, the welding buffer and the aluminum conductor are ultrasonically welded together to form an integrated unit, such that the welding buffer forms a part of a finished terminated wire assembly.
US08627989B2	Support rail for a vehicle article carrier having blow molded decorative rail structure A vehicle article carrier adapted to carry articles above an outer body surface of a vehicle. A pair of support rails are used, each formed from a non-metallic material, and each further including a bottom wall having at least one cutout potion at an intermediate point along its length. At least one cross bar may be supported from the support rails. At least one bracket may be associated with each support rail. The bracket is dimensioned to fit within the cutout portion in its support rail. The cross bar may be secured directly to the brackets such that ends of the cross bar are fully supported only by the brackets and the outer body surface of the vehicle. Thus, the support rails experience substantially no load from the brackets and the cross bar attached to the brackets.
US08627980B2	Enclosed bathtub liner Systems and methods for collection and storage of potable water, in particular, disposable-food-grade liners and bladders for sanitary storage of water in a bathtub, and emergency preparedness kits comprising a disposable food grade bladder liner for collection and storage of water in a bathtub.
US08627973B2	Container comprising a collapsible sidewall The present invention relates to a container comprising foldable sidewalls which has a hinge connection which almost entirely prevents the base from slumping relative to the sidewall even under load, The container may be produced in a particularly simple and inexpensive manner, since due to the specific hinge connection, the base may be produced, in an injection-molding process, without any slide in the tool, and since a simple tool arrangement is thus enabled.
US08627972B2	Lower container part and upper container part of a sterile container and sterile container A sterile container having a lower container part and an upper container part for closing the lower container part is provided. The lower and upper container parts define, in a closed position, a container interior. A sealing device is provided for gastight sealing of the sterile container in the closed position. The sealing device comprises a circumferential sealing element bearing against both the lower and upper container parts in the closed position. The sealing element comprises an upper container part sealing section with an upper container part sealing surface region bearing against the upper container part, and a lower container part sealing section with a lower container part sealing surface region bearing against the lower container part. The sealing device further comprises a pretensioning device for exerting a pretensioning force on at least the lower container part sealing section or on the upper container part sealing section.
US08627969B2	Corking or secondary corking cap with a tearable injury-proof strip, and method for making same The invention relates to a stopper capsule, having an axial direction, including a shell, with a head, a skirt, and a joint, where a) the joint is a form joint, b) the form joint has b1) a resilient layer, a set of adjacent layers, b2.1) a barrier layer, b2.2) a malleable support layer with the function of providing the set of adjacent layers a global malleable property such that the joint can be shaped without creation of folds, b2.3) an outer layer having an outer surface which can be compressed by the axial compression resulting from stoppering such as to match the form of the mouth of the neck. The invention further relates to a method of production of the capsule and a method of stoppering.
US08627968B2	Screw cap for containers for liquids A screw cap (10) for containers for liquids, comprising a first capsule (11), which is internally provided with a thread (12) and is to be screwed onto a corresponding complementary thread (13) of a neck of a bottle (14), and a second capsule (15), which surrounds said first capsule (11) and is designed to rise axially away from the first capsule (11) upon first unscrewing, by means of spacing means that act at the first rotation of the second capsule (15) with respect to the first capsule (11), means being provided for the irreversible locking of said second capsule (15) in the raised configuration relative to said first capsule (11).
US08627956B2	Screwstrip with drive slots having angled sidewalls A screwstrip is disclosed including angled slots which allow a driver of an automated screwdriver to advance the screwstrip. The slots include a leading edge, which may be perpendicular to the line of travel of the screwstrip, and a trailing edge provided at an oblique angle with respect to the line of travel of the screwstrip. A slot including an angled sidewall is more forgiving and prevents misalignment of the driver with the slots.
US08627950B2	Hanging fabric jewelry organizer A fabric jewelry organizer including a fabric surface having a fabric flap on each edge. A plurality of horizontal pockets on the flaps; a plurality of horizontal support bars mounted in the pockets. A closure at a top edge of each flap and a hanger held in the organizer by the closures such that the hanger can be used to support the organizer.
US08627949B2	Transmission mechanism and surface mount device using the same A transmission mechanism includes a feeder, a belt furling module, a tension maintaining module, and a carrier belt. The tension maintaining module and the belt furling module are positioned on the feeder, and the carrier belt runs along the feeder, the tension maintaining module, and the belt furling module in that order. The tension maintaining module includes a base, a pivot shaft slidably positioned on the base, and an elastic member sleeved on the pivot shaft. When the carrier belt relaxes, the elastic member releases its compression force to drive the pivot shaft to move away relative to the base, thereby maintaining the tension force of the carrier belt. The disclosure also provides a surface mount device using the transmission mechanism, which reduces the likelihood of the carrier belt breaking or jamming, thereby promoting improved precision and yield rate of the surface mounted equipment.
US08627946B2	Device for detecting items The invention relates to a device for detecting items with a transport device having two belt conveyors arranged one behind the other for transporting items in a transport direction, wherein a slot is configured between the belt conveyors perpendicular to the transport direction, and with a scanning unit for the contactless optical scanning through the slot of a contact surface of the items being transported on the transport device, where the slot is covered at least partially by a protective rail and is arranged spaced apart from the belt conveyors.
US08627933B2	Two stage valve and hydraulic damped valve A shock absorber includes a two stage valve assembly that has two valve discs. The second valve disc defines the first stage at lower valve pressures and the first valve disc defines the second stage at higher valve pressures. The two valve discs can be defined by a single piece component or they can be separate components. The second valve disc can permit fluid flow by deflection of the second valve disc or by movement of the entire second valve disc. The two stage valve assembly can be incorporated into the piston assembly of the shock absorber and/or the two stage valve assembly can be incorporated into a base valve assembly.
US08627925B2	Foldable work platform The present invention generally relates to work platforms, and, more particularly, to a work platform for use with a lift truck to elevate personnel safely and conveniently.
US08627921B2	Exhaust filter An exhaust muffler comprising an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet via an expansion chamber (16), the expansion chamber (16) comprising an inner core (22) extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the muffler is provided with at least one accelerator (24a) tube between the inlet and the expansion chamber. The disclosure extends to a catalytic converter of a similar construction.
US08627911B2	Roller shutter device for regulating the air flow entering into the engine compartment of a motor vehicle A roller shutter device is mounted in front of a radiator of a motor vehicle for regulating air flow entering into the engine compartment and traversing the radiator. The shutter is wound on a transverse roller which is received in an additional space defined in front of the radiator by a reinforcement crosspiece of the body having a substantially C-shaped outwardly projecting cross-section, which divides the front opening of the body into at least one lower opening and into at least one upper opening. The roller shutter is provided in one of said upper and lower openings; while an auxiliary shutter device which can be of the tilting louver type or even of the roller shutter type is associated to the other opening.
US08627902B2	Estimating drill cutting origination depth using marking agents A method for estimating a depth from which cuttings have been recovered from a well may include varying a parameter of one or more marking agents added into a drilling fluid circulated into the well and recovering the cuttings from the well. The depth may be estimated by estimating a value associated with the marking agent that marks the cuttings. A system for estimating a depth from which cuttings have been recovered from a well includes at least one marking agent configured to mark the cuttings and a marking agent dispensing device configured to add the at least one marking agent into a drilling fluid circulated into the well. The marking agent dispensing device may be further configured to vary a parameter of the at least one marking agent.
US08627900B2	Electric power tool An electric power tool (1) includes a brushless direct-current motor (3) and a drive circuit that supplies drive power to the motor, the power tool rotates or drives a tool, whereby the drive circuit includes plural switching elements (21), and is arranged on a board (9) provided in a grip portion of a housing or below the grip portion; and an electric fan (22) is provided in the vicinity of the switching element for cooling the switching element.
US08627899B2	Handle portion of a hand-held motor-driven tool A handle portion for a hand-held motor-driven tool and a hand-held motor-driven tool including a base portion (20), a rear handle (30) arranged to the rear part (20a) of the base portion (20) and a front handle (40) having a first end (40a) attached to the base portion (20) and a second end (40b) attached to the base portion (20). At least a part of the front handle (40) is arranged as a loop starting from a first lateral face (20c) extending in a direction away from a lower face (20e) of the base portion (20) and further in a direction towards a second lateral face (20d). A first attachment means (12) for attaching the first end (40a) and a second attachment (13) means for attaching the second end are mountable at the same face of the first lateral face (20c), second lateral face (20d) or lower face (20e) of the base portion.
US08627893B2	Apparatus and method for selective flow control A disk member selectively blocks flow across a fluid conduit formed in a body. The disk member may include a shaft having a longitudinal axis, a ring member disposed on the shaft, a sealing member disposed on the shaft, and a pressure applying surface in contact with the sealing member. The pressure applying surface may be non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.
US08627881B2	Heat exchanger fin including louvers A heat exchanger includes a first header, a second header and heat exchange tubes that extend between the first header and the second header. A fin is located between two adjacent heat exchange tubes, and the fin includes fin plates each having louvers. Each of the louvers includes a first louver section, a second louver section and a third louver section between the first louver section and the second louver section. The third louver section includes a drain portion that extends downwardly relative to the first louver section and the second louver section.
US08627879B2	Capillary assisted loop thermosiphon apparatus A capillary assisted loop thermosiphon apparatus (100) has at least one evaporator (102) connected by a vapor line (104) to a condenser (106); a liquid line (108) connects the condenser (106) and the evaporator (102), the evaporator (102) is in the direction of gravity from the condenser (106) for the condenser (106) to supply liquid under gravity induced pressure to the evaporator (102), and the evaporator (102) has a vertical capillary wick (102a) in which liquid wicks in the direction of gravity.
US08627876B2	Molding tool with conformal portions and method of making the same A mold core package for forming a molding tool includes a plurality of stacked particulate layers having a binding agent. The plurality of stacked particulate layers form sacrificial walls defining a mold cavity. A sacrificial displacement line and a sacrificial displacement body extend from the mold core package and are adapted to displace a molten material applied to the mold core package.
US08627873B2	Partition mount In a spring-loaded curtain mount, the mount includes a pole interface at a proximal end, a compressive mechanism, and a head at a distal end. The pole interface is adapted to receive the end of a standard length adjustable pole or a painter's pole. The compression mechanism is disposed between the proximal end of the mount and the head. The mount includes a coupling device adapted to receive a portion of a curtain. During installation, the curtain mount is coupled to the end of an extension pole and the length of the pole is adjusted such that the combined length of the pole and mount is slightly longer than the distance between the floor and ceiling. At ground level, a portion of the curtain is attached to the head of the curtain mount. The curtain and mount are raised to the ceiling and the mount and pole are compressed between the floor and the ceiling. This compressive force operates to urge the head toward the ceiling, securing the mount in place.
US08627871B2	Sectional overhead door actuators The present disclosure pertains to a sliding overhead door operator system for an overhead door not employing a counterbalance mechanism. The operator system comprises an overhead door including first and second side edges, the door includes a plurality of hingedly connected longitudinally extending panels. Additionally, a first rodless cylinder is located adjacent the first side edge of the door and a second rodless cylinder is located adjacent the second side edge of the door. Each of the first and second cylinders includes a carriage. First and second bracket assemblies are provided such that each assembly includes a first portion secured to a respective carriage of one of the first and second rodless cylinders and a second portion secured to one of the plurality of panels. A controller is adapted to actuate the first and second rodless cylinders to move the door up and down.
US08627867B2	System and method for microelectronics lamination press The system contains a lamination press. The first cavity is formed in a chassis. A film assembly is fitted within the chassis. A buffer mounts over the film assembly and within the chassis. A tool set is shaped to fit within the first cavity. The tool set and chassis are positioned within the lamination press to confer heat and pressure from the lamination press to the film assembly and chassis.
US08627863B2	Tire having air chambers in rib-shaped land portion A pneumatic tire (10) provided in a rib-like land section (110) thereof with: an air chamber (130A) in which recessed portions (131) are repeated in the circumferential direction of the tire at predetermined pitches; and constriction groove (121) which communicate with the recessed portions (131). A height (H) changes in the circumferential direction of the tire. A bottom surface (132) has substantially the same height as the ground contact surface at a position which is the highest point of the bottom surface (132) which is maximally raised toward the ground contact surface. The volume of the space formed between each constriction groove section (121) and the road surface is less than the volume of the space formed between each recessed portion (131) and the road surface. One end (121a) of each constriction groove section (121) communicates with the corresponding recessed portion (131), and the other end (121b) of the constriction groove section (121) communicates with a circumferential groove (11). The configuration causes the depth of the air chamber section (130A) from the ground contact surface to change in the circumferential direction of the tire, and as a result, even if a stone or the like is caught by the air chamber section (130A), the stone or the like tends to easily come out of the air chamber section (130A) by being moved in the circumferential direction of the tire as the pneumatic tire (10) rolls.
US08627861B2	Dispenser and apparatus and method for filling a dispenser A dispenser for holding multiple doses of fluids or other substances, and for dispensing the substances, has a vial, a flexible bladder received within the vial, and a variable volume storage chamber formed between the bladder and vial. A filling valve is coupled in fluid communication with the storage chamber and defines (1) a normally closed, fluid-tight position hermetically sealing the storage chamber from the ambient atmosphere, and (2) an open position allowing the passage of fluid through the valve both to evacuate the storage chamber and to introduce fluid through the valve to fill the storage chamber. A pump is coupled in fluid communication with the storage chamber for pumping fluids out of the storage chamber. A dispensing valve is coupled in fluid communication with the pump and defines (1) a normally closed, fluid-tight position preventing the passage of fluid out of the dispenser, and (2) an open position for dispensing pumped fluid therethrough. The sealed, empty dispenser is sterilized, such as by applying gamma radiation thereto. Then, the sterilized, sealed, empty dispenser is filled with fluid by engaging the filling valve with an evacuating/dispensing member to evacuate the storage chamber, and by introducing fluid from the filling member through the open filling valve and into the storage chamber. The filling member is withdrawn from the valve, and a spring moves the valve to a closed position to hermetically seal the fluid within the dispenser.
US08627856B2	Continuous gas filling process and apparatus for fabrication of insulating glass units A method and apparatus for filling insulating glass units with one or more insulating gases (e.g., Argon and Krypton gas). The insulating gases are supplied to gas filling tubes that are inserted into one or more interpane spaces of the insulating glass units. Each interpane space may be filled with more than one insulating gas. A control unit controls the injection of the insulating gases in accordance with gas filling data received by the control unit.
US08627853B1	Insulating material for automotive exhaust line tubing and manifolds An insulated double-walled pipe including an inner pipe, an outer pipe surrounding the inner pipe to provide a substantially uniform annular gap between the inner and outer pipes, and optionally an annular flange connected to at least one end of the inner and outer pipe, wherein the annular gap is substantially filled with an insulating paste comprising a fiber component, an inorganic binder component, and optionally a vermiculite component, a filler component, and an organic binder component. A method for preparing the insulated double-walled pipe includes providing a double-walled pipe having an annular space between the walls; introducing an insulating paste material into the annular space; freezing the insulating paste material in the pipe; bending the pipe; and thawing and gelling the paste material.
US08627850B1	Multi-feature digital shower system An electronic shower system comprises in major part a console and plumbing assembly and effective for reducing water use and cost by enabling the storage and use of preset shower settings, the shower console configured to adjust the flow of hot and cold water from hot and cold water lines fluidly attached to a shower faucet via the use of motors and water valves and where the console can further comprise such additional features as a radio unit.
US08627837B2	Thin plate member washing apparatus In a thin plate member washing apparatus, when a rotary arm member supporting a mesh member holding portion is rotated using a rotary handle, tap water flows over the surface of a mesh member, and medicinal fluid residue deposited on the mesh member is removed.
US08627831B2	Cosmetic applicator assembly A cosmetic applicator assembly is shown. The cosmetic applicator assembly includes an applicator head comprising an applicator front portion having at least a first surface, a second surface, and a multiplicity of apertures extending between the first surface and the second surface, at least one applicator component protruding from the at one least aperture and attachable to the applicator front portion, and an applicator back portion fixed to the applicator front portion so as to cover the second surface of the applicator front portion.
US08627826B2	Tobacco articles and methods Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.
US08627822B2	Semi-vertical positioning method and apparatus used in conjunction with a charged particle cancer therapy system The invention comprises a semi-vertical patient positioning, alignment, and/or control method and apparatus used in conjunction with charged particle or proton beam radiation therapy of cancerous tumors. Patient positioning constraints are used to maintain the patient in a treatment position, including one or more of: a seat support, a back support, a head support, an arm support, a knee support, and a foot support. One or more of the positioning constraints are movable and/or under computer control for rapid positioning and/or immobilization of the patient. The system optionally uses an X-ray beam that lies in substantially the same path as a proton beam path of a particle beam cancer therapy system. The generated image is usable for: fine tuning body alignment relative to the proton beam path, to control the proton beam path to accurately and precisely target the tumor, and/or in system verification and validation.
US08627819B2	Portable ventilator system A portable ventilator uses a Roots-type blower as a compressor to reduce both the size and power consumption of the ventilator. Various functional aspects of the ventilator are delegated to multiple subassemblies having dedicated controllers and software that interact with a ventilator processor to provide user interface functions, exhalation control and flow control servos, and monitoring of patient status. The ventilator overcomes noise problems through the use of noise reducing pressure compensating orifices on the Roots blower housing and multiple baffling chambers. The ventilator is configured with a highly portable form factor, and may be used as a stand-alone device or as a docked device having a docking cradle with enhanced interface and monitoring capabilities.
US08627817B2	Anesthesia device and process for operating an anesthesia device An anesthesia device and a process are provided with which a breathing gas, which is present in a breathing circuit and which is especially enriched with an anesthetic, can be removed rapidly and in a cost-effective manner. The breathing circuit comprises an inspiratory breathing gas duct and an expiratory breathing gas duct, for receiving an expired breathing gas, a Y-piece, which is designed as a Y-piece that can be closed, for connecting the inspiratory and expiratory breathing gas ducts with a patient. At least one breathing gas supply system introduces breathing gas into the breathing circuit. A breathing gas outlet duct is provided with a breathing gas outlet valve. A breathing gas reservoir intermediately stores breathing gas. A PEEP valve is arranged upstream of the breathing gas reservoir in the direction of flow of the breathing gas. A breathing gas delivery is arranged downstream of the breathing gas reservoir in the direction of flow of the breathing gas. An air inlet introduces ambient air into the breathing circuit. The air inlet is arranged between the PEEP valve and the breathing gas delivery. A control is provided at least for controlling the ambient air entering through the air inlet, the breathing gas delivery, the PEEP valve and the breathing gas outlet valve for removing breathing gases from the breathing circuit.
US08627811B1	Compound archery crossbow A crossbow includes a riser having projecting limbs with first and second pulleys mounted on the limbs for rotation around respective axes. A barrel extends from the riser, and a bowstring cable extends between the pulleys outside of the barrel for engaging and propelling a projectile. A pair of pulley rotation power cables extend between the pulleys through slots in the barrel, and a spacer is disposed adjacent to the riser and disposed in the barrel for engagement by the pulley rotation power cables at the end of the power stroke to dampen vibration from the riser and cables to absorb vibration that otherwise might be transmitted to the barrel.
US08627807B2	Arrangement for cooling of recirculated exhaust gases in a combustion engine An arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a combustion engine (2) in a vehicle (1), including an exhaust line (4) to lead exhaust gases out from the combustion engine (2), and a return line (5) for recirculating part of the exhaust gases in the exhaust line (4) to the combustion engine (2). A high-temperature cooling system (11) containing a circulating coolant in the form of a liquid medium which, at an intended operating pressure in the high-temperature cooling system (11), has a boiling point of at least 150° C. An EGR cooler (10) subjects the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line (5) to a first step of cooling by the circulating high-temperature coolant. A radiator element (13) cools the high-temperature coolant by air. There is a second cooler cooled by engine coolant which cools gases in the return line. There is an optional third low-temperature cooling system and a further cooler in the third system cooling gases in the return line.
US08627806B2	Valve body assembly The invention concerns an assembly of a valve body (A) and a seal (11). The valve body (A) includes a gas flow passage (4) and a valve shutter (6) mobile between an open position and a closed position obstructing the movement of the gases in the passage (4). The passage (4) being intended to be connected to a pipe (B) to enable gas to flow between them, the seal (11) being intended to be mounted between the passage (4) and the pipe (B) to provide a gas seal between them. The assembly is characterized in that the seal (11) forms a seat for the valve shutter (6) in the closed position. The seal provides, on the one hand, a seal between the passage and the pipe whether the valve shutter is in the open or the closed position and, on the other hand, a seal for the valve shutter in the closed position.
US08627798B2	Direct fuel-injection engine A direct fuel-injection engine includes a piston, a cavity recessed in a central part of a top face of the piston, and a fuel injector. At a main injection collision point of a fuel-injection axis when main injection is performed while the piston is near top dead center, a main injection collision angle formed between its tangent and the fuel-injection axis is set at an obtuse angle. Fuel colliding with the main injection collision point is deflected towards a cavity open end side. At a secondary injection collision point of the fuel-injection axis when performing secondary injection with the piston is further from top dead center, a secondary injection collision angle formed between its tangent and the fuel-injection axis is set at one of a right angle and an acute angle. Fuel colliding with the secondary injection collision point is deflected primarily in the circumferential direction of the cavity.
US08627797B2	Automatic start and stop of a portable engine driven power source The present embodiments provide a control system and method that is able to automatically start and/or stop a portable engine-driven power source. For example, in one embodiment, a system includes an engine-driven power source having an engine, a compressor driven by the engine, a sensor configured to generate a first signal indicative of a demand for air pressure from the compressor and a second signal indicative of no demand for air pressure from the compressor. The engine-driven power source also includes a controller configured to stop the engine in response to the second signal.
US08627795B2	Camshaft arrangement A camshaft arrangement (1) for changing the relative angle position of at least one cam of a camshaft (2) relative to a second cam of the camshaft (2), wherein the arrangement includes an angular adjustment device (3) having a stator (4) and a rotor (5) which is arranged such that it can be rotated relative thereto. The rotor (5) is connected to a shaft (6) in a rotationally fixed manner, the stator (4) is connected to a hollow shaft (7) in a rotationally fixed manner, and the shaft (6) and the hollow shaft (7) are arranged concentrically to one another. The at least one first cam is connected to the shaft (6) in a rotationally fixed manner and the at least one second cam is connected to the hollow shaft (7) in a rotationally fixed manner. In order to establish a fixed connection between stator and hollow shaft, which requires little space, the rotationally fixed connection between stator (4) and hollow shaft (7) is established via a cover element (8) that is rigidly connected to the stator (4), wherein the cover element (8) includes a borehole (9) for receiving a cylindrical section (10) of the hollow shaft (7) and a force-fitting and/or form-fitting connection between cover element (8) and hollow shaft (7) is formed.
US08627786B2	Pet feeding apparatus A pet feeding apparatus includes a container and a base assembly, wherein the base assembly includes a sensor assembly operatively coupled to a portion keypad circuit board and operation keypad circuit board. The base assembly displays an indication of the amount of food carried by the container, and the base assembly provides an indication of the feeding time.
US08627783B2	Combined wafer area pressure control and plasma confinement assembly A combined pressure control/plasma confinement assembly configured for confining a plasma and for at least partially regulating pressure in a plasma processing chamber during plasma processing of a substrate is provided. The assembly includes a movable plasma confinement structure having therein a plurality of perforations and configured to surround the plasma when deployed. The assembly also includes a movable pressure control structure disposed outside of the movable plasma confinement structure such that the movable plasma confinement structure is disposed between the plasma and the movable pressure control structure during the plasma processing, the movable pressure control structure being deployable and retractable along with the movable plasma confinement structure to facilitate handling of the substrate, the movable pressure control structure being independently movable relative to the movable plasma confinement structure to regulate the pressure by blocking at least a portion of the plurality of perforations.
US08627775B1	Burning apparatus for a solid wood-fueled process heating system A burner apparatus (10) for a process heating system (400) includes a combustion air damper (48) to control the volume of air in the combustion chamber (98). Top (15), bottom (17), and sidewalls (14) of the chamber are of steel without refractory material lining while a fuel door (178) is steel with refractory material lining (186). A flue gas damper (34) selectively allows or disallows flue gas out of the chamber. A cooling jacket (18) of a steel sheeting surrounds and is narrowly spaced from the combustion chamber top, bottom, and sidewalls. The cooling jacket conducts air, transfers heat from the combustion chamber top, bottom, and sidewalls to thereby prevent overheating, and generates heated air. A turbulation device (38) combines flue gas and heated air into a turbulent air-gas mixture, completes combustion, and outputs a heated gas stream.
US08627774B2	Ground lock A ground lock is formed of a main shaft having a first latching structure near its upper end and a ground fastener at its lower end. A mating member provides a cooperative latching structure and slides on the main shaft between raised and lowered positions. In one of the raised or lowered positions, the two latching structures are latchable, allowing the mating member to drive the main shaft to engage or disengage the ground fastener. In the other of the raised or lowered positions, the second latching structure is non-latchable with the first latching structure such that the main shaft is disabled from driving the ground fastener.
US08627766B2	Square baler The square baler comprises a pick-up a pre-compression chamber, a baling chamber, a loading mechanism for transferring each slice of crop from the pre-compression chamber into the baling chamber and a plunger. The baler further can include at least one non-contact sensor that is provided in at least one of the walls of the pre-compression chamber and/or of the input zone of the baling chamber to produce an output signal indicative of the density of the crop.
US08627762B2	Frying system and method A system and method for frying one or more food items. The system comprises a frying tank (2) having an open state in which the one or more food items may be introduced into the tank (2) and a closed state in which the interior chamber is hermetically sealed. A cooking oil delivery system (6) delivers cooking oil to the tank (2) so as to completely fill the tank with cooking oil. The method of the invention comprises Inserting one or more food items into the frying tank (2) and delivering cooking oil to the tank so as to completely fill the tank, and then frying the food items
US08627760B2	Beverage production machine with functional block and support base A beverage production machine that includes a functional block including a beverage extraction module and a beverage delivery outlet, and a support base on which the functional block is arranged and which is designed to supply the functional block electrically, wherein at least the beverage delivery outlet is mounted free in rotation around a vertical axis relative to the support base.
US08627753B2	Reorientable rotatable processing tool A tool includes first and second tool parts that move toward one another, at least one processing device provided on the first tool part, and at least two counter devices provided on the second tool part. The processing device and the counter devices are rotatable relative to one another about at least one positioning axis, and the counter devices are aligned relative to one another along a direction of relative rotational movement of the processing device and the counter devices. The processing device and a first counter device are allocated to one another by at least a first defined processing parameter, and the processing device and a second counter device are allocated to one another by at least a second defined processing parameter. The first processing parameter is different than the second processing parameter.
US08627751B2	Device for loosening and untying knots A device for loosening and untying knots including a body having a first section and a second section having a plurality of channels, a pusher rod positioned slidably within the first section of the body, a shaft positioned slidably within the first and second sections of the body and being engaged with the rod, and a plurality of prongs, each including a base, a nose and a rail. The rails slidably fit into the channels of the body, and a head of the shaft is engaged with the bases of the prongs. The prongs move between a retracted position, in which the noses are juxtaposed with one another and inserted within a knot, and an expanded position, in which the noses are spaced apart from one another when the shaft is moved within the body, the noses loosen and untie the knot when the prongs are expanded.
US08627749B2	Screwdriver tool with improved corner fit function An automatic fastener driving tool, or an attachment, has a narrow front-end profile so that it is capable of driving screws that are in hard-to-reach positions, such as corners or channel members. The slide body subassembly has an extending mechanism, so that the fastener drive elements extend farther away from the main body structure of the tool/attachment, while still providing a stable and rugged overall tool structure to drive larger screws. The “lick-out” dimension is increased without also increasing the length and width of the feed tube.
US08627747B2	Device for treating blades to improve their cutting properties A treatment device for improving the cutting properties of the blade of a non-electric shaving razor. The device has a treatment surface for interacting with the cutting edge of the razor blade, as the blade is put into sliding contact with the treatment surface. The treatment surface has a plurality of resilient honing projections that are compressed as the blade is moved in sliding contact with the surface.
US08627744B2	Crankshaft for an internal combustion engine A crankshaft for an internal combustion engine comprises at least five main journals aligned on a crankshaft axis of rotation and at least eight crankpins, each of the crankpins being disposed about a respective crankpin axis and positioned between the main journals. Each of the respective crankpin axes is oriented parallel to, and spaced radially from, the crankshaft axis of rotation. Each of the crankpins is joined to a pair of crank arms for force transmission between each of the crankpins and the respective crank arms. Each crank arm is joined to a respective main journal for transmitting torque between the crank arm and the main journal. At least four of the crankpins are spaced radially a first semi-stroke distance from the crankshaft axis of rotation, and at least four remaining crankpins are spaced radially a second semi-stroke distance from the crankshaft axis of rotation.
US08627742B2	Steering column assembly with shearable jacket connector A steering column assembly includes a first jacket defining a first bore and a second jacket defining a second bore aligned with the first bore prior to collapse of the first jacket and the second jacket. A jacket connector extends through the bores to interconnect the first jacket and the second jacket. The jacket connector includes a pre-determined shear resistance, above which the jacket connector is sheared to permit telescopic movement between the first jacket and the second jacket. Accordingly, in response to an axial load greater than the pre-determined shear resistance of the jacket connector being applied to one of the first jacket and the second jacket, the jacket connector shears, permitting the telescopic movement. The jacket connector includes a pin defining a pin bore. The pin bore defines a cross sectional area, with the pre-determined shear resistance depending upon the cross sectional area of the pin bore.
US08627740B2	Robot for harsh outdoor environment An industrial robot adapted for a harsh environment involving exposure to salt water. A robot arm includes a plurality of arm parts movable relative each other about a plurality of joints. Electrical motors move the arm parts. A salt water proof coating on at least a portion of an exterior of the robot arm parts.
US08627734B2	Prestressing unit A prestressing unit which has a first ramp disk and a second ramp disk. Ramp contours are formed in one side of an annular face of the ramp disks. In the prestressing unit, the rolling bodies ascend and/or descend on the ramp contours as a result of rotational pivoting of one of the ramp disks in relation to the other ramp disk about an axis. The ramp contours are each formed as a single-part running face for the rolling bodies. The running face is inclined with respect to the axis.
US08627732B2	Device for characterizing a size distribution of electrically-charged airborne particles in an air flow The invention relates to a device that can reliably characterize a size distribution of electrically-charged airborne particles in an air flow under both stationary conditions and transient conditions. The device comprises a particle charging unit, a first particle precipitation unit located downstream of the particle charging unit, a second particle precipitation unit located downstream of the first particle precipitation unit, and a data evaluation unit. The first particle precipitation unit is arranged to partially reduce the concentration of electrically-charged airborne particles having a size larger than a first particle size limit, and to generate a first output signal corresponding to the precipitation of electrically-charged airborne particles inside the first particle precipitation unit. The second particle precipitation unit is arranged to precipitate substantially all entering electrically-charged airborne particles, and to generate a second output signal corresponding to the precipitation of electrically-charged airborne particles inside the second particle precipitation unit. The data evaluation unit is arranged to calculate, based on the output signals of the particle precipitation units, a particle number concentration and an average diameter of airborne particles larger than the lower particle size limit. The device enables the simultaneous generation and recording of output signals, and consequently an immediate determination of the particle number concentration and the average particle diameter at any instant.
US08627731B2	Automated cascade impactor An automated cascade impactor is disclosed and comprises a vertical array of a plurality of impactor stages, and a vertical array of isolation stages, wherein the vertical array of the isolation stages comprises pairs of isolation stages between which impactor plates, removed from respective ones of the impactor stages are effectively sandwiched between each pair of isolation stages. Still further, each compactor stage is likewise sandwiched between and upper and a lower pair of the isolation stages.
US08627728B2	System for determining the flow rate in a fluid with liquid additives using reciprocating positive-displacement flow meter System for determining the flow rate of a fluid and for controlling flow rates. The system provides high resolution with infinite turndown, providing a flow meter which may be used in low flow situations and with fluid additives. The flow rate of an additive fluid is determined in real time with high resolution by providing a novel reciprocating positive-displacement flow meter using magnetically coupled components and a transducer to identify the flow rate of the fluid. A system and method may be incorporated into a flow control system for monitoring the flow rate of a fluid which may be included with an additive delivery system for use with the flowing supply of an additive to be introduced into a flow of untreated fluid in relatively minute quantities.
US08627722B2	Welding inspection method and welding inspection apparatus Disclosed is a welding inspection method which does not require the inspector to be highly skilled, does not require waiting for the spot welded part to cool off, and with which the probe is not consumed or damaged. A probe temporarily mounted close to the welded part on the surface of a metal plate emits ultrasonic waves from an oblique direction with respect to the boundary surfaces between a plurality of metal plates. At this time, the probe is temporarily mounted at the position where the incident ultrasonic waves pass through the welded part at the boundary between the plurality of metal plates in an oblique direction with respect to the boundary surface. Also, a display processing means displays the intensity of the refrected ultrasonic waves. Alternatively, the display processing means displays the details of the detection result estimated based on the intensity of the reflected ultrasonic waves.
US08627717B2	Thermal flow sensor A thermal flow sensor includes a heater temperature controller that realizes stable startup characteristics and prevents degradation of a sensor element and can also accommodate a smaller heater. The sensor also includes a semiconductor substrate; a cavity portion provided in the semiconductor substrate; a dielectric film provided on the semiconductor substrate; a thin layer area formed as a result of the dielectric film covering the cavity portion; a heating resistor provided in the thin layer area on the dielectric film; a first temperature-sensitive resistor provided in the thin layer area on the dielectric film; a heating controller; a second temperature-sensitive resistor provided near the heating resistor; and a flow rate detector that detects a flow rate of a fluid on the basis of temperature of the second temperature-sensitive resistor. The heating controller controls the temperature of the heating resistor on the basis of first and second reference temperatures.
US08627708B2	Fatigue testing system for prosthetic devices A fatigue testing system provides simultaneous cycle testing for a plurality of prosthetic devices under simulated physiological loading conditions. A plurality of sample holders containing test samples of prosthetic devices is positioned between a distribution chamber and a return fluid chamber to form an integrated test chamber. A reciprocating linear drive motor operates a rolling bellows diaphragm to cyclically pressurize fluid within the test chamber and drive the pressurized fluid through the prosthetic devices being tested. The test chamber defines a return flow conduit in fluid communication with each of the sample holders, the return fluid chamber, and the distribution chamber. Compliance chambers and throttle valves associated with each of the sample holders regulate the pressure gradient and back pressure across the prosthetic devices being tested.
US08627706B2	Gas-measuring probe for determining the physical characteristic of a measuring gas A gas-measuring probe for determining a physical characteristic of a measuring gas, in particular the concentration of a gas component or the temperature or pressure of the measuring gas, which includes a sensor element accommodated in a housing, at least one connection cable for the sensor element having an electrical conductor, which is enclosed by an insulation sheath and contacts the sensor element, and a cable channel sealing the housing end, which has at least one axial cable feedthrough through which the connection cable is guided out of the housing. To achieve long-lasting sealing at the cable-exit end of the housing even at higher temperatures, the insulation sheath of the connection cable is at least regionally welded to the cable wall of the cable feedthrough. To this end, a tube made of a material that fuses with the insulation sheath and the cable channel when heated is slipped over the cable section of the connection cable lying inside the cable channel.
US08627705B2	Self compensating sliding air valve mechanism A turret for an article processing machine assembly includes a turret main body, a sliding ram assembly, and an air manifold device. The air manifold device is connectable to the turret main body and provides pressurized air through a pressurized air pathway system. The pressurized air pathway system includes a turret air passage extending from the air manifold through the turret body to the sliding ram assembly, and a ram air passage that supplies the pressurized air to an article in the machine assembly. A valve mechanism is positioned between one end of the turret body air passage and a first end of the ram air passage. The valve mechanism includes a slidable disc that seals the connection between the turret body air passage and the ram air passage.
US08627703B2	Linear drawing machine and method for linear drawing of a workpiece through a drawing ring In order to allow a more targeted intervention in a drawing procedure, in particular on a linear drawing device, the invention proposes a linear drawing machine for the linear drawing of a workpiece through a drawing ring, a drawing unit, in which one or more drawing tools grasp the workpiece and draw it linearly in the drawing direction, being situated behind the drawing ring, the linear drawing device being distinguished in particular by a drawing ring which is situated fixed in relation to the drawing direction during the drawing procedure, preferably perpendicularly, and by a workpiece guide situated in front of the drawing ring in the drawing direction, which is displaceable perpendicular to the drawing direction.
US08627701B1	Device for bending sheet material A device for bending sheet material comprises a receiving plate and a forming plate defining or connectable to one another so as to define therebetween a receiving slot of fixed dimensions. A bending plate is pivotally connected to the receiving plate. The bending plate has an upper surface substantially in a common plane with an upper surface of the receiving plate. The forming plate comprises a first side surface extending along an open end of the receiving slot and forming a first acute angle with a first major surface of the forming plate. The bending plate has a range of pivotal motion of greater than 90°.
US08627693B1	Cargo door side lock assembly A lock assembly for a container having an opening defined by a door jamb, a cargo door adapted to close the opening, a rod linearly moveable to engage the door jamb, and a latch mountable to the rod. The assembly includes a casing having an inclined opening and mounted to the cargo door parallel the rod. The casing includes a protrusion changeable between an extended and a retracted position. A latch receiving means has an inclined opening adapted to align with the inclined opening of the casing for accepting the latch therein. The latch receiving means is responsive to movement of the latch within the casing between a locked and an unlocked condition and engages the locking means when the latch receiving means is in the locked condition. The rod is moved by the latch to engage and disengage the door jamb.
US08627675B2	Lever design version of “push button” filter Described in this application is an improved cartridge, such as a water filter, and housing for the filter. The filter is preferably of the push-in type and the filter housing includes an assembly to automatically set the water filter in position as a cover over the filter is closed. According to one embodiment, the assembly consists of a cover and lever linkage which engage complimentary protrusions on the water filter.
US08627672B2	Wall-hung air conditioner and installing device for air conditioner In a wall-hung air conditioner 1 provided with a vertical blade 85 for wind-direction change, a flap 60, and a fan guard 70 at an outlet 13 of a housing containing a heat exchanger 2 and a blower, the fan guard 70 is provided with a plurality of wires 71 extending in the longitudinal direction of the outlet 13 and a pair of supporting bodies 72 and 73 bundling the both ends of the wires 71, and the fan guard 70 is installed with the plurality of wires 71 extended into a space between the vertical blade 85 and the flap 60 and the pair of the supporting bodies 72 and 73 are fixed and mounted onto the outlet 13 through one-touch operation.
US08627671B2	Self-contained electrochemical heat transfer system A self-contained heat transfer system conveys heat from a first heat reservoir at a relatively low temperature to a second heat reservoir at relatively high temperature, the heat transfer system defining a closed loop that contains a working fluid. The self-contained heat transfer system includes a hermetically-sealed housing that defines an enclosure; a first heat transfer device having an exposed surface configured to be in thermal communication with the first heat reservoir; a second heat transfer device having an exposed surface configured to be in thermal communication with the second heat reservoir; and an electrochemical compressor within the enclosure and between the first and second heat transfer devices, wherein the electrochemical compressor includes one or more electrochemical cells, each electrochemical cell including a gas pervious anode, a gas pervious cathode, and an electrolytic membrane disposed between and in intimate electrical contact with the cathode and the anode.
US08627662B2	Exhaust gas recirculation heat recovery system and method A system for recovering heat from recirculating exhaust gases is provided. The system includes a first exhaust manifold in fluid communication with multiple combustion chambers of an engine. The system also includes a turbocharger having a turbine stage and a compressor stage, wherein the turbine stage comprises an inlet port in fluid communication with the first exhaust manifold and the compressor stage includes an inlet port for air intake and an outlet port for compressed air. The system includes an exhaust gas recirculation cooler having a first flow path and a second flow path, wherein the first flow path is configured to receive a portion of exhaust gas from the first exhaust manifold flowing through an exhaust gas recirculation loop. The second flow path includes an inlet for receiving a compressed air for drawing heat from the exhaust gas flowing through the first flow path.
US08627657B2	Vehicle hydrostatic transmission device A hydrostatic transmission apparatus having a main pump, two main ducts that are respectively a feed main duct and a discharge main duct for first and second hydraulic motors serving to drive two drive members of a vehicle that are situated one after the other. At least the first hydraulic motor is a dual motor made up of two elementary motors, a first one of which is connected via a series link to the second hydraulic motor. A link selector can take up a first position in which a series loop including said series link coexists with a direct loop for directly linking at least the second elementary motor to the two respective orifices of the main pump, and a second position in which at least one of said direct and series loops is bypassed by a bypass link having a constriction valve.
US08627650B2	Exhaust gas purification device and exhaust gas purification method An exhaust gas purification device has: a bypass passage (20) disposed in an exhaust passage (15) of an internal combustion engine (10); an adsorbent (21) which is disposed in the bypass passage (20), and adsorbs unburned components in exhaust gas at a low temperature and desorbs the adsorbed unburned components at a high temperature; and an exhaust gas purification catalyst (22) which is disposed in the exhaust passage (15) at a downstream side of a portion where the bypass passage (20) merges, and purifies unburned components in exhaust gas; and a desorption amount adjustment (19) unit that adjusts the desorption amount of unburned components adsorbed by the adsorbent (21) based on an integrated fuel cut air amount (fgs), which is an integrated value of air amount taken into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine (10) during execution of fuel cut.
US08627649B2	Device and method for metering liquid pollutant-reducing media into an exhaust gas duct of an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a device and a method for metering liquid pollutant-reducing media into an exhaust gas duct of an exhaust gas line of an internal combustion engine, with at least one metering means which is located in or on the exhaust gas duct and downstream to which, viewed in the flow direction of the exhaust gas upstream from a catalytic converter arrangement, a baffle body is connected such that the liquid which has been metered by means of the metering means strikes a baffle body for its distribution. According to the invention the baffle body is formed by a static mixer which has a plurality of preferably single-blade guide vane plates which project away from the mixer plane at a given angle and which are aligned such that the metered liquid, especially liquid droplets, strikes the plane of the guide vane plates essentially perpendicularly.
US08627648B2	Engine control system, engine control method An engine control system for an engine equipped with a catalyst that purifies exhaust gas includes: a catalyst temperature acquisition section that acquires the temperature of the catalyst; and a control section that controls an engine such that a rate of increase in engine output speed is changed in accordance with the temperature of the catalyst.
US08627643B2	System and method for measuring temperature within a turbine system A system includes a radiation detector array configured to direct a field of view toward multiple conduits within a fluid flow path from a turbine into a heat exchanger. The radiation detector array is configured to output a signal indicative of a multi-dimensional temperature profile of the fluid flow path based on thermal radiation emitted by the conduits. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the radiation detector array. The controller is configured to determine a temperature variation across the fluid flow path based on the signal, and to compare the temperature variation to a threshold value.
US08627640B2	Intermittent rotating machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products In an intermittent rotating machine for filling capsules with pharmaceutical products, each capsule is opened in a respective pocket of a conveying wheel, is filled with a pharmaceutical product, is closed and is finally released from the pocket itself; a supporting block fitted above the conveying wheel defining an upper stopping device for stopping the capsules during the closing thereof, and further defining an upper diverting device for moving the capsules outside the conveying wheel, and supporting a sucking pneumatic device for cleaning the pockets.
US08627638B2	Method of packaging media used in a document producing device A media wrapper for use in a printing device includes a first end, a second end, and a perforation disposed between the first and second ends, wherein the perforation is configured to split the media wrapper separating the first and second ends.
US08627635B1	Grid panel A grid panel includes a generally elongated, rectangular main panel section having a plurality of main panel section corners: a pair of generally elongated, rectangular end panel sections extending from the main panel section beyond the main panel section corners, each of the end panel sections having a plurality of end panel section corners; a plurality of grid notches between the main panel section corners and the end panel section corners, respectively; and a plurality of grid openings in the main panel section and each of the end panel sections.
US08627634B2	Casement for a glass window or leaf for a glass door, window or door frame and window system The present invention relates to a casement (1) for a glass window or a glass door, a frame and a window system containing a casement and a frame. The casement comprises an insulation material layer arrangement which is located between two wooden profile-members (3, 4). The insulation material layer arrangement has at least a first insulation layer (5) which is constructed for a high level of strength, and at least a second insulation layer (6) which is constructed for a high level of thermal insulation. Between the two wooden profile-members (3, 4), a lateral insulation layer (8) which is constructed for a high level of thermal insulation is arranged substantially perpendicularly relative to the extension direction of the insulation material layer arrangement.
US08627619B2	Rigging deck module A rigging deck module including: a deck body including a flexible deck material bounded by a web-reinforced tensile edge, suspension means spaced about the edge whereby the deck body is tensionable to form a substantially flat deck surface, and a lattice of tensile web members secured to the flexible deck material and the web-reinforced tensile edge; tensile rigging strops adapted to be mounted in tension to a structure in maintained spaced relation to each other, and each having securing points formed thereon; and tensionable connection means located at each suspension means for securing and tensioning the deck body to the respective securing points.
US08627608B2	Demountable seating and method for erecting a demountable seating Removable stand and method for constructing a removable stand. The method comprises constructing a support structure of posts and trusses that are positionable between the posts, and positioning a floor element on the support structure. Herein the floor element comprises a plurality of floor levels positioned behind each other and positioned at a distance in height and/or is the floor element, before it is positioned on the support structure, provided with at least one seat and/or bench and/or is floor element provided with connection means for connecting at least one seat and/or bench thereto.
US08627599B2	Planting pot display system A planting pot system is provided. In the system, a multi-compartment tray that contains compartments that have either no vertical planes of symmetry or only one vertical plane of symmetry causes pots that have either one vertical plane of symmetry or no vertical planes of symmetry to be limited or precluded from being rotated and consistently urged into a place in only one orientation. Through this system efficient and effective orienting of and displaying of the contents of the pots may be achieved.
US08627598B1	Sprouted seed grain growing and harvesting apparatus and method An apparatus for growing and harvesting a tangled mass composed of sprouted seed grain includes a plurality of overlying immobile, substantially planar surfaces having a length. Each surface is configured to receive a layer of seed grain that is permitted to grow for a predetermined period of time on each surface, the layer of seed grain becoming a continuous tangled mass of sprouted seed grain. An extraction device removes the mass from each surface. A cleaning device removes debris from each surface prior to each surface receiving a subsequent layer of seed grain.
US08627595B2	Two-door cage trap with over-center set mechanism A cage-type animal trap with two opposed animal access openings that can operate in a one-door-opening configuration or a two-door-opening configuration. The trap has a set mechanism for holding one or both doors open to allow access through the corresponding trap access openings. The set mechanism includes a set lever that is movable from a set position to a tripped position and that is coupled to the doors of the trap by an actuating member. Upon actuation, the set lever moves from the set to the tripped position to allow movement of the actuating member which enables one of the doors to move from an opened position to a closed position when the trap is operating in a one-door-opening configuration, and both of the doors to move from the opened position to the closed position when the trap is operating in the two-door-opening configuration.
US08627585B2	Cover for display structures A jacket structure for mounting to a display structure, the jacket structure comprising one or more panels having an inner side and an outer side with regards to the display structure, one or more members corresponding to columns of the display structure, one or more elements corresponding to a tray base of the display structure, the elements corresponding to a tray base of the display structure intersecting with the members corresponding to columns of the display structure, the intersection of the members corresponding to the column of the display structure and the elements corresponding to the tray base of the display structure forming a window through which a consumer can reach out to grab the product within the display structure, a horizontal flap in an upper side of the element corresponding to a tray base and a horizontal flap in a lower side of the element corresponding to a tray base, wherein the flaps are configured to form a locked tab structure when the jacket structure is in a mounted position, and vertical flaps formed from the parts corresponding to the column of the display structure towards the window, wherein the vertical flaps are configured to form a locked tab structure when the jacket structure in a mounted position.
US08627571B2	Compact knife holder A compact wall-mounted knife holder is formed from a stack of several plates separated by rows of narrow strips of material serving as spacers. The spaces between successive strips form channels for the knife blades. The rows of channels in adjacent pairs of plates crisscross in a lattice pattern but do not interfere with each other since the plates are stacked and each row occupies its own plane. At the same time, knives in all the rows utilize the same space on a wall surface, which makes the knife holder compact. The holder is attached to a wall so that the channels from both sides are at an angle that ensures that the force of gravity holds the knives in the channels. The front plate of the holder can be made from a decorative material and adorned with beatifying design.
US08627568B2	Manufacture of a filter screen A method of manufacturing a filtering screen includes: attaching handle members (3) to edges of at least one wire cloth (1); providing a jig comprising tensioning means (23); placing the at least one wire cloth (1) in the jig and engaging the handle members (3) with handle member engagement portions (15) of the tensioning means (23). The tensioning means (23) are operated to drive the handle members (3) outwardly to tension the wire cloth (1) in orthogonal directions. The method also includes pressing the tensioned wire cloth (1) against a screen frame (6); bonding the wire cloth (1) to the screen frame (6); and trimming the wire cloth.
US08627559B2	Media-compatible electrically isolated pressure sensor for high temperature applications A method for manufacturing a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System pressure sensor, including forming a gauge wafer including a diaphragm and a pedestal region. The method includes forming an electrical insulation layer disposed on a second surface of the diaphragm region and forming a plurality of sensing elements patterned on the electrical insulation layer disposed on the second surface in the diaphragm region, forming a cap wafer with a central recess in an inner surface and a plurality of through-wafer embedded vias made of an electrically conductive material in the cap wafer, creating a sealed cavity by coupling the inner recessed surface of the cap wafer to the gauge wafer, such that electrical connections from the sensing elements come out to an outer surface of the cap wafer through the vias, and attaching a spacer wafer with a central aperture to the pedestal region with the central aperture aligned to the diaphragm region.
US08627557B2	Pin puller A pin puller includes a coupler to connect a pull rod to an end of a pin. A follower attaches to a tail end of the pin. The coupler may comprise a pair of mating shells having features to engage the pin and pull rod. An actuator is configured to apply tension to the pull rod. The pin puller may be used to remove and install pins and associated bushings in truck suspensions and other applications.
US08627551B2	Segment positioning belt A segment positioning belt having a flexible belt body having a positioning end and an extension. A plurality of segment positioning portions are positioned in spaced relation to each other along the extension. A metal core is integrally formed into the belt body. The metal core extends within the positioning end and the extension of the belt body. The belt body has an elongated strip shape. The belt body is formed of a rubber or polymeric material.
US08627550B1	Detachable handle set for barbecue grill A handle set is used for detachable connection to a grill. The handle set includes a handle and a holding element. The handle includes an arched connecting element, two levers extending from the arched connecting element, and two hooks each extending from a respective one of the levers. The hooks are engaged with a crossbar of the grill in a releasable manner while the levers are in contact with another crossbar of the grill in a releasable manner. The holding element includes a rectilinear connecting element secured to the levers and two hooks extending from the rectilinear connecting element. The hooks can be engaged with another crossbar of the grill in a releasable manner.
US08627549B2	Grip application device for applying a grip to a handle Methods of improving a handle grip are disclosed that provide a simple, economical, way to improve a grip on a handle. An improved grip can be placed on a handle by first providing a grip for placement on the handle. The grip can include an outer grip formed of an elastic material in a radially extended state, the outer grip configured to provide a secure and comfortable hold on the handle for a user, and an inner tube holding the elastic material in the extended state. The inner tube can be removable to allow the outer grip to constrict radially. The grip can then be placed over the handle, and the inner tube removed, allowing the outer grip to constrict radially to conform in fixed attachment to the handle.
US08627544B2	Debris collecting apparatus and methods of making and using the same A system and method are disclosed for a suction nozzle for attachment to a vacuum source, such as a suction line, to collect debris such as airborne particles. The suction nozzle includes a tubular-shaped funnel with a large mouth at one end, to receive and channel airborne debris to the vacuum source. The suction nozzle also includes a connector at an opposite end of the funnel, for connecting the suction nozzle to a vacuum source. The mouth of the funnel may further include an inwardly-extending rim portion, which is shaped to accommodate objects that may be adjacent to the funnel and its mouth. The mouth includes a lip extending inwardly from the rim of the mouth for helping deflect debris inwardly into the funnel. In one embodiment, the rim portion of the funnel mouth may further include a scraper portion which extends inwardly from the rim, toward the interior of the funnel mouth. This scraper portion is useful for helping to remove debris from instruments or other.
US08627541B2	Mop press having top and bottom cam tracks A mop press having a front wall and a pair of sidewalls is provided. The sidewalls each have a top cam track, a bottom cam track, and a bucket slot. The bucket slot defines a shoulder, where the bottom cam track is positioned below the shoulder. In some embodiments, the mop press includes a moveable press-plate and a handle mechanism. The handle mechanism includes a left and right couplings each configured to removably receive a pressing arm therein. In other embodiments, the mop press includes a locking mechanism having a locking arm rotatably supported by the sidewalls for movement between a locking position and an unlocking position. The locking position is above the unlocking position.
US08627540B2	Wiper device improving separation function of wiper blade A wiper device having an improved function of separating a wiper blade. The wiper device includes: a wiper blade including: a wiper rib for cleaning a glass of a vehicle; a lever member supporting the wiper rib; and a rotary shaft disposed across opposite side walls of a penetration hole formed in a center portion of the lever member, and including a rotary shaft that has a non-circular cross section; a retainer including a receiving recess including an opening corresponding to the non-circular cross section so as to detachably receive the rotary shaft; and an index unit indicating a position where the wiper blade is coupled to or separated from the retainer while the wiper blade is rotated with respect to the retainer within a predetermined angle range.
US08627532B2	Pool cleaning vehicle having improved intake port A swimming pool cleaning device is disclosed herein. The device includes a vehicle having a body shell and an interior and at least one intake port located on the body shell. The vehicle includes at least one water outlet port also located on the outer shell. The vehicle includes a drive mechanism which in different embodiments includes pairs of wheels and/or rollers or a combination of wheels and rollers In one embodiment the wheels or rollers can be power driven, while in another embodiment they would be free rotating, and can easily climb over obstacles on a swimming pool floor. In one embodiment, the intake ports are located in close proximity to the drive mechanism. In another embodiment, the vehicle has a concaved bottom. The concaved bottom points towards the interior. In this embodiment the intakes can be located slightly farther away from ends of the vehicle as a result of the curvature of the bottom.
US08627530B2	Constructing method of cable-stayed bridge and temporary cable therefor The present invention relates to a method for constructing a cable-stayed bridge with a tensionless stay cable, including the steps for: constructing a main tower 100, continuously installing a suspension cable 200 over a main span and a side span, installing a plurality of hangers 210 on the suspension cable 200, arranging an anchorage cable 220 in a longitudinal direction by connecting the anchorage cable 220 to a lower end of the hanger 210, installing a stay cable 110 in sequence, constructing a girder by connecting a segment 300 constituting the girder to each of the stay cables 110 in sequence, and connecting the segments 300 one another in a longitudinal direction, and removing the suspension cable 200, the hanger, and the anchorage cable 220.
US08627522B2	Support device for persons, for example a hospital bed, provided with a hydraulic system A support device for persons, such as a bed, treatment or operating table, chair, comprises: —a frame; —a first and a second movable member, which movable members can be adjusted independently of one another and which are designed to support the person or one or more parts of the person in various positions, and —a hydraulic system for adjusting the movable members, the hydraulic system comprising: —a reservoir for hydraulic liquid; —a first and a second hydraulic actuator associated with the first and second movable member, respectively, which hydraulic actuators can each be moved in two directions; —a hydraulic pump; —a pump activating member which is operatively connected to the pump in order for an operator to activate the pump; —a valve assembly which is provided in the hydraulic circuit between the pump and the respective actuators, and —a valve assembly operating member which can be mechanically operated by an operator and is mechanically connected to the valve assembly for selecting and providing a connection between one of the actuators and the pump in order to be able to selectively move a movable member by supplying pressurized hydraulic liquid to the associated actuator upon activation of the pump.
US08627519B2	Main drain outlet for a swimming pool, wading pool, spa, or hot tub A main drain outlet and a water sanitation system for a swimming pool, wading pool, spa, or hot tub are provided. A main drain outlet comprises a cylindrical or toroidal sump, an inlet tangentially extending from the cylindrical or toroidal sump having an orifice with a length extending a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical or toroidal sump and a width substantially less than its length. The sump may have a curved inner surface throughout the length of the orifice. The main drain outlet may be of unitary assembly and may have more than one sump and inlet. The main drain outlet may comprise a testing strip. The pool water sanitation system may comprise skimmer flow equalizer lines in flow communication with a main drain outlet.
US08627516B2	Removable band for visor A removable band for a conventional sun visor is disclosed. The removable band allows a visor-wearer to customize their visor without having to permanently alter their visor. A non-damaging adhesive may be used to affix the removable band to the visor and may be reused multiple times. The removable band may have decorative elements such as colors, patterns, themes, logos, lettering, attachments, rhinestones or other attractive decorations.
US08627513B2	Prayer breastplate A fabric prayer breastplate includes a body exhibiting a substantially planar rectangular shape and with a plurality of individual representations of the twelve stones on Aaron's breastplate depicted on a surface of said body and which are representative of religious symbology, such as the twelve tribes of Israel in biblical Old Testament teachings. The individual representations include at least one of item supporting pockets, individually stitched panels or a single graphical depiction.
US08631511B2	Method and apparatus for micromachines, microstructures, nanomachines and nanostructures Parts and structures are described for micro and nano machines and the creation of macro structures with nano and micro layers of special materials to provide improved performance.
US08631501B2	Reporting function in gaming system environment A gaming related system employs a front end application that allows access to various reports from various, disparate databases. Such may avoid reviewing reports in SQL Reporting services. Identification of reports and/or categories of reports, as well as access to reports and categories of reports may be limited based on a user role associated with a user identifier and/or pass phrase. Users may only need to provide log in information once per log in session.
US08631499B2	Platform for analyzing the security of communication protocols and channels A security analyzer tests the security of a device by attacking the device and observing the device's response. Attacking the device includes sending one or more messages to the device. A message can be generated by the security analyzer or generated independently of the security analyzer. The security analyzer uses various methods to identify a particular attack that causes a device to fail or otherwise alter its behavior. Monitoring includes analyzing data (other than messages) output from the device in response to an attack. Packet processing analysis includes analyzing one or more messages generated by the device in response to an attack. Instrumentation includes establishing a baseline snapshot of the device's state when it is operating normally and then attacking the device in multiple ways while obtaining snapshots periodically during the attacks.
US08631493B2	Geographical intrusion mapping system using telecommunication billing and inventory systems Systems and methods for geographically mapping a threat into a network having one or more network points include receiving threat information identifying a threat to a point of the network, correlating the threat information with location information for the identified network point, and network identification information for the identified network point, and generating a map displaying a geographical location of the threat.
US08631491B2	Replay attack protection with small state for use in secure group communication A replay detection technique with “small state” (e.g., with relatively few bits of state information). A sending node generates a random number ri, retrieves a code sequence (hi−1), in one example, comprising the last 5 bits of a hash value (hi−1) of a previous packet i−1, generates a hash value hi based on the random number ri and the code sequence (hi−1), and formulates a packet with index i including hi, ri and datai for delivery to a receiving node. The receiving node retrieves ri and hi from packet i; retrieves a code sequence (hj) associated with a previous packet j, in one embodiment, comprising the last 5 bits of a hash value (hj) of a previous packet j, generates a hash value (hj+1) based on the random number ri and the code sequence (hj); and declares a replay attack if hi does not equal hj+1.
US08631489B2	Method and system for detecting malicious domain names at an upper DNS hierarchy A method and system for detecting a malicious domain name, comprising: collecting domain name statistical information from a non-recursive domain name system name server (RDNS NS); and utilizing the collected domain name statistical information to determine if a domain name is malicious or benign.
US08631486B1	Adaptive identity classification A method is used in identity assurance. A process is executed that is used to verify a user identity. A description of the executed process is stored and is used to determine a level of trust.
US08631485B2	Identification of malicious activities through non-logged-in host usage A method for identifying malware activities, implemented within a computer infrastructure, includes receiving a data communication via a data channel and determining a user is not interactively logged in to a host. Additionally, the method includes identifying the data communication as a potential malware communication in response to the determining the user is not interactively logged in to the host.
US08631474B2	Method and system for restricting access to user resources A user's set top box (STB), or other client, executes a shell and has an application program interface (API) by which certain features of the client can be controlled. The client is in communication with a walled garden proxy server (WGPS). The client sends a request to the WGPS to access a service provided by a site in the garden. The site sends the client a message containing code calling a function in the API. The WGPS traps the message from the site and looks up the site in a table to determine the access control list (ACL) for the site. The WGPS includes the ACL in the header of the hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) message to the client. The shell receives the message and extracts the ACL. If the code lacks permission, the shell stops execution.
US08631472B1	Triggers for session persistence Methods, media, and servers are provided for maintaining persistent sessions for a network device and providing quick authorization to a user of the network device. The network server maintains persistent sessions with network devices based on a usage profile associated with the network devices. The persistent sessions are maintained during time periods when the network device experience peak transaction activity. Additionally, during these time periods, the network device may provide quick authorizations to users of the network device. Quick authorizations allow a transaction to complete on the network device without waiting for authorization if the user is identified as a returning user.
US08631457B1	Method and apparatus for monitoring text-based communications to secure a computer A method and apparatus for monitoring text-based communications to secure a computer is described. In one embodiment, the method for monitoring text-based communications to secure a computer includes defining at least one portion of the computer display that is associated with text-based communications and examining the at least one portion of the computer display to identify textual data within the text-based communications.
US08631455B2	Adaptive streaming for digital content distribution One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for adapting playback bit rate to available delivery bandwidth in a content delivery system comprising a content server and a content player. A content player periodically estimates whether a given playback bit rate can feasibly provide complete playback for a given title assuming currently available bandwidth. If playback becomes unfeasible at a current bit rate assuming currently available bandwidth, then the content player adapts the bit rate downward until a feasible bit rate is achieved. If playback is feasible using a higher bit rate, then the content player may adapt the bit rate upward.
US08631449B1	Cellular based aviation video system An in-flight video system for providing video services to an aircraft is disclosed. The video system may include a receiving module positioned on an aircraft. The receiving module may be configured for: receiving video signals being broadcasted on a ground-based cellular network, processing the video signals received and providing a video stream. The video system may further include a processor communicatively connected to the receiving module. The processor may be configured for distributing the video stream to at least one end device onboard the aircraft.
US08631438B2	Universal and portable channel designations Systems and methods are described that provide favorite channel designation portability from a variety of locations, devices and/or programming service providers.
US08631433B2	Image display apparatus and method for operating the same An image display apparatus and a method for operating the image display apparatus are provided. The method receives a broadcast signal, generates a thumbnail image based on broadcast information included in the received broadcast signal when the received broadcast signal is a broadcast signal of at least one of an audio channel, a data channel, or a scrambled channel, and displays a thumbnail list including the generated thumbnail image. This allows the user to easily identify the contents of broadcasts of a plurality of channels.
US08631431B2	Method and system for providing previously recorded broadcast programming with substitute commercials A system is disclosed for providing broadcast programming to subscriber locations including an intermediate video supplier, subscriber location equipment and one or more video sources. The intermediate video supplier includes a video buffer and a video server that processes received subscriber requests and retrieves, according to the subscriber requests, either of currently broadcast programming or broadcast programming previously buffered in the video buffer by the video server. The subscriber location equipment includes a remote control and a local control unit that transmits the subscriber requests to the video server via one or more data links and receives, from the video server, the broadcast programming for display on a local video display via the data link. A subscriber may initiate a restart command with a single action via the remote control to restart a currently viewed program from the beginning even if the currently viewed program was joined in progress.
US08631430B2	Enabling DRM-encrypted broadcast content through gateway into the home A method consistent with certain implementations involves receiving a stream of legacy encrypted main content that contains selectively DRM encrypted duplicate content; decrypting the legacy encrypted stream of content; eliminating the duplicate content that is not DRM encrypted; generating a selectively DRM encrypted stream of content; and providing the selectively DRM stream of content as an output signal for consumption by a device residing on a home entertainment network. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08631426B2	Pickup damper and disk drive including the same A pickup damper is provided. The pickup damper is configured to be installed adjacent to a plurality of guide shafts installed on opposite sides of an opening of a base chassis, configured to collide with a pickup and relieve shock via at least three steps in response to an external shock being applied, and configured to prevent the pickup from colliding with the guide shafts to protect the pickup.
US08631422B2	Business event processing Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate to receive a request to perform an operation on a listing previously published by an online marketplace; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously published listings including the listing; and to automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing.
US08631412B2	Job scheduling with optimization of power consumption A scheduler is provided, which takes into account the location of the data to be accessed by a set of jobs. Once all the dependencies and the scheduling constraints of the plan are respected, the scheduler optimizes the order of the remaining jobs to be run, also considering the location of the data to be accessed. Several jobs needing an access to a dataset on a specific disk may be grouped together so that the grouped jobs are executed in succession, e.g., to prevent activating and deactivating the storage device several times, thus improving the power consumption and also avoiding input output performances degradation.
US08631405B2	Identification and placement of new virtual machines based on similarity of software configurations with hosted virtual machines A mechanism for optimizing initial placement of virtual machines (VMs) to reduce memory consumption based on similar characteristics is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes identifying characteristics of a new virtual machine (VM) to be placed by a host controller on one of a plurality of candidate host machines and, for each candidate host machine of the plurality of candidate host machines, communicating with one or more VM agents each associated with a VM of one or more VMs hosted by the candidate host machine to identify characteristics of the one or more VMs. The method further includes identifying the candidate host with the most VMs having similar characteristics to the new VM.
US08631403B2	Method and system for managing tasks by dynamically scaling centralized virtual center in virtual infrastructure Methods, systems, and computer programs for performing management tasks in a virtual infrastructure are presented. The method includes detecting an increase, beyond a predetermined threshold, in the number of tasks waiting to be processed by a first virtual center (VC), which executes as a virtual machine (VM) in the virtual infrastructure. Further, the method includes operations for spawning one or more additional VCs executing as VMs in the virtual infrastructure and for distributing the managed objects handled by the first VC among the additional VCs. The tasks waiting to be processed are reallocated among the first VC and the additional VCs, and the reallocated tasks are then processed by the corresponding VC.
US08631398B2	Method and apparatus for facilitating creation of a network interface A method and apparatus for efficient wireless interface installation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for installing a first interface driver and a second interface driver is disclosed. The method comprises iterating a first interface driver installation process until at least one of success or a predetermined number of failures, if the first interface driver installation process is successful, iterating a second interface driver installation process until at least one of success or another predetermined number of failures, and generating an interface for communications between the first interface driver and the second interface driver, if the second interface driver installation process is successful.
US08631397B2	Virtualized application image patching Virtual applications are automatically kept up to date with the current version of a virtual application. Instead of the client having to obtain the entire version of the current virtual application, the client obtains the portions of the current virtual application that are changed from its version of the virtual application. After obtaining the changes needed to update its version of the virtual application, the client integrates those changes into its version of the virtual application.
US08631393B2	Custom database system and method of building and operating the same A process for performing a software task is detailed that includes preparing readable programming computer code and storing the computer code within the storage of a computer system in uncompiled form. The computer code is compiled to machine code in response to an executional call for the code. The machine code corresponding to the computer code is then executed to perform the software task. In addition to removing the conventional limitation of retaining only executable compiled software, only a portion of a larger total computer code necessary to perform the desired software task is compiled in response to an executional call from a user, request for another computer process, a prompt by an interfaced electronic instrument or a boot event.
US08631380B2	Method of, and apparatus for, data path optimisation in parallel pipelined hardware A method of generating a hardware design for a pipelined parallel stream processor, by defining a hardware processing operation; specifying at least one propagation rule; defining a graph representing the processing operation in the time domain, comprising at least one data path to be implemented as a hardware design and a plurality of parallel branches; each data path having: at least one data path input, output, and discrete object corresponding to a hardware element; each discrete object comprises an input for receiving an input variable, an operator for executing a function on said input variable, and an output variable; optimizing each output from each discrete object in dependence upon the propagation rule to produce an optimised graph; and utilizing the optimised graph to define an optimised hardware design for implementation in said pipelined parallel stream processor.
US08631374B2	Cell architecture for increasing transistor size A cell-based architecture for an integrated circuit that uses at least two categories of cells: cut-gate cells and breaker cells. Cut-gate cells have gates that extend from one boundary of the cell to an opposite boundary of the cell. Cut gate features are located along the boundaries of the cell to indicate locations for cutting the gates during fabrication. Instances of the cut-gate cells are arranged in abutting rows that result in the formation of continuous gate strips during the fabrication process, which are then cut into individual gates with a cut-gate mechanism. Breaker cells have gates that do not extend to the boundaries of the breaker cell. To prevent the continuous gate strips from exceeding design rule requirements, instances of breaker cells are placed at intervals between the rows of cut-gate cell instances to restrict the size of the gate strips.
US08631368B2	Method and circuit to generate race condition test data at multiple supply voltages A method and circuit for characterizing a process variation of a semiconductor die is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes operating a circuit at multiple supply voltage levels to generate race condition testing data. The circuit is disposed on at least one die of a wafer and includes at least one racing path circuit having at least two paths. The method further includes collecting the race condition testing data and evaluating the collected race condition testing data. The race condition testing data is correlated to a process variation of the at least one die.
US08631366B2	Integrated circuit design using DFM-enhanced architecture Integrated circuit libraries include a first standard cell having a first left boundary and a first right boundary, and a second standard cell having a second left boundary and a second right boundary. The first standard cell and the second standard cell are of a same cell variant. A first active region in the first standard cell has a different length of diffusion than a second active region in the second standard cell. The first active region and the second active region are corresponding active regions represented by a same component of a same circuit diagram representing both the first standard cell and the second standard cell.
US08631363B2	Method and mechanism for identifying and tracking shape connectivity A method and mechanism is disclosed for identifying and tracking nets in an electrical design. A hierarchical design does not have to be flattened to perform the operation of identifying and tracking nets. To identify sets of connected shapes, instead of having to unfold the entire design hierarchy, only the specific instances of shapes falling within the geometric bounds of shapes identified as being part of a net needs to be unfolded to perform the search. When composing the list of nets for a hierarchical design, the unfolded shapes at other hierarchical levels of the design can be derived based upon virtual terminal structures that implicitly references nets and objects at other levels.
US08631362B1	Circuit instance variation probability system and method A system and process for utilizing probability distribution information about process parameters to quantify the probability of manufacturing process variation for variants of circuit designs in order to more efficiently analyze and simulate the designs.
US08631358B2	Variable device graphical user interface Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus, including computer program products, for adjusting a graphical user interface. A motion of a device is detected. A graphical user interface of the device is adjusted in response to the detected motion.
US08631354B2	Focal-control user interface A user interface and techniques for manipulating a graphical representation via indirect manipulation of focal controls are described. Generally, the user interface includes a graphical representation (e.g., an image, video, application, browser, map, etc.), one or more visible or transparent focal controls, and gesture detection functionality to detect inputs from a user. The user may provide this input via a peripheral device (e.g., a mouse, keyboard, etc.), a touch-screen display, or in another suitable manner. In each instance, the user provides an input relative to the focal control and, in response to detecting the input, the gesture detection functionality manipulates the underlying graphical representation.
US08631351B2	Providing multiple degrees of context for content consumed on computers and media players Multiple degrees of context for media content that is consumable on computing platforms including PCs and personal media players is provided by logically organizing context objects into halos that surround each piece of consumable content. The context objects represent information and experiences that are contextually associated with media content to enable users to easily discover content and experiences that they will find interesting in a rich and personal manner. As a user navigates from a content item to a context object in the halo, the context object itself morphs into content that is then surrounded by a new halo of context objects to which the user may navigate. The organization of media content and information into halos enables an effective contextual paradigm that cuts across strict hierarchical structures to allow the user experience to be much more seamless and free-flowing.
US08631350B2	Graphical context short menu A system and method for displaying a graphical context menu on a display screen of a mobile communication device. The method includes receiving a menu request, determining the number of menu items based on the context of the menu request, generating a graphical context menu based on the determined number of the determined number of menu items, inserting the menu items into the generated graphical context menu, and displaying the generated graphical context menu on the display screen with the inserted menu items. The graphical context menu can include menu items displayed in a 3×3 grid, a 2×3 grid or a 1×3 grid. The graphical context menu can include a default menu item in the center of the grid and a full menu option in the bottom most right slot of the grid.
US08631342B2	Computer display control system and method A computer display control system comprises an input module adapted to receive a user input corresponding to a composited desktop display where the composited desktop display displays at least two active desktops corresponding to at least two different computers. The input module is adapted to automatically determine to which of the desktops the user input corresponds.
US08631341B2	System and method for selecting a tab within a tabbed browser The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for managing and selecting one out of large set of open tabs in a tabbed browser. Browsing software is configured to provide a quick pick user-interface that visually displays the content of the several tabs, such as a by displaying a thumbnail for each tab. The thumbnails allow a user to easily distinguish between each opened tab. The browsing software may also be configured to recognize a user selection from within the quick pick user-interface and in response, switch back to a tabbed window view and display the selected tab in that view. The browsing software may adjust the tab row so that the selected tab is positioned in a favorable position within the tab row. In addition, within the quick pick user-interface, the user may reposition the thumbnails and/or close the thumbnails, thus affecting the associated tab in the tab row.
US08631337B2	Systems and methods of copying data A particular method includes detecting a context switch to a first interface. In response to the context switch, data values from a plurality of data fields of the first interface may automatically be copied to a shared storage location.
US08631332B2	Content visualization Displaying a preference by a user of a content contribution is disclosed. A preference event by the user is detected. A plurality of detected events is stored. In response to a query from a client, at least a portion of the stored detected events is stored. At least a portion of the received events is displayed in an interface.
US08631331B2	Apparatus for network traffic classification benchmark The present invention relates to a network management system for analyzing Internet application traffic. An apparatus for Internet application traffic classification benchmark according to the present invention configures two or more Internet application traffic classifications in plug-in scheme to perform a benchmarking function for the performance of each Internet application traffic classification. The apparatus can provide an objective and accurate evaluation for each classification technology by aggregating various Internet application traffic classification technologies by the plug-in scheme.
US08631325B1	Real-time data visualization of streaming data In certain implementations, a first data element set associated with a first attribute may be provided on a user interface. Individual first data elements of the first data element set may each represent a first value associated with the first attribute. A control element set may be provided on the user interface. Individual control elements of the control element set may each represent an attribute. A first touch-based input indicating an association of a first one of the individual control elements with a first one of the individual first data elements may be received. Responsive to the indicated association, a second data element set associated with a second attribute that is represented by the first one of the individual control elements may be provided on the user interface. Individual second data elements of the second data element set may each represent a second value associated with the second attribute and correspond to the first value represented by the first one of the first individual data elements.
US08631317B2	Manipulating display of document pages on a touchscreen computing device Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for manipulating display of document pages on a touchscreen computing device are provided. Embodiments include recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, finger motion selection gestures on a touchscreen of the touchscreen computing device; selecting, by the touchscreen computing device for each recognized finger motion selection gesture, a document page displayed on the touchscreen; recognizing, by the touchscreen computing device, a finger motion combination gesture on the touchscreen; combining, by the touchscreen computing device responsive to the finger motion combination gesture, the selected document pages into a single concatenated document page; and displaying, by the touchscreen computing device, the single concatenated document page.
US08631313B2	Method of error detection for wireless transmission A transmitter generates an encrypted data by processing a specific data according to a specific transmission mode, generates a verification code according to the specific transmission mode, and provides a protocol data unit according to the encrypted data and the verification code. After transmission, a receiver decodes the protocol data unit and determines whether the decrypted data of the protocol data unit matches the verification code, thereby providing error detection for wireless transmission.
US08631308B2	Apparatus and method for determination of a position of a 1 bit error in a coded bit sequence, apparatus and method for correction of a 1-bit error in a coded bit sequence and decoder and method for decoding an incorrect, coded bit sequence An apparatus for determination of a position of a 1-bit error includes an error position determiner of the inner code, an error syndrome determiner of the outer code, a derivative determiner and an overall error position determiner. The error position determiner of the inner code determines at least one possible error position of a bit error in the coded bit sequence on the basis of the inner code. The error syndrome determiner of the outer code determines a value of a non-linear syndrome bit of the outer code on the basis of a non-linear function of bits in the coded bit sequence. Furthermore, the derivative determiner determines a value of a derivative bit for at least one determined, possible error position of the bit error on the basis of derivation of the non-linear function based on the bit at the determined, possible error position in the coded bit sequence.
US08631306B2	Method and memory system using a priori probability information to read stored data A memory system comprises a non-volatile memory device that stores user data and state information regarding the user data. In a read operation of the non-volatile memory device, a memory controller calculates a priori probabilities for the user data based on the state information, calculates a posteriori probabilities based on the a priori probabilities, and performs a soft-decision operation to determine values of the user data based on the a posteriori probabilities.
US08631304B2	Overlapping error correction operations Systems and methods of overlapping error correction operations are disclosed. A method at an encoder device includes receiving data to be encoded, including a first data group and a second data group. The first data group includes a first subgroup that contains a first plurality of bits and a second subgroup that contains a second plurality of bits. The second data group includes the second subgroup and a third subgroup that includes a third plurality of bits. A first encode operation encodes the first data group to generate a first codeword and a second encode operation encodes the second data group.
US08631301B2	Dynamic electronic correction code feedback to extend memory device lifetime Unrecoverable electronic correction code (ECC) errors in memory storage devices are usually preceded by recoverable ECC errors. A memory storage device controller is provided notice of the recoverable errors and associated information. The memory storage device controller can cause the data having the recoverable information to be rewritten on the memory storage device. Rewriting the data on the memory storage device (often in a different location) normally reduces the probability of encountering data with unrecoverable data errors.
US08631294B2	Methods and devices to increase memory device data reliability A first data set is written to first memory units identified as having a higher data reliability and a second data set is written to second memory units identified as having a lower data reliability than the first memory units. In some cases, the second data set may include metadata or redundancy information that is useful to aid in reading and/or decoding the first data set. The act of writing the second data set increases the data reliability of the first data set. The second data set may be a null pattern, such as all erased bits.
US08631285B2	Content data recording apparatus and method A content data recording apparatus includes a code addition unit adding an error correction code to an input content data, a data storing unit temporarily storing the content data, and outputting it, a plurality of nonvolatile memories that enable writing/reading of the content data, a generator generating a write address and a read address, a read buffer temporarily storing the read content data, and outputting it, an error correction unit correcting an error of the content data based on the error correction code, and giving correction impossible notification when the error is not corrected by the error correction code, and a controller carrying out a read control for reading content data from the nonvolatile memories, and carrying out a first rewrite control for controlling the data storing unit so that the data storing unit again outputs content data, and writing the content data again output to the nonvolatile memories.
US08631280B2	Method of measuring and diagnosing misbehaviors of software components and resources Systems and methods are described for diagnosing behavior of software components in an application server. The application server can comprise a plurality of components that process incoming requests. A diagnostics advisor can be deployed with the application server and can determine an efficiency and/or inefficiency of each of the components of the application server or other middleware system. The efficiency determined by computing a ratio of the number of requests that completed execution during a particular sampling time period to the number of requests that were received. The inefficiency is the ratio of the number of requests that are still being executed at the end of the sampling time period to the number of requests that were received. The diagnostics advisor employs the determined efficiency and/or inefficiency to diagnose a misbehavior or other problem of the components in the application server.
US08631278B2	Diagnostics for remote computer systems A system for use in an environment having a remote computer system, a user associated with the remote computer system, and an error detection component for detecting errors associated with the remote computer system comprises a storage component for computer programs that performing diagnostics errors associated with the remote computer system, and a search component, responsive to a first error being detected, for searching the storage component for a first computer program associated with the first error. If a first computer program is found, a presentation component presents a first option to the user, wherein the first option is associated with selection of the first computer program. If the user selects the first computer program, an execution component executes the first computer program on the remote computer system.
US08631276B2	Log-based rollback-recovery Log-Based Rollback Recovery for system failures. The system includes a storage medium, and a component configured to transition through a series of states. The component is further configured to record in the storage medium the state of the component every time the component communicates with another component in the system, the system being configured to recover the most recent state recorded in the storage medium following a failure of the component.
US08631263B2	Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium An information processing apparatus decreases power supply to a processing unit if a predetermined condition is satisfied. If a waiting time has elapsed during a power saving state in which power supply to the processing unit is decreased, the information processing apparatus cancels the power saving state. The information processing apparatus executes a head retraction in response to the cancellation of the power saving state. The information processing apparatus stops power supply to the storage unit in response to completion of the head retraction.
US08631262B2	Method of dynamically scaling a power level of a microprocessor A method of dynamically scaling a power level of a microprocessor is provided. The method includes: calculating unit workload rates during unit periods in a first duration period; changing a length of the first duration period based on a variation of the unit workload rates; calculating a period workload rate by accumulating the unit workload rates in the first duration period; and changing the power level of the microprocessor based on the calculated period workload rate.
US08631260B2	Low power paging of consumer electronics Systems, apparatuses, and methods are configured to monitor signals received via a transmission medium by a paging monitor to detect an activity trigger. Systems, apparatuses, and methods are further configured to, in response to detecting the activity trigger, cause, by the paging monitor, a main receiver to transition from an energy conservation mode to an active mode to monitor the transmission medium for data traffic.
US08631249B2	Operation unit and program In an embodiment, regarding an addition of a kb-bit number A and a b-bit random number r, element data of a pre-calculated table C′ is set based on a sum AH+rH of a value AH of upper b/2 bits of a number A2, which is lower b bits of the number A, and a value rH of upper b/2 bits of the random number r and the sum AL+rL of a value AL of lower b/2 bits of the number A2 and a value rL of lower b/2 bits of the random number r in such a way that presence/absence of carrying-over of A2+r is indicated. Accordingly, the size of the pre-calculated table needed to be reduced for obtaining an addition result of upper (k−1)b bits by mutually adding the kb-bit number A and the b-bit number r.
US08631248B2	Pointguard: method and system for protecting programs against pointer corruption attacks To protect computer programs against security attacks that attempt to corrupt pointers within the address space of the program, the value of a pointer is encrypted each time the pointer is initialized or modified, and then the value is decrypted before use, i.e., each time the pointer is read. Preferably, the encrypting and decrypting steps are effected by instructions generated by a compiler during compilation of the program. One convenient method of implementing the encrypting and decrypting steps is by XOR'ing the pointer with a predetermined encryption key value, which could be specially selected or selected at random.
US08631246B2	Method for starting a keyboard of a self-service terminal A method for commencing operation of an encrypted pin pad (EPP) of a self-service terminal. The EPP includes a security module that is capable of encrypting a confidential numeric code entered over the EPP with a PIN key. The EPP has a sensor that detects whether the EPP is installed properly in the self-service terminal or not. The sensor signal is scanned by the security module of the EPP. The EPP automatically goes to a non-operational mode if the sensor signal indicates that the EPP is not properly installed. The EPP, after passing from an operational to a non-operational mode, can only be returned to operation by entering an authorized activation code in the keypad security module.
US08631242B2	Applicant screening A system of screening servers, screener client computers, and screening kiosks distribute an applicant screening process among multiple sites and multiple participants. To facilitate and secure communications of screening results and applicant actions, a personal identification code is provided that identifies individual sets of screening results. In this manner, the applicant is authenticated and can then enter appropriate applicant profile data into a secure screening account, such as via a screening kiosk. Screening results may be generated for the applicant in association with a unique personal identification code. This code can then be communicated to the screener, who can access the screening results along with a recommendation, if desired, by sending the code to a screening server.
US08631239B2	Multiple system images for over-the-air updates In one embodiment, a mobile device performs an over-the-air firmware update by writing the updated firmware to a inactive system image partition, and rebooting the device. The security of the OTA update is maintained through checking a plurality of security signatures in an OTA manifest, and the integrity of the data is maintained by checking a hash value of the downloaded system image.
US08631229B2	Differential client-side encryption of information originating from a client A method may include allocating a number of public keys, where each respective public key is allocated to a respective entity of a number of entities; storing a number of private keys, where each respective private corresponds to a respective public key; storing one or more decryption algorithms, where each respective decryption algorithm is configured to decrypt data previously encrypted using at least one encryption algorithm of the encryption algorithms. Each respective encryption algorithm may be configured to encrypt data using at least one public key. Each respective decryption algorithm may be configured to decrypt data using at least one private key. The method may include receiving encrypted data, where the encrypted data is encrypted using a first public key and a first encryption algorithm, and the encrypted data is provided over a network.
US08631228B2	Hitless manual cryptographic key refresh in secure packet networks In a hitless manual cryptographic key refresh scheme, a state machine is independently maintained at each network node. The state machine includes a first state, a second state, and a third state. In the first state, which is the steady state, a current cryptographic key is used both for generating signatures for outgoing packets and for authenticating signatures of incoming packets. In the second state, which is entered when a new cryptographic key is provisioned, the old (i.e. formerly current) key is still used for generating signatures for outgoing packets, however one or, if necessary, both of the old key and the newly provisioned key is used for authenticating signatures of incoming packets. In the third state, the new key is used for generating signatures for outgoing packets and either one or both of the old key and new key are used for authenticating signatures of incoming packets.
US08631212B2	Input/output memory management unit with protection mode for preventing memory access by I/O devices A memory management unit is configured to receive requests for memory access from a plurality of I/O devices. The memory management unit implements a protection mode wherein the unit prevents memory accesses by the plurality of I/O devices by mapping memory access requests (from the I/O devices) to the same set of memory address translation data. When the memory management unit is not in the protected mode, the unit maps memory access requests from the plurality of I/O devices to different respective sets of memory address translation data. Thus, the memory management unit may protect memory from access by I/O devices using fewer address translation tables than are typically required (e.g., none).
US08631207B2	Cache memory power reduction techniques Methods and apparatus to provide for power consumption reduction in memories (such as cache memories) are described. In one embodiment, a virtual tag is used to determine whether to access a cache way. The virtual tag access and comparison may be performed earlier in the read pipeline than the actual tag access or comparison. In another embodiment, a speculative way hit may be used based on pre-ECC partial tag match to wake up a subset of data arrays. Other embodiments are also described.
US08631203B2	Management of external memory functioning as virtual cache A method and apparatus for managing the caching of data on an auxiliary memory of a computer. Pages of data may be cached on an auxiliary memory, such as a flash memory, at a virtual level using an identifier that does not involve a physical address of the pages on a memory. Pages may be cached on auxiliary memory that may be removable from the computer, e.g., by unplugging the memory from the computer. Page data may be encrypted and/or compressed on the auxiliary memory. An authentication indicator may be used to verify the accuracy of cached data in the case of an interrupted connection to the auxiliary memory, e.g., as a result of computer power down, hibernation, removal of the memory from the computer, etc.
US08631200B2	Method and system for governing an enterprise level green storage system drive technique A method and system for manipulating a spin state of each disk in a drive array is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring input/output (I/O) requests to each disk drive in a disk array and identifying any disk drive as an inactive disk drive based on a number of I/O requests directed to said any disk drive for a given time interval. The method further includes moving data from the inactive disk drive to an active disk drive having a free disk space to store the data and updating metadata associated with the data using a log-structured file system for the disk array. Further, the method includes manipulating a spin state of the inactive disk drive by spinning down the inactive disk drive to conserve power. Furthermore, the method includes redirecting subsequent I/O requests for the inactive disk drive to the active disk drive by accessing the metadata of the log-structured file system.
US08631199B2	Storage system, storage device, and control method thereof A storage system including a storage device which includes media for storing data from a host computer, a medium controller for controlling the media, a plurality of channel controllers for connecting to the host computer through a channel and a cache memory for temporarily storing data from the host computer, wherein the media have a restriction on a number of writing times. The storage device includes a bus for directly transferring data from the medium controller to the channel controller.
US08631197B2	Implementing enhanced updates for indirection tables A method and a storage system are provided for implementing indirection tables and providing enhanced updates of the indirection tables for persistent media or disk drives, such as shingled perpendicular magnetic recording (SMR) indirection tables. A plurality of memory pools are used to store indirection data. An exception pointer table provides a pointer to an exception list for an I-Track. The exception list includes predetermined-size exception entries sorted by an offset from a start of the I-Track. An insert exception entry is provided for a new host write and merged to an updated exception list using an offset of the insert exception entry.
US08631193B2	Emulation of abstracted DIMMS using abstracted DRAMS One embodiment of the present invention sets forth an abstracted memory subsystem comprising abstracted memories, which each may be configured to present memory related characteristics onto a memory system interface. The characteristics can be presented on the memory system interface via logic signals or protocol exchanges, and the characteristics may include any one or more of, an address space, a protocol, a memory type, a power management rule, a number of pipeline stages, a number of banks, a mapping to physical banks, a number of ranks, a timing characteristic, an address decoding option, a bus turnaround time parameter, an additional signal assertion, a sub-rank, a number of planes, or other memory-related characteristics. Some embodiments include an intelligent register device and/or, an intelligent buffer device. One advantage of the disclosed subsystem is that memory performance may be optimized regardless of the specific protocols used by the underlying memory hardware devices.
US08631192B2	Memory system and block merge method In one embodiment, the invention provides a memory system including a flash memory device including a plurality of memory blocks implementing a plurality of data blocks, a plurality of log blocks, and a plurality of free blocks. The memory system further includes a flash translation layer maintaining the number of the free blocks to be at least equal to a reference number by converting selected memory blocks among the data and log blocks into free blocks via at least one merge operation during a background period. Additionally, the flash translation layer converts selected ones of the free blocks into data and log blocks, respectively.
US08631189B2	Storage apparatus and storage system A storage apparatus includes: an input/output section configured to input and output data related to an external access; a memory for storing input data input by the input/output section by distributing the input data to a plurality of areas while making use of a cache area for temporarily storing the input data; and a control section configured to make an access to the memory on the basis of the external access and carry out a garbage collection operation on the areas including the cache area in order to release the cache area in the access made to the memory on the basis of the external access.
US08631188B1	Data storage device overlapping host data transfer for a write command with inter-command delay A data storage device is disclosed comprising a non-volatile memory, such as a disk of a disk drive or a non-volatile semiconductor memory. First and second write commands are received from a host, and in response first and second write data are requested from the host. The first write data is stored in the non-volatile memory, and after storing the first write data, a first acknowledge is transmitted to the host to acknowledge completion of the first write command. After transmitting the first acknowledge, a third write command is received from the host. The second write data is stored in the non-volatile memory, and after storing the second write data, a second acknowledge is transmitted to the host acknowledging completion of the second write command. After transmitting the second acknowledge, third write data is requested from the host associated with the third write command.
US08631181B2	Validating message-signaled interrupts by tracking interrupt vectors assigned to devices The disclosed embodiments provide a system that validates message-signaled interrupts. During operation, the system receives a message-signaled interrupt from a requesting device. This message-signaled interrupt includes an interrupt vector that identifies an interrupt, and is accompanied by an identification tag that identifies the source of the interrupt. The system uses the interrupt vector to access a stored tag from a tracking mechanism that associates source devices with their assigned interrupt vector(s). The system then compares the identification tag and the stored tag to validate the message-signaled interrupt.
US08631176B2	Asynchronous communications technique A main processor manages serial communication with one or more external devices by establishing the requisite tasks needed for serial communications. For example, these tasks can include (1) serial device handling, (2) protocol encapsulation, and (3) low-level communication with external devices. A priority is assigned to each of the tasks so that timing requirements are met, while maximizing processor efficiency of the main processor. Upon its completion, each lower priority task initiates execution of a next higher priority task to synchronize data processing with data communication.
US08631175B2	Facilitating transport mode input/output operations between a channel subsystem and input/output devices A method of performing an input/output operation includes: generating by a channel subsystem at least one command message including one or more device command words (DCWs), at least one DCW including a data count and a suppress-length indication (SLI) configured to instruct a control unit whether to continue to perform the I/O operation in response to an incorrect length condition; forwarding the at least one command message to the control unit; receiving an incorrect length (IL) value from the control unit and storing an IL indicator in a subchannel-status word, the IL indicator representing the IL value, the IL value being a first IL value in response to a first SLI value and the data count not matching the amount of data required, the IL value being a second IL value in response to a second SLI value and the data count not matching the amount of data required.
US08631173B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first arithmetic engine which executes a first arithmetic process in every cycle and outputs first data representing the result of the first arithmetic process and a first valid signal representing a first or second value in every cycle, and a second arithmetic engine which executes a second arithmetic process in every cycle and outputs second data representing the result of the second arithmetic process and a second valid signal representing the first or second value in every cycle. The device also includes an inter-arithmetic-engine buffer which is used to exchange the first data and the second data between the first and second arithmetic engines, enables write of the first or second data if the first or second valid signal indicates the first value, and inhibits write of the first or second data if the first or second valid signal indicates the second value.
US08631172B2	Router and method of routing with redundancy A method of routing audio or video data. A plurality of source data inputs to input modules are divided into groups and main crosspoint modules receive one group from every input module, and destination data outputs from output modules are divided into groups and each output module receives one group from every main crosspoint module. Input modules send a duplicate of one selected group to a redundant crosspoint module and output modules receive a group from a redundant crosspoint module and can use that group in place of any group from a main crosspoint module.
US08631171B2	Method for finding starting bit of reference frames for an alternating-parity reference channel The present invention discloses a method for locating the reference frames of the reference lane on the transmitting data bus. The present invention addresses this object by disclosing a method whereby the relationship between the size of the reference frame transmitted over the reference lane and the width of the data bus is such that the reference frame is bit-shifted automatically until it is aligned with the data bus.
US08631167B2	System and method for reproduction control means for automatically reproducing audio type data recorded in USB device in response to detecting means An information processing apparatus with a plurality of USB (universal serial bus) ports to which USB devices can be connected, includes: detection means for detecting the USB port of the plurality of USB ports to which the USB device that is in the course of data communication is connected; and first display control means for displaying on a display unit provided in a position corresponding to the detected USB port the fact that the USB device connected to the detected USB port is in the course of data communication.
US08631156B2	Systems and methods for providing network resource address management Systems and methods are provided for allowing a user to obtain an intended network resource address. An undesired network resource address (NRA) which had been mistakenly entered by a user may be identified as being undesired. In response, an intended NRA may be determined and provided to the user. For example, a database of undesired NRAs may be access to determine an intended NRA (e.g., based on an association of the undesired NRA with an intended NRA). The undesired NRA database may be located local to or remote from the user equipment. The NRA database may be updated in response to, for example, receiving an undesired address command from the user.
US08631154B2	Dynamically modifying quality of service levels for resources in a networked computing environment Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for dynamically modifying Quality of Service (QoS) levels for resources (e.g., applications, processes, services, etc.) running in a networked computing environment. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention dynamically adjust transport level networking QoS parameters based on associated service level agreements (SLA) term. In a typical embodiment, a set of service level requirements associated with a resource running in the networked computing environment will first be identified (e.g., in a computer data structure). Then, the set of service level requirements will be mapped to a set of QoS parameters associated with a transport layer of the networked computing environment. A current performance of the resource within the transport layer will then be determined. Once the current performance has been determined, it will be further determined whether the current performance meets the set of service level requirements. Based on this determination/comparison, the set of QoS parameters can be adjusted accordingly.
US08631151B2	Techniques for guaranteeing bandwidth with aggregate traffic Methods, systems, and apparatus guarantee bandwidth for a network transaction. A network is logically organized as a tree having a plurality of nodes. Each node can guarantee service for a network transaction through the network. Each node monitors its traffic and reserves predefined amounts of unused bandwidth with its adjacent node. If a particular node needs additional bandwidth, that node borrows the bandwidth from its adjacent node.
US08631143B2	Apparatus and method for providing multimedia content A method of selectively providing multimedia content to a content receiving device comprises determining whether a first content stream provided to the content receiving device meets a predetermined criterion. Responsive to determining that the first content stream does not meet the predetermined criterion, at least one other content stream which meets the predetermined criterion is selected for provision to the content receiving device.
US08631142B2	Inserting targeted content into a portlet content stream A system, method and program product for inserting targeted content into a portlet content stream is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a portal program that includes a container-managed portlet filter for inserting targeted web content into a portlet content stream based on a desired display mode of the portal user. Under the present invention, web content is obtained by a portlet from a content provider. Once obtained, the portlet outputs the web content as a portlet content stream to the portlet filter. The portlet filter then inserts the targeted content based on the desired display mode of the user. The combined targeted content and portlet content stream is then outputted to an aggregator where it is organized for display as a portal page.
US08631126B2	System and markup language for information extraction from stand-alone devices in webspace A system and markup language for information extraction from stand-alone devices in webspace is disclosed. Devices are provided with Internet accessibility, thus becoming web objects, able to send and receive data through the Internet. A web object is assigned a static and dynamic serial number by its manufacturer which contains data pertaining to the web object/device. Also, the web object has the capability to report on its status, making such information available over the Internet. Thus, the device's owner can monitor the device by accessing it through the Internet and a web page, and the manufacturer or other authorized user can also securely access the device/web object to monitor its status. The web object can thus report that maintenance is required, a service part should be ordered, and maintains this information within the dynamic portion of its serial number, which updates based on changes to its status.
US08631114B1	Information roll-up in distributed environments Described is a technique for gathering information about a property. A request is received at a first node of a plurality of nodes. The request requests information in accordance with the property for a set of one or more objects defined in a portion of the plurality of nodes. The first node determines information about said property for objects of said set which are defined at said first node. Each of the other nodes determines information about said property for objects of said set which are defined at said each node. Information is communicated to the first node from the other nodes about said property for objects of said set which are defined at each of said other nodes. The first node performs processing to produce final information representing information received from said other nodes and information determined by said first node regarding said property.
US08631102B2	Automated device provisioning and activation Devices, methods, and computer readable media for communicating with a network system over a wireless access network, the network system comprising one or more network elements, and communicating with one or more other devices over one or more of a wireless local-area network, a personal-area network, and a near-field network; obtaining configuration information from the one or more network elements, the configuration information enabling modification of a first service policy setting for authorizing provision of a forwarding service to the one or more other devices; obtaining a user input associated with enabling or disabling the forwarding service; and modifying a second service policy setting in accordance with the user input, the second service policy setting for assisting in enabling or disabling the forwarding service.
US08631101B2	Dynamic address assignment for address aggregation in low power and lossy networks A node in a Low power and Lossy Network (LLN) is managed by monitoring a routing configuration on a node in a LLN. A triggering parameter that is used to invoke an address change on a child node is tracked and a threshold against which to compare the triggering parameter is accessed. The triggering parameter is compared to the threshold. Based on results of comparing the triggering parameter to the threshold, it is determined that an address change at the child node is appropriate. An address change of a child node appearing in the routing configuration is invoked based on the determination that an address change is appropriate.
US08631091B2	Content distribution network using a web browser and locally stored content to directly exchange content between users In one embodiment, program code is added to a social network's web pages or site such that the content a first user accesses is locally stored at the first user's system. When another user, who is a friend of the first user, as defined by the social networking site, browses to that same content, the program code fetches it from the first user, instead of directly from the social networking site. The content is thus directly exchanged between the users without a transaction at the website. The present invention leverages the storage and bandwidth resources of social networking users to help serve content.
US08631089B1	Previewing audio data associated with an item Systems and methods are provided for previewing audio data associated with an audio book or other item. In some embodiments, following capture by a mobile computing device of an image of a graphical code included on packaging associated with an audio book, a request may be received from the mobile computing device for audio data and/or other data associated with the audio book. The request may include a uniform resource identifier generated using the graphical code from the image captured by the mobile computing device. In response to receiving the request, audio data associated with the audio book may be retrieved from a data store. The retrieved audio data may then be sent to the mobile computing device for playback by the mobile computing device.
US08631081B2	System and method for information risk management The present invention provides a system and method for evaluating risk associated with information access requests. The information access requests are collected, assigned a risk level according to user defined policies, a total risk is calculated and presented to user. The user can select a high risk event for further analysis. The system will break down the event into basic elements, so the user can ascertain the risk. The system allows a user to customize a report and the customized report can be saved as a template for future use.
US08631080B2	Email characterization Email users may feel overwhelmed with the abundance of emails they receive. Many current email management techniques require at least some manual intervention that may be time consuming and/or otherwise frustrating to a user. As provided herein, emails may be characterized based upon content of the email and domain classification data (e.g., a company name, business category, or a website name associated with the domain name of the sender). One or more viewing panels may be populated with the characterized emails. A viewing panel may present emails corresponding to a particular characterization (e.g., a shopping viewing panel may display emails characterized as shopping). To enhance characterization, rules used to characterize emails may learn from a user's actions. For example, a user may move an email from a shopping viewing panel to a travel viewing panel, thus altering the characterization of the email from shopping to travel.
US08631078B2	Method and system for embedded personalized communication A method and system for embedded personalized communication have been disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises providing software code to be embedded in a webpage. The webpage is loaded including the software code. A configuration file is fetched from a configuration server in response to the software code. A first instant messaging user interface is rendered on the webpage. A request is sent to a web-based instant messaging server, the request initiating an instant messaging session with a second instant messaging user interface.
US08631074B2	Security and support for flexible conferencing topologies spanning proxies, firewalls and gateways A method and system for setting up and managing secure data/audio/video conferences with a wide range of topologies is described. The disclosed method and system allow extending the range of topologies possible with the H.323 conferencing standards while overcoming T.120 negotiating constraints. Security in such conferences may be based on a trusted node system or on more complex security procedures. Furthermore, the taught conference topologies fully utilize the T.120 standards while also permitting the reach of the conferences to the extent enabled by the H.323 standards by implementing additional modules to manage the setting up and tearing down of one or more conference connections. In addition, the method and system allow for dynamically adjusting conference connections to improve bandwidth usage and utilize H.323 support for gatekeepers.
US08631070B2	Providing event data to a group of contacts Data related to an event is provided to a group of contacts while the event is occurring via an event user interface that enables the group of contacts to coordinate with one another during the event. In this regard, an event coordination service is provides the event data to each contact of the group for review via an event user interface that is persistently displayed on a telecommunication or other computing device associated with the contact for the contact's easy and immediate reference during the event. When the event ultimately concludes, display of the event user interface ceases as the group of contacts likely no longer needs immediate or ready reference to the event.
US08631069B2	Web and multi-media conference Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for providing multi-media conferencing. According to one embodiment, a method for providing a multi-media conference can comprise receiving a request to participate in the conference from a first client via a signaling protocol. For example, the signaling protocol comprises Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) or another signaling protocol. The first client and a media server adapted to support the conference can be invited to join the conference via third-party call control of the signaling protocol. The method can also include assigning a conference identifier to the conference. In such a case, inviting the first client and the media server can comprise sending invitation messages to each of the first client and the media server wherein the invitation messages include the conference identifier.
US08631063B2	Modular platform enabling heterogeneous devices, sensors and actuators to integrate automatically into heterogeneous networks A system includes a hardware platform, at least one driver, a plurality of devices connected to the hardware platform, a middleware interface, and a plurality of software services. Each of the plurality of devices is selected from the group consisting of sensors and actuators. The plurality of software services is generated by the at least one driver, wherein a software service associates with a device, and wherein each of the software services complies with the middleware interface. A method for interfacing a plurality of devices to a hardware platform includes communicably connecting each of the plurality of devices to the hardware platform, converting each of the plurality of devices into a programmable software service using a driver, and programming each of the software services to comply with a middleware interface.
US08631058B2	Providing nondeterministic data A system and method for providing non-deterministic data for processes executed by non-synchronized processor elements of a fault resilient system is discussed. The steps of the method comprise receiving a request for getting non-deterministic data from a requesting processor element; assigning non-deterministic data generated by an entropy source to the request; and supplying the non-deterministic data assigned to the request, to the requesting processor element.
US08631053B2	Method for securely determining Manhattan distances Embodiments disclose a method and a system for determining securely the Manhattan distance between a first and a second signal. The system is mapping the first signal to a first binary signal; mapping the second signal to a second binary signal, such that the squared distance between the first signal and the second binary signals equals the Manhattan distance; reducing respectively dimensions of the first binary signal and the second binary signal to produce a first low dimensional signal and a second low dimensional signal, such that the squared distance between the first low dimensional signal and the second low dimensional signals approximates the squared distance between the first binary signal and the second binary signals; and determining securely the squared distance between the first low dimensional signal and the second low dimensional signals to securely determine the Manhattan distance between the first signal and the second signal.
US08631052B1	Efficient content meta-data collection and trace generation from deduplicated storage The method and apparatus collect file recipes from deduplicated data storage systems, the file recipes consist of a list of fingerprints of data chunks of a file. Detailed meta-data for each unique data chunk is also collected. In an offline process, research and analysis can be performed on either the meta-data itself or on a reconstruction of a full trace of meta-data constructed by matching recipe fingerprints to the corresponding meta-data. The method and system can generate the full meta-data trace efficiently in an on-line or off-line process. Typical deduplicated storage systems achieve 10× or higher deduplication rates, and the meta-data collection is faster than processing all of the original files and produces compact meta-data that is smaller to store.
US08631050B1	Transformation engine A transformation engine is disclosed that retrieves source data from a plurality of disparate data sources and provides source data that is consistent and normalized. the transformation engine comprises a plurality of interfaces that receive source data from a plurality of disparate databases. The source data comprises a plurality of data elements. The transformation engine further comprises a converter that aggregates and converts the received source data so that the plurality of data elements are recognizable as being substantially equivalent; a data processor that formats the received source data by merging and preparing the received source data; and a business rule applicator that filters the received source data.
US08631048B1	Data alignment system Methods, systems, and computer-readable media relating to adapting existing data based on one or more new sets of data are provided. An exemplary method comprises extracting a data model from a new data set. The method further comprises determining one or more ontology assertions based on the extracted data model and modifying at least one existing ontology based on the one or more ontology assertions.
US08631045B2	System and method for network administration and local administration of privacy protection criteria Cookie files are screened in a client machine, wherein a cookie file includes a cookie file source. A request from a subscriber is received at a server to send a list of untrusted cookie file sources to the client machine. The list of untrusted cookie file sources is downloaded from the server to the client machine. The downloaded list of untrusted cookie file sources is used to detect cookie files received at the client machine from cookie file sources on the downloaded list by comparing the cookie file source of any received cookie file to the untrusted cookie file sources on the downloaded list.
US08631043B2	Method and apparatus for generating a shape graph from a binary trie A capability is provided for representing a set of data values using data structures, including converting a binary trie data structure representing the set of data values to a shape graph data structure representing the set of data values. The shape graph data structure is generated from the binary trie data structure based on the shapes of the sub-trees rooted at the nodes of the binary trie data structure. The shape graph includes vertices representing shapes of the sub-trees of the binary trie data structure. A shape graph data structure permits operations similar to the operations that may be performed on the binary trie data structure for performing lookups for data values from the set of data values, while at the same time reducing the structural redundancy of the binary trie data structure such that the shape graph data structure provides significant improvements in memory usage over the binary trie data structure.
US08631026B1	Methods and systems for efficient query rewriting Methods and systems for efficient query rewriting and the like are described here. One such described method comprises: offline mapping frequently-seen search queries to rewritten queries that may be better for searching; offline caching the mapping in a cache memory; and upon receiving a search query from a user similar to one of the mapped search queries, obtaining a corresponding rewritten query from the mapping in the cache memory based on predetermined conditions, and issuing a search of the rewritten query to the backend data system in order to avoid having to issue a search query to the backend data system twice while the user is online.
US08631020B2	Encoding data to be sorted Key conditioning involves the construction of a byte orderable array from values for a possibly multi-field key concatenated key, for comparison by a sort routine. Byte-orderable sort keys are conditioned prior to execution of a sort routine, to facilitate an accurate and/or efficient sort procedure. Key conditioning may be applied to values in one or more columns of a database table, where the column(s) are used as keys for sorting rows of the table. Six factors are considered in encoding the byte array, such as whether nulls compare high or low; whether a field is fixed width or variable width; whether a field is guaranteed to be not null; whether a field is ordered ascending or descending; whether a field is the last field of a multi-field sort key or the only field of a sort key; and whether a field is likely to contain a significant number of zero values.
US08631019B1	Restricted-locality synonyms Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying and scoring restricted-locality synonyms. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a search query including a query term and a synonym for the query term. The synonym is evaluated using one or more predetermined criteria and based on the evaluation is designated as a restricted-locality synonym. A first scoring model is selected that specifies how to score occurrences of restricted-locality synonyms in documents. A document is received that is identified as being responsive to the search query. A document score for the document is determined using the first scoring model.
US08631017B2	Collaborative filtering with hashing Systems, methods, and machine readable and executable instructions are provided for collaborative filtering. Collaborative filtering includes representing users and objects by rows and columns in an ordinal ratings matrix having a particular dimensional space. Values in the ordinal ratings matrix are weighted with a weight matrix having the particular dimensional space. The weight matrix is hashed into a lower dimensional space by one of row and column by multiplying a projection matrix by the weight matrix. The ordinal ratings matrix is hashed into a lower dimensional space by multiplying the projection matrix by an element-wise product of the weight matrix and the ordinal ratings matrix to form a reduced ratings matrix, and element-wise dividing the reduced ratings matrix by the hashed weight matrix. The hashed ordinal ratings matrix and the hashed weight matrix are low-rank approximated by alternating least squares. A result of the low-rank approximation for the one of row and column is updated using the ordinal ratings matrix and the weight matrix. A recommendation of one of the objects can be generated for one of the users based on the updated result.
US08631015B2	Detecting associates Detecting, for a content item, associated preference events is disclosed. For the content item, a plurality of preference events from a plurality of users is received. The received preference events are accumulated. Associated events are detected. The effect of the events is reduced when assigning a status to the item.
US08631008B1	Systems and methods for indexing electronic content that involves external interaction One exemplary embodiment involves receiving electronic content from a primary indexing application at a supplemental indexing application. The primary indexing application and the supplemental indexing application are separate applications executing on one or more devices. The supplemental indexing application identifies an external interaction that occurs during execution of the electronic content. Since the external interaction is not available from the supplemental indexing application, the supplemental indexing application communicates with the primary indexing application to receive information associated with the external interaction. The supplemental indexing application identifies one or more content-descriptive terms for the electronic content using the information associated with the external interaction.
US08630998B2	Framework for testing query transformation rules Described is a test framework for testing transformation rules of query optimizers. Rule patterns obtained as tree structures from a query optimizer are used to generate queries that are used to test the rule optimizer's transformation rules. The test framework tracks which rules are exercised for each query, and also determines the correctness of the transformation rule by comparing the results of the query processing with the rule and without the rule (by turning off the rule). The test framework creates a composite pattern corresponding to two or more rules, such as to test rules in a set (e.g., as pairs). Also described is the efficient execution of a test suite for correctness testing, in which queries of the test suite are selected based upon cost information.
US08630997B1	Streaming event procesing A query (e.g., an extensible markup language (XML) Path or XPath query) for one or more components of a document (e.g., XML document) may be received. A forward axis graph including a plurality of nodes with edges connecting the nodes may be generated based on the query and corresponding to a traversal of the document as associated with events (e.g., XML SAX events) corresponding to the document. A plurality of matching states of the forward axis graph including at least one final state may be identified, each matching state including a subset of the nodes wherein each incoming edge to the subset originates from one of the nodes of the subset. Whether the one or more components of the query exist within the document may be based on which events correspond to transitions between the matching states and whether the final state is achieved.
US08630991B2	Mobile system for collecting and distributing real-estate evaluation reports The present invention provides an elegant means of interaction between real estate agents who employ mobile devices, wherein the property evaluation information created by any agent is shared with other agents, and wherein such property evaluations created from and collected from a plurality of mobile devices. In particular, property evaluations created by an agent are forwarded to a service provided in accordance with the present invention to communicate with other agents who may also employ mobile devices to review them. The present invention facilitates an evaluation report that is created by a real estate agent before a property sale is contracted or agreed to, typically when a property comes to the market for sale, when an agent is able to review the property and create an evaluation report that is sharable with other agents or with other users, such as potential buyers.
US08630987B2	System and method for accessing a data object stored in a distributed storage network A user device includes a browser module, a DSN interface to a local or external DSN memory and a DS processing module coupled to the DSN interface for storing and retrieving the data object from the DSN memory, wherein the data object is divided into a plurality of data segments and wherein each of the plurality of data segments is stored in the DSN memory as a plurality of encoded data slices that are generated based on an error encoding dispersal function. The browser module is operable to interpret a user input as a request to display a data object, determine the data object is stored in the DSN memory, request the DS processing module to retrieve the data object from the DSN memory and request an application program to open the data object for display.
US08630971B2	System and method of using Multi Pattern Viterbi Algorithm for joint decoding of multiple patterns Systems, devices, and methods for using Multi-Pattern Viterbi Algorithm for joint decoding of multiple patterns are disclosed. An exemplary method may receive a plurality of sets of time-sequential signal observations for each of a number K of signal repetitions. Further, each set of signal observations is associated with a respective dimension of a K-dimensional time grid having time-indexed points. Moreover, at each of a plurality of the time-indexed points, a state cost metric is calculated with a processor for each state in a set of states of a hidden Markov model (HMM). In addition, each state in the set of states and for a given time-indexed point, the state cost metric calculation provides a most-likely predecessor state and a corresponding most-likely predecessor time-indexed point. The exemplary method may also determine a sequence of states using the calculated state cost metrics and determine a corresponding cumulative probability measure for the HMM.
US08630966B2	Temporally dynamic artificial neural networks An apparatus, article and method containing an artificial neural network that, after training, produces new trainable nodes such that input data representative of a first event and input data representative of a second event both activate a subset of the new trainable nodes. The artificial neural network can generate an output that is influenced by the input data of both events. In various embodiments, the new trainable nodes are sequentially produced and show decreasing trainability over time such that, at a particular point in time, newer produced nodes are more trainable than earlier produced nodes. The artificial neural network can be included in various embodiments of methods, apparatus and articles for use in predicting or profiling events.
US08630958B2	Systems and methods for multi-vehicle resource allocation and routing solutions A computer system for allocating and routing a plurality of servicing objects within a map of a region such that work load is balanced across the plurality of servicing objects is provided. The system formulates a model for allocating and routing the plurality of servicing objects in the region. The model comprises a distance matrix based upon a first plurality of segments or a second plurality of intersections in the map. The memory stores instructions for partitioning the map into a plurality of disjoint contiguous sub-regions in view of the distance matrix using an equitable convex region partition algorithm. The memory further stores instructions for calculating a corresponding tour graph for each sub-region in the plurality of sub-regions, where, for each respective sub-region in the plurality of sub-regions, a servicing object in the plurality of servicing objects is assigned to the tour graph that corresponds to the respective sub-region.
US08630947B1	Method and system for providing electronic bill payment and presentment An embodiment of the present invention relates to capturing payer information and biller information for generating menu delivered to a customer to activate the billers for electronic payment and/or electronic presentment by selecting one or more billers. A method for facilitating electronic payment related services to at least one payer entity for making payments to at least one biller may comprise the steps of collecting payer information associated with the at least one payer entity; collecting billing information associated with the at least one payer entity; identifying one or more billers associated with the at least one payer entity from the payer information and the billing information, where the at least one payer entity has a relationship with each of the one or more billers; generating a menu for the at least one payer entity to select one or more billers for activating one or more electronic payment related services; and activating the one or more electronic payment related services in response to the at least one payer entity's selection of the one or more billers.
US08630946B2	Systems and methods for providing individualized financial access Systems and methods for implementing one or a series of value transfers. In some instances, the systems and methods include web or Internet based user interfaces that provide a mechanism whereby a user can implement a transfer plan without interacting with a human operator. Further, in some instances, such systems and methods provide a mechanism for authorizing access to one or more asset accounts from which value is transferred, and/or recipient accounts to which value is transferred. In some cases, the authorization function is performed by an entity that enjoys a pre-existing relationship with a user accessing the systems of the present invention, while any actual transfers are performed by a third party entity. This can be an advantage where authorization requires a signature or other interaction with a user sufficient to conform to electronic signature laws.
US08630945B1	Method for transaction processing in a capture and deposit A system and method for integrating transaction processing is disclosed. The different processes are integrated by use of a controlling processing engine which contains instructions on how the processes should be treated. The system and method provides an end to end integrated system for processing payments and reporting the transaction results in real time. The system and method allows customers to have access to the transaction data in real time and return any excepted payments in real time.
US08630943B2	Cash sweep account platform system and method An integrated banking transaction services (IBTS) module receives an instrument from a client to initiate a brokerage transaction between a broker-dealer and an investment firm. The IBTS module transmits a notification message to a broker-dealer that the instrument was presented. The IBTS module receives a confirmation message from the broker-dealer that includes information as to whether to pay the instrument. If the instrument is to be paid, the IBTS module transmits information associated with the brokerage transaction to a sub-accounting engine.
US08630938B2	Method and apparatus to detect fraudulent activities within a network-based auction facility Methods and apparatuses for detecting fraudulent activities made over a network-based transaction facility using a machine. In responsive to a first event with respect to the network-based transaction facility and initiated under a first user identity from the machine which is coupled to the network-based transaction facility via a network, the method causes a first identifier associated with the first user identity to be stored on the machine. In responsive to a second event with respect to the network-based transaction facility and initiated under a second user identity from the machine, the method causes a detecting of a potentially fraudulent activity by detecting a lack of correspondence between the first identifier stored on the machine and a second identifier associated with the second user identity.
US08630937B1	System and method for analyzing and searching financial instrument data Systems and methods for financial data analysis are provided. A system is provided wherein financial data associated with stocks and stock options is collected from multiple sources and calculations performed thereon to derive values for a set of searchable screening parameters related to searching stock option spreads. Users may access the system and provide values and ranges of values for searching the set of searchable screening parameters. In response, users are presented with the set of option spreads, in sorted order, that satisfy the user-supplied search values. Users may select to execute an option spread in which case the system automatically executes the plurality of option trades that underly the spread.
US08630930B1	Sell-side icon A network-based reverse auction system value discovery system that involves at least four major customers: consumers, and the three sell-side customers bidder/sellers, product manufacturers, and advertisers who are not also product manufacturers. Initially, a shopping list is constructed containing e.g., widely available goods (WAGs). The shopping list is the base of the value discovery network and adds significant value for each of the four key customers. A sell-side icon may be used to add items to the shopping list.
US08630911B2	Salvage liquidation system and a method to liquidate salvage A method for effecting electronic commerce via a network whereby salvage, excess or liquidated products to be sold are identified, and prospective buyers are qualified to purchase the products in accordance with selected conditions. The product is matched with a qualified buyer in accordance with additional conditions. The goods are then shipped, invoiced automatically, and the payments are processed directly by the buyer's financial institution or payor in response to receipt; and presentation of the invoice. The method is implemented using a suitably programmed computer containing a computer readable media.
US08630909B2	Disambiguating point-of-sale data through item indexing A point-of-sale interface receives point-of-sale quantities for a number of individual items, as well as point-of-sale quantity for a miscellaneous group item that includes undifferentiated sales of one or more of the individual items. An item indexer calculates an item index for at least one individual item, the item index comprising a fraction of the miscellaneous group item sales attributable to the individual item. A sales disambiguator then computes a revised point-of-sale quantity for the at least one individual item using the item index and the point-of-sale quantities for the miscellaneous group item and the at least one individual item.
US08630906B2	Single tap transactions using a point-of-sale terminal The invention describes how a consumer can hold their NFC enabled device in proximity to an NFC enabled point-of-sale terminal and with a single “wave” or “tap” to automatically redeem coupons, pay for a purchase using a default payment card or a selected card, view receipts view reward point balances, and receive relevant coupons and other digital artifacts both before and after the purchase. The NFC enabled device includes a secure element with a payment application, payment credentials, and other digital artifacts such as coupons. The secure element can be internal to the mobile device, externally affixed to the mobile device, or inserted into a slot within the body of the mobile device.
US08630899B1	System and method for interactive advertisement augmentation via a called voice connection Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for streaming audio. The system includes a processor and modules configured to control the processor to present an audio stream from a website to a user phone or device via a telephone call, the audio stream having an advertisement, and detect feedback from the user in response to the advertisement. The system also includes modules configured to control the processor to buffer the audio stream from a point in time associated with the detected feedback, and connect via the telephone call to a commerce presence associated with the advertisement and create a telephone call session between the user device and the commerce presence. The method includes presenting an audio stream from a website to a user device via a telephone call, and detecting feedback from the user about advertisements.
US08630894B2	Method and system for searching for, and monitoring assessment of, original content creators and the original content thereof System and method may control transmission of a notification to an assessor when a geographic designation set as criteria matches a geographic designation of the assessor. The notification may cause display, on a device of the assessor, of indicia indicating receipt of the notification in association with an icon representative of an integrated application of the device, and of information indicating a selected content item is available for assessment when the integrated application is selected. Monitoring information for the selected content item and the assessor may be updated, based on assessment information transmitted from the device using the integrated application.
US08630891B2	Computer-implemented system and method for web activity assessment A computer-implemented system and method for evaluating customer activity. Data about the customer activity is received and is used to generate actual data values associated with preselected business metrics. One or more business metric score cards may be generated to assess how the business metrics are performing as well as what business metrics can be changed to better meet business goals.
US08630886B2	Method and system for providing enhanced trouble ticket status content An approach is provided for online trouble ticket servicing. As part of a workflow, one or more activities, which are associated with a trouble ticket corresponding to a service, are monitored, wherein the one or more activities are tracked by a workflow engine. Status information is repeatedly acquired for the one or more activities until a predetermined milestone is reached according to the workflow. The status information is stored for presentation to a subscriber of the service.
US08630885B2	System and method for providing temporary and limited grants of calendar access A system and method for providing temporary and limited grants of calendar access is provided. An invitee or its proxy may provide an event planner or time broker with a particular grant of calendar access comprising a date range, particular days of the week, and a particular time interval. The grant of calendar access allows the event planner to more easily identify a block of time for scheduling the particular event, the invitee calendar being updated in real-time. In some embodiments, the event planner may schedule the event and place the event directly on the invitee's calendar.
US08630856B2	Relative delta computations for determining the meaning of language inputs A method for processing language input can include the step of determining at least two possible meanings for a language input. For each possible meaning, a probability that the possible meaning is a correct interpretation of the language input can be determined. At least one relative data computation can be computed based at least in part upon the probabilities. At least one irregularity within the language input can be detected based upon the relative delta computation. The irregularity can include mumble, ambiguous input, and/or compound input. At least one programmatic action can be performed responsive to the detection of the irregularity.
US08630851B1	Assisted shopping Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating an assisted shopping experience. A speech input can be captured and transcribed. The transcribed speech input can be transmitted to a customer service agent in a data session that is contemporaneous with a voice session. The customer service agent can then facilitate an assisted shopping experience via the voice session and data session.
US08630847B2	Word probability determination A word corpus is identified and a word probability value is associated with each word in the word corpus. A sentence is identified, candidate segmentations of the sentence are determined based on the word corpus, and the associated probability value for each word in the word corpus is iteratively adjusted based on the probability values associated with the words and the candidate segmentations.
US08630842B2	Computerized selection for healthcare services A method for producing healthcare data records from graphical inputs by computer users. Includes generating a plurality of user input categories, displaying on a graphical display icons that correspond to a first of the user input categories and receiving a first user selection of a first icon of the plurality of icons, and displaying on the graphical display a plurality of icons that correspond to a second of the user input categories and receiving a second user selection of a second icon of the plurality of icons. The method also includes displaying icons that correspond to a physical target on which the medical action or observation is performed and receiving a third user selection of the physical target, and applying a syntax to populate a data record of the action using the at least two of the first, second, and third user selections.
US08630841B2	Regular expression word verification The present disclosure is directed to a method of verifying a compound word. The method includes receiving an input signal indicative of a textual input and accessing a rule and a lexical data structure from data stores. The rule is applied to the textual input to determine whether the textual input is a valid compound word. An output signal is provided that is indicative of whether the textual input is a compound word.
US08630839B2	Computer product for phrase alignment and translation, phrase alignment device, and phrase alignment method A unified-evaluated-value computing unit quantitatively combines a translation probability between words computed by a corpus-based statistical-value computing unit, dictionary information computed by a dictionary-information referring unit, and syntactic structure information computed by a syntactic-structure-value computing unit, to compute a unified evaluated-value as an index for phrase alignment.
US08630832B2	Estimation of lithological properties of a geological zone A method of estimating lithologic properties of a geological zone represented by a grid, in which method facies are allocated to the nodes of the grid by sequential stochastic simulation. For a target node (x0) from a set of target nodes for scanning iteratively, and for each possible facies (ck0), a conditional probability (pk0/k1, . . . , kn) of observing said facies is estimated knowing that respective facies have already been allocated to other nodes in the neighborhood. A random draw weighted by these conditional probabilities is then performed. The estimation of the conditional probabilities makes use of univariate probabilities (pk0) and of bivariate probabilities (pk0,ki) of observing two facies at two respective nodes of the grid. Each bivariate probability used in estimating the conditional probability relates to the target node (x0) and to a node (xi) neighboring the target node.
US08630830B1	Thermal analysis system A thermal fluid system modeler including a plurality of individual components. A solution vector is configured and ordered as a function of one or more inlet dependencies of the plurality of individual components. A fluid flow simulator simulates thermal energy being communicated with the flowing fluid and between first and second components of the plurality of individual components. The simulation extends from an initial time to a later time step and bounds heat transfer to be substantially between the flowing fluid, walls of tubes formed in each of the individual components of the plurality, and between adjacent tubes. Component parameters of the solution vector are updated with simulation results for each of the plurality of individual components of the simulation.
US08630829B1	Computer aided design environment with electrical and electronic features In one embodiment, a Computer Aided Design (CAD) environment is configured to maintain a model of a system. The CAD environment includes a plurality of predefined transducers, and a graphical user interface configured to permit a user to select one or more of the predefined transducers and connect the selected transducers to portions of the model. The CAD environment further includes a simulation engine to run a simulation of the model. A graphical programming environment is configured to execute a graphical program embodied in a block diagram. The graphical program receives one or more simulated transducer signals from the CAD environment and generates and sends one or more control signals to the CAD environment, to control the simulation.
US08630820B2	Methods and systems for threat assessment, safety management, and monitoring of individuals and groups The disclosure generally relates to methods and systems anticipating a potentially threatening or dangerous incident, and providing varying levels of response to a user. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides varying levels of assistance to a user prior to, during, and after a threatening incident occurs. By providing assistance prior to a threatening incident occurring, the system may be able to thwart potential attacks, bodily harm, robberies, break-ins, and other criminal or dangerous activity. The assistance can be, for example, in the form of deterrents, alerting first responders to go to the scene, sending security personnel to the scene, remotely monitoring the scene, remotely interacting with the scene, providing information and advice to the user.
US08630819B2	System and method for electronic inspection and record creation of assembly, repair and maintenance operations A method for generating an electronic quality record of a manufacturing operation that may involve generating inputs from a plurality of information sources located within a manufacturing environment. The plurality of information sources may provide information pertaining to at least a tool being used, an individual using the tool, and an operation that the tool is being used by the individual to perform. A locating system may be used that is in communication with the plurality of information sources to monitor a location and an operation of the tool. A processor may be in communication with the locating system to receive the generated inputs and to generate an electronic record upon completion of the operation that the tool is being used by the individual to perform. The electronic record may identify that the operation has been performed by the individual using the tool in accordance with a predefined standard.
US08630807B2	Methods for the electronic, homogeneous assembly and fabrication of devices Methods are provided for the fabrication of microscale, including micron and sub-micron scale, including nanoscale, devices. Electronic transport of movable component devices is utilized through a fluidic medium to effect transport to a desired target location on a substrate or motherboard. Forces include electrophoretic force, electroosmotic force, electrostatic force and/or dielectrophoretic force. In the preferred embodiment, free field electroosmotic forces are utilized either alone, or in conjunction with, other forces. These forces may be used singly or in combination, as well as in conjunction with yet other forces, such as fluidic forces, mechanical forces or thermal convective forces. Transport may be effected through the use of driving electrodes so as to transport the component device to yet other connection electrodes. In certain embodiments, the component devices may be attached to the target device using a solder reflow step.
US08630805B2	Methods and systems for creating maps with radar-optical imaging fusion A method of mapping a space using a combination of radar scanning and optical imaging. The method includes steps of providing a measurement vehicle having a radar system and an image acquisition system attached thereto; aligning a field of view of the radar system with a field of view of the image acquisition system; obtaining at least one radar scan of a space using the radar scanning system; obtaining at least one image of the space using the image acquisition system; and combining the at least one radar scan with the at least one image to construct a map of the space.
US08630803B2	Method and apparatus for trip planning and recording medium A method and an apparatus for trip planning and a recording medium are provided. The method is suitable for a mobile device having a touch screen. In the method, a trip plan panel comprising a plurality of waypoint blocks arranged according to an arrangement sequence is displayed on the touch screen. Then, a touch operation of dragging executed between a point of interest (POI) and the trip plan panel is received, so as to input the POI in one of the waypoint blocks. Finally, according to the arrangement sequence of the waypoint blocks, a path between the POIs in the way point blocks is planned.
US08630794B2	Method for the operation of a navigation device, and navigation device A method for the operation of a navigation device, and a corresponding navigation device are provided. Multiple route elements are received which each have at least one parameter. The route elements characterize a route. Each of the route elements are assigned to local route elements which are stored in a digital memory card stored in the navigation device. A quality coefficient for the assignability to a local route element is determined for each of the route elements depending on at least one of the at least one parameters. A route reconstruction quality coefficient is determined depending on the respective quality coefficients of the route elements.
US08630786B2	Low purge flow vehicle diagnostic tool A vehicle includes an engine, a sealed fuel system having a fuel tank, a canister for storing fuel vapor, a vapor circuit external to the fuel tank, and a control valve. The vapor circuit includes an absolute pressure sensor and a switching valve connecting the fuel tank to the control valve. A controller evaluates or diagnoses a vapor purge function of the sealed fuel system using vacuum measurements from the absolute pressure sensor, executing or diagnosing only when the engine is running, purge is enabled, and the pump is off. The controller diagnoses the vapor purge function by comparing the vacuum measurements to a threshold vacuum. An apparatus includes the vapor circuit and controller. A method for diagnosing the vapor purge function includes actuating the switching valve, measuring a vacuum in the system using the absolute pressure sensor, and comparing the measured vacuum to a threshold vacuum.
US08630781B2	Braking regeneration energy shunt system A regeneration energy shunt system utilizes a module to monitor the power bus voltage and can divert excess regeneration energy to a resistor array to dissipate the excess regeneration energy. The module can monitor the state of charge of an energy storage device to ascertain when excess regeneration energy condition exists. The resistor array can include a plurality of resistors. The module can ascertain the number of resistors needed dissipate the excess regeneration energy and selectively direct the excess regeneration energy to the required number of resistors. The module can dynamically switch which resistors are used to dissipate the excess regeneration energy and can thereby even out the loading across the resistors. The module can ascertain a state of health of the individual resistors and remove unhealthy resistors from service, report the state of health of the resistors, and initiate changes in operation based thereon.
US08630778B2	Controlling a throttle for fuel cut acquisition A system and method for determining a required throttle position and operating a throttle in the required throttle position to attain a required engine speed for fuel cut acquisition is disclosed. A lock-up clutch may be engaged without a shock if a required engine speed is achieved that corresponds to a current transmission speed. Fuel economy may be increased by cutting fuel to the engine when a lock-up clutch is engaged.
US08630777B2	System and method for model-based neutral idle clutch control A vehicle includes an engine, an automatic transmission, and a controller. The transmission includes a neutral idle (NI) state and a designated NI clutch which is selectively actuated to exit the NI state. The controller executes instructions from tangible memory to shift out of the NI state and into a drive state. The controller includes a slip model which generates a desired clutch slip profile as a differentiable time function, and a desired slip derivative of the desired slip profile. The desired profiles are used to calculate a clutch pressure command for controlling the designated NI clutch. The time function may be at least a third order/cubic equation. A method includes executing the slip model to generate the desired clutch slip profile, calculating a desired slip derivative of the desired slip profile, and using the desired slip profile derivative to calculate a clutch pressure command for the designated NI clutch.
US08630775B2	Automatic transmission control apparatus and method When an automatic transmission is in a manual mode, a transmission ECU calculates a speed sftrng manually requested by the driver and a speed sftrngmap set by a shift map and then performs a shift prohibition procedure. In this procedure, if the engine coolant temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined coolant temperature or the AT fluid temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined fluid temperature, a prohibition, determination flag xthlow is set to “on”, and if the engine coolant temperature is higher than the predetermined coolant temperature and the AT fluid temperature is higher than the predetermined fluid temperature, the prohibition determination flag xthlow is set to “off”. When the prohibitions determination flag xthlow is “on”, the speed sftrngmap is set as the upper limit of the speed sftrng.
US08630767B2	Estimation of the load of a vehicle A method, an apparatus and a computer program product for estimating the current load of a vehicle wherein a filter bank including a filter for different weight classes, each filter implementing a vehicle model for estimating the current mass of the vehicle. Based on vehicle data indicative of a current driving situation of the vehicle, and filter parameter specific for the respective weight class, each filter provides a load estimation value as filter specific estimation of the current load of the vehicle.
US08630766B2	Universal vehicle input/output transceiver and method of operation thereof A vehicular diagnostic tool configured to interface with a plurality of vehicular computing systems that each utilize a different communications protocol. The tool includes a transceiver that itself includes a voltage threshold controller and a current threshold controller. Also, a method of using a single vehicular diagnostic tool to communicate with a plurality of vehicular computing systems that each utilize a different communications protocol.
US08630764B2	System operation for telematics systems that use a battery A vehicle telematics system repeatedly reports vehicle status, including the location of a stolen vehicle. As wireless reports are transmitted over time, battery capacity will decrease if the engine is not running. As the vehicle battery capacity decreases over time, status reports are adjusted to extend battery life and therefore the time over which at least some vehicle status information can be obtained.
US08630748B2	Method and apparatus for access and/or starting verification A method for access or starting verification for a vehicle using a mobile identification encoder and at least two antennas located in or on the vehicle at different locations includes: the antennas emitting electromagnetic signals at alterable times, wherein the electromagnetic signals are emitted in transmission blocks having alterable specific properties and wherein a plurality of transmission blocks are strung together to form a communication message in which each transmission block adopts an alterable position in time, the identification encoder receiving the electromagnetic signals emitted by the antennas and processing them to generate a response signal, and altering at least one of the times at which the individual antennas are actuated, the specific properties of the individual transmission blocks, and the position of the individual transmission blocks in time in the communication message in accordance with a cryptographical method.
US08630737B2	Taking out device having function for correcting posture of an article A taking out device capable of correcting a posture of an article to be taken out and taking out the article, while considering interference between a robot hand and a container for containing the article. Since the article is inclined to the left side, the hand approaches and contacts the article from the left side. Then, the hand pushes to the right side while claws of the hand engage a hole portion of the article in order to correct the posture of the article such that the positional relationship between the article and the hand represents a reference position/posture. In this way, the hand is positioned at a second position/posture in which the posture of the article relative to the claws allows the article to be taken out.
US08630731B2	Method of calibrating an ophthalmic processing device, machine programmed therefor, and computer program The present invention is directed to a method of calibrating drill depth of an ophthalmic processing device. A number of drill cycles are selected for drilling an expected number of holes in a lens blank. The selected number of drill cycles is performed. The drill depth of each consecutive drill cycle varies incrementally. An actual number of locations the drill bit contacted the lens blank during the drill cycles is compared to the expected number of holes. The drill depth is adjusted depending on the compared values. A method of calibrating drill hole size is also disclosed.
US08630728B2	System and method for generating indices to quantify operating transition performance of a continuous process A system and method for generating indices to quantify operating transition performance of a continuous process, such as a sheet forming process, includes a computer system that is configured to generate a normalized overall transition performance index. The overall transition performance index is formed from a plurality of individual parameter indices associated with specific production components or portions of the process line. As such, the individual parameter indices allow a user of the system to readily identify the particular portion of the continuous process line that is performing below desired levels. In addition, because the overall transition performance index is normalized, it enables comparison of the operating transition performance of multiple process lines.
US08630725B2	Recording medium having a data structure for managing sound data and recording and reproducing methods and apparatus In the data structure of recording medium for managing sound data associated with graphic information, an interactive composition segment is provided. The interactive composition segment includes sound management information. The sound management information is associated with a graphic item and provides an identifier of a sound data in sound file, separate from a main data file, to reproduce in association with the graphic item.
US08630722B2	System and method for dynamically adjusting patient therapy A system and method of managing therapy provided to patients in an institution. The system monitors all aspects of the medication delivery to a patient, as well as other information related to the patient, such as values of vital signs, laboratory results and patient factors such as history, diagnosis, allergies and the like. The system includes one or more databases of information, including institutionally developed rules, guidelines and protocol representing the best medical practices of the institution. The system provides alerts and/or recommendations based on the application of the rules to the information being monitored, and alerts care givers accordingly, providing for dynamic adjustment of the patient's therapy. The system also monitors the status of the alerts, and if no action is taken in a selected period of time, may escalate the priority of the alert and/or halt the delivery of medication to the patient until the alert is resolved.
US08630715B2	Rule-based stimulation program search Techniques that involve application of one or more rules to a “parent” program to generate a plurality of different “child” programs are described. Each of the rules may define a respective electrode configuration modification, and each child program may be a variation of the parent based on a modification of the electrode configuration of the parent according to one of the rules. The systems or devices may generate further generations of child programs from a previous generation child program using the same one or more rules. The child programs may be provided to a user, so that the user may test the efficacy of the new programs, assisting the user in identifying desirable programs. The child programs may be relatively minor variations of the parent program, and the user may “fine tune” a generally desirable parent program by testing the child programs.
US08630709B2	Computer-implemented system and method for selecting therapy profiles of electrical stimulation of cervical vagus nerves for treatment of chronic cardiac dysfunction A computer-implemented system and method for selecting therapy profiles of electrical stimulation of cervical vagus nerves for treatment of chronic cardiac dysfunction is provided. An external programmer includes a plurality of therapy profiles stored in memory. The therapy profiles include different sets of stimulation parameters that cooperatively define alternating cycles of stimuli application and stimuli inhibition for a neurostimulator that are tuned to both efferently activate the heart's intrinsic nervous system and afferently activate the patient's central reflexes. A programming wand is configured to provide the set of stimulation parameters chosen by the user to the neurostimulator through wireless telemetry. Finally, an implantable neurostimulator device includes a stimulation therapy lead terminated by helical electrodes and electrically coupled to the neurostimulator. The implantable neurostimulator is configured to therapeutically stimulate the cervical vagus nerve through the helical electrodes by triggering bi-directional action potentials as specified by the selected set of stimulation parameters.
US08630703B2	Treatment utilizing hydrophobic weak bases chemotherapeutic agents and illumination Hydrophobic weak base compounds such as hydrophobic weak base chemotherapeutic agents (which are not an anthracycline) for use in the treatment of medical conditions such as proliferative disease or disorder in a subject, in combination with illumination of a region in a body of the subject which is characterized by the presence of proliferating cells, are disclosed. The hydrophobic weak base compound and a wavelength of illumination are selected such that the hydrophobic weak base compound acts as a therapeutically effective photosensitizer when exposed to the illumination.
US08630694B2	Medical imaging system and fluid-driven injector Some injectors of the invention may include a fluid drive responsive to pressure of a working fluid (e.g., liquid, pneumatic, or both) to impart a sequence of forces to drive a delivery device (e.g., a syringe) to deliver a medical fluid (e.g., a contrast agent, a radiopharmaceutical, a drug, or a combination thereof). Some injectors may include a multimedia tube configured to pass a working fluid (e.g., air) and a light signal (e.g., infrared). Some injectors may include a peristaltic drive responsive to pressure of a working fluid.
US08630689B2	Superconducting accelerator cavity and method of manufacturing superconducting accelerator cavity Provided is a superconducting accelerator cavity and a method thereof with which product reliability can be enhanced and manufacturing costs can be reduced. A method of manufacturing a superconducting accelerator cavity includes a beam-pipe forming stage of forming a beam pipe by processing a superconducting material into a tube shape; an end-plate joining stage of joining, by welding, an inner circumferential surface of an end plate formed in a shape of a ring that forms an end of a jacket, which accommodates coolant, to an outer circumferential portion of an end in the beam pipe formed in the beam-pipe forming stage; and an end-cell joining stage of joining, by welding, an iris portion of an end cell, which is formed of a superconducting material in a shape of a ring so as to form a cavity portion, to an inner circumferential portion of the end of the beam pipe.
US08630686B2	Mobile device slide system and method A slide system for a mobile device including a base portion and a slide portion configured to slide in relation to the base portion, the system including: at least one base magnet provided to the base portion; a plurality of slide magnets provided to the slide portion and configured such that the plurality of slide magnets are aligned to the at least one base magnet at predetermined positions during movement of the slide portion relative to the base portion; and a magnetically active element provided to the slide portion in spatial relation to at least one of the plurality of slide magnets such that magnetic forces between the at least one of the plurality of slide magnets and the at least one base magnet are affected. In particular, the magnetic forces can be altered to provide an altered “feel” to the sliding movement by lowering repulsive forces and increasing attractive forces.
US08630675B2	Method for controlling power in a cellular network with a surplus of transmission resources A method for controlling the transmission power of a terminal in a cellular telecommunications network, in which the number of transmission resources is greater than the number of users is disclosed. In one aspect, the number of additional transmission resources necessary for the communication of the user if a modulation and coding scheme with minimal spectral efficiency is used, and whether these resources are available, are determined, they are allocated to the user, and the transmission power of the terminal is set to the transmission power enabling the required quality of service to be obtained by using the predetermined modulation and coding scheme.
US08630674B2	Method of driving a mobile communication terminal A method of driving a mobile communication terminal in a cellular network, includes monitoring with a control unit of the mobile communications terminal, reception power levels between the mobile communication terminal and cellular network base stations at a predefined monitoring rate for each base station. Timing information values for a number of base stations are intermittently monitored by the control unit. Drift of the timing information values for at least two of the base stations is monitored and significant motion of the mobile communication terminal is deemed detected if at least one of the timing information values indicates a drift equal to or exceeding a given timing drift threshold. The predefined reception power level monitoring rate is reduced to a reduced reception power level monitoring rate for at least a number of the base stations as long as the motion of the mobile communication terminal is not significant.
US08630673B2	Method and system for reducing feedback information in multicarrier-based communication systems based on frequency grouping Systems and methods for decreasing the amount of information sent on a feedback channel are disclosed. Various forms of spectral binning may be used to reduce the amount of information sent on the feedback channel. The systems and methods may be applicable to wideband communication systems, ultra-wideband communication systems, and/or other communication system using multiple carrier frequencies (e.g., tones).
US08630672B2	Mobile telecommunications network In a mobile telecommunications network, a mobile terminal is prevented from communicating at a level that would introduce an unacceptable level of interference at a neighboring base station by introducing a received signal threshold criteria at its base station that can adapt to the variation in signal levels at its base station and its neighbors.
US08630663B1	Labeling visited locations based on contact information The systems and techniques disclosed herein provide the ability to determine locations visited by a user and associate relevant location labels with the locations visited based on contact information. In some examples, a location label can be applied based on a match between a location visited and information stored in a user's contact list. In other examples, a user can efficiently designate a contact and location label to be associated with a location visited. In still other examples, if a location visited by a user is not listed in the user's contact list, but is otherwise known to the system, the location visited can be appropriately labeled and the corresponding contact in the user's contact list can be updated to include the location visited.
US08630658B2	Wearable ultra-thin miniaturized mobile communications A cellular telephone is provided with a wearable housing, desirably in a form which can be concealed in the user's clothing, wallet, or other place. The housing may be devoid of switches or buttons for controlling the cellular telephone, and control inputs can be provided through free space communications such as a short-range radio link. A module for use in portable communications devices includes chips superposed on one another on a stack, and incorporates an interposer for facilitating connections between the chips.
US08630653B2	Method of performing random access procedure in wireless communication system A method includes transmitting a random access preamble, receiving a random access response as a response of the random access preamble, wherein the random access response comprises an uplink resource assignment and a request for transmission of a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), and transmitting the CQI in the uplink resource assignment.
US08630646B2	Systems and methods for application configuration in a client device In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for configuring a communication device. The method may include: determining whether a triggering rule associated with a newly provisioned application (Anew) is identical to any triggering rule included in a particular set of triggering rules; and adding one or more new triggering rules to the particular set of triggering rules if it is determined that the triggering rule associated with Anew is not identical to any one of the triggering rules included in the set of triggering rules.
US08630643B2	Method and system for frequency scan using an adaptive measurement interval Aspects of the present application include using adaptive measurement intervals to improve RSSI scan accuracy. A method may involve determining a first power value in respect of a first measurement time interval, determining whether or not the first power value meets at least one criterion, when the first power value does not meet the at least one criterion, determining at least one additional power value, selecting at least one power value from a set of power values that have been determined, the set including the first power value and the at least one additional power value, and determining the power value for use in cell selection or cell re-selection based on the selected at least one power value. The methods may be applied to any cell selection or re-selection scheme for which an adaptive measurement interval may be beneficial.
US08630641B2	Apparatus and method for reselecting a public land mobile network in a mobile communication terminal Provided are an apparatus and a method for reselecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes requesting the updating of location registration to a target PLMN after storing current system information, determining whether a Subscriber Identify Module (SIM) card is valid when it fails to update the location registration, and resetting the SIM card to a previous state and then, reading the stored current system information to request the updating of location registration in the current PLMN when the SIM card is invalid.
US08630639B2	User equipment and cell search method for the same A user equipment and cell search method for the same are disclosed. The user equipment supports two or more frequency bands. The cell search method for the user equipment includes: receiving intersection data through a first frequency band; and skipping, when the received intersection data is set to a search skip value, cell searching in a second frequency band.
US08630627B2	Method and apparatus for processing messages in a social network In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for knowledge generation and deployment in a distributed network. In one embodiment, a method for processing messages in a social network includes receiving a new message from a first node in the network, the new message including a query, providing the first node with an answer to the query, if the answer is located in a repository, and initiating generation of the answer, if the answer is not located in the repository.
US08630625B2	System and method for personalized messaging A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to capture a voice recording, add the voice recording to a greeting to produce a personalized message, and deliver the personalized message upon scheduled delivery to at least one recipient based on a communication identifier of the at least one recipient, where the greeting includes at least one among audio, video, and image data, and where the communication device communicates with a notification server for creating the personalized message. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08630623B2	Content control apparatus and method thereof A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit including a touch screen; and a controller configured to enter the touch screen into a locked state, to display a lock screen and an application program icon for executing an application program on the lock screen when entering the locked state.
US08630621B2	Systems and methods to enable authentication of the location of access point base stations and/or user equipment Systems and methods for communication include components and methods for detecting, at an access point base station, location-verification data transmitted by at least one macro cell. Further, the components and method include transmitting a response message, including location information, via a backhaul network to a location authentication component to authenticate a location of the access point base station based on the location information, wherein the location information includes location data that is a function of the location-verification data. In some aspects, an operation of the access point base station may be allowed or disallowed based on an authentication of the location information.
US08630619B2	Method of communicating between a vehicle and a telematics subscription service A method of communicating between a vehicle and a telematics subscription service includes initiating a call from a vehicle telematics unit to a telematics subscription service via a wireless carrier system; accessing a vertical service code telephone number that is associated with the telematics subscription service and stored at a vehicle carrying the vehicle telematics unit; establishing a call between the vehicle telematics unit and the telematics subscription service using the accessed vertical service code telephone number; and wirelessly transmitting vehicle-related data between the vehicle telematics unit and the telematics subscription service over the established call.
US08630603B2	Circuit and method for image frequency rejection A circuit and method for image frequency rejection is provided that includes an analog dual-quadrature mixer device whose signal inputs for an in-phase-signal and a quadrature-phase signal are connected to an input circuit in the signal path and whose oscillator inputs for an in-phase oscillator signal and a quadrature-phase oscillator signal are connected to a local oscillator device, having an analog adder-amplifier device, which has a number of transistor pairs, in which in each case both transistors of each transistor pair are connected to the same load resistor for the addition of the signals applied at the control inputs of both transistors, and in which the control inputs of both transistors are connected downstream of the outputs of analog dual-quadrature mixer device, and having a multistage analog polyphase filter whose inputs are connected to outputs of the adder-amplifier device.
US08630598B2	Methods and apparatus for measuring and/or using transmitter and/or receiver IQ imbalance information and/or DC offset information A wireless communications device, e.g., a mobile node supporting direct peer to peer communications, performs a self-calibration of one or more of: receiver IQ imbalance, transmitter IQ imbalance, receiver DC offset, and transmitter DC offset. The wireless communications device, operating in calibration mode, intentionally sets the oscillator frequency used for downconversion in its receiver module to a different frequency than the oscillator frequency used for upconversion in its transmitter module. A first baseband signal, e.g., a single tone test signal, is input to the transmitter module and an upconverted transmit signal is generated. The transmit signal is routed via a feedback loop to the receiver, which performs a downconversion operation. Power and/or phase measurements of the signals output from the downcoversion are used to determine IQ imbalance compensation information and DC offset compensation information. The determined compensation information is used subsequently when operating in a communications mode of operation.
US08630592B2	System and method for triggering a wireless connection Systems and methods displaying information from a mobile device are described herein. One embodiment of this disclosure provides method of triggering a wireless connection. The method comprises detecting a wired connection at a mobile device. The method further comprises adjusting a power to a wireless interface based on the detection of the wired connection.
US08630589B2	Onboard radio communication system Individual radio sets 12a-12e constituting an onboard radio communication system operate together with an adjacent vehicle detection unit (ultrasonic sensors 13a-13e) for detecting a second vehicle adjacent to a first vehicle 11. When it detects the adjacent vehicle, a radio interference decision unit constituting the radio sets 12a-12e decides radio interference due to an onboard radio communication system with the same radio scheme. When it detects the radio interference, a frequency channel switching unit constituting the radio sets 12a-12e switches the frequency channel to be used to avoid the interference of the radio waves.
US08630588B2	Efficient and flexible transmit beamforming sector sweep in a multi-antenna communication device A plurality of beacon data units are generated, and each beacon data unit in the plurality of beacon data units includes an indication that the beacon data unit can be used for transmit beamforming training. The plurality of beacon data units are transmitted via a plurality of antennas during a timeslot reserved for the transmission of beacons. A different beamforming vector is applied to a beamforming network as each beacon data unit is transmitted. In another aspect, a first beamforming training transmission corrupted by a collision is received. A first station to which the first beamforming training transmission corresponds is determined based on the first beamforming training transmission corrupted by the collision. In response to determining the first station, a signal is transmitted to the first station to prompt the first station to transmit a second beamforming training transmission.
US08630586B2	Intelligent pairing of electronic devices An intelligent pairing between a first device and a target second device is described. The intelligent pairing can use information provided by a plurality of second devices responding to a connection request by the first device where only one of the plurality of responding second devices is the target second device. The information can include a motion signature, a first device identifier, and a second device identifier.
US08630585B2	Method and apparatus for communicating with external interface device using contactless A method and apparatus for contactless communication are discussed. According to an embodiment, the invention provides a mobile terminal comprising a contactless module configured to communicate contactlessly with an external device; and a controller configured to control the contactless module of the mobile terminal to detect a contactless module of the external device, to identify the external device based on information stored in or obtained through the contactless module of the external device, to authenticate a user of the external device based on the information and/or user input, to establish a communication channel between the mobile terminal and the external device based on the information, and to access data or execute an application through the established communication channel.
US08630583B2	Terminal device and method for transceiving data thereof A terminal device and a data transceiving method are provided. The terminal device includes a sensing unit which senses a momentum of the terminal device, an interface unit which receives a momentum from at least one external device, and a control unit which performs one of a data receiving operation, a data transmitting operation, and a data transceiving operation with the at least one external device depending on a comparison value obtained from a comparison of the sensed momentum with the received momentum to allow two devices to exchange data more easily.
US08630576B2	Image forming system, post processing apparatus, sheet feed control method and sheet feed control program An image forming system comprises: an image forming apparatus and a post processing apparatus that performs a post process on sheets each carrying thereon an image printed by the image forming apparatus. In the image forming system, a sheet feeder feeds sheets of a job to be post-processed to a post processing position; a timing judger judges which is before/after, the first timing to finish feeding the last sheet of the job to the post processing position, or the second timing to finish making preparation for a post process; a delaying time calculator calculates a post process execution delaying time that is a time difference between the first timing and the second timing; and a sheet feed controller controls sheet feed timing of the top sheet of a following job by using the calculated post process execution delaying time, if the second timing is after the first timing.
US08630563B2	Mounting structure and image forming apparatus A mounting structure includes a supporting member and an engagement member. The supporting member includes a first engaging section at one edge portion and a second engaging section at the other edge portion, and supports or positions an object to support. The engagement member includes a first engagement section capable of engaging with the first engaging section and a second engagement section capable of engaging with the second engaging section, and is a member for holding the supporting member with the supporting member being mounted onto the engagement member. Also, the supporting member supports or positions the object to support with the first engaging section and the second engaging section respectively engaging with the first engagement section and the second engagement section. The first engaging section has a higher rigidity than the first engagement section. The second engaging section has a higher rigidity than the second engagement section.
US08630547B2	Enhanced polarization mode dispersion of optical channels A device receives, from an optical receiver, performance information associated with an optical channel generated by an optical transmitter, and determines, based on the received performance information, a wavelength that minimizes polarization mode dispersion (PMD) associated with the optical channel. The device also provides, to the optical transmitter, a request to adjust an optical channel wavelength to the determined wavelength.
US08630544B2	System and method for channel-adaptive error-resilient burst mode transmission In a passive optical network, an upstream transmission rate from an ONT to an OLT can be optimized by matching a transmission scheme for a channel to the upstream transmission characteristics of the channel. An FEC coding can be made channel dependent so that channels with low error rates can use minimal protection, and therefore minimal overhead, while channels with high input bit error rates can use the level of FEC coding required to produce a desired output bit error rate.
US08630542B2	Distributing wavelength compatible with signaling protocols An apparatus, comprising a first node configured to communicate with a second node to generate a wavelength assignment, wherein the first node is configured to send a wavelength availability information to the second node. Included is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method, comprising receiving a wavelength availability information, and updating the wavelength availability information using a local wavelength availability information. Also included is a method, comprising acquiring a local wavelength assignment information, calculating a local wavelength availability information, and transmitting the local wavelength availability information to a subsequent network element on a lightpath.
US08630532B2	Video processing apparatus and video processing method A video processing apparatus calculates displayed time of two input segments having a telop area in a video on the basis of a time displayed area, determines whether or not the two input segments are a series of scene segments on the basis of the two displayed times, and outputs the two input segments determined as the series of scene segments as an output segment.
US08630530B2	Time shift reproduction time controlling method and information reproduction apparatus A time shift reproduction time controlling method and an information reproduction apparatus are disclosed wherein reproduction of data at time which is beyond time shift reproduction possible time is prevented with certainty. An input PCR extraction section extracts a PCR from a reception transport stream and outputs the extracted PCR to a subtractor. An output PCR extraction section extracts a PCR from a transport stream read out from a recording medium and outputs the extracted PCR to the subtractor. The subtractor subtracts time information from the output PCR extraction section from time information from the input PCR extraction section and outputs a result of the subtraction to a comparator. The comparator compares the output of the subtractor and output of a reproduction time control register in which a value indicating a time limit to time shift reproduction is stored with each other and outputs a result of the comparison to a reproduction stopping control section. The reproduction stopping control section performs control for outputting a transport stream outputted from a TS readout section to a video and audio decoder in accordance with the comparison result of the comparator.
US08630529B2	Video processing system A method and apparatus for producing video content. The method includes acquiring video data from a source. If the video data is not digitized, then the video data is digitized. The method includes generating scene indexes for the video data including a representative still image for each scene and combining the video data and scene indexes along with a media player on a video disc. The video player is operable to play the video data in accordance with the scene indexes including playing a scene from the video data on a client computer while displaying the representative stills for other of the scenes available for display on the video disc.
US08630521B2	Optical cable A micromodule cable having optical transmission elements arranged in a helically wound manner around a longitudinal axis by at least 360° in a longitudinal direction where the lay length is 100 times of the diameter of the optical cable. The cable is stable across a wide temperature range.
US08630510B2	Cut-line steering methods for forming a mosaic image of a geographical area A method for automatically steering mosaic cut lines along preferred routes to form an output mosaic image includes creating an assignment map corresponding to the output mosaic image where each pixel has an initial designation of unassigned; marking each pixel of the assignment map that intersects the preferred routes as being a Preferred Cut Line pixel to divide the Assignment Map into one or more regions; searching for each region to locate one or more source images that cover that region; and using a Selection Heuristic or Pairing Heuristic to determine quality of coverage. The Preferred Cut Line pixels are redesignated to match the image assignments of their bounded regions, and the output mosaic image is formed by contributing pixel values from the source images based upon the designations set forth in the assignment map.
US08630499B2	Image processing apparatus and control method thereof When an image processing apparatus capable of connecting to a digital camera is to perform image-correction processing on irreversible-compression encoded image data acquired from the digital camera, it is determined whether the image-correction processing can be executed by the connected digital camera. When the processing can be executed, it is confirmed whether or not RAW data that corresponds to the irreversible-compression encoded image data is present in the digital camera. If the corresponding RAW data is present in the digital camera, the digital camera is requested to execute the image-correction processing based on the RAW data. This makes it possible to suppress degradation in the image quality more than when directly correcting an irreversible-compression encoded image.
US08630492B2	System and method for identifying a vascular border A system and method are provided for using a first vascular image, or more particularly a plurality of control points located thereon, to identify a border on a second vascular image. Embodiments of the present invention operate in accordance with an intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS) device and a computing device electrically connected thereto. In one embodiment, the computing device includes a plurality of applications operating thereon that are used to (I) identify a border and control points on a first IVUS image (i.e., any IVUS image), (ii) extrapolate the control points to a second IVUS image (i.e., another IVUS image), (iii) identify a border on the second IVUS image, and (iv) adjust the border on the second IVUS image in accordance with at least one factor.
US08630481B2	Encoding information in illumination patterns An apparatus for authentication of three-dimensional (3D) structures includes a projector (1510) for projecting a first pattern of illumination (1520) on the three-dimensional structure; a sensor (1525) for detecting a first reflected pattern (1540) from the three-dimensional structure; a computer (1530) for analyzing the first reflected pattern for a first pre-determined characteristic; and wherein the computer authenticates the three-dimensional structure if the pre-determined characteristic is present.
US08630472B2	Increased temporal resolution in the case of CT images by means of iterative view reconstruction with limiting conditions A method is disclosed for the reconstruction of image data of a moving object to be examined from measurement data, wherein the measurement data has previously been established in a relative rotational movement between a radiation source of a computed tomography system and the object to be examined. In at least one embodiment, first image data is reconstructed from an incomplete measurement data record by way of an iterative algorithm, wherein in the iterative reconstruction a dimension is used which contains probability information relating to pixel values of the image data to be reconstructed.
US08630470B2	Radiological imagery method making a zone of interest in an organ correspond to an associated part of the network Embodiments of the invention relate to a method of processing a radiological image of an organ, the organ being connected to a flow circulation network, and comprising steps according to which: an operator or a processing means defines a contour to delimit a zone of interest in the radiological image of the organ; the processing means determines part of the network in which the flow supplies the zone of interest or originates from this zone of interest; and a display means displays the determined part of the network.
US08630468B2	Imaging method for the representation of the results of intravascular imaging and CFD results and medical system for execution of the method An imaging method for representing results of intravascular imaging (IVB) and CFD results of plaques of a vascular vessel tree of a patient and an imaging medical system for execution of the method are proposed. A 3-D image data set of the area under examination is acquired with x-ray beams for the generation of 3-D x-ray images. A 3-D reconstruction image of the area under examination is generated from the 3-D x-ray images. IVB images are generated by intravascular imaging. Larger calcified plaques in the 3-D x-ray images and IVB images are identified for determining orientation points or landmarks. The spatial position of the plaques are correlated and/or registered based on the orientation points or landmarks. The IVB image data and 3-D image data are fused and reproduced.
US08630462B2	Methods and apparatus for improved motion capture An apparatus includes an acquisition module, an area definition module, a comparison module and a rendering module. The acquisition module is configured to receive a first position datum and a second position datum associated with a position of an object at a first time and a second time, respectively. The area definition module is configured to set an area surrounding a first object position associated with a focal point of the first position datum as a dead-zone. The comparison module is configured to determine whether a focal point of the second position datum is within that area. If yes, the rendering module is configured to maintain a position on a display of a graphic. Otherwise, the area definition module is configured to set an area surrounding a second object position associated with the first object position and the focal point of the second position datum as the dead-zone.
US08630461B2	Vehicle position detection system A system stores reference data generated by associating image feature point data with an image-capturing position and a recorded vehicle event. The system generates data for matching by extracting image feature points from an actually-captured image. The system generates information on an actual vehicle event, extracts first reference data whose image-capturing position is located in a vicinity of an estimated position of the vehicle, and extracts second reference data that includes a recorded vehicle event that matches the actual vehicle event. The system performs matching between at least one of the first reference data and the second reference data, and the data for matching, and determines a position of the vehicle based on the matching.
US08630458B2	Using camera input to determine axis of rotation and navigation Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums are provided for navigating a virtual camera within a virtual three-dimensional environment using a mobile device. An exemplary method includes receiving, from at least one sensor on the mobile device, an indication that the mobile device has pivoted about a first rotation axis. A change in a user's position in relation to the mobile device is tracked as the mobile device is pivoted about the first rotation axis. A location of the first rotation axis is then determined based on the change in the user's position in relation to the mobile device. When the location of the first rotation axis is proximate to the mobile device, a first action to navigate within the three-dimensional environment is executed. When the location of the first rotation axis is proximate to the user, however, a second action to navigate within the three-dimensional environment is executed.
US08630457B2	Problem states for pose tracking pipeline A human subject is tracked within a scene of an observed depth image supplied to a pose tracking pipeline. An indication of a problem state is received from the pose tracking pipeline, and an identification of the problem state is supplied to the pose tracking pipeline. A virtual skeleton is received from the pose tracking pipeline that includes a plurality of skeletal points defined in three-dimensions. The pose tracking pipeline selects a three-dimensional position of at least one of the plurality of skeletal points in accordance with the identification of the problem state supplied to the pose-tracking pipeline.
US08630453B2	Image processing device, image processing method and program Provided is an image processing device which includes an optical flow computation unit computing optical flow within an image with reference to a past image, an optical flow detection unit setting multiple reference points in a partial region of the image and detecting whether or not optical flow is generated at the reference points, a feature point data storage unit storing, when optical flow is generated at the reference points, as a feature point a set of pixels of pixel data that generated the optical flow, a feature point tracking unit tracking a motion position of the feature point, a feature point deletion unit deleting the tracked feature point in accordance with a variation in motion position of the feature point, and a passage determination unit determining whether or not passage of an object is detected within the image based on multiple remaining undeleted feature points.
US08630442B2	Method and apparatus for maintaining a background image model in a background subtraction system using accumulated motion Methods and apparatus are provided for maintaining a background image model in a background subtraction system using accumulated motion. A background image model is maintained by obtaining a map of accumulated motion; and adjusting the background image model based on the map of accumulated motion. The map of accumulated motion may be obtained, for example, based on one or more of motion field images; stability maps; frame differences; or information from a background subtraction system. Objects can be added to or removed from the background model or the background model can be otherwise updated One or more pixels from an image are added to the background image model if a stability measure for the one or more pixels satisfies a predefined criteria. A portion of the background image model can be invalidated in regions where the map of accumulated motion exceeds a predefined threshold.
US08630432B2	Self-programming hearing apparatus and corresponding method In one aspect, a programmable hearing apparatus is provided to allow a convenient programming of the hearing apparatus with minimal effort. To this end, programming data is stored in a transponder. The transponder is activated by the hearing apparatus. Consequently, programming data is transmitted from the transponder to the hearing apparatus.
US08630430B2	Condenser microphone A condenser microphone has an output circuit comprising an emitter-follower circuit; an impedance converter comprising an FET and at least one transistor of the emitter-follower circuit provided next to the FET; and the transistor having an emitter terminal provided with a constant-voltage circuit. The FET included in the impedance converter is operated by a voltage supplied from the constant-voltage circuit.
US08630425B2	Apparatus, system, and method for audio communications An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes an earpiece that includes at least one switch that senses physical contact with an end user operating the apparatus. The contact triggers an application to be initiated for the apparatus. In more specific embodiments, one or more additional switches are provided to sense physical contact from the end user and trigger the application based on at least two of the switches sensing the contact. In still other embodiments, a microphone is provided and is coupled to a body element and operable to receive voice data from the end user.
US08630424B2	Active noise control system and method An Active Noise Control (ANC) for controlling a noise produced by a noise source may include an acoustic sensor (212) to sense a noise pattern and to produce a noise signal corresponding to the sensed noise pattern, an estimator (202) to produce a predicted noise signal by applying an estimation function to the noise signal, and an acoustic transducer (216) to produce a noise destructive pattern based on the predicted noise signal.
US08630418B2	Secure management of keys in a key repository A system or computer usable program product for managing keys in a computer memory including receiving a request to store a first key to a first key repository, storing the first key to a second key repository in response to the request, and storing the first key from the second key repository to the first key repository within said computer memory based on a predetermined periodicity.
US08630415B2	Method and apparatus for authentication service application processes during service reallocation in high availability clusters A method and communication node for providing secure communications and services in a High Availability (HA) cluster. The communication node comprises an Operating System (OS) that detects an unavailability of a first service application process and switches a second service application process from the first state to the second state, the second service application being selected for taking over service currently provided from the first service application process, the first state and the second state each being associated to a set of rights in the cluster. The OS generates a private key for the second service application process based on its second state. The set of rights associated to the second state allows the OS to replace the first service application process with the second service application process for providing secure communications between the second service application and other service application processes in the HA cluster.
US08630413B2	Digital contents reproducing terminal and method for supporting digital contents transmission/reception between terminals according to personal use scope A terminal for reproducing a digital content in support of transmitting/receiving the digital content to/from another terminal based on whether a terminal is registered in a domain and whether a terminal belongs to a person use scope such that the terminal belonging to the person use scope is not registered in the domain.
US08630406B2	Headset Communication unit comprising a housing (1) in which at least one transducer is placed, and on which a microphone arm (2) is suspended. The housing also has an ear hook (6) for fastening the communication unit to the head of a user. The microphone arm (2) is pivotally connected to the housing (1) by a hinge link (3,4,5) at an outer area of the housing, and so that the microphone arm (2) can be moved between a position in which it lies up against the housing (1), and a position in which it extends away from the housing. The microphone arm has a length, which in the main is less than or of the same order as the greatest extent of the housing, so that in the folded-in state the microphone arm does not project out over the circumference of the housing.
US08630404B2	Iterative scheduling and campaign management An iterative scheduling and campaign management process uses a WFM system and a CLM system. These systems may be independent or consolidated. In a first step of the process, the WFM system provides the CLM system coarse agent availability data. The coarse agent availability data is used by the CLM system to generate a first list order for a given outbound contact list, which contact list is then provided back to the WFM system. In a second step of the process, the WFM uses the first list order to facilitate a multi-skilled agent scheduling routine. The resulting set of multi-skilled agent schedules (or staffing level data derived from those schedules) is then provided by the WFM system to the CLM system. The CLM system then uses the multi-skilled agent schedules (or staffing level data) to create a second list order for the given outbound contact list. This list may be considered an optimized list given the agent schedule data provided by the WFM system. The outbound campaign is then initiated. Thereafter, and periodically during the outbound campaign, the WFM system provides the CLM system intraday (or intra-campaign) updates to the multi-skilled agent schedules and, in response, the CLM creates at least one re-optimized list order for the contact list based on the intraday data update received from the WFM system. The process can then be repeated iteratively throughout the campaign.
US08630386B2	Clock recovery in a battery powered device A battery powered device is able to maintain a clock value when the battery is removed for a short period. During a first time period, while the battery is in the device, clock pulses derived from a first oscillator are counted at a first rate in a first counter that represents the clock value. During a second time period following the first time period, while the battery is removed, the value of the first counter is maintained independent of any clock pulses derived from the first oscillator, clock pulses derived from a second low power oscillator are counted in a second counter. During a recovery time period following the second time period, clock pulses derived from the second oscillator are again counted in the second counter, while clock pulses derived from the first oscillator are counted in the first counter at a second rate higher than the first rate, the duration of the recovery time period being determined based on the number of pulses counted in the second counter during the second time period.
US08630379B1	Methods and apparatus for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) successive interference cancellation (SIC) Systems and methods are provided for determining a successive interference cancellation (SIC) decoding ordering in a multiple input multiple output transmission (MIMO) system. Multiple decoding orderings for received codewords are identified. A performance objective, such as total throughput or total probability of decoding, is computed for each one of the orderings based on the position of the codewords in the ordering. A globally optimal ordering is found that maximizes the performance objective over the multiple decoding orderings.
US08630375B2	Method and apparatus for received signal processing in a multi-stage receiver The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for advantageously simplifying joint detection processing in one or more demodulation stages of a multi-stage receiver by configuring at least one stage to use a constrained multi-user search, such as a constrained tree search. For example, a multi-stage receiver includes at least two stages configured to successively process a received composite signal that includes signal contributions from two or more “users”, which, for example, means that the received signal includes two or more symbol streams. In a non-limiting example, particular embodiments of the present invention combines constrained tree searching with Serial Localized Indecision (SLIC) processing in a multi-stage receiver, where each stage includes a joint processing unit. At least one of those stages is configured to use a constrained multi-user search, rather than a full search, for jointly detecting symbols in the stage input signal.
US08630371B1	Channel estimation using linear phase estimation Systems and methods are provided for channel estimation using linear phase estimation. These systems and methods enable improved channel estimation by estimating a linear channel phase between received pilot subcarrier signals. The estimated linear phase can then be removed from the received pilot subcarrier signals. After the estimated linear phase is removed from the received pilot subcarrier signals, a channel response can be estimated. A final estimated channel response can be generated by multiplying the results of the linear channel estimation by the estimated linear phase.
US08630367B2	Signaling format for wireless communications Methods, devices and systems for wireless communication generate signals by determining whether legacy devices are within a proximal region of the wireless communication. When at least one legacy device is within the proximal region, a frame is formatted to include a preamble field, a signal field, and a data field. Further, the uncoded bits are encoded according to a coding format. The coding format is determined according to bits in the preamble and applicable sub-field lengths.
US08630366B2	Mobile station A mobile station configured to perform MIMO communication is disclosed, where the mobile station includes a control unit configured to determine a radio access scheme to be applied, based on at least one of a transmission frequency bandwidth to be used and a transmission stream number used in the MIMO communication.
US08630353B1	Method and computer-readable medium for content adaptive video decoding A method and computer-readable medium for content adaptively decoding video content is disclosed. A computer-readable medium stores instructions for controlling a computing device to decode a bitstream encoded via a plurality of encoders. The bitstream is divided into portions and each portion has an associated model chosen from a plurality of predefined models. The instructions comprise routing each portion via an input switch to one of a plurality of decoders based on the associated model of the portion.
US08630346B2	System and method for introducing virtual zero motion vector candidates in areas of a video sequence involving overlays Systems and methods for efficiently encoding and/or reformatting video data including transparent overlay portions are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes using two prediction regions for predicting the portion of the video including the transparent overlay. In one embodiment, a first of the two prediction regions is determined based on motion compensated prediction in reference to another video frame and a second of the two prediction regions is a collocated portion of video in another frame as referenced by a virtual zero motion vector. A mixing weight factor to be used for combining the two predictions is determined. In one embodiment, the mixing weight factor is determined based on the relative values of two error metrics, a first error metric related to the motion compensated prediction and a second error metric related to the collocated prediction of the virtual zero motion vector.
US08630338B2	Method and device for image interpolation systems based on motion estimation and compensation A motion estimation method and device are provided for processing images to be inserted, between a preceding original image and a following original image, into a sequence of images. Each image is divided into pixel blocks associated with motion vectors. For a current block of an image being processed, motion vectors associated with blocks of the image being processed and/or associated with blocks of a processed image are selected. Candidate vectors are generated from selected motion vectors. An error is calculated for each candidate vector. A penalty is determined for a subset of candidate vectors on the basis of the values of the pixels of the pixel block in the preceding original image from which the candidate motion vector points to the current block and/or on the basis of the values of the pixels of the pixel block in the following original image to which the candidate motion vector points from the current block.
US08630334B2	Method and arrangement of selecting a CQI value based on the transport block size in a mobile telecommunication network The present invention comprises methods and arrangements for selecting a CQI value based on an estimated or actual transport block size. This is achieved according to an embodiment by mapping the SIR value to a CQI value based on an indication of the expected transport block size to be received by the receiver.
US08630330B2	Integrated circuit for controlling radio communication process Provided is a radio communication device which can make Acknowledgement (ACK) reception quality and Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) reception quality to be equal to each other. The device includes: a scrambling unit (214) which multiplies a response signal after modulated, by a scrambling code “1” or “e−j(π/2)” so as to rotate a constellation for each of response signals on a cyclic shift axis; a spread unit (215) which performs a primary spread of the response signal by using a Zero Auto Correlation (ZAC) sequence set by a control unit (209); and a spread unit (218) which performs a secondary spread of the response signal after subjected to the primary spread, by using a block-wise spread code sequence set by the control unit (209).
US08630318B2	High data rate interface apparatus and method A data interface for transferring digital data between a host and a client over a communication path using packet structures linked together to form a communication protocol for communicating a pre-selected set of digital control and presentation data. The signal protocol is used by link controllers configured to generate, transmit, and receive packets forming the communications protocol, and to form digital data into one or more types of data packets, with at least one residing in the host device and being coupled to the client through the communications path. The interface provides a cost-effective, low power, bi-directional, high-speed data transfer mechanism over a short-range “serial” type data link, which lends itself to implementation with miniature connectors and thin flexible cables which are especially useful in connecting display elements such as wearable micro-displays to portable computers and wireless communication devices.
US08630317B2	Memory system with calibrated data communication An integrated circuit device includes a transmitter circuit operable to transmit a timing signal over a first wire to a DRAM. The DRAM receives a first signal having a balanced number of logical zero-to-one transitions and one-to-zero transitions and samples the first signal at a rising edge of the timing signal to produce a respective sampled value. The device further includes a receiver circuit to receive the respective sampled value from the DRAM over a plurality of wires separate from the first wire. In a first mode, the transmitter circuit repeatedly transmits incrementally offset versions of the timing signal to the DRAM until sampled values received from the DRAM change from a logical zero to a logical one or vice versa; and in a second mode, it transmits write data over the plurality of wires to the DRAM according to a write timing offset generated based on the sampled values.
US08630316B2	Clock synchronization using correlation events Two clocks may be synchronized by calculating skew and offset values that may be determined from several correlation events. A correlation event may be the passing of messages in both directions between the two devices. The skew and offset values may be used to determine the time of non-correlated events. The clock synchronization may be performed on a real time basis or may be performed on a post processing basis. One method for calculating the skew and offset may use inequalities within a solution space to refine a solution set with multiple sets of correlation events.
US08630315B2	Ethernet network synchronization systems and methods The present disclosure relates to Ethernet synchronization systems and methods that combines Synchronous Ethernet (Sync-E) and Precision Time Protocol (PTP) IEEE 1588 algorithms. The present invention includes systems and methods for Ethernet networks and node configurations that include a set of rules on node placement, such as Boundary Clock (BC) nodes and Sync-E nodes, a clock selection algorithm, a holdover algorithm, and the like. Advantageously, the present invention provides an architecture that allows practical and real-world useful clock propagation through placement of BCs and Sync-E nodes for best performance. Practical experience and theoretical design are embodied in the present invention to define a very specific set of rules on how to build a network capable of providing accurate and reliable synchronization. The present invention includes clock selection that unifies Sync-E and 1588 algorithms.
US08630312B2	System and method for wireless communication of uncompressed video having connection control protocol A system and method for wireless communication of uncompressed audiovisual data are disclosed. The system includes a first device and a second device wirelessly connectable to each other. The first device transmits a connection control information request from the first device to the second device, wherein the connection control information request includes a request for connection control information of the second device. The connection control information includes at least one of association information, wireless video area network (WVAN) information, device capability information, audio video (A/V) format capability information, bandwidth information, A/V stream start, stop or pause command information, and device control information. The request further includes connection control information of the first device. The second device is configured to transmit a connection control information response from the second device to the first device. The connection control information response includes the connection control information of the second device.
US08630310B2	Wireless transmission of layered signals in a relay network The wireless transmission of layered signals, in a described embodiment, uses multiple relay nodes (304) to implement cooperative diversity. The method includes: (i) receiving layered signals from a source node (300), (ii) receiving, from a destination node (302), a relay allocation parameter to implement a cooperative relay strategy with one or more other relay nodes (304), and (iii) relaying the layered signals to the destination node (302) using the cooperative relay strategy.
US08630306B2	Fast channel change apparatus and method for IPTV The present disclosure provides a system that can receive a group of channels (at least one of which includes an I-frame) from a DSL network, a memory that can store the I-frames, and a channel change detector that can detect a user's selection of a particular channel. If the memory contains the I-frame corresponding to the particular channel and if an I-frame has not been received from the DSL network, then the system provides the stored I-frame from the memory to the user.
US08630304B2	Method and apparatus for reducing pool starvation in a shared memory switch A switch includes a reserved pool of buffers in a shared memory. The reserved pool of buffers is reserved for exclusive use by an egress port. The switch includes pool select logic which selects a free buffer from the reserved pool for storing data received from an ingress port to be forwarded to the egress port. The shared memory also includes a shared pool of buffers. The shared pool of buffers is shared by a plurality of egress ports. The pool select logic selects a free buffer in the shared pool upon detecting no free buffer in the reserved pool. The shared memory may also include a multicast pool of buffers. The multicast pool of buffers is shared by a plurality of egress ports. The pool select logic selects a free buffer in the multicast pool upon detecting an IP Multicast data packet received from an ingress port.
US08630297B2	Method and apparatus for the distribution of network traffic A packet network system, such as an autonomous system, includes a plurality of packet network devices some of which are edge routers and some of which are core routers. Each of the edge and core routers include functionality that operates to receive network traffic, process the traffic as needed and to forward the traffic to its destination. Additionally, each router includes a traffic distribution function that operates to calculate path bandwidths for all of the paths over which the traffic can be forwarding through the system and to use the volume of traffic ingressing to the system, link utilization information and the calculated path bandwidth to redistribute the traffic in the system such that traffic loss in the system in minimized.
US08630292B2	Method and system for distributing a multi-service message from a client to multiple related service applications A method and arrangement for distributing services messages from a client terminal to multiple service units or applications in one or more application servers in a multimedia service network. A service message distributor receives from the terminal, a multi-service message that includes a plurality of service message documents containing service-related data targeted to a specific service unit or application. The message distributor converts the received message into a plurality of individual service messages corresponding to the documents. The individual messages are sent separately toward their respective target service units or applications.
US08630291B2	Dynamic multi-path forwarding for shared-media communication networks In one embodiment, a quality of one or more links of a particular node in a communication network may be determined, and then whether the quality of the one or more links is below a threshold may also be determined. In response to determining that the quality of at least one of the one or more links is above the threshold, a select one of the at least one of the one or more links with quality above the threshold may be utilized for communication with the particular node. Conversely, in response to determining that the quality of each of the one or more links is below the threshold, multi-path forwarding over a plurality of links of the particular node may be utilized for communication with the particular node.
US08630288B2	Hierarchical isolated learning and flooding for metro ethernet bridging domains A switch includes a processor coupled to a memory, one or more forwarding tables residing within the memory, and one or more ports. The ports are associated with a plurality of virtual local area networks and a plurality of bridge domains. Each of the bridge domains is associated with one of the forwarding tables, and each of the forwarding tables is associated with one of the bridge domains. The processor is configured to assign a first tag to a received packet, assign a second tag to the received packet, look up the destination address of the received packet in one of the forwarding tables, and selectively flood the ports of the active bridge domain with a copy of the received packet. The active bridge domain includes one of the plurality of bridge domains. The active bridge domain is associated with the ingress port of the received packet.
US08630285B2	Method, system, and apparatus for transmitting IPV6 message in passive optical network Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) message in a Passive Optical Network (PON). The method includes: receiving a Router Advertisement (RA) message comprising Optical Line Terminal (OLT) port information, Optical Network Unit (ONU) port information, and an IPv6 address prefix; binding the IPv6 address prefix with an OLT port indicated by the OLT port information; and sending the RA message to an ONU through the OLT port, so that the ONU binds the IPv6 address prefix with an ONU port indicated by the ONU port information and provides the RA message for a user terminal through the ONU port. Embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose a PON system and an apparatus for transmitting an IPv6 message in a PON.
US08630284B2	Method and apparatus for creating and distributing COST telephony-switching functionality within an IP network A system for providing and managing IP telephone calls establishes separate and distinct call legs between IP-capable appliances and routers and between routers, and creates calls, changes calls, and manages telephony functions by joining and disjoining calls legs. In some instances one or more call legs disjoined from an active call are maintained as established to be joined later to other call legs to create other active calls. By managing IP calls as separate and distinct legs functions of intelligent, connection-oriented telephony networks may be simulated in IP telephony systems. The management is provided by software running on processors coupled to routers in the IP network.
US08630278B2	Digital broadcasting signal transmitting method and device, recording medium thereof, and receiving device thereof In a digital broadcasting signal transmission system, a transmission frame includes a frame body and a frame header, and the frame body is divided into a plurality of sub-bands in the frequency domain and is divided into a plurality of symbols in the time domain. The frame header is provided in the former part of the transmission frame and is transmitted with a signal in the time domain. The frame body includes a plurality of services, and the services respectively receive at least one sub-band and at least one symbol. The frame header includes information on the plurality of services, and information on the plurality of services includes information on the sub-band and the symbol to which the services are allocated, information on channel encoding levels of the services, and information on digital modulation levels of the services.
US08630273B2	Dynamic appropriation of at least one multimedia device during call set-up The invention relates to a method of dynamic appropriation of at least one second multimedia device by a first device situated in a geographical area in which said at least one second multimedia device is situated in the event of a request to set up a call between the first device and a third device, the method including a step of setting up a first signaling link between a server and the first device and a step of controlling the second and third devices from said server with a view to setting up between the second and third devices at least one first payload data stream forming a first part of said call.
US08630272B2	Multi-radio controller and methods for preventing interference between co-located transceivers Embodiments of a multi-radio controller and methods for preventing interference between co-located transceivers are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the multi-radio controller operates within a multi-radio device and is configured to cause a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver to transmit a triggering frame after an active period of a wireless wide-area network (WWAN) transceiver. The triggering frame indicates the duration of a transmission opportunity, which may be restricted to the time between active periods of the WWAN. In response to receipt of the triggering frame, the WLAN access point is configured to transmit a downlink data frame within the transmission opportunity.
US08630270B2	MAC multiplexing for uplink MIMO A method and apparatus for logical channel prioritization in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), including the WTRU receiving multiple streams of a multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) signal, a physical layer (PHY) of the WTRU providing an indicator for each of the multiple streams to a medium access control (MAC) layer of the WTRU, and the MAC layer performing logical channel multiplexing based on the indicator for each of the multiple streams.
US08630269B1	Wireless network having joint power and data rate adaptation A wireless network includes transmission power and data rate adaptation based upon quality experienced by the user.
US08630257B2	Method of performing handover in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a handover method of a mobile station in a wireless communication system, and a base station and a mobile station for the same. A list of neighboring base stations that can accept a handover of a mobile station is shared by the mobile station and a serving base station before the mobile station performs the handover so as to reduce handover delay time in a high speed environment through addition, the active base station set managed by the mobile station and the serving base station can be managed with consideration of radio signal quality and resource state of each of the neighboring base stations included in the active base station set, and thus when the mobile station attempts a network re-entry process to a target base station that is not ready for the handover of the mobile station due to a loss of a handover control message, a handover failure due to a lack of radio resources can be prevented, thereby increasing a handover success rate.
US08630246B2	Techniques for improving the spatial reuse of wireless networks A method (400) for improving the spatial reuse of a wireless network, comprising selecting a medium access slot (MAS) type for scheduling concurrent transmissions in the wireless network (S410); assigning reservations to the selected MAS (S420); and applying the selected MAS to source nodes and sink nodes of the wireless network (S430).
US08630237B2	Method of resolving reception conflicts for multi-card multi-standby mobile terminal The present invention provides a method of resolving reception conflicts for a multi-card multi-standby mobile terminal, which is for resolving the conflicts of the mobile terminal based on Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) network and in the standby mode, including: acquiring synchronization result with base stations and judging if there are time slot conflicts between multiple SIM cards of the multi-card multi-standby mobile terminal according to the synchronization result; if the conflicts being non-time slot conflicts, receiving and processing data of different SIM cards in different time slots of a TDMA frame; and if the conflicts being time slot conflicts, receiving and processing data of a non-current SIM card in redundant frames of BCCH or CCCH of a current SIM card. The present invention manages the logical channel conflicts with other SIM cards through using the redundant frames corresponding to the BCCH or CCCH of a SIM card, thereby resolving the signal conflicts because of the signals from different base stations being not synchronized for a dual-card dual-standby handset and is compatible with the prior art.
US08630219B2	Supporting a multicast session within a wireless communications network Methods of supporting a multicast session within a wireless communications network are provided. An access terminal adjusts a monitoring rate of a downlink control channel either (i) after transmitting a multicast registration message in a sector that is not supporting a given multicast session or (ii) after receiving an announce message announcing the given multicast session. An access network anticipates the monitoring rate adjustment, and sends a message advertising the given multicast session (e.g., a broadcast overhead message (BOM)) based on the adjusted monitoring rate. Further, the announce message sent by the access network can be sent on the downlink control channel, and can be sent based on expected paging cycles, or monitoring rates, of the downlink control channel at one or more access terminals within the network prior to the monitoring rate adjustment.
US08630211B2	Hybrid radio architecture for repeaters using RF cancellation reference A wireless repeater includes a receiver circuit implemented as an intermediate frequency (IF) subsampling receiver and a transmitter circuit implemented as a direct conversion (zero-IF) transmitter. The repeater further includes a reference receiver implemented as an IF subsampling receiver to sample a portion of the transmit signal prior to over-the-air transmission for use as the reference signal for channel estimation. Highly accurate channel estimation is obtained by using the reference signal from the reference receiver as the reference signal accounts for distortions in the transmitter circuit of the repeater. The repeater may include an echo canceller to cancel an estimated feedback amount from an input signal based on the channel estimation.
US08630210B2	Method and apparatus for improved data communication in cellular access systems A method for use in a cellular access system is disclosed. The system comprises at least one Radio Base Station (RBS) which controls traffic to and from a cell in the system. The cell can have a User Equipment (UE) in it, such that the UE and RBS can send and receive data blocks, which may comprise sequence numbers, to and from each other. The RBS and UE can also exchange reports comprising information on whether or not data blocks have been received successfully. The method comprises sending by a reporting party a transmission comprising a report to the report receiving party, said report comprising information on whether or not data blocks have been received successfully. The method further comprises sending by the reporting party said report together with data to the report receiving party or to another party. The method further comprises attaching by the reporting party addresses for a recipient of the data blocks and for the report in the transmission. The method further comprises deciding by the reporting party the contents of the report using at least one of the following priority rules which have been given an internal priority ranking, in which data blocks which are identified as having a lower delay tolerance than other data blocks are given priority; data blocks which have been detected as received in error, and whose status has not been reported since the error was detected are given priority; and, data blocks are given priority according to their sequence numbers.
US08630208B1	Muting of communication session participants In general, this disclosure describes techniques for performing two-way muting of participant communication devices in a real-time communication session. An example method includes establishing, by a host device, a real-time communication session between a plurality of communication devices, detecting a muting condition between a first communication device and a second communication device of the plurality, and responsive to detecting the muting condition, muting one or more first audio signals that are output by the first communication device where the host device refrains from sending the one or more first audio signals to the second communication device. The method also includes, responsive to detecting the muting condition, muting one or more second audio signals that are output by the second communication device where the host device refrains from sending the one or more second audio signals to the first communication device.
US08630186B2	Systems and methods for transmission of trigger-based alarm indication suppression messages According to one embodiment, a method may include communicating an alarm suppression indication trigger message from a maintenance end point to an alarm indication suppression generator. The method may further include communicating, by the alarm indication suppression generator in response to receiving the alarm indication trigger message, an alarm indication suppression message to at least one flow point that has alarm indication suppression enabled for the maintenance end point such that the alarm indication suppression message is received by at least one other maintenance end point upstream of the maintenance end point.
US08630182B2	Packet deconstruction/reconstruction and link-control The present disclosure includes methods, devices, and systems for packet processing. One method embodiment for packet flow control includes deconstructing a transport layer packet into a number of link-control layer packets, wherein each of the link-control layer packets has an associated sequence number, communicating the number of link-control layer packets via a common physical connection for a plurality of peripheral devices, and limiting a number of outstanding link-control layer packets during the communication.
US08630178B2	Transmitting apparatus and transmission method If a loss of a RTP packet is detected, a RTT acquisition unit acquires time information corresponding to a period of time needed from transmission of data from a transmitting apparatus to reception of this data at a receiving apparatus. A QoS switching unit determines based on the time information whether moving image data is to be retransmitted that was transmitted from the transmitting apparatus but that has been lost without being received by the receiving apparatus or moving image data located in playback time sequence after the lost moving image data is to be encoded without referring to the lost moving image data and the resultant encoded moving image data is to be transmitted.
US08630173B2	Dynamic queuing and pinning to improve quality of service on uplinks in a virtualized environment Techniques are provided for improve quality of service on uplinks in a virtualized environment. At a server apparatus having a plurality of physical links configured to communicate traffic over a network to or from the server apparatus, forming an uplink group comprising a plurality of physical links. A first class of service is defined that allocates a first share of available bandwidth on the uplink group, and a second class of service is defined that allocates a second share of available bandwidth on the uplink group. The bandwidth for the first class of service is allocated across the plurality of physical links of the uplink group, and the bandwidth for the second class of service is allocated across the plurality of physical links of the uplink group. Traffic rates are monitored on each of the plurality of physical links to determine if a physical link is congested indicating that a bandwidth deficit exists for a class of service. In response to determining that one of the plurality of physical links is congested, bandwidth is reallocated for a class of service to reduce the bandwidth deficit for a corresponding class of service.
US08630169B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a temperature of a packet communications device In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a communications apparatus participates in a packet-based communication, obtains a temperature of the apparatus, and compares the temperature of the apparatus to a threshold temperature, and responsive to a result of the comparison, the apparatus starts dropping packets pertaining to the packet-based communication in the protocol layer.
US08630164B2	Methods and apparatus to respond to signaling protocol failures in traffic engineering tunnels Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to respond to signaling protocol failures in traffic engineering (TE) tunnels are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a database to store a tunnel state for a first TE tunnel, a signaling engine to detect whether a signaling protocol failure associated with the first TE tunnel occurred, and to set the tunnel state to a first logic state when the signaling protocol failure is detected, and a label switching engine to route the data through a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) based network via a second TE tunnel when the tunnel state is the first logic state, and to route the data through the MPLS-based network via the first TE tunnel when the tunnel state is a second logic state.
US08630163B1	Server driven endpoint re-homing In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of an availability from a primary registration server that is associated an endpoint associated an Internet Protocol (IP) protocol. The method also includes determining whether the primary registration server is available, and notifying the endpoint that the primary registration server is available if the primary registration server is available.
US08630159B2	Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method.
US08630149B2	Marine seismic source A low frequency sound source has a radiating piston (3) of the order of a few meters across backed by a gas spring (13, 15) containing a fixed mass of gas. The gas pressure in the spring is kept at levels for which the natural frequency of the piston (3) loaded by the fluid (41) lies in the seismic band and may be as low as 0.5 Hz. The piston (3) is given an initial displacement and begins to oscillate. Its oscillations are sustained by an actuator (27, 29) whose drive signal is derived from the velocity of the piston (5) via a velocity or displacement sensor. The sound source is caused to perform a frequency sweep by gradually compressing the gas in the gas spring (13, 15) so that the spring becomes stiffer both because of the rising pressure and because of the reducing length of the gas spring spaces (13, 15). This double effect allows large changes in stiffness to be produced and hence allows the source to operate over at least three octaves of frequency.
US08630142B2	Semiconductor memory device that can stably perform writing and reading without increasing current consumption even with a low power supply voltage Cell power supply lines are arranged for memory cell columns, and adjust impedances or voltage levels of the cell power supply lines according to the voltage levels of bit lines in the corresponding columns, respectively. In the data write operation, the cell power supply line is forced into a floating state according to the bit line potential on a selected column and has the voltage level changed, and a latching capability of a selected memory cell is reduced to write data fast. Even with a low power supply voltage, a static semiconductor memory device that can stably perform write and read of data is implemented.
US08630137B1	Dynamic trim method for non-volatile memory products A dynamic trim method includes testing a selected number of cells on a die with predetermined testing margins. Data from this testing is used to determine dynamic reference margins for improving yield. Advantageously, yield is improved by allowing functioning fast or slow units to pass wafer sort by applying the dynamic reference margins for varying processes.
US08630136B2	Semiconductor memory A semiconductor memory includes a first memory cell including: a first resistance change element and a first select transistor. The semiconductor memory includes a second memory cell including: a second select transistor and a second resistance change element. The semiconductor memory includes a third memory cell including: a third select transistor and a third resistance change element, the third memory cell acting as a reference cell. The semiconductor memory includes a fourth memory cell including: a fourth resistance change element and a fourth select transistor, the fourth memory cell acting as a reference cell.
US08630126B2	Techniques for refreshing a semiconductor memory device Techniques for refreshing a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. Each memory cell may include a first region coupled to a source line and a second region coupled to a carrier injection line. Each memory cell may also include a body region capacitively coupled to at least one word line and disposed between the first region and the second region and a decoupling resistor coupled to at least a portion of the body region.
US08630125B2	Memory cell sensing using a boost voltage The present disclosure includes devices, methods, and systems including memory cell sensing using a boost voltage. One or more embodiments include pre-charging and/or floating a data line associated with a selected memory cell, boosting the pre-charged and/or floating data line, and determining a state of the selected memory cell based on a sensed discharge of the data line after boosting the data line.
US08630114B2	Memory architecture of 3D NOR array A 3D memory device includes a plurality of ridge-shaped stacks of memory cells. Word lines are arranged over the stacks of memory cells. Bit lines structures are coupled to multiple locations along the stacks of memory cells. Source line structures are coupled to multiple locations along each of the semiconductor material strips of the stacks. The bit line structures and the source line structures are between adjacent ones of the word lines.
US08630107B2	Self-disabling chip enable input A multi-die memory package may have separate chip enable inputs for the respective memory dice. Individual chip enable inputs may be separated by other chip connections such as power and ground. The memory dice may include multiple chip enable inputs to allow easy wire bonding of the individual chip enable inputs to a die without requiring any jumpers within the package. Circuitry may be included so that undriven chip enable inputs are masked and driven chip enable inputs may be propagated to the memory die to enable memory accesses while a single chip enable input is only connected to the capacitance of a single bonding pad.
US08630105B2	Switching power supply apparatus including a PFC converter that suppresses harmonic currents In a switching power supply apparatus, an alternating-current input power supply is input to the input terminals of a power factor correction converter and a DC-DC converter is connected to output terminals. A load is connected to the output of the DC-DC converter. A digital signal processing circuit takes the product of an output voltage error and a detection value of the input voltage as a current reference amplitude value and controls the on period of a switching element in accordance with the difference between the current reference amplitude value and the current flowing through an inductor. The target value of the output voltage or the output voltage error is corrected using a value that is proportional to the current reference amplitude value such that the output voltage rises as the load goes from a light to a heavy load state.
US08630102B2	Ultra low standby consumption in a high power power converter A power converter includes a dc input having first and second terminals. A main converter is coupled to the first terminal of the dc input. A standby circuit coupled to the second terminal of the dc input and the main converter. The main converter is coupled to control a transfer of energy from the dc input through the standby circuit to a main output of the main converter during a normal operating condition of the power supply. The standby circuit is coupled to decouple the main converter from the second terminal of the dc input during a standby operating condition of the power converter. A standby converter is coupled to the first and second terminals of the dc input to control a transfer of energy from the dc input to a standby output of the standby converter during the standby operating condition of the power converter.
US08630096B2	Large capacity memory module mounting device for portable terminal A large capacity memory module mounting device employed in a portable terminal is provided, including a large capacity memory module including a plurality of first contact pads; and a flexible circuit board including a plurality of second contact pads and electrically connected to the large capacity memory module by forming solder pads in a heating process after the first and second contact pads are positioned in a face-to-face manner. Accordingly, the large capacity memory module can be advantageously mounted to the portable terminal and an electromagnetic field can be effectively shielded.
US08630090B2	Heat dissipation device for power conversion module Disclosed herein is a heat dissipation device for a power conversion module. The device includes a casing, a high-heat-dissipation heat sink and a circuit board. The casing includes a heat-dissipation fin unit which has heat dissipation fins arranged at positions spaced apart from each other by predetermined intervals. The casing has a mounting space therein. The high-heat-dissipation heat sink is installed in the mounting space of the casing. The circuit board is coupled to a lower surface of the casing. Therefore, the weight and size of the heat dissipation device can be reduced. In addition, the heat sink and the casing having the heat dissipation fins dissipate heat at the same time, thus enhancing the heat dissipation efficiency. Moreover, in an optimal design, the high-heat-dissipation heat sink is located at a position corresponding to a part which generates high heat so that the heat dissipation efficiency can be maximized.
US08630084B2	Solid electrolytic capacitor and method for producing solid electrolytic capacitor A solid electrolytic capacitor element having a solid electrolyte layer provided on a dielectric layer formed on a surface of an anode body comprising a valve acting metal including a pore, wherein the anode body is configured in such a way that multiple plate-shaped anode bodies are directly piled and integrated with a solid electrolyte, and adjacent piled anode bodies are joined at a section thereof, and a method for producing the solid electrolytic capacitor element.
US08630068B1	Method and system for providing a side shielded read transducer A method and system for providing a magnetic transducer having an air-bearing surface (ABS) is described. The magnetic read transducer includes a first shield, a magnetoresistive sensor, at least one soft magnetic side shield, and a second shield. The magnetoresistive sensor includes a sensor layer having at least one edge in the track width direction along the ABS. The at least one soft magnetic side shield is adjacent to the at least one edge of the sensor layer. The at least one soft magnetic side shield has a full film permeability of at least ten. The magnetoresistive sensor is between the first shield and the second shield and free of an in-stack hard bias layer.
US08630067B2	Head suspension and method of manufacturing head suspension A head suspension 31 has a piezoelectric element 13 that deforms in response to a voltage applied thereto, a base plate 33 having an attaching part to which the piezoelectric element 13 is attached, and a load beam 35 having a flexure 39. A front end of the load beam 35 moves in a sway direction according to the deformation of the piezoelectric element 13. The head suspension 31 includes adhesives that attach the piezoelectric element 13 to the attaching part. The adhesives are applied to and hardened at the attaching part one by one. At least one of the adhesives that is first applied to and hardened at the attaching part is electrically insulative.The head suspension 31 properly maintains electric insulation between the piezoelectric element 13 and the attaching part, sufficiently demonstrates original functions, and secures a rigidity balance and proper vibration characteristic.
US08630065B1	Data storage device tape path cleaner A tape cartridge is provided with a reel mounted for rotation in a housing. Tape with a length, a width and a thickness, is wound upon the reel in a length direction of the tape. A leader is mounted to a free end of the tape. The leader has at least one portion with a width greater than the tape width to clean a tape path, such as a guide and/or a lens. Another tape cartridge is provided with a reel mounted for rotation in a housing. Tape is wound upon the reel in a length direction of the tape. A leader is mounted to a free end of the tape. A brush is mounted to a portion of the leader for cleaning a tape path.
US08630064B2	Magnetic write head with novel shield structure having latterally extending trailing gap layer and concaved side gap A magnetic write head having a gap structure that improves write head performance. The write head includes a magnetic write pole and a magnetic shield that is separated from the trailing edge of the write pole by a non-magnetic trailing gap layer and is separated from the sides of the write pole by non-magnetic side gap layers. The trailing gap extends laterally beyond the side gap layers, and a convex bump is formed at an edge of the magnetic shield at a location near the trailing end of each of the side gap layers.
US08630062B2	Bearing apparatus having concentric inner and outer roller bearings and information recording/reproducing apparatus An inner race of a first rolling bearing is fixed to a shaft, and an outer race thereof is fixed to an inner race of a second rolling bearing. In the first bearing, the outer race and rolling elements contact each other on the side of a center of the rolling elements closer to one end side in an axial direction, and the inner race and the rolling elements contact each other on the side of the center of the rolling elements closer to the other end side in the axial direction. In the second bearing, an outer race and rolling elements contact each other on the side of a center of the rolling elements closer to the one end side, and the inner race and the rolling elements contact each other on the side of the center of the rolling elements closer to the other end side.
US08630061B2	Retaining a spoiler in a hard disk drive A hard disk drive comprising, a base plate comprising a pin, a top cover, a plurality of magnetic disks, and a spoiler. The spoiler includes a first spring fastener for temporary spring fastening the spoiler on the base plate, and a second spring fastener for resiliently fastening the spoiler when the top cover is attached to the base plate.
US08630052B1	Disk drive calibrating radial density then adjusting linear density to balance off-track read capability A disk drive is disclosed comprising a plurality of disk surfaces, and a head actuated over each disk surface. An off-track read capability (OTRC) is measured for each disk surface, and a radial density of data tracks for each disk surface is selected in response to the OTRCs. A linear density of at least two disk surfaces is adjusted to balance the OTRCs across the disk surfaces.
US08630048B2	Motor for driving lens A motor for driving a lens is disclosed, wherein through holes through which a carrier passes are formed at an inner surface of a spring buried by an outer surface of the carrier, whereby the spring is not disengaged from the carrier to improve the reliability of the product.
US08630043B2	Color light combiner For combining light from different light sources that are spatially apart, an optical system comprises a prism assembly that comprises a totally-internally-surface and a dichroic filter. The totally-internally-surface and the dichroic filter are configured for reflecting light of different colors or polarizations, so as to combine light of different polarization or colors into a single beam.
US08630032B2	Method for preparing hologram recording medium Two adjacent images are recorded in a state smoothly blended at a boundary portion. On a recording plane Rec, provided is a region M1 in which an original image Pic(A) is recorded, a region M2 in which an original image Pic(B) is recorded, and a middle region Mm positioned therebetween. The region Mm is divided into a plurality of strip-like regions f1 to f6. The widths of the strip-like regions f1, f3, and f5 that are odd-numbered when counted from the region M1 are set so as to increase monotonically in this order, while the widths of the even-numbered strip-like regions f2, f4, and f6 are set so as to decrease monotonically in this order.
US08630028B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes: a conveyor roller configured to come in contact with a sheet-like medium and to convey the contacted medium in a conveyance direction in which the medium is conveyed; an image pickup device configured to pick up an image of the conveyed medium; a control device configured to control the conveyor roller and the image pickup device; an apparatus main unit that accommodates the conveyor roller, the image pickup device, and the control device; and a state detecting device configured to detect whether the apparatus main unit is in a stationary state in which the apparatus main unit is stationary or in a non-stationary state in which the apparatus main unit is not stationary, wherein the control device is configured to change contents of the control of at least the conveyor roller based on a result of the detection by the state detecting device.
US08630027B2	Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a drive unit that drives the line image sensor by frequency-modulated clock; a signal generating unit that generates an analog signal according to a change in frequency of the frequency-modulated clock; an amplification-inversion unit that amplifies the analog signal with an arbitrary amplification factor, and configured to switch between inversion and non-inversion; and a signal superimposing unit that superimposes between the analog image signal and an analog signal output from the amplification-inversion unit.
US08630019B2	Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the image processing apparatus, and storage medium An image processing apparatus which makes it possible to prevent a third party from outputting secret information as an image without leaving any evidence. A printer section of the image processing apparatus receives first image data and attribute data. The printer section forms an image corresponding to the first image data on a sheet, and then forms an image of information of the attribute data on the sheet in a manner superimposed on the image. A controller of the image processing apparatus generates second image data from the attribute data, and performs control such that the first image data and the second image data are recorded as history information on a job processed by the image processing apparatus.
US08630018B2	Producing printed products and assembly for carrying out said method The method for producing printed products in which said printed products are composed of printed sheets and for verification of the composition, composition information on at least one printed sheet characterizing said printed sheet with respect to predetermined printed sheet properties is evaluated, whereby during analysis, the composition information of at least one printed sheet is compared to the information of at least one more printed sheet to be assembled using said composition information for production of the same printed product.
US08630015B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method for converting image data to a higher resolution An image forming apparatus includes a resolution converting unit, an address generating unit, a density determining unit, and an image path selector. The resolution converting unit converts a resolution of image data into a higher resolution. The address generating unit performs a position determining process of determining a position of an additional pixel on the basis of main-scanning directional positions of pixels composing the converted image data and respective shift amounts of the pixels shifted to a sub-scanning direction. The density determining unit determines a density of the additional pixel on the basis of a density of a pixel located at a position corresponding to the determined position in the image data. The image path selector scales the image data up or down by controlling the address generating unit while adding the additional pixel having the determined density to the determined position.
US08630011B2	Method and system for secure facsimile delivery and registration A secure fax transmission system can be used to assure the intended recipient of a confidential document being sent via facsimile is the only person that will have access to the document once it is sent. An application module communicates with a client user interface over a first network and communicates with a recipient fax machine over a second network. The application module receives information associated with a confidential document being sent via facsimile. Prior to sending the document, the application module determines if the recipient fax number has been previously registered as a secure fax number. The application module then sends the document to the recipient if the recipient fax number is registered a secure. If the recipient fax number is not registered as secure, the application module sends a request for registration to the recipient fax number.
US08630010B2	Printing system, printing method, print server, control method, and computer-readable medium for performing pull print control A print server which transmits print data in accordance with an instruction received via an operation unit of a printing apparatus, comprises: a storage unit configured to store a print job of an intermediate format open to the public; a first generation unit configured, upon receiving a preview image request from the printing apparatus for the print job, to generate a preview image from the print job of the intermediate format stored in the storage unit; a second generation unit configured, upon receiving a print request from the printing apparatus for the print job, to generate print data interpretable by the printing apparatus from the print job of the intermediate format stored in the storage unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, one of the preview image generated by the first generation unit and the print data generated by the second generation unit.
US08630005B2	Method of transmitting log information on document using metadata and host device, image forming apparatus and system using the same method There are provided a method of transmitting log information on a document using metadata which can manage log information based on the metadata, and a host device, an image forming apparatus and an image forming system using the same method. The method includes: setting up metadata for receiving log information on a document in a host device; storing the set up metadata and printing data of the document; outputting the document; generating the log information on the document; and transmitting the log information using the metadata.
US08630000B2	Essential components for enabling a pervasive wireless digital ecosystem and wireless devices that support the wireless digital ecosystem Next generation pervasive wireless ecosystems and mobile information apparatus are herein disclosed and enabling millions of users to migrate to pervasive digital living and enterprise. Wireless communications may include the mobile information apparatus accessing wireless local area network or by direct wireless communication. The mobile information apparatus may include a wireless unit compatible with Bluetooth and/or IEEE802.11. Mobile information apparatus may conduct a local area wireless search within short distances for discovering wireless devices in its vicinity, receive an attribute related to the discovered wireless device, establish secure wireless communication with the discovered wireless device, and transfer or synchronize digital content or applications to/from the discovered wireless device. The discovered wireless device may be other mobile apparatus, wireless televisions, wireless audio devices, wireless speakers, wireless printers, among others, in a digital living room or office. Mobile apparatus may be smart phones, information pads, or laptops with touch sensitive screen interface.
US08629999B2	Apparatus for carrying out a job stored in storing part, and method of controlling the apparatus An apparatus that carries out a job which is stored in a storing part, the storing part storing therein one or more jobs and the jobs stored in the storing part being associated with user identification information, the apparatus includes a specifying information obtaining part configured to carry out a process of obtaining specifying information that is stored in a recording medium and specifies the user information; a carrying out part configured to carry out the job which is associated with the user identification information specified by the specifying information that is obtained by the specifying information obtaining part; and a carrying out process control part configured to carry out control to stop carrying out the job carried out by the carrying out part, when the specifying information can no longer be obtained by the specifying information obtaining part.
US08629993B2	Information processing apparatus for updating a character string displayed on a print setting screen An information processing apparatus determines whether setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the received printer data is present in a storage unit, stores setting value data containing the identification information, the character string information, and the version information in the storage unit when it is determined that the setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the printer data is not present in the storage unit, and updates the character string information and the version information of the setting value data with those of the printer data when it is determined that the setting value data corresponding to the identification information of the printer data is present in the storage unit, and when the version information of the printer data is newer than that of the setting value data.
US08629991B2	Information processing apparatus for printing a first image added with a second image related to the first image, method of controlling same, image forming apparatus and computer program An information processing apparatus outputs image data of a second image in such a manner that the second image is printed on a print medium by an image forming apparatus upon appending the second image to supplement a first image that is a print target, the second image being information related to the first image. The apparatus includes a determination unit which determines the formation position of the second image based upon content of an output setting and a rule; and a control unit which controls the image forming apparatus in accordance with the determined formation position in such a manner that the first and second images are formed on the same or different sheets of a print medium.
US08629989B2	Coordinate input apparatus, light receiving apparatus of the coordinate input apparatus, and manufacturing method of the same A light receiving unit of a coordinate input apparatus includes a light receiving element, a light receiving lens, an adjusting unit for adjusting the positional relationship between the light receiving element and light receiving lens, and a light transmissive plate which is arranged between the light receiving element and light receiving lens, and defines the focal length of the light receiving lens. The light transmissive plate is arranged between the light receiving element and light receiving lens in a state in which the optical axis between the light receiving element and light receiving lens is adjusted by the adjusting unit with the light transmissive plate being removed.
US08629985B2	Displacement measurement method and apparatus thereof, stage apparatus, and probe microscope A displacement measurement method, an apparatus thereof, and a probe microscope. which enable stable measure an amount of displacement and a moving distance of an object under measurement with an accuracy of the sub-nanometer order or below without being affected by disturbances such as fluctuations of air and mechanical vibration. A pulsed beam is split into two; one beam is reflected by an object under measurement and then inputted to a delay optical path equivalent to one pulse period; and the other beam is sent through the same delay optical path in the opposite direction up to the object under measurement with a delay of one pulse period, and then reflected by the object under measurement. An optical phase variation caused by the movement of the object under measurement is obtained by subjecting the two pulsed beams to interference.
US08629981B2	Analyzers with time variation based on color-coded spatial modulation A filter arrangement can transmit and/or reflect light emanating from a moving object so that the emanating light has time variation, and the time variation can include information about the object, such as its type. For example, emanating light from segments of a path can be transmitted/reflected through positions of a filter assembly, and the transmission functions of the positions can be sufficiently different that time variation occurs in the emanating light between segments. Or emanating light from a segment can be transmitted/reflected through a filter component in which simpler transmission functions are superimposed, so that time variation occurs in the emanating light in accordance with superposition of two simpler non-uniform transmission functions. Many filter arrangements could be used, e.g. the filter component could include the filter assembly, which can have one of the simpler non-uniform transmission functions. Time-varying waveforms from sensing results can be compared to obtain spectral differences.
US08629978B1	Curved laser sheet for conformal optical diagnostics Three-dimensional surface illumination using curved laser sheets is described for optical flow measurements over conformal curved surfaces. The illumination method is applicable to many different optical-based flow visualization and measurement techniques, particularly for particle image velocimetry. An alignment sheet increases the accuracy of determining the position and movement of particles used in optical-base fluid flow techniques.
US08629968B2	Liquid crystal display device The liquid crystal display device may include a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode and forming a vertical electrical field together with the first electrode; a blue phase liquid crystal layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a first prism sheet provided to face the second electrode with the first electrode between the second electrode and the first prism sheet. The first prism sheet changes a path of incident light so that the incident light from the outside obliquely enters the blue phase liquid crystal layer with respect to the vertical electrical field.
US08629965B2	Display device First terminals and second terminals, which are terminals of adjacent terminal wires, are staggered in the direction in which wires run, and transparent conductive films provided to the first terminals and second terminals extend so as to overlap the terminal wires outside the regions in which contact holes are created and are formed so as to have a width narrower than the width of the terminal wires in the regions where contact holes are created.
US08629955B2	Moire reducing display device having directivity with terminal device, light source device, and optical member A display device comprising a light source and having an optical waveguide, a louver, an anisotropic scattering sheet, and a transmissive liquid crystal panel disposed along the path of light emitted from the light source. The light-restricting direction of the louver is tilted at an angle α from the Y-axis direction. The value of the angle α is set so that the arrangement direction of moiré created between the louver and the liquid crystal panel approaches the X-axis direction. A plurality of belt-shaped convex portions extending in the Y-axis direction are formed on the surface of the anisotropic scattering sheet, and are configured so that the scattering direction of the light has anisotropy. Specifically, scattering in the X-axis direction is increased, and scattering in the Y-axis direction is reduced. Moiré can thereby be reduced in a display device having increased directivity of the display.
US08629951B2	Array substrate for liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines formed on the array substrate such that the gate lines and the data lines intersect each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of thin film transistors formed at respective intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the array and color filter substrates, and a plurality of repair patterns formed on the first substrate. Each of the plurality of the repair patterns crosses a corresponding one of the data lines, and is along and adjacent to a corresponding one of the gate lines, such that the repair pattern includes protruding ends that protrude from the corresponding data line to repair a defect on the pixel regions.
US08629950B2	Array substrate and display device having the same An array substrate includes a base substrate, a gate line, a data line, a switching element and a pixel electrode. The gate line extends in a first direction on the base substrate. The data line extends in a second direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction, on the base substrate. The switching element is electrically connected to the gate line and the data line. The pixel electrode includes a first sub-pixel electrode having first slit patterns formed thereon, and a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel electrode and having second slit patterns formed thereon. The first slit patterns and the second slit patterns are electrically connected to the switching element, the first slit patterns are disposed in parallel with each other in a third direction, and the second slit patterns are disposed in parallel with each other in a fourth direction different than third direction.
US08629949B2	Liquid crystal display and method of forming the same A liquid crystal display and a method of forming the same are disclosed. The method of forming the liquid crystal display comprises: forming a gate electrode and a common electrode on a substrate; forming a gate dielectric, which covers the gate electrode and the common electrode, on the substrate; forming a channel layer, which covers the gate electrode, on the gate dielectric; forming a source electrode and a drain electrode which expose a portion of the channel layer; forming an organic layer, which contacts the exposed portion of the channel layer, on the source electrode and the drain electrode; patterning the organic layer contacting the channel layer so as to form an organic layer pattern comprising a first opening which exposes the channel layer; and forming an inorganic insulation layer which covers the channel layer exposed by the first opening.
US08629935B2	Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes plural photoelectric conversion means arranged along light receiving surfaces, readout means for reading out signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion means, a voltage supply means for supplying various levels of voltages to respective units including the photoelectric conversion means and the readout means, a detection means for detecting level change of a prescribed supply voltage in supply voltages by the voltage supply means and a control means for controlling so that the level change is converged when level change of the prescribed supply voltage is detected by the detection means.
US08629930B2	Device, image processing device and method for optical imaging An optical device for imaging is disclosed having at least one micro lens field with at least two micro lenses and one image sensor with at least two image detector matrices. The at least two image detector matrices each include a plurality of image detectors and there is an allocation between the image detector matrices and the micro lenses, so that each micro lens together with an image detector matrix forms an optical channel. The center points of the image detector matrices are shifted laterally by different distances, with respect to centroids, projected onto the image detector matrices, of the micro lens apertures of the associated optical channels, so that the optical channels have different partially overlapping detection areas and so that an overlapping area of the detection areas of two channels is imaged onto the image detector matrices offset with respect to an image detector raster of the image detector matrices. Further, an image processing device and a method for optical imaging are described.
US08629923B2	Solid-state imaging element and camera system that determine in which horizontal read period a dummy pixel section is to be shuttered A solid-state imaging element includes: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each of the pixels converting an optical signal into an electric signal and storing the electric signal according to exposure time; a dummy pixel section having dummy pixels arranged in a matrix form; and pixel drive sections adapted to control the pixel operations in such a manner as to operate an electronic shutter on and read the pixel section and dummy pixel section, wherein when an electronic rolling shutter is operated in which the pixels are shuttered row by row, the pixel drive sections judge whether the current and next frames are shuttered concurrently and in parallel so as to determine in which horizontal read period the dummy pixel section is to be shuttered.
US08629920B2	Image capture apparatus An image capture apparatus connects to a first battery unit and a second battery unit. The image capture apparatus includes a counting unit and a calculation unit. The counting unit counts the number of shots (PN). The calculation unit divides the number of shots (PN) to PN1 and PN2 based on a first battery consumption and a second battery consumption. The PN1represents the number of shots allotted to the first battery unit, and the PN2 represents the number of shots allotted to the second battery unit. The first battery consumption represents a consumption of the first battery unit, and the second battery consumption represents a consumption of the second battery unit.
US08629914B2	Imaging device that creates movie image data with changing focus position Provided are: an imaging sensor that captures subject light via a photographic optical system having a focusing lens; a display unit that displays a through image based upon an imaging signal from the imaging sensor; an area setting unit that sets at least two areas on the through image displayed on a display surface of the display unit; a movement control unit that adjusts a focus position to a subject in one area of the at least two areas set by the area setting unit and moves the focus position from the subject in the one area to a subject in the other area, which is different from the one area, of the at least two areas over a predetermined time by controlling drive of the focusing lens; and a movie image data creation unit that creates movie image data, which includes a movie image having the focus position moved from the subject in the one area to the subject in the other area by the movement control unit, based upon the imaging signal from the imaging sensor.
US08629907B2	Data acquisition system and transmission control device A transmit-side transmission control device for sending data generated by a data generator device to a data utilization point receives and retains notification of the allowable data transmission quantity from a receive-side transmission control device, and adjusts the data quantity sent from the data generator device so as to fit within that allowable data transmission quantity range, and/or when a request is issued to change that data transmission quantity, the receive-side transmission control device is notified of that allowable data transmission quantity change request. The receive-side transmission control device retains the respective allowable data transmission quantities for transmit-side transmission control device, and when a change request is issued, reallocates the allowable data transmission quantities for all transmit-side transmission control devices to fit within the data processing load range stored beforehand within the data utilization point, and notifies the corresponding transmit-side transmission control device of these reallocated allowable data transmission quantities.
US08629902B2	Coordinate fusion and thickness calibration for semiconductor wafer edge inspection A system may include a support configured to rotatably support a wafer. The system may also include an imager for generating an image of a wafer, where the image includes a first coordinate reference. The system may also include a profiler for generating a profile of the wafer, where the profile includes a second coordinate reference. The system may further include control programming for locating at least one structural feature of an edge of the wafer recognizable by both the imager and the profiler for allowing the first coordinate reference to be mapped to the second coordinate reference. The wafer used in calibration may have discrete edge features detectable in an edge imager and in an edge profiler.
US08629901B2	System and method of revising depth of a 3D image pair A method of revising depth of a three-dimensional (3D) image is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, at least one initial depth map associated with one image of the 3D image pair based on stereo matching technique is received, wherein the one image comprises a plurality of pixels, and the initial depth map carries an initial depth value of each pixel. Then, the inconsistence among the pixels of the one image of the 3D image pair is detected to estimate a reliable map. Finally, the initial depth value is interpolated according to the reliable map and the proximate pixels, so as to generate a revised depth map by revising the initial depth value.
US08629898B2	Stereoscopic video delivery A method of operation of a de-interlacer/scaler for display of stereoscopic images consistent with certain implementations involves at a de-interlacer/scaler, receiving consecutive frames of video information that contain alternating left and right eye images from a decoder; at the de-interlacer/scaler, disabling all image processing algorithms that utilize pixel data for temporally or spatially adjacent pixels that represent images, where at least one pixel is for the left eye and one pixel is for the right eye; and sending stereoscopic images from the de-interlacer/scaler to a display. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08629896B2	Panoramic camera unit and camera system with arrayed optical elements A camera unit capable of taking good visibility images covering a wide field of view, and having a thinner profile includes an imaging optical unit having free-curved surface prisms for forming subject images, a single imaging device for photoelectrically-converting the subject images from a plurality of directions formed by the imaging optical unit, a signal processing unit, a communication unit, and a control unit for controlling operation of the imaging device and the signal processing unit.
US08629889B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device and a driving method to reduce power consumption, and to simplify the process of manufacturing the display device by configuring a driver made of PMOS transistors, is disclosed. The display device includes a display unit and a light emission driver. The display unit includes scan lines for transmitting scan signals, data lines for transmitting data signals, light emitting signal lines for transmitting light emitting signals, and pixels coupled to the scan lines, data lines, and light emitting signal lines. The light emission driver is for receiving a partial driving selection signal for selecting one of a normal driving mode or a partial driving mode, an area selection signal for dividing the display unit into a display area and a non-display area, a synchronization signal generated in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal, and first and second light emitting clock signals, for outputting the light emitting signals.
US08629885B2	System, method and computer program product for dynamically identifying, selecting and extracting graphical and media objects in frames or scenes rendered by a software application A technique is described herein for dynamically enhancing and measuring a software application without having to change and recompile the original application code. A system includes a staging environment that monitors the application and indexes items of graphical and/or audio information into a first database. A second database is then populated with business rules that are associated with the objects indexed. The system further includes a run-time environment that identifies items of graphics and/or audio information generated during run-time, and upon determining that an identified item is associated with a business rule, applies the business rule, measures the object and its related attributes and optionally report the data back to a third database. Also described herein are techniques for dynamically measuring attributes of objects rendered and/or referenced by software applications, for dynamically serving advertisements to a computer game, and for pre-processing software applications to identify spots desirable for advertisement placement.
US08629879B2	Electrophoretic display controller providing PIP and cursor support Data pixels defining first and second images are stored in first and second image buffers, respectively. A second image coordinate location within a display matrix of a display device having display pixels that have multiple stable states is stored in a memory. Data pixels of the first image are read from the first image buffer. If a data pixel read from the first image buffer is within the second image coordinate location, a data pixel from the second image buffer corresponding with the data pixel read from the first image buffer is read, and the data pixel read from the second image buffer is combined with the corresponding data pixel read from the first image buffer to generate a derived data pixel. Synthesized pixels corresponding with at least each of the data pixels of the second image are generated. The synthesized pixels respectively include the derived data pixels.
US08629878B2	Extension to a hypervisor that utilizes graphics hardware on a host Graphics rendering in a virtual machine system is accelerated by utilizing host graphics hardware. In one embodiment, the virtual machine system includes a server that hosts a plurality of virtual machines. The server includes one or more graphics processing units. Each graphics processing unit can be allocated to multiple virtual machines to render images. A hypervisor that runs on the server is extended to include a redirection module, which receives a rendering request from a virtual machine and redirects the rendering request to a graphics driver. The graphics driver can commands an allocated portion of a graphics processing unit to render an image on the server.
US08629864B2	Display device and pixel circuit A display device in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix form, corresponding to intersections of a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines, wherein each pixel includes a light emitting element having a first electrode connected to a first power supply and which emits light according to a current that flows; a driving transistor having a source electrode connected to a second power supply and which supplies a drain current to a second electrode of the light emitting element; a data storage capacitor having a first electrode connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor; and a first switch which is switched ON during a pixel selection period so that data of a data line is written to the data storage capacitor, and wherein a potential of a second electrode of the data storage capacitor is changed.
US08629862B2	Display with pseudo photo sensor A display capable of performing ambient light detection with a high accuracy is provided. The display device is a display device having a backlight and a photo sensor for detecting ambient light and outputting a photocurrent according to an intensity of the ambient light, and further including a light-shielding member disposed below the photo-sensor for shielding light from the backlight; and a pseudo photo sensor disposed above the light-shielding member around the photo sensor. The pseudo photo sensor is made of the same material as the photo sensor, and formed in the same process as the photo sensor.
US08629861B2	Thin film transistor array panel and method for manufacturing the same A manufacturing method of a thin film transistor array panel includes forming a gate line, forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line, forming a data line including a drain electrode on the gate insulating layer, forming a passivation layer on the gate insulating layer, the data line, and the drain electrode, forming a negative photosensitive organic layer on the passivation layer, heat treating the negative photosensitive organic layer to form an insulating layer including a first portion, and a second portion that is thinner than the first portion, and forming a pixel electrode, a first contact assistant, and a second contact assistant on the insulating layer. The pixel electrode is disposed on the first portion, the first and second contact assistants are disposed on the second portion, and the thickness of the second portion is less than about 1.5 micrometers (μm).
US08629856B2	Apparatus and method for acquiring object image of a pointer An apparatus and a method for acquiring object image of a pointer are provided. The apparatus is suitable for an optical touch system and is used for acquiring an object image of a pointer when the pointer interacts with a touch surface of the optical touch system. The apparatus includes an image sensor and a processing circuit. The image sensor is used for acquiring an image of the touch surface. When the pointer approaches the touch surface, the processing circuit compares at least a part of the information of a sensed image with a threshold value, so as to determine a comparison range. Then, the processing circuit determines another threshold value according to the image information in the comparison range. Afterwards, the processing circuit compares the image information in the comparison range with the aforementioned another threshold value, so as to acquire an object image of the pointer.
US08629850B2	Device, system, and method of wireless transfer of files Device, system, and method of wireless transfer of files. For example, a method includes: identifying a selection of a representation of a digital object stored in a mobile device by detecting contact on a touch-sensitive surface of the mobile device at a contact position that corresponds to said representation; identifying a directional movement of said contact position on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to said directional movement, wirelessly transferring data corresponding to the digital object to a nearby computing device.
US08629849B2	Spurious input detection system A spurious input detection system includes a touch input display, a touch input surface, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by a processor, provide a spurious input detection engine. The spurious input detection engine is operable to receive a first input from the touch input display and a second input from the touch input surface. The spurious input detection engine is further operable to determine that the first input is a spurious input based on a combination of the first input and the second input. The spurious input detection engine will cause the first input to be disregarded in response to determining that it is a spurious input.
US08629844B2	Mobile terminal and method of composing message using the same A mobile terminal is provided that includes a touch screen and a controller. The controller operates in a first message composition mode for composing a message according to a first message format. The controller switches the first message composition mode to a second message composition mode for composing the message according to a second message format in response to a first predetermined touch input received via the touch screen. The first message format is different from the second message format.
US08629840B2	Touch sensing architecture Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device.
US08629836B2	3D pointing devices with orientation compensation and improved usability Systems and methods according to the present invention describe 3D pointing devices which enhance usability by transforming sensed motion data from a first frame of reference (e.g., the body of the 3D pointing device) into a second frame of reference (e.g., a user's frame of reference). One exemplary embodiment of the present invention removes effects associated with a tilt orientation in which the 3D pointing device is held by a user.
US08629833B1	Single particle electrophoretic display and method of manufacturing same Single particle and dual-particle electrophoretic display devices are disclosed. The display comprises a back substrate and a transparent substrate forming a cavity therebetween. The transparent substrate including one or more cathode electrodes forming a plurality of electronically and selectively addressable pixels; one or more side walls extending from the transparent substrate, the side walls defining corresponding pixels, and a suspension fluid in fluid communication with each of the cells by a gap formed between the top of the side walls and the back substrate. In addition, the displays include a thin-film transistor (TFT) active matrix substrate to selectively drive one or more of the cathode electrodes. In addition, methods for manufacturing of the displays are disclosed.
US08629829B2	Processing device and processing method for high dynamic contrast of liquid crystal display device The present invention relates to a processing device and processing method for high dynamic contrast of a liquid crystal display. The processing device comprises a receiver, an inverter and a source driver integrated circuit connected to a center processing module. The processing method comprises: performing a histogram-statistical processing on a received low-voltage differential signal data; obtaining a backlight source luminance control parameter and a gamma reference voltage parameter of the same frame of picture according to the result of the histogram-statistical processing; controlling the luminance of the backlight source according to the backlight source luminance control parameter; and controlling the voltage of a pixel capacitor on the liquid crystal panel according to the gamma reference voltage parameter. The present invention adjusts the luminance of the backlight source and the gamma reference voltage of the liquid crystal panel respectively, whereby enhancing the dynamic contrast of pictures, improving the LCD in terms of the low contrast and flicker, and saving the power consumption of the backlight source.
US08629819B2	Semiconductor device and driving method thereof There has been a problem that power consumption is increased if a potential of a signal line changes every time a video signal is applied to a driving transistor from the signal line, since the parasitic capacitance of the signal line stores and releases electric charges. In a configuration of a display portion provided with a gate signal line for selecting an input of a video signal to a pixel and a source signal line for inputting a video signal to the pixel, a switch is connected in series with the source signal line, the switch being controlled to be in on state when the pixel is not selected by the gate signal line, and in off state when the pixel is selected by the gate signal line. Accordingly, the parasitic capacitance of the source signal line which stores and releases electric charges affects only pixels between an output side of a source driver up to and including the pixel selected to be written with a video signal. Consequently, power consumed by the charging and discharging of the source signal line can be reduced, and thus low power consumption can be achieved.
US08629816B2	Emission control driver and organic light emitting display using the same An emission control driver including a plurality of stages, each including a first unit adapted to generate a first output signal at a first node thereof based on an input signal, a clock signal, a inverted input signal, first and second power source voltages, a second unit adapted to output an emission control signal based on the first output signal and the input signal, a third unit adapted to transmit the first or second power source to the first unit based on the emission control signal, a inverted clock signal and an inverted emission control signal when a first path between the first power source and the first node and a second path between the second power source and the first node are blocked by the clock signal, and a fourth unit adapted to output a inverted emission control signal based on the emission control signal and the first output signal.
US08629815B2	Laser alignment of binocular head mounted display A binocular head mounted display includes a frame, right and left displays, an alignment sensor, and a control system. The right and left displays display right and left images to a user and are mounted to the frame. The alignment sensor includes a first laser source mounted proximate to one of the right or left displays and a first photo-detector array mounted opposite the first laser source and proximate to an opposite one of the right or left displays. The first alignment sensor is mounted to measure misalignment between the right and left displays due to deformation of the frame about one or more rotational axes and to generate a signal that is indicative of the misalignment. The control system is coupled to the alignment sensor to receive the signal and to calculate the misalignment based at least in part upon the signal.
US08629813B2	Adjustable multi-band antenna and methods An adjustable multi-band planar antenna especially applicable in mobile terminals. In one embodiment, the feed of the antenna is connected by a multiple-way switch to at least two alternative points of the radiator element. When the feed point is changed, the resonance frequencies and thus the operating bands of the antenna change. In addition to varying the basic dimensions of the antenna, the distance between one feed point to another and a possible short-circuit point in the radiator, the value of the series capacitance produced by a reactive circuit that is formed between the feed point and switch, and the distance between the ground plane and the radiator, are parameters that may affect the antenna design.
US08629806B2	Differentially coherent strobe correlator A GPS receiver for tracking a GPS signal. The receiver generates a mixed GPS signal by mixing the GPS signal with an oscillator signal, generates a first correlation signal by correlating the mixed GPS signal with a reference signal, and generates a filtered GPS signal from the GPS signal. The receiver also generates a filtered reference signal from the reference signal, generates a second correlation signal by correlating the filtered GPS signal with the filtered reference signal, and a generates a combined correlation signal by combining the first correlation signal with the second correlation signal. The receiver tracks the GPS signal by adjusting the phase of the oscillator signal based on the combined correlation signal.
US08629796B1	Preventing interference between microcontroller components A microcontroller includes first and second modules. The first module can operate in a mode that causes interference with operation of the second module. A control circuit on the first module and a control circuit on the second module coordinate operation of the first and second modules to prevent the interference from causing the second module to function incorrectly.
US08629794B2	Integrated circuit and system including current-based communication An integrated circuit includes a current-based digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) including a clock input and including an output. The integrated circuit further includes a sample synchronization generator to provide a clock signal to a clock output terminal and a first timing signal related to the clock signal to the clock input of the IDAC. The sample synchronization generator controls the clock signal and the first timing signal to communicate a control signal to a peripheral module.
US08629786B2	Mobile automated system for traffic monitoring An autonomous system for automated monitoring of traffic patterns on a designated surface including at least one mobile monitoring and recording module. The at least one mobile monitoring and recording module includes at least one support and stabilization section and an erector section, at least one autonomous source of energy, at least one energy storage device, and at least one control and information storage unit. The at least one support and stabilization section incorporates a transportation subsection arranged to provide mobility when coupled to a source of a mechanical force and at least one stabilizing subsection arranged to stabilize the at least one mobile monitoring and recording module in a stationary traffic monitoring position. The erector section includes an erector arranged to erect at least one speed measuring device, at least one traffic imaging device, and at least one illumination device at respective predetermined heights above the designated surface.
US08629780B2	Method of detecting and localizing a fire based on a time difference and air speeds of monitored air in pipe conduits A method, a fire alarm, and a fire alarm system enable detection and localization of a fire in monitored rooms, having two detector units for detecting a fire parameter, wherein an evaluation unit connected to both detector units is used for evaluation. According to the invention, the air in the monitored rooms is fed to the first detector unit via a first pipe conduit and to the second detector unit via a second pipe conduit. Both pipe conduits are arranged in each monitored room and provided with suction intakes. The air is supplied to both detectors by means of at least one suction unit, and the air speed in each pipe conduit is different. If at least one threshold value is detected, a time difference between the detection of the threshold value at the first detector unit and the detection of the same threshold value at the second detector unit is determined by the evaluation unit and, using the determined time difference, the location of the fire is determined according to the air speed in the first pipe conduit and the second pipe conduits.
US08629777B2	System and method for magnetometer installation A method and system for determining the suitability of a particular location on a mobile craft for mounting a magnetometer includes positioning a magnetometer in a particular location. The magnetometer including at least one output indicating magnetic measurements made by the magnetometer. A computer is connected to the magnetometer and programmed to monitor the output(s) of the magnetometer. An attempt is made to detect magnetic interference at the mobile craft and a human-perceptible indication is provided if the output(s) of said magnetometer changes by more than a specified amount while attempting to detect magnetic interference.
US08629775B2	Transmission of a binary switch position The present disclosure relates to simplified monitoring and transmission of a binary switch position by means of coded switching, in which corrections caused by different pulse edge delays are eliminated. According to the disclosure, an auxiliary voltage which is to be transmitted when the switch position is closed is coded using two identical pulse edges of two different pulses, that is to say using either the two connection edges or the two disconnection edges of the two pulses. As a result, the previously known pulse duration modulation is replaced with modulation of the delay time between the two pulses. The two pulses mentioned can be repeatedly generated inside a basic period, which is independent of the auxiliary voltage, and have, for distinguishing purposes, a connection duration or pulse length which is different but is independent of the auxiliary voltage.
US08629771B2	Proximity sensors A proximity sensor can be used with a device that relies on GPS signals or other radio-frequency (RF) signals. The proximity sensor can be used to determine if the signals are being deliberately blocked by an object such as metal foil placed near it. The sensor includes an oscillator 2, a directional coupler 4 and an antenna 8. A third port 6c of the directional coupler acts as a coupled port when RF power that has been transmitted by the antenna 8 is reflected back to the antenna by a blocking object. The reflected RF power passes along a main line of the directional coupler 4 and a proportion is coupled to the third port 6c. A detector provides an alert if the magnitude of the power of the transmit signal that is reflected back to the antenna 8 in the form of a receive signal exceeds a threshold.
US08629770B2	Sensor for container monitoring system A detection system for an enclosed container for an enclosed cargo container includes a sensor device for sensing a material harmful to human beings within an enclosed cargo container and a detection device coupled to the sensor device for transmitting a corresponding signal to a monitoring device outside the cargo container. Containers which have harmful materials within them can be inspected or stopped before entering the country.
US08629762B2	Radio frequency identification tag location estimation and tracking system and method Systems and methods for locating one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are provided. A phase difference of received information signals of illuminated RFID tags is utilized to locate the RFID tags. One or more exciters transmit interrogation signals to illuminate the RFID tags in which the exciters may have a plurality of antenna selectively configured to transmit through two or more antennas and to receive on one antenna. Multiple reads of the same RFID tag can also be performed to generate a probability model of the location of the RFID tag. An enhanced particle filter is applied to probability model to determine the exact location of the RFID.
US08629761B2	Selection of an IMD by means of directional antenna In a method and a system for initiating communication with an implantable medical device to conduct a wireless communication session between the implantable medical device and an external programmer device. A directional antenna is employed for initiating communication between a programmer device and an implantable medical device (IMD). The IMD is targeted by the programmer device by having an operator of the programmer device orient the directional antenna toward the IMD and transmitting a communication-initiating signal from the programmer to the IMD via the directional antenna. The directional antenna has a directional characteristic and communication range. the IMD responds to the communication-initiating signal by sending identification information to the programmer. the programmer may then use this identification to establish a communication session with the IMD targeted by the directional antenna.
US08629754B2	Audible feedback for input activation of a remote control device A method of informing a user of an identity of an input of a remote control device is presented. In the method, user activation of one of the inputs of the remote control device is detected. An audible signal associated with the activated input is determined. Each of the inputs of the remote control device is associated with a unique one of a plurality of audible signals. The audible signal associated with the activated input is produced to inform the user of the identity of that input.
US08629753B2	Mobile terminal, operating method thereof, and refrigerator A mobile terminal, an operating method thereof, and a refrigerator are disclosed. The operating method of the mobile terminal includes receiving state information of the refrigerator from the refrigerator, displaying the state information of the refrigerator on a screen, and transmitting a control signal based on a control operation to the refrigerator. Therefore, it is possible to readily control the refrigerator using the mobile terminal.
US08629749B2	Fuse assembly The fuse assembly contains a first casing member with a first chamber, and a second casing member with a second chamber. An enclosed space is thereby formed by joining the first and second casing members together. A disconnection member is sandwiched between the first and second casing members. The disconnection member contains two electrodes and a fuse element between the two electrodes. Each electrode contains a first lateral section, a vertical section, and a second lateral section, jointly and integrally forming a C-like shape. The electrodes are positioned at two opposing ends of the second casing member and the fuse element is housed in the enclosed space. The enclosed space allows the fuse element to break off completely, thereby avoiding electrical arc and achieving enhanced usage safety.
US08629748B2	Wire-wound inductor Provided are a small wire-wound inductor having desired inductor characteristics, while allowing for high-density mounting and low-height mounting on circuit boards at the same time, as well as a method for manufacturing such wire-wound inductor which has a drum-shaped core member constituted by an assembly of soft magnetic alloy grains containing iron (Fe), silicon (Si) and 2 to 15 percent by weight of chromium (Cr), a coil conductive wire wound around the core member, a pair of terminal electrodes connected to the terminals of the coil conductive wire, and an outer sheath member covering the wound coil conductive wire and constituted by a magnetic powder-containing resin having a specified magnetic permeation ratio.
US08629737B2	Signal processing apparatus The signal processing apparatus contains a first signal transforming circuit and a second signal transforming circuit. The first signal transforming circuit includes four first coupled lines and two second coupled lines, wherein two ends of each first coupled line are configured to carry a first pair of differential signals respectively, each second coupled line is magnetically coupled to two of the first coupled lines in parallel and comprises two signal ports, to which the two ends of each of the magnetically-coupled first coupled lines are placed symmetrically for transferring a second pair of differential signals. The second signal transforming circuit is configured to convert between the second pairs of differential signals at the signal ports and a third pair of differential signals at connecting ports of the second signal transforming circuit.
US08629736B2	Directional coupler In a directional coupler, a first low pass filter includes a first coil that is connected between a first outer electrode and a main line and has a characteristic in which attenuation increases with increasing frequency in a certain frequency band. A second low pass filter includes a second coil that is connected between a second outer electrode and the main line and has a characteristic in which attenuation increases with increasing frequency in the certain frequency band. A high pass filter is connected, in parallel to the main line, between a point between the first coil and the first outer electrode and a point between the second coil and the second outer electrode and has a characteristic in which attenuation decreases with increasing frequency in the certain frequency band.
US08629731B2	MEMS resonator A MEMS circuit comprises a MEMS device arrangement with temperature dependent output; a resistive heating circuit; and a feedback control system for controlling the resistive heating circuit to provide heating in order to maintain a MEMS device at a constant temperature. The heating is controlled in dependence on the ambient temperature, such that a MEMS device temperature is maintained at one of a plurality of temperatures in dependence on the ambient temperature. This provides power savings because the temperature to which the MEMS device is heated can be kept within a smaller margin of the ambient temperature.
US08629729B2	Aggregated spin-torque nano-oscillators A nano-oscillator magnetic wave propagation system has a group of aggregated spin-torque nano-oscillators (ASTNOs), which share a magnetic propagation material. Each of the group of ASTNOs is disposed about an emanating point in the magnetic propagation material. During a non-wave propagation state of the nano-oscillator magnetic wave propagation system, the magnetic propagation material receives a polarizing magnetic field. During a wave propagation state of the nano-oscillator magnetic wave propagation system, each of the group of ASTNOs initiates spin waves through the magnetic propagation material, such that a portion of the spin waves initiated from each of the group of ASTNOs combine to produce an aggregation of spin waves emanating from the emanating point. The aggregation of spin waves may provide a sharper wave front than wave fronts of the individual spin waves initiated from each of the group of ASTNOs.
US08629728B2	VCO control circuit and method thereof, fast locking PLL and method for fast locking PLL A voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) control circuit, used for controlling a VCO to process phase locking procedure after receiving a frequency locking signal, comprises an operating frequency controller and a judgment unit. The operating frequency controller, coupled to the VCO and the judgment unit, generates one of a first control code and a second control code to the VCO. The judgment unit, coupled to an input end of the VCO, generates a phase locking signal according to a voltage control signal inputted to the VCO. When the operating frequency controller receives the frequency locking signal, the operating frequency controller generates a first control code to control the VCO to switch from a first candidate VCO curve to a second candidate VCO curve. When the operating frequency controller receives the phase locking signal, the operating frequency controller generates a second control code to control the VCO to switch from the second candidate VCO curve to the first candidate VCO curve.
US08629716B2	Modulator, demodulator and modulator-demodulator A modulator, a demodulator and a modulator-demodulator are provided. A modulator includes a first intermediate signal processing path adapted to route a first intermediate signal; a second intermediate signal processing path adapted to route a second intermediate signal; a first amplifier coupled into the first intermediate signal processing path; a second amplifier coupled into the second intermediate signal processing path; and a chopper circuit coupled into the first intermediate signal processing path; wherein the chopper circuit is adapted to process the first intermediate signal in dependence on first baseband data; wherein the first amplifier is adapted to amplify the first intermediate signal processed by the chopper circuit in dependence on second baseband data; and wherein the second amplifier is adapted to amplify the second intermediate signal in dependence on the second baseband data.
US08629709B2	High frequency switch circuit device A switch circuit device includes a switch circuitry and a driver circuitry. The switch circuitry switches an electrical connection between first and second terminals between the on-state and the off-state in response to a set of control signals. The driver circuitry is configured to generate the control signals and includes an N-latch circuit and a leakage current suppression circuitry. The N-latch circuit selectively outputs lower one of two input voltages fed thereto as one of the control signals. The leakage current suppression circuitry suppresses the leakage current through the N-latch circuit.
US08629708B2	High conversion gain high suppression balanced cascode frequency quadrupler A frequency quadrupler comprises a balanced topology which increases broadband odd harmonic suppression. The frequency quadrupler is constructed in a cascode configuration which is a two-stage amplifier composed of a transconductance amplifier followed by a current buffer. The cascode is constructed with common emitter (CE) and common base (CB) stages which further improves the multiplier frequency response. The cascode configuration enables a notch filter to be placed between the common emitter and common base stages to reduce 2nd harmonic generation and thereby increase 4th harmonic output power, generation efficiency and conversion gain. To cancel 4th harmonic components at the input that may destructively interfere with the output signal, capacitors are placed at the input of the common emitter stage, which in conjunction with the parasitic base wire inductance, form a notch filter to short the 4th harmonic.
US08629704B2	Level shifters, integrated circuits, systems, and methods for operating the level shifters A level shifter includes an input end being capable of receiving an input voltage signal. The input voltage signal includes a first state transition from a first voltage state to a second voltage state. An output end can output an output voltage signal having a second state transition from a third voltage state to the second voltage state corresponding to the first state transition of the input voltage signal. A driver stage is coupled between the input end and the output end. The driver stage includes a first transistor and a second transistor. Substantially immediately from a time corresponding to about a mean of voltage levels of the first voltage state and the second voltage state, the second voltage state is substantially free from being applied to a gate of the first transistor so as to substantially turn off the first transistor.
US08629702B2	Digital clock regenerator A sampling unit (110) receives an input clock signal (CLKin) having a varying period time, and samples the input clock signal (CLKin) based on a sampling clock signal (CLKsmpl) that has a frequency being substantially higher than an average frequency of the input clock signal (CLKin). The sampling unit (110) produces a respective period length value (PL) for each period of the input clock signal (CLKin). An averaging unit (120) receives a number of period length values (PL) from the sampling unit (110), and based thereon produces an average period length value (PLavg) representing an average period time for the input clock signal (CLKin) over an averaging interval including a number of periods equivalent to said number of period length values (PL). An output unit (151) produces a stabilized output clock signal (CLKout) based on the average period length value (PLavg) and the sampling clock signal (CLKsmpl).
US08629700B2	Capacitive multiplication in a phase locked loop A frequency synthesizer circuit is disclosed. The frequency synthesizer circuit includes a phase and frequency detector. The frequency synthesizer circuit also includes a first charge pump and a second charge pump, each coupled to the phase and frequency detector. The frequency synthesizer circuit also includes a loop filter that includes a resistor and at least two capacitors. The second charge pump is coupled between the resistor and a capacitor that creates a zero in a transfer function of the loop filter. The frequency synthesizer circuit also includes a voltage controlled oscillator that produces an output frequency based on an output of the loop filter.
US08629699B2	Clock data recovery circuit and transceiver semiconductor integrated circuit containing the same A clock data recovery circuit which has a high degree of jitter tolerance and can alleviate increase in the phase number of a multi-phase clock, power consumption, and a semiconductor chip area is provided. Each circuit of plural edge detection circuits comprises a first edge detection circuit and a second edge detection circuit. The first detection circuit detects that a data edge leads in phase more than −1 phase from an edge detection phase, the second detection circuit detects that the data edge laggs in phase more than +1 phase from the edge detection phase. In response to the first output signal or the second output signal, the edge detection phase is changed by the amount of −1 phase or +1 phase. When the data edge is detected in the range of ±1 phase, a next edge detection phase is maintained in the current state.
US08629682B2	Relating to diagnostics of a capacitive sensor A detector circuit for detecting the presence of a remote capacitive sensor having at least two terminals connected via a protection circuit that includes one or more capacitors, the detector circuit comprising: a current supply for changing the charge on the sensor and the protection circuit, a detector for measuring the voltage on one or more of the terminals; wherein the presence of the sensor is determined by changing the charge on the capacitive sensor and the one or more capacitors of the protection circuit in a predetermined manner such that the voltage measurement on the one or more terminals when the sensor is present is significantly different than when the sensor is absent.
US08629663B2	Systems for integrated switch-mode DC-DC converters for power supplies A first control system for a power supply includes a switch-mode DC-DC converter module and an FET gate drive module. The switch-mode DC-DC converter module receives an input voltage and generates first and second voltages, the first voltage powering a DC-DC control module. The FET gate drive module selectively drives a plurality of FETs of the power supply using the second voltage thereby generating a desired output voltage from the input voltage. A second control system is directed to driving the second voltage to a desired gate voltage, wherein the desire gate voltage is determined based on at least one of a plurality of operating parameters. A third control system includes controlling first and second voltages generated by a SIDO voltage converter based on the first and second voltages and a damping factor, and generating the damping factor based on current flowing through the inductor of the SIDO voltage converter.
US08629660B2	Critical conduction resonant transition boost power circuit A boost regulator is provided that has increased efficiency. The increased efficiency is provided by incorporating a sensing circuit that senses when the current in the boost regulator's inductor is near zero or when the voltage at its switching node is near zero or virtual ground. A switching signal is provided to the boost regulator's switching transistor when the near zero current or voltage is sensed. Switching at the near zero current or voltage moment (the “critical conduction moment”) helps to eliminate or minimize the power loss associated with switching the transistor at a time other than during the critical conduction moment.
US08629655B2	Battery control system and vehicle A battery control system controls an external charging unit in a vehicle including a vehicle body, engine, motors, secondary battery, and the external charging unit, and includes a degradation detecting unit that detects degradation of the secondary battery, during charging of the second battery by the external charging unit.
US08629636B2	Alternating-current electric motor of a combined electric device for powering and charging The present invention relates to an alternating-current electric motor of a combined electric device for powering and charging, the said electric motor being formed by a stator connected to an electricity network of which the number of phases is lower than the number of phases of the said motor, the said charging current of the said network being injected via a connection point dividing each phase of the said stator connected to a phase of the said network into two half-windings, the said motor being characterized in that each half-winding of a phase comprises a plurality of coils wired together so as to reduce the magnetic linkage of each half-winding at the said connection point so that there exists an apparent non-zero inductance at the said connection point in charging mode of the said device.
US08629625B2	Method and apparatus providing universal voltage input for solid state light fixtures A method for providing universal voltage input to a solid state lighting fixture (140) supplied by an AC line voltage includes converting an analog voltage signal corresponding to the line voltage to digital values indicating a waveform of the line voltage (S312) and calculating slopes corresponding to rising edges of the waveform using select values of the digital values (S453). A value of the line voltage is determined based on the calculated slopes (S458).
US08629623B2	Smart illumination for electronic devices A handheld device includes control elements, an illumination element operable to illuminate the control elements, a light sensor that detects an illumination level, and a sensor that detects whether or not the device is being held. When the illumination level is below an ambient light threshold and the device is being held, the illumination element and activates. However, when either the illumination level is not below the ambient light threshold or the handheld electronic device is not being held, the illumination element deactivates and/or does not activate. In some implementations, the sensor includes a capacitance touch switch and/or a resistance touch switch that detects contact with skin, a gyroscope and/or an accelerometer that detects movement of the handheld device, a pressure sensors that detects exertion of pressure on the handheld device, and/or an additional light sensor that detects when a portion of the handheld electronic device is covered.
US08629612B2	Display device with a plurality of pixels and electronic device with display device To improve color reproduction areas in a display device having light-emitting elements. A display region has a plurality of picture elements. Each picture element includes: first and second pixels each including a light-emitting element which has a chromaticity whose x-coordinate in a CIE-XY chromaticity diagram is 0.50 or more; third and fourth pixels each including a light-emitting element which has a chromaticity whose y-coordinate in the diagram is 0.55 or more; and fifth and sixth pixels each including a light-emitting element which has a chromaticity whose x-coordinate and y-coordinate in the diagram are 0.20 or less and 0.25 or less, respectively. The light-emitting elements in the first and second pixels have different emission spectrums from each other; the light-emitting elements in the third and fourth pixels have different emission spectrums from each other; and the light-emitting elements in the fifth and sixth pixels have different emission spectrums from each other.
US08629611B2	White light electroluminescent devices with adjustable color temperature Solid state lighting devices include a first luminescent element (612) emitting light having a first spectrum, and a second luminescent element (614) emitting light having a second spectrum. The first luminescent element includes a first electroluminescent element (612a) that emits a first pump light, and a first light converting element (612b) that converts at least some of the first pump light to a first re-emitted light component. The second luminescent element includes a second electroluminescent element (614a) that emits a second pump light, and a second light converting element (614b) that converts at least some second pump light to a second re-emitted light component. The first and/or second light converting element includes a potential well. Light emitted by the first and second luminescent elements combine to provide a device output, which can approximate a Planckian locus over a range of color temperatures and exhibit a color rendering index of at least 60, 70, or 80.
US08629608B2	Fluorescent lamp of improved lumen maintenance and mercury consumption The inner surfaces of fluorescent lamp tubing are provided with a phosphor coating. The phosphor coating defines an inward-facing surface. A protective coating is deposited on the inward-facing surface of the phosphor coating. The protective coating defines an innermost surface and makes effective recombination of Hg ions possible on the innermost surface of the second coating before the Hg ions collide with the phosphor particles in the phosphor coating.
US08629606B2	Liquid anode radiation source The present disclosure relates to a liquid anode radiation source (10) having the ability of turning upside down. The liquid anode radiation source (10) comprises a body (12) equipped with inlet and outlet having a wall (15) limiting the anode space (17), where the outlet connected to the inlet outside the body (12) will define a continuous flow path closing through the body, the inlet has a wall limiting an internal cross-section changing towards the anode space (17), wherein the cross-section of the inlet a deflector (11) is arranged in a position free of contacting the wall, filling out the cross-section partially and movable to the direction perpendicular to the cross-section; the liquid anode material (14) arranged in the flow path; the circulation unit inserted in the flow path in such a way that it can ensure the unidirectional movement of the anode material in the flow path.
US08629601B2	Piezoelectric oscillator A piezoelectric oscillator includes: a package including a floor surface and a step portion thereinside; a conductive adhesive applied on the step portion; and a piezoelectric vibrator including one end placed on the step portion via the conductive adhesive. The floor surface is provided with a recess filled with a resin material having a thermal deformation property. The package includes a sidewall having transparency.
US08629599B2	Mechanical resonating structures including a temperature compensation structure Mechanical resonating structures are described, as well as related devices and methods. The mechanical resonating structures may have a compensating structure for compensating temperature variations.
US08629598B2	Boundary acoustic wave device A boundary acoustic wave device includes a first medium layer made of a first dielectric material and a second medium layer made of a second dielectric material having an acoustic velocity different from the acoustic velocity of the first dielectric material. The first medium layer and the second medium layer are disposed on a piezoelectric substrate, and an IDT electrode is arranged along the interface between the piezoelectric substrate and the first medium layer. When the fast transverse bulk wave of the piezoelectric substrate has an acoustic velocity V1 and a higher-order mode boundary acoustic wave has an acoustic velocity Va at an anti-resonance point, the boundary acoustic wave device satisfies the relationship Va>V1.
US08629592B2	Hermetic sealing assembly and electrical device including the same Disclosed herein is a system including a motor comprising a rotor, a stator and a sealing assembly having at least one joint and a monolithic ceramic separator. Each joint of the sealing assembly is a chemical bond joint, and the monolithic ceramic separator is disposed in a gap between the rotor and the stator of the motor such that the sealing assembly hermetically isolates the rotor and the stator.
US08629585B2	Internal cooling of stator assembly in an electric machine Embodiments of the invention provide an electric machine module including an electric machine with a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a plurality of stator laminations coupled together and a plurality of conductors positioned through axial slots of the plurality of stator laminations. The electric machine module also includes a coolant channel at least partially defined within the axial slots and a housing. The housing at least partially circumscribes the electric machine and at least partially defines a machine cavity which is in fluid communication with the coolant channel.
US08629583B2	Electrical device The invention relates to an electrical device, especially an electric tool, which has a motor unit provided with a motor housing, and a receiving unit for receiving at least one drive element. According to the invention, the electrical device includes a motor sleeve for coupling the motor unit to the receiving unit.
US08629582B2	Lens driving motor and elastic member of the same Provided are a lens driving motor and an elastic member of the lens driving motor. The elastic member of a lens driving motor, the elastic member includes a first spring and a second spring. The second spring is different from the first spring and disposed together with the first spring on one side of a carrier to support the carrier. A first lead line of a coil and a first external power source are connected to the first spring, and a second lead line of the coil and a second external power source are connected to the second spring to supply power to the coil. Since the carrier can be assembled to other part after a (+) lead line and a (−) lead line of the coil are connected to the first and second springs, respectively, using solder, a process is simple and convenient.
US08629581B2	System and method for communicating notice to limit degradation within a battery pack Systems and methods for communicating notice to limit battery degradation within a battery pack are disclosed. In one example, a signal is generated and passed between modules of a battery pack to provide notice to limit battery pack degradation. The system and method may be particularly useful for a battery pack with distributed battery modules.
US08629561B2	Air gap-containing interconnect structure having photo-patternable low k material Methods for producing air gap-containing metal-insulator interconnect structures for VLSI and ULSI devices using a photo-patternable low k material as well as the air gap-containing interconnect structure that is formed are disclosed. More particularly, the methods described herein provide interconnect structures built in a photo-patternable low k material in which air gaps are defined by photolithography in the photo-patternable low k material. In the methods of the present invention, no etch step is required to form the air gaps. Since no etch step is required in forming the air gaps within the photo-patternable low k material, the methods disclosed in this invention provide highly reliable interconnect structures.
US08629554B2	Assembly including plural through wafer vias, method of cooling the assembly and method of fabricating the assembly An assembly includes a chip including an integrated circuit, a casing including an integrated circuit and having an upper portion formed on a side of the chip and lower portion formed on another side of the chip, plural through-wafer vias (TWVs) for electrically connecting the integrated circuit of the chip and the integrated circuit of the casing, and a card connected to the casing for electrically connecting the casing to a system board.
US08629551B1	Bottom port surface mount silicon condenser microphone package The present invention relates to a surface mount package for a silicon condenser microphone and methods for manufacturing the surface mount package. The surface mount package uses a limited number of components which simplifies manufacturing and lowers costs, and features a substrate that performs functions for which multiple components were traditionally required, including providing an interior surface on which the silicon condenser die is mechanically attached, providing an interior surface for making electrical connections between the silicon condenser die and the package, and providing an exterior surface for surface mounting the package to a device's printed circuit board and for making electrical connections between package and the device's printed circuit board.
US08629550B2	Printed wiring board with crossing wiring pattern A printed wiring board including a core substrate, a build-up layer formed over the core substrate and including a first insulating layer, a conductor layer formed over the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer formed over the conductor layer, and one or more wiring patterns formed over the first insulating layer. The conductor layer includes conductor portions, and the conductor portions have notched portions, respectively, facing each other across the wiring pattern.
US08629549B2	Carrier body for a semiconductor component, semiconductor component and method for producing a carrier body A carrier body for a semiconductor component, in particular for an optoelectronic semiconductor component, is specified. Said carrier body has a connecting layer and a conductor layer, which are connected to one another via main areas facing one another. The connecting layer, the conductor layer or both the connecting layer and the conductor layer has/have at least one thinned region in which the layer thickness of said layer(s) is less than the maximum layer thickness of said layer(s). The connecting layer is either completely electrically conductive and electrically insulated at least from parts of the conductor layer or it is electrically insulating at least in parts. Furthermore, a semiconductor component comprising the electrical connection conductor and also a method for producing the carrier body are specified.
US08629548B1	Clock network fishbone architecture for a structured ASIC manufactured on a 28 NM CMOS process lithographic node A clock architecture for a Structured ASIC chip, manufactured using a CMOS process is shown. A via-configurable logic block (VCLB) architecture in the Structured ASIC has a core region containing memory and logic cells arranged in columns that are supplied by a clock network having a global clock network tree and a low-level clock mesh to distribute the global clock signal in a repeating pattern. The clock mesh has a fishbone configuration in outline and allows for scalable expansion of the clock network. In one embodiment 36 global clocks may be provided to the Structured ASIC, with four clocks per logic cell. The VCLB Structured ASIC chip is manufactured on a 28 nm CMOS process lithographic node, having several metal layers but preferably is programmable on a single via layer.
US08629545B2	Stub minimization for assemblies without wirebonds to package substrate A system or microelectronic assembly can include one or more microelectronic packages each having a substrate and a microelectronic element having a face and one or more columns of contacts thereon which face and are joined to corresponding contacts on a surface of the substrate. An axial plane may intersect the face along a line in the first direction and centered relative to the columns of element contacts. Columns of package terminals can extend in the first direction. First terminals in a central region of the second surface can be configured to carry address information usable to determine an addressable memory location within the microelectronic element. The central region may have a width not more than three and one-half times a minimum pitch between the columns of package terminals. The axial plane can intersect the central region.
US08629541B2	Semiconductor package for controlling warpage A semiconductor structure having a ring. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, at least one chip, and the ring. The substrate has a first surface. The chip is located on the first surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate. The ring has a first portion and a second portion. In various embodiments, the first and second portions different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE), and or different cross-sectional widths. In another embodiment, the ring includes a third portion having a CTE different from both the first and second CTEs.
US08629537B2	Padless die support integrated circuit package system An integrated circuit package system is provided forming a die support system from a padless lead frame having die supports with each substantially equally spaced from another, and attaching an integrated circuit die having a peripheral area on the die supports.
US08629535B2	Mask for forming integrated circuit A method of forming an integrated circuit includes providing a buffer layer comprising a dielectric material above a layer of conductive material and providing a layer of mask material above the buffer layer. The mask material comprises amorphous carbon. The method also includes removing a portion of the buffer layer and the layer of mask material to form a mask. A feature is formed in the layer of conductive material according to the mask.

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